The next day was the day when the married woman entered the palace. Xie and others made a tacit understanding and found excuses to avoid the ceremony after greeting her, so that Jiang and Yun Fenghuang, mother and daughter, could talk more easily.
Jiang asked about her daughter's current situation and laughed when she learned that the eldest prince could shout. "You are still here here like you are the only one who knows how to shout. In the blink of an eye, your son will also be able to speak."
"The eldest prince is not my son." Yun Fenghuang corrected her, "He is the son of Concubine Zhenxi and the grandson of Duke Yi!"
Jiang Shi said disapprovingly: "When he fell to the ground, the grass on Concubine Zhenxi Shu's grave would have grown more than a year ago. You are the one who actually raised him, and you can still let him get close to Yun Shi? Since he was in his heart Toward you, you should treat him as your own flesh and blood."
He also asked if the eldest prince’s biological mother was still peaceful.
"Then Zhao and Zhaoqing's biological mother, Yi, are both sensible." Yun Fenghuang said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't let them take good care of them."
"Even so, we have to be careful." Jiang said earnestly, "The royal family is different from ordinary people. At the beginning, I treated Feng Hu as my own son. On the one hand, Qin was sensible, but on the other hand, Qin was favored again. , with my family background there, it is impossible to threaten us mothers. Furthermore, even though my mother has all your brothers, Qin only has one daughter. Based on this, Qin will be obsessed with your father again. What's the use? If the Qin family still has a bastard, I may not be willing to be so caring about Feng Maid. Although there is no reason for a bastard to pass over a legitimate son for several generations in our family, but who knows if your father will be happy after being coaxed. Are you sharing the benefits that should belong to your fellow brothers?"
"Looking at the two empress dowagers in the palace now, they both say that your majesty respects the empress dowager, a filial and loving mother, more than her own biological empress dowager. But empress dowager Yuan worked hard to cultivate him, and empress dowager Qu just enjoys the fruits of her career just because she is her biological mother? "
"His Majesty rarely goes to Jiashan Palace, but once he is provided with supplies, has Jiashan Palace been wronged?"
In short, Jiang's point is that even though Zhao and Yi are both sensible and well-behaved, being the biological mother of the emperor's heir is a hidden danger.
If you can kill them quietly, it's better to kill them.
In this way, when the emperor grows up and has no thoughts, he can treat Yun Fenghuang wholeheartedly.
Yun Fenghuang smiled lightly and said: "This is not necessarily true. There are still people who eat their own flesh and blood, not to mention that I am not their biological mother? But there are many people in my palace, and there will definitely be no shortage of children under my knees. . At that time, no matter whether the children are really filial or fake, they must coax and support me. Otherwise, I can pull them up to the clouds, or I can make them roll down into the mud!"
Anyway, the eldest prince and Princess Zhaoqing were still young. After thinking about it, Jiang felt that there was no need to rush the matter, so she did not continue to persuade her. Instead, she talked about some trivial matters. For example, little Chen was born at the end of last year. , it’s a girl, and she asked Jiang to pick her name... Originally, when Xiao Chen was pregnant, she actually wanted to ask Yun Fenghuang to pick her up, but when the baby was born, her parents-in-law came, and she couldn’t go past her parents-in-law to entrust her sister-in-law, so she could only I smiled as my mother-in-law named her granddaughter Xie Bao.
"Bao'er is a bit like you, but not as similar as Meng'er." Jiang said, "I told your sister-in-law that this child must not be spoiled like her sister. Meng'er is out of control now. That's too much. Since you want to be raised here, you still have to set some rules. After all, your family can't help you anymore, so you can't let the children cause you trouble. Your brother and sister-in-law are all understanding people. No matter how much you take action to make them remember, their parents will definitely only approve of it."
"Although Meng'er jumps out, he still has a sense of proportion." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, mother, I haven't seen any battles in the past few days since I entered the palace, how can I let my niece trick me?"
After a pause, she asked, "Are you and dad leaving in a few days?"
Jiang sighed: "Your grandmother is getting old after all. You can't keep bothering her."
"Aren't there still eldest aunts and others at home?" Yun Fenghuang endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it back and said it out, "Since all the cousins have come to Dijing, there is a room of people in our family coming to stay, and my grandparents must also be here. Will you agree? Can mom stay with dad? I will buy a property for you, and I guarantee it will be no worse than the one at home."
"I know you are filial." Mrs. Jiang stared at her, "But it doesn't have to be like this. You think you are in the palace, but even if we are in the imperial capital, we actually only see each other a few times a year. And since you were granted the title of concubine, you have given Ms. Xie some bias. It’s not just once or twice. Outsiders already think that our Xie family started off by relying on you. Of course, this is indeed the case. But this is not good for Xie or you. It shows that Xie himself is incompetent and that you are too much. Partiality is unfair. If you just want to be a beloved concubine, it doesn't matter. But I know you won't be willing to stand still in your current position. How can your reputation be too bad at this time? "
"I made an agreement with my family last year that we elders will not come to the Imperial Capital, and we will let your brothers and others serve the imperial court."
"This will not only allow the high-ranking officials in the Imperial Capital to breathe a sigh of relief and not make concerted efforts to embarrass our family, but also allow you to have something to say in front of His Majesty: You are just promoting virtuous people and not avoiding relatives. If you really want to gain benefits for your natal family regardless of what you do, Why not let the family move to the Imperial Capital?"
"I know His Majesty treats you very well now, but how many years have you been in the palace? How old are you? After ten or eight years, who knows what will happen."
"It's better not to get caught up in the situation."
Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while before sighing: "Yeah."
She actually expected that Jiang would not agree to stay before she spoke. In addition to the possibilities mentioned by Jiang himself, there was also a tacit understanding between mother and daughter that they did not say out loud: If you start a family, once the beloved concubine you rely on falls, the entire family will inevitably end badly.
Nowadays, it is just to let the children named on the gold list join the official position, and then bring some young relatives as wings. Even if they are all lost, the family can still afford the compensation.
But if all the clansmen come to the Imperial Capital, they can stand next to the big tree called Concubine Xian.
Once the tree falls, Xie is finished.
How could a family whose ancestors taught us that water flows slowly take such a risk
"...Don't provoke Princess Wei He too much in the palace." After a while of relative silence, Jiang slowly said, "It seems that things are not at peace with Wei He, and I don't know if it will affect the country. At this time, the identity of the princess is somewhat sensitive, and she can't do anything to you, so why do you have to go against her?"
Yun Fenghuang sighed: "It's not that I have to go against her, but that I can't be calm with every new and old love your Majesty has!"
After all, she loves Chunjia, and as far as Chunjia knows her nature, she is definitely not the kind of person who loves a man but can still watch him favor other people, whether it is out of his own heart or for the overall situation, but is indifferent and sad. Lord.
She has to find trouble and make trouble to show that she is sincere.
Otherwise, Chunjia would definitely suspect that Yun Fenghuang was not the one who valued him most.
There is no other way, now I can only pay for the sins I have done before.
"You can say it." Ms. Jiang pondered for a while and said, "That's what I mean. Don't you always listen to me? At least in front of His Majesty and the Queen Mother."
Yun Fenghuang said: "Then I will restrain myself. However, although the princess can't do anything to me, she is always thinking about how to cause trouble for me. If it weren't for Wei He, I wouldn't Will keep her alive till now.”
"Don't be so cruel." Jiang said disapprovingly, "Is this what I taught you when you were at home? You do everything by yourself, just in case others don't fear and hate you? Can't you borrow a knife to kill someone and let others do it?"
"..." Yun Fenghuang was speechless for a moment and said, "Okay, I know these things, so don't worry about it."
Jiang sighed: "You are telling me not to worry about anything you say now. In fact, I also know that you have been able to reach this day after suddenly entering the palace. Not only did you not need help from the family, but you also helped the family a lot. It can be seen that there is no need for me to give you any help." You came up with the idea. But how can a mother not worry about it?"
Yun Fenghuang wanted to say, why can't you stay if you are so worried? The family doesn't agree, but you insist on staying for me. Do they still dare to kidnap Concubine Xian's mother back
But she also clearly realized that Jiang must love her. After all, she was Jiang's only biological daughter.
But Jiang is not just her mother, she also has many sons, grandchildren, and daughters.
It's impossible to risk everything for her.
This made Yun Fenghuang feel very melancholy.
It was like going back to my childhood and realizing that I was not the only one treated as a daughter by the Jiang family. I realized that Xie Fenghuan's existence had taken away a lot of my love, attention, food, clothing, housing and transportation. I realized that she was not the only one who was being treated like a spoiler in such a large family.
I understand the truth, but I'm just not convinced.
Maybe every spoiled person is like this. Once they are used to being exclusive, they are no longer willing to share.
So even if everyone said that Chunjia was good to her, she herself knew that even though Chunjia was considerate to her, she still couldn't trust and rely on him very much.
After all, no matter how neglected the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard are, they still exist, and there are also those royal heirs who have his blood but have no blood relationship with her.
Yun Fenghuang was in a low mood for a long time after Jiang left that day. The news spread to Taichu Palace. In the evening, Chunjia originally promised to go to the queen's place to see the fifth prince, but because the fifth prince had a cough, he went to Huanhua Palace without an appointment: "Aren't you happy that Mrs. Jiang came to the palace to see you today?"
"They will leave in two days." Yun Fenghuang said listlessly, "Now that they are gone, I don't know when we will meet next time."
Chunjia comforted: "Maybe it will come again at the end of the year."
Yun Fenghuang forced a smile and said nothing.
Seeing this, Chunjia changed the topic and said, "I heard that Rang'er can call people? Can she call me father?"
"I've been teaching for the past two days." Yun Fenghuang said, "But he still only calls me."
"Why don't you teach him to call him Emperor Father first?" Chunjia teased her with a smile, "Other palaces have taught him this first."
Yun Fenghuang said: "They always think that you will be bad to them and the emperor's heir under their knees. I have no such doubts about you. Why do you do this? So I didn't give special instructions to the people who serve. Because they often If you come to me to report, you naturally feel that you should please my mother-in-law first."
After thinking for a while, he added, "Actually, the eldest prince should call me Concubine Xianmu, but he is young, so let's teach him this way first. When he grows up, he will naturally understand the difference."
"Actually, it's almost the same. You raised him anyway." Chunjia comforted, "No matter whose name it is in, he is actually your son."
Yun Fenghuang was too lazy to talk to him about this topic and asked instead: "How has the Sixth Prince been doing these past two days? In fact, I originally wanted to go to Huzhu Palace to see it in person, but I thought that Mrs. Chunke had fainted before. If she feels uncomfortable after going, it’s my fault.”
In fact, Chunjia had never been to Huzhu Palace during this period, but only gave him a few rewards.
Originally, he did not have very deep feelings for his own flesh and blood. The Sixth Prince, a premature infant like King Qi, even if there is a saying that "seven live and eight do not live", who knows whether he will definitely survive
So don't worry about it for now, wait until the child is sure to grow up.
Otherwise, it would be a waste of his energy and emotions.
But as the emperor, Empress Dowager Yuan also hoped that the children under Yuan Niang's knees would be closer to him, so she would naturally report the news to him all the time.
At this moment, Chunjia said: "It's said that she has grown a lot. It doesn't look like she was born prematurely, but she is getting stronger."
He was very calm when he said this, the kind of calm that he didn't care much about and didn't trust much.
Because who knows if Empress Dowager Yuan lied to him to coax him to get close to the Sixth Prince...
"That's good." Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly and said, "I remember when I first entered the palace, the palace was deserted, and there was not even an heir. Now you have six princes, and there will be more in the future. It’s only been two years, so it’s really gratifying!”
Chunjia said softly: "But I don't have your child, so you have to take good care of it."
"I'm talking to you properly." Yun Fenghuang hit him angrily, "You suddenly said such things!"
The two played around for a while and then settled down.
... In the middle of the night, Chunjia fell into a deep sleep, but Yun Fenghuang opened his eyes and looked at the figure on the top of the tent with no expression on his face.
Chunjia knew that she couldn't bear to be separated from her biological mother and father for a long time, but she never mentioned letting Jiang and the others stay in the Imperial Capital. It can be seen that Jiang's previous statement that they returned to the North would be beneficial to Yun Fenghuang, and it was also true.
He likes her, is willing to favor her, and is willing to pretend to be deaf and dumb on many things for her sake.
But at the same time, he was also guarding against her.
Maybe this kind of precaution is not against Yun Fenghuang alone, but just because Ji has made the same mistake before. He doesn't want to let any hidden dangers develop, and would rather cut them off at the source.
From the emperor's point of view, this is not wrong. After all, the two generations of emperors Xiaozong and Chunjia suffered a lot of losses at the hands of the Ji family. So far, Chunjia is still trying to get back the power that the emperor should have. Brain.
It would be foolish not to be wary of concubines and relatives.
Compared with the emperor's dignity, his defense can actually be considered gentle, but for Yun Fenghuang, this means that it will be difficult for her to obtain the sense of security she thinks.
She lowered her eyes, caressing her belly, her eyes flickering.