Empress Ji brought the second concubine back to Chongchang Palace, ordered someone to make tea, then waved away and said calmly: "Okay, there are no outsiders here at the moment. If you have anything to say, just say it. What's going on?" ?”
Concubine Xuan asked in confusion: "Empress?"
"I have been sick from time to time since last year, and I have not even been able to attend a palace banquet." Empress Ji said in a cold tone. Most of the palace affairs depend on the true concubine. Recently, Concubine Xuan, you and Concubine Rui have also been added. What kind of conflict are you two having right now that you need me to make the decision? "
"Originally I didn't dare to disturb the empress, but Sister Zhenfei insisted that only the empress can make the decision in this matter." Concubine Xuan glanced at Yun Fenghuang and hummed, "I can't help it, so please forgive me."
Empress Ji frowned slightly. Compared to Concubine Xuan who had just entered the palace, there was no doubt that she was more wary of Concubine Zhen, who knew each other better: "Concubine Zhen, what do you mean? Do you know what will happen if you do this and let others see it? think?"
"Your Majesty, I and Concubine Xuan are both concubines. If there is a dispute between the concubines, no one can convince the other. If you don't ask your concubine, the queen, to make a decision, who else will you ask?" Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "You can't. Why? Should Your Majesty put aside government affairs to worry about such a small matter, or should you disturb the Queen Mother?"
Empress Ji said coldly: "I'm afraid I can't give you the verdict you want, true concubine."
Yun Fenghuang looked at her and smiled slightly: "How is this possible? Your Majesty is the Lord of the Sixth Palace, and your mother is the master of the world. Is there anything else in this harem that you can't give?"
"This." Queen Ji's lips curled up slightly, but there was no smile in her eyes. "Do you believe it yourself?"
The concubines looked at each other for a moment, and Yun Fenghuang also smiled: "I don't believe it, but you have been in this concubine for a day, and I am not the same person as me. Do you have to say so?"
Queen Ji muttered: "What if you tell the truth?"
"The civet cat attacked the Huanhua Palace at night, not only disturbing me, but also the people taking care of the emperor's heir in the side hall were greatly shocked." Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes, "This is not a small matter."
Empress Ji said: "Well, this matter is indeed quite bad. Murdering the concubine and disturbing the emperor's heir. Especially the emperor's heir. At this moment, your majesty has only a son and a daughter, and they are so valuable."
"Yes, the emperor's heir is precious, especially when His Majesty only has a son and a daughter, it is even more precious." Yun Fenghuang smiled softly, "Even if I am willing to risk myself, I am in love with you. Li, can you still risk the emperor's heir? Don't forget that the little prince is the child in the name of Sister Shu, the direct grandson of the legal system of Duke Yi. To put it bluntly, this child is more important to me than Concubine Shu. Little princess, you still have to tolerate no mistakes, don’t you?”
Because although the little princess is Yun Fenghuang's own heir, not to mention that the royal princess is naturally not as important as the prince, it is said that the little prince can help Yun Fenghuang to get the help of Yiguo Duke's Mansion, but the little princess does not This benefit.
"..." Queen Ji frowned, and Concubine Xuan also looked surprised.
After a while, the queen said: "Is it true that you didn't do this?"
"No." Yun Fenghuang glanced at Concubine Xuan and chuckled, "Otherwise, those many civet cats were sent to Yanlan Palace last night, and Concubine Xuan was busy there, angry, hateful, and afraid of plotting. Yes, I have already breathed a sigh of relief...Why don't you have a good sleep at night and bother Your Majesty? Isn't this just to make the Queen Mother unhappy?"
He added, "Furthermore, you, my concubine, know about the wonderful things about Jieyu's dowry. When the civet cats roamed the six palaces, only my Huanqing palace had a special place to keep them. I was afraid that they would be raised again." Something like this. I myself don’t allow civet cats to get close to me. How could I do this?”
This is true.
Empress Ji knew that her direct aunt's practice of keeping civet cats in the Sixth Palace to control snakes and rats was met with praise and criticism among the Sixth Palace.
After all, some people like civet cats and others hate them.
Although Yun Fenghuang is not the kind of person who gets annoyed when he sees her, this concubine is very vigilant.
Ever since she learned about Miaocai's fate, she basically did not allow any civet cats to appear in her sight, which fundamentally eliminated the possibility of someone using this method to murder her. The queen knew that there was a certain reason for this, and it was because of Miaocai. He was with Hee Kyung when he was attacked by the civet cat.
And Xijing was the personal attendant assigned to Yun Fenghuang by Empress Ji.
Xijing could let Miao Cai die under the claws of a civet cat. Who knows if one day he gets orders from Yanfu Palace and will do the same to Yun Fenghuang? Even if Xijing disappeared in Wannian County last year, there is no one around the queen - so the safest thing is to simply not allow the civet cats to run around in the Xuanqing Palace.
Given these facts, it is not unreasonable that Yun Fenghuang is unwilling to risk his life on the civet cat matter...
Queen Ji thought deeply and said, "Then who do you suspect?"
He glanced at Concubine Xuan who was eager to speak, "It's not her."
"I also know that Concubine Xuan is not capable of this." Yun Fenghuang said calmly without looking at Luo Hanyi, "My concubine's palace people started investigating last night. So far, no problem has been found..."
At this point, she paused for a moment before continuing, "Mother, what do you think?"
"The current attendants around you are all the sons of the family that Xie sent to the palace. All the members of the family work under your biological mother." Empress Ji took a sip of tea and said calmly, "It has only been half a year since I entered the palace. Even if there are people Private bribes, friendships passed down for generations, and the lives of a whole family are not so easy to betray. Therefore, it is unlikely that they will have problems. If it is not their problem, then 80% of the problem lies outside the palace... Yesterday, it was announced Concubine, have you been to your place? No one else?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Yes, there is no one else."
"Empress!" Concubine Xuan was anxious.
Empress Ji did not look at her this time, and said thoughtfully: "Concubine Xuan would not do such a thing. The Luo family is a famous family, and the people below also have rules, and they should not make their own decisions... In this way, the problem is, On the palace servants of Yanlan Palace?"
"Empress?!" Concubine Xuan called out again, but she was anxious before, but now she was surprised.
Yun Fenghuang said: "I have never had a hand in Zheng's disposal, but I don't know about it."
Queen Ji was silent.
Yun Fenghuang didn't say anything either.
Concubine Xuan looked at this and that, wanting to say something, but she thought about it carefully, bit her lower lip, but remained silent.
After a long while, Queen Ji slowly spoke: "Princess Jinyun used to love playing with you. You should take good care of her marriage."
"Yes." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "But after all, there is a difference between direct descendants and concubines."
Empress Ji said "Yes" and said, "You all go down, I will take a rest for a while."
Concubine Xuan looked at Yun Fenghuang subconsciously.
After Yun Fenghuang stood up and bowed to leave, he hurriedly followed suit.
After leaving Yanfu Palace, before Yun Fenghuang got on the chariot, she walked up quickly and asked in a low voice, "Why?"
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang ignored him, he simply grabbed her sleeve and asked, "Why do you want to help me?"
Although Empress Ji and Yun Fenghuang spoke clearly just now, the few words they said were enough for Concubine Xuan to understand that this time the civet cat's night attack on the Huanhua Palace would definitely fall on the head of the Zheng family who had been banished to the cold palace. On.
There is no grudge between Concubine Xuan and Zheng Sangchu, but the Yanlan Palace where she lives now is the place where Zheng Sangchu has lived for eight years - although all the attendants who served Zheng Sangchu were kicked out to the cold palace with her, However, among the many palace servants still staying in Yanlan Palace, are there not a few of Zheng Sangchu's confidants
This is unlikely.
However, when Concubine Xuan first entered the palace, she was in a high position and held great power. The more she was like this, the harder it was to make a big move. Even if she wanted to clean everything up and down, it was not easy to do so without any reason.
Then we can only be cautious. If these people do something bad one day, how can she, the current leader, not be affected
Can she be happy in her heart
impossible.
The result is like this, if Zheng Sangchu is found guilty of instigating Yanlan Palace people to take advantage of Concubine Xuan's visit to Huanhua Palace to murder the true concubine and the emperor's heir... Let alone Zheng Sangchu's ending, Concubine Xuan can definitely kill Yanlan The palace was cleaned.
Originally, she couldn't do this for the time being, but if she wanted to do it in the future, she would have to do it slowly.
Now because Yun Fenghuang negotiated with Empress Ji, she got an advantage... Concubine Xuan really couldn't figure it out, why did Yun Fenghuang do this
After all, this concubine is young and has just entered the palace. Although she has a lot of wealth due to Luo's upbringing, she still retains a bit of innocence for her age.
On impulse, I asked directly.
"Help you?" Yun Fenghuang looked at the sleeve that was pulled by her, frowned slightly, and sneered, "I am not helping you, but I am helping myself."
Concubine Xuan was puzzled and said: "Although Mrs. Zheng once framed you, she has been thrown into the cold palace. Although there has been no further treatment so far, for her background and status, she is suffering in the cold palace like this." , I'm afraid it will be more painful than killing her... Why do you have to go through such a roundabout way to deal with her? Furthermore, if you want to deal with her now, do you need to go through the Queen's hands? "
Yun Fenghuang could have privately hinted at the subordinates to do something for Leng Gong. Although Zheng's backer, the General Hussar, had not yet fallen, the county magistrate was not as good as the current one. Inside the palace, Zheng's downfall was enough for the real concubine to play tricks on her. .
In that case, it would still be difficult for Concubine Xuan to make a big move against Yanlan Palace - in Concubine Xuan's perception, Yun Fenghuang's move seemed to be aimed at herself, but the result was beneficial to her.
This is really not in line with what the family knew about the real concubine before she entered the palace by helping to collect information.
The true concubine is not easy to mess with, the true concubine is stingy, the true concubine is scheming, the true concubine is ruthless... Concubine Xuan took stock of the advice of the elders in the family, and then looked at Yun Fenghuang in front of her. Although she didn't think she was actually a good person, she was a little unsure about this person. What are you planning on
"It seems that Chunjia blocked the news in time." Yun Fenghuang looked at her and thought to himself, "Luo doesn't know the real reason why Zheng was thrown into the cold palace."
Zheng Shangchu knew about her private meeting with Qi Jiulu in the palace. How could Yun Fenghuang spare her life? But firstly, there were too many things to do, and secondly, he was afraid of letting this person die too quickly. There is a suspicion of murder and silence in front of Chunjia.
That's why I have endured it calmly until now.
Yun Fenghuang had been thinking about killing this man for a long time.
The most important thing is that Chunjia actually married Princess Jinyun to Zheng Fengfen!
Combined with the fact that Zheng Chang and Chu people have never been able to reach a conclusion in the cold palace, can Yun Fenghuang not worry that one day her secret meeting with a foreign man in the palace will be revealed again
Therefore, I took this opportunity to give Zheng Sangchu a ride with the help of the Queen and Concubine Xuan.
Of course it would be best if the gift is successful, but if not... that's okay, at least she will have an idea.