Chapter 306: On the Art of Sophistry

Chunjia seldom went to the harem these days, the empress only left, and the noble concubine came to pay her respects, and she knew why.

Before ordering Yun Fenghuang to go in, he specifically asked Yan Yin: "Has the noble concubine been in my palace just now?"

"The empress fell ill right after she went back. The imperial concubine should have gone to visit her."

The emperor nodded slightly, and waited for Yun Fenghuang to enter the room to greet him. He called out with a smile, and asked knowingly, "Why did you come here in person now? But something is wrong?"

"I heard that the empress's nephew has made a huge mistake, I am afraid that your majesty will be angry, so I come here to pay my respects to your majesty." When Yun Fenghuang said this, Chunjia remained calm and said slowly: "Since I took office, I haven't been popular with people from the bottom three or two times a day. It must be because I was lazy and didn't read the scriptures. Now I'm used to it."

Yun Fenghuang walked over to squeeze his shoulders for him, and softly advised him to take care of his body: "Why is it not as important as you! Besides, what do the imperial court's salary support so many civil and military people do? His Majesty has to worry about everything. What use are they!"

Chunjia enjoyed the precious concubine's rare tenderness, and waved Yan Yin and the others to retreat, then sighed softly, and said, "Concubine Gu, do you really think that the Gu family really has objections? Otherwise, why did Gu Li falsely pass on Zhaowu Uncle's order, can there be a gathering of followers? Or is it that the Son of Heaven, is doing something like this without the morale of the army?!"

"Where is Your Majesty thinking?" Yun Fenghuang said hastily, "No one in the world knows your brilliance, martial arts, generosity and benevolence? From the perspective of this concubine, I'm afraid this is a misunderstanding!"

The emperor was a little surprised. After all, seeing Yun Fenghuang's tone just now, it seemed that he was rushing over to make trouble, but now it sounds like he is trying to intercede?

He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Misunderstanding? How can such a military matter be a misunderstanding!"

"Your Majesty, please think about it. It's not a day or two since there have been rumors that the Gu family has no successors." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "Although the queen's nephews and nephews are not dandies with bad tempers, they have never had much ability. , or even to put it in a bad way, the young people in the Gu family are probably all working hard but mediocre. If this is the case, how can Gu Li have the ability to commit treason?"

The emperor said indifferently: "Throughout the ages, there have never been many people who can't see themselves clearly but are pretentious."

"Yes." Yun Fenghuang said so first, and then replied, "But there is something I don't understand about myself. With Gu's business in Yanzhou and Gu's status as a slave in Gu, the court probably didn't know about it in advance. Why did Gu Li fail to capture Yanzhou?"

"..." Chunjia pondered for a moment, and then said slowly, "This news is a compromise, no wonder you don't know it: Yanzhou was bound to fall, but it was because of someone trying to turn the tide, that the situation was calmed down." , Save the face of the imperial court!"

Yun Fenghuang was quite surprised, she originally wanted to use this loophole to attack, but according to the emperor, it wasn't that Gu Li was stupid or that the Gu family didn't have enough leaders in Yanzhou, it was simply that Gu Li's life was not good?

She couldn't help but said: "But I want to congratulate Your Majesty. With such talents and beautiful jade under his command, in time, he will definitely be a figure in the future, and he can be His Majesty's arm!"

When I said this, I noticed that the emperor's expression was a little subtle.

Yun Fenghuang changed his mind and asked, "But I don't know the name of this hero? How old is he?"

Since she was not sure what the emperor was thinking, she took a joking tone and said tentatively, "Your Majesty knows that although Meng'er's marriage has been settled, there are still two nieces under my concubine's knees to arrange. If that person Much older than my concubine's niece and daughter, my nephew at home..."

"I'm afraid it's not right." Chunjia coughed dryly, and said calmly, "I heard that your Xie family hasn't gotten married in the past two years since they fell out with the Qi family."

Yun Fenghuang took a moment to react, hesitated slightly, and finally said the name of the person in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty means that the person who turned the tide is Qi Jiulu?"

Since Chunjia repented of being jealous, she mentioned that Qi Jiulu always called him "Qi's son" in front of the imperial court to show his unfamiliarity.

Now that he said it smoothly, he caught a glimpse of the emperor subconsciously frowning.

The noble concubine pretended not to see her, and continued calmly: "This surprises me, it's not that I look down on Sangzi. But in a remote place, it is indeed far less talented than the imperial capital... No matter how poor the qualifications of Gu Li, he is the count The eldest grandson, who inherited the court training from a young age, must have good vision and insight, Yanzhou is an important place, and it is a place where the Gu family has been operating for many years, but how did they lose?"

The emperor is not stupid, if another courtier, he might have said a few more words. It is impossible for the left and right concubines to be seduced by the air, but Qi Jiulu, why would he say so much? Afraid that the imperial concubine's memories of the past could not be recalled?

"The number of words in the secret book is limited, and the people below didn't say much." So he said lightly, "Perhaps discovered Gu Li's flaw by accident, so let's just plan."

Without waiting for Yun Fenghuang to ask, the emperor quickly changed the topic, "In any case, Gu Li was able to order the Dingbei Army to attack the city guarded by his colleagues, which shows that the Gu family has a big heart after all! They are court generals, guarding the frontier for the court. It’s hard work, but the imperial court has never treated them poorly, all these rewards, when have they stopped? Why did the imperial army be trained to only recognize the commander and not the imperial court!”

Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, maybe Uncle Zhaowu has no choice but to rely on my concubine?"

"Ah Huang has changed so much from before that I don't dare to admit it anymore." Chunjia complained, half-truly, before asking, "I have to? What A Huang said made me confused... ?”

"Your Majesty, the concubine's body is just a private speculation. If it is wrong, your majesty can't argue with the concubine's body." Yun Fenghuang stopped the hand that was pinching his shoulder, quietly rubbed his sore wrist, and tapped it with his fingertips. She pursed her lips and said in a slow voice, "I think... probably has something to do with the Ji family."

As soon as he said this, he noticed that Chunjia frowned slightly, and immediately asked with a nonchalant smile, "The Ji family? It's been a few years since the Ji family was destroyed?"

"Yes." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "But as the saying goes, old habits are hard to change. Uncle Zhaowu must be impatient, but there is nothing he can do... Earlier when His Majesty was young, the Ji family was watching. Fate, once the Ji family falsely preaches the holy order, the consequences will be unimaginable! Uncle Zhaowu can't get involved in the affairs of the temple, so he simply trained the Dingbei army to only recognize himself. Although this is inappropriate, it is also a loyal minister!"

Chun Jia said: "Ah Huang and the queen are so close now? Can you say such a thing? If Uncle Wuzhao was loyal to me early in the morning, why did I let the Ji family mess around for so many years?"

You must know that Gongxiang Ruoji was able to obtain the title of regent, and he had been fighting against the Ji family for many years. The biggest reliance was Gu Fangshu's support.

This is the case when Gong Xiangruo sent the city's government means not very good.

If Gu Fangshu, like Yi Guogong, had devoted himself to Chunjia since he became the throne, how could Chunjia be afraid of the Ji family?

"Your Majesty, although Uncle Zhaowu and Duke Yi are important ministers, they are also pure foreign ministers. Their daughters entered the palace after His Majesty got married. Before, there were no Yun and Gu in the palace. Female, it is the Ji family, the three generations of phoenix lords, who can penetrate every hole in the huge palace!" Yun Fenghuang reminded, "Although Duke Yi is also a military general, he has no military power at that time, so it's fine. If Uncle Zhaowu I also openly support you, let me say something to my heart: I am afraid that the Ji family will jump the wall in a hurry, which is not good for your majesty!"

She looked at Chunjia's expression, and seeing him frown in thought, she slowed down her tone, and continued, "Emperor Xiaozong had no children, so it was so easy to adopt you as his heir, and you are rare, talented, handsome, and powerful, so you must be careless." Both Duke and Uncle Zhaowu sincerely hope that you will be in good health..."

"Ah Huang." Chunjia was silent for a while, sighed, waved her hand to signal her to come to him, looked into her eyes, and said slowly, "This is not your temperament, why do you suddenly think of it like this?" Spare no effort to speak for the Queen and Gu Shi? Could it be that Gu Shi also gave you a lot of money for cosmetics?"

"It's been so many years since my concubine received the powder money." Yun Fenghuang said helplessly, "How can your majesty still remember?"

Complained coquettishly, then revealed a little lonely look, said, "I also feel that His Majesty doesn't believe it, maybe I also think that if I say this, I might turn my head around and it will be bad for Gu Shi... But, this concubine I really don't want anything to happen to the Queen."

Chunjia stared at her, and asked softly: "Why? I know, you have never liked the queen very much."

"Of course the concubine doesn't like the queen." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "In terms of age, means, appearance, and intelligence... What can a queen compare to a concubine? You must bow down in front of her and respect her as the Lord of the Six Palaces!"

These words are actually quite unreasonable, after all, when it comes to his father's family, Yun Fenghuang's background is far inferior to that of Concubine Cui Shu and others, so Concubine Shu and the others have to kneel down in front of her and greet her cautiously?

It's just that the emperor was not fair, and Yun Fenghuang was even more double-standard. The emperor and concubine both ignored this point, and the noble concubine continued, "If the empress of the Yuan Dynasty is here, I still have a bit of admiration for the concubine, after all, the empress of the Yuan Dynasty is indeed extraordinary. But today's queen is really dissatisfied with her status as a concubine!"

"Then what does Ah Huang want to do now?"

"...Because this is not what His Majesty expected?" Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then raised his head, looked at Chunjia, and asked each word with a pause.

"..." The emperor was stunned for a while, then laughed dumbly, "What do I expect? Could it be that Ah Huang misunderstood?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "How could there be a misunderstanding?"

She showed a self-deprecating and desperate smile, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty favors this concubine, but he never thought of having a concubine as a queen, let alone giving fifteen or any of the concubine's heirs a future successor." What a big deal, right?"

Chunjia was also silent for a while, and then said euphemistically: "You are my love, no matter what, I will always settle down for you mother and child."

Pretty much the same as before...

Yun Fenghuang sighed in his heart, he didn't know whether he was moved by Chunjia's silence at this moment, or admired him for his rapid determination of confidence even though he was clearly emotionally turbulent?

He really cares about her, and he really cares more about his country and the future of the Gongxiang clan.

She lowered her eyes and said in a low voice: "Although this is the case, you can't always worry about your majesty... The empress is actually very generous. As long as the concubine stops targeting her everywhere, she will easily forget the past grievances. As long as you don't think too much about it, it's not difficult. Concubine... I can't help His Majesty in other places, so I can only share his worries here."

If another concubine said this, Chunjia would still believe that even though the other party's mind was impure, the motive to please her should be relatively pure.

But what about the wind and the wind...

Chunjia's thoughts turned and turned, and she said slowly: "Ah Huang...you seem to have changed a lot after a few months of goodbye?"

There are more and more routines, so that the emperor is not sure, what kind of moth will this beloved concubine do? ? ?