Xie Meng tilted his head and said, "Because Concubine Xuan will definitely complain, how can we stop my aunt from going to His Majesty?"
The voice lowered, "That's it... that's it..."
"I just hope that my aunt will be more educated, sensible, and well-behaved when she meets His Majesty, right?" Yun Fenghuang nodded her forehead and asked with a sneer.
Xie Meng probed: "Isn't this... wrong?"
"When you first entered the palace, your mother told the person who picked you up that your tooth would hurt if you ate too many pastries and candies. Therefore, when you came into the palace, I allowed you to eat two pieces of candy a day." Yun Fenghuang sat down slightly. He straightened up and looked at her with a smile, "One day, His Majesty came over and asked you to eat an extra piece in his excitement, and you were very happy. Later, the imperial doctor saw your tooth and it no longer hurt. The palace servants around you couldn't help but pester you. I promised you to eat four pieces of candy a day... which is more than the day your Majesty promised you to eat. But when I saw you eating those four pieces of candy, you were naturally very happy, but you didn't feel particularly happy every day? "
"... Uh." Xie Meng is the oldest girl of the fourth generation of the Xie family. Both the Jiang family and the little Chen family value her very much. From the time she can speak, she has explained how she behaves. .
Therefore, although he is only seven years old, he is unusually ignorant. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "My aunt means that if you are always well-educated, sensible and well-behaved in front of His Majesty, as time goes by, His Majesty will I’m used to your gentleness and obedience, so if Concubine Xuan comes to trouble you again, you won’t be able to say anything?”
Seeing Yun Fenghuang nod slightly, she frowned and whispered, "But, my aunt goes to seek His Majesty's decision again and again, and just pays it back once or twice. If the number of times is too many, isn't it just like what you just taught me? Are you following in the footsteps of Mother Yuan?"
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "Silly boy, what do you think is wrong that put Yuan Yuniang in the situation she is in today?"
Xie Meng felt that this was simply a test question: "You are unruly and willful, arrogant and ignorant, and destroy the Great Wall yourself. Well, you deserve it?"
"That's right and wrong." Yun Fenghuang stroked the top of her hair and chuckled, "It is said that this person has developed such a personality since he was a child. Why did he wait until now to see himself down? So in the final analysis, it's wrong. The problem is not her temperament, but that she cannot see the situation clearly."
"Your Majesty is no longer the same Majesty as before, but Ms. Yuan is still the same as before." Xie Meng pondered for a while and asked tentatively.
Yun Fenghuang smiled and touched her forehead: "That's exactly the truth. She was deliberately raised crooked, but her inner qualifications are to be able to dominate places like Fuyang County. In the end, she met her true destiny. Emperor, when you come to the Imperial Capital, if your virtue is not worthy of your place, won’t there be no good results?”
Xie Meng still didn't understand: "But aunt, you..."
Aren’t you about the same now
Before, your fiancé was Qi Jiulu, a childhood sweetheart of the same family, who would let you do whatever you wanted without losing your temper. But now your uncle is the emperor. There is a huge gap in family backgrounds, and there is no long-term friendship. The emperor's favor now, 80% of it is a young and beautiful new love - but you still look like you can't bear the consequences and can't bear the grievances. Is that okay
When she said this, she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself: Little Miss, the maidservants teach you to give advice just to remind the master, not to let you, Tong Yanwuji, think and say whatever you want!
This was what my niece said when she was still young. Not only was Yun Fenghuang not angry, but he had the patience to break her apart and teach her through words and deeds: "Is my aunt really the same as Yuan Yuniang? Think about it carefully, Yuan Yuniang's background The Yuan family of Fuyang is a family that is much higher than our Xie family. The previous generation gave birth to a princess, and now she has become the queen mother. But she accompanied His Majesty from Fuyang to the imperial capital for eight years, Fuyang In addition to receiving the title of Prince Xingning because of the Empress Dowager Yuan, the Yuan family also had only one Yuan Ke as the emperor's companion. Besides, what kind of benefits did they not seek in the temple?"
Xie Meng was stunned and said: "But the emperor at that time..."
"The emperor was in a bad situation at that time and could not show favor to his direct uncle's family." Yun Fenghuang nodded, "However, Yuan Yuniang had always hoped that the emperor would one day have the power to dominate the world, and he would be the mother of the world by supporting her! So why did she do this? Are you ready?"
Seeing Xie Meng in a daze, he knew that his niece was still young after all, so she might not be able to understand it at this level.
But it doesn’t matter, she taught first, how much she can understand thoroughly, her nieces are still young, and they will gradually understand in the future, "She expected the emperor to have the power to dominate the world, but she did nothing and just felt sorry for herself. , just making trouble unreasonably, but thinking that after the emperor took charge, he would appoint her as his queen without any complaints, and would coax her to obey her in everything... Meng'er, you think this is true in the world? Yes, it is really like this in the history books The beloved concubine is blessed with good fortune, but how many posthumous titles are good for the monarch they stand for? With no talent, no virtue, and no family background, one side hopes that the emperor will be a wise king in the previous dynasty, wise, martial, courageous and resolute; When the emperor returns to the harem, he becomes a foolish king in front of her. He would rather betray the world than betray her... I don't even dare to write this in the storybook!"
"The beloved concubine in the storybook is somehow virtuous, virtuous, and extremely beautiful!"
Yun Fenghuang sighed and asked his niece, "If you were Yuan Niang, tell me, what would you do?"
Xie Meng was at a loss for a moment and asked uncertainly: "Then... support your mother's family?"
"What method of support?" Yun Fenghuang picked her up, sat on his knees, stared into her eyes, and asked, "You just said that the emperor was in a bad situation at the time and had too much time to take care of himself. How could he help uncle En? Home?"
Xie Meng hesitated for a long time and then gave up: "Then, aunt, what should we do?"
"... Of course, let the children of the Yuan family study if they can read, do business if they can do business, and learn martial arts if they can learn martial arts... In short, we should keep a close eye on them and not allow them to be decadent and dissolute. How can they make progress!" Yun Fenghuang hated that iron cannot become steel, "Yes. Kong Zai tried every means to manage the imperial title. In this way, the emperor succeeded in his own administration. Isn't this a ready-made talent for him to drive?! In this way, the Yuan family did not have to ask the emperor for promotion through the harem. The emperor himself had to thank his uncle's family for their support and enrich his wings. Is that true?"
"If the emperor fails to govern personally and has a reputation as a virtuous and filial descendant, Ji will be more scrupulous about his actions... Eight years! A full eight years! Yuan Yuniang wasted it like this!"
She sneered, "Do you believe it or not, if the Yuan family is really full of virtuous people, they are the talents that Your Majesty is in urgent need of now. Even if Yuan Niang did that, Your Majesty would definitely not abandon her in Huzhu Palace and let her fend for herself and ignore her?" "
Pinching Xie Meng's cheek, Yun Fenghuang sighed, "Remember, it doesn't matter whether you are unruly or unreasonable. The key is whether you have the ability to make people have to tolerate your unruly and willful behavior. You are making trouble unreasonably, and you even have to go against your conscience, thinking that you are innocent, pure and cute like this!"
"Empress!" Qingren Qingdu couldn't bear it anymore and had to dissuade him. "You teach the young lady like this... this...?"
I always felt that I had to teach a little master who was even more troublesome than when Yun Fenghuang was a child. At that time, Yun Fenghuang unilaterally competed with Xie Fenghuan for favor. Although he was always suppressed by the Jiang family, as a close servant of the Jiang family, at that time, Qingdu, a native of the Qing Dynasty who was still a little maid, was also getting headaches and going crazy looking at Jiang's back.
She was really her biological daughter, and there was nothing Jiang could do. If it were anyone else, she would have been killed by her long ago...
Still suffering from that
The result is now good. When the aunt has grown up and entered the palace, she seems to be more sensible than when she was a child, but she still teaches her niece like this. This... Although Xiao Chen is not their master, for Xie's fourth wife, she can still do it in the future. As the harmony continued, Qingren Qingdu felt that he had to speak out.
However, Xie Meng's curiosity had been aroused by Yun Fenghuang, and he followed his aunt's ideas with great interest: "So, my aunt entered the palace at the beginning of last year, and soon started to promote the family, and even obtained a favor for Uncle Twenty-One. Lord’s opportunity... just so that you can continue to be unruly, willful and unreasonable?"
She asked in confusion, "But... but the princess has not descended yet, and even if she descends, I, Mrs. Xie, will not be able to make my aunt rude in front of His Majesty?"
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "You have this understanding, which shows that I have not delayed you in the palace these days."
She pondered for a moment and then said slowly, "Everything in the world is unpredictable. At your age, I don't want to say too bleak words to you, so as not to hinder you when you get to the age of discussing marriage. In other words, Your Majesty is very happy now. If you are willing to pamper me, you must be able to feel it since you have been living with me these past few months."
"But even now, when His Majesty has no intention of favoring Concubine Xuan and the others, I still have to restrain my hands."
"If some time passes, Concubine Xuan and the others will gain His Majesty's pity. Or maybe they will give birth to His Majesty's heirs with noble blood..."
Yun Fenghuang sneered, "At that time, the emperor's favor was not enough to rely on, virtue was not enough to be praised, and pure filial piety was not enough... The only thing that can protect you and my nephew from being bullied in this palace is profit."
She tilted her head slightly, and the candlelight shone on her smooth and fair skin, like porcelain with sweet white glaze. It was full and moist with a hint of coldness. Her red lips opened and closed, making her white teeth and white skin even more obvious. "But Your Majesty is the emperor, what do you say?" What kind of benefits can make him tempted to the point of abusing himself to tolerate me? I can't do this alone, we have to work together, right?"
Xie Meng was confused: "Yes. But..."
"So I must not give in at this moment." Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes and said softly, "The first step is to give in, and the second step is to follow - your twenty-first uncle is about to become the master, and your father and uncles are about to enter the officialdom. , now that the bones are set, what will happen if I pretend to be virtuous? Does Your Majesty ask me to be compassionate when they are suppressed and unfairly suppressed, or does the Queen Mother ask me to be patient when their careers are not going well? "
"Yes, if I have to suppress Concubine Xuan and those people very hard at this moment, I will lose the conversation, and it will also consume His Majesty's affection for me."
"But so what?"
"These feelings have not been accumulated for several months. I don't have to wait for Xie's official career now. Who knows what will happen in the future? Has His Majesty forgotten me, or has His Majesty not forgotten me but because of For this or that reason, do you regret giving up on me?"
"On the other hand, your father and the others are my brothers. I know they are not the kind of people who cannot be helped."
"As long as they become the climate, they will become His Majesty's indispensable help."
"Then what if I exhaust all my imperial favor?"
"A wise king like your Majesty will not care about pampering his right-hand sisters just to show off to his right-hand man - just like your Majesty just told me, he can't be too disrespectful to Concubine Xuan's father and brother!"
"This is a long-term solution, and it is also the guarantee that I will have a good death in the future!"
... After a while, he sent Xie Meng away to continue doing his homework. Qingren said with concern: "My dear, the young lady is only seven years old. You teach her like this, right...?"
"Isn't that how you should be taught?" Yun Fenghuang sneered, got up from the dressing table, walked to the window, overlooked the scenery in the courtyard, and said lightly, "The Xie family has begun to enter the officialdom, and all the children have become the master. Can the marriage of this generation be the same as in the Northland? Although we also pay attention to being well-matched, as long as the difference is not too great, we will always choose the one we like? "
She said coldly, "With Meng'er's age and seniority, she is bound to get married. If I don't teach you a little bit now, should I make her Yuan Yuniang or Yunshuang plump in the future?"
Qingren didn't know what to say for a moment: "Your Majesty..."
"Go down." Yun Fenghuang ordered without giving her a chance to speak further, "His Majesty should be coming over later, please let the small kitchen prepare."
Qingren bit his lip, hesitated for a moment, and finally bowed and went.
However, when it was time to light the lanterns that day, Chunjia, who had just promised to come over in Taichu Palace, was still missing.