That negotiation broke up unhappily because of Ji Qin's secretiveness.
Because they both had concerns about each other, even though they wanted to tear the wrong party into pieces, both parties maintained the restraint that was present in the situation.
Before Ji Qin resigned, Yun Fenghuang finally asked casually: "Is my mother fine?"
"... Please don't worry, Madam, everything is well in your palace." Ji Qin was startled, and then said, "If Madam is worried about you, you might as well write a letter to your family later, and my maid will convey it to you."
Yun Fenghuang nodded and said expressionlessly: "That's not necessary, after all, it has happened so many years ago. I have been prepared for the bad news a few years ago. Now that I know she is still alive, I As a daughter, Gong Na is relieved. The emaciated camels on the left and right are bigger than horses. I believe that with my mother in our lap, her life will not be worse than when she was the wife of the Xie family."
Ji Qin frowned slightly. Concubine Min was very pampered when she was a girl at home, so she always had a good relationship with her family.
But if you want to talk about deep feelings, it is true that Jiang, who taught her daughter through her own efforts, is the most respected and trusted by the imperial concubine.
But from what I could see, Concubine Min no longer cared about her biological mother
"Although the maids take good care of her, Mrs. Jiang is old after all. In the past two years, she seems to have lost her energy." Ji Qin thought about it and asked a question consciously.
It turned out that Yun Fenghuang didn't even blink an eye, and said calmly: "My mother has been in our laps for all these years, and even if she is raised with honor and dignity, she will not be burdened by worries on the moonlit night. If you don’t marry me, how can you be in good spirits? My mother, Bengong, knows it well. If she doesn’t, I will reject her and compromise with us, which will only make her uncomfortable. In this case, my mother will continue to trouble us. "
Ji Qin: “…”
Although I knew that the imperial concubine didn't say many truthful words, and that she was saying things that she didn't care about Jiang, she might not have done it on purpose, but for a daughter to say such things, it really left people speechless.
She didn't dare to say anything more, fearing that she would hear something even more ruthless and unreasonable, so she just kept mumbling a few words and left.
After she left, Yun Fenghuang concentrated for a moment and suddenly said: "Remember before Xincheng got married, the Empress Dowager mentioned several times that she wanted to give Xincheng some of Ji's legs?"
I had long forgotten about that incident, but after listening to the concubine’s words, I vaguely remembered it, and couldn’t help but nod my head and said: “Is that the case... The Empress Dowager has not been interested in worldly affairs for many years, and it is rare for her to mention it to the empress again. The empress was very hesitant at the time. However, it’s not that I want to accept it, but I have speculated on the Empress Dowager’s intentions, but I still haven’t been able to find a clue.”
"Let's ask, is the Empress Dowager a good wife to the Gongxiang family?" Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea and said thoughtfully, "In those years, everyone regarded her as Bidong's enemy. Is he the backer of the Ji family? But the hidden meaning behind Ji Qin’s words just now, is that master the root of the reason why the Ji family seemed to have the advantage back then, but still suffered huge defeats?"
The waiters looked at each other for a moment and recalled for a while. Qingren said uncertainly: "Then... I don't know much about what happened earlier. But as far as I know, the Empress Dowager seems to have always been on Ji's side. , but actually nothing was accomplished?"
"My servant remembers that the only way the Empress Dowager achieved her goal was... that she saved King Yi back then?"
"It seems very Lu Chuncao?"
"None of the other members of the Jin family, including the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager, have ever come to Baodong. In fact, as Ji Qin said, the Empress Dowager has not even protected the second and third princes who have Ji's blood?"
When you have no doubts about many things, you won’t think too much about them. Those who swim in the world have preconceptions and various understandings.
Once you have doubts, if you think about it from another angle, you will find that the truth is completely different.
Yun Fenghuang stretched out his fingers to touch his lips and said softly: "The Empress Dowager is the sister of Lord Ye and the legitimate daughter of the Ji family. She is one of the key points for the Ji family to control the government. In addition, when I first entered the palace, The Empress Yuan presided over the Sixth Palace, with Ji Sheng, a commoner, assisting her. The Empress Dowager served as the backer of the entire Ji family... In addition, the Empress Dowager was not close to the emperor, and she often even complied with the requests of the Ji family. rebuke and embarrassment.”
"Therefore, everyone feels that the Empress Dowager is protecting the Ji family..."
In fact, in those days, it was extremely common for a woman to go to her natal family, even if she was the phoenix master.
After all, in the final analysis, except for a few who have been in the lower position since ancient times, most of them rely on their family background.
Without the support of her mother's family, it would be difficult for Feng Zuo to stay steady.
In that kind of situation, who wouldn't help her mother's family
In particular, the Empress Dowager is not directly related to the Ji family, but to Chunjia. In name, they are grandparents, but in fact, Chunjia is neither her biological grandson nor the one she raised. How much affection do they have
Just like how the Empress Dowager would protect King Yi back then, even though King Yi was not related to her by blood and had not been raised by her, at least she had some feelings for him as she watched him grow up.
Ke Chunjia…
What reason did the Queen Mother have to support him
The conflict between Chunjia and the Ji family began when he ascended the throne.
So it is not natural for the Empress Dowager to favor the Ji family and target Chunjia.
In those years, did the Emperor Shenzong really do that...
Yun Fenghuang recalled a series of disturbances since she entered the palace. Although the Empress Dowager usually stayed away from home, at the critical moment, Ji's request was at home, so she would not agree to it.
All in all, I really don't feel that she has any good intentions toward the emperor
But at that time, to sum up the achievements of the Empress Dowager Dong in person... there was basically none!
Yun Fenghuang was not suspicious at first, feeling that the Empress Dowager did not look like a victor who had followed Shenzong through all the ups and downs.
But considering Shenzong's combat effectiveness and the Ji family's abundant talents at that time, the Empress Dowager had no chance of winning.
And now Dong…
She pondered: "Let's talk about it, the Empress Dowager, why do you want to abandon the Ji family of your own origin to protect Bi Dong? Moreover, judging from Ji Qin's appearance, there is a lot of hatred between the two parties. With the attitude of the Empress Dowager, Bi Dong should Zhi Ming knows nothing! How do I view her as an old lady? She doesn’t seem like the kind of master who does good deeds without leaving her name? So what’s going on with her? "
After thinking hard for a moment, he said uncertainly: "My Lady, according to common sense, the Ji family and the Empress Dowager are of the same blood, so it is not easy for them to have intractable grievances. Even if there is discord, Ji family is not stupid, how can you do this? Are you falling out with the Empress Dowager? You must apologize and admit your mistakes. If you show your own flesh and blood and show your attitude, it will be over. But how can it be worth it for the Empress Dowager to support the emperor and make her blood relatives hate you? "
"My servant dares to speculate, could it be... related to the late emperor?"
"The late Emperor Xiaozong..." Yun Fenghuang frowned, "If the Ji family had not murdered Xiaozong, would the Empress Dowager not care about her blood relatives?"
After all, no matter how close the mother's family is to her, how can she be close to her son
What's more, the Empress Dowager only has a son, Xiaozong!
The question is no, "But if this is not the case, why should the Empress Dowager be so forbearing and even still be so cold as to be wrong?"
"Sui Ran can't bear the whole Ji family to bear the crime of regicide. Is there any other way to target the Ji family?" "
"Besides, if the late Emperor Xiaozong was really responsible for murdering the Ji family, would Bidong know how to stop the Empress Dowager from avenging his son?"
The waiter said: "Mother, is it true that what happened earlier is true? The Ji family caused the late emperor to have no heirs, and the empress dowager harbored a grudge, so she secretly took revenge?"
"... It's not like the Ji family made the late emperor heirless overnight." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "Xiaozong has been in power for so many years. If the Empress Dowager didn't care so much about her biological son, why would she have gone so early? Already?"
If King Jin ascends the throne and the queen dares to murder his bloodline, Yun Fenghuang will let the queen and the entire descendant family spend the night together early in the morning, without anyone staying overnight!
Is it possible to let Na Zhi retreat and go eastward with his family as if nothing happened? ?
"Furthermore, I have never been famous. No prince was born during Xiaozong's reign. Why is Ji so determined to murder the emperor's heir?"
The imperial concubine said slowly, "Is the Empress Xiao Zong Yuan a daughter of the Ji family? For that reason, whoever gives birth to a prince, the Ji family will continue to give birth to a queen mother. Ji Sheng, a commoner, can't give birth to a child himself, so what can he do to stop them from giving birth?" No, why don't you leave the mother and keep the son? To put it in a taboo way, if the prince who was raised by Ji Sheng and was on the throne at that time, even if he knew about leaving the mother and keeping the son, he would at least have many years of nurturing kindness. , the friendship we have gotten along with for many years is used as a bargaining chip. Can Fei Bidong ascend the throne, so what do they have?"
When Chunjia ascended the throne, he was fifteen years old and could not marry a concubine. Although his biological father died early, he was highly valued by his aunt.
At that age and with that kind of experience, how can you be mature if you want to be mature
"It is not unreasonable to say that Ji Sheng, a common man, is jealous."
"But when Empress Yuan was here, I once heard Empress Yuan reveal a few words..."
"Is the Ji family headed by a man? Even if you are the queen mother or empress, you cannot go against the arrangements of the clan."
"After all, do they get their phoenix position through their family?"
"But I earned it myself."
"Then even if Ji Sheng, a common man, doesn't allow the concubine to have children out of jealousy, Ji will let her act like that?"
Yun Fenghuang looked around and saw that the waiters were deep in thought. He breathed out slowly and said, "Hongzhi, even if the Empress Dowager's conduct over the years has something to do with the late Emperor, it should definitely be the right thing to do." "
Because the crime of murdering the emperor's heir could not be deceived by the Didong people.
In fact, the few people who are really in power all have a clear mind, and they know better than anything else: The Ji family was stupid to murder the concubine's pregnancy when Xiaozong had no children!
In that case, whoever has a son can help Ji Sheng give birth, right? !
"My Lady, then...it seems like nothing can make the Empress Dowager so angry, right?" She glanced around and whispered, "The Empress Dowager is rumored to be stingy, and she is not worthy of giving in to ordinary conflicts. Are the remnants of the Ji family very worried after so many years?"
After all, the Phoenix Master doesn't like Huai Di Fenghuang or Xie Meng, but he doesn't know how to treat him with courtesy.
Cuoyun Fenghuang's aunt and nephew are like this, let alone their own family members
Yun Fenghuang's eyes flashed. The Empress Dowager was not stingy, but she and Ji were enemies in private. Moreover, in the dispute between Ji and Chunjia, she vaguely favored Chunjia, but instead acted like she was in conflict with Chunjia. An awkward attitude... So why
She concentrated for a moment and suddenly said: "Go to Renqingci Palace and say, I want to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager!"
Regardless of what medicine the Empress Dowager and Ji Qin sell in their gourds, both parties are now being suppressed by Chunjia.
As Chunjia's beloved concubine, no matter how much leverage she had in their laps, they still hoped to do something with her status as a noble concubine, and they would not dare to break up easily.
If that's the case, why bother thinking about it without having a clue
Just ask him at the door.