Yi Xingen bit her lip and tried hard to control herself from looking at the imperial concubine.
She knew very well that now it seemed that the emperor was asking questions, but in fact it was the imperial concubine who decided her life and death.
Judging from the emperor's recent attitude, it is obvious that both Concubine Min and Du Langu are the people the emperor wants to protect.
These two people must have done something that is completely intolerable to the emperor, otherwise Chunjia would not investigate it at all.
They will even take the initiative to pretend to be confused and cover up their mistakes.
After all, Du Langu was talented and young; as for the imperial concubine, she was favored and favored.
In contrast, the stunning beauty she possesses is easily accessible to the emperor, so naturally she is not cherished.
If his answer does not satisfy the imperial concubine, given Yun Fenghuang's personality, he will definitely blame himself and blame him in a matter of seconds.
The most terrible thing is that neither the imperial concubine nor Yi Xingen expected that Du Langu would be so stubborn at this time, and would not follow the only way of survival left by the imperial concubine for him and admit that they were brother and sister. Performing a show of deep love and loyalty between brother and sister after a long separation.
Therefore, Yun Fenghuang did not give her any advice on how to deal with this situation.
"To answer your Majesty's question, I and Master Du are indeed brothers and sisters." Yi Xing'en thought in her heart and reported sadly, "It's just that Master Du was born at a young age and he and I did not grow up together. Later, my family encountered great changes. , living under someone else’s roof. After Mr. Du succeeded in the imperial examination, he found his concubine and originally planned to take care of me. But my concubine... "
She lowered her head, as if she was extremely embarrassed, and her voice quickly dropped, "I... want to enter the palace to serve His Majesty. Master Du... didn't agree very much. After that, due to the isolation in the palace, they never contacted me again. Originally, I was in the palace. Everything in the palace is well, and although I miss this remaining relative, I dare not disturb it without permission."
"but… "
Yi Xing'en finally looked at the imperial concubine, she was hesitant to speak and didn't dare to speak.
Yun Fenghuang snorted coldly: "Look what I'm doing? I didn't know you had such a promising brother!"
"... I don't dare." Yi Xing'en said cautiously, "I originally thought that Master Du has gained His Majesty's favor, so I have nothing to worry about. But last year, the empress... Although I couldn't I'm staying close to the doctor, but I've also heard people talking about it in the Xuanqing Palace, and I feel worried and frightened at the same time. I..."
Her whole body visibly shrank, and she sobbed, "I am so worried about Master Du, and... just like the empress and the children of the Xie family! That's why I secretly bribed the palace officials with money and asked them for help. Contact people outside the palace and try to contact Mr. Du."
"Actually, I don't have any other meaning, it's just that... my parents and family, except Master Du, are no longer alive."
"In the past, I didn't have any thoughts. I just saw my empress like that, and I was afraid that one day, when the yin and yang are separated, I would... regret it too much!"
"That's why I want to keep my thoughts with Mr. Du. I also hope that when the Seventh Princess grows up, she can remember that there is not really no one else in her biological mother's family. There is still an uncle."
After finishing speaking, I couldn't stop crying.
Although she was very beautiful, the emperor didn't think anything about her crying like this. However, Concubine Min seemed to be reminded of the tragic scene, and her mood was clearly depressed. Chunjia frowned slightly and said: "Okay. , I already know. Just shut up!"
Yi Xingen shivered when she was scolded, and quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, not daring to let out a whimper.
Du Langu's expression beside her was changing, as if he was speculating on what was true or false.
For a long time, Chunjia comforted Yun Fenghuang in a low voice for a while. Seeing that the imperial concubine was still depressed, she felt a little disgusted that they were in the way and directly ordered: "You guys go down, don't make this matter public, we will talk about it later!"
Du Langu and Yi Xingen quickly stood up and left.
As she was going out, Yi Xingen quickly looked back. The emperor was unaware of her little moves and was concentrating on coaxing the imperial concubine softly.
She looked a little sad.
Because of the emperor's order, the nearby palace guards did not embarrass them.
After the brother and sister walked for a while, Yi Xingen whispered: "This time I have brought trouble to you, sir. The Seventh Princess has also met you. From now on... I will not disturb you again."
"..." Du Langu showed no expression at all on his face. When Yi Xingen was happy and turned around to leave, he asked in a deep voice, "Did you really not tell the concubine in advance about your relationship with me?"
Yi Xingen laughed bitterly: "No. I... Well, believe it or not. Who are you as a noble concubine? If she knew about this early in the morning and really wanted to take advantage of it, do you think what happened today is going to happen." So simple?"
She looked at the people around her and said quickly, "You have offended her this time. Zhaoqing still has room for mediation in front of the imperial concubine. You don't have to worry about this matter, I will do it." But from now on, don’t be so forceful with the concubine. As you saw just now, although His Majesty values you in his heart, he cares for the concubine even more."
Du Langu squinted his eyes, suddenly turned his head, looked at her carefully, and said slowly: "Then why did the noble concubine promote you to become a concubine in the first place?"
"...!!!" Yi Xingen was stunned, but this time she was not pretending at all. She really didn't expect that the reason why the co-author firmly believed that the imperial concubine was plotting against him tonight was because she was betrayed by the imperial concubine. The matter of promoting an unusual concubine
Even though she was determined to try every means to coax her brother, she couldn't help but laugh angrily, "Mrs. Jinglang is a daughter-in-law who entered the palace in the same batch as me, and now she has a higher status than me! Do you think that she also has a Jane?" Are you not the brother of Emperor Xin?!"
Du Langu was not embarrassed, and spoke his doubts slowly: "Although you are not as favored by the emperor as the imperial concubine, in terms of beauty, to be fair, you are worse than the imperial concubine! Mrs. Jinglang is just like the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine is too smart. The city is deep, and you may not care about Mrs. Jinglang, but how can you sincerely praise you? Isn’t she afraid that you will take away her favor? Therefore, how can it be that you are able to escape from under her for some reason? "
"...Sir." After knowing that the source of his suspicion did not come from tonight's disturbance, but something that had nothing to do with it, Yi Xing'en quickly calmed down and asked calmly, "What if the noble concubine is really afraid of me because of my beauty?" If so, after knowing that I have a brother like you, wouldn’t it mean that I will not have a good future for me? After all, in this palace, except for the special exception of the imperial concubine, who is not from a famous family and has the support of a family background? Now I am making an exception to the title of concubine. Girls from poor families, in the final analysis, are either attached to one thing or another. There is no one who can occupy a place in the palace with her own abilities like a noble concubine, right?!"
"It is true that the imperial concubine is not truly virtuous and virtuous." Yi Xing'en raised her head, stared at Du Langu's expression, and sneered slightly, "But in terms of demeanor, I have not seen anyone like her in the palace. So what if I was born more beautiful than her? As you saw just now, His Majesty always only has her in his eyes, not me... Even Zhaoqing, who is also my biological princess and is raised by the imperial concubine, is seven years younger than the one I raised myself. Princess, I don’t know how much His Majesty loves me!”
She slowly exhaled and said sadly, "What I just said in front of the emperor is true. I have the protection of the imperial concubine, and there is nothing I need your support in the palace. Besides, I only gave birth to two imperial daughters. I don’t even have an adopted prince, so why should you support me? Zhaoqing is raised by the imperial concubine, and there is no need to say much about her future. She is the seventh prince. For Zhaoqing’s sake, I will beg the imperial concubine in the future. Will the imperial concubine be able to survive? How decent can you give me?"
"As for what happens if the imperial concubine is in trouble..."
"At that time, can you help me with anything?"
"The reason why I can be named a concubine is because the concubine is not afraid of my beauty. It is also because I serve the concubine well!"
"If you don't believe me, go and ask. Among the people who entered the Xuanqing Palace back then, who was as attentive to the imperial concubine as I was?"
"I don't know what you foreign ministers think of the imperial concubine. In the palace, who doesn't think that she is the most desired position among the concubines? Although the rules are strict and she is dealt with harshly after making mistakes, she never talks about it. The people below are actually quite graceful."
"And as long as it's not her fault, the imperial concubine is very protective of her shortcomings."
"It can be said that as long as you abide by the rules, be sensible and obedient, you don't need to worry about anything under the hands of the noble concubine."
Yi Xingen said this in one breath and said with a wry smile, "Isn't it because of these reasons that you persuaded me to be under her control?"
Du Langu frowned and muttered: "How could I know so much about Concubine Min? At the beginning, I just thought that if you insisted on entering the palace, you might be deprived of your mother's children if you went there. Concubine Min was just a concubine at that time, and she was basically a concubine. You are shallow, and you may not dare to be caught in such a situation. Therefore, you still have a glimmer of hope... That's all, it seems that I misunderstood tonight."
He hesitated and said slowly, "I will report my apology to Your Majesty someday with Your Majesty."
As for the relationship between the two, Du Langu doesn't have many thoughts about maintaining it. "As you said, we should not meet each other in the future. We just need to know each other and be fine."
Yi Xing'en was disappointed and worried. She didn't know if she could explain this result to Yun Fenghuang, but she was afraid that if she was too eager, Du Langu would see the truth, so she just whispered: "Yes."
After a while, she met the imperial concubine in Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion who had left the banquet early and returned early because she was "evoked of past sorrows." She told the story in a state of confusion: "I beg you to forgive me. It's because I am incompetent."
"I don't blame you for this." Yun Fenghuang was not in a good mood, but he didn't mean to express his anger. He only said slowly, "It's because I don't know enough about this Du man that I'm not prepared enough. But no matter what, , since he has made his brother-sister relationship with you public, even if he doesn't help us in the future, when others want to win over him, they have to think carefully."
Then he said, "Besides, didn't he say that? You brother and sister, just know that each other is fine. But what if one of you is not fine?"
Yi Xingen said sarcastically: "What the empress said is that I am stupid."
"By the way, now that he has met the Seventh Princess, what can he say?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and then asked, "The Seventh Princess is still so young, doesn't he also pretend to be pretentious?"
Yi Xingen said quickly: "That's not the case. He is quite kind to the Seventh Princess, and he even wanted to find something as a greeting gift, but he gave up because he was afraid of being taboo when entering the palace and having nothing to offer."
"That's it." Yun Fenghuang nodded and muttered, "You sister, you can't ask him to be soft-hearted. Aren't there still Zhaoqing and Seventh Princess and their sisters here? My niece comes to visit, how can my uncle still follow me? Are you turning away people like you? The princes are still young, so I am not in a hurry at this time."
Seeing that she had no intention of punishing him, Yi Xing'en finally breathed a sigh of relief. Little did he know that Yun Fenghuang was smiling brightly at this moment, but his heart was filled with anger: "If this person surnamed Du is still stubborn in two years, then I will arrange it." By offering sacrifices to heaven, he has a reason to exchange some favors for Zhao Qing... "
After spending so much time calculating, she wanted to turn around and walk away, how could it be possible!