Yuan Zhaoyuan couldn't wait that night. After the emperor finished handling the government affairs, he arrived at the Huanhua Palace by a familiar route.
Yun Fenghuang was playing with his two children. When he heard that he was coming, he straightened his clothes and went out to greet him: "Why didn't your Majesty go to Yanhong Palace today?"
"Do you think I'm bothering you?" Although it wasn't winter yet, it was already getting a little cold in the morning and evening. When the emperor came out of Taichu Palace, everyone persuaded him to put on his cloak. At this moment, he opened his arms slightly and asked someone to help him take it off. He asked lightly, and everyone in Huanhua Palace was a little scared.
"I'm afraid that I didn't prepare the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by Prince Fuyang, and you missed the newly picked sweet-scented osmanthus this season." Yun Fenghuang didn't care, teasing calmly, "After all, I grew up in the north, so I won't be so delicate. of eating.”
Chunjia took off his cloak and walked up to sit down. He took a sip of tea and mumbled, "It sounds like you can eat food without being careful."
His attitude was not cold and bad, but his words always seemed to have a hidden thorn in his side.
Since the conversation the last time they met was not amicable, Yun Fenghuang only said that his anger was still lingering, but he didn’t think much about it and continued on: “Even if I can cook, I can’t compare with a serious cook. , are you used to eating the taste that your majesty has brought up in such fine clothes and fine food? But your majesty has always been considerate of people like me. When the time comes, I will work hard in the kitchen and your majesty will not be happy to eat, but why bother? ?”
"You haven't cooked it for me, how do you know it's not to my taste? You're just being lazy." Chunjia waved his hand and quickly stepped back after seeing this. There were only two emperors and concubines in the palace. He didn't talk in circles and went straight to the point. Asked, "You wanted to see Xie Wuzheng earlier to send him to Shanyuan Temple?"
Yun Fenghuang was not surprised and said: "Does Your Majesty know? That's what happened. Anyway, the traces of this family's former harem will be wiped out soon, and I just want to take advantage of Your Majesty and pick one up. Cheap."
She wondered whether Chunjia himself found out and came to confront him, or was it someone who muttered something in front of the emperor
So he added, "Actually, the main thing is to let Brother Twenty-One accumulate some wealth. After all, he is the one who wants to be the master. With such little wealth before, it can be said that he is completely penniless in front of Her Royal Highness. Isn't it wronging Jinzhiyuye?"
"Why didn't you tell me in advance if you had such thoughts?" Chunjia mumbled, "Are you afraid that I wouldn't agree?"
This question is not easy to answer. If you are afraid that he will disagree, then why do you do it in private? If there were no such concerns, why didn't you tell the emperor earlier
"I don't know if the former queen likes my brother and sister. I'm afraid I told you in advance. You agreed here, but Brother Twenty-one went to the former queen and hit a wall." Yun Fenghuang simply gave the proposition more difficultly. I have seen him countless times, but he is still calm at this moment, "Isn't that embarrassing? I just want to go over and test the former queen's tone first... It seems that the former queen refused."
She and Chun Jia were sitting across the table from each other, but now she leaned over, propped up her cheek with one hand, tilted her head, pulled his sleeve and asked, "Then your Majesty, please help me talk to the former Queen and get her to agree?"
Chunjia said lightly: "The Ji family's overthrow, the Xie family did not exert any strength, but they just want to take advantage of it?"
"Your Majesty can be here today without any contribution from me." Yun Fenghuang said plausibly, "Aren't you enjoying the same blessings from you? Not to mention the Ji family!"
"All day long, you will tell me some fallacious lies to coax me." Chun Jia muttered, "But when it comes to actually doing it, there is nothing. Just now I came in to take off my cloak, and you saw it, but you didn't even lift a finger."
Yun Fenghuang's expression didn't change: "Didn't I feel disgusted by you when I first served you, and then you didn't dare to do it anymore?"
Chunjia was about to say when have you ever served me like this before, when he remembered that the first time he called her to his bedside, it was in the Xingxing Pavilion of Huzhu Palace. The concubine was undressing him, perhaps nervous or unwilling. In short, after struggling for a long time to no avail, he finally cleaned it up himself... He felt hot in his heart, picked up the tea, took a sip, pressed it, and then said: "Don't let Xie Wuzheng go over to Shanyuan Temple. I knew it was your intention, but when the outside world found out, they still said it was my intention."
"..." Yun Fenghuang frowned, and immediately realized that he was afraid that the Luo family might mistakenly think that the emperor connived with the concubine Xian and sent her natal brothers to recruit Ji's Yu Ze.
The share of power and interests that were left vacant after the overthrow of the Ji family had obviously been promised to those who contributed in the process.
The emperor did not want to be thought to have gone back on his word.
Well, in other words, since Chunjia had already planned to break his promise on this subsequent matter, Chunjia could only use his trustworthiness in other aspects to stabilize his reputation.
"Then I will ask Qingdu tomorrow to send a message." Of course Yun Fenghuang was not very happy in her heart. The Ji family's power in the palace was gone. Anyway, she had no intention of taking over, but she hoped to give it a push. , fulfilled the Queen Mother Qu’s wish.
But she sincerely hoped that Xie Wuzheng would win over Yu Ze who was in the official court of the Ji family.
But after the emperor said this, no matter whether Xie Wuzheng persuaded the queen or not, he had no choice but to let go.
Chunjia looked at her expression and said slowly: "Not willing?"
"What are you talking about, Your Majesty? I originally urged Brother Twenty-one and others to make progress, just to share your worries." Yun Fenghuang said with a smile, "It's not just to praise them. Now that you have spoken, then What more can I say about my concubine?"
Seeing Chunjia nodding slightly, as if she didn't intend to continue this topic, she changed her mind, sat up straighter, and asked, "By the way, the cause of death of the fifth prince's biological mother has been found out, has Zhaorong reported it to Your Majesty? "
"I went to see Zhaorong yesterday. She was so frightened that she didn't mention it." Chunjia said nonchalantly, "What's going on?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "The people in front of me were afraid that Zhao Rong would think too much, so they told Zhao Rong that it was Chen's close concubine and the palace maid who conspired to kill Chen... In fact, although those two people may not be innocent, they have not yet She had time to take action, but Chen herself committed suicide by taking poison."
Chunjia didn't have any special reaction to this result. He said calmly: "Zhaorong is about to give birth. It's really not appropriate to think wildly."
Then he said, "Give that Chen family a promotion and bury her according to the concubine's rules."
The concubine is the highest level among the palace concubines. Yun Fenghuang pondered in his heart and said: "Your Majesty's love is so great that even if Chen is under Jiuquan, she will still feel it. Speaking of which, this palace concubine is also very lucky, so good It is easy to give birth to a prince. Zhaorong has always been generous to her. Because she is happy, she is even more partial. The former one even persuaded you to send a close attendant to express condolences. This is a dignity that other biological mothers of princes and princesses do not have. .”
"Originally I thought I was going to make a face for the fifth prince, but in the blink of an eye there was no one there, alas..."
Chunjia played with the tea bowl and suddenly said: "Do you suspect that I gave her death?"
"How could it be?" Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is not that kind of mean and ungrateful person. Although Chen has a low position, she is the biological mother of the fifth prince. For this reason, your Majesty will not treat her lightly. ! I just suspect that someone is deliberately trying to provoke the Tian family father and son? "
After all, Chen didn't think she was worthy of the emperor's special favor. However, the emperor sent someone to greet her, but she didn't follow her. How could a thoughtful person not connect the two things and then doubt Chunjia
If such speculation is still far-fetched... Chunjia thought for a while and said slowly: "Have you guessed my arrangement for the fifth prince?"
"My concubine, Mrs. Li, has gone to Huzhu Palace. No one else in the palace has brought good news. However, Mrs. Chen has given birth to a prince at this moment, and her lord Zhao Rongye is already pregnant. She is still the one who is about to give birth in the near future." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "I am thinking about it, but this fifth prince is the most suitable candidate to be under Mrs. Yaoning's lap."
In other words, it is the most suitable method to raise him up to his successor, so as to stabilize the people of Uncle Zhaowu, alienate their relationship with the regent, and force them to join Chunjia.
After all, there were lessons learned from the overthrow of the Ji family and the ruined promises of four other families including the Luo family. How could the Gu family not worry about making the same mistakes again
Just letting the Tian family mother and son fulfill their promise to enthrone Gu Zhen as queen is not enough to dispel their concerns. They have to give Gu Zhen an heir. The focus is on heirs who are qualified to inherit the throne, not heirs with the blood of Ji's daughter. The former harem and the harem all agreed that it was impossible for the prince to take over the East Palace!
Only in this way can Mrs. Gu be impressed.
It can also create a deep and unhealable rift between the Gu family and the regent.
And compared to the child in Li's womb that he didn't know whether he was a boy or a girl, or even whether he would be born safely, the fifth prince who had already been born was undoubtedly more suitable.
Under such circumstances, it was not impossible for Chunjia to personally deal with Chen, the biological mother of the fifth prince, in order to allow the Gu family to accept the deal without any worries.
Of course, there is also the possibility that someone knew about it, or saw the emperor's plan, and forced Chen to death. Fortunately, when the fifth prince grew up, he misled him into thinking that Chunjia was his mother-killing enemy.
Although at this time, the father is more important than the mother, and the fifth prince may not do anything to his biological father for the biological mother with whom he has never gotten along, but the destruction of a thousand-mile dike in an ant nest, this kind of thing will always hurt the relationship between father and son.
Yun Fenghuang retracted his gaze from Chunjia, casually landed on the palace bricks not far away, and whispered, "Anyway, I don't really believe this is a coincidence. Even if Mrs. Chen wanted to die early, where could she find it?" So it just happened that the imperial waiter just gave her condolences and then committed suicide on his own? Maybe someone did it deliberately!"
"Although Zhaorong is young, Yijia Palace is far from perfect, but after all, we are from a family background, so we still understand the basic rules. Being able to do such tricks in her palace, I feel that the answer is already ready!"
Chunjia said: "Do you doubt the remnants of the Ji family?"
"It's just the remnants of the Ji family. The Ji family has been overthrown. No matter how pervasive they were in the past, they are now like a tree without roots and water without a source. They will not last long." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they have already I have found another master, hiding in the dark, watching with eager eyes!"
Others may not be able to hear the real intention of these words. How could Chunjia not know
But it is hinting that the remnants of the Ji family may have defected to Luo Hanyi and the others, and are now plotting to alienate the Tian family father and son. Is there anything else that cannot be done in the future
So, the emperor, do you want to consider that from now on, those four families will be controlled by the former harem
"..." Chunjia pondered for a while without saying anything. Just when Yun Fenghuang was thinking about whether to add more fire, he heard him sigh helplessly and said, "I don't care if you spare no effort to suppress dissidents. I know, are you doing it for your own status and power, or to be able to stay close to me?"