Chapter 32 Misunderstanding

After Yun Fenghuang sent Concubine Xie away, his mood improved a lot, so he asked from left and right: "Could it be that Concubine Xie came to tell Empress some good news?"

"It doesn't really count." Yun Fenghuang smiled, "It's just that it's interesting to see her lost soul."

Qingdu and the others heard the maliciousness towards Concubine Xie in these words, so they asked politely, do they not need to take care of Concubine Xie anymore?

"As before, there is no need to skimp on the quota, but there is no need to give too much face." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, and ordered, "Privately call those newly promoted concubines, and make trouble for her if you have something to do. It's irrelevant but The responsive kind."

If this was normal, Concubine Xie aroused her anger, and it would be fine if she took care of it directly.

Anyway, neither Chunjia nor Duke Yi's government paid much attention to this concubine of the Yun family.

but……

Isn't the emperor going to put more emphasis on the Yun family's children now? It's not so appropriate for Duke Yi's own daughter to have an accident with his own grandson.

The most important thing is that just now, Chunjia had tried her best to help her vent her anger, and she followed her to attack Concubine Xie, which seemed to be too indifferent to the emperor's thoughts and arrangements.

Anyway, after scaring Concubine Xie just now, and there will be some troubles in the future, it is estimated that Concubine Xie's life will not be too easy.

As for how Concubine Xie suffers in such an environment, Yun Fenghuang doesn't care about it. This cheap handkerchief was never considered for her before. Becoming a prince is absolutely benevolent, isn't it?

In a blink of an eye, when it was time to return to the Imperial Capital, Gu Zhen sent someone to invite Yun Fenghuang to Woxia Tower to talk: "The Empress Dowager has always said that the phoenix body violated harmony since she came back from Shanyuan Temple, and even stopped asking for peace. But now When we start the journey, you and I will always go to greet you, lest her old man feel uncomfortable on the road."

In fact, the queen can go alone, the reason why she called the imperial concubine is nothing more than fearing that the empress dowager will bring up something that she is not easy to answer, and she hopes that the imperial concubine will be able to deal with it when she is present.

Yun Fenghuang knew it well and didn't object, so the concubine and concubine went to pay their respects together.

The Empress Dowager asked them to wait for a while before coming out, looking at the rosy complexion, it didn't look like she was sick, but during this period of time, she was nourished with good food and drink, and her body became healthier.

Of course, the concubine would not expose her, and still greeted her carefully in front of a glass person, and then mentioned the return journey.

"It's not the first time for you to come to the palace. What happened in previous years, this year will be fine." After hearing this, the Empress Dowager said calmly, "There is nothing to tell you here at Aijia. There is just one thing, If none of you come today, the Ai family plans to send someone to summon you in the next two days to ask: It is said that Minghui's marriage has been brought up?"

Mentioning this matter, Gu Zhen felt depressed. He glanced at Yun Fenghuang, saw that she had lowered her eyebrows and had no intention of opening her mouth, so she reluctantly said: "Yes, the emperor's grandmother, it was His Majesty who personally intervened, saying that the late emperor was just like this." Daughter-in-law, you must find a good consort. You can't let your sister miss Huaxin... The emperor's grandmother Mingjian, whether it is His Majesty or grandson-in-law, has no intention of not being able to tolerate her sister. In fact, her innocence and loveliness, Your Majesty Both my grandson and my daughter-in-law wish that she would be by our side every day. However, if it is for our liking, we ask my sister to stay in the palace all the time, but how can I ask the late emperor under the nine springs to feel at ease?"

The Empress Dowager did not scold her this time along with Princess Minghui, as if she had completely forgotten what happened last time, she only said: "Whose children does Your Majesty prefer?"

Gu Zhen shook his head: "Your Majesty said that the first emperor's concubine's daughter is very important, and the choice of son-in-law must be carefully considered. It can't be the same as last time, and make my sister feel wronged again."

The Empress Dowager looked at Yun Fenghuang and said, "Where is the noble concubine? Does the noble concubine know?"

This scene made Gu Zhen's chest hurt in anger. She couldn't explain clearly as the empress, and the empress dowager even asked the concubine. She clearly felt that she was not favored and trusted by the emperor, so the emperor would not tell her about such things.

Fortunately, Yun Fenghuang also shook his head and said that the emperor is still considering it.

"Then let's talk about it after returning to the palace." The Empress Dowager nodded and let them go.

After going out, the concubines immediately went their separate ways.

In the evening, Qingshu's wife, Cui Lianye, came to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to ask for an audience.

This Cui's presence in the palace in recent years is almost the same as Concubine Xie's, and Jia Ping Yelai's vividness, Yun Fenghuang doesn't remember her very much.

Hearing this, she was a little surprised, summoned someone to come to her, and asked her directly what she was doing without being polite.

Cui Lianye looked at the noble concubine who was gorgeously dressed and had a very complicated mood.

It's been more than two years. Bao Lin's eyebrows and eyes opened a little when she first entered the palace, and she became more and more beautiful and bright. Her speech and behavior also showed the arrogance and calmness of a high-ranking concubine who is confident and confident. How about yourself? People in their twenties are not considered old, but at this time they are not considered young either.

Because of the decline of father Cui Wan's power and the emperor's neglect, it bloomed like a flower in a lonely corner.

If it has been blooming like this, it can be regarded as maintaining aloofness and arrogance from beginning to end.

But since he took over the second prince, it is doomed that this attitude cannot be handled.

"Your Majesty, I am here for the second prince." Cui Lianye made up his mind, blessed him, and said again, "The second prince suffered a lot before, and the imperial doctor said that it is best to have that high-quality official swallow. The second prince made up for it. The official swallows at my concubine's place are not as good as those at your empress's place, so I have the courage to ask my empress to give me some."

Yun Fenghuang glanced at her unexpectedly, and said, "Why do you think this is so worth your trip?"

Just ask her how much she wants.

Cui Lianye hurriedly said that the second prince is too young to eat too much: "Your Majesty, just give me some."

Yun Fenghuang then asked the Qing people to go to his warehouse to get some: "Because the palace is about to leave for home, the Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion does not have a lot of food. You let the second prince eat. After returning to the palace, I don't have a lot of food. The palace will send someone to send it to you."

"Thank you, ma'am." Cui Lianye showed a little shyness, as if remembering the difficulties and dislikes towards Yun Fenghuang in the past, he was very ashamed to thank him again and again, and said that when the second prince was well, he would definitely bring him over to thank him in person Thanks to the noble concubine's grace, I resigned and left.

After she left, Yun Fenghuang asked the Qing people: "What's going on with Mrs. Qingshu? After all, she's a lady. Cui Wan hasn't fallen from power yet. Why can't she get any good officials?"

"It's not that I can't eat it." The Qing people quickly explained, "It's just that there were some disasters last year, and there were not many good ones among the official swallows brought in. The empress dowager and the two empress dowagers must have Pick first, and then come down to your empress. Then there are the concubine Shu and empress de concubine who are divided with Luo Zhaoyi and others. When they go to Madam Qingshu, their appearance may not be so good. What is it? According to the order of the empress, the main position in the palace is given to everyone. Even Concubine Xie has not been left behind."

In the past two years, Yun Fenghuang has been in charge of the actual palace affairs. She has a rule that unless she tells her to do so, she should take as much as she wants everywhere, and she is not allowed to skimp because of petting. Otherwise, if she finds out, the person in charge will have a calculation One, don't even think about it.

Even if the Qing people were close servants, they didn't dare to disobey. At this moment, they were of course afraid that they would be thought to have manipulated Cui Lianye's things.

"Since the second prince has gone to her, it will be better to give her there in the future." In fact, this explanation is half true and half false. The best officials are all carefully selected, and it is indeed impossible to have everything that one expects to have, but There is no problem in supplying the principal positions - the family members of important ministers can get rewards, how can the concubines in the palace not get enough?

The main reason is that Mrs. Qing Shu has no favor during this time, and her natal family has also lost power. Although Yun Fenghuang ordered not to cheat, the person in charge does not want to please.

So I gave her the second class.

Like Yun Fenghuang, who is a royal favorite, since she became Jieyu, her treatment has been on par with that of the fourth concubine...

This kind of tacit understanding is clear in Yun Fenghuang's heart, and he has no intention of investigating it thoroughly, after all, this is all human nature.

When it comes to careful consideration, she herself is the beneficiary, and there is no need to cross the river and tear down the bridge.

Anyway, as long as the subordinates can't be singled out on the bright side, she doesn't care. Originally, as a concubine, she can't compete for favor, and it's only natural that she almost passed.

She is very kind for a person in charge who doesn't allow deduction.

Well, the main reason is that I don't want some people to come out and do things for the sake of good food.

After all, in such a big palace, who knows that there is no second person like me, I didn't want to cause trouble at first, just because I felt that life was uncomfortable, and then...

Anyway, I don't want her to pay for these things. What's wrong with spending money from the internal treasury to fulfill my generosity?

At this moment, Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "Although the second prince's biological mother is the daughter of a guilty minister, she is also His Majesty's flesh and blood. He suffered so much in the hands of Concubine Shu before. It is really pitiful. It is rare that Mrs. Qing Shu cared about him. Let's take care of it too, so that His Majesty won't worry about it."

The left and right felt that Chunjia didn't care about the emperor's heir, but the concubine said so and they agreed.

After all, if there is any prince among the princes who they are most willing to take care of besides King Qin, it is the second prince and the third prince.

Because of these two biological mothers, no matter whether Chunjia or the officials, unless it is absolutely necessary, they will never have the chance to enter the East Palace.

They won't even be given the chance to take power in the future...

In this way, taking care of these two is the least risky, and it can also show the kindness and thoughtfulness of the imperial concubine.

A few days later, it was the day when the Empress Dowager returned to the imperial capital, and the journey was generally safe. The reason why I said it was generally because Concubine Yuan Xian didn't eat, live and bump on the way, and she was pregnant.

After the diagnosis of the imperial physician, it was considered unsuitable to move on.

But whether it is Chunjia or the Empress Dowager, it is impossible for the entire Six Palaces and the accompanying courtiers to stay and wait for her alone.

So in the end, he was settled in the post station, and the imperial doctor and others were left to take care of him, that's all.

Originally Gu Zhen meant that, considering that Yuan Zhiniang was pregnant and couldn't take care of herself, he left a concubine to take care of her.

However, after asking the concubines what they meant, no one was willing to do so, and Yuan Zhiniang herself said that she didn't need it, as long as there are palace officials in charge.

In the end it was over.

It's not that Yuan Zhiniang's popularity is so bad, it's mainly because of Yun Fenghuang.

For the canonization of the empress dowager's niece as the fourth concubine, the empress noble concubine competed with the loving mother empress dowager for several days, and finally managed to save the Tian family's face under the emperor's personal smoothing, so as not to tear it too much.

Now whoever stays with Yuan Zhiniang may be appreciated by Yuan's aunt and nephew, but it will definitely be disgusted by the imperial concubine.

Even if Gu Zhen herself was not the queen, she would not want to say this. She didn't have much opinion on Yuan Zhiniang, but she had a big opinion on Yuan Niangniang. Hate the house and Wu, Queen Gu actually doesn't like Yuan Zhiniang either.

Furthermore, who knows what will happen if Yuan Zhiniang gets pregnant this time, if something goes wrong, the person who stays to take care of her may have done something wrong, and it won't be worth it no matter what.

So the empress agreed to Yuan Zhiniang's proposal and asked her to stay alone in the inn to rest, and when the situation stabilized before continuing to the imperial capital, all the concubines breathed a sigh of relief.

This is especially true for the newly promoted concubines, who are afraid that the queen will pick a soft persimmon and name them to stay and take care of Yuan Zhiniang.

So the emperor left Yuan Zhiniang with imperial physicians and palace guards, and continued to serve the empress dowager back to Miyagi. .

Originally, everyone was familiar with this kind of cutscene, anyway, it was just to thank each other for their hard work, ask about the current situation, say a few polite words, and then they each dispersed.

But today, the loving mother Empress Dowager took the concubines to ask many things about the palace, and then euphemistically expressed her regret for being confined in the spring palace for the past two years.

Empress Gu gave a very stylized comfort to her condition, and the empress dowager's complexion instantly turned cold, and she turned to talk to Concubine Shu.

After leaving her, Gu Zhen quietly asked Yun Fenghuang: "What do you think the loving empress dowager means?"

"What else do you mean?" Yun Fenghuang knew the inside story early in the morning, so it is not difficult to guess the Queen Mother Yuan's thoughts at this moment, and said with a slight sneer, "The situation of the two empress dowagers can't help the fatigue of the boat, so even though it's hot in summer, they can't help it." Going to a not-so-distant palace, let alone Fuyang County. But staying in your own palace for many years is boring enough. In this case, why not hold a banquet for them in the palace and do some singing, dancing and juggling. Please come to the palace for the children of Uncle Xingning’s mansion, so that the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, can enjoy family happiness?”

Gu Zhen frowned, and said, "Could it be that the loving mother Empress Dowager wants Yuan's son, Princess Shangming Huichang?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang was a little speechless about her thoughts, pondered for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty never said that."

Gu Zhen was preoccupied, and said, "Is there any way you can push this matter away? I don't think it's appropriate."

"Minghui treats the empress like that, does the empress still think about her?" Yun Fenghuang squinted at her, and said with a smile, "And with Minghui's stupid appearance, it's a good thing that the consort's family has no skills. Otherwise, even the only daughter of the first emperor may not be able to protect her for a long time."

"Even so, you still don't understand the grievances between the empress dowager and the concubine Ji Sheng?" Gu Zhen glanced around and saw that no one else dared to come closer to listen to the empress talking to the concubine, so she whispered, "If Ming Hui How can life be easier when you enter the Yuan family? I know that you have been in the palace for a short time and you have not received any favor from Minghui, but I will treat you as if I beg you. You tried to mess up this matter. I owe you a favor. How about it? And if this matter comes to fruition, it won't be a good thing for you. You think that the loving mother Empress Dowager let her natal nephew Shang Minghui, in addition to possibly wanting to avenge the common man Ji Sheng, most likely also hope to take advantage of Minghui's identity to rejuvenate Uncle Ning's mansion with grace! Do you hope that Xingningbo Mansion will prosper?"

Yun Fenghuang sized her up for a while, then smiled meaningfully: "Okay."

Naturally, the imperial concubine would not refuse this kind of thing that can be favored by doing nothing, but such a straightforward response made Gu Zhen stunned for a while before turning her head suspiciously.

The sixth palace then went to Jiashan Palace.

Empress Dowager Qu's place is usually a bit colder, but today she was very straightforward, she was stopped at the door, and she excused herself not feeling well, and only let the queen and noble concubine enter to say hello and greetings, and the others dismissed on the spot.