Chapter 37: On the Importance of Records

Two days later, Gong Xiangxiao returned the Empress Dowager and his mother to the palace.

The emperor took the harem and accompanied the loving mother and the holy mother to the palace gate to greet them. After the two sides met, they talked about their farewell, and almost cried in their arms. The scene was very touching.

In the end, under the persuasion of everyone, Fang just suspended expressing his feelings and took his seat in Qingci Palace.

On this day, a reception banquet was held for the Empress Dowager, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Qingci Palace.

After drinking for three rounds, the Empress Dowager asked about the recent situation of the harem, and learned that Empress Ji had been ill for a long time, and the three concubines Yu Zhen, the Palace Affairs Commissioner, burst into tears, expressing with great sadness that she and Empress Ji were already very old , I don't know when I will go to see the two late emperors, I didn't expect Empress Ji to be so troubled at such a young age.

"Why are Aijia and Sheng'er so miserable? White-haired people have given away black-haired people." The Empress Dowager Ji's boudoir name is a single word "Sheng", and the Empress Dowager said sadly, "Don't even grandchildren have to leave? In front of the Ai family? The Ai family would rather go first, than stay alone in this world and suffer such heart-wrenching pain!"

She said so, how could everyone sit still, Chunjia took the lead to leave the seat and bowed down, begging her to take back her words.

At this time, no matter how reluctant Chunjia and Empress Dowager Yuan were, they had to say that Empress Ji's health was fine and she recovered not long ago.

So don't be too sad for the empress dowager, her granddaughter-in-law is unlikely to walk ahead of her!

"The status of the middle palace is high, and the daily life is the best." The Empress Dowager did not believe it, and said, "Nowadays, the middle palace is empty, and there is no one to worry about. The emperor can't do such a little thing to share his worries. Does this mean that his health is not serious? Aijia heard before that ordinary housewives, who have been ill for many years, can still persist in taking care of the family. The queen beats the baby to be healthy, otherwise I will not choose to enter the palace, but for more than half a year, I have left everything to the real concubine and the others, either the queen is dying, or the queen is deliberately lazy!"

As he said that, he lowered his face, asked Empress Ji to kneel in front of him, and asked her harshly if she was being lazy on purpose! ?

Empress Ji started to cry, but she didn't say that she was excluded in public, she just said: "Daughter-in-law came back from the summer vacation last year, and she really didn't feel refreshed, so she stayed sick for a while. During this period, the imperial concubine entrusted Zhenfei Waiting for others, perhaps because I can concentrate on recuperating, but now I am already well. Please rest assured, Grandmother!"

"How can you be so ignorant?" The Empress Dowager scolded, "Taking care of the six palaces is what you should do in the middle palace, but what does it have to do with the real concubine and the others? How many housewives in the world are taking care of the back house when they are sick, you But after lying in bed for a few months, you don’t care about anything? Even if Aijia and Sheng’er were not there at the time, they couldn’t help you, and the loving mother and the Holy Mother were both in the palace, so you couldn’t ask these two elders to help take care of you. Days? Just want to squeeze the irrelevant concubine! The two loving mothers and holy mothers have also watched you come over these years, don't they still feel sorry for you?"

He also said that the three real concubines, concubine Xuan and concubine Rui, "are young and have only entered the palace for a few days. How can you take on such a heavy responsibility? You, the empress, have neglected their duties and asked them to drive ducks to the shelves. Fortunately, nothing has happened so far. If something happens Chazi, are you okay?"

The three of Yun, Fenghuang and Huang couldn't help but walk forward on knees to plead for forgiveness for the queen... After such a play, the matter of Empress Ji regaining the power of Fenghuang was finalized.

There is no way, the empress dowager is very polite to people other than the empress, and every word is good, but as long as anyone expresses the meaning that "the empress still needs to continue to take care of her body, it is not appropriate to start worrying now", she will press her chest As if he was going to meet Shenzong Xiaozong on the spot, this is just coming back, if there is something wrong, no matter whether it is pretending or not, will Chunjia's reputation still be lost?

"It's just that the empress doesn't go out these days. Even though the concubines often go to ask for instructions, there are so many affairs in the palace. I'm afraid the empress will be too busy for a while." Chunjia's mood at the moment is naturally not very good. Basically, he didn't move his teeth much, and in the end it was Yun Fenghuang who brought him back a little bit. Yun Fenghuang said this after Empress Ji confirmed that the end of the "sickness" was implemented, "It's better to let the concubine serve around , to reduce the burden a little for the empress?"

The Empress Dowager frowned, Empress Dowager Yuan nodded first, and said Yun Fenghuang: "After all, the Empress did not love you in vain, you have to serve the Zhong Palace with all your heart, don't slack off!"

Although the Empress Dowager Yuan didn't like this real concubine, it had to be said that at this critical moment, Xiao Yun's response was as expected—it had failed to directly prevent Empress Ji from regaining the palace power, but it would be good to have someone of her own to distribute the power.

"Isn't that appropriate?" The Empress Dowager naturally objected, "The empress has been in charge of the palace for many years, and it's only been half a year since she left it. Why does she need someone to assist her? Especially the real concubine."

She glanced at Yun Fenghuang lightly, "The imperial concubine is raising the eldest son of the emperor and Zhaoqing under her knees, how old are the two children? It is the time when the mother concubine needs to take care of her, how can the concubine really get away?"

"Grandmother, the real concubine is raising the second prince, and King Qi is the grandson's eldest son. Unfortunately, he passed away before the full moon." Noticing that Empress Dowager Yuan's face darkened, Chunjia hurriedly said, "The second prince and Zhaoqing are still young." , and now they are all taken by the wet nurse. Except for watching the wet nurse and the others to serve them attentively, Concubine Zhen has no other trivial matters, which is suitable for helping Ling Zi. After all, Ling Zi has been sick on and off for more than half a year. Yes, my grandson can't bear it either."

The Empress Dowager frowned and said: "The emperor is reluctant to give up the child who is only full moon, so he will be granted the title after him. Why is he still in the ranking? This is not good. From now on, let the prince under the concubine's knee be the eldest prince."

Chunjia coughed dryly: "Grandmother please take pity on me, my grandson has only had such a little flesh and blood over the years..."

"Ai's family loves you so much that they want to remove this King Qi's ranking." The Empress Dowager put on a serious look, "The child is gone, so what can I do if I miss you so much? Fortunately, you have other Heir. Keeping such a child occupying the title of the eldest son of the emperor, isn’t it a constant reminder of this tragedy? So when will we be able to get out?”

"It's hard enough for the emperor to take care of everything every day. How can it be called such a thing, which stabs the heart all the time?"

The Empress Dowager sighed, and said to the Empress Dowager Yuan who was already expressionless, "The emperor is young, so he can't help being a fool. Why are you confused? I don't know how to persuade you? A child who is so old is not ranked by ordinary people, let alone Tianjia? When I went there, I should have taken care of it quickly and never mentioned it again."

"It's rare that the real concubine is so blessed, and the prince under her knees is said to be very strong? Such a child is worthy of being the eldest son of my royal family!"

"Put a dead person in front of the little princes and princesses, what are you talking about!"

"...You are right." Empress Dowager Yuan replied stiffly, with the veins showing on the back of her hand holding the handkerchief.

The Empress Dowager didn't care about her attitude, and sighed: "That's all."

Glancing at Yun Fenghuang, "It's good to raise the eldest son of the emperor and Zhaoqing in the future... By the way, is the child here now? If he is, bring it up for Aijia to see."

Yun Fenghuang said respectfully: "Back to the Empress Dowager, when I greeted you at the gate of the palace just now, the two children were there. Because of their young age, the wet nurse hugged you and the Empress Dowager to salute. Wait until they are older Now, I’ll make up the gift for the two of you. It’s just that after the banquet, the two children seemed to be crying, and they were afraid that they would disturb their interest, so they sent them back to Xuanqing Palace.”

He also said that today the empress dowager, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must have had a hard time traveling, and they were afraid that the children would make trouble, so it would be better to see them well-behaved the next day and bring them here to pay their respects.

"Success." The Empress Dowager waved her hand, "I heard that Zhaoqing is very cute. There have been no children in the palace for many years. The Ai family really wants to see what this great-granddaughter looks like."

Yun Fenghuang thanked Zhaoqing on behalf of Zhaoqing, expressing that he was not unconscionable, and that the Empress Dowager praised the two children under her knees like this, so she wanted to repay the Empress Dowager's kindness even more.

The way she repays is to help Empress Ji manage the Six Palaces, so that Empress Ji will not be tired and something will happen, which will make the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji sad...

Hearing these words, the Empress Dowager, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had blue veins twitching in their foreheads, and they reckoned that if it weren't for the public eyes, they would directly scold her for being shameless, and she would be a good boy if she got it cheap!

"Well, after all, you have to take care of the two emperor's heirs." At this time, the Empress Dowager Ji said, "The Ai family has accepted your kindness on behalf of the empress, but let Concubine Xuan come to assist Liugong. Although she You are young, and your days in the palace are short, but you are born in a family, and you are doing well these days, and you have no children to take care of, but you are more suitable than you."

Concubine Xuan Ruifei was a step slower before, and was secretly regretting her wrists, but she didn't expect the pie to suddenly hit her, and she was overjoyed!

However, before she could get up to thank her and finalize the matter, the Empress Dowager Yuan and Chun Jia vetoed it with one voice, saying that Concubine Xuan had only entered the palace for a long time, and it was all thanks to Yun Fenghuang who was watching beside her that she was able to make no mistakes these days.

How could such a concubine help the queen?

It would be nice not to hold back the queen!

Concubine Xuan: "..."

No, it's okay for Chunjia to say that, after all, the emperor has always been partial to Yun Fenghuang.

But why did Queen Mother Yuan also mean this? ? ?

Luo Hanyi was a little hurt, and she didn't know that the Empress Dowager Yuan's love for her and Concubine Rui, these newcomers these days, had various considerations.

But at least compared with the real concubine, the Queen Mother Yuan has almost stood for them clearly!

Why is it that at such a critical moment, the empress mother and the empress dowager offered to let her go, but the empress dowager yuan stood up and said she couldn't do it? !

"The Ai family would be happy to push you up, but can you do it?" Little did they know that Empress Dowager Yuan noticed her disappointed expression, and felt quite helpless in her heart.

From an emotional point of view, there is only one concubine who can "help" the queen. Of course, the Queen Mother Yuan supports Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, not Concubine Zhen.

But if you think about it calmly...

The Ji family's three generations of phoenix masters are not easy to save fuel!

This time the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji returned with a threatening aura, forcing the emperor to let Empress Ji "heal" on the first day, and then she must have done a lot of things to sideline the empress and boost Ji's momentum.

If Concubine Xuan is really allowed to go according to Empress Dowager Ji's wishes... Can Concubine Xuan win the fight?

Don't think she doesn't know, Empress Dowager Ji chose Concubine Xuan because Concubine Xuan was "young and her days in the palace were short".

Although he was born in a big family, the Luo family has always kept a low profile. He has no influence in the palace, and he is not the kind of leader who promises everything in the temple—why didn't Empress Dowager Ji choose Concubine Rui? Because Concubine Rui's grandfather, Ouyang Yanran, is about to return to court and will be reused.

With such a grandfather supporting her in front, Concubine Rui and Empress Ji could hardly speak in a fight.

So Empress Dowager Yuan thought about it quickly, and thought that the best choice could only be Concubine Zhen.

Because the Phoenix Lords of the three generations of the Ji family were in person, it was impossible to agree to Concubine Rui's appearance.

The point is that during the short days when the three concubines were in power, the most outstanding concubine was still concubine Zhen, followed by concubine Xuan, concubine Rui had no sense of existence at all... No matter how hard Ouyang Yanran worked, if this granddaughter was gentle and elegant, she would still not be in line with the emperor Benefits aren't they?

And this kind of errand can't be said to find that it is not suitable for another one. Instead of choosing to enter the palace for a short period of time, the concubine Xuan Ruifei who is tall but has no outstanding record is reliable.

"That's how it is." The Empress Dowager Yuan and the emperor strongly agreed with Concubine Zhen. After the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji raised several objections that were rejected, they looked at each other. I don't think it's good to refute her intentions. It's just that the care of two princes is inevitably more distracting than one prince. The first prince is not under the name of Concubine Shu, and his biological mother Zhao was raised in front of Zhonggong, but Zhonggong is ill. Did you send it to Xuanqing Palace?"

"How about moving the eldest prince back to the central palace to be raised by the queen, so that it will be convenient for the real concubine to help the queen... how about it?"