Chapter 180: Chen Zhu Jinyan

The distance between Xuanqing Palace and Spring Palace is not close, even though Yun Fenghuang left immediately after receiving the news, when he got off the chariot, it was just the beginning of the lights.

The west wind filled the palace with the fragrance of medicine, and the side showed the condition of the loving mother, the empress dowager.

But in fact, Queen Mother Yuan is in good spirits.

She asked Yun Fenghuang to kneel under the highness for a full cup of tea before she said slowly: "Aijia has lost his sight."

Yun Fenghuang didn't speak.

After a while, the queen mother said, "I thought your mother was a sensible person, and the daughter she taught should also be sensible. I never thought...but think about it, your concubine sister was also taught by your mother." , it can be seen that no matter how virtuous the Jiang family is, their ability is limited after all, and the two daughters, one concubine and one concubine, have not been taught the right way."

"This is due to my concubine and my sister's stupidity, but it has nothing to do with my mother." Yun Fenghuang explained softly, "After all, Mrs. Chunke beat her younger sister in front of the empress dowager, but she was not virtuous and virtuous. Woolen cloth?"

The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of anger, and the willow beside her also frowned: "Concubine Xian, don't be rude! Is this the way you talk to the Empress Dowager?!"

Yun Fenghuang chuckled and asked back: "But I don't know what my concubine said wrong? Could it be that Mrs. Chunke's actions were taught by the empress dowager?"

"The Ai family knows that you are eloquent, but if there is no emperor's favor, your eloquence will not even have a chance to speak out!" Queen Mother Yuan waved her hand to stop Zhan Liu's scolding, leaned slightly, and looked down from a high position. Looking at her, said in a deep voice, "Today, the Ai family doesn't want to tell you about those things, just one sentence, you are instigating the emperor to persecute the concubine, fight for power, support Xie family...the Ai family can ignore you."

"But you absolutely shouldn't, you still have thoughts about that Qi's son after entering the palace!"

Yun Fenghuang calmly said: "The empress dowager, what does this concubine think about Qi's son? Why did he appear there at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the empress dowager knows better than the concubine, doesn't she?"

"So you don't have any thoughts about him?" Empress Dowager Yuan sneered, "Your heart is all about the emperor's son?"

Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "Your Majesty has a noble status, he is both talented and handsome, he is a rare emperor and lord in history, and he is in the prime of life. I am lucky to have three lives, so I am able to serve you at this moment. Left and right. How can you not fall in love with Your Majesty at first sight and be loyal? As for the son of the Qi family that the empress said, getting married and retiring back then was the meaning of the family. Say, what's wrong?"

Empress Dowager Yuan smiled coldly: "That's good. But you and Qi's son, after all, there are many people who know it. You said that you only have the emperor in your heart now, so you must have proof."

This remark made Yun Fenghuang feel a little uncomfortable, before asking, she heard the Queen Mother say, "The son of the Qi family came to the Imperial Palace at the beginning of last year and immediately entered the Prince Regent's Mansion to come to Cuiyuan. You must know the name of Cuiyuan! The place where the Prince Regent gathers talents from all over the world. Qi’s son is young and has won the attention of the Prince Regent.”

"Therefore, he was first recommended to join the court, and then arranged to join the Dingbei Army, which seems to have the intention of succeeding Uncle Zhaowu!"

"It can be said to be the right-hand man of the Prince Regent!"

"And the regent's disobedience is clearly revealed. He has repeatedly yelled at the emperor in private, and even walked away in public at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, ignoring the majesty of the emperor... You are the emperor's favored concubine, and you should share the emperor's worries!"

"The Ai family gave you ten days to plan to kill Qi Jiulu in order to cut off the regent's wings, is there a problem?!"

Yun Fenghuang's complexion changed slightly, and he immediately objected: "I am a concubine, and the affairs in the palace are bound to be responsibilities, the affairs of the previous court, how can..."

"When you questioned the regent in public at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, why didn't you think that you were only responsible for the affairs of the palace?" The Queen Mother Yuan interrupted her, and asked solemnly, "You privately urged the emperor to support the Xie family and put Sui'an in peace." When you descended to Xie Shizi, why didn't you think that you are just a palace concubine and shouldn't dictate the affairs of the previous dynasty?!"

"Your Majesty, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the regent questioned Lu Chongyi's matter, and his words were quite disrespectful to His Majesty. I also feel sorry for your majesty's gentleness, and I don't want to debate with the regent in public, so I stepped forward!" Quickly explained, "As for Your Majesty supporting the Xie family, the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty has always been wise and powerful, so why would you let a concubine, a woman, point out important matters in the previous court regardless of the severity? Although the concubine is not sensitive, but Xie's son It can be regarded as both talented and beautiful, and he was born in the imperial examinations, and His Majesty uses it because he cherishes talents, but what does it have to do with the status of a concubine?"

"As for Princess Sui'an's descent to Xie Wuzheng, there is indeed a concubine's recommendation. But this is also the reason for His Majesty's love for the eldest princess. After all, His Majesty intends to choose a son-in-law for the eldest princess from among the newly promoted scholars in the current department. The so-called know people, face, but not heart. Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and it is impossible to observe every new Jinshi one by one for a long time. Xie Wuzheng is outstanding in appearance and ranks among the best in the imperial examination. In addition, the concubine grew up with him, so I know his temperament. , can be a good match for the eldest princess...that's why Your Majesty made this marriage!"

"But where is the concubine able to control?"

"Could it be that the Empress Dowager thinks that in the eyes of Your Majesty, the lifelong matter of Xiaozong's own flesh and blood is actually a concubine as a concubine, which can be resolved with one word?"

Empress Dowager Yuan smiled contemptuously: "It's really good eloquence, but it's useless if you talk about it today! Since you said that you are all about the emperor, and the emperor is in trouble, you shouldn't help? Just let you kill a Qi Jiulu That's all, it's not that you are asked to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire! In the days since you came to the palace, haven't the emperor favored you enough times?"

"From the former empress to the concubines, when did you get into a fight with Liugong, isn't he on your side?"

"Why can't you think about him once he has done so much for you?"

"Or are you full of lies, are you reluctant to part with that Qi's son?!"

She knew that Yun Fenghuang was eloquent and could say three points without reason, and she didn't bother to talk to this concubine any longer. After saying this, she waved her hand and asked someone to drive Yun Fenghuang out, "Ten days If there is no result after that, even if you push the emperor to intercede, the Ai family will never give up!"

"Thinking that Mr. Hu Mei will bring disaster to the court, Ai's family is not dead yet, so it's not up to you lowly servant girls to come out and make trouble!"

... Yun Fenghuang staggered out of the Chunlan Palace, not daring to let out any air left and right, and when the chariot had walked a certain distance, the Qing Dynasty asked her in a crying voice: "My lady, is she the empress dowager?"

During the meeting just now, the Empress Dowager didn't let the servants of Xuanqing Palace follow in, so the Qing people didn't know what happened, they only saw Yun Fenghuang entering well, and when he came out, his steps were unsteady and his face was pale. I am very worried.

"Let's go back and talk about it." Yun Fenghuang sat on the chariot, closed his eyes, and said briefly, "Let the chariot go faster."

Returning to the Huanhua Palace so quickly, and waved away the idlers, she lifted up the hem of her skirt and asked people to take a closer look at the candle. Because she had been kneeling for a long time, her knees were already red and swollen.

The Qing people hurriedly ordered Chi'e to wring the hot handkerchief to apply, and then took the ointment for relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation. After being so busy, they dared to ask her carefully what happened?

But Yun Fenghuang didn't have time to tell, so he ordered someone to pass the news to Chen Zhu, asking where the emperor is now?

Knowing that just when she was called to Chunlan Palace, Yin Zhaoyi went to Taichu Palace with food, so the emperor took Yin Xiang to Ranxiang Palace after taking care of the government affairs at hand.

Now I rested in Ranxiang Palace.

"Why don't I go to Ranxiang Palace to invite His Majesty to come now?" Chen Zhu asked in a low voice.

When the Qing people heard it, they regretted it: "I knew that the plaster would be applied later."

"No need." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, but shook his head, "I haven't figured out how to deal with this matter today, and it's just right that His Majesty is at Yin's place tonight."

While speaking, Dan E had already given her the medicine, so she put down her skirt, looked around at the attendants, and said slowly, "Just now, the loving mother, the empress dowager, summoned me, and she didn't say anything else, just let me ten Within days, kill Qi Jiulu!"

Hearing that the faces of the waiters who were from the Xie clan changed drastically after hearing Yan Qing people, Chen Zhu was also a little dazed, and said, "Your Majesty, why did the Empress Dowager give such an order?"

The matter of Yun Fenghuang's engagement to Qi Jiulu was repeated again and again, and Chen Zhu had actually heard of it. But he felt that his master was a sensible person, and he didn't think that Yun Fenghuang would be confused and had anything to do with Qi Jiulu.

Asking this question at this moment, I doubt whether Yun Fenghuang has been put together by someone, "Qi Jiulu is a foreign minister, even if he hates the empress dowager, it is up to your majesty to vent his anger on the empress dowager, why did the empress dowager hand over this task to you?" With the empress?"

"It's nothing more than that I can't see my majesty's preference." Yun Fenghuang laughed and said, "The empress dowager means that Qi Jiulu is the wing of the regent king, and this palace is deeply favored by your majesty. It is my duty to share your majesty's worries!"

"In fact, if it is an irrelevant person, I will kill it if I kill it. I have the right to please the queen mother. But because Qi Jiulu and this palace, even if there is no previous engagement, they are still brothers and sisters who grew up together. If I Gong obeyed the Empress Dowager's wishes and went to kill him, and the Empress Dowager can naturally tell Her Majesty in the future that this palace can do such a murderous thing even after a family friend, which shows that the heart is cruel and cold, and cannot be trusted."

"If I don't take action, she can tell His Majesty that I must be thinking about the old relationship and can't bear to do it!"

"Anyway, whatever you do is my fault!"

Looking at each other in dismay, after a while, Chen Zhu suddenly blurted out: "Madam, it's not possible, the Empress Dowager is not planning to establish Concubine Xuan, no, it's Luo Jieyu and others who are going to be the successors, but intending to establish Yuan Zhaoyuan or other Yuan daughters? "

These words stunned the Qing people, even Yun Fenghuang was a little surprised, thought for a while, and said: "Tell me carefully."

"Yes." Chen Zhu settled down and said in a low voice, "everyone in the palace knows that the reason why Luo Jieyu's four noble daughters entered the palace was because one of them was going to have a successor. But they never Since entering the palace, there has been nothing outstanding, so there has never been any reputation for virtuousness... Of course, this is also the reason why they lack talent and virtue, and they are dimmed in front of the empress."

"But His Majesty is busy with government affairs, but the loving mother Empress Dowager has no intention of making decisions for them and making them famous."

"At this moment, the former empress is leaving, and the latter is vacant. It is said that the most worrying thing for the former emperor and harem is the choice of successor."

"The one being targeted right now should be the one who is most likely to sit in that seat, not a concubine like our empress!"

"The empress dowager, the loving mother, chose to do this because she wanted to test the degree of filial piety towards her by moving the empress, so as to make preparations for the daughter who comes out of Ningbo's mansion in the future?"

The more Chen Zhuyue talked, the more he felt that this was very possible - because he had been with a young master like Yun Fenghuang who was also cruel and ruthless and had risen rapidly, he was very inflated. The idea is the same: others can sit, why can't I be the lord of Xuanqing Palace?

Especially after Yun Fenghuang raised the eldest son and daughter of the emperor, Chen Zhu even believed that Yanfu Palace had a predestined relationship with their mother.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that Queen Mother Yuan had targeted Yun Fenghuang, he immediately thought of taking the latter position!

... Yun Fenghuang was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Chen Zhu's words are reasonable, but after all, the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is an elder respected by His Majesty, so this is a big matter, let me think about it, you just go down."

She also had some calculations at first, but after hearing Chen Zhu's guess, she seemed to have some new inspiration...