"Now that Mrs. Chunke is well, do you need to make arrangements for the bedtime list?" Empress Ji finished handling a few palace affairs, looked at her subordinate Yun Fenghuang who was checking the accounts with the apostle, rubbed her wrist and said, " You were summoned to Chunwu Palace just now by your loving mother, the Empress Dowager, can you talk about this?"
Yun Fenghuang didn't even raise his head, and said: "The empress dowager, a loving mother, is worried that her good niece will cause trouble again. How can she expect so much? But she just wants to appease me and don't bear any grudge against Mrs. Chunke."
Empress Ji laughed and said, "The Queen Mother is a good aunt."
The implication is that although Empress Dowager Yuan felt sorry for Yuan Niang, she was not very fair to others.
"Otherwise, why would I join forces with the empress?" Yun Fenghuang sneered, and his men circled a problematic area on the account book in front of him. Fang glanced sideways at the empress and said slowly, "After all, we are close relatives of the same flesh and blood, and the empress is a loving mother. The Queen Mother has nothing to offer, and the male heir can make up for it with Your Majesty. For the sake of her daughter, isn't it Mrs. Chunke? No matter how ignorant or unreasonable that person is, in the eyes of the loving mother Queen Mother, it is all excusable. So even if she has defeated His Majesty's patience and compassion, in the eyes of the loving mother Queen Mother, now that she has gained His Majesty's favored concubine, she will still look disgusting!"
"I don't want to bear this crime, so I have no choice but to ask my loving mother, the Queen Mother, to concentrate on taking care of herself as soon as possible, instead of sitting around with nothing to do and only causing trouble for me!"
Empress Ji picked up the tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Isn't this wrong? When the Queen Mother and Queen Mother Ji didn't come back, she just treated you like this. Is it still the same attitude these past two days? Is this the same attitude? It’s not like Queen Mother Yuan’s behavior.”
Yun Fenghuang sneered: "Why would you say such a thing on purpose? Who wouldn't know how to make fun of someone else? But I'm not a fool. I don't know what my loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is thinking. I just think I'm quite capable. At the moment, she's None of the nieces could hold on, and the Ouyang daughter, a daughter of the Luo family whom she valued, was suppressed one after another, so she had to rely more on concubines. When His Majesty won a great victory in the previous dynasty, and there was no need for concubines in the harem, then When the time comes, we can naturally fall out...Are I the kind of person who just sits back and waits for death?"
"Then what are you going to do?" Queen Ji asked with interest.
Although the two sides joined forces to deal with Empress Dowager Yuan, there has been no serious discussion of this topic since the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ji returned to the palace.
At this moment, Yun Fenghuang started to complain, and the Queen couldn't help but inquire about her thoughts.
After all, as allies, she and Yun Fenghuang wanted the same thing. They both hoped that the empress dowager would go to hell as soon as possible, and that the crime of murdering the empress dowager would be borne by the other party...
"I heard that your Majesty's biological grandmother, Princess Fuyangzhuang, died shortly after your biological father, Prince Fuyang Duan, passed away?" Yun Fenghuang looked at her, "Do you think this is too coincidental? A little bit?"
Empress Ji said: "The Princess of Fuyangzhuang was a young widow and lost her son in middle age. In grief, it is reasonable and reasonable for her to follow her only son and die."
Yun Fenghuang said: "But there was still Your Majesty at that time. Your Majesty was still young. Although he was born as a concubine, he was able to canonize the crown prince under the plan of his loving mother, the Queen Mother. How could Princess Fuyangzhuang have the heart to abandon her orphans and widowers? She herself Are you going to follow King Fuyang Duan? You must know that King Fuyang’s lineage has been passed down for several generations. Isn’t that the time when His Majesty needed the support of his own grandmother?”
"I'm afraid you don't know that Princess Fuyangzhuang is a concubine, but she doesn't like His Majesty very much..." Empress Ji said casually, but suddenly stopped mid-sentence, her eyes flashed, and she said slowly, " You are right, no matter how much Princess Fuyangzhuang treats her as a concubine, Prince Duan of Fuyang has been ill for many years, and your majesty only has so much flesh and blood on her knees, how can a grandmother not feel sorry for her and not take her seriously?"
"Even if I see my only son die and the white-haired man give away the black-haired man, I will be devastated. No matter what, I have to hold on for a while and raise His Majesty to a mature age, so that I can rest assured and close my eyes."
"In particular, it is no secret that Princess Fuyangzhuang did not like the motherly Empress Dowager who was still Princess Fuyang at that time."
"How can she rest assured that she will leave Prince Fuyang's palace, together with His Majesty who is still young, to her loving mother, the Empress Dowager, and leave on her own?"
Empress Ji said this in one breath and frowned slightly, "It's just... Not to mention that His Majesty was young at the time, even if there were any inside stories in the palace, Your Majesty was probably ignorant and didn't know anything. After all these years, Times have changed, where can we find evidence? Let’s just say that although Your Majesty is the biological flesh and blood of the Dowager Princess of Fuyangzhuang, you have not gotten along with this princess very much, but you have a deep love for your loving mother, the Queen Mother, and her son... "
Therefore, even if this suspicion is raised, even if there is some evidence, whether Chunjia will admit it is still a question.
"There is no airtight wall in the world." Yun Fenghuang said slowly and calmly, "Furthermore, the country is governed by filial piety. If such things are leaked out, for the sake of the reputation of the Tian family, the clan members will stand up and demand a thorough investigation. Yes. My Majesty, tell me, is this true?"
Empress Ji pursed her lips and quickly analyzed the pros and cons: Given the relationship between Empress Dowager Yuan and Chun Jia, and the importance of her status and position as the empress dowager to Chun Jia, conventional means of criticism would not work at all, because Chun Jia I will definitely spare no effort to protect this queen mother.
Moreover, Empress Dowager Yuan is very smart and not so easy to scratch.
If the murderous plot is exposed, not to mention the power of the Ji family in the previous dynasty, none of the people in the harem, from the Empress Dowager to the Empress Dowager, will be able to escape Chunjia's revenge - let alone the Empress Dowager Yuan who has been in Chunhuang Palace all these years. Not for nothing.
Ji's hands are not that long yet.
Therefore, if you want to quickly defeat this loving mother-in-law, it is indeed a good way to start with the death of Princess Fuyangzhuang.
This is the mother-in-law of Queen Mother Yuan and Chunjia's biological grandmother.
Even if Chunjia has passed to Xiaozong and can no longer call Princess Fuyangzhuang her grandmother... But where is the blood relationship and where is the generation gap.
Once the matter gets serious, once the Empress Dowager Yuan commits the murder of her mother-in-law, Chunjia has the intention to protect her, but at most she can save her life. The Queen Mother should not think about it. How can the world accept a woman who murdered her mother-in-law to be on the throne of the phoenix? ? It is not even possible to stay in the palace for a long time.
By that time, even if Chunjia raised him outside... it would have no impact.
There is no doubt that the ideas proposed by Yun Fenghuang are beneficial to Ji.
The problem is, this operation can only be done by Ji.
After all, Yun Fenghuang is definitely not capable of this. Everyone who "leaked" this suspicion has aroused public opinion in the world and forced Chunjia to be unable to settle the matter.
"Even if it was later deliberately revealed that Concubine Xian had brought it up, I'm afraid no one would believe it. After all, Concubine Xian was from a humble background and was young. Who would believe that she would come up with such a vicious plan?" Empress Ji analyzed, "And she Now I am coercing myself with my loving mother, the Empress Dowager..."
If Mr. Ji revealed the truth, given the character of this virtuous concubine, she would most likely drag Chunjia to cry to the Queen Mother Yuan, then beat her up and say that Mr. Ji was deliberately sowing discord.
And considering the extent of the rift between Chunjia mother and son and the Ji family, do they trust Yun Fenghuang or the Ji family
The Queen sighed in her heart, the method is a good method, as long as the general trend is guided, it doesn't matter what the truth is, Queen Mother Yuan will definitely lose.
However, it is 80% impossible to frame Xian Fei...
No wonder Yun Fenghuang said it so readily.
She calmed down and said calmly: "Your Majesty and Empress Yuan Mu are very dependent on you now. If the world is talking about it, and your Majesty orders you to do something for Empress Yuan Mu, what should you do?"
"I have little ability, so I am naturally helpless." Yun Fenghuang said without thinking, "After all, when Princess Fuyangzhuang passed away, I was not even born yet. What can I do about this kind of sesame and rotten millet? ?”
Empress Ji snorted and said, "Really? I thought you would seize this opportunity to show off your skills to His Majesty so that you can take over my position."
- It is true that Yun Fenghuang was a person who must have held a grudge against Empress Dowager Yuan for suppressing and ostracizing her over the past few months.
But the queen will not forget that at the concubine ceremony, the wise concubine looked up at her with a phoenix crown, her ambition and determination to win.
Therefore, Yun Fenghuang encouraged the Ji family to take action and forced the Empress Dowager Yuan into a deadlock. At the same time, he stood up and became the savior of the Empress Dowager Yuan. He counterattacked at the critical moment and stepped on the Ji family's third-generation Phoenix Master. It was not unreasonable. possible.
After all, in that case, even if Queen Mother Yuan could keep her position as Queen Mother and stay in the palace, how could she have the nerve to target her
"Your Majesty, you are overthinking." Faced with the Queen's straightforward suspicion, Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly and said, "With my background, I have no confidence that I can deal with the likes of the Luo family. Therefore, with my position in the middle palace, no matter what I do, I Xiao Xiang, right now, he is the one who most wants your empress to sit here."
Empress Ji didn't believe it: "Since Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu entered the palace, when have they been in your hands? Now they have both been demoted to the ninth concubine... Do you fear them?"
Yun Fenghuang said quietly: "Of course I am not afraid of Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu, but... the empress must not forget that the reason why the empress dowager, the empress dowager, hired them into the palace for your majesty, was not to resent the concubines in the palace over the years. It's all up to the Ji family to make the choice, she can't have a hand in it, she just needs His Majesty's approval to win over her father's family!"
She said quietly, "After all, His Majesty's biggest concern is not just the Ji family!"
The emperor's current primary goal is, of course, to kill the Ji family.
After all, not only does the Ji family have power over both the government and the public, their position of power in the harem is also deep-rooted.
It can be said that if this family does not fall down for a day, it will be difficult for the emperor to sleep peacefully.
But after the Ji family was resolved, Chunjia could not sit back and relax, because there was still a regent waiting to start an internal fight with him within the clan.
This is under the premise of ignoring the thoughts and choices of important ministers such as the Zheng family and Cui family.
By then, the importance of high-profile families such as the Luo family and the Ouyang family will be self-evident.
Yun Fenghuang didn't want to use this overall situation to test Chunjia's love for her - she didn't want Feng Zuo to be replaced until Xie's wings were strong enough to support her ascending to the throne.
This is just like how she would rather go to Mianfu Palace to pay her respects than Chunhuo Palace.
Empress Ji had been rejected and guarded against by Chunjia from the very beginning. The empress had limited control over her, and many times she even had to put down her dignity to compromise with her. Yun Fenghuang snatched the phoenix position from her, and even if Chunjia didn't support her unequivocally, she wouldn't object much; if she were in a higher position like Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu, even if Chunjia didn't like her, she would still be ahead. Having a father and brother in the court was a great addition, and there was nothing that made Chunjia dislike him.
Yun Fenghuang plans to overthrow them and take over himself... Chunjia will probably stop him.
And even if she succeeds in the end, Chunjia is afraid that she will feel guilty towards them.
If a talented person emerges from Luo Family and Ouyang Family, maybe he can continue to stand up based on this and give Yun Fenghuang a hard blow
Therefore, Yun Fenghuang emphasized: "Although I have many thoughts, at least for now, I only support the empress and have no other intentions! I also ask the empress not to do things that make relatives happy and enemies happy!"
The Queen raised her eyebrows: "I don't understand what Concubine Xian said?"
You have taken so many benefits from the Ji family, and so far you have only talked about it on paper, but you have not implemented a single promise. How can you have the nerve to say this? ?
"Really?" Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I received news earlier that Qi's son was injured and in critical condition, and was being sent to the Imperial Capital for medical treatment... I thought it was the empress who wanted to beat me. Concubine?"