Chapter 186: Unspoken Heart (Part 2)

"Ms. Zheng came to the door unexpectedly that night. I was very panicked. I didn't want to greet her at first. After all, Mrs. Zheng was pregnant at that time. If I feel unwell in Huanhua Palace, I can't tell."

"But Mrs. Zheng said that my concubine was about to face a catastrophe. Although I suspected that she was alarmist, I felt uneasy in my heart. After a little hesitation, I let her continue..."

"Zheng said to the concubine that the concubine hated Mrs. Chunke as soon as she entered the palace, and then offended sister Concubine Shu. Even though these two things made the former empress happy to watch the fun and gave the concubine a little care, but the former queen The empress is not reliable. Therefore, the concubine seemed to be favored by His Majesty at the time, but in fact her future is uncertain."

"The concubine felt that Mrs. Zheng was afraid that she wanted to recruit her, so she deliberately asked her, is it possible that Mrs. Zheng can keep her concubine?"

"In order to win the trust of my concubine, Mrs. Zheng talked about a lot of things in the palace, and my concubine took the opportunity to get a lot of the ins and outs of the lords... Originally, I wanted to get some information about Mrs. Zheng's background in the palace, but Mrs. Zheng didn't like it. It was vigilance, I didn’t say anything.”

"Afterwards, because I couldn't make up my mind, I reasoned that a woman's childbirth is a gate of hell, not that I cursed Mrs. Zheng, but if she didn't make it through, it would be useless to make more promises. It's better to wait for her to give birth to the emperor's heir , the concubine’s body will be attached to Ji’s tail.”

"Although Mrs. Zheng was not very satisfied, because of His Majesty's love for my concubine, she did not dare to force her, and she politely left."

Yun Fenghuang lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, "It probably happened like this."

Empress Dowager Yuan was a little impatient: "Be careful! When she told you Niangniang, what did she say?"

"... Mrs. Zheng said that there is no one in Liugong who does not hate Mrs. Chunke." Yun Fenghuang hesitated, gritted his teeth, and said the words.

The Empress Dowager's face turned blue: "Why?!"

Why else?

Of course it's because your niece is enough to be hated by others, and she doesn't show any method at all when she sees anyone. It's strange that someone likes her, right?

Yun Fenghuang slandered, and said: "Because everyone hates her for being a childhood sweetheart with His Majesty, but..."

She seemed a little hesitant, but finally said it out, "But I don't know how to cherish it!"

Empress Dowager Yuan choked for a while and didn't speak for a long time.

It was Chunjia who came out with a dry cough to smooth things over, and said: "Ms. Zheng is talking nonsense, Mrs. Chunke... Niangniang is just a little impatient!"

"Don't talk about it, it's because Ai's family is not good, and I couldn't teach her how to behave." Queen Mother Yuan was silent for a while, tears came down, and she choked up, "It's just that Ai's family can't imagine that even the six palaces hate her." she!"

Chun Jia said in a low voice: "It's just Zheng's one-sided words to fool Concubine Xian, how can it be taken seriously?"

"When Mrs. Zheng said this, Concubine Xian was just Jieyu. Was it necessary for her to lie? Moreover, Concubine Xian had a bad relationship with Lianniang at the time. Mrs. Zheng said that Concubine Xian was full of enemies in the palace, so how could she persuade Concubine Xian to take refuge in her? Yourself?" The queen mother said sadly, "This must be true. During the incident with the three corpses before, Niangniang was fine, and Aijia was relieved, thinking that she was lucky enough, but now I know that she just avoided it. That's all!"

"After all, Niangniang is doing well now." Chunjia persuaded, "Don't be too sad, why don't you let her come to greet you later?"

The queen mother choked up and said: "You don't want to see her now, why do Ai's family still see her? Since Lai Ai's family has lived with you and her for these years. When we get together, talk about it, don't you talk about you? Now How did you tell her about you?"

What Chunjia said was not very easy to accept, and she said after a while: "Concubine Xian just entered the palace at that time, so she was inevitably young and ignorant, but if she had listened to Mrs. she?"

"Whether murdering Niangniang or concubine Shu is a serious crime, Mrs. Zheng cannot escape death. If these things are exposed again, she herself will die, but how can the family members not be hated?" Yuan Queen Mother With tears in her eyes, she asked back, "Then why is she willing to speak out about Concubine Xian? Concubine Xian is the one who wants to silence her because she has done something bad!"

Chunjia was speechless for a moment.

Because the Queen Mother is obviously determined to accuse Concubine Xian.

Seeing the situation, Yun Fenghuang, who was already kneeling a little tired, said slowly: "Sister Concubine Shu has passed away, but Mrs. Chunke is still in the palace. The Empress Dowager is suspicious of the concubine's status, why not call Mrs. Chunke to confront her? See if the concubine has murdered her?"

Hearing this, Chunjia heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered: "Mrs. Zhao Chunke!"

The Empress Dowager's expression was ugly, her lips moved a little, as if she wanted to stop her, but she was silent for a moment, and she didn't say anything—now everyone can see the difference in the attitudes of the mother and son.

The Empress Dowager convicts Concubine Xian wholeheartedly, and the Emperor wholeheartedly wants to turn major events into trivial ones and let Concubine Xian pass the test.

Empress Dowager Yuan is an elder who is regarded by the emperor as more important than his own mother. She blatantly accused Yun Fenghuang.

But Yuan Niangniang is not like that.

Originally, the past between her and Chunjia was just a mess, mixed with a bit of revenge.

In this situation, when she came over, if she said nothing about Yunfenghuang, it was conceivable that even if Chunjia didn't know what to say in front of Empress Dowager Yuan, it would be difficult not to vent her anger in private.

He even poured all the grievance and anger that he couldn't feel towards Queen Mother Yuan on her!

Counting the concubines who entered the palace during Chunjia's wedding, from the empress down to the concubines, there are not many who are living as they wish now.

Because of the Empress Dowager Yuan, Yuan Niangniang was considered relatively good. Although she fell out of favor, no one dared to be negligent and harsh. It's just that there is no chance to serve her bed. She has lived behind closed doors for so long, and she is so domineering that she even asks An to be absent every time... Who doesn't turn a blind eye?

But this kind of excellent appearance, apart from the care of Queen Mother Yuan, is mainly because she and Chunjia are childhood sweethearts.

Even if she falls out of favor, Chunjia will not kill them all, she is still willing to support her well.

But what if I hate Chunjia now...

That's really hard to say.

Therefore, since Yuan Niangniang was going to be called to confront her, or to express her opinion, the best choice was to stand on Yunfenghuang's side and help the concubine Xian to complain and defend her. Please be magnanimous to the Empress Dowager Yuan.

Chunjia is so happy, and Yuan Niangniang can also take the opportunity to wash away her former notoriety.

That means Empress Dowager Yuan will be depressed...

Well, it should be said, very depressing.

The most depressing thing is that everyone knows Yuan Niangniang's temperament. For the good of this niece and the whole Yuan family, the Empress Dowager Yuan not only had to let go of Yun Fenghuang's horse, but also secretly sent someone to remind her, and even coaxed her. Yuan Lianniang cooperated.

Otherwise, the little ancestor rushed over and said coldly: "It's Yun Fenghuang, this lowly maid who harmed me!"

Then Chunjia probably won't let the Yuan family have a good life if she turns around.

Moreover, Empress Dowager Yuan had to pray that she would live longer, otherwise, once she let go, Yuan Niangniang might follow.

Still kind of indecent.

"Mother, my son is busy with government affairs these days, maybe I haven't seen Niang Niang and the other two cousins ​​for a long time." The Empress Dowager Yuan's heart was overwhelmed, and Chunjia certainly knew it. After pondering for a while, he turned his head and said softly to the Empress Dowager, "Remember When I was a child, my mother said that my favorite thing was to have meals with your baby and Niang Niang, because it was so lively. Why don't you let them come to the Spring Palace more in the future?"

Empress Dowager Yuan pursed her lips and said nothing.

She knew that the emperor didn't mean to really want her to enjoy the excitement of the meal again, but to euphemistically put forward a condition: he would support and favor Yuan's daughter, and then the queen mother would stop staring at Yun Fenghuang.

This made the Queen Mother feel very sad.

The child she raised carefully, she spoke to her nieces so many times, expressly implying that Chunjia has not been very warm to Yuan Yuniang and Yuan Zhiniang who later entered the palace since she was indifferent to Yuan Niangniang... The queen mother was also disappointed. I can understand, after all, Yuan Niangniang is really ignorant.

After all, although Yuan Cistanniang and Yuan Zhiniang are considered beautiful in ordinary people, they are not among the best in the imperial palace.

Not to mention that both of them were born as concubine daughters, the former was timid and silent, and had no sense of existence since entering the palace; Lack of a real calm.

Not to mention, judging from Chun Jia's favorite Yun Fenghuang, the emperor clearly liked beautiful and cunning women. It is understandable to look down on these two concubines.

But the queen mother didn't expect that Chunjia would take the initiative to bring up something she couldn't persuade herself for Yun Fenghuang.

She never thought it was so great not to have a biological child before, after all, Chunjia had always treated her much better than Queen Mother Qu. But at this moment, Queen Mother Yuan couldn't stop thinking: "If the emperor's son was born to Ai's family, wouldn't he treat Ai's family like this?"

There was even a moment when she thought, "If he hadn't worked hard to win the opportunity for the emperor to be adopted by Emperor Xiaozong, he was still the king of Fuyang in Fuyang County, would he dare to disobey the Ai family like this?"

After a while, Empress Dowager Yuan heard herself say: "Okay."

Then she said, "Forget it, I have asked many times about this matter, but there is no evidence. The Ai family doesn't really want to see Niang Niang now, so let's just leave it at that."

Things have developed to this point, the ending is already tacit, so why do those scenes?

Chunjia showed a look of guilt, maybe he was really guilty, but after all, he did not firmly stand on the queen mother's side - so the queen mother turned her face away, did not look at him, and said slowly: "The emperor is busy with government affairs, let's go first Let it go. Aijia... I want to have a few words with Concubine Xian alone."

Seeing Chunjia hesitate, she smiled sadly, "Why? Don't worry?"

"What did the queen mother say?" Chunjia hurriedly said, "I just don't want you to be tired by trivial things."

He bit the bullet and said some words of consolation and consolation under the gaze of the queen mother who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, then glanced at Yun Fenghuang again, and finally left.

The Empress Dowager Yuan didn't let Yun Fenghuang get up at this time, she only asked the left and right to retreat, leaving only the concubine Xian at the bottom.

The two faced each other from a distance in the spacious hall. After a long time, the Empress Dowager asked slowly, "Are you very proud?"

"...There is indeed one thing." Yun Fenghuang pondered, "After all, when I first entered the palace, everyone said that Your Majesty respects you the most and loves Mrs. Chunke the most."

"But now, he favors you the most." A cold smile appeared on the lips of the Queen Mother Yuan, her eyes were dark and emotionless, "And it took you less than two years to achieve this!"

Yun Fenghuang calmly said: "But in the past two years, my concubine has experienced many twists and turns, life and death. The mistake is not a fluke, I am afraid that the bones do not know where it is."

The Empress Dowager looked down at her, and after a moment, she burst out laughing: "So, you think you are very powerful, very wronged, very hard, and you should have such a harvest?"

Without letting Yun Fenghuang answer, she suddenly raised her finger and pointed out, "In this palace, there are many people who are more calculating than you, who are more wronged than you, and who struggle harder than you! It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and in the future It's still the same! How can you be today? It's not because you are so beautiful, capable, and powerful, but because you just happened to fall into the eyes of the emperor!"

"This kind of luck is not unique to the concubine." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "There was Mrs. Chunke, who accompanied His Majesty from childhood to adulthood, and there were sisters who entered the palace at the same time as the concubine. Opportunities are more numerous than concubines... Your Majesty, talented people from generation to generation will not dare to be arrogant, but they will not belittle themselves."

"And now that His Majesty is not here, why does the empress still have to show such lingering anger?"

"Isn't the result at this moment also the empress' purpose?"

"Is there anything else you're not satisfied with, Ma'am?"