Looking at Princess Jinyun who was silent and slightly embarrassed in front of her, Yun Fenghuang was quite embarrassed.
She prides herself on being articulate, but it's a bit inhumane to persuade people to start marrying according to the emperor's requirements after beating the mandarin ducks.
"Your Highness has become much cleaner than before." After thinking about it, Yun Fenghuang comforted himself that since he entered the palace, it was not a human thing and he had not done anything before, but he said bravely, "But is there something on your mind?"
Princess Jinyun pursed her lips and remained silent.
Yun Fenghuang then continued to ask questions: "But the palace's support has been neglected? Or is it that your highness's jade body violates the rules?"
The princess finally spoke this time: "Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian, is overly worried. The palace has not neglected her support, and I am not feeling any discomfort."
"I still remember the first time I met His Highness." Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea and smiled calmly, "His Highness's rosy appearance, moonlight charm, metal appearance and jade quality are really eye-catching."
Princess Jinyun was indifferent to this and only said: "The Concubine Xian is too praised. Compared with you, what does my beauty mean?"
Yun Fenghuang patiently chatted with her for a long time, but saw that this person was just perfunctory and had no intention of talking in depth. Calculating the time, Wei Hengyan might not be able to hold Princess Penglai down for too long, and he was too lazy to waste time. Anyway, This was not her future sister-in-law, so she could afford to offend her, so she asked straight to the point: "Your Highness has been looking very worried lately. Could it be that the wedding is around the corner, so he is hesitant?"
When the princess heard this, her body visibly stiffened, she opened her mouth slightly, and then sighed dejectedly for a moment, then said: "What did the empress say? The prince-in-law is a talent carefully selected by the emperor's brother, and he has known me since he was a child in the Taichu Palace. You know everything, so what is there to be hesitant about?"
She deliberately emphasized the phrase "know the roots and know the roots". Yun Fenghuang thought about it and understood her feelings. He probably felt that Zheng Fengfeng's background was not clear about her and Ji Minggan's affairs. I'm afraid that after this, Shangzhu , will also be at odds with her face to face.
This situation is very friendly to Yun Fenghuang, and it is better than this Jinzhiyuye who still misses Ji Minggan and does not want to marry Zheng Fengfeng.
He said gently: "Even so, after all, there is a difference between king and minister."
Princess Jinyun burst into tears after hearing this, and choked up and said: "Who doesn't know this truth? But the law is nothing more than human feelings. No matter how much the emperor and the wise concubine feel sorry for me, the prince-in-law will treat me at a respectful distance in the future. You two can't suppress him. Are you being considerate of me? The only blame is that I have a miserable life, being born as a concubine and having no control over my actions."
Yun Fenghuang noticed that there was something in these words and asked further questions.
The princess acted as if the past was unbearable to mention, and was "unbearable to be asked", so she revealed a little bit of the inside story, but she said tactfully that there was no such thing as spending the night alone with Ji Minggan when she was in the palace last year. : "...Although I am quite acquainted with Mr. Ji, it is all because of my aunt. In my heart, I have always treated him as an elder brother and have no other intentions. After all, Concubine Xian should also understand that Sister Minghui has always treated him. ... No matter how young and ignorant I am, I will never compete with my sister-in-law."
"That time, I went out with my aunt to pray for blessings. How could I have a private meeting with him and spend the night in the wild?!"
Princess Jinyun looked sad, "That night, the palace maids and I who grew up together stayed well in the Taoist temple. When it was almost dawn, the queen mother suddenly brought people to watch over us. After that, there was no news from the outside. When I returned to the palace, I found out that rumors had spread all over the place, and my maids were also sentenced to death one after another... The people around me now were all given by the queen... I... I was so afraid that I could only descend into the Ji family. …”
"After all, he is the person that my eldest sister has liked for many years. I... If I marry him, even if I can't help it, how can my eldest sister feel better?"
"Sister-in-law has always been very kind to me, and I will never do that."
"I thought at that time that if the marriage decree really goes through, I would rather die than ruin the relationship with my sister!"
"Fortunately, the emperor suppressed the matter later... From that day on, the mother-in-law prayed for the emperor every day in the room, thanking the emperor for saving her from the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person."
"For this reason, my mother-in-law said that I must let the emperor choose another title for me, so that the emperor's blessings can protect me more."
Yun Fenghuang was both surprised and angry. He first comforted her with gentle words and asked for some details. Seeing that Princess Jinyun answered fluently, he became extremely angry and scolded the Empress Dowager Ji and the Ji family for being shameless. Even Jinzhiyuye dared to scheme like this... The last thing is a promise that she will seek justice for her in front of Chunjia!
After seeing off Princess Jinyun in this way, Zhu E, who had been serving tea and pouring water beside her, couldn't help but said: "Ji's family has gone too far. The late emperor has so little flesh and blood, how dare they do this! The queen mother, the queen mother, is not afraid of the future. After going to hell, will you not be able to see the late emperor?"
"Do you believe such one-sided words?" Yun Fenghuang sneered when he heard this and said, "Didn't you see that when I asked about the details just now, the princess just opened her mouth without thinking? This level of proficiency cannot be compared to Do you know how many times you have rehearsed with Concubine Wu in private? It's just that they, mother and daughter, plan to surrender to His Majesty, and because the descent of Zheng's son is a foregone conclusion, Zheng's son also knows the relationship between Princess Jinyun and Ji Minggan, and is afraid of the princess after marriage. Being left out in the cold, I just used an excuse to clear myself up."
"Anyway, do you think His Majesty will go to confront his mother, the Queen Mother, regarding his current relationship with the Ji family?"
The key is, even if Chunjia confronts her, will he believe Empress Dowager Ji
Zhu E said in astonishment: "Then this princess is really in love with Ji Minggan? Then she is very quick to fall in love with someone else!"
"Who knows this?" Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly, "I guess she may not be completely innocent, but she was deceived to some extent. After all, the rumors were spreading all over the palace and everyone in the palace heard about it. At that time, I had suspicions. , How could something like this happen to Jinzhiyuye, and the queen mother wouldn’t help to suppress it, but would still publicize it everywhere? Aren’t you afraid of damaging the reputation of the other two princesses? "
As for Princess Jinyun's love affair, Yun Fenghuang didn't agree with it, "Ji Minggan was a romantic young man. The princesses had never seen many men in the palace. The ones they had the most contact with since childhood were His Majesty's companions. Ji Minggan loves teasing Princess Jinyun, so it’s normal for Princess Jinyun to have some feelings for him, but when it comes to being firm and unswerving, it’s too much to think about.”
"At that time, the Ji family was so powerful that His Majesty had to retreat."
"No matter what Princess Jinyun thinks, how can she dare to compete with Princess Minghui? Even if her mother, the Queen Mother, disapproves, Princess Minghui cannot reveal her thoughts if she doesn't give up."
"She didn't even dare to get along with Ji Minggan in private, so as not to arouse the jealousy of Princess Minghui... So even if she was distracted by Ji Minggan's few words of teasing, how profound would it be?"
"Later, His Majesty took over the throne, and the Ji family was in a bad situation. Even Princess Jinyun was still thinking about Ji Minggan. Concubine Wu would also let her sober up."
"The concubine is just such a daughter. Even if she is a concubine, she is still of Xiaozong's flesh and blood. As long as she doesn't commit suicide, she will be prosperous and wealthy for the rest of her life, and she will also be a blessing to future generations... How can she be allowed to wade into such muddy waters just for some girlish feelings?"
Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea and said calmly, "But the concubine has figured out His Majesty's thoughts. Regardless of whether this is true or not, or how true or false, Your Majesty will definitely believe it anyway."
Because this is a reason to settle accounts with Queen Mother Ji in the future.
Mrs. Chunjia needed this unkind motherly excuse to criticize her mother, the Empress Dowager.
Therefore, regardless of whether it was the real Empress Dowager Ji who plotted against the concubine princess, or whether Princess Jinyun and her daughter were trying to blame the Empress Dowager Ji for their future future, Chunjia would all agree that the Empress Dowager Ji was the culprit because of Ji's uneasy intentions.
Sure enough, when Yun Fenghuang told Chunjia about the matter, Chunjia didn't even ask for details, and just said that Empress Dowager Ji had gone too far - even if Princess Jinyun was not a direct descendant, she was still the blood of Xiaozong, and Xiaozong was originally There were not many children, and there were only three princesses in total. As the first wife of Xiaozong, not only did she help to care for these three children even more after her husband passed away, but she also helped her mother-in-law's nephew plot against the princess, regardless of the royal reputation. Is Sheng the daughter-in-law of the Gongxiang family, or does she always think of herself as the daughter of the Ji family? !
Yun Fenghuang calmly advised him to calm down: "Ji's disloyalty and unrighteousness are obvious to all in heaven. Your Majesty is a wise king and has a long future. Why should you be like this villain? Since the Empress Dowager does not consider herself to be Gongxiang's wife, Human beings cannot afford such blessings. Although it is difficult for Your Majesty to speak out about his faults because of his elders, for all eternity, are you still afraid that the spirits of the late emperors in heaven will remain indifferent and not retaliate?"
"Not to mention that there is no airtight wall in the world. What the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager did is contrary to human ethics. If it is spread, justice will be in the hearts of the people!"
After all, it's all Princess Jinyun's one-sided words, and there's no evidence, so it's hard to argue with Queen Mother Ji.
The most important thing is that as soon as the matter between Princess Jinyun and Ji Minggan came up, Chunjia suppressed it and took advantage of the situation to ask for the right to decide the marriage of the three princesses. Only then was this princess given to Zheng Fengfen as a show of favor. , now it is impossible to take down Empress Dowager Ji in one fell swoop and directly reveal her affair with Ji Minggan. Even if the official refutes the rumor that the princess is innocent, it cannot suppress the gossip in the market and talk about it with golden branches and jade leaves. .
When the time comes, will this marriage be a favor to the Zheng family or a slap in the face
Even if Chunjia doesn't feel sorry for this sister, it won't be worth settling the score.
Therefore, she could only scold Empress Dowager Ji privately to vent her anger, and wait for the opportunity to settle old scores in the future. As expected, when Yun Fenghuang said this, Chunjia went downhill, sighing and saying that Jinyun had been greatly wronged, and that life-long events would be dealt with by Ji. Is the Queen Mother cheating on the daughter of a concubine like this, let alone her daily life
No wonder he had always felt that although the three imperial sisters were all golden, Jinyun Penglai had always taken Minghui as her leader in everything since she was a child, even though Minghui was the least dexterous among the three princesses.
Together, these two sisters have been suppressed and controlled by Queen Mother Ji!
Yun Fenghuang sneered secretly, thinking that when I first entered the palace, this was not what you said when you mentioned your three imperial sisters.
At that time, you were quite proud that your three sisters got along harmoniously.
Moreover, Ming Hui is both the eldest sister and the direct descendant. Doesn’t it follow the rules that the two younger sisters should be led by her
It can only be said that the emperor's heart changes so quickly.
Of course, she was still very supportive of Chunjia. She accompanied him for a while and lamented the hardships of a concubine, and how even a princess had a hard time. Then she praised Chunjia for being a good royal brother. If he hadn't made the decision, Princess Jinyun would have died early. He decided to kill himself. His decision to veto the marriage of the princess to Ji Minggan and the marriage to Zheng Fengfen that day was equivalent to saving one-third of Xiaozong's biological flesh and blood, and also saved the life of Concubine Wu. It was an extremely meritorious deed. .
Even Emperor Xiaozong, who was under Jiuquan, would be extremely grateful when he saw his heir being so kind and kind.
Although he knew that she was deliberately flattering, Chunjia felt happy and extremely gentle when she heard it.
Even though Yun Fenghuang was in Guishui these two days and persuaded him to go to the side hall to visit the concubines, Chunjia refused flatly and would rather stay with her for the night. During this time, Yun Fenghuang had unbearable abdominal pain and tossed and turned. Jia asked the imperial doctor to call her, and held her in his arms to comfort her, and stayed with her for half the night before falling into a drowsy sleep.
When they got up the next day, all the attendants were very happy, saying that the emperor really cared about his wife.
But Yun Fenghuang frowned and pulled the Qing people to say privately: "I'm afraid His Majesty is worried about us. We should let Brother Twenty-One come into the palace to have a talk with me when we have time."
The Qing people were at a loss: "Why does the empress have such thoughts?"
Doesn’t His Majesty show favor and favor to our Huanhua Palace
How do you feel that you are worried