Chapter 89: Unkind and Unkind

Empress Dowager Yuan was mentally prepared to fight with Yun Fenghuang when she arrived at the Huzhu Palace, but when she arrived at the place, the noble concubine had already left, and she was only blocked by the queen who was a step late because she wanted to greet Concubine An.

"Where's Xiaoyun's lowly maid?" The grievances between the empress dowager and Concubine Min are well known in the court and harem, and now Empress Dowager Yuan doesn't bother to cover it up, so she directly asks the empress.

The queen smiled awkwardly: "When you go back to your mother, someone came from Xuanqing Palace just now, saying that the seventh prince has been crying, so the noble concubine is in a hurry to go back and see what's going on."

"It's as if she brought the seventh prince herself, and now she's the only one who can coax him when he's crying." The Queen Mother Yuan sneered, "How many times has she hugged the three princes under her knees? If she really puts all her heart into it, Putting it on raising the heir, how can this palace be so uneasy?"

The queen smiled apologetically and didn't speak.

During the turmoil caused by Yun Fenghuang's hunger strike before, the Empress Dowager Yuan accompanied her, and her attitude towards the Empress was relatively gentle during this time.

Seeing this, he didn't make things difficult for Gu Zhen, he just asked what was going on?

"After today's greetings were over, the daughter-in-law asked them to leave." Gu Zhen said, "It didn't take long for someone outside to cry out, and then the palace servants came to report that it was Qu's who was talking to the people next to him when he went down the stairs. , accidentally blocked Concubine An, Concubine An ignored it, and walked over directly, and bumped into each other... My daughter-in-law thinks it was just an accident, both parties were at fault, but Concubine Concubine..."

"What is it that both parties are at fault?" The Queen Mother Yuan said coldly, "The Qu family is far below An Concubine, what right does she have to block An Concubine's way? Is it possible that An Concubine should let her? An The concubine was right to walk over directly, this is simply what Qu's arrogance and frivolity deliberately did! This is framing!"

Gu Zhen squinted his eyes with a little guilty conscience, and said just now: "Under normal circumstances, my daughter-in-law would of course think it was all Qu's fault. It's just that Qu is pregnant..."

Qu Hongzhuan's status is not as high as Concubine An's, but she has the words of the emperor's heir in her stomach, no matter what everyone thinks, she must say that the emperor's heir is the most important thing!

Empress Dowager Yuan pondered for a while, and said, "Do you remember the matter of the former imperial concubine?"

"The queen mother suspects that there is something wrong with Qu's pregnancy?" Gu Zhen's heart thumped, and he forced a smile, "This should not be the case? I haven't heard of any conflict between Concubine An and the concubine these days. Why is the concubine like this?" ?”

"You don't know what Xiaoyun's nature is?" The Queen Mother Yuan asked, "She is not the kind of master who will not offend me! Besides, who said that Xiaoyun hasn't troubled Concubine An recently? Ann The concubine had been staying in the palace well before, but was suddenly ordered by the emperor to go to the Chongchang Palace every day to pay her respects. It can be seen that Xiaoyun has always been thinking about Concubine An, and deliberately troubled her!"

She said that Gu Zhen was not very happy, and wondered what it meant? Don't you also think that Concubine An should not ask for peace if she doesn't want to, and ignore the empress' face of this palace?

"What the queen mother said is true." Gu Zhen said in his heart that the loving mother, the empress dowager, and the noble concubine are really not good things, but on the face he said respectfully, "It's just unfounded, and the news of Qu's miscarriage has been known to all six palaces. Yes, this..."

Empress Dowager Yuan said: "You are also honest. She said that miscarriage is miscarriage? The imperial doctor who went to see her should be a noble concubine's person? How can you believe what you said? In this way, you now treat Qu's as you care about it." In name, let two trusted imperial physicians go and see if Naqu's miscarriage was caused by a fall or something else?"

Gu Zhen was furious in her heart, if it wasn't for her collusion with Yun Fenghuang, she would act in a special show for people inside and outside, and she would be a real gunman for the Queen Mother!

The kind with all the consequences.

Think about it, with Yun Fenghuang being favored, the people under her hands are finally happy but have a miscarriage. At this time, the queen still has to question whether Qu's miscarriage is true or not, and what is the real reason... Yunfeng What will Huang do?

It's no wonder she didn't pinch the queen endlessly!

Even if the queen has family background, Chunjia will not abandon her easily, but not resigning does not mean that she will be able to live comfortably in the palace.

Just by looking at the people who Yun Fenghuang has pissed off since she entered the palace, she knows that she has a lot of ways to make it difficult for the high position!

Not to mention that Gu Zhen had to think about his future son-in-law, so he didn't dare to offend the noble concubine.

"It's no wonder that the noble concubine was intimate with the empress dowager at first, but she quickly turned her face on." Gu Zhen sneered inwardly, "Sure enough, the only ones who really care about her are Your Majesty and her nieces. No matter how hard you try, she is also mean and ungrateful! The imperial concubine is not stupid, how can she continue to play tricks with her every now and then?"

And the imperial concubine is not stupid, so is she, Gu Zhen, a fool?

For a while, the empress dowager Yuan told her the hardships of raising Chunjia and the pain of being alienated by Chunjia disappeared in an instant.

The queen lowered her eyes slightly, wondering: "Daughter-in-law can send the imperial doctor to take a look, but if the concubine refuses, there is nothing the daughter-in-law can do. After all, the scene of Qu's miscarriage was seen by everyone, and she will go back to her palace right now. It's pitiful enough to cry all over the place. If the daughter-in-law rashly suspects her without any evidence, how can the imperial concubine let it go? You know, the queen mother, that the daughter-in-law is stupid and has never been loved by your majesty. If you do this by force, Your Majesty will definitely be unhappy. Why don't you send someone from your mother? Your Majesty has always been filial to you, so if you send someone to investigate, the noble concubine will not be able to forcefully stop you."

Empress Dowager Yuan's face was very ugly, she pursed her lips, and said after a while: "Forget it, you have always been in charge of the affairs of the harem. The Ai family is so old, how can an old bone withstand tossing?"

After a pause, she asked the queen how she planned to deal with this matter?

"Although Concubine An didn't do it on purpose, after all, Qu's miscarriage has something to do with her, and she has to be punished symbolically." Gu Zhen said, "As for Qu's...for the sake of her miscarriage, Just reward me as a comfort."

Empress Dowager Yuan snorted and said, "Concubine An has already offered her thanks, what else do you want?"

Gu Zhen smiled apologetically and said, "Why is the daughter-in-law willing to make the queen mother sad? It's just that the state-owned state has family rules..."

"Don't use such words to prevaricate Aijia." The Queen Mother Yuan said lightly, "In the final analysis, this matter was caused by Qu's disrespect for high-ranking concubines. Even if it was a miscarriage, she deserved it, but why blame Concubine An ? And Concubine An has already survived from death, so punishing her at this time is no different from forcing her to die?!"

Gu Zhen felt annoyed, and said: "If the queen mother insists on doing this, then...the daughter-in-law will discuss it with the imperial concubine later?"

The implication is that if the imperial concubine disagrees, then I may not be able to stop her.

Empress Dowager Yuan took a deep look at her, and sighed a little: "Queen, you have to be a real queen!"

Bengong thought about it, but what can I do if you, the Queen Mother, can't do it?

Gu Zhen slandered, pretending not to understand: "My daughter-in-law is dull, and will continue to serve Your Majesty attentively."

The queen mother was powerless for a while, shook her head and left without saying anything.

Leaving aside what she did when she returned to the Spring Palace, Gu Zhen turned around and told Yun Fenghuang about the conversation, and Yun Fenghuang sneered slightly: "So what if Concubine An committed suicide? It didn't work again! It can be seen that they are all pretending to be scary! Don’t pay attention to it! If those who openly murdered the emperor’s heir can’t get the punishment they deserve, what rules will the Six Palaces talk about in the future?”

She even turned her head and cried to Chunjia in person, insisting that Concubine An did it on purpose, "Otherwise, many concubines who are pregnant have never seen her commit such a blatant murder, so why are they targeting Qu Shi? Isn't it because of jealousy? As a concubine, I hate the house and the crow!"

Chunjia has been busy investigating the remnants of the Ji family for the past two days, to see if they have other insane actions, and took time out of her busy schedule to find out about the situation from Gu Zhen, and Gu Zhen said that it was true that Concubine An knocked Qu's down the steps , but it may not be intentional, it may be because of his own status, he is unwilling to give way to the Qu family, and he did not expect such serious consequences. In short, it is an ordinary dispute between concubine and concubine. ...This statement sounds fair, and the most important thing is that the status of Concubine An and Qu Hongzhuan in Chunjia's mind is just that.

It wasn't worth his time to investigate thoroughly, so he believed it. He appeased Yun Fenghuang, ordered the Huzhu Palace to be fined for one year's salary, and rewarded Qu Hongzhuan, and the matter was over. .

Within two days, the virtuous concubine Yuan Zhiniang was out of confinement, and brought the eighth prince back to the palace.

Maybe it happened because of Concubine An's matter. The Empress Dowager Yuan really didn't mention any extra grace for their mother and son, and only let the mother and son go to the Spring Palace to talk for a while.

Empresses and concubines don't care about this, they are relatives, aunts and nephews, they are related by blood, so I can't envy them.

Besides, the two of them rely on the family and the other on themselves, and they don't need the support of Queen Mother Yuan very much.

"Concubine Xian doesn't look very good." She murmured a few words in private, "There is no other person who is full of confinement, and those who don't know think she is just giving birth, with that face It was sallow. When she first entered the palace earlier, her appearance was pretty good, but now she is very damaged... Even if everything in Wannian County is not complete, and it is far less convenient than coming from the palace, it is not possible to make it like this? "

Gu Zhen whispered to Yun Fenghuang, "Could it be that the delivery was not smooth and it was too much trouble?"

"My concubine has never given birth, so how do I know this?" Yun Fenghuang didn't take it seriously, and said, "Maybe it was due to the bumps on the road when I set off just after confinement? Anyway, since she came back, the loving mother Empress Dowager is still here." Can you take good care of her?"

However, the empress dowager's thoughts had only been on Yuan Zhiniang's mother and son for a few days, and something happened in the Pearl Palace over there. It was Concubine An who tried to commit suicide again, but was stopped by the palace staff, and she went to the empress dowager Yuan crying for help. .

Empress Dowager Yuan naturally wouldn't let things go, and she called Chunjia over, saying that Concubine An was always well-behaved, so why couldn't she think about it? This is obviously caused by being forced by the imperial concubine!

Now she also knows that Yun Fenghuang is very fond of it, she doesn't expect such an accusation to be able to take the noble concubine, but she proposes to restore Concubine An's previous treatment, and she doesn't need to pay the queen's peace, so she closes the door in her own palace Live life: "Even if you don't think about other things, at least think about the relationship you grew up with! You know Niangniang's temperament, how did she suffer all the humiliation? If you insist on letting her pay her respects at this moment, She can't survive at all. You have been together day and night for twenty years, and you really have the heart to let her die like this, and let the white-haired Aijia send the black-haired?!"

Chunjia was silent.

If you want to say how much love you have for Yuan Niangniang, it must be very thin.

It was on the premise that Concubine An would stop messing around, the emperor was willing to give her a child and let her live a life of honor and support in the palace in advance.

But this little bit of affection was not worth Yun Fenghuang's crying and entanglement.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have forced Yuan Niangniang to pay her respects to the queen, just to show Yun Fenghuang that he was not attached to the old man.

But now Mrs. Yuan interceded, this...

"The Ai family knew you wouldn't agree." Seeing that he couldn't make a decision for a long time, the Queen Mother Yuan stopped crying, she sighed sadly, and said, "The Ai family always thought that as long as the Ji family is gone, you Now that you have monopolized the power, the Ai family can breathe a sigh of relief! But at this time, you are the emperor, not the emperor of the Ai family."

"What did the queen mother say?" Chunjia lowered her head slightly and said softly, "Of course the child will always be your emperor."

But before, when Aijia said this, you would immediately kneel down and explain in a panic, and you would immediately agree to whatever Aijia said... Now you are not like this.

Empress Dowager Yuan thought with some melancholy that when Chunjia was still immature, she hoped that this child would grow up quickly and become strong, so that she would never be bullied or manipulated, and even protect herself in turn.

Now that Chunjia really grows up, she realizes that this may not be a good thing.

He had the main palace and the concubines had his own children, so it was impossible for him to devote all his attention to her as before.

Chunjia now cares about many things, such as the throne, the world, hegemony, history, concubines, heirs... He also cares about Queen Mother Yuan, but it's just one of them.

"The Ai family is tired, and I want to be quiet." The Queen Mother Yuan looked at him, a little lost in thought for a while, whether she didn't know whether she should be relieved that he was no longer the little boy who had to ask for instructions before making decisions, or whether she was angry at him. His disobedience and unfilial piety, for a moment, she said softly, "Go ahead."

"Mother's Queen." Chunjia didn't leave, but held her hand, and said sincerely, "In my heart, you will always be my child's mother, please take good care of me, and don't disturb your life with these right and wrong. Clean. The baby is sincere, and I hope you can always be with the baby."

Empress Dowager Yuan looked at him for a while, before saying calmly: "The Ai family knows."

She understood Chunjia's meaning, Chunjia was willing to be filial to her, but only for herself.

For her sake, he was unwilling to benevolent to Yuan Niang, Yuan Zhiniang, Xingning Bofu, etc... He even hoped that the Queen Mother would never care about the lives of those people.

But how is this possible?

Not only because of the empress dowager's affection for her natal family, but also because, in the empress dowager's view, this move also means that she will be attached to Chunjia from this matter, and live a life of obedience to her husband and death.

Then what is the purpose of her hard work all these years?

Could it be that the background of the Yuan family in Fuyang and the widow of King Duan of Fuyang, these two identities, are not enough for her to end up alone in her old age among slaves and maidservants? ? ?

After Chunjia left, Empress Dowager Yuan called Zhanliu to her, she said nothing for a long time, and said after a while: "The matter that the family talked about... let them come again."