Generally speaking, older women, especially those with daughters who are of marriageable age, praise other people's children for their good looks and compare them to their own - this is mostly to test the other person's willingness to get married.
But Yun Fenghuang didn't think that Queen Mother Ji had the idea of recruiting a son of the Xie family as her son-in-law.
She thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, according to the status of the empress dowager, I should not refuse such an promotion, whether I am a concubine or a blood brother of my concubine. It's just that although the Xie family has a low lintel, Jilai is also a farming student. The family that inherits the family. Your Majesty, please forgive me and my blood brothers for doing such unfaithful, unfilial and unjust things that neither I nor my blood brothers dare to do."
Chunjia didn't realize the meaning of her words for a moment, and was stunned for a moment before hearing Yun Fenghuang continue, "Besides, I am from a small family and don't know the rules of the palace. Otherwise, during the day, my two brothers, How could he bump into Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui? Even if such a person enters the palace, how can he serve his mother the Queen Mother well? "
"..." The corner of Chunjia's mouth twitched, and she slapped the table abruptly, "Bastard! What are you thinking about?!"
Yun Fenghuang was not surprised but overjoyed, showing an expression of relief: "Isn't this what the Empress Dowager meant?"
"How could the Queen Mother want your brother to come into the palace to do a facial for her?!" Chunjia pushed her away angrily, "Taking a step back, even so, you will tell me about this matter. ? Stop pretending here - how unbecoming it is to arrange elders like this!"
Yun Fenghuang pouted and said: "But the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager have always been reserved. People like me are serving them conscientiously and rarely even smile. How could I suddenly praise my brother? Can I not suspect that she is watching? Falling in love with my brother when I was young? It’s impossible. It’s my mother, the Empress Dowager, who fell in love with my brother on behalf of someone else, right?”
The last sentence was almost an obvious test. Chunjia chuckled and said, "Maybe it was just a casual comment from the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother?"
"Then it can be seen that my brother is indeed provocative." Yun Fenghuang rolled his eyes and lay on his shoulder, exhaling softly, "After all, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother's eyesight is not to be said, right, Your Majesty?"
Chunjia glanced sideways at her and said calmly: "Really?"
With him being so noncommittal, Yun Fenghuang couldn't tell what he was thinking, so he tried to act coquettishly and coquettishly, but the emperor tried to prevaricate him. Finally, he simply changed the subject and talked about returning to the palace: "... I'm about to leave now. Now The queen is still ill, and everyone is counting on you. You are young, so you have to deal with it well."
Mentioning this, Yun Fenghuang snorted softly and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The Queen has tried to embarrass me about my promotion to no avail, and she is indeed waiting for me here. It's just that even though I'm not sensitive, How dare you betray His Majesty’s great trust?”
Of course, this was an attitude that must be expressed in front of the emperor. In fact, Yun Fenghuang was a little panicked about the arrangements for the return trip.
Others can just pay it off. The key is Empress Dowager Yuan and several pregnant concubines. The former is still ill and the latter has uneven months. For example, Yun Qingman cannot bear the trouble when it is not easy.
If something goes wrong on the road, if he does well, and if it is the person in charge's responsibility, Young Master Yun Fenghuang will inevitably be criticized.
Chunjia nodded at her now: "What did you say? This matter should have been the Queen's responsibility. You were just helping to take care of her for a few days because she was ill. I heard that she Now that Rineng has gotten up, I am too busy with political affairs to pay him a visit. How can you, a concubine, neglect the palace?"
I know in my heart whether you can do this or not. You'd better go to the queen as soon as possible - at least take her with you to make Ji family afraid of taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble - and even if I don't like the queen, I am standing on the stage for you. In the scene, you At least don't show any disrespect to the palace!
Yun Fenghuang thought to himself that the emperor was really pretending for a long time. He clearly wished that the queen would not be able to bear the illness, but he still wanted to maintain his love and loyalty to everyone. He would only act if others felt sorry for him and he was "forced to have no choice". image.
He even started asking for her...
Pouting his lips, Yun Fenghuang said: "Yes, I will go to pay my respects to the Queen tomorrow."
Before he could say anything, Chunjia had already stood up and started to take off his clothes.
The next day he got up early and went to Xingxintang to attend to matters. Yun Fenghuang didn't get up until midnight. After dressing up and tidying up, Shi Shiran went to Baose Xiaozhu to ask for an audience with the queen.
Empress Ji was playing the piano in the back hall to amuse herself. She frowned slightly after hearing the report from the palace servants. The music of the piano that was originally gurgling like a fine spring between her fingers suddenly changed its tune. She was calm and murderous, and said lightly: "I'm still lacking." There, but missing."
The palace servant bowed his knees and left, and soon came back to report: "The true concubine said that she has not seen the queen for several days, and she misses her very much. Since the queen is tired at the moment, she can wait."
"Then let her wait." Empress Ji lowered her eyes and said, "Let her serve the tea, so there is no need to neglect it."
Yun Fenghuang waited until it was time to light the lamp. The palace maid came out and apologized, saying that the queen's condition was still difficult to see guests, and politely asked her to leave. After she left, the palace servants went inside to report to Queen Ji. Yun Feng didn't look down on the queen's face at all. Huang Mianzi was happy, but frowned slightly and said: "The true concubine has always been coquettish and cunning. Especially this time she takes over the power of this palace. It is the intention of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. If you really want to see me, where can you find the patience?" After spending so much time, why don’t you leave quietly?”
The Queen sighed, "I'm afraid that this is for my loving mother, the Queen Mother, and Your Majesty, lest those two people don't abandon me!"
"Your Majesty..." Everyone was stunned, wanting to comfort but not knowing what to say.
"Auntie is looking for a consort for Minghui these days." Queen Ji was silent for a while and said slowly, "Although Kunze is younger than Minghui, she can look good to her. Starting tomorrow, you will look for opportunities to lure her over. Please have a good talk with her."
Zuo Zuo was very surprised: "Do you want me to become Princess Kunze?"
Everyone knows that the surest way to protect the Ji family's future survival is to marry a princess.
As the heir, Chunjia could not treat Xiaozong's bloodline badly, at least not openly.
However, when Chunjia made it clear that he would personally decide the marriage of the three princesses, and even the Queen Mother Ji was not allowed to interfere, if he continued to seek Ji's consort, he would be openly going against the emperor.
So even if the marriage is really facilitated, there will probably be endless troubles.
But these three are not the only ones in the palace. There is also Princess Kunze who is not a princess but is actually a princess. Although Chunjia and her only biological sister have not seemed to be close to Minghui and the others over the years, how can I say that? Also his blood relative.
Moreover, Princess Kunze’s adoptive mother, Queen Mother Qu, was the emperor’s biological mother.
Even though the relationship between Queen Mother Qu and the emperor was not as deep as that of Queen Mother Yuan, she still had the gift of childbirth. If Queen Mother Qu wanted to speak for Princess Kunze, Chunjia would not be able to ignore her mother's feelings.
The problem is that Princess Kunze has never been acquainted with Empress Ji and the children of the Ji family. Except for grand ceremonies and banquets, they have never met each other. After all, when the Ji family had the upper hand before, they were not very polite to the emperor. Although they did not bully Princess Kunze, they did not take special care of him anyway.
Because of their age, the relationship between Minghui and the other three princesses with Princess Kunze is okay, but I also know that it is unlikely that the three princesses would introduce the children of the Ji family to Princess Kunze in private and seduce Kunze. The princess's heart is aroused or something.
After all, Minghui, Jinyun, and their relationship with Ji Minggan are still in the fog, and they have too much time to take care of themselves. How can they think about dragging down their cousin and adding competitors to themselves
So Empress Ji wants Princess Kunze to marry a descendant of the Ji family... I think this is completely impossible.
The queen lowered her eyes slightly and said quietly: "Just do as you are told and don't talk too much."
"...Yes." They looked at each other and agreed in a low voice.
... Yun Fenghuang didn't know the queen's plan. After she returned to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion and tidied up a little, she heard someone reporting that Chunjia was here.
Then he welcomed me out and asked for credit: "Today, I have been waiting at Baose Xiaozhu for a whole day, but the Queen has never been summoned. Seeing that it is getting dark, I am afraid of delaying the Queen's arrangement, so I have to come back... Your Majesty, what do you say? , I’m good or not?”
"You've only done this little thing, and you still have the nerve to praise yourself for being clever?" The emperor smiled at her, "Just like a child."
Yun Fenghuang hugged his arm and said in a cheerful tone: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for complimenting me on my youth! I also feel that I can stay with Your Majesty for a long time!"
Chunjia suddenly suspected that she was turning around and laughing at his age again, and said with a smile, "The real concubine is really young."
"Your Majesty is in the prime of life." Yun Fenghuang looked at him with an innocent face and said sweetly, "If I am getting older now, wouldn't it mean that I won't be able to serve your Majesty for a few more years? That would make me sad! Thank you so much. God has shown mercy and allowed me to meet His Majesty in my prime years. This is how I will live up to my youthful years!"
"If you don't tell the truth, you will only fool me." Chunjia scolded her with a smile, but her expression softened obviously and said, "You are also stupid. Since the queen has not summoned you, it can be seen that she is either unwell or has something wrong. Little Bao Se Zhu and Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion are not thousands of miles away from each other. Why don't you come back first and let the queen wait over there to see you? Then come over and give you a message, and then you can go over?"
Yun Fenghuang knew that he was being coaxed into being happy, but he didn't say it directly. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the queen in return as compensation.
"That can't be done. It turns out that the queen's phoenix body is against the law. As a concubine, I should serve the sick." She rolled her eyes and said loudly, "The queen is kind-hearted and did not let me serve the soup. How can I still do it?" Can you just leave? He should stay in Bao Se Xiaozhu and let him be sent around."
Chunjia smiled and said, "My beloved concubine is really a virtuous and kind lady."
He ordered Yan Yin to get a bee and butterfly hairpin from his private treasury to reward her.
His private treasury was inherited from Emperor Xiaozong. Xiaozong's dynasty had a rich legacy due to Emperor Shenzong's wisdom and prowess. Xiaozong himself was not an extravagant person, and the state and private treasury were relatively generous.
Although after Xiaozong's death, due to differences in the selection of the new emperor, the harem of the previous dynasty was quite busy for a while, and some items in the storehouse were lost, but under the checks and balances of all aspects, the general still survived.
Hairpins that can be collected by the king of a country are of course good.
Yan Yin quickly went to get it. Yun Fenghuang picked it up in front of the emperor, looked at it carefully, and then asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, this hairpin has the reputation of everything going well, but your Majesty also hopes that I will be able to get it." Is everything going well?"
Chunjia took a sip of tea and smiled lightly: "How is that possible? This hairpin was given to you by me. If everything goes well, it belongs to me."
If it had been other concubines, he would have agreed casually. Anyway, those people had a sense of propriety and did not dare to make excessive demands.
Oh, Mrs. Yuan Nian is brave.
However, Qingmei was also easy to coax in the emperor's eyes. He didn't need to use his brain and could get over it with a little talk back and forth.
But as for Yun Fenghuang, the emperor felt that it was better not to give her this opportunity. It was rare that the atmosphere was good tonight, why would he make it difficult for himself
So he said very simply, "I just think this hairpin is particularly beautiful, so I'll give it to you. If you think it's not worthy of the name, how about I ask Yan Yin to get a replacement?"
Yun Fenghuang said with a dark face: "... No need, your Majesty likes all the concubines you gave me."
She grinds her teeth secretly, does she live up to her name
I must live up to my name!
Your Royal Highness, the princess of the Gongxiang family, and my brother, have decided!