The next morning, before dawn, Yi Xingen went to Huanhua Hall to pay his respects.
She was the first to arrive, so it took a while before other Cai Nu came over who were not sleeping with her. They were stunned when they saw her. Then she stepped forward to greet her and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here so early, sister?"
"Yes, sister, Empress Jieyu looks very kind. Even if you come later, I will definitely not blame you."
Yi Xing'en smiled and said: "Your Majesty feels sorry for us, so of course we can't be pampered and neglect her... Besides, His Majesty has to go to court, so it's time to get up."
Their conversation was quickly reported to Yun Fenghuang, who was still dressing up inside. Yunfenghuang smiled and said: "It's nothing important, let them talk... By the way, the rewards are all ready? "
Xijing hurriedly said that everything was done: "Mother, please take a look!"
Yun Fenghuang glanced at the bronze mirror and saw a pair of gilt bracelets placed on a brocade cushion, engraved with patterns such as crickets, mushrooms, and grass, and embedded with a few medium-sized pearls. Although it is not a very good thing, considering Yi Xingen's current position, it is actually a compliment. However, Yun Fenghuang feels that this Cainv's appearance will rise sooner or later as long as she does not have the brains to be in line with Yuan Niang's mother. When the time comes, she will wear It's no longer awkward.
"Clean up the Xinuang Pavilion. If they come first, let them sit there." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and then said, "It's very hot in the morning. They are all serving His Majesty. Don't let them sit there." If you get tanned, you won't look good, and your Majesty will lose interest."
After all, the flowers in the Huanqing Palace were all there to give birth to children for her. If they were not raised properly, wouldn’t it be her loss if the emperor had fewer children in the future
Yun Qingman's heirs were important, but as for the emperor's heirs, the more the merrier.
Anyway, she doesn't have to pay for the money or people to support the emperor's heir.
The palace people didn't know Yun Fenghuang's thoughts, and all praised her kindness: "Yicai girls and the others can meet such a master as the empress, it is like smoke rising from their ancestral graves!"
After chatting like this for a while, Yun Fenghuang packed up and went to the flower hall to have a meal. By the way, he summoned Yixing En, Qu Hongzhuan and several pick girls to wait on him.
These Cai nvs violated the rules when they were in Xiuzhuo Palace, but they came from humble backgrounds and behaved in a very reserved and unfamiliar manner.
Yun Fenghuang didn't care. He was admiring the group of moon-like and beautiful palace concubines surrounding him, and he felt that his appetite was better. After all, he didn't look bad at all! The skill of serving meals is definitely superior to this group of picky girls who are sharpening their skills in battle. How could Yuan Fu have the heart to criticize her in the first place
As expected, I couldn’t blame anyone in the palace for not saying anything good about her!
After a long while, Yun Fenghuang wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Okay, let's go tell the others. It's almost time and we should go to the Queen's place."
I didn't meet Jia Jieyu on the road today, but I met Lu Jieyu walking behind. Yun Fenghuang didn't pay attention to it. Later, as I walked, I found that Lu Jieyu was even slower, and he even wanted to stop on the side of the road to let her go. We entered Yeonbokgung Palace first and then left... Well, are you worried about being in trouble if you bump into someone on the way
Yun Fenghuang felt that Mrs. Lu was looking down on her too much. Was she such a narrow-minded person
After getting off the carriage, he curled his lips before walking into Chongchang Hall. At this time, Concubine Shu and the others had not arrived yet, and the Queen was naturally still cleaning up, but Jia Jieyu and Wei Jieyu were already there. Seeing her, Jia Jieyu quickly pretended to appreciate the tea bowl in her hand, while Wei Hengyan leaned over and called "Sister Mao" with a smile. Seeing Yun Fenghuang's pleasant response, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled extra enthusiastically. : "Sister looks really good today. There is not enough ice cream in the bag today, and she is a little dizzy. Seeing her, my heart suddenly brightens up!"
"You know how to coax me." Yun Fenghuang smiled and pointed her with a fan. "It's not like the Queen's shade. You're almost fine after resting for a while, but you use me as a raft."
Wei Hengyan held her arm coquettishly: "My sister is the most honest and the least able to lie! If I don't believe it, my sister dares to swear to you!"
Yun Fenghuang knew what she was doing to please her so much. It was nothing more than yesterday's turmoil. Wei Jieyu, who was the first to propose that "we and the new concubines should work together to fight against the established concubines," did not say a word from the beginning to the end. If this was Yun Fenghuang failed to hold on and suffered a loss in the end. Wei Hengyan could still argue that she was also trying to preserve her strength to avoid being overtaken by the established concubines, and was completely disgraced in front of the new prostitutes.
But Yun Fenghuang not only passed the test smoothly, but also caused Jia Jieyu and the others to suffer a loss. Wei Hengyan was afraid that she would retaliate, and also regretted that he had not put the icing on the cake yesterday. Wasn't he just trying to make up for it now
At this moment, seeing Sister Mao acting as if nothing had happened, Wei Hengyan felt lucky on the one hand, but also felt guilty on the other hand, because he was not sure whether she minded or not, so he could only increase his efforts to flatter her, and for a while he could not take care of the new prostitute. , thinking hard about flattery.
As he was talking, he suddenly saw Yun Fenghuang approaching him and whispering: "By the way, Sister Wei, do you know what Concubine Xue did to target Concubine Shu yesterday?"
Wei Hengyan was stunned, knowing that this was probably Sister Mao giving him a chance to reconcile. Just as he was about to speak, a figure flashed at the door of the palace, but it was Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu who came in one after another.
The three Jieyu who arrived first in the palace quickly stood up to greet Mrs. Yaoning.
Mrs. Yaoning, who was born as a general, is tall, slender and has a graceful figure. She is pretty and sassy, and she is somewhat polite to unfamiliar people. After she came in, she said hello to Jia Jieyu, turned to look at Yun Fenghuang, and said to Wei Hengyan pretended not to see it.
"It's really hot today..." Jia Jieyu, who had been quite embarrassed when Wei Hengyan had a warm conversation with Yun Fenghuang before, was relieved, and hurriedly went over to talk to Mrs. Yaoning about their daily routine, but she didn't say anything. After a while, Concubine Xin and Concubine Shu arrived one after another. The two sat down and exchanged some greetings. Someone from the palace came out to tell them that the Queen was about to come out.
There was nothing new after the queen came out, but she said meaningfully that Yi Xingen had served the emperor attentively last night and was promoted to the imperial concubine according to the rules. At the end, she said that since the imperial concubine hasn't come yet, she probably won't come today: " Let's go to the Queen Mother's place. We were delayed yesterday and didn't make it. Although the Queen Mother is generous and doesn't care about us, she still has to accompany us."
Everyone agreed.
So a group of people arrived at the Mianfu Palace in a mighty manner. As soon as they entered, they heard loud bangs coming from behind, mixed with the suppressed whimpers and grunts of the palace residents after they were gagged.
The concubines were quite surprised. Although they didn't think that Queen Mother Ji was the kind of master who couldn't bear to do anything to her subordinates, they usually came to greet her, but they never encountered such a thing.
So after entering the palace and finishing the ceremony, the Queen took the lead and cautiously asked the Queen Mother Ji, who looked as usual: "What is the matter with the unknown Queen?"
"Isn't the fight finished yet?" Queen Mother Ji was in the palace. Due to the hot weather today, the doors and windows were closed tightly to prevent the ice from melting too quickly. On the contrary, it was not as clear as the Queen and her entourage who came from the door. She was slightly startled when she heard the words, and then He sneered and turned to ask the attendant, "Have you ever broken the hands and feet of that screwdriver?"
The attendant hurriedly said: "I was still typing just now when I wanted to reply to the Queen Mother. I think I have interrupted it now."
Empress Dowager Ji nodded and said: "Throw it out after the beating. The Mianfu Palace of the Ai family cannot tolerate such unscrupulous slaves!"
Hearing this, the concubines thought something had happened, but the Queen Mother told the Queen: "Minghui was scared by a toad in the palace before. Didn't she cry for a while when she came back? The Ai family let Yushouyuan release her. There are a group of civet cats in the palace, so they can catch some snakes and mice, so as not to scare people... But guess what? In the Aijia palace, someone secretly feeds those civet cats. I really feel that the Aijia family is old and in mourning. How dare you do anything right under your nose?!"
"Mom, please calm down." The Queen quickly advised, "They are all cheap people who are not worth caring about. How can they be worthy of your anger? Now I have to beat them, and I will turn around and leave. Let's see who dares to imitate them!"
Concubine Shu, Concubine Xin, Mrs. Yaoning, Jia Jieyu, and Lu Jieyu all agreed one after another.
Yun Fenghuang and Wei Hengyan, the two new concubines, were not familiar with the Queen Mother after all, and they knew that the Queen Mother was not a very kind person, so they did not dare to say anything, and only nodded from time to time to show that they were following the crowd.
only…
Yun Fenghuang noticed that while Wei Hengyan was showing an attitude of "It's unreasonable for these cheap maids to dare to treat the Queen Mother like this", he couldn't help scratching his sleeves, showing panic.
It seems that Sister Wei's palace is not very friendly towards the civet cat that the Queen Mother specially ordered to be put into the palace...
Well, the reason why it is "ye" is of course that Yun Fenghuang had people drive out all the civet cats inside and outside Xuanqing Palace early in the morning!
After all, she had no feelings for cats and dogs, and there was an example of Miaocai's sudden and rapid death. How could Yun Fenghuang not learn a lesson and nip this flaw that could be exploited in the bud
She had done this before moving into the Xuanqing Palace, and she had never heard anyone say not to do so. Now, looking at it, does the Queen Mother care so much about the civet cats that are kept in the palace
How about... after you return, set aside a special place to keep a few of them in captivity to show your attention
Anyway, it’s the royal family’s money and people…
"Actually, the Ai family keeps these civet cats free just for them to catch snakes and rats." A group of concubines coaxed and persuaded. The queen mother finally felt better and sighed, "It's also because the emperor has no son and a half daughter. Yes, I don’t know if the imperial concubine and Yue Jieyu will be able to add children to the royal family by the end of the year... There are people who give their children names like cats and dogs to beg for work. The Ai family thinks that civet cats will give birth to many people and make life easy, and they think that there will be many civet cats in the palace. Some civet cats can also bring some praise to the royal family, alas... "
When she said this, those palace servants who fed the civet cats must die.
Of course, no one would care about this at this moment, and they were all busy continuing to appease the Queen Mother.
After half a day, Queen Mother Ji cheered up and asked the concubines why they didn't come to pay their respects yesterday.
The Queen Mother must have heard about this reason. When asked now, she didn't know if she planned to have a hand in it. Yun Fenghuang thought this and became more and more obedient.
The Queen simply introduced her, but the Queen Mother had no intention of re-sentencing. She only focused on asking Concubine Zheng: "It's so hot and she's still twins. Why did she come out?"
When the Queen said that everything was fine with the Concubine, she looked a little worse. However, it was normal for a pregnant woman to be in good spirits. Queen Mother Ji pondered for a while and said: "Then can the Concubine go to the palace to escape the summer heat? We will do it soon." It’s so hot when we set off, and to be honest, the Ai family is a little worried since both concubines are having their babies in the palace.”
"This..." The queen was stunned and said, "My daughter-in-law is not sure. Maybe my daughter-in-law will send someone to ask the imperial concubine and the imperial doctor who has been checking the imperial concubine's pulse later?"
Empress Dowager Ji said "hmm": "I would also like to ask Chunhui Palace and Huzhu Palace. Are you almost done with it? This year has been delayed, but we can't delay it any longer. Minghui has been shouting every day these past two days. It's so hot that I can't sleep. Her children's house is like this, let alone the Queen Mother? Bingjian is cool, but it's too cold, and the Queen Mother may not be able to bear it."
Empress Ji nodded repeatedly and promised to leave on time, determined not to waste time... After saying this, the Empress Dowager gave no other instructions, so everyone dispersed.
Yun Fenghuang went out, thought for a moment, and then followed the queen's phoenix chariot to Yanfu Palace.