However, Qingci Palace flatly rejected Yun Fenghuang's request, saying that the Empress Dowager had been feeling cold for the past two days and was afraid that the concubine would be sick, thus affecting the emperor and his heirs.
After all, the New Year is approaching, and various palace banquets and interviews are happening one after another. The Empress Dowager's presence has become increasingly weak in the past two years, and it doesn't matter whether she appears or not.
Yun Fenghuang finally overthrew his successor Gu Zhen. He was trying hard to build up his reputation and gain the upper hand for his heir, but how could something go wrong
Although I was dissatisfied after hearing the news, I had to endure it.
"Don't worry, Madam. Doesn't the move of the Empress Dowager just prove that there must be clues?" the attendant advised, "otherwise, why should I avoid you? Now that the new year is approaching, it's okay. After the spring begins, I can't not miss you all the time. ?”
This is also true.
Yun Fenghuang put the matter aside for the time being, and calmly prepared for the New Year's Eve events.
She was quite calm here, and even the day before the New Year's Eve banquet, she sent someone to deliver some things to Princess Sui'an's mansion as usual.
Xie Wuzheng looked at the usual reward, but his mood was complicated: "Do you think the empress is still moved?"
"This is impossible." Ji Qin snorted and said, "Are you a noble concubine who is so unscrupulous? It's just that you are not sure that we can be completely solved for a while, so everything is as usual to avoid being betrayed by outsiders. It’s just a clue.”
"..." Xie Wuzheng remained silent.
Ji Qin added: "Don't worry too much. No matter how powerful the imperial concubine is, after all, we planned it more than ten years earlier, and it's too late for her to wake up now. Even if she is willing to give birth to her mother and you as a blood relative, she can't bear to do it." The Queen Mother... It is impossible to be willing to give up her own life and that of Prince Jin, right? No matter how deep the Xie family's hatred is, no one is left, is it possible that the imperial concubine, mother and son will risk their lives for them? The imperial concubine is not such a foolish, loyal and filial person. .”
Xie Wuzheng asked with some difficulty: "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What does this have to do with you?" Ji Qin's tone was very kind, but his words were extremely contemptuous. "You just have to be your puppet. Without us, you would never have such a position and power in your life. Now I have given you the original If you don't deserve something, just enjoy it honestly and enjoy it one day at a time. For other things, don't ask if you shouldn't ask."
Xie Wuzheng seemed to be used to such humiliation, and his expression did not change. He only said: "The person who gave the gift said that the New Year is approaching, and Fu Wang and Li'er have to go back to accompany the two princes. You said that the empress will take this opportunity, Will you forget the murder?"
Ji Qin looked at him like a fool: "Of course this is impossible. After all, Mr. Fu Wang is not only the blood of your Xie family, but also the fiancé of Princess Jinxi. It was so difficult for the empress to obtain this door for him. Regarding the marriage, if Mr. Fu Wang has something to do at this moment, even if Princess Yun'an doesn't dare to ask for an explanation from the empress, won't the contact between the empress and Princess Yun'an be cut off?"
"Those are Xiaozong's daughter and granddaughter. They are much heavier than you."
"Why do you want to do something that undermines your own power?"
"But Mr. Li should be left here. After all, this noble concubine probably won't believe you anymore."
"She won't touch Mr. Fu Wang, at least not for the time being, but she's not worried about whether you will jump over the wall and kill Mr. Li."
Xie Wuzheng said softly: "That's it...then why didn't the empress pick up Li'er immediately after she suspected me?"
Ji Qin said: "If I just doubt you, what are you afraid of? If you want to pick him up, pick him up. But the queen should have guessed our existence at that time. She was not sure about our current situation, so she rashly sent someone to pick up Mr. Li in advance. Wouldn't it be wrong? Does it prove that she cares about Mr. Li? If she can’t say that, she will fall into the trap!”
"So just stay put."
"Young Master Li can live as long as he can, and forget it if he can't."
"After all, in person that day, I only asked a few questions about my biological mother, and didn't even mention the reunion of mother and daughter."
"This attitude is clear: we will not accept any threats. Whether the hostage in our hands is the only remaining male heir of the fourth family or her own mother, whether she likes to kill or not, don't expect her to pay any price for it."
She sighed softly when she said this, "How could you Xie family be so virtuous? How could a mediocre family give birth to such a talented person? She saw it too clearly. The entire Xuanqing Palace faction , the greatest value lies in herself. As long as she is here, others are insignificant. So she is determined not to care about other people, but we are not good at it. After all, whether it is Jiang or Xie Li, it is fine, although it cannot be done directly Bargaining with the imperial concubine can make her privately feel a little softer. If something goes wrong with these people, they will inevitably break up. By then, the imperial concubine will certainly suffer a loss, and we will suffer a huge defeat!"
Originally, the Jiang family was a very important bargaining chip, and Xie Li, as the only surviving male heir of the fourth family of the Xie family, should have considerable weight.
But Yun Fenghuang was able to start from scratch and reach this day, which is really not a bad thing.
She has never asked Xie Li so far. No matter what she thinks in her heart, she has prepared to treat Xie Li as an abandoned son.
She did ask Jiang, but that was just to show that she didn't care about her mother's life or death.
Now Ji's side is in trouble.
They didn't want to really break up with Yun Fenghuang. After all, they chose to hibernate and support Xie Wuzheng in the first place just to take advantage of Concubine Min.
If Concubine Min doesn't cooperate, what's the point of hiding it for more than ten years
Of course, Ji Qin knew well that Yun Fenghuang didn't really care about Jiang and Xie Li at all, or whether King Jin could succeed to the throne, but he just didn't want to be too influenced, so he deliberately put on a show.
In short, both sides now have their own scruples, and no one dares to take the lead in revealing their trump cards. There will still be a fight ahead.
Thinking of this, Ji Qin couldn't help but regret the way he had asked Xie Wuzheng to push Gu out... No, this step should actually be the right one. What was wrong was that he should not have noticed what Gu was doing in private.
Otherwise, without Gu's reminder, Yun Fenghuang would not have noticed Xie Wuzheng's flaw now.
That way they can still hide well, and can continue to act under the banner of the imperial concubine, and if something goes wrong, they can still get the imperial concubine's protection and rectification through Xie Wuzheng.
"Anyway, the imperial concubine doesn't want to get into trouble for the time being, so just pretend that nothing happened." Ji Qin thought for a while and said slowly, "Don't forget about the young master, and don't do anything unnecessary. The Xie family is now very young. Withering, although you and I are unforgivable sins in the eyes of the noble concubine, remember that the young master is young and the concubine has watched him grow up, so he may not be without vitality."
Will Yun Fenghuang let Xie Fuwang go
In fact, Ji Qin was not sure either.
This noble concubine has never been a troublemaker, and she has done many things to kill them all.
As for the emperor's beloved concubine being a loving mother... this is probably what the emperor himself believed the most.
After all, she can use her pregnancy, or the pregnancy of twins, to plot against the mistress of the middle palace. Even if she treats her own flesh and blood in this way, do I believe that she will be innocent because of Schaeffer's childishness
Ji Qin would not be so naive.
She said this just to give Xie Wuzheng a glimmer of hope, lest he do something in despair.
Nowadays, Ji Qin and the imperial concubine are both calm, and no matter how much they want to tear each other apart in their hearts, the scene is still quite acceptable. However, Xie Wuzheng's incompetence made them even more worried, because there was a tacit understanding among smart people in their calculations.
But if you are stupid, you can't imagine when he will be stupid
Ji Qin comforted Wu Zheng with a few words of thanks, and then ordered: "Take good care of Young Master Fu Wang and Young Master Li, especially Young Master Li. The food and clothing expenses must not be worse than Young Master Fu Wang."
Since the two sides have not yet broken up, and there is still room for cooperation, hostages like Xie Li cannot be treated badly.
However, Yun Fenghuang in the palace didn't think about Xie Li at all at this moment.
She had figured it out early on that it was better to count on herself than anyone else.
If Xie Li can live, she will live. If she cannot live, it is her fate. As an aunt, she tried her best.
Household thieves are hard to guard against.
If that doesn't work, we can just wait until a good child is adopted from a distant branch to continue the family life. Not to mention that the Xie family was just an ordinary family, Xiaozong still had no heirs!
Chunjia, the heir, was nothing to be picky about, not to mention other aspects, but as an emperor himself and in terms of passing on the incense.
He killed the powerful relatives and ministers who were monopolizing power, stabilized the throne, regained the honor and majesty that the royal family should have, and strengthened the originally declining close branch of the Gongxiang family through blood.
For this reason, no matter how much Yun Fenghuang complained in private that he was not partial to him, he had to admit that Chunjia was very qualified as a master.
In the blink of an eye, the New Year's Eve banquet came. Due to the deposed successor, Yun Fenghuang had the highest status in the Sixth Palace. This year, the Empress Dowager also claimed to be ill and did not attend. After the Empress Dowager, a loving mother, left the palace, even if she returned to the imperial capital, she would not sit at the banquet. The emperor took the throne, and this time, it was Yun Fenghuang who sat on the throne together with the emperor.
The ministers below noticed that many people frowned slightly, feeling that the imperial concubine had overstepped her bounds.
If it had been in earlier years, I am afraid that some ministers would have stood up on the spot to impeach.
But now, after all, the emperor was gaining more and more power, and several of his ministers were ready to remonstrate, but they were suppressed by their colleagues: "The imperial concubine barely survived, and she is pregnant with twins. Your Majesty did not say anything, and we will leave it for today." Otherwise, in full view of the public, if the noble concubine has both good and bad qualities, wouldn’t it mean that we are plotting against the emperor’s heir?”
Judging from the time and status of Yun Fenghuang entering the palace, even in full view of the public, the imperial concubine might not be very irritated...
The key is, there is no guarantee that she will be able to pretend!
It is natural for a minister to admonish the emperor, but if the safety of the emperor's heirs is involved, this seems a bit ambitious.
Although there are many royal heirs in the palace now, including the two pregnant by the imperial concubine, any one of the Tian family bloodline is noble, at least on the scene.
"Is it important that your Majesty sit here alone today?" In fact, not only the ministers were dissatisfied, but the concubines were also a little worried.
After drinking for three rounds, Jing Jieyu quietly asked Yi Xingen through the toast, "Is it, um, I don't have any other intentions, just because I'm afraid that the talkative person will think it's inappropriate?"
Yi Xing'en has been following Yun Fenghuang since she entered the palace. She is one of the people in the Sixth Palace who knows the imperial concubine best. Hearing this, he drank the wine she offered, thought about it, and said softly: "It doesn't matter, the empress has her own sense of proportion." After he was deposed, King Chongxin's ambition died young. Now the princes under the empress's knees are the most popular. Considering the ages of the princes, after the new year, I am afraid that the previous dynasty will discuss the establishment of a prince. At this time, the empress will be in the limelight. , but it can strengthen the confidence of some people.”
Yes, this is why Yun Fenghuang knew that sitting in the seat that the queen could only sit in in the past as a concubine would inevitably cause controversy, so she had to sit on it.
She had to try her best to build momentum while she was still young enough and had enough energy to support it.
Strive to gain the upper hand in the next national battle.
You must know that according to the rules of the dynasty, the prince must go to the fiefdom to seize the vassal status before his hair is tied. This is to ensure the stability of the prince's status.
Although such princes were not abandoned in the past, to be fair, it was much better than the situation in the previous dynasty when all the vassal princes gathered in the imperial capital.
Not to mention other things, let’s talk about the older princes. Except for the prince, they have been away for many years and have no relationship with the emperor or the ministers day and night. If something unexpected happens to the emperor, there is no time to come back and do anything. This is This ensured the prince's first mover advantage.
If you can't win in this way, then either the concubine is too useless, or the emperor is too bastard.
King Qin will be fourteen years old at the beginning of the year, and in another year, he will be old enough to become a vassal.
If it weren't for the abolition of the queen, I'm afraid the temple would already be discussing the candidate for the prince.
How could Yun Fenghuang have the patience to pretend to be virtuous and virtuous at this time
She had to go after she was deposed. The fact that her status as the emperor's favorite in the palace was undisputed helped the people in the previous dynasty and harem make up their minds to support the prince under her knees!