Because the relationship between the emperor and the empress has always been light, the emperor has not come to Yanfu Palace many times since then, and even less after the summer banquet. After all, Mrs. Ye Guogong is the direct grandmother of Empress Ji. After she died, the empress even To show filial piety due to his noble status, he also had to mourn... Therefore, the emperor has basically not been here during this period of time.
Listening to the report, the concubines were startled for a moment, and then they all stood up and followed the queen to greet her.
"I went to see the imperial concubine after going to court, but I heard that the imperial concubine came to pay her respects and has not returned." The emperor came in a hurry this time. They had not walked a few steps when Emperor Chunjia had already entered the palace. As he walked, he asked, "What's going on?" ?”
The Queen took the lead in saluting him. After being called up, she accompanied him to the hall and sat down. Fang said: "Something happened on the way Jia Jieyu and Mao Jieyu came here, and they dragged the imperial concubine Shu and Yun Concubine in. , I am listening to what they are saying."
So she explained the whole process in a few words. In front of so many people, it was certainly impossible for the queen to openly favor Yun Fenghuang, but there was some sense of dissociation between her words.
The emperor listened calmly, and finally said with a smile: "Why is Mao Jieyu involved in everything?"
Without waiting for the queen to speak, she replied, "Where is Cai Nu who was scratched?"
Mrs. Ling, who had been promised to be promoted to a higher rank, quickly came out to prostrate herself and timidly said: "I'm here!"
The blood on her face where Huan Xi'er scratched her had stopped. Because she didn't dare to cover it with her hands when she saluted, the dried blood stains snaked on her snow-white cheeks, which was particularly terrifying.
Many of the concubines subconsciously turned their heads away and did not dare to look. The emperor also frowned slightly and said, "Since you were injured early in the morning, why are you still disobeying here?"
He glanced at Yun Fenghuang and said, "Mao Jieyu has always been impatient. How can someone in the palace speak slowly when she is like this?"
"I know my crime." Yun Fenghuang stood up and left his seat, glanced at Jia Jieyu and said, "I said at that time that I would beat Huanxi'er to death so that I could treat Ling's injury, but Sister Jia stopped her and said that Huanxi'er was the imperial concubine's favorite pet. This..."
"I remember that a palace maid was scratched by a civet cat some time ago, and then she got dog's wind?" The emperor waved his hand before he finished listening, and turned to look at Concubine Zheng. His tone was very kind, with the tone of gentle and gentle discussion, "Concubine Now that she is pregnant with the emperor's heir, even though Huanxi'er has always been well-behaved, he is just a beast after all. Now he has scratched Cainu, if... "
"Your Majesty!" How could Concubine Zheng not know what the emperor meant? He said hurriedly, "I have only been staying in Yanlan Palace to have a baby, so I took in Huanxi'er to relieve my boredom. In the final analysis, I am just a civet cat. How can I compare with the people who serve His Majesty?"
He ordered the palace servant who was holding Huanxi'er to immediately go outside and beat the tortoiseshell tortoiseshell, which was in excellent condition, to death. The brains were taken and given to Ling Cai'er to avoid being infected with dog wind and killing her.
Mrs. Ling knelt on the ground and trembled, thanking her tremblingly. Her tears were like broken beads. She didn't know whether she was moved or scared - she was afraid that Concubine Zheng would be forced by the emperor to beat her beloved to death and he would regret her later.
Upon seeing this, Yun Fenghuang asked Xile to step forward and pull the people back to the queue, and replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know what happened to me. The people who are in trouble today are all my palace people, and they behave like I am." This master is particularly easy to bully. The Ling family has suffered a lot of disasters. Qingman doesn’t know who he offended, but he was dragged down by his concubine. In short, he became the culprit of this turmoil! Your Majesty, how can this be possible? "
Although Concubine Shu didn't like her and even suspected that she was pretending to be merciful, she still took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty, just now Xue Concubine said something else, and she suspected that I ordered my concubine Yun Concubine to seduce some women in the Huanqing Palace. The fat was mixed with sage juice to induce Huan Xi'er to attack Cai Nu... Please confront Xue Pin to prove your innocence!"
Emperor Chunjia was a little startled when he heard this, and said: "Why did you come here to do so many things in one night when you were fine yesterday?"
He sighed and said, "I was just waiting for the imperial concubine in Yanlan Palace for a long time, and I was worried. Your affairs will be decided by the queen..."
Just look at Queen Ji.
Empress Ji smiled faintly and said: "Concubine Shu must have misunderstood. Concubine Xue didn't say anything like this just now. She just thought that Concubine Yun was the real murderer. Besides, what is Concubine Shu's status that makes it necessary to target new prostitutes?"
She obviously didn't want to burn Concubine Shu's head.
But when Xue Xiaoge heard the words, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the only one who came to Chongchang Palace yesterday to ask you to arrange Yicai Nu Qu Cainu into your palace was Concubine Shu. But Yicai Nu Qu Cainu did not I insist on going to Xuanqing Palace..."
Who knows if the implication is that Concubine Shu failed to achieve her goal and became angry and deliberately retaliated
"Yicainv Qucainv is beautiful. Yesterday, many people from the palace sent people to talk about this matter." Empress Ji frowned slightly, looked down at Xue Xiaoge, and said lightly, "You mean today's palace servant from Huanqing Palace Are they involved in right and wrong, and the right and wrong palaces are plotting against them? What do you think this sixth palace is? And what do you think this queen of this palace does? Can you allow so many people to mess around?!"
Xue Xiaoge bit her lip, looking unwilling but forced to give in. She lowered her head and said, "I said something wrong. Please forgive me."
"Go back to Su Rong Palace!" Empress Ji said with a sullen face, "Seven days of grounding."
Xue Xiaoge lowered his head: "I obey."
As he said this, he returned to the queue without any more words.
This move made Yun Fenghuang and other concubines feel a little surprised, because they didn't understand the meaning of her jumping out to criticize Concubine Shu... , Ji Muzi was demoted before, and Concubine Shu also exerted her efforts.
At this moment, there is an opportunity to lead the matter to Concubine Shu through Yun Qingman, and of course she would be happy to see it happen.
The issue is…
Ji Muzi has now been demoted to a concubine and has been hiding in Surong Palace. Xue Xiaoge went from having a backer to being weak. Although Empress Ji would not ignore her completely for Ji Muzi's sake, she was not as considerate as her direct cousin.
In this case, the queen made it clear that she was not allowed to make trouble, but she still stood up and pestered her... Afterwards, the queen expressed a slight displeasure, but then immediately retreated... I don't understand this operation
"Each one of you is more eloquent than the other." Empress Ji pinched her forehead. She also had a headache for the group of concubines under her hands. After being silent for a while, she said, "On the other hand, Concubine Yun herself has never said a few words until now... Concubine Yun, you Tell yourself, what’s going on?!”
Yun Qingman did not say much from before to now.
At this moment, he was called by the queen and came out to salute. Before he could speak, tears fell down first, and he said in a trembling voice: "I am so committed that I don't know what the hell is going on?!"
She said that she had been keeping to herself since Tongxia Palace moved to Xuanqing Palace, and had never left the side palace except to greet her.
Yesterday, I was called to the main hall to play leaf cards with the two Jieyu. I happened to meet the new Caiyu who came to say hello. I met people together. After returning to the side hall, after being reminded by the left and right, I gave a gift to the concubines in the same palace. A meeting gift.
Although the new concubines are all Cai Nu, the gifts they receive cannot all be the same - Yi Xingen and Qu Hongzhuan's gifts are obviously better than the others, and so are a few Cai Nu who are particularly smart.
It's not just her who is being treated differently, Yun Fenghuang, the leader, also does this.
Just now, when the imperial doctor said that the facial oil she gave to Yi Xingen, the women who were treated with disdain, contained the juice of acanthus... she was also very confused!
"I used those when I first entered the palace. I opened them at will. This time, I just picked a few boxes at random." Yun Qingman choked, "I use them myself." I never found anything wrong at the time... The Queen Mother ordered civet cats to be released in the Sixth Palace to catch snakes and rats. If Mianzhu was really tampered with, how come I am safe and sound so far?"
"..." Queen Ji did not speak immediately after hearing this, but turned to ask the emperor, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Emperor Chunjia said calmly: "Have the people around Concubine Yun been checked?"
"Your Majesty, empress." Before the queen could answer, Xue Bin suddenly said, "Yun Bin said that she also used those facial fats when she entered the palace... May I ask where those facial fats came from in the first place?"
Yun Qingman was startled when he heard this, and immediately showed a look of confusion: "I am... I am... this... uh..."
"Those facial fats were given to Concubine Yun by me." Seeing this, Concubine Shu, who was not far away, frowned and said coldly, "Why does Concubine Xue still want to pin the blame on me, no matter what?"
Xue Bin ignored the queen's warning look, lowered her eyes, and said calmly: "I don't dare, I just asked."
Empress Ji glanced at her with cold eyes, turned around and gave orders to take down Yun Bin's attendants for interrogation.
Everyone knew what happened next - soon a palace maid confessed that she secretly did it in the facial fat of Yun Qingman's pickers, while Xiangzhi did it in the wasteland on the way to Huzhu Palace. It was picked by chance. She found it by chance when she was cleaning the palace maid. She remembered it in her heart and used it this time.
As for why she did this, the palace maid said that she was resentful that she was about the same age as Yi Xingen and others, but lived a completely different life, so she was temporarily confused: "My maid did not expect to meet Jia Jieyu with her Huanxi'er wants to return it to the imperial concubine. I just want to think about the many civet cats in the palace, Yicai girls and the others, who are wearing face cream with fragrant grass every day. One day, they will meet those with impatient tempers. Let them look good!"
"I was not born with that destiny. It is a blessing to be able to serve my concubine." Empress Ji listened to these words with no expression and said calmly, "Besides, Concubine Yun comes from a wealthy family and is kind to her. Even if she is a palace servant, her food, clothing, housing and transportation are not as good as those in the palace." Some low-level concubines are even better, but they are treated with jealousy, murdering innocent concubines, instigating concubines... Such greed and insufficiency are in line with the rules of the palace! Just drag it on!"
He glanced at Yun Qingman, who was silently weeping, and then said, "Concubine Yun in the Huanqing Palace has no way to control her, so she is demoted to Ronghua!"
Concubines, you looked at me and I looked at you, their expressions changed several times, but in the end no one came out to say anything, so Quan seemed to have acquiesced to this ending.
But Yun Fenghuang secretly thought: "It seems that the queen's words were meant for the palace maid who confessed her crime. I don't know whether she meant it or not. Did she say it to the emperor?"
But regardless of whether the queen had such thoughts, Emperor Chunjia accompanied the imperial concubine and left as if nothing had happened.
But when he stayed with the imperial concubine in Yanlan Palace until evening, he went to Xuanqing Palace again.
"Your Majesty just went to see the imperial concubine, but now he comes here to concubine. Isn't it not good?" Yun Fenghuang asked him when he saw this, "It's fine for the other sisters, but Yue Jieyu is also pregnant. , if you knew this, how could you not feel uncomfortable?"
Emperor Chunjia glanced at her and said, "I will go see her tomorrow... Let Na Yishi sleep with her tonight."
While Yun Fenghuang sent someone to deliver the message to Yi Xing'en, he asked with a smile: "Then what are you doing here? If you go to Yi Cainv's place earlier, you can also let Yi Cai Nu talk to Your Majesty, right?"
Weren't you very particular when you asked me to sleep with you before
We were talking about family affairs and playing chess... Now that I have decided to sleep with Yicainu, why do I come to Huanhua Palace
After word spread, no one thought her position was ugly, and whenever the emperor came to Xuanqing Palace, he would occupy it for a while.
The emperor sneered and said, "Your place is spacious, can't I have a meal here?"
"Your Majesty said this, I like you the most. I'm only sad that you come so little. How can I think you come too much?" Yun Fenghuang immediately beamed, and he diligently stepped forward to squeeze his shoulders for a while, and then suggested something. After ordering some dishes and pastries suitable for this season... Emperor Chunjia let her serve him with a calm expression. After a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek and said, "It's only at this time that you look like a woman of your age."
After all, he was only fifteen, and even though he was thoughtful and ruthless, he still couldn't hide his greedy mouth.
but…
Emperor Chunjia suddenly felt a little startled. Even though Yun Fenghuang was greedy, he was not the kind of person who couldn't control himself. He didn't know that a concubine who had just entered the palace and had no foundation but had a blind eye could easily be manipulated in her diet. The reason why she dares to eat so unscrupulously is, in the final analysis, because she has children who are in trouble, and there are no many taboos.
Although this result was actually caused by Yun Fenghuang himself, the emperor's mood was somewhat complicated. For a while, his intention to continue teasing her was gone. He just pushed her away and said in a calm tone: "I'm a little tired. Go to your house." Let’s lie down in the room for a while... Just wait here and call me when dinner comes.”
With that said, Yun Fenghuang stood up and walked into the inner room before he could speak.
Although Yun Fenghuang was a little confused when he saw this, he was also happy and relaxed. For fear of disturbing the emperor's rest, he simply hid in the flower hall outside and asked people to guard the doors and windows. Then he asked, "What happened to that Jiantao who came here a moment ago?"
"It was the slave who arranged to keep an eye on Concubine Yun in the side hall." Chen Zhu came up and said, "But because Concubine Yun was brought here by the palace servants from Tongxia Palace, she could only do odd jobs. The slave originally planned to find I had a chance to get rid of a few people in front of Yun Bin and let her go up... But a moment ago, she suddenly ran over in a panic and said that something important must be reported to you face to face. The slave made a few insinuations and refused to say anything, and she couldn't be sure. Whether it’s true or not, I can’t just report it to you, but ask your Majesty to tell me in person?”
Yun Fenghuang was thoughtful. She and Concubine Shu specially asked Yun Qingman to come to Xuanqing Palace. Of course, she would not just arrange the person to the side hall and ignore it. Even though there are no trustworthy people under his command now, he still chooses and sends many informants over.
This Jiantao was also one of them, but it was not ordered by Yun Fenghuang himself, but by Chen Zhu for performance.
According to Chen Zhu's description, although this palace maid is young, she is not from Meng Lang...
The left and right sides were empty at the moment. Yun Fenghuang thought about it and said, "In that case, let her come in."
After a while, Jiantao was brought in, and after the ceremony was completed, she said respectfully that the matter was serious and she had to report it to Yun Fenghuang alone.
This Yun Fenghuang was impatient and said: "I have all my confidants on my left and right, there is nothing I can't listen to!"
"..." Jiantao hesitated.
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang wanted to send her out without further explanation, he took a deep breath and whispered as if he had the courage to say, "Brassicae, raw land, safflower, cnidium..."
"Shut up!!!" Xile and others were all wondering what Jian Tao was doing when he started to tell the name of the medicine. However, Yun Fenghuang and Nian Xuan both changed their expressions and shouted in unison!
"You all go out!" Yun Fenghuang ordered immediately. Seeing Nian Xuan's hesitation, he softened his tone slightly and said, "You also go out first. I will listen to what she has to say alone."
After the scene was cleared, she pinched her palms hard and then asked in a deep voice, "This recipe...where did you come from?"
"Of course I heard about it from Beidi." Jiantao said softly and respectfully, "Poor Mrs. Jiang gave this recipe to the empress. She must have considered it for the queen's house after she became a wife, but how could she have thought that the empress would be married? Will it be used on myself? If I knew this news, I don’t know how sad I would be!"
—The medicines she just prescribed were actually the prescriptions that caused the difficulties for Yunfeng Huang’s children!
In addition, at this moment, Zi Cheng Fang Zi found out from the North...
Yun Fenghuang's heart gradually sank, and he asked calmly: "What do you mean by these words?"