Chapter 216: On the Shrewdness of the Eldest Princess

Yun Fenghuang felt that she had returned to a few years ago, when she had just come to Mrs. Xie's side, and was taken to Duke Yi's mansion by this aunt for the first time.

Before going, Mrs. Xie thought about her words and told her niece that she must be loved by Yun Qingman, the fourth lady of the Duke's Mansion, and then she could enter the circle of noble girls in the imperial capital through Yun Qingman... The circle of women is not top-notch, because this is not a real daughter of the aunt, and she is not even raised at the knee of the aunt because she is favored by the aunt, but a group of slightly lower aunts gathered under the lintel of the Duke's Mansion. If it's a concubine, but for Yun Fenghuang, it's almost enough.

The most important thing is that Yun Qingman is the best fool in this circle.

If Yun Fenghuang couldn't even win her favor, it would be even more difficult to find someone else.

"Auntie knows that you have wronged you by doing this. It's all because of her incompetence. You have no way out in the imperial capital for so many years, and you have to earn your own way." Xie shy and cautiously said, "Fortunately, Miss Fourth has a good temper. As long as you coax her more, she will definitely like you."

Mrs. Xie really felt wronged by letting her niece do this. Although Mrs. Xie's family is not high, Yun Fenghuang, as the only biological daughter of Mrs. Jiang, the head mother, has always been superior.

Letting her come all the way to the imperial capital to live under someone else's roof is already down and out, and then rushing to please a girl of similar age, even if it is the flesh and blood of the Duke, Xie feels deeply guilty...

But it can't be done otherwise, Yun Fenghuang was sent to Dijing because he planned to leave the court here.

Even if the elders didn't let her have the intention of marrying high, it would be beneficial and harmless to make friends with several noble daughters of the same age while she was in the room.

Not to mention getting a high opinion of her husband's family in the future, but only saying that after marriage, if she can use these relationships to solve some troubles for her husband's family, it will be enough to stabilize her position... A girl with an older sister like Xie Fenghuan needs such a bargaining chip very much of.

That day, she followed Mrs. Xie, held her breath and carefully stepped into the backyard of the Duke's Mansion.

After that, she kept going back and forth like this for three years. She was cautious in her words and deeds, and she didn't dare to say a word or take an extra step.

Always pay attention to the faces of everyone around you, and try to make everyone like you, at least not hate her.

Many times when I go back to the inner room and sit in front of the dressing table to take off the makeup, I take a selfie in the mirror, and the people in the mirror are familiar and unfamiliar.

What is familiar is the outline, what is unfamiliar is the bearing.

The high-spirited look before the age of twelve quickly disappeared, and was replaced by an increasingly smooth and long-sleeved dancer.

Yun Fenghuang didn't like this kind of change, but it seemed to be enough to make Xie Shi, Jiang Shi, and everyone who cared about her satisfied and relieved.

Mrs. Xie told her day after day that her mother had only one daughter, and if she couldn't take care of her well, Mrs. Jiang would not be able to live on her daughter for the rest of her life.

So she persevered day by day.

However, the decree of giving marriage was done as soon as it was said, without any precautions or omens.

That day Yun Fenghuang calmly dismissed Mrs. Xie and several cousins, and even declined the concern of her close servant Nian Xuan. What was she thinking?

Just about the same as now.

It turns out that all the efforts and struggles are in vain. There are always some people in this world who have trampled most of them under their feet since birth.

So, her past difficulties, past grievances, past struggles, past changes...what are they?

What's the point?

Yun Fenghuang looked around and looked at the people who stood up to speak for Princess Minghui. Her rationality told her that this was the treatment that Princess Minghui deserved. After all, she was the first daughter of Xiaozong, and Xiaozong was not a harsh monarch. Can't beat the Ji family, depressed and finally matured, and won the sympathy of many courtiers in their hearts.

They naturally have to take care of the flesh and blood left by Xiaozong.

But emotionally, her resentment was screaming silently.

Two years ago, Duke Yi's wife and daughter decided her fate of entering the palace lightly, the kind who rushed to let her enter the palace and died suddenly, and then used her sudden death to seek benefits to win the emperor's favor;

Two years later, after she had to bear the hardships of childbirth, endure the pain of Tiangui every month, countless open and hidden arrows, countless lies and traps, many dangerous situations, and just survived, she still lost to the blatant frame-up by the eldest princess .

Everyone knew that the eldest princess was lying and targeting her.

But the vast majority of people chose to support the eldest princess.

She lowered her head slightly, blinking the moisture in her eyes.

At a time like this, she would rather pick out her eyeballs than shed a single tear!

These people don't care about her innocence and grievances, but what the perpetrators want to see is her sorrow and sorrow.

She refused to give them this chance!

"I dare not question Your Highness the Eldest Princess." Yun Fenghuang clenched his fists, and when he raised his head again, the weakness and powerlessness in his eyes had completely faded away, leaving nothing but coldness, "But, although I am not blessed to personally continue the heir for Your Majesty After all, the eldest prince and Princess Zhaoqing are raised under her knees. Therefore, as the actual mother and concubine of the two imperial heirs, I asked Her Royal Highness the eldest princess: Even though the concubine seems to be full of vicious schemes in the eyes of the eldest princess, how can your majesty and your majesty know each other? Your heirs, have you ever offended His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess?!"

Princess Minghui frowned and did not answer for a while.

Then a courtier stood up to help her and said, "Why does the empress Xianfei bother to talk about other things? Her Royal Highness the eldest princess only said that she suspected that you poisoned her. When did you mention your majesty? Not to mention how old your majesty's heirs are now?"

"In that case." Yun Fenghuang didn't look at the courtier who spoke, but still looked at Princess Minghui, smiled inexplicably, and suddenly darkened, "Then why does Your Highness the Princess sit and watch the common man Ji Sheng take the three corpses?" Poisoning the heirs of two generations of emperors without mentioning anything?!"

This time she didn't wait for anyone to answer, and continued loudly, "Don't say anything, Your Highness, you don't know! You don't know, after the common man Ji Sheng left, you can immediately notice that you are not sick but poisoned?! Don't you You know, in such a chaotic situation in the palace, you can still calmly and calmly peel off the cocoon, from the maids around you, you can find out the Cai family of Ranxiang Palace who has returned to the palace with Shengjia, and then find out the concubine?!"

Looking around the temple, Yun Fenghuang suddenly sneered, "As we all know! Such a shrewd and powerful eldest princess, after the late emperor left, was often brought up by the common man Ji Sheng and lived in Mianfu Palace for many years. Piandian is the residence of Yaoyu Palace, and I only go there occasionally! Do you know what the concubine Ji Sheng has done?! Don’t say that the concubine Ji Sheng would hide it from his daughter. I don’t understand, but I dare to ask Your Highness the eldest princess, how much do you look down on the concubine, and think that the capable concubine who has jumped from Baolin to a virtuous concubine within two years of entering the palace as a concubine is the kind of muddle-headed person who can grasp the handle ?!"

"You don't like the concubine's body, you said that the concubine's body poisoned you, well, the concubine's body will not fight with you anymore."

"Anyway, the splendor of the concubine comes from His Majesty, so that His Majesty will not be embarrassed, I can do whatever you want with my concubine!"

"However, the delicate children and weak girls under my knees are still in their infancy. I can't help but ask you a question for them: can the grievances between you and me last until the concubine?"

"Can you use the name of the common man Ji Sheng to guarantee that you will never anger His Majesty or the pair of children because of my concubine's status?!"

Up and down the hall, you can hear needles in silence.

After a short period of silence, the regent was the first to utter angrily: "The lowly maidservant dares to slander the eldest princess like this!"

"You know if you are slandering the prince!" Yun Fenghuang glanced at him coldly, and said loudly, "The prince knows better than the concubine what the common man Ji Sheng has done, otherwise why would he have taken the lead in urging Ji Sheng to question him?" So that Ji Sheng burned himself to death after receiving the news in the palace?! Before Ji Sheng was abolished, he was the empress dowager. , as long as you are not too stupid, how could you not notice it for many years?!"

Speaking of this, she seemed to have just remembered it. She froze for a moment, then showed disdain, and looked at Princess Minghui with a sneer, "His Royal Highness can afford to let it go, no matter how bad the common man Ji Sheng is." Your biological mother, and has never been sorry to you. She is still alive, but you are deeply in love with the uncle and nephew of the Prince Regent who insisted on forcing her to death!"

"Father is more important than mother." The regent sternly said, "The common man Ji Sheng murdered the Liugong and the emperor's heir, and he has already cut himself off from my father-in-law Xiangshi! Princess Ming Hui is the blood of the late emperor, so naturally she has to draw a line with her! She is the late emperor's relative!" Brother, the uncle of Princess Minghui, is it only natural that uncles and nephews love each other deeply!"

Yun Fenghuang chuckled: "Of course! I also know that you are not only the late emperor's younger brother, but also won the trust and favor of the late emperor! Even before your death, you entrusted the Imperial City Secretary that the emperors of all generations could personally control! So The concubine is even more puzzled, how do you have the heart to sit back and watch the late emperor die?! Don't say anything, you don't know anything, just look at your highness the first princess to look for after the concubine Ji Sheng left, not your majesty but you , I know how much His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess trusts you... This is really surprising. In terms of closeness, Your Majesty is the heir brother of the Eldest Princess, not as close as your uncle? In terms of affection, although you are the relative of the Eldest Princess Uncle, but long before His Royal Highness the eldest princess was born, he left the palace to open the house and set up his own family."

"In the future, except for the holidays, it is also the time to greet the Empress Dowager, can I meet with His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess?"

"But how can it be compared to the eight years before His Majesty ascended the throne, who personally accompanied the eldest princesses to play and go to school from time to time, and really watched the eldest princesses grow up?"

"I absolutely don't believe that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is a person with a bad heart, so when Her Highness the Eldest Princess did this, I can only doubt one thing, and that is what the common man Ji Sheng meant."

"She trusts you, Prince Regent, and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is influenced by it, so even though she knows that the common man Ji Sheng was forced to death by you, she would rather trust you than His Majesty!"

"Then the relationship between you and the common man Ji Sheng turns out to be closer and more innocent than ordinary people imagine..."

The regent couldn't stand it anymore, and not only the regent, but also all the officials in the temple couldn't stand it anymore, and they all stood up and bowed their hands: "Your Majesty, please stop the virtuous concubine from talking nonsense!"

Yun Fenghuang almost said that he suspected that the regent had an unethical relationship with the common man Ji Sheng, and even had something to do with Xiaozong's extinct heir, but both the mother and daughter were sold by the regent... Such words, Of course they dare not and cannot listen!

Chunjia was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Concubine Xian, don't change the topic, let's talk about business."

The implication is that what Concubine Xian said may not be unreasonable, it's just that it's not suitable to pursue it right now.

"Yes." Yun Fenghuang was very obedient, and immediately stopped mentioning what the regent and the common man Ji Sheng had to say, and still grabbed Princess Minghui and questioned, "If you dare to ask His Royal Highness the Princess, it may be in front of the princes. In front of you, give me a guarantee? If I can, I can kill myself on the spot to thank the emperor!"