At noon the next day, Chen Jing came over to report the news that Princess Minghui had entered the palace.
But instead of going to Qingci Palace, he went to Taichu Palace to look for Chunjia.
This is strange. Although His Highness is the most courteous to Chunjia among the three Xiaozongs, he is also the most hostile to Chunjia.
From beginning to end, he always caused trouble for the emperor.
So much so that the emperor now didn't bother to pay attention to the fact that she had given birth to an illegitimate child.
Besides looking for trouble, Minghui would not take the initiative to see Chunjia.
Yun Fenghuang was quite curious and asked Chen Jing to continue asking.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highness Minghui is crying in front of Your Majesty, complaining about the Prince Consort. He wants Your Majesty to punish the Prince Consort for his crime." After a while, Chen Jing came over with a strange expression and reported, "Your Majesty is so angry that he has ordered someone to report to the Empress Dowager. I want Your Highness to go to the Empress Dowager."
"This is strange. It was always the Yun family who cried to His Majesty about His Highness's various wrongdoings, but now it's the other way around?" Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows and said, "But I don't know what crime Your Highness wants His Majesty to punish the Prince Consort? "
Chen Jing whispered: "The people in front of the imperial family did not dare to reveal too much. They only said that His Majesty was very angry and repeatedly said that the Empress Dowager must make the final decision on this matter."
Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "Let's ask more."
Because it was Chunjia who ordered the invitation, no matter whether the Empress Dowager was happy or not, she finally ordered the emperor and the eldest princess to go to Qingci Palace to talk.
It took a long time to say this, and finally many people from the Yun family were summoned into the palace.
Although Minghui had made troubles in the past two years, this time it was obviously something serious, so the former harem and the harem became interested and used various methods to spy on her.
Of course, they didn't have the guts to openly spy on the palace, but the palace kept the news tightly hidden, but Princess Minghui's mansion and the Yun family were not so leak-proof.
Chen Jing went out for a trip and soon came back to report to the imperial concubine: "My dear, it was Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui who discovered that the consort was raising an illegitimate child outside and gave birth to three illegitimate children. Therefore, you want your majesty to punish the consort severely."
"Your Majesty will probably disagree?" Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "After all, no one can tell clearly whose child Minghui is."
Chen Jing said softly: "That's what happened, but the Prince Consort's oldest illegitimate son is almost two years older than His Highness's eldest son. His Highness therefore believed that it was the Prince Consort who betrayed her first. In order to persuade His Highness to descend, His Majesty , once promised that this Yunxi guest is a very good person and will never let down His Highness. Now, Your Highness has grasped this point and wants Your Majesty to give her an explanation no matter what... "
Yun Fenghuang looked strange and said, "Is this really true?"
Seeing Chen Jing nod, she snorted softly and said, "This Yun family is dishonest and deserves it!"
She counted the days and found out that when the two queen mothers had a dispute in Fuyang County, the emperor ordered Yunxi Ke to go and deal with it. Yunxi Ke's sister-in-law once entered the palace in disguise and asked Yun Fenghuang for help so that Yunxi Ke could stay outside. I will give birth to an heir, lest my knees will be empty for a long time because of my respect for Minghui. Not long after that, Minghui became pregnant, but it was unclear which of the eldest sons she gave birth to. Anyway, he probably wasn't the consort's son.
The emperor was very angry about this matter, but the empress dowager still protected Minghui, saying that even if she was a woman of Xiaozong blood, what would happen if she was more romantic? If Yun was truly loyal, she should support Minghui for the sake of the emperor.
It's just that the consort is a little wronged. Is it important to have a brother-sister relationship with the Tian family
Of course Chunjia did not agree with these words, but after they were conveyed to the public, Yunshi remained silent.
After all, if you ignore it, you will be suspected of not caring about the harmony between the royal siblings.
From now on, no matter what Minghui did, Yun didn't dare to complain anymore.
... I'm going too far. In short, when Yun Fenghuang first heard that Yun Xi Ke had an illegitimate child, he thought it was because Ming Hui was pregnant. After Yun's request to the royal family failed, she arranged for Yun Xi Ke to raise an illegitimate child outside to continue the heir.
But now it turns out that Yunxi Ke was already messing around outside before this happened
In this case, he deserves to meet Minghui!
Yun Fenghuang even said with gloating: "Your Majesty has a headache when our Jinzhiyuye makes trouble. How can Yun's He De be caught by her? This time, there is something good to see."
This is indeed the case, and Yun is certainly aggrieved.
Because these days, it is a matter of course for a man to have three wives and four concubines. As a guest of Yunxi, if he marries a well-matched noble girl and has affairs with extramarital affairs and illegitimate children, he will at most be scolded. , maybe the illegitimate child can return to the family wall.
It just so happened that his wife was a royal princess and the only legitimate daughter of Xiaozong.
Minghui is not someone to be bullied.
She didn't even go to Yunxi Ke or trouble the Yun family in person, but just grabbed Chunjia. Even the emperor brought out the Empress Dowager to no avail. She sneered and said: "At first, I looked down on Yunxi Ke. Bitch, your majesty swears by it, and the empress dowager is also trying to help... Can you see the result clearly now? No matter how bad I am, after all, I am the flesh and blood of the late emperor, why should I suffer such humiliation?!"
Everyone in the Yun family, including the clan leader Yi Guogong, had nothing to say and just kowtowed and admitted their mistake.
At this time, they were ready to give up Yunxi Guest, but Minghui refused to give up and insisted that the entire Yun family should give her an explanation.
The reason is also very sufficient: "I believe that Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager will not deliberately cheat me. The reason why I chose the Yun family for my son-in-law in the first place must be because of the Yun family tradition. But now Yun family Needless to say, it must be you bastards who deceived the emperor and made His Majesty and the Queen Mother think that you are a good thing!"
Chunjia, who originally wanted to exonerate Yun, had nothing to say.
After all, if he spoke for Yun in this situation, would it be possible for him to admit that he deliberately found Minghui a husband from a family whose family was not good enough
Or admit that there is something wrong with his vision? ?
But the emperor couldn't really ignore the Yun family. Not to mention Yi Guo's loyalty to him without any hesitation, everyone knew that the Yun family was giving his important ministers timely help. Under such circumstances, if he allowed Ming Hui to do what the Yun family did, … How will others look at him when he looks back
It also seemed that he was too cowardly an emperor, and even the old ministers who followed him in his youth could not keep him.
Chunjia then coughed dryly and said: "Yunxi Ke was originally very good, but after you descended, you always ignored him. He must have been confused for a while..."
"Then in this Sixth Palace, Your Majesty, for various reasons, has left many people in the cold." Minghui sneered, interrupted him rudely, and said loudly, "Is it possible that these concubines are worthy of forgiveness for their temporary confusion? "
Although most people, including Chunjia, felt that how could the eldest princess compare with the emperor
The problem is that it’s hard to put it this way: Who is Chunjia who is not the blood of Xiaozong
If he were Xiao Zong's biological son, even if he recognized him as an illegitimate son, he would be justified in scolding Ming Hui at this moment.
But he wasn't, so he had to be more careful about what he said.
"How do you compare the two?" Chunjia said warmly, "Don't forget that the consort is the husband you are marrying."
Ming Hui snorted: "Isn't the current queen the master of your majesty's palace? But it's been so many years since your majesty didn't spend the night in Yanfu Palace, and I haven't seen the queen hanging out with any foreign men! Why can't Yunxi Ke learn from the queen's sensible behavior? ?”
The emperor said: "Although he made mistakes, his crimes will not affect the whole Yun family. Furthermore, even if he made mistakes first, how can you be worthy of him all these years?"
"He is unkind and I am unjust." Ming Hui said confidently, "If the late emperor was still alive, he would not think that I was wrong!"
She carried out the late emperor. Chunjia couldn't help but frown slightly and said, "If the late emperor was still here, would you still be so indulgent all these years?"
Minghui's eyes suddenly turned red, and she sneered: "It's as if your majesty has met the late emperor! The late emperor..."
"That's enough!" The Empress Dowager, who had been watching silently, finally spoke, shutting up Minghui and turned to Duke Yi, "Minghui and Yunxi Ke each have their faults. As for who came first and who came last, the Ai family thought, now they are going to investigate , it is of no use. In this case... "
She was silent for a while, then sighed softly, "Either reconcile, or let the consort deal with the people outside and move on."
Duke Yi Guo exchanged glances with the Yun clan members who came with him. To be honest, if it was for the sake of Yunxi guests and to save some trouble for the entire Yun clan, of course he wanted to reconcile.
After all, once they are reconciled, neither Yunxike nor the Yun family need to bear the consequences of Minghui's various evil deeds, and Yunxike can remarry a virtuous and virtuous woman and have children.
but…
This marriage was originally finalized by Chunjia himself.
This is not only to prevent people from saying that he is mean to his direct sister, but also to support the Yun family and Yunxi guests.
If there is a reconciliation now, not to mention anything else, the emperor's vision alone will be criticized.
Duke Yi Guo was not a very scheming person. If this had happened a few years ago, he would have simply made the choice to leave.
But since he was beaten by the Empress Dowager with the words "not considering the emperor", he has become more thoughtful now. He suddenly thought that the choice given by the Empress Dowager at this moment seemed reasonable, but in fact it was for them to choose: Should he continue to knock out his teeth and swallow them, or would he tarnish his reputation
"..." After thinking about it for a moment, Duke Yi said in a deep voice, "The Empress Dowager has spoken seriously. Today's incident was all caused by His Highness's dissatisfaction. The Chenhe clan has no intention of parting ways with His Highness!"
Yun Xike's father and brother looked complicated for a moment, but they immediately agreed.
Seeing this, Minghui frowned, and when she was about to say something, the Empress Dowager had already slowed down her tone and said calmly: "In that case, you can handle some small things by yourself. Don't always make trouble in the palace in the future, sorry. The family is old, and every day passes by. I don’t know when I will go to see the late Emperor Shenzong. It would be better for you to come here every now and then to add trouble to the Ai family. This is for fear that the time that the Ai family will stay in this world will be too long, and it will be delayed. To reunite with the late Emperor Shenzong?"
These words were so serious that not only the Yun clan was frightened, but Chunjia even knelt down to plead guilty, admitting that he was wrong.
... In this way, the matter was settled, and the result was that Yunxi Ke's illegitimate children and illegitimate children were all disposed of by the Yun family. Yunxi Ke's mother couldn't bear it, and felt that her son's illegitimate children were just fine. He is his own grandson, can he be saved
But the men in the Yun family would not be so naive, and they all rejected her idea: "This is what the Empress Dowager said. We agreed in front of His Majesty. If we spare the lives of these children, it would be bullying." It’s your sin! How can they be so virtuous and capable that they want such a big family to bear such consequences for them?”
He also advised her to be more open-minded, since she didn’t just have a few grandchildren anyway.
The only thing to blame is that Yun Xi Ke was not careful enough and stole food behind the eldest princess's back. At least he did things more carefully, didn't he
Of course, what they hate most is Minghui. The problem is, as long as this master is not plotting rebellion, Chunjia will turn a blind eye, so what
But the Yun family felt extremely aggrieved, but Minghui refused to give up.
After her husband's extramarital affairs and illegitimate children were dealt with, she forced Yunxi Ke, who had been de facto separated from her in the past two years, to return to the Princess's mansion.
Then, he gathered many faces and had fun in front of the Prince Consort, as if no one else was around!
"... I'll tell you later that I'm getting married, so I'll let Yunxi Ke go with me to see him off." When Chunjia heard the news, she was speechless for a moment, and finally said, "When he comes back, I'll see what it means to seal him."
When he promised Minghui to the Yun family, it was really for the benefit of both parties.
result…
Forget it, let's not think about it. I hope that the success in my official career can appease Yunxi Ke and the Yun family to some extent.
The emperor sighed, thinking of Xincheng's relationship with the imperial concubine, and took the time to go to the Huanhua Palace to inform Yun Fenghuang about this.