The emperor personally informed the King of Wu about Wei Xiyan's appointment as the principal concubine. Not many people inside or outside knew about it. Of course, Yun Fenghuang would not tell it openly to make the King of Wu look good.
At this moment, he said lightly: "You also know the background of King Wu. Before Gu Zhen was abandoned, even as his successor, it was difficult to tell him that he was a serious and noble girl, but if he said it too low, it would be unavoidable. It also seems that she doesn’t care enough about the King of Wu. After all, Wei Shi has a reputation as a talented woman and a scholarly family, so she is of high quality and cheap."
Concubine De was so amused that she laughed out loud: "That's what my sister said."
She had been flattering the imperial concubine for many years, and actually realized that there was something going on in this matter. However, after the imperial concubine said this, she was obviously not willing to say more, so she did not dare to say more for fear of offending Yun Fenghuang.
He turned to talk about other palace affairs and changed the topic, and then Shi Shiran resigned.
Because the emperor's eldest son, second son, third son, and fifth son would all be vassal next year if they were not crowned princes, so their marriages could not be delayed.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Rites has been prepared for it since last year. Qin Tian has calculated that at the beginning of spring, the King of Qin will get married. After that, according to the ranking, the King of Song will be the King of Xia, and the King of Wu will be ranked next. It's autumn.
"The King of Chu is in a special situation. Your Majesty will most likely leave him in the imperial capital for easy care." After hearing the news, Yun Fenghuang said, "The same goes for King Shu. In this case, next is our Xiao Qi. Regarding his marriage, you guys Any ideas?"
Both sides were in a bit of a dilemma. The royal heirs of the Xuanqing Palace were in public. Except for King Jin, who was Yun Fenghuang's biological flesh and blood, and was naturally the most valued by them, the second most important one was King Wei.
To be honest, they all hope that King Wei will marry a perfect concubine.
It's just that it was too late to start. Luo Di, who was well received by everyone, had already settled on the King of Yan. Wei Xiyan, the favorite of the Yin family, had promised to the King of Wu. When it was the turn of the King of Wei, it was not that there were not many good girls who had not yet been married, such as Meng. Whirling, Ouyang curling up.
But considering that Meng Posuo's aunt Meng Youyi was forced to death by the imperial concubine, and Ouyang Niaonuo was almost the same, a girl with such entanglements could just be given to a thoughtful prince like King Jin. If she was promised to King Wei, I'm afraid it wouldn't be given to King Wei. Looking for trouble.
As for Wei Shuhan and Cui Nanye, their father's family and the imperial concubine were already closely related. King Wei marrying their daughter was just the icing on the cake and did not bring much benefit.
Moreover, the two girls themselves didn't have much that could impress Yun Fenghuang.
Her status was already extremely noble, so it was of little use to have a talented daughter-in-law. After all, Chunjia was not an emperor who appreciated talented women.
The concubine is more satisfied with a junior like Luo Di who knows everything.
All in all, after a thorough investigation, it turned out that there was either something wrong with her temperament or a flaw in her background, but there was nothing that the imperial concubine found good.
"In such a huge imperial capital, there are so many noble girls, how is it possible that there isn't even one candidate who is qualified to serve as Princess Wei?" Chie couldn't help but doubt Chen Jing's ability to find out the news, "Is it because I didn't make great efforts to find her?"
"My good aunt, how dare I?" Chen Jing felt aggrieved when she heard that, "If you want to talk about the kind of daughter who has a good background and a good temperament, and can catch her both inside and outside, every family cultivates their daughters according to this standard. , how can there be none? It’s just that the empress has seen the best ones earlier, and she loves His Highness Prince Wei, isn’t she just picky and disdainful?”
This is true.
Chi'e thought for a while and said: "In this case, it is better to advise the empress to let it go for the time being. Your Royal Highness the King of Wei is a little young, so it doesn't matter if it takes a while. The empress has been very hard to conceive this time, so why not It’s the right thing to focus on taking care of the fetus.”
The attendants all thought it made sense, and after persuading Yun Fenghuang, Yunfeng Huang put it aside for the time being.
After the end of the first month, the palaces of the former dynasties and the harem began to prepare intensively for the wedding of King Qin.
This is the first time that Chunjia has hosted an imperial heir's wedding. Even if the emperor himself said that Yun Fenghuang should take a break and not worry too much, the matter is so big that even Shufei and Defei do not dare to make the final decision. Go to Huanhua Hall to ask for instructions.
Chunjia looked like she had a headache, and was afraid that the imperial concubine would catch her breath and cause some trouble due to overwork. After thinking about it, she decided to invite the empress dowager into the palace to help take care of it.
"I know that there are many grievances between you and the queen, but the King of Qin is also the queen's junior. I told her personally, and she promised that she would help her wholeheartedly." The emperor specially explained this to the imperial concubine alone, "Of course, the wedding of King Qin is It's important, but if it makes you tired, how can he have the face to live with Zhengfei and He Lele? You have always loved the children, don't you just want them to be well? Shufei Defei is not capable enough, and now I can only leave it to my mother."
Yun Fenghuang felt a little sour in his heart when he heard this. No matter how much ambition this person had in his heart, he still had her.
Naturally, she would not object at this moment: "This is because Your Majesty shows pity for me. I don't even have time to thank Your Majesty. Do you still suspect that the Empress Dowager has bad intentions? After all, the Empress Dowager also watched King Qin grow up."
The empress dowager was not stupid. At this time, the emperor asked for help and asked her to enter the palace to preside over the wedding of the emperor's eldest son. If something happened, could she escape suspicion
Even if I want to do something, it will definitely not be done at this time.
Yun Fenghuang was very relieved, so after readily agreeing, when Queen Mother Yuan came into the palace, she rushed to the reopened Chunyou Palace to express her gratitude and said many sweet words that were free of charge.
Empress Dowager Yuan knew her nature and greeted her with a smile. The atmosphere was harmonious for a while, as if she had never had any grudges.
After talking about the scene, the Queen Mother pondered for a while and asked the idlers to disperse. Then she spoke softly and slowly to Yun Fenghuang about something: "The Xingning Bo Mansion has its own fault, so I won't mention it. It's just that the nephew of the Ai family, who is young, Ignorant, but I don’t know anything…”
In short, he just wanted to give Yuan Ke's daughter a chance to enter the Royal Girls' School in a tactful way.
"Although that child can't be said to be outstanding, he is well-behaved and sensible." The Queen Mother hinted, "She is about the same age as Gaolu and the Sixteenth Prince. The Aijia thought that with such a daughter under Ke'er's knees, she would be lonely at home. , it would be a good idea to go into the palace to accompany some of the emperor’s heirs.”
Does the co-author want Yuan Ke's daughter to be promised to the sixteenth prince in the future
Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and found out that the biological mother of the sixteenth prince was the Xu family from a poor family, and his adoptive mother was Concubine Mu from the Gu family. Regardless of his mother's family or his age, there was no possibility of ascending to the throne.
Moreover, Concubine Mu's relationship with her successor was not good, and she often caused trouble for Gu Zhen.
This Gu Su was a typical bastard. He struck hard at his own queen sister, but was submissive to other concubines.
Yun Fenghuang's impression of her was not bad, after all, the master was generally very well-behaved in front of her.
After thinking for a moment, she responded with a smile: "What the Empress Dowager, the loving mother, said is that Yuan Ke is one of His Majesty's companions after all. Her legitimate daughter deserves to have such dignity."
The emperor was too lazy to take care of such trivial matters. She, the actual number one person in the Sixth Palace, agreed, and the Queen Mother would arrange it immediately.
Within two days, Yuan Ke, the youngest daughter, entered the palace and went to the Huanhua Hall to pay tribute to Yun Fenghuang.
The girl's maiden name is Eyin, and her appearance is quite similar to that of Concubine An. She can only be described as delicate but not very beautiful.
But she seems to have a pretty good temperament, well-behaved, quiet, and smelling soft.
Yun Fenghuang greeted her very kindly, told the three princesses under him to take care of her cousins more, and rewarded her with something before sending her away.
After that, he explained to the left and right: "Let the female students also keep an eye on it. Although the empress dowager, a loving mother, said that she sent the children to the palace to call her childhood sweetheart for the sake of the sixteenth prince, but who knows if she really thinks so? The king of Jin in this palace looks like he is sixteen years old."
Although she felt that with Prince Jin's thoughtfulness and Yuan Eyin's beauty, the two of them should not have a deep friendship, but if they couldn't stand it, there would be accidents, right
Maybe it's because Yuan Eyin, Prince Jin, and the Sixteenth Prince are still young. The women's school reported that after Yuan Eyin entered the school, she took the initiative to mingle with the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Princesses of the same age, but she didn't try to flirt with them for the time being. The meaning of the prince.
"The Yuan family only has two or three kittens left like this. How can the loving empress dowager not care about training them?" Yun Fenghuang smiled when he heard this, not surprised, "Especially this one, the loving empress dowager spoke in person. Those who were brought into the palace cannot compare with those with shallow eyes."
Empress Dowager Yuan had already taught Concubine An a bad lesson, so the situation at that time was just fine.
It's different now. If Yuan Eyin can't have a good future, the Yuan family will definitely come to an end. Maybe once the Queen Mother is gone, one or two generations will be completely reduced to a normal family.
Such a severe situation did not allow the Empress Dowager Yuan to have any luck, nor did she allow Yuan Eyin to have the slightest willfulness.
Therefore, it would be strange if Yuan Eyin could not wait to pursue the prince's ideas as soon as she entered the palace.
After the beginning of spring, Yun Fenghuang's body gradually became heavier, and it was true that he couldn't take care of anything anymore. He fell asleep all day long, and the time he woke up became shorter and shorter.
You were very worried at first. You reported this to the emperor, and specially invited Wei Shidu to come over for diagnosis. They concluded that it was normal. After all, the imperial concubine had suffered a physical injury in her early years. If she had not been raised for many years and had been well-conditioned, there was no hope of surviving. Parenting.
In addition, she suffered a lot after this pregnancy. Now the fetus is getting bigger and absorbing more, and the mother can't bear it. Naturally, she can only use deep sleep to reduce the consumption of her body.
Anyway, I finally prescribed some supplements.
Yun Fenghuang had someone take it to the imperial physician who was serving him to see if there was anything wrong with it, and then he ate it. After that, he felt much better, but his energy was not as good as usual.
She couldn't help but feel anxious: "I have so many things to worry about, but I ended up being dragged down by these two little things. I said I didn't want to do it at the beginning."
The people of Qing Dynasty were worried when they heard this, and hurriedly advised: "My dear mother, please don't do this. The Empress Dowager, the loving mother, was ordered to preside over the wedding of His Highness King Qin, how dare you slack off? My maid asked people about it every day, and they all said that the Empress Dowager arranged it extremely well. That's right. After all, after Prince Fuyang Duan left, he presided over the government and managed to get the king's master for His Majesty. It was just a wedding, how could something go wrong? Just rest assured, the empress. Get through this. In a few months, when the emperor's heir is born, it will be fine."
"I'm not worried about this." Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "I'm talking about Yun Qin's height, but it's still like a mess... I originally planned to test His Majesty's tone after the first month, but I Now, if I go to speak to His Majesty like this, how can I cope with it?"
"Don't let the flaws slip through the cracks and make His Majesty doubtful."
"Then why don't you just wait until you give birth to the emperor's heir?" the Qing man said soothingly, "it's only a few months away. Besides, your majesty values your pregnancy so much. When the time comes, he will look at the two young masters." Face, even if you notice something, you will definitely be soft-hearted."
Yun Fenghuang was not at ease. She knew about Chunjia. After giving the hint, if she explained in time, the opportunity would be given. If she delayed, it would be considered by the emperor as rejecting the opportunity he gave.
It’s really hard to say what the emperor will do next...
But at this moment, the imperial concubine's body really couldn't keep up, and Chunjia was very smart. She knew that if she was not in a good state, even if she resigned after thinking hard, she was afraid that the emperor would be exposed after just a few interrogations.
By the time…
Forget it, judging from the emperor's behavior towards Concubine An, he didn't miss his old feelings.
But from the fact that he remembered to arrange a concubine for the King of Chu, it was obvious that he at least cared about his own flesh and blood, if not much love.
In this case, with King Jin and the twins in his belly, even if the situation is worst, there is still room for mediation.
With such mental preparation, the imperial concubine reluctantly settled down to have the baby.
She spent some days in such a daze, and soon the wedding day of King Qin came.