Chapter II Seizure of Power

"I've been here at this time for the past two days, what's the matter?" Chun Jia first leaned over and stroked Xie Meng's hair, smiled and asked her to flatten, and then replied, "Do you want to drive me away? "

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Where did your Majesty think? Didn't the new sisters enter the palace today, and I thought you had to go and see them first?"

While speaking, Qing Xu and the others had already come up, held Xie Meng's hand, and led her down.

The emperor and concubine walked in while talking, and took their seats in the hall.

"When is there a rule in the palace that when a concubine first enters, I have to take a break?" Chunjia sneered, took a sip of the tea offered by the maid, and said lazily, "Everyone is eager for me to come, you are fine. There is a slight disturbance, and before I say anything, I can't wait to close the door of Xuanqing Palace and shut me out!"

"What's the matter." Yun Fenghuang refused to admit it, and said, "The concubine is afraid that the queen mother will misunderstand, and the new sisters just came in, so she provoked them to show their face!"

Chunjia said: "Well, in front of me, are you instigating me and the queen mother?"

"Your Majesty likes to say such things to scare my concubine." Yun Fenghuang rolled his eyes at him, waved his hands to let the waiters go down, covered his mouth and smiled, "Have your majesty seen any new sisters? Let me see you today." Taking a closer look, it turns out that the moon looks beautiful, and the water spirits match each other."

Chunjia said indifferently: "You have always been dishonest. You say so, but you definitely don't think so in your heart. In this way, Concubine Xuan and the others are pretty good-looking, but they are not as good as you? Otherwise, you would definitely not praise them for their birth. Well, I will only talk about people's family background."

Yun Fenghuang: "..."

She said quietly, "Your Majesty, is this concubine such a person in your mind?"

"What kind of person?" Chunjia teased her with a smile, "I just like it? Why do you insist on following the world's virtuous and virtuous behavior? There are too many virtuous women in the world who follow the rules. There, you don't need to move your mind if you follow along, it's the most labor-saving way... It's just that you think you can make your husband like you?"

Yun Fenghuang continued to say quietly: "Your Majesty also said that he likes being a concubine. As soon as the newcomer arrives, Concubine Xuan Rui will be the first to sit on an equal footing with the concubine. They are all high-ranking prostitutes, and they entered the palace in the same batch. How can they not be attracted to each other?" For help? When the time comes to the concubine's position, the concubine's two fists will be no match for four hands, and she will inevitably lose the wind!"

"Not only that, just now when Zhaorong returned from my concubine, Mrs. Manya and Zhaoyi visited her at the right time. Maybe in two days, my concubine will be alone!"

"If your Majesty comes less frequently then, you can no longer stop my concubine to send Meng'er back."

"This concubine is yours, so it's fine to be wronged due to the situation. Meng'er is still young!"

"Why do you keep mentioning this?" Chunjia frowned, "I'm not dead yet, so you're sure that concubine Xuan and the newcomers will do to your aunt and nephew?"

Seeing him really upset, Yun Fenghuang finally slowed down his tone: "It's just that I'm afraid of embarrassing your Majesty. After all, although Mrs. Manya and Zhaoyi and Zhaorong have similar backgrounds, they met before entering the palace, and now they are reunited as sisters." It's reasonable to go to Zhaorong to talk about the old days in private... But I'm still the real concubine in charge of the Sixth Palace after all, and they've all gone to Yijia Palace next door, and no one came to say hello to me."

She sighed, "After all, the concubine's background is not high, even if the status is higher than these two, they still look down on the concubine's status after all. It's just like this, and I don't know how many quarrels there will be in the future."

Chunjia could actually see that Concubine Zhen was deliberately finding fault.

But compared to Concubine Xuan and others who have not met yet, Yun Fenghuang is after all the concubine he has doted on for more than half a year, and he inevitably has a bias in his heart: "I marry and follow my husband, and my concubine enters the palace. As for Mrs. Manya and Yin Zhaoyi's negligence, it seems that they didn't learn the rules well before entering the palace...You can arrange it, and then go to bed after two and a half months."

"Is this not good?" Yun Fenghuang was very satisfied, and asked hypocritically, "After all, they are still young, and they have just entered the palace, so we must save some face for them."

Chunjia said, "Then don't punish me?"

Yun Fenghuang hurriedly said: "You are not joking! Your Majesty has already said so, how can you change the order?"

"Are you happy now?" Chunjia squinted at her, "Then why don't you drag me to talk about these things, and have a good talk with me?"

...... The spring's appointment came from the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, which marked the complete end of the era of the Ji family in the harem.

Therefore, the entry of Concubine Xuan and others into the palace was particularly eye-catching, but Chunjia didn't go to any of the newcomers at all on this day, and still stayed in Huanhua Palace.

This made the former court and the harem sigh once again for the true concubine's favor.

However, some people privately think that Yun Fenghuang is stupid: "Those who come from a small family are eager for quick success. The person is hired by the empress dowager. Now the empress dowager is still resting in the palace, and the empress dowager is the head of the harem. She seems to lose face to Concubine Xuan and others by doing this, but in fact it is like provoking the empress dowager... ... How can the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, have a good impression of her?"

In fact, this is indeed the case. When paying her respects the next day, although the Empress Dowager Yuan did not directly discuss this matter with Yun Fenghuang, she mentioned the earlier dispute between Yun Fenghuang and Gu Zhen: "...it was agreed before, Concubine Zhen It's just that these days, you have no credit but hard work. You are happy to drive the newcomer into the palace, and the Ai family doesn't want to make you unable to step down in front of the newcomer. How about this, you will be banned for half a month, and this matter will be settled Exposed, how?"

Empress Dowager Yuan said lightly, "Just a few days ago when I came to the palace exam, you have a brother who is a high school tribute, and of course you can't help you in the end, you must be thinking about it in your heart, and you don't have the heart to deal with palace affairs; secondly, Aijia remembers your palace. The Zhao family here is about to give birth, this is the heir of Concubine Shu, you and Concubine Shu are on good terms, you can’t rest assured if you don’t keep an eye on this matter..."

"My concubine thanked the Empress Dowager for her kindness." Yun Fenghuang hurriedly left his seat and bowed down before she could finish speaking.

"The empress is still ill. During the confinement period of the real concubine, concubine Xuan and concubine Rui will preside over the palace affairs." The Empress Dowager Yuan announced again, "Concubine Xuan and concubine Rui have just entered the palace. The family friends who often come and go have become sisters again, so there must be no problem in cooperating with each other."

Concubine Xuan Rui bowed her head to thank her, and said that she was young and inexperienced and needed advice from all the sisters, her posture was very modest, her expression was very calm, and she did not show any gloating towards Concubine Zhen, or Chad's smugness of power, her whole body was It's everyone's demeanor that their emotions and anger are invisible.

When Yun Fenghuang returned to Huanhua Palace, all the servants were very worried: "What should I do..."

"What should I do?" Yun Fenghuang was very calm, "Is what the queen mother said wrong? Brother Eleven and the others are well-known in the apricot list. They are preparing for the imperial examination in the past two days, and after that... on this eye bone, this palace is originally It is impossible to put all your mind on palace affairs, not to mention that the Zhao family is indeed about to give birth. If you don't hand over the palace power today, if something goes wrong in the future, the Queen Mother may not be like this today. I am grounded, but I did not say that I will not allow my master to do anything in the future."

"It's only half a month. After half a month, can't Mrs. Manya and Yin Zhaoyi still go to bed? So I can't continue to assist the sixth palace when the time for punishment is over?"

When she urged Chunjia to punish Meng Youyi and Yin Yu yesterday, she had already expected the Queen Mother Yuan's reaction - if it was just about Chunjia staying overnight, the Queen Mother Yuan might not have made such a move - everything today is in her hands That's to be expected, so there's nothing frustrating about it.

"Don't forget what is the most important thing right now." Yun Fenghuang looked at a group of attendants who looked like mourners, and reminded them earnestly, "It's the Lord Shang! Once this is done, I, Xie, will no longer be on the frontier. His family, but the husband's family of Xiaozong's flesh and blood!"

In order to ensure that there are no twists and turns in this matter, temporary concessions and depression are acceptable.

Hearing that people like Chen Zhu from the Qing Dynasty were thoughtful, Chi E couldn't help but wonder at his young age: "But what does this have to do with the empress being punished and losing her imperial power?"

"Are you stupid?" Qing Du scolded her, "Don't forget that the Ji family is a foreign relative. If the empress does not back down now, when His Majesty proposes to let the son of the family be the Lord, someone might come out and mutter and remind His Majesty not to raise a child." The second Ji family comes... Although His Majesty favors our empresses, you may not listen to them, but now there is an undercurrent in the temple, and the empress is deliberately demeaning herself in order to silence those people. But it can reduce a lot of twists and turns.”

Not only that, but also for the appointment of officials after Lord Shang.

A brother who is like a concubine who is invincible in the six palaces is definitely different from a brother who is favored but also has a lot of checks and balances.

If the former is really careless, a second Ji family will be raised, but the latter is not so risky.

"Furthermore, Mrs. Zhao's birth has been full of disasters. It's so easy to survive until now, and I will definitely not fall short!" Yun Fenghuang looked around and said seriously, "Your Majesty's knees are still empty, and the importance of the eldest son of the emperor does not need to fall short!" Emphasize? Of course, Yiguiren's heirs are recorded in the name of this palace, and she doesn't have many days left, but she can't slack off!"

Here she calmly takes care of the two pregnant concubines, but in Yijia Palace, Wei Hengyan is very embarrassed: "Tell me, who should I listen to?"

Several dowry confidantes are also very worried: "According to the family background and the friendship that grew up together, you and Concubine Xuan Ruifei Manya and wife Zhaoyi are together; but you entered the palace a year ago, and you have joined hands with Concubine Zhen Yes. Although the real concubine is not favored by the loving mother and empress dowager, His Majesty still rested with her yesterday, which shows that the emperor's favor is not fading... She has such a mean temper, she must not tolerate betrayal! This... ..."

"And counting the days, both Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Yi are about to give birth!" Wei Hengyan sighed, "Mrs. Chunke is in a daze, not to mention the premature delivery of the good eldest prince...It's all right now, Any one of the Zhao family and the Yi family who gave birth to a prince is the de facto eldest son of the emperor! Even the princess who was born to both of them is the flesh and blood that His Majesty finally has after many years... Do you think that Xuanqing Palace is so neglectful? "

If it's someone who hasn't been close to Yun Fenghuang before, that's fine. A big sister like her who dares to alienate and half-heartedly dares to give her a good look !

Wei Hengyan frowned for a long time, and finally said dejectedly: "Forget it, I understand that I am not fighting for that seat in this palace. If this is the case, the concubine Zhen is not doing well now, so why bother? Since I hated Huanhua Palace, people like Concubine Xuan may not think highly of me."

She still remembered what Princess Dongxing had taught, that the first and the second are the most taboo when standing in a team.

Either don't choose, don't hesitate if you choose, at least don't let the party you choose feel your hesitation.

So since you haven't made up your mind to give up Yunfenghuang...

Wei Hengyan ordered his subordinates: "For the next palace affairs, no matter how big or small, copy all of them and send them to Huanhua Palace. Please show me, sister Zhenfei!"