Chapter Three: Those Who Are Close to Vermilion Are Red and Those Who Are Close to Ink Are Black

Concubine De didn't know what the empress and Yun Fenghuang were thinking. Seeing them looking at her, she felt that what she said made sense, so she hurriedly added: "Otherwise, why didn't she even point out the dowry to the second prince? Earlier Xuanzhao Concubine Shu and Xuan Zhaoyi are like sisters, will she not have a long memory? She just entered the palace and was named Concubine Rui for the first time, and the dowry is not one or two. What about many people, It is impossible to say that one of them cannot be separated from the front, so that no one can be sent to look after the second prince. It can be seen that Ba Cheng wishes for the second prince to be gone. From now on, the biological mother can be as affectionate as she wants, and there will be no outsiders. Excuse me in front of you."

For example, although the fifth prince is not reconciled to being hugged by the empress, the only young master surrounded in the Yijia Palace is the third prince who is her own, and Concubine De feels much more at ease...

Before this, although the subordinates were still more attentive to the three emperors, Concubine De always felt that when Mr. Chen became the prince, she gave birth to a daughter instead, and was overwhelmed.

Therefore, every time I saw the fifth prince, I was very troubled.

On the one hand, I feel that I don't have a real prince at the moment, and I can always guarantee my bottom line with a concubine born in front of me; on the other hand, I think that this low-ranking concubine's flesh and blood, what qualifications does he have to share her care and love with his daughter? ?

"The second prince is also His Majesty's flesh and blood, how can he be called an outsider?" Gu Zhen felt sore, this young concubine who could still give birth to herself is full of confidence, like her, let alone the fifth prince who has the possibility of inheriting the great line, even if it is She also really loves the third prince whose mother's family violated a taboo.

Suppressing the turbulent emotions, the queen coughed dryly, "Okay, don't talk nonsense without evidence, and wait until other people come to discuss."

A while later, Meng Youyi and Luo Hanyi hurried over, Gu Zhen glanced at Yun Fenghuang, Yun Fenghuang asked sideways, both of them certainly did not admit to murdering the second prince, and said that Concubine Shu is not such a person: "Empress Empress, Empress Concubine Gui is a clear lesson! Concubine Shu may have never given birth before, and she is not as careful as Empress Empress and Empress Imperial Concubine, so she let the bad guys take advantage of it, but there is absolutely no intention of deliberately harming the Second Prince!"

Yun Fenghuang said lightly: "Maybe not before, but now that she is pregnant, maybe she thinks the second prince is an eyesore?"

"Concubine Shu is pregnant?" Meng Youyi and Luo Hanyi were taken aback, their faces were a little complicated, but then she said, "Then Concubine Shu is even more unwilling to be unfavorable to the second prince. Forgive me for speaking bluntly: Although Your Majesty already has a lot of concubines under her knees. As the heir of the emperor, there are plenty of empty people under the throne of the palace. Even if Concubine Shu doesn’t like the presence of the second prince, why bother to harm him? Just try to find another mother and concubine for her, so not only will she not have to bear the crime of murdering the emperor’s heir, You can still get the gratitude of the childless concubine, right?"

For example, Cui Lianye and Jia Pingye, who have been out of favor for a long time and were killed by the three corpses, not only have little hope of having children by themselves, but also have little chance of getting offspring from palace people.

Even if the second prince's biological mother was a criminal subject and was tabooed and alienated by Chunjia, they would never dislike her.

After all, in their current situation, how can they expect their children to have any great achievements?

To be able to have a son and a half daughter to relieve boredom, to be reliable in old age, and to be satisfied.

If Concubine Shu were to hand over the second prince to them, they would definitely be ecstatic and grateful to Concubine Shu.

"That's the truth, but people's hearts are unpredictable." Yun Fenghuang listened, noncommittal, asked a few more questions and found nothing to gain, so he dismissed him, and then told the queen and Concubine De, "I heard that Some people would rather destroy the things that people don’t want than give them away.”

The implication is that the suspicion of Concubine Shu may not be cleared.

Concubine De nodded, she had this mentality when she hugged the fifth prince to the empress before... She didn't like the fifth prince, but if it wasn't for Chunjia's intention, she also didn't want to take advantage of the empress from the bottom of her heart.

If she could decide by herself, she would actually prefer the former between the death of the Fifth Prince and giving it to others.

Especially knowing that the fifth prince went to the queen to be the son of the first son, which is simply too cruel.

After all, this is a sudden change that compares his daughter and even future children!

Think about how respectful and humble the Chen family was in front of him in the past, and then think about the attitude that you and your children need to show in front of the fifth prince in the future... Heartbroken, heartbroken! ! !

But Gu Zhen's eyes are very complicated, and the idea of ​​Xindao is only possessed by a noble concubine.

How can a normal person figure it out?

"But Concubine Shu is pregnant now, she doesn't admit it, so she can't force her to ask." The queen pondered for a while, and said, "What will happen next?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "Although the palace man who attacked is dead, he had no relationship with him before he was alive? Is it true that no clues have been found out?"

I really didn't ask...

The queen explained: "Although Concubine Shu didn't send a dowry confidant to take care of the second prince, she was selected carefully among the palace people at the beginning. The palace people seem to be honest and responsible, and the relationship with their colleagues is not particularly good or bad. The comments are all honest and not good at words. Concubine Shu thinks that it will not be a big problem for him to look at the prince a little... The people who used to take care of the emperor's heir with him just now have been taken down and asked for a statement separately. Said that he never found any problems with him, otherwise, he would have reported it long ago, why would it be delayed until now?"

"Is it possible." Yun Fenghuang asked, "Someone found out, but they were afraid of taking responsibility and dare not say it? After all, if they didn't find out, the big blame lies in Concubine Shu's ignorance. If they found out, they were either lazy or didn't take it seriously. Go, anyway, if you didn't report for any reason, how could this slave end well if such an ending happened today?"

The queen frowned and said, "I also have such speculations. The problem is that the screwdriver slave is now determined to agree with one another, and it is difficult to judge whether it is true or not."

"Actually, the truth about this matter is not the most important thing now. The key is to explain to the Empress Dowager." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "The news came from Shanyuan Temple today, and the second prince has met How could the Empress Dowager not be angry with such treatment? When the regent knows about it, he may take the opportunity to make trouble again and cause His Majesty a headache."

"Who do you want to be the culprit?" Queen Gu asked suspiciously, "Could it be Concubine Shu? She is pregnant anyway."

Even if Chunjia has many children now, who would dare to say that it doesn't matter if there are more or less heirs?

In particular, Concubine Shu's status is not low, and she is backed by powerful ministers.

Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "How is it possible?"

The Ouyang family has cooperated with her very well in the past six months. Even if she crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, it's not a good time yet.

"Concubine Shu entered the palace at the beginning of last year. This is the second time she has come to live in the Broken Bamboo Pavilion, and she will go back only after staying for two months. I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with it yet." She said calmly. , "Is it possible that the people who serve the second prince are even more unfamiliar with this place. So that when they took the second prince to play by the pool, they accidentally stepped on something and let the second prince fall into the pool? "

Gu Zhen couldn't help but said, "That's under the watchful eyes of everyone..."

Whether it's throwing away or throwing it away, everyone can see clearly, okay?

Is it really okay for you to be so empty-mouthed and turn black and white upside down?

"Yes, under the watchful eyes of everyone, but suddenly everyone had no time to distinguish the truth of the matter, so they rushed to save the second prince." Yun Fenghuang said indifferently, "At that time, a group of people accompanied the second prince, but what happened Such a change has caused the Second Prince to still not be able to wake up. It is unknown what will happen to such a young child who has suffered so much! Those of us who are empresses, concubines, and concubines, listen up! I feel distressed, let alone Concubine Shu who raised him personally? I also know that Concubine Shu will definitely not let her go lightly after knowing this! In this way, a few bold servants colluded and simply unanimously shifted the responsibility to one person! "

"In this way, even if they have minor faults, at least they have merit in rescuing the prince."

"Otherwise, wouldn't Concubine Shu have skinned all of them?"

The queen was a little dumbfounded: "But...but that palace man has committed suicide in fear of crime? If he was framed, why didn't he ask Concubine Shu to expose it?"

"Since Concubine Shu specially selected that man to serve the second prince, he is obviously an honest and kind person." This was not a problem at all, she immediately said, "Although he didn't do it on purpose, the second prince followed him after all. The one whose hand fell into the sink, didn't feel guilty, felt sorry for the second prince and Concubine Shu's trust, and then was threatened and complained by those treacherous servants, one couldn't think about it and apologized with death? "

...Is that all right? ? ?

Empress Gu opened her mouth to save the average conscience of the harem, but Yun Fenghuang followed up and said lightly: "Don't say that, the empress dowager will blame you later, and the previous court will question it. Empress, you go to calm it down?"

"...What you said makes a lot of sense." Gu Zhen hesitated, the second prince was thrown into the pool by the servants in public, and he accidentally fell down with the servants so that the second prince fell into the pool, although the result was that the second prince fell into a coma Xing's life and death are unpredictable, but the nature is completely different.

In the former, not only the empress dowager would not let it go, but the remnants of the Ji family hated Chunjia more and more, and the previous court would also cause discussions. Besides Concubine Shu's bad luck, she, the queen, should bear some responsibility for her ineffective governance of the palace.

But if it's the latter, it's all an accident. The servant who caused the trouble gave his life to apologize, and later asked Concubine Shu to dispose of the other servants present, claiming that she felt sorry for the second prince... No matter how much you want to ask for a crime, it's fine .

Seeing the empress's compromise, Concubine De blinked her eyes, and said in support: "Empress Empress, in fact, this is for the benefit of the second prince and the third prince! You think that your majesty has so many things to do every day, and you have no time to get close to the two princes. Now Concubine Shu is happy, you Now that the fifth prince is raised under his knees, it is impossible to devote all his energy to the second prince and the third prince. At this time, it has been confirmed that the second prince was thrown into the pool by his subordinates. Now the two princes are still young. Wait until they grow up Knowing this, even if there is no danger, how can you not feel resentful? If there is a gap between mother and son, or even father and son, what good will it do for the Tian family?"

"It's better to follow the wishes of the concubine and turn the big things into small things."

"Anyway, after this incident, Concubine Shu absolutely dare not neglect to take care of the Second Prince."

"From now on, the two of them, the mother and He Lele, should just pretend that this has never happened. Isn't this the past?"

"Sister Noble Concubine, this is all for the harmony of the Tian family, and also for the empress to not be criticized by others, so don't worry about it, Your Majesty!"

Gu Zhen glanced at her with a heavy heart, and said, "Concubine De often associates with noble concubines, and she is becoming more and more intelligent now."

The queen remembered that Wei Hengyan was not like this when he first entered the palace.

Sure enough, those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. It's only been a year or two with the imperial concubine, and the heart and liver have become so dark.

But the queen also had to admit that no matter from which point of view, it would be the most beneficial to do what Yun Fenghuang said.

As for telling the truth, it is not impossible to investigate in private.

At worst, I really can't find out, judging from this matter, it was also aimed at Concubine Shu and the second prince, not at them and their children.

When the time comes, there will be hidden dangers, and the unlucky ones will also be Concubine Shu and the second prince.

Thinking of this, Empress Gu couldn't help but feel a shudder running down her spine: Could it be that the imperial concubine already knew about Concubine Shu's happiness?

Then the most suspicious thing this time is the imperial concubine!

After all, in the past few months, Ouyang Yanran's support for the imperial concubine is obvious.

She has discussed with the Gu family two or three times in private, that is, when the princes grow up a bit, they can consider establishing a reserve. With Yun Fenghuang's great favor, the ranking of the eldest prince, and Ouyang Yanran's status in the court... ...Will the legitimate son of the fifth prince really be able to successfully enter the East Palace?

But Concubine Shu is happy, if she gives birth to a princess, that's all.

If a prince is born, will Ouyang Yanran and the Ouyang family turn their elbows outward without the support of their granddaughter?

The Duke of Yi's family, who was named as the eldest prince, ignored Xuanqing Palace.

And Yun Fenghuang's own natal Xie's background is shallow, how could she be willing to give up Ouyang Yanran as an ally?

So for Yun Fenghuang, the best thing is that Concubine Shu has never had a biological child, at least not a biological prince.

In this way, Ouyang Yanran will always support Xuanqing Palace vigorously.

But Yun Fenghuang has a bad reputation, and Ouyang Yanran must have stipulated in the conditions of cooperation with her that she should take care of Concubine Shu in the palace. Don't you suspect that Yun Fenghuang didn't try her best or that she did it?

So even if you start, you have to think about the reason for getting out first, so as not to lose the help of the temple, right?

In today's matter, the person chosen by Concubine Shu personally threw the second prince into the pool... Based on this, if Concubine Shu hadn't been happy, it would have been impossible for Concubine Shu to be relegated directly to the palace concubine!

Even if she is pregnant, mother and son are more expensive than she will be, and her life will not be easy in the future.

In the previous dynasty, she was an unvirtuous concubine who didn't care about the prince; in the harem, she was selfish and showed no mercy to the heir who was not her own.

When the second prince grows up and knows about this matter, can he be sincere to her?

And because of such a thing, she will not be able to do anything to the second prince in the future.

Otherwise, there will be suspicion of continuing to be harsh on the prince.

Only when Yun Fenghuang confuses right and wrong and characterizes the matter as an accident, can Concubine Shu end with dignity, and avoid the possibility of being held grudges by the second or even the third prince in the future.

Because of this move, whether Concubine Shu or Ouyang's family, they must be extremely grateful to Yun Fenghuang.

... In this way, if something happens to Concubine Shu in the future, even if the Ouyang family suspects the concubine in their hearts, how can they say it without evidence?

Even if she said it bravely, the imperial concubine said: "If this palace is not sincere, why did Concubine Shu rack her brains to help her escape calmly when she was in a crisis?"

What else can the Ouyang family have to say?

Thinking of this, Gu Zhen's scalp became numb for a while, he took a deep look at the imperial concubine, and said: "Then this matter is as it is, there is something else in the palace, you can talk to Concubine Shu."

The concubine is terrible!

Ben Gong has to go back and drink some hot tea to calm down the shock!

"Yes, the concubine is presenting my concubine as a gift." Yun Fenghuang was very satisfied with the empress's move, she had won this favor for Concubine Shu independently, and the absence of the empress just made it easier for her to monopolize Concubine Shu's gratitude.

Moreover, she also wanted to know, who did this...

Why?