"What did she do in the previous court?" The aunt and nephew were both a little stunned when they heard this.
After the concubines dispersed, the anger on Queen Ji's face quickly disappeared. At this moment, she said thoughtfully, "Concubine Xian is cunning and suspicious. She probably won't just ask for help... After all, Chunjia's child in front must also be in a state of distress. She is very I may have gotten ahead simply by virtue of sex, art or family background, but I have gotten to where I am today by relying on my deep scheming to find talents for His Majesty."
"Therefore, I am determined not to reveal that I am in a critical situation with a slim future..."
"Could it be that she got some help just now?"
Empress Ji frowned and said, "But she was just messing around here just now. If we hadn't just wanted to knock on the mountain and Zhenhu today, and didn't mean to capture her on the spot, we could have arranged for her to stay in the cold palace and wake up for a while. "
The Queen Mother said: "If I were to take her down today, I would at most deal with her and Xie. How can this be possible?"
She sighed, "Don't forget, she is the daughter of the Yun family now, and the Yun family, Zilai Zhongjun, is also our enemy! Since this cheap maid has a relationship with the Yun family, the eldest prince under her knees is the grandson of Duke Yi. , how can we not take advantage of it and let her spit out everything she owed us in the past, including the principal and interest?"
"Auntie, the Concubine Xian has always been cunning. I just wanted to keep it as a back-up regarding Xie Fenghuan's matter, but she quickly got His Majesty to clarify it for her, so the leverage was useless." Empress Ji hesitated for a moment. , or said, "This time... I don't think it's time to delay?"
Queen Mother Ji said calmly: "Can this be the same? Before, they were prepared; now, we are prepared. And... "
She glanced at Empress Ji with no meaning, "Do you think we captured the Yun family today and took them to the cold palace for how long? When Chunjia goes to court later, if she knows the news, I'm afraid she will find someone Reasons to take people back.”
"This time, at most, it will make her suffer a little bit, but what's the use actually? It will also scare the snake and make her and Chunjia more vigilant."
"But even though there were accusations made by both witnesses and physical evidence, nothing was done to her."
"If you were her, what would you think after going out? You must think that we haven't made up our minds yet, or you may be afraid of falling out with Chunjia completely, so you don't dare to kill her... Just knock. The kind that beats the drum and supports the previous government."
"In this way, she will contact the Xie family and the Yun family to consider countermeasures."
Queen Mother Ji's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "As long as she does this, the evidence we prepared before can be pinned on her head! At last year's summer banquet, this cheap maid tricked Mu Zi, making our Ji family's legitimate daughter , not to mention that once she was demoted to a low-level concubine, she stepped on Mu Zi and was granted the title of Jieyu... Now, although she helped persuade Chunjia to restore the concubine title to Mu Zi, she only gave it to Jieyu, and also to Jieyu. He was given the title of 'Kang' and ordered Mu Zi to stay in the palace without being allowed to go out, and to concentrate on praying for the good health of Yuan's and Qu's two humble maids... When did I, the Ji family, suffer such humiliation?!"
"Don't worry, the Yi family won't let her have an easy time!"
"...Yes." Empress Ji wanted to say. I don't want to make things easier for this humble servant. The question is, can I do it
She always felt a little uncertain in her heart. She suspected that Yun Fenghuang had gone to the previous dynasty, and was afraid that something would happen again...
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw someone from the first palace coming in with a pale face to report: "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, it's not good, there is a change in the leadership!!!"
"What did Yun's bastard say?!" After hearing this, Queen Ji's face changed slightly, Queen Mother Ji also straightened her back with a solemn expression and asked.
As a result, the palace attendant said in confusion: "Is the Concubine Xian going to the Qian Dynasty? I just ran back from the Taichu Palace. I didn't meet anyone from our palace on the way, but I don't know... It's just that there was already a commotion in the Qian Shang Dynasty. Duke Ye was even chased and beaten by Duke Yi in public... This... "
Ji's aunt and nephew were confused when they heard this, and they repeatedly scolded her to tell her clearly -
After all, he was the palace official responsible for delivering news. Although he was very shocked, he calmed down a little and told them how wonderful the court meeting was today.
At first, it was Ji who brought up the matter again and urged Chunjia to inform him of the result.
Chunjia refused because it was not the appointed time today. He also said that the person who was beating the drum was just a woman who had come from afar. Her character was not yet known. If her words were true or not, someone should be sent to her hometown to find out carefully. Search carefully, confirm, and then make plans.
Otherwise, if the emperor personally interrogates, but in the end it is just a woman's opinion, and the truth is completely different, wouldn't it become a joke
The more he refused, the more insistent Ji was of course - in short, the two sides were quarreling with each other. In the end, Ji quoted the teachings of the previous emperors and forced Chunjia to intervene in person according to the rules, well, and in person.
Chao Jingyou was directly summoned to the palace and interrogated in front of all the civil and military officials of the dynasty.
And then... Then the Chao family's daughter and the Qi family's wife, who had placed high hopes on the Ji family, had bargained with them in private countless times, and were repeatedly confirmed to have a deep feud with Yun Fenghuang, were brought to the back of the palace and bowed. When it was time to cry out about the persecution of Concubine Xian and the Xie family to her and her husband, she turned against her heartlessly on the spot. Instead, she cried out about the persecution of her natal husband's family and many wealthy families in the north by the Ji family.
The content includes but is not limited to several attempts to murder her husband Qi Jiulu: "Although my husband was engaged to Xie's daughter under the auspices of his family in his early years, that happened when he was still young and ignorant. After the two families dissolved the engagement, Although the relationship has faded a bit, after all, things happened for a reason and we are from the same family, and the marriage between the two previous generations is still there, so what grudges can there be, to the point of murder?"
"As for the relationship between the stupid husband and the virtuous concubine, it was originally innocent. There was no relationship three years ago!"
"When the news of the Concubine Xian's entry into the palace reached the North, the commoner woman's natal husband's family also sent congratulatory gifts to the Xie family. The humble husband married a commoner woman last year, and now he has a daughter under his knees, and there are several more in the back house. Beautiful concubines, they are all of good color, and they are worthy of their love. If this sudden disaster had not happened, I would have had both a son and a daughter in the blink of an eye!"
"The children of the Xie family will still call me 'brother' when they meet my humble husband, but why would they need to ambush and kill my humble husband for the sake of a virtuous concubine?!"
"This is all Ji's doing!!!"
When Chao was trying to excuse Yun Fenghuang and Xie, people from Ji's group already felt that something was wrong.
It’s just that I can’t scold him in public, and I can’t bear it anymore after hearing this: “How dare you do this, you humble servant! What does this matter have to do with the Ji family?!”
Likewise, Chao Jingyou was much more powerful than the three that Empress Dowager Ji brought into Mianfu Palace to confront Yun Fenghuang.
...After all, her rival since childhood was Yun Fenghuang, who had made countless noble people disgraced since he entered the palace.
Although she has basically never won against Yun Fenghuang, she has been treated aggressively so many times that she has become numb.
She dismissed it without fear: "The Ji family intended to murder the virtuous concubine, and used the Xie family to stir up disputes in the north. Therefore, she plotted to kill the stupid husband, forced me to give the same confession as my natal husband's family, and came to the imperial capital to hear the news. Drum, the above is a false accusation! The concubine and his family had no intention of doing such a thing that confuses right and wrong, but the Ji family's fierce flames were raging. The Chao family from which I was born and the Qi family from my husband's family were not from high-ranking families, so they were unable to resist, so they could only pretend to submit. !”
"I am lucky enough to see Tianyan today, so naturally I want to tell the truth. Please be aware of everything and save the common people like the common woman from the fire and water. I dare to ask this sir, what would you do if you were in the position of the common woman's family? ?!”
The scolding official said angrily: "That's not what you said the day you beat the drum..."
Before I finished speaking, I felt something was wrong, but Chao Jingyou sneered and said: "After the Dengwen drum was beaten that day, the civilian woman was brought into the palace for careful questioning, and was immediately told not to reveal any details. These two The Japanese women were very cautious in their words and deeds, and even the wet nurse who had watched the women grow up never told her a word. I think the palace servants serving in the palace confinement are more cautious than the women."
"But I don't know how this gentleman learned that what the civilian woman said back then was different from what she said today?"
Without giving the official a chance to defend himself, Chunjia ordered the soldiers to take him out and accuse him of "spying on the palace."
The hearts of everyone in the Ji family are sinking, not just because of the officials who were just dragged out, not just because of Chao Jingyou's sudden defection, but also because - they never expected that Chao Jingyou would defect in a tryst!
I don’t even understand when Chunjia retained this hand
It must be known that if Yun Fenghuang's background is thoroughly investigated, everyone knows that she and Chao Jingyou have been fighting since childhood. Both parties have deep feelings for Qi Jiulu. However, Qi Jiulu concentrated on Yun Fenghuang and was only indifferent to Chao Jingyou in the past. And the rejection and alienation in order to make Yun Fenghuang happy.
Ever since he was pressured by his family to marry her, his attitude has drastically changed. He almost treats her as his life-or-death enemy!
From Chao Jingyou's point of view, no matter what, she deeply hates Yun Fenghuang, and she should have a mixture of love and hate for Qi Jiulu.
In this case, Ji extended an olive branch and promised to eradicate Yun Fenghuang and the Xie family, so that Chao Jingyou, who had been suppressed by Yun Fenghuang, would have a chance to stand up. This made Qi Jiulu no longer dare to treat her lightly... Shouldn't he deserve this woman's gratitude and efforts as a matter of course? !
In the end, why did Chao Jingyou sell Ji's family without blinking an eye
At this moment, everyone in the Ji family headed by Duke Ye felt the same panic that Yun Fenghuang had earlier in front of Chunjia: When did he do it? Why did he do this? How much did he know? What else would he do? He ... did he look at his eyes long ago, but just kept up
Did he know what was going to happen next and was just waiting to be exposed on the spot? ?
So is our arrangement still useful? ?
Even veterans like Ye Guogong, who had experienced four dynasties, had intense mood swings at this moment.
"Mr. Ye." Ji was speechless for a moment, but Chunjia, who was sitting on the throne, would not miss the opportunity to add insult to injury and asked by name, "Do you want to defend yourself against what Chao said?"