In fact, Chunjia didn't mean it at all, but he was just teasing her casually.
When Yun Fenghuang said this, the embarrassment that he had covered up before resurfaced. He hesitated for a while and tried to coax her: "Why don't I feel sorry for you? No, it's already so late. Why don't you rush back?" Where are you? If something like this happened today, I have to go to the Queen Mother to express my condolences."
"When did I say that you can't go to the Queen Mother's place?" Yun Fenghuang said with a smile, "You went to Chunhuo Palace at noon and stayed for two and a half hours with a stick of incense. When you come back, did I say anything?"
If you really don’t care, don’t remember the time so clearly!
Chunjia cursed and continued to coax with a smile: "Isn't it because the Queen Mother is worried about you and has been asking you over and over for a long time, so she is delayed?"
"Of course I know that the Queen Mother is worried about me." He didn't mention the Queen Mother Yuan's concern for Yun Fenghuang. It was okay. When he mentioned it, the smile on Yun Fenghuang's lips grew stronger. He turned sideways and supported the couch with one hand. Along the side, this posture made her half-dry long hair spread out a lot. Under the candlelight, her skin was more like jade and radiant. Her sparkling eyes seemed to be mocking but not mocking, and she said lightly, "Your Majesty just left not long ago. Aunt Zhanliu came over right away and stayed with me for a long time to talk over a cup of tea before taking her leave."
"... Aunt Zhanliu is not good at words. Please don't misunderstand me, my dear concubine." Chunjia struggled hard, "The Queen Mother is really worried about you, but she is still ill and can't come here, so..."
These words were too unconscionable. During this period, Empress Dowager Yuan personally went to Huzhu Palace not once or twice, but sometimes even twice a day. Chunjia felt that her conscience was still intact, so she sighed in the middle of the sentence and gave up: "Today I broke my promise, my beloved concubine, if you want any compensation, just ask for it!"
Yun Fenghuang put his hands on his knees and said with a smile, "Are you serious?"
Chunjia hesitated and said cautiously: "... It's impossible for the fourth concubine!"
Seeing her nodding to speak, he quickly added, "The second position is even more impossible - I have no plans to do anything to the queen yet!"
"Is I such a senseless person?" Yun Fenghuang gave him a resentful look after hearing this, "Your Majesty said he would stay here with me today, but he left halfway and only returned now. Where is I? You don’t know your own weight yet? How can you make such a whimsical request?”
He said, "I just think Her Royal Highness Princess Penglai is very cute, and I don't want to be able to talk to Her Royal Highness!"
This is a hint that if the Xie family's descendant is to be the master, I hope that the golden branch and jade leaves promised to the Xie family will be Princess Penglai.
This is not because Yun Fenghuang dislikes Princess Minghui and Princess Jinyun because they belong to each other, and is not clear with Ji Minggan. To put it bluntly, the gap between the Xie family and the Tian family is just that the two princesses are still in their prime. Months, never married, even if they sit around looking around this year, no, even if they have turned gray this year and have a family full of children and grandchildren, if they want to get the most outstanding unmarried son of the Xie family, it will be a high climb for the Xie family.
Not to mention her, even the parties involved in the consort, such as Xie Fu and Xie Wu Zheng, knew this well.
What they want is the honor and wealth represented by the princess, the opportunity to be promoted quickly and legitimately brought by the status of the consort, the fastest way to squeeze into the highest level circle of the country, and the future of the entire family... So as long as she is a princess, It doesn't matter what the princess looks like, whether she has a good personality, whether she has someone else in her heart, or whether she is innocent or innocent.
The problem is, there are three princes-in-law for three princesses.
For Chunjia, the more confidants who also serve as brother-in-law, the better. He only hates that he doesn't have enough sisters. But for Yun Fenghuang, it was impossible for the emperor to recruit three children of the Xie family as brothers-in-law, which meant that after the Xie family's consort got married, there would still be two competitors for the emperor's favor.
If given the chance, of course she would help her family.
For example, let’s start with the princess.
Princess Minghui was the only legitimate daughter of Emperor Xiaozong, and everyone in the government and the public agreed that her treatment must be the best among princesses.
Jinyun, Penglai, and Kunze cannot be more prominent than her husband's family, and their husband-in-law cannot challenge her. Otherwise, Chunjia will be suspected of treating her father's legitimate daughter poorly.
In Yun Fenghuang's view, the possibility of his brother Shang Minghui is relatively low.
Because the Xie family was so humble, even if Xie Fu, Xie Wuzheng, and Chun Jia secretly tried to sideline them and gave them the title of No. 1 and No. 2, they would not be qualified to stop everyone in the world.
However, Jinyun and Penglai are more likely.
According to Yun Fenghuang's previous recommendation and Chunjia's needs, he prefers Xie Fu, and Xie Fu loves beauty. In this case, Princess Jinyun is actually more suitable.
But among the three princesses, Princess Penglai is the youngest.
According to the order of elders and younger ones, it was almost time to choose the prince-in-law. It was her turn after her two sisters had finished choosing.
Yun Fenghuang wanted his brothers to be at the bottom of the list—that is, among the three princes-in-law who will be released next year, the Xie family's descendants are the lowest.
In this way, it is most likely to get the greatest support from the emperor.
After all, the Ji family's past mistakes are still there, and Chunjia certainly doesn't want to cultivate a second Ji family.
In this case, the humbler the consort's status, the more likely he is to be favored by the emperor.
If a son of the Xie family became Jinyun's consort, the emperor might choose a consort from a poor family for Penglai who had a worse background than the children of the Xie family.
In that case, it is impossible to say that the one who enjoyed Wei Changkong's treatment back then would be Penglai's consort.
So now that Chunjia wanted to make amends, Yun Fenghuang called Penglai's name unceremoniously. Of course, she would not tell her true thoughts. She only said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I despise Jinzhiyuye, it's just that I Although it wasn't long before they entered the palace, the two princesses tried their best to run forward, but several times they had to drag me to my side! Although I didn't think it was just a talk between cousins, I was afraid that the princesses themselves would I’m sorry, it’s so embarrassing even thinking about it.”
Especially Princess Minghui, Chunjia had negotiated terms with Yun Fenghuang and asked her to help break up Minghui's obsession with Ji Minggan.
He was really good at acting at that time. Who would have thought that he would be in charge soon
It's hard to say that Chunjia's oath at that time was probably because he was afraid that it would not be enough to confuse the Ji family. This was because if Yun Fenghuang was a whistleblower, he could show the extent of being ignored, so that the Ji family could feel at ease and comfortable.
"I know this matter well." Chunjia listened at this moment, pondered for a moment, and said, "However, there is something I want to say first: Jinzhiyuye can be promoted to a new scholar in an exceptional way, but it is impossible to be promoted to a beloved concubine and brother at will. If If the Xie family’s children get nothing in the scientific examination, or their rankings are not high, don’t blame me for choosing another husband for the princess!”
Although he had long been mentally prepared to treat his father's flesh and blood badly for the sake of his status, he was not so shameless as to treat the three princesses.
Marriage will not allow them to fulfill their wishes, but Chunjia will still guarantee them dowry and post-marriage treatment.
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "Who does your Majesty take as my concubine? If my brother's name is lost, I don't need to say anything to you, I won't even have the shame to mention this matter!"
She will ask Wei Hengyan to tell her family tomorrow that the emperor has chosen Xie's son as his consort - I can't believe that Cui Wan, the Minister of Rites, has repeatedly avoided the emperor's advances. After knowing this news, he dares to let the Xie family's entire army Overthrown!
Not knowing what she was thinking, Chunjia breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed the top of her hair with a smile, and said, "Then it's settled, aren't you angry anymore?"
"When have I ever been angry?" Yun Fenghuang scolded him, "Are I such a stingy person? Something like this happened in Xuanqing Palace. If I hadn't been frightened, I would have rushed to comfort him. Where is the loving mother, the Queen Mother! Your Majesty first visited me without saying anything, and then went to visit the loving mother, the Queen Mother, on my behalf. It was too late for me to be happy, so how could I be angry with Your Majesty? I am not that ignorant person. !”
Chunjia smiled and sighed: "When you are willing to be sensible, you are really sensible."
It's a pity that his true concubine is not happy and sensible most of the time, and she is mostly messy and cumbersome.
Yun Fenghuang pretended not to hear, and stuffed the handkerchief that had been put aside just now back into his hand: "Your Majesty, your hair is not dry yet! It's so late, if I don't wring it dry, I'm afraid it will be dry when I get up tomorrow. Headache!"
"You still say you don't want to call me?" Chunjia laughed and cursed, finally took the handkerchief and held it for her rather unfamiliarly.
Yun Fenghuang then turned around and picked up the book to read. Chunjia suddenly became unhappy: "I'm here to serve you. It's fine if you don't talk to me, but you still read the book. What do you think of me?" "
"Aren't you afraid that your majesty will bore you because of your lack of knowledge, so you're seizing the time to increase your knowledge?" Yun Fenghuang felt aggrieved, "Your majesty still wants to talk about me, could it be that you are tired of me now?"
Chunjia said: "When will you get rid of your habit of raking up the troubles? And what kind of books are you reading, and what insights have you gained? Don't think that I don't know, you are so good at talking..."
As he spoke, he snatched the book from her hand and flipped through it. He couldn't help but be stunned!
After holding the scroll for two breaths, the emperor closed it calmly and looked up at Yun Fenghuang with a very complicated expression, "You... where did you get this book?"
Yun Fenghuang leaned forward, put his arms against the waiter, and smiled at him with his chin propped up: "Did you just catch the assassin? Ask people to search the Jiaofang Department and the place where the guards are on duty. I forgot who is secretly there." Hidden, I personally went to look for clues and thought it was pretty good, so I kept it."
She asked the emperor with a curious expression, "Your Majesty, have you read this book? Isn't it new? Then wouldn't my hard work for a long time have been in vain?"
"..." Chunjia looked at her childish face, with a look of innocence between her eyebrows, as if she had been raised in a deep house and had no knowledge of the world and had not been stained by the worldly dirt. Then she lowered her head and looked at the hot and straightforward words on the fire avoidance picture in her hand. Drawing, recalling the way she was served by the palace servants when she first entered the palace, and she flipped through the book openly and openly, she was silent for a moment, and said slowly, "... I haven't read it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Fenghuang leaned over, kissed him, and said with a smile: "Then Your Majesty, do you need to increase your knowledge?"
Looking at the flowery smile so close, Chunjia's breathing stagnated for a moment. He closed his eyes, opened them for a moment, threw away the handkerchief in his hand, and with a slight bend in the corner of his mouth, he neatly opened the skirt of his clothes.