Chapter 278: Discussion on Favoring
"I heard that the imperial concubine wants to be active and want to have fun in the palace?" Uncle Zhao Wu just met the queen face to face and asked straight to the point.
Gu Zhen nodded slightly: "That's what happened... What's wrong?"
Mrs. Zhao Wubo looked at her expression: "Is your empress agree?"
"I don't agree." Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "The concubine is always thoughtful, and the reasons she gave this time almost moved my heart. But when I think about it, who knows if it is true or not? It's hard to guarantee that she has no other ideas. Didn't my grandfather say it before? We now put forbearance as the top priority, and it's better to stay still. Besides, my father is about to arrive in the Imperial Capital, and I don't know what it will be like when the time comes. The imperial concubine hurriedly proposed this Such a request, who knows what the idea is? Although His Majesty has promised me, but..."
Chunjia also really likes the imperial concubine.
The queen sighed, and said with some tiredness, "It's always better to be on the safe side. Even if doing so would make the noble concubine unhappy, she might not sue His Majesty. But His Majesty didn't like me at all."
She didn't rely on the emperor's favor to secure this seat.
So if you want to open something up, it's better to learn from Ji Lingzi, the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty. If the emperor hates her, it's fine. As long as he doesn't abolish the empress, don't expect him to treat Zhonggong very well.
"Have you ever thought about it, Your Majesty? Even if His Majesty doesn't think about abandoning our house." Mrs. Zhao Wu pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "But the imperial concubine is obviously ambitious...she tries to find ways to pick things up, forever, in the future But it's hard to say! Even if the twelve princes have been raised by His Majesty so far, His Majesty is still very concerned about the tenth prince. But think about it, among the princes who were abandoned in the previous dynasty, they were still loved as treasures by their fathers when they were middle-aged, but they were still loved by their fathers. The ones my father abandoned in his later years...not just one or two! Even if our family doesn't do things that shouldn't be done, sometimes it's okay to go along with the flow."
Gu Zhen frowned slightly, and said, "What does mother mean?"
"Let her host the banquet." Madam Zhao Wu narrowed her eyes, "Have you forgotten how Concubine Mu entered the palace?"
These words made Gu Zhen stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "But the Twelve are already on the ground, I'm afraid His Majesty will not agree..."
"As long as there are new people in the palace, why should it be from our family?" Mrs. Zhaowu said indifferently, "Your grandfather and the others discussed it, saying that the imperial concubine is now more favored than Concubine An back then, but do the math. Time has passed, and His Majesty's novelty has almost passed. Even if she is more skilled than Concubine An, at most, His Majesty will not be bored with her, and it won't mean that His Majesty will stop adding people to the Six Palaces from now on, right? If it really gets to that level, tell me, why is our family still struggling? Anyway, this banquet is going to be held by her, and if something goes wrong, who can be blamed? Don’t forget the days of the imperial concubine, it’s only the Meng family and the Ouyang family. The daughter of the concubine will die at her hands! Both of these two families have great fortunes, even if it prevents His Majesty from doing anything to the noble concubine, is it difficult to find someone to share the favor of the noble concubine?"
"Left and right, they have already become enemies with the noble concubine, and they don't care if there is more or less enmity."
"It's best if you can succeed, if you can't, you can't lose anything."
"In this way, our family can take advantage of the situation and be a good person. After calling your father back, you will be less criticized in the previous court."
In fact, the Gu family didn't have much grievances with the court, but they couldn't stand the increasingly powerful imperial power, and all the officials had to figure out what they wanted.
Some people are thinking that the emperor may deal with the Gu family. In order to gain favor, they will inevitably scramble to attack the Gu family... and the Gu family is still not sure of the emperor's specific intentions. It is hard not to worry about what the emperor did not intend to do to the Gu family Yes, after reading too many impeachment petitions handed over by these people, maybe there is someone who has a clever pen to persuade the emperor, or maybe he is driving Chunjia to feel bad, and makes them cold in a rage?
Therefore, the Gu family can only carefully consider everything.
Gu Zhen listened, frowned slightly, and said: "It's not that I look down on the Meng family and the Ouyang family. These two families are not stupid. If they could show your majesty's heart to such a beauty that he doesn't care about the concubine, would they not offer it earlier? Even for their own family Reputation considerations, or fear of offending the imperial concubine, making life difficult for their daughter-in-law in the palace, or there are ways to cover up and send them to His Majesty? Your Majesty is not such a shallow person who is greedy for beauty, Yi in the palace Shi, you also know that that is a truly stunning appearance. But you see, since she entered the palace, even if she is now in the concubine position, she is actually mainly supported by the noble concubine."
"Your Majesty is among their group of people, and she has been lucky enough to visit her more often, but after all, it's just an ordinary thing to relieve boredom, and it can't be compared with the imperial concubine at all!"
"Although I don't like noble concubines, I have to admit that the favor of noble concubines is not purely based on beauty."
"Even if someone whose appearance is comparable to Yi's is found outside, and His Majesty agrees to accept it, it's really hard to say that he can live in this palace for a few days... Don't forget Ouyang, Meng, and the earlier Zheng. The status is all in the hands of the noble concubine, let alone other people?"
She also didn't think that Chunjia loved Yun Fenghuang so much that she didn't even look at other beautiful people. The problem is, it's useless to make the emperor distracted for a while!
Concubine Concubine An is not at all the same as Concubine An, who was favored earlier.
Not to mention the difference in means between the two concubines, let's say that they care about the emperor from different angles.
Concubine An really cares about Chunjia purely, so it seems that there is no good thing in Sangong Sixth Courtyard, and Chunjia cannot be allowed to get close to anyone else, even if it is Concubine Zhenxishu, the most important minister and daughter of Chunjia who relies on her most. No exception, her feelings are very sincere, but she is really too petty for the emperor, she is just a stumbling block; as for Concubine Min, this one is amazing, since she entered the palace, she has tried every means to get promoted and tried every means Seizing power, trying to support cronies, trying to benefit her mother's family, trying to grab the emperor's heir, trying to show off... But!
For Chunjia Linxing's other concubines, she is really generous.
As long as it doesn't hinder her future, she doesn't care if the emperor wants to change his taste occasionally, and she often even actively recommends concubines from her own faction to serve Chunjia.
... This is also the reason why the queen feels that the imperial concubine is more threatening than the concubine An.
After all, in the eyes of her, as well as other people in the former court and harem, they can see clearly that Concubine Min's position is not to hide her strength and bide her time, she is so sharp and strong, and she is not asking for a lifetime with the emperor. What can I miss?
Helpless, Chunjia seemed to be bewitched, and always felt that "the imperial concubine is this temperament".
No, maybe Chunjia also understands it in her heart, but she doesn't want to admit it because she loves the imperial concubine.
In short, arranging a fresh beauty for the emperor to be favored was like a tragic blow to the former concubine An, but to the current concubine Yun Fenghuang... She may not have any fluctuations in her heart, and she will sleep when she sleeps. Sleeping, anyway, there are not a few concubines in the palace nowadays, Chunjia doesn't sleep with newcomers, and occasionally sleeps with other people.
She doesn't care.
Even the queen can think that if the newcomer is not in the way and is sensible, Yun Fenghuang might be a good person and give him a higher status, reward something, etc., and then go to act like a baby with the emperor and make sex with the emperor- She coaxed Chunjia to love her even more.
If it was really a rookie who could threaten Yunfenghuang's level, then...the queen can be sure that Yunfenghuang will definitely cut the mess quickly, and kill him directly without giving him a chance to grow up.
After all, Yun Fenghuang herself is a fake noble girl who came from a poor family and climbed to her current position. How can she not understand the truth of preventing the passing of time?
Chunjia's life experience is full of twists and turns, the city is deep, and her emotions are restrained. She is not the kind of person who will fall in love at first sight.
No matter how good the newcomer is, if he hasn't been with him for a long time, can he be compared to Yun Fenghuang?
Thinking of this, Gu Zhen couldn't help but advise Mrs. Zhao Wubu not to be so whimsical: "Since the noble concubine has been favored, she has often offended the former court and the harem. So far no one has used this method to divide her favor. There must be a reason. I think it is better not to make trouble. Said It sounds like Concubine An is useless, the friendship between her childhood sweetheart and childhood sweetheart is actually compared to that of a border country gentry's daughter!"
It feels inappropriate to say this: No matter how useless Concubine An is, she has been favored for many years, so what are they who have never been favored before...
Fortunately, Mrs. Uncle Zhaowu didn't think much about it. Even if she thought about it, she would definitely not ridicule her own daughter. She just insisted: "It doesn't take much effort, why don't you try it? Besides, our family is not going to arrange someone , just think of it as giving others a chance... and it's not a day or two for the imperial concubine to overwhelm the six palaces. This time, even the daughter of the Ouyang family is gone. Who else would dare to talk back to her? It's bad for you if you go on like this What's the benefit? It's better to ask other people to join in, so that even if you can't deal with the imperial concubine for the time being, at least let her attack frequently, and somewhat wear down some of His Majesty's love for her. You know, His Majesty actually doesn't want the imperial concubine to be too Too noisy."
Speaking of this, the queen pondered for a moment, and then agreed, but she was still not at ease and told: "When we plotted against the noble concubine, the noble concubine may have other ideas. If we fail to plot against her..."
"Your Majesty, why not call her sick?" Madam Zhao Wu thought about it too. Concubine Min is a scheming person, relying on the emperor's favor, she usually behaves and speaks willfully, the Queen has nothing to do with her.
Now that I personally come to the door to discuss things with the queen, most of the people who come here are not kind.
He suggested, "Anyway, when the empress was lying on the couch earlier, the palace affairs were handled by the noble concubine. There is no reason why you can't take care of things, and this excitement can't be saved. Why don't you stay in Yanfu Palace and let the noble concubine be busy by herself. Go! No matter what goes wrong at that time, it is the responsibility of the noble concubine, and has nothing to do with you!"
Gu Zhen thinks about it too, anyway, this time, he is planning to set up a stage for other people who target the imperial concubine.
Then why bother to do it yourself at the risk of being blamed afterwards?
So he sent Mrs. Zhao Wu away, and then sent someone to tell the noble concubine, saying that he agreed with Yun Fenghuang's request, but because he was exhausted physically and mentally from taking care of the ten princes in undressed clothes, he was afraid that he would not be able to handle the matter. If Feng Huang definitely wanted to do it, then Yun Fenghuang could only worry about it.
"I heard that Uncle Zhao Wu just left?" Yun Fenghuang sneered when he heard the words, and said, "The empress is very vigilant this time."
If Gu Zhen really agreed to host the banquet and didn't avoid it by calling it sick, then she really wanted to plant a frame on the queen when she broke off the engagement with Deng Chengzhai for Xie Meng.
But now that the empress has pushed 265, Yun Fenghuang thought about the current high position in the palace, Concubine De is her own person, Concubine Xian has a special status, and below... tsk, there is no one who can fight.
She shook her head and ordered someone to call Concubine De to come over: "Since the Empress wants to rest, I naturally dare not disturb her. It's not like I haven't hosted such palace banquets before, so let Concubine De be the first to do it. "