Chapter 91: Gongxiang Bing and Gongxiangke
The selection of heirs had to wait for the vassal kings to express their views, so they had to put it on hold for the time being. In order to prevent the regent from turning his face, Chun Jia told Yun Fenghuang to treat Gu Zhen better and Lu Qidao better, at least to make a good show on the scene.
Yun Fenghuang was aggrieved: "When did the concubine treat them badly? If it wasn't for them not looking for the concubine, the concubine would not bother to pay attention to them."
She was talking nonsense with her eyes open, but Chunjia didn't expose it, and put her arms around her and coaxed: "Of course I know that my concubine is a virtuous and virtuous concubine who is the most honest and responsible, but it's just that in this critical period, my concubine should take care of the second concubine more." , can also share my worries, can't you?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, when did this concubine hold you back?" Yun Fenghuang was satisfied at this point, nodded and said, "It just so happens that these days, this concubine brought people from the palace to make a lot of clothes for the eldest prince and Zhaoqing. I'm going to send some to the third prince on Mrs. Yaoning's side. As for Lu's side, being a concubine will also be comforting."
However, Gu Zhen received the children's clothes sent by Yun Fenghuang very carefully. First of all, he didn't take them to the room where the third prince stayed, but immediately sent them to the most remote room, and arranged familiar clothes with him. The imperial physician checked that there was nothing wrong with it, so the master and servant sat down to discuss the purpose of Concubine Xian's move?
The result of their discussion is that don't care what Concubine Xian wants to do, she definitely has bad intentions!
"Your Majesty, about Concubine Xian's concubine, is she euphemistically hinting that she wants to use the Third Prince as a threat?" The confidant analyzed, "Otherwise, what are you thinking about the Third Prince? Who doesn't know that the Third Prince's biological mother has harmed the Xian Concubine and cannot give birth. , ordinary people have to remember it for a lifetime. What's more, the concubine Xian is so cruel and merciless that she will take revenge?"
Gu Zhen thought so deeply, and made everyone on guard, but she was still not at ease, and even went to the emperor in person—she also learned a lesson, and she didn't dare to directly say that Yun Fenghuang was wrong, let alone doubt the concubine Xian , only Lihua told with rain that she had been in the palace for many years. Although she did her best to serve the emperor, she had never been able to have a son and a half daughter because of poor fortune. It's not my own life, but it's still a treasure of love after all...
In short, it was the kind that she would not be able to survive once the Third Prince made a mistake.
Chunjia was a little annoyed when she heard this.
How could he have guessed Gu Zhen's thoughts, he only said that this time-honored concubine is making progress: I told the concubine Xian to treat you and Lu Qidao kindly, you just ran over to say these things, don't you just think that now I need to stabilize the regent and take advantage of the situation to give to the third prince? Do you want benefits? !
Of course Chunjia could bear it, at this critical moment, he didn't want to give the regent a reason to make a fuss over such a trivial matter, so he comforted him kindly, and named the third prince Gongxiangbing on the spot.
Afraid that Gu Zhen would not be satisfied, she didn't allow her to speak, and then rewarded some children's accessories, and even gave Gu Zhen some clothing and jewelry, and then dismissed her under the pretext of being busy with government affairs.
Gu Zhen analyzed the result and thought it was okay.
Although the emperor did not expressly say that he would stop Yun Fenghuang from murdering the emperor's heir, but since he gave the name to the third prince who had never asked about it, he also gave these rewards, unlike in the past, as long as there was a conflict with the wish of the concubine Xian He reprimanded her indiscriminately... It can be seen that his own son is still valued by the emperor... right?
She resigned and left with a lot of thoughts, not knowing that Chunjia turned around and was furious with Yue Xiaozhu: "How dare you, poor maid! No wonder she let her concubine win over Gu's and Lu's before, and she said that they were all unworthy. Seeing that Mrs. Gu still has a bit of integrity as a general's daughter, who knows that now she has learned to blackmail me with pinched eyes and bones!!!"
Yun Fenghuang almost couldn't help laughing, she could probably guess what was going on, but it was absolutely impossible to explain for Gu Zhen, not only did she not help explain, but she also hypocritically persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm down, maybe Mrs. Yaoning is not What this means is that she wants to raise the third prince too much! After all, she has been in the palace for many years and has nothing to do, so she finally got the chance to raise the prince, can she be willing to let go?"
Chunjia sneered and said, "Why does my beloved concubine help this lowly maidservant? It's fine if she raises an heir from other people, but this is a prince with Ji's blood! I entrust him to Gu Zhen to raise him, It is to use the momentum of the Prince Regent and Uncle Zhao Wu to prevent the Ji family from obstructing it!"
"I will give them the honor that princes deserve!"
"But definitely not now."
"A concubine can understand this truth when she entered the palace at the age of last year, but how many years has she been in the palace will she not understand?"
"But still crying and asking me to praise the third child, I don't care if I will be used by the Ji family after doing so!"
"It can be seen that she only thinks about her future support in her heart, and doesn't care whether I will be in trouble!"
"Then, after all, he was sent into the palace by the regent, how could he have the same heart with His Majesty?" Yun Fenghuang held back his smile, and softly advised him, "Why does Your Majesty have to be as knowledgeable as her? We knew who she was early on. Anyway, it’s just a name, and it’s not a king in advance. Originally, according to the rules of the palace, the prince can only be crowned king before the feudal clan. Speaking of grace, there is still the eldest prince and Zhaoqing in front, right? Even if the Ji family wants to make a fuss, there is nothing to fuss about."
Chunjia snorted and said, "I think it's too flattering to give me a reward, let alone a king? If Mrs. Gu didn't know how to mention this, she would call the regent king into the palace to discuss it, and I wouldn't mind it." I won't let this lowly maidservant go!"
Yun Fenghuang tried to persuade him to calm down, and reminded: "After all, Mrs. Gu is only raising the third prince. The second prince under Concubine Rui's knee has not been given a name yet? Since the elders and children are orderly, how about your majesty also give the second prince?" Give me a name?"
"Just give the second prince the name 'Ke'." Chunjia casually said absent-mindedly, becoming even angrier, "Concubine Rui just entered the palace this year, and she is not as ignorant as her!"
...Gu Zhen suffered from being dumb, but he only felt complacent when he heard that Lu Qidao also got some benefits on the same day after two days.
After all, although she and Lu Qidao are on the same front as father and brother, they are not very friendly because of their temperament, and they don't communicate with each other unless it is a major event.
At this moment, I realized that I had made a mistake, but it was not easy to go to the emperor to clarify something, so I could only hold my breath and act as if nothing happened.
But the more depressing thing is yet to come, that is, it will soon be the day when the married woman enters the palace to have an audience.
Uncle Zhaowu served in the Dingbei Army and rarely came back to the Imperial Capital, but most of his family members stayed in the mansion of the Imperial Capital, and Yanzhou only brought a few concubines to serve him.
His wife, Mrs. Zhan, stays in the imperial capital, and will stay with her in Qishan Bieyuan during the summer vacation, so as not to miss the meeting with her daughter.
This day she came into the palace and asked Gu Zhen warmly, before Gu Zhen could tell her boredom, she sighed and asked her: "How many times have you had trouble with Concubine Xian, how are you doing now?"
Gu Zhenhu asked: "It's like that now...what's wrong?"
"Yesterday, someone came from the prince's side and said that you have been in the palace with Lu for these years. Apart from occupying a high position, you have neither much favor nor heirs." Zhan said a little awkwardly, "You are now under your knees. The one you raised is also taboo to His Majesty... I just want to ask you, would you like to have an assistant?"
"It was only last year that so many concubines were recruited, and at the beginning of this year, several concubines were admitted." Gu Zhen frowned, "I'm afraid he won't want to add someone to His Majesty now? If you want to choose from the palace, I have also arranged for a few beautiful and gentle people before, but although His Majesty wants to serve you, he has no intention of nostalgia."
"Especially now that he is fascinated by Xiaoyun's fascination, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui have a background like that, and she still needs to be a little girl in front of that person."
"I'm afraid it's useless to try to send it in."
Zhan pursed her lips and said, "Wangfu said that we don't need to worry about it, so I asked you if you would like to help in the future?"
"Of course there is no problem with this." Gu Zhen said very straightforwardly, "I originally came here for the grand plan of my father and the prince... Besides, there are so many people in this palace, it is hard for me to be angry Can you be jealous and stop His Majesty from adding people?"
When she was a teenager, she might still have the charming thoughts of wanting to monopolize Chunjia's favor, but after many years of lukewarm treatment, the earlier passion and admiration have long since cooled down.
She is also a prostitute raised by Jin Zunyugui, so why bother to be cheap for a man who has no sincerity towards her?
While the mother and daughter were muttering about how to win Chunjia's favor, Yun Fenghuang was asking Mrs. Xie in Yuexiaozhu, "Is brother 21 around here now? If he is, wait a minute." This palace is going to tell His Majesty, please come in and have a talk with this palace."
Chunjia would definitely not object to asking about the preparations for Xie Wuzheng's wedding at that time.
But Mrs. Xie shook her head and said: "Twenty-one today is Xiu Mu, but two days ago, I sent a message saying that this time Xiu Mu can't come to pay my respects to the empress, because my colleagues have some important matters to deal with. I just said that things can be more important than the empress here? But he said that it involves some important things, and I don't quite understand it. It sounds like it has something to do with several yamen. If it is handled well, it will be of great benefit to the official career Good thing... I didn't dare to say anything more."
Yun Fenghuang nodded approvingly: "Since that's the case, it's fine next time."
She still believed in Xie Wuzheng's propriety.
Although the brothers and sisters' mother-in-law had always been at odds, this did not affect their hope that the Xie clan would rise as soon as possible.
"I'll definitely bring the words back with me when I go back." Xie breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The thirteenth daughter-in-law is still very nervous now, and the ninth wife can't get away from taking care of her. The boys are fine, follow them My father and brother are studying. It’s just that the two girls are watching in front of me now, and Meng’er often says that he misses his mother.”
Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly: "I haven't seen them for a long time... Anyway, the palace is not very busy now, I will go to check on His Majesty's tone later, if His Majesty allows, I will send them back later." Take it to your knees."
Then asked Mr. Xie if he had anything else to do?
Xie said: "The old nine daughters-in-law made a point, this time for the sake of the 21st Lord, didn't the elders come to the family? But they also brought some girls who were in their prime, and wanted to ask the empress what to do when the time comes. Don't you want to meet them too?"
As mentioned earlier, Xie's descendants are prosperous, even cousins of the same grandfather and grandmother, some of them are not very close because they have lived in the ancestral house for many years because of the lack of contacts or the large age gap.
Now asking Yun Fenghuang if he would like to meet, it would be better to ask Yun Fenghuang if he can help raise their worth so that they can be a good family?
Yun Fenghuang heard the words, frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and then asked: "How many people are here? Which rooms are they from?"