Chapter 382 Second Brother (Upper)

Yi Xingen hurriedly stepped forward on her knees, grabbed Yun Fenghuang's skirt and burst into tears: "What did you say? Your kindness from birth is not as great as your kindness. The concubine was supported by her, so she had the opportunity to serve His Majesty. Under the protection of the emperor, the two imperial highnesses were born. If there is no empress, the concubine will be slow to say that I will be a concubine, and I am afraid that I don’t know where the bones are! The two imperial daughters are all made by the empress. But what does it have to do with my concubine? Furthermore, please forgive me, back then... not only did I do bad things, but I also said bad things: I once said that I wanted to know the recent situation of Princess Zhaoqing , just bought the palace man."

"But in fact, the concubine just hasn't conceived for a long time, so she has dirty thoughts and wants to pay more attention to Her Royal Highness."

"Later, there was the seventh princess, concubine... these days, I never thought about your highness the princess!"

Yun Fenghuang's smile was not a smile, and he didn't expose the loopholes in her words, but said: "This is also human nature."

The more talkative the concubine was, the more Yi Xingen worried that she would not take her adopted sons and daughters seriously after she had her own flesh and blood.

Although it is said inside and out that the imperial concubine is cruel and ruthless as a concubine, she loves and pities her children very much.

Even the queen who has a bad relationship with the imperial concubine feels that the imperial concubine dotes on children very much.

But Yi Xingen, as Yun Fenghuang's direct descendant, has been serving the master since entering the palace, but she feels that the noble concubine is not what the rumors say.

Yun Fenghuang might indeed dote on her children at ordinary times, but at critical moments, just looking at Gongbian's actions that night, she can tell that she still puts her interests first.

Think about it, the current heirs of Xuanqing Palace, not to mention the princes, sons are naturally a head taller than daughters these days.

Yi Xingen is also aware of Princess Zhaoqing's personality, because she was doted on since she was a child, she is quite spoiled and willful.

Because he is the first child under the name of Yunfenghuang, Chunjia likes him very much.

It was fine earlier, even if Yun Fenghuang didn't love her sincerely in his heart, because of the fact that she was valued by the emperor, he probably wouldn't deliberately treat her badly.

But not long ago, the second princess who had been concubine Jing, former concubine Shu, and former concubine Xian also came to be the daughter of the noble concubine!

Don't look down on this emperor's daughter, but judging from the way she played against Concubine Jing and Concubine Shu, she is not a good one!

Even though Yi Xingen knew in her heart that the level of the second princess could not be deceived by Yun Fenghuang, but Yun Fenghuang was willing to be deceived.

As for why Yun Fenghuang was deceived...

Think about it, she is not her own daughter, Princess Zhaoqing is pampered, capricious and domineering, she needs Yun Fenghuang to coax her, persuade her, accompany her and hold her; on the other hand, what about the second princess? It seems to be unknown, but if she didn't have some ability to make adults happy, then the former Xianfei would have raped Concubine Jing and former Concubine Shu for her, and would have killed her?

After all, Zhaoqing was brought up by Yunfenghuang from the moment he landed, so his feelings are naturally deeper than that of the second princess.

But now that the imperial concubine has her own biological flesh and blood, King Jin, even if she doesn't put her adopted son and daughter aside all of a sudden, it will greatly dilute her sincerity towards them.

At this time, there will be another child who is scheming and can deceive people like the second emperor...

If it were Yi Xingen herself, she couldn't help but prefer the second princess!

Anyway, the two children are not their own flesh and blood, so of course who makes her happy and who she loves.

The more Yi Xingen thought about it, the more she felt that Zhaoqing's position was in jeopardy, but Zhaoqing herself obviously didn't feel it, otherwise she wouldn't have been in King Jin for a few months and still enjoy the favor given by Yunfenghuang as a matter of course, and even tried to Ask for more.

"This concubine comes from a humble background. If my mother doesn't dislike her, everything about this concubine today is like a flower in a mirror." She thought about it quickly, and felt that even if she saw Zhaoqing's crisis, there was nothing she could do.

Not to mention that Zhaoqing doesn't know that she is the biological mother at all, even if she knows, is it a good thing for Zhaoqing?

In the past, the imperial concubine could not give birth by herself, but after she was able to give birth, she had only Zhaoqing's daughter under her knees for a while, and things were rare and precious.

Now Zhaoqing is neither her own flesh and blood nor her only daughter.

So what does the eldest daughter of the emperor rely on?

Besides Chunjia's doting, it was also Yi Xingen who was the biological mother.

But Yi Xingen knew very well that the reason why the emperor loved the eldest daughter was not because Zhao Qing was the first daughter, nor because Zhao Qing was smart and beautiful, but the main reason was because she was the heir of the imperial concubine.

If the imperial concubine can support a much-loved Princess Zhaoqing, she can support a much-loved second daughter of the emperor.

Yi Xingen had absolutely no way to start with Zhaoqing to alleviate the possibility of her daughter falling out of favor.

However, Yun Fenghuang would not summon her for no reason. If he thought about it this way, he would not be able to give Zhaoqing advice, but he could end up in person and do something for this daughter.

Immediately, he expressed his gratitude and loyalty eloquently. Seeing the concubine's half-smile, he shut up a little embarrassingly, and peeked at the concubine's expression.

The imperial concubine drank tea, and said slowly: "Don't be so nervous. The reason why you are able to achieve today, although I have contributed, it is because of your hard work. Otherwise, for those many girls, what I do not praise others, I will praise you ? Don’t you think you are a good luck?”

"I dare not..."

"Why don't you dare." The noble concubine said with a half-smile, "After all, it's a great thing for an ordinary son from a poor family, like that Jiang family, to be able to read two characters and read the same sentence. But you, not only are you born beautiful and beautiful , is good at calligraphy and painting, not to mention even medical skills, and even has some accomplishments in singing and dancing... Speaking of which, if I hadn't entered the palace earlier, I am afraid that this imperial concubine today would not be in my turn to do it? "

As soon as the words fell, Yi Xingen's whole body almost went limp!

It's not that she didn't expect the concubine to bring up the old matter again, but she thought that since the concubine said such a thing, she would definitely not allow herself to live.

She was frightened to death for a moment, seeing that the imperial concubine was just looking at her with a smile on her face, only then did she gain some strength in her limbs, thinking that no matter what the imperial concubine's plan was, at least she was not planning to kill her right now.

"... Your Majesty, what your Majesty said, I... I can't bear it, how dare I dare?" Yi Xingen forced a smile and knelt up straight, and said in a low voice, "How can I be a concubine... If it is not for your empress Uplifting, a concubine can't even be a concubine."

After a moment of humility, she smiled and said nothing when she saw the imperial concubine. She bravely said, "It's just that although I am dull, I dare not forget the great kindness of the empress."

Yun Fenghuang squinted at her, and suddenly asked: "Whose daughter are you?"

"My concubine is ill for some reason..." Yi Xingen opened her mouth and came, she was obviously familiar with these words, but she just opened her head, when she saw the imperial concubine's eyes instantly became very cold, she trembled and felt at a loss what to do After a while, she regained her composure, and said in a low voice, "If you go back to your mother, the concubine's background... the background... the background is really... really unbearable!"

"Huh?" Yun Fenghuang was stunned, thinking of some possibility, his face became weird, and he coughed dryly, "What's going on?"

Yi Xingen turned her head slightly, as if unable to face the next scene, said in a hoarse voice: "I... I was originally sold into Zhizhou brothel by officials, because I was considered quite talented by the madam when I was young. , so she has been hidden in the building all the time, teaching singing and dancing skills all day long, in order to become a blockbuster when she grows up! Who knows...the madam just said that she wants...to marry her as a concubine...to the rich and powerful of Zhizhou, and drive the Sanzhou chaos, Both the brothel and the dignitaries encountered accidents in the chaos! The concubine...was lucky to be exiled outside, and by chance, she came into the palace."

"This is strange." Yun Fenghuang couldn't help being happy, leaned over, pinched her chin, forced her to turn her face, and said softly, "You said that there was chaos in the three states, and that brothels and powerful people were in trouble. Gong actually believes it. It's just that you are so beautiful and charming, even seeing you makes me fall in love..."

She chuckled, "Will those rebels let you go?"

There was water in Yi Xingen's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Don't dare to lie to your mother, the deaths of the madam and the nobles all have something to do with this concubine. In my family, there was a county magistrate in the past, so it is the concubine's life. Father. It’s just that the father’s nature-the son was upright, offended the Shangguan, was imprisoned by Luo Zhi, and died in prison soon! Not long after that, it was found that his treasury was short of money. The small amount of family property in the family could not fill the hole! The concubine had two The elder brother, one of whom had followed his father's friend since he was a child, disappeared; The concubine's aunt and aunt were also sold into the building immediately. After that, the concubine's aunt couldn't bear the humiliation, and took her aunt to commit suicide, leaving the concubine to stay alone in the brothel. There was no hope for the concubine at first, but who knew that the three states later There was chaos, the concubine was originally... the white silk was hanging on the beam, but she was rescued."

"The man claimed to be entrusted by others."

"The concubine thought it was strange to repay the kindness of my late father, so he forced me to die. Perhaps the other party was afraid that it would be difficult to explain, so he revealed that he was entrusted by the second brother who was adopted by the concubine."

"But he refused to disclose the identity and surname of the second brother, and when the second brother was born, the concubine was too young, so I didn't remember it at all."

"In short, he sent his concubine out of Zhizhou. Originally, he planned to arrange for him to be fostered by a family with no worries about food and clothing, and to promise a honest husband in return...but the concubine was not happy to be arranged like this. Hearing that the flower and bird envoy arrived, he deceived her He left, ran out."

After a pause, she said, "The concubine entered the palace on her own initiative."

Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes to look at her, and said slowly: "Why is this? Don't say that you are for wealth and status. If so, you would not be so docile and obedient these years. The meaning of fighting for favor!"

"... Your Majesty, knowing is easier than doing." Yi Xingen was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly, "To tell you the truth, although my concubine was considered a member of the official family when I was young, after all, I have been in the building since I was a child. It's all the way in the building: when you are young and beautiful, try to win over a good one, and from then on, the vines will depend on the pine branches, and you will be trusted for life! So at the earliest time, I thought about relying on appearance to occupy His Majesty's heart A place... It's just that what I have seen since I entered the palace is too far from my imagination. Although I have had wishful thinking, I know the severity. If I didn't risk offending the Queen when I first entered the palace, I chose To be a servant in the palace for the empress, the concubine really can't live up to now."

"That may not be the case." Yun Fenghuang said disapprovingly, "At that time, my palace had already emerged, and all the concubines wished that you could come from behind and fight against this palace. If you had gone under other people's hands, I'm afraid you would have been named a concubine long ago!"

Yi Xingen said: "It is also possible that when Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing was born, she would be deprived of her mother and keep her son... Madam, not everyone is like you, who is willing to leave an heir when there is no hope of having a child. mother's life."

Yun Fenghuang asked with great interest: "Why do you think that this palace will be merciless? You must know that when you first entered the palace, everyone inside and outside thought that this palace is cruel and merciless!"