Chapter 156 Leave the Mother and Keep the Child?

When the queen heard that Yun Fenghuang was coming, she frowned slightly and said, "Let her in."

When we met, he asked unwelcomely, "I just came back, and things are being placed everywhere. I think you have a lot of children, so I have to watch it, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out, but I don't want to." idle?"

These words clearly accused Yun Fenghuang of not caring enough about his children.

Yun Fenghuang just smiled when he heard the words: "Mrs. Lao is thinking about it. King Qin and Zhaoqing are both going to school now. They are also older children, but they are becoming more sensible. They insist that they look after the people and take care of the younger brothers. Let the concubine come out for a walk, let's relax for a while. It is said that the concubine has worked hard to take care of them all the way... The concubine refuses, but they still refuse. There is no way, I can't let down the good intentions of the children, the concubine No, I can only go out for a walk, and come to see the empress after thinking about it."

Even though she knew that she must have done it on purpose, Gu Zhen was still a little bit worried.

I can't help but subconsciously think, if King Chu is fine, would he feel sorry for himself like this?

Thinking about it again, after all, because of Chunjia's indifference, the third prince has suppressed his temper at a young age, otherwise, according to his attachment to him, he would definitely not say such considerate words.

She gathered herself together, and then said lightly: "Since it is the children's kindness, you can accept it, but what are you doing here? I am here because of the King of Chu, but I am still busy, but I am worried and walk away. of."

The implication is that it's not that this palace's heirs are not filial, but that something happened to the King of Chu, and this palace can't leave.

"Of course the empress is busy here." Yun Fenghuang smiled, stared at her, and said meaningfully, "But is it because the empress is too busy that she forgot what I owe my concubine?"

Gu Zhen frowned and said, "Since when did I owe you something?"

"Why speak dark words in front of Ming people?" Yun Fenghuang took the time to play with the tea, put it down again, and said slowly, "Didn't your empress forget? Before His Royal Highness the King of Chu had an accident, whether he was a concubine or King Zhaoqing of Qin , They all went to visit immediately, asking for warmth, and did not neglect at all. But what did the empress do? Immediately spread rumors, saying that the reason why the king of Chu had an accident was the concubine's actions...The empress is not revenge, what is it?"

Seeing the Queen's pupils shrinking suddenly, without saying a word, Yun Fenghuang smiled, and continued, "Of course, the empress's mood at that time, I can understand: as if something happened to my own child, I know that the culprit is Who, but helpless, even had to acquiesce in disposing of some slaves and let it go...Which mother would I feel better about? So although the concubine could see it at the time, she didn't say anything, and even helped the empress I went to His Majesty and cried out my grievances. Madam, don’t you intend to repay this favor?”

"...What rumors? At that time, my palace was devoted to taking care of King Chu, but I didn't pay attention." The queen calmed down, and said lightly, "As for you going to cry in front of your majesty, is it very new? How many times have you not cried to your majesty? Anyway, don't worry about it. It's such a big deal, you just cry and cry, and it's over. You have cried so many times, how can I remember it?"

Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes, leaned back, and said softly: "Your Majesty, is this trying to turn your back on her? That's good. Although His Majesty didn't say it clearly at the time, it seemed that he was suspicious of the loving Empress Dowager. I was thinking about it." Now, this matter may not have anything to do with the loving mother Empress Dowager, so why don't you go and have a good talk with His Majesty, so that His Majesty can pay more attention to it, so that you can check it out, so as not to wrong the loving Empress Dowager?"

"It's really ridiculous." The queen said calmly, "Your majesty seems to take you seriously, and it involves murdering the prince. How can you not investigate clearly, but indiscriminately suspect the loving empress dowager? I think you are planting Become a habit, dizzy!"

"If other people have other matters, His Majesty will naturally confront the empress dowager." Yun Fenghuang sneered, his expression suddenly cooled down, and said in a cold voice, "But, it is the concubine who is being slandered! The concubine is the same as the empress dowager." The empress dowager's grievances, no matter whether it was done by the loving mother empress dowager or not, as long as your majesty speaks about it, the benevolent empress dowager will inevitably have some quarrels with her majesty! When it is found out, the mother-child relationship will inevitably be damaged, and the benevolent empress dowager will have to If not, why would His Majesty step down? Therefore, His Majesty will only conduct a brief investigation, and will never directly confront the loving mother, the Empress Dowager... This is not for the Empress Dowager, you can take this opportunity to privately Find some clues pointing to the loving mother empress dowager? Anyway, the loving mother empress dowager is not innocent of the king of Chu falling off the cliff, right?"

The queen's hands hidden in her sleeves were slowly clenched, but her face was still calm: "What you said is a bit unreasonable! How can your majesty be negligent when it comes to the reputation of the loving mother empress dowager? Besides, you have to make this matter now The matter is planted on Bengong's head, what do you think? Knowing that it will embarrass His Majesty, but you still want to reveal it, is it because you are afraid that the harem will be too peaceful?"

Yun Fenghuang snorted: "Of course I don't dare to disturb the empress dowager, I just want to make it clear to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can know the true ins and outs of the facts!"

The queen took a sip of the tea and closed her eyes. After a while, she opened them and said in a slow voice: "The emperor's heir will be enrolled soon. I don't want to be troublesome. Just tell me what you want to do."

"Since the empress is also thinking about the emperor's heir's admission, the concubine can feel at ease." Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "I think the empress does not want the matter of you planting the elders to be leaked, so that people can talk about you." It's not virtuous, and it even drags down the emperor's heir, so he can't hold his head up?"

"I know that you have always been very fond of me, but this is not the reason you rely on your love to be born out of nothing!" The queen gave her a warning look, paused, then slowed down her tone, and said lightly, "Since everyone is thinking To hold the emperor's heir, and to teach the emperor's heir carefully, you said that there are some of these, is it interesting?"

Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes, stared at her for a moment, and said with a smile: "What the empress said is also reasonable, then, I will resign."

After she left, the queen still sat on the phoenix seat for a long time without making a sound.

The valet stepped forward and said softly, "Your Majesty, she has no evidence."

"Does she need evidence?" The Queen sighed and said, "Think about it, for Your Majesty, would you rather hear that the palace framed the noble concubine, or that the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, framed the noble concubine? As long as she goes and tells His Majesty , she has no evidence, His Majesty will help to find evidence so that the queen mother and concubine he cares about the most will not quarrel with the noble concubine... Forget it, she came here today because she was worried that the Xie family was not as good as the Gu family. After enrolling, the Gu family will spread the reputation for the third prince, and the Xie family will be caught off guard. After all, Duke Yi has always been loyal to His Majesty, and he will not go into troubled waters for King Qin."

"It doesn't matter if you compromise like this, the third prince is smart, and he may not be inferior to the boasted King Qin."

As for Zhaoqing...

Liugong now also knows that Zhaoqing is actually better qualified than King Qin.

But it doesn't matter, this is an imperial daughter, and she is still lame.

No matter how outstanding she is, at most she can help Gu Chong, the crown prince has nothing to do with her.

Yun Fenghuang returned to his own palace, thinking about the previous compromise, he secretly hated: If it wasn't for Xie's failure to live up to expectations, would she need to give in like this?

Originally, Chunjia was very jealous of conflicts between the Queen Mother and the imperial concubine. If the queen deliberately provoked such a conflict, one can imagine how bad Chunjia's impression of Gu Zhen would be.

It is unlikely that he would have the idea of ​​abolishing the future because of such a matter, after all, Gu Zhen relies on his family background, which has nothing to do with the overall situation.

But it doesn't matter, water drops through a rope and saws wood, and it is a force to be able to contribute to Gu Zhen's downfall of the Gu family.

The noble concubine let out a sigh of relief, and saw the palace servants come in to report that Yi Shi was asking for an audience outside.

Yi Xingen did not go to escape the summer heat this year because she was pregnant, and now it is only a month before the due date, so she was a little staggering when she entered the door.

"What are you going out for now?" Yun Fenghuang looked her in the eyes, thinking that a beautiful woman in a city is a beautiful woman in a city, and those sister-in-laws from her natal family are pretty and lovely at least, but after being bloated, they will be more or less beautiful. His complexion has faded, and his appearance is not as good as before.

But Yi Xingen is no different from usual except for her big belly.

Only when he came closer to salute, could he see that some powder had been applied on his face to cover up his complexion.

She cried out, and said lightly, "Let's go back and have a good life. Give Your Majesty more branches and leaves, and this Palace will reward you."

Yi Xingen timidly agreed, and took out another shawl with intricate embroidery, saying that it was specially made for these days because she was thinking about the wind and wind: "I beg your mother, please don't dislike my clumsy skills."

"Since you've got it, let's keep it." Yun Fenghuang agreed indifferently, so Hong'e stepped forward to take it.

This sloppy attitude made Yi Xingen even more afraid to neglect, flattered her with all her heart, and then she retired in fear.

Watching her leave, Chen Jing came up and said, "Ishi is very reclusive in the palace these days, staying in the main hall all the time, not seeing her concubine Jing, and even paying attention to her concubines in the palace, she doesn't pay much attention."

Yun Fenghuang said lightly: "It's good for her to know what's interesting, Zhaoqing is very cute, she can't be dragged down."

"What the empress said is true." Chen Jing said with a smile, "Actually, Yishi has been blessed by the empress's care. There are few concubines who have children in the palace nowadays like her."

These words are somewhat tactful, revealing the meaning of asking whether Yi Xingen should take advantage of Yi Xingen's birth to leave the mother and keep the child, Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, and laughed: "I don't have the heart to protect her now, let's see her own fortune." stop."

If you can live, you can't.

Chen Jing understood her attitude, praised her for her kindness, and went down when it was over.

In fact, Yun Fenghuang cares about Zhaoqing's face to some extent. Although she can't love and protect this daughter unreservedly as her own, after all, she has never disappointed her so far, and she is still a very smart, lovely and caring child.

Yun Fenghuang didn't want to have a quarrel with the child in the future because of Yi Xingen.

But after saying the words of mercy, she thought of Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Qu again.

Empress Dowager Qu is able to live to this day, probably because Empress Dowager Yuan thinks so, right?

But in fact, the mother is the mother after all, as long as he is alive, the child has thoughts in his heart.

Unless it is the kind that is really cruel to children, Queen Mother Qu is not a fool, her own son has become the emperor, why should she be cruel to him? It's too late to show mother's love.

Yun Fenghuang thought about it for a while, if she was Yi Shi, she couldn't raise her own flesh and blood, what would she say if she had the opportunity in the future? She would never mention that she was incompetent and unable to be promoted to the imperial concubine, unable to keep the child by her side, but would tell the child that it was all the adoptive mother's fault.

Because the adoptive mother could not give birth by herself, she robbed the children of the servants.

Even Yi's concubine can be used as evidence against Yun Fenghuang, because Yi had no choice but to hand over the child, so Yun Fenghuang gave her the concubine to seal her mouth... If you don't do this, how can you never raise yourself The children win over?

So, Yi Xingen, do you want to get rid of it?

Yun Fenghuang held the teacup and fell into deep thought.