Chapter 164 The Strangeness of the Prince Regent's Mansion

Yun Fenghuang in the palace didn't know that Chao Jingyou was trying to find a way to meet her, and she was discussing Gong Xiangxiao's marriage with Princess Fu (fu) with great interest.

Whether the fiefdom of King Fu is far or close to the imperial capital is just like the status of this vassal in the clan. It is not considered the bottom group, but compared with the top group of King Zhou, there is an obvious gap.

In terms of seniority, the King Fu of this generation has just become a nobleman not long ago, and is a generation shorter than Chunjia.

Even though this Concubine Fu is five or six years older than Yun Fenghuang, her posture is very low. When she met Yun Fenghuang, she said "virtuous aunt": "...Didn't Great Aunt Dongxing say that we are far away in the fiefdom?" , but I don’t know that the Prince Regent’s son is at this age, but he hasn’t looked at him yet. In the past two days, our prince visited the elders, and we often heard them mention this matter, but our seniority is low, so it’s hard to say anything.”

"It's not only difficult for you to say anything, it's also difficult for Your Majesty to speak before." Yun Fenghuang heard that she should have come here to inquire about news on behalf of the clan members—except for the clan daughters like Princess Dongxing who have lived in the imperial capital for many years, It is possible to grasp the movements of the temples and palaces as soon as they are close to the water. Since the vassals are far away from the center, the news lags behind, and they can only deliver some important things on a daily basis.

At this moment, the eldest princess of Dongxing publicly reprimanded the prince regent and concubine for treating the eldest son of the first wife. The eldest princess missed the team when Shenzong won the crown.

Although Shenzong didn't do much to her and her husband's family in the end, the Wei family also lost their sacred heart. After keeping a low profile for two generations, they sent Wei Hengyan into the palace according to the situation, and gradually recovered their voice in the temple.

Princess Dongxing suffered a loss once, and she has acted very prudently over the years.

Not to mention that the emperor is the basic skill, and she never said anything about the clan with real power like the regent, and she dared not put on the airs of the elders.

Now that he is doing this, those who are interested will naturally have doubts, at least Chunjia's tacit approval is obtained.

Otherwise, with just one Dou family and one Gong Xiangxiao, how could it be possible for Princess Dongxing to offend the Prince Regent and his wife?

The clansmen who have not yet left in the imperial capital are very entangled. If they are in the fiefdom, they will just pretend to be deaf and dumb. Anyway, no matter who wins, Chunjia or the regent, the meat will eventually rot in the mouth of the Gongxiang family. Isn't it in the cauldron?

Except for a few who want to seek wealth and danger, most of the vassal kings who came from afar still don't want to wade into the muddy water.

After all, if they were able to rush over to participate in the presiding over the important affairs of the clan, even if they just used the banner of presiding to watch the excitement and be witnesses, they would at least have hereditary titles.

Especially King Zhou is already the top of the kings, and it is impossible to go further. The king of the dynasty will have a regent, and it is unlikely that there will be a second one—the second one will really come out, no matter at that time The person sitting on the throne is Chunjia or the current regent. The second regent probably won't live long for the whole family.

Once it fails, the consequences will be disastrous.

So the investment and the harvest are completely unworthy.

The problem is that they are in the imperial capital now, if the royal uncles and nephews start to fight, if they don't make a statement and stand in line, who knows if they will be liquidated by the victors in the future?

In particular, this pair of royal uncles and nephews is particularly cruel. For a family as big as the Ji family, they will be slaughtered if they say it.

After the massacre, he was not allowed to tell the Empress Dowager, and the clansmen who visited the Empress Dowager one after another were all held by the Empress Dowager to reminisce about the old days. In the end, they were very humble and asked them to look at Ji's net for their own sake. look...

Anyway, don't offend the uncle and nephew.

Concubine Yan is now here on behalf of these people to test Chunjia's attitude. If this matter is indeed ordered by Chunjia, then they will naturally follow Chunjia and interfere in Gongxiangxiao's marriage in the name of the tribe. Put pressure on the Regent's House.

But if it was Princess Dongxing's whim, then...they shouldn't meddle in their own business.

Seeing Yun Fenghuang's opening at this moment, Concubine Yan listened with bated breath—the "virtuous aunt" who was younger than her smiled and said, "At the beginning, your majesty just practiced, and the son of the regent prince came to the imperial court to accompany the reading. Son, he is not more than two years older than you and King Fu's eldest son, and it can be said that His Majesty watched him grow up. His Majesty's 15th wedding, counting the age of the eldest son, even if he did not get married in the past two years, the candidate for the eldest son's wife is always It’s time to look.”

"After all, you also know that for a family like ours, how can we get married overnight? You have to follow the rules to be decent."

"But there is no movement at the Prince Regent's Palace. It's not that they haven't inquired about it in the palace, or is there something inside? But His Majesty made insinuations a few times, but the Regent didn't answer. His Majesty's biological father and his stepfather both went early, I have always regarded the Prince Regent as an uncle who is close to the elders. Seeing that the Prince Regent is like this, I was afraid that there would be some embarrassment, so I didn't ask any more questions."

"After all, His Majesty is a junior, this kind of thing is not easy to say."

Concubine Yan thought about the meaning of these words. The emperor is a junior, so it is not easy to urge his uncle and aunt to marry his cousin, but it is not because he does not want to say this... So, the emperor is indeed in favor of marrying a wife for the prince regent's son?

She pursed her lips, smiled and flattered her a few words, and then asked in a roundabout way, is there anyone in the emperor's mind for a cousin and daughter-in-law?

But this time Yunfenghuang didn't give a more definite answer, just like Princess Dongxing, emphasizing the dignity of Gong Xiangxiao, who is the only male heir among the heirs of Emperor Shenzong!

How could his regular wife not search for it?

Ordinary noble ladies are definitely not eligible to be selected!

"Your Majesty is very kind to the Prince Regent's son." After a long while, Yun Fenghuang sent off the princess, and went to see Chunjia, annoyed him, "For fear that the Prince Regent would be teased by his second concubine, he deliberately chose a son of a lowly family background for him. Only Lu Chuncao was deprived of the title of Marquis of Qingping, so don't let the regent help you because of the marriage."

Chunjia smiled and said: "Uncle Wang, if he planned to use this son to marry a high-ranking family and win his arms, he would have done so a long time ago, and how could it be delayed until now? The reason why he has not married his son is probably because he doesn't want his son to marry him." Your marriage is too good."

"Oh?" Yun Fenghuang asked with great interest, "Why is this? Could it be because of the concubine's instigation? But the son is the eldest son of the regent king. It is said that the regent and the former concubine Yuan were very affectionate. , even if the Sri Lankan has gone, don’t you miss this kind of affection?”

"How do I know what happened in Uncle Wang's mansion?" Chunjia said slightly, "However, when I ascended the throne, Concubine Yuan had already passed away, so I have never seen the scene of Uncle Wang and Concubine Yuan loving each other. But in my opinion , The relationship between Uncle Wang and concubine step-by-step is not shallow, otherwise there would be no one in the backyard after marrying concubine step-by-step. After so many years, concubine Wang gave birth to a child by concubine Wang, and uncle Wang didn't even think about it Let the concubine be accepted by many people, so that the blood of the late Emperor Shenzong can spread."

There was a bit of teasing in these words, Yun Fenghuang was a little surprised after reading it carefully, and whispered: "Is your Majesty sure about this?"

"Where is there any certainty? Can I still ask Uncle Wang to stay and get a pulse in front of me?" Chunjia asked, "It's just that from Shenzong to Xiaozong, and then to Uncle Wang, all the descendants are weak. , so I'm a little worried."

Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, I'm afraid in your heart that you wish the regent passed away sooner, so what are you worrying about?

However, she also found it strange that the Prince Regent was of noble birth but was very affectionate with Concubine Yuan who was not very well-born.

But when Concubine Yuan was there, the regent loved his wife and the backyard was clean, so it was fine.

Concubine Lu Ji made it clear that she married for political purposes. Under such circumstances, his backyard is still deserted... It's hard to understand.

Even if the regent is not the emperor, he can't win over the high family with too many official positions, but according to the standard of ordinary vassal kings, there can be two side concubines under the main concubine. It might be a bit wronged to arrange a noble daughter of Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu's level in this seat, but it is almost the same to arrange the concubine daughter of these two families, or the prostitute daughter of the side branch.

After all, Gongxiang Ruoji is not an ordinary vassal, is he?

In the end, the Prince Regent only married the adopted daughter of Marquis Qingping. This... really makes people feel that the Prince Regent's behavior is a bit anticlimactic.

You forced your first spouse to death just to change Lu Chuncao? ? ?

Or is Lu Chuncao a capable and protective eunuch who helps his daughter control the regent?

Well, there is another possibility, that is, the regent did not want to recruit more concubines and marry many families to gain momentum, but it was inconvenient for him to do so. As for why it is inconvenient, the most likely reason is that he may have some hidden illness or something... But Lu Jifei has given birth to a little prince after all these years in the house?

In connection with the fact that Gong Xiangzhen had never appeared in front of anyone, Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but have a dark guess, that maybe this so-called little prince just made it out to cover up the regent's "no".

In fact, it is unknown whether there is such a little prince, or whether it is really the blood of the regent.

But if this is the case, then the regent has no reason to neglect Gong Xiangxiao, let alone cultivate him!

It's impossible that even Gong Xiangxiao... No, no, it's impossible, if the regent doesn't have a real heir at all, why would he take such a big risk to fight for the throne?

Yun Fenghuang calmed down and prevented himself from continuing with such wild ideas: "What your majesty said is that it's just about this matter. As a junior, it's not good for you to tell the regent whether you want to take advantage of the fact that the clansmen are here and ask a few Elders to care about it?"

She was thinking that since Chunjia had uttered such conjectures, whether or not the lineage of Shenzong was really involved in the heirs was somewhat doubtful, and she probably would use this to suppress the regent.

Anyway, it is a fact that the three heirs of Shenzong Xiaozong and the regent are rare.

Unless the regent immediately recruits ten or eight concubines and makes them conceive within a few months, no one will believe this kind of rumor if it spreads too much... As far as Chunjia's heart is concerned, he must be able to do it like this matters of the heart.

But Yun Fenghuang didn't want to touch it.

She is not the little concubine she was when she just entered the palace now, she needs to take a slanted sword to get out of the position.

I don't want Chunjia to entrust this matter with meddling, so I'd better push it to the clansmen to sow hatred.

"How is it easy to say such a thing?" However, Chunjia didn't seem to have such meaning, and shook his head slightly, "It's just you and I discussing a few words in the room alone. After all, Uncle Wang still has two sons, and Emperor Xiaozong has no Zicai adopted me. If this word gets out, won’t even Emperor Xiaozong be criticized?”

"Your Majesty is really pure and filial." Yun Fenghuang said in his heart, it seems that you still have a little bottom line, um, maybe you think that it is not easy to anger the regent so much at this moment?

Anyway, she didn't believe that Chunjia's filial piety towards Emperor Xiaozong could be so great, and she loved the house and black to the regent.

Just thinking about whether to change the topic, Chunjia said: "By the way, I heard that you haven't been to Spring Palace these days?"

"...Does Your Majesty feel that the concubine has neglected the loving mother and empress dowager?" Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows and said, "But look at the past two days, Concubine Xuan and the others have lined up to get in front of the loving mother and empress dowager. It's too late for the loving mother and empress dowager to deal with them, so how dare you add more trouble?"

Concubine Xuan and the others are usually very respectful to their loving mother, the Empress Dowager, but of course their recent hospitality is for the successor.

Yesterday, Empress Ji had already submitted a letter of apology, because she did not discover such a poisonous woman as Lu Qidao during her time as empress, so that many heirs, concubines, and even concubines were brutally poisoned, including herself.

As the lord of the middle palace, she had a duty to do so, so she took the initiative to ask the emperor to punish her.

The emperor expressed on the spot that he couldn't bear it and was reluctant to part with it, so his wife refused three times.

According to the tacit agreement, the empress would have to make at least two pleadings, and the wording had to be more mournful and sincere each time, and the emperor would have to refuse for the third time before... asking the empress dowager to make the decision.

When it is over, Ji Lingzi will be abandoned "with tears and pain" and sent to practice in Shanyuan Temple.

…It’s actually not so troublesome to be a normal abolished queen. The reason for acting like this this time is, in the final analysis, because the Ji family’s destruction was too bloody.

So even if everyone knows that it is impossible for Ji's daughter to continue to be the queen, and everyone knows the real reason for Ji Lingzi's deposed, but on the scene, the regulations have to go like this, and the history books can record it with confidence. Chunjia is a true, tolerant and kind person. Mingjun.

Empress Yuan is already waiting to step down, but there is still no obvious weather vane for successors.

Can concubine Xuan and their family be in a hurry?

It's not easy for them to go directly to Chunjia and ask His Majesty if you plan to have a concubine as your successor, or which sister you plan to have... Then of course they should work hard on the Empress Dowager Yuan.

Yun Fenghuang is not happy at the moment: "The concubine is sympathetic to the hard work of the loving mother, the empress dowager, why does it seem to be a concubine in His Majesty's eyes?"

"I haven't said it yet, why did you get wronged?" Chunjia smiled helplessly, "You also know that they have been looking for the queen mother recently? The queen mother hasn't seen you, why don't you ask? I thought you were Something got stuck."

The voice lowered, "You are also stupid, why should you be left behind when they all go? You refused to move even after walking such a few steps. I don't know, I thought you were separated from your mother."

Yun Fenghuang thought in his heart, Ben Gong and that old woman hate each other, and they still have a relationship, when did they make out?

Besides, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui think that they can change to another queen if they are diligent in going to the Spring Palace.

Moreover, she also suspected that it might not be a good thing for Queen Mother Yuan to mention herself to Chunjia.

With such vigilance, Yun Fenghuang snorted and said with a smile: "Okay then, Your Majesty has already said so, I will bother my loving mother, the Empress Dowager tomorrow."