"..." Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, then whispered, "Maybe it's because... the chamberlain who was killed with a stick was so nimble? So he died so quickly?"
Chunjia laughed angrily, and her face turned cold: "My beloved concubine is really decisive in killing. Three people's lives are as old as yours. How can you be so indifferent?"
"Your Majesty, if Jin Fengyi's master and servant are completely innocent, why would I arrange for them to die suddenly? Could it be that the palace people can't support me for such a small thing?" Yun Fenghuang noticed his expression, but he remained calm and composed. , said, "But An Baolin is gone."
Chunjia laughed and said: "You are kind-hearted. You don't feel sorry for the people in your own palace, but instead feel sorry for the people in Chengyue Palace. Then why did you make Cui Jieyu so angry just now?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "This has nothing to do with whether An Baolin came from Chengyue Palace. Among the concubines, Fengyi is only higher than Cainu. Jin Fengyi is the same age as me. They are both very young. Now they are forced to do it for a bracelet. If An Baolin dies, who knows what he will do in the future? You must know that Yi Yuwan will give birth in a few months. The emperor is a delicate heir, and I don’t want to leave such a scourge and distraction in my palace! "
"Moreover."
She curled her lips and said, "If I hadn't done this, how would I have known that Your Majesty actually felt pity for everyone in Chengyue Palace?"
"I knew that you would never admit your mistakes and would turn around and tell me that I was wrong." Chunjia said, "Most of the people in your palace are from poor backgrounds and have different temperaments, so they will inevitably act recklessly. As the leader, you are responsible for discipline. It should be, but silencing it at every turn and spreading the word is not a good thing after all... "
After saying this, he paused, and Yun Fenghuang smiled and stepped forward to hold his arm and act coquettishly: "I know that your Majesty is doing this for my own good! Don't worry, Your Majesty, you never expected the Jin family this time. Being so short-sighted and caught off guard, in order to prevent the Queen from taking the opportunity to cause trouble, she had to cut the knot with a quick knife! Having learned this lesson, I have ordered my subordinates to teach the people in the palace some rules, so as not to cause trouble like this again. When the so-called incident comes and drags me down, and ruins the expectations of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, I will never redeem myself!"
Chunjia remained motionless and let her hold her arm, and said lazily: "It's really strange that you don't continue to be jealous of Mr. Cui?"
He was mentally prepared for the concubine to grab him and tell him that she was angry with Cui Lianye!
In the end, Yun Fenghuang didn't do this. Chunjia was surprised and felt relieved that "my beloved concubine is finally sensible"...
But when he thought about it, he felt something was wrong: Concubines should be generous. Why should Yun Fenghuang be so jealous
Besides, Cui Lianye entered the palace much earlier than Yun Fenghuang. If he were to be jealous, it would be Cui Lianye who was jealous of Yun Fenghuang!
"She?" Yun Fenghuang said contemptuously, "She is ten years younger than I am, and she is almost ready to be my mother. Are I jealous of her?"
As soon as she said these words, the emperor slowly turned his head, stared at her for a while, and then smiled slightly: "I am the same age as Mrs. Cui. So, in the eyes of my beloved concubine, I am also old?"
You just know that, old guy
Yun Fenghuang cursed in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty said this, if you didn't tell me how old you are, and walked out with me, who wouldn't think that you are my brother?"
Chunjia said "hmm" and said calmly: "I remember that your eldest brother is more than ten years older than you, fifteen or sixteen? Are you not older than your oldest nephew? It turns out that in my beloved concubine's eyes, You’re already this old? Huh?”
Yun Fenghuang smiled sarcastically: "I mean you look to be about the same age as me."
"Really?" Chunjia narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Ji Shi said the same thing a few years ago."
The young ruler of the country is suspicious, so the emperor should concentrate on his studies and entrust government affairs to veterans like them, so as to prevent the young and ignorant emperor from making wrong decisions and harming the country.
Yun Fenghuang wiped his sweat and continued to struggle: "No, no, what I mean is that your majesty is not only brave and powerful, but also energetic and vigorous, like the rising sun, bright and vigorous. There is no way that Cui's humble maid can compare." ?”
Seeing that the emperor's face was as dark as water, as if he couldn't be coaxed for a while, she quickly changed the topic, "By the way, the empress dowager, the loving mother, has been much energetic these past two days. She even ate half a bowl of bird's nest porridge this morning. Woolen cloth!"
Chunjia looked at her coldly, and after a moment he snorted coldly: "Wei Chongrong has done great service in serving the disease, and he deserves a reward!"
Deliberately not mentioning that Yun Fenghuang had free time these days, he went to Fangyin Pavilion and spent a lot of time serving Empress Dowager Yuan.
Yun Fenghuang felt guilty at the moment and did not dare to argue with him. He only smiled and asked: "Then, Your Majesty, do you want to go in and see the empress dowager, your loving mother?"
The emperor waved his hand: "You go and do your work, I will go see my mother."
After dismissing Yun Fenghuang, he praised Wei Hengyan a little and ordered her to leave. Only the mother and son and a few attendants were left in the dormitory.
Empress Dowager Yuan looked around and ordered everyone except Zhan Liu to leave. Fang said with a smile: "It's just a servant who uses his power to bully others and commit crimes. He is not unjustly punished by the true concubine. Why should the emperor come in a hurry to scold the true concubine? A true concubine is young and will inevitably be impatient, so let’s talk it over carefully and teach her slowly.”
"It is precisely because the true concubine is young that the child must be trained strictly." Chunjia said slowly, "Otherwise, she will develop the habit of killing the people under her with a stick and spread it out. It is also said that the children in the harem are all poisonous women. In the royal family, Reputation is not a good thing... But the child came in a hurry, not because of her, and just caught up with a few scoldings. The main reason is that I heard that the queen was disturbed here, and I was worried that the queen was ignorant and disturbed the queen's rest. "
"But listening to them say a few words, how can they cause trouble?" Empress Dowager Yuan said with a smile, "Don't blame the real concubine too much. She is not as good as the empress and has less qualifications. If she doesn't die this time without any evidence, she will be caught by the empress. You won’t be tough enough to talk about it in the future. She is also cruel to the people in the palace, but the real concubine is much smarter than the queen. The queen is ruthless regardless of the severity, alas!"
Mentioning Yuan Niang, Chunjia frowned, then smiled and said: "Let the concubines handle these matters themselves. The mother should concentrate on raising her. Otherwise, the child will not be at ease even if he is in the front court."
Then he said, "I just heard from the true concubine that my mother used half a bowl of porridge this morning? I must reward the cook who made the porridge."
So I accompanied Empress Dowager Yuan and made some quarrels with each other. Seeing that it was getting late, I resigned and left.
After he left, the smile on Queen Mother Yuan's lips gradually faded. She was silent for a while and then said calmly: "Come out."
Behind the screen, Yuan Yuniang, dressed in green and wearing jade hairpins, came out with a pale face. Without saluting, she just sat down with her belly in her hands and said nothing.
The Queen Mother did not blame her for being rude, she just took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Did you hear that?"
Yuan Niang's face was expressionless and she didn't speak.
"Your Majesty is obsessed with Xiao Yun. He is afraid that she will make the same mistake as you. She will get a bad reputation both inside and outside at such a young age. If something happens in the palace, everyone will believe it. She did it." Empress Dowager Yuan said calmly, "Just like you - if it weren't for the bad reputation you spread in the palace, when Xiaoyun family framed you and someone in the palace pushed her into the water, how could you have been promoted from Empress Dowager Ji to the concubines? , even the Ai family are suspicious, do they think this is really your handiwork?"
"If it were Concubine Shu, who would doubt her? Even if there is suspicion, who would dare to raise it directly without considerable evidence?"
The Queen Mother sighed when she said this, "The Ai family told you this truth back then. But you didn't listen. But Xiaoyun's is different. She has a good mother who won't let her daughter be confused all the time... You Just watch, Xiaoyun will definitely try her best to change her reputation. If she follows the example of Concubine Shu and be a virtuous person, at least everyone will be able to say that she is a virtuous person... "
"What does this have to do with me?" Yuan Yuniang finally spoke, her face and eyes showing no signs of change, she said calmly, "Your Majesty has abandoned me, and my aunt doesn't like me anymore. I don't know what I should do now." Alive?"
Zhan Liu listened, frowned slightly, and said: "Jieyu said this to the empress, which really chills the empress! If the empress doesn't like you, why do I need to ask you to come over, listen to these words in person, and enlighten you personally? I am the empress's knee. Wu Daughter, I treat you as my own daughter. Even if you do stupid things over and over again, why does the empress really not care about you? If nothing else, let’s just talk about Yuan Cairen’s things before. If it had been anyone else, she would still be there now. Can you continue to take Fangyinkan with you safely?!"
Yuan Yuniang was silent for a while and said: "Yes, I am sorry for my aunt's hard work, but... now that I understand, what can I do? I just asked my aunt to worry about it, and your majesty saw me upset."
"You are only so young, why do you have to say that you are seventy and eighty years old and have no power to save yourself." Queen Mother Yuan shook her head and said slowly, "If you don't do it for yourself, you also think about your child. For the sake of the child's safety. How much thought has been put into the Ai family until now? You yourself have been worried and scared these days... Could it be that when the time comes, it's because you are so disheartened that you don't care whether the child lives or lives? "
She sighed, "Your Majesty is not merciless to you, and you don't want to think that you grew up together. How can other people be the same? It's just that you have been too ignorant over the years, hurting his heart and making him tired. That’s why he doesn’t want to come see you. But even if he doesn’t want to see you, he still has to come see the child. You should be a good boy and don’t torment him like that. How many times will he see the child and stop thinking about you?”
"So what?" Yuan Kuiniang said sadly, "Now he has Yun Fenghuang and Wei Hengyan. Even if he softens his heart for the sake of the child, he can't treat me like he did before. So will he come to see me? , what’s the point? Anyway, with my aunt’s protection, my child and I won’t suffer in this palace.”
"It's better to just leave it like this."
She said indifferently, "He doesn't want to see me now, and I don't want to see him either... From now on, I will just keep the child under my control!"
Seeing Empress Dowager Yuan's chest rise and fall, her tone softened a lot and she said, "If Auntie doesn't find me annoying, I will visit Auntie often in the future."
"..." The Queen Mother was silent for a while and then said, "Don't say such angry words. Life is very long. The Ai family knows that you feel uncomfortable now, but the emperor is really not to blame for this. Over the years, you have It’s not easy, especially for the emperor. But you don’t care about him at all, you just cause trouble with him. How can he not avoid you after so many times? "
Yuan Yuniang showed a sarcastic look: "But before he took charge, no, when he took charge, he never said that he would not come at all like it is now."
The emperor used her as a shield, as a cover, as a credential to establish his character...
Yun Fenghuang was not the only one who told her these words.
It's just that Yuan Yuniang never believed it before. She firmly believed that the emperor truly loved her.
It was as if her biological father and mother were not more important than Chunjia in her eyes.
but now…
Facts one after another are in front of them, especially the scene where they were hiding in the dark just now, listening to Chun Jia talking to Yun Fenghuang alone: Empress Dowager Yuan always felt that the emperor was annoying her because she was inconsiderate and not submissive enough. But could Yun Fenghuang be submissive or considerate to the emperor
She directly admitted that Jin Fengyi's so-called violent death was caused by her ordering him to be killed with a stick; she was even openly jealous and called Cui Jieyu a "cheap maid"!
It is true that Yuan Yuniang had a similar attitude towards Chunjia in the past, but what was Chunjia's reaction at that time? He followed her words so obediently that she became more and more convinced that she was different in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard.
At that time, Yuan Yuniang felt that Chunjia was really partial to her.
But just now, Chunjia seemed to be refuting Yun Fenghuang every sentence, without questioning, and the casual tone in her tone made Yuan Yuniang pinch her palm bit by bit.
Was the emperor always pretending to be in front of her
Although her aunt Empress Dowager Yuan now clearly stated that she still supported her, Yuan Yuniang no longer had the courage to continue to entangle with the emperor.
What supported her living in this palace all these years was the mutual love between the two.
Now she gradually discovered that the palace was full of discerning people, but she was the only one who couldn't see clearly.
Yuan Yuniang is now at a loss and doesn't know where to go, but no matter what, it is impossible for her to lower herself and seek peace with the emperor - she has never been submissive in front of the emperor. That was when she felt that the emperor loved her, but now she found that the emperor loved her. In fact, she is not as sincere to her as she thought... Yuan Yuniang thought, then why does she still want to be a low-level child
It's impossible for the emperor to pity her anyway, right
"Auntie, please stop trying to persuade me." Yuan Yu Niang retracted her thoughts, regained her composure, and stood up, "I'll just live like this. Anyway, so many people in the palace have not been able to give birth to an heir. Who knows if I have that fate, right? ?”
Saying that, he walked away.
Empress Dowager Yuan sat motionless for a while, then she sighed softly and asked Zhanliu: "It's because the Ai family's intentions are too sinister, so God's will is not on the Ai family's side. Even the goddess of the moon, who is so easy to coax, is not willing to obey." Yet?"