In fact, Yun Fenghuang was not surprised that Xie Wuzheng had selfish motives.
She herself is self-interested, and she is willing to meet everyone who is open and selfless. But the question is, how is this possible
The reason why virtue is virtue is, firstly, because everyone wants others to do it; secondly, most people cannot do it by nature.
Therefore, even after the destruction of the Xie Mansion, Xie Wuzheng suddenly became a lot closer to her, but she did not expect that this cousin would really take care of her all the time from now on.
But at least there has to be a bottom line.
If Xie Wuzheng had heirs of his own, especially male heirs, Yun Fenghuang would also understand that he had been running the business for many years but did not give any influence to his two young nephews.
After all, who doesn’t favor his own flesh and blood
But the problem is that this cousin has no heirs, and he is not warm to the two adopted daughters, and even seems to dislike them.
Yun Fenghuang personally tried to persuade him several times, but he always insisted that he had no plans to have stepchildren.
In this situation, what does he want to do if he doesn't support his nephew? !
"I remember that after Brother Twenty-one came back, he proposed to take Fu Wang and Li'er to the eldest princess's mansion and teach them by personal example." The imperial concubine pondered for a while and said, "These days, he doesn't take care of the two children either. Meet your subordinates?"
Of course, this meeting is not just a face-to-face meeting, but the elder introduces the young master to his confidants. The purpose of this is self-evident.
Originally, the imperial concubine thought that Xie Wuzheng's so-called words and deeds included this meaning.
Xie Fuwang and Xie Li were both young and grew up in a deep palace, so they lacked manpower and connections from outside.
In this regard, it was originally Xie Wuzheng, the uncle, who should have made up for them.
It was Yun Fenghuang who had been patronizing the scheming palace during this period, and he hadn't asked about the situation there for a long time.
Not to mention her, the attention of Chen Jing and other attendants were also focused on this painful plot.
He blushed when asked, and after repeatedly confessing, he went to inquire, and found out that Princess Chang's Mansion was close by. Chen Jing went there once, and soon came back to report, saying: "Your Majesty, the prince-in-law will take the two young masters back to the Princess Princess' Mansion. He was very considerate and caring, but he neither introduced his subordinates nor took them out to socialize to increase their knowledge. Instead, he taught the two young masters to study hard. He taught the two young masters every day and taught them harshly. Even Princess Sui'an gave her private advice several times. , It’s just that the prince-in-law said that one has to endure hardships to become a master, and Her Royal Highness the Princess did not dare to say more, as she was worried that it would delay the future of the two young masters.”
"If it weren't for Yin Qu's reminder, I wouldn't have said anything when this report came up." Yun Fenghuang said thoughtfully, "After all, Fu Forgot has good qualifications and is expected to be named on the gold list. This move of Brother Twenty-One is Cultivate him to take the imperial examination, and he should not be distracted before passing the exam. This sentence is enough to convince me."
She has not doubted Xie Wuzheng much in the past two years. One is that even if the two parties were not close in the past, as direct cousins, they are not far apart.
The second is that Xie Wuzheng has no children. If he can't be kind to his nephew, who else can he be kind to
But now I am suspicious, and looking at Xie Wuzheng's actions, I can't help but think more about it, and even suspect Xie Fuwang, "I didn't know anything about this child at first, and even Xie's family is afraid not many people know about it. , but it was managed by Brother Twenty-One. Although he looks very much like his grandfather, he is 80% of my Xie family. But I remember that at the time, among the brothers, not only Brother Ten was a philanderer, but also several cousins, There is a lot of mischief outside... Among them, two of the elder brothers are such people."
"At that time, Mr. Xie was killed, and the tenth brother and the others were all killed and wounded. I was heartbroken. Since I didn't doubt the twenty-first brother, I accepted Fu Wang..."
She pondered and said, "Send someone to go to the Northland to find out whose blood this child is?!"
"Empress." It's good that there are some things that I didn't have any doubts about. Now that they have arisen, now that I think about it, there are flaws everywhere. Chie came up and said, "Young Master Twenty-one's actions, if you have any bad intentions, it's very difficult for Fu Forget." There is nothing wrong with Young Master Li’s future. But that’s not the case for Young Master Li. Young Master Li has ordinary qualifications, and although he can be regarded as a hard worker, taking the imperial examination is a bit difficult.”
"Young Master Twenty-one obviously didn't consider Young Master Li's situation at all. In fact, he still delayed Young Master Li."
Xie Li is not good at studying. If you force him to study, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
Yun Fenghuang had planned for him earlier. It was basically impossible for this child to pass the imperial examination.
Even if he relied on the emperor's favor and opened the back door for him, he left the emperor with the impression that he was not useful. In the future, he would only hang around in the middle class, and it would be basically impossible to enter the temple.
Chunjia was not the kind of master who loved his concubine as much as he loved his wife and family, but also treated his family members equally.
Even Yun Fenghuang himself couldn't always get everything he wanted in front of the emperor, let alone a nephew
Therefore, she had discussed with Xie Wuzheng a long time ago and planned to let Xie Li take a path other than the imperial examination and go down to earth.
But because Xie Fuwang was the heir to the eldest son of the fourth family and was very talented, Jilai was ranked ahead of Xie Li.
So when Yun Fenghuang didn't become suspicious, Xie Wuzheng first considered Xie Fuwang, and she wouldn't say anything.
After all, both of them are nephews, so of course who is more promising will stick with the other.
Even Xie Wuzheng had a good reason for letting Xie Li and Xie Fuwang work together on their studies: the two children were not biological brothers, and Xie Fuwang was an illegitimate child, so the children had nothing important to do to separate themselves at this moment. Being busy makes them spend a lot of time together. How deep will this brotherhood be in the future? How can we work together to revitalize the family
Yun Fenghuang frowned, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "Don't spread these things out yet... Let's wait for our people to bring back the news. I met Brother Twenty-One and His Highness Sui'an in the middle, so remember to take it easy. Don’t expose it in advance!”
The left and right nodded in agreement.
When everyone left, the Qing man shed tears and said with tears: "What is the twenty-one young master doing? The family is like this, does he still want to hide it from the empress? Even if the eldest and fourth bedrooms are We had grudges in the past, but after all we are still a family, and there is no deep hatred! What reason does the Twenty-one Young Master have for treating your empress like this?!"
"..." Yun Fenghuang was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Maybe we think it's just a grudge, not a deep hatred, but because my fourth house has the upper hand and the advantage, but in the eyes of the first house, it's not the case. It’s a heartbreaking humiliation.”
"It's just that there is no one in the family anymore, and such a deep sea of blood cannot make him feel touched."
"But it really surprised me."
She sighed softly and closed her eyes tiredly, "I think it's a matter of right and wrong. Brother Twenty-One has no problem."
"Your Majesty," Qingren said with tears, "What qualifications does he have to treat your Majesty like this? If you think that Madam's leadership was a humiliation to the eldest son, you really have some backbone. When your Majesty wanted to be the prince's consort for the brothers in the family, he Why bother?! The madam stole the eldest madam’s job in those years. But this is also the reason why the eldest madam cannot be used by the eldest lady. When the madam was in charge of the house, she did not treat the eldest family badly, and even respected the eldest family. She was treated by everyone in front of and behind her. It is enough for the eldest lady to show her dignity. Otherwise, if the old lady and the old lady are here, how can we still tolerate the reversal of the order of elders and younger ones? "
"What's more, even if the Madam's leadership actually humiliated the Eldest Madam, when the Sixth Miss' incident came out, why didn't the Eldest House make trouble for the Madam?"
"If there was any grudge, they also took revenge at that time."
"Later, when the empress gained power, she chose a consort from her family for the royal family. What she brought to the eldest family and to the Xie family were far more than what the lady received?"
"Does the empress still owe him anything?"
"What he has today is all thanks to the grace of the empress!"
"Of course I think this is all because of Xie Wuzheng's fault." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "But if you tell him this, will he change his mind? He won't. Even if he does, I won't be surprised. I have been able to reach this point all because of myself. Therefore, I will never place all my hopes on others. Xie Wuzheng may be of the same mind as me, or he may have other agendas. Now, as a My concubine, her superiors have all fallen, and she has many heirs, and Yin Qu was a helper in the previous dynasty. The situation is much better than when she entered the palace at the beginning of the year. I was not disheartened at that time, let alone now?"
She said lightly, "Whether it was the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty, or the successor who has been deposed now, or the high position that I have removed from my position over the years, who is not respected by his father and brother and has many party members? But their father and brother, their party members, Their family background...can they save them in the end?"
The noble concubine stood up, entered the palace at the age of fifteen, and fought through thorns and thorns for thirteen years before she is where she is today.
Although her face and figure are still beautiful due to years of pampering, her eyes are no longer as sharp as they were when she was young.
Rather, he was somewhat tired.
But at this moment, Yun Fenghuang raised his head slightly, his eyes were clear, but he had swept away the fatigue left by the ups and downs over the years, and returned to his sharp point, "In this palace, I started from scratch, and not only did I not use any of the family members, There are even many helpers in return... However, the authorities are obsessed with it. It is clear that a noble lady is vulnerable in front of me, but she still falls into the same trap, feeling that there is no reliable support from her natal family, and her future is uncertain. In fact, over the years, I have What are you relying on at home? The help that my father and brothers can give me is not as considerate and considerate as those of you who dowry me."
"Instead of spending any more time on the Xie family's children, I should take more care of myself!"
"I'm so busy with my time, so why not cultivate people like you!"
"It's better than hoping that when those people grow up, they will learn about the kindness and repay the favor and protect this palace. They are more reliable."
The Qing people were startled when they heard this. They were frightened and moved at the same time. They couldn't help but choked up and said: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to be a maid..."
"Why can't you take it?" Yun Fenghuang said with a sneer, "Since you people entered the palace, although you stumbled at the beginning, you have never had any dissatisfaction with me! Many secrets, without you, would not be possible! Zhu E Even at such a young age, he died miserably in the palace... What did the Xie family's children do for me? Xie Wuzheng was promoted by me, and he jumped from the son of a border squire to the prince-in-law of the dynasty, and it was under my suggestion that he , was taken care of again and again by Yin Qu and Cui Wan, and he is what he is today! But his wings haven’t hardened yet, and he is thinking about setting up his own business and getting rid of the control of this palace! "
"Have you ever had the idea of abandoning me in these years?"
"How could the maidservants have such thoughts?" Qingren was a confidant of the Jiang family, so he was naturally wary and hostile to Xie Wuzheng, the elder brother.
At this moment, he hated the much-anticipated twenty-one young master even more. "The twenty-one young master does not know what is good and what is wrong. He is simply dissatisfied with the retribution of heaven. Before he has achieved success, he teaches Yin Shangshu to notice it so that the empress can get it." Know… "
"He may not have fully achieved success now, but over the years, he is a consort and has spared no effort to support me, and his wings are more or less full." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "And this man himself is also smart. I am afraid he has already I know I have suspicions about him."
After thinking for a while, he ordered, "In this way, tomorrow, call him into the palace, and I will personally question and scold him!"
The people of the Qing Dynasty couldn't help but persuaded: "Mother, please calm down. We still don't know what the prince-in-law has done in private, and the two young masters are also in his house. If we can scare the snake..."
"He is probably aware of it. If we don't show him off at this time, he may jump over the wall." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said with a cold expression, "He should also understand my character. I know. After all the things he did, if there is no movement and everything is business as usual, then he must not be given any chance. Do you think he can still be lucky? But speaking out, he can probably still linger a little. "
The imperial concubine lowered her eyes and said softly, "Furthermore, although Yin Qu will definitely not mess around on such a matter, it is probably the confession obtained by the Imperial City Secretary, and he himself also confirmed it, and then told this palace. But , after all, I only have a few close blood relatives now, so I have to give him a chance to defend himself."
If the answer given by Xie Wuzheng could convince her, then of course the two of them would still be brothers and sisters, and they would be one of their own.
If you can't be convinced...
Then, even if they are direct cousins, her advantage is not so easy to take advantage of!
Among the many relatives of the Xie family, Xie Wuzheng had the most glory from Yun Fenghuang, which was beyond the reach of even Yun Fenghuang's biological parents and brothers.
Xie Wuzheng dared to betray him, even though Yun Fenghuang had his muscles peeled off, his bones sucked out his marrow, he wanted to get back all his hard work from him with profits!
"That's right." The imperial concubine thought for a while and then said, "The authorities are confused by the onlookers, but the Gu family seems to know a lot? In this case, Gu Jue will serve the people in King Qin's room from now on, and he can be considered half of me. My daughter-in-law, I will always feel sorry for her. I will take her to the imperial prison to visit the Xiuxi family, and then I can say goodbye."
The Qing people reminded in a low voice: "His Majesty is very unhappy this time. It seems that he does not intend to keep Gu Jue?"
"So what?" Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly, "I just let her say goodbye. We will talk about the rest later. Gu Jue is a smart child. She should know that I have given her such an opportunity. What is it for?"
Gu Jue is indeed very smart. She is not as good as before, and she is not well-informed. She does not know that the emperor has decided to let her go with the rest of the Gu family. However, she also knows that she cannot offend the imperial concubine and must try her best to show her own value. .
Therefore, after receiving the news, he went to the prison without hesitation.