Yun Fenghuang made some arrangements and then went downstairs to let the imperial doctors diagnose him.
The diagnosis results were then sent to Xingxintang, and Yan Yin reported in a low voice: "Empress Zhaoyi does have signs of cold air entering her body, and the degree is not light. What the doctors mean is that the empress has no other discomfort except menstrual pain. It is already a matter of trust to Your Majesty." Hong Fu, if he had grown a little older, I'm afraid even his bones would ache on rainy days."
"... Is it possible to cure it completely?" Chun Jia just finished approving a bunch of memorials and asked with his eyebrows pinched.
Yan Yin hesitated: "The doctors said we can only do our best."
Is this because we are not sure of a cure
Chunjia was silent for a while and said: "Let them go all out."
Yan Yin bowed his head and accepted the order.
Chunjia thought for a while and then asked, "Where's Zhaoyi? How did you feel after hearing this?"
"Empress Zhaoyi looked as usual. She smiled and said to her left and right. She knew it would be like this."
Did you know this would happen
Did she just know that the doctor couldn't cure her, or did she know that the doctor's words would go as she wished
Chunjia thought for a while and said: "Yesterday I promised to promote Zhaoyi to the throne. You can go to the queen and tell me about this."
... After a while, Queen Ji took the order and sent Yan Yin away who was delivering the message. When she turned around, her fingertips were trembling.
"Your Majesty." He quickly helped her sit down, poured tea with distress, and whispered, "Your Majesty, please calm down. You are just a concubine. Isn't the imperial concubine behaved in front of you? When Concubine Shu was alive, she did not dare to do anything. This time... why do you have to worry about that guy?"
Empress Ji closed her eyes and opened them after a while. She said in a hoarse voice: "In His Majesty's eyes, the imperial concubine is the same as me. They are all people he has to bring into the palace in order to ascend the throne. In his opinion, I These concubines in the palace are part of the deal, not his wives! So no matter how high the status is? Unless the natal families of these people in this palace can always suppress His Majesty, otherwise, even if they are in the lower position, they are nothing to His Majesty. It can be useless if you turn your hands!"
After hearing the words, Zuo Zuo's expression changed, and while he was still waiting for persuasion, the queen continued with some excitement, "Concubine Shu and Xiao Yun are not like that. They are His Majesty's own people. If Concubine Shu was not here, Hu Fengyi would have gone. , Your Majesty will make me sick and hand over the power of the palace to Concubine Shu!"
"It's just that Concubine Shu went there unexpectedly. Although this little Yun family is cunning, she is still young and has not been in the palace for a long time. Unlike Concubine Shu, who has been in the palace for many years, if she has His Majesty's support, she can start palace affairs in a short time."
"His Majesty first asked her to help me, and now he is busy promoting her to the throne..."
She sneered when she said this, with a stern look in her eyes, "She was promoted to the position when I was scolding Mrs. Yaoning after bumping into her. This makes it clear that she wanted to use my hands to cultivate her and borrow my help. The queen's reputation elevates her and prepares her to take over the Sixth Palace in the future!"
"This... how is this possible?!" They looked at each other and said in amusement, "How humble is Xiaoyun's background, and he is worthy of the title of Xiao Xiangfeng?!"
Empress Ji said coldly: "Why is the Fuyang King's lineage so noble among the other branches of the Gongxiang family? Isn't Your Majesty still as respected as the Ninth Five?"
The left and right did not dare to let the queen continue to say things that looked down upon Chunjia, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Concubine Shu's death was closely related to the Xiaoyun family. Is the Duke of Yiguo actually willing to watch her covet the throne of the empress?"
The queen muttered: "The Palace of Duke Yi... If Duke Yi really cared about his legitimate daughter, he would not have taught Concubine Shu to enter the palace, and would not have persuaded Concubine Shu to think about His Majesty after she had a miscarriage. I forgive Yuan Yuniang... Moreover, among the newcomers in this palace now, besides Xiaoyun, who else do you think is qualified to compete with me for power?"
I thought about it for a while, but all was silent.
In fact, Yun Fenghuang was certainly not the only one in the palace who was qualified to compete with the queen.
Concubine Zheng, Mrs. Yaoning, and Cui Jieyu were all ladies of the same family as the empress, inherited court training from childhood, and were carefully raised by their families. Regardless of their temperament, if they could be sent to the palace under the circumstances at that time, they must have unique abilities. Even the ability to preside over the Sixth House.
The problem is, Chunjia doesn't want to use them.
The emperor has made it clear that he wants to appoint new people, and among the new people, Yun Fenghuang has been in the limelight since he first entered the palace.
Wei Hengyan, Xue Xiaoge, and Yun Qingman, who were originally the most anticipated, were all eclipsed by her.
In this case, the disadvantage of her lack of family background turned into an advantage - because for the emperor, the Xie family's lintel was too low, and the Yiguo Duke's mansion and Yun Fenghuang were not of the same mind. The emperor can safely and boldly support Yun Fenghuang without worrying about the emergence of a second Ji family.
So let alone Wei Hengyan and others who are not as capable as Yun Fenghuang, even if they were similar, the emperor would not choose Wei Hengyan.
"Now His Majesty is clearly showing favoritism." Empress Ji narrowed her eyes and said slowly, "I can't stop Xiaoyun's concubine, and I can't stop it. Your Majesty probably won't do anything to me right away, and there are still some time… "
She looked around and said, "Just tell the concubine and the others to listen to what I just said."
Even if Concubine Zheng suspected her of sowing discord, no, the queen was clearly sowing discord, but so what
The old man who entered the palace during the emperor's wedding had served the emperor conscientiously for so many years. The imperial concubine had a miscarriage, Shufei died, Yuefei and Xinfei were demoted successively, Zhaoyuan was demoted to a concubine... but in the end, Xiaoyun, who only entered the palace this year, was given an advantage. Family
Who can be willing
Empress Ji didn't know much about Concubine Zheng's alliance with Yun Fenghuang, but she believed that even if Concubine Zheng and Yun Fenghuang were not on the same page before, she would never watch this young successor cross over with lightning speed. my own.
And that's exactly what happened.
Half a day later, Concubine Zheng received the news and her expression changed on the spot: "Your Majesty is so cruel!"
While the attendant was still waiting to be comforted, the imperial concubine sighed and said to herself, "Your Majesty has never had any affection for people like this... It's just that Your Majesty trusts that little Yun so much, or does he trust himself? He feels that he has pushed such a young person away. When Zhang Yang’s concubine comes out, she will definitely be able to take control of the Sixth Palace?”
She paused and then asked, "Do Yaoning and Cui know about this now?"
While the old concubines were in intensive communication, Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion was happily congratulating Yun Fenghuang on his promotion. There was a small change here, that is, Yun Fenghuang originally thought that the title was a "permanent" agreement, so of course he did it well. The emperor regretted it before the battle, so he still used "mao".
As a result, Queen Yi's decree was followed by the emperor's oral instructions, but the word "true" was drafted, and Jin Yun Fenghuang was the true concubine.
This made Yun Fenghuang quite surprised when she received the order. In fact, her previous request for the word "Zhen" as a title was just a casual comment because she did not want to continue using the word "Mao".
She has no obsession with getting her account banned, just don’t treat her like a kitten or puppy.
Unexpectedly, the emperor vowed to make Heng Concubine, but in the end he gave her the title of True Concubine—could this have something to do with her menstrual pain
After sending the messenger away, Yun Fenghuang curled his lips. Jiang was right. This man has been pretending for so long that he doesn't even know which one is real and which one is fake.
Chunjia has been a gentle, tolerant and kind person for so many years. She has long been accustomed to not caring about small things, and is also used to being considerate of the people around her in matters that are not important.
You can win sympathy and pity by using a little bit of bitter tactics.
However, she also silently warned herself in her heart that this kind of thing would never happen again. It would be difficult not to be exposed if it happened too many times, and Chunjia's nature was not purely generous and weak after all. When it came to things that he really cared about, it could be called He sensed something was wrong, but he wasn't as easy to coax as he is now.
Now he is easy to coax, not really, it is just because he still trusts and indulges Yun Fenghuang, so he is easy to talk to.
After calming down, Yun Fenghuang dressed up and went to... Fangyin Pavilion to express his gratitude.
"The emperor has made you a true concubine. This is because he trusts your virtue and ability. Just do what you do. Why are you here at Xie Ai's house?" After a while, Empress Dowager Yuan, who looked much better, smiled lightly and asked Yun, who was kneeling on the ground, to Feng Huang stood up and said kindly, "The Ai family never said anything to him!"
Yun Fenghuang stood up as she was told, but smiled and walked towards her, saying coquettishly: "Your Majesty is the most filial to the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother didn't like me, Your Majesty would not allow me to advance to the throne! Now I am the concubine. I have been granted the title of true concubine, how can I not come to express my gratitude to the Queen Mother for not remembering the faults of others?"
He added, "Furthermore, I was Zhaoyi before, and even if I want to be promoted, I will still be your wife. The reason why Your Majesty allows me to be promoted to the imperial concubine is because I have served you several times and you will not abandon me. Only then can we have such grace.”
Queen Mother Yuan smiled and said: "The Ai family has long forgotten such an idea, but you bring it up from time to time!"
Zhan Liu reminded her: "My dear, please don't be deceived by the true concubine." The maid looked at her, "How come the true concubine is here to thank you? But she is here to ask for favors from Wei Jieyu! What do you think, the true concubine is here to thank you?" Even after being promoted to two levels, Wei Jieyu is always waiting in front of you, so you can't live without a reward?"
"This is a fair idea." After hearing this, Empress Dowager Yuan glanced at Wei Hengyan who was not far away. Wei Hengyan was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly knelt down: "I just did my duty, I didn't dare..."
Empress Dowager Yuan interrupted her harmoniously: "The Ai family has seen your hard work these days. The emperor is busy with government affairs, but he has neglected it."
On the spot, he asked Zhan Liu to send a palace official to send a message to Xingxintang, asking the emperor to promote Wei Hengyan to a higher level.
Afraid that Wei Hengyan would be dissatisfied because Yun Fenghuang was promoted to two levels in a row while she only got the first level, the Queen Mother euphemistically explained, "You are still young, and you are not as busy as the true concubine. You have a long time to come."
Yun Fenghuang was promoted to the true concubine. In addition to the emperor's preference, the need for her to check and balance the queen, personal abilities and other reasons, the most important thing was that this concubine was infertile.
So there is no need to consider her promotion after giving birth to children.
But Wei Hengyan was different. She was young and had no problems with her fertility.
Now, just like Yun Fenghuang, he jumped up the ranks and was promoted to wife. Then he got pregnant and gave birth to a child. Wouldn't he be promoted to the fourth concubine in the blink of an eye
Although most of the high positions in the palace are vacant now, the position of the fourth concubine is not trivial and would not be allowed to go out easily. So far, Chunjia's wedding has only given the title of noble concubine and concubine Shu. Of these two, the former was deeply rooted in the palace and the imperial army. For Chunjia, who had just ascended the throne at that time, Zheng Ju's powerful position could directly threaten his life and determine whether he would "die suddenly" inexplicably; the latter was even more Needless to say, not to mention Duke Yi's character and tutoring, in terms of loyalty alone, he is definitely the number one person in the dynasty.
In addition, Yuan Yuniang, as Qingmei, and Cui Lianye, as Cui Wan's daughter, were only concubines and failed to reach higher levels.
Chunjia was quite indulgent towards Yun Fenghuang, but he kept suppressing her, intentionally or unintentionally, from letting her advance easily, and he also didn't want her to covet the position of fourth concubine too early.
Wei Hengyan knew this well, and even though he was a little regretful, he still thanked him ecstatically.
Turning around in private, he had to thank Yun Fenghuang: "If it weren't for my sister's support, I'd be afraid that my sister would still be wasting her time in Jieyu's position."
Well, when he said this, Wei Hengyan was also a bit dumbfounded. When did it become a waste to be promoted from concubine to concubine in less than a year after entering the palace
Think of Xue Xiaoge and Yun Qingman, these two newcomers of the same age who were very popular when they entered the palace and were considered to be her main rivals, where are they now? Who remembers them? Who cares about them
Wei Hengyan felt that he really had a sense of superiority!
But look at the real concubine walking in front, she said: "..."
So what, holding the right thigh is also a kind of strength, right
Although at the beginning, she thought she was the other person's thigh...