Chapter 45: Preemptive Strike

Yun Fenghuang didn't wait for Chunjia to open his mouth before saying: "Although Your Majesty has a heart of love for His Royal Highness Princess Minghui, His Highness can't understand it, but always treats His Majesty as an enemy. If such tolerance can be exchanged for Your Highness's understanding in the future , That's all. But Your Majesty knows that Her Royal Highness is not young anymore, she is the eldest daughter of the first emperor. The two highnesses Yun'an and Sui'an have already descended, and Her Highness Princess Yun'an is even pregnant. Liujia, she will give birth soon! This is the age to be a mother, but she still acts recklessly..."

She sighed, "Your Majesty, when the first emperor passed away, the three eldest princesses were very young. Your Majesty - as an heir, as the so-called elder brother is like a father, if you don't discipline your eldest princess, that will be the consequence." Unbelievable!"

Gu Zhen listened to the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, and wanted to explain that Hui was targeting you, the imperial concubine, so what does it have to do with the emperor?

But Chunjia's face was watery, and with this expression, the concubines who felt that they were not so favored did not dare to intervene without authorization.

"I know." Chunjia actually knew that Yun Fenghuang was dragging himself into the water, but he understood that what the imperial concubine said made sense.

He was not very close to his only male heir because he got the throne from Emperor Xiaozong, his biological father passed away early, and King Fuyang Duan was weak before his death. Therefore, I have gratitude and affection for my stepfather whom I have never met.

Therefore, although the three Minghui sisters are not really obedient and everything is up to their temperament, they try their best to protect them within the scope of not hindering themselves.

Especially the various acts of rebellion by the direct sibling Minghui, because in fact Chunjia's power was not really shaken, and he came with an attitude of tolerance and tolerance.

Looking at the harem, the only elders who can make him give in so willingly are the two empress dowagers, and their peers are nothing more than Yun Fenghuang and Minghui.

Anyone else who dares to make the emperor suffer this, is afraid that they don't want to live a life.

But Minghui didn't know if he didn't understand this truth, or he understood this truth too much. In the past, he didn't talk about the disturbance at the court meeting, but today he even disturbed the osmanthus banquet.

So what about next time?

She is Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, and she can attend many occasions.

Is it possible to let her participate in banquets and make trouble every time in the future? Not to mention how disappointing it is, how embarrassing the Tian family is, most importantly, it will make outsiders think that Chunjia is weak, not even a step-sister can do anything about it.

How can such an emperor teach people to be in awe?

Chunjia would never allow such doubts to arise.

And Minghui's disturbance this time is different from last time. Last time, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the eldest princess was used as a gun by the regent. Of course, this will make everyone think that the eldest princess is not so smart and quick-witted, but it can be regarded as naive and ignorant anyway. Not so nasty.

But this time, Minghui first went to make trouble with the imperial concubine, and then accused the important minister Yunzhao regardless of the situation, which made the courtiers, especially those who were close to Chunjia, taboo.

Yun Fenghuang dared to bet that at this moment, Chunjia and the courtiers of the royalist faction would definitely not regard it as the disharmony between Princess Chang and the imperial concubine.

Most of what they thought was that since the eldest princess had already started to target the courtiers, would it be Duke Yi today and Ouyang Yanran tomorrow? Is it the turn of Yin Qu and the others the day after tomorrow?

The impression that Her Royal Highness the Princess gave to the Imperial Palace was that before the common man Ji Sheng left, she was probably the most carefree noble person in the world.

The real golden branches and jade leaves.

The only trouble is probably too plump.

After the common man Ji Sheng left, he was neglected for a time due to all kinds of ups and downs, but when the temple was noisy, everyone remembered it and dared not neglect it.

At that time, Ming Hui was mainly targeting Yun Feng Huang, which made everyone feel that it was just a conflict between the female family members of the Tian family, and it had nothing to do with them directly, and it was not a big deal.

So at that time, many people supported the eldest princess Minghui, thinking that out of gratitude and filial piety to Emperor Xiaozong, it was appropriate for the emperor to give his favorite concubine to the eldest princess to vent his anger.

After all, how can a mere concubine compare with the flesh and blood of the first emperor?

Now that Minghui's spearhead is aimed at themselves, they don't think so.

They will think that the eldest princess is too pampered, a eldest princess, why should she intervene in the previous court, and drag important ministers into the water for their own selfishness?

This is a move intended to disturb Chao Gang!

The most important thing is that the Duke Yi she is targeting this time is not only Yun Fenghuang's nominal head of the mother's family, but also one of Chunjia's most staunch supporters.

Therefore, was Minghui's move a result of her own confusion and impulsiveness, or was she instigated by the Prince Regent?

There is no room for any negligence in such a big matter as the Tian family's uncle and nephew fighting for the position.

So no matter what Chunjia and the royalists think, they must be prepared for Minghui to have political enemies behind him, so as not to be caught off guard.

Therefore, there is no need for Yun Fenghuang to mention, Chunjia will not let Minghui continue to make troubles so recklessly.

It's not just that he doesn't want to be troubled by this sister-in-law anymore, but also that he loves Minghui as a brother-in-law. He is worried that she will get used to making troubles, and if she makes things that he can't make things right for her, he will teach Jiuquan to do it. Xiaozong was sad.

"Zhen will beat Minghui, all of you have been wronged today." Chunjia pinched the center of her brows, and said softly, "Qingshu and Roukun are doing well today, and the empress rewards them for seeing how well they are doing."

Gu Zhen quickly agreed.

Cui Lianye lowered her brows and calmly came up to thank her, but Rou Kun had disappointment on her face.

Chunjia noticed, and said slightly, "I'll see you later, you should go back first."

Rou Kun was immediately happy, saluted happily, and left happily with her hands behind her back.

The concubines in the palace didn't care about the emperor's promise, including Yun Fenghuang, originally Cui Lianye and Rou Kun came out to smooth things over today, and the emperor should also go to them to show his appreciation.

And Roukun is young, according to the doctor's advice, Chunjia won't have anything to do with her when she goes, it's just coaxing her, so everyone will naturally not feel any jealousy.

"Minghui went looking for you today, really suspecting that you meddled in her marriage?" Chunjia dismissed Rou Kun and asked Yun Fenghuang again.

Yun Fenghuang said: "Not only that, she also said that she doesn't like Yunxi guest, and I told her that it is impossible for His Majesty to treat her badly, although I have never seen that Yunxi guest before, but now The performance at the banquet is also promising, and His Highness must not be wronged. But His Highness didn't listen to it, and just said..."

She hesitated.

Chunjia motioned for her to continue talking.

"Your Highness means that as long as His Majesty or my concubine decides for her, she will not believe it."

After saying this, even if it was said by the most favored imperial concubine, everyone felt that Chunjia was a little cold all over.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Seeing this situation, Gu Zhen quickly persuaded, "His Royal Highness's biological mother is the common man Ji Sheng, not a concubine who tells the story of the deceased, but please think about it, Your Majesty, the common man Ji Sheng was originally scheming." If it’s not right, how can you understand what His Highness the Eldest Princess taught? Your Highness is also confused, His Majesty is magnanimous, don’t let your Highness get mad at you.”

Chunjia laughed and said: "She thinks the person I picked for her is not good, so can she say what she has planned?"

"Your Highness didn't say that, His Highness is just pestering my concubine, asking her to send Yunxi guest away, but how is this possible?" Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "That's why my concubine persuaded her a few words instead, Mentioned the late emperor, saying that the late emperor had no sons, and since your majesty is the heir, as the blood of the late emperor, why did your highness not help your majesty but turn to other people? This is really unreasonable. After all, what is your highness that was not given by the late emperor? Then your highness gets angry Alright, let's go."

Gu Zhen felt that the concubine's words seemed to be somewhat different from what she had said to him before, but thinking about it carefully, it was roughly the same. At this moment, she nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. When His Royal Highness Princess Minghui left in a huff, The concubine happened to meet and greeted her. It's just that His Highness was in a bad mood at the time and didn't pay attention to the concubine. Later, the concubine was worried and went to the Nuan Pavilion to ask the concubine about it, and the concubine said the same thing."

"Your Majesty, I think that His Royal Highness Princess Minghui is a bit out of order." Concubine Shu stood up and said, "Even if she is a noble golden branch and jade leaf, what is the identity of the empress? Even in terms of family law, the empress is also her heir-sister-in-law. Empress He took the initiative to greet her, but she didn't say to stop and answer to the empress, but just ignored her and left. If this matter got out, I'm afraid the outside world would talk about the Tian family's lack of rules, and it would be bad for His Highness and the palace. .”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I also feel that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is a little too arrogant." Now that the imperial concubine is taking the lead, everyone can see Chunjia's attitude, that is, she is not so protective of Minghui anymore, and it's not like making everyone endure everything. , don't bother with Minghui, at least plan to start beating discipline, so what else is there to say? Of course, it is following the words of the emperor, empress and concubine.

For a moment, Chunjia's ears were filled with all kinds of wrongs about Princess Minghui.

Everything from character to origin to behavior to dressing was picked out and picked over and over again.

He sighed in his heart, thinking how could this step-sister be so confused?

It must be known that three people become tigers, and everyone talks about gold, even if it is the first emperor's daughter, can't they attack secretly if they are obviously not easy to move?

Offending so many people at once, even if he still has the idea of ​​defending, how could he not consider other people's feelings?

After all, to the emperor, concubines such as the queen's fourth concubine and his wife are also very important.

It is impossible for him to go around Princess Minghui alone.

"Minghui is the empress dowager's granddaughter after all, I don't want to say anything about her directly, I will go to see the empress dowager later, let's talk to the empress dowager." Chunjia thought about taking this opportunity to give Minghui something. The color looks good too, so that she doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

I just don't know what the Empress Dowager would think and do?

If the Empress Dowager intended to protect her granddaughter, then Chun Jiaming would not be able to do anything on the face of it.

This day Chunjia asked about the process and let everyone go back to the palace.

A group of people went back to the harem by boat several times, Chunjia went to Madam Rou Kun as promised, and Yun Fenghuang immediately ordered someone to call Jia Pingye over after returning to Xuanqing Palace.

The left and right are surprised: "Isn't the empress going to call Mrs. Qingshu?"

"Cui's side has nothing to say. This time, I owe someone a favor, and I will pay it back in the future." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "As for asking her how she remembered what she said just now, and why she stood up , and took Rou Kun together... This is also easy to speculate. It is nothing more than feeling that I am not my opponent. Today is a good opportunity to clear up the past. Anyway, I just stand up and say a few words, even if I don’t appreciate it. , Your Majesty will at least leave the impression that she is smart and sensible? As for pulling Rou Kun, Yue Mo thinks that Rou Kun is sitting next to her, and it happens to be withdrawn as a personal certificate, which is also a handy favor."

"Then why did the empress summon Mrs. Jia?" After pondering for a while, he asked again, "It seems that what happened today has nothing to do with Mrs. Jia?"

Since Jia Pingye's two backers collapsed successively, she has become a lot timid all of a sudden.

When he came in front of Yun Fenghuang, he was even more respectful.

So all the waiters in Xuanqing Palace felt that Jia Pingye might not have the guts to do something now?

"My summoning her has nothing to do with today's matter." Yun Fenghuang said, "I have other things to see her... Your long-winded efforts are for me to call people over early in the morning Already!"

Left and right smiled awkwardly, and hurried out to make arrangements.

So after a while, Jia Pingye, who hadn't completely removed her make-up, walked into Huanhua Hall anxiously.

Yun Fenghuang glanced at her, gave her a seat, and ordered someone to serve tea and then retreat, only the second concubine was left in the hall, so she asked straight to the point: "What is your relationship with Lu Qidao?"

Jia Pingye, like Yunfenghuang's waiters, thought that she must be summoned here at this moment to appreciate the turmoil at the Gui Banquet.

At this moment, I was a little dazed when I heard the words, and said just now: "If you go back to your mother, at that time, the concubine and her had their own masters. Although it seemed that they often came and went because of their status, in fact, they didn't have too many deep friendships."

That's for sure, at that time the empress standing behind Lu Qidao was Gu Zhen, but what about Jia Pingye? First it was the former imperial concubine Zheng, and later she directly relied on the former empress.

Everyone has a backer, and the backer is not very harmonious, and it is impossible to be like a good honey.

"Even if you don't have any deep friendship, after all, you have been in the palace together for many years, and you often go in and out together, so it's impossible for you to know everything?" Yun Fenghuang looked at her, and said slowly, "Lu Qidao is the righteousness of the former Qingping Marquis Lu Chuncao. As for Lu Chuncao, the common man Ji Sheng served him before. Tell me, do the father and daughter know many secrets about the common man Ji Sheng?"

Jia Pingye hesitated and said, "This..."

She wasn't sure what the imperial concubine was thinking, so she didn't dare to say anything or do anything.

After hesitating for a moment, but Yun Fenghuang's sharp gaze finally said, "I have heard about it, but it's all irrelevant."

He just told a few secrets that he knew, nothing more than Ji Sheng and some small hobbies of the late Emperor Xiaozong.

Yun Fenghuang was dissatisfied: "These two have already gone, why should I care about these things? I only ask you, and there are no quirks and roots about people who are still alive?"

Seeing that Jia Pingye still didn't quite understand, she said meaningfully, "I remember that Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui didn't seem to be so fat in the first place, but it was the common man Ji Sheng who kept forcing her to take medicine and meat. It looks like that. Do you know why?"