The three-court trial that day ended in nothing. Concubine Xin was very unhappy when she left, and her suspicious eyes glanced at almost everyone. She comes from a noble family, and her family tradition has brought her to an outstanding style. She has been keeping a low profile since she entered the palace, because she consciously disdains the intrigues with the Three Palaces and Sixth Court. This is not because she is timid!
The result is now good, she lives a peaceful life playing the piano and cooking tea in Chengyue Palace, but unexpected things happen to her!
This is when she is a soft persimmon!
Empress Ji noticed Concubine Xin's expression and gave a general comfort: "I also know what you are like..."
"I am tired and lazy. I always stay in Chengyue Palace and rarely interact with the sisters in other palaces." Concubine Xin smiled lightly and said lukewarmly, "Maybe the sisters don't know me that well? I have such a nature. Son, although I don’t like to meddle in other people’s business, I don’t tolerate others looking for trouble!”
She had the confidence to say that, so even when the queen heard this, she just continued to smile and promised to give her an explanation.
Concubine Yue has been severely suppressed by Aunt Zhu during this period. She rarely said a word from the beginning to the end and did not stir up trouble. As a result, the situation has changed. She has become well-behaved today. Concubine Xin, who is recognized as the least public in the Sixth Palace, wants to find her. Before going out, he glanced at me coldly and said with some meaning: "If the queen just wants to give me justice, but I am still a little worried, I don't know what your majesty thinks?"
It's no wonder that Concubine Yue is still suspected after making it clear. Not only is Concubine Yue the only one in the Sixth Palace who has had conflicts with her, but also because from the perspective of interests, others have no reason to target her at all
At least there is a pregnant noble concubine in Yanlan Palace. There has been no news about her Cui Lianye entering the palace over the years. Emperor Chunjia did not go to Chengyue Palace many times. As the leader of Qingliu, her mother's family has always been tried and failed to win over by various forces. She also doesn't want to offend someone easily, and her family has always kept a low profile. Unless the situation changes significantly, they will never express their stance easily... In this situation, except Concubine Yue, who is obsessed with jealousy, who will drag her into trouble
Who dares to drag her into the water
"You..." Concubine Yue exploded immediately. Without thinking, she pointed at Concubine Xin and shouted in shock. Then Aunt Zhu quickly held her down with quick eyes and hands, and smiled at Concubine Xin: "I'm afraid that Concubine Xin is thinking too much." Yes, there are no people on the way to Huzhu Palace. Our empress wants to know the truth more than Empress Xinfei. Furthermore, although our empress is a bit impatient, she never does anything to hide her secrets. Empress Xinfei What do you think?"
Concubine Xin frowned and looked at her, but she said nothing more, snorted softly, and walked away.
Concubine Yue was almost in tears now, and she looked at Aunt Zhu bitterly, but Aunt Zhu seemed not to have seen her, and just pulled her to leave with the queen.
Empress Ji smiled half-heartedly and said, "This is the first time I have seen someone who can persuade Concubine Yue."
"My servant was in front of the empress dowager, the empress dowager. It was concubine Yue who looked at the empress dowager's face." Aunt Zhu was respectful and could not find anything wrong with her attitude. "How dare you be the empress and praise me so much?"
The Queen smiled and let them go. After they left the door, she slowly asked the expressionless Emperor Chunjia: "Why don't Your Majesty catch up and coax her? I saw tears in my eyes, Sister Yue... I feel so wronged."
"I haven't seen my mother for some time." Emperor Chunjia said lightly, "Would the queen want to come with us?"
Empress Ji lazily said: "I have to pay my respects to my mother every day. I am afraid that my mother is tired of me a long time ago... Not to mention that I am eager to find out the truth now so that I can give an explanation to Your Majesty and my sisters. , I really can’t leave.”
He glanced at Concubine Yun Shu, who was looking at Yun Fenghuang frequently, "How about Concubine Shu taking a trip on my behalf? Minghui was thinking of you just now and said she wanted to show you the materials sent by the Prince Regent."
Concubine Yun Shu had a good relationship with Princess Minghui, otherwise she would not have expected the princess to come to the rescue before.
Although he didn't want to hear this, he couldn't help but offend the queen, so he had to stand up and said, "I obey."
After dismissing the emperor's concubine, the queen glanced at the woman dressed as a concubine and told her: "Go back and tell the concubine that this matter is being handled by the palace and she will not be wronged in vain."
It sounded like she was a concubine from Yanlan Palace. Perhaps the imperial concubine was pregnant and didn't want to leave Xinli Palace, so she sent her confidants to attend on her behalf.
The woman left in a hurry, and the queen asked Wei Hengyan to resign and dismissed the palace staff, leaving only Yun Fenghuang.
"You saw it just now, what do you think?" There were only two people in the big hall, which seemed empty. Empress Ji was sitting alone on the phoenix throne, looking down at the neat Yun Fenghuang standing below. After a long while, Then he asked quietly.
Yun Fenghuang said: "I want to do things for the empress even more."
Empress Ji smiled at this answer and said: "Something is wrong this time. I suspect that the Imperial City Department is behind it!"
When she said this, she observed Yun Fenghuang calmly. However, Yunfenghuang didn't know the relationship between the Prince Regent's Palace and the Imperial City Division at this time, so he didn't need to hide it. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, I also feel that, The disappearance of Xinqing is quite suspicious! Since I entered the palace, although I have been promoted to the third level in a short period of time due to the great love of the empress and your majesty, from the perspective of the entire palace, in the end I am just a concubine and insignificant!"
"Not to mention Xinqing, he is just a palace servant."
"If something happened to me and Xinqing, why would it be worth going to such a big fight, and even His Majesty, who usually doesn't pay much attention to palace affairs, would be there in person?"
"I suspect that this matter is probably directed at the Imperial Concubine and the Concubine Xin!"
"The reason why I chose the people around me to attack... is probably to take out Concubine Yue!"
Empress Ji didn't express anything after hearing her first words. When she heard the last sentence, she moved slightly and said: "Take it out? So you are sure that it was Concubine Yue who did it? Concubine Yue is reckless and vicious, but she really doesn't like to twist around. people."
Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty, I have proof for what I said. The two times I was promoted to the throne, I went to the Ningbi Palace to announce my good news and greetings. Although Concubine Yue never summoned me twice, the first time, the gatekeeper The palace maiden was so frightened that she even begged me to leave as soon as possible! The second time, although the guarding maid stopped me from entering, it didn't take long for a palace official who had met me once to come out with many rewards... You said that with Concubine Yue's temper, it would be great if she could bear not to show up. How could she pinch her nose and give me something?"
He added, "Look, the person who made the decision this time must be the aunt who was standing behind Concubine Yue just now!"
Empress Ji said "hmm" and said: "That makes sense. You have offended Concubine Yue again and again, and the people around her naturally don't like you... But I think that the concubine is stable, even if she has to do it for her." Concubine Yue vented her anger, so why did she attack Xinqing instead? Wouldn't it be a warning? Furthermore, whether it is the imperial concubine or Xin Concubine, can Concubine Yue afford to offend her? Concubine Yue doesn't understand this, and neither do the people around her. Wouldn’t it be that all the hard work that went into arranging to go to Ningbi Palace after blinding Yuan’s mother was in vain?”
"Your Majesty... please forgive me for speaking frankly." Yun Fenghuang lowered his head and said, "I think that the purpose of that girl may not be to vent her anger on Concubine Yue. After all, the way Concubine Yue looked just now, these days are not the best. She seems to be living at ease. I feel that the Queen Mother, the loving mother, arranged for that aunt to come to the Ningbi Palace for your Majesty’s sake!"
"...For Your Majesty?" Queen Ji was silent for a while and said, "Concubine Yue has indeed caused trouble for Your Majesty in the past two years. Even though Empress Yuan is partial to her, it seems that she can't bear it after all."
Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Concubine Yue has had this sex ever since she entered the palace, but I don't know why the loving empress dowager didn't think of letting her change her sex until now?"
Without waiting for Empress Ji to speak, she continued, "Originally, I didn't think much about it, but when I was greeting you at Mianfu Palace today, Her Royal Highness happened to say that the Regent's second son was about to become Wei Liushou's disciple. ! I feel that the current situation in the front and harem is about to come!"
"..." Empress Ji looked at her for a long time this time and then said slowly, "Meimei Yun, do you know what you are doing?"
"I know." Yun Fenghuang nodded, raised his head, looked at the queen, and said calmly, "I know even better. With Concubine Yue's temper, if I gain power, I will die without a burial place." He said, I'm afraid that even my family far away in the north will not end well... Although I have a humble status, I am still greedy for life. Even if I know that Concubine Yue is deeply favored by the emperor, I don't want to just sit back and wait for death!"
"I don't want to die, so I can only invite Concubine Yue, and those who love and protect Concubine Yue, to go to heaven as soon as possible!"
Empress Ji squinted her eyes for a long time, then suddenly she bent her eyes and smiled sincerely: "I have been in charge of the palace for many years. This is the first time I have seen a woman as bold and wanton as you."
She changed the topic, "It's just that Concubine Yue has a bad temper, but your character also scares me! Although Concubine Yue is unkind, you are the head of the first palace, but you refuse to give in, and now you are even more murderous. I don't even pay attention to someone with the status of Your Majesty, Empress Yuan... I punished you this morning. Now you have got your wish with my help. But next step, I don't know what to do. A plan to make me follow in the footsteps of Concubine Yue?"
"How can the empress compare with empress Yue?" Yun Fenghuang was not afraid when he heard this, but just shook his head, "Concubine Yue is a waste of everyone's background, but she is not reasonable at all! There is no rules for getting along with such a person. , it cannot be solved by enduring the humiliation and bearing the burden. I have been at odds with her from the beginning, because I feel that if not, I am afraid that in a few days, I will follow the same path as the previous concubines of Huzhu Palace."
"But that's not the case, Your Majesty. Your Majesty's background is more noble than that of Concubine Yue. Her current status is fundamentally different from that of Concubine Yue, but she is also kind to a low-level concubine like me!"
"If I want to say that I can touch inexplicable people with such a pleasant look, I will not believe it. But from my point of view, the fact that I am willing to do this shows that I am not a cruel, cold-blooded person who does not care about the people below me!"
"Following the empress, I only need to abide by the rules and do things for the empress, no matter the future or safety, I expect the empress will not stand idly by."
"But Concubine Yue?"
Yun Fenghuang chuckled lightly, "Not to mention her temperament, for someone who has taken so many advantages and managed to get to this point, even if she is the leader now, to be honest, I really look down on her, let alone try to please her. She did."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Besides, the reason why the Queen punished me in the morning was because I had done something wrong first. I am not an unreasonable person like Concubine Yue, so how could I blame the Queen for this? What's more, the Queen punished me by being grounded for a month. , not without the meaning of love and care. After all, I have been in too much limelight these days. If I continue, I will make too many enemies. Therefore, it is too late for me to thank you, so how can you plot against your Majesty? "
Empress Ji pursed her lips and thought to herself: "I think these words are half true and half false. It is true that I think I am more reliable than Concubine Yue. Only Xiao Yun knows in her heart whether she trusts and appreciates me so much." Well... whatever, this palace is in need of employing people right now, and it’s rare for this little Yun family to have some insight, so why not give her a chance."
As a queen, and a queen from a large family, Queen Ji certainly has many people to dispatch. Even the concubines in this palace are not without loyalty to her.
It's just that the Cheng Ye family failed because these men were given by the Ji family. The most loyal ones were the Ji family and not Queen Ji. For Queen Ji, sometimes it was not so convenient to use them.
... If Yun Fenghuang used it unexpectedly, he could take care of it in a flash!
She thought about it for a few times, and finally said: "In this high position in this palace, who should sit in it or not? If you can share my worries, what if I give you a future?"
The Queen also said this two days ago. At that time, she was thinking about polishing Yun Fenghuang's spirit while saying this, but now she is more sincere.
After all, compared to what Yun Fenghuang is going to say next, the mere title of leader is insignificant!
In particular, Yun Fenghuang was originally from a low background, and he and Duke Yi were very similar in appearance, and there were no future problems that would be difficult to control after becoming an adult... Empress Ji suddenly understood, so why should she suppress this concubine
As long as she is capable enough, such a person is the confidant she needs!