Chapter 165 Rumors

Because Yunfenghuang can't give birth, Aiwu and Wu are especially good to children. These characters have been set up one after another over the years, and they have already penetrated into Chunjia's heart.

No matter what others think of the imperial concubine, in his opinion, the imperial concubine may be jealous or even have bad intentions towards the concubines, but she has nothing to say about the emperor's heirs, she is absolutely caring and kind.

Hearing the words at this moment, he said gently: "What do you think, Ah Huang?"

"I just feel that the sixth prince's pure filial piety makes people feel distressed." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "Your Majesty, think about Qin Wang and Zhaoqing, and how the seventh and ninth princes are so lively in front of us? Before, Qin Wang He conspired with Zhaoqing to besiege Yixi with his siblings and companions. His majesty was reluctant to say anything serious about such a big matter, so he insisted on suppressing it. Zhaoqing was still not convinced at that time! But what about the sixth prince? Having suffered such a big crime, suffered so many grievances, but still want to protect Concubine An... It shows how filial and considerate she is to Concubine An. I can't even imagine it, how could Concubine An have the heart to do this?"

"As naughty as King Qin and Zhaoqing are, the concubines who play with each other from time to time are so angry and funny, how can the concubines have been beaten and scolded seriously? Let alone poisoned them!"

Chunjia didn't have much affection for Concubine An at first, but because of growing up together and Empress Dowager Yuan's face, she wanted to let her be raised in the palace for a lifetime, and in the future let the sixth prince raise her, in short, guarantee her life Forget about fine clothes and fine food, and other things.

Now that Yun Fenghuang said so, he inevitably developed a hatred for Concubine An in his heart.

She even subconsciously thought of Yuan Niangniang's troubles in the past.

"What Ah Huang said is that it seems that Concubine An is not suitable to raise the sixth prince anymore." Chunjia was silent for a while, and said, "I'll let someone pick up the sixth prince, um, yes, you Who is better to raise the sixth prince?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty, I also feel that it is better for the Sixth Prince not to continue to be raised by Concubine An. But you know that the loving mother Empress Dowager is very sympathetic to Concubine An. If the Sixth Prince is taken away from Concubine An, give other How could the loving mother Empress Dowager agree to be raised by any one of the lords? At that time, there will be another disturbance in the palace! His Majesty is already very busy with government affairs. Prince, but I am even more afraid of embarrassing His Majesty... Sigh, if only I was smarter and could think of a way to get the best of both worlds."

When Chunjia heard this, she was moved, hugged her tightly, and said softly: "You are pregnant now, but why do you have to worry about me so much? It's just a little thing, don't worry, I can handle it."

Then the next day, he took the sixth prince away from the Ningbi Palace in the name of "Concubine An is sick and unable to take care of the prince".

The Empress Dowager Yuan wanted to intervene when she heard the news, but the evidence of Concubine An's murder of the sixth prince was conclusive, coupled with her previous behaviors, the Empress Dowager could not say anything good for this niece, so she could only say: "Niang Niang also followed you I have grown up with you for many years. Since King Qi left, she has not been able to come out... This time, she was confused when she attacked Lao Liu, and she will definitely not do it in the future. And you will kill Lao Liu How can Niangniang bear it? After all, she was a childhood sweetheart, do you really have the heart to see her lose the will to survive like this?!"

Chunjia said indifferently: "The queen mother, of course the child couldn't bear it, that's why she sent Mrs. Li to the Huzhu Palace back then, and let the queen mother decide to take the son by caesarean section, and put the sixth prince under the name of Concubine An."

Over the years, regardless of the changes in Yuan Niang's status, Chunjia generally referred to her as "Nianniang", especially in front of the Empress Dowager Yuan.

Now it is said "Concubine An", which shows that the friendship in the past has been scattered.

Even if not, at least the emperor hoped that the queen mother would realize that he no longer had any feelings for Yuan Niangniang.

The Queen Mother fell silent.

Although she felt that the emperor controlled these many children, and the birth mother of the sixth prince was humble, it was worth taking this child as a consolation for Concubine An, whether it was life or death, it was worth it anyway. But this kind of thing is hard to say clearly.

After a while, she asked slowly: "Who are you going to... give the sixth prince to be raised?"

"Is the queen mother willing to worry about this?" Chunjia hesitated for a while and asked slowly.

Empress Dowager Yuan was very surprised by these words, and couldn't help saying: "Don't worry?"

"Why is the baby worried?" Chunjia looked at her strangely, as if it was an incredible thing for the queen mother to say such a thing, "The queen mother is the one who brought up the baby with one hand, and the baby knows nothing more than the mother's intentions in raising the child. I'm afraid that raising the emperor's heir will be too exhausting and disturb the queen mother's rest... but why worry?"

Empress Dowager Yuan listened with mixed feelings in her heart.

She really wanted to ask Chunjia, since you still trust me, why, the relationship between you and my mother and child for more than twenty years is not as good as Xiaoyun's years of serving in the palace?

Could it be that even an emperor like you can't escape marrying a daughter-in-law and forgetting his mother?

Then it occurred to her that maybe the emperor had said it to her on purpose.

In the past, the Queen Mother had always been very confident. Chunjia was brought up by her alone. In a sense, she was also the one who supported her to take the throne of God.

She didn't understand this son any more.

But since Chunjia came to power, she became more and more calm, and the queen mother gradually found that she couldn't see clearly what the emperor was thinking.

Reason told the Queen Mother that this is a good thing.

If Chunjia is always clear in front of her, it means that no matter how good he is, he has never surpassed the Queen Mother herself.

The queen mother thought that she could not control many important ministers in the previous dynasty.

In that case, even if the Ji family and the regent are both gone, it will only be a matter of time before a few powerful officials are replaced.

Facts have proved that the emperor has taken power back from the Ji family and the regent, and has been holding it tightly all the time.

He is already blue out of blue and better than blue.

This is what the Empress Dowager pursued tirelessly when she carefully cultivated him.

But when the emperor achieved her goal, the queen mother found that she did not have the comfort and joy of imagination.

The feeling of being out of control with a single-handed child is actually not that good.

The queen mother didn't know whether it was because Chunjia was not her own, she was always worried that the child would abandon her after the wings were hardened, or it was because every mother who invested too much in her child, whether it was her own or not, had a hard time accepting her child Suddenly I have an idea, isn't it the obedience to obey and ask for instructions in the past?

No matter what she thinks in her heart, facing the current Chunjia, facing the olive branch he offered to show favor and ease the relationship, Queen Mother Yuan was silent for a moment, and finally she could only say: "The Ai family is not too old to move, since Concubine An can't take care of the sixth child for the time being, so let the child come to Ai's house for the time being."

The emperor was determined not to allow Concubine An to raise the sixth prince, and whoever raised the sixth prince would slap Concubine An in the face.

It's better to stay in the Spring Palace, so that the news of Concubine An's illness is confirmed, which can be regarded as saving face for the Yuan family.

And the Queen Mother will definitely teach the sixth prince good words about Concubine An, so that even if this child does not grow up beside Concubine An, he will always maintain his admiration for Concubine An.

In this way, Concubine An can have someone to rely on when she grows old...

The news that the sixth prince was moved to Chunlang Palace to be raised by his loving mother, the Empress Dowager, did not cause any disturbance in the Sixth Palace at first. Anyway, neither Concubine An nor the sixth prince was a popular person.

Moreover, the loving mother, the empress dowager, could not take advantage of it when she fell in love with Yun Fenghuang, and she would crush anyone else in the palace.

Out of fear, everyone didn't dare to say anything about Concubine An.

But after only a few days of peace, rumors emerged in the palace confinement, saying that the reason Chunjia refused to appoint a crown prince was because he preferred the sixth prince as the crown prince.

"Where did this rumor come from?" Yun Fenghuang was a little bit dumbfounded when he heard the rumors, holding warm goat's milk and asked around, "Does anyone actually believe this?"

Chen Jing, who came to complain, didn't smile, but said seriously: "Your Majesty, even if this is a rumor, you have to guard against it: because the people who spread the rumor said that today's son was raised by a loving mother, the empress dowager. When she was in front of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, who would have thought that there would be the Ninth Five-Year Supreme? This situation is so similar to the sixth prince today? Furthermore, there is a lesson from the Ji family before, how can His Majesty not take it as a warning? So Your Majesty When choosing a crown prince, priority must be given to princes whose birth mothers are not noble."

"Now there are thirteen princes in the palace, the first prince, the natal family of the King of Qin is the Duke of Yi, the second prince and the third prince, let alone the fourth prince, the fifth prince is His Royal Highness Chu, and the seventh prince's natal family. He belongs to the famous Yin family and is highly valued by his grandfather and Princess Yi, the ninth prince is the heir of the empress, the tenth prince and the twelfth prince are the legitimate sons, the eleventh prince's family is the Wei family, and the thirteenth prince's family is the Luo family!"

In this way, the real birth mother is humble, and the adoptive mother's natal family is not particularly powerful, there are only the sixth prince, the eighth prince and the ninth prince.

Among them, the sixth prince and the eighth prince's natal families are both Yuan's family in Uncle Xingning's mansion. The lintel is more noble than the Xie family who was born in Yunfenghuang, but it can't stop the two concubines of the Yuan family. Feng Huang, stepping on Yuan Lianniang's position, has been favored to this day!

Moreover, Yun Fenghuang has a strong personality and spares no effort to promote her family... From the perspective of avoiding the appearance of a second Ji family in the country, the sixth and eighth princes really have great hopes.

"But the eighth prince is now raised under the empress's lap, even if it is still recorded under the name of Concubine Yuan Xian, but he grew up in front of the empress, how could he not kiss the empress?" Chen Jing whispered, "So the most suitable, Nothing better than the Sixth Prince. But Empress Anfei is not a very virtuous person, His Majesty is worried that she will not be able to teach the Sixth Prince well. This implies that Empress Anfei treats the Sixth Prince badly. Hand it over to the caring mother empress dowager... The caring mother empress dowager can raise a son of letters and martial arts like your majesty, and it is even easier to train a qualified prince!"

"..." Yun Fenghuang listened, and his leisurely expression became a little gloomy.

She thought for a while, then asked, "Is this rumor... credible?"

"A lot of people outside said that in private." Chen Jing hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "And, Madam, think about it, even if His Majesty didn't mean it originally, the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, has raised the sixth prince herself, so she can't be bothered. ?”

Yun Fenghuang immediately had rich associations: before she taught King Qin and Zhaoqing in advance, she also used the follow-up of King Chu's accident after returning from summer vacation this year to blackmail the queen, hoping that King Qin and Zhaoqing would continue to work hard to suppress the younger siblings after they entered school. , in order to create an image of himself as a virtuous and virtuous person who is good at teaching children.

So is the queen.

But in terms of competition in this respect, the loving mother Empress Dowager can easily beat the empress and Yun Fenghuang because of the ready-made example of Chunjia.

Even if the entire harem is tied up, she is no match for her.

After all, among the concubines, who dares to say that the children they teach must be better than Chunjia?

So if the sixth prince grows up under the empress dowager's knee, even if he is raised in the deep palace and no one knows him, he will be imagined inside and out as a model prince with both talent and appearance, military strategy, generosity, understanding, filial piety and consideration.

This will not work.

She was immediately on the alert.

Although she knew very well in her heart, Chunjia probably didn't mean that.

It's just that Concubine An is not suitable for raising the sixth prince, but in order to give Empress Dowager Yuan a face, she simply let Empress Dowager Yuan take care of her... But, after a lot of things happened, the taste changed.

Didn't the Ji clan sincerely support the emperor Chunjia? I just want Chunjia to be a puppet, what happened?

Maybe now whether Chunjia, Queen Mother Yuan or the ignorant sixth prince, they all think that this is a compromise method to prevent Concubine An from being in close contact with the sixth prince.

But when the sixth prince grows up, do they still think so? Does the foreign minister have any plans... It's really hard to say.

Early in the morning, Yun Fenghuang regarded the position of crown prince as her own heir's pocket, and she even thought that the latter position was only temporarily deposited with Gu Zhen, so how could she tolerate such an existence with future troubles?

She calmed down and asked, "Do you know where this rumor first spread?"

Chen Jing said in a low voice, "The servant is still investigating."

That means it hasn't been found yet.

Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Send some things to Jiashan Palace later, and take a few words to the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager on my behalf."