Yun Fenghuang left the inner room of Xingxin Hall in a state of confusion, and was still in a daze when he returned to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion.
At this time yesterday, she was still sitting in front of the dressing table, dressing up carefully, thinking about the arrangements for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. It had only been a day, but it was completely changed.
It's as if it's a lifetime ago.
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Qi Guo is asking for an audience." You knew that she had just met the emperor. Looking at the look on her face, she didn't dare to disturb her. It was just that Jiang was Yun Fenghuang's biological mother after all, but she couldn't help but say, "I heard the news yesterday. You are worried and have been suppressing it all day, and I can’t wait to see you."
Although Jiang's family background was not high, since she was canonized as Mrs. Qi Guo by the emperor, her status was naturally different. She was also present at yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
It was just that she ate too much cold food before going to the banquet and had a cough. She was afraid that she would be thought to be sick when she went to the banquet, so she complained.
Unexpectedly, I avoided yesterday's chaos by accident.
But when the news spread, I guess I was worried about my daughter and grandson.
Yun Fenghuang cheered up and ordered someone to bring her in. Jiang looked up and down and saw that the queen was behaving as usual. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was really scared to death when I heard the news yesterday. ! If the person who reported the news hadn't told me that you were fine, and Prince Jin and the others were fine too, and told me not to come and visit right away, so as not to disturb your serious business, I really wouldn't have been able to survive the night."
"It's just a near miss, mother, don't worry." Yun Fenghuang smiled and said a few words to her, and then asked everyone to get down. At this time, Jiang's face changed: "I heard that you were almost killed yesterday. Killed with one arrow? It was His Majesty who protected you at the critical moment and saved you? Is this true?"
Seeing her daughter nodding, Jiang took a small breath and said, "I really can't believe that Your Majesty would do such a thing!"
"I was also very surprised." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "He woke up just now. I went to Xingxin Hall and talked to him a few words. He said that it was just impulsive. If he did it again, he might not do this again."
"That's true, but the fact that he was willing to protect you at that time shows that he is always thinking about you." Jiang said softly, "In any case, it is a good thing that the emperor cares about you so much. I think he will accept it." Come down, the courtiers are considerate of your Majesty's wishes, and it's time to propose that the King of Jin be made the crown prince."
Yun Fenghuang pondered for a moment and said, "Mother seems not surprised by the death of the prince?"
"What's the surprise?" Jiang asked back, "This matter has been spread all over the world now. Everyone says that King Mao and the others are crazy and plotting to kill the king. Even the queen and the prince are not spared!"
"Really?" Yun Fenghuang said coldly and thoughtfully, "I thought it was my mother who did this."
Jiang's eyes darkened and he said noncommittally, "Why did you suddenly think of me?"
"Mother probably doesn't know that the royal family has suffered such a big loss these days, but the culprit is not King Mao." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "And there are others! And these people would not go after the prince... So Today, the person most suspected of having the ability to murder the prince is me. But I did not arrange for the palace maid. After thinking about it, the person most likely to do this for me must be my mother. Of course, my mother herself, He must not have this ability. He is probably just like Na Yishi, doing things under my banner."
Jiang frowned: "Yi Shi? Is there something wrong with Yi Shi? It's also because you are too kind. I told you that she was born beautiful. After Zhaoqing landed, you should give her a ride."
Yun Fenghuang sighed and said: "Why should mother care about other things? You know, if I hadn't been quite sure, you and I, my biological mother and daughter, would never have said such things to you. Now that I think about it, before, Shengjia I took the prince back to Beijing and was assassinated on the way. Is it your arrangement for the prince to be injured? Let me ask, why is it that the prince has always been able to keep his composure, but after that time, he seemed to be a different person, claiming to be ill for many days and refusing to come out? East Palace. I sent people to inquire at that time, and they all said that his injury had healed long ago, and it was not that serious. However, after the assassination, he seemed to have some disputes with His Majesty... It should be that the Crown Prince discovered your work and thought that I was going to kill him. But he was suppressed by His Majesty?"
"So he has always been able to keep his composure, but he can no longer keep his temper."
After all, Gong Xiangbing's forbearance is based on the fact that he knows that he can win if he forbears until the end, rather than just sitting back and waiting for death.
But his power and strength are unable to fight against the queen.
The only person he could turn to in this situation was the Emperor.
However, the emperor did not give him enough protection, so how could he continue to endure it
He didn't contact the previous government to do anything, but Chunjia was enough to intimidate him.
The queen smiled bitterly and said, "After his injury improved, he refused to leave the East Palace. He must have been afraid that I would attack him again... Mother was really hiding it. I discussed it with you many times at that time, but you didn't even say a word. leak!"
"..." Jiang was silent for a while, and finally nodded slowly, "I originally wanted to hide it from you, so even if the matter is exposed, it is still my own plan. With His Majesty's affection for you, it will not involve you."
"Why are you doing this?" Yun Fenghuang said with a tired heart, "Your Majesty is still in his prime, even if he is appointed as Duke Xiang Bing'er, the future will be long..."
"The days are long?" Mr. Jiang interrupted her and said scornfully, "Then you know there is another saying, long nights and many dreams? Our family did not have powerful officials in the previous dynasty. Xie Wuzheng, a man who eats in and out, has harmed the whole family and the whole family. All your brothers have been killed. Due to your situation, you haven’t had much time to spread your reputation as a virtuous person since you entered the palace. That old guy, Duke Yi, is your uncle in name, but in fact he is trying his best to drag you down. You're on the back foot... Under such circumstances, how many of the former ministers support you and the King of Jin? Those who support you are just the emperor's favorite who likes you!"
“But as you get older, sooner or later these people are going to shake!”
"On the other hand, Gong Xiangbing's son, if he was not raised by you and not your biological child, is there anything about him that His Majesty and his ministers would not like?"
"Even though Prince Jin may not be inferior to him in qualifications, Prince Jin has you as his biological mother, and you are known to be strong and capable! Even though you have pretended to be virtuous over the years, will Your Majesty and the ministers forget your true nature? "
"You are much younger than His Majesty!"
"How can we not be on guard against what happened to the Ji family after the collapse of the mountain? Yes, the Xie family has been destroyed, and you no longer have any blood relatives!"
"But the Xie family still has distant relatives, and you still have the Yun family... As long as you become the empress dowager, how many relatives do you want?"
"If that doesn't work, you can personally go into battle to suppress King Jin. Can King Jin be your opponent?"
"When the time comes when the emperor passes the throne to King Jin, who knows whether it will be passed to King Jin or to you?"
"But Gongxiang Bing's biological mother has passed away, his adoptive mother has fallen, and he ascends the throne. In the future, there will be no disasters like the Ji family!"
Jiang said coldly, "Admit it to yourself! Apart from the emperor's affection for you, in terms of emotion and reason, Gong Xiang Bingdu is more suitable to be the Eastern Palace than King Jin!"
"How can it be so simple?" Yun Fenghuang pursed his lips, "Gong Xiangbing is the grandson of the Ji family. After he ascends the throne, if he overturns the Ji family's case, it will not be a good thing for His Majesty's reputation!"
Jiang sneered: "These are all trivial matters. Your Majesty cares about the country, and what he cares most about is the glorious continuation of the Gongxiang family's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains! Secondly, it is his own selfishness! Although Gongxiang Bing is young, he is not a good person. . If you don’t take advantage of his weak foundation, is it possible that he will wait until his wings are full and threaten you mother and son?! Due to your status, it is not convenient for you to take action. Otherwise, if you hurt the relationship with the emperor, it will be more than worth the gain. But I don’t care. ."
Tears suddenly fell from her eyes, and she said sadly, "I have had quite a few children in my life, and I was always envied by those who had a deep fate with my children. But in the end, except for you, everyone called me a white-haired person and a black-haired person! What if? Even if you can't die a happy death, then what's the point of living a hundred years of wealth and wealth on my own? I might as well go down and look for your brothers and nephews as soon as possible!"
Yun Fenghuang was speechless for a moment, and then said after a moment: "You are taking too many risks. Your Majesty is seriously injured now, and the ministers are too busy to deal with it, so they will ignore it for the time being, but after a thorough investigation, I am afraid it will be impossible to hide it. "
"What are you worried about?" Jiang asked, "Is it possible that I will make things difficult for you?"
"How do you want to explain it?" Yun Fenghuang also asked, tears falling, "Do you want to die? You also said that now that your brother, sister-in-law, sister and father are gone, you only have me as your child. , I only have you as my biological mother, if you go too, how do you want me to live in the future?"
Jiang said coldly: "Parents always die before their children, so I went, and you stayed with Prince Jin and they lived the same life! You left, and I no longer have any biological flesh and blood in this world, but I really can't live on... "
"So you blame me for not trying my best to find you and thinking about you all these years?" Yun Fenghuang cried loudly, "I also thought about whether you are actually still alive and whether you are waiting for me somewhere. Send someone to look for you? When Wei He was defeated, I was also full of expectations, but Xie Wuzheng's true face had not yet been exposed at that time, and he said that there was really no trace of you. I believed most of it, and even asked people to inquire in private. However, I think he probably doesn't want you to come back. After all, if you come back, you will definitely persuade me to favor Xie Fuwang and Xie Li and squeeze him out... However, my people have traveled all over the grassland and found no clues. Who can Who would have thought that you have been staying in Gyeonggi Province all these years?!"
Jiang was silent for a while and said slowly: "You are overthinking, you are my child, I will not blame you for anything you do... I know that your temperament may not be willing to obey the King of Jin, but Ask yourself, when have I ever been impatient with you? Your brothers and sisters were all still there at that time, but now I am the only one, and no one will blame you."
After a pause, he whispered, "Okay, let me be honest with you, I actually don't want to live for a long time. You probably don't know that the reason why I was detained in the Xie family and sent to Gyeonggi Province, I was even given You didn't even have a chance to report the news, not because of any other reason, but because your father personally cooperated with outsiders. Do you know how I felt at that time? Although I didn't have a deep and loving relationship with him, we were still married. We are a married couple and have many children like you. I have always thought that although there is no deep affection between him and me, we are still a couple. I don’t agree that they are dragging you down too much. Even if they are not happy in their hearts, they are still married. I'll have a quarrel and cause some trouble, so that's all."
"But how can we do it directly?"
"Of course I don't want to live for him, but your brother, sister-in-law and nephew... You left home when you were twelve years old. After coming to the Imperial Capital, you met many new people and things, and you have your own flesh and blood under your knees. Maybe you are sad about this, after all. I can get through it.”
Jiang stretched out his hand to hold his chest and said with a sad smile, "I can't survive it!"
"I have four sons and two daughters. When my eldest daughter passed away, although I was sad, I could comfort myself because she was not my biological child after all. I still have four biological sons and one daughter, and many grandchildren... "
"But now, I only have a few children like you. After all, you are still young, and your temperament is different from mine, and you don't think much of your children. This is good. I have always taught you to put your children first. Taking care of yourself is the most important thing.”
"Do you know why?"
"Because you always look after yourself first, so that I can continue to see you!"
"I can't do it myself."
"Over the years, my children and grandchildren have rarely left me and spent time with me day and night, especially your nephews. I still dream about them squeezing in front of me and vying to call me 'grandma'... This kind of heartbreaking feeling after waking up. Split Lung, I think you will have to wait until King Jin comes and his descendants are full before you can understand."
"There are other people in the Xie family. Although they are not up to par, they are not even a thing, but you know, I have been in charge of the house as the fourth daughter-in-law for many years, and I have devoted half of my life to the Xie family... but they said no and they were gone. Come and follow my descendants... I will only care about you when I live."
"I only have you as my only child. No matter what the cost, I will always try my best to pave a way for you!"
She took out a letter from her sleeve and said sadly, "These are people who I coerced and bribed under the guise of your orders. I also used some of the people in front of them by contacting the emperor's heirs. Even if you can't see it, Actually, I will tell you the truth sooner or later. Those who were instigated by me are probably not very reliable. You should find an opportunity and deal with them."
"Don't worry about the prince's death anymore."
"What I did, I naturally thought about how to deal with the consequences. No matter how outstanding and capable you are, to be honest, it was always me who taught you. If my mother enters the palace as a young man like you, she may not be worse than you."
"I told you it wouldn't involve you, so I definitely won't."
"..." Yun Fenghuang pinched the letter and her lips trembled. After a while, she threw the letter away and cried loudly, "You keep saying that I am your only child, but you are willing to abandon me?!"
Jiang choked up and said: "But I am also your brother's mother. I have left them behind for too long... I really can't hold on anymore... You know, your brothers and the others have ordinary qualifications, especially Xiaoyu, that child He was so stupid that I even wanted to hang him up and beat him! You are the smartest, and you have made me the proudest since I was a child... Gong Xiangbing's son is dead, and the emperor cares about you so much, the next prince must be the king of Jin, even if If he is not the King of Jin, he must be the King of Wei, King Yan... You will be fine from now on, and you will have nothing to worry about... Why do you have to drag me to be tortured in this world?"