The fifth prince Ru Ming, who was missed by Yun Feng Huang, was just a baby in his lap. He was sent to Yanfu Palace the next month after he rejected Gu Zhen's book.
Originally, Gu Zhen hoped to get married as soon as possible, but the grand ceremony was held in a hurry, and everything was not complete. He was worried about going to the east and west, and was afraid that something would go wrong if the fifth prince was sent to Qiongfang Palace in advance, so he decided to go there. We agreed to wait until the book is finished and then the ceremony is over.
So the next month when Concubine De went to pay her respects, she took him along with her.
Gu Zhen hugged him and was in a good mood. He didn't know whether Concubine De was a Yun Fenghuang person, so he didn't say much. He just gave a few words of general encouragement and rewarded him with something, and then gave up.
Concubine De held up her smile with a forced smile until she resigned. After leaving Yanfu Palace, the corners of her mouth couldn't stop drooping. She really didn't care much about the fifth prince. After all, the child was born before she gave birth, and he was a prince. Even if no one said anything, Concubine De felt that she was being outdone by a concubine. Besides, she is young, she is very likely to have children in the future, and the chance of having a biological prince is very high. However, the prince born by the Chen family really cannot spare the time to feel sincere love for her.
But she didn't care, she still felt aggrieved just to give it up to Gu Zhen.
This is different from Yun Fenghuang's previous private question about whether she would like to let go of the fifth prince. In an emergency, there is no way for her and her mother to fight for a way out. But now, Chunjia is obviously living a good life, why do you want her to make such concessions
Halfway there, she told Buchuan not to go back to Yijia Palace, but to go directly to Xuanqing Palace to visit Concubine Xian.
"Sister." Concubine De was ranked before Concubine Xian, but Wei Hengyan did not dare to offend Yun Fenghuang because of his position. He still kept a low profile and asked sadly, "Sister, were you doing well at that time?"
Yesterday at the Empress Registration Ceremony, the new empress publicly criticized the emperor's new love and old ruthlessness, which attracted the attention of the He Palace.
Even many people from the front were watching.
It turned out that Chunjia, who had always favored the virtuous concubine, and Empress Dowager Yuan, who had always favored Mrs. Chunke, remained silent.
And those two people have been staying in their palace, as if they have acquiesced.
Concubine De couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. She didn't doubt that Yun Fenghuang had fallen out of favor, but she was worried that Chunjia would abandon Concubine Xian due to pressure from the previous dynasty, and she wanted to get some information at that time.
Yun Fenghuang saw her thoughts and muttered slightly: "It's just some minor ailments. It was a good confinement yesterday. I was afraid that it would bring bad luck to her, so I didn't go. What's the matter? Everyone in Ruming Palace Are you all concerned about that?"
"... I'm just worried that my sister will feel aggrieved." That happened just the next day. With Yun Fenghuang's prestige, it's unlikely that anyone would jump out and say anything right now. Concubine De choked up and said just now , "After all, the queen has just received the canonization. It is really heart-breaking to mistreat my sister like that."
Yun Fenghuang, who was partial to those words, laughed and said softly: "As the saying goes, a new official has three things to do when he takes office. The queen was originally a low-profile person in the palace. In terms of status, she is not as doting as me or him. Suddenly, How can you not feel a little bit uneasy about ascending to a high position? I had already expected that she would do that."
Concubine De thought she was already arranging for Gu Zhen, she breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then I will just wait for the good news about my sister."
Yun Fenghuang knew that she had misunderstood, but did not explain. He smiled and asked about the third princess: "Speaking of which, did I drag down our mother and daughter that time? The third princess didn't even have a decent full moon."
"Sister, what are you talking about? If you don't have a sister, how can you have the two of them?" Of course, Concubine De felt regretful in her heart. Even if she felt that she would have other children in the future, was the third princess the first of her flesh and blood? When it comes to whether the birth mother is the most noble among the princesses, it turns out that Chunjia has never paid attention to it from the time she was born until now. Isn't she aggrieved
But Yun Fenghuang shouldn't reveal that kind of grievance in front of anyone. After all, we all know that Yun Fenghuang would only be taken advantage of and poisoned if he stayed with her for a day and night during the birth.
"When the third princess is one week old, I will definitely make arrangements for our mother and son to have a happy life." Yun Fenghuang promised, "Very well. When I was pregnant, I told you that when I was pregnant, I would , you always ask me to help with the palace affairs."
Of course, Concubine De remembered her words, but now it was different from before. Before, the middle palace was vacant and Concubine Xian had no control over palace affairs. She believed Concubine Xian's promise.
Rumor has it that Gu Zhen has taken the post, and Yun Fenghuang is very dissatisfied with Yun Fenghuang because he made a mistake on the first day of his appointment.
In that case, Yun Fenghuang's own palace power may not be secure, let alone whether he can help her seize power
She was worried that Concubine Xian would be embarrassed if she couldn't do it, so she declined: "My sister is a concubine for the first time, but she is far less agile and thoughtful than her elder sister. I don't know what happened, but the three princesses were making trouble every day, and Ru Ming was entangled and couldn't get rid of it." Get started."
"Just ask the aunts and mothers who came here for advice." Yun Fenghuang waved his legs, "I know what she is capable of in the future. She only cares about herself. She wants to take care of the Sixth Palace, but she is afraid of not being able to do so. He has not been arrested. During those two months, I was detained in the palace and could not come in and out. How could Concubine Shan Rui come to help me? Later, I would send someone to tell Bidong that I would spank Concubine Rui."
Concubine De was startled, neither surprised nor frightened, and said: "It's the Queen's place..."
"She asked for someone to do it. For example, like the former empress, she said she didn't want help, but I'm not willing to step in and do it for her." Yun Fenghuang said with a smile, "But she didn't say no, and she didn't ask us people to help. How could it be difficult? Why don't you just go and watch the chaos in the harem and cause trouble to your Majesty?"
She patted Concubine De's leg and said, "I don't have to worry about that. I have the final say in everything!"
Whether Yun Fenghuang said or did that, after all, cultivating Wei Hengyan was something she decided early on and reported to Chunjia in advance.
However, Chunjia and Gu Zhen didn't have much sincerity in the first place. Whether he was the queen or agreed to beat Yun Fenghuang and Yuan Yuniang the day after she was crowned queen, it was nothing more than rejecting the former emperor.
As long as it didn't affect the previous dynasty, he didn't even care about Gu Zhen's situation and Dongchang.
Concubine De has a high status, has a royal daughter, and is from a good family background. Is her biological grandmother the eldest princess of Dongxing? The most important thing she wishes for is whether the fifth prince in front of Gu Zhen can be taken away from her knees!
Because of that, Zhonggong couldn't embarrass her too much.
At least it's not easy to do that now, otherwise Chunjia wouldn't have to come forward herself, and Princess Dongxing alone would be able to seek justice for her granddaughter.
Within two months, the Sixth Palace was wondering whether Chunjia had given up on the favored concubine in the face of the overall situation, and heard about Concubine De's suggestion to the Eastern Conference to take charge of the Sixth Palace.
Gu Zhen's right-hand man was very angry at this. He felt that Chunjia was really not thinking about his mother-in-law, and she was not even willing to act like that. It was like a transaction was clearly written in red... Gu Zhen was surprised: "Then Did we just know the matter? If Bidong is mistaken about the fact that they have feelings for each other, how can they be neither salty nor cold over the years? "
She was very tired: "My queen, you have to find a way to make your Majesty change your mind. Otherwise, if you go away like this, the limelight will be over, and I'm afraid the Concubine Xian will still become our serious concern."
"As for whether he can win over a virtuous concubine by favoring him, he will not be demoted from a virtuous concubine to a concubine." Gu Zhen said honestly, "Have you talked about the art of war? Use your own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses. , good concubines compete so fiercely for favors, even Yuan Yuniang has a bad leg, why bother with his old and yellowish one? It is better to have a confinement and cultivate the two children at my knees. "
The left and right people hated the iron: "If it can be like this, then that's not bad! The key is, what did the former queen do wrong? It's just that the Ji family fell! At that time, you let Bidong treat you coldly, thinking about those things One, from now on..."
"Even if Bidong is interested in him, if the Gu family is not good in the future, do we think Bidong will not be able to bear it?" Gu Zhen sighed, "Bidong is so partial to virtuous concubines. Can we see that the virtuous concubines will come later? Now, the Xian Concubine is not a Xian Concubine, and we thought that the Xian Concubine was so competitive that she didn’t want to be the queen? But Bi Dong did not obey her in the end. It can be seen that although Bi Dong liked her, he was not obedient to her words. We But to expect him to be someone in the Gu family who can influence Bidong's attitude for a short period of time would be too much, and even a good concubine would not be able to do that."
He also reminded them that they had agreed at the beginning that if they were to be queens, they would concentrate on being queens, and competing for favors and other things were not outside the scope of what was agreed in advance.
She doesn't have that patience either.
As for face...
To put it bluntly, during Chunjia's confinement of favoring Yuan Niang and indulging Yun Fenghuang, the number of times the concubines of the Sixth Palace were embarrassed and disgraced was very high.
Even after becoming a queen, Gu Zhen had a very good attitude and was not angry about Concubine De.
After all, she had thought about it in front of the stage, whether she could become a very majestic queen who could command the Sixth Palace. That was something that even Empress Ji Lingzi of the Yuan Dynasty could not do after the decline of the Ji family, let alone her.
Therefore, except for the two special concubines that happened on the day of the coronation ceremony, during the confinement period from the east, Gu Zhen, apart from accepting greetings, could not concentrate on raising the emperor's heirs. Chunjia even delayed going to Huanhua Palace for a few months. She pretended not to know.
However, Yuan Yuniang and Yun Fenghuang never came to Yanfu Palace to pay her respects, so she assumed that they had been ill.
"Sometimes when I look at such a sensible stepmother, I can't bear to bully her." Yun Fenghuang said with emotion, "Then you have high legs, don't fight or fight!"
Of course, that's just a matter of words...
If Gu Zhen wants to use that method to confirm his position as the successor and the fifth prince's future heir apparent, then he can't even think about it.
Yun Fenghuang worked hard to raise the eldest prince, but he could not leave a line of descendants for Concubine Shu.