"..." Yun Fenghuang was startled and said subconsciously, "What is he doing in the Imperial Capital... Enke?!"
Seeing the emperor nod, her heart moved, and she suddenly thought about Chao Jingyou's return home. Could it be possible that the bastard succeeded
So Jiang's personal visit to the Imperial Capital might have something to do with it
It's not that Yun Fenghuang underestimates his position in the family, but for a prosperous family that has always focused on development in Sangzi, they can afford the losses of individual clan members, whether in terms of emotions or profits. .
It is impossible for such a large family to make major changes for one or two people.
This is also the reason why Yun Fenghuang wanted all the tribes in the North to unite to support her, but she never thought of telling her family members who always doted on her directly. She would rather incite Duke Xiangxiao to spread the word and let Chao Jingyou take the lead.
As a legitimate daughter raised by her family as a legitimate son, she is very aware of the concepts and thinking of people like Xie.
Not to mention Yun Fenghuang, the legitimate daughter, even the eldest son like Qi Jiulu cannot be abandoned.
Of course, she has no resentment about this, because the survival of the wealthy families by cutting off their tails after considering the situation is one of the reasons why the wealthy families can continue to this day, and both she and Qi Jiulu are the beneficiaries of the family's stable position in the village.
Yun Fenghuang herself admits that it is relatively unconscionable for someone like her to plot against her family... But if you don't have a conscience, then you have no conscience. Anyway, she has never wanted to be a person with noble interests and noble sentiments...
The Xie family has many heirs. With so many people in her family, it is unlikely that there will not be a few unfilial sons and unfilial daughters...
I think all our ancestors can understand...
Yun Fenghuang retracted his increasingly scattered thoughts and quickly analyzed: If it was just the Jiang family who came to the Imperial Capital, it could be said that the mother-in-law was worried about her daughter and left everything in the clan to reunite. But even the second brother from the same compatriot is here. This cannot be explained by the relationship between flesh and blood.
It's as if she was only twelve years old when she came to the Imperial Capital. With so many people in the Xie family, it didn't matter that Xie Jian and the Jiang family couldn't get away. Among her four brothers, who couldn't escort her sister for a ride
But she traveled thousands of miles to the imperial capital alone with a group of escorts and maids.
The reason is very simple. Xie didn't want the outside world to misunderstand that Yun Fenghuang went to her aunt's house in Dijing to be married, as Xie's intention to seek refuge with Duke Yi.
It's just that the parents felt sorry for their children and couldn't bear Yun Fenghuang to enter the family temple or remarry in a hurry. They didn't want her to stay in the stormy hometown and suffer all kinds of criticism, so they gave her a dowry in advance and sent her to live with relatives to fend for herself... Ms. Xie didn't say this clearly. , but conveyed the intention through actions.
The Xie family could tolerate the Jiang family coming to visit their concubine daughter in person, but they would never change their original arrangements for Xie Xiliu because of Yun Fenghuang.
Now that Xie Xiliu is here, it goes without saying that he is closely connected with the entire Xie family's next plan.
Based on Yun Fenghuang's understanding of the family, it was most likely that Chao Jingyou persuaded them.
They do not intend to continue to stick to their hometown.
"It's not just him." The emperor nodded slightly, confirming Yun Fenghuang's guess, "There are also several other brothers of your clan. In fact, they were supposed to arrive in the imperial capital with your maternity, but your maternity probably missed their daughter so much that he disliked them on the way. He procrastinated, packed lightly and traveled day and night, arriving many days early."
"Then, Your Majesty, can I allow me to meet my brother when the time comes?" Yun Fenghuang changed his mind and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please don't say no, otherwise why would you tell me this?"
The emperor muttered: "If I don't tell you now, won't you be able to hear it from your aunt later?"
"My aunt won't say anything." Yun Fenghuang said, "After all, I don't know that my brother is coming, so it's okay. I know that my brother is in the Imperial Capital, but I can't see him. How sad is it?"
Chunjia laughed dumbly and said, "Is this still my fault?"
"Your Majesty is the best!" Yun Fenghuang lay on top of him, twisting around coquettishly, "Just to meet you once... Your Majesty will accept me as my concubine!"
"When the time comes, you can ask your mother." The emperor smiled and let her pester him for a while, then said slowly, "Even the queen, since entering the palace, she has not been having grand ceremonies and banquets, nor has she been able to see her brothers in person, let alone talk in private. Yes. I can't make an exception for you on this matter. Either you go and convince the Queen Mother, and if the Queen Mother agrees, I will agree."
Seeing Yun Fenghuang, he immediately dropped his face, jumped off him, and walked to the side gloomily. The emperor was both funny and angry: "What do you mean? Do you think it is difficult for the Queen Mother to speak?"
"Your Majesty, please stop charging me with such charges!" Yun Fenghuang snorted coldly, "Your Majesty is in the prime of life, so sometimes I know that you are not happy with something, so I can still rely on your favor to mess around. But the Queen Mother Not to mention that the empress is already old, isn’t it possible that she has not worried and worked hard enough for Yuan Yu empress over the years? Since it is difficult for even the empress to meet her brothers in private, wouldn’t it be wrong for me, a mere Zhaoyi, to make such a request to the empress dowager? Like Mother Yuan, causing trouble to the Queen Mother?"
"I don't want to miss this rare opportunity for brother and sister to reunite, but I don't dare to make things worse for the Queen Mother... How do you think I can be happy?"
"You are so smooth-talking that you can't tell the truth!" Chunjia listened and said to her with a smile, "Looking at me, I can't tell that you are trying to apply eye drops to Niang Niang? This morning I went to the Fangyin Pavilion to accompany my mother to have breakfast. My mother also mentioned you, saying that you know your mistakes and can correct them. Although your temperament is a bit unrestrained, you are still a good boy with a young heart... but you turned around and fell back into your old ways? "
Yun Fenghuang said angrily: "With Yue Jieyu's behavior, who else needs to give her eye drops? If Your Majesty dislikes her, no one needs to say anything. There will be a lot of reasons for punishment! Your Majesty If we keep letting her go, and everyone in the world will complain about her, what's the use? After all, you are the emperor, you have the final say!"
The emperor teased her and said, "Well, I am the emperor. If you talk to the emperor like this, what crime should you do?"
"Didn't I say that?" Yun Fenghuang squinted at him, "You are the emperor, you have the final say!"
The emperor said: "After all, you have to serve me. It's better not to punish me too harshly, or to demote me to..."
Seeing Yun Fenghuang glaring at him fiercely, he couldn't help laughing, "Is it really me who has the final say?"
Yun Fenghuang pouted and turned his head away, not looking at him.
The emperor drank tea by himself and smiled. After a while, she turned around and hummed: "The Queen Mother is going to take the concubines to Shanyuan Temple to pray for blessings."
"Do you want to go?" The emperor said nonchalantly, "Then go. The place is not far away, and the scenery is quiet. I have seen the people there, and their conversation is very good. Come and stay for a while if you have nothing to do. It’s not a bad day either.”
"I'm here to pray for a child, so why did I go there?" Yun Fenghuang said angrily, "I've never been pregnant, and I won't have any children in the future... Are you going to watch the fun?"
The emperor listened with a smile and finally said: "Although my beloved concubine has never been pregnant, why won't she have children in the future? Isn't Yi Yuwan already pregnant?"
"Can it be the same?" Yun Fenghuang thought about it for a while, and felt that he didn't have much resentment towards Bu, so that he couldn't cry. He had to give up his plan to take the opportunity to cry and complain about Yuan Yuniang's excessiveness, and hummed, "Your Majesty is just partial."
"Why is it different?" The emperor took a sip of tea and smiled lightly, "I am not the biological child of my loving mother, the Empress Dowager, but is there any difference between me and my biological child?"
Yun Fenghuang felt happy, not because of the emperor's comfort, but because of his words. As long as this person never fell, could the emperor she adopted in the future follow the example of Chun Jia's treatment of the Empress Dowager Yuan and her
She finally smiled and said, "Your Majesty is right."
Because Xie Xiliu hasn't arrived in the imperial capital yet, after arriving, he must prepare for Enke next year. In order not to disturb him, Yun Fenghuang's plan is to wait until the palace examination is over next year before trying to meet his brother. If it is really inconvenient, In fact, it doesn’t matter if I don’t see you.
After all, her relationship with Xie Xiliu was not so good that she had to meet...
Of course, this was not because the brother and sister had any grudges or grudges in the past, but because there was a big age gap between Xie Xiliu and Yun Fenghuang. Yun Fenghuang had not been able to walk for long when he got married. Although they are born to the same mother, they actually spend very little time together.
Yun Fenghuang's closest brother is his youngest brother Xie Xiaoyu. The two share the same teacher and really get along day and night.
Like Xie Xiliu, we only have dinner together during festivals. We usually only meet each other on the road after a few days at home, and we can't even talk about going together. As for Xie Xiliu's understanding and consideration for his sister, Xie Xiliu In fact, it is not as good as his wife Xiao Chen.
Therefore, he knew that there was nothing wrong with him, and Yun Fenghuang was not in a hurry to meet him.
The commotion just now was just a habitual request.
Seeing that the emperor had no intention of letting go, he stopped talking. Anyway, it wasn't like he couldn't bring it up in the future - so Yun Fenghuang didn't get angry anymore and chatted with the emperor until it was time to hold the lantern, and he decided to send the attendant to the palace.
The emperor left the question of whether to allow the concubine to reunite with her natal brothers to the Empress Dowager Yuan, but he readily nodded to the matter and told her to just let the empress make arrangements.
Yun Fenghuang was very satisfied with his cheerfulness, but during the meal he called Yi Xing'en and two other good-looking concubines over to serve him.
Of course, it was the two pretty concubines who served the imperial concubine and Yi Xing'en.
In the end, he used the excuse that he was not feeling well today and asked the emperor to take the two concubines to spend the night.
Then, she had people holding lanterns rush to Bao Se Xiaozhu all night, urging the queen to get the people in for her!
It was getting late at this time, but the lights were still brightly lit in Bao Se's small building.
Yun Fenghuang didn't pay much attention when he walked in. After entering, he saw the concubines in colorful clothes kneeling all over the floor. He knew that something was going on here, and he was slightly startled.
"Why are Mao Zhaoyi here?" Empress Ji frowned and sat in the hall. She was listening to a palace concubine below crying and telling something. When she heard the report from the people below, she waved her hand to stop her temporarily and was greeted. Yun Fenghuang came in and asked lukewarmly, "Is there something else going on?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty just said..." After saying the request in the name of Emperor Chunjia, Yun Fenghuang looked at the concubines curiously, "Is this?"
Empress Ji said expressionlessly: "It's just some trivial matters. Why is Mao Zhaoyi so quiet and thoughtful? Do you want to share the worries of me?"
"Your Majesty, I misunderstood." Yun Fenghuang smiled, sharing the Queen's worries? She really wanted to have some palace power in her hands, but it was a pity that now was not the time.
So he explained calmly, "I'm just curious."
The queen said calmly: "I heard that His Majesty is at your place tonight. You'd better go back and wait for me. I'm not telling you that it's so late. Why can't you wait until tomorrow for this matter? I really can't wait. Just send a servant over and say it. How can there be any reason to abandon His Majesty and run away?"
"Your Majesty has summoned my concubine to serve you today, but I came out because I had nothing to do." Yun Fenghuang said, "Otherwise, how could I dare to neglect your majesty?"
The queen didn't say anything when she heard this, she just said: "Go ahead."
Yun Fenghuang then resigned.
After leaving Baose Xiaozhu, she had a look of regret on her face.
Nian Xuan noticed it and asked in a low voice: "If your Majesty wants to know what's going on, let's go back and ask Chen Zhu to find out."
Looking at the battle, I guess the queen wanted to hide it, but it was impossible not to let the news out - no, the queen really wanted to hide it, and she wouldn't have let them in directly just now.
However, Yun Fenghuang shook his head and sighed: "That's not it. I just thought, if mother hadn't come here and pressured me to change my ways and become a concubine that suits Her Majesty the Queen Mother's preferences, how could I have been so peaceful?"
How lively she has been since entering the palace...
After just a few days, I felt really quiet and restless.
It's a pity that her mother is still there and she even made an appointment to meet her later, but she doesn't dare.