Chapter 5: Underneath the Fame, There Is Nothing in Vain

Although Concubine Wan and Xuan Zhaoyi had scolded the queen countless times in their hearts, it was impossible for them to refuse such things as serving the elders explicitly.

I had no choice but to pack my luggage and board the car unhappily.

The day after the four concubines arrived at Shanyuan Temple, Chunjia escaped and returned to the palace.

After receiving the news, Yun Fenghuang went to visit. After saluting, he was called up by the emperor and said a few words about the fatigue of the journey.

"When you get there, you have to go to see Sister Ji." Chunjia said with a cold expression, "At that time, the coffin had not been sealed yet, so I went up with her to see it. It was indeed the former empress and Kang Jieyu. After that, I cried... Afterwards, the people from Shanyuanguan held the funeral ceremony, and when I said it was time to come back, the emperor's grandmother said that she felt uncomfortable and wanted to rest in the house where her grandniece lived."

They all went to Shanyuan Temple with them, so of course Chunjia would not refuse such a request.

The room where Ji Lingzi used to live was cleaned up, and there was nothing obstructive, before serving the Empress Dowager-in.

Then the empress dowager stayed here and refused to leave. Today she postponed it tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and finally got impatient with Chunjia's urging, she simply turned her face and asked Chunjia to go back to the palace by herself, she didn't want to leave!

"Could it be that the Empress Dowager really lived in Shanyuan Temple for so long?" Yun Fenghuang asked in disbelief, "Does she not care about the regent?"

It's understandable that the Empress Dowager wanted to make trouble with Chunjia. The question is, isn't the current situation the regent and the Empress Dowager cooperating internally and externally against Chunjia?

If the Empress Dowager stayed in Shanyuan Temple from now on, instead of following Chunjia all the time, it would be much easier for Chunjia to take care of the regent.

Once the regent kneels down, what can the empress dowager do if she is alone?

This old lady suddenly cooperates so well, it's unbelievable!

Chun Jia said: "Maybe the sisters of the Ji family left her some secret letter or something...Anyway, I have left people in Shanyuan Temple, and I have the queen and others to attend to the sick, it's okay."

Yun Fenghuang sighed: "Why is she bothering?"

Don't worry about your niece and daughter to get a male heir for your son. No matter how bad a grandson is, it's better than an adopted heir who grows up to fifteen years old?

It's all right now, the family is gone, the niece and niece are dead, and the two grandnieces can't keep it, so we have to continue to watch the faces of the grandchildren...

What's the use of throwing a tantrum at this moment?

Chunjia won't feel bad anyway.

Not only was he not distressed, but he was also wondering if he could take the opportunity to do something: "The Ouyang family hasn't said anything about the second prince before?"

"Perhaps it is because you have not been in the palace for the past two days, and Mrs. Ouyang has been entangled in many things and did not spare her hands." Yun Fenghuang said, "Concubine Shu just sent someone to tell her concubine that she has already found clues. I just heard that you are back, and my concubine is in a hurry to come over, so let her report to you later."

Chunjia gave a "hmm" and said, "In that case, let Concubine Shu come over now and report to us together."

The emperor ordered so, so naturally someone went to the Broken Bamboo Pavilion to inform Ouyang Fulu.

After a long while, she came in a hurry, asked for Anbi, gathered herself together, and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine, although I am dull, I was born as a daughter of the Ouyang family! When I chose the servant for the second prince, I was also very careful. Choose. Ordinary people want to hide it from my concubine, but I'm afraid they won't be able to!"

Speaking of peeking at the face of the emperor, Chunjia said noncommittally: "Continue."

"...Yes." Ouyang Fulu didn't observe anything, and felt a little disappointed and apprehensive. He coughed dryly and continued, "So this concubine went through a thorough investigation in the past two days and found..."

She seemed to be very hesitant about the result. After hesitating for a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "...This matter may have something to do with the regent!"

Yun Fenghuang slightly raised his eyebrows.

Chunjia asked with great interest: "Uncle Wang? You mean Uncle Wang murdered the second prince? How is this possible? Not to mention the decline of my Gongxiang's direct line, Uncle Wang was also very concerned about the issue of my heirs at the beginning. Just say how old the second prince is, and he has no grievances with Uncle Wang, what did Uncle Wang do to harm him?"

It sounded like he was helping Gongxiang Ruoji to excuse him, but as a close concubine, Yun Fenghuang heard that Chunjia was actually encouraging Ouyang Fulu to continue.

Ouyang Fulu did indeed say: "Your Majesty, please think about it. Wasn't it the regent who did it in a fit of anger when the government of Ye was massacred? Kang Jieyu, who was born as a concubine's daughter... the regent was busy with government affairs before, so maybe he didn't remember it. The day we came to the palace this year, didn't Shanyuan Temple just send a message saying that it was the former empress and Kang Jie Yu is not well? Maybe the regent knows about this, so he thinks that there are two princes with Ji blood in the palace! It's just that the third prince is raised in front of the queen, and the queen has many honorable attendants. The king didn't find the opportunity, so he murdered the second prince first!"

Yun Fenghuang wanted to applaud Ouyang Yanran a little bit.

As expected of an important official of the two dynasties, Chunjia was the first old official who insisted on rehabilitating after he came to power. This reason was reasonable and reasonable. Most of those who didn't know thought it was the truth and didn't tell the truth. The key is that he was throwing Chunjia into his arms!

Just looking at Chunjia's expression at the moment, one can tell that the truth about the second prince's murder is no longer that important. Anyway, the real culprit recognized by the emperor is the regent!

"But I don't know what evidence is there?" Yun Fenghuang coughed dryly and reminded, "There is no evidence or evidence. It's not easy to involve the elders of the clan with such things."

Ouyang Fulu lowered his head, said "yes" first, and finally wiped the corners of his eyes, looking very aggrieved: "This is a big matter, if there is no proof, how dare I say that in front of your majesty and empress? When investigating the details of the frenzied palace man, it was found that...he had contact with Liu Hong, the court lady who had murdered the imperial concubine before!"

Chunjia and Yunfenghuang originally listened to her making up with calm faces, but their faces changed after hearing the words!

Chunjia said in a deep voice, "Is this really true?"

The meaning of this is that if you made this up to frame the Regent, then explain it clearly in front of me!

"...Although there is no direct contact, a court lady he once flattered has indeed had a relationship with Liu Hong." Ouyang Fulu choked, and said, "The court lady, um, the concubine had not yet entered the palace at that time, the court lady hadn't entered the palace yet. I really want to go to Xuanqing Palace to serve the imperial concubine, so..."

The imperial concubine glanced at each other, Yun Fenghuang nodded: "At that time, the concubine was first conferred on Zhaoyi, there were indeed many people who wanted to take refuge in the concubine's body. But it is not clear who the concubine is."

Chunjia asked, "Where is the court lady now?"

Ouyang Fulu said embarrassingly: "I passed out just now, I don't know if I'm awake now...it's in the Broken Bamboo Pavilion."

"Bring the person to me." Chunjia ordered, "Don't bother with this matter, let me think about how to deal with it. After all, Uncle Wang is the elder of the clan."

It's not that you just cheat if you want to, you have to think of an excellent reason.

Seeing this, Yun Fenghuang resigned with Ouyang Fulu.

After leaving the Xingxintang, she asked Ouyang Fulu, "When did you come up with this rhetoric?"

Ouyang Fulu was startled when he heard the words, worried that she would suspect that his family had come up with this countermeasure early in the morning but refused to talk about it, and deliberately waited for the emperor to come back to face the saint in person, and quickly said: "Two days ago, the family sent a message and said a reason. , but it is not very appropriate. I originally planned to bite the bullet and tell the empress to come. At that time, His Majesty had not yet returned, and the family thought that there was still a little time for my grandfather to think about it... Around noon today, my grandfather called someone. Send this speech. The concubine does not dare to neglect, after getting acquainted with her for a while, I will send someone to report to the empress."

Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly, and said: "Let the grandfather's name be worthy."

"Grandfather said that the empress is Bingxue and smart." Ouyang Fulu said respectfully, "If there is no empress to point out this time, not only will I not escape punishment, but the reputation of Ouyang's family will also be hit. The empress is very kind and virtuous. The Ouyang family will keep it in mind!"

"You are only pregnant now, and the path of the palace is not as smooth as the palace, so go back and rest." Yun Fenghuang smiled, and it's good to listen to this kind of words. She is not well, I'm afraid Ouyang's family will forget faster than anyone else.

So he didn't care about it, and just said, "Although Your Majesty already has several heirs, there are not many high-ranking heirs. You still have to pay attention to this child. The Zheng family happened in the palace back then. Furthermore, you still have to figure out the truth about the second prince, so that you don't even know about the tampering in the Broken Bamboo Pavilion."

Ouyang Fulu responded respectfully, and Yun Fenghuang left on his own.

When she returned to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, she pondered for a while, and called Chen Jing and Chen Zhu to the front of the elders who were serving in Ziquan Palace: "When did Liuhong come and go with Hansu Palace?"

Several people were at a loss when they heard the words. They looked at each other and looked at you. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Zhu still said uncertainly: "When the Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion was not renovated... many people made friends with slaves and wanted to Came here to serve the empress. But at that time the empress did not speak, and the servants did not dare to promise anything rashly. At that time, someone did look for Liu Hong specifically. But at that time, the servant did not expect Liu Hong to be so mad. She was always taciturn, and the servant did not I care too much, it seems that there is such a thing."

Yun Fenghuang frowned and said: "I also remember that Liu Hongsu has always been reticent...so why would someone go looking for her?"

Ordinarily, the old people in front of her, Chen Zhu and Chen Jing, are young but very good at dealing with affairs, if people outside want to get close to inquire about the news, they should go to them, right?

Looking for Liu Hong, isn't it afraid that she will still be embarrassed after talking for a long time?

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Among us, except Miss Nianxuan, who was married into the palace by you, Qing people and Qingdu who were born in your family, only Liuhong was the one who asked the former empress to be a court lady by your side." Chen Zhu reminded in a low voice, "Even if the girls from the Qing Dynasty came later and Liuhong was pushed away, their status is still different. Those who want to serve you, so I hope to find out from her how to make the empress take the initiative to ask for it." people?"

Yun Fenghuang: "..."

She calmed down and said, "Then do you remember who were the ones who took the initiative to find Liuhong?"

Chen Zhu was a little embarrassed, and after a long time of hard thinking, he finally said a few names: "It seems that there are them."

"You took people there and arrested them all. It's very difficult to interrogate them. What does it have to do with the Secretary of the Imperial City and the Prince Regent!" Yun Fenghuang nodded, "Is there anything I missed after thinking about it? The safety of the palace and the emperor's heirs cannot be ignored!"

Hearing the last sentence, Chen Zhu and the others were all awe-inspiring, and they all promised that they would do their work with all their heart, and they were determined not to let the master and the little masters fall into danger.

After sending them off to do something, Yun Fenghuang just took a sip of tea, looked up and saw Qingdu came up with some anxiety, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly mention Liuhong, could it be...?"

"Just now Concubine Shu said in front of His Majesty that the palace man who threw the second prince into the pool before was acquainted with a court lady, and that court lady looked for Liuhong." Yun Fenghuang said, "I suddenly felt that there was something wrong with Liuhong in the past. concern, but I have never been able to understand what kind of person she is and who does she work for?"

She had never trusted this only court lady who asked to come to her side in person.

After all, it was Gong Xiangxiao who recommended it.

Although at the time she suspected that the person who was confessed so easily was not necessarily a member of the Imperial City Division under Gong Xiangxiao's hands, even if it was, it probably would not be the one that received too much attention... Later, Xi Le took the initiative to expose, and she Liuhong was ignored even more.

If she hadn't been pressed by the Empress Dowager Yuan last year, she wouldn't have thought of making a fuss about this palace maid.

Originally Liuhong was gone, so it was gone. Anyway, the emperor has not doubted her so far, or doubted her but not deeply, and there is no evidence, so it is worth sacrificing such a servant.

But now the concubine Shu and Ouyang's family brought up people and things to get rid of the crime, which made Yun Fenghuang feel a little uneasy...

She doesn't trust Liu Hong, but she is not afraid of Liu Hong, because Liu Hong's master is probably Gong Xiangxiao, and Yun Fenghuang feels that Gong Xiangxiao is not her opponent at all.

But if there is someone behind Liuhong...

Although that person may not know the truth about her poisoning, as long as it is confirmed that Liu Hong never poisoned her, it is not safe to keep this flaw to the end.

Yun Fenghuang stroked the teacup in his palm, and said slowly: "Take advantage of this situation to ask someone to check it out, so I can get a good idea."

If you check now, the emperor will not be suspicious if he knows.

Qingdu breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyes and said: "It's just that time has passed, I'm afraid we won't find anything."

It's best that the truth about my master being poisoned is the same.

Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes, smiled, did not answer the words, but said slowly: "I haven't visited the children for a while, are they still good now?"

The four heirs at this age can't even walk and speak very smoothly, but they can't be naughty.

But Xie Meng and Xie Kuo, these two kids, are a little crazy.

When Yun Fenghuang saw them, he looked like two mud monkeys, and smiled happily, which made Yun Fenghuang's scolding turn into a wry smile: "You two little ancestors, how long have we not seen each other?" , just make it like this? When you turn around and get tanned carefully, you will never be white again, and you will be black when you grow up, let's see if you cry or not!"

"What are you afraid of?" Xie Kuo was a little worried when he heard the words, but Xie Meng didn't care at all. He even smiled at his aunt and said loudly, "If we can't get married, let my aunt continue to support us. When the time comes, we should cry." It's my aunt!"

Yun Fenghuang pursed her lips and smiled: "You have a good idea! If you can't get married, my aunt will marry you to that kind of old widower who can't get a wife. In exchange for a dowry, it's a penny."

Xie Meng thought she was reluctant, so he approached her with a smile, and tried to wipe his muddy hands on her body... After such a frolicking, Yun Fenghuang sent them down to wash up, but Xie Kuo quietly leaned over and said in a low voice : "Auntie, when we were playing just now, I saw Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui burning paper in the corner... Sister Meng wanted to go and have a look, but I made an excuse to call my sister away."

Yun Fenghuang was slightly startled, and then smiled and stroked her disheveled hair: "Good boy, your sister is indeed reckless, you should watch her more from now on."

Xie Kuo said in a low voice that he knew it, but he didn't leave, and continued: "Later, Sister Meng was really curious, so we went around and peeked from another direction... After a while, a man sneaked out, and the same princess Your Highness talked in private for a while."

"...What does that person look like?" Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows, quite interested, why did Ming Hui not stop? Well, it's a good thing not to stop. If the golden branches and jade leaves don't cause trouble, she can only take the initiative to attack if she wants to get revenge. Chunjia's affection for Xiaozong's flesh and blood will definitely not let her do things too badly.

But if you don't do it, what kind of revenge is it?

So Princess Minghui took the initiative to attack her and let the princess reap the fruits of herself, even reaping the fruits of herself several times, this is the most cost-effective.

Although Xie Kuo was young, he was very intelligent, so he described it carefully to Yun Fenghuang immediately. Yun Fenghuang listened, pondered for a moment, and concluded: "You said... a Taoist priest?"