Yun Qingman felt that Concubine Shu's words were too harsh. She had originally beheaded Duke Yi first and then sent Yun Fenghuang to the palace, so she felt very sorry. Now she was afraid that Yun Fenghuang would not be able to step down, so she hurriedly tugged on Concubine Shu's sleeves and whispered Said: "Sister!"
"You, Queen Mother Daoji, are as easy to talk to as your elder sister?" Concubine Shu gave her an annoyed look, but her tone became gentler. Just as she was about to say a few words of kindness, Yun Fenghuang said cheerfully: "It's true that she fell into the water. There is no recommendation from people.”
"What?" Yun Qingman's eyes widened, "Feng Huang, you actually..." You dare to openly frame the concubine, and you are still the head of the palace!
Even though she knew that her handkerchief was quite bold, she couldn't help but gasp!
Not only Yun Qingman, but Concubine Yun Shu also frowned slightly and said: "You are really courageous."
"How can I dare to do it myself?" Yun Fenghuang said with an aggrieved look, "I am not a palace servant in front of the Queen..."
She didn't finish her words, but Sister Shu already knew that everyone in the palace knew about Empress Ji's resentment towards Concubine Yue.
Although the Empress relied on the Ji family to secure the upper hand, Concubine Yue and Emperor Chunjia had a deep relationship with each other since they were childhood sweethearts. Emperor Chunjia respected the Empress and was protective of Concubine Yue, which made the Empress hate Concubine Yue even more. With such a good opportunity today, it would be strange not to use Yun Fenghuang to trick Concubine Yue... In fact, Concubine Shu mentioned the imperial doctor to the queen before, with the intention of giving the queen a chance to manipulate her.
"Sister, since it is the Empress Dowager's intention, then the Empress Dowager will not care about it, right?" Yun Qingman was happy after hearing this, and asked Concubine Shu, "The Empress Dowager is the Empress Dowager's biological aunt, so she won't care about it, right?" The Queen’s face.”
However, Concubine Shu still frowned and said, "What a child's talk. Feng Huang certainly framed Concubine Yue after receiving hints from the Queen, but what evidence is there for this?"
Yun Qingman was stunned: "This... If the people in front of the Queen hadn't hinted at this, how could Feng Huang dare to do such a thing?"
"Then the Queen Mother believes it! The Queen Mother doesn't believe it. Don't say there is no evidence. Even if there is evidence, it is false." Concubine Shu sighed, "Who said our father and the Ji family are not together?"
As the mainstay of the royalist party, Duke Yi Guo has been favored by the Ji family many times over the years, including marriage proposals several times. It's a pity that the Duke is so loyal to the Gongxiang family that he ignores him at all. In recent years, he has repeatedly proposed that Emperor Chunjia should rule personally... Emperor Chunjia may be grateful to him, but the Ji family naturally hates him to death. Got this old guy.
In the harem where three generations of the Ji family are in charge of Fengyin, the situation of the Yun family's daughter can be imagined!
At this moment, although Concubine Shu didn't say anything about Yun Fenghuang's actions and Meng Lang's actions, she forcefully gave Ji a clue. Her frowning expression was enough to make both her relatives and sisters start to worry: "Then... what should we do now?"
"We can only take one step at a time and wait and see." Concubine Yun Shu concentrated for a moment and said helplessly, "But I hope Princess Minghui is here and can mediate for us. Although this princess is the biological daughter of Empress Dowager Ji, she has the most temperamental She is gentle and kind, but now, apart from the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Ji can listen to her words."
The implication is that Queen Mother Ji was not such a gentle and kind person.
In fact, this was indeed the case. The queen led a group of people to Mianfu Palace. After the ceremony was completed, the Queen Mother Ji raised her eyelids and asked why Concubine Yue was nowhere to be seen: "She has been an old man in the palace for many years. Why?" Are you still so petty and do not have the decency that a palace concubine should have? The emperor is still empty at his knees. Every time he thinks of the Ai family and the empress dowager, she becomes anxious. She, who grew up with the emperor, is not only more considerate, but she is jealous to the point of mourning. Are you coming home?"
Just ask Empress Ji, why is it that such an unruly concubine is not given any attention? She is called a joke to newcomers, thinking that high-ranking concubines are all the same as Concubine Yue!
After all, Empress Dowager Ji and Empress Dowager Ji were aunts and nephews. Their eyebrows were quite similar. They were both graceful and graceful beauties. Even though the Empress Dowager was a little older, she thought it was because she was pampered and well-off. She and the queen are like sisters. The graceful demeanor cultivated by the hairpin family for generations has become more and more perfect after years of palace influence.
Although he was not furious at this moment, he still asked a few questions, which made everyone in Nongrou Hall still.
"I don't know, Queen Mother, Concubine Yue has been sent to Huzhu Palace for reflection." Empress Ji said calmly what happened in Yanfu Palace a moment ago. When Empress Dowager Ji listened, her frowning eyebrows not only disappeared. Instead, he said in a reproachful tone that the queen treated her too lightly: "Huzhu Palace has always been troubled, and almost everyone knows what the situation is. The emperor and Concubine Yue were childhood sweethearts, and the Queen Mother Yuan was also Concubine Yue. For the sake of the two of them, the Ai family usually pretended to be deaf and dumb. They thought that one day Concubine Yue would be touched and she would change her mind and serve the emperor and respect the empress dowager Yuan... Who would have thought that she would actually get worse and even Baolin, who had just been personally selected by the Empress Dowager to enter the palace, dared to touch her! How come she couldn't give birth to a child herself, so she didn't allow others to continue the heirs for the emperor? If even such a thing was handled lightly, and the six palaces followed suit, wouldn't it be The royal bloodline must be cut off!”
These words were so serious that Empress Ji quickly knelt down to admit her mistake and admitted that she had mishandled the situation.
High-ranking concubines such as Concubine Zheng, Concubine Yun Shu, Concubine Xin, and Mrs. Yaoning also prostrated themselves and said in unison: "I don't dare!"
Yun Fenghuang and other low-ranking concubines knelt down obediently, tying their heads in the shape of a quail... After listening to the concubines and Empress Dowager Ji pleading guilty and promising, it took a long time for Empress Dowager Ji to calm down and snort. Order: "Everyone, get up."
Then they started to discuss how Concubine Yue should be punished for doing these things.
During this period, Yun Qingman's face turned pale, thinking that indeed, as her sister Shu Fei said, the Queen Mother was unwilling to settle the matter easily, and she didn't know if the fire would burn Yun Fenghuang's head
Fortunately, she lowered her head and was of low status, so no one noticed. Yun Fenghuang noticed her and quietly reached out to shake her wrist, signaling her not to be afraid.
They all fell into a trance, and when they listened again, Queen Mother Ji was already making the decision, saying that the murder of Xin Jin Baolin must be thoroughly investigated! After all, although Baolin's position is not high, he is the one who serves Emperor Chunjia. If he can attack Baolin today, will he be able to regicide tomorrow? Furthermore, Baolin was chosen by the Empress Dowager. Is this move because of dissatisfaction with the Empress Dowager
In short, Empress Dowager Ji believes that the conclusive evidence of this matter is of a very bad nature and has a great influence, and it must not be ignored. She must dig deep to get to the bottom of it, and there must be no mistakes in the Sixth Palace!
On this basis, she followed people to Huzhu Palace to summon Concubine Yue, scolded her face and face in front of the concubines of the Sixth Palace, and finally sent Yuan to kneel at the gate of the palace: "When will you figure it out?" Get up again!"
Concubine Yue almost lost her temper and went crazy!
If she really found someone to murder Yun Fenghuang, she would have accepted such a punishment after the Dong Chuang incident!
But she hasn’t done anything yet!
Even when we discussed what happened yesterday in detail, it was obvious that she was the one who suffered!
Now Empress Dowager Ji kept asking her to figure it out, asking Concubine Yue to wake up and completely confess her past and change her past... At this moment, she was so unjust that she wished that Liu Yue Feixue, what did she understand? !
It’s impossible to understand in this life, okay!
But Empress Dowager Ji didn't give her a chance to argue at all. She stopped talking and sat back slightly. The strong Gong Xinren understood this and stepped forward to cover Concubine Yue's mouth and forcefully dragged her out.
Perhaps Concubine Yue's hysterical but helpless expression pleased Queen Mother Ji very much. She was in a good mood after that. She was in the normal and amiable mode of the Queen Mother. She exchanged a few words with the Queen and several high-ranking concubines, and chose a few new high-born women. The concubines of the Jin Palace, such as Yun Qingman, and the beautiful Xue who were assigned to the Surong Palace hosted by the Zhaoyuan Xiaoji family, came out to look at it, said some words of encouragement, and gave some rewards... The atmosphere was originally tense. I immediately relaxed, and gradually I could hear some laughter.
Seeing that time passed, Empress Ji figured it was almost done and stood up to leave.
Empress Dowager Ji nodded: "You go ahead. The Empress Dowager has been tired for the past two days, so there is no need to disturb her."
The queen respectfully said yes, and left just like when she came, leading a group of gorgeous concubines.
After going out, Empress Ji asked them to disperse, and Yun Fenghuang was naturally taken by Concubine Shu again.
Yun Qingman was very happy to get on the chariot this time: "Sister, the Queen Mother didn't mention Feng Huang just now. Did she not care about it?"
As a result, Concubine Shu sneered and said, "Queen Mother Ji is..."
She glanced at Yun Fenghuang's swallowed words, sighed, and said to Yun Fenghuang, "Do you know the Empress Dowager Yuan of Chunhuang Palace?"
Yun Fenghuang also sighed, how could he not know? After all, not every dynasty and every generation can have a situation where three queen mothers can coexist... Oh, there is also a queen mother above the queen mother of the country!
She had heard all this even if she had not thought about entering the palace before. After receiving the order, Lan even inquired a lot of more profound information from Duke Yi's Mansion and stuffed it all into her!
Of the three queen mothers in the current dynasty, the one with the strongest presence and the highest status is of course the Empress Dowager Ji whom they had just met. She is the niece of the Empress Dowager, the direct descendant of the Ji family, and the Yuan Empress of the late Emperor Xiaozong. Her full name is the Empress Dowager Mother.
The other two are the Yuan family, the aunt's aunt before Emperor Chunjia ascended the throne, who is revered as a loving mother and empress dowager;
And her biological mother, Qu Shi, was the former concubine of the royal palace and was the Queen Mother.
Originally, according to the tacit understanding of adoption, they would not be brought to the imperial capital, let alone both respected as queen mothers.
It is said that this involves a struggle between the royal family, eunuchs, officials, and the Ji family, but the specific details are not something Yun Fenghuang can understand at the moment. In short, although Empress Dowager Yuan has lived in seclusion like Empress Dowager Qu since she entered the palace, not caring about worldly affairs, and only showing up at grand ceremonies throughout the year, no one who knows a little bit about the inside story dares to underestimate her... because she is one of the three empress dowagers. Emperor Chunjia had the deepest feelings.
Emperor Chunjia was the son of a concubine, and was raised by his auntie as soon as he was born. Empress Dowager Yuan, who had nothing to do with anything, treated him as her own and devoted all her efforts to raising him. It would be better if the mother and son were not biological, but in comparison, Empress Dowager Qu also wanted to raise him. Stay back, let alone Queen Mother Ji, who only met after Emperor Chunjia ascended the throne.
Now, because Emperor Chunjia has not yet taken charge, let alone holds great power, and Empress Dowager Yuan's status is not obvious, she does not dare to compete with Ji's daughter.
But there will be no problem in dealing with Concubine Yun Shu and the three Yun girls... After all, the Ji family is eager to support Emperor Chunjia's power struggle. If the Empress Dowager Yuan takes action to regain the ground for her niece, the Ji family will definitely applaud. .
"...Why do you, Queen Mother Daoji, say that the Queen's treatment is too light?" Concubine Shu taught her sister earnestly, "How can she lose the Queen's face? She is just afraid that Concubine Yue's aunt and nephew will not hate our sisters, so she will kill someone with a borrowed knife. thought!"
Yun Qingman was worried and was about to speak, but Yun Fenghuang burst into tears first. Chu Chu pitifully asked Concubine Shu: "My queen, if I continue to stay in Huzhu Palace, won't I have to die like the previous concubines?" Don’t you know? Madam, can you help me find a place? Even if it’s a remote corner that’s been in disrepair!”