Chapter 101 Studies

Chunjia didn't go around in circles either. After she sat down, she swung back and forth, and asked herself: "The queen mother has been recuperating in the Spring Palace recently, and she hasn't done anything against you. Why did you take the initiative to pick things up?"

"That's what the empress said?" Yun Fenghuang poured him a cup of tea with a calm expression, propped his cheek with one hand, and said with a half-smile across the table, "It's not kind of the empress to do this. Those few people were suspicious and asked about my concubine. As a noble concubine, the middle palace personally inquired, so it was impossible for me to remain silent. Therefore, I made some guesses with the empress, who knew that the empress turned her head and came to Her Majesty Go and sell my concubine?"

Chunjia didn't believe this, and said, "The queen didn't mention you, so don't test me, what's going on?"

"It's not caused by Concubine Xian's serious illness." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "Concubine Xian has always been well-behaved before. If she says she is seriously ill, she is seriously ill. Whether she is a concubine or a queen, she has doubts in her heart. This will It was rumored that her condition worsened and she seemed to be murdered by others, so the empress took someone to the Chongchang Palace for interrogation...The empress is naturally worried that she will be accused of being incompetent in governing the palace."

"As for the concubine's body, I can't stay out of it. After all, who knows if the concubine's sudden illness will be involved in the concubine's body?"

Chunjia frowned and said: "The one who cleans himself will clear himself, you are thinking too much. If Concubine Xian's serious illness has nothing to do with you, how could it be brought on your head?"

Yun Fenghuang just laughed and said: "It seems that the person who used the three corpses to murder the harem is really Lu Qidao."

"..." Chunjia was embarrassed for a moment, and said again, "That is Lu Qidao, not you, who else can I let you wronged?"

Yun Fenghuang thought in his heart that if Bengong was really foolish enough to count on you for everything, the grass in front of the grave would have already grown a few stubbles.

She sat up slightly, and said with a light smile, "You were busy with government affairs in the past, so why bother you with things that my concubine can handle by herself?"

This seemed to be about being considerate to Chunjia, and Chunjia laughed angrily: "Then, would you like to thank Aifei for your compassion?"

"As a concubine, I think of you from the bottom of my heart, and I don't think about anything in return, so what do I want to thank?" Yun Fenghuang said generously, "Actually, I knew that the empress would go to the court to look for your majesty for such a small matter. Even if I offend her, I won't say those words. In the final analysis, I am still young, far less sophisticated than the empress, so I asked her to coax her away."

Chunjia was in a daze when he heard the words, and almost believed it. He felt that Gu Zhen, who was about the same age as him, was hiding something. After all, the young imperial concubine was still inexperienced...

If this is the case, then it would be called hell. The emperor snorted and said, "If it wasn't for the empress who refused to raise the eighth prince, and went to the front to look for me, I still don't know what you did in private! You have conflicts with your mother, I always think it is because your mother has too much prejudice against you, so it is mostly partial to you! Now it looks like that is not the case at all! You said it yourself, apart from this, you still do things in private What have you been?"

"Your Majesty, what kind of tricks are you doing in private?" The emperor's words were very serious. If someone else was here, even Gu Zhen, he would have knelt down to plead guilty early in the morning, but Yun Fenghuang was calm and asked lazily, " Didn't this concubine want to share your worries? It's just that the empress made a fuss, and she had to make a fuss in front of the imperial court because of some old sesame seeds and rotten millet, and that's why it happened like this."

She took it for granted, "At first I heard that Concubine Xian was suddenly seriously ill. Although I had some doubts at the time, I didn't think too much about it. I just thought her beauty was unlucky. But when I turned around, I was summoned to Chongchang Hall by Zhonggong The truth is that there is a problem with the palace servants serving Concubine Xian's meals in the Taoli Palace... Who can think that Concubine Xian is being tricked? But who would murder Concubine Xian? She is neither the most beautiful nor the most beautiful in the palace. The one who is favored is the turn of the family, that's all. The most special thing is nothing more than the relationship with the loving mother, the Empress Dowager. So I was thinking at the time, wouldn't someone want to frame me?"

"Your Majesty, please comment, isn't it right for me to be so worried?"

"Earlier, in the case of Duke Yi's son-in-law, my concubine and his subordinates couldn't compete with Princess Minghui at all. You even summoned my concubine to question her! As the saying goes, I was bitten by a snake once. Ten years of being afraid of well ropes, the concubine thought that he had never been in the heart of the loving mother empress dowager, and the nieces of the loving mother empress dowager had some troubles. "

Chunjia coughed dryly: "If you talk about something, talk about it, what kind of old account? Isn't that thing... already over?"

Yun Fenghuang didn't bother, and just continued: "In short, the concubine was worried that she would suffer unfair injustice again, so she asked the empress a few more words. The empress heard that because of the matter of Concubine Wen Huixian, Concubine's condition has suddenly worsened, so naturally I have to think, if Concubine Xian follows in the footsteps of Concubine Wen Huixian, how should the Eighth Prince be settled?"

"The concubine said at the time that the eighth prince was landed after the concubine Xian was appointed as the fourth concubine. In this case, according to the rules, those who are qualified to be his adoptive mother are nothing more than the concubine, the concubine Shu, the concubine De, and the queen empress. They are just concubines. If she is not trusted by her loving mother, she will definitely not have this opportunity. As for Concubine Shu and Defei, one who is pregnant and has too much to do with herself will not be trusted by her loving mother. For the prince, who else can there be besides the empress?"

"When the Empress heard this, her complexion was not very good."

"I don't think this is a strange thing. Originally, the Empress Empress raised the third prince and His Highness the King of Chu. After a while, Gu Guiren's child was born, and most of the Empress Empress raised her. In addition, the Empress Empress also To deal with the palace affairs, it is also normal to worry that if you take over the Eighth Prince, you will not be able to worry about it."

Chunjia didn't believe it, and said: "The queen has always been honest and honest. Besides, the status of the emperor's heir is left there, and she is said to be taken care of by the mother, stepmother, and concubine. There are a large group of servants around for food, clothing, housing and transportation. What you really need to worry about is to take care of it. Don't let the servants neglect you. Otherwise, how did you take care of the six children under your knees? Even if the queen is not as capable as you, how can she not take care of her with only a few children in front of her?"

"If you just reminded her that Concubine Fan Xian has something wrong and the Eighth Prince will be handed over to the Queen to take care of her, why would the Queen feel embarrassed? Even went to the previous court to say goodbye to me?"

Yun Fenghuang glanced at him, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Your Majesty, as the middle palace, the empress is the mother of all the emperor's heirs. It is her duty to take care of any emperor's heir. The concubine also believes that the empress The empress is not a stingy person, otherwise, why would she hold a birthday banquet for the second prince and the third prince to show her respect? But your majesty, there are no outsiders at the moment, so the concubine just said straight: the eighth prince is only so old, even if So far, I have never heard of him being weak. Who can guarantee that he will not have a headache in the future? If it is an heir born of an ordinary concubine, being able to be taken care of by the empress himself is an extra blessing, and it is too late to cherish it , will definitely not have any ideas."

"But……"

"Mother Empress Dowager, do you think so too?"

Chunjia choked, and said, "But what the empress means is that she repulses Lao Ba very much, and it's not because of Empress Yuan?"

"The empress is from a famous family, how can you say such disrespectful words to the elders?" Yun Fenghuang said immediately, "But the fact is, except for the nieces of the empress dowager, any concubine who raises the eighth prince, if they are always good, the loving mother Not to mention whether the Empress Dowager will be rewarded, but if the eighth prince makes a mistake, how can the loving mother empress dowager not blame him? Especially the empress empress has other princes under her knees, and the loving mother empress dowager may think that one is favoring the other? Your Majesty You said, who would be willing to pick up such a hot potato? It's not because he doesn't feel sorry for the eighth prince, but because he's really afraid that even a single prince won't be able to take care of him when the time comes!"

"This is what this concubine will tell you exactly."

"Others, even the Empress, have found countless excuses to cover up for various considerations."

"Your Majesty has always been wise and powerful. You said, is there a lie in my concubine's words?"

"..." Chunjia looked at her with a frown, and he vaguely felt that what the imperial concubine said should be true, but it may not be all.

It's just because the eighth prince is already recorded under Yuan Zhiniang's name, and the emperor doesn't know the time when Yun Fenghuang and the queen made a speech, but how can he guess the truth?

He secretly thought that the imperial concubine and the Empress Yuan had always been at odds, and what he said in this move was for the empress's sake. Most likely, it was intentionally creating a barrier for the Empress Yuan, so that the eighth prince would have no one to take over.

If you think about it even more darkly, Yanhong Palace is now turning around the concubine Xian. If the person who takes care of the eighth prince is a little bit negligent because he is not supervised by the master, the eighth prince will have some troubles... probably also The imperial concubine was happy to see what happened.

Although the emperor certainly didn't want the imperial concubine to pick this matter, these actions were still within his tolerance range, so he said with a sullen face: "You also know that such words are disrespectful to the elders? Even if the family tradition is upright, you are a daughter-in-law, and your birth mother is well-known, why do you say such things and do such things, so as to instigate discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Tian family?"

As soon as Yun Fenghuang heard this, he knew that this hurdle was over, so he leaned over and grabbed his arm in aggrieved way: "Your Majesty said this, how can this concubine instigate discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Tian family? This is for the sake of The peace of the harem, so that the friendship between the empress dowager and the empress dowager would not be damaged! After all, if the empress empress excused not to take care of the eighth prince, the empress dowager would be unhappy for a while at most. Sin, coax her old man, and this matter will be over. Anyway, the eighth prince still has an aunt, Concubine An, in the palace, so it's not like there is no suitable person to take care of her!"

"But if the eighth prince is carried to the empress, it's fine if the concubine Xian gets better after a while. If the concubine is not well, the empress has to take care of her for a long time. Then... when the eighth prince has a If the wind blows and the grass is troubled, the loving mother and the empress dowager have to care about it. Isn't this endless with the empress? If things go on like this, how will the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Tian family get along?"

Chunjia thought that these were all fallacies, and that the imperial concubine's sophistry skills had become more and more refined. He snorted and said, "So I have to reward you for your good intentions?"

"This is what a concubine should do. After all, it is the concubine's job to share his majesty's worries and difficulties." Yun Fenghuang's attitude was very humble, and this gesture made the corner of the emperor's mouth twitch. He raised his hand and gently pinched her cheek, and sighed : "You don't have a safe time!"

Yun Fenghuang tilted his head in aggrieved way: "My concubine is thinking about you, but you say such things!"

Let Chunjia point out, where is she not thinking about the harmonious coexistence of the entire harem? ? ?

"You're just messing around!" Chunjia sighed and shook her head, "I don't know who you look like when you are so nonsense? I see that the Xie family is not like you."

Yun Fenghuang said: "Did your majesty forget that my concubine's surname is Yun now? Maybe it's Yun's restlessness that ruined my concubine's identity?"

At this time, he still didn't forget to pour dirty water on the Yun family. The emperor also admired her, and stretched out his finger to flick a chestnut on her forehead: "Tomorrow, I will copy the scriptures myself and pray for the queen mother. I won't care about you!"

In fact, he wanted Yun Fenghuang to plead guilty to Queen Mother Yuan, but after thinking about it, Queen Mother Yuan still doesn't know about this matter, and the queen has been wronged for a while, that's all.

If the Empress Dowager finds out, she will have to make use of the topic, and when the time comes...

Well, most of the unlucky ones are himself.

Forget it...

The queen mother is often angry when she is old, and I am also doing it for her own good.

Thinking of this, Chunjia quickly convinced herself that it was better not to let the Empress Dowager Yuan know about Yun Fenghuang's handwriting, and she had to send someone to remind the empress later, so that she would not leak the news.

Therefore, Yun Fenghuang could only use other methods to compensate Queen Mother Yuan.

The imperial concubine agreed to this kind of punishment without pain or itching, and then told him about the interesting stories about King Qin and others as if nothing had happened.

When she mentioned King Qin, Chunjia frowned, and asked about the two children beating the third prince together two days ago: "Although the children are ignorant, it didn't cause any consequences, but King Qin is still young, so I don't want to It's better to have a reputation of domineering."

These words sounded like he valued the eldest son, and he didn't want him to be spoiled, but Yun Fenghuang's heart was moved, and he thought to himself, did the emperor just hope that the king of Qin would not grow crooked, or...was somewhat disrespectful to the second and third princes? Mercy, don't want them to be bullied too much by their brothers and sisters?

She curled her lips slightly, and said unhappily: "This is the ignorance of the children's family. After a few years, how could the two children go to beat the younger brother together? Your Majesty said it as if the concubine deliberately raised them."

After all, King Qin is not her own, not even under her name, she will not give Chunjia any chance to leave the impression that "the noble concubine does not care enough about King Qin".

At this moment, it is natural to argue to the end.

Chunjia smiled and sighed: "You are too thoughtful, I just remembered to mention it, who said you didn't raise them well? I watched these two children grow up, and I don't know what their temperament is. ? If you think it’s not good to take care of it, I’ll tell you early in the morning. Now it’s just a casual mention.”

"Who says King Qin is the eldest son?" Yun Fenghuang snorted, "If it weren't for the eldest son, I can learn how other mothers, stepmothers and concubines raise princes. But at this moment, there is no example in front of me. I can only raise it by myself tremblingly. The concubine is so worried, and His Majesty will come to beat you, do you think the concubine will not be disappointed?"

Chunjia smiled and apologized to her, admitting that it was her own fault, and finally asked the seventh prince, knowing that the seventh prince is fine now, pondered for a while, and said: "King Qin is also at this age, after three years After two years, it's time to go to school."