Treacherous Living in the Imperial Harem

Chapter Thirty-Third

The palace people hurried back to Yanlan Palace to inform Concubine Xuan, Concubine Xuan sighed looking at the evidence in hand: "Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, what happened today, how long has Your Majesty been in the Huanhua Palace, why did you rest so quickly?" The wet nurse Yin frowned and said, "It's probably because your Majesty is being coaxed by the real concubine, so it's not appropriate to disturb, so The people below lie to prevaricate us."

Concubine Xuan said helplessly: "But even so, are we going to forcibly break into the Huanhua Palace? The real concubine entered the palace before the people in this palace, and she has a relationship with her majesty. His majesty naturally prefers her now. And there is the second prince This is His Majesty's actual eldest son and eldest daughter, can His Majesty treat these two adoptive mothers with dignity? We can't compete, at least for now."

"Didn't the palace report the news today?" Yin lowered her voice, "Xiao Ji gave birth to a pair of twins. Although according to their closeness, these two children should be raised by the middle palace, but how could it be possible for your majesty?" Let Ji's daughter have a son-in-law? Of course she will not. Gu's and others have also been neglected by His Majesty. The real concubine has raised the second prince and Princess Zhaoqing, so we can't continue to fight, right? If the empress asks , His Majesty should allow the empress to raise at least one prince?"

Concubine Xuan was a little reluctant: "I'm only entering the palace now, don't be in such a hurry?"

It's not that Yun Fenghuang can't have children by herself, but she can have her own flesh and blood, so why raise a child born to the emperor by another woman?

Besides, Ji Muzi is still Ji's first daughter, who knows if Chunjia will have any grudges towards the twins?

"Raise it first, so there is a reason to invite His Majesty to come and sit down from time to time." Yin Shi advised her, "Anyway, it is only the birth of the concubine, not the eldest son of the emperor, arrange a few palace people to take care of it, and wait for you to give birth to your own child." Girl, is there anything else to do?"

It's just a tool for fighting for favor.

"That's not right." Concubine Xuan said, "If it's from an ordinary concubine, it's fine to fight over it. But since it's the blood of the Ji family's first daughter, we want to use them as rafts, how can the Ji family sit idly by? Not to mention the former dynasty, don't forget that the empress is 'ill', but the empress dowager and mother empress dowager are still there. They don't talk about ordinary things. If we catch us not caring about the emperor's heir, we will make trouble at that time. Wherever we go, it's our fault, and we have ruined Luo's daughter's reputation for nothing... just forget it."

"This..." The Yin family was a little bit reluctant. Chunjia was already at this age, and ordinary people would be able to propose marriage to their children in a few years. They finally had children, but the children were still in their infancy. Although the third and fourth princes were The daughters of the Ji family are all princes, and they are rare twins—but thinking about what Concubine Xuan said makes sense, she sighed, "But Concubine Zhen...what should I do? I have been suppressed by her all the time. It's not an option."

Yin reminded, "The real concubine is superior to us in terms of status and affection, and her only weakness is her family background. Not to mention that the second prince under the name of concubine Shu is raised in front of her, it is said that Xie's son bestowed marriage to the princess. , and all the brothers were named on the gold list, and after three to five years, the Xie family will be rejuvenated, not to mention similar to ours, but it should not be underestimated!"

"At that time, if His Majesty has a preference..."

"Once there is a loss in the middle palace, then..."

The one who may go up is Yunfenghuang.

Concubine Xuan's face also became serious. Her goal is very clear, which is to succeed her. In contrast, Chunjia loves Yunfenghuang more, goes to Huanhua Palace more times, and doesn't have much sincerity towards her, although It's not without regrets, but they all belong to the category of tolerability.

Only she will never give up the seat of Zhonggong!

"Your Majesty, according to my servant's opinion." At the moment there are only their master and servant in the palace, Yin said again, "The real concubine is clever and cunning, and she is favored by the emperor. Even if she is not loved by the loving mother, the empress dowager, she still has to consider it." His Majesty's mood. If she just waits for her to make a mistake or be rejected by His Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have any chance."

Because Concubine Zhen is not a fool, it is impossible for her to make a big mistake rashly.

Moreover, Chunjia prefers this concubine, even if she accidentally does something wrong, the emperor will help her out - Chunjia's heart is on her side, it's okay if Queen Mother Yuan wants to find fault with her, but if she really wants to take the real concubine, what will she do? It's impossible to make a mistake unless you have enough handles.

After all, this queen mother is not the real mother, but the one who is the real mother is not close to the emperor, so the two empress dowagers, the loving mother and the holy mother, are not enough to restrain Chunjia.

There is no way to rule the emperor with filial piety like those powerful empress dowagers in the past, so that they can keep their promises.

"Even though she entered the palace a year earlier than the empress, but considering that she is as old as the empress, it is really..."

Maybe the real concubine has always been beautiful and beautiful under the emperor's care, but Xuan concubine Ji Jiying is a step ahead?

Most importantly, Yin's voice was even lower, "The Second Prince and His Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing are still holding each other in their arms. Although Yuxue, who was born to these two little His Royal Highnesses, is cute and is His Majesty's own flesh and blood. I can only watch it. But children grow up very quickly. After a few years, the two little highnesses can walk and run and make people act like a baby. Then..."

Concubine Xuan clenched her lips, not to mention the second prince, although he was considered cute, but it was just an ordinary kind of cuteness, and in the eyes of a person of Concubine Xuan's background, he hadn't reached the point where he could shine.

But Princess Zhaoqing...

This eldest daughter of the emperor is worthy of having a biological mother who is crowned with six palaces, and she looks good.

Concubine Xuan didn't have a good relationship with Concubine Zhen, so she saw her a few times at the full moon banquet, but she couldn't take her eyes off-such a beautiful and lovely child is still her own daughter, and she is three or five years old. Da Da ran behind, acted coquettishly and hugged her thigh, and called out "Father Emperor" in a soft voice... What else did Chunjia not agree to?

With such a daughter helping Gu Chong, wouldn't Yun Fenghuang's frustration be indefinitely far away?

"...It is true that we can't go on like this anymore." Concubine Xuan was silent for a while, let out a breath, and said with concentration, "The real concubine can do whatever she wants, except for the phoenix position."

After a pause, she said, "Concubine Zhen is cunning and quick-witted, and has His Majesty's preference and the emperor's heir by her side. I am afraid that ordinary things will not bring her down."

A look of cruelty flashed in Yin's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "So, she must do the heinous thing to succeed!"

... In Huanhua Palace, Yun Fenghuang didn't know about Concubine Xuan's master and servant's discussion. She cried and cried for half an hour, and she felt tired, so she showed mercy and let Chunjia go.

How could Chunjia remember to doubt her at this time?

He only felt that he had finally escaped from birth, and he became more and more low-key coaxing, and even euphemistically suggested that when Xie Meng grows up, he can give Xie Meng a title, such as the township owner or county owner or something.

"Meng'er is still young, how can he afford it?" Yun Fenghuang glanced at him and said, "I don't care about these things, as long as your Majesty treats me well."

Anyway, for things that cannot be fulfilled for the time being, it is better to bring them to Ben Gong to show your dignity.

Chunjia smiled and said, "Gaen, your niece, isn't it good for you?"

He said that, besides doting on Yun Fenghuang, he also felt that the Xie family had a weak foundation. Even if there was a son-in-law and a county lord, it would not be able to develop to a level comparable to the Luo family and the Ji family, enough to threaten The level of imperial power.

"Let's be serious!" Yun Fenghuang patted the back of his hand lightly, and said thoughtfully, "This incident at the banquet today is really sudden, and I can't blame the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, for doubting my concubine's identity. In her and His Majesty's minds, she is a reckless person! But this thing is really not done by the concubine. Didn't the loving mother Empress Dowager also say that it happened to come to the palace today to announce the good news... I always feel that it seems to be related Same."

She reminded Chunjia, "I remember that when Ji Yuwan got pregnant, it was a good day?"

"..." Chunjia has always been sensitive, but what happened today, the atmosphere between Queen Mother Yuan and Yun Fenghuang is not right.

He was sandwiched between the deeply affectionate mother-in-law and the beloved concubine, and he followed the long rope to mediate until now, and he didn't think much about it.

At this moment, after hearing the words and thinking for a while, his face darkened, and he said, "This is such a coincidence, it must have been arranged on purpose."

Yun Fenghuang snorted and said, "If it's just intentionally arranging to announce the good news on a good day, it's nothing, it's just human nature. But...if there is no such thing as An Liu today, the palace will come to announce the good news, and I will have a double happiness with you , Your Majesty, what will happen then?"

Without her elaborating, Chunjia had already sneered: "Of course I'll deal with it the same way as today. Let you or Concubine Xuan Rui come forward, ask the person a few questions, and reward things according to the rules."

Anyway, it is impossible to add grace.

If the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji were not still there, and everyone in the world knew that it was the Ji family who supported him, he wouldn't even want to give him this bit of decency according to the rules!

"The front and back palaces are now speculating on your wishes." Yun Fenghuang played with his fingers and said casually, "Even if it is a happy news at the Longevity Banquet, or twins, the ministers and concubines at most will be at the table." Congratulations to you. Afterwards, if you don't praise them, who will treat the twins differently?"

Chunjia snorted, held her with her backhand and rubbed her ten fingers, and said lazily: "But today, not only Yuan's mother suffered disaster at the banquet, but even some people were killed in the hall. At this time, there is good news, as usual , if you can’t say it, you have to publicize it so that you can suppress the accident and preserve the dignity of the royal family..."

He sneered, "Last time, wasn't it like this?! As soon as Hu Fengyi left, Ji Muzi spread the pregnancy news. Stepping on other people's pain points to set off their pride is a common practice of this family!"

In fact, I just think that since the Ji family has lost their sacred heart, they will definitely think that Ji Muzi's heir, even if it is a prince, will hardly get your attention. With a glimmer of hope, they should do something for the birth of this child...

Then counting the days when Ji Muzi gave birth, it was about the same as the Longevity Day.

In this way, taking advantage of the opportunity of participating in the preparation of the palace banquet, not only added trouble to the Empress Dowager Yuan, but also succeeded in throwing the blame away, why not do it?

Anyway, even if the Ji family is not doing well, Yun Fenghuang is ready to let Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui take the top of the vat when they announce the good news of Ji Muzi's birth at the Wanshou Banquet.

At present, it seems that the plan is working, and the effect is better than expected-as expected, such things as planting must be done more.

The civet cat attacked at night last time, and this time the longevity banquet killed people. If there is any suitable thing in the future, it is estimated that Chunjia will be the first to suspect Ji without his own guidance.

This Ji family is so kind, Yun Fenghuang is a little bit reluctant to let them fall.

After all, is there a better scapegoat than this family?

Yun Fenghuang felt emotional in his heart, frowned and said: "It's nothing else, An Liu is the one who has served the empress dowager's meals several times, and she is also their nail... I don't know who the empress dowager is today. Were any of the meals tampered with?"

Chunjia comforted: "I will order people to pass on the imperial physician."

After thinking about it, I asked Huanhuadian to pass one on, "Just in case."

...After a long while, in the Spring Palace, the Empress Dowager Yuan was feeling depressed. She heard that Chunjia was worried. It was so late, and she specially arranged for the imperial physician to come over to ask for her pulse. She was happy, but the servant who sent the message flatteringly told: "The real concubine was worried, and reminded His Majesty, and took the side door opened by Eunuch Yanyin's waist card to the imperial hospital to deliver the order."

Empress Dowager Yuan was expressionless immediately: This concubine has coaxed away the son raised by Ai's family. Does Ai's family still have to thank her? !

At this moment, Empress Dowager Yuan had the same thought as Concubine Xuan's master and servant: this cloud, wind and yellow, can't stay anymore!

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