Concubine Shu came to Huanhua Hall in a panic. She started wiping her tears as soon as she entered: "I just want to give the new couple a show of strength. Who would have thought that the queen would say that to me! If it weren't for the help of the imperial concubine, I really wouldn't be able to survive." Go down!"
"Are you stupid?" Yun Fenghuang snorted, "If you want to stir up trouble, you should also think about the ins and outs. Think about it, a good queen is not stupid and will let you toss her, and start a trouble without thinking about anything. This is not What are you causing trouble for me?"
"Yes, yes, this is all because of my poor health." Concubine Shu pinched the handkerchief aggrievedly and said, "But the queen went too far. She raised the third prince under her knees and didn't tell the King of Chu. Before, the King of Chu I'm lying sick. I heard that Your Majesty also promised that whenever a concubine gives birth to a child, she will definitely continue to hold a prince as her legitimate son. Just like this, she will also stuff her natal sisters in! Who wouldn't care about Gu Su's troubles? You know, she just put one Gu Su in there, but what happened? Three more came! She just dragged all the unmarried sisters from her mother's family into the palace... Do you think the queen's behavior was too bad? Virtuous?"
Yun Fenghuang was a little impatient: "Whether the Queen is virtuous or not is your Majesty's final decision. How can you, a concubine, be the one to judge? Furthermore, there are many people in this palace who are of nobler origins than Gu Su and the others. There are many who are better than them, and more beautiful than them! You are the same age as me, and now you are the fourth concubine, and you are pregnant. Do you have to argue with those three? You have lost our fourth concubine. Decent!”
Concubine Shu did not dare to say that she was just looking for a punching bag temporarily. As a result, the queen took advantage of her poor performance and explained with insufficient confidence: "But now that Uncle Zhaowu has to be reused, how can your majesty not give extra dignity to the Gu family? If they It’s okay if you know what you are interested in. If you don’t know what you are interested in, do you think the palace will be as peaceful as it is now?"
"I will naturally consider these things." Yun Fenghuang frowned and stared at her, asking suspiciously, "You were not so unstable before, why are you so impulsive now?"
"... Maybe it's because I'm thinking too much while I'm pregnant." Concubine Shu carefully explained, "I haven't been feeling well these past two days."
Yun Fenghuang herself has not given birth so far, and the concubines under her are always cared for by servants when they are pregnant, so it is impossible for her to take care of them herself. However, when she did not leave the cabinet, because the Xie family was prosperous, it was not uncommon for her sisters-in-law to get pregnant. It is indeed easy to feel unstable, so I reluctantly accepted this statement and waved my hand: "In that case, just go back and rest, and think carefully about everything you do in the future. I am not afraid of trouble, but I don't like to make trouble for nothing!"
Although she didn't have a good impression of Gu Su and the others, there was absolutely no need to criticize and criticize them today. After all, she had single-handedly facilitated these three people's entry into the palace, but she ended up showing off her power at the last moment. What does this mean
No matter how you calculate it, it won't be worth getting a stingy reputation for nothing.
Fortunately, the turmoil had little impact. Yun Fenghuang sent Concubine Shu away and asked Qingdu to go to Chongchang Palace to ask for reward from the queen.
Qingdu said in astonishment: "Asking for reward? This?"
The queen was probably very angry at the moment. As a palace servant of Xuanqing Palace and a waiter from Yun Fenghuang's mother's family, she came to ask for a reward. Could it be that she was sent to her door to ask for a beating
"I just stopped being in trouble with the empress. How can you believe that Gu Susan's entry into the palace has nothing to do with me?" Yun Fenghuang said matter-of-factly, "I will not hesitate to use the name of being narrow-minded to help the Gu family. Sister, why shouldn’t the Queen give me some benefits?”
Qingdu: “…”
She said this to Chongchang Palace with a dull face. Gu Zhen was still angry and almost jumped up when he heard this!
But Qingdu said: "The Empress probably feels that what my mother-in-law just said is too offensive, but please think about it, the loving mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, is a shrewd person. If my mother-in-law didn't make the scene more intense, how could she have concealed it from Chunhuo Palace? Now the entire Sixth Palace is talking about my mother-in-law's stinginess, but they feel that it is really pitiful that Gu Baolin and the others encountered such a thing when they first entered the palace. Isn't this a good thing for them to integrate into the Sixth Palace?"
"..." Gu Zhen always felt that something was wrong, but after hearing this, she felt that it was right. After hesitating for a moment, she finally considered that the imperial concubine had clearly sent someone to ask for compensation. If there was no explanation, I'm afraid that the next step would be He went to deal with Gu Su and the others in good faith, and said very reluctantly, "Isn't this something that Mrs. Qingshu asked your mother-in-law to do? Why do you come to seek benefits from me?"
This is the imperial concubine returning a favor, not doing good deeds for nothing!
"Mrs. Qingshu only asked for your Majesty's help to speak in front of His Majesty." Qingdu said calmly, "I didn't promise anything else. My wife is going to the battle in person this time, for the sake of your sister. Otherwise, you want Concubine Shu to come by yourself. Caution, how could you say something like that for no reason?”
Hmm... It seems reasonable
Gu Zhen pondered for a long time, and finally asked someone to open his private treasury, took some clothing materials and jewelry, and sent him away.
Yun Fenghuang looked at these things. For the queen and the fourth concubine, they were actually only average. It can be seen that the queen was still very uncomfortable.
But it doesn't matter, it's not for nothing, isn't it
She asked people to put things into the warehouse, looked at the time, and was about to call her two nieces, whom she had not seen for two days, to come over to inspect the work. Chen Jing came to report something: "Your Majesty, the summoner from Qingci Palace just now I have sent your Majesty over to discuss Shouning Hou’s marriage.”
"It's been a while since the osmanthus appreciation banquet." Yun Fenghuang said after hearing this, "The Empress Dowager has finally decided on the candidate? What did Your Majesty say?"
Chen Jing said: "Your Majesty has just gone, so we don't know yet. But does your Majesty know who the Empress Dowager has chosen?"
Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who?"
"The younger sister of Empress Dowager De," Chen Jing whispered, "but I heard that her grandmother, Her Royal Highness Princess Dongxing, was not very happy."
"Concubine De's younger half-sister?" Yun Fenghuang had a vague impression. It was just when he entered the palace. On the eve of the summer banquet, Wei Hengyan mentioned that he wanted to marry this younger sister to Deng Chengzhai, but it was only during the summer banquet. With such a big thing happening, every family member was so panicked that they didn't even care.
It's been two years, but I didn't expect that this young lady from the Wei family was still a virgin and was attracted by the Empress Dowager.
"Why does Her Royal Highness Princess Dongxing disagree?" She pondered for a while and then asked curiously, "As far as the rivalry between Shouning Marquis and the Regent is concerned, who will regard the father and son as one family in the future? "
After Gong Xiangxiao fell out with the regent, he went out on his own as Shouning Hou. Although his future was blocked, his marriage was more convenient.
Gu Zhen had wanted to marry his cousin before, so why didn't Princess Dongxing agree
Chen Jing's voice was even lower: "I heard that Uncle Zhaowu's concubine is not yet married, and the eldest princess of Dongxing seems to intend to marry her direct granddaughter to the Gu family."
Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "The Wei family intends to mix with the Dingbei Army?"
"My servant heard that the Wei family had a title in the past, but because Princess Dongxing was not on friendly terms with the late Emperor Shenzong when he was still a prince, and the Wei family did some wrong things at that time..." Chen Jing said tactfully, "After the late Emperor Shenzong ascended the throne, this title was removed. I only thought of the flesh-and-blood relationship and did not blame the Wei family for anything."
Yun Fenghuang understood that when Shenzong was fighting for the throne, Dongxing, the half-sister, had sided with other brothers. Her husband's Wei family might have helped other princes to deceive Shenzong at that time, and either they were ruthless or the result was Fei Ran, in short, offended Shenzong quite a lot.
Therefore, after Shenzong came to power, he immediately took away the title from this family.
It was out of consideration for flesh and blood, and it was probably because the Shenzong's position was not yet stable at the time and it was difficult to get things done, so there was no further punishment.
After that, the Dongxing family became more stubborn. Even the Wei family, which was originally from a general family, gave up martial arts and followed Wen to dispel the emperor's suspicion. In short, Shenzong was never given a chance to settle old scores, so he could survive.
However, it is difficult to get titles in the imperial dynasty, as you can see from the fact that Ouyang Yanran, Cui Wan and other veterans are still in high positions but without titles.
For example, Gong Xiangxiao was able to be made a marquis immediately after losing his position as eldest son, mainly because he was a close relative and the only blood-related grandson of Emperor Shenzong. Also, as Chunjia's companion, he had been a cousin for many years. There is some affection; secondly, Chunjia deliberately used this method to set off the indifference of the regent.
In fact, except for the blood of the Gongxiang family, ministers often have power in the government and the public and are unable to obtain a title.
No matter how high your official position is, you will rarely be able to retire and return to your hometown when you are old and frail. But if you have a title, even if you die immediately, you can still benefit future generations.
It would be fine if the Wei family had never received a title. She had it before, but lost it because she failed to stand in line. As a descendant, there is nothing wrong with wanting to get it again.
The problem is that it is not easy to get the merit of being knighted. In the temple, Chunjia already has the help of important ministers such as Yi Guogong and Ouyang Yanran. If it is to be rewarded based on merit, the Wei family can only drink some soup. Therefore, if Wei He changes, it is a good opportunity.
It is the fastest way to be awarded a knighthood for military merit.
The most important thing is that Dongxing has had a good relationship with Chunjia in the past two years, and although Concubine De is not as favored as the imperial concubine, she is still one of the more favored concubines. If the descendants of the Wei family can make relatively great contributions, through the mediation between Dongxing and De Fei, the possibility of Chunjia Songkou being canonized is very high.
If I miss it, I don’t know when I will wait for such an opportunity next time.
Combining these reasons, it is no wonder that Princess Dongxing wanted to betroth her granddaughter to Uncle Zhaowu in exchange for the Gu family's support.
After thinking about this, Yun Fenghuang breathed out slowly and said: "I understand. Concubine De will definitely come to talk to me about this matter when she comes back. Please go down. I have to think about it carefully."
Having said that, Yun Fenghuang didn't need to think much before he decided to try to prevent Princess Dongxing's plan from succeeding.
This is not because she wants to help the Empress Dowager, but because she is worried that the marriage between Gu and Wei will be detrimental to her in the harem and in the previous dynasty. Not only will it be more difficult for the children of a family with a shallow background like the Xie family to get ahead, the key is that she I don't want to affect Qi Jiulu's future.
Regardless of the past relationship between the two, even if it was purely for his own sake, it would be better for the Dingbei Army to be in the hands of a person like Qi Jiulu who was not of noble origin, rather than in the hands of the Gu family, the Wei family, the Luo family, and the Yun family.
So this marriage will definitely not happen.
The problem is that she can't do this openly, otherwise how could the Gu family and the Wei family be willing to let her go
After pondering for a moment, Yun Fenghuang called the waiter and sent someone to tell Xie Xichuan: "It is said that the Wei family intends to marry Uncle Wu's bastard with his legitimate daughter. If this happens, it will do no good to my family, so we must stop it. It's just that it's inconvenient for me to do anything in the deep palace, so I can report this matter to Hou Ninghou secretly."
After receiving the news, Xie Xiliu frowned, politely sent the waiter away, and turned to discuss with his wife, Xiao Chen: "Then Hou Ning heard that he is not a quick-witted person, otherwise why would he be squeezed out by his stepmother? Prince's Mansion? I think it's better for us to figure this out ourselves. You can send someone to invite the brothers over later... "
"Are you stupid?" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xiao Chen, who said, "I know everything you know, but your Majesty still doesn't know about it? Do you really think that your Majesty expects Shouning Hou to do this?"
She lowered her voice and said, "Don't forget that Hou Ning is very close to that person. Even after he came out of the palace, he became a marquis, and he has always been in contact with him. Rumor has it in the market that if it weren't for that person's help in making suggestions, Shouning would Hou doesn’t even have the fortune he has today!”
"..." When Xie Xiliu heard this, his face turned gloomy and he whispered, "How long ago was this? How come the queen is still thinking about him?"
Xiao Chen hurriedly told him to shut up: "You know it again! Look at the way I look now, as if you are still thinking about him? It's not that you brothers are not up to par, and you can't help me, so I can't help you." Don't do this!"
Xie Xiliu muttered: "It's not that we don't care, it's just that our family is too weak. The powerful officials in the imperial capital are everywhere, and their honors are as numerous as dogs. What can we do?"
"Then when the empress first entered the palace, wasn't it the same in the palace?" Xiao Chen scolded him, "If mother hears what you said, she will have to scold you... In short, if you can't do anything, just follow the empress' orders. That’s it, where does all that nonsense come from!”
"... Seventeenth sister is indeed smarter than us." Xie Xiliu thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "But since the matter is serious, it's better not to mention her. When telling Shouning Hou, just say it's us I heard the news by chance, but I couldn't bear to see it. Shouning Hou was always bullied, so I secretly went to report it."
After hearing this, Xiao Chen said: "It's all a show. In two days I will find an excuse to go to the palace to pay my respects to the empress. I will also explain what happened to Princess Kunze before."
So two days later, she went to the Huanhua Palace and told Yun Fenghuang: "... We are relatives in the same room as your empress. We will never have any objection to your empress' decision. It's all my fault for talking about it. It's all my husband's fault for being clumsy and clumsy." Yes, that day I obviously wanted them not to disobey the empress, but the second, third, and fifth bedrooms of the big house joined forces to run against me. He blushed so hard that he couldn't say anything! After he went back, he was upset for a long time. It is said that in other families, all the sisters are protecting the elder brother, but he is a drag on my mother... Oh, it’s a pity that my mother is not here, otherwise, where would there be room for these people to be arrogant?"
Xiao Chen said this. On the one hand, he was indeed unhappy that Xie Wuzheng and the others had joined forces. He wanted Yun Fenghuang to tell Kunze to Xie Yanxiu or other Xie family members, and not to consider the Jiang family members. After all, Yun Fenghuang could be considered a She watched her biological sister-in-law grow up, and she was not bad to the couple, and she kept Xie Meng close to her. Of course she wanted to protect Yun Fenghuang; on the other hand, she secretly encouraged Yun Fenghuang to try to get Jiang's Come to Dijing…
Her idea was simple: looking at the Xie family, the one who could best suppress Yun Fenghuang and convince the imperial concubine the most was the Jiang family.
And Mrs. Jiang is her biological mother-in-law and her husband’s biological mother. After Jiang came here, how could she treat her own son and daughter-in-law badly
When the time comes, whatever benefits Yun Fenghuang wants to give, how can Xie Wuzheng and the others be qualified to fight for them
Yes, Mrs. Chen kept saying that she and her husband had no idea about Princess Kunze's marriage. After all, she did not want to personally make room for the princess, and her son was still young enough to marry the princess. This favor was She definitely can't get it.
But she wants everything else!
It doesn't matter that I don't have the qualifications to talk to my sister-in-law, she has a mother-in-law!
... Yun Fenghuang was currently focused on a series of marriages centered on the Gu family, but he did not realize what his sister-in-law was thinking. Hearing this, he sighed and said: "I know, although I can't write two words of thanks in one stroke. Come on, but after all, I am the daughter of Xie's fourth wife. You and your brother are my closest relatives. There is a layer of separation in the other rooms. It's usually fine, but it's revealed at the critical moment. "
After saying this to win over Xiao Chen, he asked how the report to Shouning Hou went.
Is there any response or news over there