Yun Fenghuang's information was correct. The old man of the Gu family asked to see Chunjia the next day, saying that he had no way to plead guilty as his goddaughter. He said that Gu Zhen had disturbed the balance of the harem and caused trouble for Chunjia.
Chunjia had always wanted to win over them, so of course it was impossible to blame him. Instead, he said a lot of comforting words and said that the queen was very virtuous and that he was very satisfied... At this time, Mrs. Gu changed the subject and told Gu Zhen's grievance was that Gu Zhen was not a troublemaker in the first place, but the reason why he was like this was because he was worried about the King of Chu's illness.
The point is that on the eve of the illness, the King of Chu sent her and the third prince to the imperial concubine to stay with her for a while because the queen went to Shanyuan Temple to attend to the illness of the empress dowager.
Later, the imperial concubine took the initiative to go to Shanyuan Temple and changed the queen back. Within two days, the King of Chu became ill.
The queen was suspicious but had no evidence, so she became angry and immediately took over the palace rights of the imperial concubine and other three concubines after she recovered.
"I have asked my daughter-in-law to persuade the Queen. His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not only the Queen's prince, but also His Majesty's flesh and blood. If the Imperial Concubine is indeed causing trouble, how could His Majesty not notice it, and how could He let the Imperial Concubine go? What?" Mrs. Gu said very sincerely, "The Queen is really too worried! Speaking of it, it was also the Three Corpse Insects that caused the Queen to get the root of the disease. Since then, she has been worried about encountering a similar situation. The Queen has no biological flesh and blood. It is impossible to have biological flesh and blood in this life, so even if the prince under my knees is adopted, he will treat him as his own."
"As the saying goes, the illness lies in the child's body and the pain lies in the mother's heart."
"The Queen loves the two princes from the bottom of her heart, and she also loves all the royal heirs in the palace."
"In the opinion of the empress, what happened this time was not intended to cause trouble to Your Majesty, but for the safety of the emperor's heirs!"
"I know." Chunjia said gently, "The Gu family has worked hard and taught their daughters strictly. The queen entered the palace when I was getting married. She has always been dignified and reserved, and has the demeanor of a mother who cares about the world. This time I take over power. I didn’t say anything, I just knew that the queen was not a messy person. The King of Chu recovered from his illness not long ago, and the queen personally took care of him for many days. I often visited Woxia Tower, and I was deeply moved. Now the queen is feeling better. , I will take over the power immediately, I can’t help but worry about whether the queen can bear it.”
"I'm just afraid that the queen will misunderstand, so I can't say more."
"I am very relieved that the old lady can mediate."
"As for the palace, the queen is the master of the six palaces. All palace affairs are originally decided by the queen."
"In the final analysis, the imperial concubine and the others are just helping the queen."
"The Queen's status is precious, and so are her children. How can I not take care of her?"
After sending Mr. Gu away so politely, Chunjia frowned and thought for a while, then ordered Yan Yin to take something from the inner treasury and send it to the Gu family as a way of appeasement.
Of course the queen also has a copy.
After thinking for a while, he added: "Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion should also send some things. Just be quiet and don't let the outside world see you."
When Yun Fenghuang received the things, he left the errand boy to have tea and asked him who had received it
Because Yan Yin had no special instructions, the young chamberlain said bluntly: "Today, Mr. Gu came into the palace to pay his respects to His Majesty. When he arrived at the Xingxin Hall, he knelt down and said that the Gu family was not strict with their children and that the Queen was causing chaos in the palace these days. Afterwards, the old man spoke to His Majesty alone for a while. After the old man left, Your Majesty ordered that the Gu family and the Queen should have their own rewards. Then he also arranged a reward for the Queen... "
He lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty said, the noise here is quieter. But let's get the best ones."
"I understand your Majesty's intentions." Yun Fenghuang said gently, "Don't worry, I will tell them to shut up later and not go out to talk nonsense."
After sending off the little chambermaid, she squinted her eyes, concentrated for a moment, and then asked someone to notify her people in the palace, asking them to be more alert and not to do anything that would cause the queen to get caught in the near future, so as not to offend Chunjia. Bad luck.
"Tell me, in this fight between the Queen and the Imperial Concubine, who will lose and who will win? Why can't I understand?" In this situation, the Sixth Palace couldn't help but whisper, "Normally, the Queen would give in on her own initiative, and the old lady from her mother-in-law's family would personally go to the palace to apologize. Well, it can be seen that the Queen is not as favored by the Emperor as the Imperial Concubine. But now the Imperial Concubine has ordered not to provoke the Queen, is this?"
"It doesn't matter so much, just listen to what the superiors say. Who can you offend, the Queen or the Concubine?"
"That's true, even if the Queen is more talkative... Where is her identity, except for someone like the Imperial Concubine, who would dare to disobey her?"
As they discussed like this, some of their floating thoughts disappeared.
After all, in such a large palace, only a concubine is the only one who dares to openly confront the queen.
Even the two concubines, Shu Fei and De Fei, only followed the noble concubine to gain fame in the palace.
They were not willing to let them have trouble with the Queen alone.
Now that the imperial concubine has spoken, who dares to stir up trouble
So the Sixth Palace calmed down as if nothing had happened.
The Empress Dowager sighed privately: "I thought I helped Minghui by scolding the Queen like that. The Queen would hold a grudge and become more and more angry with the imperial concubine. From then on, the concubines were at odds with each other and the harem was no longer peaceful. As a result, the queen was so lethargic. , so disappointing!”
After saying this, her eyes were calm because she didn't expect Gu Zhen to cause any decent disturbance in the palace.
Gu Zhen is not the type to cause trouble.
In contrast, Mrs. Zhaowu, who entered the palace again, was also very disappointed, but she was not disappointed by Gu Zhen, but by Yun Fenghuang: "Your grandfather and uncle also expected that the imperial concubine would get carried away and show off after hearing about our family's concession. She was so arrogant. In the end, she actually held back her words, and even the concubines who openly took refuge in her were restrained from making trouble... Your Majesty, this is a powerful enemy. With her background, she can be where she is today. What a meteoric rise? I haven't lost my head now, and I still know how to advance and retreat. It's no wonder that I am loved by His Majesty."
Gu Zhen said gloomily: "It is a recognized fact that the imperial concubine is favored, so don't mention it, mother. By the way, how is the investigation on the matter of Xing Ningbo Mansion?"
When mentioning this, Mrs. Zhaowu Bo's face turned unpleasant and said, "Their family has indeed visited the palace frequently recently, often under the guise of attending to the Queen Mother's illness."
After a pause, "However, according to the information our family has inquired about, I have not heard that the empress dowager, the loving mother, wants you to adopt Concubine Yuan Xian's heir. Instead, she wants to point Princess Kunze to the son of Yuan."
"Princess Kunze?" Gu Zhen was a little surprised, because when Yun Fenghuang sent someone to say that Princess Kunze didn't need to worry about their choice of husband, she didn't mention the details. She didn't know Empress Dowager Yuan's plan yet. At this moment He couldn't help but be surprised, "This princess was raised by the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, has always been a bit incompatible with the Queen Mother. I'm afraid she won't agree?"
Mrs. Zhaowu Bo said: "Isn't it? I don't know how those two people would argue. But if it is just this matter, it has nothing to do with our family. However, after your grandfather learned about this matter, he thought about it for a while and felt that The Mother-in-Law Queen Mother probably would not have thought of scheming against Princess Kunze for no reason. If she had wanted Princess Kunze to marry Yuan's son from a long time ago, the Mother-in-Law Queen Mother would have at least tried to get close to the Mother Queen Mother from time to time even if she did not try to get close to the Mother Queen Mother. Wouldn’t it be better to call the princess to be close to her? After all, she is the princess’ legitimate aunt, so it’s natural that she feels sorry for the princess.”
But Queen Mother Yuan was just like Princess Kunze at all, and basically ignored this concubine.
It's even the same as Chunjia's time, even the three eldest princesses Minghui paid more attention to Kun Zelai.
In this situation, he suddenly wanted to decide the marriage for this concubine, or for his nephews. Mr. Gu came to the same conclusion as Chen Jing, "I'm afraid that Xing Ningbo Mansion did say something in front of the empress dowager." , so that the loving mother Queen Mother came up with this idea."
Gu Zhen couldn't help but said: "What else can I say? Although Xingningbo Mansion was your majesty's maternal home when he was King Fuyang, he was not close to your majesty, and he did some stupid things in the process, so that he has not been here until now. Two people who have been highly valued by the imperial court. Even Concubine An, your childhood sweetheart, fell out of favor because the imperial concubine entered the palace... Now that the loving mother and empress dowager are here, your majesty still has some affection for them. When the loving mother and empress dowager is gone, they will still What kind of glory can I get? At this time, when I look for my loving mother, the Queen Mother, what else can I say besides my own future?"
She snorted coldly, "With this kind of future, what could be more comfortable than continuing to be the emperor's wife?"
"That's what you say, but who knows that this is not someone else's plan?" Mrs. Zhaowu Bo shook her head and said, "Your grandfather said that the empress dowager's position in your majesty's heart is extraordinary and should not be offended easily. This matter He will take it to heart and slowly get to the bottom of the matter. If it is really the Xing Ning family that is confused, it will be fine. If not, but the imperial concubine is scheming, then... "
She sneered and said, "Aren't you always worried that His Majesty will no longer need our family in the future, and will burn bridges, and even bring bad results to your heirs? In fact, logically speaking, His Majesty would not do this unless he is favored. The concubine encouraged him to abolish the establishment for selfish reasons. Looking at the current Sixth Palace, the most likely person to do this is the imperial concubine. This is a ready opportunity to take advantage of the imperial concubine! "
"If it was the noble concubine who did it, how could she be unprepared?" Gu Zhen didn't have much hope in mastering Yun Fenghuang, and sighed, "Isn't it going to be a trap then?"
Mrs. Zhaowu Bo paused and said, "The family will pay attention and won't let her fool her."
He stopped talking about this matter and only asked Gu Zhen about the past two days. When he learned that it was calm as if nothing had happened, he said, "I'm afraid your Majesty will also have something to do with the marriage of His Royal Highness Princess Minghui in the near future." If not, just leave the matter to the imperial concubine. You don’t have to take this kind of hot potato into your own hands. Doesn’t Minghui think that the imperial concubine is better than you? Then let her feel the control of life-long events. The feeling of being in the hands of a noble concubine.”
Gu Zhen thought so too. After asking Chunjia for instructions, she not only gave Yun Fenghuang the task of finding Minghui's consort, but also asked Yunfenghuang to ask Minghui about her preferences in front of her.
So after a few days, Princess Minghui came to Woxia Tower again.
When she came in, she didn't look very good. Gu Zhen whispered warmly and asked for help, but at the same time he was gloating in his heart. He thought, I want to see how you would like Concubine Min, who is more real than me.
As for Yun Fenghuang, he was almost forced to death at the court meeting that day. What good countermeasures can he come up with now
Yun Fenghuang knew the queen's thoughts and remained silent from the beginning. After the queen had finished her greetings, he explained the purpose of inviting the imperial concubine and Minghui here today, which was to reiterate Minghui's life events and find out what kind of consort Minghui liked. ... As soon as she said this, Princess Minghui's face, which was not very good, became more and more gloomy. Without waiting for her to finish speaking, she interrupted sharply: "Last time, I said that you and the emperor brother can't tolerate each other." I, you still don’t admit it, this time even Xiaoyun clan has come out to help you, and you dare to lie and say you don’t think I am an eyesore in this palace?!”
"Your Highness has misunderstood." Yun Fenghuang glanced sideways at the Queen, and took over the conversation slowly, saying, "Your Highness is full of filial piety and is unwilling to decline. Your Majesty, the Queen, and the concubines of this palace are too late to respect you. , how could you think that His Highness is an eyesore? After all, in all dynasties, it is rare to see such pure and filial piety as His Highness, let alone his legitimate daughter. His Highness’s move is a testament to His Majesty’s teachings! It’s just that after all, Your Highness is in the midst of a romantic period, and no matter how good the Majesty is, the Queen Not only the empress, but I also feel very pity for you!"
Princess Minghui was inexplicable. It took her a while to realize what she meant. Her face changed and she said angrily: "You!!!"
"Did I misunderstand?" Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows at her and said slowly, "Your Highness has reached the age of marriage, and the two eldest princesses have already passed away. Princess Yun'an is still pregnant. Your Highness But she insisted on not leaving the palace. Apart from being filial to the Empress Dowager, or to commemorate the memory of the late emperor, what other reasons could it be for? Among the filial daughters of the past and present, there are some who never marry to serve their elders or to keep filial piety for their ancestors. I understand Your Highness, and there is no need to say more, Your Highness. The people I respect the most are those who are pure and filial. I think this move by Your Highness is enough to reconcile... "
"Shut up!" The more Princess Minghui listened, the more uncomfortable she became. If she continued to talk like this, might this vicious concubine want to confirm on the spot the "fact" that she would never marry for the sake of filial piety
The country governs the world with filial piety, and even the emperor pays attention to filial piety.
Not to mention that Ming Hui’s special treatment came from the daughter of the late Emperor Xiaozong!
If Yun Fenghuang really publicizes it and makes everyone believe that Minghui has decided to spend her whole life observing the festival to fulfill her filial piety, then Minghui will either bite the bullet and accept the banner of this "great filial daughter" and die alone, or she will accept the decline and be subjected to various This kind of discussion and even the ending of being spurned, this...
Minghui said decisively, "I just don't want to go down, so I just want to stay in the palace and make trouble for you! How do you want to treat me?!"
Gu Zhen drank tea calmly, feeling that the scene in front of him was really pleasing to the eye.