Chapter 195 Self Defense
Yun Fenghuang didn't know the turmoil in the emperor's heart from last night so far, and greeted the emperor with a smile as usual. Seeing his complexion, he thought he had been angered by the previous dynasty, and suddenly thought of it from the Sanzhou Rebellion. After Weihe, countless family and country events passed by like a fleeting moment.
She didn't show anything on her face, she accompanied him in with a smile, and handed the tea with her own hands, Fang smiled and asked: "Didn't the concubine serve His Majesty well yesterday? Why is Your Majesty not very interested while watching this concubine?" "
Chunjia responded lightly, and said: "I discussed something with the imperial concubine yesterday, so I went to bed late."
"This is the fault of the concubine's sister." Yun Fenghuang hastily put on eye drops, "Knowing that His Majesty is diligent and has to get up and go to court every day, why don't you ignore it and delay His Majesty's rest? Why can't it be in broad daylight? Say? Do you have to disregard His Majesty's body like this?"
"If Yigui people do this, you can still say that they are young and ignorant."
"Sister Guifei has been an old man in the palace for many years, but she is so reckless, this is really... just stupid!"
If it was in the past, Chunjia would have either impatiently scolded her for not thinking about making trouble for the concubines, or just teasingly asking her how to deal with the concubine—no matter what it is, Chunjia is in the heart anyway. No displeasure.
Sometimes even secretly echoed a few words, thinking that although the real concubine had bad intentions, she coincided with herself in many things.
But at the moment he was not in the mood, he took a sip of tea on his own, let the left and right sides go away, and then said lightly: "I wouldn't say it was so late at first, but it's just a big matter, and I asked for details over and over again. It took a long time."
When Yun Fenghuang heard that his tone was wrong, he had some ominous premonition in his heart, and he still asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Why don't His Majesty make arrangements at such a late hour, and ask for details over and over again?"
Before Chunjia could answer, she raised her eyebrows and said in a brisk tone, "Could it be that... the noble concubine spoke ill of my concubine? This is too unfair!"
Chunjia said indifferently: "How unfair? Do you usually say bad things about them?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "This is because your Majesty often comes to Huanhua Palace and seldom goes to the concubine and the concubines. It's not that they don't want to speak ill of my concubine, but it's just that there are few opportunities to see your majesty, and it's too late to be so busy. It's just that they don't have that much free time. Otherwise, they would just wish that I would be rejected by His Majesty early on! Moreover, what I said about them is all talk, and moreover, it's all superficial details, but For their good, I don't want to do anything to them."
"But what about their concubines? They all want to get rid of them and hurry up!"
"I really don't know, these sisters and sisters, all of whom are pampered and raised in boudoirs, why are they so murderous, even sisters like concubines, who are young and good-looking, are willing to do it?"
"..." Chunjia looked at her quietly, and after a moment, he said, "I let the imperial concubine know about your private meeting with Qi Jiulu in the palace. There are all kinds of evidence. I have seen all of them, and they are impeccable."
Yun Fenghuang was shocked in his heart, but his face was only a little dazed, and he immediately acted as if nothing had happened: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, there is no coincidence without a book. The evidence is too impeccable. It can only show that it is a deliberate frame. The matter between the concubine and Qi Jiulu, earlier I have already told His Majesty, if His Majesty doesn't believe me, I will be beaten and punished, killed or buried, and I will never complain!"
Chunjia was silent for a while, then said softly, "Is that all?"
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was looking at him without understanding, the irritability that he had suppressed so easily rose again, and he said in a cold voice, "You have no complaints, just let me deal with it, and just leave it like this? No other indication?"
other representations?
What kind of expression?
As a concubine, it is only natural for her to have private meetings with foreign men, and to implicate the whole family.
Yun Fenghuang said in his heart, I really hope that you don't listen to Concubine Zheng, and even kill Concubine Zheng to silence her—but you are not Qi Jiulu, I think I don't have the ability to deceive you to obey!
At this moment, I can only put on a straight posture, retreat to advance, and win your sympathy.
Well, it's not just sympathy, she will never overestimate the compassion of people like Chunjia.
The main reason is that the Xie family is useful to the emperor, and she is still valuable to the emperor, and, for Duke Yi's loyalty, Chunjia should not let Yun's daughter have too much bad reputation.
This feeling of resignation to fate is simply...
Yun Fenghuang pursed her lips, peeking at Chunjia's expression, but Chunjia just noticed it. For some reason, she was already extremely angry and was about to explode, but when she sensed her uneasiness, she calmed down and said calmly. "What do you want to say? Don't you usually have a lot of courage? Even your niece is bold, why are you hesitating now?"
This is... an opportunity for Bengong to defend himself?
Yun Fenghuang was a little flattered. To be honest, she could understand that the emperor didn't execute Concubine Zheng because of her revelation. Without her right now, the emperor would definitely be distracted in the harem.
But it is more cost-effective to let her go temporarily.
But this kind of letting go, based on her understanding of the emperor, she didn't even tell her at all.
It was dealt with directly in private. If it was done well, Yun Fenghuang would not know that the imperial concubine had informed her from the beginning to the end.
In this way, it can prevent Yun Fenghuang from doing anything privately in order to survive after he finds out, and also be able to catch people by surprise when he settles accounts in the future, and succeed in one fell swoop.
However, Chunjia's questioning at this moment meant to open up to her and explain clearly.
How free is he to do this?
After all, such a frankness has nothing more than two results: one is that the grievance has deepened from then on, and even this life will not be able to get over it;
How it turns out depends on everyone's opinion.
No, it should be said that once this is done, Chunjia may find it difficult to control what will happen in the end.
As the Son of Heaven, Chunjia has the upper hand, so if he chooses one of them, wouldn't that just cause him trouble? choose the second...
Is it cleared up?
Yun Fenghuang subconsciously remembered that Xie Hengyu and others had recently persuaded her intentionally or unintentionally, saying that even if the emperor did not treat her heart and soul, he was more or less sincere, and asked her to cut off the past completely and have a good time with the emperor. Pass.
"Are you sincere?" She murmured silently to herself, and looked up at Chunjia. Chunjia's expression was flat, showing no signs of happiness or anger.
Looking at each other for a while, Yun Fenghuang calmed down, and said slowly: "I am afraid that people will know what happened that day, and it is too late to hide it, let alone leave evidence. Now it is said that the concubine is innocent, but if you talk about your majesty, it is a concubine." If you are close to wait, I am afraid that you are half-trusted."
Didn't Xie Hengyu and the others have suspected so far, and she still thinks about Qi Jiulu in her heart?
In fact, they grew up together, they were childhood sweethearts, and they had a marriage contract. It is of course impossible to say that Qishan will never miss her after saying goodbye.
But intellectually, they have already understood that the fate is over.
From now on to the day after tomorrow, there will be one side in the dark, but there will be no others.
Even if we meet in the middle way, I am afraid that we will not know each other.
So thinking this way, Chunjia was suspicious, and there was nothing to criticize.
Didn't Yun Fenghuang himself have been guarding against Yuan Niangniang's resurgence with the help of the Queen Mother Yuan and her past friendship?
So she calmed down and continued, "As a concubine, it's not good to have a private meeting with a foreigner. It's like the concubine's concubine sister, who met people who were not kind, and entrusted people who were not good, these are not hers. The reason for Hong Xing's affair in private. Although the concubine is stubborn, right is right and wrong is wrong. This matter is indeed the concubine's fault."
"Therefore, the concubine's statement just now, to let His Majesty decide what to do, is from the bottom of my heart."
"It doesn't mean to break the pot and smash it, to vent your anger on His Majesty."
Speaking of this, seeing Chunjia's expressionless face and lack of excuses, I had no choice but to continue, "Originally, I have done such a wrong thing, so I have no right to say anything. But because of His Majesty's generosity, I dared to say: Concubine Zheng takes No matter how flawless the evidence comes out, these words are probably incomplete!"
"Because the concubine's status was very important to the empress at that time, if the concubine's concubine had noticed the behavior of the concubine at that time, how could she not have used it? Instead, she kept a low profile and only revealed it at this moment? What is the concubine's mind so peaceful !?"
If the noble concubine really held this handle in her hand early in the morning, when Yun Fenghuang took over the palace affairs on behalf of Empress Ji in the palace, she would try to visit and let Yun Fenghuang listen to orders secretly.
And why did he not mention it until now, but went directly to find Chunjia instead of Yunfenghuang?
That's why Yun Fenghuang was sure that Concubine Zheng Gui was entrusted by others, or that she couldn't do anything on her own, so how should the Lord use this credential.
She squinted her eyes, "Your Majesty, I think that the Prince Regent and his son will have nothing to do with this matter! It's almost the end of the year, and the beginning of the new year is Enke. After the Double Ninth Banquet, the Tian family intends to choose a son-in-law from among the new scholars. Everyone in the imperial capital knows about it! At such a time, besides Gong Xiangxiao and his son, who else is in such a hurry to get rid of the concubine in order to disrupt your majesty's layout in the north?"
If she can't pass this level, the Prince Regent and his son don't even think about it.
Seeing that Chunjia was silent, Yun Fenghuang simply continued, "If the concubine's expectations are not bad, and the concubine's denunciation is fruitless, they will spread the evidence and use public opinion to force His Majesty to kill the concubine, so as to prevent the holy Shame on my reputation! Although my concubine is insensitive, I have been doing the palace affairs these days, and I am lucky not to make any mistakes. After my concubine left, there are very few pregnant concubines in the huge palace. , the descendants are withering one after another? At that time, we will have to work hard for the loving mother Empress Dowager to sit in charge!"
"After all, the harem is only a trivial matter, the key is the front court!"
"Although my concubine's morals are shallow, these days I have been pitied by His Majesty, and I am well-known in the previous dynasty. Back then, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the scholars questioned them in public, and His Majesty ordered the Imperial City Secretary to investigate thoroughly, and just returned the concubine's blood relatives. What, it’s only been a few days? Now that I’m being criticized by the festival, I’m afraid it’s hard to explain.”
"At that time, apart from other things, Xie's reputation will inevitably be doubted again, so that the Secretary of the Imperial City, His Majesty, will be suspected of justice."
"Your Majesty, it's not that this concubine is afraid of death and deliberately scares her."
"However, the concubine can die, but she must not die at this moment, let alone die because of it as the person behind the scenes wishes!"
Yun Fenghuang left his seat and bowed down, solemnly said, "Your Majesty, please protect this concubine this time. After the limelight is over, this concubine is willing to go underground and serve Sister Concubine Shu!"