Concubine Shen was thinking about how to contact the imperial concubine to prevent her son-in-law from seriously leaving the temple. Yun Fenghuang was also thinking about how to persuade her and Sui'an to go to Chunjia to prevent Xie Wuzheng from seriously leaving the temple.
"Actually, Concubine Shen is only one of Diandong's own flesh and blood. How can she be willing to stay away from Diandong for a long time?" The Qing Dynasty people advised her to calm down, "She will only be away for a year and a half at most. Concubine Shen will not miss her very much."
But Yun Fenghuang thought: "What's the use of missing her? Bidong was polite and called her concubine. In fact, Bidong had neither the kindness to raise her nor the aunt. Even if she was not the aunt, Ji Sheng, a commoner earlier, had Isn’t the east court clearly decorated in red? With the limelight coming, everyone knows inside and outside that Sui’an Palace East has been greatly wronged. Shen Taibin’s few words at that time would be of some use. After the matter is over , she can just cry and wipe her neck with the hanging beam. I think your Majesty will understand? Is Sui'an Diandong the flesh and blood of the late emperor? Who is she in front of the late emperor? Was Sui'an Diandong lucky enough to give birth to Sui'an Diandong? It’s just a place to stay. Otherwise, if you were sent to the palace to die with those barren concubines early in the morning, are you qualified to live in the side hall of Mianfu Palace? "
"Could it be that Bidong just said that the consort should ask for an official position? How could you hide your actions at that time from Bidong's eyes and ears?" The Qing people worriedly asked, "Don't make Bidong angry then, then... in the final analysis , No matter how tight my consort is, can he be as tight as you?"
Yun Fenghuang sneered and said: "Ru Mingbi has a lot of affection for me. If you don't take action now, in a few years I will be old and yellow. Do you expect him to miss his old love?"
The Qing man choked and said, "My dear, please don't do that. Your Majesty, don't you feel sorry for me?"
"I feel really bad. I won't let me take charge of the palace master's marriage." Yun Fenghuang disagreed. "I won't care about that matter. I will just go and tell Concubine Shen. If something goes wrong, I will. The palace will naturally take care of the aftermath."
But before she could join forces with Concubine Shen, Chunjia did another thing: he instructed Cui Wan and his wife to adopt Xiao Jiang as their adopted daughter.
In this way, Xie Xiaoyu becomes Cui Wan's disciple and son-in-law, and the relationship goes a step further, almost like a son-in-law.
As for Pinghong, the daughter of a country squire, she became the adopted daughter of a high-ranking official. Of course, Pinghong could not take any advantage.
Within two months, he came to the palace to look for Yun Fenghuang and put in good words for the emperor: "No matter how promising the prince-in-law is, the first one to be honored is the eldest house. We, the fourth house, want the ones who are behind us. And only the mother and the eldest aunt were the same back then. Please tell me that he has no grudges at all, I don’t believe it! Think about the quarrel between the brothers at home before your mother came to the imperial capital. Is it really against the overall situation of their relationship, or is there someone secretly instigating it? Otherwise, earlier, It's not like that at home! Although my husband is still young, and his talents and learning are less than those of the consort, when it comes to the loyalty of the queen, she is better than any of her brothers!"
Yun Fenghuang knew that what she said was purely a sideshow, but after all, they had grown up together, and Xie Xiaoyu had the best relationship with his brother. He had to give Xiao Jiang face, so he had to tactfully advise: "Brothers can work together." Of course I don’t trust Brother Eighteen to make the family prosperous, but we can’t let Brother Eighteen do everything, right? We can’t ask for help.”
"There are many other brothers in the family. Why does the queen have to be just a prince-in-law and have trouble with Bidong?" Xiao Jiang said, "No matter what, the nephews are also grown up. You and your husband have ten brothers, and they are all my biological flesh and blood." , what kind of relationship can be closer than that of siblings from the same mother?"
The voice lowered, "Moreover, please think about it, my concubine, the prince-in-law is the husband-in-law of Sui'an Diandong. With such an important status, even the emperor would ask for his care. If he continues to bear the name of a love saint, there will be more troubles in the future." It's hard for Bidong to touch him, but it's difficult for you to control him. We are brothers, so don't worry about letting him have such a special status. Don't let him eat away at you, what should I do? "
Yun Fenghuang had a complicated expression and said quietly: "If Brother Eighteen and the others are not able to support the family, would I be willing to leave my brothers alone and support my cousins instead?"
"My husband has just come to the imperial capital." Xiao Jiang coaxed, "Has the consort been here for two years? He is very proud of his master, so how can it be the same? I beg you, if it weren't for the support I received from the empress, the consort would not have a bright moon. Concubine. Don't worry, my wife will definitely help you to urge your husband to make progress. In fact, even without my wife's supervision, your husband would still wholeheartedly want to ask for help from you! Think about what happened to your sixth cousin back then. The Xie family is in the east, especially No big house, who doesn't want to go to Jingdong Shixue to make things worse? At that time, except for your brothers and other Jiang family, who had felt sorry for you? When the Qi family just broke off the engagement, my husband was so angry that he wished he could immediately Rush to the Qi family to avenge you..."
Mentioning those past events, Yun Fenghuang's expression softened for a moment.
No, when Xie Fenghuan Hongxing was cheated on, her sister-in-law, who was raised by the same mother, was the first to bear the brunt. The eldest brother was very concerned about the face of the same family, but privately he was not without action, hoping to take advantage of the situation to get rid of Jiang. The housekeeper's right was taken away from his legs. There was also a lot of excitement in the other rooms, and those who stood most firmly on her side were her brothers from the same father and mother.
From Xie Xishi to Xie Xiaoyu, as well as their wives and children, and even her maternal family, the Jiang family, all helped her during her most difficult time.
Xie Xiaoyu, the hot-blooded eighteenth brother, especially felt sorry for his younger sister.
Those memories made Yun Fenghuang, who was about to have an attack, turn around in his mind, but finally suppressed it, and sighed: "I don't want to mention the Qi family's affairs again. It's hard to worry about it over and over again in the past two years. Isn't it very troublesome? ? As for the prince-in-law...since we don’t mean that, let’s take it easy for now.”
Let's wait for some time before looking for an opportunity to promote Xie Wuzheng.
There is only such a useful brother in the family, Yun Fenghuang cannot be wasted.
Without the concubine as the leader, although Shen Taibi and her daughter did not want to thank Wu Zheng for becoming an official, they did not dare to rashly go against Chun Jia's decision.
In the midst of the uproar in the Imperial Capital, Xie Wuzheng, who had become famous in the past two years, quickly left with Princess Sui'an.
That incident indeed caused a sensation, and stories about the unfortunate golden branch and the infatuated prince-in-law quickly appeared in various teahouses... But because the person involved returned, the enthusiasm was of no real use at least for the time being. .
The palace had been calm for a few months, but there was a slight disturbance because of Gu Zhen's plan: "It will be the birthdays of the second and third princes soon, and I plan to celebrate their birthdays. What do we think?"
Originally, it was natural to congratulate the prince on his birthday, especially the prince who was raised in front of the middle palace.
But after all, the birth mother of the twin brothers had a special status, and it was considered a public taboo in the palace. Now that Gu Zhen said that, everyone didn't shut up for a while, and most of them looked at Yun Fenghuang from the corner of their eyes.
Yun Fenghuang was also a little surprised. Gu Zhen had been infertile for many years, and after the Three Corpse Insects incident came out, he completely gave up the idea of having children by himself. Keke had been lonely for a long time, and Wao Yu had always cared about her adopted son. Her thoughts were the same as Yun's. Feng Huang's ulterior motives were different in his heart, and he truly cared for the two princes as if they were his own flesh and blood.
Does Yun Fenghuang know that, but to celebrate the birthday of the twin princes, then...
For those who don’t know, they think that the queen deliberately did something wrong with the emperor
"Prince Qin and Zhao Qing had their birthdays a few months ago. I was thinking about their little child. All the elders were here, and there was no need to celebrate in a big way, so I didn't invite the empress or sisters to be present." She pondered. Dong smiled and said, "As Empress Ming said, do I really feel guilty?"
King Qin and Zhaoqing are only a few months older than the twin princes, so their birthdays have already passed.
But because the children were young and there was no need to make a fuss about them recently, Yun Fenghuang didn't bother and asked the small kitchen to make a bowl of longevity noodles for them, while the King of Qin kowtowed a few times in the direction of Concubine Zhenxi Shu's mausoleum. thing.
If you say it now, you will test the Queen's intention.
"The imperial concubine has six children on her knees. She must be busy with everything, so she naturally doesn't want to cause too much trouble." Hearing this, Gu Zhen glanced at her and said calmly, "The third prince in front of me is very quiet, and so is the King of Chu. But I’m a little quiet and thoughtful.”
Yun Fenghuang didn't regret it. He smiled and praised the queen for being kind and cruel, and then acquiesced.
So the matter was settled for the time being. When Chunjia arrived at Huanhua Palace that day, Yun Fenghuang told him about the matter: "... I don't know if the queen is just on a whim or if she has other plans?"
Chunjia didn't know clearly: "The person who served the third child in the past two months didn't pay much attention to it. The queen found out about it, so she might as well just deny it."
"No?" Yun Fenghuang really didn't know that. He was startled when he heard this and frowned slightly, "The palace servants are too courageous. No matter what, they are not Bidong's flesh and blood. How dare they?"
Chunjia said, "The queen's private friend has already told me that we just want a small banquet. She is happy to worry about it, so just let her go."
In fact, the discussions between the emperor and the empress were far from that lighthearted. Chunjia did not agree at first, because he was already personally presiding over the pursuit of the Ji family's remnants, but the queen was trying every means to promote the heirs of the Ji family's daughters in the harem. What
But Gu Zhen was extraordinarily stubborn that time, and even made a rare gaffe. Weeping, Han Xuan asked the emperor whether he had any intentions: "Are they your own flesh and blood! Children are innocent! And are the former empress and Kang Jieyu gone long ago? If so, It means that their mother and concubine are not concubines! The second prince’s mother and concubine is Mrs. Qingshu! Do you really want to treat them differently in this way, so as not to prevent them from leaving you in the future? In this case, why bother to support them and send them to you? What's wrong with them going to see Ji?"
Although the emperor did not have a deep affection for the empress, after all they had known each other for many years, and Gu Zhenwei had been very law-abiding since then, but she was crying and making trouble, and Chunjia hesitated for a while before reluctantly agreeing to Donglai.
At this moment, she said without much interest: "If she does it for the Sixth Palace, she hopes to think more about it in the future, so as not to think that the second and third children are easy to bully."
"I see, I'm just saying that, the queen is so good, why would you think of that?" Yun Fenghuang saw his dissatisfaction and said, "It's just that the second prince and the third prince are only so young, and they are not that good in the first place. It’s suitable for big things.”
Chunjia sighed: "The Queen insists on going her own way, and it's not a big deal. I don't want to refute her face."
Maybe the birthday banquet of the second prince and the third prince was not held in Chongchang Hall as scheduled.
Whatever the concubines and concubines were thinking, they all came to the banquet that month with generous gifts.
Not long after the banquet started, something happened that made Gu Zhen angry: Yun Fenghuang brought King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing with him.
Then King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing beat the third prince together.
It's not a big deal to tell you the reason for the fight, but Zhao Qingsheng was very cruel. Both the third prince and the King of Chu wanted to play with her. When the King of Qin saw this, he was jealous and went to push his sister. They stay away and don't shut up with Zhao Qing! Since the third prince had always been ignored by Chunjia, he was a bit timid by nature, so he didn't dare to say anything after hearing this.
But King Chu was not like that. He became the legitimate son not long after he was born, and was once expected to come to the East Palace. Of course, his treatment was different.
Even though there was a fire during the summer vacation that year, and he looked a little dull and stupid from then on, and lost his wits, but such a big child was originally very unscrupulous, and everyone was on the same level when they came back and forth.
Therefore, the King of Chu refused to comply and started fighting with the King of Qin.
Seeing that the third prince was trying to start a fight, he and the King of Chu were raised together at the Queen's knees, so he consciously favored the King of Chu.
Zhaoqing gave up at first sight, rolled up his sleeves and went to help King Qin.
It turns out that what happened was the conflict between the four emperors, and it didn't matter if it came and went.
The problem lies in the waiters on both sides. The palace servants in Xuanqing Palace see whether King Qin and Zhaoqing are equals. Even Zhaoqing is vaguely in a higher status. After all, the emperor's daughter is the heir of their master Mingdong, King Qin. Is it possible to record the name of Concubine Zhenxi Shu? Yunfeng Huangru Mingdong does not have a prince of his own, and King Qin is the eldest son of the emperor, so his status is very secure.
However, Yanfu Palace looked at the third prince and the King of Chu, and no matter how much Queen Bu Sheng tried to teach them about fortune-telling, they still valued the King of Chu and despised the third prince.
At that time, they were afraid of offending the imperial concubine, so someone came up with a bad idea: to take advantage of the opportunity and take the King of Chu away.
Leaving the third prince to let King Qin fight Zhaoqing...
Their idea is that the imperial concubine's child has taken advantage, and the imperial concubine can't say anything if she finds out. But if the imperial concubine can question her a few words, the truth is all on her own side, and it will be easy to settle the matter.