The current Hubu Shangshu of the imperial dynasty was promoted by an old man from Hubu. His surname is Zhou and his given name is Jie.
He was a Jinshi during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong and had been an official in the court for many years.
The entire official career is a very typical second-class Jinshi route: after passing a series of assessments, he is first sent to Zhongxian County as an official, and then relying on political performance, he is promoted step by step...
Finally, relying on ability and opportunity, he took the top spot in the household department.
This person's background is actually similar to that of Yun Fenghuang. He is not a high-ranking family, but he is also a descendant of a Jin gentry family that is entrenched in the local area.
Perhaps because he didn't have a strong backer, Zhou Jie acted very cautiously. He had been an official for many years and had a good reputation.
I can't say he is as clean as water, but he is also very capable.
"This is a problem." Yun Fenghuang listened to Chen Jing's report and said slowly, "Since you are cautious, if you have not chosen, what can you do to offend me?"
Although she has seldom done anything in the past two years because of her noble and stable status, Zhou Jie is not a newcomer to the official career. Will she remember Concubine Min's work back then
Even if Zhou Jie doesn't like her, shouldn't she be impeached directly to the imperial court
Isn't this deliberately not giving the imperial concubine face
"Your Majesty, I haven't discovered Zhou Jie's relationship with anyone yet." Chen Jing said cautiously, "Now that he is being stared at, if he really has ulterior motives, his traces will be exposed sooner or later!"
Yun Fenghuang snorted: "How long will it take?"
After saying this, I thought about it for a moment and then asked, "At the age of the wedding this week, my grandchildren should also be planning to get married, right? What about his heirs?"
"Zhou Jie's children are not considered prosperous, but they have one son and three daughters. The three daughters have all left the court, because they are from the husband's family that Zhou Jie found before he entered the court, so he can only be considered ordinary, and cannot be said to be good or bad. "Chen Jing said, "I have three grandchildren, one legitimate, two concubines, and two granddaughters. The younger one is only three or five years old now, and the older one is the same age as Princess Zhaoqing."
"When you get to the palace, when the banquet is held, ask someone to send you a message." Yun Fenghuang smiled coldly and said, "Don't use the name of this palace to take advantage of these few days to let the three emperors' daughters If you like, get close to that girl, then you will have a reason."
Chen Jing said: "Madam, if we start with her grandchildren, Zhou Jie's grandson Zhou Xu has had several contacts with our seventh prince."
"Xiao Qi?" Yun Fenghuang said thoughtfully, "What's going on?"
"Our Highness, the Seventh Prince, has learned a lot. Two times, His Highness the King of Qin and His Highness the Third Prince got into disagreements. They arranged to have a fight in a restaurant outside. His Highness the Seventh Prince was invited by His Highness the King of Qin to help him sit down." Chen Jing said, "Zhou Xu was also among them, but he was not invited there by His Highness King Qin or His Highness the Third Prince. Instead, he simply followed a few children from similar families to watch the fun. His Highness the Seventh Prince was gentle and elegant, with outstanding talents. The servants overheard that the people in the imperial capital were talking about Among the high-ranking disciples, there are many who have a favorable impression of His Highness the Seventh Prince, and this is the case with Zhou Xu and his companions."
Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly. If King Qin or the Ninth Prince were like this, she would be on guard.
But the seventh prince...
This child who was raised by one hand has no ambition at least for now. The most important thing is that his maternal family does not want him to take risks.
But she even hoped that he would marry a suitable concubine, leave the imperial capital as soon as tomorrow, and become a feudal vassal, and never wade into any troubled waters in the future.
In this case, the highly respected status of this child among the high-ranking disciples is very noteworthy.
"Let me ask, are these people admiring Xiao Qi spontaneously, or are they being instigated in private?" Yun Fenghuang said slowly, "No matter which way it is, the Queen's life has been a bit too leisurely recently. Son."
Chen Jing quickly apologized: "It's my servant's inability to do things well."
"Although it's time to pack up and go to the palace soon, Yanfu Palace must be able to cope with this every year." Yun Fenghuang said quietly, "The Queen has become more and more silent in recent years, which is not good. It's better to find something for her. I need to do something to avoid being left without news all day long, as if I am controlling the harem and not allowing her to speak out!"
After she said this, of course the people below did not dare to neglect her, so within two days they found out that Gu Jing was secretly teasing and teasing the King of Chu.
This Gu Jing is one of the empress's nieces. After the emperor brought the tenth and twelfth princes to the Taichu Palace for personal instruction, Gu Zhen used the excuse that he was lonely without a daughter and requested that the two nieces from his natal family be brought into the palace to raise them. Talk for comfort.
Because the imperial concubine Yun Fenghuang had raised her niece with her early in the morning, Chunjia had just calmed down a series of turmoil caused by the death of Marquis Longping. Faced with this matter, although he knew that Gu Zhen was making excuses, in fact, he just wanted to help Ten The prince and the twelfth prince cultivated future candidates for the concubine, but they also agreed.
The two girls that the Gu family carefully selected at that time were cousins Gu Jing and Gu Jue.
According to what Xuanqing Palace knows, Gu Jing has a lively and cheerful personality, a decent and beautiful appearance, is also quite experienced in playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is sweet-tongued and able to flatter. She has always been more favored by Gu Zhen than her cousin Gu Jue.
Because the two sisters were about the same age as the tenth prince, the queen intended to let Gu Jing be the concubine of the tenth prince in the future, and often guided her to interact with the tenth prince.
Almost every time the tenth prince went to Yanfu Palace to pay his respects to the queen, Gu Zhen would arrange for Gu Jing to be by his side.
This approach had some effect. The tenth prince gradually became familiar with Gu Jing. Even when he went out of the palace several times to bring some gadgets to Gu Zhen, he did not forget to bring something to Gu Jing and Gu Jue.
Although this move seemed to be just a courtesy, according to reports from his subordinates, what the tenth prince gave to Gu Jue was just random things he sent to the palace to buy from vendors, but what he gave to Gu Jing was carefully selected in the shop with his attitude. It can be seen.
At the same time, whenever Gu Zhen saw Chunjia, he would tell her all the advantages of Gu Jing, intentionally or unintentionally, hoping that Chunjia would agree to the girl serving the tenth prince in the future.
These Yun Fenghuang masters and servants all saw it, and they suddenly broke out at this moment, targeting Gu Zhen for cultivating Gu Jing. Over the years, not only the queen herself, but also the entire Gu family had high hopes for Gu Jing.
"Your Majesty, I originally didn't want to get involved in this matter. After all, His Highness the King of Chu was raised by the Empress when he was born. As the Queen herself said, His Highness the King of Chu is no different from the Queen's biological son." Yun Fenghuang After getting the handle, he first had people publicize it throughout the palace, and then went out personally to talk to the emperor, "How can this niece kiss his son again? Now Gu Jing dares to tease and ridicule the King of Chu in private, and even force him to His Royal Highness the King of Chu ate food that was spilled on the ground! Where does this put the royal bloodline?! I don’t believe it, the dignified daughter of the Gu family has no sense of propriety at all. Who gave her the courage to do this?! Or, the Queen Mother keeps saying that His Royal Highness King Chu is her biological son, and this is how she treats her biological son?"
"It's a good thing that His Royal Highness the Tenth Prince and the Twelfth Prince asked Your Majesty to raise them personally early in the morning. Otherwise, I don't know how they would be treated by the Queen!"
Chunjia's expression was ugly, but he actually knew well that Gu Jing's teasing of the King of Chu was probably caused by the imperial concubine.
However, the imperial concubine knew his temper, and since she manipulated the emperor's heir, most likely Gu Jing had indeed done something that was sorry to the King of Chu.
"Xuanzhong Palace." The emperor ordered in a cold voice, "Bring Gu's daughter as well!"
The queen's aunt and nephew had actually received the news, but they were not quick-witted people. In addition, the imperial concubine came well prepared and the evidence was conclusive. The emperor was not a good person. After some cross-examination, Gu Jing could not explain himself and had to explain. Indeed, she once teased the King of Chu: "But I was determined not to force His Highness the King of Chu to eat the meal that was spilled on the ground. That meal... that meal... that meal was actually just..." She choked, looked at the queen, and then Choking with sobs, he continued, "The meal was actually accidentally spilled. I wanted to have someone clean it up, but before I could do it, His Highness King Chu... went up to eat it himself... Later... I even asked someone to ask for it." I became an imperial doctor..."
"Bastard!" Gu Zhen's eyes suddenly darkened when he heard this. Before she could finish her words, he slapped her back, causing Gu Jing to stop talking and shouted sternly, "I told you that you did a good job that time. Why do you need to hire an imperial doctor!? You are bullying my son by co-authoring it!"
Yun Fenghuang, the chief attendant standing beside Chunjia, hooked his lips and said in a sweet voice: "Why is the Queen doing this? Your Majesty knows everything. You want to get away with it, but you can't!"
He turned to Gu Jing and said, "As a minister, even if you are favored by the Queen, you are just a guest in the palace. You are not a serious master! But where do you have the qualifications to surpass the Queen? Invite an imperial doctor for His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"
"Your Majesty, I am..." The queen was about to say something else, but Chunjia had lost her patience. Just as the imperial concubine said, he was not stupid. When he said this, why did he not know what to say
The queen obviously knew about Gu Jing teasing King Chu.
The imperial doctor was probably summoned by the queen for King Chu.
It can be seen that the queen does not care about King Chu at all. It's just that something happened to this son long ago. Over the years, with the appearance of the tenth and twelfth princes, the queen's concern and attention have shifted. At first, maybe out of guilt and pity, she still thought about King Chu. But as the tenth and twelfth princes became more and more important, the queen couldn't care less.
Even with Gu Jing's status, the queen did not do anything to Gu Jing after teasing the King of Chu. She just called the imperial doctor for the King of Chu to confirm that the child was fine.
The queen's behavior was actually humane. After all, although Gu Jing was not raised by her, she was a girl with both talent and beauty. She had been raised in the palace for the past two years and had a good relationship with the tenth prince. How could she do it because of a girl like this? Has the King of Chu lost his worth and is just being raised like a useless person
"I remember that when something happened to King Chu, you were devastated and you kept talking about it for many years." Chunjia looked at the queen, her eyes full of disappointment, "Every time I miss you as a loving mother. I don't care about you. How many years has it been since you last mentioned King Chu's grievances and your grievances? Your niece, who was picked up from outside the palace on the way, is a mere minister, and you can actually regard my blood as your own. Teasing like a pig or a dog?!”
"And you, the middle palace, clearly knew it, but never mentioned it, and still covered it up?!"
"Is this how you become the mother and queen of these many emperors?!"
"After all, the King of Chu was raised by you when he was just born. If you despise him like this, how do you think of the other descendants!?"
Before she finished speaking, Gu Jing knelt down with a plop, her whole body shaking like chaff.
Yun Fenghuang looked at her playfully, knowing very well that even though the emperor was always looking for the queen, he would only curse a few words and not do anything to the queen.
But for Gu Jing, his future is definitely over.
After all, Chunjia no longer cares about his children. As the emperor, how could he tolerate his own bloodline, even a foolish heir who had been given up long ago, to be humiliated by the daughter of a foreign minister
He is tolerant and generous even if he doesn't kill Gu Jing!