Two Hundred and Fortieth IX Public and Private

Yun Fenghuang also dealt with some palace affairs, and ordered to appease the front and back palaces, and clean up the palace. It's been a long time, let's settle it quickly."

"..." Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, but slowly put down the spoon, and said, "How is Xingxintang?"

This is the top priority now, Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion is extremely busy here, and it is impossible for Qingren and others to ignore the situation there.

At this moment Chie said: "Returning to your mother, just now Chen Zhu personally ran to say that Jiang Lan and Ning Guogong are still guarding outside. The reason is that His Majesty has not woken up in the middle, and only the imperial doctor went in to change the medicine. , said that His Majesty might not wake up tonight, so it must be tomorrow."

He also said, "The loving mother, the Empress Dowager, just went to see it. Originally, she wanted to stay in the Xingxin Hall in person, but was persuaded by Eunuch Jiang Lan and the others to leave..."

Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then sighed, and said: "Got it, let's arrange it."

This night, not many people fell asleep inside or outside the palace.

The next day he woke up in a cloud of wind, his eyes were black and blue, he washed his hands hastily, and before the emperor's heirs came to pay their respects, he went to the Xingxin Hall.

It was a coincidence that she went, and the emperor woke up while she was still outside.

The queen entered together with important ministers and close servants. The emperor lost consciousness after presiding over the overall situation yesterday. After receiving the news, the rebels immediately took the opportunity to send troops, and even spread rumors that Chunjia had been executed and that the current ruler was nothing more than a puppet. Too bad.

It's just that they don't know what to do underneath, and there are indeed some panic and low morale.

Chunjia asked about the details, without moving her expression, she just said, "I know."

Only then did I ask about the losses of the important officials in the palace.

The sudden assassination at yesterday's banquet was originally organized by the court to show its calmness and calmness, but it turned out to be the laughing stock of the world, and even witnessed the weakness of the court and the lack of control of the emperor.

In this case, public opinion is naturally unfavorable.

Fortunately, the courtiers suffered little loss. Except for four or five officials who were killed in the chaos, more than a dozen were injured, most of them were slightly injured, and a few were seriously injured, and none of them were irreplaceable. Calm down, that's all.

"Your Majesty, at the banquet yesterday, Qi Jiuzhang and other officers and men of the Dingbei Army responded quickly." Ning Guogong asked for credit for Qi Jiuzhang and others at this moment, and said, "It is thanks to his bravery that the ministers saved their lives."

Chunjia said: "I have written it down."

He also asked if there were any other courtiers who had also made great contributions in this shocking change, and they needed to be given grace immediately to show the benevolence of the royal family, and at the same time suppress those rumors that the court did not want to hear?

Ning Guogong hesitated to speak, and glanced at Yunfenghuang.

Yun Fenghuang understood what he meant, stepped forward to give blessings, and said in a sad voice: "Your Majesty, forgive me, there was chaos in the palace yesterday, and the concubine is safe, and the heirs other than Zhaoqing, Junyi, and the nineteenth prince They all dressed up in disguise, and were accompanied by the palace people to disperse out of the palace to avoid danger. Who knew that King Jin was assassinated on the way, and the son of Duke Yi died tragically on the spot in order to save him... This is the only son of Duke Yi, and also the eldest son of the Yun family. ..."

"I see." The emperor sighed, if an ordinary courtier died to save the emperor's heir, it would be fine. After all, to put it bluntly, for the royal family, this is the duty of a courtier.

But the son of Lord Yi...

No, it should be said that the grievances and grievances between Duke Yi's mansion and the queen are hard to describe in one word.

Now that Yun Qike died to save King Jin, Duke Yi's mansion's mood is probably very complicated.

As the father of King Jin, the emperor had to deal with the aftermath.

The empress can't do this matter, after all Yun Fenghuang himself and Duke Yi's mansion cannot have a peaceful dialogue.

Only the emperor can come to smooth things over.

Fortunately, Duke Yi has always been loyal, Chunjia thought for a while, and said, "Let's discuss with the Ministry of Rites first, so that the son of Duke Yi will enjoy the honor. I remember that he has a young son under his knees, so let this son inherit the Duke of Yi. The rest. After I recover, I will give you a reward."

Ning Guogong quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, please take care of your body first. Duke Yi is an old minister, and he has always been considerate. If you know that your majesty is injured, and you want to plan for his descendants, I'm afraid it will be panic."

After talking about some state affairs in this way, it was Yun Fenghuang's turn to report the situation in the harem.

Compared with the previous dynasty, although there was a loss but it was still within the control range, the monarchs and ministers were in a calmer mood, and the loss of the harem was great.

Except that the emperor's heirs are generally safe and sound, the casualties of the concubines can be described as appalling.

The concubines who were not deliberately protected at the banquet basically had no chance of surviving in the chaotic situation yesterday. And now the list of casualties also includes Jing Jieyu and Yi Xingen who escaped from the palace.

At this time, it was clear that the emperor's intentions were coming. Facing the list of heavy casualties, the emperor didn't even bat an eyelid, and only said that the aftermath should be left to the empress to decide.

As for the emperor's heir, Chunjia didn't ask in detail, and confirmed that Zhaoqing, King Wei, King Yan, King Zhen, Princess Kang'an and other beloved children were all right, so he didn't worry about it.

only……

Chunjia finally asked: "Where is the prince? Is the prince busy now?"

Jiang Lan and Ning Guogong watched each other carefully and dared not speak.

Yun Fenghuang hesitated to speak, but finally supported the imperial couch, knelt down slowly, and said: "If you go back to your majesty, it is because I am incompetent. The crown prince was assassinated in the palace yesterday. Although I am close at hand, I cannot Keep him safe."

"..." Chunjia fell silent for a while.

The room is quiet and needles can be heard, whether it is Jiang Lan or Ning Guogong, they are trying to treat themselves as a statue, not moving, not shaking and not making a sound.

And Yun Fenghuang's heart is also heavy.

She knew that the most suspicious person about the death of the prince was herself.

After all, even if the scene was chaotic yesterday, if the emperor's heir would suffer as much as the concubine, the death of the crown prince was mixed in, but it was not unexpected.

However, all the heirs of the emperor are fine, including a few young children, but the crown prince who the emperor most admired and valued died, or died in front of the queen. Who can believe that the prince is purely bad luck?

Yun Fenghuang had mixed feelings in her heart, if she really did this, she would admit it, but it just didn't happen!

In addition, Chunjia's injury in front of her was done entirely to save her. Rao, she has always been unpredictable, so she doesn't know what expression to put on her face at this moment?

After a long time, the emperor closed his eyes and rested his mind for a moment, then said slowly: "Let the Ministry of Rites discuss the future affairs of the crown prince."

Ning Guogong and Jiang Lan said yes cautiously.

The emperor said again: "Everyone else go down, and I will have a few words with the queen."

"Yes." The rest all resigned tremblingly, leaving only the empress alone.

The quiet inner room was silent for a while.

After a while, the emperor was the first to speak tiredly: "Didn't you do it?"

"...No." Yun Fenghuang lowered her long eyelashes and said in a low voice, "Although it is true that I wished that the prince would be involved in this assassination, it is not easy to do it under the eyes of everyone, and the people in front of him suddenly betrayed , the concubine was also taken aback. It was also for this reason that later in Zezhilou, the concubine asked someone to arrange for the emperor's heirs to flee. After all, the situation was urgent at that time, and it was impossible to confirm that the people in front of the emperor's heirs were all reliable. , worrying about gathering together, if something happens, the consequences will be unimaginable. Separate and go, even if some of them are lost, the others can be preserved."

Chunjia gave a "hmm" and said, "Let Jiang Lan investigate this matter, and you will assist Ning Guogong and the others to take charge of the overall situation."

Yun Fenghuang said "yes" in a low voice.

The two were silent for a while. Seeing that the emperor didn't intend to say anything else, she hesitated for a while, but couldn't hold back, and said softly, "Why is this so, Your Majesty?"

"What?" Chunjia closed her eyes and was thinking about the matter. He didn't react at first, but at the end she smiled slightly, and said, "I didn't think much about it at the time, I just didn't want anything to happen to you..."

He wrote lightly, "I came back to my senses later, but I didn't regret it. After all, in the current situation, I am the last one who can't go wrong."

"...The concubine just feels that she is not worth it." Yun Fenghuang smiled wryly, this was her sincere words, anyway, if she and Chunjia changed places, she would definitely not do such a thing.

What do you say if you don't love Jiangshan and beauties, if you have Jiangshan, you will lack beauties?

Chunjia didn't comfort the queen by saying that it was worth it, but said slowly: "At that time, who has the time to think whether it's worth it or not? It's just a spur of the moment. If it happens again, I might not do the same thing."

This is also the sincerity of the emperor. He has always distinguished public and private interests clearly. He has loved Yun Fenghuang for more than ten years, and the crown prince still establishes the one he admires. Among the heirs of the emperor, he is the most able to provoke the burden of the Gongxiang family. Gongxiang Bing.

Didn't he know that, no matter how much protection he gave Yunfenghuang's mother and son during his lifetime, once Gong Xiang ascended to the position, once the crown prince didn't want Yunfenghuang to be well, Yunfenghuang's mother and son would never have a good end?

Of course he knows!

But as Yun Fenghuang thought before, in Chunjia's eyes, the responsibility required by the status of emperor is the most important.

This world was not brought down by him, and even if it wasn't for a coincidence, the throne would not have been in his hands.

Therefore, while he himself was on the throne, he needed to be conscientious, and when inheriting the throne, he had to be more considerate and plan for the future generations of the Gongxiang clan.

Instead of disregarding Gongxiang's foundation according to his own personal preferences.

It's just that people are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless?

Witnessing that the queen's life was at a critical moment, he was impulsive after all.

At that time, he really didn't think too much, the body was faster than the mind.

If he had time to think about it slowly, he really couldn't guarantee that he would choose to protect him with his body.

After all, too many people and things in this world depend on him.

He is not only Yun Fenghuang.

He is not qualified to only have Yun Fenghuang.

The Son of Heaven is related to all people, and is related to the safety of the world... Only when he really sits in this seat can he realize the weight of these words.