Chapter 74: Hunger Strike

After Chunjia punished Minghui, she also knew that there would be dissatisfaction in Duke Yi's mansion.

Even Duke Yi was not without grievances.

After all, this is an important minister who has been close to him since he took the initiative to govern. He has always been loyal and has nothing to criticize. The death of the family's only daughter, Concubine Zhenxi Shu, is not very clear, and Duke Yi has not said anything.

Now the eldest grandson may also be damaged, but the culprit is only grounded for one year, and the grounds are still concealed, and even the crimes will not be announced to the public... Asking himself, Chunjia also feels that he is too mean to be an emperor.

So he decided to increase the compensation to Duke Yi this time.

However, he still has no time to think about the specific compensation method.

after all……

Concubine Min is still losing her temper.

At first Chunjia thought that the imperial concubine simply didn't want to see her, so she thought about it and coaxed her slowly.

As a result, he came back from Qingci Palace with a sullen face after noon on the day when Princess Minghui returned home, and a palace official from Xuanqing Palace came over and begged him to see his mother, crying: "Your Majesty, she is dying soon." !"

Chunjia was taken aback by these words!

After rushing to the Huanhua Palace, I realized that Yun Fenghuang didn't really think he was dying, but he started a hunger strike after returning from Taichu Palace that day, so after three days, wouldn't he be dying?

No matter how much you tried to persuade them, they couldn't persuade them, and they were ordered not to spread the word. Until today, after discussing with the several managers around them, they felt that it was not okay to go on like this. .

"Why do you do this?" Chunjia knew why the imperial concubine was like this, so she swung her left and right, and could not help persuading, "I just asked, and you said yes, and I didn't say that I don't believe you, why do you want to do this? Self-torture?"

Yun Fenghuang turned over and turned his back to him, ignoring him.

Chunjia coaxed her softly for a while, seeing that she still ignored her, she stretched out her hand and forcibly turned her around, and said softly: "This time, I shouldn't be suspicious of you, so don't worry about me, okay?"

He confessed his mistake in such a low-key way, but Yun Fenghuang didn't appreciate it at all. Even though he had been hungry for three days and had no strength at the moment, he still scratched a few bloodstains on the back of his hand with his sharp nails, and said with a sneer "What shouldn't you be a majestic son of heaven? Anyway, the front and back palaces all recognize that I am a deep and perpetrator of crimes, don't you think so too? Otherwise, why would you be the first to think of me whenever something happens? Even if I am in the same situation as Princess Minghui, if I take the time to intervene with the people around her, those people at the bottom can't even talk to each other. That's it, she killed Duke Yi's son-in-law, and you want to get me! "

Chunjia felt wronged, and apologized with a smile: "I was also afraid that you would not act carefully. I thought that if you did it, I would at least cover it up for you. If you didn't do it, I would naturally give an explanation to Yi Guogong."

"You lie to the ghost!" Yun Fenghuang forced himself to sit up, smiled coldly at him, and said contemptuously, "You know exactly what the sons and daughters of the Duke of Yi have done to me. I have been in the palace for so many years. There are times when we are friendly with you, and there are times when we are angry. When did you ask for an explanation from my wife? If I really did this thing at this moment, you would have handed me over to Duke Yi dealt with it? I can see it clearly. For a Mingjun like you, the empress and concubine are all vain. Who can help you stabilize your country? Who is the tip of your heart! It’s only after the usefulness is over. , that's what happened!"

Chunjia couldn't hold back what she said, and her face suddenly became gloomy.

Yun Fenghuang didn't care at all, and said coldly: "My natal brothers are all bastards who can't be supported. I have thought about it over the past two days. My position in front of you has now reached its peak. In the future, only Going down, there is absolutely nothing better. If this is the case, why should I bother? Why don't I just go away, maybe I can win some honor from you. After two years, I will be old and new, and the newcomer will come in, I'm afraid Wouldn't it be possible to get the ending like the commoner Zheng's?!"

"...Why did you say something like that again?" Chunjia pressed the center of her eyebrows and forced herself to slow down her tone, "This time it's my fault, but you feel uncomfortable in your heart, so just tell me, it doesn't matter if you have an attack, just let it go Forget it, why make fun of your own body? Two days ago, the imperial physician said that you are much better now, and in another three or two years, you may be able to..."

Thinking of the fact that the imperial physician did not dare to give an accurate answer, he was worried that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. After all, he did not say "I personally gave birth to the emperor's heir", but said, "When I came from Fuyang County, the clan courtiers treated me very Indifferent, only Yi Guogong stood up and regarded me as the king. For this reason, I really can't say anything to him about you being wronged. But now the relationship between you and me is so shallow? This time, the matter of Shizifu really came from you, if I personally apologize to Duke Yi, how can I hand you over?"

"After all, you just don't believe that I won't really embarrass you." Yun Fenghuang said contemptuously, "Otherwise you would ask me to go over to question you? Although I have acted like Meng Lang in the past two years, when did I deliberately provoke you?" How about the relationship between you and your loyal subjects? Duke Yi’s prostitute is dead, but his concubine is still in the palace. You must know that the reason why I was plotted at the beginning has a lot to do with Concubine Xie! I can make her so peaceful in the palace and give birth to the fourth prince!? She can have such a good life today because she is the real flesh and blood of Duke Yi. Duke Yi is gone A daughter is already in the palace, if this is gone, even if this is a daughter he doesn't value so much, I always wonder if you will lose face in front of important ministers?!"

"Actually, if I think about it myself, the King of Qin under my knees is the heir of Concubine Zhenxishu. If there is no fourth prince, and Duke Yi is only such a grandson in the palace, can he value King Qin more?"

"I think about you like this, but you are still suspicious, so what am I still alive for?"

"In the future, you can pet whoever you like, and trust whoever you like to trust. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me!"

Seeing Chunjia holding her hand with shame on her face, she immediately shook it off and said with a sneer, "A few days ago, you called me over and told me that my sons in my family were making rumors about Bailu, and that it was supposed to target Qi's son. Don't you bear the brunt of me being involved again? But why have I ever doubted you?"

Yun Fenghuang said angrily, "In my eyes, although you are not shallow, all kinds of methods are used to deal with others, but you are always open and aboveboard to me! But in your eyes, I can treat you as I can treat others !"

"..." Chunjia was speechless after being scolded by her, and could only admit her mistake.

He also said that these are his own responsibilities, and Yun Fenghuang should not bear the consequences.

Yun Fenghuang said: "Why don't I bear the consequences? I shouldn't have made a promise to you at the beginning, and I didn't think about my background. I just pulled out one of the concubines in this palace. The shoes are even more disgusting. What qualifications do I have to get your sincerity? This is my own crime, and it is only natural for me to bear the consequences!"

Chunjia said in a low voice: "If you are still angry, it's fine to beat and scold me, at least eat something, nothing else, just because King Qin and the others are still young, how can they be separated from the care of you, the concubine mother? Or, your mother is on her way to the Imperial Capital, if she hears bad news about you just after she arrives, how sad will she be?"

"My mother is coming to the imperial capital soon?" Yun Fenghuang was startled when he heard this.

Seeing this, Chunjia hurriedly hit the railroad while it was hot: "That's exactly the case. In fact, we should have arrived a long time ago, but it's just that it's cold today, and the wind and snow along the way delayed the trip."

As a result, Yun Fenghuang followed him and pushed him hard, shouting: "You know things that I don't even know? I don't think we, Mrs. Xie, have the right to make you a dignified son of heaven to stare at you, even Keep the whereabouts of this woman Taoist family firmly in mind! You are extremely worried about me, so why do you want to drag my mother over as a hostage?"

He cried again, "How many sins did I commit in my previous life to meet you?"

Chunjia was in a state of desperation, and Concubine Mingui refused to listen to all kinds of explanations. Anyway, she could understand what he said as the emperor did not trust her... Finally, seeing that it was time for dinner, the emperor had no choice but to sigh and said, "You don't want to?" Just eat, then I will accompany you."

He did what he said, on this day, many palace people from the Huanhua Palace knelt down outside the bedroom and begged.

In the morning of the next day, the emperor went to court without having breakfast, and Yun Fenghuang had already asked the queen for leave two days ago, and he refused to eat on the fourth day, so his mental strength was exhausted. Already weak, he lay on the couch and fell asleep drowsily.

The Qing people secretly hid two fruits in their sleeves and went in to meet her. Yun Fenghuang asked her to watch the wind, and gnawed on the fruits to satisfy her hunger. By the way, she asked about Jiang's coming to the imperial capital: "When did you hear the news? Why didn't you hear about it?" People talk to this palace?"

"The servant girl doesn't know either." The Qing said quickly, "Maybe it was the thirteen sons who did it in private? After all, the last time the empress had an attack, they were very frightened. Maybe they wanted to ask the madam to come over and intercede."

Yun Fenghuang sneered, and said: "If mother comes, I don't know if she is busy entering the palace to find me to intercede, or chasing them and beating and scolding them to set rules for them?"

"The madam is definitely facing the empress." The Qing said softly, "It's good that the madam is here, I can definitely help the empress to keep these people in check and not let them mess around."

"That's what I said, but who knows what will happen in the future?" Yun Fenghuang thought about how young Chunjia is now, and if there is no accident, Chunjia will still have many years in his dynasty, so he sighed slightly and said, "Didn't mother Isn’t Ken staying in the Imperial Capital just worried about this?”

It sounds so sweet, but from Yun Fenghuang's point of view, if he is really reluctant, how can he be willing to part for so many years?

Jiang Shi loves her, she believes that, but Jiang Shi is not only her one child.

Although this truth was understood many years ago when he was fighting for favor with Xie Fenghuan, Yun Fenghuang still felt a little uncomfortable.

Maybe people who are used to being favored are like this.

Anyway, she won't admit that it's her insatiable greed.

"How could it be?" The Qing people spoke for the old master, "Think about it, when Madam heard about your entry into the palace, she rushed here without saying a word! This time, she also came here immediately after hearing the news... Madam misses you the most in her heart, the reason why she refused to settle in the Imperial Capital earlier is that Madam has been running the ancestral house all her life, so how can you let go of it if you let go?"

Yun Fenghuang stopped complaining now, and said in a low voice: "It's better if she comes earlier, Brother Thirteen and the others, no one is watching, I don't want to and dare not use them anymore. With my background, up to now Status, isn’t there not enough people staring at me in front of the harem? This time you have also seen that the son-in-law is ill, and it has nothing to do with me in the end, because I have had a relationship with the son-in-law His Majesty was the first to personally suspect Bengong about the grievances... If Bengong was born like a queen, would His Majesty bring it up so bluntly?"

"Your Majesty doesn't want to see your mother." The Qing people comforted, "You think His Majesty sent you back when he asked you. It can be seen that he still loves you. He intends to figure out the ins and outs before making a plan. Otherwise, , that is to question you in public, or even to convict you indiscriminately, and deal with you so that you can appease the Duke of Yi."

"...You treat him as the emperor, so you think that thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the king!" Yun Fenghuang sighed, "But if I just regarded him as the emperor, would I still treat him like this? Or do you think I won't put on a show?"

The Qing people didn't know what to say for a while, so they said cautiously: "It's not easy for Your Majesty, and he tried his best to treat you well. It's just..."

"It's just that he has his difficulties?" Yun Fenghuang handed her the fruit core, took the tea and rinsed his mouth, and said lightly, "How many people in this world don't have a difficult life? Is it easy for me? ?”

But who didn't the concubine wronged herself and flattered the emperor? The Qing people thought this way, but they dared not speak out, and said softly: "Your Majesty has been wronged."

Yun Fenghuang didn't answer, he waved his hand and let her go down.

At noon, the emperor stopped handling government affairs and came to Huanhua Hall by chariot.

The emperor was a little tired due to two consecutive meals of water and rice, and his lips were even a little chapped. The expressions of the imperial servants became more and more serious. After being told that Concubine Min refused to eat so far, this kind of seriousness turned into despair.

Chunjia went to the bed in person and persuaded him for a while to no avail. After a moment of silence, she said, "Then let's go together."

It's just that he still wanted to continue the stalemate with the concubine, but the waiters couldn't take it anymore. Most of them knelt on the ground and begged them not to go on like this. The Shan Palace and the Yanfu Palace respectively report to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Gu Zhen.

The three of them were very surprised when they heard the news. They knew very well that Yun Fenghuang was favored, but they never thought that she would be favored to such an extent that she would not eat or drink, and when the emperor couldn't persuade her, she even treated her as the son of heaven. Not eating or drinking with her... The empress was in a particularly complicated mood, she calmed herself down and said: "The noble concubine is confused, what can't be said properly, if she insists on torturing herself like this, it will even burden the holy driver? Ask someone to prepare the chariot and go to the raccoon. Flower Palace!"

She arrived almost at the same time as the Empress Dowager Mother and the Empress Dowager Mother. You must know that Xuanqing Palace is not far from Yanfu Palace, but it is quite a distance from Spring Palace and Jiashan Palace, which shows how anxious the two empress dowagers are.

The three phoenixes drove to the Huanhua Hall, and asked the palace people who were kneeling all over the ground to get up so as not to get in the way, so they went directly to the sleeping hall to see the imperial concubine.

After entering the door of the sleeping hall, I turned around the eight-fold screen carved with landscapes, flowers and birds, red sandalwood and inlaid mica marble, and between the hanging curtains, Chunjia, dressed in court clothes, was sitting on the edge of the couch, holding the hand of the noble concubine, while the noble concubine Facing inward, she didn't look at him. People who came in from the outside could only see her fair chin, hidden between the black hair and the bedding.

"What's wrong with the imperial concubine? Even the emperor wants to accompany her without eating or drinking?" The Empress Dowager Yuan only glanced at the imperial concubine before going to Chunjia. , as if he had been stabbed in the heart, he couldn't help but sneered, "Why don't Ai's family stay with you, see if it can get better, how about it?"