Yun Fenghuang was slightly startled when he received the news that the second concubine asked for an audience, and then frowned.
At this time, Xie Meng happened to be playing in front of her. When he saw this, he ran over with the half-untied nine-ring chain and asked curiously: "Auntie, this second concubine has a good family background and is well received by the royal family. Now she takes the initiative to surrender, isn't it good? "
"Why do you, kid, care about this?" Yun Fenghuang smiled and touched her head. He scolded her niece for being troublesome, but he still explained to her, "The entry of the fifth concubine into the palace is an inevitable trend and cannot be stopped. It's just that they The attack was so menacing that it was very unfavorable for my aunt's position and power. In order to avoid being underwhelmed by others, she turned against them after hearing about their family background and seeing the favoritism of their loving mother, the Empress Dowager. So my aunt gave them the best treatment the day after they entered the palace. color… "
"In this case, even if the loving mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, follows her aunt to hand over the palace rights and is grounded, she should still weigh herself during the palace period and not dare to look down on Xuanqing Palace during this period!"
After all, Chunjia personally ordered the punishment of the second concubine.
At this point, she fainted, "I just didn't expect that these two are not stupid... The loving mother Queen Mother has already punished my aunt, and it is impossible to speak for them again; Your Majesty is still with us in his heart, and it is unlikely to take it back." It’s their fate. In this case, if they don’t want to be punished for half a month before sleeping, they can only come here to find aunt to admit her mistake. "
Xie Meng lay on her knees, blinking his long eyelashes: "Isn't this what aunt wants to see?"
"If they can just endure it for half a month, or they can go find someone else to ask for mercy." Yun Fenghuang sighed softly, "They really came to me to admit their mistakes, and they came so quickly. It shows that these two are either themselves Being able to keep your composure or being able to listen to the advice of those around you will not save you money!"
"Then wouldn't it be nice if Auntie didn't forgive them?" Xie Meng suggested, "If you're still angry, why don't you just beat them?"
Yun Fenghuang was amused: "It's impossible. Not to mention that even if their status is lower than that of my aunt, they are not something that my aunt can easily beat and scold. Just say that the palace examination will be held soon, and then the marriage of the princesses... This eye is setting bones. Come on, it's too late for our aunt and nephew to pretend to be virtuous and virtuous, so how can we spread rumors of being harsh on the palace concubine?"
After saying that, he ordered Qingdu, "Go and tell them that I don't take these little things to heart at all, so let them don't care either. As for meeting, there is no need. After all, Zhao is about to give birth, and she will be pregnant when she is pregnant." It was quite troublesome, and we agreed that it should be recorded in the name of Sister Shu Fei, but I seem to care more about it than the heir in my own name. I wish I could stay in front of her personally for the past two days, but I really have no time to meet the new person."
After thinking for a while, he added, "Take some things from my private treasury to reward them. Don't give them too bad things, so that they won't talk behind their backs about the fact that my concubines don't have much to offer; don't give them the best things either." , I am not from the same group as them, so there is no need to spend a lot of money."
Xie Meng watched Qingdu leave and said thoughtfully: "Auntie doesn't want to forgive them, and it's hard to beat and scold them, so why not just not meet them?"
"You still have to forgive." Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly, held her in his arms, and taught her carefully, "If His Majesty doesn't come later, my aunt will send someone over to deliver a message to Your Majesty. After all, it's not a big deal, these two Now that the concubine has made such a gesture, if my aunt still pretends to be deaf and dumb, people may accuse her of being stingy and unreasonable. This will not be good for your father and your uncle."
Xie Meng asked in confusion: "But since the results are the same, why is it like this?"
She tugged on Yun Fenghuang's sleeves, rolled her eyes, and said cheerfully, "If we let them in, maybe they can listen to some nice words? Wouldn't Auntie be happy?"
"First of all, it is indeed related to the pregnancy of the Zhao family and the Yi family. Both of them are about to give birth. They are the former emperor's heirs in the imperial palace. Whether they are born or not, many things that happen are unclear. "For example, how Zheng Sangchu didn't have a baby is still a mystery.
Yun Fenghuang said softly, "Although it is unlikely that the second concubine will take advantage of the opportunity to do anything when she first enters the palace, it is better to be cautious at a critical moment."
"Secondly, this will also facilitate my aunt's next use of the topic..."
As for how to use the topic, although Xie Meng kept asking, she just stopped laughing.
After appeasing his niece, he ordered the small kitchen to prepare some pastries that Chun Jia loved to eat, and sent them to Taichu Palace.
"I heard that Manya and Zhaoyi went to your palace to plead guilty." Chunjia was now well-informed, so she asked when they met, "Why have they been dismissed by you? Come to me when you have time."
Yun Fenghuang glanced around, the emperor nodded slightly, and many waiters filed away.
She stepped forward and held Chunjia's arm, and said with a smile: "How can they sincerely apologize to me? They don't know how much they hate me at the moment! It's just because His Majesty likes me, so they have to surrender. They act aggrievedly... That's why I can't bear to see them!"
Yun Fenghuang laughed and said, "They are all like little goblins, and they all come to compete with me for Your Majesty. Who wants to look at them? When I saw you at the Queen Mother's place during greetings, I had to bear it a little longer." They still have to go to my concubine's palace... I didn't allow them to go in, so they just let them go on the pretext that Mrs. Zhao was about to give birth."
Chunjia is no stranger to this kind of openly jealous words, because Yuan Niang did the same thing in the past.
But compared to Yuan Niang's noisy behavior, Yun Fenghuang chose the coquettish and teasing way. Chunjia felt very calm when she heard that, although she also said to her: "I know you are a jealous person. When a newcomer enters the palace, it is impossible for you not to cause trouble." ...You even say that others are monsters, I think you are the most monster in this palace, it makes me have a headache!"
Yun Fenghuang quickly rubbed his forehead and said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't care about me? Otherwise, I wouldn't have the guts to tell you the truth."
Asked him again, "Are you feeling more comfortable?"
"How can you feel comfortable just like this?" Chunjia enjoyed her attentiveness and her loud instructions, "Up, down, yes, harder! Well, harder... Is Aifei's hand so weak? If I apply more force, I won’t feel anything.”
"Your Majesty, my skills are sore." Although Yun Fenghuang is not good at bow and horse, he is probably still pampered, and his hands are not strong enough. Now he will squeeze him harder for a while according to Chunjia's request, and then Feeling a little overwhelmed, he asked, "How about I call the maid to come and serve you?"
Chunjia deliberately made things difficult: "No, I don't want a palace maid, I just want my beloved concubine to serve me."
"Your Majesty..." Yun Fenghuang was about to act coquettishly to get him to let go, but who knew that the palace door was suddenly pushed open, and an official in purple robes and jade belt strode in first, pointed his halberd at the palace, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, the emperor The study is such an important place, how can I be here with a woman in broad daylight..."
Before he finished speaking, he was shocked to see that after Dan Chi came to the imperial desk, the imperial concubine was neatly dressed and sitting and standing. Although the concubine had a part of her wrist exposed, she was clearly just massaging Chunjia's forehead and couldn't help but keep silent.
Chunjia, who was closing his eyes to enjoy the rare tenderness from his beloved concubine, heard the sound. He slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the courtiers who were stunned at the door, and raised his hand back. Yun Fenghuang put down his hand knowingly, took a step back, and stood there. behind him.
"Your Majesty!" The minister finally came to his senses and hurriedly raised his robe and prostrated himself, "I was reckless, please forgive me for being reckless!"
Chunjia didn't speak for a while, but turned his head to look at Yun Fenghuang and winked.
Yun Fenghuang regretted that he could not continue to watch, but he was still happy: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister must come to discuss state affairs with your Majesty. Please allow me to retire!"
Chunjia said "hmm".
With a thought in her mind, she chuckled and said before turning around: "If Your Majesty still feels tired, just wait until this lord leaves, and then call me to serve Your Majesty."
Before he finished speaking, the courtiers who were still prostrate on the ground were busy confessing their sins. After leaving the Taichu Palace, the accompanying Qing people curled their lips and said: "These ministers don't know how dirty they are, they actually miss your majesty and empress like that! "
Yun Fenghuang smiled delicately: "What happened today was just a coincidence, so I can't blame him entirely."
"When did the empress have such a good temper?" Qingren asked in surprise, "In the past, you must have wished that your majesty would deal with that person severely."
Yun Fenghuang: "..."
This is really the maid who watched her grow up.
She said angrily, "You are the smartest, you know everything, right?"
Qingren said with a smile: "What can I say about my cleverness in front of the empress? It's just that seeing the empress acting like this, it's obvious that what she just did was a good thing?"
"It's not a good thing or a bad thing." Yun Fenghuang glanced at the trustworthy servants around him, and then whispered, "I just feel that it's still cold today, the doors and windows of the imperial study are closed, and the ground dragon is still burning. There are also guards inside, so how could the minister be so lucky to listen in through the door?"
Eighty percent of it was calculated.
According to Yun Fenghuang, the person who plotted against him should be Chunjia...
As for why Chunjia did this, it's not hard to guess. Either she wanted to deal with that person, or she wanted to bribe that person... Anyway, she couldn't worry about the affairs of the previous dynasty now, and the current harem was enough for her to treat with caution.
Just what Yun Fenghuang was thinking, who knew that in the evening, Chunjia would go to Huanhua Hall to have dinner with her again. By the way, the courtier who mistakenly thought that the two of them were having a turbulent night in the imperial study was actually with Yun Fenghuang. Feng Huang also has some connections: he is Zhaoyi Yinxuan's biological father and the Minister of Household Affairs Yin Qu.
Well, in two days Chunjia will find a way to get rid of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who is related to the Ji family. He is the appointed Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
"The Yin family has prosperous heirs, but his bloodline is weak and he has many wives and concubines, but he only has two daughters. The eldest daughter is Zhaoyi." Chunjia explained, "Although he adopted an heir from the clan, he has two biological daughters. I also value it very much.”
This is also the reason why Empress Dowager Yuan and her son chose Yin Yuan among the many legitimate daughters of the Yin family.
Yin Qu loved his daughter very much.
Therefore, after knowing that Yin Xiang was punished just after entering the palace, he spent the past two days looking for trouble with Chun Jia.
It's just that Chunjia is not easy to fool. She has been playing Tai Chi with him. No, today she rushed Yun Fenghuang and took the initiative to go ahead. Taking advantage of the situation, she arranged for someone to lure him over and cause a "misunderstanding".
It was better now. The emperor was so diligent in his work that he felt uncomfortable, so he asked the concubine who brought food to help lay his head for a while. However, the courtier rushed in and said that... Even if Yin Qu felt grievances for his daughter, he could not continue to make trouble. On the contrary, He had to kowtow to plead guilty and beg the emperor not to argue with him.
"Your Majesty is also trying to be narrow-minded." Yun Fenghuang laughed when he heard this, and scolded Chunjia, "It's just that Your Majesty had already said that there was such a person, and I didn't mention anything about Yin Zhaoyi and the others. After all, Your Majesty is always busy enough, how can you let the harem continue Are you causing trouble? It’s okay for me to suffer a little grievance. Isn’t it because I haven’t suffered enough grievances before?”
Chunjia pointed at her: "Do you dare to tell the truth? The kind that swears by Meng'er!"
Yun Fenghuang looked at him seriously: "I am telling the truth, I swear on Meng'er!"
"..." Chunjia stared at her for a moment, his expression gradually softened, and then he laughed, "I'm just teasing you, why are you serious? I really swear by Meng'er, it's nonsense!"
"Your Majesty." Yun Fenghuang rested his chin on the table with his hands and looked at him with a smile, "Your Majesty, I am very happy."
Chunjia smiled and scolded: "I was chased and questioned by Yin Qu because of you. Of course you are happy to be enjoying yourself in the harem."
"No." Yun Fenghuang said seriously, "Because Yin Zhaoyi was wronged, and Minister Yin faced the emperor on her behalf; I was wronged personally, but my father, brother, and family had no one to rely on."
She pursed her lips and smiled, "I'm so lucky to have you as my concubine!"