"You...you are talking nonsense!!!" The woman was born in the Qi family and was no stranger to Yun Fenghuang's temperament. How could she not know that this former would-be mistress was not easy to get along with
If Empress Dowager Ji hadn't been present, she wouldn't have had the courage to face Yun Fenghuang directly.
In the end, Yun Fenghuang finally got up the courage to tell the story clearly. In just a few words, Yun Fenghuang tried to shirk the blame. He even wanted to punish her immediately. He couldn't help but become flustered and said loudly, "Everything my servant said is true." , There is absolutely no falsehood! Concubine Xian, you are deliberately trying to kill people and silence them!"
Maybe it was the oppression at a critical moment, but the woman suddenly became wise and shouted, "And what you said about letting your brothers and sisters slander the reputation of my eldest son, other people just paid it back, how could Mr. Xie do it?" Do this?! The affairs of Miss Xie’s sixth daughter and your concubine were known to everyone in the entire North. The reputation of Xie’s daughter has long been stinky. If it is exposed to outsiders again now Regarding indecent matters, who would suspect that my eldest son has bad conduct?!"
"Who wouldn't think that the Xie family is a slutty, shameless, and deliberately seducing my eldest son?!"
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "Whether the Sixth Miss Xie is innocent or not, His Majesty personally sent the Imperial City Department to the local area for a thorough investigation, and the conclusion has long been reached! Don't you, a cheap servant, question His Majesty's ignorance of right from wrong?!"
"It was at the end of last year that the emperor thoroughly investigated this matter, but the rumors of Xie Fenghuan's unruly women have been spreading in the north for three years." Empress Ji said, "It will take some time to spread the news in the countryside, Xie Isn't it time for you to breathe a sigh of relief and act like nothing happened?"
Empress Ji felt a little regretful. When Chunjia arranged for a child care worker to "clear up" the grievances of Concubine Xian's concubine at the Mid-Autumn Festival, she privately persuaded her family to stop her no matter what.
However, first of all, most of the Ji family members were observing filial piety at that time. According to Duke Ye's instructions, it was a time of dormancy and it was not easy to take action. Secondly, the people who were most opposed to this matter should have a regent. They just said The regent would not tolerate anything he did not do.
In the end, who knew that Gongxiang Ruoji was so unsatisfactory that he was forced into a corner by Chunjia? If he had known it, he would have made a fuss about Xie Fenghuan and eradicated this virtuous concubine before this happened!
...Who knew that Yun Fenghuang was not only as cunning as a fox, but his brothers in the family were also very useful
Although Xie Wuzheng and his like are young, they have already shown that they can stand alone and serve as the emperor's humerus.
If it weren't for these people, just a good concubine, Ji would really not notice her.
After all, no matter how much the emperor loves Yun Fenghuang, he himself can't decide everything with just one word, so what can he do? However, the Concubine Xian strives for her own strength and her family can support her, so this problem becomes troublesome.
The queen secretly thought that in the final analysis, her family had been in power for so long that she lost her vigilance.
At first, I only thought that Concubine Xian was not of high birth and was not something to be afraid of.
Why didn't I expect that since Xie was able to teach a woman of Xian Fei's temperament, she would only have to work harder on the teachings of her legitimate sons. In addition, there are many children, even if only a few are smart, they are still able to make progress... You shouldn't keep Xie Fenghuan's matter as a trump card, hoping to use it to control Yun Fenghuang at the critical moment!
As a result, before Ji could find out about this matter, Chunjia took it and used it first.
Not only did he take advantage of the situation to receive a wave of gratitude from Concubine Xian and Mr. Xie, but he also made Mr. Ji unable to make a fuss about this matter.
The queen could only say at this moment, "How can the rumors of a woman in the family become famous again because of this eye-retaining bone? Moreover, Concubine Xian, you are so quick to react to murdering others. I'm afraid you are also influenced by it. All the elders in the family are like this." Violent? Otherwise, an ordinary woman, living deep in a boudoir, cannot even bear to hear the screams of livestock, let alone talk about the lives of people she knows well, as if nothing has happened? "
Yun Fenghuang said in a lazy tone: "The Queen is overthinking. I just have a clear conscience, so I am calm and composed. Besides, this is just a hypothesis. If I really have the intention to murder others, I will be so open-minded. Say it?"
"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother." Upon seeing this, the pair of Xie family's brothers suddenly knelt forward and kowtowed, "I still have evidence. I have assassinated a villager for the Xie family before and was responsible for disposing of the corpses." . I remember the location of those corpses!"
"Because of the bitter cold in the north, even if it has been a few days since he was buried, his face is still recognizable!"
"Before coming to the Imperial Capital this time, the villain has secretly excavated some parts and hid them in the motorcade for inspection!"
Yun Fenghuang was still very calm: "I remembered the laws of the country and decided to kill the tomb digger. Besides, I don't know where I got it from. Maybe you stole it and did it without telling the master's family." When you are caught doing something illegal, you want to beat him up?"
The elder brother of that family who gave birth to a child sneered when he heard this: "I don't know the noble status of the Concubine Xian. Those corpses had various conflicts with the Xie family's children before they were alive, so they were killed. We will know this once we investigate! And we and other brothers He did dirty work for Mr. Xie and never came in or out in front of others. It could be said that he had nothing to do with those people, but why did he do this? In the end, Mr. It’s indescribable that even my brother, who is so loyal and dedicated to working for the master’s family, cannot be tolerated and is where he is today!”
"There is another possibility that you are so ambitious that you plan to assassinate the children of other families who have conflicts with my Xie family when they are singled out. You are waiting for this opportunity to file a complaint so that you can sell your family and get rich." Yun Fenghuang He shook his head and said, "This matter is not enough... I, the Xie family, are the most important family in the North. If there is a dispute, why do you need to secretly plot to kill me? If you ask the elders in the family to make peace, are you afraid that the other party will not apologize and admit their mistakes? Furthermore, if the Xie family keeps doing this, How come such a vicious thing was not exposed at all before, but it only allowed your brothers to slip through the net?"
The younger brother in the family quickly came to his elder brother's aid: "The justice of heaven is clear and retribution is not good. Although Mrs. Xie acted carefully in the past, she finally gave my brother a chance to expose this matter!"
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "Then it's just a coincidence that you got this chance of survival. All the disciples of similar age in Beidi know that before I succeeded the Yun family, I had never been on good terms with Chao Jingyou, the daughter of the Chao family. At one point, it got to the point where fire and water were incompatible. After you escaped, you found her and brought you to the Imperial Capital together without looking for anyone. It was such a coincidence, it was almost as if it had been deliberately arranged."
"Yun, that's enough!!!" Empress Dowager Ji couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily, "You only make sophistry back and forth, and you have no evidence. What qualifications do you have to talk nonsense here!?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Empress Dowager, it's not that I am impudent, but this matter is really infuriating! Since your Majesty's wedding, the emperor's heirs have always been thin. This year, under the hard work of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, it is difficult for me to do so. , four little royal heirs have been added to the palace one after another, and there is also a concubine who is pregnant."
"I am not talented, but I am lucky enough to be able to raise the eldest prince and princess."
"It turns out that in just a few days, there are people who are talking about what is available and what is not. Isn't this an intentional attempt to mess up my mind, disturb me from taking care of the emperor's heir, and share the worries of the queen?"
"How can I let them get what they want?!"
She raised her chin towards the two brothers on the ground, "Such a cunning slave who betrays his master for glory will deserve to die!"
"No matter what they talk about, there is no irrefutable evidence. From my perspective, I can't produce it at all!"
"If you say that woman should go to the Imperial City Department, if I look at these two unruly slaves, I would just push them out and kill them with a stick!"
"Concubine Xian is so majestic! The Ai family is still here, but you just want to kill people and silence them openly?!" Empress Dowager Ji looked at Yun Fenghuang coldly and said in a cold voice, "Don't drag the emperor's heir out to do it. Shield! There are so many people in this palace who can raise the emperor's heirs. Even if it doesn't work, it's not like the Ai family can't take care of their grandchildren! And if you look at yourself like this, are you worthy of being the mother-in-law of the emperor's eldest son and the emperor's eldest daughter?! "
"You don't have to teach the good grandchildren of the Ai family bad things!"
Yun Fenghuang refused to admit it: "The Empress Dowager, although I am not very sensitive, I was appointed by the Empress Dowager according to the decree, and I am definitely not someone who entered the palace for free."
"Besides, there is no precedent in the palace for a queen mother to personally raise an emperor's heir: it was just a special situation. It was because the two young princes were not blessed enough that they would not be able to grow up, so she made an exception. Now, the queen mother has made an exception. Falling ill…”
She paused for a moment before continuing, "Due to the illness of the Queen Mother, the two young princes were given to the care of Mrs. Yaoning and Ouyang Xiurong respectively. These two are also people with profound blessings. Only now can we protect the little prince."
"However, the eldest prince and Princess Zhaoqing have been born smoothly. Since they were raised under my knees, they have been free from illness and disaster. They are very strong and cute."
"So why do we need to work for you, the Queen Mother?"
"For those who don't know, I thought you wanted to compete with your children for the throne, so you deliberately fabricated the trouble of these people coming here to find concubines!"
Speaking of this, one can imagine the atmosphere in the palace. It was as tight as a bow stretched to the extreme, as if it was about to explode in the next moment.
All the concubines below Yun Fenghuang, one by one, looked at each other's eyes, nose and heart, and they didn't dare to express their anger!
After a brief silence, Queen Mother Ji turned her head slightly and looked at the queen beside her: "Yun is extremely rude. If the Ai family continues to talk to her, I'm afraid she won't be angry to death..."
"I know I'm guilty, but I don't dare." Yun Fenghuang rolled his eyes in his heart, and reluctantly knelt down to plead guilty. He also said, "I am young, and I am outspoken. Please don't agree with me, the Queen Mother." I have ordinary knowledge of my concubine.”
Queen Mother Ji took a deep breath, ignored her, and said to the queen, "Drag this bitch out, the Ai family doesn't want to see her now!"
"Concubine Xian, please step back!" the Queen Mother ordered. The Queen Mother or someone from the Queen should have come over to force Yun Fenghuang out.
According to the tacit understanding, she should also beg for mercy and admit her mistake sternly all the way, so as to make the Queen Mother feel better.
But the queen knew that Yun Fenghuang would definitely refuse to do this. This concubine was always cunning and cunning, and she would never do anything that would make it impossible for her aunt and nephew to step down. So, before the palace officials could make any move, she ordered, "I haven't seen the queen mother in action." Annoying you?"
She thought she had given Yun Fenghuang enough face, but Yunfenghuang was not cooperative at all. Not only did he not go out immediately after hearing this, but he also said innocently: "But why is the Queen Mother so angry with me? I don't care about anything." You're right! You can't have the Queen Mother deliberately looking for a concubine, right? What's a concubine? Why should the Queen Mother deserve such deliberate targeting? Queen Mother, you must have misunderstood."
Then he went to ask Queen Mother Ji what she had done wrong to deserve her anger at her age, "The back and forth today is nothing more than the affairs of the Xie family and the Qi family, but what does it have to do with me, a daughter of the Yun family? ?”
Empress Ji suppressed her anger and said: "Not to mention that you are from the Xie family after all. Even if you are the daughter of the Yun family, you are not innocent in this matter. Even if it has nothing to do with you, you just did that Isn’t it wrong to speculate about the queen mother?!”
Yun Fenghuang said: "What did I say? Ah, I said don't let people suspect that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are fighting for the emperor's heir with me? Isn't this a painstaking effort for the sake of the Mother Queen Mother? The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are aware of everything. Even if you don’t reward me for this, why shouldn’t you be angry with me?”
I can't talk to this concubine anymore.
Empress Ji pinched her forehead with a headache, and stopped trying to persuade her. She just had Yun Fenghuang dragged down!
As a result, Yun Fenghuang didn't make a fuss this time. He snorted, stood up and said, "The Queen Mother is not in a good mood right now. I'll come back another day to say hello."
Without letting the palace people touch her, she just took the people away - Empress Ji sighed when she saw this, and told the concubines: "You should also disperse, and those who go to attend the illness should be more careful."
I was about to discuss the next countermeasures with Queen Mother Ji, but I immediately received news that after leaving Mianfu Palace, Concubine Xian did not return to Xuanqing Palace, but went straight to the front court!