Ji Muzi's return to the imperial concubine's throne is not easy to handle, not least because Chunjia hates her. The most important thing is that the emperor will never agree to give any signal to the outside world that there is still room for mediation between himself and the Ji family.
Otherwise, none of the third-generation Phoenix Masters of the Ji family would have mentioned it to him so far, because they knew it was impossible to convince him.
The emperor might even have to settle old scores and hold Ji Muzi accountable for his use of love potions to scheme against the emperor.
Then it affected the twin princes.
But Yun Fenghuang told the emperor: "The reason why the second prince and the third prince were raised by the Queen Mother is because they have bad fate. The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have always valued the emperor's heirs. Even during these days in the palace, She went on a vegetarian diet and prayed day and night, and even donated money to Tzu Chi to pray for the prosperity of the royal children. In this way, how could the biological mother of the twin princes just abandon the two little princes because they were protected by the Queen Mother? Presumably the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother The Queen Mother, I don’t think Ji has such a cruel and cold biological mother.”
"If my concubine's prediction is good, Ji Yuwan will definitely stay at home and focus on vegetarianism to pray for the two young princes and the Queen Mother."
"In order to commend her for her virtue and propriety, your Majesty has granted the title of Jieyu. This is because your Majesty is magnanimous and attaches great importance to the prosperity of the royal heirs!"
"You will find reasons." Chunjia said with a half-smile, "However, in the harem, concubines are different. If Ji Muzi returns to the concubine position, even if she is forced to eat vegetarian food and pray for blessings all day long, it will not be difficult to do it every now and then. To lend a hand to the queen... And maybe, this person will be praised both internally and externally by virtue of this move. By then, won't it be as Ji's wish, and I will look stingy?"
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, how can a cunning and wicked family like the Ji family survive until that time?"
He added, "And I don't think the Queen made this request because of Ji Muzi's consideration."
"Although Ji Muzi is the legitimate daughter of the Ji family and was formerly known as Zhaoyuan, she gradually became disliked by His Majesty after the summer party last year. Even though she gave birth to twin princes, she failed to regain His Majesty's favor."
"It's okay if the Ji family returns to power and dominates the government. They have spare power to plan for her. But what is the situation now? The whole Ji family is in danger, who will spend energy on her?"
"Even if the queen needs help, doesn't she still have Jia Pingye?"
"So I think that the Queen's request to you to request Ji Muzi to be re-canonized as a concubine is just to test my status in His Majesty's eyes."
"If I can do this, my status in the eyes of Mrs. Ji will naturally increase."
"In this way, I can better sell the Ji family to His Majesty for a good price, right?"
Chunjia said lazily: "Beloved, don't try to be smart but be misled by your cleverness. I don't know that this matter was not deliberately tested by the queen. Seeing that you have actually accomplished something that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager have no time to mention, I guess you You have a showdown with me early in the morning, so you can ask me to nod?"
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, even if this is the case, will the Ji family immediately fall out with me? I don't think they will still want to use this trick."
He added, "And there is another benefit to canonizing Ji Muzi as a concubine: Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui, oh, it should be Xuan Xiuyi and Rui Xiurong. These two were the ones who were embarrassed. It was the time when Ji Mu's face was disgraced. Zi did return from the palace concubine to the concubine position again. Let's encourage Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu to believe that their demotions were all caused by the Ji family, and it was Ji Muzi's concubine... So Luo Hanyi Can the Clan and Ouyang Clan work hard enough to regain their position?"
And if the Luo family and the Ouyang family collide with the Ji family and create a real fire, there will no longer be any room for it - this is good for the emperor no matter what.
After all, the weaker this kind of big family is, the better the concentration of imperial power will be.
Chunjia snorted: "I think you just wish that all these families would fall and not be as strong as your Xie family, so you would be happy."
"If all these families fall into decline and are no longer as good as the Xie family, then no one will be able to compete with me for Your Majesty." Yun Fenghuang leaned over and hugged him, and said with a smile, "In this way, Your Majesty will be alone with me." La!"
Chunjia laughed and scolded: "You're glib."
After all, he didn't push her away. After pondering for a while, he said, "Now that you have made up your mind about this, go ahead and give it a try. I will only tell you one thing: You must not let the former court think that I am against the Ji family. There is intolerance and guilt.”
In this matter of reversing the discipline, the emperor must show an absolute and firm attitude.
Otherwise, with Ji's power and background, it would be easy to instigate the people below to hesitate.
When the time comes, it will be unreasonable to say that extraneous problems will arise and all the efforts will fall short.
Chunjia had been careful in his words and deeds all these years, so how could he be so willing to fall into this trap
Yun Fenghuang accepted the order with a smile, turned back to Empress Ji, and complained, saying that she had told the emperor countless reasons to promote Ji Muzi to the throne, but the emperor became more and more suspicious of her: "If it weren't for Your Majesty, I know that I have never been fond of Ji Yuwan, so I’m afraid I won’t doubt my concubine!”
Queen Ji frowned: "So you can't do it?"
"How can that be possible?" Yun Fenghuang held his head high and said, "I was forced to panic later, so I told Your Majesty that the Dingding Dynasty has never given birth to twins, let alone twin princes. Ji Yuwan had merit in giving birth to a son. This is one of the rewards that should have been promoted to the throne; the twin princes have a shortcoming in destiny and must be raised by the Mother Queen Mother to grow up. The biological mother Ji Yuwan cries and prays all day long, and her loving mother's heart can be shown by the sun and the moon. This is the other two."
"If Your Majesty still ignores it and spreads the news, people may think that Your Majesty does not like the second and third princes, or they may think that Your Majesty is angry with Ji Yuwan because of the Ji family, and the emperor treats his concubine badly, but he is still a concubine who has merit in giving birth to a child... If the news spreads, , wouldn’t it damage His Majesty’s reputation?”
"Anyway, after all the good talk, His Majesty finally nodded."
Yun Fenghuang sighed, "But I have to wrong Ji Yuwan. After becoming a concubine, I have been living in seclusion and praying for blessings for a few days."
Empress Ji frowned and said, "I hope that Mu Zi will be my right-hand man after becoming a concubine. If you do this, even if she returns to the concubine position, what's the use?"
Moreover, Yun Fenghuang didn't say anything, the Queen couldn't think of anything. Previously, because the second and third princes had to be raised by Queen Mother Qu, it was said that they had a flaw in their destiny and needed the protection of their biological grandmother.
At this moment, a biological mother will pray for them to be vegetarians for many years - it is conceivable that no matter how outstanding the twins are in the future, their bad luck and meager reputation will be lost.
Chunjia was not favored by his father in the first place. With such a reputation, it would be fine if the twins were willing to be idle princes in the future. As long as they are a bit ambitious, this road will be difficult to walk.
Yun Fenghuang seemed to be helping Ji Muzi regain her position as concubine, but in fact, he secretly dug a trap and trapped the infant twins in order to prevent them from competing with the prince under his knees in the future.
"Mom, don't worry, isn't there still a concubine here?" Yun Fenghuang said to the queen with a gentle face, "I am also your right-hand man!"
Ji Muzi is your direct cousin. If she is promoted to a concubine without any restrictions, why don't you kick me away and let the two sisters fall in love with each other and commit adultery
Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, do you think I am stupid? My status is not stable. How can such a threatening master let her get ahead? !
"..." Empress Ji stared at her for a moment, but she didn't have an attack. She just snorted, seemingly acquiescing to the matter, and then asked, "Is there any result from the Imperial City Department? What step has been found now? ?”
"I can't even inquire about the affairs of the Imperial City Department. Your Majesty should know that they either listen to the Regent or His Majesty. How can you think of me like this?" Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "And what's the so-called truth? , it still depends on His Majesty’s wishes.”
Empress Ji frowned and said, "Then what do you think His Majesty will do?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "I'm afraid that the palace officials of Qingci Palace will personally investigate."
After all, whether rumors or reality, the reason why the so-called valet of the quasi-consort Wang Linglai and the valet of the second concubine Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu were able to get together basically happened in Qingci Palace.
The empress dowager, the owner of Qingci Palace, cannot escape the blame.
But the Empress Dowager is still the Empress Dowager after all, and there is no way to punish her, even to accuse her.
In this way, Chunjia, as a filial grandson of the emperor, personally went out to inspect the Qingci Palace and clean up the surroundings of the Empress Dowager, lest similar things happen again to make the Empress Dowager mad... There is nothing wrong with her.
Queen Ji's expression turned ugly: "This is definitely not feasible! You can think of a reason to persuade His Majesty!"
If there is any place in the harem that Chunjia has no way to touch, it must be Qingci Palace and Mianfu Palace - both are Chunjia's elders, and when the master enters the palace, Chunjia is still there. If you are not born, you will not be able to get through the water of running the business for many years.
If Chunjia takes this opportunity to intervene, the loss cannot be compensated by Ji Mu Zi Fengfei!
"Why bother?" Yun Fenghuang reminded the queen, "Can't we just let the Empress Dowager throw out a few scapegoats first? As long as Qingci Palace takes the initiative to hand over people, will your Majesty still refuse to forgive?"
She smiled and said, "Besides, wouldn't it be nice to give Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu another blow while we are making friends?"
Empress Ji laughed and said: "To be honest, I don't really want to deal with these two now, but you are the one that makes me even more afraid."
"The reason why the empress is afraid of me is because when I first entered the palace, no one from the top to the bottom took me seriously." Yun Fenghuang's smile remained unchanged and said sincerely, "The empress even promoted me vigorously. This gave me the opportunity to mature. My Majesty, please think about my background and status when I entered the palace. How humble is it? Look at Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu, what is their background and status? Don’t take advantage of this opportunity. If we destroy them now, things will be done in the future. When the time comes, I will regret it, but it will be too late!"
Empress Ji had a complicated expression and said after a moment: "Do you think everyone is as ambitious as you?"
"Even if Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu have no ambitions themselves, how can the families behind them be willing to live under the Ji family?" Yun Fenghuang asked rhetorically.
The concubines confronted each other for a moment, and the queen let out a breath and did not continue the topic, but said: "Your concubine ceremony is coming soon. According to the rules, the fourth concubine can already protect the female family members in the family. Although you are closer to the Xie family, in name, after all She's the Yun family's daughter... It's your aunt who will receive this benefit. Let's see what seal she gets?"