Gu Zhen's face changed, and she immediately suspected that this was the work of the empress dowager. She cursed in her heart, okay? She thought it was her birthday party after all, and she just paid it back when she was so disgusted yesterday. Who knows? Are you coming again today? ?
Does this mean that Chunjia can do whatever he wants without being present at the moment? !
Aren't you afraid that after the emperor finds out, he will see the true face of this loving mother and empress dowager, and the gap between mother and son will reappear
The queen's thoughts were racing, but before she could figure out what to do, the imperial concubine over there who was feeding King Jin soup from a bowl also noticed it and turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"... It is said that something happened later." Gu Zhen's face was as dark as water. He glanced at her and said with a thought, "I am a little tired at the moment. How about you go and take a look, my concubine?"
She thought that no matter whether it was the Queen Mother who caused the disturbance or not, it was better to leave it to the imperial concubine than to be caught off guard.
Who would have thought that just after she said this, the palace maid who came to report the news immediately quietly pulled off the corner of her clothes, as if to stop her from doing so.
Gu Zhen was wondering why the palace lady was acting like this, but he saw another palace man coming in at the door. The palace man looked familiar, it was Hongcai in front of the imperial concubine. Her face was very ugly, the kind of person who tried to calm down. After looking around, he quickly walked towards the imperial concubine.
"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the Yi family under the imperial concubine." Seeing this, the maid who reported the news to the queen suddenly became anxious. Regardless of the rules, she quickly stood up and approached the queen's ear and said quickly, "The Yi family just became the same foreign minister. In the woods... I happened to be caught by a patrolling guard! This? "
"..." Why didn't you say it earlier, you idiot? !
You should have made it clear to me earlier, instead of dilly-dallying! ! !
Gu Zhen didn't have time to think too much, and immediately raised his head to meet the inquiring gaze of his loving mother, the Empress Dowager, and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, something has indeed happened, and it is of great importance. My daughter-in-law does not dare to make the decision without authorization. Please ask the Queen Mother to move over and help take charge. Eye, how should we deal with this kind of thing?"
The loving mother-in-law Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes slightly and thought about it a few times. She was a little suspicious that the queen was retreating in order to advance, and wanted to use her as an excuse to covet the palace power. Just when she was about to refuse, Yun Fenghuang's expression suddenly changed. He said in a deep voice: "This is a good day for the Queen Mother. How can there be any reason to let the birthday girl do things? The Queen Mother's move is too much. It is better to ask the Queen Mother to accompany the Queen Mother to sit here and let me do some small things. Just go and deal with it yourself. But why disturb the Queen Mother's interest?"
Hearing this, Gu Zhen sneered slightly: "If the noble concubine said this in normal times, I would give you some face. But this time, it is not appropriate for you to go, right? You must also know that this time The matter has a lot to do with Yi Shi. As we all know, Yi Shi was brought up by you, and now she has made a mistake, no matter how big or small, shouldn't the noble concubine avoid suspicion? "
Hearing the Queen mention Yi Shi, the loving mother Queen Mother couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
Although she had been away from the palace for some time, she was very aware of the Queen's concubine's character.
Although Queen Gu Zhen was not shrewd enough, after all, she was beaten all the way, so she was not without sense.
If Yi Xingen had just committed an ordinary offense, even if the queen was unhappy, she would not have pursued her violently, let alone scolded the concubine in person.
Because of the concubine's favor, Chunjia didn't care about trivial matters at all, and even thought that the person who was holding on to her would have nothing to do.
If you want to use the topic to your advantage, you are just asking for trouble.
To be able to make the queen be so aggressive and say that the concubine is not allowed to interfere, this...
The loving mother Queen Mother's words immediately changed when she spoke: "Okay, how old are you? There are so many people here, and you are still making such a noise, and you are not afraid of being laughed at."
After seemingly speaking in a smooth manner, she turned to the queen and said, "You have always been steady. In the days since the Ai family came back, you have never asked for anything from the Ai family. It is rare to speak once, and in full view of the public, the Ai family cannot It’s just a shame, that’s all. I’m feeling a little tired after sitting around at the Ai family for the whole day, so I’ll just go with you for a walk.”
The implication behind the words is that the Ai family did not interfere in palace affairs intentionally. Otherwise, how long has it been since the Ai family came back to the imperial capital and they have never interfered with the affairs of the harem, right
The reason why I take care of this today is purely to give the queen face!
But there is no other meaning.
When Gu Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but despise her for being both responsible and independent. However, the top priority was to join forces with the Queen Mother to defeat the imperial concubine... In the past, she might have considered this. After all, the Queen Mother Yuan was also extremely difficult to deal with.
But now, although the Queen Mother has returned to the Imperial Capital, she is not in the palace, so the threat is naturally greatly reduced.
The most important thing is that the selection of the Dalan clan and Chunjia's favoritism towards the imperial concubine these days have made the queen and the Gu family worried that unexpected changes will occur, thus threatening the possibility of the legitimate prince becoming the Eastern Palace.
All in all, for the Queen and the Gu family, the first target of attack is undoubtedly the imperial concubine!
"My daughter-in-law thanked my mother!" So Gu Zhen immediately stood up and finalized the matter, "I also ask my mother to come with my daughter-in-law."
Seeing Yun Fenghuang push away Prince Jin who was tired of her coquettishness with a gloomy face, he also stood up, raised his eyebrows and said, "My concubine, please stay and greet the guests on my behalf."
"Today is the third day of the banquet, and the concubine Shu is present, so the guests are not unwelcome." Yun Fenghuang took a deep breath, and his sleeves trembled slightly unnoticeably. He was the kind of person who could spot her if he looked closely. While trying to calm down and suppress his anger, he said in a deep voice, "As for me, I haven't seen the Queen Mother for a long time, and I want to stay with you and listen to her teachings! I also ask the Queen Mother and the Queen for your permission!"
She wanted to follow her under the guise of being filial, but the queen didn't want to do what she wanted. She lowered her face and said, "If you want to be filial, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. What? Do you want to disobey?!"
The concubines and guests nearby all watched with their noses and noses in mind, and they didn't dare to express their anger!
Although everyone in the palace knew that if the concubine tried to force her, the queen would most likely not be able to defeat the noble concubine, but the queen was the master of the Sixth Palace after all. She said this in public, and if Yun Fenghuang still wanted to disobey, she would know it. There will inevitably be courtiers who will come forward to impeach, which will even affect the reputation of King Qin and other royal heirs in the Xuanqing Palace in the future.
After all, at this time, the important thing is that a general has no children. If the mother has bad conduct, how will her children be recognized
These are just pros and cons based on public opinion.
The most important thing is that if after the support is given, there is a pig teammate, it will be a miserable life.
"..." Yun Fenghuang's face was livid, he glanced at the queen coldly, and suddenly raised his skirt and bowed to the Queen Mother Yuan, "I beg you to take care of me. I haven't seen you for a long time. In the past three days, during the banquet, Nowadays, although I can occasionally win the empress's favor, how can I resolve my admiration for you?"
Empress Dowager Yuan, who was originally happy to see the empress and the concubine fighting, narrowed her eyes, glanced at the empress and then at the concubine, and finally said with a smile but not a smile: "Well, you said so, the Ai family must be unkind."
He looked at the queen and said, "Zhen'er, what do you see here?"
Even though the Queen had prepared herself to perform the show of loving mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's filial piety on Haosheng tonight, she couldn't help but tremble at the sudden "Proverb"!
It seems that I am still too naive!
Looking at Empress Dowager Yuan who seemed as if nothing had happened, and Concubine Min who looked respectful as if she had not heard anything, Gu Zhen calmed down and said reluctantly: "Since the empress has given orders, my daughter-in-law will naturally obey them." !”
She sneered secretly in her heart, it was just what the guards caught doing!
Even if the imperial concubine is gone, how can we explain it
Is it possible that people inside and outside would believe that Yi Xingen was in the woods with a foreign minister at the beginning of dusk, and treated each other with courtesy
In this way, the three people were surrounded by the palace people and left their seats and walked back.
At this time, a monastery had been vacated for the superiors to deal with the matter. When they arrived near the monastery, they saw the palace guards here, all of them looked heavy and trembling.
The queen was not surprised. After all, it was normal for the relevant people to be disposed of in such a big scandal.
She couldn't care about these people now. She pretended to be a filial daughter-in-law and helped the Queen Mother to sit down inside. Then she called several guards forward: "What is going on? Tell me!"
"Return to the Queen Mother, the Empress, and the Imperial Concubine." Those guards were all majestic in appearance, tall and mighty, but they were quite anxious at the moment. Especially when they saw the Imperial Concubine present, they wanted to wipe off their cold sweat on the spot and carefully Said, "These humble people are responsible for inspecting the palace tonight, so..."
What happened was actually very simple. The guards started patrolling as usual. When they walked to the woods not far from the banquet, they heard something moving inside.
Of course, it was impossible to just ignore the important place of the palace, so he asked and went in to look for it.
As a result, as soon as they entered, they saw Zhaorong Yi Xing'en, who was under the command of Concubine Min, kneeling on the ground, pulling the corner of a young foreign minister's robe not far away, with tears streaming down her face, crying, and whispering to the other party, " Cruel-hearted", "How can I let it go" and so on.
Several guards were all in bad condition at that time!
Although, they couldn't pretend to know nothing and walk away, so they had no choice but to detain the person first and send someone to report to their superiors quietly.
The boss was also numb. After all, if it was an ordinary concubine, it would be fine. For example, the eighth prince from before suppressed it for a while, and after a while no one paid attention to it, and then he died of illness and passed away.
The problem is that Yi Xing'en is not an ordinary concubine. Not to mention that Concubine Min behind her is the emperor's sweetheart. Let's talk about herself. Not to mention her rank, she also gave birth to two royal daughters.
Among them, Princess Zhaoqing, the eldest daughter of the emperor, is Chunjia’s favorite heir!
Then, the foreign minister who was captured together with Yi Xingen was not an unknown person... An unknown person was not qualified to attend the birthday banquet of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager.
This is Cui Wan's proud disciple and the emperor's promising minister, Du Langu!
How else could this happen
The superior of the Forbidden Army really did not have the courage to tell the emperor the bad news, so he could only try to report it to the queen first.
In fact, this is also a time for the imperial concubine to relax, lest Yi Xingen and the adulterer cannot escape later. The imperial concubine will be angry and rely on the emperor's favor to settle the accounts with them in the forbidden army in a few days!
After listening to the whole story, he looked at Yi Xing'en who was brought up. Although she stopped crying, she still had traces of tears, her hair was slightly disheveled, and although there was fear in her expression, it was more of a sadness that was difficult to resolve; on the contrary, that Du Langu's face was expressionless, and he seemed to be resigned to his fate. The loving mother, the Queen Mother, and the Empress were both furious!