When Yun Fenghuang rushed to Concubine Ouyang Shu's chair, Chunjia had not yet arrived, but the queen and Concubine De were already here. Both of them looked very ugly, while Concubine Shu knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
Seeing the imperial concubine coming, she immediately walked from the queen's knees to Yun Fenghuang not far away: "The imperial concubine is aware that I treat the second prince as my own and have never treated him badly. I also don't know that the dog slave harbors evil intentions." , in front of everyone, he actually did such a crazy thing! Otherwise, if I had beaten him to death early in the morning, how could I have let him get close to the prince?!"
"What's the details?" Yun Fenghuang glanced at her and ignored her. He walked over and asked the queen and Concubine De.
Empress Gu said: "Previously, the Queen Mother was ill, and the second and third princes were sent to me and Ouyang. The person who took action this time was personally appointed by Ouyang to serve the second prince. According to Ouyang and his attendants, , nothing wrong was found during this period. But just now, Ouyang personally watched the people arranging the boxes and cages. The palace servant reported that the room was in a mess and she wanted to take him to play by the pool for fear of bumping into the prince, so she agreed. …”
Then the palace man carried the second prince to the edge of the pool and threw him down!
The most important thing is that when other palace members were busy rescuing the second prince, he hit his head on the rockery by the pool and died on the spot!
"Are the people in the palace originally from the palace, or are they brought into the palace as dowries by the Ouyang family?" Yun Fenghuang nodded and asked again.
Concubine De glanced at Ouyang Fulu on the ground: "Sister, she is the original servant in the palace. It seems that the second prince does not have a dowry from Concubine Shu."
Concubine Shu quickly explained: "This is because none of my concubine has any experience in taking care of children. I was afraid that they would not be able to serve the second prince well, so I didn't send him there."
This is of course an excuse. In fact, it means that Ouyang Fulu does not attach great importance to the second prince and is reluctant to assign his dowry confidants to him.
I just want to raise them casually, whether they can survive or not.
Anyway, she was so young and could still give birth, so why would she raise a prince born to someone else who was the daughter of a guilty minister
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this plan. If the second prince was not thrown into the pool in full view of the public, but fell ill and disappeared silently, and Ouyang pretended to be sad, then the matter would be forgotten. .
No one would pursue Ouyang Yanran's granddaughter for Ji's grandson.
Even if the Empress Dowager is not willing to give in, the most she can do is scold her, but it doesn't matter.
The problem is that now the second prince is not missing quietly, he is being murdered openly.
The palace concubine who murdered him was personally selected by Concubine Shu to take care of the prince. In addition, the second prince did not have a dowry from the Ouyang family. Based on this, the fact that the Ouyang family was not attentive to the second prince could not be concealed.
"Others have no experience. Your wet nurse has no experience in raising you single-handedly?" Gu Zhen frowned and said rudely, "When you become pregnant yourself in the future, I will have to see whether you are from Should the palace promote people to take care of it or let the dowry take care of it?"
Concubine Shu couldn't answer, so she knelt down in front of Yun Fenghuang again, crying and begging her to find out the truth, find out the real culprit who murdered the second prince, and clear her name: "Even if I neglected to take care of the second prince because of my lack of consideration, at any rate It’s his mother-in-law, she never wanted to harm him!”
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "If something like this happens in the palace, you don't need to tell me. I and the queen will definitely investigate it thoroughly."
Let her go down first, and a bunch of slaves come up to ask questions.
Concubine Shu sobbed and left. Before leaving, she kowtowed to her and begged her to help her wash away her grievances.
After Concubine Shu went out, the palace attendants at Broken Bamboo Pavilion were called in one by one for questioning. Gu Zhen frowned and asked Yun Fenghuang: "What do you think?"
"That palace man must be hiding very well." Yun Fenghuang took a sip of tea and said, "Concubine Shu's people didn't find anything wrong with him at all, and even now, they can't think of anything suspicious about his whereabouts. Action. Otherwise, even if Concubine Shu is not interested in the second prince, she really has no reason to harm him. How could she let such a person stay with the second prince? "
Gu Zhen thought this was all nonsense and said, "Then who do you think he is?"
"Your Majesty, you have no idea?"
Gu Zhenxin said that if I were so capable, would there be any room for concubines like you to co-manage the Sixth Palace
She thought for a while and said, "The news from Shanyuan Temple was just now. Something happened to Kang Jieyu's son. I don't know if there is any connection."
"But how could the remnants of the Ji family plot to murder the second prince?" Concubine De asked, "How come the second prince is also the grandson of the Ji family! If they wanted to murder him, they should have targeted other princes."
Gu Zhen said: "Isn't the second prince just in a coma and nothing happened? Maybe it's a trick? After all, Shan Yuan Temple..."
She glanced at Yun Fenghuang and said, "No one thinks of those two right now, right? But once the second prince happened, who can't remember it? Anyway, no matter how bad he is, there is still a third prince, right?"
Although the second prince and the third prince are Kang Jieyu's biological children and the direct grandsons of the Ji family, they are not surnamed Ji after all. They are not loved by Chunjia and are so young. To the remaining members of the Ji family, these two children are actually nothing to them. Useful, at least not useful yet.
Far less important than the former Queen Ji Lingzi or their biological mother Kang Jieyu.
Therefore, if the second prince is put in crisis, but the Ji sisters can be saved, there is no need to hesitate.
"But will your Majesty do this?" It sounded like there was no problem, but Concubine De's doubts made the queen silent.
Indeed, she could understand this truth. Would Chunjia not understand
Will Chunjia compromise
impossible.
If he could compromise, the Ji family wouldn't have been slaughtered so quickly and decisively.
The many back-up men and intricate connections were of no use.
It was defeated like that.
If you use public opinion to suppress such an emperor, you can only pray that it will be more beneficial for him to obey public opinion, otherwise he will not pay attention at all.
"The former Queen is not that stupid." Yun Fenghuang spoke slowly and said, "The Queen is His Majesty's married wife. When it comes to understanding His Majesty, she is definitely not as good as you and me. She knows very well that such small tricks can do nothing. It will not help, it will only annoy His Majesty. Judging from my personal experience, I am afraid that this incident has less to do with the Ji family and more to do with Concubine Shu."
The Queen was stunned and said: "You mean Concubine Shu to the Second Prince..."
"It's not Concubine Shu." Yun Fenghuang said, "Has the empress simply forgotten the earlier stalemate over the position of the fourth concubine? Although no one said that Ouyang was not suitable to be Concubine Shu, there was indeed a lot of debate over the position of Concubine Shu. "
So, "Now that the fourth concubine has been decided, who knows that no one has found another way, thinking that they can pull Concubine Shu down and go up themselves? Anyway, everyone knows in their hearts that among the emperors in the palace now, the most despised ones are the second prince and the third prince. Isn’t it?”
The queen said with displeasure: "Although Concubine Shu is not attentive enough to the second prince, the third prince is as if he is her own son! Concubine, please pay attention to what you say, you are not the only one who regards the emperor's heir as his own!"
"Yes, I'm sorry, the Queen is kind and kind, and shows pity to all the emperor's heirs." Yun Fenghuang said, "But you also know that there are many people in the palace, and not everyone has your mind. Yes. What are some people afraid to do in order to advance to the throne?"
After she said this, the Queen and Concubine De subconsciously shifted their gazes.
Isn’t this talking about you yourself, the noble concubine...
The whole process from Baolin to the imperial concubine is almost based on the sixth house...
After calming down, the queen pondered: "You suspect that it was the palace concubine who did it... Could it be Concubine Shao and the others? But the relationship between Concubine Shao and Concubine Shu has never been bad..."
"Knowing people but not knowing their hearts. Furthermore, when they first entered the palace, Xuan Zhaoyi was always at the head, but now Concubine Shu is the leader. Even if Concubine Shao is pregnant, she is only a concubine. How can I be convinced?" Wei Hengyan said with gloating, "Maybe he was confused for a moment and took action against the prince?"
Last year, there were a lot of changes in the positions in the palace, and basically everyone moved their positions.
The four concubines, who are noble and virtuous, are Yun Fenghuang, Ouyang Fulu, Wei Hengyan and Yuan Zhiniang.
For the concubines below, except for the original Concubine Xie who has not moved, there are a few more additions. The original Lady Manya is now the Concubine Wan, Meng Youyi, the former Lady Zhaoyi is now the Concubine Shao Yinxiang, the former Lady Chunke is now the Concubine An, Yuan Yuniang... Concubine An was very angry for a while when she was granted the title of Yun Fenghuang. She said that the Yuan family's daughters had already become good concubines, so why should they occupy another concubine position
Besides, Yuan Yuniang has been staying at home since she fell out of favor. She neither went to serve the Empress Dowager, nor even went to greet the Empress. For such neglect, it would be fine to not punish her, but she was still promoted to the throne. , This is simply unreasonable!
She said this publicly, and there were many opinions from the previous dynasty and the harem. After all, Yuan Yuniang's behavior was really unpopular.
Empress Dowager Yuan's main focus was originally on Yuan Zhiniang being a good concubine, but she had no plans to promote Yuan Zhiniang to the throne. But now that Yun Fenghuang said this, she became angry and insisted on becoming Yuan Yuniang's concubine!
In the end, the matter was settled when Chunjia found a reason to promote Xie Wuzheng to an official of two levels.
In addition to Rou Kun, the ladies who have passed away from the concubine position include Cui Lianye, the former concubine Xin who was promoted from the ninth concubine and now the concubine Qingshu.
Cui Lianye was promoted to the throne this time by Gu Zhen. After all, she was an old man who entered the palace together. It was okay to be suppressed by a powerful character like Yun Fenghuang. What would it be like to have people like Yi Xingen ranked ahead of her? Gu Zhen felt a little sad, so he grabbed Yun Fenghuang and insisted that Cui be promoted to the throne. Cui Lianye has basically never been favored in the past year, and Chunjia has probably forgotten this person a long time ago.
Yun Fenghuang didn't bother to argue with the queen over her, and nodded after trying to make things difficult for her.
In the Ninth Concubine, Luo Hanyi took over Zhaoyi, who was vacated after Concubine Shao's promotion to the throne, and still retained the title "Xuan", while Jia Pingye, the original Zhaoyuan, became Zhaorong, who was vacated after Roukun's promotion... Jia Pingye's The promotion was proposed by Yun Fenghuang.
She said it casually, because although Jia Pingye was a little busy, she was very relaxed about her figure. Anyway, for a concubine who had long since fallen out of favor, her position was just that.
Jia Pingye was therefore very grateful. Like Yishi Qushi, she would visit him from time to time to say hello.
Next up is the newly promoted Zhaoyuan Ping Xianyi, who was the concubine that Gu Zhen relied on most when she was still Mrs. Yaoning. She even let her take over the Qiongfang Palace directly. It can be said that she trusted her very much.
After all, although the queen did not have a dormitory, generally speaking, unless the emperor had too many favors to live in the palace she once lived in, it would not be easily given to other concubines.
Next are Xiu Yi Yi Xing'en and Xiu Rong Qu Hongzhuan. The other seats of the Nine Concubines are still vacant. Jie Yu has sealed a few, but now they have no influence. The old masters don't dare to interrupt when they are talking. The kind that high-ranking people don’t even bother to remember, let alone the concubines below.
Now that Concubine De was mentioned, the queen and the concubine recalled their current status, and then said: "Concubine Shao and Concubine Wan, Concubine Xuan Zhaoyi may be jealous, but to attack the prince... is this a bit too courageous?"
The queen thought to herself that it would not be surprising if the imperial concubine did this, but Yin and others may not be so ruthless.
After all, it is no joke to be discovered. Even if Chunjia doesn't care about the twin princes, they are still his biological flesh and blood. From Shenzong Xiaozong to Chunjia, three generations of emperors have worried about their heirs. The former commoner Ji Sheng, the former empress Ji Lingzi, and the former imperial concubine Lu Qidao, who was executed in a very brutal way last year, were all charged with murdering the emperor's heir.
If the culprit was given a lenient sentence just because the second prince was not favored, wouldn't it appear that Ji's aunt and nephew and Lu Qidao were wronged
Who would take such a risk unless absolutely necessary
Especially now that the successor has filled the vacancy left by the former empress who left the palace. Although the fourth concubine is one level higher than the concubine, the noble concubine occupies a special room, and the Shu concubine, the virtuous concubine and the virtuous concubine combined are not as favored as her... This situation is really not that good. The great attraction makes people risk the world's disdain to seek promotion.
Queen Gu is actually more suspicious of Yun Fenghuang...
I wonder if this person doesn't like Concubine Shu and wants to take down Ouyang Fulu, or maybe he thinks that Ouyang Fulu, Meng Youyi, Yin Xiang and Luo Hanyi are too close and is looking for an excuse to call her. Are they jealous of each other
This is definitely not because Gu Zhen thinks too much or thinks too badly of the imperial concubine. In her opinion, these are common operations for the imperial concubine. It would be strange if the imperial concubine does not do this!
... Yun Fenghuang didn't know that the queen thought of her so much. She really doubted Yin Xuan and others. After all, Concubine Ouyang Shu was not a fool. Even if she didn't value the second prince, such a prince would not hinder her in any way, and it might not be all good after he was raised. It's useless, there's no need to deliberately trick him. If you want to dig such a hole under her nose, it would be more convenient for those who are as close as sisters.
After all, Yun Fenghuang himself was deceived by Concubine Xie who was as close as a sister, right
It’s definitely right to doubt a sister before you meet her!
"Concubine Wan and Xuan Zhaoyi are fine, but Concubine Shao is pregnant." The queen did not object to calling people over for questioning. Anyway, their identities are here, so it doesn't matter if they ask the wrong question. The question is, "Let's go Previously, we all advised her to stay in the palace to keep company with the two empress dowagers, but she insisted on coming with her. She was probably still resting after a long journey, so she had to call her over and give her a hard time so that she wouldn’t feel any pain here or there. It’s comfortable, but it’s not good for us to do it for nothing.”
Yun Fenghuang said: "Let Concubine Shao go over there first, and call Concubine Wan and Xuan Zhaoyi over first."
The palace man hurriedly went to run errands, but at this time, someone from the Broken Bamboo Pavilion came closer and said anxiously: "My wife just fainted from the rage!"
Then call the Queen to heal. The Queen gave the order and someone will naturally take care of it.
As a result, Concubine Wan and Xuan Zhaoyi had not yet arrived due to the winding mountain road, and the imperial doctor who had not yet left because of the second prince first gave the results of Concubine Shu's situation... Empress Gu was very troubled and asked with a heavy heart: "Can it be? Are you sure? Is it really a happy pulse?"
After receiving repeated assurances from the imperial doctor, the queen ordered the rewards and sent the people out. She turned to look at Yun Fenghuang, with the same kind of frustration as someone who has fallen from the world: "This is really good news."
"Is it because Concubine Shu knew that she was pregnant, so she couldn't see the second prince?" Concubine De also felt a little sad. After all, although she gave birth to the third prince, she was only a daughter. Now that Concubine Shu is pregnant, who will Do you know if you can win a man in one fell swoop
When she came back to her senses, she said subconsciously, "After all, no matter how little she cares about the second prince, he is still a prince, so he has to be distracted and take care of him. If there is no more, she can concentrate on taking care of her own flesh and blood!"
Wen Yan, the Queen and Yun Fenghuang both looked at her, with words clearly written in their eyes: So, was this how you looked at the fifth prince back then