Chapter 149 Mother Is More Expensive than Daughter?

The regent lasted for several days longer than expected, and even waited until some old friends from the Dingbei Army rushed back to see him for the last time before leaving.

Chen Jing cryptically reported to Yun Fenghuang that Qi Jiulu had also asked for leave to visit him. He left on the same day, and stayed in the Regent's room for a while, and then met Gong Xiangxiao at the gate before mounting his horse. After talking with his arm for a while, he left in a hurry... This scene certainly branded him as the remnant party of the regent king, but it also made many people think that he still has a conscience.

After all, when he first came to the Imperial Capital, the Prince Regent and his son were really kind to him.

It would be too embarrassing for the regent to come forward now that he is dying.

Yun Fenghuang didn't say anything about it.

The day after Qi Jiulu left, the regent began to deteriorate.

He had been in the army back then, and he wasn't the kind of clan member who would eat and wait to die, so his background was good.

In addition, Chunjia knew that he would not live long, so she was happy to put on a show, sending all the good things over like water, hanging her life abruptly...but it lasted for more than half a month before passing away.

Chunjia and the Empress Dowager both visited during this period.

He even asked Qin Wang Zhaoqing and other senior heirs to invite Ann over, showing the intimacy of uncles and nephews and royal friendship.

No matter what, it was a busy time.

On the day of his departure, the emperor even shed tears in public after hearing the news, and told the left and right for a long time about the hardships of the royal children in the past two years: "I was able to govern in person, thanks to my uncle's support. I thought that my uncle was still in his prime, and the future would be long." Who knows, it's only been a few years, and people say it's gone... I lost my father when I was young, and I have never met my stepfather. The only uncle, but the relationship is so shallow. God treats me so poorly!"

Anyway, even if it is clear that he longs for the regent to be cool soon, or simply suspects that the regent is the one who made him cool, you can't help saying that he is filial when you see this state of mind.

The filial emperor sent the regent away, and turned around and demoted the Lu family as a commoner with an imperial decree.

Originally, murdering her own husband, or the second concubine killing Shenzong's flesh and blood, destroying her own bones and ashes, and implicating her mother's family are all basic operations.

However, the real culprit is Hele after all, and the second concubine is also the victim. Coupled with some unknown twists and turns, Lu Chuncao is reduced to a commoner and sent out of the imperial capital.

This made Yun Fenghuang very curious about the inside story, because based on what she knew about Chunjia, the Lu family could not kill her, but Lu Chuncao had to be killed.

Now it's the other way around, it can be said to be handled with care, what is the reason for this?

It's just that Chunjia is very tight-lipped about this, and she refuses to reveal it no matter how hard she tries to find out.

I was asked a lot, so I simply gave her an errand: "I promised to raise Brother Zhen under my knees, so that my uncle won't worry about it. Now that my uncle's funeral has been settled, I still need Ah Huang to help me take care of it. King Qin and the others are making too much trouble, go to my cousin."

"Your Majesty said this, King Qin and the others are sensible, why would they go to make trouble for the young prince?" Yun Fenghuang said, "Two days ago Zhaoqing asked my concubine to bring her some more cakes, saying that it was for the young prince."

Gong Xiangzhen is said to be very muddle-headed these days, because he has been raised in the palace, he has not had much contact with people, and he is young, so his mind is relatively simple.

After being hit hard one after another, the kid is already a bit useless.

Recently, I basically rely on a little instinct to do what I want to do.

Chunjia arranged a residence for him in the palace, and he was with King Qin and the others on a daily basis.

As for the fact that Zhaoqing brought cakes to this little uncle, of course there is no such thing... Yun Fenghuang just casually talked about it and covered it up for the children.

In fact, King Qin and Zhaoqing don't like to play with Gong Xiangzhen very much. The main reason is that the two children are very lively. Gong Xiangzhen didn't know it before. Take care of him.

But Yun Fenghuang is not afraid of being exposed, anyway, Chunjia is also very busy at the moment, even if she finds out, she said: "The little prince must be in a bad mood now, and he is afraid that the children will disturb his memory of his biological father and mother, so I am not allowed to be a concubine." The kids go pestering."

That's it.

Sure enough, Chunjia didn't have any doubts when he heard the words, and even smiled and praised: "I knew that Zhaoqing was a good boy with a kind heart, although he was a bit impatient."

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Your Majesty really loves the little prince, so how about it, if His Majesty allows, I will have someone invite the little prince to comfort me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Speaking of which, the little prince has been in the palace for a few days. However, the harem has never summoned him to comfort him, and I don’t know if the young prince is worried? Why don’t these people care much about him if he is not a concubine?”

Speaking of which, she has never seen this child who has been hidden by the regent, so she is curious.

The regent hid the young son tightly, but Chunjia didn't have this idea. After all, Gong Xiangzhen was kept by him. Apart from being a hostage, he also wanted to show the world his kindness and generosity. It has been pulled out more often.

Facing the favored concubine's request at this moment, he said, "Ah Huang is still thoughtful."

So the next day, Yun Fenghuang asked someone to bring Gong Xiangzhen to her. This child was completely different from what she thought, or what was rumored by the outside world.

Although he was a little nervous and ashamed that he rarely saw people, he was full of energy, and he didn't look like he was weak and sick since he was a child.

So what is the regent hiding from him?

Could it be that he felt hopeless early in the morning, alienated the eldest son while his step-wife came in, and then hid the youngest son, in exchange for them being accommodated by Chunjia now?

But if the regent had really accepted his fate before...

But why bother to stay away from Chunjia for so long?

When the Ji family was just destroyed, he threw in the towel and surrendered. In order to show the world, how could Chunjia treat him badly?

Wouldn't it be good for the family to go to the feudal kingdom to reunite at that time? Do you have to make the husband and wife feel cool now, and the two sons have a lot of grievances to be happy?

Can't figure it out.

The concubine who couldn't figure it out entertained Gong Xiangzhen very gently and kindly, and told the king of Qin and Zhaoqing to respect his uncle on the spot... Finally, he told Chen Jing to keep an eye on someone: "Just like this little prince, I can't see it." It is necessary for the Prince Regent to hide him when he comes out... Could there be other tricks?"

Not only did she have doubts in her heart, she went to the queen to pay her respects the next day, but the queen let the others go away, leaving her to talk, and quietly complained: "Did you see cousin Zhen yesterday? My palace sent someone to send him off two days ago. After passing things, someone came back and said that he was doing well, although his symptoms had subsided a bit, but it was all because of grief, and the imperial physician also said that there was nothing serious and that there were no deficiencies... I really don't know what the regent did not let him go. He showed up?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know either?" Yun Fenghuang was quite surprised, and said, "I still want to ask your Majesty."

After all, the relationship between the Gu family and the Prince Regent is very close.

The queen said: "What did I ask about these before? Later, when I was curious, it was not suitable."

The two chatted for a while with the family of the Prince Regent's Mansion, and they both felt that they were not sure about the operations of the Prince Regent.

The queen also lamented that Yin Nv Luo's life is good: "She was Shou Ninghou before and refused to pay attention to the Prince Regent's House, now that the Prince Regent and the second concubine are gone, she has become Princess Yi, and no one is holding her back anymore, so she is relaxed I heard that King Yi treated her well, and the young couple must have been harmonious and beautiful when they went to the fiefdom. It's just that they may be a little bit reluctant to part with Yin Qu and the seventh prince."

Yun Fenghuang smiled: "These two generations of family members are withered, and His Majesty only has two siblings. Even if they are allowed to go to the feudal clan due to the rules, can they not be called back for reunion during the festival?"

Even if it's not for posturing, it's still necessary to guard against some people who can't see the situation clearly and still provoke Gong Xiangxiao to make trouble.

It is not uncommon for the vassal king to leave the imperial capital and go to the fiefdom to be restless.

"That's true." The queen nodded and said, "It's just that Princess Yi hasn't made any movement at the moment, and it's even more difficult to expect filial piety in the future, but this heir has to be postponed."

Yun Fenghuang said: "It's nothing, she and King Yi are both so young. Think about it, when King Qin landed, His Majesty was in his twenties, isn't he a prosperous heir now?"

After chatting for a while, the queen finally remembered the business, and said to her: "Concubine Xian wants to adopt the second princess, what do you think?"

"Concubine Xian?" Yun Fenghuang groaned, thinking that the second princess...why is she so powerful?

When I first came to the palace, I cheated on Concubine Shu, and after being raised by the queen for two days, I fell in love with Concubine Xian. This is really...

She thought for a while and said, "But the second princess is Concubine Jing's daughter, so it depends on Concubine Jing's intentions, right? Even your empress, you are only taking care of her temporarily."

The queen said: "Isn't that right? But Concubine Xian came here personally and said that she felt that she had a good relationship with the second emperor, and that Concubine Jing didn't care much about the second emperor at first, and everyone in the palace knew it well. Now that Concubine Jing has her own child, only I'm afraid that she won't love the second emperor's daughter even more. But she lost two children in a row, and the last one to land is the emperor's daughter. Now that she sees the second emperor's daughter, she can't help but think of her own flesh and blood. If the second emperor's daughter goes to her, she will There is nothing wrong with the second princess."

Yun Fenghuang then asked: "What does the empress mean?"

"Whoever raises the emperor's daughter is not the one who raises her." The queen frowned, "Your Majesty also said that these days, if you follow the virtuous concubine, you have the right to look at the prince's face. It's just that Concubine Jing is not here now, even if you send someone back to ask... Is this really a little bit?" Out of order."

She was a little unhappy.

The second princess was originally a child under the name of Concubine Jing. This year, Concubine Jing was unable to leave because Concubine Jing was confinement in the palace. She asked Concubine Shu to bring her to the palace because Concubine Shu didn't take good care of her... There may be some inside story here In short, the queen took people to her side to take care of herself.

She felt that she did nothing wrong to the imperial heirs, especially the many princes under her knees, and finally a princess came, even if it was only temporarily, the queen really did not treat the second princess badly.

Who knew that the second imperial daughter turned her head and asked Concubine Xian to come to ask for someone in person, it was hard not to make the empress feel suspicious, thinking that what Concubine Shu said at the beginning was correct, the second imperial daughter is young but not simple, and what does this mean? It's fine if Concubine Shu didn't take good care of you, but didn't Bengong take good care of you?

You are dissatisfied with your former stepmother, Concubine Jing, and want to change your mother, why don't you want to change to Concubine Xian instead of Ben Gong?

The empress said calmly at this moment, "I just don't know what the second princess said to the concubine Xian, her attitude is very firm, and it's hard for me to refuse immediately. But I don't know if the concubine can do anything?"

"There are many princes under the left and right empresses, and they are usually busy with palace affairs, so they have no skills at all." Yun Fenghuang said casually, "Concubine Xian likes the second emperor so much, let her take care of the second emperor first. As for the second emperor How to arrange it in the future, and after returning to the palace, it won't be too late to talk about it in front of Concubine Jing. After all, Concubine Xian has said it herself, because she feels that she is destined to fall in love with the second emperor, so as long as the second emperor is by her side, she should have nothing to do. Opinion. It doesn't matter if it's her name or the second emperor's daughter."

"...That's right." The queen heaved a sigh of relief, she didn't want to accept concubine Xian and the second emperor's daughter like this, after all, she was unhappy, and if other concubines said that she couldn't say it, she would scold her.

But Concubine Xian is a princess of a foreign race after all, and the relationship between Guochao and Xifa is very delicate now.

The queen is a little embarrassed.

Now that the concubine said so, it is a good idea.

After returning to the palace, she wanted to refuse, so she just asked Concubine Jing to tear it up.

Concubine Jing is the stepmother, even if the palace ban knew that she didn't like the second emperor very much, and she didn't abuse her, it was only natural that she refused to give her daughter to others.

Yun Fenghuang asked again: "Why did the Second Imperial Daughter get together with Concubine Xian? I remember that Empress and Concubine Xian don't live close."

"Who knows, children always like to run all over the mountains and plains." The queen's eyes flashed, and she said, "I'm afraid it's not good for me to restrain them too much. I don't have much time to ask where they went. Only when Concubine Xian came to ask for someone, did I know that the second emperor's concubine was very congenial with Concubine Xian."

After a pause, she continued, "Concubine Xian hasn't seen Your Majesty for quite a while since she had a miscarriage, so it's no wonder that she likes the second emperor so much."

This is a hint that she suspects that Concubine Xian's desire for the second imperial daughter is due to drunkenness.

After all, although the second princess is not as popular with the emperor as Zhaoqing, but now the heirs who are about to enter the palace, the second prince and the third prince, have always been ignored by Chunjia because of their biological mother.

The rest are Qin Wang, Zhaoqing, the second emperor and the third emperor.

But the women of the Three Emperors are soft and timid, they are more in awe of Chunjia than they are close to them. Sometimes Chunjia takes the initiative to show affection, but she also hides behind Zhaoqing and dare not show her face.

In this way, after King Qin and Zhaoqing, Chunjia paid the most attention to the second princess.

After all, although this little girl is not as natural as Qin Wang and Zhao Qing got along with the emperor, she can be considered graceful, well-behaved and cute.

Since Chunjia cared about her daughter, she had no reason to leave her mother aside.

The reason why Concubine Jing was pregnant last year was not unrelated to the number of times the Second Emperor showed her face in front of the emperor.

Concubine Xian probably wanted her mother to be more precious than her daughter.

"It's a good thing that they hit it off." Yun Fenghuang smiled, "It's just that fate is hard to say. Some people are good and some are short. It's better to be open."

Her current relationship with Concubine Xian can't be said to be good or bad, so she doesn't really want to get involved in this matter.

Since the queen asked, she decided to delay it.

Yun Fenghuang didn't bother to worry about the others.

Because of the death of the Prince Regent during the summer vacation this year, Chunjia was always in a good mood.

But when he was about to leave for the palace, the news from Northern Xinjiang made the emperor's good mood disappear!