After Princess Yi learned that Wei Shi had rejected the seventh prince, she couldn't recover for a long time.
Then comes the rage!
"What the hell is Webster?! If it weren't for the imminent dispute over the country's foundation, their legitimate daughter would not be qualified to be a concubine for Xiao Qi, let alone a main concubine?!" Princess Yi is a typical noble girl from a high family. She has been doing a good job teaching her emotions and emotions to be indistinguishable over the years.
Except for the gaffe when my sister Yin Xiang died in childbirth, I have never been so excited in many years. I smacked the bed in front of me and said, "How dare they refuse... What are they... They..."
"Calm down first." King Yi, who came over after hearing the news, comforted him, "This news came from the imperial concubine. How do you know that Wei Shi really rejected it?"
Princess Yi was stunned when she heard this, but she did not continue to get angry and said in a deep voice: "What did you say?"
"The imperial concubine has a deep mind and many tricks." King Yi said, "If she doesn't agree with Xiao Qi marrying Wei's daughter, how can Wei have any room to agree?"
"But the imperial concubine is not stupid. She will rely on my father a lot in the future." Princess Yi frowned. Although she, Yin Qu, her daughter, and the imperial concubine have generally cooperated happily over the years, she also knew very well that the relationship between the two parties Getting along is mainly based on mutual needs to remain friendly.
In fact, Yun Fenghuang is not a good person.
The Yin family are not purely good-hearted people.
It is not impossible to say that the imperial concubine had some differences with the Yin family and her daughter regarding the seventh prince's marriage.
The problem is that the imperial concubine is not a master who doesn't know how to weigh the pros and cons.
The seventh prince's marriage to a noble girl might be able to win over some help, but how could it compare to the importance that the Yin family's father and daughter paid to the seventh prince
How can it be worthwhile to separate from the Yin family for the sake of an in-law who doesn't know whether they are willing to fight for it or not at the critical moment
Princess Yi pondered for a while, but she still believed that the imperial concubine should have done nothing. "Xiao Qi's marriage was agreed upon earlier, and I was asked to check it with my father. Even if His Highness Sui'an's consort is about to return to the court, will the Xie brothers and sisters do it?" How can we be separated from my Yin family's assistant? But I don't quite believe that the imperial concubine will fall out with us just now."
King Yi waved his hand to everyone to retreat, and then said: "Although the imperial concubine has several emperors' heirs, the queen also has many princes. In terms of relying on the emperor's heirs to marry in-laws, the imperial concubine's current situation is certainly not that good. It has an advantage, but it is also limited. But the queen’s righteous reputation may not be erased by such a small advantage. You also know the character of the imperial concubine, and it is not impossible to do unscrupulous things. You still have to guard against it!"
"That's what you said." Princess Yi was silent for a moment and nodded. Yun Fenghuang was not a person who followed the rules. To be precise, she had never done anything that followed the rules.
According to common sense, she should not have an affair with the Yin family because of the seventh prince's marriage, but...
Who knows if she might do the opposite
"Then who is the concubine interested in?" Princess Yi pondered for a while and asked her husband, "Could it be Meng Posuo?"
King Yi said slowly: "I don't know. It's best for us to ask someone to find out how Webster rejected it."
The result of their inquiry was that it had nothing to do with the imperial concubine, but that Webster himself rejected the imperial concubine's temptation.
This time, King Yi and his wife were very calm, but they noticed Yun Fenghuang's worry: "Wei's background is not deep, and Wei Xiyan is said to be one of the three most talented women in the imperial capital, but it's just a mere woman, no matter how talented she is, so what? Her family background is not enough, It doesn’t matter in the end, there is really no reason to reject the prince under the imperial concubine’s knees... Not only did they refuse, but their attitude was very firm, leaving no room for mediation. Who gave them the confidence?"
Princess Yi even came up with a ridiculous idea: "There is no one in the Wei family in the harem. Could it be that they just moved their family to the imperial capital in the past two years and they don't know the concubine's temper very well?"
Concubine Min has restrained herself a lot in the past two years and has become more like a loving mother.
In the eyes of the younger generation, or those who have moved to the Imperial Capital in recent years, this noble concubine is often considered virtuous, virtuous, and generous.
Only those who watched Yun Fenghuang come all the way still remember the various methods of this noble concubine.
"How is this possible?" King Yi said in amusement, "There is no one in the Wei family in the harem, but Wei Changkong has been staying in the imperial capital for many years, how many more can he count? Besides, what the imperial concubine has done is not the same as in the past few years. It has been ten or hundreds of years, and Wei Changkong has been with Wei Chang. How can he dare to despise the imperial concubine if he cannot find out about those things?"
After a pause, he said slowly, "Please ask my father-in-law to inquire about the recent developments in the temple."
As a vassal king, a nearby vassal king, and he was proposed to adopt Xiaozong back then, Gong Xiangxiao seemed to have a high status, but in fact, when it came to matters related to the temple, he was not as comfortable as a random official.
But he didn't dare to act on his own initiative.
Yin Qu was furious after hearing the news, but Princess Yi tried to persuade her again and again, especially saying: "Not many people know about this now, so let's just let it go. If the father made a big fuss, everyone would know that Xiao Qi was disliked by Wei Shi, and the news spread. , wouldn’t it make that concubine step on Xiao Qi and become famous?!”
In particular, Wei Xiyan was not an ordinary boudoir girl. She was one of the three most talented women in the imperial capital, and she followed a noble and self-proclaimed path.
If you can add someone who has a noble heart and politely refuses the prince, she will become famous in one battle. It can be said that in the blink of an eye, she can step on her two talented companions from high families and become the undisputed number one talented woman in the imperial capital... How could Princess Yi be possible? Give this girl who rejected her nephew such a good opportunity
Even though the person who refused was not Wei Xiyan but Wei Shi, Princess Yi already held a grudge anyway.
Yin Qu was shocked by his youngest daughter's words, but he thought thoughtfully, endured it, and said: "I will send someone to inquire... It's just that Wei Shi dares to underestimate Xiao Qi, which is intolerable! We always have to retaliate!"
While the Yin family and their daughter were discussing how to help the Seventh Prince deal with the uninterested Wei Shi, Xie Wuzheng arrived at the Imperial Capital after a long journey.
Upon hearing the news, the imperial concubine was extremely surprised and sent Chen Jing to the city gate to greet her.
The King of Qin was restless. After hearing the news, he used the excuse that Xie Li, one of his companions, missed his uncle, and pestered Yun Fenghuang to allow him to take people out of the city to meet his uncle.
When the Seventh Prince heard this, he thought that his accompanying student Xie Fuwang was also Xie Wuzheng's nephew, and expressed his intention to go with him.
The two men moved, and the Ninth Prince certainly refused to fall behind.
After hearing the news, King Jin made a fuss about joining...
In the end, Yun Fenghuang couldn't stop them from making trouble, and after reporting to Chunjia, he let the four princes go out to greet them.
As a result, even if someone paid attention to Xie Wuzheng's return to the court, there were still more major events that needed attention.
Suddenly, it seemed that this prince-in-law was extremely important.
The queen could not help but go to the Empress Dowager, the empress dowager, and King Yi to remind them: "Normally, it is nothing for your highnesses to go out to greet the elders. However, in the past few years, Prince Yi and his wife have been coming and going, but they have never seen the princes so attentive. .”
Father is more important than mother. As a close relative of the princes' father's family, King Yi served as Chunjia's companion. Elders who have been with him for many years, in terms of status, status and affection, should be compared to Yun Fenghuang, the maternal brother of the concubine Xie Wuzheng. What matters is. However, the actions of King Qin and the other four princes clearly rejected this point, and they were more enthusiastic towards Xie Wuzheng than towards King Yi.
The Empress Dowager listened with a calm expression and just said: "The children are young, so it's okay to be a little bit extra. The emperor didn't say anything, so where did all the nonsense come from?"
The loving mother Queen Mother was still worried about Jiahe and had no time to pay attention.
As for King Yi himself, there was a look of boredom on his eyebrows: "Anyone who gossips will be killed with a cane!"
He doesn't want to have anything to do with the imperial concubine at all, anything!
... So the storm disappeared before it even started. The queen was very angry, but she had no choice but to listen calmly to the people below who continued to tell the story of Xie Wuzheng's visit to Beijing: "... At this time, the four highnesses are accompanying Xie When Wu Zheng returned to the eldest princess's residence, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess came out with two young ladies and was talking in the front hall, saying she was very happy."
"Xie Wuzheng brought some things to your highnesses. Among them, the one for His Highness the Seventh Prince is an ancient book. It is very rare. His Highness the Seventh Prince likes it very much."
"The news has reached the Yin family."
"It is said that Yin Shangshu laughed a little after hearing this."
In the past two years, everyone has known that the fastest way to please Yin Qu is to make a fuss about the seventh prince.
As long as he coaxes the seventh prince well, Yin Qu will feel that he is a good person even if he is rude to Yin Qu himself.
"Your Majesty, don't worry about this. Yin Qu and the imperial concubine have been together for a long time. It doesn't matter if their relationship is better now." Seeing that the queen's face was not good-looking, the attendant said, "There is news recently. I don't know whether it is true or not. If it is true, Yes, but it’s interesting.”
Seeing the empress looking over, the waiter said: "The Yin family and the imperial concubine have made some plans to propose marriage to the seventh prince, Wei's daughter, who is one of the three most talented women in the imperial capital. As a result, Wei has no room for change. I refused!"
The Queen was slightly startled and said: "They all look down on the Seventh Prince, who do they look upon?"
"My servant doesn't know," the waiter said, "but now the Yin family, his daughter, and the imperial concubine seem to be very angry."
Who can't be angry about this
Gu Zhen thought to herself, if she proposed marriage to the prince under her knees and was rejected, she would be angry too!
This is because Zhonggong has been suppressed in the past two years, and he has long been accustomed to all kinds of nails.
What's more, how many years has the imperial concubine been showing off
Yun Fenghuang was recently pregnant, and she was in a hurry to leave the cabinet and Xie Wuzheng came back. She was probably too busy with everything to take care of it.
Otherwise, Webster would have been given thunderous means long ago.
only…
Although the Wei family does not have a deep foundation, it has always attracted the attention of the world because of Wei Changkong.
Wei Changkong has a very high reputation among scholars.
If the imperial concubine gets angry with them because of her refusal to marry and does something...
The queen couldn't help but narrowed her eyes and asked: "Go and inquire about Webster's current situation."
She finally understood that there was no use in trying to gain leverage over Yun Fenghuang in the palace.
Firstly, the imperial concubine is cunning and will not leave many loopholes for others to plot; secondly, the imperial concubine is favored, even if she is clearly wrong many times, the emperor can pretend not to see it.
Therefore, if you want to defeat Yun Fenghuang, you still have to work hard at her weak points, such as outside the palace.
Especially Shilin, where Wei Changkong has considerable influence, has never had a good impression of the imperial concubine.
After all, these people are the ones who pay the most attention to rules. In their eyes, the queen must follow the rules, be submissive and chaste. Yun Fenghuang's series of operations since entering the palace are all in the opposite direction to them.
Of course, what made them most envious and jealous was the concubine's unwavering devotion to her mother's family after being favored.
If Xie Wuzheng didn't have such a powerful sister, would he be able to get into the head armor
Not to mention that he is a master and has risen through the ranks. In just a few years, a young border squire has already reached the rank of court...
If, like Wei Changkong, he had won six consecutive imperial examinations, everyone would be more convinced.
However, Xie Wuzheng... his talents, knowledge, skills and background are not worthy of his current status.
In the early stage, I relied on my sister, and later on, I relied on my princess wife... Of course, without the imperial concubine sister, there would be no princess wife.
Therefore, many people among the scholars did not say anything, but in their hearts they hated Yun Fenghuang.
After all, to put it nicely, Yun Fenghuang’s move destroyed the fairness among scholars; to put it more realistically: why don’t they get a share of such a good thing? ?
Therefore, as long as the imperial concubine is caught using private means to take revenge on Webster, the scholars will never give up.
Chunjia's favoritism
Yes, Chunjia will definitely favor his sweetheart... But with so many scholars in the country, even if the emperor is not a soft-hearted master, can he kill them
What's more, not all of these scholars hold great power, but if the emperor does anything to these people in order to protect the imperial concubine, the courtiers will inevitably be inspired to become extremely hostile towards the imperial concubine.
By the time…
Well, the only problem is that the imperial concubine is cunning, and she must be aware of this, so why would she endure this tone
No, no, no, the imperial concubine is not one to swallow her anger.
That…
Yin family
Gu Zhen's eyes darkened.
Yes, if it weren't for the Yin family, the imperial concubine would not let Wei go easily, whether it was out of her domineering nature or to frighten everyone. This would give Gu a chance.
But the seventh prince is not only the adopted son of Yun Fenghuang, but also the much-valued younger generation of the Yin family...
If the Yin family and his daughter take action, their identities are different from Yun Fenghuang, but they may not arouse great resentment among the scholars.
In particular, Yin Qu himself was outstanding in talent and learning, and his prestige among scholars was not low...
"Go to your family and tell me that if you can't deal with the imperial concubine for the time being, think of a way to deal with Yin Qu first." The queen muttered and ordered, "If Yin Qu is not eliminated, he will be in cahoots with the imperial concubine inside and outside, which is really a serious problem for us!"
Gu Zhen felt a little irritated just because she thought that her voice in the family had declined due to her successive defeats in palace battles. Even Mrs. Gu had asked her to listen to Gu Jue's advice last time.
After calming down, he said again, "Come here with Jue'er."