"This matter sounds strange to me." Yun Fenghuang turned to look at the queen and frowned, "But what does this have to do with me? It is true that the Xie family and the Qi family had an engagement, but because of the The sixth lady of the Xie family was dismissed when she was falsely accused by her husband's family and died. Later, the concubine was also adopted to the Yun family. Just now, when the Queen Mother called her concubine, she also said "Yun family". Now, does the Queen still want a concubine? Are you responsible for Xie's affairs?"
"If that's the case, wouldn't His Majesty have to go back to Fuyang County in person to comfort Wang Ling Shangxiao?"
Empress Dowager Ji came from a wealthy family. She entered the palace as a young queen and lived in a well-behaved environment all her life. What she hated the most was her undisciplined and wanton attitude. When she heard this, she became furious and scolded her: "You bastard! How dare you do this?" Are you talking nonsense?!"
Yun Fenghuang knelt down and asked "The Queen Mother to please calm down" perfunctorily, and finally continued to quibble: "The Queen Mother, although I talked about the Holy Emperor, what I said was not wrong. After all, there are no rules about succession in the country and the country. Whichever family you inherit from, you will belong to that family from now on. Even if your parents are born opposite each other, it has nothing to do with it!"
"Otherwise, who would dare to have a step-heir?"
"I am now the daughter of the Yun family. Why can I be questioned about the matter between the Xie family and the Qi family?"
Empress Dowager Ji said in a cold voice: "If it were just a matter between the Xie family and the Qi family, of course I would not bring it to question you! But you must not forget that the Xie family sent someone to pretend to be Wei He to ambush and kill the Qi family's son. You—don’t rush to use your identity as the Yun family’s daughter to deny it, you keep saying that you are the Yun family’s daughter after you adopt the Yun family, and have nothing to do with the Xie family anymore.”
"But last year, Mr. Xie came to Beijing one after another. Not to mention that your biological mother came to the palace to meet you several times. Let's talk about the children of Mr. Xie who have not received your care?!"
"Not to mention Xie Wuzheng's grace from Lord Shang, Xie Meng, the granddaughter of Xie's fourth brother-in-law and your blood niece, was brought to live in the palace by you for a long time. A few days ago, you sent him away because of your sister-in-law's unhappiness. !”
"On the other hand, Yun, not only have you never fought for anything for him, you were even at odds with Duke Yi's government!"
"These actions are enough to prove that you are in Cao Ying and your heart is Han. You say you are the daughter of the Yun family, but in your heart you still think you are the daughter of the Xie family."
"Otherwise, how could Mrs. Xie ambush the imperial captain for you and commit such a treasonous act?!"
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "The Queen Mother is so generous: I am born after the Yun family, so of course I am the daughter of the Yun family. But my current stepmother is my blood aunt, from the Xie family. My aunt and uncle were originally He loves me dearly, so he tried his best to persuade my parents to adopt me."
"For this reason, my present father-in-law and mother-in-law have always felt that they were indebted to Mrs. Xie for bringing a legitimate daughter into their laps, and even invited the lucky ones to come into the palace and become concubines. Therefore, they often told me in private that I should be a good daughter-in-law. Take care of Mr. Xie."
"After all, they are adopted. Isn't Mrs. Xie also my cousin?"
"That's why I take care of the Xie family's children, but when it comes to the Lord's affairs, I would never dare to have any say in the life-long affairs of the princesses!"
"Furthermore, it is known to both the government and the public that the marriages of the three princesses are personally decided by His Majesty. How can I interfere with this?"
"As for me, I have never fought for anything for the Yun family. Madam, I came to the palace to serve your majesty, not to gain benefits for my mother's family. Everyone knows that my father-in-law, Duke Yi, is loyal and loyal. Loyalty! If I rely on Your Majesty’s generosity and do such greedy things as I do, I’m afraid the Duke of Yi will not be able to tolerate my concubine!”
"... As for what these two people said about Xie's ambush on the imperial school captain for my concubine, I am also confused. The relationship between my concubine and Qi's son was clarified by the Imperial City Secretary after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last year. Your Majesty personally supervised this matter, how can it be false?"
"In this case, even if Mrs. Xie is doing it for my own good, why would she target Mr. Qi?"
"Therefore, I ask the Queen Mother and the Empress to be aware of everything and not fall into the trap of the traitor!"
Empress Dowager Ji sneered: "Yun is really good at eloquence."
He raised his chin and asked the woman to come out and add something.
The woman's argument was that she was a child of the Qi family. Because her mother was a small steward and was assigned to serve the masters closely, she treated Qi Jiulu, Yun Fenghuang, and other young masters who had close ties with the Qi family. The ladies are all familiar with it.
Of course, the ones she is most familiar with are Qi Jiulu and Yun Fenghuang: "The Concubine Xian and the eldest son of the master's family have agreed to get married since childhood. They are childhood sweethearts who go out and go out together. They are very close."
When the woman said this, she glanced at Yun Fenghuang, wondering if she was panicked.
But the result disappointed the woman. The former quasi-mother of the Qi family and now the virtuous concubine was as motionless as a mountain, as calm as if she had nothing to do with her. Even aware of her prying eyes, he tilted his head and smiled encouragingly and tolerantly at her.
It seemed to inspire her to continue editing.
So the woman secretly gritted her teeth and said: "My maid had a little girl under her knees at that time. She was about the same age as the Concubine Xian. She was also pretty and pretty, so she was chosen by my wife to serve the pen and ink in the eldest son's study. In fact, the lady has no other intentions, and the maid also plans to betroth her to someone close to the eldest son in the future. But the Concubine Xian... has been jealous since she was a child, and she became unhappy when she saw the first look of the maid's daughter. Originally, the Concubine Xian was I want the eldest son to send away my maid’s daughter, but the eldest son is pure filial piety and said that my maid’s daughter was arranged by my wife after all, and I am not at fault. If I want to send her away, I must report it to my wife!”
"However, Concubine Xian did not want to offend Madam, so she did not mention this matter."
"Not long after that, my servant made an inexplicable mistake and was about to be sent to the Zhuangzi. My daughter couldn't bear to leave my servant, so she abandoned the mission and wanted to go to the Zhuangzi with my servant!"
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "What else?"
Seeing her like this, the woman went a little crazy. After calming herself down, she continued:
According to what the woman said, the family went to Zhuangzi. Although the life was much worse than when they were with their master, they were also much safer. No one of them had to bear the consequences of being punished for accidentally hating their master.
Coupled with the deep relationship between husband and wife and the filial piety of their children, the family is also happy.
Not long after that, didn't the Qi family and the Xie family break off their engagement just because something happened to Xie Fenghuan
At that time, this matter was quite a big deal in the Northland, and the two families broke up on bad terms. Qi Jiulu's mother, Mrs. Chen, was very angry because of this, but she felt a little guilty after being reminded of what happened to the woman and her family.
Although he did not call people back to his ancestral home, he expressed his attitude tactfully.
As a result, the family's life in Zhuangzi was not only better, but also some relatives and friends who were still in the ancestral home also received a certain amount of support. This was probably the head of the family's roundabout compensation - as a result, last year At the end of the day, someone came to Zhuangzi and secretly asked them to buy information about Qi Jiulu, focusing on his whereabouts.
As a family member, of course their family was unwilling to sell it at first, and even wanted to file a lawsuit against Chen.
"Later, seeing that the situation was not going well, the man revealed his identity and said he was from the Chao family, because the young lady in the family had admired the eldest son for a long time, but the Chao family, their legitimate daughter who was married to the eldest son, did not want to share the same husband with her sisters, so she had to find another way. If you can inform me, you will be rewarded generously.”
The woman began to sob, "At that time, my eldest son was discussing marriage. He was talking about a stewardess of the Qi family. She was very beautiful. She had served the direct daughter of the Qi family since she was a child. She learned a lot from her and was considered the best among the servants. He has both talent and appearance... Therefore, in order to avoid being looked down upon by his in-laws, this is the time to bite the bullet and hire him."
"The servant girl's family is obsessed with money. After briefly verifying the identity of the person, they... entrusted people around the eldest son to find out his whereabouts and report the person."
"The man was quite happy at the time and left a lot of wealth behind."
"However, just when the servant girl's family was happily preparing for the eldest son's marriage, they were shocked to hear that the eldest son was ambushed and almost escaped death!"
"The servant girl's family didn't think of anything at the time. They only thought that Wei He was vicious. But within two days, a fire suddenly broke out in Zhuangzi where the servant girl's family lived..."
Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, well, after choking, I can cry again.
As expected, the woman below burst into tears and said bitterly, "It was in the middle of the night when the fire broke out. My whole family was asleep. How could I know? When we find out..."
It must be too late. Almost the whole family was destroyed in the fire, and she was the only survivor.
Then, when she was grieving, she discovered that the fire was not simple. She suspected that someone had deliberately murdered her, but she could not find any evidence. In order to prevent the whole family from being confused, she could only look for clues in a dodgy manner... At this time, Chao Jingyou, the wife of the eldest son, The person ordered his secrets to be brought to him for interrogation. As a result, he gave two confessions. Chao Jingyou went back to her parents' house for a thorough investigation and found that the person who paid for Qi Jiulu's whereabouts was not from the Chao family at all!
Chao Jingyou is different from this woman. She is the legitimate daughter of the Chao family, the wife of Qi Jiulu, and the future mistress of the Qi family. The human, material, financial and vision that she can use in the North cannot be ignored. Therefore, it was quickly discovered that the man was actually a minor steward of the Jiang family, and: "... When my young lady ordered someone to go to confront the Jiang family, the man was already dead. Counting the days, it was from the maid's house that he It has only been two days since I left Zhuangzi where I live."
Chao Jingyou couldn't swallow such a death without any evidence. After reporting it to her parents-in-law, she took advantage of the fact that she accompanied her husband to the imperial capital to seek medical treatment, so she went to beat the Dengwen drum.
As for this woman who had a son with the two Xie families, she could not restrain her hatred. When she was wandering outside the government office, she was "accidentally" discovered by an official. After interrogation, she was stabbed in front of the Queen Mother.
Yun Fenghuang yawned when he heard this. Seeing the cold looks from Empress Dowager Ji and Empress Ji, he covered his mouth and chuckled: "How should I put this matter? The Xie family and the Qi family are both in the north, and they have been married for generations. , before the marriage contract was broken off, the children of the two families were treated as brothers and sisters, no matter how deep their friendship was, they still interacted with each other like relatives. "
"Even after the engagement was broken off, the heads of the two families had a dispute, and the children below also felt sorry for their own families for a while... But after all, there were reasons for everything, so there is no deep hatred."
She pondered, "So, if Mrs. Xie wants to ambush Mr. Qi, why is it so complicated? Go around in circles to find someone to find out where you are, and you have to kill a whole family. What trouble? Send him directly to Mr. Qi? I have a disciple who I have been with and have a good relationship with, so I can make an excuse to meet him, fabricate some secrets, and ask him not to tell others, and then I can just lie him out and get it over with."
"If you are worried that this will not cover up the Dingbei Army's subsequent investigation, there is an easier way: after you deceive the person, arrange for a woman from the side branch to mess up his clothes, and say that the brothers at home are kind enough to invite him to have a drink. As a result, This man was of bad character, and he even forced his way into the boudoir while his brother was away temporarily and molested him... It was natural and right to kill him on the spot with a knife. Is it possible that the Dingbei Army had the nerve to pursue him?"
"The Xie family has many heirs. Just the people from the main branch, even the servants with poor memory can't remember them all. There are even more from the side branches and they can't be remembered. So afterwards I arranged for the woman to change her name and wait for three or two years. Now that the news of the incident has passed, if you continue to leave the palace and get married as if nothing happened, what’s the big deal?”
She concluded calmly, "Anyway, if you really want to kill someone, I, a prostitute, can come up with two more feasible ways on the spot. Not to mention the many people in the Xie family, wouldn't it be better for me to do it alone?" Are you smart and smart? The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, what this woman said is just nonsense! The two of them grew up in high families and entered the palace as young men. They have always been aloof, so they have developed a state of mind like spring and snow, but they don't know that the people below are , not all of them are well-behaved, sensible, timid and stupid, but there are also such lowly maids who act recklessly, have evil intentions and even become crazy!"
As he spoke, he leaned back and sincerely suggested, "How about giving the Imperial City Secretary some rules and forcing her to tell the truth!"