Even if there is red mud on the soles of Gong Xiangxiao's boots, which proves that he has indeed come from Changling Pass, it is not enough to prove that what he said is true.
Not to mention that the so-called virtuous concubine is just a one-sided statement by Yi Xing'en. Simply speaking, the palace maid who was accused by Yi Shi was not a dowry of Concubine Xuan. She may have mistakenly chosen someone else's informant to be around... But Chunjia didn't pay attention to these. The implication behind the words was that he believed them directly and suspected Concubine Xuan together with Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xuan was scared and angry, and she choked several times before she could speak: "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of targeting Concubine Xian..."
"We'll talk about this later. Let's talk about your palace people who followed Yishi to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion. What happened?" Chunjia glanced at her and said lightly, "Who gave you the idea?"
At this point, Concubine Xuan also realized that it was not as simple as she thought. If the emperor asked directly, she would definitely tell the truth. But it happened that after Yun Fenghuang slapped her twice, the emperor followed the concubine's words and asked, which made Concubine Xuan unable to swallow her breath!
She then said: "Just give something to Yi Shiyuan and then..."
Before she finished speaking, Chunjia suddenly leaned over and stretched out her hand - because of Yun Fenghuang's previous actions, Concubine Xuan subconsciously shrank back, fearing that the emperor would also hit her like Concubine Xian, but she did so halfway. Remembering that the person in front of her was not a virtuous concubine, the thunder, rain and dew were all her grace, how could she have the right to dodge
After all, she wasn't as rebellious as Yun Fenghuang. She didn't have the courage and stopped abruptly.
I just felt aggrieved and tears fell immediately.
However, Chunjia just reached out and pinched her chin, forced her to raise her head, and said softly: "Say it again?"
The emperor rarely got angry, and he was especially gentle in front of the concubine. Although he did not speak harshly at this moment, his expression was slightly cold, but he was not angry or assertive. Concubine Xuan was secretly timid, but she could not calm down, so she insisted: "Yi Ziyuan..."
"The people who live in Yiziyuan are all concubines, and I don't remember the names of many of them." Chunjia interrupted her and said calmly, "Is it worth sending people to deliver things when it's late for you to announce your concubine? Isn't it necessary? Let me check, have you been so attentive to Shi Yuan before?"
Concubine Xuan had tears in her eyes and said angrily: "... I suddenly thought of sending the palace people away. How dare they find it troublesome?"
"The palace people dare not find it troublesome, but are you sure that they followed Yishi to the vicinity of Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion?" Yun Fenghuang, who was standing next to him, said slowly, "Think about it before you answer?"
Concubine Xuan felt a little bad, but she had just said that, and now she could only bite the bullet and continue: "Yes! Of course it is! Otherwise? Is this concubine specifically looking for trouble for you? Who in the previous harem doesn't know that you are a good concubine? The empress is so powerful. She is obviously not from a high family, nor is she the youngest and most beautiful in the palace, but she is so popular! Even the noble concubine Shu Fei is defeated by you. Who am I to dare to go against you?!"
"From Borrowing the Moon Xiaozhu to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, there is one place that must be passed, which is Yazhangpo." Yun Fenghuang suddenly sneered, "Yi Ziyuan is almost the same near Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion. Okay. By coincidence, last night in the evening, I asked someone to go there to cut some maples and put them into vases. The person who was ordered accidentally knocked over the powder box in his arms and left a lot of powder on the ground. He originally wanted to clean it up immediately. But I was afraid that I would be in a hurry, so I hurried back."
"Should we send someone over there now to verify whether there are many people trampling on it after dark?"
She stared at Concubine Xuan, whose face suddenly turned pale, and said slowly, "You can't let the people under your hands walk there at night and still notice that there is makeup and powder on their feet, and then spread it back?"
"..." Concubine Xuan pursed her lips and remained silent.
Chunjia frowned, released her chin, and said quietly: "Your father and brother are both people who work hard for me, so I don't believe you would deliberately go against me... What's going on?"
"... So in your Majesty's opinion, if you don't obey the Concubine Xian, you are going against you?" Concubine Xuan finally had tears in her eyes and choked up, "Then why do you need people like me to come into the palace and promise to be the queen? ? Anyway, coming into the palace is just an eyesore to you and Concubine Xian!"
After all, she was young and was stimulated one after another. Concubine Xuan lost control and shouted out what was in her heart, "Why bother asking now? After all, no matter what I say, Your Majesty has already concluded in your heart that I will always hate Xian. Concubine, you deliberately framed her, didn’t you?!”
Chunjia looked at her expressionlessly.
"Don't make it sound like you feel aggrieved." Yun Fenghuang next to him straightened his sleeves, touched his temples, and said calmly, "We both know in our hearts that the people in Jiangwuyuan didn't just happen to see Yi Shi and then follow her. Go up, but I received news early in the morning that I am specifically ambushing you near Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion. Do you dare to say that you are not jealous of me when you do this? "
"Don't talk about His Majesty's preference. Use your brain and think about the current situation in the temple: the Regent is assisting His Majesty in targeting the Ji family. At this time, there is an affair between the Prince Regent and the concubine. , who benefits the most and who is the most embarrassed?!"
"If you can get an unrelated foreigner to come in and frame me, I will respect your ability."
"In the end, he deceived the Prince Regent... This palace even doubts whether the Luo family asked a raccoon cat to replace the prince and raised the daughter of the enemy? As for cheating your mother's family like this?"
"You are talking nonsense!!!" Concubine Xuan shouted excitedly, "I don't even know that that person is the Prince Regent! Otherwise, how could I call so many people..."
She didn't wake up until she said this. She gritted her teeth and said directly, "Yes, I got the news that you would have a private meeting with someone in Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, so I called a group of people over to watch. . But I never knew who that foreign man was! If I knew he was the prince regent, how could I go into such a big fight?"
As for why she didn't take the initiative to calm things down just now, Yun Fenghuang's attitude was too arrogant, and the trouble was like this. She couldn't admit that she was wrong, and she could only make mistakes.
Chunjia ignored the quarrel between the two concubines and asked calmly: "How did you get the news? Why didn't you report it to me?"
"Your Majesty's heart is devoted to the virtuous concubine. As the old saying goes, you can't kiss me even if you are not close. How dare you tell your majesty if I don't have any proof?" Concubine Xuan sniffed and said with some jealousy, "If your majesty were to marry me, I would If you think you are deliberately slandering, wouldn't you follow in the footsteps of the previous noble concubine?! It is only safe to ask His Majesty to investigate clearly after you have obtained irrefutable evidence."
After saying this, he said, "This news... was told to me by Zhao Yuwan."
Chunjia said: "Which Zhao Yuwan?"
"That's Zhao Yuwan who entered the palace last year." Concubine Xuan reminded her, but Chunjia still couldn't remember it. Yun Fenghuang said, "Among the concubines selected to enter the palace last year, there was a ten-year-old named Zhao Xiang. In terms of beauty, she is on par with the Qu family in my palace, and is only slightly inferior to the Yi family... Is this Zhao Yuwan?"
Concubine Xuan glanced at Chunjia with a complicated expression before nodding: "That's her."
Yun Fenghuang explained to Chunjia: "This Zhao family entered the Yanlan Palace after a lot of competition among the concubines and under the Queen's control. After that, we didn't hear much about it."
It was Zheng Shangchu who got Zhao Xiang into trouble, because the emperor didn't like the concubines who entered the palace during the wedding. Before he took office, he had to deal with it. After taking office, as his status became more and more stable, he didn't like the concubines he didn't like at all. Not going—it might be better if Zhao Xiang was assigned to another palace, even one where there was no chief.
But in Yanlan Palace, the emperor didn't want to take a step forward at all, and there were very few opportunities to meet the emperor, let alone receive favors.
She was promoted to Yuwana thanks to Yun Fenghuang. Yunfenghuang killed the former imperial concubine, and the Yanlan Palace was given to the new concubine Xuan. Finally, Zhao Xiang got out of the situation of being unpopular with the emperor. Relying on his youth and good looks, he managed to stay in bed a few times and managed to get promoted two levels.
Compared with Yi Xing En Qu Hongzhuan who entered the palace together, it was really a bitter tear.
"This concubine..." Chunjia frowned and asked Yun Fenghuang, "What does she have to do with you? Why would Concubine Xuan trust her with such a big matter?"
Yun Fenghuang looked at Concubine Xuan with a smile but not a smile: "I don't know much about the Zhao family, but I want to ask Concubine Xuan for advice."
"I always know people poorly and my skills are not as good as others." Concubine Xuan bit her lip, glanced at her hatefully, turned her head and said, "Zhao Xiang said this news came from Concubine Xian's subordinate Yi Shi. Said."
Yun Fenghuang said: "This is strange. You actually believe in Zhao Xiang so much? And who doesn't know how generous I am to Yi Shi? Why would Yi Shi betray me?"
"No matter how generous you are to Yi Shi, why don't you want Yi Shi to give you children?" Concubine Xuan sneered and said, "Yi Shi is already a concubine now, and she is only one step away from the concubine Jie Yu. She wanted to raise her daughter personally, and even wanted to be the head of the first palace... So she negotiated terms with me through Zhao Xiang, and she acted as a conspirator to help me ruin the reputation of Concubine Xian. After that, I made suggestions to His Majesty and promoted her to the title of Jieyu. Raising Princess Zhaoqing..."
At this point, a flash of unwillingness and resentment flashed in his eyes, "Who knew this cheap maid could be like this!!!"
"That's wrong." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. There are many concubines in the palace now. How many of them have not received the favor of me for promotion? If you want to be a concubine, just tell me personally. The high positions in the left and right palaces are now fuller than before, and there are still no vacancies. Who can do it or not? How can I still mistreat the people in my palace? As for raising Zhaoqing personally, of course it is impossible, but Zhaoqing is here When have you ever been wronged by me? Is it no better to follow one of the four concubines than to follow her biological mother?"
"Or does she think she is capable of sitting on the position of fourth concubine?"
"As the saying goes, parents who love their children have far-reaching plans. Yi Shi is not stupid. Don't you understand this little truth?"
"I advise Concubine Xuan to tell the truth honestly and stop making arrangements here!"
Concubine Xuan was extremely angry: "Anyway, this is the truth - I still have a personal letter written by Yi Shi - and you keep saying that you will not treat people in your own palace badly, but is Yi Shi an ordinary palace member? In terms of beauty She is still above you, will you trust her to preside over the first palace?"
"Aren't you afraid that she will take away your favor?!"
Yun Fenghuang sighed and said: "What you said shows that you are talking nonsense. You don't want to think about Yi's origin? She was separated from her family during the Sanzhou Rebellion. After being adopted, she drove the flower and bird envoys to pass by. She was selected for her peerless beauty... Do you think she can read? Let alone write you a letter!"
Concubine Xuan had obviously never thought about this issue at all, and was immediately shocked. After a moment, she reluctantly retorted: "Maybe she accidentally learned a few words from her father and brother..."
"Then why don't you take out the letter and see if it can be written by someone who knows a few words?" Yun Fenghuang asked kindly.
"..." Concubine Xuan was in a daze and murmured, "Who wrote that letter?"
Yun Fenghuang didn't bother to analyze this problem for her, and only said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it seems that we have to call Zhao Xiang over and ask."
However, it was too late to summon Zhao Xiang at this time - the man had already swallowed his gold and committed suicide.
Before she died, she left a suicide note, accusing Concubine Xuan of all kinds of persecution against her. The focus was on forcing her to collude with Yi Xing'en, a good sister she met during the election, to murder Yi Xing'en's chief, Yun Fenghuang... This suicide note Compared with the so-called surrender letter from Yi Xingen held in Concubine Xuan's hand, it was much more realistic.
The handwriting throughout the text is crooked and crooked, like that of a child just learning to write. The wording is also full of errors, and even the more complicated words are written incorrectly.
I very much agree with the level of the concubine who learned a little bit of writing by chance after entering the palace.
With the witness gone, Yun Fenghuang naturally would not let go of the opportunity to add insult to injury. In front of Concubine Xuan, he told Chunjia that if Your Majesty sees this, no one can prove that Concubine Xuan did not deliberately frame me. , how about we lock her up first and then discuss the crime
Concubine Xuan had heard about the downfall of her previous owner of Yanlan Palace. Zheng Sangchu was first imprisoned in the cold palace and then died quickly. How could she agree
However, after racking his brains for several arguments, Yun Fenghuang dismissed it lightly, and even said that her suspicions were deeper. In the end, Chunjia finally spoke: "I said, I believe in the Luo family, and the Luo family women don't have any intentions. You are looking for trouble for me. Concubine Xuan has not been in the palace for many years, so why should my beloved concubine have the same experience as her?"
Let Concubine Xuan say, "Get rid of the people who went up last night. I don't want a word about this matter to spread outside. Do you understand?"
Not to mention that the whole army of her dowry was wiped out, at least most of it could not be saved... Concubine Xuan moved her lips twice, but she did not say anything to beg for mercy for the dowry. She held back her tears and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, I obey!"
Chunjia seemed a little tired, waving his hand and saying: "Go down, be more careful when encountering problems in the future, and stop being so naive and ignorant."
Concubine Xuan resigned with both shame and luck. Yun Fenghuang looked at the sky outside and saw that it was already turning white. He advised the emperor to rest for a while: "Your Majesty has been out of bed for most of the night. Why don't you take a nap and then go to Xingxintang."
"I can't sleep." Chunjia turned to look at her and said calmly, "Concubine Xuan's thoughts only go back and forth so much that you can guess them. However, I can't be sure of my concubine's thoughts, so this matter Son, my concubine must come and explain it to me in person. What do you think, my concubine?"