Chapter 231: Wrathful Souls

"Your Majesty, something happened in the previous court!" The little servant walked across the courtyard panting, and it was only early summer, but he was sweating profusely and flushed, and fell to the ground through the screen, ignoring greetings, and complaining loudly , "The heads of the Meng family and the Luo family jointly sued the Gu family and the queen are the chief culprits who persuaded the Yuan family to murder the empress dowager! And last night they dispatched dead men from the Dingbei Army to kill the two families! "

Inside, Yun Fenghuang was being served to drink a cup of ginseng soup and was rinsing his mouth. Hearing this, he frowned, took the handkerchief handed over by the Qing man, pressed the corner of his mouth, and ordered in a deep voice: "Speak carefully!"

The little maid told the story in a few words, and the Qing people were very happy to hear it, and asked in a low voice: "Madam, I'm afraid Gu's will be in trouble now?"

"Gu's..." Yun Fenghuang didn't smile, but frowned, pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's hard to say."

The Qing people were puzzled and said: "Mother, why is it hard to say? No matter how much Your Majesty indulges the Gu family, they actually train the soldiers of the Dingbei Army to be dead soldiers. This... How can Your Majesty tolerate it? And there are already Jings in the north. Ninghou went, even if Uncle Zhao Wu had a heart of disobedience, he would not be able to do anything earth-shattering! Among the children who accompanied the army on the expedition, such as the son-in-law of His Royal Highness Princess Minghui, they all came back a few days ago What are you worried about, His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is not indulging the Gu family, but because this family is the most in line with His Majesty's mind." Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "their descendants are numerous but not particularly outstanding, even if they become descendants, they will not threaten the future. My new king! Now that I have gradually understood this truth in the past two years, I will naturally not expect Mrs. Gu and the queen to make ordinary mistakes, which will anger His Majesty..."

When Ji Lingzi resigned in the late Yuan Dynasty and the post was vacant, Yun Fenghuang tried every means to persuade Chunjia to destroy the promise and replace him with Gu Zhen.

At the time, I thought it was a good plan, but after thinking about it later, this was Chunjia's plan at all.

After all, among the heirs of the Meng family, the Luo family, the Yin family, and the Ouyang family, there are many outstanding children.

For Chunjia, who managed to escape from the hands of the Ji family, I am afraid that she never really planned to make the daughters of these families as queens from the beginning... Empress Dowager Yuan and Chunjia were probably prepared to break the promise from the beginning.

Chun Jia was willing to agree so readily, but it was just a matter of going along with the flow and being a human being to make the beloved concubine happy...

Yun Fenghuang calmed down, after realizing this, it was impossible for her not to be ashamed, but she wasn't very angry.

Because at that time, it was the best result for her to have Gu Zhen as the queen.

If the daughters of the Luo family were replaced, the queen's own prince, coupled with the support of the strong and not stupid descendants, Yun Fenghuang reckoned that he could only survive until Chunjia became old and fattened, and he had to make sure that he Not to fall out of favor, and then urge the emperor to get rid of the sons of the descendants and replace them with his own children... The time is too long and the risk is too great, it is impossible, it is really impossible.

"The Gu family cultivated the soldiers of the Dingbei Army as their own dead soldiers. If this is true, then the Gu family will have no reason to escape!" Yun Fenghuang glanced at Qingren, and said slowly, "The problem is, the Gu family's other It’s okay to be a person, the old man Gu who is in charge of the imperial capital is not a fool! Not to mention whether the Gu family did this, even if he did, how could the old man let such a dead man take action in the imperial capital? The Meng family and the Luo family have seized the handle? According to His Majesty's temperament, now is definitely not a good time to add insult to injury!"

Going to speak ill of the Gu family to Chunjia now, maybe the emperor will suspect that she has colluded with someone to do these dead men!

After all, when it comes to Dingbei Army, all the people in Dijing immediately think of Uncle Zhaowu and Gu Shi.

But strictly speaking, Yun Fenghuang is also related to this elite side court.

Not to mention the relationship with Sangzi, but Qi Jiulu is not in the Dingbei Army now?

Thinking of Qi Jiulu, Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly. Originally, he felt relieved when he heard that he went to the army. At least it was better than staying in the imperial capital to experience these ups and downs. Immediately, she was pulled out by Chun Jia as a shield. Thanks to Qi Jiulu who left early, otherwise it is estimated that he would not escape the liquidation.

It's just this series of things now...

I am afraid that the Dingbei Army in Yanzhou will not be able to continue to clean up.

No, it should be said that since the Marquis of Jingning took over the garrison in the past, this kind of thing of one commander and one general will happen sooner or later.

Qi Jiulu is very fond of Uncle Zhaowu, but he may not be able to catch the eyes of Jingninghou.

But this is not something that Yun Fenghuang can intervene. She collected herself and continued: "The Patriarch of the Meng family and the Luo family are not fools. Most of what I can think of, they probably know it well. If the scholar yells, I'm afraid he has a plan... Let's wait and see what happens."

He also ordered, "If something like this happened, Your Majesty may not want to stare at the palace any longer. This is a great opportunity for Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing to get away. Someone should remind them not to miss this golden opportunity!"

Although it may not be possible to directly bring down the queen this time, and to be honest, it is not a good time to bring down the queen...but it is also good to weaken the queen's prestige.

Wouldn't it be good if a blunt knife cut the flesh little by little, and when the time came, Gu Zhen would push it down?

Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing are now full of anger and hatred towards the queen, even without Yun Fenghuang's reminder, it is impossible for them to be distracted by the affairs of the previous dynasty.

So the next day, serious rumors began to circulate in the palace: Gu Shao's master and servant were not at all the so-called master killed the servant and then committed suicide, or the servant died of fear of crime after killing the master, but because of evil spirits!

"This is simply nonsense." Yun Fenghuang smiled and said to Concubine De who came to visit him, "Where did the accident happen to Gu Cairen's master and servant? Yanfu Palace! That is the residence of the queens of the dynasty. The place with the most phoenix energy in the world! What kind of sneaky people can do things there? Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Sister, after hearing these words at first, my younger sister thought it was impossible." Concubine De has never been very courageous, especially afraid of such rumors of ghosts and gods, so when she received the news, she immediately came to the imperial concubine to complain and seek asylum.

After all, when you panic, having a calm companion by your side can alleviate many fears.

At this moment, he moved a little more calmly towards Yunfenghuang, and then whispered, "But this matter, it is really possible... You think, Gu Cairen was found in the well. Son, is there a precedent in the palace? The biological mother of the twelve princes also threw herself into the well? Where in the world is there such a coincidence that the sister of the family died in the well, and the elder sister died not long after? Died in the well? Especially these two are masters who call slaves and servants, why go to the mouth of the well if there is nothing to do? In the palace, now I feel that this is the injustice of Gu Liman's death. Tete went to Yanfu Gong Suoming, that's why Gu Caicai died in the well too! This is Gu Liman's revenge!"

Yun Fenghuang smiled, thinking that Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing would have to make up stories, um, maybe they didn't come by themselves, but because of the dowry.

After all, is there a family with hairpin tassels for generations, what kind of talents are there?

She said casually: "This is so strange. I remember that Gu Liman committed suicide? Even if the soul knows after death and feels that he has been wronged, shouldn't he be looking for Concubine Mu? But how did he find her?" Gu Cairen? After all, even if Gu Liman’s bad relationship with Concubine Mu was provoked by Gu Cairen, but Gu Liman’s face was directly hurt by Gu Liman’s face, and he refused to admit his mistake. Afterwards, he was even ordered by the loving mother Empress Dowager Jin to concubine Mu Gu Su, no matter what, should be the person Gu Liman hates the most? Concubine Mu is doing well now, why did something happen to Gu Cairen first? Could it be that the biological mother of the twelve princes is so unreasonable and reckless? No?"

"Gu Liman looked like a suicide, but in fact, none of us witnessed it with our own eyes. Who knows what happened? She was fine the day before, but the next morning she was reported that she was found in the well. " Concubine De recalled this past incident, couldn't help moving closer to Yunfenghuang, and said, "She is a delicate woman, even if she is thrown into the well, she may not be able to get up?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "Her servants didn't mention this."

"Aren't those close attendants the dowry given by Mrs. Gu, or those arranged by the empress? Of course, these people are all for the empress!" Concubine De moved closer, covered her mouth with a round fan, and whispered, "Otherwise, Gu How did Li Man's wronged soul come to Yanfu Palace? Now many people are suspecting that Gu Liman's death, Concubine Mu just got a bad name for nothing, which is what Gu Cairen called fanning the flames. Who outsiders saw it? Who Do you know? Although these three are also the daughters of the Gu family, their backgrounds are not low, but compared to the empress, what are they? The twelve princes have fallen to the ground, and they are not favored, so the empress and the Gu family are also It's useless. In order to prevent the twelve princes from missing their biological mother when they grow up, how can the empress tolerate Gu Liman to continue living?"

"It's just that she can't tell the twelve princes to hate herself!"

"In this case, of course, we need to find a scapegoat to solve Gu Liman on his behalf!"

Consort De suddenly thought of something when she said this, she grabbed Yun Fenghuang's hand excitedly and tremblingly, and said hastily, "Sister, according to the rules, Yanfu Palace is the residence of the empress, and concubines are not allowed to live here without permission! But Gu Cai However, the empress arranged for him to stay in the side hall for a long time, until he died in it this time... It can be seen that the empress is scheming, but the three younger sisters who sent Mrs. Gu to the palace are her stepping stones and shields!"

Yun Fenghuang looked at her with raised eyebrows: "Oh? What kind of saying is this?"

"Use concubine Mu to force Gu Liman to death first, no, maybe Gu Liman was murdered by someone sent by the empress!" Concubine De's eyes sparkled, she was obviously immersed in her own deduction and couldn't extricate herself, she said firmly "After all, so what if Gu Liman ruined her appearance and was wronged? The Twelfth Prince is her own flesh and blood. Can she get justice for her when she grows up? How many concubines in this palace have no favors and no children so far?" Those who went to seek death, Gu Liman's situation is much better than those people! If she was at home, she would not be able to figure it out. But she is only the daughter of a distant branch of the Gu family. I'm used to the complexion, so why can't I bear it and think about it?"

Makes sense!

Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly, thinking that this reason was really good.

She said that she would suspect that there was something wrong with Gu Liman's death.

Concubine De continued: "All of this is done by the queen! Since the queen knows the inside story, she must also guard against Gu Liman's troubles after her death. After all, she is the biological mother of the twelve princes, and she is somewhat lucky. A maidservant who dies will die, but how dare she offend the majestic queen? Therefore, she brought Gu Cairen, who is related to her blood, into Yanfu Palace. My sister thought, Gu Cairen lives in the courtyard of Yanfu Palace, I'm afraid it's not simple! Maybe it's because of some kind of battle that Gu Liman's soul couldn't distinguish, thinking that Gu Cai, who lives in it, is the empress empress who is the culprit! No, Gu Liman caused trouble and harmed Gu Cai A master and a servant, maybe he was reincarnated contentedly, and he didn't know it at all, this is the empress's cheating again..."

Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea silently, feeling that a noble lady should not be underestimated.

This process is reasonable, reasonable and well-founded, even she can't fault it!

The point is, since this story has been spread... how will the empress get along with the twelve princes in the future?