Chen Jing whispered: "I haven't found any clues."
But after a pause, he added, "It's just that when His Highness Prince Qin was having a fight with His Highness Princess Zhaoqing, the palace people did not notice the two Highnesses approaching the steps. Whether it was accidental or intentional, I have not yet had time to verify."
The implication is that there is currently no trace of anyone else's involvement in this matter.
But if Yun Fenghuang needs it, he can also create proof out of thin air that the princess was murdered.
"..." After thinking for a moment, Yun Fenghuang said in a slow voice, "The people I sent in front of their brothers and sisters are all decent, and I know clearly that Zhao Qing broke his leg a few days ago and has difficulty moving, so why would he be so unreasonable?" Pay attention? Let me check carefully to see if someone is playing tricks!"
She felt that scapegoats were still needed.
Although imperial doctors like to exaggerate and Zhaoqing is still young, he will definitely recover well, but...
What if
What if this daughter really becomes disabled in the future
This was Chunjia's favorite princess. Although Chunjia was allowed to play around and continue her studies after Zhaoqing broke her leg, it was normal for an emperor to turn his back and refuse to admit his fault.
Yun Fenghuang didn't want to turn around and be blamed by Chunjia for not taking good care of her eldest daughter.
And Zhaoqing himself, such a beautiful person, would he be willing to be lame in the future? When the time comes, you won’t be able to blame your parents.
Chunjia is the emperor, so she most likely dares to be angry but dare not speak out.
As an adoptive mother, wouldn't she be ready to make a punching bag for her
Even if Yun Fenghuang is not afraid of this daughter, there is no reason why she should not be left behind after working so hard to raise her.
So it's better to find a shield before things get started.
Of course it would be best if Zhaoqing is in peace and quiet in the future. If things really get bad, at least there will be a clear culprit to blame instead of hating her.
So he told Chen Jing to quickly find out the "truth" so that he could report it to Chun Jia.
But when Chen Jing asked tactfully who he should talk to to hold the tank, Yun Fenghuang was a bit confused.
Under normal circumstances, this matter would be easy to do. You don't just have to randomly pick someone from your own group.
But now that the war in Northern Xinjiang is still going on, it is not appropriate for the former dynasty and the harem to cause chaos.
Especially for concubines whose fathers and brothers are in the army, the tacit understanding is that as long as they do not do heinous things, they will turn a blind eye to minor mistakes at the moment and wait until the war is over to settle the accounts.
Most of those whose fathers and brothers had never joined the army were from too low a background to have the possibility of reaching out to the Huanqing Palace to murder the emperor's heirs.
"..." Yun Fenghuang pondered for a long time, and finally said, "A few days ago, Concubine Xie's biological fourth prince passed away. Concubine Xie seemed to be very sad? Because of some knots in my heart, I never went to visit in person, and I don't know if Concubine Xie has any feelings for me. Is there a misunderstanding in the palace?"
Chen Jing said knowingly: "Concubine Xie is so bold! Concubine Xie has helped her so much since she entered the palace. She doesn't want to be grateful, but repays kindness with hatred. She is really crazy!"
"It's just." Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him, and lowered his voice, "Although Concubine Xie once stayed in Xuanqing Palace, it was not long and she was granted the title of concubine early. I have always been strict in governing the palace. , and she is not favored, how could she have the ability to reach out to me and involve the two imperial heirs?"
"This..." Chen Jing thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Could it be... that he has some relationship with the biological mothers of the two emperors?"
Seeing Yun Fenghuang looking at him with raised eyebrows, he bowed and said softly, "Your Majesty, I want to say something heartbreaking: Your Highness King Qin and His Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing are only a few months apart. They have always been raised by your Majesty. The empress treats them as her own children and treats them equally. However, His Highness King Qin is not the heir in the name of the empress, so in private, the palace people, intentionally or unintentionally, are slightly biased towards His Highness Princess Zhaoqing. But what if Her Highness Princess Zhaoqing is not good enough? , it will be difficult to get involved in all the things that will happen in the future, will your thoughts fall on His Highness King Qin?"
This is said euphemistically, but what it actually means is that Yun Fenghuang is a very strong person.
She is like this herself, and her requirements for her children are similar.
Even Queen Gu Zhen was wary of this and told her third prince not to exceed King Qin's performance.
So if Zhaoqing is disabled, Yun Fenghuang doesn't say it, but in his heart, he feels that since this daughter can't cultivate anything to add glory to him, why not just give up and focus on cultivating King Qin
Otherwise, how could the princess Yun Fenghuang's protection for King Qin not be divided
This is still now, two years later, the seventh prince and the ninth prince have grown up, especially the ninth prince. This is Yun Fenghuang's own child. How can he not surpass King Qin in terms of status in her mind
It's hard to say that the eldest son of King Qin has become a stepping stone for the Ninth Prince.
As the biological mother of King Qin, it is reasonable for Zhao to plan for her biological son.
On the other hand, although Princess Zhaoqing is in Yun Fenghuang's name and is Yun Fenghuang's only daughter so far, Yun Fenghuang also raised three nieces who are closely related to her by blood, and later adopted the seventh prince and the ninth prince. .
In terms of pros and cons, the seventh prince, who had the Yin family as his backer, was actually treated better than King Qin and Zhaoqing. Not to mention that the ninth prince, as the heir of a noble concubine, was naturally better off than Zhaoqing in this era when girls could not inherit the throne.
Moreover, both Yun Fenghuang herself and the concubines under her are still young and can still give birth.
Princess Zhaoqing also has a shrewd and jealous temperament. Now she is young and can still be said to be ignorant and cute.
When you get older, if you don't change your behavior, you'll probably become annoying.
If Yi Xing'en, the biological mother, was still in the Huanqing Palace, and based on Yun Fenghuang's tolerance for the emperor's biological mothers, she might still have the opportunity to give some advice in private. But now that she has gone out to take charge of her own palace, she has no chance to get close to her daughter, let alone give her any advice.
So Yi Xingen is also suspicious.
After all, if Princess Zhaoqing grows up normally and her adoptive mother Yun Fenghuang is kind to her, she will only have herself to blame if she is rejected in the future.
But if someone falls down when they are still young, how can Chunjia and Yun Fenghuang not feel distressed? Yun Fenghuang cannot escape responsibility.
Even if Zhaoqing has a weirder temper in the future, it will be excusable.
Although it is a bit sensational to say that the biological mother went so far as to make her daughter a cripple in order to ensure that her biological daughter would continue to be pampered, it was true that Yi Xingen had an informant in the Xuanqing Palace.
Yun Fenghuang's words are subtle enough, and Chunjia will probably believe him.
The master and servant discussed for a long time before finalizing the final version of the story: Concubine Xie was jealous of the other emperors because of the fourth prince. Especially this time Chunjia personally asked about the academic affairs of the emperors. If the fourth prince was still there, there would definitely be Opportunity. As a result, because the fourth prince was gone, Tongxia Palace also completely declined.
Concubine Xie certainly had reason to hate other children, especially the eldest son and daughter of King Qin and Zhao Qing.
Everyone knows that Chunjia loves them the most.
While they were being held in the emperor's lap and pitying them, the fourth prince was forgotten in the sky.
Even when he died of illness, Chunjia was not present in person, but sent him something as a consolation afterwards.
This was an extra mercy for the sake of Duke Yi's palace. At least the emperor didn't ask Concubine Xie how she brought up the child. Why did she let the fourth prince die of illness
Therefore, Concubine Xie took advantage of her background in the Xuanqing Palace to instigate Yi Xingen and the Zhao family, and secretly used King Qin to murder Princess Zhaoqing, just to take revenge on the emperor and Yun Fenghuang!
Now that this argument was finalized, Yun Fenghuang naturally went to Chunjia to cry and complain about his grievances.
Chunjia didn't like Concubine Xie, and even the birth of the fourth prince was inextricably related to the previous dynasty.
After the fourth prince left, he couldn't even think of this concubine at all.
On the other hand, Yun Fenghuang, mother and son, are the emperor's sweethearts.
Hearing that Zhaoqing's injured leg made matters worse and would most likely leave the root cause of the disease, the emperor's face turned bad at that time. Then he heard Yun Fenghuang tell the palace officials about the results of a thorough investigation and suspected Concubine Xie. Chunjia couldn't help but drop the Zhubi, letting him Concubine Xie was immediately summoned to see her.
Yun Fenghuang was ready to fight with Concubine Xie in front of the emperor. Who knew that Concubine Xie came a while later and after hearing the accusation, she sneered and admitted it directly: "The fourth prince is also your Majesty's biological flesh and blood. , when it comes to the identity of the biological mother, the King of Qin and Zhaoqing’s biological mother are nothing. She is just a son of a good family from a poor family. She is just a humble maid who got married because of her beauty. Even if her concubine is a concubine, she is the daughter of the great prince at any rate. Bi Min The background of the noble concubine is even higher! Your Majesty would rather treat the two wretched maids as your sons, but he disdains the fourth prince who is a concubine! Even when the fourth prince was lying on the hospital bed, dying, your Majesty did not personally Take a look! We are all His Majesty’s flesh and blood, but there is such a huge disparity in treatment. Why can’t I seek justice for the fourth prince, and let Your Majesty and the noble concubine experience the pain of a beloved child encountering unexpected disasters?!”
"..." This reaction made Yun Fenghuang startled for a moment, wondering if it was a mistake and it was really her who did it
At this time, Chunjia had already started to protest, angrily scolding Concubine Xie for her troubles: "The fourth prince was born at full term and has always been strong and healthy. He got intestinal carbuncle. This is simply due to poor care! Otherwise, there are many emperors in the palace. Some of the fourth princes are older and younger than the fourth prince. How come you don’t have intestinal carbuncle?! As a biological mother, you usually have nothing to do. There are many palace servants waiting on you, but you can’t even take care of your own flesh and blood. Already It's a dereliction of duty! For the sake of the Yun family, I did not punish you, but instead comforted you. I even asked Mrs. Yiguo to come into the palace to comfort you. I thought that the matter was over, so that you could get over the pain of losing your son as soon as possible. Okay. Who knew that instead of repenting, you would worsen your situation and make others angry?"
"Now I know why the fourth prince died at a young age!"
"In addition to the fact that you, as a biological mother, don't care about him, it's also because of your behavior and your unworthy morality. How can you be qualified to give birth to an emperor's heir?!"
"That's why God wants to take back the Fourth Prince to prevent it from being wasted in your hands!"
"If I had known that when the fourth prince was born, I shouldn't have left it to you to raise him!"
Concubine Xie was originally thin, but she lost weight after losing her son, and she looked extremely weak.
At this moment, her mood was agitated, her skirt was swaying, and she seemed to fall to the ground at any time, but in the end she held back, looked up and looked directly into Chunjia's eyes, raised her chin slightly, and said: "I am not worthy, but After all, I am also the biological mother of the fourth prince! On the other hand, the imperial concubine who is favored by your majesty has nothing to do with her so far! According to your majesty, the imperial concubine is even more unworthy than I am, so she has not been able to give birth to a son and a daughter for your majesty so far. !”
"Pull it down!" Chunjia was furious, but calmed down, supported the imperial court and sat back slowly, and ordered expressionlessly, "Concubine Xie suffered from hysteria due to the death of the fourth prince, and can no longer take the position of concubine. She will be demoted. For Jieyu, retreat to the North Palace!"
Beigong is not the name of a palace, but the collective name of an abandoned palace in the north of the palace city.
Because this palace occupies a vast area, it is very expensive to repair. The emperors of the country were not particularly prodigal, and the other palaces were enough to live in, so they never paid attention to it.
Occasionally, there are a few rooms in there that can still be occupied by people, so they can be used as a cold palace.
What Chunjia did now was tantamount to giving up on Yun Qingman completely.
This result was expected by Yun Fenghuang, but it was Yun Qingman's reaction that surprised her.
Therefore, after Yun Qingman was pulled down, she took Chunjia and told her her grievances. After doing her best to show her sadness and peace of mind after being framed, she resigned from the Taichu Palace and ordered someone to drive to the North Palace to see Yun Qingman. Yun Qingman.