Empress Dowager Yuan was stunned for two breaths, and then looked angrily at Yun Fenghuang who was not far away - and Yunfenghuang also looked shocked at this moment, looking at... Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, who were below.
"Have you ironed your mother?" Chunjia's seat was crowded in the middle. She was holding bottles with a group of ministers in the distance. She noticed something was wrong, turned around and saw it, and hurriedly got up to help, "My child, I will accompany you to change clothes... Someone, please take care of this bitch." Take the maid down!"
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me! My loving mother, the Empress Dowager, have mercy on me!" The palace maid was so frightened that she lay on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy. Yan Yinying saw Chunjia's gloomy expression and quickly winked, and someone came up to gag her and drag her away. Went down.
Yun Fenghuang turned around and called Wei Hengyan: "My sister is pregnant and is sitting here. By the way, I will help my sister take care of the second prince and Zhao Qing. My sister will go take a look."
Without waiting for Wei Hengyan to speak, he stood up and chased Chun Jia and Queen Mother Yuan. Of course, Concubine Xuan and Rui Fei couldn't sit still. Even Queen Mother Qu hesitated and followed.
A group of people meandered into the side hall dedicated to changing clothes. Yun Fenghuang and others were a step late, so when they entered, Queen Mother Yuan had already gone behind the screen.
Chunjia and the waiters stayed outside. Seeing them coming, he frowned slightly and said, "Why are you all here? Don't you need to leave anyone at the table?"
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui calmly took half a step back and hid behind Yun Fenghuang.
The emperor is not in a good mood at the moment. If he goes up to answer at this time, he may be wrong no matter what he says. Chunjia prefers this kind of job.
Yun Fenghuang didn't pay attention to their little actions, and frowned, looking very worried: "I came to see if the Queen Mother has anything to take care of."
Chunjia gave her a warning look and said: "Mother is fine, luckily the plate of dishes was already cold when we got it from the imperial kitchen... I am here, you should go back first, especially you, the real concubine, the second prince and Zhao Qingcai It's so big, how can you safely leave them on the table?"
He didn't doubt Yun Fenghuang at this moment, but he knew that the Queen Mother Yuan was unhappy, and he was afraid that when the Queen Mother came out and saw the true concubine, she would use the true concubine as a punching bag.
Therefore, I planned to send Yun Fenghuang away and leave Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui down to apologize to the Queen Mother. But before she could speak, a little palace maid came out from behind the screen and blessed him. She glanced at the third concubine and said: " Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that she would like to ask the three queens to stay and talk for a while. With all the important ministers at the table, nothing will go wrong. Even if something happens, the palace people over there will come over and report it. It’s only a few steps away. What will be the delay?"
So the third concubine and Queen Mother Qu, who arrived later, waited together.
After a long while, Queen Mother Yuan, who finally put on a brand-new dress, walked out expressionlessly. With the help of Chunjia, she sat down at the head of the room. She looked around and said coldly: "Everyone in charge is here? That's good. Let's talk about it." After all, why would something like this happen?”
When she said this, her tone was not violent, but the suppressed anger was very obvious.
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, who had just entered the palace, were a little trembling and looked at Yun Fenghuang subconsciously.
Then he saw Yun Fenghuang looking at them with hatred: "The two sisters are from the same family after all, and are used to the world. Although they have never managed a longevity banquet before, there are already many examples in the palace, and there are many stewards and assistants. , and the Queen Mother, the loving mother, can ask for advice at any time, how could such a mistake happen?!"
Concubine Xuan: "???"
Ruifei: "...?!"
Aren’t the three of us responsible together? !
The surprised second concubine hadn't spoken yet when she saw Yun Fenghuang sighing to the superior Queen Mother Yuan: "It's my concubine who is too considerate of me. She feels sorry for the second prince and Zhao Qing who is young. She is afraid that it will take up too much of my energy and I will not be able to take care of it." , so the Wanshou Banquet is probably given to two younger sisters... If I had known that this would happen, I would have been more considerate of it!"
Empress Dowager Yuan herself said at the time that the only two royal heirs in the palace were raised under the knees of the true concubine. The true concubine must not have much time to spare, so when it comes to palace affairs, it would be better to let Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui worry about it. The true concubine's top priority is to raise the emperor. Si-Now that it's all right, Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation and pushed 265. The responsibility for this matter today must have nothing to do with her!
"Okay!" Of course, Empress Dowager Yuan would not let her stay out of the matter so easily. "Before the Ai family said anything, the real concubine was eager to shirk the responsibility? What? The Ai family and the emperor both said that you are the elder sister. You should take care of Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, and this is how you take care of them?"
Yun Fenghuang's expression did not change: "I don't dare, I am scared. Madam, I just feel sorry for you. So I spoke a little hastily, please forgive me."
As he spoke, he bowed to Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, "I also ask you two sisters not to argue with me."
"I don't dare." No matter what they thought in their hearts, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui could not say "no" in front of the emperor, and they said it was okay in a very frustrated tone.
Yun Fenghuang then thought that this period was over, and exchanged greetings with Empress Dowager Yuan... Empress Dowager Yuan interrupted her impatiently: "The Ai family wants to ask you, where did the palace maid come from, and why did she arrange it for Ai with such frivolous tricks? Family meal?! Moreover, when she served it, it was clearly very good, so why did it fall on the Ai family?!"
The Queen Mother was very suspicious of Yun Fenghuang. Although she thought Yun Fenghuang should not dare to do so before - but after calming down and thinking about what the concubine had done since entering the palace, Queen Mother Yuan had to admit that she was too arrogant.
What does Yun Fenghuang dare not do? !
When she was the newly promoted Baolin, she dared to confront Yuan Yuniang, who theoretically controlled her life and death. When she relied on Empress Ji as her backer, she dared not give her, the loving mother, the Queen Mother face to face.
Why don't you dare to tamper with the longevity banquet now? !
"Two sisters, that person should have been arranged by you, but I don't know, is there any misunderstanding here?" Yun Fenghuang followed suit and immediately looked at Concubine Xuan and Ruifei.
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui also learned the lesson now. She originally thought that since the longevity banquet was organized by three people together, if something went wrong, the three of them would work together to solve it. However, the real concubine ignored them as soon as she came up and tried every means to delay them. They went out to top the tank... Then why should they be polite
"This is for the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty." Concubine Xuan said immediately, "I and Ruifei's sister have not been in the palace for a long time. Thanks to the great love of Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager, they have entrusted them with important tasks, so they dare not slack off at all... All matters related to the Wanshou Banquet have been dealt with. I have asked Sister Zhenfei for advice. At that time, Sister Zhenfei did not say that this palace man was not good. I only said that she had been serving Feng Jia before, so there must be nothing wrong. This is all because I was not careful enough. After listening to Sister Zhenfei, I Because my words have not been verified, please Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to punish me!"
He said and fell to the ground.
After she said this, Concubine Rui felt relaxed and bowed down: "I failed to remind Concubine Xuan, but I still have a heavy responsibility. Please punish me, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!"
In this case, before Yun Fenghuang said anything, Queen Mother Yuan had already glanced over with a cold gaze and said with a smile: "Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui think they are at fault, but the real concubine seems to disagree?"
If she had said this a little later, Yun Fenghuang would have knelt down to admit her mistake and start a new round of blame-shifting competition with the two cheap sisters.
But after being teased by Empress Dowager Yuan, she refused to admit it!
"Back to the Queen Mother, I think that Concubine Xuan and Rui Fei are too evasive!" Yun Fenghuang raised his chin slightly and said seriously, "They feel that their fault is simply not being careful enough. The palace servants raised objections and checked carefully... But I think that in the final analysis, it is because they are incompetent and have no way to control them!"
Concubine Xuan: "...!!!"
Ruifei: "...???"
Queen Mother Yuan was also obviously startled and sneered: "Oh?"
"My Lady, the name of the palace maid who made the mistake just now is Anliu. If I remember correctly, she is indeed always at Fengjia's side. She was responsible for last year's Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, Double Ninth Festival Banquet, and even this year's New Year's Day Banquet. To serve the queen's meals." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "And the reason why I used her for these three palace banquets is because the stewards of the imperial palace told me that Anliu was careful and thoughtful in her work and never made any mistakes. .”
"In fact, before today, she was indeed worthy of the evaluation of those in charge."
"But for such a person who is recognized as a safe person, something went wrong immediately in the hands of Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui... Isn't this because the two of them are incompetent?"
Yun Fenghuang sighed and looked at Concubine Xuan who no longer knew what expression to put on, "Concubine Xuan's sister entered the palace for the first time and took on a heavy responsibility for the first time. She made such a mistake. She was afraid and did not dare to admit it. It is reasonable. It’s just that neither the Queen Mother nor Your Majesty are harsh people. Why should my sister pretend to be so pretentious about the truth? If you admit your fault directly, will we still laugh at you? "
It's not that I didn't, don't talk nonsense - Concubine Xuan wanted to roar in her heart, but after thinking quickly, she sadly found that she... couldn't refute Yun Fenghuang.
Although she, like Empress Dowager Yuan, now suspected that An Lui's mistake was Yun Fenghuang's arrangement, because she never expected this scene to happen, she certainly had no evidence.
Without evidence, they accused a beloved concubine of the same position and seniority who was still in front of her. The key was that the emperor who always favored her was still in front of her, and Concubine Xuan was not so impulsive yet.
It cannot be questioned that Anliu's actions were instigated by others. Since it was the empress dowager who was cheated, Concubine Xuan cannot irresponsibly speculate that Anliu's mistake may have nothing to do with herself and Concubine Rui. This situation is unacceptable. Yuxia Wufang failed to train this good palace servant, what else can he do
She can't say that Empress Dowager Yuan was unlucky and got into this kind of thing, right
"Sister Zhenfei has misunderstood. My sister has always been taken care of by the Queen Mother, and she has received great love from Your Majesty. How could she be afraid and make excuses to avoid responsibility because of her negligence and negligence?" Concubine Xuan secretly clenched her fists and said in a deep voice, "It's just that I never thought of this. After all, the reason why my sister and Ruifei arranged for Anliu to serve the Queen Mother's meals was because they saw this arrangement in the regulations of the previous three palace banquets."
"That's why, my sister didn't say anything after reading the list of servants. She just took it for granted that Anliu was trustworthy and reliable. After all, he was the person that my sister used every time. My sister had only been in the palace for a short time, so she didn't know much about it. It’s okay to understand, my sister is an old man in the palace..."
She deliberately emphasized the word "old man", "How can it be unclear, right?"
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said gently and gently: "I know that you are shallow and ignorant when you first entered the palace. Isn't this just teaching you? There is no problem with Anliu's ability to serve. Otherwise, when I used her before, why didn't she? Something went wrong? But people are talented, and you have to give them guidance and training at all times! Otherwise, there will be a lot of things in charge, so why do we need to step in? "
"Sister Zhenfei is right." Ruifei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke and said slowly, "Just like my sister and Sister Xuanfei can take care of everything, why do they need to ask Sister Zhenfei for instructions from time to time about the longevity banquet?"
Empress Dowager Yuan, who was sullenly listening to the argument between the three concubines, finally found an opportunity and immediately nodded in agreement: "What Concubine Rui said is that Concubine Zhen, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui have all entered the palace not long ago, so it is inevitable that they will not think carefully. You are the one who presides over the Sixth Palace." Although the Ai family sympathizes with the fact that you need to take care of the emperor's heirs and asks Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui to share the affairs with you as much as possible, they also ask you to guide them carefully to prevent them from being young and ignorant and doing bad things... Today's matter, I am sorry. I don’t even ask you whether it was because you were hiding something or because you were careless. There is only one thing: it must never happen again, do you understand?!”
... It's not that the Empress Dowager Yuan didn't want to give this concubine more color to look at. It was actually obvious that Yun Fenghuang had been prepared for it. With Chunjia liking this concubine, even the loving empress dowager couldn't get it without considerable evidence. How about the real concubine.
So instead of fighting with the true concubine in front of Chunjia in person, which may not necessarily win, and loses the identity in vain, it is better to cut the knot quickly and take advantage of Ruifei's question to directly characterize the matter: it is the true concubine's responsibility!
"Sister." Chunjia was well aware of Empress Dowager Yuan's thoughts, but he was happy to see big things turn into trivial matters. He was secretly breathing a sigh of relief when Queen Mother Qu, who didn't want to watch the whole process, suddenly said, "Since then An Liu I have always done things safely, so I was sent to serve you, so I am not a careless person. How could he make such a big mistake? In my opinion, it is better to pull the person over and interrogate him, maybe there is something inside? "
After saying this, everyone including Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment.
Queen Mother Qu has never had any sense of presence. Even if she just impressed with her clothes, when Queen Mother Yuan was in a bad mood, no one had time to care about her.
I didn't expect that when the matter was about to be settled, she would suddenly come out and interfere.
Queen Mother Yuan and Chun Jia frowned at the same time.