"My dear, I'm just asking. In the afternoon, His Majesty finished handling the government affairs and originally planned to come to our place." Chen Zhu walked in wiping cold sweat and knelt down to report, "However, the Empress Dowager personally sent someone to invite Your Majesty to Chunwu. Dinner at the palace."
Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "But the Empress Dowager, the loving mother, has something to say to Your Majesty?"
Most likely when she went to Taichu Palace to complain, Concubine Xuan also went to Queen Mother Yuan to apply eye drops - didn't Queen Mother Yuan come to Concubine Xuan's aid and call her son to come over and beat her
But I heard Chen Zhu say: "My Lady, I haven't heard yet whether the Empress Dowager has told your Majesty anything. But tonight's dinner at Chunhuo Palace is not only the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, but also Mrs. Manya is waiting on her. .”
"She?" Yun Fenghuang was startled, asking Chen Zhu to say that Concubine Xuan was here, she wasn't surprised, but Meng Youyi? Doesn't this person seem to be very close to Chunhuang Palace? How could he be treated like a meal by Empress Dowager Yuan? Or when Chunjia went to have a meal
Chen Zhu walked forward on his knees and whispered: "It is said that Madam Manya liked cooking when she was in the boudoir. Today, she became more interested and made some dishes and cakes herself and brought them to Chunwu Palace to honor her. The empress dowager, who is a loving mother, felt better after seeing it. Your Majesty likes them all, so when I was happy, I helped to call His Majesty on board."
Yun Fenghuang sneered and said: "How can such a coincidence happen? Meng doesn't get interested early in the morning and gets interested later, but today? It must be Concubine Xuan's handiwork. She has already prepared to come to the door in person. I can’t lose my face, so I have a backup plan!”
"Your Majesty, why don't we do it too?" Chen Zhu asked tentatively, "The little prince and the little princess are still very young. I heard that the wet nurse who took care of me mentioned it two days ago. The little prince seemed to have coughed a few times..."
Jiaoruo did cough for a while in the past two days, but it was because of choking on milk. After all, everyone in the palace knew that Chunjia had few offspring, and he finally had a son and a daughter. He himself could be cold-blooded. Yun Fenghuang, an adoptive mother, There are no extra favors according to the rules, but no one dares to slack off in serving - otherwise something goes wrong, even if these two don't say anything, and the Queen Mother and any of the three Queen Mothers say something, These people and their families cannot escape the blame.
At this moment, Chen Zhu said this, obviously inciting Yun Fenghuang to use the two children as a raft and call Chunjia over again.
All the plans of Concubine Xuan and Madam Manya came to nothing!
"How can these two lowly maids have the qualifications to let my son pretend to be weak?" But Yun Fenghuang snorted coldly when he heard this, but said, "Moreover, the initiator of this must be Concubine Xuan. If I only follow Yu Doesn't it seem like Zhen Gong is afraid of the rightful master if he takes His Majesty away?"
Chen Zhu was ordered to say, "Regarding the civet cats kept in our palace, I have obtained His Majesty's oral instructions, packed them up and sent them to Yanlan Palace, and asked Concubine Xuan to take care of them. I will send someone to the palace to ask for instructions. We will deal with it after we get rid of our mother, the Empress Dowager. In this case, since Concubine Xuan has personally come to the house for this matter, of course we can’t delay it."
"Send someone to catch all the civet cats now, put them in cages and send them to Xinli Palace!"
She smiled slightly, her lips curved into a serious arc, "It doesn't matter if we can't find a strong enough cage in a hurry. Anyway, Concubine Xuan doesn't have a young heir. Concubine Xuan keeps saying she feels sorry for the little prince and the little princess. , I think she won’t mind even if these civet cats go over and cause her some trouble.”
Chen Zhu understood: "I will do it now."
So after a long while, Concubine Xuan, who was still smiling and listening to people saying: "It's probably very lively in Huanhua Palace right now, the real concubine's temperament, the people below will have to endure it." Concubine Xuan asked the palace messenger with dumbfounded eyes: "What did you say Xuanqing Palace sent?"
"My concubine, someone here said it was His Majesty's wish." The palace man said in fear, "I'm waiting outside to talk, saying that I want to go back and reply to the true concubine."
Concubine Xuan's face darkened, and when she saw this, she hurriedly advised: "Empress, it is unlikely that your Majesty will do this. Maybe the true concubine learned that your majesty is already in Yuzhen Palace, and said this deliberately, hoping that we would disturb your majesty."
"That's right, those civet cats were released under the order of the Empress Dowager, and they were kept in captivity by the True Concubine herself in the palace. They need to be disposed of now. If it's not good to go somewhere, how could they be sent to us?"
"... Now that the true concubine has asked someone to come over and say this, even if His Majesty has not said this before, she is 80% sure that after letting His Majesty know about it, he will recognize it." Concubine Xuan took a deep breath, and then sneered after a moment, "Even if it happens now I'm afraid it won't help if I go to confront His Majesty... That's all, aren't they just a few civet cats? Xuanqing Palace has been raising them for these days, why should I be afraid?!"
But having said that, she still warned, "Let the servants from outside take over and place them in the yard farthest from the main hall. Remember to check every civet cat carefully. If there are any sickly ones that look like they have no energy, , be sure to have someone from the Xuanqing Palace sign and certify it."
Otherwise, some of these civet cats will die or become ill in two days, and Yun Fenghuang will have to cause trouble again.
"After cleaning up, everyone who has come into contact is not allowed to come back to the main hall immediately. They find a secluded place to bathe and change clothes. Change all the previous clothes and shoes... Well, just burn them all! Put on brand new ones before continuing. Serve.”
He also ordered people to check inside and outside to prevent possible poisoning.
After all, when Yi Xingen and others were attacked, although Concubine Xuan did not enter the palace, given her family background, it was not impossible to find out such information.
If Yun Fenghuang wanted to use these civet cats to murder her, she would not be fooled.
After all this trouble, it would be almost midnight by the time Yanlan Palace took over all the civet cats.
Concubine Xuan didn't trust Yun Fenghuang at all, fearing that she might have some back-up plan, so she had been sitting in the main hall personally to conduct remote control. As a result, people in her palace found out that in Xuanqing Palace, Yun Fenghuang was sure that the emperor would be here today. If it's too late, I'll just freshen up and get ready, and I won't be able to sleep easily.
Could it be that the true concubine’s move was just to trouble me
Concubine Xuan yawned and thought that she couldn't be careless. Concubine Zhen's past achievements, from Yuan Yuniang to Zheng Shangchu, showed that this person was definitely not the kind of person who was willing to be merciful and merciful.
She was mentally prepared for Yun Fenghuang to have a back-up plan, and she was not surprised even if he was woken up immediately after falling asleep and reported that something had happened in the palace.
As a result, Concubine Xuan was shaken awake not long after she slept, and she heard people talking hastily about something happening.
However, it was not what happened to Yanlan Palace, but to Xuanqing Palace.
"What does the matter in Xuanqing Palace have to do with us?" Concubine Xuan was forced to work for most of the night. She just fell asleep for a short while. She was so sleepy that she asked in a daze as the palace maid hurriedly put on her clothes. , "The person who delivers things to our palace at night is Xuanqing Palace... The true concubine is also in charge of things. What is the matter that she can't handle by herself and needs to alert this palace?"
The palace maid kept moving her hands and explained quickly: "When the Xuanqing Palace sent the civet cats over, because it was night, two tortoiseshell spots crossed the wall at night and disappeared without a trace! The chamberlain in charge at that time was eager to complete the true concubine's instructions, I didn’t pay much attention to it and planned to look for it tomorrow…”
Concubine Xuan was still confused and said, "But what does this have to do with us?"
"... Those two tortoise-shell spotted turtles attacked the Huanhua Palace at night and scratched many people in the palace. They once rushed to the front of the bedroom and disturbed the True Concubine." This is not the point. The point is, "The people in front of the True Concubine were easily caught. However, some palace servants who know medicine noticed that something soaked in the juice of sage was left in the main hall, so they invited the civet cat to come."
"..." Concubine Xuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up, "Is it that object?"
The palace maid whispered: "It's just a sachet left by our palace people. It is said that it was stuffed into the carvings of the seat where you sat when you passed by during the day."
There was no need for the palace maid to continue talking. Concubine Xuan understood that this matter was troublesome: she suddenly took the initiative to visit Yun Fenghuang in the Huanhua Palace during the day and had a dispute about the civet cat. As a result, she was attacked by the civet cat there at night. Or maybe the sachet of someone from her palace was stuffed into the seat she had been sitting in... This was either her intention to murder the real concubine, or the real concubine's intention to murder her.
The key is that Chunjia prefers the true concubine!
Tonight, the emperor agreed to go to Huanhua Palace to see the true concubine. However, because of Queen Mother Yuan's interference with Meng Youyi, the emperor broke his promise to the true concubine. Now that he is in Yuzhen Palace, he is probably thinking about how to compensate Yun Fenghuang.
Concubine Xuan wanted to know if such a commotion happened again. After Chunjia found out, she would definitely do something to benefit the real concubine.
Even Concubine Xuan has the support of Empress Dowager Yuan, but the "evidence is conclusive" on Concubine Zhen's side. It is not easy for Empress Dowager Yuan to question the Concubine Zhen for murdering a concubine of the same level without any evidence. No matter how much the Empress Dowager dislikes Yun Fenghuang, she will always It also depends on Chunjia’s face.
What's more, the true concubine is still the adoptive mother of the little prince and little princess.
"This bastard!" After thinking about this, even though Concubine Xuan had always had a palace, her chest heaved violently with anger, and she said in a hateful voice, "Sure enough, the things coming out of the small door are not allowed to be put on the table, she can play these dirty tricks. Private means!"
"Empress, what should we do now?" Wet nurse Yin Shi walked in and said in a deep voice, "After the true concubine 'discovered' the sachet of Xiangchu juice, she directly sent someone to Yuzhen Palace to inform His Majesty, and Your Majesty has already arrived in Huanhua In the palace, the true concubine is being comforted... A servant has already come to summon you to confront her. With the true concubine's ruthlessness, if one of you is not good, I'm afraid... "
Concubine Xuan pursed her lips. She was similar to Yun Fenghuang in that they both had very bright and pretty looks. At this moment, she was silent and her face was frosty, but her face was cold and stern.
After a moment, she snorted coldly and said: "It doesn't matter, those who are purified will purify themselves. I don't believe that Your Majesty can do anything to me because of such a trivial matter... Let's go and follow me to Huanhua Palace. I still want to face you in person." Ask the true concubine, who is already a mother-concubine after all, why is she still so inconsiderate? She knows that His Majesty will go to court tomorrow, and it is so late, but she wants to alert the Holy Master. Is there a master of the first palace? As virtuous and considerate as you should be?!”
However, Yun Fenghuang had already prepared. Concubine Xuan rushed to the Huanhua Palace and was listening to her snuggled in Chun Jia's arms, crying with runny nose and tears: "... Fortunately, Your Majesty takes pity on me and the two imperial heirs, and allowed me to I sent those civet cats to the Yanlan Palace for foster care. If I hadn't been free tonight, and all the people were holding lamps, I would have sent the civet cats there, but two of them accidentally got away. It was late at night, and those few Ten civet cats have come to the main hall, and with so few people here, I am completely defenseless, how can I stop them?!"
"When the time comes, it won't be a big deal for me to follow in the footsteps of Miao Cai and others, but how old are the little prince and princess? How can I let them go even if I'm under the Nine Springs? And Meng'er is still in the palace..."
"Your Majesty, I know that I have always been impatient, and I often offend my sisters in the palace without even realizing it. But what did the little prince and the little princess do wrong? What did my niece do wrong?!"
"When the person behind the scenes carried out such a vicious attack, did they ever consider these three innocent children?!"
"It's still her purpose. It was originally these three, no, it was for the little prince and the little princess?!"
"After all, the biological mothers of the little prince and the little princess are concubines and are not qualified to raise the emperor's heirs personally. If something happens to me, your majesty or the empress dowager, who is a loving mother, will naturally choose another mother for them."
"Although the little prince is the heir of Sister Shufei, according to the distance and distance, Qingman should raise him without me, but Qingman is pregnant now and has too much time to take care of himself. Furthermore, her status is lower than that of Sister Shufei and also lower than concubine. body… "
"Think of it this way, once I lose my identity, the little prince and the little princess will inevitably end up..."
"Sister Zhenfei!" Concubine Xuan below still maintained her demeanor as the legitimate daughter of a famous family. She only frowned slightly when she heard that she was tired of Chunjia's coquettishness and misery. After hearing this, she couldn't bear it anymore and said, "You want to frame me?" Just tell me that the palace is trying to harm you. Why go around in circles like this?! It would be too naive to just call my sister 'True': Just based on a sachet, how can you say that I am harming you? How could I know that my sister is not from the palace? I picked up something, and the thief shouted, “Catch the thief?!”
Yun Fenghuang just ignored it and sobbed gently, but quietly pinched Chun Jia under his hand.