Chapter 36: Returning Miyagi

Ji's actions were quick, and the Empress Dowager Yuan hadn't figured out how to win the game. Within two days, the palace was gone.

The Zhuxue Garden where the Empress Dowager lived, the Xianzhi Pavilion where the empress dowager lived, and the Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion where Yunfenghuang lived were all burned to the ground. The Empress Dowager and her mother, the Empress Dowager, have lived in peace in the palace for the past few days. Although they were a little frightened by this change, they are generally fine, otherwise, I will not be able to atone for my sins by dying!"

What else is there to say?

Although Chunjia heard it and decided that it was Ji's self-directed and self-acted without sending someone to investigate, but in the public, he had to be furious and complained: "There is such a thing?! The emperor's grandmother and Ji's mother are now in the same room. Where to place it?"

Without waiting for the guard to reply, he anxiously asked people to prepare the chariot, claiming that he would go to the palace immediately to welcome back the two elders.

No matter what the ministers think in their hearts, of course they have to stop—after all, the emperor has a lot to do with him. Although the palace says whether it is far or not, it is not that Chunjia can leave as soon as he says it.

For a while, there was a lot of chatter in the solemn and solemn court hall. Some advised the emperor to be calm and not to be impatient, and listened to the guards; some suggested that clan relatives such as the regent go on their behalf; And it doesn't matter if other places are burned, Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, the residence of the real concubine during the summer vacation, is next to the water source!

How can this still burn to the ground? !

Now it is said that it is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, but the night is still expected to be chilly, and it is not the season when everything is lit under the bright sun in the dog days. It is the season when the water vapor is abundant and everything grows, and it is the least likely to catch fire!

All in all, the meal was messed up, and in the end Chunjia was persuaded, so he could only beat his chest and blame himself for being unfilial, and his ministers unanimously persuaded him to put state affairs first, and said: "The empress dowager and the empress dowager are both from rich families, and they take care of themselves For the overall situation, we must be sympathetic to His Majesty. If His Majesty put aside his government affairs and went to greet him personally, and the Empress Dowager meets his mother Empress Dowager, then he should worry. If His Majesty insists on doing this, wouldn’t it be embarrassing for the Empress Dowager and his mother Empress Dowager?”

Given this reason, of course Chunjia didn't make things difficult for herself, and could only "extremely regretful" send the Prince Regent's son Gong Xiangxiao to welcome the two elders back to the palace.

Of course, the third and fourth princes and their biological mother, Ji Muzi, will also be brought back together.

After the matter was settled, Chunjia withdrew from the court with a worried expression on her face, and her expression only became gloomy when there were only her own people left and right!

"Go and tell Concubine Zhen the news, and ask her to arrange to tidy up Qingci Palace and Mianfu Palace immediately, so that Grandmother and Mother Ji can rest immediately after returning to the palace." Chun Jia sat silent for a while behind the imperial case, and ordered quietly, "There's also the Jiashan Palace... also ask Mother Qu to clean up a side courtyard and come out."

Speaking of this, he just remembered that although the decision to let Empress Dowager Qu raise the third and fourth princes had been discussed with Yun Fenghuang and Empress Dowager Yuan, they hadn't been told to Empress Dowager Qu yet?

Even though Chun Jia had never been close to this biological mother, she was a little embarrassed at the moment.

But let him go to the Jiashan Palace to round up the field in person like coaxing the Empress Dowager Yuan... Chunjia thought for a while, and finally said: "Empress Qumu, let Concubine Zhen go and talk about it."

After all, she is also the queen mother, even if she doesn't go in person, at least let the concubine in charge go.

In Chunjia's impression, Empress Dowager Qu was not very familiar with the harem, so she met Yun Fenghuang a little more often, so of course she let Yun Fenghuang do the trick right now.

"Your Majesty, it's so cold here, but I'm afraid it will be lively in the future." Arranging to clean Qingci Palace and Mianfu Palace is just a matter of being there to give a few orders. After all, although the owners of these two palaces haven't come back for more than half a year However, the palace people who stayed behind have been waiting on them all the time, and there is always cleaning every day.

Chunjia sent Yun Fenghuang over just to show an attitude.

So she explained the scene and left for Jiashan Palace. The place was as quiet as ever. After entering the ceremony, Empress Dowager Qu asked her to sit down and talk. Yun Fenghuang sat down and smiled, "Guess what? ?”

Empress Dowager Qu smiled faintly: "I'm afraid this old bone of the Ai family can't help being a little lively."

"Your Majesty said this as if you were so old. In fact, your Majesty was still in her prime. She looked at her and stood with my concubine. If she allowed her to say something disrespectful, people would definitely think she was my sister. What about it?" Yun Fenghuang smiled and complimented, and then asked, "Your Majesty, have you heard?"

"I didn't hear anything." Queen Mother Qu said, "But you said that Ai's house is going to be lively, Ai's family is thinking, there are only so few things going on in the palace, how can there be any excitement? Let alone Ai's house is so lively In front of you? It’s likely that the people from the palace are coming back, and the third and fourth princes are born, and His Majesty can’t find a suitable person to take care of them, so they can only be arranged to come to Ai’s house.”

Yun Fenghuang showed admiration, and said that the empress is smart and agile, and the concubine is far behind: "Your Majesty originally planned to come to tell you in person, but because the empress dowager and mother empress dowager are also coming back, and sent the prince regent's son to meet you." I really can't get away, so I asked my concubine to come over and tell you."

Empress Dowager Qu said indifferently: "It's nothing, Ai's family is born to eat, so it's good to be able to do something. It's just..."

She was silent for a while, waved her hands to let the left and right go down, and then signaled Yun Fenghuang to come closer, before asking in a low voice, "How will the two grandchildren of Ai's family be raised, what can your majesty explain?"

"Your Majesty didn't go into details, he just said what should be given, and the extra is fine." Yun Fenghuang also whispered, "It's just that His Majesty meant that only the two princes were brought back. But now the palace is in trouble, too much." The residences of the empress dowager, mother empress dowager, and concubines were all burned down, and those two had to be welcomed back to take care of them... I'm afraid they will keep an eye on them from time to time."

Empress Dowager Qu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's nothing, anyway, they won't do harm to the children."

She sighed a little, "The Ai family is afraid that these two princes will only be temporarily raised by the Ai family, and the Ai family really doesn't know how to deal with themselves. You know, the Ai family has always been deserted. Love to go out. Few people talk to Aijia on weekdays. Although the two grandchildren are still young, His Majesty does not like them. But in the eyes of Aijia, they are innocent after all. When they grow up, it is better to listen to their childish words to relieve boredom. .”

The meaning of raising them temporarily is not that they are afraid that others will take them away when they grow up, but because they are afraid that the palace will not be able to accommodate these two children if they grow up, and they will be sent on the road.

Yun Fenghuang pursed his lips and smiled: "Although the two princes are not yet full moon, the children are growing up fast and look different every day. I believe it will soon make the empress's place lively."

She didn't stay in Jiashan Palace for too long, she got up and left after explaining.

When she returned to Huanhua Temple, Chunjia was already there, frowning and thinking about something.

Seeing Concubine Zhen come back, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Has the word arrived?"

"It's all here." Yun Fenghuang handed over the cloak to the Qing people, and didn't salute after entering, just sat down with him every few minutes, Chunjia didn't care, and said, "What did Queen Mother say?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "Of course the Empress Dowager is very happy to help, but before the concubine resigned, the Empress Dowager asked, how will the two little princes be raised? The concubine returned according to what His Majesty said before, the Empress Dowager The Empress Dowager was clearly relieved."

"Mother Qu's place is indeed a bit deserted." Chunjia smiled, and said noncommittally, "It's time to bring her some lively palace servants to accompany her later."

Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, and didn't mention the fact that the Holy Mother and the Empress Dowager are grandmothers who are reluctant to have grandchildren, it's normal—if Chunjia needs to abandon these two children for various reasons in the future, thinking about this moment, wouldn't it be suspicious? Feng Huang insinuated that he was cruel and willing to kiss his son?

He only smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the empress dowager are praying for their offspring, donating to charity organizations, and traveling in the palace. We can't make any preparations when we come back to the palace so excitedly." No, how about quietly welcoming the elders?"

This sounds nice, but it's just a suggestion to fight back.

"I'm thinking about this too." But this is in line with Chunjia's mood at the moment. To put it bluntly, he hopes that these two souls will return to the underworld, which is more devout than hoping for the sudden death of Duke Ye.

After all, Lord Ye still has Duke Yi, Ouyang Yanran and other veterans to help resist.

The empress dowager and mother empress dowager, as the widows of Shenzong and Xiaozong, really put up the banner of filial piety, and then ran to the mausoleum of the two former emperors crying and complaining about the bullying of orphans and widows... Such a big clan, the ruling and the opposition, don't say it I personally spoke for Chunjia, and it would be nice not to kneel down and beg them to appease their anger.

Chunjia frowned, and asked, "What's Aifei thinking?"

"First of all, the empress dowager and mother empress dowager stayed in the palace for a long time because of their phoenix body, and now they were shocked by the water, so they obviously can't worry about it anymore." And Tan, "So after returning, it's better to rest. It's better, and it's more appropriate to have the empress wait on the bed."

This will also save them from relying on the old and selling the old to let the queen come out of the mountain again after they come back.

In that case, why should she and Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui continue to hold the palace power?

"Secondly, how do you do things in the palace? There are so many waters in such a good palace, and there is such a big problem. It should be thoroughly investigated!"

It's time to wipe out the Ji family's forces over there and replace them with our own people.

Seeing Chunjia nod her head slightly, she said, "The third is to treat the civet cats in the palace well. After all, the empress dowager has just come back. Talking about this matter now, even if the empress dowager does not misunderstand, it will make other people suspicious. .The civet cats on the left and right have been raised in the palace for not a day or two, and there is no rush."

Anyway, all the civet cats in Xuanqing Palace have been transferred to Yanlan Palace, so she is not in a hurry.

"The civet cat..." Chunjia was reminded, her eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled, "What Aifei said is absolutely true."

Yun Fenghuang didn't care what he thought of or what he wanted to do, and continued on his own, "The other thing is to inform the three prospective sons-in-law, let them sharpen their talents and skills, and prepare to be summoned."

Chunjia frowned: "I almost forgot!"

Although he has expressed since last year that he would personally decide the marriage of the three princesses, the empress dowager and mother empress dowager are also the elders of the princesses after all, and it's fine if they were in the palace before.

Now that he was back in the palace, it was his duty to call the prospective consort chosen by the emperor to have a look.

Then the sons-in-law should of course prepare in advance, so as not to be stumped when the time comes, the empress dowager and mother empress dowager are dissatisfied, and there are minor twists and turns in the marriage. I found a bunch of chickens and dogs, and they couldn't match the royal princess.

Especially Wang Linglai and Xie Wuzheng.

The former is favored by Princess Minghui, and there is nothing much to rely on from her background—except for being rich—the latter, although she has a real concubine to help speak in front of the emperor, but because of Yun Fenghuang, she must be the thorn in the eyes of those two. , Ten out of ten will be the focus of criticism.

On the other hand, Zheng Fengli, with Zheng Gu behind him and Chunjia's companion, was used to going in and out of the palace. Most likely an easy pass.

So the imperial concubine had a discussion about how to help the three concubines-to-be pass the assessment and prove the emperor's intentions for the three princesses... They muttered and discussed all day, and Chunjia's eyebrows stretched even more. Unaware that Yun Fenghuang turned his head and revealed the details to Empress Ji: "Your Majesty is almost planning to do this here, and your side, let's see!"

Empress Ji sneered slightly: "You can rest assured, the heavens in this palace will change soon!"