When the emperor said this, he lowered his head and looked at Zhenfei's hand holding his sleeve. He thought sadly that this person would take it back the next moment.
Taken back together, there is also her expectation and her sincerity that is so weak that it can be ignored
Thinking of this, Chunjia curled her lips with self-mockery. Did she doubt that Yun Fenghuang had ever been sincere to her
The frank exchange that night was probably just because the concubine acted well, and I couldn't see it through my own wishful thinking.
"... I would like to ask your majesty to stay in Huanhua Palace, will your majesty agree?" Yun Fenghuang was silent for a moment, then smiled coquettishly. Instead of letting go, she tightened her grip on his sleeve and asked softly.
Chunjia was stunned for a while, then laughed softly. He did not answer immediately, but stretched out his hand, pinched Yun Fenghuang's chin, forced her to raise her head to look at him, and asked softly: "My dear concubine, is it fun to tease me like this?"
He was in a very bad mood at the moment, and he squeezed it very hard, causing Yun Fenghuang to frown slightly, but without warning, he still smiled and said, "It's fun."
Before Chunjia could speak, she replied, "Your Majesty has not come to Huanhua Palace for many days, and has also rejected my various requests for peace. Do you know that your Majesty has gone through thousands of changes in my body and mind these days?"
When Chunjia heard this, her hands subconsciously relaxed a little.
Yun Fenghuang took the opportunity to turn his head away, looked at him sideways, and said with a half-smile, "Your Majesty, I have told you that I have never been a tolerant, magnanimous, virtuous, and virtuous person... Your Majesty made me sad and uncomfortable in this palace. , I have been anxious and uneasy these days, I joked a little with Your Majesty, is Your Majesty going to argue with me?"
"..." Chunjia was silent for a while and said, "Zhenfei, I have always had a preference for you. You should know that, otherwise you would not be so bold as to test me. But you should also know that I am busy with many things now. I don’t have that much energy, so I can still scheming when I return to the harem.”
Otherwise, he wouldn't be sure that he liked Yun Fenghuang and just show off his cards.
Now I felt a little regretful.
It's not that he regrets that he prefers Yun Fenghuang among a group of virtuous and virtuous concubines, at least those who are willing to show virtuous and virtuous concubines in front of him.
But he regretted that he shouldn't have had a showdown with her so quickly.
Those who are near are not inferior, and those who are far away are resentful - this is the concubine I am talking about.
Chunjia reflected that she should have exercised discretion in the beginning and not said anything. At most, she would have favored her in private and treated her well. Maybe the concubine was too suspicious and did not dare to be too arbitrary.
Now it's good, she knows he likes her, so this becomes a bargaining chip.
People who rarely told the truth in the first place now seem to be telling more and more lies.
"Your Majesty, if I have the family background of the newcomers who will enter the palace next year, am I the kind of person who likes intrigues?" Yun Fenghuang just smiled lazily at the emperor's euphemistic warning and said, "Look at me Do you look like someone who is playing tricks on the sky?"
Chunjia was speechless for a moment.
Yun Fenghuang really isn't.
Her ruthlessness and methods were spread among the palace confinement.
But in fact, Yun Fenghuang has not played many plots since entering the palace. She mostly uses scheming. For example, on the first day of entering the palace, she knelt down to plead guilty and pulled off Yuan Kui's dress and threw herself into the water with her feet. "Everyone present clearly understood her calculations and thoughts, but neither the emperor nor Yuan Yuniang herself had to swallow her teeth and take the initiative to turn a big issue into a trivial one.
What did she rely on at that time
It was the Ji family who covered the sky with one hand in the harem, it was Chunjia who still tolerated it, and it was she who entered the palace after being tricked by the Yun family, but she still bore the title of the Yun family's daughter.
Another example is that she used Ji Muzi to advance to the concubine position. In fact, at that time, no one suspected that Ji Muzi was wrongly accused? The third-generation phoenix master of the Ji family worked hard to exonerate her.
But whether Chunjia or Concubine Shu, it was necessary to take action against the Ji family both in public and private matters.
Empress Ji was Chunjia's first wife, and not only was she a shrewd person, she had been in charge of palace affairs for many years, she had many eyes and ears, and she was famous and powerful, so it was not easy to deal with her.
In comparison, Ji Muzi was just a concubine. Since the queen's sister was in front of her, the family's support for her, as well as her own vigilance and caution, were far less than those of Empress Ji, but it was much more convenient.
So Yun Fenghuang gave an introduction, with Chunjia as the leader, Shufei as the assistant, and perhaps Empress Dowager Yuan's credit, and took the initiative to help her get the thing done.
Although the main purpose of these two people was to target Ji Muzi, they still obtained compensation for Yun Fenghuang's concubine status. This was not because they sympathized with Yun Fenghuang. Yun Fenghuang would never expect temporary sympathy from others. It was just that Chunjia needs to use this method to declare his majesty and power.
He did this not for Yun Fenghuang, at least not entirely for Yun Fenghuang, but for himself.
Yun Fenghuang figured this out and successfully obtained the title of Jieyu.
A person's speech and behavior are imprinted on his or her past.
Yun Fenghuang acted arbitrarily, seemingly without rules but still dignified. This was simply because he had been favored since childhood and was rarely restrained. At home, he was the first wife's direct daughter, and she was also the matron of the family when she was appointed to the court. She did not need or bother to study it. Sneaky tricks.
After all, her husband's family at that time did not need her to fawn over cautiously.
But Chunjia, who is serving him now, is not like that.
"Your Majesty loves you so much, I am so flattered by you." Yun Fenghuang saw that Chunjia remained silent, sighed, and continued, "However, I am innocent of the crime of harboring the jade. I have such a background and can be canonized as a concubine, which has broken the palace. It is in accordance with the custom. But I still have to be favored by Your Majesty and be able to take charge of the palace affairs... Your Majesty, please tell me, the newcomers in the coming year will not regard me as a thorn in the flesh. Can I not be afraid? "
Chunjia pressed her forehead and sneered: "Afraid? I thought you were going to start giving eye drops to the new couple right now."
"I do think so, but is this interesting?" Yun Fenghuang didn't take it seriously. She did have plans to give eye drops to the newcomers who still don't know their names. After all, for Chunjia, the one in front of her is She is the concubine he likes, but the new bride is a marriage partner who has not yet entered into a marriage, so there is no need to say who he favors in his heart.
So Yun Fenghuang keeps fearing the latter, how can Chunjia not be preemptive and get tired of falling in love with those new lovers who have not yet entered the palace
However, she didn't take it seriously when her purpose was seen through, and continued on her own, "Whether His Majesty likes them or not, for the sake of the country, the country, and the people of the world, they must be accepted. And they must be given high positions and given Palace power, the kind of honor and pampering... No matter how much I say bad things about them, in summary, it is nothing more than envy, jealousy and hatred."
"After all, if I have a family background like theirs to rely on, why should I be so trembling on thin ice that even though I know that the Sacred Heart is in me, I still can't help but worry about the situation of Xuanqing Palace in the coming year?"
Chunjia glanced at her and said sarcastically: "I really can't see why you are so cautious and cautious."
Yun Fenghuang sighed: "I have only been in the palace for a short period of time, and the people under my control have not yet completely returned to my heart. The more unstable my position is, the less I dare to show it. Otherwise, I am afraid that I will fall faster. Therefore, even if I pretend, I will not show it." You have to pretend as if nothing happened... Your Majesty, you said that, right?"
"All you talk about is just to get official positions and power for the Xie family's children." Chunjia said quietly, "You think I can't see it?"
"But those brothers of my concubine are not unworthy of their position." Yun Fenghuang also said quietly, "Who you praise is not a compliment. By promoting them, you can kill two birds with one stone, isn't it good? I know that this little trick can't be hidden. In fact, you don’t intend to hide it. After all, I always feel that based on your feelings towards me, you won’t care about this with me.”
Chunjia mumbled, "You always have various reasons to make excuses."
He ignored Yun Fenghuang's muttered words that he had not quibbled with, and said sarcastically, "It's just that you trust Mr. Xie so much, why did you come to the Imperial Capital alone and live under someone else's roof in the first place?"
Mr. Xie is your blood relative, but when Xie Fengnuo's affair was a storm in the city, didn't you treat you as an abandoned son and send you to the imperial capital from afar
But you would rather trust and rely on them than on me
At least when they were assassinated on the way to Qishan Palace together, he clearly insisted on taking her with him because he was worried about her, but he never stood by and watched when she was in danger, and even fell off a cliff to save her.
Chunjia believed that she should not be distrusted by the real concubine.
"..." After hearing the meaning of the emperor's words, Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, and then whispered, "But in life, ordinary people like me always want to grasp something, so that they can feel at ease. "
Chunjia said solemnly: "You can catch me."
He said, holding her hand that was still holding his sleeve with his backhand.
Yun Fenghuang let him hold his hand and said calmly: "Yes, I can hold you, and you are even willing to let me hold you. But the gap between me and you is too great, so you have to bend down and get me." You can only reach it by standing on tiptoes or even jumping up. So these days, Your Majesty has actually suffered a lot of grievances for me, but what about me? But I still feel very tired... Your Majesty, if I stand a little higher, maybe I can I only need to raise my hand to pull the hem of your clothes, and you don’t need to bend down as deeply as before, right?”
Chunjia was speechless for a while, and after a long time she said with emotion: "You have already mentioned this, how can I still refuse to agree?"
Seeing Yun Fenghuang's faint smile, he couldn't help but say, "It's just that if Mr. Xie is not useful enough, or does something bad..."
"If this is the case, it means that their blessings are shallow and they cannot afford it." Yun Fenghuang said immediately, "In this case, I don't dare to force it!"
She has stricter requirements on her natal family than the emperor - after all, if these people don't do good things, or if they mess up big things, they will most likely affect her reputation in the government and the public!
When it comes to issues involving his own interests, Yun Fenghuang doesn't care about his close relatives or not.
Everyone who stands in her way is an enemy!
Seeing her resolute attitude, Chunjia felt relieved. Just as Yun Fenghuang was always afraid that he would turn his back on her in the future, he also doubted that Yun Fenghuang was speaking nicely now. He was really waiting for something to happen to her family members to deal with it. , maybe he cried, made trouble, and hung himself to plead for mercy.
With the concubine's skills and eloquence, he doubted whether he would be able to hold on when the time came.
While he was doubting, Yun Fenghuang leaned over and said with a smile: "Well, now that we have finished talking about business, Your Majesty, how about we all come to Huanhua Hall today? I am the first to ask you, I am my concubine. Say, you are busy, and you will come over every day when you are done."
"..." Chunjia was silent for a while, and then became angry, "Then you still pack her things to send her out of the palace?!"
"Did Xie Hengyu come over just now to tell me what he said to me?!"
"You are so scheming, why do you ask me what to do? Can't you just make the decision yourself?!"
"Why am I stooping down and you stepping in... You made it up to fool me!!!"
"I don't believe you anymore!!!"
Yun Fenghuang: "..."
Why can’t I remember the lesson I happily let slip in front of my mother? !
Why!