Chie said: "The palace servant worked in a remote place and did not serve any serious master, so we don't know much. Just say that when Xiaozong was the prince, the Empress Dowager and the Ji family had a close relationship, but they didn't like it. Ji Sheng, a commoner, came into contact with Xiaozong. Later, when Xiaozong reached his age, the royal family chose a concubine for him. At that time, Ji's family had won the trust of the late Emperor Shenzong and had the power to dominate the government and the public. In order to prevent her relatives from getting older, she would wrong the royal family. Unfavorable, maybe he was afraid of the suspicion of the late Emperor Shenzong, and in short, he originally planned to choose the crown prince from another famous family. But the late Emperor Shenzong misplaced Ji's trust, and in addition, Ji Sheng, a commoner, and Xiaozong's childhood sweetheart, were in love with each other... In short In the end, Ji Sheng became the crown princess."
"But after Ji Sheng becomes the Crown Princess, it is not bad for the Empress Dowager to mistake Ji Sheng."
"Later Shenzong passed away and Xiaozong ascended the throne, and a battle began between him and the Ji family. He once went to Qingci Palace to ask the Empress Dowager for help, but the Empress Dowager did not agree, so she reasoned that she was old and did not want to worry about the Weng Ruan matter. .After Xiaozong left in disappointment, it was rumored that Ji Sheng, a common man, went to see the Empress Dowager on Xiaozong’s behalf. The aunt and nephew did not know what they said, but Ji Sheng, a common man, did not go to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager for several years... "
Yun Fenghuang couldn't help frowning when he heard this and said, "Then why is the Ji family in such a mess?"
Chie said: "My maid also found it strange. The Empress Dowager did not agree with Ji's daughter as the main wife before Xiaozong chose his concubine. Maybe she did not have her sincere thoughts. After all, the Ji family was very powerful at that time, and the Empress Dowager did a lot of things. Some gestures to avoid suspicion. Could it be that Shenzong is gone, but why don't you look towards Xiaozong?"
"Does any of them know about the gift that the Empress Dowager gave to Shan Yuan in the Ming Dynasty?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "The Empress Dowager only has a little bit of flesh and blood like Xiaozong, even if some people in this life don't feel sorry for her. However, considering her own interests, the Empress Dowager definitely had no reason not to help Xiaozong. I was thinking, no, no, the Empress Dowager did not help the late Emperor Xiaozong, no, no, she did not want to help, but she was Mr. Ji has taken advantage of the situation and doesn’t dare to help?”
Dan'e doubted: "But let alone the Empress Dowager's seniority and identity, we can grasp it. The key is that the Empress Dowager, as the direct daughter of the Ji family, is not in the same place as the Ji family. If you are both prosperous and prosperous, you will be harmed if you are harmed. It is just a threat to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. What should I do if Ji can ask for help?"
Otherwise, it seems that the relationship between the Yun family and Yun Fenghuang is not very good, but if they catch Yun Fenghuang, they may not dare to expose it immediately.
There are even some things that Yun Fenghuang needs to cover up.
For example, to say something unpleasant: Please tell me if the Yun family found out that Yun Fenghuang was having an affair with a foreigner. No matter how angry and disgusted they were, they would still help to deal with the aftermath, unless their brains were filled with water. I will report it to Chun Jia.
The reason is very simple. After Xie Fenghuan Hongxing came out, Xie's Dongchang was a clear example.
That doesn't deny that the lintel of the Xie family is higher than that of the Wang family.
What's more, can Yun Fenghuang's husband's family be a heavenly family
"Empress, is it possible that the threat to the Empress Dowager is that the orphans and widowed mothers are fighting against the Naoji family?" Did Chie put forward another view, "The maidservant has been serving in the palace all these years, saying To be honest, I don’t think the Empress Dowager is so shrewd and powerful? I think the Emperor Shenzong succeeded to the throne, in addition to his own brilliance and martial prowess, it was all thanks to the Ji family. But the Ji family, the master of the Lord Ye and the others, may not necessarily be the Empress Dowager. In this way, after the death of Emperor Shenzong, Xiaozong was young, and the Empress Dowager knew nothing about the previous dynasty, so there was nothing she could do to wrong her natal family. If the secret father was warned again by the Ji family, in order to avoid a complete stalemate, the mother and son The situation is becoming more and more difficult, so can we reject Xiaozong?"
After all, if the orphans and widowers were determined to fight against the Ji family, at that time, they would all be at odds with the Ji family, which would only put them in a more disadvantageous situation.
The Empress Dowager refused to help her son and kept in contact with the Ji family, which is probably a matter of friendship.
Yun Fenghuang said in a deep voice: "I can't figure it out. Since the late Emperor Shenzong was not a wise emperor... Bucheng was not an Mingjun. Who among the emperors from ancient times to the Ming Dynasty was not a little suspicious? Maybe the Ji family coaxed Shenzong very much back then. Okay, but Shenzong's death was not sudden. Before he died, didn't he consider the possibility that orphans and widowers would be unable to suppress powerful ministers? Even if he was afraid that Emperor Xiaozong was young and had no one to support him and that the throne would be unstable, how could he entrust Ji with enough power? Family?"
Looking back at the time when the emperor of the previous dynasty passed away, if the prince was young and worried about the suspicion of the young country, and entrusted the ministers to take care of his life, he would at least ask for three or five ministers.
It's not even possible to just find two.
After all, there are only two ministers who care about life. What if they join forces to bully the new king
There are three courtiers at the end. Those three courtiers must have contradictions and conflicts to ensure that they cannot stand together.
Don't talk about being loyal or anything like that. A minister like Ji who betrayed his old master and showed off his power to the new emperor is not absent from the history books.
Could Shenzong be a naive and ignorant young emperor? Would he not know that people's hearts are fickle
Anyway, Yun Fenghuang didn't believe that Shenzong would trust his wife and children in Ji's lap just because he had a good relationship with Ji.
She is a prostitute, and she was not that stupid when she was fifteen years old. Is Shenzong not as good as her? !
"... Then?" The attendants couldn't help looking at each other as they listened.
Yun Fenghuang said: "Have those old people heard the relevant rumors?"
Chielian went out to ask again, and came back after a while and said, "Mother, they can't explain clearly. At that time, they were not qualified to serve the serious masters in the palace... But an old man said that on the eve of Shenzong's death, For several months, the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor Xiaozong were at her side, and important ministers headed by the Ji family came to the palace every other month to visit and pay their respects. The concubines were not allowed to get close, and even the regent could only arrive in May. Please say hello outside the screen. Shenzong was in very bad spirits at that time. Sometimes when the regent went to say hello, Shenzong would be found sleeping. If he didn't even say anything, he could kowtow and resign."
"In fact, the regent had never actually seen the late Emperor Shenzong for the last time... It is said that the regent was uncontrollably grieved when he was crying. Even if he was not the Queen Mother's biological son, the Queen Mother didn't pay much attention to it."
"It's true that Brother Xiaozong feels sorry for me."
"So, Shenzong Keke lost the initiative when he became seriously ill." Yun Fenghuang thought thoughtfully, "So that he was swayed by the Ji family and unable to make more appropriate arrangements for the late Emperor Xiaozong?"
That's not impossible.
After all, other than that, it is difficult to explain why Shenzong trusted Ji without reservation.
The question is, is it so easy for an unpopular prince to counterattack an emperor who becomes an emperor, even when he is seriously ill
Xiaozong was considered mediocre, and he did one thing during his entire reign: fight with the Ji family.
Very defeated.
But on the eve of his death, even if the canonization of the crown prince failed, it still caused a lot of obstacles for the Ji family: the Imperial City Division was handed over to the regent, leaving half of the rumors of the crown prince, and a few loyalists such as Yi Guogong. group.
Shenzong was famous in the history books, so how could he be inferior to his own son
"Empress, should there be cocoa?" Chie felt that it made sense, "Do you think that after Shenzong ascended the throne, he slaughtered countless relatives and nobles? When he was seriously ill, the late Emperor Xiaozong had a regent who was still young, but the clan was... No one is around. For example, the few bloodline members of Princess Dongxing are very afraid, but how can they dare to get involved in royal affairs? Although there are concubines in the Shenzong harem, except for the Empress Dowager, there are no high-ranking ladies. So If the Ji family and the Empress Dowager cooperated internally and externally, wouldn't they be able to control the former harem with one hand? Moreover, Shenzong would have two children, Xiaozong and the Regent. If not the Ji family and the Empress Dowager had used those two children as a hostage, Shenzong would have been No matter how angry you are, I’m afraid it won’t help?”
It goes without saying that Shenzong caused trouble by killing too many brothers and nephews.
Otherwise, whenever Shenzong was sick in his prime when there were so many adult close relatives around, Ji would probably be more anxious than Shenzong himself.
I was afraid that after Shenzong left, the young Xiaozong and the regent would not be able to control the situation and let others take advantage.
"..." Yun Fenghuang pondered, and found depressingly that due to the age and the fact that the old man who lived in Ruming was not of high status at the time and had limited knowledge, it was difficult to deduce the truth.
She thought for a while, but she thought of a question before, "Wrong, have you asked them about the east of Princess Minghui's palace?"
Just as Chie was begging for an answer, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a little palace maid who went outside to salute: "Mother, someone from outside has sent a message."
Yun Fenghuang was thinking about matters related to the Empress Dowager when he heard the words and said casually: "What's the news?"
"Regarding the death of Qian's mother and daughter before." The young palace maid said softly, "It is suspected that the queen's niece, Miss Gu Jue, has a suggestion."
Those words shocked the master and servants in the room!
Dan E even shouted immediately: "Is that true? Don't tell me that the people at Woxia Tower are deliberately being alarmist? How old is Miss Jue? She has been raised by the queen for several years, and she has never been as good as before. Gu Jing is so alert!"
When Gu Jue entered the palace, he immediately became the focus of Huanqing Palace.
Otherwise she quickly covered it up.
Compared with Gu Jing, who is good at dancing, impeccable in everything, and has a welcoming smile, Gu Jue, who shrinks back and seems a bit sore about nothing but success, has a hard time attracting attention.
Especially since the tenth prince didn't care much about his cheap cousin, the Xuanqing Palace naturally lowered and lowered her emphasis.
After Gu Jing left, Gu Jue seemed to be a bit impressive, so those confinement boys paid more attention to him.
But I didn't expect that she could come up with a way to make the imperial concubine suffer a loss
"The people over there couldn't believe it at first. After all, the matter was serious." The little palace maid said, "So I made a special investigation before I dared to report... When the earliest news of the accident at Shanyuan Temple reached Woxia Tower, Did the Queen intend to make a fuss about that matter so as to cause trouble for us? They were all discussing it, and then Gu Jue rushed over after hearing the news. He didn’t know what he said to the Queen behind closed doors. In short, the Queen’s expression was sad afterwards. It’s so beautiful, but I didn’t mention Shan Yuan Guan again. Then the Qian family and their daughter will be gone... No matter how you think about it, Miss Najue’s contribution will be denied?"
Chie couldn't help but asked: "Is it Gu's intention to let her pass on the message?"
"Can you tell me that no one from the Gu family sent messages to the palace in those two months?" the little palace maid said, "and the waiters in Woxia Tower, Gu Jue's attitude changed a lot during the confinement period. Although it is not obvious, the details are there, and they obviously pay attention to them. Quite a few.”
Chi'e and Dan'e looked at each other wrongly, their faces serious, and then they didn't shut up.
They were all close servants of Yun Fenghuang and came from the Xie family, so they knew the behavior of their own people best.
Gu Jue is to the Queen just like Xie Kuo, Xie Meng and Xie Mei are to Yun Fenghuang.
Please tell me that Chie and others are wrong. Of course, Xie's girls are not bad, but that kind of not badness comes with a condescending attitude.
For one thing, age is not the issue. They are the kind of servants who have followed their masters for many years and have often watched their master’s juniors grow up. Even if there is a gap in status between master and slave, the advantages brought by their age cannot be ignored by them; Second, they have a position of power. Although they are slaves, to be honest, the importance of shutting up in front of the master is often incomparable to many younger juniors, and even older but outstanding juniors.
It's not like Yun Fenghuang, who was born with thoughtful ideas. When he was a child, he offended Jiang, and it's not like people from the Qing Dynasty who helped others to show off in order to avoid punishment.
Please ask the attendants not to help. Jiang is so angry that she must be beaten.
Back then, under Jiang's arrangement, they went to the palace to serve Yun Fenghuang. At first they looked at the empress like a child, but later they saw Yun Fenghuang's ease and ease, as well as Yun Fenghuang's domineering and domineering personality. After beating him, I gradually got to know the little master again, and from the bottom of my heart, I regarded the little master as the "master".
Therefore, because of Gu Jue's identity, the queen's personal attendant, Ke Ke, could not be wronged by her.
But he will not pay attention to Miss Jue rashly.
After all, their real master is Queen Gu Zhen.
Gu Jue Ruming's status and age were not worthy of their special attention.
Even Gu Jue needed their help to advise and persuade the queen.
But they showed that they paid special attention to Gu Jue...
Yun Fenghuang thought for a moment and then ordered: "Go and ask Yidong, what did Gu Jue do when she returned to the Gu Mansion in the past few months? And the number and time of her visits with the queen before and now."