Yun Fenghuang was actually thinking about this issue last night, although Concubine Shu and Chunjia's attitude was that if the concubine did not agree to the matter, then forget it.
But in fact, they all hoped that Yun Fenghuang would agree.
From Yun Fenghuang's point of view, the Yun family was originally a high-ranking family in the heart of the emperor. If they were to marry into a long-established family like the Ouyang family, it would be quite difficult for them to survive in the future, even if they could not survive.
She can refuse now, but after she refuses, Chunjia may be able to fool her, but there will definitely be a gap between her and the Ouyang family...
The most important thing is that with Duke Yi's family background and Yun Qike's character, even if she fails to succeed with the Ouyang family, the next heir apparent will definitely come from a famous family.
Yun Fenghuang thought for a moment and did not answer Concubine Shu's words. Instead, she talked about Chunjia's wish to give a reward to Yun'an's heir: "We have to prepare some. After all, His Majesty said such words, then the eldest princess will not be held accountable. Whether the child is a boy or a girl, His Highness will certainly spare no expense on the title and the usual gifts, but he cannot afford them. Of course, His Majesty’s intention is that he is afraid that receiving such an order when the child is born will make the eldest princess too overworked, so he plans to wait until the child is mature. We’ll discuss it later. So don’t talk about it, otherwise it will only create side effects.”
At the end, he said he was tired and served tea to see the guests off.
Concubine Shu was very confused when she returned to her palace. She called her around and asked, "What do you mean by your concubine? Do you agree or not?"
Her attendants were not sure, so they passed the whole story back home and asked the elders in the family to make a decision.
Finally, one of her brothers had an epiphany and said, "Could it be that the Imperial Concubine wants us to help and get a share of the reward for Princess Sui'an's heirs?"
"Her Royal Highness Princess Yun'an and Her Royal Highness Princess Sui'an are of the same flesh and blood as the late emperor, and they are both concubines, so they are treated equally." Ouyang Fulu's father muttered, "Her Royal Highness Princess Yun'an has such grace, Chang Sui'an has How could Her Majesty Princess not have it? It can’t be like this. It’s just that there is no news about Her Majesty the Princess Sui’an so far. Perhaps the imperial concubine’s intention is to let this reward fall directly on the head of the Prince Consort of Her Majesty the Princess Sui’an?”
The Ouyang family looked at each other, this matter was more difficult to handle.
Because since the founding of the country, titles have not been easily awarded.
When Chunjia granted him the title of Gong Xiangxiao, not only to target the regent, but also because Gong Xiangxiao was a descendant of the Gongxiang family.
The canonization of Yun'an's heirs is nothing more than to show the world that he did not treat Xiaozong's flesh and blood unfairly.
Although the canonization of the Prince Consort was to give the eldest princess some dignity, it was still one level worse, wasn't it
The most important thing is that Xiaozong had three daughters. If Xie Wuzheng was canonized because Sui'an had nothing to do, what about Zheng Fengfeng and Yunxi Ke? He is also a consort, and Yunxi Ke is still a consort of a legitimate daughter, so shouldn’t he also be canonized
Even with Ouyang Yanran's ability, it may not be possible.
"What about Duke Yi Guo?" Someone asked, "Dong Yi Guo has always been very dignified in front of His Majesty. Maybe if Duke Yi Guo goes to say it, Your Majesty will be right?"
"Not necessarily." Ouyang Fulu's father sighed, "If you think about it, if this matter is so easy to handle, with the concubine's great favor, why don't you just say it yourself? Why let us foreign ministers get involved?"
Hearing this, Ouyang's family sighed slightly: "Then, this marriage can only be forgotten?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Ouyang Fulu's father said calmly, "As the saying goes, you can pay back the money on the spot if you ask for a high price. The concubine didn't insist on what she said. Why should we follow this? We might as well try to pay back the price. My father is not around now. The Imperial Capital is still providing disaster relief in the south. Even if we mess up the matter, we will wait until our father comes back to punish us and then apologize to the empress in the palace. Now that the Xie family has not yet achieved success, they can’t wait to start fighting among themselves. The imperial concubine is Without the support of our family, she will not fall out over such a small period of time."
So they did this and asked Concubine Shu to tell Yun Fenghuang that it was impossible for Xie Wuzheng to be knighted, but they could help Xie Wuzheng, or other Xie family descendants designated by the concubine, win a title. There is a real shortage in the place.
Moreover, the Ouyang family can produce another legitimate daughter to marry the Xie family.
Yun Fenghuang was quite satisfied with this counter-offer. She actually knew that asking Chunjia to knight the heirs of Sui'an and Xie Wuzheng was different from directly knighting Xie Wuzheng.
Basically, Chunjia would not agree to directly canonize the consort, otherwise why wait until today
The reason why I still asked this question to the Ouyang family was mainly to test the ability of the Ouyang family and the Yun family to join forces.
If they can even handle this matter, then I'm sorry, the imperial concubine has no sense of security at all. Even if she agrees on the surface, she must kill one of them privately before she can feel relieved.
But since they can't do it, and they can't do it categorically, the imperial concubine thinks that they can also make a profit
...The main thing is that Jiang sent the post to the palace.
The mother and daughter talked about their separation in a few words, and both felt that the children of Lao Xie's family were not very trustworthy now: "Just like the empress is in the palace now, the reason why even the empress can do nothing, except for the emperor's favor, is actually because The empress has the concubine Shu and De Fei and others as her confidants. As long as everything is answered at once, even if the empress is the main palace, how can she dare to offend the public again and again? As the legitimate daughter of the fourth chamber, it’s not me who will help your brothers to go astray. But the fact is that if the brothers in the fourth house are not decent enough, the people in the other houses will easily develop ambitions and feel that the queen has to rely on them. They will be so arrogant and arrogant, but they may be willing to restrain themselves in front of the queen. "
"Turn around, I feel that I am in a place that I don't know, and I don't know what I will do!"
"If things continue like this, are we going to cause a big disaster and drag the queen down?"
"In my opinion, the empress should focus on favoring her brothers and direct cousins, and ask them to take the initiative to come closer, for fear that the empress will not support her... In this way, they will not dare not remember what the empress said, and even , even if you want to fight within yourself, you have to think carefully, once the empress finds out, will they still have a chance to take advantage of it?"
"Like before, the empress would support anyone who had the ability. It didn't matter whether they had the same mother or not, and it didn't matter if they were from other houses. If everyone is sensible, of course it would be the best and fastest way to raise the family's reputation."
"But it turns out that people in our family are not of the same mind!"
"Then we can only find another way to let them know who is the one who calls the shots."
"Rather than simply thinking that the empress can't live without them and must be coerced by them!"
These words spoke to Yun Fenghuang's heart. She was not the kind of filial girl who would work hard for her mother's family. If her mother's family had no use value, she would not bother to bother!
As for the brother from her mother's family who wants to take Qiao... She can't wait to tear this kind of brother to pieces with her own hands!
Without the support of Concubine Min, what are these brothers
Now that you haven't fully fledged yet, you want to play with her and pamper her? ?
It's simply like toasting and not eating, but you will be punished with a drink!
Hearing this, he sighed: "If we are brothers who are trying to compete with each other, how can I be willing to take advantage of other houses? But my mother also knows that Brother Thirteen... I have actually favored him in everything in the past two years, but he... Alas, he The last time I missed your Majesty’s personal inspection, can Sister Thirteen tell you the ins and outs?”
"She has already said it." Jiang's face darkened, "If this bastard was not my biological child, I would have wanted to beat him to death! When I first came to the Imperial Capital, I gave you countless instructions and even sent you thirteen The sister-in-law brought her son and daughter over to accompany him, why? Isn’t it because she knew his nature and was afraid of being led astray, so she asked his wife and children to come over as a bond to watch?! In the end... he didn’t live up to his expectations, so he deserved it. He has no future! But he almost lost your face, really... "
Yun Fenghuang did not persuade her to calm down, and fanned the flames: "Later, the thirteenth sister-in-law came to the palace and complained, saying that it was the prince-in-law who was hiding his secrets that made the thirteenth brother lose the election. I believed it to be true, and actually summoned the prince-in-law into the palace to scold me. Your Majesty also knows what happened! Mother, just think of how embarrassed I was at that time! I have never been so embarrassed since I was a child!"
Jiang was startled and said angrily: "Your thirteenth sister-in-law is such a bastard?! It's strange that you would send Meng'er back! This family seems to be stupid people. I don't think there is any need to let them stay in the Imperial Capital. Let them go back to their hometown to farm and study! It will make us mother and daughter mad to death!"
"But mother, you have given me so many brothers." Yun Fenghuang sighed, "The thirteenth brother and the eighteenth brother are smart and capable, but the other two brothers are kind-hearted, but they are too kind. "
This is said euphemistically. In fact, Xie Xiliu and Xie Xiaoyu, the four legitimate sons of Jiang and Xie Jian, are considered outstanding.
Xie Xiye, the tenth eldest son, and Xie Xishi, the fifteenth eldest son, are really honest and sincere: if they can't study well and can't manage things well, they are destined to only keep the family business.
Therefore, the Jiang family did not send these two sons to the Imperial Capital at all, because they would not be of much use if they came, and they might be set up and hindered.
Furthermore, it is impossible for her to bring all her children to the Imperial Capital. In that case, the rest of the Xie family will inevitably suspect that their family intends to establish a separate family and ignore the family.
"... How about taking a look at your cousins?" Thinking of this, Jiang also had a headache. Some of her grandchildren looked quite smart and clever, and now they have specially hired teachers to train them. However, Still the same sentence: age is a flaw.
They are not yet at the point where they can stand on their own, and they are of no use at all.
Otherwise, she and her daughter would not openly scold Xie Xiliu and his wife, but in fact they had secret intentions of preservation.
This is not to favor the unfulfilled son, but because there is really no trustworthy person for the daughter to use.
No matter how bad Xie Xiliu is, he is the brother of Yun Fenghuang's mother. The son he raised knows that Xie Xiliu may lack ability and have some small thoughts, but when it comes to right and wrong, he must still be towards his biological sister. .
This is much more reliable than those in other rooms.
"I just told cousin Zhu that Princess Kunze is my wife." Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "The Jiang family's children did not do very well in the scientific examination before, and your majesty is not very short of manpower now, but it is not very good. Lift.”
After understanding her daughter's behavior these days, Mrs. Jiang pondered: "Actually, since you have an agreement with Ouyang Yanran, it is unlikely that our family will be promoted and replace Ouyang Yanran's status in a short period of time. Why don't we teach the brothers to go out and have some experience first, so that they have a foundation, and they won't be tied up when they return to the court in the future. What do you think?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Why don't I understand the principle of playing it safe and sound? It's just that people's hearts are fickle. When I entered the palace, who didn't know His Majesty's love for Concubine An? But later..."
"You are not Concubine An." Jiang interrupted her unhappily, "Why do you keep mentioning that stupid thing? You are my daughter, I don't know what your methods are? As long as you don't act stupidly, I don't believe that Your Majesty will say If I reject you, I will reject you.”
Yun Fenghuang was a little speechless for a moment and said: "Mom, you really think too highly of me. Your Majesty's thoughts are deeper than you think."
"Isn't it supposed to be that the Sacred Heart is unpredictable?" Jiang asked calmly, "Otherwise, His Majesty's experience would still be causing you so many obstacles at this time? You said it has been a few years since you entered the palace. This year It’s not even Double Ten yet, youth is in its prime, what are you afraid of? What are you anxious about?”
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was speechless, he sighed and lowered his tone and said, "Even if he is twenty-one, with the blessing of being a consort, it is unlikely that he will be granted the title of marquis and prime minister in a few years. Your Majesty is not confused, An important minister in the court is not an easy man! If you push him forward rashly, his virtue is not worthy of his position. Without the opposition of the ministers, he will create troubles that you cannot clean up, which in turn will implicate you and the entire Xie family! So listen, mother Yes, don't be impatient, take your time, they are all still so young, why do they have to fight back and forth in the Imperial Capital? Why don't you tell Your Majesty to let everyone go out, so that there will be less gathering and more separation, and the relationship between brothers will be more likely to deepen. "Furthermore, the place can be both tempered and filtered."
"If you have any plans then, can they be put to use?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Hard work, to put it simply, how can it be so easy? There were important ministers in the previous dynasty, but they were released for twenty years before returning to the dynasty."
"That's because he has no backing in the Imperial Capital." Jiang said, "Your brother does not."
"Even so, it will take at least ten years." Yun Fenghuang frowned, "After ten years, I will be old."
"But the emperor's heir under your knees is getting older." Jiang said in a low voice, "When the time comes, the wings of the uncle's family will also be full. Do you still need to continue to live by the emperor's favor? Look at Mrs. Yi Guogong, she She got such a bastard to be her son's daughter-in-law, why not still be her duchess's wife? Why? Isn't it just because the prince is her biological son, and no matter how angry everyone in the Yun family is, they must always give the prince dignity? "
These words touched on Yun Fenghuang's worries: "But mother, you also know that it's okay that Zhaoqing is a girl. Neither King Qin nor the Seventh Prince are my biological children."
"Qi Jiulu is Chen's biological child." Jiang said disapprovingly, "If you don't know how to raise her, do you think your biological child will not be deceived by others? If you can raise her, what if it's not her biological child? Your sister is not me. My dear, although she is a bit confused, has she ever had any dissatisfaction with you or me?"
Yun Fenghuang was a little speechless.
After thinking for a moment, he said: "The Ouyang family now wants to marry the Yun family and has promised me some benefits. In this case, I will let them take care of the matter of releasing the family."
Jiang struck while the iron was hot: "There is also the matter of the rich and powerful man being raised in front of you."
Yun Fenghuang frowned.