Treacherous Living in the Imperial Harem

Chapter 242 Ask for Advice

"Empress Dowager?" Gu Zhen was taken aback, and said, "What can the Empress Dowager do now?"

Even when the Ji family was in power, the Empress Dowager didn't take much care of things since Xiaozong ascended the throne. Not to mention that after Chunjia came to power, the empress dowager's power status went from bad to worse, and now she is still alive, the only function is to make those who doubt the emperor ruthless, first punish the Ji family and then get rid of the Yuan family, and now they are sculpting the Gu family. Those who specialize in overcoming relatives feel that the young emperor has a bottom line.

This means that Empress Dowager Yuan and Empress Dowager Qu have left, otherwise Gu Zhen would rather ask for these two heads, that would be more reliable than the Empress Dowager, right?

"Your Majesty, although the Empress Dowager Mother and the Empress Dowager Mother had a deep bond with His Majesty, they are the elders of the Fuyang King's lineage in the legal system, and they are not qualified to intervene in the Six Palaces." The servant reminded, "It is the Emperor Empress Dowager, that is Your Majesty's serious imperial grandmother. There is a disturbance in the grandson's back house, you are the most magnanimous, you can't bear the anger of the concubine during the confinement, and you feel sorry for Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing, and you don't want to disturb Your Majesty who is busy with government affairs, isn't it only natural for you to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager at this moment?"

Gu Zhen hesitated and said, "I just don't know if Your Majesty will not like it?"

But after thinking about it, the Empress Dowager has also kept a low profile for the past two years. If she goes to pay her respects by herself, it is still a question of whether she will be willing to see her.

She was not Chunjia, the Empress Dowager did not want to see her, but she had to.

Or let's take a trip, and it doesn't matter if the Empress Dowager agrees or not, anyway, it can delay a little time...Maybe at this time, someone will bring the matter to the imperial court, and Chunjia has to deal with it personally, so there is no need for her. Is the Queen in trouble?

So Gu Zhen ordered someone to prepare a phoenix chariot and go to Qingci Palace.

To her surprise, the Empress Dowager let her in very readily.

"The queen is really a rare visitor." Speaking of which, it has been a long time since the harem has seen the empress dowager. The most noble woman in the world today has a lot of gray hair. The destruction of the family, the death of the niece and granddaughter, is suffering after all.

However, the empress dowager's eyes were still piercing, but her spirit was not bad. She ignored the queen's gift and ordered someone to make tea, her tone was casual, but her expression was a little curious.

This kind of curiosity made Gu Zhen feel a little out of harmony.

how to say?

If the empress dowager is sad, gloomy, embarrassed, angry or even bitter...it is understandable.

Or even numb?

But curious about such emotions...

Gu Zhen thought to himself, I really don't know why this imperial grandmother is still curious now?

She suppressed her emotions, smiled apologetically, and explained what happened in a few words: Of course, she deducted the part where she framed Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing, and only said that she had found those things, but after a thorough investigation, she found that it was Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing. Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing didn't know what her subordinates did.

"The matter between concubines and other concubines should be judged by you, the empress." The empress dowager listened, smiled lightly, and said, "Why do you come to Xun Ai's family for this old bone?"

Gu Zhen originally wanted to say that he couldn't make a decision, so he wanted to ask the emperor's grandmother to be the master, but when the words came to his lips, his heart was full of blessings, and he suddenly got up and bowed to her, and said respectfully: "Although the granddaughter-in-law is from the Gu family, but the Gu family's lintel Originally not as good as the Ji family, and moreover, the granddaughter-in-law and her family never had the idea of ​​ascending the throne of the phoenix before. Therefore, the granddaughter-in-law is dull and far less intelligent than the Yuan empress. I also ask the emperor's grandmother to take pity on her and teach her granddaughter-in-law how to be a queen. Only in this way can the Six Palaces be peaceful and relieve His Majesty's worries?"

The Empress Dowager actually knew the original intention of Gu Zhen's visit. Hearing her say that, she was a little surprised, and her complexion became a little weird, and she said: "Outsiders say that I am the three-generation phoenix master of the Ji family, and I am very rich! But you should understand The endings of the three generations of phoenix masters of the Ji family are not good! Sheng'er and Ling Zi both failed to die. It is the current situation of the Ai family. People outside don't know, don't you know? You can see that the Ai family Human experience may not be of any use.”

"Don't dare to hide from the emperor's grandmother, the demeanor of the Ji family's three generations of phoenix masters, who have seen it before and after the palace, no one can forget it." Gu Zhen said respectfully, "As long as my grandson can learn one ten-thousandth of it, it is also the same. Satisfied!"

This is her sincere words.

The three phoenix masters of the Ji family may not be the kind of virtuous queens in the historical records. They all have selfishness, cruelty and calculations.

But their defeat was ultimately the result of the collapse of the Ji family.

When it comes to simply being a queen, these three are actually very qualified.

After all, from the empress dowager to the concubine Ji Sheng to the post-Yuan Ji Lingzi, when he presided over the Six Palaces, the overall situation was stable, and there was no such thing as now, when the favorite concubine relied on the emperor's favor to openly bully another high-ranking person. The palace can only find an excuse to hide in the palace and not to come out, so as not to cause fire.

Indeed, Gu Zhen did not expect to fully learn to Ji Lingzi's level.

One is that it is impossible for the empress dowager to teach an outsider wholeheartedly; the other is that Ji Sheng and Ji Lingzi were both raised by the family as future queens when they were born. How can Gu Zhen start learning now? ? The most important thing is that Gu Zhen also knows in his heart that although Chun Jia despises her stupidity, she also feels at ease because of her stupidity.

She asked the Empress Dowager for advice, mainly because she hoped that she would be less embarrassing in the future.

I also didn't expect to say that the management of Liugong will be submissive from now on... Then it is estimated that she will almost go to Ji Lingzi's end...

"..." The empress dowager was silent, and after a while, she said, "You don't have to be like this, the Ai family knows your plan, and it's just that you are in a dilemma because of the concubine's actions, and you are worried that you will encounter similar things again. In fact, you can't blame you for this matter. After all, you know that from the first emperor of Shenzong, the emperor's son Xiaozong, these two emperors were all obsessed with the previous dynasty and didn't hang around the harem much. At that time In the harem, there is no favorite concubine like the allergic concubine."

Not to mention Yun Fenghuang, a concubine who once favored a special house and was ambitious and willful. During Shenzong Xiaozong's time, it may be because the emperor's mind was on government affairs, except for the main queen, the concubines had no sense of presence in the harem.

For example, the biological mother of the Prince Regent Xiang Ruoji was considered unfavorable, but at least she gave birth to one of the only two princes of Shenzong. Forgotten? But... for a while, Gu Zhen really couldn't remember what the master's surname was, what his status was when he was alive, and what honor he had after he left.

Gu Zhen was a little disappointed for a moment, but also a little comforted: Look, the old phoenix master who has given birth to three generations of phoenix masters has personally said that the current situation cannot be blamed on me.

The reason why the highly respected Phoenix Lords of three generations can be regarded as qualified empresses is simply because they have a good life and have never met a concubine like Yun Fenghuang.

Oh, Ji Lingzi actually met her.

Even, Yun Fenghuang was single-handedly pulled up by this phoenix master in the early days.

If it wasn't for Ji Lingzi's protection at that time, Chunjia probably would have cooked Yunfenghuang first...

But before Ji Lingzi left the palace, although Yun Fenghuang had already become a favorite concubine, she was not as unscrupulous as she is now.

If Ji Lingzi was still sitting on the phoenix seat now, she might have nothing to do with Yun Fenghuang... After this thought surfaced, Gu Zhen suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

The Empress Dowager saw it, just smiled, and said: "Today, the emperor is a blessing to the Gongxiang family, but the emperor is also a human being, and people always have their own preferences. Compared with the emperors of the past and the present, the emperor today is actually very good. Okay. He obviously loves and values ​​the concubine very much, but he has been insisting not to let the concubine go too far...Since he didn't let anyone come forward this time, it can be seen that he has tacitly handed over the concubine Wan to the concubine to vent his anger. There is no way, although all She is someone who serves the emperor, but there are so many people in the Sangong and Sixth Courtyards, it is impossible to share the heart of the emperor equally! Concubine Min Gui has deep blessings, and it is impossible to make your majesty's thoughts on her."

"A concubine Wan is just left and right, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. If the concubine is willing to make things difficult, let them go!"

Seeing that Gu Zhen hesitated to speak, she reminded with a smile, "Anyway, Concubine Wan doesn't have a natal family. When the time comes, Ms. Meng will cry to the emperor, even if the emperor doesn't want to deal with the affairs of the harem himself, she will still have to give an explanation to Ms. Meng." ...When the time comes, you can act according to the will of the emperor."

Gu Zhen thought in his heart, this is easy to say, but when the time comes, Chunjia might have to reprimand Bengong again.

The Empress Dowager sized her up and said with a smile, "But I'm afraid that the emperor will blame you?"

"..." Gu Zhen nodded in embarrassment, "My daughter-in-law is stupid, she has disappointed His Majesty many times, but she dare not do the same again, um..."

"That's really nothing." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "After all, even if it is for the Meng family to see, His Majesty should say a few words about you. But if there is no other punishment to vent his anger afterwards, it can be seen that His Majesty just has no intentions. Talking about you is fine." That's the case. As a queen, how can you not be generous? Just listen to it?"

Gu Zhen said awkwardly: "But it's a fact that I'm stupid...so I feel that..."

"Aijia asked you, who do you think is smarter than the emperor even if you have learned Ling Zi's level?"

Gu Zhen hurriedly said: "The empress of the Yuan Dynasty is both talented and beautiful, virtuous and virtuous, and my grandson-in-law is far inferior! But if your majesty compares, I'm afraid your majesty is even better!"

The Empress Dowager said: "It's not that it's better, it's far better!"

She frankly admitted Chunjia's excellence, "My Ji family can produce three generations of phoenix masters, how can I be a mediocre family? The emperor can step on the power of the Ji family, which shows that my Ji family combined is not as good as your majesty! Do you think Ling Zi is much better than you, but how much wiser is the Son of Heaven than Ling Zi? It can be seen that no matter how hard you work hard, you are not as good as the Son of Heaven. Since the Son of Heaven is insurmountable, he thinks you are dull... Then why should you take it to heart? In his eyes, there are probably not many people in this world who are not stupid."

These words cannot comfort Gu Zhen, mainly because Gu Zhen feels that even if the emperor thinks that there are not many living beings in the world who are not stupid, how many queens can there be in the world?

Even if she is the successor, she is still the lord of the six palaces!

Why can't she be smart!

... What is even more sad is that the emperor thinks she is dull, but certainly does not think the imperial concubine is dull.

Otherwise, why would you give the imperial concubine the title "Min"?

Don't you just think that the imperial concubine is alert?

"Anyway, don't take the words of the Son of Heaven that make you sad." The Empress Dowager sighed softly, and said softly, "You are a queen, and you should have the heart of a queen. This kind of heart is not only It is to be tolerant of the Sixth Palace and the heirs of the emperor, and it is also to be tolerant of the Son of Heaven... After all, husband and wife are one, if you have to argue with him, who else can he tell the truth to?"

Gu Zhen couldn't help but said: "Grandmother, Your Majesty always speaks the truth to the imperial concubine!"

"The noble concubine can't stay with him for long, even if she doesn't fall out of favor, when the fifteenth prince grows up, she will probably be sent away." The empress dowager said indifferently, "The Ai family said, the emperor is wise Shenwu, since he intends to pass on the throne to his son, even if he arranges some sons to practice for his son, how can he tolerate the people and things that will really threaten the son? And he loves the concubine, so he will not let the mother and son of the concubine be with you. Gong Niang'er is really embarrassing. After all, after he left, he still counted on you and your son-in-law to take care of some of Xuanqing Palace's mother and son!"

Gu Zhen: "...???!!!!"

The words came so abruptly that the queen couldn't believe her ears for a while.

If Chunjia had a showdown with her, she would never believe it, and would even think that the empress dowager was too stimulating and damaged her mind?

But at this moment, she suddenly felt that maybe this inference is very possible?

After all, Yun Fenghuang is the favorite concubine who has been favored ever since she entered the palace, and she is also a domineering and flamboyant character, she has never paid attention to other concubines from the beginning to the end.

Now the emperor's heirs are still young, especially the two sons-in-law haven't grown up yet.

Chunjia didn't let go and stand up as a reserve.

Regarding the possibility that the imperial concubine's mother and son will threaten the middle palace and the legitimate son, and then cause the royal family to fight each other, and thus cause internal friction, it is only a matter of suspicion.

But if we wait for a few more years, the son-in-law grows up, the princes also grow up, and the emperor formally establishes the position of crown prince, if the noble concubine still doesn't give up, then...

If Chunjia can't cut through the mess quickly and sacrifice one side to make the other better, what he has to face will be people's hearts fluttering, the children fighting among themselves, and even the bloody scene when Shenzong ascended the throne back then!

This decision is definitely not alarmist, after all, once Chunjia indulges and acquiesces in the concubine's mother and son's attack on the crown prince, it is tantamount to sending a signal to the other emperor's heirs: the emperor's intention to make his son the crown prince is not very firm.

Since he was able to let the imperial concubine, mother and son do so because of his love, would other people also have a chance?

Even if their mother and concubine are not as favored by Chunjia as the imperial concubine, maybe they feel that they are smarter and better than their sons?

Or maybe they think that they can take advantage of it when the imperial concubine and the empress lose both sides?

Even if I can't be the crown prince, it's not bad to look for a reliable brother, support him, and be a favored vassal king.

It's hard to say how much Chunjia's many descendants will be lost.

And Gu Zhen never doubted Chunjia's wisdom, she could think of it, how could Chunjia not think of it?

He is not a muddleheaded person, even if he is reluctant to part with the imperial concubine, but...if the imperial concubine's status in his heart overwhelms the society, then he is not himself on the phoenix seat at this moment.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhen felt that she was in a good mood, and even once again, she sympathized with Yun Fenghuang...

... After the Empress left Qingci Palace that day, a close attendant asked the Empress Dowager, "Will Your Majesty really let the imperial concubine follow the fifteenth prince?"

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