When the Empress Dowager saw that Chunjia had brought Yun Fenghuang over, she was not very interested. When she heard this, she didn't even look at her. She only spoke to Chunjia: "The Ai family just heard about the Liudan Hall. I was shocked! Since the founding of the dynasty, when has such a change happened? The poison has been put into the emperor's breakfast. Are everyone here dead? It's not poisonous at all. use!"
"It wasn't very peaceful in the palace at this time last year. The Queen even claimed to be ill, but it wasn't like this!"
"The Ai family really gets angry when I think about it. They always say that the flowers are good and the rice is good, and it seems that anyone can take over the palace and the mother's rites are all under the world. What's the result? The queen just stayed in the palace to recuperate. It's not like she's gone. These are the things that happen!"
"I know that Emperor you are kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and you are always reluctant to criticize those around you."
"But this time it's really outrageous!"
"You are so hesitant and reluctant to say anything or do anything, but the Ai family is unwilling to follow you - the prince of the Ai family is not blessed, he left at a young age, and there is no prince under his knees to inherit the throne. It is rare for your child to be filial and sensible, the Ai family Seeing that you are no different from your own grandson, you have been wronged like this, and if the Ai family doesn’t let you make the decision, then what kind of imperial grandmother would you be?”
She rambled on without giving Chunjia a chance to interrupt, and then scolded Yun Fenghuang, "Concubine Xian, do you know your guilt?!"
Before Yun Fenghuang came, she had thought that the fire would probably burn her head. Because she knew that Chunjia would definitely pull the strings, she had nothing to panic. She left her seat and prostrated herself, and said with a blank look on her face: "Go back to the Empress Dowager. If so, I don’t know what I did wrong to offend you?”
"Why are you pretending to be stupid?" The Empress Dowager sat high on the phoenix throne, staring at her with lowered eyes, and said coldly, "If you just offended the Ai family, people of the Ai family's age would not bother to argue with you! But! What have you been doing? Since you came to the palace this year, you were still in charge of things at the beginning. You settled the dispute between Mrs. Manya and Yuan Zhaoyuan very well... But what happens next? "
"It's good that you want Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui to practice more so that she can take charge of her own business earlier, but you are too trusting - you just gave them the job and then left it alone, right?"
"Those two have only been in the palace for a few days, and they haven't even figured out the rules in the palace. How dare you throw them away like this?!"
"If you keep an eye on the situation personally, your shrewdness and ability are praised by everyone from the emperor to the empress to the loving mother and empress dowager. You will let those evil-minded people tamper with the emperor's breakfast. ?!”
The Empress Dowager sneered, "Tell yourself, are you guilty?!"
"...I am aware of my guilt." The Empress Dowager's question was well-founded, and Yun Fenghuang could not admit to being incompetent. If she personally kept an eye on the affairs of the palace, she would not be able to stop the emperor from wanting to make something go wrong in the breakfast. So I can only accept it, "I was negligent and caused your Majesty to be frightened. Please punish me!"
"You are the emperor's servant, and the Ai family does not want to overstep the throne." The Empress Dowager said coldly, "The Ai family just wants to ask you, you have stayed in the Liudan Hall for most of the day, but can you find out who is so bold?"
"Royal grandmother, calm down." Chunjia came out at the right time to smooth things over and said gently, "The Concubine Xian has always been sensible and considerate, but no one can make mistakes without being a sage, and what happened this time was not what she thought. It was a near miss, nothing serious. Obstacle. Due to an unexpected incident in Liudan Hall, Zhaoyi Yinshi and Xuanfei Ruifei have been on good terms. Now they are naturally not suitable to deal with this matter, but Xianfei still has to make the decision.",
"Therefore, I asked Concubine Xian to atone for her sins and investigate the truth thoroughly."
"It's just that since the culprit dared to tamper with my breakfast, he was naturally on guard. But at the end of the day, there are only some clues, and the real culprit has not yet been found."
The Empress Dowager frowned and was very dissatisfied: "The Emperor was too tolerant of the Concubine Xian. When she was not vacationing from the summer, she helped the Empress and assisted the Sixth Palace. During the summer vacation, the Empress was not here. She should keep an eye on the combination of the Sixth House. Now that something is wrong, how can you act as if nothing has happened and even entrust you with important tasks?! You must know that merit must be rewarded and punishment must be given, and that is the right way!"
"What the Imperial Grandmother said is true, but except for the Xian Concubine, there is no one in the palace who is suitable to take charge of the overall situation." Chunjia said slowly, "After all, the Queen is not here, and Empress Ji was injured before, and now Minghui is young. I've been ill for a long time, and I say I'm getting better, but it's still inconvenient to visit me. I'm afraid it's more of a comfort... If this matter is not resolved for a day, I'm afraid Empress Ji and the Imperial Grandmother will have no time to distract themselves."
"Concubine Xuan and Concubine Rui need to avoid suspicion, and she is young and inexperienced. How can she handle such a big matter?"
"Although Mrs. Yaoning down there is an old man, she has always been upright, but I am afraid she is not strong enough."
"Mrs. Manya and Zhaoyuan are both newcomers who entered the palace this year. Zhaorong is pregnant and has no time to take care of herself. Xiuyuan and the others have low status. How can they be qualified to make decisions for Zhaoyi?"
"You said you don't want Concubine Xian to do things, who else can you ask?"
The emperor sighed, "It's just because Ming Hui is not doing well these days and makes the Queen Mother and Queen Mother Ji worried. Otherwise, who would dare to do such a thing under the eyes of the Queen Mother?"
The Empress Dowager looked unhappy. She suspected that Chunjia was tactfully accusing her and Empress Dowager Ji of only caring about Minghui and not caring about the emperor, which was why the imperial meal was poisoned. But she had no evidence, and it was hard to fall out with her, so she acted coldly. He said: "How long will it take for Concubine Xian to find out the truth?"
"We have to convince Zhaoyi first." Yun Fenghuang changed his mind, showed embarrassment, and decisively sold Yin Xiang, "After all, Zhaoyi loves the dowry, is not allowed to use torture, and the concubine is not sure. Are what those people said true or false?"
No matter what Chunjia was thinking when he said this in front of Chunjia, there was no special instruction anyway.
But the Queen Mother became angry when she heard this. She raised her hand and slapped the tables in front of her, causing the entire tea set to jump up: "Bastard!"
She pointed at Yun Fenghuang and cursed, saying Concubine Xian, you are so confused!
When did this happen, Yin Zhaoyi was young and ignorant, and you, a wise concubine who entered the palace a year earlier and has always been sensible, let her do it? !
"I thought that when you first entered the palace, you were just a little Baolin. Even Concubine Yue couldn't control you. Now that you are a concubine, you can't even control Zhaoyi?!" The Empress Dowager He said angrily, "Doesn't it mean that these years of palace life have been passed on to dogs? It doesn't matter if you do it intentionally or not, it can only be three days at most! If the real murderer cannot be found within three days, the Aijia will just I’m asking you!”
As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Chunjia, who seemed to be about to speak, and his voice rose to a higher pitch, "Emperor, please don't indulge her anymore! Otherwise, the Ai family will really be angry!"
Chunjia smiled apologetically and said, "Grandma Huang, please don't be angry. If it's because of me that makes you angry, it's not mine."
"It's your fault in the first place." The Empress Dowager said angrily, "How important is it that the emperor is connected with the country? If such a big thing happened, you wouldn't investigate it thoroughly yourself and leave it to a careless concubine. Why don't you come here and say something to the Ai family! Do you know how worried the Ai family was when they heard about this just now?"
She choked up as she spoke, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said in a trembling voice, "The Ai family is not well-off. First we sent away the late Emperor Shenzong, and then we sent away the emperor. After all, we have heirs like you. Do we have to follow him?" Are they the same, cruelly abandoning the Aijia and taking the first step? Even if you don’t feel sorry for the Aijia, you don’t feel sorry for the newcomers who have entered the palace in the past two years who are still in their prime years, and you don’t feel sorry for the children under your knees who are still young. In their infancy? Without the protection of the emperor like you, what will they do in the future?"
These words of reproach were as sensible as her direct grandmother. Chunjia was in a daze for a moment, then came back to her senses and said with a smile: "This is what the imperial grandmother taught me."
Originally he should have said a few more words in this atmosphere, but Chunjia fell silent after finishing this sentence.
So the Empress Dowager couldn't stop crying. She covered her face with a veil and sobbed and sighed: "Ai Jia knows that you didn't listen to Ai Jia's words at all!"
"How dare I?" Chunjia's attitude was gentle and her tone was sincere, but the emotion in her eyes did not fluctuate. She said softly, "Please calm down the Queen's grandmother. Minghui is not good anymore. If the Queen's grandmother is good at it, how can she teach me how to do it?" What to do?"
The Empress Dowager choked up and said: "You are all careless. The Ai family is old and I can't control you. That's all. You go down!"
...The imperial concubine, who was euphemistically expelled from Jinluoxuan a moment later, looked at each other in the imperial carriage.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager originally intended to make use of the topic and hold me tight, but after Your Majesty repeatedly mentioned Princess Minghui, it ended in an anticlimax." Yun Fenghuang calmed down and whispered, "I'm afraid Princess Minghui is ill. There was so much mystery that the Queen Mother did not dare to keep us longer and sent us out immediately."
Chunjia pondered: "It's just... what happened to Minghui?"
Yun Fenghuang felt a little regretful in his heart. He had known that he would not have given the queen the false idea at the beginning of the year. Otherwise, it would be useful at this moment - if the Xunfeng Pavilion was compromised, Queen Mother Ji and Princess Minghui would have to be rescued, right
At that time, the war was in turmoil, so I had someone keep an eye on me in the dark in advance, so I might be able to see through Ji's plan.
But not now, she can't offer this plan now.
Not only will it arouse Ji's suspicion, but it will also remind Chunjia of the scandal at the palace at the beginning of the year...
"Has anyone mentioned the marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui in the past few days?" She thought for a while and asked the emperor, "Also in the Qintian Prison, has anyone mentioned the fate of Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui?"
Chunjia shook his head and said: "There has never been such a thing, otherwise how could I not be aware of it?"
When the news of Princess Minghui's serious illness first came out, Chunjia suspected that the consort Ji valued was afraid that he would not be able to pass his test, so he asked the princess to claim her illness to build publicity, and waited for the right opportunity to use the princess's life as an excuse. Chips, forcing myself to nod.
But until now, there have been no similar rumors from the former harem.
This is incomprehensible to people.
"Your Majesty, why don't you let the Qintian Prison calculate the consequences for your Highness the Princess?" Yun Fenghuang rolled his eyes and suggested, "Perhaps there is some way to help Your Highness recover as soon as possible?"
Since the Ji family is standing still and we have no way to start, then help them make a move - the emperor can arrange the Qintian Prison himself. Regarding the matter of Princess Minghui's illness, can he say something about it and force the Ji family to take action
She was still thinking of giving advice to the emperor at the moment, but after that night, when she got up the next day, she was told a rumor: it was rumored in the palace that the matter of leaving the alchemy hall was done by her virtuous concubine.
The reason is very simple. Although Yin Zhaoyi is not the most popular person in the palace, she is the one who single-handedly instigated the situation where the concubines strive to compete for favor.
The last person who tried every means to gain favor regardless of his decency was Yun Fenghuang himself.
Relying on this position, she became the boss in the palace second only to the queen, and also raised two emperors' heirs. Would she like to see others imitate her in the future? Moreover, Yin Zhaoyi is both talented and beautiful, not only young and beautiful, but also has a good family background, and she can still give birth!
In this way, can Concubine Xian tolerate her
Not only can't tolerate it, but Yin Xuan's downfall must be used to teach everyone a lesson, that is, if you dare to show your face rashly and flatter the emperor, even if you are Yin Xuan's status, there will be no good end!
In this way, everyone is as quiet as a chicken in the early years. Everyone is the same as the emperor, well-behaved and sensible, showing the vivid and lively talents and quick thinking of the good concubine. Isn't she satisfied
... What he said was so reasonable that Yun Fenghuang almost believed it himself.
She laughed angrily: "Where did this word first spread?"
While the people below were busy providing her with news, another palace official ran in to report bad news: Yin Qu asked to see Chun Jia and complained about his daughter's injustice. Yes, he had heard the latest rumors. This time, the target of the meeting with the Holy Spirit is pointed at Yun Fenghuang!