The eldest princess Minghui had clearly wanted Yun Fenghuang's life before, but now Yun Fenghuang naturally couldn't trust her, so no matter what the eldest princess said, she refused righteously.
In turn, he advised Ming Hui not to be so ignorant: "Although the commoner Ji is your highness's biological mother, isn't the late Emperor Xiaozong the biological father of your highness? Since the father is more important than the mother, the commoner Ji will do it. The fact that His Highness was able to continue to work without being implicated in the past is entirely due to the legacy of the late Emperor! Why should His Highness be deceived by others and become an enemy of His Majesty? You must know that although Your Majesty is not your blood brother, since he was adopted by the late Emperor, then He is the late emperor’s son! Could it be that Your Highness, like the commoner Ji, is only happy when the late emperor has no heirs?”
"As far as I am concerned, the regent is the real ambition!"
"Who didn't know the late emperor's kindness to him at the beginning? What happened as a result? Your Majesty is an upright descendant of the Xiaozong lineage. Whenever he thinks about the kindness of the late emperor, he should feel comforted by this and try his best to assist your majesty! Instead, he is extremely ambitious. His intention is to provoke the royal family to fratricide. This kind of kindness will be repaid with vengeance. Your Highness, as the legitimate daughter of the late emperor, can just repay it without condemning him. How can you still be complicit with him?"
Ming Hui shivered with anger and said in a cold voice: "What do you know?! Who do you think you are?! You are qualified to talk about the flesh and blood of the Tian family like this!"
"This noble concubine of this palace is on a jade plate. How can she be considered a member of the clan? Why can't she talk about the housework at home?" Yun Fenghuang said disapprovingly, "Furthermore, loyal words are offensive to the ears. If you say something unpleasant, just say it." Your Highness is so innocent and innocent. If His Majesty didn't value you and wouldn't get angry with you no matter what, I wouldn't be bothered to share my heart with you."
He pressed her further and asked her, as the legitimate daughter of the late emperor, what did she think of the late emperor
The common man Ji Sheng was very kind to Princess Minghui, but didn’t the late emperor pass away
Otherwise, the late Emperor would still wrong you if he only had a little bit of your flesh and blood
After all, all your glory and honor are given to you by Xiaozong. You are not loyal to Xiaozong, which is simply rebellious!
Princess Minghui finally walked away.
After she left, Yun Fenghuang chuckled and called Qingren and others to wait on her.
Just as they were cleaning up, Gu Zhen came with someone from outside. Just like the eldest princess Minghui just now, she opened her mouth to clear the place after entering.
"What's going on?" Yun Fenghuang and others all left, then asked lazily, "The Nuan Pavilion is very lively today."
"I didn't come here intentionally to disturb you." Gu Zhen explained, "I was planning to go into the monastery next to me to sober up, but I happened to see Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui? I was about to say hello when I saw her. He left angrily, so I came here to ask.”
Yun Fenghuang said: "This is really an injustice to me. I didn't initiate this incident. If you don't believe me, you can ask me later, but His Highness came here on his own initiative. I also came out to sober up. As a result, It's been a while now, and I haven't even had a sip of the hangover soup."
In view of the imperial concubine's usual temperament, Gu Zhen really didn't believe her words and muttered: "I don't mean to say anything to you, but Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is young and is of the flesh and blood of the late emperor. What is your current status? Why bother?" How about getting to know her? The Empress Dowager and Her Majesty are already looking for a consort for her. After a year or two and she declines, even if she is still incompatible with us, how many times can we see each other throughout the year? It's just a matter of patience. Don't do it. It's always tit-for-tat, which makes it difficult for His Majesty."
"This time, the empress has really wronged me." Yun Fenghuang muttered, "What did Your Highness say when you came over to talk to me? She said that she was thinking that His Majesty might want to marry her to the Yun family, and she wouldn't be happy! Therefore, I asked me to find a way to disturb her. He also said that I knew early on that I was definitely not willing to do this... My Majesty, can you not deny this? Not to mention His Highness's marriage, I am not a concubine. I can tell the difference. Just say that I and the Yun family are from the same clan, how could I not like my cousin to have the honor of being the Lord?"
Gu Zhen was slightly startled when he heard this, then frowned and said, "Your Highness is really fooling around."
Yun Fenghuang said: "Is she not a spoiled guest now? How can I dare to say harsh words? Otherwise, wasn't the lesson I learned at the beginning enough? If she goes back and causes trouble at the banquet, I won't be able to explain it even with ten mouths! So why? I told her everything nicely, but she refused to listen to anything. What else can I do? I can’t really do what she wants."
Just as he was talking, someone from the palace hurriedly came over and knocked on the door. While knocking, he shouted: "Queen, concubine, something happened up front!"
"Shouldn't we have chosen this day?" Gu Zhen almost lost his breath and looked at Yun Fenghuang and asked.
Yun Fenghuang was also quite speechless: "Who can't live a good life? Forget it, something has already happened. Let's have someone come in and tell us what's going on."
Then as soon as the palace servant came in, he quickly reported: "Just now, Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui returned to the table, and she suddenly said that she just heard the imperial concubine mention the young master Yunxi Keyun who had amazing archery skills before, saying that he actually had bad conduct and was not a good person. There were even various misdeeds. Duke Yi Guo and several other Yun family lords immediately left the table and knelt down to apologize, admitting that they had failed to teach their children. Your Majesty... Your Majesty said that maybe His Royal Highness the Princess had heard wrongly, the Imperial Concubine. I would never say such a thing. But Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui said...said..."
Yun Fenghuang's face turned livid, and he and Gu Zhen asked together: "What else did she say?"
If Hui Hui’s previous words could be rounded off, what he said next could not be better anyway: “His Royal Highness also said that the imperial concubine hated the Yun family to the core, and was the person in the world who most wished that the Yun family would cut off their descendants! So Yun The behavior of the disciples of the Yun family has always been investigated! This Mr. Yunxi Ke Yun is just not good, please don’t let your majesty be deceived by the Yun family."
"... Your Highness is simply confused!!!" After hearing this, even Gu Zhen, who felt guilty towards Ming Hui, couldn't help but curse, "Has she lost her mind? Even if she doesn't like the imperial concubine, how can the Yun family deserve it! Then He is an important minister of the country, can he be easily involved?! Especially in the north... "
He stopped mid-sentence because he felt it was not suitable for the palace people to hear. Gu Zhen took a deep breath, turned to Yun Fenghuang and said, "You and I will return to the table together. Please allow your Majesty to allow you to defend yourself and allow me to testify for you." !”
"I appreciate your kindness, but it's unnecessary." Yun Fenghuang said in a cold voice with a cold face, "His Highness obviously wants to kill me regardless of his face! In this case, your Majesty rashly gets involved, just I’m afraid it will also be affected.”
When Gu Zhen was about to insist, he listened to her continue, "My Majesty, if you don't think about yourself and the two princes below you, don't forget that the people in this palace who least want the emperor's heir to be well are probably not among them. After all, wasn't the reason why his mother, Ji Sheng, a commoner, was abandoned because of her plot to murder the emperor's heir? As the saying goes, like mother, like daughter, how could we know that this matter today is not about Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui making an excuse to attract attention? With his own efforts, he can take over what his mother did before she was alive?"
Such a naked slander, but at this moment, Gu Zhen couldn't help but not listen.
After all, King Chu’s lesson was too profound.
Yun Fenghuang then tidied up his appearance and rushed to the palace alone.
At this time, the palace had completely lost the previous relaxation and excitement. A group of Yun family officials headed by Duke Yi, as well as the disciples who were brought into the palace, including Concubine Xie, who was a concubine, all knelt on the ground.
The singing and dancing of silk and bamboo had stopped early in the morning. Chunjia, who was sitting in the main seat, had no expression at all on her face. Not far away, Minghui was drinking fruit wine slowly, her eyes slowly wandering around, and her eyes were full of pleasure.
"Your Majesty, I was just behind you. I was shocked by your Highness's words and came here to apologize!" Yun Fenghuang walked in at this moment, attracting everyone's attention. However, the emperor and his ministers remained calm, but Minghui slightly curved her lips.
Yun Fenghuang glanced at her, stepped forward and bowed down to Yingying, and said in a deep voice, "I just left to sober up, but before the sobering soup was served, Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui suddenly arrived, and she stepped back to talk to me alone. After that , His Highness reprimanded me for relying on pampering and meddling in His Highness's marriage. I repeatedly explained that my cousin's performance in front of the emperor today was just for fun and had no other intentions. But Your Highness... His Highness decided on the choice of his consort. After scolding me angrily, I rolled my sleeves and left! I was discussing countermeasures with the people around me on how to calm down His Highness, but in the end, I heard reports from the palace people that Your Highness came here and said many unfounded words."
As he spoke to Ming Hui Fu, he said neither humble nor arrogantly, "Your Highness is the late emperor's golden branch and jade leaves. If it is an ordinary matter, it will be whatever His Highness says, and I do not dare to say more. But it involves the Yun family, and even the elders, I do not dare to say anything." How can you not defend yourself and let your parents down and be wronged?"
Minghui laughed and said: "Of course you don't recognize anything after leaving the Nuan Pavilion. I was also very surprised just now. They said that your concubine Min is the daughter of the Yun family. Although she is always close to the Xie family, in the end, she is the top Only with the name of a girl from the Yun clan can she be qualified to be hired into the palace, but how come she has never had much contact with the Yun clan? I have so many opinions about the Yun clan in my heart, it is really shocking!"
Yun Fenghuang stopped arguing with her and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please be aware of everything."
What she just said was not to argue with Minghui, but to tell Chunjia.
As long as Chunjia listens, she will win.
As for whether Chunjia would listen... If she told her so plainly, Chunjia would definitely be suspicious, but with Minghui's cooperation, which was clearly looking for trouble, it would be strange that Chunjia wouldn't listen.
"I'm afraid you may have misunderstood Minghui." Chunjia tilted her head slightly and looked at Minghui with a cold gaze, "Although the imperial concubine is the daughter of the Yun family, she has always been close to Concubine Zhenxi Shu and Concubine Xie, and they are like sisters. How could this happen? Do you have a grudge against the Yun family? Moreover, Yun Xi Ke has not been in the imperial capital for many years. He returned to the capital with his family only after the imperial concubine entered the palace. Although he and the imperial concubine are cousins, they have never met. How does the imperial concubine know what Yun Xi Ke's character is? "
He wanted to save some face for Ming Hui for the sake of the late emperor, "Maybe some talkative palace official misled you. Your child is not sensible. Don't say such things rashly in the future."
He motioned to the left and right to help Minghui leave.
Minghui refused to leave, put down the wine cup, tilted her head and said, "Is it true that Your Majesty is partial to the noble concubine?! Or does he not trust me?!"
"Your Majesty." At this time, Mrs. Qingshu suddenly left the table together with Mrs. Roukun, prostrated on the ground, and said in panic, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, the Queen just now told me to watch your Highness the Eldest Princess before she left. , because Her Royal Highness the Princess’s drinking capacity is not very good. It’s just that I’m pregnant, so I felt dizzy after just a few drinks, so I didn’t look at Her Royal Highness for a while. Just now I quietly asked about Sister Roukun. , Sister Roukun said that His Highness drank five or six drinks before the Empress left the banquet, and after that, he never stopped... I thought, could His Highness be drunk?"
Rou Kun looked reluctant, but Mrs. Qingshu looked at her and continued: "The Queen has just confessed to me, but I forgot to talk to my sisters, please punish me! "
In fact, except for a few women who had a good drink capacity, most of the people at the banquet drank fruit wine, which was not easily intoxicating.
But both the monarch and his ministers knew in their hearts that they were just saying this.
Chunjia had originally intended for Minghui to avoid it temporarily, but this was the right time. Using this reason, Chunjia said: "Minghui, you drank too much. Please go down and rest for a while, so as not to hurt your body."
He asked Yan Yin to go down in person and ordered several waiters to force Ming Hui out.
During this process, Minghui was yelling and kicking. Chunjia watched coldly and said slowly: "It seems that the imperial sister is really not good at drinking. The concubines should be more careful in the future. If the queen is not here, you guys He only cared about feasting and having fun, and ignored the eldest princess’s body.”
The concubines quickly agreed.
Another clever minister came out to smooth things over, and the atmosphere relaxed. Chunjia asked everyone kneeling on the ground to return to the table, saying: "What you said after drinking must not be true. Dear ladies, please get up. My beloved concubines Too."
The waiters below quickly signaled to the musicians and singers, so the sound of silk and bamboo began again, the ladies sang and danced softly, and people on the table started drinking and mingling among each other, thus covering up the past turmoil.
At least it looked like it was covered up on the scene.
After a while, Gu Zhen quietly returned to the table, and Mrs. Qingshu brought Rou Kun up to plead guilty, whispering that she had falsely conveyed Yi's decree. Gu Zhen had already understood the ins and outs through the palace officials, so naturally he would not blame them, but said that they had done a good job. : "We are all people who serve His Majesty. Even if we have some disagreements with each other, in the face of major issues, we must always consider His Majesty."
He also said specifically to Rou Kun: "You are the youngest in the palace, but you have done an excellent job in this matter. When you come back, I will ask for credit for you and Your Majesty."
Rou Kun was a little awkward at first, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but pursed her lips.
She really likes Chunjia, and what matters most is her impression on Chunjia.
Otherwise, she wouldn't want to help Yun Fenghuang rescue him.
Let's not talk about Yun Fenghuang's mood at the moment. These two ladies were both suppressed and tidied up by her, but this time, she really wanted to acknowledge their affection.
After calming down, she picked up a wine cup and offered a toast to each of them to show her gratitude.
It is inconvenient to say anything at the banquet. I must find a way to return this favor generously.
Otherwise, who will help her if she encounters trouble in the future
If Minghui hadn't suddenly been so deceptive, why would Yun Fenghuang need to owe such a debt of gratitude
No matter how you think about it, this eldest princess is too much of an eyesore!
The banquet of the day ended after barely holding on for a while. In fact, if it was just the death of the White Deer, the emperor planned for the emperor and his ministers to rejoice together until the lanterns were held. After all, it was a "good omen", and there had to be some celebration. look.
But if Ming Hui makes such a fuss, no one will be interested anymore.
The key is…
Two turmoils happened in just a moment, each of which brought disgrace to the royal family. What if it happens again later, this...
It also seems that the emperor's control over the palace is too weak, which is not conducive to his role as a wise king.
Therefore, the sun's shadow had just set in the west, and with everyone's tacit understanding, the osmanthus appreciating banquet broke up in a noisy manner.
The ministers were arranged to leave Xiaofanghu and leave the palace one after another. However, the emperor couldn't wait to return to the harem and directly asked Yun Fenghuang to come forward and ask questions!