When Chunjia left Chunxu Palace that day, his face showed no expression at all, and his thin lips pursed into a straight line. Although there was no angry expression, people who knew him well knew that the emperor was in a very bad mood.
However, the wise concubine in the Huanhua Palace was breathing a sigh of relief: "You can come to me tomorrow? That's great. I am also afraid of long nights and many dreams."
Qingren felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this: "Is this your plan?"
"Let the small kitchen make some snacks that Meng'er and the others like to eat, and ask Brother Twenty-one to take them back tomorrow." Yun Fenghuang did not answer her words, but only ordered, "There are also some snacks that I don't need. I also packed up some clothing materials and jewelry to add to my sisters-in-law."
After she finished organizing the things she would bring back to Xie Wuzheng for her family tomorrow, she remembered to ask what Chunjia was doing that day.
When I heard that people had gone to Chunhuo Palace, I just sneered slightly and said, "I don't know what the old godly woman is trying to persuade His Majesty."
"Your Majesty will remember you in his heart after all." Because he had just been scolded, the attendant did not dare to give her advice now, so he could only comfort her cautiously, "After all, the Queen Mother said that your Majesty is not willing to listen to her, and she also no way."
Yun Fenghuang chuckled and said, "I hope so."
Anyway, she would not place all her hopes on Chunjia's protection, and what if the Empress Dowager Yuan becomes ruthless one day and kills her first and then punishes her
Then didn't she die unjustly
So at the critical moment, you still have to work hard!
Concubine Xian, who worked hard, learned that Chunjia had not summoned anyone and still spent the night alone in Taichu Palace. Before locking the palace door, she sent someone to give a gift to Wei Hengyan in Yijia Palace next door. The message asked her to tidy up tomorrow and go to the Taichu Palace to coax the emperor and give him some warmth and care. Anyway, during this period of time, Concubine Xian herself needs to hide her power and bide her time. There is no one else but Wei Hengyan in this vacancy.
Might as well take care of your own people.
Wei Hengyan was honest. Well, maybe he was too afraid of Yun Fenghuang. He didn't go to Taichu Palace to express concern to the emperor the next morning. Instead, he came to Huanhua Palace first: "Sister, what happened these past two days? Is it possible? Are you having trouble with His Majesty?"
"Nothing, where did you want to go?" Yun Fenghuang smiled and glanced at her big belly, "Are you about to give birth? I heard that it's best to take a walk now. Where are you going? , I just want to go and take a walk in front of His Majesty. You haven’t seen His Majesty for some days.”
This is because Chunjia visits Huanhua Palace the most every day, and Wei Hengyan has been favored a lot before, but after being pregnant, he cannot sleep with her. If Chunjia has free time, she will go there to sit and care for her. But during this period of her pregnancy, the previous dynasty and harem were in constant turmoil, and the emperor was too busy to be considerate.
So to sum it up, Wei Hengyan almost met the emperor in private after returning from the palace.
"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and my sister doesn't dare to disturb him." Wei Hengyan certainly wanted to see Chunjia in her heart, but in front of Yun Fenghuang, she had to maintain her posture, "On the other hand, my sister has spent the past two days... Forgive my sister for speaking frankly. , seems a little, um, tired?"
Yun Fenghuang glanced around, and Qingren quickly took the lead and retreated.
"You are treated as a sister when I first entered the palace. There are some things that are hard to tell others, but there is no need to hide them from you." There were only two people left in the palace. Concubine Xian just sighed and said, "I and Your Majesty It’s nothing, it’s just that the Empress Dowager is a loving mother... she feels a little bit dissatisfied with me for jumping out of my way. In order to avoid embarrassment to Your Majesty, I want to avoid the limelight."
Wei Hengyan suddenly understood and asked with concern: "Does the loving mother-in-law Queen Mother have any misunderstandings about my sister? My sister has always acted swiftly, but she always slips up!"
Such words of comfort were meaningless. Yun Fenghuang gave her a few perfunctory words and hinted that he would help her get the position of associate director of the Sixth Palace after she gave birth. Wei Hengyan was very happy and insisted on his joy. If he was loyal, he would happily resign.
After she resigned, she went back to Yijia Palace to tidy up and then went to Taichu Palace to comfort Chunjia. On Yunfenghuang's side, Xie Wuzheng was also waiting for her soon.
Xie Wuzheng did not come empty-handed. He brought some small clothes and the like, which were said to be made by Xiao Luo and Xiao Chen for the two emperors. There were also items from Yun Fenghuang, sewn by Xie Meng and Xie Kuo. Purse and handkerchief: "Kuo'er is young and has difficulty pinching needles. She pricked her hand several times. However, she has a tough temperament and didn't even cry. On the contrary, she is fierce, and she is still a sister. She was impatient to make this purse several times. , being taught a lesson by the Thirteenth Sister-in-law, she cried and made a fuss about going to the palace to find the Empress to make the decision."
Yun Fenghuang, of course, didn't care about the child. He smiled when he heard: "It's not very convenient now. In a few days, if there is a chance, I will take her to stay for a while. Long time no see, I really want to This child’s.”
Thinking of Xie Kuo again, he asked a few questions and learned that she was a very calm, young and mature girl. She nodded slightly and said, "My brothers and sisters-in-law have taught me carefully. Now the family is not what it used to be. Both boys and girls have to stand out." That’s good.”
Xie Wuzheng nodded in agreement, so the brother and sister got to the point and started discussing the wedding.
In fact, these two weddings have been planned for more than half a year, and now they are almost ready, with little room for changes. Therefore, we actually talked about the wedding at the beginning, and then Yun Fenghuang told Xie Wuzheng about Princess Sui'an's temperament.
This is... Well, how does Yun Fenghuang know the temperament of Princess Sui'an
Anyway, the two eldest princesses of Yun'an and Sui'an have always been very well-behaved in front of her beloved concubine.
She absent-mindedly chatted a few words, looked for an opportunity to dismiss the others, and then said coldly: "Does Brother Twenty-one know what happened in the palace in the past two days?"
"...But something happened?" Xie Wuzheng was slightly startled and sat up straighter.
Yun Fenghuang sneered: "The Empress Dowager, the loving mother, set out to eradicate me, and she did not hesitate to involve Qi Jiulu... Fortunately, Your Majesty still has some affection for me, and protected her in front of the Empress Dowager, and finally stabilized her for the time being!"
Xie Wuzheng frowned and sighed: "I am useless at home and can't share my worries for my queen."
After thinking for a moment, he suggested, "Given her identity as the daughter of the Yun family, why not get close to Duke Yi's palace? After all, even if Concubine Xie, the concubine of Duke Yi, gave birth to the fourth prince, she would not be in the palace. He was valued. The eldest prince who was raised by the empress was in the name of Empress Shu, and the empress was also the niece of Duke Yi. With these connections, as long as the empress was willing, it would not be difficult to get close to the Duke of Yi? "
"But I am not the daughter of the Yun family after all." Yun Fenghuang sighed and shook his head, "In addition, the fact that I entered the palace was due to the calculations of Duke Yi Guo's mansion. It is difficult to say whether this grudge is right or wrong, and it is not that good. Eliminated. Even if we try to win over the Yun clan and make them the icing on the cake, it will be difficult to help them when they need it!"
Otherwise, she is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to adapt, why would she leave such a big government alone
"Moreover, if the outsiders don't know what's going on, how can they act without relying on hearsay? Xie's foundation is already weak. If I openly show my intention to support you, only those who are interested will take the initiative to help you; otherwise, they will think that I will have my heart after the adoption. I don’t care about you anymore, do you think Princess Sui’an can solve anything?”
This is a matter of momentum.
Xie's foundation is too weak, and he has nothing in the Imperial Capital.
Yun Fenghuang, the favored concubine, took the initiative to show her attitude of attaching importance to blood relatives, so that they could come into the sight of all parties. Otherwise, most people wouldn’t know them at all, let alone place bets
Xie Wuzheng muttered: "The Empress Dowager the Mother... Now that the Ji family has been destroyed, the Empress Dowager herself cannot be saved. It is no longer possible to suppress the Empress Dowager the Mother... This..."
He lowered his voice and said, "But you don't know that the Holy Mother and the Empress Dowager treat your empress?"
"The Queen Mother Queen Mother treats me well, but you also know that although Your Majesty is the daughter of the Queen Mother Queen Mother, you were brought up by the Queen Mother Queen Mother. Therefore, Your Majesty has always been close to the Queen Mother Queen Mother, treating her with consideration and respect, and even more so in the Queen Mother Queen Mother. Above the Queen Mother!" Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "You have never been to the residence of the two Queen Mothers, so you don't have a deep understanding of it. The Holy Mother Queen Mother is currently in the cold, and she is no match for the loving mother Queen Mother. How can you Come forward to speak for me?"
What she said was that she couldn't, not that she didn't want to. Xie Wuzheng noticed that, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said quietly: "What do you mean...?"
"Didn't you say before that you planned to go to Shanyuan to see Sister Ji Lingzi?" Yun Fenghuang said quietly, "Isn't the Ji family's legacy not only in the government and the public?"
Xie Wuzheng understood and said: "Is your Majesty going to ask the former Queen to hand over all the arrangements of the Ji family in the palace to you? I originally thought so too... "
"No, I want you to persuade Ji Lingzi to hand over all Ji's arrangements in the palace to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother." Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "And don't even mention us during this - just let the Queen Mother The Empress Dowager thought that those people wanted to find another supporter after the Ji family was destroyed, so they came to her."
Xie Wuzheng said thoughtfully: "My Lady, are you sure that the Queen Mother will not go against you after she has obtained Ji's legacy in the palace?"
Yun Fenghuang breathed out, shook his head and said: "Who knows what will happen in the future? But you also know the friendship between the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty is still facing me now. But if I touch the Empress Dowager, you will Do you think His Majesty can tolerate it?"
"It's just that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have been at odds for a long time. It's just that the Queen Mother is more respected by His Majesty, so she has been suppressing the Queen Mother to death. It's okay to pay back the Queen Mother when she has no power to fight back. If There is a chance to counterattack... I don’t expect anything from her, I just hope that she can draw the attention of my loving mother, the Empress Dowager, so that I don’t know all day long that I am instigating His Majesty to find something wrong with me!”
"In this case, we can't say this." Xie Wuzheng pondered for a while and whispered, "After all, Ji's family may not have good intentions towards us. If their people help the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager What if the Queen Mother is in trouble and pushes us out as scapegoats afterwards? That is His Majesty’s biological mother. No matter how angry or resentful Your Majesty is, there is nothing she can do. At most, she can be indifferent. But once the empress is involved, this matter will not be good. It’s good.”
"Even if you don't expose it, it's still a headache if you keep it as a basis to blackmail the empress."
"Why don't you remind the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother to take the initiative to go to Shanyuan Temple to discuss with the former Queen?"
Yun Fenghuang muttered: "That's what you said. I'll think carefully about how to arrange it... But when you meet the former queen later, don't forget to ask her for someone on my behalf."
In this way, when the two empress dowagers fight each other, she can also clear herself from the side, proving that she never thought about inciting Chunjia's two empresses to fight in the nest, but was only thinking about Ji's Yu Ze.
It doesn't matter if he simply cares about Ji's legacy, even if it is exposed.
The brother and sister discussed the details again and felt that nothing was missing, so Xie Wuzheng resigned.
It was already evening at this time, Yun Fenghuang called someone to wait on him, and asked Chun Jia and Queen Mother Yuan what they were doing.
Chen Zhu came up and said: "Wei Zhaorong went to Taichu Palace with food at noon, but he was dismissed by His Majesty not long after he stayed. Since then, His Majesty has been dealing with government affairs until just now."
As for the Empress Dowager Yuan, "Everything is as usual in Chunyou Palace. I just heard that the Empress Dowager has been a bit irritable these past two days and she doesn't seem very happy."
Yun Fenghuang pondered and said, "Let Yishi and the others clean up. If Your Majesty doesn't come to the harem today, they will send some soup over later. Please take care of yourself."
When the time comes, Chunjia can keep anyone she wants, and maybe she can get another cheap child. If she doesn't want to, forget it. Anyway, it's not her who is traveling in vain.
Just when I was planning to come here, news came from outside that the palace servants from Chunwu Palace had arrived. It was said that the empress dowager, the loving mother, had summoned the concubine Xian.