Chapter Thirty-One With Interest

Early the next morning, Yun Fenghuang sent the emperor away, and went back to the couch to rest for a while before lazily getting up to dress up.

While tidying up, someone from the palace came to report that it was Concubine Xie who brought the fourth prince to pay his respects.

"What is she running here for?" Yun Fenghuang didn't think much about Yun Qingman at the moment, he sneered and said, "Could it be that he went to her place for the sake of His Majesty yesterday? "

Concubine Xie really said this to the left and right, she said that everyone knew that Concubine Min was jealous and vicious, and that when she was born an emperor, she would behave like a concubine.

So, it was rare for Chunjia to see Concubine Xie's mother and son, but she didn't stay overnight, and went to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion instead. Who knows if the imperial concubine will remember their mother because of this, and look for opportunities to show them off in the future ? Now they don't have the capital to fight against the noble concubine, so they might as well go to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to ask for peace, follow what the emperor said yesterday, and then ask how to educate the prince, so as to avoid the possibility of being liquidated by the noble concubine in the future , Maybe I can meet His Majesty by chance, so that he won't forget that there are such a bunch of mothers and children in the palace?

Left and right thought it made sense, and they all agreed.

But in fact, after Concubine Xie came over, she saw Concubine Gui, greeted Bi carefully, and said something about the emperor's heir...Seeing that Yun Fenghuang's face darkened instantly, showing a look of bewilderment, but he still sat in the seat. The chair was motionless.

Yun Fenghuang could tell that she should have other things to do, otherwise anyone who is not a fool should resign right now.

Then everyone retreated, and asked coldly: "What's so secretive?"

"My lady, my Majesty went down to my concubine's place yesterday and said something, but my concubine was dull and didn't understand very well, so I want to ask my lady to clear up my doubts." She talked about her own biological mother and her promise to seal the fourth prince's maternal grandmother, and she said with shame, "I know that I have done a lot to offend my mother in the past, so I didn't dare to come here, but I just thought about it. I can't comprehend the holy will, so I can only come to ask the empress for mercy."

Yun Fenghuang was a bit ridiculous, one Gu Zhen and one Yun Qingman, let alone trust, they were not even considered close.

I have also suffered under her hands, why come across something that I can't figure out, one or two come to her?

Does she look so easy to talk to?

I don't even know what to say about them.

"Don't you have a lot of people left by Concubine Zhenxishu in front of you? They are all old people in the palace, and they are the most capable of trouble." She took a sip of the tea in front of her and said lightly, "I don't understand. Why don’t you ask them, but ask Ben Gong instead? You should know that Ben Gong doesn’t like you.”

Concubine Xie hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice: "...Because I remembered that when I didn't enter the palace, you reminded me that my aunt was not completely sincere to me. I don't understand. After entering the palace these days, I have gradually discovered that the aunt's treatment of concubines is indeed different from that of the aunt. Those who stayed behind by the aunt actually communicated with the aunt in secret. This matter involves the aunt Being the concubine's biological mother, the concubine's status is not a guarantee, they will definitely look towards the concubine's body and the biological mother. I am afraid it is more for the consideration of the aunt. Although the empress has become indifferent to the concubine since entering the palace, it is because the concubine's family is sorry for the empress first In fact, the empress has taken good care of my concubine so far..."

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "I don't know that I am such a soft-hearted person."

She didn't immediately answer Concubine Xie's doubts, but asked, "Is it just that your family can't forgive me first?"

"...I know what my mother means, but I dare to swear that I have never said anything that I should not say in front of my sister-in-law!" Concubine Xie fell silent after hearing this, raised her head, and looked directly at Yunfeng With Huang's eyes, he said with a wry smile, "What I shouldn't have said was actually said by the servant girl in front of me. Please think about it, first of all, before entering the palace, the concubine and the empress have always been in harmony, why did the concubine murder the empress? Secondly, because my concubine was not born to my aunt's mother, I was often wronged when I got along with my cousins ​​from my mother's family. My sister-in-law is the daughter of the Han family, and she is loved by my aunt. Let her know that my best playmate is, What good does it do to my concubine to make my elder brother fall in love with me? It's just a matter of provoking my sister-in-law's hostility."

"In the past two years, I have thought about it over and over again, but I have some doubts. It is because the servant girl is jealous of the empress."

Seeing Yun Fenghuang raising her eyebrows and motioning for herself to continue, she sighed, "Because the concubine's maid... seems to have thoughts about my concubine's elder brother. But the empress knows, as the person in front of my concubine, even if she still has a few She is pretty, not to mention that elder brother has no intention of treating her, even if he did, the aunt would not allow elder brother to take her in."

After all, the brother-in-law has a crush on the people around the sister-in-law, and it would seem that the Duke's mansion is too unruly if it gets out.

That's why the servant girl loves Yun Qike but can't get it. Looking at Yun Fenghuang, she was yearned for and loved by Yun Qike for a time, and even made a fuss about asking to marry him as his wife...Being jealous, she took advantage of the situation and stabbed the matter to the son-in-law, to Yun It is reasonable for Feng Huang to add a little blockage.

In the final analysis, this is because Yun Fenghuang's family background is too low. If she is on the same level as Yun Qingman, even if she is not as good as Yun Qingman, but she is still the daughter of an official family, then the servant girl should not dare to do so.

Because that's not something that Xiao Han can handle at will, stabbing this son-in-law just makes her feel heartbroken for no reason.

When the time comes, Xiao Han will have no way to retaliate. Maybe he will take revenge on the informer instead?

However, in the eyes of Duke Yi's mansion, Yun Fenghuang was just the daughter of a squire from a remote place, she was lucky enough to win the favor of the concubine Fourth Miss, and then mixed into the circle of aristocrats, she was just a fake aristocrat.

Then why should you be soft when you make a stumbling block?

"..." Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then said slowly, "What about the maid?"

"After my aunt died, she was beaten to death by my aunt." Concubine Xie said in a low voice, "The whole family was sold by my aunt."

Yun Fenghuang sneered, and said, "In other words, there is no proof of death."

Concubine Xie pursed her lips, and said after a while: "Yes, but..."

"That's nothing but nothing to say." Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "You said it as if you were so innocent and helpless, but you were raised by your aunt after all, and you were planned to either marry a high-ranking family or get married since you were a child." The palace serves the emperor. No matter what it is, the Duke’s mansion will not let you be separated from the family. In this case, they will actually be willing to meet your slightly excessive demands, especially when you grow up and spend a lot of money on you. So much painstaking effort has been cultivated, so it’s not worth it to make you feel resentful for some trivial matter? This truth, I broke it up and smashed it for you before, didn’t I?”

Seeing Concubine Xie nodding, she suddenly sneered, "Then why do you keep silent when you know that Xiao Han wants to bully me?! It's fine if you don't plead for Bengong, when you are used to being with your aunt. My sister-in-law is a lowly girl, but you don’t even remind me, this is my reward for coaxing you for three years, protecting you from disasters, and planning for you?!"

Yun Fenghuang's heart was rarely fluctuated.

Since she was a child, she was not the kind of person who was innocent and without a city. Even Qi Jiulu, a childhood sweetheart, had a lot of care in getting along with her.

But that doesn't mean she has lost all sincerity in her dealings with people.

Especially when she was only twelve years old when she first came to the Imperial Capital, one can imagine the complicated mood she felt when she was taken by the Xie family to flatter Yun Qingman from being a jewel in the palm of her hand at that age!

Although Yun Qingman didn't pay much attention to her at first, but to be honest, Yun Fenghuang didn't hold any resentment.

After all, the Fourth Miss of the Duke's Mansion was not obliged to take her with her, but it was good to be indifferent, at least she didn't intentionally humiliate... The Xie family is a very humble family in the eyes of the Duke's Mansion, but In the north, they can be regarded as a wealthy family in the countryside.

It's not that Yun Fenghuang has never seen girls from ordinary country gentry families trying to squeeze into their midst.

It's fine if you meet someone with a good temper, but if you meet someone with a bad temper, you will really suffer from grievances and torture, and you have to force yourself to smile, and you may not be able to get your wish.

So in comparison, Yun Fenghuang felt that Yun Qingman was very talkative. At first, he didn't help but didn't cheat her. Later, he spoke a lot softly just to ward off a disaster. It can be seen that his thoughts are neither deep nor that kind. mean.

After three years of getting along, although she used the protection of the Fourth Miss of the Duke's Mansion to deal with all parties and save money for herself to marry an ordinary official son, she actually came up with a lot of ideas for Yun Qingman, and made a lot of suggestions intentionally or unintentionally. To behave in the world, especially the analysis of the Han family.

Yun Qingman had never been taught these things before, because she was hugged in front of her aunt since she was a child, and it was basically difficult for her biological mother to see her.

The aunt is very concerned about her basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and she usually asks about her health and well-being, which is a very virtuous look, but it always feels like there is a layer of separation.

And what worries Yun Qingman the most is that whenever she has conflicts with her aunt's nieces, the aunt always smooths things over and refuses to blame the girls of the Han family. as appeasement.

Yun Qingman still remembers that once she was bullied by a cousin, Mrs. Han went to her yard to comfort her for a while, left a very beautiful hairstyle and left, but she couldn't be happy at all, looking at the hairstyle After meeting for a long time, I suddenly wanted to talk to someone, so I asked someone to call Yun Fenghuang to come to her and asked her: "Mother always said that it is common for girls to fight between families, and told me not to worry too much about it. Am I really too fussy?"

After Yun Fenghuang asked about the process, he thought about his words and said: "When I was at home, I was very naughty. I often targeted my concubine who was raised by my mother. Every time my mother found out, she would punish me. At that time, I was young. My grandmother took pity on me and was partial, so I told my mother that I was young and weak, and every time I was punished too much, it would be fine if I said a few words about me and gave my concubine some delicious and fun treats. But my mother If you don’t allow it, you must let me know that Sister Shu is also a sister, just like me, a child of my parents, and because she is older than me, she should be respected by me.”

It took Yun Qingman a little time to understand before she understood what Yun Fenghuang meant.

Although Han raised her as a concubine, she didn't actually treat her as her own child in her heart.

It can even be said that the Han family does not think that concubine girls are qualified to be compared with their nieces.

So she had a conflict with the young ladies of the Han family. The Han family never punished her niece, but only gave her some benefits to let her calm down.

... After realizing this, Yun Qingman burst into tears quietly, and then asked Yun Fenghuang what should he do?

Yun Fenghuang's advice to her is to pretend not to know, and get close to the Han family as usual. After all, these days, the mother-in-law has too much power over the concubine daughter, especially Duke Yi who respects rules, and Yun Qingman's biological mother is also favored for her beauty, but There is still no place in the back house.

There is no ability to challenge the mistress at all.

Anyway, Yun Qingman will always get married, and after leaving the cabinet, she will win over her husband's family, and it will not be too late to settle accounts with the Han family.

At that time, Yun Fenghuang was sincerely thinking about Yun Qingman, she never thought that she would end up on such a so-called little friend who loves sisters.

Because Yun Fenghuang always felt that Yun Qingman was a different person from himself.

This concubine who was somewhat deliberately raised by the Han family is quiet and docile, not very smart, and is easily taken away. Ever since she had a rift with her aunt, she trusted Yun Fenghuang the most, and told Yun Fenghuang everything, what They all told Yun Fenghuang, how did Yun Fenghuang think that she would put him together? Even when the news came out from the Duke's Mansion that Yun Qingman was about to enter the palace, she was still worried about this handkerchief.

Worried that she would not be able to get used to life after entering the palace.

This may be the most serious misjudgment in Yun Fenghuang's life.

"..." Concubine Xie was silent under her gaze, and after a while, she said with difficulty, "Because... because the concubine was going to enter the palace at that time, and after entering the palace, she will be in the palace of the first sister."

She continued intermittently, "My sister-in-law has been in the palace for many years...although she was pregnant...but in the end she was tricked...and failed to conceive...after that, although your Majesty has visited quite a few times...but she has...never been able to... There is news...the family sent the concubine into the palace...the main reason is to let my sister have a child..."

Speaking of this, Yun Fenghuang has almost understood.

Sure enough, Concubine Xie went on to say: "If I offend my aunt and sister-in-law before entering the palace, I am very worried that my sister will leave my mother to keep the child... And I really didn't know at the time that they would do this. I thought, At most, it is just like those young ladies of the Han family, embarrassing your empress. I think that my empress is always smart, so that kind of occasion may not be able to embarrass you...so..."

"Then you quietly come to Bengong for help now, are you not worried that Bengong will turn around and sell you to Han?" Yun Fenghuang propped his chin and looked at her with interest, "Although Han can't do anything about it now. What about you, but it’s okay to clean up your biological mother, right?”

She looked at Concubine Xie's pale face in a good mood, "Who gave you the confidence to think that this palace will tolerate you over and over again?!"

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Xie called out in a low voice, with a pleading tone, "Your Majesty has always..."

"Don't make a mistake." Yun Fenghuang said slowly, "I have protected you for the past two years, only because I relied on you to get in and out of the high school when I came to the imperial capital, although this is what I won by myself. , but you have contributed a lot to my being able to enter the palace."

No matter how smart Concubine Xie was, she didn't dare to think that "giving the greatest credit" was a compliment, so she subconsciously kept silent.

Yun Fenghuang continued, "I have been under your care for three years, so naturally I will pay you back for three years, and I can even pay you back for four or five years. The right will be paid back with interest."

Concubine Xie's face suddenly changed, and she lost her voice: "Your Majesty?!"

"So do you still have the mind to ask for something from your biological mother?" Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly, staring into her eyes, and said leisurely, "After two years, this palace will not care about your life or death, you mother and son , it’s time to fend for itself, huh?”