Chapter 160: Marquis of Jingning

Before, Yun Fenghuang had always hoped to use Qu Hongzhuan to check and balance Yi Xingen, but Qu Hongzhuan was not as good as Yi's in terms of appearance, imperial favor, or pregnancy, which made Yun Fenghuang quite depressed.

This time Qu Hongzhuan finally managed to live up to his expectations, but Huanhua Palace was not happy at all.

After all, ever since the Empress Dowager revealed that Yun Fenghuang's pregnancy was hopeful, the people in the Xuanqing Palace hoped most for Yun Fenghuang to be happy for herself.

But it's no wonder that Hong'e's expression is full of mixed feelings at the moment, but she doesn't have much joy.

Yun Fenghuang himself felt a little pricked, so he paused before saying: "This is good news, let people appreciate it."

He also ordered a few people to go to Qu Hongzhuan's side to help her watch, so as not to get caught.

Although there are so many imperial heirs in the palace, it is said that whether Qu Hongzhuan is born or not is not a problem in the overall situation, but the world is unpredictable, maybe some people will not see her being born?

Not to mention that for Qu Hongzhuan, only by giving birth to a living emperor's heir can she have a secure future.

After Chunjia left, she would not be thrown into the palace to fend for herself.

This Qu family has always been respectful and sensible, so Yun Fenghuang naturally has to protect it.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let the imperial physician come and take a look?" The atmosphere in Huanhua Hall was very solemn this day.

In the evening, after some discussions among the attendants, the most experienced Qing people finally stepped forward and suggested, "See if there are any things around us that shouldn't be placed?"

This was just to avoid hurting Yun Fenghuang's heart. In fact, they suspected that the doctor in front of the Empress Dowager made a wrong diagnosis, and Yun Fenghuang still couldn't give birth?

Or, Yun Fenghuang's body hasn't recuperated yet?

And the medicine sachet that was broken by Mrs. Zhao last time, could it be that the effect was beyond the doctor's expectation, and it still affected Yun Fenghuang's body?

Regardless of the possibility, it cannot be delayed.

Even if there is no hope at all, at least I have to find out about the medicine bag and seek justice for their mother.

"..." Yun Fenghuang knew what they were thinking. In fact, she herself was also a little suspicious. It's just that the emperor's heirs are only entering school now. She has a lot of things to do, and she feels that not being pregnant for a while may not be a bad thing. Now she is silent for a moment, weighing the pros and cons, Fang said, "That's it."

The Qing people breathed a sigh of relief, and the next day they summoned an imperial physician who was good at maternity and infants under the pretext that Yun Fenghuang was feeling unwell.

Then the imperial physician diagnosed Yun Fenghuang as usual, that is, she was able to conceive but not conceived.

After saying this, the Qing people breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked him to look at the objects around Yunfenghuang, and after confirming that they were correct, they sent him away.

Turning their heads, the group of people were worried again: "Since our empress is healed now, and there is nothing around me that hinders the heirs, why is there no news from the empress? Your Majesty's empress has always had the most frequent visits here."

"...Maybe it's fate that didn't arrive?"

I can only think so.

In any case, being able to give birth but not being pregnant for the time being is better than not being able to conceive before.

The master and servant calmed down, put the matter down for the time being, and turned their attention to the temple.

After Chunjia came back from the summer vacation, after two days of quietness, she began to make some adjustments.

Among them, the most controversial one was the summoning of Ke Cong, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, to return to the court.

Ke Cong is a veteran, and he is also a general. It's just that the Ke family is weak, and their momentum is much weaker than that of the Gu Jiayun family. In theory, this person doesn't have many particularly good achievements. Looking at his actions and running the army, one word to describe him is stability.

Considering his age, Ke Cong will be old in two years, because he has been stationed in the south all the year round, whether it is the battle between Emperor Xiaozong and the Ji family, Chunjia's succession to the throne and his personal administration, and the death of the regent not long ago...he has followed all these I don't know the same, I don't mix it at all.

While staying out of the matter, everyone habitually forgot about him.

Suddenly called back by Chunjia, everyone was caught off guard.

Not to mention the feelings of the Gu family, even though Chun Jia announced that the reason for doing this was the hard work of the veteran Gu Nian, and Ke Cong is already an old man, two years older than the Empress Dowager, but he still has to defend the climate for the court As a benevolent emperor, how could his Gong Xiangji bear it in the hot and humid southern Xinjiang?

So let Ke Cong's deputy take over as commander-in-chief, and let Ke Cong return to the court to receive a good commendation... Isn't this the basic operation of a monarch who is sympathetic to his subjects?

But the entire Gu family felt that it was because the emperor didn't trust them anymore, and they had to find someone to replace Gu Fangshu in advance.

It's even worse... After all, it's no secret that Ke Cong has a steady style of work, especially good at defense.

It's hard not to make people doubt that the emperor's loyalty to the Gu family is so pessimistic that he needs a veteran who is good at guarding the imperial capital. Take a closer look, what does this mean?

This is to suspect that the Gu family will rebel!

The old man Gu's vision went dark when he thought of this place, and he fell ill overnight.

Then after waking up, he learned that the emperor was very concerned after hearing the news, and specially sent Yan Yin to visit, and left behind many nourishing medicinal materials. Old Mrs. Gu only thought that these were decapitated meals.

Don't dare to think, dare not think deeply, but have to think.

... Regardless of whether the courtiers believed his words or not, Chunjia believed them anyway!

In short, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ke Cong, accompanied by his nephews, arrived in the imperial capital.

Chunjia gave him a very grand treatment, and asked Gong Xiangzhen to go out of the city ten miles to meet him. When Ke Cong entered the palace, he went down to the palace to help him, saying that "the old general has worked hard". So people announced the imperial edict, made Ke Cong the Marquis of Jingning, and gave the mansion money and silk.

The news of this canonization came out, and the entire Gu family, including Queen Gu Zhen, suffered another internal injury.

Gu Fangshu has been stationed in northern Xinjiang for many years, and the one who worked so hard to kill him is only an earl.

Nanmian, presided over by Ke Cong, has been peaceful these days, completely useless, but is he a Marquis? ? ?

For a while, although no one jumped out to say something and do something, there was a kind of depression in the front and back palace.

Yun Fenghuang's heart was also up and down. Of course, she hoped that Chunjia would do this because she was suspicious of the Gu family, and even wanted to make the Gu family cool off, but Chunjia had a deep mind, and she didn't dare to be blindly optimistic until the dust settled. .

Of course, this is a private thought.

On the scene, she purposely put on a look of confidence and complacency, especially in front of the queen.

This made Gu Zhen, who was already worried, even more preoccupied, and discussed with his left and right, did the emperor already plan to attack the Gu family?

"Your Majesty, it shouldn't be so. Don't forget that Uncle is still leading the army." Left and right were also panicked, trying to comfort her, "And all the noble children in the imperial capital, including the concubine's brothers and clansmen, are under Uncle's hands. Even if His Majesty wants to risk his troops, he still has to think about these people."

Moreover, "Although Marquis Jingning has a lot of seniority, he has always been in the south. His signature is not recognized in the Dingbei Army. Even if His Majesty goes out, he may not be able to win our family... In short, we can't mess up now. The most important thing is to follow the rules.”

The voice lowered, "You are not the former queen, you have a legitimate son under your knees."

Even if it's not his own, he's still his son on the jade plate, isn't he?

Therefore, "Even if there is something wrong with the Gu family, the officials will not sit back and watch you be abandoned! Don't forget that the former empress asked herself to go down. In the final analysis, it was the Ji family who had too much power and provoked public anger. Our Gu family has never done this thing!"

Gu Zhen smiled wryly, and said: "If it's just Your Majesty, I believe that I am not the former empress. Although I am not favored by him, I may not have been hated by him for many years. But don't forget, the noble concubine is watching! In addition, why is there no excuse for the crime?"

The left and right sides of these words are silent, yes, the simple emperor may not have that much malice towards the Gu family and Gu Zhen.

But with the addition of Yunfenghuang, it's not necessarily the case.

Anyone can see this coveting for a later position.

How could she let Gu Zhen go if she wanted to be in power?

The master and servant were silent for a while.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, because of the queen's confusion, was finally organized by Yun Fenghuang and Concubine Shu De.

Except for the loss of a Prince Regent and the addition of a newly promoted Marquis of Jingning, there is nothing special about it.

But two days after the feast, something happened to the sixth prince.

The high fever persisted, and he talked nonsense. The imperial physician prescribed prescriptions and performed consultations, but the effect was very weak.

Half a day later, he began to twitch. It is said that the situation is very scary.

When the queen received the report, she was a little skeptical about Yun Fenghuang: "The sixth prince has been very ordinary since he landed, how could he suddenly get sick, even the imperial doctor can't see it well? Don't someone want to kill the grass?"

But it's not easy to go out and talk nonsense without evidence, so I gathered my energy and went to see the Huzhu Palace.

In fact, changing the heir may not be qualified to make her care so much. After all, there are so many heirs in the palace now, and it is true that not all of them are so expensive.

The key is that Concubine An is backed by the Queen Mother Yuan, and the Queen doesn't want to give the Queen Mother a chance to make use of it.

Yun Fenghuang followed the Queen to the Dendrobium Palace.

Speaking of which, this was the place she stayed when she first entered the palace, but because she hadn't been here for several years, it looked rather strange.

The palace servants in the Ningbi Hall were somewhat familiar when they went in and out, but they all looked much older.

It must be because Concubine An's status in the palace is not what it used to be.

At the beginning, Yuan Niangniang thought wholeheartedly that the position of concubine was too much for her, and she deserved the phoenix seat in Chongchang Palace.

As a result, after several ups and downs in the palace, she still relied on the support of her loving mother, the Empress Dowager, and so far she is only a concubine.

That is to say, the ironic and insulting title proposed by the former empress was changed.

As soon as the concubine entered the door, she heard whimpering and crying inside, because she didn't have a good relationship with Concubine An, so it was very annoying.

After that - went inside and asked about the situation of the emperor's heir for a while, the queen couldn't help but said to Concubine An: "The emperor's heir is just having a convulsion now, and it's not hard to save. Why are you crying here? It's not misleading." !"

This is a tact for the Empress Dowager's sake, otherwise I would just ask her directly, why is your son still dead?

Concubine An's temper didn't get any better after she fell out of favor, but now she didn't refute, she stopped and sobbed a little, choked up and said: "If the sixth prince has something good or bad, I don't want to live anymore!"

"The imperial doctor can say that the sixth prince will be good or bad? How can a mother curse her son like this!" The queen was displeased, "You don't want to stay here, go out and wash your face and calm down. I will guard the imperial concubine."

Yun Fenghuang was actually unwilling to guard, after all, for a child of the sixth prince's age, the chances of him being gone if he said nothing were really not small.

The Xie family is prosperous, and the child mortality rate is not low.

She is used to seeing and listening to brothers and sisters of the same age since she was a child, because of a little thing, a little negligence, and examples of saying nothing, she has long been indifferent.

Seeing the Queen speak quickly at this moment, I was worried that when Concubine An left, the Sixth Prince would make a mistake, so who would take the blame?

Then he said: "Your Majesty, don't be annoyed, Concubine An must be concerned about it, so she will be chaotic. How about this, I will go out with her to clean up, so as not to lose my appearance in front of Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, it didn't matter whether Concubine An was happy or not, she dragged her to go outside.

She was a member of Concubine An's palace before, and she was called by Concubine An to serve her meals. Of course she was clear about the layout of Ningbi Palace, so she dragged Concubine An outside the bedroom with ease.

Arriving here, Yun Fenghuang didn't bother to pretend to be company anymore, and was about to let Concubine An go in and clean up by herself, but suddenly she smelled something.