Yun Fenghuang was slightly speechless when he heard this. If she knew, why would she come here to test
But it would be too insensitive to directly say that you don't know - so he changed his mind and said vaguely: "Ji thought she had a plan, but in fact she just walked into your majesty's trap. I am waiting to see Your Majesty can turn the tide and reverse the situation!"
Chunjia looked at her with a smile, as if waiting for her to give more details.
However, Yun Fenghuang couldn't guess for a while, so he decisively changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, the Ji family has been silent for many years. I am determined that it will not be just the incident in the Wang Mausoleum and the Chao family coming. I'm afraid there may be a back-up plan."
"At this time, we must try our best to win over the Luo family and others."
"Why don't we issue an edict today to promote Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu back to the imperial concubine position?"
"It's just that when Ji Muzi was promoted to the title of Jieyu, the reason was to pray for the two empress dowagers. If the Luo family and Ouyang family are promoted to the throne now, without a reliable reason, they will inevitably be asked by the Ji family to let them The two of them also stayed in the palace and prayed for blessings all day long."
"You have to find a suitable excuse."
Chunjia pondered: "My dear concubine, do you have any ideas?"
Yun Fenghuang had no idea and would not say this: "Since the Liang family entered the Yanlan Palace, they said that the Luo family's fate was beneficial to the heirs in the Liang family's womb, and since they were the heirs of the emperor, they would be graced with it. As for the Ouyang family, it was How about rewarding an old minister? This way, the boss of the Ouyang family will be grateful for God's grace, and it will also embarrass the Ji family. "
After all, Ouyang Yanran was brought in by the Ji family in the first place.
As a result, when he returned to the court, not only was he immediately summoned and promoted, but because of him, his granddaughter was promoted to a higher position in the palace... As proud as it was for Ouyang, it was humiliating for Ji.
If this were the usual situation, and Chunjia wasn't the kind of sharp-edged emperor, perhaps he wouldn't have irritated the Ji family so much.
But Ji had even disturbed the royal tombs of the Fuyang King lineage from which he was born, so why should he be so polite
He's just used to being patient, but he's not really temperamental!
At this moment, after a little thought, he agreed, and also ordered that the second concubine be given something as a token of favor.
Of course, because he said this in front of Yun Fenghuang, he had to give a copy to Xuanqing Palace.
Yun Fenghuang smiled and thanked him, fearing that he would continue to test himself, so he acted coquettishly and coquettishly, and soon the emperor had no time to think about it.
Let the day go by, and when she was dressing up the next morning, the Qing Dynasty told her: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the day when my wife will come to the palace for an audience. The Thirteenth Young Madam has sent a message to her, saying that she is still I'm very happy, but I don't dare to come into the palace and disturb you. So I want to ask my aunt to take Miss Sun with me."
Yun Fenghuang had so many things on his mind during this time that he almost forgot about his sister-in-law and his "daughter-like" niece. Hearing this, he sighed: "My sister-in-law and her brother and sister were all fine before, so why are they like this?" This is the first time you have gone through such trouble? Let the imperial physician here take a look at it later."
Qingren said with a smile: "The doctor has been watching over the young lady and said that there is nothing serious. Maybe the young lady came to the imperial capital just now and is not accustomed to the local environment. It will be fine after a while. Now is an extraordinary time, so many One thing is worse than one thing less. After all, this is not Madam’s first child, so it must be nothing serious.”
This is the difference between a sister-in-law and a close blood sister. If Xie Fenghuan was still there, Yun Fenghuang might insist on asking the imperial doctor to take a look at her to make sure everything was safe. But since she is a sister-in-law... Now that she and her family really need to be cautious in words and deeds to avoid being found out by Ji, Yun Fenghuang pondered for a moment and agreed.
He just ordered: "Find out some nourishing things, and when my aunt and the others come tomorrow, ask them to take some back to my sister-in-law to replenish her body."
She still felt sorry for her mother-in-law, but when she paid her respects that day, Queen Mother Ji got angry: "Ms. Yun, do you know your guilt!?"
Yun Fenghuang sat in his seat without moving, with an innocent look on his face: "The Queen Mother, I don't know who I am."
"Who taught Yun the rules before she entered the palace?" Seeing her attitude, Empress Dowager Ji immediately asked, "The elders scolded her, but they were as motionless as a mountain. The palace servant who taught the rules was three feet white silk!"
"Empress Dowager, please calm down." Yun Fenghuang chuckled, finally stood up and left his seat, blessed her, and said softly, "I am the Empress Dowager who invited me into the palace, how can I be such an unruly person? It's just that the Queen Mother came out of the blue to ask questions, and there was no basis for it. I was at a loss, and I didn't know why, so I was a step too late and didn't have time to get up!"
The implication is that if you can't stick to the rules of this palace, then first ask your aunt and mother-in-law if there is something wrong with her vision? Furthermore, I just reacted a little slowly, and your accusation may not be in line with the rules!
Empress Dowager Ji heard what she meant and her tone was cold: "Yun, you are always sophistry. If the Ai family doesn't have solid evidence, how can the Ai family waste their words and lectures on you?!"
"Do you know that the drum was beaten this time?"
"Reply to the Queen Mother," Yun Fenghuang said, "I heard something."
Empress Dowager Ji snorted and said, "Then why does Mr. Chao want to beat the drum? Do you know that?"
Yun Fenghuang said softly: "Empress Dowager, I'm not sure about this concubine. After all, this happened in the previous dynasty. I live deep in the palace, and everyone can still hear a few words about the news. Those who are talking to me have nothing to do with me. I have been busy these past two days, but I have no time to ask."
"It's so unclear!" Queen Mother Ji sneered and said, "The Ai family knows that you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"
He ordered people, "Go and bring him up!"
After a while, the palace servants led in three trembling men dressed as common people.
Seeing them, Yun Fenghuang's expression remained as usual, but the fingers in his sleeves subconsciously tightened.
The three people were first led to salute at the foot of Danqi. The Queen Mother did not call out to them, but only asked them: "Do you recognize the virtuous concubine?"
"In response to the Queen Mother's words." After hearing this, the three of them raised their heads, glanced at Yun Fenghuang quickly, and then kowtowed, "I recognize you. This is the daughter of the fourth family descended from the head of the villain family. She is ranked seventeenth. "
One of the women said: "Returning to the Queen Mother, my maid has been serving the Qi family in the North for twenty years. When the Queen Mother was still the seventeenth daughter of the Xie family, she often went to the house to meet with the Qi family's eldest son. It can be said that I watched her grow up. Although her eyebrows have grown a lot now, they are still the same as before."
Queen Mother Ji asked quietly: "Concubine Xian, what about you? Do you know them too?"
Yun Fenghuang's expression was very relaxed: "Empress Dowager, although the Xie family is very different from the Ji family, it can still be regarded as a family that has called slaves and maids for generations. As a legitimate daughter and the only legitimate daughter of my parents, I come and go freely. There were a large group of people surrounding them. I was young and ignorant at that time, and didn't care much about the people around me. I had no impression of these two men. I vaguely remember seeing this woman."
Before Empress Dowager Ji could speak to the woman, she had already said with a smile, "About five or six years ago, something went wrong when you were serving someone, and the mistress of the Qi family was punished. I heard that she was later driven to Zhuangzi. , and your daughter’s marriage has been delayed as a result... Is that you? But five or six years ago, I was only about ten years old, that is, when I was four or five years old, I started to be taken by my elders to visit the Qi family. , it’s not like you watched him grow up, right?”
The woman was a little panicked when she heard this, fearing that she would be suspected: "Please ask the Queen Mother to make the decision for you. Although I was punished at the beginning, I was willing to do so and had no thoughts of resentment against my master..." Although the daughter’s marriage..."
"Shut up!" Empress Dowager Ji frowned slightly. She was very dissatisfied with this woman's impatience. She stopped her with a stern face and said, "No one can make mistakes without being a sage. There are many servants in this palace who have been beaten by the master. Go, are all of them resentful of the masters?! Can the rules still be enforced?! Can the masters still live their lives?! There is no need to mention those old sesame seeds and rotten millet things!"
"The Ai family just wants to ask you, is what you said before true or false?!"
The woman heard the intention of protecting her, and breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped her cold sweat and nodded vigorously: "It's true, it's true! Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, there is absolutely no falsehood in what your servant said!"
Empress Ji, who was standing next to the Queen Mother, coughed dryly: "Since it is true, then tell me and let everyone hear what is going on."
In fact, without the woman's explanation, Yun Fenghuang could guess the general plot: it was just that the two men were from the Xie family, and they were the sons of the Xie family, and the woman was an old servant who had served the Qi family.
The reason why the three people appeared in the Imperial Capital thousands of miles away was because they were all involved in one thing: Qi Jiulu was lying dead and his life was in danger.
The version of the two Xie families who had children is that their family has been serving the Xie family for generations. Because of their quickness and loyalty, some things that are not easy to spread will also be dealt with.
"Over the years, the villain's father and brother have secretly eradicated more than one dissident for the Xie family. Among them, the Beidi Chao family's... Chen family's... Zhou family's... "
First, he listed a lot of dirty work he had done for Mr. The school captains... Although Qi Xiaowei once had an engagement with my young lady, that is all in the past. Little people never dare to talk, but thinking that this move is killing an official and tantamount to rebellion, I feel in my heart It’s really uncertain!”
"That's why I was so bold. I gave some advice to the people who came over from my family, hoping to ask my family to give up such thoughts."
"Unexpectedly, the master was furious when he heard this. Not only did he whip his father twenty times as punishment, but he also sternly ordered the little people not to make mistakes, and Qi Xiaowei must be killed!"
"My master was very excited at the time and said something in anger. The little people didn't quite understand. They only knew that what he meant was that Captain Qi has a very important relationship with my young lady. Unless he dies, my young lady's future will be unsafe!"
"As for why this is so, the little people don't dare to ask anymore..."
"Then, at the urging of the master, the villains set up an ambush outside Yanzhou City and tried to shoot Qi Xiaowei... However, Qi Xiaowei's cavalry and shooting were exquisite, and he still fought his way out after being hit by the arrow... The villains had no choice but to go back and plead guilty."
"Originally, it was natural for the master to be beaten and punished for failing to fulfill his orders, but unexpectedly, the master deliberately silenced him."
"It's a pity that this villain has a family of more than 20 people. They have worked hard for Mr. Xie for many years, but only two of his brothers managed to escape!"
At this point, the man who spoke burst into tears, "The villain has paid a lot of blood for Mrs. Xie, so it's okay to pay it back. How come the villain's mother and wife have been kind to others all their lives and have never done anything wrong, yet they have to die tragically at the sword of the master's family?" !?"
"Xie's treatment of this villain's family is so unfair!"
"Even if it's against the moral code to sue the master as a servant, and it costs the lives of two villain brothers - we must seek justice for the whole family!!!"
While they were talking, the two brothers looked up at Yun Fenghuang regardless of the rules, their eyes were split open, and they were full of hatred!
Empress Dowager Ji spoke softly: "Mr. Yun, are you aware of your sin now?"
"The Queen Mother just said that no one can make mistakes without being a sage." Yun Fenghuang did not answer the question, but raised his eyebrows at the two men below and said, "It's better for you to keep saying that your mother and wife have never done anything like this. If you do anything wrong, are you questioning the Queen Mother to her face, or are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for the Queen Mother?"
The two brothers froze when they heard this, feeling a little at a loss.
The original fierce momentum suddenly subsided like the tide - Empress Dowager Ji's face darkened, and she almost cursed "idiot" on the spot. Fortunately, the empress helped to remedy the situation and said in a manly voice: "Xianfei, such trivial matters, It’s not too late to discuss it later. But you answered the mother’s question first. After all, this is a big deal!”