As a high-ranking concubine next to the queen and noble concubine, and the legitimate daughter of Duke Yi, Concubine Shu was of course brought to the palace for summer vacations every year. Her fixed residence was Xiangtaoxuan. It is said that peach trees were planted all over the outside, and when the flowers bloomed, It's like piles of clouds and embroidery, setting off the green moss in the mountains, like clouds and sleet, it's so beautiful.
Because the palace was built in the mountains, the flowering period comes later than in Shandong, and you can see it a few times every year during the summer vacation, so it got its name.
However, after she pushed the concubine down in public and caused a miscarriage, it was natural that Concubine Shu could no longer live here. Instead, she was ordered by Empress Dowager Ji to be imprisoned in a long-uninhabited courtyard in the most remote northwest corner of the palace.
Yun Fenghuang, Nian Xuan, Liu Hong and others were rushing over. Nian Xuan was very uneasy: "Bidong said that you don't want to go out yet."
"Did he tell Xile? He didn't tell me or me." Yun Fenghuang disagreed. "Xile felt uncomfortable after he left tomorrow morning and went back to the house to lie down. No one else would know. Your Majesty Dong has spoken, but no one told me, so of course I don’t know about it.”
Whether the Emperor Bu Shen believed that or not, it was up to her to believe it.
The courtyard where Concubine Shu stayed during her lifetime didn't actually look very dilapidated from the outside. It was built like a hut between a few tall trees. There was a low wall of adobe bricks outside, and it was covered with all kinds of wild flowers and weeds. , it looked full of vitality, the fragrance of flowers was fragrant, it attracted many bees and butterflies, and it was very lively.
The golden paint of the "Qinluju" plaque hanging on the gate of the courtyard has faded, and the mountain wind blows, and it even seems to be crumbling. The first thing that catches your eye when you enter is the clutter that fills the courtyard. Grass, various insects chirping in the red sky, making you aware of the night scene.
Walking along the stepping stone in the grass, the door of the monastery was wide open, and the whimpering sounds of the palace people could be heard from inside.
"It's been so long, how come no one has come to host the party?" Yun Fenghuang stood outside the threshold, a little hesitant to step in in person because the house was so shabby and messy, and saw Concubine Shu lying on her back. Zhang Juzhaozi was there, and beside her were two palace ladies in rich attire, kneeling and crying for her. He thought about it, sighed, and said in a compassionate tone, "No matter what, the empress did not deprive her of concubine Shu." As for my sister’s status, if something like that happens to one of the four concubines, how come the palace is in the east, so can I just ignore it?"
"I'm so proud!!!" The two palace men were crying profusely, but when they heard the sound, they turned around and saw hatred in their eyes.
One of the older ones was just fine, but the younger one was impulsive and cursed in a conscious voice, "It's all against me! I forced their mother-in-law to death, and soon the cat cried and the mouse pretended to be merciful!"
"Ruxun!" The elder palace man was startled, and Dong consciously wanted to stop his companion, but Chen Zhu had already rushed forward, kicked Ruxun down, and said with a ferocious smile: "Someone like a dog dares to slander him. Madam of the house?! From what we can see, our two naughty slaves looked at the empress Shufei under house arrest and became murderous. Not only did they kill the empress, they actually dared to instigate a fight between his empress and the concubine. The sisterhood between queens and queens!”
"My father-in-law, calm down!" The man from the palace didn't dare to help his companion, so he had to kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy. He choked and said, "Ruxun is young and ignorant, please don't ask for the same experience as her, father-in-law!"
Chen Zhu took a peek at Yun Fenghuang's expression and saw that his master was very interested. He changed his mind and kicked her to the ground. He said with a smile: "Ignorant? No matter how ignorant a child is, it's very difficult for him to be sensible. Can't tell the difference between good and bad? His wife always respects Concubine Shu as her own sister. Yesterday she just went to the palace and went to Luqintai to beg for Concubine Shu. With such deep sisterly love, who can Aren’t you sad?! Why did you come here one morning and not say anything about Concubine Shu’s absence? Our two cheap maids are very arrogant and talk about his wife’s misfortune?!”
The man in the palace hesitated for a while, and when he saw that Chen Zhu seemed to want to continue moving his legs, he said helplessly: "Well... don't listen to the nonsense of the palace man who brought the meal. The maids and the empress are already there. It’s been a few days, how can I know what it’s like outside? So even if I’m deceived, there’s really nothing I can do about it!”
"Would I push two, six, five?" Yun Fenghuang said with a smile when he heard this, "I guess the palace servant who came to deliver our meals must have done something wrong with us? Did you want to drag someone away at that time?"
Seeing the Changgong man's hurried denial, she said slowly, "Are Yun Ronghua and Concubine Shu real sisters? It's not surprising that she looks at Concubine Shu. After all, I am of the same race as Concubine Shu. If she is gone, how could I have any reason to come here to see her off? Okay, for the sake of Concubine Shu, I won’t care about Ruxun’s disrespect just now, so we can stop acting like monsters.”
"...Rong Hua didn't show up again after he went to the empress." The elder palace man was shocked when he heard this, and Dong said consciously, and then said, "Thank you for your magnanimity."
Then you dare to help Na Ruxun.
Ruxun lowered his head, Xu Fou tried hard to conceal his hatred and anger, but in the end he did not recklessly continue to make mistakes with Yun Fenghuang.
"Didn't you tell the outside world about that?" Yun Fenghuang saw that there was really no place to stay in the house, so he simply stood outside the threshold and continued to ask, "Why aren't there just the two of us there?"
That day, the palace official said sadly: "The maidservants are staying with the empress, and they dare not go out without permission. The palace servant who brought breakfast has been gone for a long time, but I don't know why the empress came here in the morning."
"Let's go to the queen and ask her." Upon hearing this, Yun Fenghuang turned around and gave instructions, and the elder palace man went to thank her again.
Na Ruxun was stiff, and his companion pulled the hem of his clothes, and finally bent down unwillingly.
"I remember very well that when I first entered the palace, I greeted Yue Jieyu tremblingly in the main hall of Huzhu Palace. She never called me, and I didn't dare to move." Yun Fenghuang saw that scene and smiled, "It took a long time. Well, I just said something, Concubine Shu's natal sister did not dare to offend, so she called me Pingsheng... At that time, I thought, fortunately, I have a sister in that palace, although she is a clan sister. After all, it’s my own family!”
Therefore, what belongs to Yun's family should be denied to one's own.
"I didn't expect that it would only be so long before heaven and man would be separated forever... Sigh..."
Was the death really quick and neat
"Since I heard the news just now, I can't believe it..."
There will be good things like that.
"Your Majesty, please express your condolences!" Chen Zhu and others urged in unison, "There is no resurrection after death. Furthermore, the spirit of Imperial Concubine Shu in heaven does not want her to be so sad for her."
Ruxun and the others tried their best to endure it, fearing that Yun Fenghuang would see their anger - Mao Jieyu's expression of joy and Zhiming's unwillingness to even walk in, how could it have anything to do with "sadness" ? !
"That's all, I'm not lucky enough to be sisters with Sister Shu Fei for a long time, so I can comfort Yun Ronghua in the future." Yun Fenghuang pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes, but she couldn't control herself from bursting into laughter on the spot. That's right. If I really can't cry, I have to change the topic and change the way to remember Concubine Shu, "Nianxuan, from now on Yun Ronghua will increase the share by 10% and deduct it from my private treasury!"
Nian Xuan even goes to say no.
Chen Zhu and others could not help but marvel again at the beauty and kindness of their leader...
Just when Ruxun and the two could not bear it any longer, the queen finally arrived belatedly.
Empress Ji's face was pale, and her gaze at Yun Fenghuang revealed a sinister feeling. Otherwise, she did not mean to deliberately make things difficult. She simply explained why it took so long to attend to Concubine Shu's funeral: "Jade Zhao Baolin of the Zhen Palace was unwell tomorrow morning. After the doctor cut off the happy pulse, he was worried that something had happened, so he went to the palace to find the imperial doctor to confirm... Finally, if it was true, I went to report the news to the emperor's grandmother and the three queens, but... Let Mao Jieyu worry."
Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, secretly calling it a fluke, and wondered why Gu Tui saw him more hateful now than when he was in the small town - Yuzhen Palace did not have the throne, and Lin Cainu, who had disappeared before, was delayed. It’s time for treatment, so if the concubine of Yuzhen Palace is pregnant, who will raise Donglai’s child
There may have been a lot of competition before, but there was basically no competition for the candidate: Zheng Guifei, who had just had a miscarriage.
Of course, their children are not their own flesh and blood, and not to mention whether Zhao Baolin can be born in Donglai, because giving birth to Donglai does not necessarily mean he is a male heir
After all, it is impossible to completely make up for the damage suffered by Concubine Zheng.
But considering the number of Emperor Chunjia's descendants, the grace was truly considerable.
In addition to the rewards in terms of money, silk, favors, etc., in short, the royal family is so considerate, Zheng should have accepted it when it was good, instead of holding on to the Duke Yi Guofu and Concubine Shu.
The Ji family, who was already clearly disliked by the emperor, finally seized the opportunity. She probably took advantage of Yun Fenghuang's time to go to Luqintai to make trouble just a month ago. She felt that the Yiguo Palace was desperate and planned to present it to the emperor. This strategy will not only make a good deal with the emperor, but also make Duke Yi owe Dong a favor...
It turned out that when I came here one morning, the news of Zhao Baolin's happiness had not spread, and Concubine Shu died first!
The emperor and the empress found out how Concubine Shu died. Didn't the empress hate Yun Fenghuang
Yun Fenghuang calmly stayed away from the Queen, lest the angry Dong lose control and come to hit him: "Your Majesty, you are serious. It turned out that Sister Shu did something wrong like that, which not only caused the Imperial Concubine to have a miscarriage, but also caused her to have a miscarriage. The Empress Dowager and the three empress dowagers are very sad, and my younger sister really can’t say anything... Fortunately, Zhao Baolin is happy, so he should tell the Empress Dowager and the others immediately."
"..." Empress Ji looked at her quietly for a while, then turned away and said in an indifferent tone, "That matter... there were too many things going on during that time. I was worried about His Majesty, and was exhausted both physically and mentally. How could I be here?" I don’t know, let me not say that first. After all, if my sister, Concubine Shu, plots to kill the emperor’s heir, it will not be good for me and Yun Ronghua, right?"
"Is that what the Empress said?" Yun Fenghuang nodded, "Have I heard that my sister's master and servant Beiqiang is here because of the order of the Queen Mother? I think the Queen Mother is kind, cruel and generous, and she knows everything. If it weren't for my sister's true nature, If you have done something wrong, how could you place a noble concubine like that? Otherwise, why would I be willing to doubt my sister of the same race?"
As he spoke, his body trembled slightly, tears filled his eyelashes, and he looked so sad that he might faint at any time.
Empress Ji hated those kind of demons who flirted with Qiao Zhang. She took a deep breath at this moment, calmed her mind, and said: "That's all, let's not talk about that. Concubine Shu's status is not low, and she is not the legitimate daughter of Duke Yi to serve. Bidong has worked hard for many years without any merit... It is really unseemly to have such an unsettled life behind him."
He called the steward he had brought with him and started making arrangements.
The queen did those things very neatly, and Yun Fenghuang had no use at all. He stood aside for a while, and then remembered that someone went to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to call Yun Qingman over - when Yun Qingman came When he saw Concubine Shu's body in a daze, he screamed like he was waking up from a dream, threw himself on her, leaned over her sister-in-law, and started crying loudly!
"Why did Yun Ronghua come?" She was very good at not crying. When she cried, she immediately attracted the attention of the queen. She couldn't help frowning and scolded in a deep voice, "I live in the same place with Mao Jieyu. Mao Jieyu yesterday When I came back with Bi Dong, I came to see Concubine Shu very early in the morning. I sent someone to report the news to the palace. How come my sister, Feng Ronghua, has been delayed until now?!"
"I... I..." Yun Qingman cried so hard that she couldn't speak clearly due to sobbing. However, Yun Fenghuang said with a calm expression: "If you reply to the Queen, it's like this: I will know tomorrow morning I was so surprised when I heard the news about Sister Shufei's accident, so I came over directly, but I forgot to tell Qingman! I just remembered that I asked someone to go back and tell Qingman, so why didn't she just come? Isn't it my fault? Please don't tell Qingman. Please blame Qingman."
Empress Ji said coldly: "We sisters have a deep love for each other. How can we forget such a big thing?!"
Yun Fenghuang polished his words without changing his expression: "My Lord, Sister Shu Fei was very good yesterday. I don't believe the rumors about tomorrow morning. I still hold on to a glimmer of hope without seeing Sister Shu Fei with my own eyes." …”
She lowered her eyes, reappeared the sad look she had just a moment ago, and said sadly, "I thought that if it was a false alarm, calling Qingman would make me look like I was ignoring the wind! I didn't expect... alas... I... I... Is it really true in body and mind..."
Ah, what should I do if I can't cry, let alone howl like Yun Qingman... Please don't pretend to be confused
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a rush of footsteps outside, accompanied by the announcement from the palace official that Bidong had arrived - so why are you so hesitant? !
Yun Fenghuang fell into Liuhong's arms without hesitation!