"The Queen Mother suffered a lot from the civet cats last night, but she hasn't asked people to kill these beasts in the palace." Concubine Xuan said in a low voice, "It shows that she really loves these civet cats. , Speaking of which, when the Empress Dowager did this, didn’t she feel sorry for Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui? No, a few days ago, the Empress Dowager sent several good-looking civet cats to Jinyun and Princess Penglai, saying that they wanted the princesses to enjoy them. Come."
"I have asked about it. Princess Minghui also has it."
"But I just sent him there in front of everyone. I turned around and asked the princess to carry him away. The princess didn't even touch it."
"In fact, those who took away the civet cat asked the stewards to take them out and wash them several times. They used water boiled with mugwort to wash the people and clothes. Then they went back to serve Princess Minghui. of."
Ruifei hummed and said: "In that case, while the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are lacking now, why not let Princess Minghui get close to those civet cats... If the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother know that the Queen Mother doesn't care very much, then that's fine. If the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother cares very much, then …”
"You have inquired about a lot of things these days?" Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "It's just that even if the Queen Mother is too busy taking care of herself, she will probably neglect the princess. But Princess Minghui is a golden branch, if she doesn't love her If we touch a civet cat, what else can we do to her?"
Concubine Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, Madam, why should we come forward in this matter? Just ask the two princesses Jinyun Penglai to say no? Don't remind Princess Minghui, just let Jinyun Penglai go to Princess Minghui with the civet cat in his arms." Playing...even if the Queen Mother knew about it, she wouldn’t be able to pick out any gifts, right?”
"But if there is something wrong with those civet cats, wouldn't the two princesses suffer?" Yun Fenghuang pondered, Princess Jinyun just paid it back, Princess Penglai is Xie Wuzheng's fiancée.
If you really fall into this trap, you will be unable to have children for a long time after getting married, which is not a good thing.
It wasn't that Yun Fenghuang was thinking about Princess Penglai, but because the Xie family had a low family background, even if they had a son-in-law, they would only be able to get more glory from the Tian family after they had an heir.
If Princess Penglai has nothing to do, even if Xie Wuzheng can take a concubine to continue the heir, but it is not the princess's biological child, the difference is more than one or two points.
"Your Majesty, although we had some doubts about this matter before, we didn't do anything because we had never heard of this kind of thing." Concubine Xuan explained in a low voice, "The two princesses have been getting along with those civet cats for some time, concubine. To put it bluntly, even if there was a problem, it would be too late to get rid of the civet cat now. Fortunately, I asked the imperial doctor to quietly look at the two princesses two days before my death, but nothing was wrong... Isn't that right? , Missing this opportunity, Princess Minghui calls her mother the Empress Dowager with eyes like eyes, where is the excitement? "
"But if there is no need for Princess Minghui to test her, her mother, the Queen Mother, has been keeping quiet for all these years. How could she take the initiative to expose her?"
Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and said slowly: "Well, since you have already thought about it, let's just do it like this. Just do it more secretly. No matter what the mother, the empress dowager, and the empress dowager do, the three princesses are all the former emperors after all. Bones and blood. You should also know His Majesty’s admiration for the late Emperor. If anyone is disrespectful to the three princesses, His Majesty will not forgive him!"
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui ignored these words. Chunjia really wanted to show the three princesses that they were so noble that they could not be bullied, so they proposed this method. They were afraid that Yun Fenghuang would stop them in anger and even send them to the imperial court. Punished.
At this moment, they expressed their intention to say that they had no intention of disrespecting the princess: "Anyway, those civet cats were given to the two princesses of Jinyun Penglai by the Queen Mother. These two are also the blood of the late emperor. What they can do, Princess Minghui can't do." Can’t do it?”
As expected, Yun Fenghuang responded in a nonchalant manner, repeatedly emphasizing that Jin Zhi Yu Ye could not be wronged, and waved his hand to let them leave.
After seeing these two off, she called the Qing people to her and asked, "Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui hired a doctor for the two princesses two days ago? Why didn't you tell me about this?"
The Qing people were startled and quickly knelt down: "I haven't heard about what I said to you."
"That's all, let Chen Zhu come." Yun Fenghuang stared at her for a while, sighed, and ordered someone to call Chen Zhu to ask. Chen Zhu did not dare to neglect, and knelt down to report: "... This is what happened. After hearing this, this servant At first, I thought that the two princesses were feeling unwell, but later I heard that they were just asking for safety, and thought that the two concubines were trying to please the princess. But just this time, I was afraid that it would be meaningless if I talked about it in front of the empress. I decided to keep watching and wait for them to come again. If you do anything, come back and report it. This slave has made his own decisions, please punish me!"
After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed.
"It's nothing this time. The second concubine has already told me about the matter." Yun Fenghuang watched him knock out a piece of black on his forehead, then took a sip of tea and said softly, "It's just that we have to learn more in the future. It’s better to be cautious.”
Chen Zhu lowered his head and said yes.
Yun Fenghuang asked about Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui's recent actions, and found that they were mainly focused on how to use Ji's to earn performance, but they did not take the opportunity to challenge his thoughts as a virtuous concubine. He nodded with satisfaction: "Forget them. Know your interests."
"If they hadn't been promoted by the empress, how would it be their turn to point fingers in the palace?" Chen Zhu said flatteringly, "If you still dare to be disrespectful to the empress now, that would be simply crazy!"
Yun Fenghuang didn't believe that Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui were not targeting him out of gratitude. Most likely it was out of consideration for Chunjia's attitude.
The emperor now regards the Ji family as a serious concern, and he certainly does not want to see the people on his side start fighting among themselves before he can kill the Ji family.
Even if Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui did not think of this, her family would definitely remind her. How could she make such a mistake
But this is good. With them racking their brains to deal with the Ji family, Yun Fenghuang can free up his hands to plan how to send these cheap sisters to the cold palace after the Ji family falls.
Because when he came to the palace just this year, Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the dispute between Meng Youyi and Yuan Zhiniang to take care of the stewards of the Pianji family in the palace. Later, Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui headed the family. They were all from aristocratic families, and they carefully selected capable dowries. Unless there was an emergency, they could always ask for help from their families... In short, the palace has been cleaned up again and again, and Ji's family is no longer like covering the sky with one hand. .
Therefore, the arrangement arranged by the second concubine for the two princesses Jinyun and Penglai to take Princess Minghui and have contact with the civet cat was actually hidden from the Queen Mother Ji.
The second concubine was still worried and secretly arranged for a civet cat to "accidentally" scratch Princess Minghui's arm.
Afterwards, he personally took the imperial doctor to see the princess, and finally told Yun Fenghuang: "My Lady, do you want to go and apologize to your mother, the Empress Dowager, for this matter? After all, Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui is the only direct descendant of the late Emperor Xiaozong."
"If you want to see the excitement, I will accompany you." Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly, "But if the Empress Dowager is angry, don't blame everything on me."
Concubine Xuan smiled hurriedly and said: "How can that be possible? Everyone knows that I and Ruifei are taking care of the palace affairs these days, and you are concentrating on taking care of the emperor's heir without much interference. You have not taken care of the responsibilities of Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui. Of course, I am here to take care of it with my sister Ruifei, and it has nothing to do with you."
Of course, Empress Dowager Ji, who felt sorry for her daughter, didn't think so. After she hurt her face, she never saw the concubines again, and even stopped her original greetings.
Xunfeng Pavilion was under tight control, and no one could hear the Queen Mother's reaction to the injury.
When I heard that Concubine Xian and Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui came together to ask for an audience, I didn't intend to pay attention to it. But who knew that the palace people reported that the third concubine came to apologize for not taking good care of Princess Minghui, and I suddenly felt like " "Kudeng": "Let them in!"
Yun Fenghuang took the lead to go in. He didn't say a few words of greetings before Empress Dowager Ji impatiently snatched them away: "Didn't you say you came for Minghui? What's wrong with Minghui?"
"My dear, don't worry. Your Highness the Princess is fine. It's just that when she was playing with the civet cat, she accidentally scratched her arm. I've already been looked at by the imperial doctor. The imperial doctor said it's okay." Yun Fenghuang is very useful. He persuaded her to calm down in a relaxed tone, "I think that the princess is a golden girl after all, so I came here to tell you. In case you don't know what's going on, and listen to the gossip outside, you will get worried."
Queen Mother Ji's expression suddenly changed, she looked like she was furious in an instant but tried her best to hold it back.
"Where is Minghui?" She took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Minghui? Let her come over and show the Ai family!"
"Her Royal Highness is still at her residence. Princess Jinyun and Princess Penglai are accompanying her." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "Don't worry, Her Royal Highness is concerned about you now. Don't even tell me about this. Yours. It’s the concubines who are worried... If you summon Her Highness the Princess now, she is afraid that Her Highness will feel uneasy... "
Queen Mother Ji told her to shut up: "Let Minghui come over! Immediately! Immediately!"
Yun Fenghuang glanced at Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui. Concubine Xuan stepped forward and said, "Queen Mother, don't be anxious. I will send someone to invite the princess right now."
Then the three of them were sent away before Princess Minghui came.
They could only stand outside the door of Xunfeng Pavilion and watch the confused Princess Minghui being welcomed in - and then nothing happened. The people from Xunfeng Pavilion asked them to go back first, saying that Empress Dowager Ji left Princess Minghui to stay with her, and the princess' The injuries were also being looked at by the Queen Mother's doctors, so they didn't have to worry about it.
"I have repeatedly told the Queen Mother that it is just a minor injury, but as if she was afraid that something would happen to the princess, she immediately called someone to her side." The third concubine gathered at Jieyue Xiaozhu again and muttered, "It seems that there is something really wrong with those civet cats. !”
Yun Fenghuang said: "It's just that although I don't like those beasts very much, there are people who raise cats and dogs, but I haven't heard of it causing the loss of heirs? Of course, those civet cats may have been tampered with in some way. But this should be something only aristocratic families know. I am from a humble background, but you two are both noble ladies, don’t you have any idea at all? "
Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui looked at each other and shook their heads: "My Lady, if the concubines had any guesses, they would not use Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui to test the Queen Mother."
"Aren't you married to the Ji family?" Yun Fenghuang asked in confusion, "Are you really not aware of anything about it?"
"Yes, there is, but that is all a matter of the previous generation. This generation is because of the Ji family's power and ambition, and the elders in the family feel that they are acting impatiently, so they declined the marriage proposal." Concubine Xuan said, "As for the above, I haven't heard of anything for a generation..."
Concubine Rui nodded: "Sister Concubine Xuan's family is fine. As for Concubine Xian's family, Concubine Xian must have heard of it. Concubine Concubine's grandfather was incompatible with the Ji family and was once demoted to a remote place for many years. His majesty just came to visit you this year. The Ouyang family had previously been married to a descendant of the Ji family, but they lost contact after their grandfather was demoted."
Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while and said: "In this case, I will go to your majesty tomorrow and ask your majesty to find a reason to summon the princess. Then we will interrogate you and see if you can find any clues?"
The three of them had finalized the matter and were waiting to use the emperor's name to trick Princess Minghui. However, in the evening of that day, the Qing people sent a message related to the princess, letting Yun Fenghuang make a decision.