Chapter 108 Interception

Empress Ji used to treat the emperor with respect like a guest, but now she respects each other like ice. After hearing this, she naturally would not confront the emperor, and directly let the palace servants under her do it.

Seeing this, Yun Fenghuang was about to be told to return to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to wait for an answer, but the queen waved her hand, and the waiters on the left and right were blessed and filed out.

"Is there any other order for you, Empress?" Seeing the situation, Yun Fenghuang also let Nian Xuan go out, and asked with a smile.

"Yesterday, an official from Linzhou reported that there were bandits in the territory who had ambushed and murdered the imperial court official. Fortunately, they failed. Therefore, I would like to ask the imperial court to send the forbidden army to strangle the culprit?" Empress Ji held the tea bowl, taking it easy Slowly fiddled with the green tea soup, and said in a manly voice, "After all, although Linzhou is close to the capital, the military has been relaxed in recent years, but the gang of bandits are hiding in the mountains and rivers. By themselves, I am afraid that it will be a while." , I can't even find a person, and I want to maintain the majesty of the court, but I have no power!"

Yun Fenghuang's complexion changed slightly: "But I don't know the court order officer who was ambushed and killed...?"

Empress Ji smiled, put the tea bowl on the table, and then raised her eyes to look at her: "I heard that the mistress of the Xie family from the North came to the imperial capital, and she also visited Linzhou. I am afraid that I will also meet this group of people. Bandits. But judging by Zhaoyi's appearance, Lingtang thought the journey was very smooth, so I can rest assured!"

"Thank you for your concern." Yun Fenghuang said in a deep voice, "It's just that this concubine is already Yun's daughter, and Xie's mistress is no longer mother and daughter."

"Anyway, it's good that people are fine." Empress Ji smiled lightly, and said, "Okay, there's nothing else to do, please go back, Zhaoyi. When the arrangements are made here, I will naturally send someone to tell you."

Yun Fenghuang chewed on her sentence "It's good that people are fine", wondering whether it was referring to Jiang and his party or Qi Jiulu?

He didn't get up immediately to leave, but said: "Mrs. Jiang and her party came to the Imperial Capital for a short stay. After a while, they still have to go back. Although the current concubine's mother is Mrs. Xie of the Yun family, after all, Mrs. Jiang is here. This concubine has the gift of giving birth, and when something like this happens in Linzhou, I am really worried about the safety of Mrs. Jiang and her party when they return to their hometown. But I don’t know if the empress can be more careful?”

Empress Ji lazily said: "Is there any reason to be careful, I am just a womanizer, I just listened to it by chance. Anyway, it is the bandit who sees the money and acts recklessly... Speaking of it, it is Linzhou officials who can't do it. How can such a big thing happen in the prefectures and counties next to Gyeonggi? But I hope you don’t hear similar news in the future, otherwise, what will the world be like?!”

It is true that the world is not very peaceful today - although it would not be said that there is general turmoil, there are not a few people who fall into bandits in the wilderness.

When Yun Fenghuang came to the imperial capital from the north, even though he had enough escorts, he didn't worry about it all the way.

After all, since the death of Emperor Shenzong, Xiaozong had fought with the Ji family almost as soon as he ascended the throne. When Xiaozong was critically ill, the regent took over his errand and continued to fight with the Ji family. Zheng Shi, Cui Wan and others gradually grew stronger during this struggle. Later, Xiaozong disappeared, and the Ji clan and the regent were hysterical, and finally helped Li Chunjia succeed, but the party struggle continued...

The bloody storm that was torn from the upper level is still flowing deep, even if there are some people who love the people and feel sorry for the weak, they can't help being wrapped up in it.

The officials below, of course, are good and bad.

It's okay to be conscientious, but those who are ruthless and have a backer, naturally try their best to scrape the land and the fish and meat village.

The Sanzhou Rebellion is certainly a natural disaster, but how can it have nothing to do with the accumulation of man-made disasters before the natural disaster?

Speaking of which, Emperor Shenzong laid a good foundation for political clarity, which is why the world can survive until now. Although there are chaos, it has never reached the point where people everywhere are destitute.

Of course, Yun Fenghuang knew that Empress Ji's words were not simply out of emotion, but hinted to her that the so-called bandits in Linzhou's desire to see money was just the beginning.

This is the state closest to the imperial capital, and someone has blatantly attacked Qi Jiulu. What's next?

Qi Jiulu was going to serve in the Dingbei Army, so he went north. After Linzhou, there were Tongzhou, Dingzhou, Suizhou, Huizhou... and then Yanzhou where the Dingbei Army was stationed.

There are high mountains and long rivers along the way, so there are many places suitable for setting up ambush.

He escaped by chance in Linzhou, and there are so many checkpoints on such a long road, can he be safe every time?

Moreover, even if he entered the Dingbei Army, who knows if there are other traps waiting for him?

"...Who did it?" Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, and asked straight to the point, "Your Majesty said this to this concubine on purpose, isn't it just to tease my concubine? If you have any orders, please just say so!"

Empress Ji chuckled lightly, and said, "How does this palace know what kind of enemies that man has? Isn't Zhaoyi more aware of this matter?"

"Could it be the empress's warning?" Yun Fenghuang looked at her.

"Zhaoyi is right in front of Bengong, so why should I be so troublesome?" Empress Ji said slowly, "Is it Zhaoyi's misunderstanding about her own weight?"

She wants to warn Qi Jiulu, why bother to attack Qi Jiulu?

Her heart and soul, Yun Fenghuang, is now in front of her, maybe Yunfenghuang himself doesn't think what the queen can do with her.

But if you care about it, you will be chaotic. The queen has this point, and there are plenty of ways to make Qi Jiulu be honest.

Yun Fenghuang actually doesn't think it was done by Empress Ji, after all, since the emperor took charge, he has been suppressing the Ji family. If the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji hadn't been there, they would have kept the basics for the Ji family both emotionally and rationally. Decent, I'm afraid that Ji's family has been dismissed long ago, and even whether Empress Ji can still sit in the middle palace is a problem.

Under such circumstances, Empress Ji is not such an impulsive and brainless person like Yuan Niangniang, so why would she do such a disgraceful thing as sending someone to pretend to be a bandit to openly attack the court official just to beat Qi Jiulu?

Isn't this rushing to give excuses to the emperor, the regent and other political enemies, lest the Ji family end up too well!

But: "The empress has a noble status and there are many attendants, so it is inevitable that there will be a lot of people. Even though Concubine Shu has gone, she still has some contacts in the palace. Otherwise, the concubine will not know that Xie's people have arrived."

You, and your own family, may not have done it, but that doesn't mean you can't kill someone with a knife!

In particular, Yun Qike was knocked out and taken away before. There has been no rumors these days. Who knows what happened to him afterward—even if he was not, how could the Yun family stop treating Yun Fenghuang as a human being? Yun Qike kept saying that the Yun family was sorry for Yun Fenghuang, but he still wanted to kill her to avenge Concubine Shu. Would such a family have any hesitation in attacking Qi Jiulu?

It is the most suitable for use as a gun.

"Although there are many people around me, if I can't hide even a little bit of secrets, I won't be able to sit in this palace for all these years." Empress Ji just sneered at Yun Fenghuang's doubts, and said lightly, "I really want to Remind Zhaoyi, although there are few people in the Prince Regent's Mansion, the water is not clear!"

Regent House...

Yun Fenghuang frowned. What does the empress mean, the reason why Qi Jiulu was intercepted and killed on the way to his post was because the regent's concubine wanted to cut off the wings of the eldest son of the first wife?

It's not impossible...

But what Empress Ji said, Yun Fenghuang is dubious after all, especially the empress wanted to instigate the regent to conflict with Yi Guogong's government, so that Ji could replace Yi Guogong as the arm of the emperor, who knows if this plan died aborted , and will want to continue in another way, so she is urged to go to the muddy water between the two sons of the Prince Regent?

Then she tried a few more words, and seeing that the queen refused to disclose more information, she pondered for a while, then got up to leave.

After returning to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion and just sitting down, Chen Zhu showed her the gift list. Yun Fenghuang was promoted to Zhaoyi, and Liugong naturally wanted to congratulate her.

But because the concubines are not qualified to meet her in person, the empress is so honorable that it is impossible to attend in person, the concubine is still confinement, Madam Yaoning has a bad relationship with her, Yue Jieyu hates her, Jia Jieyu Lu Jieyu was the same as above, and only Wei Jieyu and Wei Hengyan came to the door with congratulatory gifts and sat down for a while.

The others were too courteous—and fortunately so, after all, Yunfenghuang lost the most capable maid of honor, Xi Le, and there were so many truly distinguished guests, so he didn't know what the chaos would be like.

If so, Chen Zhu only sorted out the gift list at this moment.

Yun Fenghuang took some time to read it, and seeing his tired face, he couldn't help comforting him: "You have worked hard for the past two days, it seems that this palace should fill up the big palace ladies as soon as possible, otherwise, you guys Several people are always used by one person as several people, which is really tiring."

Chen Zhu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has praised you absurdly. It is the duty of a servant to share her worries."

However, he also euphemistically expressed that he also agrees that the grand lady in front of Yun Fenghuang should not be vacant for too long.

It's not that he finds it troublesome, but that he is only a servant after all, and he is not suitable for many things that are convenient for the maid.

In fact, why did Yun Fenghuang not want to make up for it?

It's just that after experiencing Xi Le's incident, he became more cautious, and everyone felt suspicious, so he couldn't find a suitable person for a while.

"It's really hard to live in such a ghostly place without a few confidantes who know everything." Yun Fenghuang pinched his brows and thought, "By the way, since my mother came here in person this time, although it is impossible to bring those left and right arms On the road, the aunts and sisters who have always been inseparable must be there, or..."

Pry the mother's corner?

Because of Xie Fenghuan's lesson, she was suspicious of the servants who grew up with her.

But since entering the palace till now, the one who seems to be the most trustworthy is still Nian Xuan.

This inevitably made Yun Fenghuang feel that although the waiters who have been with him for many years may not be all reliable, but in comparison, loyalty is much better than the temporary win over in the palace...

Moreover, she still trusts her mother's eyesight, and if she can be used as an arm by the Jiang family, her ability and loyalty are absolutely guaranteed.

Not to mention that this kind of people will never betray, at least the price of betrayal will be very high.

Well, the only worry is that the most loyal of these people is the Jiang family. Even if she is Jiang's daughter, there are still some subtle differences in interests.

For example, she wanted to drag Mrs. Xie to pave the way for her in the future, but Mrs. Jiang might not agree...

"It doesn't matter, I don't have any other way to get myself a group of trusted confidants right now." After thinking about it, Yun Fenghuang still felt, "Anyway, even if my mother disagrees with me, she can't possibly harm me— —Let’s trick people first! The big deal is to stabilize them and do things for me. After a long time, the young people who are easy to win over will grow up, and it’s not too late to cross the river and tear down the bridge!"

As for what Jiang will think after doing this... Well, my mother, I will definitely forgive her, right?

Even if he didn't forgive, could he still come to the palace to beat her?

She is Zhaoyi!

My mother is not easy to beat!

Thinking of this, Yun Fenghuang immediately calmed down, called Nian Xuan to him, and checked the script again...