The person who indirectly cheated Concubine Xuan was the Ji family, more specifically Empress Ji.
If Empress Ji hadn't brought up the grudge between Qi Jiulu and Luo Tieyi when she was negotiating with Yun Fenghuang, and inadvertently revealed that Prince Zhaowu was jealous of Luo Tieyi, she wouldn't be able to connect everything now. In turn, it threatened Concubine Xuan.
"What do you want me to do?" Yun Fenghuang, who was calm and composed, smiled at Concubine Xuan and said softly, "I am curious, Concubine Xuan, what do you plan to do? Since Aunt Liu has seen the scene yesterday. , with how the Empress Dowager, a loving mother, feels about me, she would have to go to His Majesty and ask me... At that time, I can only tell His Majesty the whole story of the matter!"
"I wonder what Your Majesty will think?"
"Your Majesty will not let you go!" Concubine Xuan bit her lip and whispered, "It would be fine if Qi Jiulu was just an ordinary foreign minister, but he and you... do you really think that there is no one in the past between you and him in the North?" Know?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "So you are one of the people who know? It's really interesting. You, a noble girl from the imperial capital, why are you asking for such gossip in the North? It was probably Luo Tieyi who did it. He is really dirty and dignified. A well-known young man who doesn't think about serious things and only thinks about these crooked things is really not worthy of publicity."
"Of course you have been plotting against me for a long time, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have inquired about this section specifically, and you wouldn't have arranged for Aunt Zhanliu to watch from the side."
When she said this, she sneered and said contemptuously, "But so what? Anyway, my Xie family is in decline, and with my background, I can be a good concubine and have the status I have today, even if it is gone now, then It’s not a loss. After all, the fortunes of Mrs. Zheng and Concubine Zhenxi Shu are not as good as mine!”
"On the other hand, you Luo family, haha, don't know how to show your loyalty to His Majesty?"
"In other words, how can we trust His Majesty or trust you? Huh?"
Concubine Xuan's face turned a little blue: "I can go to Aunt Liu's place to explain..."
"Are you going to call yourself 'concubine' now?" Yun Fenghuang smiled "ha" and waved his hand, "Forget it, you are so scheming and you can't do anything to me even if you find such a flaw. , you still want to go to the Empress Dowager and whisper to her? It’s strange that the Empress Dowager would believe you!"
"You, you'd better go back and discuss with your family how to end this matter!"
The more she acted like this, the more Concubine Xuan refused to leave, saying: "If you really didn't care about life and death, why would you have made trouble all the way from the time you entered the palace to fight for your current high position? I know that what happened this time is my fault. I'm sorry, I'm willing to admit defeat. If you have any conditions, just tell me and bargain hard. If you insist on getting the fish out of the way, who will benefit from it?"
Yun Fenghuang held up his chin and looked at her sideways: "You plan to have peace talks? That's possible. You tell me first, who proposed to persuade Qi Jiulu to stop me from talking yesterday?"
"... No one encouraged him. However, when you planned to go out yesterday, I asked someone to go to him and inform him, and he went out to guard it by himself." Concubine Xuan looked at her for a moment, then turned her head, He muttered, "Let me tell you, His Majesty is so partial to you, and you are still like this... It's really..."
Yun Fenghuang ignored the last words and thought for a moment, then said: "So you are not sure that he will go out and wait to talk to me on the way, but how did you invite Aunt Zhanliu to arrive in advance?"
Concubine Xuan whispered: "Didn't I hear that the Prince Regent would bring Qi Jiulu into the palace two days ago, and thinking that there might be a chance, I found an excuse to invite Aunt Zhanliu over in advance?"
"Aunt Zhanliu is not an ordinary palace person. She is the first-class confidant of the empress dowager." Yun Fenghuang didn't believe it. "Are you the kind of person who would leave the empress dowager behind and go to Wenyao Palace to watch the fun? What nonsense? What reasons did you use to convince her?"
Concubine Xuan said: "Isn't it true that His Majesty was not very happy after the Regent came to the palace to meet with His Majesty the last two times? I went to Chunwu Palace to pay my respects. The empress dowager, the loving mother, was also worried when she mentioned this matter, especially because she was afraid that the Regent would be there during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He also made a fuss at the banquet regardless of the overall situation, and asked Your Majesty to lose interest in it in front of the clan members and all the civil and military officials."
"I took advantage of the situation and said, why don't you ask Aunt Zhanliu to watch from the side?"
"If it really doesn't work, I can use the name of my loving mother, the Queen Mother, to smooth things over."
"The name of the empress dowager, the loving mother, cannot suppress the regent." Yun Fenghuang sneered, "Why does it have to be an aunt from Qingci Palace to use the name of the empress dowager?"
Concubine Xuan lowered her voice: "Actually, an aunt from Qingci Palace was also there..."
Seeing Yun Fenghuang looking at her coldly, she said uncomfortably, "I heard that the commoner Zheng was demoted to the cold palace and sentenced to death because she failed to expose you. Find more people to watch together, otherwise His Majesty won’t believe it.”
Yun Fenghuang sneered and said: "You know the fate of the common people Zheng, and you dare to provoke me. You are so brave!"
She thought for a while and suddenly said, "No, since Zhanliu and the others have seen that scene, how can they not repay their respective masters? Then why don't you come over and tell me whether you have these or not?"
"...haven't I never seen you in such a miserable state?" Concubine Xuan shrank back and muttered, "Want to come over and scare you?"
Seeing Yun Fenghuang staring at her, she looked around guiltily. After a moment, she sighed and said in frustration, "I thought you would definitely not be able to pass this level, so I wanted to scare you and hear your thoughts on the others." .”
Yun Fenghuang sneered: "Who are the other people?"
"Just... Ruifei and the others." Having said this, she no longer hid it, and said cheerfully, "You gave your mother-in-law the Empress Dowager advice and left the choice of successor to the four of us. Let’s discuss it at home. Hasn’t the discussion come to a conclusion yet? I think that although each family is trying their best on this matter, if something goes wrong with the concubine in the palace, it will definitely not work.”
It's just that Concubine Xuan herself can't bear it, and the second one is that she doesn't have a perfect plan and just stands still.
It's not that Yun Fenghuang is cunning. If it were her, there would definitely be a way.
Thinking that this wise concubine would be cold sooner or later, it would be better to get some benefits while nothing happened.
In the end, he underestimated Yun Fenghuang's acumen and was blackmailed in turn.
Concubine Xuan was very sad: "It's strange that the common people Zheng and Concubine Zhenxi fell into your hands."
I really can’t beat him!
Well, think about these two, she is nearly ten years older than her in terms of age, and her experience in the palace is also nearly ten years older than her. They can't defeat the Xian Concubine. It seems that their own defeat is not that difficult. Accepted…
She was thinking wildly, and after Yun Fenghuang thought deeply for a moment, he said slowly: "I know, please go down."
Before Concubine Xuan left, she asked worriedly: "Concubine Xian, can you really get away with it? This is something that both the Empress Dowager and the two empress dowagers know... I'm afraid His Majesty has already received the news!"
"Now are you worried that I can't cope with it? Why did you do such a bastard earlier?" Yun Fenghuang scolded her as a waste, "I have a poor family background and will not be able to be my successor. If you can find something to do with me, you can't use this to argue with me." Is the palace selling well? Maybe I will be happy and help you become your successor?"
Although that is impossible, I am just lying to you.
But Concubine Xuan felt very annoyed when she heard this: "You said you are happy, but what if you are not happy?"
Originally, this virtuous concubine was strong enough, but if she came to the door with a handle to discuss it in a low voice, what if Yun Fenghuang refused to discuss it with her, and turned against her and refused to admit it
Then it must be reliable to call in enough witnesses, right
If it weren't for the possibility that the entire Luo family would be dragged into the water by Yun Fenghuang, there would be no problem with her plan!
Concubine Xuan left angrily.
After thinking for a moment, Yun Fenghuang ordered someone to invite Chun Jia over.
Looking at her face from side to side, they were a little worried: "Empress, Concubine Xuan came here to say something. Do you need to invite Your Majesty now?"
At this time, Chunjia had already gone to court, but he was still reviewing memorials in the imperial study.
Generally speaking, if there is nothing particularly important, the harem will not bother you at this time.
"I'll let you go, just go." Yun Fenghuang had a stern face, ignored the attendant's inquiry, and said quietly, "Your Majesty will come later, please stay away."
Qingren whispered: "Empress?"
She wanted to ask further, but Yun Fenghuang glanced at her coldly and did not dare to speak.
So Chen Zhu went to Taichu Palace in person to invite people.
Chunjia was busy at the moment, but she knew that Concubine Xian was not an unreasonable person, and she and Chen Zhu couldn't figure out the reason. After thinking for a moment, she finally put down the ink pen and asked someone to prepare a chariot to Huanhua Hall.
"What did Concubine Xuan say when you came here in such a hurry?" The emperor was thinking about the possibilities when he came in. He was a little doubtful that it had something to do with the succession. Could it be that he planned to break his promise and not give the succession position to those four families? Did Concubine Xuan know about it
But Yun Fenghuang came up to him with tears in his eyes. After saluting, he glanced around and asked everyone to step back. Then he knelt down and said in a sad voice: "I know that I am humble in talent and appearance and born in a humble family. I am not worthy of serving your majesty!" The favor and status I have today are all given by Your Majesty, but I have nothing to repay Your Majesty. So now I ask Your Majesty to grant me death!"
Chunjia was startled for a moment, then leaned over to pull her, frowning and asking: "What happened? Are you seeking death and survival like this?"
Yun Fenghuang refused to be pulled up by him, insisted on kneeling, and said calmly: "I know that Your Majesty loves me, so it is true that there have been many methods of retreating in the past, but this time I spoke the truth. !”
"Concubine Xuan, do you have the ability to force you to come to me and ask for death?" Chunjia sneered, simply lifted the corner of her robe and stuffed it into the jade belt, leaned over and picked her up, and walked quickly to the soft couch not far away. He put it down, straightened the sleeves of his robe, and then said calmly, "As for the others, you didn't give face to the regent yesterday, who else can blackmail you?"
"Who is the regent? Sooner or later, His Majesty will be defeated." Yun Fenghuang said with tears and choked up, "Now that the empress dowager, the loving mother, wants my life, what can I say? It's just that although I don't I dare to disobey my loving mother, the Queen Mother, but I also want to choose my own way of death. I would rather die in the hands of your majesty!"
Chunjia's originally relaxed expression suddenly froze, she frowned, and said in a deep voice: "My loving mother, the Queen Mother, has been ill, and you have been very filial these days. Not long ago, you went to Chunhui Palace to pay my respects, weren't you okay?" ? How come it’s like this? Don’t think there’s someone in the middle, causing you to misunderstand each other?”