Chapter 296 Sixth House Promotion
The emperor and concubine reunited after a long absence, although Yun Fenghuang had a lot of resentment and anger, but under the emperor's persuasion, he complained once, which seemed to be true and false, and it seemed to be exposed.
After that, it was a matter of course for Xiao Biesheng to get married.
In order to prevent being discovered and causing trouble, Chunjia quietly left before dawn the next day.
Yun Fenghuang, on the other hand, opened his eyes with a complicated expression after he quietly finished dressing and carefully closed the palace door with his backhand.
Chunjia is really not bad to her now.
Compared with Yuan Niangniang back then, it was even worse.
The more she was like this, the more she feared what she would be like in ten, twenty, or thirty years.
Habits are terrible.
Earlier in the morning, I thought clearly that I only wanted prosperity and wealth without asking sincerity, but maybe it was because unlike Yuan Hou and Gu Zhen, who depended on their family status, they didn't have that much need for the emperor's friendship, but purely because of the emperor's favor. ... Yun Fenghuang was worried in his heart, fearing that one day he would lose his biggest backer, but he was not yet ready to move on.
She was anxious for a while, comforting herself that after all, it is not ten years later.
The new juniors may not have her qualifications, and she is not the mediocre Yuan Lianniang in the palace.
Besides, how beautiful Yi Xingen was back then, I didn't see how much special Chunjia had for Yi Shi after he took over the power and moved on.
Perhaps the emperor didn't care about face at all. After all, compared with other ordinary concubines, Yi Shi had been favored more times. Otherwise, how could he be able to give birth to two imperial daughters when many concubines were empty?
But the most important thing for Chunjia is the inside, and the appearance is second.
...Anyway, the emperor still has many years to age, and so does she herself, so let's take it slowly.
Yun Fenghuang sighed again, called the waiter to come in to help him dress, and finally ordered Chen Jing and others to come to the front, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "You all know what happened yesterday?"
Chunjia quietly came to such a big matter, it's fine if the outside world doesn't know about it, how could Chen Jing's servants not know?
All the while smiling and congratulating Yun Fenghuang.
"Although your majesty has my palace in mind, you also know that your majesty has no intention of making me the queen." Yun Fenghuang said straight to the point, "so this palace has an idea: the palace has not entered the palace for two years. There are newcomers, and now there are ten newcomers... It is said that serving His Majesty is considered hard work. When the Empress Empress rewards them with a decent status, I don't know what will happen in the future. However, I am older than them anyway. , but I don’t plan to care about it like I did with Concubine Jing and the others.”
The servants were startled when they heard the words, and hesitated for a while.
Because I heard the noble concubine's intention to retreat, but this is really not in line with Yun Fenghuang's original temperament?
"Even though King Jin is still young, we should get ready." Looking around, Yun Fenghuang continued, "This palace told you earlier... Xuanqing Palace, we can't do it in the future." No matter how arrogant and ostentatious the impression is, one has to be close to the virtuous. After all, the mother and concubine are notorious, how can they convince everyone to trust King Jin?"
The future of King Jin is directly related to the future of Chen Jing and others, as well as the family behind them, and the descendants in the future. When everyone heard this, they were all in awe.
"So Xuanqing Palace can no longer be aggressive."
"Originally, I was still thinking about how to subtly change... But this time, King Qin and King Jin narrowly escaped death, but this is an opportunity."
"Yesterday, I already confide my fears with His Majesty..."
"Next, I want you to keep in mind: No matter how unscrupulous I was in the past, and how many people had great ambitions, in short, since King Qin and King Jin recovered, I just want to guard the children and live a peaceful life. Days. I don’t want to worry too much, understand?!”
Chen Jing's heart skipped a beat, and she whispered, "Your Majesty, then... what if someone else comes to provoke us?"
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "I don't want to be troublesome, but it's not because I'm afraid of trouble!"
It's not that she can't bear it so much, after all, she has such great ambitions, and she can't afford to make some sacrifices... Didn't she kneel at the feet of Ji Lingzi and others less often?
The point is that the acting was overdone, and Chunjia would become suspicious instead.
After all, the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change.
Since she was a child, she has always been unwilling to suffer. Even though she valued her children, she was frightened by the successive illnesses of her two children. !
Besides, with her current position, except for Queen Gu Zhen, who would dare to show her face?
Gu Zhen has long been afraid of being bullied by her, so why would he dare to make trouble for her?
The concubine came to find fault, if she endured it, would she live a life of swallowing her anger in the future? ? ? If this is the case, she and her subordinates may still be able to hide their strengths and bide their time, don't let a few children follow their promises and obliterate their temperament.
"Your Majesty, don't worry." The servants all breathed a sigh of relief. It's not that they can't stand being wronged. The main reason is that they have been used to showing off their power with the imperial concubine over the years, and it's fine if they don't take the initiative to find trouble. , the gap is really a bit big.
After ventilating with the servants, the next step is to subtly change the behavior, the focus is to build up the reputation of being virtuous and virtuous... Xuanqing Palace can't see any changes for the time being.
Because on New Year's Eve this year, it is not easy for the harem to show up, so it is destined not to be able to mix with the excitement of the previous dynasty.
So Yun Fenghuang discussed with the empress and concubine De, and the promotion of the sixth palace was finalized after noon on New Year's Eve. It's not going well.
This time is the same as the last large-scale promotion, except that there is no promotion, everyone else has a share.
The biggest beneficiary is Cui Lianye, who leapfrogged from Mrs. Qingshu to Concubine Shu, filling the vacancy left by Ouyang Fu.
In fact, the Empress originally wanted Concubine Jing to be promoted to the throne. After all, Concubine Jing's status was higher than Mrs. Qing Shu's, and her own prince had just died, so the Empress looked pitiful.
But since Yun Fenghuang and Concubine Jing had enmity, how could it be possible to give Luo Hanyi the share of the only vacant fourth concubine? I just brought up what Chunjia said before, if the queen planned to promote Mrs. Qingshu early in the morning, the queen could not refute, and considering that Cui Lianye is also a noble daughter, and like herself, she has been in the palace for many years and has no children. , only adopted the second prince, and his life was actually a bit more bitter than that of Concubine Jing... so he agreed.
Originally, there was only Madam Qingshu in the position of wife, but after Cui Lianye was promoted to the throne, there was no one there. So Ping Xianyi and Qu Hongzhuan were mentioned, and the titles were Mrs. Yiman and Mrs. Jinglang respectively.
Jia Pingye has been in the palace for a long time, coupled with the fact that she did not hesitate to take risks in order to take care of the four princes, Empress Gu admired her very much, regardless of her being Yunfenghuang's person, she offered to promote her directly to concubine , titled Shao.
Among the other Jieyus, Yi Xing'en returned to the list of nine concubines, making up for Jia Pingye's lost appearance.
Others filled Zhaorong's position in turn, namely Cen Zhaoyuan, Xu Xiuyi, Han Xiurong, Lin Xiuyuan, and also brought along a group of concubines, Zhou Chongyi, Sun Chongrong and Cao Chongyuan. But it filled in the nine concubines other than Zhaoyi.
The original meaning of Zhaoyun Fenghuang was also filled in by Zhaoyi.
But Concubine De wanted to flatter her, saying that Yun Fenghuang herself came up from Zhaoyi's seat, and that Yin Xuan and Luo Hanyi after that were noble girls, and their demeanor was passable, so that's all. But at this moment, the few people on the nine concubines, how can they be the leader of the nine concubines?
She said so, no matter what other people think in their hearts, who would dare to deny it in front of the imperial concubine? So they all praised the noble concubine's speech and behavior, saying that there is indeed no one who is worthy to sit at the head of the nine concubines.
Yun Fenghuang didn't care much about his former status at first, after all, the current Xian concubine has changed twice.
It's just that he didn't bother to refuse the flattery of the people below, so he readily agreed and left Zhaoyi vacant for the time being.
Afterwards, they brought in five or six Jieyu, so that the Sangong and Six Courtyards were completely filled.
When the list was presented to the empress, the empress felt a little emotional and said: "There hasn't been such a grand event in the palace for a long time, if it wasn't for all the inconveniences now, it should be quite lively."
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "I'll make it up later, but it's nothing. I just hope that these good news can wash away the sickness of the empress and get better soon."
Gu Zhen couldn't help but look at her a few more times: "The noble concubine is different now from the past."
"Could it be that this concubine is getting old?" Yun Fenghuang sighed, touched his cheek sadly, and said, "After half a year of tossing, alas... When I heard that King Qin was not well, I really wanted to go directly Forget it! A few days ago, I heard that the former court had recruited newcomers, one younger than the other, and I count the days as a concubine, and I am indeed getting old..."
"You are about ten years younger than this palace, so you are already old. Doesn't this palace ask you to prepare birthday materials?" The queen shook her head and said, "I just feel that the imperial concubine feels different in the past two days."
This is of course different.
Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, because she didn't care about the thoughts of people like the queen, and Chunjia herself also prefers bright and attractive beauties who can be seen at a glance when standing in the crowd. She is young, so of course her clothes are so attractive Pay attention to how.
Now it is going in the direction of gentleness and grandeur... It would be strange if the queen couldn't tell the difference.
At this moment, pretending not to know, she just smiled lightly and said: "I can't notice any changes when I look at the mirror every day, but I don't know if the empress thinks that the concubine's body has become ugly or better-looking now?"
Gu Zhen scrutinized it carefully for a while, then pondered, "According to my palace, it is even more grand."
It is difficult for most women to truly appreciate the sharpness and glamor of fellow women. Yun Fenghuang now has a gentle demeanor all over his body, and the queen of course looks at Shu Tan.
But she is also an honest person, and said, "I just don't know if His Majesty likes it or not?"
"Whether your majesty likes it or not, how can the concubine be able to control?" Yun Fenghuang said sadly, "In the past, everyone said that the concubine was the most favored by the emperor, and I will tell you the truth, the concubine himself is the same I thought about it. As you can see, in just half a year, the people below have dedicated so many people to His Majesty... I heard that His Majesty loves you very much. Even if you occupy the high positions now, there will be no luck for those people in the future You know! And I have passed through the matter of King Jin and King Qin, but now I am thinking about it... The children's well-being is the most important thing. After all, the concubine said something that should not be said: for your majesty and empress. , all the emperor’s heirs in this palace are the children of the two of you. But for a narrow-minded concubine, King Qin, Zhaoqing, Xiaoqi, Xiaojiu, and King Jin are the ones who were raised by the concubine alone. The child is the darling of my concubine!"
"It's not that the other emperor's heirs and concubines don't feel bad. For example, the third emperor under the concubine De's knees, the concubine also likes that child very much. But it's not that the concubine grows up day by day, and after all, she is a step behind."
"At that time, the king of Qin was not doing well, and the concubine was very sad. On the one hand, he ordered people to give alms outside the palace, and on the other hand, he wondered whether his actions in the past were too domineering, so that there was retribution? If the retribution fell on the concubine In fact, I may not be afraid of myself. But it is the children who suffer, and I have never regretted it so much in my life..."
These words aroused the Queen's heartache, and Gu Zhen's eyes lit up, and he said, "You are fine, you have a Prince Jin who is your own child. People like Ben Gong have never personally experienced the joy of having children. People, although the children in the Sixth Palace all call me "mother queen", but how can it be different for those who have been taken care of by me since they were babies? At the beginning, I always thought that I had only one heir like Bing'er Yes, it turned out that he and Xiao Shi suffered disasters at the same time! At that time, I really didn’t want to live anymore! I wanted to go down and ask the ancestors of the Gongxiang family whether I didn’t do well enough, or the two The children are disrespectful in front of them? The emperors since the Taizu Emperor can protect hundreds of millions of people in a vast country, why can't they protect two children well?"
"The hardship and despair at that time can only be understood by those of us mothers who have experienced it." Yun Fenghuang choked up slightly, and said, "At this moment, I am in a trance, and I am most afraid that I am dreaming. Wait a minute The child was woken up by the palace servants, who said that the child was still having a fever, and the imperial doctor was helpless."
The empress and concubine became more and more sad as she talked, and finally cried for a while, and was persuaded by the right and left, and then gradually stopped.
Yun Fenghuang looked very embarrassed, and found an excuse to leave in a hurry.
After she left, Gu Zhen asked the left and right with a little relief and a little anxiety: "You said that the imperial concubine has really changed her temper and stopped thinking about things that shouldn't be?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine has always been deep in the city, and today's performance, even if it is really true, but people's hearts are changeable, maybe they will not think so in two days?" The servants thought about it, and reminded gently, " Besides, if the imperial concubine's temperament changes greatly because of her children, but the seven princes and below are still young, so they can't tell much. But the two highnesses, King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing, are extremely proud. They are in the school now , or just to compete with His Highnesses for some unimportant fame and fortune, and in the future... If His Highness King Qin covets the East Palace, do you think the Imperial Concubine can refuse?"
Gu Zhen sighed: "That's right."
She was quite disappointed, after all, the queen doesn't like to fight.
In her mind, each of the six palaces performed their duties and respected superiority and inferiority, and she didn't care about a little jealousy. Anyway, if she didn't grab the position of East Palace and Qingci Palace, then she could talk about anything.
If the imperial concubine is willing to voluntarily give up the fight for the crown prince, Gu Zhen feels that she has nothing to worry about in the future.
But the words of the attendants also reminded her that the only thing she needs to worry about now is that the imperial concubine herself has such an idea. In the future, she has to prevent the children under the imperial concubine's knees from getting up this year, and in turn encourage the imperial concubine to give them help.
And the imperial concubine has four princes, the King of Qin, the Seventh Prince, the Ninth Prince and the Fifteenth Prince. One or two of them may still be content with themselves and wait to become vassal kings. At most, they can fight for one or two fiefdoms. But the four princes honestly don't have any ideas... This... Even though the queen doesn't want to see it, she has to admit that it's not realistic.
Especially the eldest son of the emperor, King Qin, he is only seven years old, but he is already very used to dominating his younger siblings everywhere, so he is a little more patient with Zhao Qing, and will let him kneel before the tenth or twelve princes willingly in the future. is it possible?
"Ah." Gu Zhen sighed again, pinching his forehead, comforting himself listlessly, "As long as the noble concubine stops those thoughts, at least these few years...these few years should be peaceful, right?"