The choice of heir had to wait for the vassal kings to express their opinions, so it had to be put on hold temporarily. In order to prevent the regent from falling out, Chunjia told Yun Fenghuang to treat Gu Zhen and Lu Qidao better next, at least to appear graceful on the scene.
Yun Fenghuang felt aggrieved: "When did I treat them badly? If they hadn't been looking for me, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to them."
She told lies with her eyes open, but Chunjia did not expose them. She hugged the person and coaxed her: "Of course I know that my beloved concubine is virtuous and kind, and she is the most honest and responsible person. It's just that in these extraordinary times, my beloved concubine needs to take more care of the second concubine." , can you share my worries?"
"Don't worry, your majesty. When have I ever held you back?" Yun Fenghuang was satisfied and nodded, "It just so happened that these days, I and the palace people made a lot of clothes for the eldest prince and Zhaoqing. Kong will send some to the third prince on Mrs. Yaoning’s side. As for the Lu family, I will also comfort them."
However, Gu Zhen was very cautious when he received the children's clothes sent by Yun Fenghuang. First of all, he did not take them to the room where the third prince was staying. Instead, he immediately sent them to the most remote room and arranged a familiar one with him. The imperial doctor checked and found out that nothing had been done. At this time, the master and servants sat down to discuss the purpose of Xian Fei's move.
The result of their discussion was that no matter what Concubine Xian wanted to do, she must have bad intentions!
"Your Majesty, maybe the Concubine Xian is just tactfully hinting that she wants to use the Third Prince as a threat?" A confidant analyzed this, "Why else would you be so worried about the Third Prince? Who doesn't know that the Third Prince's biological mother made Concubine Xian unable to have a child? This hatred , ordinary people will remember it for a lifetime. Not to mention that a concubine like Xian is cruel and cruel and will definitely retaliate?"
Gu Zhen believed this and put everyone on guard, but she was still uneasy. She even went to the emperor in person - she had also learned her lesson and did not dare to directly say anything wrong with Yun Fenghuang, let alone say anything to doubt the concubine Xian. Lihua told the story of how she had been in the palace for many years. Although she had served the emperor wholeheartedly, she had never been able to have a son and a half daughters due to poor fortune. Now, thanks to God's grace, she could finally raise the emperor's flesh and blood, even if it was not A biological child is ultimately loved like a treasure...
In short, she would not be able to survive if something happened to the third prince.
Chunjia felt a little annoyed after hearing this.
How could he have guessed what Gu Zhen was thinking? He only said that this time-honored concubine was taking advantage of her: I just told Concubine Xian to treat you and Lu Qidao well. You just came over to say this. Don't you think I need to stabilize the regent now and take advantage of the situation to help the third prince? Want benefits? !
Of course Chunjia could bear it. At this critical moment, he didn't want to give the regent a reason to make a fuss over such a trivial matter, so he comforted him in a friendly manner and named the third prince Gong Xiangbing on the spot.
Afraid that Gu Zhen would not be satisfied, he did not allow her to speak, and then rewarded her with some children's accessories, and even gave Gu Zhen some clothing materials and jewelry, and sent her away on the pretext that she was busy with government affairs.
Gu Zhen analyzed the result and felt it was OK.
Although the emperor did not explicitly say that he would stop Yun Fenghuang from murdering the emperor's heir, but since he had given the name to the third prince who had never interfered with him, and given these rewards, unlike in the past, as long as he conflicted with the wishes of the concubine Xian, he would not be allowed to do so. Reprimanding her indiscriminately... It shows that the biological son is still valued by the emperor after all... right
She excused herself and left with a lot of worries. Little did she know that Chunjia turned around and shouted at Jieyue Xiaozhu angrily: "How dare you, humble maid! No wonder I asked my beloved concubine to win over the Gu family and the Lu family before. My beloved concubine said that they were all unworthy. In the past It seems that Mrs. Gu still has some integrity as a daughter of a general, but now she has learned how to blackmail me by pinching her eyes and setting her bones!!!"
Yun Fenghuang almost laughed in her heart. She could probably guess what was going on, but there was absolutely no way she could help Gu Zhen explain it. Not only did she not help explain, she also hypocritically advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Maybe Mrs. Yaoning is not What this means is that she really wants to raise the third prince! After all, she has been in the palace for many years and has nothing to do. She finally got the opportunity to raise the prince, can she be willing to let it go? "
Chunjia sneered and said, "Why should my beloved concubine speak for this cheap servant? It would be fine if she raised someone else's son, but this is a prince with the blood of the Ji family! I will hand him over to Gu Zhen to raise. We just want to take advantage of the momentum of the Regent and Uncle Zhaowu to prevent the Ji family from getting in the way!"
"I will give them the honor that a prince deserves!"
"But not now."
"My beloved concubine can understand this when she entered the palace last year. How many years has she been in the palace before she doesn't understand?"
"But you still cry and ask me to promote the third child, regardless of whether you will be used by the Ji family after doing so!"
"It can be seen that she only thinks about her future support and doesn't care whether I will be in trouble or not!"
"After all, he was sent to the palace by the regent. How could he be of the same mind as your majesty?" Yun Fenghuang suppressed his laughter and persuaded him softly, "Why does your majesty need to be familiar with her? We already knew who she was. Anyway, it's just a name, not a king in advance. Originally, according to the rules of the palace, the prince was not crowned the king until before the feudal lordship. As for the name, it was not impossible to give it in advance, but it was not a special compliment. Besides, it was necessary. Speaking of grace, the eldest prince and Zhao Qing are still there, right? Even if Ji wants to make a fuss, there is nothing to worry about."
Chunjia laughed and said: "I think it's too flattering to give you something, let alone a title? If Mrs. Gu brought this up out of the blue, she summoned the regent to the palace to discuss it, and I didn't I won’t let this bitch go!”
Yun Fenghuang persuaded him to calm down, and then reminded him: "After all, the Gu family is raising only the third prince, and the second prince under Ruifei's knee has not been given a name yet? He has always had an orderly upbringing, so how about your majesty also give the second prince a name?" Can you give me a name?"
"Just give the second prince the name 'Ke'." Chunjia said casually, even more angrily, "Concubine Rui only entered the palace this year, and there is no one as ignorant as her!"
... Gu Zhen suffered the loss of being mute, but he felt relieved only after two days when he heard that Lu Qidao also got some benefits on the same day.
After all, although she and Lu Qidao were on the same side as father and brother, they were not very harmonious due to their temperaments, and they would not exchange news unless it was a major matter.
At this moment, I realized that I had made a mistake, but it was not easy to go to the emperor to clarify anything. I could only hold my breath and pretend that nothing happened.
But the more depressing thing is yet to come, that is, the day will soon come when the foreign woman comes to the palace for an audience.
Uncle Zhaowu was stationed in the Dingbei Army and rarely came back to the Imperial Capital. However, most of his family members were in the Imperial Palace, and he only brought a few concubines to serve him in Yanzhou.
His wife Zhan stayed behind in the Imperial Capital and would stay with her at Qishan Villa during the summer vacation so as not to miss her daughter.
That day she came into the palace and exchanged greetings with Gu Zhen. Before Gu Zhen could express her annoyance, she sighed and asked her, "How many times have you had troubles with Concubine Xian? How are you doing now?"
Gu Zhenhu asked: "What's wrong now?"
"Someone came from the prince yesterday and said that you and Mr. Lu have been in the palace for many years. In addition to occupying a high position, you don't have much favor and no heirs." Ms. Zhan said a little embarrassed, "Now you are my lord. This one I raised is also taboo to His Majesty... I just want to ask you if you would like to have an assistant?"
"We only admitted so many people last year, and we also admitted a few concubines at the beginning of this year." Gu Zhen frowned and said, "I'm afraid he won't be willing to add more people to His Majesty now? When it comes to selecting from the palace, I have arranged for a few beautiful and gentle women before, but even though Your Majesty also wants to serve, he has no intention of lingering."
"Especially now that he is fascinated by the Xiaoyun family. With Xuanfei and Ruifei's background, he still needs to be humble in front of her."
"I'm afraid it won't be of any use if I try to send it in."
Mrs. Zhan pursed her lips and said: "The palace said that we don't have to worry about it, so I asked you if you are willing to help in the future?"
"Of course there is no problem with this." Gu Zhen said cheerfully, "Originally, I came here just for the grand plan of father and prince... Besides, there are so many people in this palace, it's hard for me to be sour and jealous. Are you trying to stop His Majesty from adding more people?"
When she was young, she might have had the alluring desire to monopolize Chunjia's favor, but after so many years of lukewarm treatment, her earlier enthusiasm and admiration had long since cooled down.
She is also the legitimate daughter raised by a noble family, why should she be a bitch for a man who has no sincerity towards her
While the mother and daughter were whispering and discussing how to gain Chunjia's favor, Yun Fenghuang was asking Mr. I will go and tell His Majesty to ask him to come in and talk to me."
When the time came, he said he wanted to ask Xie Wuzheng about the preparations for his wedding. Chunjia would definitely not object.
But Mr. Xie shook his head and said: "The twenty-one today is actually Xiu Mu, but I sent news two days ago, saying that Xiu Mu can't come to pay my respects to the empress this time because his colleagues have some important matters to deal with. I was wondering what could be more important than the empress’s place? But he said it involved some important matters, and I didn’t really understand. It sounded like it was related to several yamen. If it was handled well, it would be a big help to one’s career later on. The good thing... I didn’t dare to say anything else.”
Yun Fenghuang nodded in agreement: "In that case, I can do it next time."
She still believed in Xie Wuzheng's sense of propriety.
Although the brothers and sisters have always been at odds with each other, this does not affect their current hope that the Xie family will rise as soon as possible.
"I will definitely take the message with me when I get back." Mrs. Xie breathed a sigh of relief and added, "The thirteenth daughter-in-law is still very nervous now. The ninth daughter-in-law is taking care of her and can't get away. The few boys are okay and follow them. My father and brother are just studying. It’s just that the two girls are watching in front of me now, and Meng’er often says he misses my empress.”
Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly: "I haven't seen them for a long time... Anyway, the palace is not very busy now. I will go to find out what your Majesty says later. If your Majesty agrees, I will take care of them later. Just take it to your knees."
I asked Mr. Xie if there was anything else he could do
Mrs. Xie said: "The old ninth daughter-in-law mentioned that this time, for the twenty-first master, didn't the elders come to the family? But she also brought some girls who are in their prime. I want to ask the empress what she will do when the time comes. Don’t you want to meet them as well?”
As mentioned before, the Xie family has prosperous descendants. Even if they are cousins with the same grandparents, some of them are not very familiar with each other because they have lived in the ancestral house for many years because of little contact or a large age gap.
Now when asking Yun Fenghuang if he wants to meet, it would be better to ask if Yun Fenghuang can help raise their status so that they can find a good family
When Yun Fenghuang heard this, he frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and then asked: "How many people are here? Which rooms are they from?"