Yun Fenghuang only mentioned a few words about her curiosity about the appearance of Marquis Yongchun's future wife, but it was a coincidence that when she went to Woxia Tower to pay her respects two days later, the queen asked everyone to disperse, leaving her alone with Concubine De to discuss the banquet. As they were drinking, he said: "Let's add two more seats when the time comes. Yesterday, someone from me went to the Imperial Inn to deliver something and came back with a message: The wife of the prefect wants her daughters to come and pay her respects. I I thought, since we are all older now and don’t like to be disturbed, we might as well let them pack up and come over for the banquet in a few days, and then we can meet together.”
Hearing this, both the imperial concubine and the virtuous concubine showed half-smiling expressions.
Although the queen said it tactfully, the two of them still didn't know what was going on.
All my daughters came to pay their respects...
This family has probably tasted the benefits of Israel's good fortune, so they hope that all their daughters will be admitted to high schools.
The so-called greeting is just a hope that other daughters can also get the favor of the royal family and have a good future.
Ordinarily, it is reasonable for a parent to want to find a good way out for his children. It's just... this is too impatient.
After all, wait until the position of Madam Yongchun Marquis is confirmed before making any plans, right
But considering the previous official positions of this family, they were still officials in Li Shu's eyes. From the height of the temple, the level was too low. It was reasonable to be so impatient.
Yun Fenghuang then said with a smile: "I have taken note of the concubine's instructions, and I will definitely arrange a seat near the front for them when the time comes."
It also happened to let them see clearly what kind of beauty she was, worthy of Marquis Yongchun's low marriage
Because the position and power of Marquis Yongchun was limited, the concubines didn't say much about his future in-laws.
After discussing the banquet for a while, Gu Zhen hesitated and said one more thing: "I heard that the Empress Dowager, the loving mother, is not doing well recently."
"But I don't know what's wrong with her?" The relationship between the imperial concubine and the concubine De and the empress dowager, a loving mother, is definitely not good.
If there was something wrong with the Queen Mother, they wouldn't be happy anymore.
So when he heard this, his expression was very relaxed, and he just said, "Can you ask the imperial doctor to see you? What did the imperial doctor say?"
Concubine De added: "I have some medicinal materials given by Your Majesty in the past two years. At my age, I can't use them. Do you want to send them to your loving mother, the Queen Mother?"
That's all she said... The Queen glanced at her and said calmly: "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, has no shortage of imperial doctors and medicinal materials. As for what the imperial doctor said, I don't know very well. I just want to ask you, but Want to go over there for a visit?"
In fact, the Queen herself did not like the loving mother Queen Mother, and wished that something would happen to her soon.
It's just that she is the middle palace, has status, and naturally has obligations.
For noble concubines and concubines, it is understandable that they should do their best and not be thorough enough in fulfilling their filial piety. After all, they are just concubines.
But if the queen is negligent, she will be criticized for not being virtuous enough.
Now Gu Zhen could only endure his depression and discussed with the second concubine about visiting the sick: "I plan to ask Xiao Liu to go there and take care of the sick."
This is definitely inspired by the fact that the Empress Dowager asked the Seventh Prince to wait on her bedside when she was sick... Leaving a child to take care of her would eliminate the need for her to worry about it all the time, but she could still explain it to the outside world...
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Yun Fenghuang said: "Sixth Prince... is it convenient?"
As for the question of whether they are willing or not, it is certainly not something that mothers like them need to consider.
Filial piety is very important these days, so the Queen gave an order and the Sixth Prince had to go regardless of whether they liked it or not.
However, in Yun Fenghuang's impression, the sixth prince himself was a soft-tempered person. After the smallpox, his appearance was greatly reduced, and he became more and more inferior and silent.
For example, the seventh prince is not a noisy child, but he is gentle, generous, cheerful and honest, so he can naturally please his elders.
But the Sixth Prince is different. For the Sixth Prince, the elders who like him may feel a little heartbroken when they look at him, but if they don't like him, they will only dislike him.
All in all, it is not suitable to take care of sick elders.
Naturally, Yun Fenghuang would not put himself in Empress Dowager Yuan's shoes. The reason why he raised this point was: "The Sixth Prince usually doesn't like to meet people. With such a boring nature, I'm afraid the loving Empress Dowager will also feel distressed after seeing it." , but it made her feel uncomfortable, making it even more difficult to rest. In my opinion, it would be better if the empress sent another prince to go with her. Just like the empress dowager, Xiao Qi and the tenth prince changed shifts together. If so, One of the six princes came over because he was afraid that he would not take good care of him, and the second one was because he was afraid that his loving mother, the Queen Mother, would think too much of her."
The queen tried to figure out the imperial concubine's intentions and said cautiously: "But the other children in front of me are all involved. Could it be that the imperial concubine intends to let the children in front of me pass?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "I want to share my worries for my mother-in-law, but King Qin and Xiao Jiu were assassinated. They were in shock. The empress dowager must have been reluctant to let them go, so they went to serve them non-stop; Xiao Qi just came from the empress dowager. It's the same thing over there; fifteen is too young! As for the princess, Zhaoqing, as the eldest daughter, should actually serve the loving mother the Empress Dowager. However, her legs, alas... the Ninth Emperor's daughter is also small. Or, the second princess?"
The queen suddenly frowned, the second princess and the sixth prince were no strangers.
When Concubine Roukun was still alive, these two children were raised together under Roukun's lap.
At that time, the sixth prince was completely beaten by the second prince.
If the two children went to the Empress Dowager Yuan together, the empress was confident that the sixth prince would not take the initiative to make trouble, but she could not resist the second empress and would take the initiative to cause trouble. Empress Dowager Yuan would definitely be happy to see the fight between the middle palace and the imperial concubine, don't say anything about it. It's calmed down, but it's inevitable to add fuel to the flames...
This is simply a source of endless trouble...
The queen then said: "The second princess is not appropriate. After all, the emperors are older now. How can they not avoid suspicion as they did when they were children? You just said that when the empress dowager fell ill, it was the two princes who went to serve them. Yes, in that case, from the side of the empress dowager, I will let the second prince and the sixth prince stay together."
After much thought, she decided that the second prince was the most suitable.
Because she is not a royal concubine, she is older, more sensible and calm, has a quiet and honest temperament, and will not take the initiative to cause trouble...
Similar to the situation of the Sixth Prince, the possibility of Taipei finishing his duties is relatively high.
The imperial concubine thought for a while and didn't argue. She just said "ok" and then talked about other things.
This made the queen a little suspicious. She always felt that she had some conspiracy to refute her original proposal and force a prince to come in.
But Yun Fenghuang quickly finished talking and left.
After returning to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, she said to the people around her: "The third prince has been instigated since he was a child. Although nothing was found about the second prince, they are all princes of the Ji family. The Ji family will raise the third prince as his successor." Are you going to treat the second prince differently, but give up completely on the second prince? I think it’s better to test it out. However, Mrs. Cui has been quite respectful to me over the years, and I can’t do anything openly. This time, with the help of the queen, Let the second prince go to the Empress Dowager, and hope that the Empress Dowager will not disappoint me."
Then he asked, "What is the disease of the loving empress dowager? Does it matter? A few days ago, didn't she say that her pulse was stable, and she looked like she would live a long life?"
She was disappointed when she heard it.
Although Empress Dowager Yuan has learned her lesson in the past two years and no longer dares to cause trouble wantonly, she is not happy to have such a special, high-ranking and intelligent master staring at her.
"I heard that it's just a little anorexia," Chen Jing said. "Actually, I haven't had any appetite for only two days so far. The imperial doctor prescribed some medicine, saying that it might be because I'm afraid of summer. But now I'm in the mountains, and it's the best shade. However, what kind of summer can we be afraid of? Maybe we are tired from the journey. It can only be done in two days. If it is not possible, just change the cook to change the appetite... The Queen is probably afraid that when His Majesty finds out, he will complain that she is not filial to her loving mother, the Queen Mother. .”
No, the queen was not only afraid of the emperor's complaints, but also afraid that if she didn't take action to "fulfill her filial piety", the emperor would personally be filial to his adoptive mother and give him more...
Yun Fenghuang knew what was going on and nodded slightly: "I'm just saying this. I haven't heard you take the initiative to report it before. It must not be a big deal."
Just disappointed.
Just as he was talking, it was crackling outside, but it started to rain.
The waiters hurriedly went to close the window, and then there was a sound of kicking outside, and then the sound of girls laughing and joking.
Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows: "Tell them to come in!"
After a while, Princess Zhaoqing took the lead, and several princesses, Xie Kuo and Xie Mei filed in with great interest, holding lotus flowers and leaves in their hands.
After the ceremony, the princess said to Yun Fenghuang in a good mood: "Mother, concubine, do you see what I picked? It's a coincidence."
Saying this, he handed over a lotus flower.
"You guys went to the back mountain?" Yun Fenghuang took the lotus and smiled dumbly, "What a coincidence..."
If Zhao Qing was here, she would talk about the blind date party not long ago and make some jokes, but there were others too. If she started making fun of her, Zhao Qing would become angry, so Yun Fenghuang's thoughts turned around. , just passing by, but asked them what they played today.
"I made an appointment with Sister Xincheng to go to the lake two days ago, but after the accident of the eldest brother and the ninth brother, no one was in the mood." When Princess Zhaoqing was present, she always responded to such matters. The princess always did her best, and now she Jianshengsheng said, "No, now that the ninth brother is well, how many children and ministers went to play in the back mountain? We also caught some fish, which will be stewed for the mother and concubine later, and also for the eldest brother and the ninth brother. Send some over there to replenish your body."
Yun Fenghuang smiled and praised her for being sensible and considerate. Seeing that the second, third, fourth, and ninth princesses were all there, their clothes were probably stained by some raindrops. They must have encountered it because of the sudden rain, so he asked someone to go to the small kitchen to cook something. Here comes the ginger soup.
Just as he was about to have a good chat with the girls, he suddenly saw Chie gesturing outside, implying that he had something urgent to report.
The imperial concubine's thoughts changed, she got up and left the main hall on the pretext of changing her clothes, and went to the back.
"Mother, there is news from Shanyuan Temple." Chie quickly came around and whispered, "Qian and her daughter have made a discovery."