Chapter 180 Palace Change

"The queen has finally made up her mind?" Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly in the Huanhua Palace, stretched out her hand casually to tease the parrot on the shelf, and said slowly, "So, is she going to get rid of the palace first, or is she going to treat the parrot first?" The loving empress dowager?"

Chen Jing was at the side offering her the bird food: "This, Gu Cairen doesn't know yet. She sent this message back and forth just to ask for advice, how should she speak?"

Yun Fenghuang sneered: "How can I speak up? Naturally, I want to persuade the queen not to act rashly, so as not to get out of control after the incident fails!"

"This..." Chen Jing was startled when she heard the words, and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has been holding back before, but this time she has finally made up her mind. If you really listen to Gu Cairen's words, then?"

"So I have to ask Gu Cairen to add a sentence: If the queen doesn't listen to her, she will report to the family!" Yun Fenghuang put the bird food in the palm of his hand, watched the colorful parrots jump over and peck a little bit, and said slowly, "In this way, the queen will probably put her under house arrest, but at the same time it is also a kind of protection... Let her not panic, as long as she thinks about the family and the queen, don't worry about anything else!"

After the parrot had finished eating, she patted her palms, took the handkerchief held by Chen Jing and wiped her hands clean, sat down on the imperial concubine's couch next to her, and said, "The past two years, my palace has been giving the empress openly and secretly. Pressure, she is not expected to be able to preside over the Six Palaces. Normally, it’s okay if you can’t see it in a calm situation. When things happen one after another, naturally you can’t bear it. There is also Gu’s point later, plus Your Majesty does not intend to abandon her, otherwise how could she survive?"

"Since this year, Gu's situation has become even worse, and Bengong is pregnant at this time..."

She sneered, "The empress lost her composure in a dispute with the empress dowager last time, which proves that she is at the end of her strength and will collapse anytime, anywhere!"

"The collapse of an ordinary noble lady is often solved in one go."

"But Gu Zhen, she is the daughter of a general after all, she grew up on the frontier, and her riding and archery is even higher than her own!"

"As the saying goes, with a sharp weapon in her chest, she is willing to kill herself. When she is desperate, she will probably fight to the death... Especially when Bengong gave her a way out?"

Chen Jing was puzzled and said, "Retreat?"

"It's Gu Shao." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "Whether it's the queen or the Gu family, in fact, they have been wavering between two choices for a long time: trust your majesty, abide by your duties as a courtier, and sit and watch your majesty weaken every step of the way. Even if Uncle Zhao Wu's military power is removed, but he will try his best to protect Gu Zhen's posthumous position and the heir apparent's position as the prince's heir, he should still hold on to the military power so that His Majesty will not have any bargaining chips when he backtracks!"

"The empress is now determined to fight to the end, but she is not alone, and she has to consider the outcome after she fails."

"That's why I asked Gu Shao to persuade her not to act rashly... the empress will definitely imprison Gu Shao, which is what everyone in the palace knows."

"In this way, once she is questioned, Gu Shao will be loyal to His Majesty and the family, and she can also be a witness that this matter was done by the queen alone and has nothing to do with Gu!"

Chen Jing couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, but Gu Shao and the Empress Dowager are sisters, her testimony is still justifying the family, Your Majesty, can you believe it?"

"Of course Your Majesty will believe it. Even if you don't believe it in the future, you will believe it now." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "Don't forget, Uncle Zhaowu, and the part of the Dingbei Army that went to Weihe is still on the grassland now. .Even if Hele succeeded in another sneak attack before, and lost many nobles, isn’t this all dead? Even if His Majesty becomes cruel and doesn’t care about those people, how can their father and brother’s family be willing?”

It must be known that everyone thought that this battle must be won, and they all rushed to join in with the idea of ​​making merit.

In this way, if there are many children in a family, those who are qualified to blend must be highly valued.

How could they be willing to lose?

At that time, Chunjia will have to be stopped.

After a pause, Yun Fenghuang continued, "At that time, His Majesty will most likely reach a tacit agreement with Mrs. Gu, and blame the empress herself... Hehe, I am afraid of one thing now, that is, the empress is too useless to treat the empress as a good mother." How about the Queen Mother, just leak the news, and it will be embarrassing in vain!"

Chen Jing offered a plan and said, "Your Majesty, can we help Empress Empress a little?"

"We don't want to get involved in this matter." Yun Fenghuang rubbed his swollen belly, narrowed his eyes and said, "I have to be able to get rid of as much as possible about the matter involving the loving mother Empress Dowager... Keep an eye on it." Er Zhonggong, if it is confirmed that the queen is going to make a move, then Gu Shao is useless. How can a person like her withstand the interrogation by the Imperial City Secretary? Then let her go on the road and accompany the biological mother of the twelve princes go!"

"Then what if the empress can't treat the loving mother, the empress dowager?"

"Tell this news to the Holy Mother Empress Dowager." Yun Fenghuang glanced at Chen Jing, "I am still young, and I can still gamble. The Holy Mother Empress Dowager and the loving Empress Dowager are similar in age. It may not be younger than the loving mother Empress Dowager. If she continues to wait, it may not be who survives who!"

... Afterwards, the palace was calm and calm. According to Chen Jing's report, the queen seemed to forget about it after uttering harsh words.

This action made it impossible for the spies of Yanfu Palace to pass on the news in time, so they couldn't tell what the queen was doing for a while.

Yun Fenghuang then urged Chun Jia to go over and have a look: "Thanks to His Majesty's great love, I was able to assist the empress to take care of the six palaces. But now the concubine is getting pregnant and lacks energy. The empress is sick in this eye joint. I don't know what's going on now? What if the empress is not well after a while, the concubine can't handle it alone, concubine Shu and concubine De concubine and the others are inexperienced, and they will be in a hurry..."

Chunjia only said that the imperial concubine was worried that the queen said that the six palaces would be in trouble after she was ill, which would be bad for her childbirth.

The queen saw him lying on the couch, and said, "Why is your majesty here? The concubine is worried about the concubine's life? Hehe...the concubine's life is fine, but I'm a little tired these two days. Just lie down for a while, please Your Majesty and the noble concubine don't need to worry."

"...No matter what, you are always the queen." Chunjia frowned and looked at her complexion. Although he didn't love the queen, he sincerely hoped that the queen would be healthy. After all, the tenth prince and the twelve princes were still young and needed it very much Mother's care and protection.

If the queen had a mistake right now, whether it was death, disability or illness, it would not be a good thing for the emperor's future plans.

At this moment, seeing Gu Zhen's complexion pale, he raised a few words, and ordered the imperial physician who usually took his pulse to come and see her.

The reason Chunjia did this was because she was afraid that the queen was really seriously ill, or that she might not be able to find out if she was caught by a dark hand.

But in Gu Zhen's view, it was because the emperor suspected that he was pretending to be sick, so he arranged for his trusted imperial physician to verify it.

Her heart became even colder, and after the person left, she beat the edge of the couch for a long time before finally calming down, quietly waiting for the opportunity.

Time soon entered the summer, and the heat gradually rose.

Counting the days, Yun Fenghuang felt a little worried: "When the summer vacation begins, I'm afraid it's not suitable for my palace to leave. The summer in the imperial capital is always very difficult. When the time comes, I will have to confine myself to confinement, alas..."

She still remembered that when she was at the knees of Yunju and his wife before entering the palace, the summer in the imperial capital was really sad.

Unlike the Northland, although there are scorching heat in summer, it can cool down quickly in the daytime during the day, and at night.

The most terrible thing is the confinement period after giving birth. You can't use ice or wash your hair and take a bath in this kind of day. This is really...

Just think about it and you will have nothing to love.

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the Ministry of Industry to build a self-rain pavilion in the palace?" Chen Jing suggested, "Although it is not as shaded as in the mountains, it is much more comfortable than ordinary houses."

This is a good idea, so Yun Fenghuang told Chunjia about it.

Naturally, Chunjia would not object, and even said that this year he would try to leave for the Qishan Palace as early as possible, maybe it would be convenient for Yunfenghuang to go together.

Although several of his concubines have the experience of being left behind during the summer vacation, and even being left behind to give birth, after all, the emperor has no affection for them. about there. Now it's the concubine's turn, of course he can't treat her the same way.

Hearing this, he immediately asked Yan Yin to give orders.

Knowing the news, the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

And the empress must be pulled out as a comparison. The conclusion is that the middle palace is getting more and more decadent, and no matter how you look at it, it is not as good as the imperial concubine.

But at this time, Wei Changkong conducted another assessment for the emperor's heirs. Unexpectedly, the third prince beat his brothers and sisters and won the first place!

Naturally, Zhonggong would not miss this opportunity, and hurriedly publicized it. The implication was that the imperial concubine was just a concubine of the emperor who came from a poor family.

King Qin and Zhaoqing were praised by the emperor for their intelligence, but what happened? Isn't he the third prince who has never passed the exam and raised him in a low-key manner?

"Even Zhaoqing has been compared?" Yun Fenghuang was also very surprised when he received the news, and asked the dejected brothers and sisters in front of him, "How could this be so? Could it be that your third brother is smarter than you?"

"How is it possible?!" Before King Qin could speak, Princess Zhaoqing couldn't take it anymore, because she had heard so much that she was the most beautiful and smartest child in the world, she couldn't bear others to surpass her in beauty and intelligence.

Hearing this, he immediately denied it, "How can he be smarter than Erchen!"

"What's going on?" Yun Fenghuang sighed, "It can't be that you guys let him in on purpose?"

"This..." Zhaoqing and King Qin looked at each other, weighing whether this reason is more face-saving?

Just thinking about whether to just admit it like this, they heard their mother and concubine seem to be talking to themselves: "This is impossible. King Qin and Zhao Qing are usually the most sympathetic to this palace. How could they know that doing so would make this palace It's embarrassing, why do you still want to do it? They can't think that their third brother is more important than me, right?"

Zhaoqing immediately changed his mind, and said awkwardly: "My son... um... My son was careless this time, and that's why I lost my hand."

Yun Fenghuang frowned and asked: "How can you be careless when you are fine?"

...Isn't it because I feel that I am very smart, so I study casually, take tests casually, and my brothers and sisters are not rivals?

Zhao Qing was embarrassed to tell the truth, lowered his head, and obediently admitted his mistake: "It's my son's fault."

"Forget it this time, people will always miss. But next time it can't be like this!" Yun Fenghuang patted her head, without punishment, only sighed, "In the past two days, inside and outside She is saying that the mother and concubine can't teach children, and that you are not really smart and clever. Otherwise, how could you be compared with your third brother? After all, everyone knows that your father and emperor don't want to see your third brother. On the contrary, you two , Love is like a treasure. Think about it, how sad it is to listen to such words?"

King Qin and Zhaoqing left in frustration and anger, and Yun Fenghuang's face turned cold, and he glanced to the side: "Why has the Third Prince made such great progress?"

Chen Jing was a little embarrassed: "Ma'am, maybe it's because the third prince is not favored, and in order to get the praise of the empress, he tried every means to study hard."

In fact, in terms of aptitude, Zhaoqing should be better than the third prince.

But Zhaoqing is favored, coupled with his conceit and intelligence, he is somewhat impetuous in schoolwork. Unlike the third prince, who really worked hard with an attitude of hanging his head and stabbing his butt.

In this case, it is very normal for Zhaoqing to come second.

Yun Fenghuang didn't really care about Zhaoqing's defeat, but she was worried about King Qin: "I've checked, the gap between King Qin and the third prince is widening?"

"...Maybe it's because His Highness King Qin is not as hardworking as the third prince?" Chen Jing thought for a while, and said tactfully, "It's just that His Highness is still young, and he is deeply favored by His Majesty, so it's inevitable that he would jump out."

"The two children are not here at the moment, you don't need to cover them up." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "King Qin's aptitude is not as good as Zhaoqing's, and now it seems that he is even worse than the third prince?"

She was a little disappointed. It was actually expected that King Qin was not as good as the third prince. The third prince's biological mother was Kang Jieyu Ji Muzi, the first cousin of the former queen Ji Lingzi, and the first daughter of Marquis Minyang. And who is Min Yanghou? It is one of the mainstays of the Ji family who assisted his father and brother Ye Guogong Hai Xihou in taking power for three dynasties!

Although there are many examples throughout the ages that chickens are not as good as phoenixes, there are also many cases where tiger fathers have no dogs.

As the direct grandson of the Ji family, the third prince, in terms of the dignity of his parents' blood, among the heirs in the palace so far, none can surpass him and the second prince.

After all, King Qin's biological mother, Zhao Shi, was just an ordinary concubine, let alone compared to Zhaoqing's biological mother Yi Xingen in terms of cleverness, even Qu Hongzhuan.

"Although King Qin is not working hard now, he is still working hard. After all, he is the eldest son, and he is older than Zhaoqing." Thinking of this, Yun Fenghuang couldn't help sighing, and said, "It's just that this child has always been raised with gold and jade. , His Majesty also loves him. There is no extraordinary matter, how could he work hard like the third prince at all costs? In this way, I am afraid that the defeat like today will not happen once or twice. "

Chen Jing said softly: "Your Majesty, how can the blessings of the third prince compare with our Highness?"

The implication is that the third prince has the ability to be the champion, but he may not have the qualifications to be the champion.

After all, King Qin and Zhaoqing took turns as the first names before, not only because the two heirs were smart and smart, but also because Concubine Min stood behind them!

The queen behind the third prince does not have this deterrent power.

If the tenth and twelfth princes are replaced, the other concubines may still be a little scrupulous.

As for the third prince, who is willing to obey him?

If you can't fight head-on, can't you play negatively?

Yun Fenghuang didn't answer Chen Jing's words, but said indifferently: "Next, tell the two children more tragic things about the plummeting of their studies, just as if the father doesn't love the mother, doesn't love himself, and has no ability, and finally wastes his life and even has no good. Let's talk about it next time. Just avoid His Majesty."

It's a pity that King Qin didn't live up to it.

According to Yun Fenghuang's thinking, if King Qin can face the competition from other princes, it will undoubtedly be excellent.

After all, winning in an upright manner can be convincing.

The leaders and victories obtained by suppressing the third prince cannot be concealed from Chunjia, nor from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. They will not recognize King Qin because of this.

And Yun Fenghuang urges King Qin and Zhaoqing to make progress in order to gain the approval of the monarch and his ministers. If this goal cannot be achieved, what's the point of suppressing the third prince?

Is it the grace and glory that she brought with her missing child and taking the first place in the school?

Slowly exhaling, Yun Fenghuang thought secretly: "The cultivation of the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince is about to start."

Not to mention the Ninth Prince, the Seventh Prince is Yin Qu's direct grandson, so he can still count on him.

When Yin Qu was young, he was also a famous talent.

There was a slight disturbance in the harem because of this emperor's heir assessment, and everyone was wondering whether the imperial concubine would let it go?

As a result, the Xuanqing Palace did not take any action yet. That night, Chunjia stayed in the Taichu Palace due to his busy government affairs. The emperor was woken up by the noise in the middle of the night, and just turned over to sit up, when he saw Yan Yin rushing in with a panicked expression, saying in a deep voice : "Your Majesty, there seems to be a change in the gate of the palace. Your Majesty, please evade immediately to preserve Wancheng's body!"