Yun Fenghuang was not very happy to see Chunjia away that day.
It is true that Chunjia's position is now stable. Political opponents such as Ji, Zheng, and the regent have fallen successively. Cui and other powerful ministers have also wised up and curbed their sharpness and learned to be obedient ministers.
Even foreign troubles disappeared through self-destruction one after another. Even the candidates for the new king had to bow their heads in front of the emperor's throne and ask for instructions from the dynasty.
Not to mention the selection of the Dalan clan is now a matter of decision in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers.
but…
The crown prince has not been established yet!
In other words, Yun Fenghuang's road to Qingci Palace is not yet stable!
If the emperor loses his fighting spirit just like Empress Dowager Yuan did back then, what will happen when she needs Chunjia to suppress the former harem and keep the Jin King on the throne
Is it possible to let her do it by herself
If she had such ability, why would she be dormant in the palace for so many years
This was not the only time I was depressed. One day later, I went to the Queen to say hello, but the Queen also talked about Jinxi: "I don't know what's going on with Yun'an, why am I so confused? I only have one daughter. Among those imperial daughters, when encountering similar things, which one would not cry and shout, fearing that it would be blamed on their own children? Fortunately for her, His Majesty never had that thought, and she was the first to ask for this job... He didn't even think about how old the princess was. , it is still her only flesh and blood so far, and she is willing to give it up!"
Yun Fenghuang didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a casual chat, so he said casually: "Yes, but it made your majesty very angry. When your majesty came to my place that day, his face was not good. What did I think was going on? , the co-authorship was done by Yun An. I really don’t know what Yun An was thinking."
"Isn't it!" The Queen sighed, "If it were someone else, His Majesty's temper would definitely break out. But because it was Yun'an, Your Majesty didn't say anything. Yesterday, he even taught my natal brother to leave the house A fat servant, specially assigned to Zheng Fengfeng. But I hope Yun'an and his wife will not disappoint His Majesty again."
Then he said thoughtfully, "Your Majesty has been more generous to the three Highnesses in the past two years."
Yun Fenghuang was immediately alert and said with a smile: "What the empress said seems as if Your Majesty was not lenient to the three Highnesses in the past."
"Of course His Majesty is very kind to the three Highnesses." The Queen consciously lost her words and choked before saying, "It's just that Your Majesty was busy with government affairs in the past, and he didn't have much time to worry about the three Highnesses. In the past two years, he may have been able to spare some time. Take it, you are more interested in the three His Highnesses. Look at what happened to Minghui this time, His Majesty didn’t say anything."
"Your Highness Minghui?" Yun Fenghuang asked in surprise, "What happened to Your Highness Minghui?"
The queen glanced at her and said, "You don't know yet? That's right. You are not very close to the Yun family. This is not a shameful thing. It is common sense for them not to tell you."
He just told the general story: Isn’t Princess Minghui pregnant? Maybe the eldest princess herself doesn't know whether this pregnancy is from the consort or from a few men.
Then, two days ago, someone revealed to Minghui that the prince-in-law was raising a foreign wife outside. The foreign wife even followed her to Qishan for summer vacation, and lived in a dowry village where Yunxi Ke married his eldest sister.
Yunxi Guest occasionally went out to have private meetings with outsiders on the pretext of visiting friends or something.
Even though Minghui is unambiguous about her own appearance, she is even more straightforward in cleaning up her husband's outer room.
After she received the news, she even ignored that she was pregnant. She directly led a large number of men to the village, dragged him out of the outer room, and beat him to death in public!
At this point of the matter, at most everyone is talking privately about how fierce the eldest princess is, and it doesn't matter if it's over.
Even Chunjia would not explain anything to Hui about this kind of thing. Who is to say that this is the legitimate royal daughter, or the biological flesh and blood of Xiaozong
The only thing to blame is Yun Xike's lack of thoroughness in his actions, which Ming Hui took advantage of.
but!
Ming Hui was still angry. After finding out that Zhuangzi was the dowry of Yunxi Ke's eldest sister, he asked someone to wrap up the body in the outer room and rushed to Yunxi Ke's eldest sister, the elder of the Meng family's second room. In the daughter-in-law's house, the body was thrown in front of Meng Yunshi and a pair of underage children!
When did Meng Yun's mother and son, who had been pampered since childhood, ever see such blood
I was so frightened that I almost fainted!
Ming Hui didn't give up, she sneered and took the handkerchief handed over by her servant, wiped her hands, and said in a cold voice: "I have never seen such dirty and dirty things like you! My younger brother keeps asking me to respect him, but in the end What? Why don't you just turn around and play around with women outside, and you deserve me to protect you like a jade?! As a sister, you don't know how to persuade your brother to be benevolent and righteous, but instead give your brother a dowry to support your brother... I see, you These things were probably born from some random things in Zhuangzi, right? But they still have the honor to be named in the Meng family, and this Meng family is really easy to talk to!"
After such a curse, the elders of the Meng family rushed over to send him away with both soft and hard tactics. Minghui then went to her mother-in-law to argue. Her idea was to let the Yun family learn a little bit from the Meng family...
One can imagine how Yunshi and Mengshi feel!
In the past, when Minghui reported such nonsense to Chunjia, Chunjia would definitely lose her temper. However, this time she just gave the two families something to comfort them, with hidden meanings in her words, so that they would not always force her to follow them. Minghui can't get through it. You have to think about your own dignity. Don't you think about the brother-sister relationship between me and the eldest princess
The emperor said that no matter how wronged the two families were, how could they dare to talk more
All we can do is knock off our teeth and swallow it, block the news, and pretend that nothing happened.
The Yun family even beat up Yun Xi Ke so that he could have time to comfort the eldest princess, so as not to make his own pain become the pain of two families...
Yun Fenghuang's face was changing, and he was wailing in his heart. He felt that Chunjia was probably or maybe really useless... You are an emperor in the prime of his life. You don't want to make progress, but you have begun to reflect softly. This is not to indulge in addiction. What is it about running on the road of indecision in the harem? !
Little did he know that Chunjia was deep in thought at the moment: "I have made it so obvious. The queen and Ahuang should know my painstaking efforts and teach the children to be close to each other and value siblings in the future, right?"
There was no way around it, even though the emperor had planned early on, many of his heirs would definitely have to hone each other, and only the winner would be qualified to take over his throne.
However, from the perspective of a father, even a less qualified father, he did not want to have a situation like Shenzong ascended the throne: the winner would kill all the losers.
Regardless of the relationship between flesh and blood, this move is not a good thing for the Gongxiang family.
Why did Xiaozong fall into the control of the Ji family? Why did Xiaozong, a majestic emperor, struggle in every possible way but end in depression
Apart from the fact that he was unable to defeat the Ji family because of his own lack of means, the most fundamental reason was that when Shenzong ascended the throne, in order to avenge his brothers and sisters, he almost killed all the leaders of the Gongxiang family!
However, he himself had few heirs, and only had two sons, Xiaozong and Prince Regent. However, Shenzong's life was short-lived and he died in his prime.
The young Xiaozong took office before his death. Apart from important ministers such as the Minister of Gu Ming and the Duke of Ye, the only person he could rely on was the regent who was younger than him and whose biological mother was from a humble background.
In this situation, he is not the kind of emperor who has never been born before. In fact, he cannot be entirely blamed for failing to defeat the Ji family.
Just imagine, if Shenzong had not done so ruthlessly, but had retained some of his brothers and nephews. After Xiaozong took the throne, he could not defeat his maternal family. He could have promoted his uncles and brothers, checked and balanced the Ji family, and acted as mediator. How could the imperial power have declined? as quickly
How can Ji cover the sky with one hand
Chunjia believed that it was necessary to set an example and subtly influence the concubines' cultivation of the emperor's heirs, so as not to cause a life-and-death struggle. The emperor felt that it was worthwhile to sacrifice some of his heirs in exchange for the birth of an outstanding prince. However, he felt that it was better to keep the heirs who had no chance of competing for the throne and some who were mediocre and not ruthless in their actions.
Not to mention other uses, at least it can strengthen the bloodline of the main branch to prevent the death of the heir, right
"Although the queen is more stupid, Ah Huang has always been smart." Chunjia thought for a while and thought, "She will definitely understand my painstaking efforts."
So the emperor went about organizing government affairs with peace of mind.
And Yun Fenghuang, who had high hopes for him, thought over and over again and felt that this was not going to work. If the emperor was deposed, the queen could still rely on the Gu family. Who could she rely on
As for persuading Chunjia to cheer up, she found it difficult.
The main thing is that the emperor really has no reliable opponent now!
Up and down the temple, there were truly golden words. As long as Chunjia made his position clear, no one dared to say no.
Even if a few ministers who acted as direct ministers would make suggestions, they would just accept it.
After all, the emperor came to power by stepping on the corpses of two major descendants. There are still some ministers who have been willing to sacrifice their lives throughout the ages. How many of them can take their families to risk their lives
Under this situation, Chunjia slacked off, and although Yun Fenghuang hated iron for not becoming steel, he couldn't find any reason to advise him to continue to be vigilant.
"So it is said that one is born in sorrow and dies in peace and happiness!" The imperial concubine sighed in her heart, "Since ancient times, there have been many monarchs who became saints and then fell into decline. It seems that it is impossible to escape this disaster today."
She then found an excuse to summon Yin Qu again.
Fortunately, we are in the palace now. Although there are no explicit rules, the rules here at Qishan Palace are much more relaxed than those in the palace.
Naturally, the concubine and the foreign minister who had never met each other had to avoid suspicion, but Yun Fenghuang and Yin Qu were of different generations, and they had the seventh prince as a hub, so it didn't matter if they met each other occasionally.
"Your Majesty has been very kind to the late Emperor's flesh and blood these days." The two of them met in the flower hall of Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion and exchanged a few words. Yun Fenghuang then said, "I feel this, but I don't know whether Lord Yin can Did you teach me?"
Yin Qu has been busy with Wei He's affairs for the past two days, but after all, the leader of the big clan, Yun An Minghui, has heard about the farce, and he said indifferently: "His Royal Highness Yun An may have listened to some rumors, so he is suspicious of your Majesty. . This is an unwise move. Your Majesty will definitely not agree to it, so let’s just pretend we don’t know. As for His Highness Hui Hui’s... some household matters, both families have taken the initiative to suppress them, so naturally there is no need for the Queen to worry. "
Yun Fenghuang looked at him for a few times and saw that he seemed completely unaware that the emperor might no longer be as enterprising as before. After thinking for a while, he felt that this person was not very reliable and there was no need to take the initiative to reveal it, so he said: "What happened to the Dalan clan It didn't attract much attention at first, but because His Highness Yun'an made such a fuss, many people are now concerned."
"Your Majesty will not be happy to see anyone in the clan and powerful officials who are too close to Wei He." Yin Qu did not beat around the bush and said calmly, "The person who can reassure your Majesty about Wei He's Dalan clan must first be trusted by your Majesty. It’s just that Your Majesty is reluctant to let his own daughter go out of the country. Looking at the previous harem, the only one who can be trusted by Your Majesty and entrusted with the position of Queen of a country, apart from the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is the only one."
"It's just that although the empress dowager, a loving mother, is very kind to your majesty, Yuan doesn't know what is good and what is evil!"
"Not to mention that the Xingning House is almost destroyed now. Even if the Yuan family still has girls of the right age, His Majesty will definitely not rest assured that a family that has mixed bloodlines will give birth to a Dalan family, or even... The one who gave birth to Wei He, the future Great Khan."
"Then this is the only place for you."
"Your Majesty is not of high birth, sometimes it is a bad thing, sometimes it is a good thing. For example, now, it is a good thing."
"Even if the Xie family has a Dalan family, it will not threaten His Majesty."
Yun Fenghuang's eyes flashed and he said slowly: "King Qin and his brothers are getting older."
"So I say that the birth of the empress is a good thing." Yin Qu said calmly, "The Xie family became the Dalan family. Although their status has been improved, in the final analysis, the Xie family's daughter is the Weihe Dalan family. She wants status. To be stable, we must rely closely on the court! The Xie family alone cannot do this! Even if the princes grow up and compete for the position of the crown prince... Please think about it, even if His Highness the King of Jin loses, can he rely on the Dayan family to influence the crown prince? Is this the destiny of your position?"
This is of course impossible.
After all, if Wei He hadn't been too weak, he wouldn't have had the final say from the Khan position to the Yan clan.
By then, even if the Weihe Dalan family is the daughter of the Xie family, let alone helping the King of Jin, it would be good to try to hug the new king's lap.
At most, the new king did not want to cause chaos, so he showed mercy to the King of Jin because of the Dalan family.
Yun Fenghuang thought for a long time and nodded slightly: "I understand."
She didn't say what she would do, and Yin Qu didn't urge her. However, when she was leaving, she thought of something and asked, "May I ask your Majesty, is there any news about Mrs. Jiang recently?"
"..." Yun Fenghuang's expression dimmed and he shook his head slightly, "No."
"I do have an idea," Yin Qu said, "Please forgive me for bluntly stating that your father and your father disappeared at the same time that year. According to the results of the investigation from the north, they were kidnapped by two Wei He armies. In that situation, your father is still in trouble, is it possible that your father is used to being pampered and can't survive it?"
He said slowly, "That's why there is no news now! After all, with your current imperial favor and status, as long as Mrs. Jiang is alive, who on the grassland wouldn't want to take the opportunity to please you?"
Yun Fenghuang's face was gloomy, which was also her hidden worry these days.
Ji, Wei He, and Gu were not responsible for the downfall of the Xie family.
When Xie Jian and Jiang were kidnapped, Ji was the most suspected.
The key is, after all these days, no threat has been presented to her!
Even if the Ji family fell out with Wei He this time, Xifa died, the Wei He royal family changed drastically, and the remnants of the Ji family fled to a small country farther away again... It seemed impossible to come back in this life, but they still didn't ask Yun Fenghuang. Made a request.
This is really disrespectful to the Ji family. If the person is really in their hands, no, or rather it is not them, but someone else, who would catch the Jiang family but have no desire or desire for the favored concubine and daughter
Even if they really have no desires or pursuits, such a person wouldn't stop Jiang from coming out, right
And how could Jiang herself not be eager to reunite with her biological daughter after the great change
So the most likely thing is that Jiang is no longer alive.
People like the Ji family, who originally planned to use her as a bargaining chip, knew that Yun Fenghuang was not easy to fool. Without a living Jiang family, it was impossible to get benefits from Concubine Min.
Therefore, he simply remained silent and gave up threatening Yun Fenghuang!