Generally speaking, if you know that a new upstart is about to rise, you will either show favor or suppress it.
However, the relationship between Yun Fenghuang and the Yun family is very complicated, and it can be said that they are entangled with grudges.
Now that the emperor has made it clear that he wants to reuse Yun's son, and has even planned to demote the late emperor's legitimate daughter, Yun Fenghuang cannot suppress it, but if he can show his favor, not to mention that she is not willing to do so, even Yun will not believe it.
This is more embarrassing...
Yun Fenghuang thought about it for several days but could not come up with a more appropriate idea. A few days later, it was time for his wife to come to the palace for an audience. Mrs. Yi Guogong came to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to pay her respects. She also visited the King of Qin and gave Yun Fenghuang a message. A box of cakes.
"Is there a happy event at home?" Yun Fenghuang picked up the cake and took a look at it. He recognized that it was a flower cake specially made for weddings in the Imperial Capital, and asked.
Mrs. Yi Guogong was a little uneasy and said with a forced smile: "Yes, a few days ago, I was pregnant with my daughter-in-law. The doctor said that it is 80% likely to be a boy!"
"That is really a great joy." Yun Fenghuang congratulated her with a slight smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. "I wish my wife and the Duke to have a grandson as soon as possible!"
I really want to kill this whole Yun family now...
Mrs. Yi Guogong also knew that she was in a bad mood and did not dare to say anything. After chatting for a while, she excused herself to see King Qin and left.
She left with her front foot, and Yun Fenghuang smashed the tea bowl, with a livid face and said nothing.
Everyone on the left and right was as silent as a cicada, not daring to make a sound.
In the end, Jiang Lai, relying on his age and his dignity when in front of the Jiang family, rushed over to persuade her to calm down: "No matter what disagreements you have with Duke Yi, from the outside, you and them are both members of the Yun family. Since the prince's wife is happy, you should be happy for them. You should also reward them with something so that people will know that you have always been polite to the prince... My maid knows that you are unhappy. Yun has cheated you hard. If you weren't smart and blessed, I'm afraid... Now they are safe and sound, and even the instigator is happy. Who wouldn't feel sad? But now Mrs. Yi Guogong has come over carefully to tell you the news. , you must have the bearing of a noble concubine."
"Anyway, the days are long, who knows what will happen in the future?"
"Think about the time you entered the palace. How many of the high-ranking ladies you have not stepped under your feet now?"
"Our family has little financial resources and we can't help much, but my wife, you and the young men in the family are all still young!"
"Think about Duke Yi's family background and power, and what has been their attitude since you gained favor?"
"When you feel uncomfortable, they are even more uneasy! When Mrs. Yi Guogong came to tell you the news just now, do you think she could be calm? If she had a choice, she would definitely not want to tell you! Why? Are you coming again? Aren’t you just afraid that if you hear about it from others, you will become even more resentful?”
"Even saying that they don't treat you as one of their own?"
"You see, they are actually not doing well, do you feel better?"
"..." Yun Fenghuang said with a gloomy face, "That bitch is pregnant herself, and I don't know where my biological flesh and blood is!"
Jiang Lai was also worried. Although they, the dowry sent by the Jiang family, kept saying that King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing had raised them just like their own children, in fact, if their master could have biological flesh and blood, what were these two
But now that Yun Fenghuang said this, she said: "I just got pregnant now. Not to mention whether I can give birth to a child, who knows what kind of thing I will give birth to? Isn't that little Han a good person? How can she still be born?" What kind of good thing can he raise? Maybe in eighteen years he will be a prodigal son who will bring trouble to the family! No matter what he looks like, this biological child can only accept his fate. In this situation, the maidservant said, it is good to be like the empress. Now that I have become a mother-in-law, if my child is disobedient, I will stay in the cold and just care about the sensible and considerate one. I don’t have to worry about it any more! If this is your own child, will you let it go?"
Yun Fenghuang sneered and said: "Why am I so reluctant to let go? What about my biological children? I have paid more for them as my biological children. It would be strange if I spared them if they dare to disobey!"
"Of course you think so now when you are not born." Jiang Lai smiled, meaningfully, "I also thought so when my wife was not out of the cabinet. What was the result? Later, you rubbed your chest so angry that you even raised your palms. In the end, I slapped the table and asked you to go out. You can’t say any harsh words while you are still alive. When your own flesh and blood falls to the ground, I guarantee that you will not be able to let go of anything."
I regretted saying this, because Yun Fenghuang didn't know whether he would be able to have a baby in the future. Wasn't saying this a prick to his master's heart
She quickly changed the subject and said, "If you want to make little Han feel uncomfortable, now is a ready opportunity. After Mrs. Yi Guogong finishes watching His Highness King Qin, she will definitely come to pay you respects, so just follow If she mentions that she is worried that little Han is pregnant and there will be no one to take care of him in the prince's room, even if Mrs. Yi Guogong is not happy, she will definitely not refute your face. When she goes back, she will definitely find someone in the prince's room. When the time comes... "
"Isn't this an advantage for Yun Qike? He deserves it?" Yun Fenghuang sneered, "Of course it was Xiao Han who tricked me in the first place. Isn't this Yun Qike right? If he hadn't lost his mind. If you take advantage of me, will I be hated by Little Han?"
Jiang Lai opened her mouth. In fact, she felt that Yun Qike didn't seem to have done anything. He was just a young man who was naive and decided that he wanted to marry a woman he liked but failed to do so.
He neither acted frivolously nor said anything bad about Yun Fenghuang, nor did he do any harm to Yun Fenghuang. This... Still thinking about how to answer, Yun Fenghuang already said: "This kind of small trick is meaningless, and it is cheap. Yun Qike, Mrs. Erzeyi Guogong and the little Han family are direct aunts and nephews. How can an aunt not favor her niece? Especially when her niece is pregnant! Isn’t there a clear example in our palace? Even if it is given Even if a few people are crammed into the backyard, it won't make a difference. This kind of petty quarrel only makes me look petty."
"Then let's stay put for now and wait until there is an opportunity in the future..."
Jiang Lai was interrupted in the middle of his words: "The future? Who knows what the future will be like? His Majesty plans to reuse them now. Who will look at whose face in the future?"
Yun Fenghuang said angrily, "That's all, go down and leave me alone in peace."
... Chunjia came over in the evening. He didn't see the imperial concubine coming out to greet him, so he knew that something had probably happened. He asked the palace maid guarding the door, and the palace maid looked troubled: "Your Majesty, after Mrs. Yiguo left today, the empress said I want to be alone for a while, and you are not allowed to go in and disturb me. Just now, my maid wanted to go in and tell the Holy Spirit to come, but she knocked on the door and was scolded."
"I understand, please step aside." Although Chunjia was busy with government affairs and would not specifically care about the private affairs of his subordinates, Duke Yi was his right-hand man after all, and he had always been loyal.
Yunzhao had a legitimate son named Yun Qike, and Yun Qike's legitimate wife was pregnant, so Chunjia naturally understood.
Not long ago, he sent out the reward, but because of the entanglement between the imperial concubine and the Yun family, he did not follow the premise of Yun Fenghuang.
At this moment, I heard that something was wrong with Yun Fenghuang after Mrs. Yi Guogong left. Is it unclear what it was
He dismissed the palace attendants around him and went up to knock on the door himself. After coaxing him with gentle words for a while, Yun Fenghuang reluctantly let him in.
When I entered, I saw that the room was dark and there were no lights on.
Chunjia fumbled to light a few palace lanterns, turned around and saw Yun Fenghuang leaning on the soft couch, with disheveled hair, red and swollen eyes, and a tired look. He couldn't help but sigh, and stepped forward to persuade: "The imperial doctor said Yes, you are still young, take good care of yourself..."
Yun Fenghuang didn't look at him, just stared at the palace bricks not far away, expressionless.
After the emperor said a lot of comforting words, he just said "hmm" lightly, not listening at all.
Chunjia was in a dilemma and thought about the things that could comfort the concubine now... Well, there was nothing at all.
In terms of status, she is second only to the queen. In terms of status and power in the harem, the queen has to give way to her. In terms of heirs, she has raised a son and a daughter. In terms of the favor of the previous dynasty, her brothers are now being reused. Being cultivated, due to the taboo of the monarchs and ministers towards the Ji family, neither the ministers nor the emperor himself could pass anything that was too flattering... At most, they were given some clothing materials and jewelry, but it was nothing more than trivial matters. This kind of matter involves one's own flesh and blood. The problem is, how can it be possible to coax it out with just some money
After hesitating for a while, the emperor tentatively said: "I heard that the lotus flowers in the back mountain are blooming very well. Can I accompany you to have a look tomorrow?"
It can also relax your mind.
Yun Fenghuang didn't want it. She was even impatient to see Chunjia in front of her. After she declined lightly, she didn't think of any other opportunities to pay attention to him. She just said that she was not feeling well today and planned to arrange for a palace concubine to sleep with Chunjia. .
Chunjia was not in the mood to sleep with the concubine at the moment, and wanted to coax her some more, but was forcibly driven away, so she could only go to the concubine's place to rest.
Not only that day, but also for the next few days, the imperial concubine looked listless, so much so that everyone in Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion tensed up and did not dare to make any mistakes, for fear of getting into trouble.
Chunjia had no choice but to go to Danruoting that day. Concubine De was happily welcoming him in. Without saying a few words, the emperor signaled to send him away, and then humbly asked Concubine De, what should I do? To make the imperial concubine happy
Concubine De: "..."
Although it was quite distressing, she was not a royal concubine after all.
The emperor personally asked her that no matter how sad she felt, she would still help find a solution.
"Sister has always had a good temperament, but I don't know why she has been so depressed these past two days?" Concubine De didn't know the reason why the concubine was in a low mood. She had made a few insinuations when greeting the queen before, but the concubine didn't answer her. She didn't dare to get to the bottom of it. Now that the emperor was talking about it, she took advantage of the situation and inquired.
After hearing the emperor's vague explanation of the incident, Concubine De couldn't help but gasped and said: "Your Majesty is saying that the little Han family indirectly harmed the fate of her sister's children, and now she is happy? You also gave the little Han family a reward. A lot of stuff?”
Chunjia said: "That's just for Duke Yi's sake."
But it’s not the little Hans and his wife who benefited? I bet that the concubine’s sister will eat her alive now, so both of them will be thinking about it!
Would you like me to give you some advice in this situation
Sorry, I have this ability, why do I need to walk on thin ice in front of my sister
I have long coaxed the imperial concubine sister into a happy-go-lucky state, pretending to be a tiger and showing off her arrogance in the Sixth Palace!
Concubine De thought that she would not be able to do this job, but just when she was about to refuse, Chunjia said softly: "Concubine Ai has always been close to the concubine and has sympathy for her biological sisters. She must be the person who knows the concubine best among the six palaces. Now I have nothing to do, and only my beloved concubine can take care of my worries."
The words of rejection immediately got stuck in my throat and I couldn't speak anymore.
One is that Concubine De has not seen such a gentle emperor for a long time, especially Chunjia, who was originally very handsome. Since she came to power, due to the gradual increase in power, the originally gentle and gentle temperament of a wealthy child has gradually given way to the majesty and domineering look of an emperor. Instead, the moment of tenderness under the light is really intoxicating; both emperors said that he felt that she and the imperial concubine were the best friends. This was also something that the imperial concubine showed every day. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to say "no" now? She was only superficially interested in the imperial concubine, but she didn't really care about Yun Fenghuang
If this reached Yun Fenghuang's ears, it would be simply terrifying...
"Your Majesty, I think Duke Yi is to blame for this matter!" Concubine De thought. It was impossible to coax the concubine with such hatred. In fact, Concubine De was thinking about the concubine cheating the Han family and her son in the future. At that time, was he helping to pass the knife? Or was he helping to pass the knife
Anyway, based on her understanding of the imperial concubine, it is absolutely impossible for the imperial concubine to laugh away their grudges with Xiao Han, mother and son, or even the entire Duke of Yi Kingdom.
Now if I want the imperial concubine to show her smile, the Duke of Yi must die overnight.
Of course, she also understood that it was impossible for Chunjia to accept this proposal.
After all, Duke Yi is one of the emperor's most important supporters.
If possible, Concubine De would not want to offend an important minister like Yi Guogong Zheng.
but…
If she had to choose between the imperial concubine, the emperor, and Duke Yi, Concubine De would choose Duke Yi without even thinking about it, "When Xiao Han and others tried to murder the imperial concubine, Duke Yi should have stopped it in time! Even if he didn't know about it at the time, what happened afterwards? Just looking at the fact that Xiao Han was still the daughter-in-law of an imperial family and she was already pregnant with her legitimate son, we knew that Duke Yi did not deal with this restless daughter-in-law at all! Your Majesty, this is not a concubine who favors a noble concubine. Sister, I feel that Yi Guoping always claims to be loyal to the emperor, but in fact he is very careless in his actions!"
"You want everyone to know how loyal Duke Yi Guo is to you. If the truth about this matter is exposed, Duke Yi Guo's palace will certainly be criticized, but how can we know that it will not damage His Majesty's reputation?"
Although Concubine De is not particularly wealthy, as the granddaughter of the eldest princess and the legitimate daughter of the Haoying family, she still understands the basic rules. In the eyes of the emperor, especially in the eyes of the emperor like Chunjia, who has the appearance of a wise king, Some personal ethics issues of important ministers are actually not very important.
After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish.
The key is whether the important minister is loyal and capable.
At this moment, he slapped the blame on Duke Yi, "Moreover, Xiao Han did such a thing when he first entered the Duke's mansion, and even brought along Mrs. Yi Guogong and Concubine Zhenxi Shu. This shows that he has evil intentions! He allowed such a woman to be in the mansion. , wouldn’t it be allowing the Yun family’s family tradition to be ruined? Isn’t it a blessing for the family to be so careless in the front and protect the family behind? This is just for the daughter-in-law. Just imagine what will happen to Duke Yi if it is the son, grandson, and nephew who make the mistake? "
The last sentence was added by De Fei Fu Zhixin. She didn't know that Chunjia planned to reuse Yun's son to balance Gu's influence in the Dingbei Army.
But I say this out of consideration for my own children.
Because if the emperor doesn't trust Duke Yi, maybe his father and brother will have a chance
After all, she is a royal concubine.
She herself can't speak to the emperor, so why can't she ask the imperial concubine to help him speak kindly when she has time
"..." Chunjia was silent for a while, touched Concubine De's temples, and said softly, "I'll think about Concubine De's idea carefully."
Seeing that he was non-committal, Concubine De felt a little uneasy, wondering if her complaint technique was not good enough. Did the emperor listen or not? Or maybe the emperor is unhappy