After something like that happened, even if Wei Hengyan was waiting at the Fangyin Pavilion, Empress Ji would have to let her go and ask about the whole story.
Unexpectedly, the queen's people came to the Fangyin Pavilion to explain the situation, but the empress dowager Yuan ordered Yun Fenghuang to accompany Wei Hengyan to reply: "There are Zhanliu at the Ai family watching. Since the matter is serious, Mao Zhaoyi went with us. Come on, if anything happens, you can send a letter to the Ai family."
The Queen Mother said calmly, "I just want to play with my grandson and enjoy some family happiness in Aijiabu. Isn't that something common people can have? Why is it so difficult in Aijia?"
A group of people didn't dare to say anything. For a moment, Yun Fenghuang said softly: "Then I will accompany Sister Wei to the Empress. You can relax, even if Hu Fengyi is gone, I will be very happy." Hey, here are Zhao Chenggui and Yi Yuwan. In a few more months, the emperor will have many heirs who will be filial to you."
Only then did the maid sent by the empress dare to say timidly: "Thank you, the Empress Dowager, your loving mother, actually there is good news: Ji Yuwan is pregnant."
"I will send you some things according to the rules later." Queen Mother Yuan said to Zhan Liu without a smile, "The Ai family is exhausted."
Zhanliu went and said, "My servant will help you in."
... After leaving the door of Fangyin Pavilion, Yun Fenghuang asked the maid: "It is said that Ji Yuwan has been following the Empress Dowager during her confinement period. How many months must she be pregnant? Why are she telling her now?"
The palace maid lowered her head: "My servant doesn't know either."
Yun Fenghuang didn't embarrass her. He turned around and said to Wei Hengyan, who was blushing: "Don't be impatient. Although I haven't been in charge for a long time, Yijia Palace should know the situation in Dongdong... Hu Fengyi is now alone. Who is suspicious and who is trustworthy? Let me think about it and shut up when I see the Queen later."
Wei Hengyan was startled before Minghong came over. Does that mean that she took this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and clean up her sights? However, she forced a smile, but she was a little absent-minded: Do you think that being a pregnant concubine in the palace is really difficult and dangerous, even if Even a noble concubine cannot escape the misfortune of miscarriage. Hu Fengyi, who was envied by many people in the first two months, is gone in the blink of an eye!
Although I had heard a series of rumors about various deaths of concubines after becoming pregnant before entering the palace, I had not witnessed it with my own eyes.
As for the person from Yijia Palace, Hu Fengyi, he often greeted Wei Hengyan in the past month. Wei Hengyan had the wrong impression of her as a low-key, silent and almost cowardly palace concubine, with little sense of presence. In terms of appearance, she is not particularly outstanding in the palace, but her eyebrows are particularly good.
The eyebrows are dark and dark, shaped like distant mountains, and gently blend into the temples. The eyes have rare double phoenix eyes, and the corners of the eyes are slightly hooked, giving a unique and charming look.
Maybe the emperor summoned her several times because of her charming charm, but he still didn't remember her name very well.
But happiness is purely due to Hu Fengyi's own blessing.
But that blessing was begging for her life at that time...
Wei Hengyan's heart was in a mess. Looking at Yun Fenghuang who looked as usual beside him, he suddenly felt envious of her.
Although the mistress will no longer be pregnant, she will not be in such danger.
Of course, the idea of imitating him was killed by her as soon as she came up with it.
If an adopted child is well raised, it may be no different from a biological child. Chun Jiaru Mingcuo, Queen Mother Yuan, cares more about her than Queen Mother Cuoqu, and she wants more from her heart. But there is also a popular saying that dog meat cannot touch the body of a sheep.
If I were chasing a red-eyed wolf, I would be so angry just thinking about it.
Of course, there are also those who are unfilial, but at least you can comfort yourself that there is nothing you can do if it is not destined to happen.
It felt like their child, whom they had worked so hard to raise, raised an enemy...
She was thinking wildly all the way, and when she arrived in front of the queen, she almost forgot to salute, but she was knocked away by Yun Fenghuang calmly, and then she bowed down tremblingly.
"Let's all get up." Empress Ji looked tired and looked very bad. It's no wonder that if the palace comes to visit the palace next year, three of the concubines have already had pregnancy accidents. Among them, except Zhao Chenggui, who is very protective The concubine had a miscarriage, and Hu Fengyi died immediately - in such a situation, the emperor did not come to question the queen, and the queen herself felt that her face was in shame.
At this moment, he had no intention of finding fault with Wei Hengyan's misconduct and directly asked her about Dan Ruoting's situation in recent months.
Wei Hengyan told what he knew, and finally asked what happened to Hu Fengyi's disappearance: "I have been waiting in the Fangyin Pavilion for the rest of my confinement, but I don't know what happened to Hu Fengyi?"
"After I got pregnant, I was afraid of the cold in the mountains, so I asked people to burn charcoal to keep warm in the early morning." Empress Ji glanced at her and said lukewarmly, "It turns out that because the doors and windows were closed... not even the master nor the servants were left in the house."
Yun Fenghuang said in disbelief: "It's the summer months, and although the nights in the mountains are a bit cool, why do you need to burn charcoal?"
The queen said: "I also feel very suspicious! I just asked Dan Ruoting's steward. The steward said that he was confused when Hu Fengyi asked for a charcoal basin and checked repeatedly. But the big man in front of Hu Fengyi The palace maid insisted, saying that Wei Jieyu had warned Hu Fengyi before going to the Fangyin Pavilion that he would try his best to satisfy Hu Fengyi's request, so the steward did not dare to refuse, so he had to send someone to find a charcoal basin from Shandong."
And because he was afraid of being accused of "inadequate care for pregnant concubines and neglect of the emperor's heirs," the stewards went out of their way to get the silver charcoal that only the concubines were entitled to enjoy.
The color of the charcoal is like red frost, and it is difficult to extinguish it without smoke. No matter how good it is for keeping warm in the winter months - it is precisely because of the lack of smoke that after Hu Fengyi's palace maid took the charcoal basin back, even if there were other palace concubines living next door, But they didn't even find out about it. As early as the next month, Wei Hengyan's palace maid who stayed in Dan Ruoting was ordered to visit Hu Fengyi every month. Seeing that the doors and windows were closed and no one answered the knocks, she became suspicious and called someone to come and guard the door. After knocking it open, it was discovered that the master and servants inside had lost their breath.
Yun Fenghuang frowned and asked, "Empress, what's the problem with Hu Fengyi's eldest maid?"
"The eldest palace maid..." Queen Ji was silent for a while before continuing slowly, "No, Chunjia was sold into the palace by Yazi in the first year of Chunjia. She had been sweeping the Yijia Palace before. After Hu Fengyi entered the palace, she was assigned to the palace. I have been serving Hu Fengyi until now. I just asked Dan Ruoting’s people, and they all said that the wrong master and servant are usually cautious in their words and deeds, and have basically no contact with the outside world. Bu Nao... "
Wei Hengyan was worried that the pot would hit him on the head, so he asked, "What's the matter?"
"A young waiter said that he saw the eldest palace lady in the back mountain talking to... Shutting up the people in front of Yue Jieyu." Empress Ji pursed her lips, "Of course, that is not the one-sided statement of the young waiter."
It's true that Mrs. Ji didn't want to take advantage of the situation to send Yuan Niang away.
But when the Empress Dowager Yuan fell ill, the attitude of the Empress Dowager herself and the emperor was already clear: before the child was born, all of Yuan Niang's mistakes could not be temporarily tolerated.
And since that time, Chunjia has become more and more indifferent to Ji.
The queen thought that there should be no more actions to stimulate the young emperor at that time - so she really wanted to find out the truth at that time.
However, after a little research, it turned out to be related to Yuan Yuniang.
Empress Ji was also tired, so she mistakenly said to Yun Fenghuang: "Empress Yuan Ruming is recovering from her illness. Those words must not be spread to her ears, or she will be worried. I will keep an eye on that matter, don't call her The people in the Fangyin Hall started talking nonsense after hearing this. It’s not about Dong Bi. I’ll go and say it myself, and speak slowly, so as not to make Dong Bi angry.”
So there are benefits to being a wife. The good news comes to you, but the bad news makes the side wife go to the mine...
Yun Fenghuang cursed, but had to accept the order: "No."
Fangyin Pavilion is easy to manage, just tell Zhanliu about it, and Yun Fenghuang is not responsible for the details.
As for Emperor Chunjia...
Yun Fenghuang made a special trip back to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to freshen up and dress up before wandering Tingting to Xingxin Hall.
Although the location of Xingxintang is also in the north of Changling, it belongs to the harem, but it follows the ups and downs of Changling, and it is almost built on Changling.
Is it a sign that divides the palace from the front to the harem
When she arrived, Gong Xiangxiao and Deng Chengzhai happened to come out one after the other, and they bowed and saluted.
"Is Bidong in there?" Yun Fenghuang said casually, holding Qingdu's leg and asked.
Deng Chengzhai didn't shut up, and Gong Xiangxiao didn't say anything either.
The scene was awkward for a moment in silence. Before that, Deng Chengzhai coughed dryly and said, "To tell you the truth, Madong is handling government affairs."
"I have something to report to you." Yun Fenghuang nodded and said, "In that case, you two will go and I will go in."
She walked in and asked the foreign waiter to report. Soon Yan Yin came out to greet her. He led her through the corridor and the courtyard into a study room. She turned around and turned to the 20-fold floor-standing huanghuali carving with auspicious cloud patterns, mother-in-law, silk and gold weaving. The screen is paved with an azure background and gold-edged plum blossom branches. In front of it is a small round marble table with gilt legs and four green pea green and white lion-pattern hydrangea piers. The table is equipped with a set of inlays. Gemstone, golden crane, blessing and longevity pot.
A few newly folded pomegranate flowers are placed in a blue and white lion-patterned porcelain plum vase with a lid, which contrasts with the huanghuali engraved four-season flower pattern heart that serves as a partition.
Through Ge Xin, behind the big desk in the back room, Chun Jia was looking down at a memorial, concentrating on it.
There is a foot-high pile on the desk.
Yan Yin asked softly: "Empress, can you come to the Queen Mother's side...?"
"The Queen Mother is fine, but there are matters in the harem that involve the emperor's heirs." Yun Fenghuang asked in a low voice, "When was your Majesty?"
"There is urgent news about the rebellion in the three states. Your Majesty must give instructions immediately." Yan Yin asked her to sit beside the small round table, made tea himself, and said in a low voice, "I would like to ask your Majesty to stay here for a while."
Yun Fenghuang nodded: "It's right to be tight on business matters."
She had previously arranged for the two concubines to come and stay there for a while, so that they could sleep there, but she had never been there. While she was waiting, she couldn't help but look around.
But because the place is only small and the furnishings are quite normal and nothing unusual, I felt bored after looking at it for a while.
However, the emperor felt that the matter was difficult and needed to be carefully considered, so he did not come out for a long time.
Waiting and waiting, she couldn't help but focus on those few pomegranate flowers...
When the emperor came out at almost noon, he saw a small round table with petals and leaves neatly pulled from the branches, and piled into two piles separately. He twitched the corner of his eyes and scolded: "I There is no peaceful time!"
"Your Majesty, have I ever thought that I didn't know how to explain this matter to you? I was so panicked that I unknowingly ended up like that." Yun Fenghuang didn't take his words to heart and stood up and said, " Hu Fengyi... is gone."
It turns out that Emperor Chunjia of Hu Fengyi had predicted this early on, so he had not been to Dan Ruoting during that period. He was afraid that after meeting Hu Fengyi, he would misunderstand his child's feelings. When the bad news came, he would inevitably be sad. .
He had planned that, and he had obviously been mentally prepared from the beginning. Naturally, he wouldn't be too sad at that time - at most a little angry, and how much of that anger was related to the fact that he had just lost his own flesh and blood and his concubine. To some extent, it means that as the emperor, he knows that he cannot truly be the emperor. The emperor probably knows it in his heart.
If Empress Fuji came to report the news, the emperor would make use of the topic.
But since it’s not Yun Fenghuang who came...
Chunjia looked calm and asked, "Why not?"