Chapter Fifty-Fifth Wei's Calculation

Concubine Shu came to the Huanhua Palace in a panic, and she began to wipe her tears when she came in: "I just want to show off the newcomer, how could I expect the queen to say that about me! If it weren't for the help of the imperial concubine, I really wouldn't be able to survive. down!"

"Are you stupid?" Yun Fenghuang snorted, "If you want to pick something up, you have to think about the ins and outs. Think about it, it's not like the empress is stupid and will let you make troubles without thinking about anything. Isn't that right? What is causing trouble for this palace?"

"Yes, yes, it's all because of the concubine's bad health." Concubine Shu pinched the veil aggrievedly, and said, "But the queen is too much, she has the third prince under her knees, don't tell the king of Chu, before the king of Chu I am sick, and I heard that His Majesty also promised that if there is another palace concubine to have children, she will definitely continue to embrace a prince as her son-in-law, and just like this, the natal sisters will be stuffed in! Who would not care about Gu Su's troubles? I know, she just stuffed one Gu Su, but what happened? Three came! She simply dragged all the unmarried sisters into the palace... You said that the queen's behavior is so insane Unvirtuous?"

Yun Fenghuang was a little impatient: "Whether the empress is virtuous or not is up to His Majesty, how can you, a Concubine Shu, be able to judge? Besides, how many people in this palace are born more noble than the three of Gu Su, There are people who are better than them, more beautiful than them, everywhere! You are the same age as Bengong, and now you are the fourth concubine, and you are still pregnant. Do you have to worry about which three? No one lost our fourth concubine. Decent!"

Concubine Shu didn't dare to say that she was just looking for a punching bag temporarily, but she didn't perform well and the queen took the blame, and explained with insufficient confidence: "But now that Uncle Zhaowu will be reused, how can His Majesty not give Gu's daughter extra dignity? If they It's all right to know the fun, if you don't know the fun, do you think the palace will be as peaceful as it is now?"

"I will naturally consider these things." Yun Fenghuang stared at her with a frown, and said suspiciously, "You were not so unsteady before, why are you so impulsive today?"

"...Maybe it's because I thought a lot during my pregnancy." Concubine Shu carefully explained, "I haven't been very comfortable these two days."

Yun Fenghuang herself has not had a child so far, and the concubines under her hand are all conceived by servants, it is impossible to take care of them herself, but when she was not out of the cabinet, because of the prosperity of the Xie family, it was not uncommon to see sister-in-laws pregnant, knowing pregnant women It is indeed easy to be emotionally unstable, reluctantly accepted this rhetoric, and waved his hands: "In this case, let's go back and rest, in the future, we will carefully consider what we do. I am not afraid of trouble, but I don't like to find trouble for nothing!"

Although she didn't have a good impression of Gu Susan, there was absolutely no point in beating and picking on them today. After all, she had single-handedly facilitated the entry of these three into the palace.

It's not worth it to get a stingy reputation for nothing.

Fortunately, this turmoil had little effect, Yun Fenghuang sent Concubine Shu away, and sent Qingdu to Chongchang Palace to ask the queen for rewards.

Qingdu said in astonishment: "Ask for a reward? This?"

The empress is probably out of temper at the moment, as a servant of Xuanqing Palace, or a waiter from Yun Fenghuang's blood relatives natal family, if she ran to ask for a reward, could it be that she was sent to her door to beg for a beating?

"I didn't feel so embarrassing with the empress just now. How can the loving mother, the empress dowager, believe that Gu Susan's entry into the palace has nothing to do with me?" Yun Fenghuang said as a matter of course, "I don't hesitate to use the name of narrow-mindedness to help Mrs. Gu." Sister, why shouldn't the empress give me some favors?"

Qingdu: "..."

She went to Chongchang Palace and said so with a sullen face, Gu Zhenzheng was still angry, and almost jumped up when he heard the words!

But Qingdu said: "My empress probably thinks what my empress said just now was too offensive, but please think about it, the empress dowager is a shrewd person, if my empress doesn't make the scene more intense, how can she hide it from the Spring Palace? Now the entire Sixth Palace is talking about my mother's stinginess, but I feel that Gu Baolin and the others encountered such a thing when they first entered the palace, it's really pitiful, wouldn't this be a good thing for them to integrate into the Sixth Palace?"

"..." Gu Zhen always felt that something was wrong, but after hearing this, she felt that she was right. After hesitating for a moment, she finally considered that the imperial concubine had sent someone over to ask for the reward. He would deal with Gu Su and the others justifiably, and said very reluctantly, "Isn't Mrs. Qingshu entrusting this to your mother? Why do you want to seek benefits from this palace?"

This is the imperial concubine paying back favors, not doing good deeds for nothing!

"Mrs. Qing Shu only asked your majesty to help speak before His Majesty." Qing Du calmly said, "I didn't promise anything else. My mistress is going to fight in person this time, for the sake of your sisters. Otherwise, you want Concubine Shu to come by herself Be careful, how could you say something like that for no reason?"

Hmm...seems to make sense?

Gu Zhen pondered for a while, and finally asked someone to open his own private treasury, and those who took some clothing and jewelry sent him away.

Yun Fenghuang looked at these things, for the level of the empress and the fourth concubine, they were actually only average, it can be seen that the empress was still very uncomfortable.

But it's okay, don't be white, don't you?

She asked people to put the things into the warehouse, looked at the time, and was about to call the two nieces who hadn't seen each other for two days to come over to investigate their homework, when Chen Jing came to report something: "Your Majesty, just now the summoner from Qingci Palace Let Your Majesty go over to discuss the marriage of Marquis Shouning."

"It's been a while since the osmanthus feast." Yun Fenghuang heard the words and said, "The empress dowager has finally finalized the candidate? What did your majesty say?"

Chen Jing said: "Your Majesty just went, we don't know yet. It's just that the empress knows who the Empress Dowager has taken a fancy to?"

Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who?"

"The same mother and younger sister of the concubine Defei." Chen Jing whispered, "It's just that I heard that her grandmother, His Royal Highness Princess Dongxing, is not very happy."

"Concubine De's younger sister from the same mother?" Yun Fenghuang had a little impression. It was when he just entered the palace. On the eve of the summer banquet, Wei Hengyan mentioned that he wanted to betroth this younger sister to Deng Chengzhai, but it was only during the summer banquet. When such a big thing happened, everyone in the family was panicked and didn't care about it at all.

It's been two years. I didn't expect that this Miss Wei family was still in her boudoir, and she was even taken by the Empress Dowager.

"Why does His Royal Highness Princess Dongxing disagree?" She pondered for a while, then asked curiously, "As far as the situation between Marquis Shouning and the Prince Regent is at odds, who will regard the father and son as a family in the future? "

After Gong Xiangxiao had a falling out with the Prince Regent, he went out independently as Marquis of Shou Ning. Although his future was hindered, marriage was more convenient.

Previously, Gu Zhen wanted to marry his first cousin to him, why didn't Princess Dongxing agree?

Chen Jing's voice was even lower: "I heard that Uncle Zhao Wu's concubine is still unmarried, and Princess Dongxing seems to intend to marry her granddaughter to the Gu family."

Yun Fenghuang frowned, and said, "Wei family intends to join the Dingbei Army?"

"My servant heard that the Wei family used to have a title, but because Princess Dongxing was not close to the late Emperor Shenzong when he was still the prince, and the Wei family did some wrong things at that time..." Chen Jing said euphemistically, "After Shenzong's first emperor ascended the throne, the title was removed. He just thought of the relationship between his brothers and sisters, and didn't blame the Wei family for anything."

Yun Fenghuang understood that when Shenzong was competing for the heir, Dongxing, the half-sister, stood up to other brothers, and her husband's family, the Wei family, might have helped other princes to deceive Shenzong. Amazing, in short, he offended Shenzong not lightly.

So after Shenzong came to power, he immediately took away the title of this family.

It is said that he was thinking of the bond of flesh and blood, and it is likely that Shenzong's position was not stable at that time, and it was not easy to do things well, so there was no further punishment.

Afterwards, the Dongxing family became more stubborn, and even the Wei family, originally from a family of generals, abandoned martial arts and followed literature to dispel the emperor's suspicions.

However, it is difficult for the imperial court to confer titles, just look at Ouyang Yanran, Cui Wan and other veterans who are still in high positions but have no titles.

For example, Gong Xiangxiao was able to be made a marquis immediately after losing the position of the eldest son, mainly because he was a close relative, the only blood relative grandson of Emperor Shenzong, and he was a companion of Chunjia, a cousin who had been with him for many years. There is more or less affection; secondly, Chunjia deliberately used this method to set off the indifference of the regent.

In fact, except for the blood of the Gongxiang family, the courtiers often have power and cannot get a title.

No matter how high the official position is, it is rare to return home after old age and frailty, and then people will leave the tea. But if you have a title, even if you die immediately, you can still benefit future generations.

It would be fine if the Wei family had never obtained a title. They had it before, but lost it because they failed to stand in line. As a descendant, it is understandable that they want to regain it.

The problem is that it is not so easy to get the merits of being a knight. In the temple, Chunjia already has Yi Guogong, Ouyang Yanran and other important ministers to assist him. So there is a change in Weihe, which is a very good opportunity.

Self-made military merits are the fastest.

The most important thing is that Dongxing has a good relationship with Chunjia in the past two years. In addition, although Defei's favor is not as good as that of the noble concubine, she can be regarded as one of the more favored concubines. If the children of the Wei family can make a relatively large contribution, through the mediation of Dongxing and Concubine De, there is a high possibility that Chunjia will be canonized by Songkou.

If you miss it, you will wait for such an opportunity next time, and you don't know when it will be.

Combining these reasons, it is no wonder that Princess Dongxing wanted to betroth her little granddaughter to Uncle Zhaowu in exchange for Gu's support.

After thinking about this, Yun Fenghuang slowly exhaled, and said: "I understand, Concubine De will definitely come to talk to me about this matter later, you go down, I have to think about it carefully."

That's what he said, but Yun Fenghuang didn't need to think about it, he decided to try to make Princess Dongxing's plan fail.

It's not that she wants to help the Empress Dowager, but she is worried that after Gu Wei's marriage, it will be bad for her in the harem, and it will be bad for the previous dynasty. I don't want to affect Qi Jiulu's future.

Regardless of the previous relationship between the two, even if it is purely for oneself, it is better for Dingbei Army to be in the hands of Qi Jiulu, who is not of noble background, than to be in the hands of the Gu family, Wei family, Luo family and Yun family.

So this marriage will definitely not work out.

The problem is that it's impossible for her to do this blatantly, otherwise why would Gu's and Wei's give up with her?

After pondering for a while, Yun Fenghuang called the waiter and asked someone to spread the word to Xie Xi: "Let's just say that the Wei family intends to use his daughter-in-law to Zhao Wubo's concubine son, if this happens, it will do all kinds of harm to my family, but it will not do any good, so we must stop it. It's just that it's inconvenient for people in this palace to do anything in the deep palace, so they can secretly report this matter to Marquis Shouning."

Xie Xiliu frowned after receiving the news, politely sent the waiter away, and turned to discuss with his wife Xiao Chen: "The Marquis of Shou Ning is not a quick-witted person, otherwise how could he be pushed out by his stepmother?" The palace? I think we should figure it out on our own, send someone to invite the brothers over later..."

"Are you stupid?" Xiao Chen interrupted him before he finished speaking, annoyed him for being confused, "Your Majesty still doesn't know what you know? Do you really think that Your Majesty expects Shou Ninghou to do this?"

She lowered her voice, "Don't forget that Marquis of Shouning is very close to that one. Even after he came out of the palace, he was a marquis, and he has been in contact with him all the time. There are rumors in the market that if it wasn't for that one who helped out with advice, Shouning Hou doesn't even have today's fortune!"

"..." Xie Xiliu heard the words, his face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "When is this the past, why is the empress still thinking about him?"

Mrs. Chen hurriedly told him to shut up: "You know again! Look at the current appearance of the empress, as if she still misses him? It's because you brothers are not up to date, and there is no way to help the empress, so that the empress is embarrassed. Don't make such a move!"

Xie Xiliu muttered: "It's not that we are careless, but our family background is too weak. The powerful officials in the imperial capital are walking everywhere, and there are as many nobles as dogs. What can we do?"

"When the empress first entered the palace, the palace was not the same?" Little Chen scolded him, "If your mother heard what you said, she must reprimand you... In short, if you can't do things, follow your empress's orders." Just go, where did all that nonsense come from!"

"...The Seventeenth Sister is indeed smarter than us." Xie Xiliu thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "But this is a big matter, so don't mention her, and when you tell Shouninghou, just say yes We heard the news by chance, but we couldn't see that Shou Ninghou was always being bullied, so we secretly reported a letter."

Xiao Chen said after hearing the words: "It's a full set of dramas. In two days, I will find an excuse to enter the palace to say hello to the empress, and I will also explain what happened to the princess of Kunze before."

So two days later, she went to Huanhua Palace, and told Yun Fenghuang: "...we are relatives in the same room with the empress, and we will never have any objection to the decision of the empress. Stupid, I clearly wanted them not to disobey their mother that day, but they were squeezed out by the first house, the second room, the third room and the fifth room, so they blushed and couldn't say anything! After he went back, he was annoyed for a long time, To put it bluntly, other people's families are all brothers' protective sisters, but he is a drag on the mother... Alas, it is a pity that the mother is not here, otherwise, where would there be room for those people to be rampant?"

Xiao Chen said that, on the one hand, he was really upset that Xie Wuzheng and the others joined forces, and wanted Yunfenghuang to tell Kunze to Xie Yanxiu or other Xie's children, and not to think about Jiang's son, after all, Yunfenghuang is also considered She looked at her sister-in-law who grew up, she was not bad to their husband and wife, and she also raised Xie Meng by her side. Of course, she wanted to protect Yun Fenghuang; Come to Imperial...

Her idea is very simple: Looking at Xie's family, the one who can most suppress Yun Fenghuang and convince this noble concubine is none other than Jiang's.

And the Jiang family is her direct mother-in-law and her husband's mother-in-law. After Jiang's arrival, how can he treat his own son and daughter-in-law badly?

At that time, the benefits in Yun Fenghuang's hands, but if they want to give them, how can Xie Wuzheng and the others have the right to fight for them?

Yes, Xiao Chen kept saying that her husband and wife had no idea about Princess Kunze's marriage. After all, she didn't want to make room for the princess herself, and her son was not young enough to marry the princess. She definitely can't get it.

But everything else, she wants it all!

It doesn't matter if I don't have the qualifications to talk to my sister-in-law, she has a mother-in-law!

... Yun Fenghuang is now thinking about a series of marriages with Gu as the core, but he didn't notice what this sister-in-law was thinking. Hearing this, he sighed and said, "I know, although I can't write two thanks in one stroke. Literally, but I am the daughter of Xie's fourth house after all, you and your elder brother are the most dear relatives of this palace, and the other rooms are separated by a floor. It's okay at ordinary times, but at critical moments, it was revealed .”

After talking so much to win over Mrs. Chen, he asked how the matter told to Marquis Shou Ning was going.

Is there any response or movement over there?