Empress Dowager Yuan went into a rage in Chunfu Palace and smashed many things, but she soon calmed down and told Zhan Liu: "Let people prepare the chariot. The Ai family will go to Qingci Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager!"
The word "please greetings" was almost squeezed out from between the teeth.
Zhan Liu was very worried: "Empress..."
"I can rest assured that the Ai family are not that stupid and will not be upright and disrespectful to the Empress Dowager." Empress Dowager Yuan glanced at her and said coldly, "But I heard just now that the entire harem will go to Qingci Palace tomorrow. Yes, at the Jiashan Palace, the Empress Dowager gave her own reasons for refusing to take care of the twin princes. The Ai family didn't have anything to explain, and they didn't complain about illness. They didn't know anything about it before, and they sent people to 'find out'. If you don’t do anything, why don’t you wait for the former harem to talk about the Ai family taking advantage of the emperor’s power and despising the empress dowager!”
After exhaling, Empress Dowager Yuan seemed to be talking to herself, "Maybe the Ai family is too negligent. It's just that after those two cheap maids stayed in the palace, there was only one queen in the palace who couldn't cause any big trouble... That's all, Ma Those who have lost their hoofs have lost their legs, and the moon is coming, hey!”
With a sullen face, she changed into a formal gown and a phoenix crown, and took a carriage to Qingci Palace.
When she arrived at the palace gate, Queen Mother Yuan already had a respectful look on her face.
At that time, the harem had just resigned and had not yet walked out of the palace. When the Empress Dowager heard the news, she smiled and let them go for a while.
"Everyone in Didong has told you why, why didn't you come?" After a while, Empress Dowager Yuan went outside to salute, and was given a seat by the Empress Dowager with a pleasant look. She then asked gently, "The Ai family doesn't mean to be involved, I'm afraid. My body is not feeling well, and since I am fine, nothing else matters."
Empress Dowager Yuan sneered in her heart and said respectfully: "Because no one mentioned it yesterday, I will not disturb you as usual. I just heard the explanation from the palace servants. I am so scared, how can I not come?" "
Is the Ai family deliberately neglecting me, or is it because no one said anything at all, and they didn’t come because they were afraid of disturbing my purity!
"That's not a matter for me." The Empress Dowager said with a smile, "Originally, the Ai family didn't ask anyone to come over, but tomorrow the queen and the others arrived in front of Sheng'er, and Sheng'er was thinking about the Ai family running into the water not long ago. I was frightened. I came back from a long journey yesterday and wanted to come over and have a look, but I was afraid that the Ai family would make her angry. No, that narrow-minded person actually dragged all the concubines in the palace to hold the vat together. "
"The Ai family thought that I thought so too, but they didn't come. Are they worried?"
Everyone in the former dynasty and the harem knew about the troubles that the Ai family went through during the confinement period, so the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother were worried, but my loving mother, the Queen Mother, was not worried about it
Why are you afraid of disturbing the purity of the Ai family? Bu Nao doesn't care!
On the contrary, Fu Aijia, I am like that, and I am afraid that I will have a headache and a fever!
"I'm not stupid, I just thought that you and Sister Ji had a hard journey last month, so I'd like to have some more rest tomorrow." Empress Dowager Yuan gritted her teeth secretly, lowered her head and said, "So I thought I'd send someone to inquire after noon. Dong, if you two get up, come here and shut up with you... But I don’t want to make the Empress Dowager worry about getting up."
She kept her low profile and explained for a long time. The Empress Dowager had enough of admiring her low profile, and then she showed mercy and showed her mercy.
But when Empress Dowager Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, she scolded Yun Fenghuang seemingly casually: "Others are just fine, Zhenfei, oh, Xianfei has always been smart, why didn't she send someone to Chunwu Palace to inform her? Although the queen If Ming starts to think about things, after all, it is only in his legs. Thousands of things will inevitably come to him. Is this what I mentioned when I asked the queen to help me last month? Why did I just turn around and forget? The loving mother-in-law, the Queen Mother, rushed here in such a hurry, as if she was being ostracized in the palace!"
Yun Fenghuang went out to plead guilty: "It's not my fault."
"I would like to thank the Empress Dowager for your understanding." Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Yuan did not follow Dong Shi down that time or secretly resented it, but said, "As long as the state-owned legal family has family rules, the palace will not be in the palace. Even though the queen has been ill before. , I just started taking care of things last month, but the concubine is different. Before the queen was inconvenienced, it was just a matter of letting the concubine Xian help her. Now that the queen is well, why should the concubine Xian ask for help? Otherwise, the child didn't send anyone to Chunwu. The palace report was wrong. If she did it behind the queen's back, I will only blame her."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "That's not true of me."
Then he said, "That kid from Buqiao is fine."
Then they talked about other common things, asking the Lord to encourage Concubine Xuan, Concubine Rui and other newcomers to serve the emperor well and strive to flourish the royal family as soon as possible... and then they dispersed.
After leaving Qingci Palace, Empress Dowager Yuan sent someone to Yun Fenghuang and asked her to follow her to Chunhuang Palace.
"The Queen Mother..." When they arrived at Chunhuang Palace, Yun Fenghuang spoke immediately, but was interrupted by the Queen Mother before she could say anything: "It's done, tomorrow's matter, otherwise Ji will specifically target us two. Don't. He said that I didn't necessarily know that the Ai family didn't know anything about it. Even if they knew, I'm afraid the people they sent wouldn't be able to report the news. I don't need to take that matter to heart. The Ai family are not so stupid that they can't even notice such an obvious provocation. "
Yun Fenghuang breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, you are wise! When my mother, the Empress Dowager, suggested that I go to Qingci Palace to pay my respects, I did send someone to report the news to you, the Empress Dowager. I don't know why, but you followed The loving mother-in-law, the Queen Mother, has not received any news... I am afraid that the palace people may be blocked by something on the way."
No, I probably hid in a corner as instructed, and counted the time to jump into a lake or something, and then said that I had encountered an accident and couldn't send a letter - after all, it was already discussed tomorrow, so Empress Dowager Yuan would suffer. .
Empress Dowager Yuan sneered: "Ji's family is deeply rooted in the harem. It's not a problem for the two of me to be alive at that time... When Bunao Yandong doesn't directly conflict with them, I will bear with it, eh?" "
"Can you please, my dear?" Yun Fenghuang felt that her attitude had become a bit loud. Yesterday she was using him as a punching bag, but tomorrow she would be so calm
She murmured in her heart and said, "It's only the second day after returning to the palace, and even you are in Dongmawei! If we don't do anything, will we be stepped into the mud pit by them?"
Empress Dowager Yuan said: "But the Empress Dowager is the emperor's grandmother, and the mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, is also the emperor's aunt. In front of these two people, the emperor still needs to show respect. If I can't help you for some trivial matter, "Forgive me, doesn't that give them a reason to deprive me of being the co-manager of the Sixth Palace?"
She softened her tone and said, "The Aijia knows that the Aijia has wronged me during the recent confinement period! The Aijia has done a good job in that matter. Where is the Aijia, tell me no..."
Yun Fenghuang stood up and prostrated without hesitation: "I don't want you to say such things! How can I bear the responsibility of being a concubine?!"
"Wrong is wrong, there is nothing you can't bear." Empress Dowager Yuan walked east from Fengzuo, helped her up, and said harmoniously, "The Aijia knows my temper, and will not say that because of the Aijia. This will truly eliminate the grudge. If the Ai family has committed their own sins, the Ai family will not force me to be tolerant and generous. I have always been smart as a concubine, and should have known that my status and power as Ruming, and even the future of the Xie family's children, are all important. The emperor is here."
"I can complain against the Ai family, but I have to help the emperor."
"Besides, the emperor has always been partial to me, and there is nothing he can do wrong to me, right?"
She stared at Concubine Xian's beautiful face and said resolutely, "Although there are some stumbling blocks between us two, it is not to the point of life and death! But if Ji's family gains power... Who can do it between us two? Can you escape?"
"Let me tell you for myself, is that true?"
Yun Fenghuang thought that the Queen Mother was worthy of being a princess. When she was a concubine, she could help her concubine to seek the title of Crown Prince. When Chunjia was elected as Xiaozong's heir, she could bring her family to the imperial capital and be granted the title of the Queen Mother's son. Chunjia personally ruled Afterwards, although the carelessness exposed many shortcomings, such as the return of Empress Dowager Ming and Empress Dowager Ji, didn't they become alert again
After only one morning, she took the initiative to lower her stance and begged to reconcile with her concubine.
Then I guess if someone else is not very moved, he will take the overall situation into consideration.
But Yun Fenghuang didn't think so.
Her idea is that the Queen Mother is very flexible and has a deep relationship with Chunjia, which is really a serious problem.
No mistakes can be made.
Then he said sternly: "Don't worry, my queen, I am safe and prosperous with Bidong. How can we allow Ji to be arrogant? Furthermore, although my previous mistreatment of my wife was a little harsh, I can't believe that I am from a humble background and can act on my own." Is it all the fault of the empress for the publicity? I know all these things mentally and physically. For example, if the Empress Dowager Mingyue deliberately provoked her, in the whole palace, except for the empress, who among the people in the palace would defend me? Bidong, That’s our top priority!”
"I understand!"
Therefore, my master, who has a great influence on the wrong side of the East, should die as soon as possible.
Chunjia's most important person is, I am enough!
Queen Mother Yuan didn't know the rebellious thoughts in her heart, so she breathed a sigh of relief and encouraged her with a smile before letting her leave.
After Yun Fenghuang left, Zhan Liu said with some worry: "Concubine Guan Xian is not a generous person."
"The Ai family doesn't believe that she will be generous." Empress Dowager Yuan shook her head and said, "But although she will retaliate, she is still a smart person. She should be aware that if she is wrong with the Ai family, she will not Whether the emperor would scold her or not, Ji's three generations of maids would not let go of that opportunity... After all, she was a female prostitute, and she had a grudge with Ji, so she would not support Chen Tuier. What’s the benefit?”
Zhan Liu thought about it and said, "If I am a virtuous concubine, then I will be a virtuous concubine. After the month... Concubine Xuan, Concubine Rui and the others..."
The newcomers Xuan Fei and Rui Fei are the external candidates for the future.
But Yun Fenghuang Ruming is only one step away from the back seat. If Jie Donglai makes some achievements during the fight with Ji, will Xuan Fei and the others stand a chance
Even if Empress Dowager Yuan and Chun Jia had a conflict, and the father and brother of Concubine Xuan and others used their power to push them to the position of successor, I'm afraid it would still be in name only.
"..." Empress Dowager Yuan frowned for a moment and sighed helplessly, "That can be discussed at that time. Moreover, the Concubine Xian cannot give birth to a child, and Concubine Xuan and the others... Even if the Concubine Xian has the power of the Sixth Palace, she will be a concubine. , regardless of the eldest son, he will eventually cross the border to meet his legitimate son."
There is no way, Yun Fenghuang's strength lies there.
Yan Dong doesn't need her to deny it.
Fortunately, the virtuous concubine refused to become a concubine and cut off the fate of heirs in the first place, leaving a loophole that could be exploited.
Moreover, Empress Dowager Yuan said, "The Luo family has been here for generations, and they must be outstanding in raising their children. If Concubine Xuan and the others are not as good as Concubine Xian, they have not been in the palace for a long time, and they have been in high positions since they first entered. They have never met The situation when Concubine Xian first entered the palace, otherwise her performance might not have been bad. Let Concubine Xian take the lead first, and after some confinement, Concubine Xuan and the others will sharpen their skills, and maybe they won’t need that little Yun clan anymore.”
But Empress Dowager Yuan's servants didn't know that Yun Fenghuang, who had returned to the Huanhua Palace at this moment, was discussing with his confidants: Should I get Concubine Xuan or Concubine Rui when I come to the east