"Although I am humble, I am still a concubine hired into the palace." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "At this moment, both of you, as slaves, can speak, why can't I speak?"
She turned to Empress Ji, bowed respectfully, and said, "I just feel that the empress comes from a prominent family and is married to your majesty as a young man. She is a true phoenix born with extraordinary dignity. How can a maiden name with a homophonic sound be enough?" Collision? If so, how can those palace people who make Phoenix hairpins and robes live with themselves? Not to mention that all the people with the surnames of 'Long' and 'Feng' in the world will also have to change their surnames?"
If you want to avoid taboos, come together.
The surnames of Dragon and Phoenix have been around for many dynasties since ancient times, and no one has ever seen the emperors and queens of the previous dynasties take action for this. In the country, because the Ji family has three generations of descendants, there are already rumors that relatives have monopolized power. If this is changed again, As a surname, Ji’s reputation can be imagined!
Besides, no matter whether they are internal officials or foreign ministers, most of them are too lazy to accompany Ji's nonsense.
In the past, so many emperors and queens did not care about things, but the country could not tolerate it. Isn't this so obvious that later generations laughed at the Gongxiang family for being incompetent, and ridiculed their officials for being mediocre and treacherous? Don't you know how to persuade them
"What Yun Chenggui said makes sense." Concubine Shu's thoughts changed and she smiled and said, "Sister Queen, do you see this?"
Empress Ji said lazily: "I'm sorry for you. It's usually my younger sister. I'm aggrieved by not being able to be by your side. What else is there to say? It's just a maiden name. If you don't want to change it, forget it. How big a deal is it?" "
She said this carelessly, but Concubine Shu's face stiffened. The queen's words clearly meant that she treated her two sisters favorably. Although this was true, the queen pointed it out in public, and she didn't know if it would cause trouble in the future.
She frowned secretly and paused for a moment, while Yun Fenghuang was already busy kneeling down to thank her.
The matter passed like this, and after waiting for a while, Concubine Zheng arrived belatedly. She apologized as soon as she entered the door, saying that she was ready to leave, but when she arrived at the palace gate, she found that she had a piece of it on her skirt. There were stains, so in order to avoid losing the etiquette, I went back and changed my clothes, which was the delay.
It was impossible for Empress Ji to blame the imperial concubine for such a trivial matter. She said a few words meaningfully, then got up and led the concubines to Mianfu Palace.
Yun Fenghuang met Princess Minghui this time, and he also understood why the emperor was startled when she expressed her disappointment at not seeing Princess Minghui to Emperor Chunjia: Because this princess is indeed gentle and quiet. … but!
She is really... too fat!
He is about the same age as Yun Fenghuang, half a head shorter than Yun Fenghuang, but has a body shape that is more than two Yunfenghuangs. Even though his jewelry is the best in the world, his pampered skin is also white and pink. But it can't cover up the fact that this golden girl looks like a moving ball of flesh.
At this moment, he was surrounded by a group of timid and delicate concubines talking in the middle, and the contrast became even more tragic.
The emperor is also a kind-hearted person. Otherwise, based on Yun Fenghuang's words, "The bell is beautiful, the beauty is beautiful", I would probably suspect that she is deliberately mocking Her Highness the Princess... There is no way, Yun Fenghuang's uncle has a low official position, and her biological aunt, Xie Shi, has another None of my cousins have ever met the princess, and the people in Yiguo Palace are familiar with the princess. However, the princess has a distinguished status, and they cannot talk about the bloodline of the Tian family with an outsider like Yun Fenghuang.
Yun Fenghuang was the first to think that both Empress Ji and Empress Dowager Ji were rare beauties. Princess Minghui was not far behind, even if her appearance was more ordinary, girls were good-looking anyway.
Who knew the princess would look like this...
Of course, fat is fat, and the princess is the only biological flesh and blood of Empress Dowager Ji after all.
Most of Empress Dowager Ji's attention was focused on listening to her daughter chatting with the noble concubines. She had kind eyes and smiles throughout the whole process. She lost all the dignity and indifference when she reprimanded Concubine Yue yesterday. It can be said that she ended her greetings quite happily.
After leaving the house, Empress Ji released everyone back to their respective palaces as usual. Concubine Shu smiled and exchanged greetings with the empress and concubines, then took her two younger sisters onto the chariot, her face instantly darkened!
"What's the matter with you?" Yun Qingman saw that something was wrong on the way, and hurriedly acted coquettishly, trying to ease the atmosphere. However, both Concubine Shu and Yun Fenghuang ignored them with expressionless faces. After returning to Tongxia Palace, Concubine Shu After clearing the situation, he started to get angry, "I just changed my maiden name. If Ji Zhaoyuan said this, nothing would happen! It's fine now. You blocked Zhaoyuan back with your sharp words. It's so majestic." Ah, right? So Young Palace remembers you... You were so smart yesterday, why are you so stupid today?!"
Yun Qingman pulled her in panic: "Sister, don't say that, Feng Huang didn't mean it..."
"I think she did it on purpose!" Concubine Shu threw her away angrily, "She felt unhappy that our Yun family changed her last name, so she refused to change her name even though she knew it would offend Zhaoyuan... It's so obvious Only a little fool like you can't see this!"
"In the final analysis, Zhaoyuan is too overbearing!" Yun Qingman held her back persistently, "Who in this palace is not serving His Majesty? The Queen didn't say anything, so why did she pinch her? Feng Huang couldn't be more angry. , even if she is the queen’s cousin, she is just Zhaoyuan after all. Feng Huang followed your sister there today, and Zhaoyuan still wants to make trouble for her. Isn’t this not giving you face, sister?”
Concubine Shu had a sullen face and threw her away again: "I already know that you two are in the same group! Tiantian's older sister and younger sister are just trying to serve as a shield for you. Otherwise, why would you think of me? Come?"
Yun Qingman simply hugged her sister-in-law and acted coquettishly: "We have no friends and no one to rely on in this palace, but we can only count on my sister for everything? Feng Huang is the only one who dares to block Zhaoyuan back today. I know how much my sister loves us!"
"... You are so lucky to be under my control, otherwise what would you do in this palace!" Concubine Shu's expression changed for a moment, and she finally calmed down her anger, sighed, swatted away the concubine's hand, and said to Yunfeng Huang said, "I know that you feel aggrieved and resentful. There is no need to argue. This is all human nature. I confessed to you the whole story of your entry into the palace before, so I didn't care about it... It's just that this matter today is not what I want." It is for your own good that the palace asks you to give in! The queen was cultivated by the Ji family since she was a child in accordance with the requirements of her mother's rites for the world. In the years when she has been in charge of the middle palace, except for being particularly disliked by the Yuan family, she has been fair to the other concubines. "
After all, Emperor Chunjia's harem was not dominated by the Ji family, and the power of Quan Huan and the outside dynasty also needed to be balanced.
Therefore, the woman Ji sent in to be the queen will definitely not be the kind of person who relies on her natal family to run rampant.
On the other hand, Zhaoyuan, who was hired into the palace alone a few years ago, said, "Ji Zhaoyuan is no better than the queen. She has a very domineering personality and never wants to suffer! When conflicts arise, it's okay if she takes advantage. Once she is at a disadvantage, Even if it is just a few words, you must keep it in mind, and you must take it back with interest... Why do you think you need to be acquainted with such a person?"
Yun Fenghuang lowered his eyebrows and acted obediently, thinking to himself that this was a coincidence, she was also such a person!
Of course, in Shu Fei's view, Yun Fenghuang is not qualified to be someone who insists on being cheap and not suffering a loss, at least not yet.
So he scolded her fiercely. Seeing her keeping her composure, he thought she must have listened to what he said, so he waved his hand and dismissed her.
Yun Qingman hurriedly sent Yun Fenghuang out and comforted her on the way: "Don't take it to heart. My sister is also afraid that you will accidentally care about Zhaoyuan's Tao'er in the future. After all, she is the queen's cousin."
"How could I not know that Concubine Shu is good for me?" Yun Fenghuang nodded and whispered, "Of course you are the best to me."
Yun Qingman said nonchalantly: "I... well, if it weren't for me... you wouldn't even come into the palace."
"This is something no one would have imagined." Yun Fenghuang said, "I can't blame you."
Yun Qingman breathed a sigh of relief quietly, looked at no one around, and told her: "I heard from my sister that Your Majesty will go to Xue Meiren in Su Rong Palace tonight, so Zhaoyuan won't target you tomorrow to pay her respects."
Yun Fenghuang asked with concern: "Then it will be you in the future?"
"... I don't know." Yun Qingman blushed a little embarrassed and whispered, "Sister didn't tell... um... that... um... "
By the time he spoke, he had already reached the entrance of Tongxia Palace. Yun Qingman should have stayed, but he hesitated.
Yun Fenghuang knew it well and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a gentle temperament and treats you generously."
Then he whispered in his ear, "If Your Majesty comes to see you, Concubine Shu will definitely tell you. You just listen to me... I guess it will happen tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
After saying goodbye to the red-faced Yun Qingman, on the way back to Huzhu Palace, Nianxuan whispered: "I really can't tell that Yun Mei is still somewhat sincere to you... My maid thought she knew that Yun had given you to her." It’s about being a scapegoat.”
Maybe this was Yun Qingman's suggestion. After all, without Yun Fenghuang, Yun Qingman would have to go to Huzhu Palace.
"She is a concubine raised by her aunt. She was destined to either enter the palace or marry into another well-matched family since she was a child." Yun Fenghuang half-squinted his eyes, broke off a weeping willow branch from the roadside, and casually woven it into a willow hat while saying softly Said, "How complicated can it be?"
She still had some experience with her aunt raising her concubine.
After all, her concubine Xie Fenghuan was raised by her mother Jiang. The Jiang family loved Xie Fenghuan very much and regarded her as her own. She took care of everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation to acupuncture school for girls. She even had to give in to Yun Fenghuang, her own daughter, in many aspects of treatment.
Then what
Xie Fenghuan encountered an unkind person, and when she went back to her parents' home for help, Jiang Shi pushed her aside and left everything to Xie Jian and Qin Shi to handle. She just held her daughter in tears and felt sorry for her, expressing inside and outside that she was helpless;
It was the turn of her biological daughter Yun Fenghuang to regret her marriage. Against the storm in the city and the pressure of many clan members, Jiang simply slapped the knife in front of the Xie family: Whoever dared to touch her daughter, she would fight to the death!
... Jiang actually has no ill intentions towards Xie Fenghuan. After all, she is a close match with Xie Jian, and has four sons and one daughter to support her. She has always been very confident in her husband's family. There is no need to treat Qin's mother and daughter as a thorn in the flesh, nor does the years of careful cultivation. She said she was not emotionally invested at all. She was distressed when something like that happened to Xie Fenghuan, and she cried to death, but after all, she could not compare with her biological children.
From Yun Fenghuang's point of view, Mrs. Yiguo had the same attitude towards Yun Qingman, a concubine. She could pamper and pamper her, and her treatment could be the same as that of her biological daughter. It didn't matter if she even exceeded it on a daily basis, but that was it. , when it comes to major interests, he will support his own bloodline without hesitation.
So how could it be possible to make the city where Yun Qing was raised so deep
It would be fine if a concubine who is very independent and resourceful marries another high-ranking family. After all, she needs the support of Duke Yi to make a fortune. The problem is that if she also enters the palace, she will serve with Concubine Shu. A husband, but several years younger than Concubine Shu. Who knows whether this will threaten Concubine Shu's status
Although there are differences between direct concubines and concubines to Duke Yi, to Duke Yi they are both his biological daughters. Even a father would not want to see sisters killing each other. If Yun Qingman has the ability to pull her down, Concubine Shu took the position herself and became the representative of the Yun family in the palace. How could Duke Yi not recognize his little daughter
Wouldn’t it be the direct lineage of Duke Yi’s Mansion that would suffer by then
Mrs. Yi Guogong wanted to nip the problem in the bud, so she naturally repaid her kindness to her concubine for her innocent and innocent daughter, and eliminated the possibility of Yun Qingman competing with her own daughter at the root.
The disadvantage of this is that due to the complexity of the situation in Emperor Chunjia's harem, Yun Qingman can only be a vassal of Concubine Yun Shu and cannot take charge of her own affairs.
... Yun Fenghuang thought about the Yun sisters, slowly walked into the Huzhu Palace, thought about it at the fork in the road, and decided to go to Ningbi Palace to say hello first.
Well, although Concubine Yue is still grounded, she can salute and greet her outside the palace. She, Yun Chenggui, has such rules!
It was definitely not for the purpose of telling Concubine Yue about her promotion!