Yun Fenghuang looked gloomy for a moment, and then sneered: "Is the Queen confused? The Xie and Qi families did agree on a marriage in the early years, but not to mention that the marriage was canceled long ago, and I don't even have a surname anymore. Thank you, what does the life and death of the Qi family have to do with me?"
"There is no third person here, so why are you acting so coquettishly?" Empress Ji said happily, "You have forgotten that time at Chunban Villa..."
She said this very slowly, giving Yun Fenghuang enough opportunity to interrupt, but Yun Fenghuang just looked at her with a mocking expression.
Empress Ji didn't finish her words. She just looked at her coldly for a while and then laughed softly, "Qi Jiulu, you didn't lose unjustly! A cruel Qingmei like you deserves to be like His Majesty, who is hot on the outside and cold on the inside. The bamboo horses make a pair. Although it is a pity for Yuan Yuniang to take matters into her own hands, it is really aggrieved for a pure person like Qi Jiulu to grow up with your childhood sweetheart."
Yun Fenghuang smiled nonchalantly: "So the Empress likes the kind of Qi's son? Then how about the empress granting me some benefits, and I can help you matchmaking? Although the empress is a little older than Qi's son, but she is more expensive. She is the middle palace, and she is the direct daughter of the Ji family, so I don’t think the Qi family will mind a kiss."
"If I am really satisfied with the benefits given by the empress, I can also help you get rid of Qi Shizi's current wives. How about letting him become your only forbidden concubine?"
"..." A flash of rage flashed across Queen Ji's face, her nails dug into her palms, her gaze was like a torch. After a moment, she said in a cold voice, "I have looked at you these days and thought you were unwilling to leave with Qi Jiulu. You were greedy for glory and wealth. I have some affection for His Majesty. As a result, you betrayed Qi Jiulu on the one hand, and on the other hand, you persuaded this palace, Hongxing, to have an affair... It seems that the only thing you are attracted to is a powerful position. In the past, in the north, you chose The most famous son of the Qi family in the North, when he came to the Imperial Capital, he hooked His Majesty and never let go!"
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "What the empress said, although you are His Majesty's middle palace, His Majesty has only boredom and no sympathy for you. Do you think His Majesty will care about your affair? To put it bluntly, If you are really having an affair with your foreigner, no matter how angry your Majesty may appear on the scene, it will be too late to be happy in your heart - because there is reason to take care of you and the Ji family behind you!"
"So why do I have no affection for His Majesty when I do this? I am doing this all for Your Majesty's sake!"
She Shi Shiran said, "As for Mr. Qi, my empress, I will tell you the truth. Don't waste your time making an issue with him. Not to mention that the matter between me and him has long been over. Both parties have already gone their separate ways." Isn't it interesting to talk about old sesame seeds and rotten millet in marriage?"
"Let's just say that I am now a true concubine, in charge of the palace, and I have the actual eldest son and daughter of the emperor under my knees. I am arrogant in the palace and win the favor of everyone; outside the palace, my blood relative Xie has become an official. The Shangzhu who has become an official and the Shangzhu, and even Rang'er has taken over the Yiguo Duke's mansion. Although they are not so reliable, generally speaking, they have to stand by my concubine... "
"In such a great situation, I would like to ask my Majesty, do you think I will destroy my future for Qi Jiulu?"
Queen Ji said nothing.
In this case, most people will indeed give up.
But the problem is, it's not as straightforward as Yun Fenghuang.
After all, they grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Didn’t Qi Jiulu do enough things and fight for her
That's what Da Bu'ai did to punish the Nine Tribes - Yun Fenghuang didn't show any emotion or guilt at all
The queen frowned slightly, not because she despised the concubine, but because she felt that things were getting difficult.
Indeed, ever since it came out that Empress Dowager Yuan used the Full Moon Banquet to suppress Yun Fenghuang, the Central Palace has been paying close attention to the progress of the matter. When she discovered that Yun Fenghuang turned around to seek compensation from Chunjia, Empress Ji decided to use The beloved concubine's resentment towards her loving mother, the Empress Dowager, worked to bring the Empress Dowager and her mother, the Empress Dowager, back to the palace.
But the problem is that although Yun Fenghuang is definitely resentful of his loving mother, the Empress Dowager, he does not necessarily want to help the Ji family.
So Empress Ji used the Qi Jiulu card, thinking that even if she couldn't make the true concubine obey her every word, she could still gain the upper hand.
As a result, the mistress was indifferent, as if she and Qi Jiulu had never been together before, and had even turned against each other long ago. She could even say what she wanted to do to bring the queen and Qi Jiulu together, so how could she expect this move to be of any use to her
"You have great plans, but the loving mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, doesn't like you." Realizing that her original plan was useless, Empress Ji calmed down, changed her tone, and said earnestly, "She was born in the Yuan family of Fuyang, although she is not as good as me. The family lintel of the Ji family is much higher than the Xie family where you were born. It happened that Concubine Shu went there before, and there was no one available in the Sixth Palace. She just resigned and stayed with you for a while, but now the Luo family and the others have entered How can she continue to promote you after you leave the palace?"
The queen said, "Besides, there is still a grudge between you and Yuan Niang... Even if you endure it this time, there will be another time and another time. Now the only royal heir in the palace is raised under your knees, and she still openly borrows money from her. The full moon banquet will give you a face, and when the emperor has more heirs in the future, you can just watch her treat the emperor's heirs in other palaces as her heart and ignore the emperor's heirs under your knees."
"She is the one who raised His Majesty single-handedly. The relationship between her and His Majesty is not even as good as that of the Queen Mother."
"Even if someone like me understands that His Majesty still likes you, what will the former government think?"
"At that time, the princess under your knees will be fine, but how will the prince deal with himself? Even if you try every means to get the East Palace for him, you will have to worry about it for a day before you sit in that seat - after all, you never know who will take it." "If you don't like the imperial grandmother, it's unfilial, so why should you criticize her?"
"This is still far from worrying."
"As for the recent past, since the new couple entered the palace, although His Majesty has still visited you the most, the total number of visits has been less than before."
"As the Emperor, Your Majesty, the most indispensable thing is newcomers year after year. If you can enter the Luo family this year, how can you know that there will be no Zhang family or Li family next year?"
"No matter how favored your true concubine is now, no matter how powerful you are, and no matter how strong you are, how can you continue to fight year after year?"
"Even if you're not tired, don't you want to do other things?"
"Taking care of the palace, educating the emperor's heirs, consolidating your status, and suppressing dissidents. Given your background, you still have to take care of the previous dynasty... It's already very difficult. There is also a loving mother, the Queen Mother, who is always watching and causing trouble for you. Are you really sure you want to spend time with her like this?"
"She is His Majesty's most affectionate mother. If she can afford it, can you afford it?"
These words were so shocking that Empress Ji thought she was speaking from her heart and soul, but Yun Fenghuang remained unmoved at all and said, "Why do you need to be alarmist? Although I am not from a good family background, my biological cousin has already married Her Royal Highness Princess Penglai. Coupled with the relationship between the second prince and Duke Yi, even if I fall out of favor in the future, it will not be difficult for me to be honored throughout my life! But why do I need to do such perverse actions? When the time comes, I will lose everything and ruin myself and your majesty. of affection!”
"..." Queen Ji looked at her for a while, then suddenly sneered and stood up, "Then it seems that I am the one who is stirring up trouble. Since you, true concubine, have nothing on your mind... I take my leave!"
She turned around and walked out.
Yun Fenghuang didn't stop her. He waited until she reached the door and then said slowly, "I wonder how Mr. Ji Ming and Ganji are doing lately?"
Empress Ji frowned slightly, stopped, and without looking back, asked: "What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Yun Fenghuang chuckled lightly, "Mr. Ji used to be His Majesty's companion. He had access to the palace and was familiar with all the princesses. However, they were just acquaintances. There was no other relationship. Please invite the Queen. The empress is looking for an opportunity to tell Mr. Ji this. Otherwise, the wedding of the three Your Highnesses is imminent, so it would not be appropriate for something untoward to happen and interfere with the emperor's daughter's descent, right?"
"..." Queen Ji turned to look at her with a gloomy expression, and Yun Fenghuang gave her a gentle smile in return.
Looking at each other for a moment, Empress Ji said slowly: "You still have some conscience."
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "It's about the reputation of the royal family, and I can't do anything about it. As long as the queen doesn't blame me."
She thought that talking to smart people would save trouble - she seemed to be reminding the queen to take care of her brother and not to ruin Princess Jinyun's marriage. In fact, she was referring to what the queen had said before. Currently, only the Ji family can save Qi Jiulu. A tactful threat.
If anything happens to Qi Jiulu, she will kill Ji Minggan!
Even, it's not just Ji Minggan.
In short, if Ji dares to die without saving her, she will let no one save Ji!
Who asked Queen Ji to inform her of the news and tell her that Ji could save Qi Jiulu
"Dingbei Army..." The two of them reached a tacit understanding. Empress Ji returned to her seat and thought about her words. She was interrupted by Yun Fenghuang before she spoke: "Your Majesty, this is such a major military and national event. I am a female, living deep in the palace. , but don’t want to hear it. Let’s just talk about the things in the palace, right?”
Queen Ji was slightly surprised. She thought that since Yun Fenghuang was still willing to protect Qi Jiulu, she couldn't care less about why Qi Jiulu was facing a murderous crisis.
In the end, this master didn’t even want to hear it
But he didn't know that Yun Fenghuang thought that at the full moon banquet, Xiao Chen and the others also came to the palace to congratulate them, but they didn't mention Qi Jiulu's affairs at all, and most likely they didn't receive any news at all.
It can be seen that this matter is confidential, so it is better not to know.
What if Chunjia knew about it and exposed the traces unconsciously, and suspected that she was concerned about her old lover, then...
Anyway, Ji dared to use this as a bargaining chip, which showed that he was relatively sure of saving the person.
As long as people are alive, as for the reason, as for the real culprit behind the scenes, there is no rush.
When Queen Ji saw her, she was silent for a while, and then asked, "What do you want to say?"
"The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager have been in the palace for quite some time. They were not even able to attend the full moon banquet held by the Second Prince and Zhao Qing. It is really not a family relationship." Yun Fenghuang blew the tea foam gently and said in a leisurely tone, " It's just that it's easy to invite the two phoenixes back to the palace, but... after these two return to the palace, it's not that easy to shake the position of the empress dowager as a loving mother. "
Empress Ji frowned and said: "Is it easy to return to the palace? How is it possible? If it were easy, do you think I, the Empress Dowager Ji, would be willing to let the Empress Dowager live alone in the palace for more than half a year at such an old age? Your Majesty is now disgusted with me, Mrs. Ji, except for you , others don’t even have the courage to speak.”
Yun Fenghuang chuckled lightly and said: "After all, the empress comes from a rich family, so she is too polite. Or perhaps, because she is afraid of His Majesty, she is hesitant and makes things more complicated. How should I say this? Why do I have to do it? Someone tried to persuade His Majesty to agree to take Feng Jia back?"
"Have you forgotten the time when I was accompanying Gu Zhen on the carriage and ended up hastily returning to the palace?"