Chunjia had promised a reward to the Xie family before in the cave, and later when they arrived at the palace, they also talked about it - but Yun Fenghuang and Jin Zhaoyi had delayed it until now, and there was no result, so they had no time to take care of the Xie family. .
And to be honest, based on her understanding of her family, Mrs. Xie may not necessarily want this reward...
After all, Mr. Xie is the kind of person who takes the long-term path, working hard not to leave his hometown and vowing to take root in his hometown.
Even if there were no officials in the clan, they were all minor officials who moved around in different places and had never entered the imperial capital - they didn't want to attract the attention of the temple.
Because a local clan like theirs is deeply entrenched in the local area and has a large number of clansmen. As long as they are not involved in a major event that kills nine clans, their status and power cannot be shaken by ordinary mistakes.
But there is nothing Yun Fenghuang can do. There is no strong mother-in-law in this damn harem. She may not even be able to secure her current position as Jieyu, let alone promotion and beyond.
When she met the assassin after falling off the cliff and couldn't escape, she chose to sit back and wait for death for the sake of her family.
But since there is a glimmer of hope, in Yun Fenghuang's view, she must be more important than her family... Three years ago, she was willing to give up Qi Jiulu and come to the Imperial Capital. One was because she was quite disheartened by Xie Fenghuan's death; the other was that It would be painful to come to the Imperial Capital to remarry someone else, but at least she wouldn't have to die!
Yes, although compared to Xie Fenghuan, Yun Fenghuang, the legitimate daughter, is much better cultivated by the family, treated in marriage, and valued in daily life, but when it comes to her loyalty to the family and her ability to serve her. She is really not as good as Xie Fenghuan in terms of her contribution to the family.
At least Xie Fenghuan's death was largely considered from the Xie family's point of view - of course, Xie Fenghuan's own knowledge limited her considerations - but Xie Fenghuan died for the Xie family sincerely after all.
But Yun Fenghuang no longer had this feeling of self-sacrifice.
If you drag the Xie family into the water, maybe your family and you won't be able to escape in the future, but if you don't drag the Xie family into the water... you will definitely not be able to escape!
In her opinion, this choice does not need to be considered at all!
As for her uneasy conscience, Yun Fenghuang has already solved it: anyway, it is impossible for Xie to take the initiative to break the rules passed down by her ancestors because of her, so as long as she can drag Xie into the water, it means that she is superior... the one who is scheming. If you are willing to admit defeat, what's the point of talking about conscience
No matter what the Xie family thought after reacting, Yun Fenghuang consciously relied on his ability to control the family's conscience.
After all, it would be impossible for her biological mother Jiang to come to the Imperial Capital to settle accounts with her. As for the rest of the Xie family, she really has nothing to worry about.
In terms of speaking, her four brothers and more than twenty cousins are no match for her when they are tied up, so what are they afraid of!
Not to mention these ordinary people, even when her biological father Xie Jian comes to visit, she can feel confident!
At this moment, he was thinking deeply, smiled slightly, and said: "I took care of His Majesty at the foot of the cliff for a few days. I think His Majesty gave you the instructions quietly, and I didn't even know about it."
Ms. Xie was a little uneasy and said, "According to the rules, if the family receives such a favor, they must be grateful."
This kind of gratitude can be expressed simply by kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times when the angel comes to announce the imperial edict. There are also people who come all the way to the imperial capital to express their gratitude. Of course, relatives and friends can also express their gratitude on their behalf.
Mrs. Xie suggested at this moment, "How about I ask your uncle to write a letter of thanks in the name of your father and brother?"
"Your Majesty values me and Mr. Xie so much, how can he be so perfunctory?" Yun Fenghuang was thinking about how to tie his mother's family into the carriage. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "There are several idle brothers at home, let them Isn't it just two people who come here casually? Besides, I haven't seen them in the past few years since I left home. It's rare that I am now a concubine in the palace, and I can see my mother-in-law's family every now and then... They don't want me, but I do. Their."
She didn't grow up with Mr. Xie when she was young. She came to the Imperial Capital three years ago. Although she has been with Mr. Xie day and night since then, she always suppressed her nature and pretended to be well-behaved and considerate. Even though the reputation spread after entering the palace was very different from the niece Xie knew, both Xie and Xie's daughter-in-law Lan and others said that Yun Fenghuang was stimulated, so her temperament changed drastically.
At this moment, no one heard any doubts. Ms. Xie even had a sore nose and almost shed tears. She choked and said, "Good boy, aunt... I'm really sorry for you!"
"My aunt treats me as if she were her own child, and my brothers and sisters-in-law have never treated me like an outsider. By saying these things, isn't it just an outsider?" Yun Fenghuang rarely saw her face to face, but he didn't want to hear her feeling sorry for him anymore, so he quickly said , "Although the Queen has allowed us to meet, she may not give us much time. Let's just talk about what's important. Auntie, didn't you just say that my mother wrote you a letter? Well, speaking of which, I have been listening in the palace for the past two days. I’ve got some news, so I’ll tell you and tell them to my mother and the others!”
She quietly told some things to Xie's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so that the Jiang family would write a letter to inquire about it and mislead Xie's fate.
However, these words were very vague and ambiguous. After all, although Yun Fenghuang decided to drag her mother's family into trouble, of course this evil person would not do it himself, otherwise she would try her best to provoke Chao Jingyou thousands of miles away through Gong Xiangxiao. Why do you go back to the Northland specifically
In addition to being unable to escape, it also makes it easier to blame the blame in the future, right
The Xie family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not strong people to begin with, because Yunju's official position was not high. Although they had been promoted by the Duke of Yi before and could occasionally attend some palace banquets and official banquets, they were still wallflowers and had never experienced anything like this. A decent fight.
Yun Fenghuang dealt with them very easily, without even using his brain.
After quickly telling the news he wanted to convey, after calculating the time, Yun Fenghuang asked someone to bring out the palace-banned Grape Spring, saying that it was a newly obtained reward from the emperor, and was specially reserved to share with Xie's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. .
In fact, Xie's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not very good drinkers, but thinking that Yun Fenghuang had no intention of entering the palace, and now she became Jieyu, but she was reunited with her family far away, she must have felt miserable in her heart, thinking that she just wanted to invite someone to drink to drown her sorrows, So he didn't refuse.
This grape spring is sweet and soft in the mouth, but has great staying power. Yun Fenghuang now has a distinguished status and is at the top. He personally persuades Xie's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to drink. It is not easy for Xie's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to keep an eye on her and drink it every time. After a while, these two people He had to be helped to the wing to rest.
Yun Fenghuang, who had only touched her lips slightly from beginning to end, was so eager to serve her. He moved the people in front of him, opened the doors and windows to let some air in, and then shook his fan and waited.
Before long, I saw the red-eyed mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Duke Yi's family coming to the door one after another to ask for permission.
"Come in." Yun Fenghuang propped up her chin with one hand and ordered casually. Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion was not as deep and wide as a palace, but the main hall where Yun Fenghuang was sitting was quite wide, so that her head was sitting upright. It was still a bit dark in broad daylight, so two melon-style blue gauze palace lanterns were lit nearby.
There is a saying in the folk that beauty is seen under the lamp. It is said that when the lamp is dim, the color of the beauty becomes more vivid.
But the two firelights, which were originally blazing but seemed a bit secluded because the room was too spacious, shone on Yun Fenghuang, giving people an eerie beauty for no reason.
Especially a pair of eyes, hidden in the shadows under the long eyelashes, bright but also cool.
With a sinister air.
Han's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were already feeling heavy, couldn't help but hold their breath.
"Today... I'm bothering you." Mrs. Yi Guogong is older after all, and she is used to being the wife of a prince. Even though she can handle it, she clearly wants to pounce on Yun Fenghuang and peel off Yun Fenghuang's muscles, but she is still stable. After bowing, he whispered in a low voice, "My little girl Qingman is young and ignorant. I hope your Majesty will not argue with her... I have taught her a lesson just now, and I will listen to your Majesty in the future."
She felt that she had been very patient.
However, Yun Fenghuang still refused to let her go. After hearing this, he lazily turned the fan in his hand and said lightly: "Young and ignorant? Madam, Qingman said this, I will not agree! In terms of age, I and Qing Aren't Man the same age? Speaking of which, Qingman was raised by Madam just like the sister Shufei who just passed away. Although Sister Shufei has passed away, what a graceful person she was! I miss you, I still remember it vividly!”
"Why is Qingman so helpless?"
"Madam, although the concubines are different, they are both people who want to enter the palace to serve His Majesty, and they are also the biological daughters of Duke Yi. Why do you favor one over the other and actually raise Qing Man to waste?"
If it were just like this, Mrs. Yi Guogong could still bear it even though her heart was bleeding with hatred.
However, Yun Fenghuang has always been good at stabbing her with knives. When she said this, she didn't wait for her to open her mouth to defend herself. She just smiled softly and said softly, "Ah, but the charming sister Shu Fei said she was gone, but Qing Man, She is still doing well so far, and maybe she will be able to give birth to an heir safely and smoothly in the future... In this way, Madam had worked so hard back then, but it was a hit and miss, and she finally gave Duke Yi a daughter! "
"...Empress!" Mrs. Yi Guogong stood frozen on the spot, feeling as if her whole body had fallen into an ice plane. She only had one son and one daughter, because her son Yun Qike was established as the heir apparent long ago, and it was Duke Yi who took him with him. He was well-educated and did not get along with his mother for long, but his daughter Shufei. Before entering the palace, mother and daughter got along day and night and had a deep relationship.
This daughter's miscarriage caused her heartbreak, otherwise her surviving wife would not have agreed when she proposed that Yun Fenghuang be sent to the palace as a daughter of the Yun family and then handed over to Yuan Yuniang for disposal - Yun Qike is the Han family. Her husband was actually her son. Since the Han family had no children so far, Mrs. Yi Guogong didn't really care if her son brought out some concubines and concubines.
Even if the daughter-in-law is a biological niece, she can't give birth to her son, so there's no reason to stop others from giving birth to her son, right
She wanted her to be as taboo about Yun Fenghuang as the Han family. When Yun Qike proposed to marry this woman before the Han family entered the palace, the Duke of Yi State did not hint that Yun Fenghuang should go there, but directly dealt with the person. .
After all, Mrs. Yi Guogong nodded her head at the beginning. Apart from not caring about Yun Fenghuang's life and death, she just felt that this method could benefit her family, especially her daughter, and she could give Yuan Niang a hard time!
Who would have known that Yun Fenghuang, who was sent to the palace, is still alive and kicking and has become Jieyu. Even Yuan Niang is in good shape, but her plumpness...
Mrs. Yi Guogong's heart was extremely painful. She just stood there trembling, looking up at Yun Fenghuang with her eyes wide open. The popularity of the lady cultivated through years of pampering and pampering seemed to disappear in an instant, and she was surrounded by a strong atmosphere. With overwhelming sadness, her lips kept trembling, and she choked out, "My wife's daughter is gone! Gone!!!"
"If you don't have a daughter, don't you still have a daughter-in-law?" Yun Fenghuang admired her collapse. In his memory, Mrs. Yi Guogong was noble and arrogant. Although she didn't express her displeasure towards Yun Fenghuang, she even kept it. She was polite, but sometimes, being polite was also a kind of contempt - her condescension towards her poor relatives in the countryside was always clear in her heart, and she didn't even bother to cover it up.
Such a person probably never expected in his life that he would meet such an anomaly as Yun Fenghuang, that he would be reduced to a situation where a white-haired man gives a black-haired man a favor, and he would even have to listen to harsh words in front of the culprit
Of course Yun Fenghuang would never sympathize with her.
No matter how miserable Mrs. Yi Guogong is crying right now, Jiang will be even more heartbroken when he learns that she was unexpectedly sent to the palace!
Who is not raised by his parents? Han's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law feel superior to others. Yun Fenghuang also feels that his life is more important than these people, than Xie's, and even Chunjia!
She smiled softly and said in a sweet tone, "I remember that Madam is the most kind and amiable. I met a poor relative from the country who came from the country and said that I am like Qingman, and I am like your daughter. . Let alone the wife of this generation?"
Mrs. Yi Guogong's mind went blank for a moment, and then exploded!