"Everyone stop for the Ai family!" Sure enough, when she heard that the concubines were going to Yaoyu Palace to kneel down and beg the eldest princess to let her go, the Empress Dowager immediately couldn't shirk it. It wasn't that she was afraid that it would be difficult for the eldest princess Minghui. As soon as the eldest princess pushed her out, the empress dowager became cruel.
But I am worried that if this happens, the originally good card of Princess Minghui will not be easy to use in the future.
"Although Ming Hui is a child and is not sensible." The Queen Mother suppressed her anger and said, "But she didn't say that she was planning to kill the concubines! Especially Concubine Rui, from the time you entered the palace to now, the two of you have not even spoken to each other. , why should she have trouble with you?"
Concubine Rui immediately said, "I don't know where I have offended Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess... Although I have been favored by Your Majesty and am in charge of the Sixth Palace, I have never been harsh to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess!"
The implication is that perhaps it was not Princess Minghui who I offended, but that she wanted to make things difficult for Chunjia, so the eldest princess refused to let go of Chunjia's beloved ones
The Empress Dowager almost grabbed the tea bowl and threw it at it. She took two deep breaths before holding back. She said expressionlessly: "You also know that you are in charge of the Sixth Palace?"
"Then do you think Ming Hui could poison so many people in such a short period of time under your nose?"
"If so, if the Ai family remembers correctly, because the middle palace is vacant, the only person in charge of the sixth palace in the palace is Concubine Xian, right?"
"Concubine Xian narrowly escaped death a few days ago. She's not fully recovered yet, so that's all. You've been in charge of palace affairs alone for a long time. If your ability is limited, why didn't you tell me earlier? Tell me earlier and let the emperor or the Ai family find someone. I'll share the burden with you. As for this, in such a big palace, many of the concubines are poisoned or almost poisoned?!"
"You have the nerve to come to the Ai family to cry, and you have the nerve to cry while holding the second prince in your arms! Look at the Ai family, no matter whether Ming Hui did this or not, you are the one who deserves to be punished first!"
Ruifei: "..."
What do you mean? Concubine Xian came here alone only once or twice before. Has the Empress Dowager ever treated Concubine Xian like this
Is it easy to bully her Ouyang family
Concubine Rui took a deep breath, "To report to the Empress Dowager, Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui can even reach into Concubine Xian's palace, let alone other places?"
"Don't talk about Concubine Xian with the Ai family!" The Empress Dowager sneered, "Concubine Xian can be forgiven if something goes wrong for her alone, but what about you? There are only a few concubines in the palace, and each one of them is either like this or not. That’s not good. Ask yourself, what are you doing as the person in charge of the Sixth Palace?!”
"If one or two people come to Ai's house today, they won't even bother to talk about you. After all, your time in the palace is short."
"But how many people are here now? How many people are in trouble? Ask yourself, the harem is in such chaos, with you or without you, what's the difference? You, Ruifei, don't even know what you're doing with a guilty conscience!"
"If someone else does this, why would you be angry? I won't let anyone go!" Ruifei was angry. She just listened to her family. She kept a low profile after being asked to enter the palace. It's not that she has no temper. This time, she My maternal grandfather had already said that if you follow the emperor and the virtuous concubine, don't be afraid of offending the empress dowager. Anyway, they are all on the emperor's side. It might be a good thing to fight with the empress dowager, so he said unceremoniously, "Princess Ke Minghui." Your Highness, your status is so valuable that even a good concubine would not dare to say anything, let alone people like me?"
"Now the only person in the palace who is qualified to preach to Princess Minghui is you. If people like me don't come to you, who else can they come to?"
Then he handed the second prince forward who was tired and mute from crying, "I, the concubines, are doing this not only for themselves, but also for the emperor's heir! You always value the emperor's heir the most, otherwise how would you do it?" Are people like the Concubine Xian and I concubine entering the palace?"
This sentence hurt the Empress Dowager so much. If she had known that the little Yun family that Concubine Shu had casually slipped in at the time would be today's Concubine Yun Xian, how could she have nodded that way? !
Hearing this, she was furious: "You bastard keeps saying that the emperor is the emperor's heir. See for yourself how the emperor's heir in your hands has been tortured by you. You are not the only one in the palace who has an emperor's heir. But you are so cruel that you even brought such a young child here, without taking his life seriously! Look at Concubine Xian, Mrs. Yaoning, and Concubine De. When did they come to the Ai family and take the initiative to take away the children under their knees? Bring the child with you!?"
"I just want you to see how wronged the emperor is because of the turmoil in the palace today." Concubine Rui began to wipe her tears, "Even if you don't feel sorry for people like me, you still do." I feel so sorry for the emperor's heir, but you say that, and I can't bear it!"
"Although there are some royal heirs in the palace, they are not very prosperous. And even if the royal heirs are prosperous, each one is precious." The Empress Dowager said with a livid face: "If you can't raise them, Okay, give it to those who can support it, don’t make excuses here! Concubine Xian was close to death before, but for many days, do you see any problems with the children under Concubine Xian’s knees? Stop making excuses here, you are incompetent It’s just incompetence!”
The Empress Dowager scolded Concubine Rui, and without giving her a chance to reply, she ordered the concubines and their attendants to be driven out of Qingci Palace, saying that all this was caused by Concubine Rui's incompetence, and that Concubine Rui should be given three days to Give her an explanation, otherwise she won’t be Ruifei anymore, just like Luo Hanyi, just go down and become Jieyu: “This is for your grandfather’s sake, otherwise you are such an idiot, being a concubine is just flattering. Got it!"
Ruifei had never been scolded so harshly by her elders. She was trembling with anger for a while. She was persuaded and comforted by Luo Hanyi and others. She returned to her palace and drank half a cup of tea before she calmed down. After leaving the second prince to the care of the palace staff, he went straight to the Huanhua Palace, where Xun Yun Fenghuang cried and complained: "Empress, it's not that I don't care, it's really the Empress Dowager who said that I am embarrassed and can't continue to make trouble!"
"Why are you so honest?" Because of the marriage, Yun Fenghuang was much gentler to her. After hearing the whole story, he sighed, "Since she told you to give her an explanation within three days, why did you just go back?" Are you going to die down in your own palace? You won’t send people to break into Yaoyu Palace and search Princess Minghui’s residence to find some evidence or something?”
Concubine Rui said in surprise: "But the eldest princess has a distinguished status..."
"So what?" Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "Her status is only because of the late Emperor Xiaozong, but who is the Empress Dowager? The biological mother of the late Emperor Xiaozong is also the legitimate mother! You just said that she followed the orders of the Empress Dowager Who dares to stop you when doing something? Who has the right to stop you?"
"But the Queen Mother did not..."
"Who says no? The Empress Dowager has already asked you to give an explanation. Doesn't this mean that she has full authority to leave this matter to you? Then anyone who is not cooperative and obedient is disobeying the Empress Dowager's instructions. , you deserve to be punished!" Yun Fenghuang patted the back of her hand and said seriously, "If the Empress Dowager sent someone to stop her afterwards, you would have just misunderstood the Empress Dowager's intention. No one can be a sage. No fault of yours, what's the big deal? In the final analysis, it's just your filial piety and eagerness to fulfill the Queen Mother's instructions, so you can't hide your flaws!"
Ruifei: "..." No, is this what filial piety is
Does the Concubine Xian think she is the most pure and filial person
After being at a loss for a moment, Ruifei said quietly, "Then I'm going to go now...?"
"It's not easy for you now." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "You have come to me in person. Who wouldn't suspect that I instigated you to misunderstand the Queen Mother's meaning? Next time, next time If you encounter something like this, be smart and be brave. You are a princess after all, what are you afraid of?"
Concubine Rui thought to herself that I am actually quite courageous. She is quite courageous among ordinary ladies, but who can compare with you, who is from a low background and dares to cause trouble for the throne even after entering the palace
"... I am stupid." She bowed her head and admitted her mistake, listening to her grandfather's words. Finally, she humbly asked for advice, "Then... Madam, what should I do next?"
Yun Fenghuang flipped the lid of the tea bowl, raised his head and glanced at her, and said softly: "What should we do? As women, we should follow our fathers at home and follow our husbands when we marry. It doesn't matter whether it's Princess Minghui or the Queen Mother. It’s not convenient for Your Majesty to say anything. In this case, why don’t you tell your parents’ family and ask them to help mediate?”
Seeing that Ruifei suddenly realized the truth, she expressed her position and said that she would immediately send a message to her family to arrange for the front court to make efforts. She also reminded, "You are all noble ladies, so your upbringing must be strict. If you are easily wronged, your father and brother will probably advise you to tolerate it. So, We should let them know how serious this matter is."
Concubine Rui understood what she meant. Princess Minghui had accused Concubine Xian of plotting to kill her, so she retaliated in kind, but she had evidence.
So now that the Sixth Palace Concubine was poisoned by Ming Hui, there should be evidence.
Otherwise, tearing it upwards wouldn’t be enough confidence.
"I'm so sorry for Princess Minghui." After Concubine Rui returned to her palace again, she sent someone to deliver a message to her family and sighed to Zhu Shu, "The late emperor is such a legitimate daughter, so I'm afraid things will be bad in the future."
"My servant feels that Your Highness has nothing to pity or pity for. You can only blame yourself." Zhuoshu whispered, "As Your Highness, as long as you don't care about everything, who can wrong her? Even Your Majesty, how can you not give her anything in the future?" She was really looking for a consort, and he would ensure that she would live a lifetime of prosperity and wealth without any worries? She just got involved, and the first one she targeted was the Concubine Xian. This was a mistress that no one in the Sixth Palace could beat, even the loving mother-in-law. The Queen Mother is helpless, Her Highness has always lived under the wings of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, how can she be this person’s opponent?”
Ruifei shook her head and said: "If you think so, it would be unfair to Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui. Because she has been protected by her mother, the Empress Dowager, and her biological mother died tragically, if she can still live her life calmly, her character will be too much. It’s cold.”
After all, Minghui was not very close to Chunjia's Sixth Palace. Ruifei didn't take it to heart after saying a few words, but she thought: "With such a big movement today, I wonder if His Majesty will come to our place later. ?Although His Majesty has been with Concubine Xian most of the time these days, Concubine Xian is not here today to go to Qingci Palace."
So, in order to understand the situation, the emperor should come to her, right
Then she was disappointed. Chunjia did not go to Huanhua Palace that night, but went to Qiongfang Palace.