Treacherous Living in the Imperial Harem

Chapter 58: Everyone has their own agenda

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Yun Fenghuang smiled and rewarded the servant who reported the news, and then ordered the waiters to perform their duties, leaving only Xile to listen. Then he calmed down and snorted: "Our Majesty is really affectionate and loyal. , I couldn't help but come here after only two days, and it's a good thing that I still have some respect in front of the Queen. Otherwise, if people who hate me get to know me, the Queen Mother will still regard me as a charming king. Your Majesty is so domineering!"

Xile suggested: "When we return to Ningbi Palace later, we will tell Yue Jieyu that His Majesty keeps coming over, which makes the queens and others more suspicious. Let Yue Jieyu persuade him not to come, especially not to use you as a raft. "

"That's not necessary." Yun Fenghuang held his chin with one hand, stared at the door, and said lazily, "Your Majesty is not afraid of incurring the wrath of the Queen Mother, what should I be afraid of?"

After a while, Emperor Chunjia came indeed. Yun Fenghuang led someone to welcome him inside and took a seat. He asked Xi Le to make tea and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is ill. I have a low status and dare not disturb him." , I heard that His Majesty has been on duty for the past two days, how could he be free to come here now?"

"I haven't seen you in the past few days, and I miss you so much." Emperor Chunjia was as elegant as the first time we met him. He held a cup of tea and said in a gentle tone, "I just have some free time, so I came over to take a look."

Without waiting for Yun Fenghuang to answer, he looked at the people around him and asked them to step back.

"What did you say and do to Niang Niang before?" There were only two people left. The emperor immediately changed his face, frowned and asked, "Why has she been so sleepy these past two days?"

Yun Fenghuang calmly said: "Your Majesty bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong, don't blame it on me! For someone as gentle and docile as me, I will be demoted from a first-grade concubine to a third-grade concubine. I will not be able to bear it either." . Besides, the main character has always been impatient. It has only been a few days since this incident, so it would be strange if she could recover, right?"

He added, "Moreover, I have only been in the palace for a few days. What can I do to the master of the first palace? Even if the master is really guilty of some conspiracy... Your Majesty, think about it with your conscience, who should you go to to settle the score?"

These words were both ironic and sarcastic, as they actually did not regard Chun Jia as the emperor at all.

Even if it were an ordinary couple quarreling, it would be considered extremely rude.

Emperor Chunjia was not angry, but thoughtful: "The noble man seems to be in a bad mood?"

"Seeing that Your Majesty is so eager to come over to support Yue Jieyu, even the Empress Dowager and the Empress Empress have forgotten the words they told you about the newlyweds in the past few days..." Yun Fenghuang sneered, "Of course I am. Not in a good mood!”

Emperor Chunjia raised his eyebrows and said, "It sounds like you are jealous."

"Absolutely." Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "When you are young and ignorant, you will inevitably become blind sometimes!"

"..." The emperor thought for a while and then showed some interest, "Your former fiancé married another person? So you can't stand it when you see me caring about your mother-in-law?"

Yun Fenghuang was not surprised that he knew about Qi Jiulu. After all, it was Aunt Zhu who told her that Qi Jiulu had married Chao Jingyou.

At this moment, he had a serious face and said calmly: "Your Majesty seems to be very happy?"

"Don't everyone in the palace know this?" Emperor Chunjia glanced at her and said calmly, "I and Niang Niang were originally an unmarried couple. At first, I only wanted to marry her, but... So I heard similar things, how could it be possible? Happy? I will only feel uncomfortable. You don’t want to be my concubine, and I don’t want to accept you into the palace, but you entered the palace and became my concubine... It can only be said that fate plays tricks on people."

Yun Fenghuang listened silently.

After a moment, he said: "Is this just like this? I thought Your Majesty would be angry."

"Why?" Emperor Chunjia chuckled, "Because you are still thinking about your former fiancé? It is said that you are also childhood sweethearts. I grew up with my mother-in-law. I understand how deep this kind of friendship is. If you... It's scary to forget everything after so many years... Besides, it's you who is thinking about the man next to you, not Melia. In other words, in this sixth house, except Melia, no one else is. It doesn’t matter to me who cares about the people outside... As long as they don’t give birth to children pretending to be my flesh and blood.”

He said this calmly, without the indignation and excitement that ordinary men would have when talking about cuckoldry, and even a little indifferent, "Anyway, everyone knows what is going on in my three palaces and six courtyards. Of course, I Although I don’t care that you people don’t have me in your heart, after all, I don’t have you in my heart, but concubines like you are different from the queens. Even if the queens have such thoughts, they may not say it in front of me first. Even if I come out, I won’t give up!”

"As for concubines like you who come into the palace involuntarily..."

The emperor sighed softly, "They are all pitiful people, why should I be in trouble?"

Yun Fenghuang hated others pitying her the most. She almost couldn't control her expression when she heard this. She pursed her lips for a while before saying, "Your Majesty is really kind."

"As long as you don't scold me for being hypocritical in your heart." Emperor Chunjia didn't take it seriously. He took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Although I don't mind at all how you still feel about your former fiancé. However, if the Yuan family can find out about this, others will definitely know it as well. You'd better think of a countermeasure in advance, otherwise, the Queen's subordinates will not be so easy to mess around with."

He pointedly said, "After all, you and that man are both in the North."

"... When the Duke of Yi State sent me to the palace to serve His Majesty, did it have something to do with my concubine?" Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while and suddenly asked.

Emperor Chunjia was stunned, and then said calmly: "I don't know either... I originally thought you were just a girl from the Yun clan."

Later, Yun Fenghuang had a falling out with Yuan Niang, and Fuyang Yuan family went to investigate, and then they got a glimpse of Yun Fenghuang's true identity.

It’s not like Empress Dowager Yuan’s aunt and nephew didn’t think of exposing the matter for revenge, but when Yun Fenghuang entered the palace, she took the path of concubine Shu and under the banner of Duke Yi Guo. This was Emperor Chunjia’s most powerful one at present. Supporters, Yuan Fu Niang may have ignored her for revenge. Empress Dowager Yuan and the Fuyang Yuan family could not let her go crazy and offend Yunzhao and his daughter again. Secondly, Yun Fenghuang quickly hugged Empress Ji's lap, which made Empress Dowager Yuan completely She gave up the idea of a head-on confrontation. After all, Ji's power in the harem was something she, the Queen Mother, had to avoid.

"The Yiguo Palace is not unaware of the origin of my concubine." Yun Fenghuang frowned when he heard this, thought for a while, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Even if I don't want to bear the Yun clan girl coming to Huzhu Palace to suffer injustice, I can temporarily adopt her This beautiful girl is not difficult for the Duke's Palace, but she chose a concubine who has a good relationship with the Duke's concubine. This is because the Duke's Palace does not take the concubine and her father's family into consideration and does it casually. , or do you want to use my concubine to plot the North?"

Emperor Chunjia couldn't help but said: "I'm not speaking for Duke Yi, but if your family really valued you, they wouldn't have sent you to the Imperial Capital alone to avoid the limelight after breaking off the engagement. Ordinary parents, who would be willing to give up their talents? My twelve-year-old daughter is far away from me? Even if my aunt and uncle are relatives, they are separated by a layer and thousands of miles apart. It is inconvenient for news to come back and forth, so how can I feel relieved?"

As for the Duke Yi Guo's mansion, he didn't take Yun Fenghuang to heart, so he didn't care about her happiness, anger, sorrow, joy, and wishes. Emperor Chunjia said, "I thought that at least Duke Yi Guo and the Crown Prince were not such people, and I'm afraid there was something behind it... "

He pondered for a moment and asked abruptly, "Before entering the palace, did you express your envy for Yun Meiren, or... um... your envy and yearning for me?"

Seeing Yun Fenghuang looking at him in astonishment, the emperor rarely showed a little embarrassment, "I know you have no intention of me, but I see that you are quite showy, maybe it was a casual remark, but I taught the people of Duke Yiguo's mansion to write it down. Woolen cloth?"

"... Your Majesty is overthinking." Yun Fenghuang took a deep breath and said sternly, "I am not stupid. I have been living under the influence of someone else at my aunt's house, and yet I want to show my envy to the young lady of Yiguo Duke's Palace. This is not a ready-made quilt. Is your heart as high as the sky and your destiny as thin as paper? As for admiration for His Majesty, that is something that has never happened before... Is this what I, a girl who has not left the government but has reached the age of marriage proposal, can say? Although her background is not as good as that of the concubines in the palace, she is still a decent lady and has some rules."

The emperor was silent for a moment and said: "I really can't see it until now since you entered the palace..."

Seeing Yun Fenghuang glaring at him, he couldn't help but smile, "Well, since you are doubtful about this matter, I will wait for the Prince of Yiguo to come to the palace to read with you. Of course, it is not easy for me to ask you too clearly about this kind of thing. , If what the prince said is unclear, there is nothing I can do."

Yun Fenghuang thanked Yue Jieyu and said, "Your Majesty's kindness means that I don't dare to mess around anymore. I promise you that I will not deliberately go against Yue Jieyu again. You are here today." Don't go to Ningbi Palace alone. It's better to go to Yanlan Palace to see the imperial concubine while you have some time! Why is it that your majesty is still empty at this age, but he still doesn't care about the imperial concubine who is pregnant with the emperor's heir? It can't be justified even to the harem. If someone deliberately tarnishes His Majesty's reputation, the ready-made reason is that His Majesty does not care about his own flesh and blood as much as he cares for Yue Jieyu. This shows that he has a cold heart and is greedy for beauty. Doesn't he look like a coward?"

Emperor Chunjia held the tea bowl and said nothing for a long time. After a long time, he said softly: "Although I don't want to argue with the concubines like you who have no choice but to enter the palace, but you talk like this... I still want to beat you."

"How else can the world say that good advice is offensive to the ears?" Yun Fenghuang sighed, looking very embarrassed, "It is rare for me to reciprocate a favor, but Your Majesty wants to beat me up. Is it possible that I want you to do the same as before and try every means to please you?"

The emperor thought about the noble man's past actions to please him, the appalling Limbo dance, the pretentious coquettish coquettishness, and the poking at every opportunity... He sighed and said: "Forget it, at your age... you are still young and ignorant. Yes, I won’t take it to heart.”

Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty just said that he doesn't mind if the concubines other than Yue Jieyu have someone in his heart, as long as they don't confuse the royal bloodline. But now he is not very enthusiastic about the heir in the imperial concubine's belly. Could it be that the imperial concubine... "

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Chunjia suddenly stared at him, his eyes as bright as a torch, fierce and threatening, and he subconsciously kept silent.

"The noble man is still young, so it is understandable that he is young and ignorant." There was a moment of silence in the room. Emperor Chunjia put down the tea bowl and said softly, "But now that you have entered the palace, you are too ignorant, and I am afraid that your beauty will suffer."

"..." Yun Fenghuang sat upright and nodded obediently, as if she was not the one who asked the heart-wrenching words before. Emperor Chunjia, who was doing this, was also a little angry. He softened his expression and said seriously: "I see It can be seen that you are smart by nature, and you often act unexpectedly but have a sense of proportion. Therefore, you seize the opportunity when you enter the palace, and you are promoted to the throne within a few days. But after all, you are not of high birth, and the queen is not someone you can rely on for a long time. Some things are not young and beautiful. It can be solved by being smart and alert... It's better to be more cautious in the future. The Sixth House is not as simple as you think!"

Yun Fenghuang rolled his eyes and said, "Can I rely on Your Majesty?"

Emperor Chunjia glanced at her, chuckled and shook his head: "You don't trust me, and I have no time to care about you, so why should I rely on you or not?"

He didn't want to talk to the young concubine, so he saw that the time was about the same and stood up, "I'm leaving, so you can take care of yourself."

He had said this to Yun Fenghuang before, and it was mostly a warning at the time, but this time it meant a little warning... When Yun Fenghuang heard it, his expression became a little more cautious.

After seeing off the emperor, Xile came forward again, and heard her muttering to herself: "Attack the city first, attack the heart first... Your Majesty, if you are not a thing in the pond, I am afraid that Ji will make a mistake!"

He raised his chin towards Xile and said, "Take these words back to your master and ask him to think carefully when he acts."

When Xile bowed his head to accept the order, on the way out of Huzhu Palace, Yan Yin also asked Emperor Chunjia softly: "Your Majesty, is Yun Gui available?"

The emperor smiled lightly: "It's just a pretense, she doesn't believe me at all! But... I don't need her trust either."

He pondered for a while, "Does the Ji family know about the Qi family's son entering the regent's palace?"

"Already know." Yan Yin said, "Today, all the ladies came to the palace to greet their mother, the Empress Dowager. I think the wives of the Ji family will talk about this matter in the Mianfu Palace."

"That's good." Emperor Chunjia said calmly, "Although Yungui people are young, they are suspicious by nature. Such a person wants to impress her with tenderness. It is impossible for years and years to be impatient. Besides, I don't even care. It takes a year to coax a girl with haircut hair... Although Queen Suoxing is smart, she is quite controlled by the Ji family... There is a lot to make a fuss about, but when the time comes, Yun Gui will not be able to calmly mediate and calm down! "

Yan Yin thought for a while and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I am just a concubine from Yunnan and Guizhou, and I don't have a prominent family background behind me. How can I be so valued by Your Majesty and the Queen?"