Chapter 309: The Assassination of Concubine An

After a while, the palace servants led three palace concubines into the room.

These three people are not too young, perhaps because of their low status and dislike, they even have fine lines on the corners of their eyes and brows, and their skin is not even as delicate as some older palace officials in front of them.

It can be seen that the dresses have been tidied up hard, but no matter the material or the style, they were all popular in the early years, and now they are outdated.

The hairpin ring between the temples is also gloomy.

After entering the room, she respectfully saluted Yun Fenghuang. Although the imperial concubine had a kind attitude, she immediately gave her a seat and ordered someone to make tea, but she was still very restrained, and she didn't dare to speak for a while.

The imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there was some dispute over human life.

Since there was no one who cried out for injustice as soon as he came up, shouldn't it be something urgent?

While guessing, she smiled and asked about the situation of the three of them, and learned that two of them were old people who entered the palace when Chunjia got married, and the other was in the same batch as Yi Xingen. With the pampered body, just lingering in the palace to live.

Yun Fenghuang took a special look at Yi Xingen's concubine at the same time, even though she entered the palace later than her, she looked like she was already old, and her appearance was not bad, but her spirit seemed to be taken away. Not much energy.

Considering that the emperor could even forget the name he personally gave his son, this situation is understandable.

So they had a pleasant exchange of pleasantries, and when they saw that they had relaxed a bit, they asked what they wanted.

In the end, the three of them said what they wanted to do in the future, but Yun Fenghuang was a little bit dumbfounded: he thought something happened to the Silver Poppy Palace, and the three of them bit the bullet and came to the door!

Who knew but said that it was because they heard that the queen was ill, and wanted to ask if it was according to the rules to let concubines serve the sick.

Originally, it was a matter of course for the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress to lie on the couch, and for the concubines to serve in front of the couch. However, the implementation of this point by Guochao is not very strict.

The main reason is that Yun Fenghuang is such a prickly person, such as the loving mother empress dowager, making her wait for illness is no different from urging her to die.

It's better to avoid this matter, to be quiet and quiet, and get better sooner.

In addition, Gu Zhen was originally in good health, and his illnesses in the past two years have been caused by heart problems. Under such circumstances, it would be troublesome to serve with a bunch of people who came to ask for their health.

So now I heard that the queen's phoenix body is against harmony, and the concubines just visit and give something away, and they don't think of serving the sick at all, even the queen herself would not mention this.

Now the concubines of Yinying Palace came to ask, Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but have some doubts, so he asked them: "Why did you suddenly think of this? I just came back from the empress, but I haven't heard her mention this matter." Son."

Hearing the words, the three palace concubines showed obvious disappointment, and forced a smile and said: "The concubines are humble, I just heard that there was such a rule in the past, and I have been thinking about entering the palace for many years... Also, it is not serious. I have served His Majesty and ladies, and I want to do my best to chat."

"So that's the case." Yun Fenghuang knew that this was definitely not the truth, so he didn't bother to ask harshly, smiled and encouraged them, then found an excuse to send them away, and then called Chen Jing to ask why.

Chen Jing hadn't noticed the Yinying Palace before, and after hearing the accusation, she went out for a walk, and then she came back and said to Yun Fenghuang: "If you go back to the empress, maybe it's because they want to get some benefits."

Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was puzzled, he explained that if such a low-ranking concubine from a poor family was not favored, life in the palace would actually be very difficult.

Even after Yun Fenghuang came to power, he had already been promoted to the Sixth Palace on a large scale twice, but for this kind of concubine who started as a female picker and basically moved around in the status below Baolin because she didn't have a favor, the promotion is actually meaningless Great...their daily life is still difficult.

"I have ordered earlier in the morning that no confiscation of low-ranking concubines is allowed. Why can't the servants listen to it?" Yun Fenghuang was not happy when he heard the words, "Is this taking my words as a deaf ear?! If the full amount is paid How can it be difficult to live without a duty? After all, it is someone who serves His Majesty, even if it is a duty of a daughter, it is much better than their original family who don't know!"

Chen Jing said in a low voice: "Your Majesty let the slaves say something to your heart: Although your Majesty is kind, it is impossible to keep looking at them all the time. Except for a group of people at this moment, after a while, there will always be people who will beat them later." The idea of ​​the rules. The servants thought about it, this is why they offered to serve the empress. Even if they were slaves and servants in front of the empress, after such a festival, the stewards would not dare to handle it easily in the future They are gone."

Yun Fenghuang frowned, she had previously ordered her subordinates not to confiscate the Six Palaces, the main reason was to establish her prestige, it may not be necessary to say that she really loves these people.

And what Chen Jing said is quite right, it is impossible for her to care about these low-ranking concubines...

"They are thoughtful and courageous." The imperial concubine thought about it carefully at this moment, and felt that she had no objection and did not want to make any effort to help, so she ordered, "But this matter is not something that I can just say, and I will report it to the queen later." Empress, let's see what the Empress Empress wants."

Chen Jing hurriedly bowed and said that she was on behalf of the Yinying Palace to thank the noble concubine for her kindness.

Because the empress is a master and servant both know in their hearts that as long as the imperial concubine does not object, the empress will basically agree with her kindness.

Sure enough, after the news was passed to Gu Zhen, Gu Zhen agreed without much consideration, and asked other concubines in the palace who were not in charge to arrange shifts together and take turns serving them.

It is said to serve, but in fact the queen has her own servants to serve, firstly, the concubines may not be thoughtful and appropriate to serve; secondly, it is also out of safety considerations, there is no need for them for this kind of thing.

So simply tidying up a room in the side hall of Chongchang Palace, and letting the concubines come over to copy scriptures and pray for blessings is a kind of filial piety to the queen.

After Yun Fenghuang knew about it, he conveniently arranged homework for King Qin and the others, and asked them to copy something to pray for the queen.

This matter did not make the concubine attach great importance to it. After all, it is normal for low-ranking concubines to be bullied. If it is solved... if the high-ranking people pay attention to it, it is not really impossible to solve it.

The key is that the high-ranking people have their own affairs to be busy, and they can't take care of them.

Not to mention Yun Fenghuang, even the Queen Gu Zhen, who was recognized as soft-hearted, didn't have the time to worry about them.

Now that Gu Li's rebellion has attracted the attention of the former court and the harem, in comparison, the death of a newcomer in Ningbi Palace is just a passing moment, and everyone doesn't even have the time to discuss it.

The court was silent on the surface, and quarreled in private for two days, and finally came to a difficult result, which was to order Uncle Zhao Wu to go to the frontier in person to recruit the Dingbei Army who followed Gu Li's rebellion.

Of course, because Gu Li is the eldest grandson of Uncle Zhaowu after all, in this case, everyone had to guard against Gu Fangshu's going with Gu Li after he left, so they sent Duke Yi to go with him, not only to assist but also to supervise Gu Fangshu.

No one can doubt Duke Yi's loyalty to the emperor.

So even though several courtiers believed that Gu Li's actions reflected Uncle Zhao Wu's unreliability, and objected to letting him leave the imperial capital, after Yi Guogong took the head of the item as a guarantee, they didn't say anything.

In this way, Mrs. Gu couldn't tell whether it was a sigh of relief or a little bit more heartfelt.

It's a good thing that the emperor didn't get angry and attacked Gu immediately, but if Gu Fangshu's surrender on this trip is not smooth, it's hard to say whether the emperor can be as calm as he is now... In short, Gu's suffering , is far from over.

Including the queen who is in the deep palace.

Gu Zhen no longer has time to think about other things, even Yun Fenghuang hypocritically returned the phoenix seal, but she confiscated it, saying that she is lacking now, and the imperial concubine still needs to continue to manage the palace affairs.

He didn't even ask for safety, he only watched the few children in front of him, and didn't ask anything else at all.

In fact, she doesn't even have the heart to supervise the children now, but when she sees the tenth prince, at least she can remember Chunjia's promise and heart-to-heart at that time, which can make her feel more at ease.

In such a situation, Mrs. Gu specially sent Mrs. Zhao Wubo into the palace to persuade her to think about it: "Now that things have come to an end, I can only think about the good. Since His Majesty gave your father this opportunity, it can be seen that there is no intention of killing them all... You I'm afraid that there will be obstacles in the future if I hand over all the palace power to the imperial concubine."

"Is there any hindrance?" Gu Zhen pinched his forehead and said wearily, "If His Majesty still does not give up on me, Gu, I will turn around and take back the Phoenix Seal! If our family is not going well in the future, I will hold the Phoenix Seal What's the use of hands? After all, I rely on my family to get my back seat, don't I?"

Mrs. Uncle Zhao Wu wanted to persuade her again, but seeing her daughter almost collapsed, thinking about Gu Zhen's difficulties in the palace these years, her heart softened, and she sighed: "Forget it...so be it."

If I advise this daughter to be careful of the imperial concubine, I am afraid that the queen will not be able to bear it.

She left the palace on her front foot, and the queen lay down on her back foot, when she was called up again, saying that something happened in the palace, the noble concubine dared not be self-reliant, and the queen must be invited to sit in charge in person.

Gu Zhen was surprised and asked: "What is such a big deal, could it be the Qingci Palace?"

After all, Yunfenghuang has been taking care of the palace affairs for longer than her, and she is so courageous and favored that she dare not deal with things... It is not like there were no such things in the past, but those were all for the purpose of dragging the queen into the water, or dragging the queen into the tank .

Otherwise, where is there such a thing that the imperial concubine dare not be self-absorbed?

Gu Zhen thought about how the imperial concubine had been acting more and more virtuous and virtuous during this period of time, so she shouldn't have cheated herself like this.

So something really happened?

That probably has something to do with the Empress Dowager?

She began to sigh in her heart, thinking what happened these two years?

"No, empress." The attendant said in a low voice and quickly while tidying up her dress, "It seems that something went wrong in the Huzhu Palace. The imperial concubine has no choice but to ask you to go out and discuss it together."

Gu Zhen frowned and asked, "Could it be that Concubine An took care of the remaining few newcomers?"

This shouldn't be because the imperial concubine can't handle it?

"Your Majesty, Concubine An was assassinated." However, the result surprised Gu Zhen. The noble concubine who was waiting outside sighed when she saw the queen, "Wen Mingcui and Wen Shijiang took advantage of the time to serve the meal at close range, and suddenly killed... ...Although Concubine An's close servant loyally protected the lord, she finally saved her life, but now it is terrible. The palace man who heard the report said that Concubine An's face...was bloody... This news has not yet been reported to His Majesty, and the concubine is really not good. Do you know how to tell His Majesty?"

Gu Zhen was shocked, because she felt more deeply about Anfei's concubine killer's nickname than Yunfenghuang.

In other words, the feeling is much deeper.

The main reason is that she and Concubine An entered the palace at the same time, and she saw with her own eyes how Concubine An slaughtered and abused the concubines along the way.

On the other hand, Yun Fenghuang, who fought with Yuan Niangniang on the first day of entering the palace, has never suffered a disadvantage!

Simply stepping on Yuan Niang's illustrious and fierce reputation, he became famous in the first battle.

I'm afraid that I don't understand Concubine An's ability to harm concubines at all.

"...Who can blame this?" Thinking of those past events, the Queen sighed and said with a complicated expression, "This is all her own fault. Does Your Majesty still blame you and me for not taking good care of her?"

When she said this, she was thinking that the imperial concubine had really changed. She was an understatement when she took care of Concubine An at the beginning, but the empress dowager's help was useless. Now, Concubine An was murdered by her own palace. At a loss, you still have to come forward?

As a result, Yun Fenghuang also sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, it's fine if it's just that Concubine An was murdered by the people in the palace, the key is the two lowly maidservants who committed murder. I don't know why, but I insisted that they..."

After a pause, the imperial concubine looked at the queen sympathetically, "They insisted that they were ordered by you, the empress!"