As expected, the Empress Dowager declined Yun Fenghuang's request for an audience.
Empress Dowager Ji did not decline politely, but her attitude was very cold. Yun Fenghuang brought the topic to the concubines of Jin Dynasty, and she used the excuse that she was tired to let Yun Fenghuang leave.
"The Ai family wants to help you, but the Ai family has never done these things." The last Queen Mother Qu really wanted to help, but she used to be a concubine of the palace, and she accidentally slept with Prince Fuyang Duan. The kind who got the title of concubine only after she got pregnant, her origins can be imagined. Now that she is the Queen Mother, she only has a name in vain. In terms of experience in presiding over ministers and managing palace affairs, she is not as good as Yun Fenghuang.
Queen Mother Qu racked her brains and finally said, "How about the Ai family help you ask Sister Yuan or Your Majesty?"
"Don't worry, Madam. It's just a concubine matter. How can it be worthy of your personal intervention with your loving mother, the Empress Dowager, and Your Majesty?" Yun Fenghuang quickly dissuaded her, "I came here just to see you."
She didn't expect anything from the Queen Mother Qu, but the Queen Mother had been sending her vegetarian meals these days. Today, the Queen Mother, Queen Mother Ji, and Queen Mother Yuan all went there, so it's hard to leave Qu behind. Queen Mother.
So I accompanied Queen Mother Qu and chatted about some common things before leaving.
On the way back to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, Qing Du and Qing Ren said sadly: "My Lady, now everyone in this palace who can give us advice is unwilling to speak up. Those who are willing can't give us advice, but what should we do?"
"Who said that those who can give us advice are unwilling to speak up?" Yun Fenghuang smiled when he heard this and said, "Isn't this just after paying my respects to the elders?"
Qingdu and Qingren looked at each other, both quite puzzled.
But Yun Fenghuang didn't mean to explain to them on the way. When he returned to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, he asked Zhu E to go to Chunyu Courtyard and invite Cui Jieyu over.
What she said was "please". When Zhu E arrived at Chunyuyuan, his attitude was quite respectful.
However, no one in the Chunyu Hospital believed it, and they all persuaded Cui Lianye to pretend to be sick or refuse, but not to see the true concubine anyway - who knows if the true concubine wanted to kill everyone
"I don't believe that this lowly servant has only been in the palace for a few days. Do you really think that you can cover the sky with one hand in these six palaces?!" Cui Lianye was angry in her heart. When she was the noble concubine Yun Fenghuang The highest one is Jieyu, but just a short time later, she was demoted to Jieyu, and Yun Fenghuang was made a real concubine. Now he sent a second-class palace maid to deliver a message, and she had to go to the audience. The real situation has changed. .
According to his temper, he would never go through this situation no matter what.
But the fact is that Yun Fenghuang is now above her, and if she doesn't go when someone is summoned, it would be against the palace rules.
This newly promoted true concubine is admittedly trying to stir up trouble even if she has no reason, let alone when she is righteous and confident
I'm afraid that if Cui Lianye dares to find an excuse to refuse to go, he will dare to turn the fire on Cui Wan's head!
Thinking about the recent news from home and his father's situation in the temple, Cui Lianye's face changed for a moment, and finally he stood up with a sneer, "Even if Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, am I still afraid?! "
He ordered his officials to dress him up and follow Zhu E there.
"Sister Cui." After a while, the two concubines sat down in the main hall of Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion. Yun Fenghuang seemed to have no grudge between the two of them, and ordered tea to be served with a smile, saying "pretend to be affectionate" "Sister" she called, which made Cui Lianye's eyelids twitch. "To tell you the truth, I invited my sister here today because I have something to ask for advice."
Yun Fenghuang directly told the concubines about the promotion to the throne, "... The Queen has already agreed, but unfortunately, she fell ill at the time of her death, so she ordered me to take charge of the matter. I thought, I The young palace has little knowledge, so if this kind of matter involves the sisters in the palace, it would be better to invite the younger sister to come and discuss it together."
"The true concubine is speaking harshly." Cui Lianye said with an indifferent expression, "My concubine is smart and astute, and everyone in the Six Palaces knows it! It's so rare for a concubine to be promoted to the throne, right? But why do you need me to tell you what to do?"
Yun Fenghuang's smile did not change: "I've heard for a long time that Sister Cui is noble, so that's the case."
She turned to Qingdu and said, "Then cross out Cui Jieyu, so that common people like me will not tarnish sister Cui's purity."
"..." Cui Lianye's face turned livid. She could be noble and didn't care about promotion, but Cui couldn't.
When all the concubines in the six palaces were promoted, Cui Lianye was left alone. Those who knew it said that she hated the real concubine who was being favored. Those who didn't know thought that the emperor had run out of tolerance for Cui. Even Cui who was in the harem The concubines were openly ignored!
At that time, the master who is always willing to step down and worship the superior will not be able to join the gang to add insult to injury to the Cui family? !
"Your Majesty, don't be like this." Hearing this, Qingdu did not agree immediately, but persuaded in a soft voice, "Maybe Cui Jieyu is just being humble? After all, Cui Jie was promoted to the throne this time to pray for her loving mother, the Empress Dowager. You are not one of those unjust and unfilial people, so how could you ignore the health of your loving mother, the Queen Mother?"
The implication is that if Cui Lianye dared to refuse, it would be unjust and unfilial, and she would not care about the health of her loving mother, the Empress Dowager!
"... Unknown true concubine... What are your orders?" Cui Lianye was silent for a while, with a look of humiliation on her brows, but she still compromised and asked in a low voice.
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Sister Cui comes from a wealthy family and has been in the palace for many years. The affairs, rules and old practices in the palace should be very clear, right?"
Without waiting for Cui Lianye to answer, she pointed to Qingdu Qingren beside her, "Although these two people in this palace are sensible and considerate, they have not been in the palace for a long time and have little experience. So, please ask sister Cui to help and give them some guidance?" "
... On the way back to Chunyuyuan that day, Cui Lianye's attendant was furious: "The real concubine is so arrogant! I just forced the empress to teach me, but I didn't even bother to learn myself, and only taught the empress to teach the two palace maids!"
In the eyes of the servant, this was clearly a deliberate attempt to humiliate his master!
"What do you know?" However, there was no anger on Cui Lianye's face at this moment. She said calmly, "This is the first time since the true concubine helped the queen. The true concubine is young and has a low background. She has no experience at all before. How could a person be able to take care of things like this? Naturally, she would take this opportunity to cultivate the people around her... As for herself, it's not that she wants to be lazy, but she has to free up her hands to do other things."
The lower-level concubines may still be confused, but all the concubines know that although the person sitting on the throne is still Ji, she does not have much time left.
Concubine Zheng wanted to succeed, Yun Fenghuang wanted to succeed, and others...who didn't want to
It's just that some people feel that there is no hope and have stopped thinking early, such as Wei Hengyan; some people are still struggling and weighing without giving up...
In short, Yun Fenghuang is naturally the one with the obvious advantage at present.
So this time when the concubine was promoted, she wanted to do it beautifully, and those who were keeping an eye on the position of successor wanted to make her disgraced!
Cui Lianye thought for a while and ordered the attendant: "Look at the other people and see if the true concubine will invite others to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion?"
That's for sure.
In Yun Fenghuang's plan, although Wei Hengyan, Yi Xingen and others would be his right-hand men, they could not give up all the concubines who entered the palace during the emperor's wedding.
Firstly, although these people are not welcomed by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager Yuan, they are of good background and their knowledge, talents and family background are very worthy of being held in hand; secondly, it is precisely because they are not affected by the Empress Dowager Yuan's mother and son. After seeing him, Yun Fenghuang felt that he should stay.
After all, how could it be better to let these people who would never be treated sincerely by Chunjia occupy high positions than to let the later goblins be on an equal footing with themselves
Therefore, after forcing Cui Lianye to help her teach the Qing people in Qingdu through hard and soft tactics, she changed the venue and asked people to invite Lu Jieyu and Jia Jieyu. They came one after another and stuffed Qingxu Qinghan Dancalyx and Chicalyx. past.
"The Empress has personally agreed to this promotion to the Sixth Palace." Lu Jieyu and Jia Jieyu's attitude is much better than Cui Lianye. They mainly have been lingering on Jieyu's position since they entered the palace. At the beginning, Yunfeng When Huang was still Jieyu, she showed them how to behave. Now that she has been promoted to a true concubine, they are even more afraid to make mistakes.
Therefore, Yun Fenghuang did not lose face for them this time, and even comforted them with a pleasant look, "It's just that the Queen Mother fell ill before the specific promotion was discussed. I had asked the Emperor for permission when I paid respects to the Queen Mother and the three Queen Mothers before. What the Queen Mother and the three Queen Mothers say is that since the Queen Mother has given her approval, this matter should be decided by me."
"The promotion of the Sixth Palace together is to pray for the health of our loving mother, the Empress Dowager."
"But the two younger sisters are extra busy. If they are treated the same way as those who don't work, and the younger sisters are tolerant and don't say anything, I will feel uneasy."
This is a clear message to Lu Jieyu and Jia Jieyu that if you work hard, you will receive preferential treatment when you are promoted to the throne.
Otherwise, Yun Fenghuang proposed the promotion. If she can propose it, she can push it forward!
No matter what Lu Jieyu and Jia Jieyu thought in their hearts, they became more and more cooperative on the scene. Yun Fenghuang's actions reached the ears of Queen Mother Yuan. Queen Mother Yuan sighed and said: "Then Mr. Jiang is very good at teaching his daughter. .”
"It is said that the concubine of the True Concubine was also raised by her legitimate mother. She is just like her biological daughter. There is no difference at all." Zhan Liu comforted her politely, "But hasn't her reputation been ruined and even the True Concubine has been implicated? The maid feels that, This is because the true concubine is smart and can listen to advice. Otherwise, no matter how earnestly and sincerely Mr. Jiang is, I am afraid she will be beyond her reach."
She was actually very depressed. If Yuan Yuniang hadn't listened to the advice, it would have been Yuan Yuniang who proposed to promote the Sixth Palace at this moment. Originally, Chunjia's harem was not that large compared to the previous emperors, and there was a legitimate filling of the emptiness under her knees. Palace grounds. The position of the concubines has long come to the point where large-scale changes are needed.
If Yuan Yuniang was more sensible, she would not have thought that Queen Mother Yuan would remind her.
Unfortunately, the master couldn't help him up, so Empress Dowager Yuan and his servants could only watch Yun Fenghuang seize the opportunity to ascend to power. To change his bad reputation of being cruel and narrow-minded, the best way to change his mind was to change his mind and become a good person like dough. He couldn't be beaten. Do not retaliate if you retaliate; the middle policy is the subtle influence of Xu Xutu; the best policy is to share common interests.
Among the wise kings in the history of history, some killed their fathers and brothers to seize their wives, some were ungrateful and changed their dynasty to usurp the throne, and some cooked their uncles and butchered their brothers and mutilated their siblings... However, because they governed the country well and created a prosperous age, they were eventually evaluated as wise kings.
Does the world have to know the dirty things they have done
No, it’s just that compared to those dirty things, they bring more benefits to the people of the world, so they are Mingjun.
This is what Yun Fenghuang is doing now. Because of her behavior since entering the palace, the previous dynasties knew that this true concubine was a cruel person, but this time the Sixth Palace was promoted to the throne together, everyone benefited, even if it is impossible for everyone I would like to express my gratitude to her from the bottom of my heart and say a few kind words to her in future scenes.
In addition, the pretense was to protect the health of the empress dowager, the empress dowager, so the foreign court could not help but say filial piety to her.
This is much smarter than Yuan Yuniang's belief that changing her gender means "being a low-key". She can also kill two birds with one stone, build up her power, and better compete with the queen for power.
Empress Dowager Yuan's masters and servants all knew the truth, but who told Empress Dowager Yuan to be dissatisfied
I can only watch other people's children seize the opportunity and ride the wind.
Empress Dowager Yuan felt heartbroken and sighed: "That's all, since the real concubine can do it, let's not report this matter yet. The Ai family on the left and right are impatient to hear such trivial matters."
After saying this, I remembered something again, "By the way, where is the imperial concubine?"
This time Yun Fenghuang proposed promotion and was the first to say that she would be excluded. This was because firstly she had just jumped two levels, and secondly she had to say that this move was purely out of filial piety to Queen Mother Yuan and not to benefit herself. But there was another person who she didn't mention, but who also tacitly agreed that it was impossible to be promoted to the throne, and that was Concubine Zheng.
It's impossible for Empress Ji to step down and make way for her right now
Therefore, according to the unspoken rules, Concubine Zheng should take the initiative to politely refuse.
And Concubine Zheng did so.
However, it is impossible to say that just because she proposed it, nothing will be given to her.
Queen Mother Yuan became interested and asked: "How does the true concubine plan to compensate the noble concubine?"