"How could the empress let that noble concubine raise the seventh prince?" This time it was a sister-in-law of Gu Zhen who came here. Her maiden name was Li. After exchanging greetings, he said straight to the point, "The imperial concubine is already very popular with me. If I say something that I don't like, if she also has a good background, it's really hard to say whose turn it will be to take the seat in Yanfu Palace today." ! But in the past two years, relying on her favor, she first made her blood brothers and sisters serve as masters and high-ranking marriage sects to strengthen her momentum! She also won over the concubines Shu and De, and indirectly got involved with the Ouyang family and the Wei family! "
"Isn't this enough to keep our family vigilant?"
"Now even the Yin family has asked her to win over her. This... if in the future the princes grow up and she has some thoughts that she shouldn't have, what do you think we should do?"
Gu Zhen was startled for a moment, then he came to his senses and said subconsciously: "But the seventh prince is so weak that he doesn't even know if he can raise him? Given how much Yin Qu values his daughter, if he raises his grandson but fails to raise him, he will not be punished. Does he hate it to death?"
"You also said that you don't know if you can raise her, but it doesn't mean that you can't raise her." Li said in a low voice, "What if she raises her? Even if the possibility is low, we can't take risks. ! You must know that the position of the East Palace is of great importance, and there is no room for mercy!"
Furthermore, "The Seventh Prince was born at full term. Even if he looks weak due to difficult labor, who can guarantee that he will not survive?"
Gu Zhen's face looked a little ugly because he remembered what Yun Fenghuang had said before, vowing that the Seventh Prince was a hot potato.
She felt it was very reasonable at the time, so after knowing that Yun Fenghuang was "forced" to take over the seventh prince, she even comforted him.
As a result, now that my sister-in-law reminds me, I suspect that the concubine did it on purpose.
The purpose is to make her fearful and not dare to consider taking over the seventh prince, let alone prevent the noble concubine from getting the seventh prince!
"..." At this moment, he felt that he was too stupid. He was being manipulated by the imperial concubine. Gu Zhen was too embarrassed to tell Li about this, so he only said, "I did not make the decision to entrust the seventh prince to the imperial concubine to raise him." Yes, this was the intention of Yin Qu, the seventh prince's maternal grandfather. For this reason, he cried and fussed in front of the emperor for a long time, which made His Majesty unable to do anything. He specially called the imperial concubine to go to the court to express his position in person. In desperation, he agreed. What can I do? I can't ask Your Majesty not to give Yin Qu face. In this way, all the civil and military officials of the dynasty will have to think that I am a cold-hearted person who does not care at all about their hard work and hard work for the country. Credit?"
Seeing that she was not very happy, Ms. Li quickly softened her tone and said, "I don't mean this, please calm down."
"This matter has now become a foregone conclusion. Even if you have never seen the noble concubine's character, you should have heard of it. Relying on the emperor's favor, I have always wanted to give her some points." Gu Zhen said forcefully, "I can still try to stop things that are still being discussed, but now that the Seventh Prince has been taken to her palace, what else can I do?"
Li Shi was a little unwilling to give in. After all, the imperial concubine already had the upper hand in favor and raised the emperor's eldest son. When the queen's legitimate son, King Chu, was ill, and with the help of the Yin family, it would be really difficult to decide who would be selected for the East Palace in the future. Hard to say.
Although the emperor acquiesced to Gu Su and other Gu's daughters entering the palace, he would be adopted by the queen after he was born, ensuring that the queen would have a healthy prince who could live in the East Palace. But how many days have it been since Gu Su and the others entered the palace? There is no news so far, and I don’t know when there will be news.
King Qin and the others are still young now. In two years' time, the age gap between the brothers will widen, and the eldest son will be able to take care of things, while the legitimate son will still be innocent. This...
"I heard that the second prince, the third prince, and Princess Zhaoqing all got it after their biological mothers took Ji's Yizi prescription." She thought for a while and asked the queen in a low voice, "How about we try to find out? Let Bamei and the others try it too?"
Gu Zhen frowned slightly. She had tried many so-called Yizi prescriptions in private in her early years.
At that time, no one knew about the Three Corpse Insects. Seeing that Concubine Zhenxi, Concubine An, and many concubines were getting pregnant one after another, even if they did not give birth, they were still pregnant, so they wanted to try their best.
Not only Gu Zhen, but as far as she knew, the concubines at that time were very interested in Yizi's secret recipe and tried many of them.
It was only later that I couldn't see the effect, and this thought gradually faded away.
At this moment, he was a little disapproving: "Where did such an effective prescription come from? It is probably a rumor from the palace and cannot be taken seriously. If it is really so useful, do you think that the Ji family can not let the former queen use it, but only Kang Jieyu can use it? What is the difference between a legitimate son and a concubine? It's not just one or two. If the former queen had given birth to a legitimate son before the Ji family was destroyed, how could the Ji family still do that?"
Mrs. Li thought about it, sighed, and said, "My family is also afraid that my empress will be wronged in the future."
"... Anyway, the days are long." Gu Zhen was upset and didn't want to talk to her anymore. He simply said, "We'll talk about it then."
After all, everyone was already at Huanhua Palace, so she couldn't lead people to rush in and snatch the Seventh Prince to Yanfu Palace, right
Even so, Gu Zhen felt unhappy after all.
When he saw Yun Fenghuang again, his expression was not very good. Yun Fenghuang thought something had happened to her, so he expressed some concern. Gu Zhen didn't want to pay attention to her, turned away, and said business directly: "The river burst its banks. You must have heard about it. What I mean is that the royal family is supported by the people of the world. Now the common people who have been hit by floods are in great hardship. Even the harem cannot remain indifferent. How about cutting down the rules and donating to the innocent? "
This is the second time that the queen has mentioned the reduction of quotas. The previous time was for the preparation of the expedition, and this time it was for the people affected by the disaster.
To be honest, there was nothing wrong with the starting point of these two times. Yun Fenghuang's earlier persuasion to the Queen to slow down the plan was just to avoid being exposed, and it was not that he disapproved of the Queen.
But this time, although she didn’t know why Empress Gu suddenly looked down on her, Yun Fenghuang, based on the principle of “You actually dare to offend me in public, why should I give you face?”, decisively objected: “The imperial court has sent I have appointed Master Ouyang as the chief envoy and Hou Ninghou as the deputy envoy to go to the disaster relief. Now we don’t know what the situation is, so why do you need to be troublesome?"
Gu Zhen frowned and said, "Why does the noble concubine think that relieving the victims is too much trouble?"
"Of course I don't mean that." Yun Fenghuang said tit for tat, "But there are specialties in the art, and this world does not mean that if one has good intentions, it must be a good thing. Nowadays, the harem of the previous dynasty has never heard that the treasury is insufficient. We need to be frugal, but why should I be impatient? Those who don’t know, would think that the late emperor and today’s extravagant people have squandered all the wealth saved by His Majesty the Emperor Shenzong in just these years! Isn’t this the case, my empress? Do bad things happen with good intentions?”
This is a euphemism to say that Gu Zhen didn't really want to provide disaster relief at all, but just wanted to use this method to gain reputation.
"... The imperial concubine enjoys herself in the palace and wears gold and silver. She is not willing to be frugal, and I will not force you to do so." Gu Zhen did have the intention of spreading his reputation through this. Hearing this, he stared at Yun Fenghuang for a while. , sneered slightly and said, "I just do it myself."
Hearing this, the concubines below all felt numb!
Sure enough, the queen's next step was to look around and ask everyone: "If anyone cares about the victims, you can do the same as me. If you don't want to, I will never make it difficult for you!"
After finishing speaking, he stood up and left without waiting for anyone to respond.
Seeing this, all the concubines looked at each other, and needles could be heard in the palace.
At this moment, there was a sound that was neither light nor heavy. It was Yun Fenghuang who put the tea bowl on the table. She looked unhappy and stared at the vacant phoenix seat after the queen left for a moment, then said slowly: "Let's go. "
Shu Fei De Fei stood up first and followed her pace.
After that, it was Jia Pingye, Yi Xingen, Qu Hongzhuan, and Mrs. Qingshu and other concubines who hesitated for a moment and deliberately lagged behind before getting up and leaving.
Before leaving, they also blessed the queen of the palace as a sign of resignation.
"Concubine Xian is not here, Concubine An does not say hello. Although Concubine Wan did not follow the concubine immediately, her attitude was ambiguous. Mrs. Qingshu and Mrs. Roukun once expressed their kindness to the concubine in private..." The attendant of Chongchang Palace was worried, "This The Lord of the Sixth Palace is obviously our queen, but looking at it like this, the noble concubine seems to be taking second place."
Gu Zhen said expressionlessly: "Deputy Queen? Then you look down on Xiaoyun too much. She is more than just the Deputy Queen? She can do many things that I cannot do, and there are many things that Your Majesty has not said a word to me. If you don’t mention anything, just talk to her freely..."
The attendant said cautiously: "My queen, please calm down. Even so, His Majesty only made her a noble concubine in the end. This shows that even if he is somewhat partial to her, he still has a sense of proportion."
"I thought so before." Gu Zhen was silent for a while and whispered, "But now... I really don't know if Your Majesty has a sense of propriety or if you feel that the time is not yet ripe and you still need me, Mrs. Gu. So you have to deal with me a little bit?"
She said to herself, "If it's the latter, tell me, what should I do to avoid making the same mistakes as the previous queen?"
The waiter subconsciously held his breath, and for a moment he was scratching his head and didn't know what to say
Gu Zhen didn't need her answer, so he just said slowly: "That's all, just send someone to invite His Majesty to come over. Just say that I have important matters to discuss with him."
The two empresses rarely invited the emperor to Yanfu Palace. Basically, when they sent someone, it was because of something serious and serious.
Therefore, Chunjia did not delay much after receiving the news and went directly to Chongchang Hall.
After arriving, Gu Zhen asked people to clear the place and told him the scene of the dispute with the imperial concubine just now. Chunjia asked in confusion: "Is that just for this?"
"Your Majesty, you think this is a trivial matter?" Gu Zhen looked at him, "But I don't think so."
Chunjia was a little impatient because the flood had caused a change in Wei He's strategy. He was really busy these two days.
At this time, the queen wanted to call her out for jealousy. He was trying to save the Gu family's face, but his expression was a little colder and he said slowly: "If the queen feels something is wrong, just tell the noble concubine. I said , you are the master of the harem, you can handle these matters yourself."
Anyway, he didn't think the queen could handle the imperial concubine... He felt that the queen herself should have this awareness, so why did she have to go against the imperial concubine
What's wrong with being as polite as before and pretending to be intimate once in a while
"Your Majesty." Gu Zhen suddenly knelt down and said seriously, "In terms of qualifications, I am an old man who entered the palace when Your Majesty was married, but the imperial concubine has been in the palace for less than three years; in terms of background, the imperial concubine is just the daughter of a squire. , I am the legitimate daughter of the uncle; in terms of status, I am the master of the middle palace, but the concubine is just a concubine. Even so, the concubines in the palace, at critical moments, all turn to the concubine, not me! Concubine Therefore, I feel that I am not virtuous enough to be a queen! Please give up your post as concubine and replace it with a noble concubine!"
"..." Chunjia was expressionless for a moment. After a moment, he said calmly, "If the queen is angry with the noble concubine, why take it out on the queen?"
Gu Zhen insisted: "I am neither talented nor virtuous enough to be worthy of the Phoenix Seal. Please make it happen, Your Majesty!"
She knew that by doing this, she was clearly retreating in order to advance. Chunjia would not be unclear about it, and she would definitely be angry. It should be said that she was very angry.
But it didn't matter, the emperor's heart was never in her, she knew this very well.
So why should you care whether he likes what you do
If he doesn't make trouble while the Gu family is still useful to him, even if he is scolded and beaten, he will definitely not do anything to her. Should he wait until the emperor's status is stable and his family is no longer needed before he can complain about his grievances? Who will care then? Who would take the trouble to listen