Chapter XVI Of the Right Way to Prepare for a Rainy Day

"Precisely because the imperial concubine is used to the empress not caring about things, so now the concubine has been tampered with in the palace, and there is no way to find the empress to make a theory." Yun Fenghuang took a white look at Chunjia, and said with a smile, "After all, everyone knows that the empress has been ill these days, and the power of the palace has been handed over to the three concubines. If something goes wrong now, they will go to trouble her and spread it. They think that the concubine is relying on the emperor. Chong, you despise the middle palace!"

Chunjia was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "What happened tonight...didn't you do it yourself?"

"Your Majesty is too flattering on that Luo Hanyi!" Yun Fenghuang said with a gloomy face, "What kind of thing is she? Don't say that Your Majesty stands on the concubine's side, she can't make any trouble at all. It's not that she has a family background to support her, it's just that she made a move with the concubine, and the concubine gave her a hand! It's worth this big night, the concubine got up after sleeping soundly, and even alarmed His Majesty, just to give her a Embarrassed?"

"Can't my concubine in broad daylight trouble her?"

"Do you have to make trouble with yourself or with His Majesty?"

She pushed Chunjia as she spoke, and said angrily, "Your Majesty will favor these newcomers! What do you think of me as a concubine?"

"It's not that you have always...well, you are witty and clever. I thought that Concubine Xuan was urging my mother to call me to the Spring Palace. You are not happy, so you came here on purpose." The concubine and I" swallowed the thought, hugged her and coaxed, "It turns out that you didn't do this, and I'm also surprised. My beloved concubine has become more and more sensible and considerate these days. How can I bear it?" Bothering me at night?"

Unconscionably, he praised Yun Fenghuang before asking about the details—in fact, Yun Fenghuang had told her story before, but the emperor thought she directed and acted herself, so he didn't listen carefully at all.

At this moment, the beloved concubine had to complain, and Fang was told: "Your Majesty can't tell you when he was holding the lamp. As soon as I inquired about it, I knew that Concubine Xuan must be acting as a demon. Didn't I think of His Majesty's permission, so I made people put her in the same night?" The civet cats were sent to Yanlan Palace, and she was tormented too? As a result, the lighting was limited at night, and two civet cats escaped."

"I thought it was not a big deal, so I asked someone to send the other civet cats over, and I will catch those two at dawn."

"As a result, the Yanlan Palace was facing a big enemy. It was like counting some valuables. It took a long time to accept them. The concubine got impatient with waiting, so I settled down first, and let Chen Zhuming be with the concubine again. Then I fell asleep and heard some movement outside, and only when I got up did I realize that the two civet cats didn't go left or right, and they ran to Huanhua Temple by chance, broke many things, and didn't say anything. Hurt someone!"

"My concubine suddenly wondered if Concubine Xuan left something when she came over during the day, and asked someone to catch the civet cat and look for it. Sure enough, I found a sachet in the chair where Concubine Xuan sat. And Chen Zhu recognized it right away, it was something that Concubine Xuan was dowry with. Concubine Xuan was born in a prominent family, and her attendants wore clothes and accessories according to the rules, which were quite different from those used in the palace, so anyone who has seen it can tell the difference."

Speaking of this, she snorted, "If ordinary people are sure to doubt Concubine Xuan, but I don't think that Concubine Xuan did this: firstly, Concubine Xuan's main purpose now is to suppress Concubine Xuan, but It's not aimed at the concubine itself, so why do such unwise things? Second, this season is not the time for the growth of fenugreek. Concubine Xuan has not entered the palace for a long time. Even if the Luo family is a family, I am afraid that her hands are not so long at the moment. Even if she wanted to murder my concubine with the sachet soaked in the juice of fenugreek, she would be powerless."

"That's why I think that the real culprit is probably the old man in the palace."

Chunjia said: "Your guess is also reasonable, but why is it the queen and not someone else?"

It was not that Chunjia wanted to speak to the queen, but that he really felt that the queen was not the only one who was suspected.

After all, the concubine that the real concubine offended was really...

Too much.

Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty, when you think about this matter, if you only look at the surface, is Concubine Xuan the most suspicious?"

Seeing Chunjia nod her head, she snorted softly, "So, what will happen if I really think that Concubine Xuan is the culprit?"

Before the emperor could open his mouth, he continued, "The concubine's temper is known to everyone in the palace, and she will never let it go. And what about Concubine Xuan? She may have a better temper than the concubine, but after all, she is also a member of the Luo family. A concubine who has been pampered and pampered will be in a high position as soon as she enters the palace, sitting on an equal footing with her concubine...how can she admit to what she didn't do? Not only refuses to admit it, but also thinks that my concubine framed her!"

"In this way, between the concubine and concubine Xuan, what was originally just a battle of spirits will inevitably turn into a hatred that the other party wants to get rid of quickly."

"Originally, the concubine, concubine Xuan and concubine Rui were appointed to manage the six palaces."

"Concubine Xuan has formed a relationship with Concubine Xuan, Concubine Rui and Concubine Xuan have a good relationship, how can it not be affected?"

When she said this, Chunjia already understood: "Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, plus Empress Mother, you are bound to be invincible, but you have my preference, so it is evenly matched."

And the three concubines in charge are evenly matched, who will benefit the most?

Queen Ji of course!

In other words, it was the Ji family.

Because whether Empress Dowager Yuan's mother and son supported Yun Fenghuang last year, or welcomed Concubine Xuan and others this year, it was all to eradicate traces of the Ji family in the harem.

On this point, whether it is Yunfenghuang, Concubine Xuan and others, they all support it.

Therefore, on the premise that the real concubine Xuanfei and Ruifei have no real conflicts that cannot be overcome, they may fight and stumbling each other, but in the general direction, everyone is still in the same direction—as if Yun Fenghuang rejected Concubine Xuan bluntly He asked to hand over the civet cats in Xuanqing Palace to her to take away for disposal, but in fact Concubine Xuan did not propose, or in other words, after defeating Concubine Xuan's arrogance this time, Yun Fenghuang would dispose of these civet cats himself.

But if there is an unresolved grievance between the three concubines, then...

As Yun Fenghuang said, the battle of spirits has risen to the level of enmity, but it is no longer an ordinary struggle and stumbling block.

At that time, it may not be said that the objection is for the sake of opposition. In this way, if Concubine Xuan wants to abolish the rules established by the Ji family and replace the people used by the Ji family, Yun Fenghuang will definitely make trouble and oppose it regardless; Of course.

In this way, it is too late for the three concubines to fight each other, how can there be time to clean Ji's family?

And what will the Empress Dowager Yuan mother and son do?

It's impossible to force them to reconcile. Both sides are arrogant people, so it's fine if they don't become enemies.

Eliminate one side?

Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui are all supported by their family backgrounds. There is no reasonable reason, and severe punishments are not appropriate, let alone abandoned or executed; get rid of Yun Fenghuang? This is the adoptive mother of the little prince and the little princess. Yes, the two children are still young, just born, they have no affection for the adoptive mother, and they don't have enough bargaining chips.

However, this is still Duke Yi's niece—the one listed in the genealogy—if the royal family did this, it would be suspicious outside, and Duke Yi's mansion would fall out of favor.

Moreover, for the sake of the little prince under the name of Concubine Shu, Yi Guogong and his wife also wanted to speak for Yun Fenghuang.

After all, there are old concubines with the Yun family in the palace now, just Yun Fenghuang and Yun Qingman, Yun Qingman's status, temperament and strength are too busy to take care of themselves, they will rest assured that this concubine will raise the prince under the name of the concubine, or is it true? The eldest prince above?

What's more, Yunfenghuang has blood relatives of the Xie family. Although his family background is still humble at the moment, he has already received the imperial decree to marry the princess, and his future is promising.

It also belongs to the kind that can be neglected and cannot be discarded without considerable reason.

Most importantly, is Chunjia willing?

Thinking of this possibility, the emperor's face darkened, he stroked Yun Fenghuang's hair, and said in a cold voice: "Then I will send Yanyin to the central palace to deliver a message tomorrow morning, and let the queen thoroughly, investigate, and find out!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust." Yun Fenghuang expressed his thanks insincerely with the corners of his mouth curled up, and then complained, "Your Majesty always thinks that I am that kind of bad person, and I have seen it just now, the reason why you are so late If you refuse to agree to a thorough investigation, you are worried that this concubine will embarrass your beloved concubine Xuan, right?"

Chunjia couldn't laugh or cry: "Who is my beloved, you don't know?"

"What do you know about the concubine?" Yun Fenghuang asked back, "Is it clear that you hesitated to speak a few times just now, trying to excuse Concubine Xuan, or just now you always think that the concubine is the culprit, but relying on your preference, Murder the virtuous?"

I knew she was going to settle old scores!

Chunjia sighed in her heart, and said: "Didn't I feel sorry for you? Why is it so troublesome to think about it at night? You don't like Concubine Xuan, just let her confess the crime, and the punishment is over. It's hard for my beloved concubine , shouldn't rely on my favor to run amok in the Sixth Palace?"

"Your Majesty likes to say such things to coax me." Sure enough, Yun Fenghuang finally showed a slight smile when he heard the words, and annoyed him, "It's as if there are too many concubines to be unreasonable."

Chunjia thought, if you are reasonable, why do I need to say such unconscionable things?

He said without changing his face: "Of course my concubine is the most virtuous and virtuous, but I am afraid that you will be bullied if you are too virtuous and virtuous, so sometimes I am more at ease if you are unreasonable."

After some sweet words, Yun Fenghuang finally showed mercy and let him go, and thoughtfully said: "It's so late, the middle palace is really harmful... Your Majesty will go to court tomorrow, why don't you go back to Yuzhen Palace, Just rest here for a while."

After not resting for a long time, Chunjia was called by Yanyin to freshen up and change clothes to go to court.

He asked Xiao Nei to wait on him, and took the opportunity to send Yan Yin to Yanfu Palace to spread the word——Yun Fenghuang has never been used to this emperor since the beginning, and he always let him get up early, and he didn't get up until he was about to sleep. of.

The Qing people and Chi E came in to serve, and seeing that there was no one else present, Chi E felt a little guilty: "Ma'am, is it really okay to frame the empress for such a big matter?"

Well, the so-called "all this is the queen's conspiracy" was made up by Yun Fenghuang...

The sachet that was soaked with the juice of fenugreek was stuffed into the hollowed-out pattern by Chi Calyx himself.

She originally thought it was just a routine way of framing the concubine Xuan, but after some manipulation by her master, she became the empress' mastermind to instigate the second concubine to discord and disturb the palace... This is a major event that will affect the previous dynasty!

Chi E, who was still serving at the gentry's house in the north half a year ago, was a little flustered.

"Your Majesty believes it, so how can it be framed?" Yun Fenghuang glanced over, hating the lesson that iron is not worth steel, "Your Majesty is very wise and powerful, so why would he wrong the Queen? Since he believed it, it can be seen that even this time It wasn't the queen who did it, and the queen will do it sooner or later. So this time we are not planting blame, but planning for a rainy day... Do you understand?"

Chi E didn't understand, but she didn't dare not understand, so she nodded: "Yes!"

Yun Fenghuang nodded in satisfaction, and opened his arms to let them put on a crimson bottom embroidered crane with a pinch of gold and gold silk double-breasted wide-sleeved outer shirt: "I haven't seen the empress for a long time, I hope she doesn't disappoint me."

Empress Ji is an important step in her whole plan.