Chapter 228 Princess Roukun
Chunjia entered the door, and saw Gu Zhen came out with a sallow face, with a veil tied on his forehead, looking sickly.
He gave someone a hand to get up, and said softly, "I heard that something went wrong with you, so I'll come and have a look."
"Actually, it's nothing serious." Gu Zhen smiled, a little bit reluctantly, but also a little bit complaining. Of course she had resentment towards Chunjia in her heart, after all, before Yun Fenghuang was favored, although the emperor didn't come to her very much, he would never forget it every month. After Yun Fenghuang became favored, even Yuan Niangniang was quickly neglected, let alone other people?
Moreover, Gu Zhen didn't think much about it in the past, but in the past two years, he will gradually feel better about it. The emperor has a heart for those who entered the palace when they got married, so he never really took them into his heart. It's just another way to get hot.
For example, when Chunjia came here now, she couldn't believe that she was simply visiting herself.
If this is Yunfenghuang, it is likely that he will not even go out to meet him if he takes the opportunity.
But Gu Zhen came from the big family after all, even if he is not happy, he still refuses to lose his manners when he gets up.
She is sickly now, but she still said politely, "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so there is no need to think about being a concubine."
Chunjia said softly: "Aifei has always been well-behaved and sensible, and this turmoil has also wronged you."
"...Being able to serve His Majesty, my concubine will be happy." When Gu Zhen said this, she was not without bitterness. How did the emperor not understand how she was wronged?
As if aware of her mood, Chunjia comforted her with soft words. When the emperor was in the prime of life, his face was like a crown and his eyes were like bright stars under the lights. When he looked over quietly, she seemed to be the only one in the dark pupils. Even if he knew that he was faking and knew that this tenderness would inevitably demand more, even a lot of money in return, Gu Zhen still couldn't help but soften his heart.
Not only did he promise to cooperate with Concubine Xian in the future to establish the Empress Dowager and Princess Minghui, but he also promised to try his best to win the position of successor: "Your Majesty respects my concubine, although I am not sensitive, I should do my best."
That night Chunjia stayed in Qiongfang Palace for the night, while Gu Zhen tentatively asked someone to hug the Third Prince to him, and said to him: "The Third Prince's eyebrows and eyes have opened up a bit these days, and he looks a bit like Your Majesty."
"It's good that my concubine likes him." Chunjia glanced perfunctorily at the younger brother of the twins. Gongxiang Bing is actually not bad, although he is not as eye-catching as Princess Zhaoqing, he is also a cute child of Yuxue, with a pair of black and white eyes. Liuliu's eyes are particularly bright. Maybe it's because of Gu Zhen's hard work, he still loves to smile, Chunjia rarely comes to Qiongfang Palace, let alone get close to him, normally he should admit his birth, but when he sees Chunjia, he just grinned and giggled Laughed out loud.
Looking at it like that, if it weren't for being restrained by swaddling clothes, I would even want to reach out for him to hug.
The friendliness shown by such a young child is very attractive, and few people can bear to refuse.
However, his father, Chunjia, was one of them. The emperor's attitude was very cold. Even though Gongxiang Bing could not stop looking at him and smiling at him in the hands of the nurse, he turned his face away and said to Gu Zhen in a calm tone, "Raising children is not a matter of life." Easy things, especially in the palace, these days are hard work for my concubine."
Gu Zhen was disappointed in his heart, and his face showed a little bit: "Your Majesty is serious, it's because your Majesty pities my concubine's poor fortune, and I can't continue the heir for Your Majesty, so how can I say hard work?"
She knew that Gong Xiangbing's biological mother was doomed for this child not only to have no chance of being a big man, but also to have a lower status in the palace than even the most humble concubine.
But after all, they are the emperor's own flesh and blood, especially the emperor's heirs are only so young now... Not to mention the special preference, at least this child is so pleasing, the emperor is soft-hearted for a moment?
After all, he also has Chunjia's blood on his body.
But looking at Chunjia like this, he was unmoved in the slightest.
"Young lady, don't be sad. This is the fault of the third prince's biological mother. There is nothing we can do about it." Taking advantage of Chunjia's going to take a bath and change clothes, the servants came up to persuade Gu Zhen, "In the future, don't bring the third prince to His Majesty. , maidservant, it seems that His Majesty does not want to see the Third Prince. Either after two years, the Third Prince can run, walk and talk, and let us teach him some auspicious sayings, so that he can go to His Majesty by himself to be good-looking and courteous."
Although the current third prince is very cute, but when a child is babbling and toddling, calling his parents in a whiny voice is another kind of pity.
It's just that Gu Zhen doesn't have much confidence: "Bing'er is so ignorant today, His Majesty doesn't want to get close, let alone in the future? Alas, there is emptiness under the knees of Ben Gong, this child can be considered a fate to be with Ben Gong, just take good care of it. "
Having said that, she couldn't help thinking, if this child was raised by Concubine Xian, would Chunjia be so indifferent?
In other words, would Concubine Xian make Chunjia so indifferent to him?
Then she came to her senses again, oh, concubine Xian is a favorite concubine, how could she be asked to take over this kind of hot potato...
It is Gu Zhen who is not favored and still has value, so this kind of thing will be put on the table.
This realization made Gu Zhen so depressed that when Chunjia packed up and took her to bed, she was a little bit unmotivated.
With Chunjia's keenness, of course she noticed her distraction, so the next morning, after packing up and leaving Qiongfang Palace, Yan Yin asked Gu Zhen to pay attention: "Don't let her be persuaded by other people in private. It's about me or Concubine Xian."
He himself used Chao Jingyou to trap the Ji family, how could he give others such an opportunity?
...But the emperor and concubine have been together for many years, although Gu Zhen is not favored, what kind of nature-Zi Chunjia is still clear.
She is not as witty and cunning as Yun Fenghuang, she just needs to be on guard, and she doesn't need to be so careful to stare at her all the time. So the emperor made an explanation and focused on today's court meeting.
This day's court meeting was very intense, even the government affairs were not discussed, and Ouyang Yanran was the first to start. The four families joined forces to impeach the regent's unkindness and kicked off the prelude to the temple battle.
The Prince Regent's unkindness was towards two people. The first one was towards the Prince Regent's son. The reason was that as a father, he listened to his step-wife and was harsh on his first wife and son. He even failed to marry for Gong Xiangxiao; It is about Princess Minghui, even if Princess Minghui admits that she is the real culprit who murdered the concubine Xian, but as the saying goes, relatives hide each other. People, Chunjia, the heir brother, and Xianfei, the victim, are struggling to defend the eldest princess, but the regent blatantly exposes her, it's not a son of man!
Facing such criticisms, the regent was of course not to be outdone, and pointed out coldly: First of all, Gong Xiangxiao is still unmarried, not because the regent has neglected him, but because he values the eldest son, so he needs to choose his wife carefully! Moreover, a man should put his mind on making contributions and serving the court. How could he be so obsessed with the love of his children? Maybe the children of your family are all so worthless, but the children of my Gongxiang family must not be so useless.
What's more, a noble lady hides deep in the boudoir, and it's rare to see it in leisure time. If you don't search carefully, if the married woman and the son don't agree with each other, and create a pair of resentful spouses, can you bear the responsibility?
Secondly, regarding the matter of Princess Minghui, it is not that the regent does not hide it from his niece, it is purely Princess Minghui's own intention! At the last court meeting, the eldest princess's attitude was obvious to all, right? This is something the regent could cover up without mentioning it at the previous court meeting? The regent was the first to say it, which reflected his love for his niece! This is an uncle who took the initiative to accuse himself of crimes. How dare you say that this kind of uncle doesn't remember the kindness of Emperor Xiaozong, and how dare you say that he treats Princess Minghui badly? !
After the rebuttal was over, the Regent launched an attack on Chunjia again: "I heard that there were many cases of concubines being poisoned or nearly poisoned in the palace yesterday, which alarmed the Empress Dowager. May I ask Your Majesty if this happened?"
Chunjia said indifferently: "There is such a thing, luckily the concubines are out of danger."
The regent immediately said: "Since the vacancy of the middle palace, the palace affairs have entrusted three concubines, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui. Take care of the power of the six palaces; after that, the two concubines, Concubine Xian and Concubine Rui, will preside over the palace affairs. And Concubine Xian is now in danger of dying, and I am afraid that she can't take care of herself. Recently, Concubine Rui is in charge of the palace affairs. I am afraid that the concubine Rui is not capable enough to deal with this situation. Please also please Your Majesty to register as a successor as soon as possible, with the heart of the Sixth Palace! It will also prevent His Majesty from being distracted by the harem while he is busy with government affairs!"
As soon as the man's voice fell, his companion came out, and immediately expressed his opposition to the earlier proposal of Li Gu Zhen, and the reason was ready-made: "It is said that the concubines had an accident yesterday, and Mrs. Yao Ning was the first, so it can be seen that Mrs. Yao Ning took care of her." The mere Qiongfang Palace is in dire straits, let alone presiding over the Sixth Palace?"
Not only that, but some people said: "Looking at all the concubines in the palace, none of them are suitable to be in charge of Yanfu Palace. So, please Your Majesty choose a noble lady to be the phoenix!"
Seeing this situation, Ouyang Yanran stood up. First, she confessed that she had no way to teach her granddaughter, so that Concubine Rui didn't take care of the palace well. Then she said, everyone, don't digress. They impeached first, and the regent's crimes have not been discussed yet. Well, let's line up for the next thing.
Of course, the Prince Regent disagreed, saying that the impeachment of the Prince Regent was all nonsense, they had already replied that the clean-up was self-clearing, and any further trouble would be nonsense.
On the contrary, Chunjia's successor position has been empty all the time. It is not an option: "Dirty sons are always the most valuable in the country. His Majesty is still young. Although he has heirs under his knees, he has no descendants."
He brought out the Empress Dowager again, saying that this was also what the Empress Dowager meant, "Last year, the Empress Dowager accepted concubines and concubines because of the emptiness under her knees. Sure enough, her Majesty has children around her knees now. However, the Empress Dowager I am also worried that your majesty has no heirs, your majesty has always been pure filial piety, even if you respect the former empress, how can you disappoint the empress dowager?"
All in all, today's successor to this candidate must discuss and come up with an explanation!
Ouyang Yanran listened, her brows twitched, and she was about to speak, but who knew that someone said it again, urging her to succeed, this was also because of the poisoning of the concubine Xian.
Why was Concubine Xian poisoned? This is also because there is no owner in the Sixth Palace, and the matter of the virtuous concubine is in charge of the Sixth Palace, which is not justified, but also because of a humble background and lack of sufficient ability, so such a flaw occurs!
The former empress Ji Lingzi asked herself to come down in the name of being incompetent and ashamed of Chunjia, but that's it. When she was in Yanfu Palace, when did one of the four concubines in this palace be poisoned? Things that almost didn't come back?
It can be seen that the queen must have it, and she must have it as soon as possible!
"You are so eloquent, but I don't know if there is a candidate?" Seeing this, Yin Qu stood up and asked, "The former queen is the daughter of the Ji family. Could it be that you have found someone who is better than the daughter of the Ji family?" A tall lady?"
This remark is a bit embarrassing, she is better than Ji's first daughter, who cultivated it?
Why do you want to cultivate a daughter who is better than the Emperor Yuan?
What kind of thoughts and plans does An have?
Could it be that he wants to be Ji's second?
The people on the regent's side exchanged glances with each other, but they really proposed a candidate, and it was a candidate that no one had expected: "Your Majesty, Uncle Zhaowu rushed to report yesterday that the old Khan Weihe was seriously ill. The prequel is his son, and his son intends to reconcile with our country, and is willing to send his daughter Princess Roukun to be His Majesty's successor! Princess Roukun is only thirteen years old. It is rumored that she is good at singing and dancing, has outstanding appearance, is gentle and virtuous, and can be a good match for Your Majesty !"