Chapter 98: Conflict Between Emperor and Heir

Taipin Shen was thinking about how to contact the imperial concubine, so that when her son-in-law really took office, Yun Fenghuang was also thinking about how to persuade her and Sui'an to go to Chunjia to make trouble, so that Xie Wuzheng really left the temple.

"Actually Shen Taipin is His Royal Highness Sui'an's own flesh and blood, how can His Highness stay away for a long time?" Qing people advised her to calm down, "At most, she will go out for a year or so, how can Taifei not miss it?"

But Yun Fenghuang thought: "What's the use of missing her? Your Majesty is polite and calls her a mother-in-law. In fact, your Majesty has neither the grace of nurturing, nor is she a aunt. Even if she is a aunt, what happened to the concubine Ji Sheng earlier? Clearly and plainly? Now that people are in the limelight, everyone knows that His Royal Highness Sui'an has been greatly wronged. It is still useful for Mrs. Shen to say a few words at this time. After the incident, she will just cry and wipe away her tears Hanging the beam to wipe the neck, do you think His Majesty will care? His Highness Sui'an is the flesh and blood of the late emperor, she? What is she in front of the late emperor, but she is lucky enough to give birth to His Highness Sui'an, so she has a place to live. The concubines who gave birth are sent to the palace to wait for death, so are they still eligible to live in the side hall of Mianfu Palace?"

"But your majesty just said that the son-in-law should invite you to become an official. How can you hide your actions from your majesty's eyes and ears?" The Qing people worried, "Don't make your majesty angry at that time, then... After all, the son-in-law No matter how important it is, can it be more important than you?"

Yun Fenghuang sneered and said: "Now Your Majesty still has some affection for this palace, don't take advantage of the present to make a move, wait a few years for this palace to grow old, do you expect him to remember the old love?"

The Qing people choked, and said: "Your Majesty, don't do this, Your Majesty just loves His Highness."

"I really feel sorry for you, and I won't let this palace decide the marriage of His Royal Highness." Yun Fenghuang disagreed, "Don't worry about this matter, just go and pass on the message to Mrs. Shen. If something goes wrong, this palace will naturally aftermath."

But before she had time to join forces with Mrs. Shen, Chunjia did another thing: he instructed Cui Wan and his wife to accept Xiao Jiang as his adopted daughter.

In this way, Xie Xiaoyu is Cui Wan's disciple and son-in-law, and the relationship has gone one step further, just like his son-in-law.

And Xiao Jiang's family has changed from the daughter of a squire to a righteous daughter of a high-ranking official, so of course she can't take advantage of it for nothing.

Within two days, he went into the palace to find Yun Fenghuang, and said good things for the emperor: "No matter how promising the son-in-law is, the first to be honored is the big house, and our fourth house must be the last one. And the grudge between the mother and the eldest aunt in the past If you say that he doesn't have any grudges in his heart, the minister's wife won't believe it! Think about the way the brothers in the family made trouble before your mother came to the imperial capital. Are they really disregarding the overall situation, or was someone secretly instigating? Otherwise, at home earlier, But it’s not like this! Although my husband is also young, his talent and learning may be less than that of the son-in-law, but when it comes to his loyalty to his mother, he is absolutely inferior to all brothers!"

Yun Fenghuang knew that what she said was purely biased, but after all, they grew up together, and Xie Xiaoyu was the brother with whom she had the closest relationship, so she couldn't help Xiao Jiang's face, so she had to gently advise: "Brothers who are united in one heart are the key to a prosperous family. Dao, of course the Eighteenth Brother Ben Gong trusts him, but he can’t let the Eighteenth Brother do everything, right? We still need help.”

"There are other brothers in the family, so why should your mother be at odds with His Majesty because of a son-in-law?" Xiao Jiang said, "No matter how bad it is, the nephews have grown up too. You, your husband and the tenth brother are all mother's own flesh and blood. What kind of relationship can be more cordial than a mother's compatriots?"

The voice lowered, "And my lord, please think about it, the son-in-law is the husband-in-law of His Royal Highness Sui'an. This important status originally required even His Majesty to take care of him. If he wears the title of Love Saint, not only His Majesty will not move in the future." He, you want to control him, but it is also difficult. This is not a fellow brother, you can rest assured that he is allowed to be in such a special position? Don't let him eat inside and out, what should we do?"

Yun Fenghuang's expression was complicated, and he said in a low voice: "If Eighteen Brothers and the others can support the family, would I be willing to let my brothers not support me and support my cousins ​​instead?"

"My husband just came to the Imperial Capital." Xiao Jiang coaxed, "The son-in-law has been here for two years, and he is still the master. How can this be the same? If there is no support from the mother-in-law before, the son-in-law will not be where he is today. Your mother-in-law Don't worry, my wife will definitely help you to urge your husband to make progress. In fact, even if there is no urging by your wife, your husband will still wholeheartedly want to help you! Think about what happened to the sixth cousin back then, Xie's family, especially Dafang, Who is busy making things worse? At that time, besides your brothers and my Jiang family, who ever cared about you? When the Qi family just divorced, only the husband was furious, wishing to rush to the Qi family to avenge you... "

When mentioning these past events, Yun Fenghuang's expression softened for a moment.

Yes, back then Xie Fenghuan's Hong Xing was beaten for cheating, and she, the sister-in-law raised by the same mother, bore the brunt of it. The big house still cared about the face of the same family, but in private, it didn't do nothing, hoping to take advantage of the situation to get Jiang's hand take away the stewardship. People in the other rooms were also fluctuating, and the only ones who stood firmly on her side were the brothers with the same father and mother.

From Xie Xishi to Xie Xiyu, their wives and children, and the Jiang family, all of them extended a helping hand in her most difficult time.

The hot-blooded eighteenth brother Xie Xiaoyu, especially for his younger sister.

These memories turned Yun Fenghuang's mind, which was about to explode, and finally suppressed it, and only sighed: "Don't mention the matter of the Qi family again. Is it not enough to toss about it over and over again in the past two years? As for Son-in-law... since you all mean the same thing, let's take it easy."

Let's find a chance to bring Xie Wuzheng out after a while.

There is only such a useful brother in the family, it is impossible for Yun Fenghuang to waste it.

Without the imperial concubine at the head, even though Taipin Shen and her daughter did not want Xie Wuzheng to become an official, they did not dare to rashly oppose Chunjia's decision.

So amidst the uproar in the imperial capital, Xie Wuzheng, who had risen to fame in the past two years, quickly left with Princess Suian.

This matter did indeed cause a stir, teahouses all over the place quickly appeared stories about the hard-working Jinzhi's infatuated son-in-law... But because of the return of the person involved, this excitement is of no real use at least right now up.

The palace was temporarily quiet for a few days, but there was a small disturbance because of Gu Zhen's plan: "It's not long before the second and third princes' birthdays, and I plan to give them a good birthday to celebrate. What do you think?"

It was natural to celebrate the prince's birthday, especially the prince who was raised in front of the middle palace.

But after all, the birth mothers of these twin brothers have a special status, which is considered an open taboo in the palace. Now that Gu Zhen said so, everyone was silent for a while, and most of them looked at Yun Fenghuang from the corners of their eyes.

Yun Fenghuang was also a little surprised, because Gu Zhen had been infertile for many years, and after the three corpses incident came out, she completely gave up the idea of ​​having children by herself. She may have been lonely for a long time. Feng Huang's kind of ulterior motives are different, he truly loves the two princes as his own flesh and blood.

Yun Fenghuang knew this, but, to celebrate the twin princes' birthdays, this...

Those who don't know think that the queen is deliberately against the emperor?

"A few days ago, King Qin and Zhaoqing had their birthdays. I was thinking about their children and their families. All the elders were there, so there was no need to celebrate grandly, so I didn't invite my mother and all the sisters to be there." She pondered for a while, She smiled and said, "Now that my mother said that, I really feel guilty."

King Qin and Zhaoqing are only a few months older than the twin princes, and their birthdays have already passed.

But because the children are young, there is nothing to make a fuss about them recently, so Yun Fenghuang didn't bother, and just asked the small kitchen to make a bowl of longevity noodles for them, and King Qin kowtowed a few times in the direction of Concubine Zhenxishu's mausoleum thing.

Saying it now is to test the queen's intentions.

"The imperial concubine has six children under her knees. She must be involved in many things. Naturally, she doesn't want to be too troublesome." Hearing this, Gu Zhen glanced at her and said lightly, "The third prince in front of this palace is very quiet, and so is the king of Chu, but a little Quiet and thoughtful."

Yun Fenghuang didn't object either, and smiled and praised the queen for her kindness and kindness, and she acquiesced.

So this matter was decided for the time being, when Chunjia went to Huanhua Palace that day, Yun Fenghuang told him about it: "... I don't know if it was the empress's whim or other plans?"

Chunjia was quite clear: "The people who served the third child in the past two days didn't pay much attention, and the queen found out, probably because of this matter."

"Really?" Yun Fenghuang really didn't know this, he was startled when he heard the words, and frowned slightly, "The palace people are too courageous, no matter what, they are all His Majesty's flesh and blood, how dare they?"

Chun Jia said: "The queen has already told me in private that the left and right are just a small banquet, she is willing to worry about it, so let her go."

In fact, the empress's discussion was far from being understated. Chunjia disagreed at first, because he is still presiding over the hunt for the remnants of the Ji family, but the empress is trying to promote the offspring of Ji's daughter in the harem. What is this?

But Gu Zhen was particularly stubborn this time, and even had a rare gaffe, crying and questioning whether the emperor had any heart: "That's your own flesh and blood! Childish and innocent! Besides, the former empress and Kang Jieyu are long gone, and now Their mother and queen are concubines! The mother and concubine of the second prince is Mrs. Qing Shu! Do you still treat them differently in fear that they will not be separated from you in the future? If that is the case, why bother to support them and send them off? What's wrong with going to see Mrs. Ji!"

Although the emperor didn't have a deep affection for the empress, after all they had been together for many years, and Gu Zhen had kept himself safe since then, she was crying and making noise like this, Chun Jia hesitated for a while and reluctantly agreed.

At this moment, she said without much interest: "She did it for Liugong to see, she just hoped that everyone would weigh things up and down in the future, and don't think that the second and third are easy to bully."

"So that's what I said, the empress is so good, why would you think of this?" Yun Fenghuang saw his dissatisfaction, and said, "It's just that the second prince and the third prince are so young, and they are not suitable at all. It’s a big deal.”

Chunjia sighed: "It's not a big deal for the queen to go her own way, and I don't want to refute her face."

So the birthday banquet of the second prince and the third prince was held in Chongchang Hall as scheduled.

No matter what the concubines and concubines thought in their hearts, they all came to the banquet with rich gifts on this day.

But not long after the banquet started, something happened that made Gu Zhen angry: Yun Fenghuang brought King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing with him.

Then King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing beat the third prince together.

The reason for the fight is actually not a big deal, it is Zhao Qingsheng's cuteness, the third prince and the King of Chu wanted to play with her, King Qin got jealous when he saw this, went up and pushed and said it was his sister, and told them to stay away , Don't talk to Zhaoqing! Since the third prince had been neglected by Chunjia all the time, he had a cowardly temperament, so he didn't dare to make a sound when he heard the words.

But the king of Chu was different. He became a son-in-law not long after he was born, and was once expected to be the future East Palace. Of course, the treatment was different.

Even though there was a fire during the summer vacation that year, he looked a little stupid and no longer clever, but such a young child didn't have much scheming at first, and everyone went back and forth on the same level.

Therefore, the king of Chu refused to obey, so he fought with the king of Qin.

Seeing that the third prince went up to fight, he and the king of Chu were raised under the queen's knees, and this fight subconsciously favored the king of Chu.

Zhaoqing didn't want to do it after seeing it, and rolled up his sleeves and went to help King Qin.

Originally, this was a conflict between the four heirs of the emperor.

The problem lies in the attendants on both sides. The servants of Xuanqing Palace see King Qin and Zhaoqing as equals, and even Zhaoqing has a higher status. After all, this emperor is the heir under the name of their master. In the name of Concubine Zhenxishu, Yun Fenghuang now has no prince of his own under his name, and King Qin is the eldest son of the emperor, so his status is still guaranteed.

But Yanfu Palace looked at the third prince and the king of Chu, no matter how the empress told her face to face, she always valued the king of Chu and despised the third prince.

Now they were afraid of offending the noble concubine, so someone stepped forward and came up with a bad idea: take the king of Chu away at a moment's notice.

The third prince was left to let King Qin fight Zhaoqing...

Their thinking is that the noble concubine's child is taking advantage of it, and the noble concubine can't say anything when she finds out, but her own mother can still question the noble concubine, the reason is all on her side, and it will be easy to settle this matter.

Otherwise, King Qin and Zhaoqing have suffered a disadvantage, and when the time comes, the imperial concubine will hold Chunjia and cry, will Chongchang Palace still have good fruit to eat?

At that time, the queen's status will be at most a bit of a loss, and these servants who serve them will have to be pushed out as scapegoats and handed over to the noble concubine to vent their anger!

... After Yun Fenghuang knew what had happened, he couldn't laugh or cry, and said something meaningful to the two children, and asked them to go with him to plead guilty to the queen.

Her attitude is still very upright and sincere, but the mother and son, the mother is the emperor's favorite concubine, the kind who compares the adoptive mother, one is the emperor's eldest son, the other is the emperor's eldest daughter, and both of them are Chunjia's preference , they are still so big, what can the queen do with them?

The queen could only hold back her anger and say it's okay, it's common for children to quarrel, they are all brothers and sisters from the same father, after the quarrel, they forget it, who would hold grudges?

Turning around, he killed the group of people who served the third prince.

Yun Fenghuang sighed when he heard the news, and said, "The empress seems to be really angry."

"But it's not our little master's fault." The Qing muttered, "It's just a child's joke, but she can't think about it like this. In fact, the third prince himself quickly forgot. Holding the hand of our Highness Zhaoqing, let His Highness often go to play, the Empress Doing this is to make it difficult for the emperor's heirs to continue to be brothers and sisters in the future."

Yun Fenghuang frowned and told her to shut up: "King Qin and Zhaoqing are still young, so what's the good thing about being known as arrogant and domineering now? It seems like I have no way to teach my son!"

Just thinking about whether to take the two children to accompany the queen again, to appear sincere, so as to restore the reputation of Xuanqing Palace?

But before this matter was considered, something happened in the palace, that is, Concubine Xian was not well.