Chapter 48 Ha Ha, You Deserve It!

The left and right persuaded: "Madam, since His Royal Highness King Chu's accident, His Majesty visited the harem these days, intentionally or unintentionally, and summoned many concubines. If the eighth lady is not brought in to serve His Majesty as soon as possible, once the Seventh Prince lands, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you. It is about to be carried to you, and when the time comes, even if Miss Ba comes in, it is unknown whether His Majesty will entrust Miss Ba's heirs to you to raise. It should be sooner rather than later!"

"It's not like you don't know how much Your Majesty has for me." Gu Zhen pursed her lips and said, "It's just respect. If it's in line with the rules and it's irrelevant, I can talk about it, and I still have some points." Hope. But about Su’er’s entry into the palace, what do the family think, and how famous His Majesty is, how can you not know? This palace is not sure that His Majesty will agree. If His Majesty refuses in person, then there is no room for change.”

"Now the two Empress Dowagers are sick, and the Empress Dowagers take turns to serve the couch, do you want to ask one of the empress dowagers to help to talk about it?" After thinking about it for a while, he came up with another idea.

But Gu Zhen reminded: "The two empress dowagers are incompatible with each other. If you ask for help from one, you will definitely offend the other. They are both His Majesty's mothers. No matter how much they make trouble, Your Majesty will not be disrespectful. At that time, the fault Why don't we all come down to this palace? And who should we talk to Your Majesty? You don't know the relationship between the loving mother empress dowager and the noble concubine. ? This palace is not sure to protect Su Er from the imperial concubine's hands!"

"If you look for the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, maybe the noble concubine will not do anything, but the loving mother Empress Dowager will find Su Er disliked."

Wen Yan realized that this was a stupid move, and couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if I could persuade the imperial concubine to help me."

"The noble concubine is jealous, so she may not agree to it." Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "And it's like asking the Queen Mother for help. How can the loving mother Empress Dowager let go of the master who the concubine brought into the palace?"

She thought about it for a while, and said, "Forget it, please go and invite Mrs. Qing Shu over later, and I will talk to her about it."

After a long while, Cui Lianye, who was full of suspicion, came to invite Anbi. Gu Zhen pondered for a while, and then directly told the story of Gu Su's love for the emperor at first sight at the osmanthus appreciation banquet: "The eighth younger sister of this palace is the only one in the fourth house of the Gu family. His biological blood, his father passed away a few years ago, although he adopted his heir, but his heir is old and has always been with his father at the border. The four wives and concubines treat them like pearls and treasures, and they have always been a bit willful. Now that she has decided to enter the palace to serve His Majesty, she has even been at home without eating or drinking for two consecutive days... The family really has no choice but to send someone to come into the palace. But His Majesty has not mentioned the matter of adding people recently. Now Inside the palace... how can I speak this way?"

Cui Lianye was from a family background, and he also knew something about the situation of Gu's fourth wife.

Gu Zhen's fourth uncle is a concubine, but because his biological mother passed away early, he was taken to the old lady of the Gu family to be raised when he was three or four years old. He shares the same sympathy with the old lady as his biological mother and child, and his status is higher than ordinary concubines. Married a niece of my aunt's wife.

Because his wife had been childless for three years, he took two concubines for him, and one of them gave birth to a daughter, who is now Gu Ba Miss Gu Su.

Not long after Gu Su landed, his father passed away for some reason, and the clan negotiated to adopt a concubine of Dafang, Gu Zhen's half-brother, into his name.

At that time, the heir was not young, Gu Su was young, and his aunt and biological mother were still in their prime. Of course, it was not suitable for the heir to live in the fourth house, so this heir was nominally the one who set up the house for the fourth house, but in fact he was always the eldest. Fang Yang, because he couldn't study well, was called by Gu Fangshu to go to the Dingbei Army to hone his skills after his hair was tied.

In this way, Gu Su is still the only real child of the fourth family, and the whole Gu family will treat her extra gracefully for the sake of reputation.

Although she is a concubine, her treatment is no worse than that of a concubine.

Because Cui Lianye is ten years older than Gu Su, when she didn't leave the cabinet, Gu Su was still a little girl, and she wasn't particularly attractive, so she didn't understand Gu Su's temperament.

Just thinking that since she is such a favored girl, it is not surprising to develop a willful and domineering character.

So I didn't doubt what Gu Zhen said, Gu Su was making a fuss and wanted to enter the palace.

"Your Majesty, if the concubine has that dignity, how can she not be willing to share her worries?" Cui Lianye said tactfully, "It's just that I can't see Your Majesty very much now, how dare I talk to Your Majesty about it? The concubine is bold, why don't you confide a thing or two to the imperial concubine and empress?"

This kind of matter that the emperor can decide with one word, you come to me-why? You are looking for a concubine!

Gu Zhen said softly: "I originally thought so, but I was afraid that after Su Er entered the palace through the imperial concubine, she would offend the loving mother, the Empress Dowager."

Having said this, Cui Lianye already understood in his heart that Gu Zhen actually still hoped that Yun Fenghuang would go to Chunjia to mention Gu Su's entry into the palace.

The question is, if Gu Zhen went to talk to Yun Fenghuang himself, would Yun Fenghuang agree and not say anything, even if he agreed, he would definitely not do white work, Gu Zhen must pay a certain price.

And because of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, it is very likely that Gu Su, the empress's cousin, was assigned to the imperial concubine's camp just after she entered the palace.

It is not impossible to even coerce the empress... The imperial concubine could do such a thing.

So Gu Zhen came to Cui Lianye. Although Cui Lianye's relationship with Yun Fenghuang was not very close, and he didn't even have the ability to persuade Yun Fenghuang, but at the previous laurel banquet, she and Rou Kun helped Yun. A handful of wind?

Although the emperor and empress rewarded them later, as the most direct beneficiaries at that time, Yun Fenghuang himself hadn't compensated them yet.

If Cui Lianye went to Xuanqing Palace for Gu Su's affairs and asked the imperial concubine to pay back the favor, she would not refuse.

After all, this should not be difficult for Yun Fenghuang.

The most important thing is that if Cui Lianye is going to say something, you can ask Yun Fenghuang to keep the matter hidden, so as not to let the kind mother empress dowager know that she is working hard behind her back, so as not to let the queen sisters be punished by the loving mother empress dowager. anger.

"... Your Majesty, I am a dull concubine, but I can't think of a way to persuade the empress dowager." After figuring out what the empress meant, Cui Lianye made a quick calculation in her heart, and she stood up to help the imperial concubine that day. It's not pure kindness, it's also for repayment.

Although the queen's status is higher than that of the noble concubine, in Cui Lianye's view, the benefits she can give herself may not be comparable to Yun Fenghuang.

That being the case, why would she use up this favor now?

So I declined, "Maybe I will ask someone else?"

For example, Mrs. Rou Kun?

But the queen doesn't trust Mrs. Rou Kun, mainly because this foreign princess doesn't have a city mansion. Before entering the palace to serve the emperor, she made a face for the noble concubine, so that she has been very uncomfortable since entering the palace. Standing up to make things right, it was also pulled by Mrs. Qing Shu, not Cui Lianye, Rou Kun didn't have that wink or quick wit at all.

Tell her to intercede with the imperial concubine, don't make a deal at that time, the favor will offset her temper first.

Cui Lianye, who knows everything, is reassuring.

As long as Cui Lianye is willing to speak, Yun Fenghuang will definitely agree.

The queen pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "You and I are both old people who entered the palace when His Majesty got married, and the situation is also similar. I don't have the blessing to continue the life of the emperor's heirs. I won't repeat it to you, If you are willing to accomplish this for me, I will give the Second Prince a good future!"

Cui Lianye said softly: "It's not that the concubine is unwilling to share her worries, it's that the concubine is ignorant and lacks the ability."

Guarantee the second prince a good future?

It's not that Cui Lianye doesn't care about the good future of the second prince. After all, as the queen said, a concubine like her who entered the palace during her big wedding is now busy trying to behave well to the emperor after her natal family has been repeatedly suppressed. She is not docile in the palace. That's not bad, how dare you rely on your family background?

As for herself, she can't give birth anymore, and her love is almost non-existent. In the future, who else can she count on besides the second prince under her knees?

The problem is that from Cui Lianye's point of view, Gu Zhen, the queen, has no idea what she will do in the future, let alone Enze and the second prince's wife.

If the imperial concubine said this, how much would she believe it, queen?

Ah.

"If you must pretend to be confused." Gu Zhen also knew what she meant, paused, and said calmly, "Then I will tell you the truth: let alone what I will do in the future, at least for now, Feng The seat is seated by me; the phoenix seal is held by me. Even if the concubine comes to me, she still has to salute and say hello. Maybe you don't believe that me can guarantee the second prince a good future..."

Cui Lianye's face changed slightly.

Sure enough, the queen said directly, "But I will definitely prevent him from having a good future!"

If it was other princes, the queen might have to weigh it a little bit, not daring to show unkindness to the concubine.

But the second prince, as the biological flesh and blood of Ji's daughter, is naturally a head shorter among the emperor's heirs.

Chunjia's indifference towards the twins made ordinary palace people not particularly concerned about them. Once the empress followed suit, even with Cui Lianye as the mother concubine's protection, one can imagine how rough the future of the second prince would be.

And Cui Lianye has long since fallen out of favor, and it was a coincidence that he was able to raise the second prince.

If the second prince is not good, as a concubine who has fallen out of favor, can she still feel comfortable in the future?

"..." Cui Lianye was silent, aggrieved and angry at the same time in her heart. After a long time, she asked reluctantly, "But I don't know what kind of future the empress plans to give the second prince?"

That day Mrs. Qingshu stayed in Chongchang Hall for a long time before slowly leaving.

Xuanqing Palace noticed it immediately, and immediately reported the news to Yunfenghuang.

Yun Fenghuang only thought about it for a while, and guessed the Queen's intention to summon Cui Shi, and told them not to worry: "Wait a few days and see if Cui Shi comes to be a lobbyist for the Queen. If she comes, I will take care of you It’s also nice to be human.”

In fact, according to Cui Lianye's thoughts, he wished to go directly from Chongchang Hall to Huanhua Hall to settle the matter.

It's also good to leave it behind, so as not to be upset.

But the queen was worried about her loving mother, the empress dowager, and insisted that she wait a few days before going to talk to Yun Fenghuang, so as not to be guessed by Chunlan Palace, which would be detrimental to Gu Su.

So after Cui Lianye went back, there was no movement.

Yun Fenghuang knew well and was very calm. Two days later, the empress dowagers of the two palaces were still complaining of illness like a competition. Naturally, the concubine's "servant sickness" had to continue... because although they were treated coldly, they were not harshly criticized. It's hard work, so even if the concubines are a little impatient, they can still bear it, and they don't show their expressions. It's right that they need to go to the Spring Palace for half a day every day.

When the lights were on that day, Yun Fenghuang returned from Chunlang Palace to Huanhua Palace, and was asking the palace servants to change his outer clothes, when the palace servants came to report that Shengjia had arrived.

The emperor has always been to the Huanhua Palace very frequently, but during this time, while he was busy with the affairs of the court, he also had to take turns to appease the two empress dowagers.

Suddenly coming over at this moment, Yun Fenghuang hastily put on the outer shirt that he had just untied, and went out to greet him.

After the imperial concubine took her seat, she sized Chunjia up, frowned slightly, and said, "Your Majesty has lost a lot."

Not only did Chunjia's cleanliness decrease a lot, but there was also a bit of gloom between his brows, making him appear to be in a very bad mood.

This is a very rare thing, because he has always been calm and rarely shows bad emotions clearly.

"I'm really busy these two days." Chunjia pinched the center of her brows and told everyone else to go down, and then said to Yun Fenghuang in a slightly tired tone, "But Minghui Kunze's marriage should not be delayed, you See how they all feel with Mr. Yun?"

Yun Fenghuang almost didn't come up when he heard the words!

Before the emperor revealed that he planned to grant Minghui to Yunxike, she wanted to make a fuss, but now the emperor still wants to grant Kunze to Yun's son? ? ?

She secretly pinched her palms, calmed down, and said with a smile: "Minghui publicly expressed her dislike for Yun before, if she is forced to descend, let alone whether she will make a fuss in public during the big wedding, which will make you lose your temper." The Tian family's face is dishonored, and it is also detrimental to His Majesty's reputation?"

Chunjia said briefly: "It's not up to her. I'm doing it for her own good."

In other words, he has made up his mind and does not intend to change it.

Yun Fenghuang felt very sad in his heart, feeling that he was still a little incompetent.

Look at those serious concubines in the previous dynasty, which one didn't coax the king to obey them?

What is a mere eldest princess? There are some particularly capable ones who openly slaughtered the emperor's heir. The father of the emperor not only does not punish him, but turns a blind eye to it.

In contrast, her favorite concubine is simply not worthy of her name.

It was a total failure.

Complaining to herself for a while, Yun Fenghuang managed to pull himself together, and made persistent efforts: "What about Kunze? Do you have to tell the Queen Mother about Kunze's marriage? Otherwise, the Queen Mother might not like it. Her old man is still lying in bed. On the sick bed, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the blow."

"Making Kunze marry Yun's son is the meaning of Queen Qu's mother." Chunjia said with a headache, "These days, every time I go to Jiashan Palace, Queen Qu's mother always said so. She even proposed that if she didn't agree, she would take her with her." Kunze goes back to Fuyang County and asks Kunze to guard the tomb of the late king for the rest of his life!"

Hehe, you deserve it!

Yun Fenghuang looked at him in a state of desperation with cold eyes, there was no wavering in his heart, and he was particularly gloating.

This is what will happen to you for praising the Yun family!

"Did the loving mother empress dowager ever agree?" She said hypocritically, "The loving mother empress dowager is not very healthy now, if the loving mother empress dowager firmly opposes this matter, I'm afraid... I am afraid that Princess Kunze will be forced to marry Yun's son, Will it be detrimental to the empress dowager's illness?"

Before he finished speaking, Chunjia raised his head and looked at her tenderly.

Yun Fenghuang felt bad for an instant.