When the queen heard that Yun Fenghuang was coming, she frowned slightly and said, "Let her come in."
When they met, he asked unwelcomingly, "I just came back, and things are being put away everywhere. I think you have a lot of children there, so I have to keep an eye on them. I'm afraid I'll be even more troubled, but I don't want to. idle?"
These words clearly accused Yun Fenghuang of not caring enough about his son.
Yun Fenghuang just smiled when he heard this: "Ms. Lao is concerned about the fact that King Qin and Zhaoqing are now going to school. They are also older children, but they are becoming more and more sensible. They insist that they only look after the people below and take care of their younger brothers. I insist. Let me go out for a walk and relax for a while. It is said that I have worked hard to take care of them along the way... I refused, and they still refused. I have no choice but to live up to the children's good intentions. No, I can only go out for a walk, and come and see the empress when I’m thinking about it.”
Although he knew that she must have done it on purpose, Gu Zhen was still a little worried.
I couldn't help but subconsciously wonder, if King Chu was fine, would he feel so sorry for himself
Thinking about it again, the third prince had suppressed his temper at a young age because of Chunjia's coldness. Otherwise, according to his attachment to himself, he would definitely say such considerate words.
She calmed down and said calmly: "Since it is the kindness of the children, you can accept it, but why are you here? I am still busy here because of the King of Chu, but I don't feel safe to go away. of."
The implication is that it's not that my descendants are unfilial, it's that something happened to the King of Chu and I can't leave.
"Of course your Majesty is busy here." Yun Fenghuang smiled, stared at her, and said meaningfully, "But is My Majesty too busy, so she forgot what she owes me?"
Gu Zhen frowned and said, "Since when did I owe you something?"
"Why talk secretly in front of a bright person?" Yun Fenghuang picked up the tea and played with it in a leisurely manner, then put it down and said slowly, "Didn't the empress forget? Something happened to His Highness the King of Chu before, whether I am a concubine or King Zhaoqing of Qin. , all of them went to visit immediately, asking for help, without neglecting at all. But what did the empress do? Immediately spread rumors that the reason why King Chu was in trouble was my fault... Isn't this the empress repaying kindness with enmity, what is it? "
Seeing that the queen's pupils suddenly shrank and she remained silent, Yun Fenghuang smiled and continued, "Of course, I can understand the mood of the empress at that time: something happened to the child whom I regarded as my own, and I knew that the culprit was Who was helpless, and even had to acquiesce to deal with some slaves and let it go... Which mother would feel better? So although I saw it at the time, I didn't say anything, and even helped my mother to go there. Your Majesty came and cried and complained about your grievances. Madam, don’t you intend to repay this favor?”
"...What rumors? I was wholeheartedly taking care of King Chu, but I didn't pay attention." The queen calmed down and said calmly, "As for you going to cry in front of His Majesty, is that new? How many times have you not gone to cry to His Majesty when something happened? Anyway, don't care how old you are. If you cry about something, it will be over. You cry so many times, how can I remember to come here? "
Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes, leaned back, and said softly: "Is your Majesty trying to turn your back on me? That's good. Although Your Majesty didn't say it clearly at the time, it seemed that he was suspicious of his loving mother, the Empress Dowager. I'm thinking. Look, this matter actually may not have anything to do with the Empress Dowager, so why don’t I go and have a good talk with His Majesty, so that His Majesty can pay more attention and investigate, so as not to unjustly accuse the Empress Dowager?"
"It's really ridiculous." The Queen said calmly, "Your Majesty seems to treat you as a pet, and it involves murdering the prince. How can you not investigate clearly, but indiscriminately suspect the mother-in-law? I think you are framed. It’s become a habit and I’m dizzy!”
"If someone else has other matters, Your Majesty will naturally confront the loving mother Queen Mother." Yun Fenghuang sneered, his expression suddenly became cold, and he said in a cold voice, "But it is me who is being slandered! I am talking to the loving mother Queen Mother The empress dowager's grievances, whether it is the fault of the empress dowager or not, as long as your majesty takes it and talks about it, the empress dowager will have to have a quarrel with your majesty! When it is found out, the relationship between mother and child will inevitably be damaged, and the empress dowager will have to If not, how can His Majesty step down? Therefore, His Majesty will only make a brief visit, and will never directly confront the Empress Dowager... This does not give the Empress the opportunity for you to take advantage of and find out in private. Are there any clues pointing to the Empress Dowager? Anyway, the Empress Dowager is not clear about the King of Chu falling off the cliff, right?"
The queen's hands hidden in her sleeves slowly clenched, but her face remained calm: "What you said is a bit unreasonable! How could your majesty ignore the reputation of the empress dowager as a loving mother? Besides, now you insist on taking this matter seriously. What do you think of blaming this matter on me? I know it will make things difficult for His Majesty, but I still want to expose it. Is this because I am afraid that the harem will be too peaceful?"
Yun Fenghuang snorted: "Of course I don't dare to disturb my loving mother, the Empress Dowager, but I just want to make it clear to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty know the real story!"
The queen took a sip of tea and closed her eyes. After a moment, she opened her eyes and said slowly: "The emperor's heir will be entering school soon. I don't want to get into trouble. Just tell me what you want to do."
"Since your Majesty is also concerned about the emperor's admission to school, I feel at ease." Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "I guess I don't want your framed elders to be leaked out, and the outside world will talk about you. He is so unvirtuous that he even drags down his heirs and makes them unable to hold their heads high?"
"I know that you have always been very fond of you, but this is not the basis for you to rely on your love and favor out of nothing!" The queen gave her a warning look, paused, then slowed down her tone and said lightly, "Since everyone is thinking about it, It’s about caring for the emperor’s heir and teaching the emperor’s heir with his or her own heart. Do you think this is interesting?”
Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes, stared at her for a moment, and said with a smile: "What the empress said makes sense, then, I will retire."
After she left, the queen still sat on the phoenix throne and remained silent for a while.
The attendant stepped forward and said softly: "Mother, she has no evidence."
"Does she need evidence?" The queen sighed and said, "Think about it, for Your Majesty, would you rather hear that I framed the imperial concubine, or that the loving mother Empress Dowager framed the imperial concubine? As long as she goes to tell His Majesty , she has no evidence. His Majesty will help find evidence in order not to quarrel with the empress dowager and the imperial concubine whom he cares about most... That's all. The reason why she came here today is just because she is worried that the Xie family's family status is not as good as the Gu family. Once the emperor's heir enrolls in school Later, when the Gu family spreads the reputation of the third prince, the Xie family will be caught off guard. After all, Duke Yi Guo has always been loyal to His Majesty and will not wade into troubled waters for the King of Qin."
"It doesn't matter if we just compromise like this. The third prince may not be as smart as the boasted King of Qin."
As for Zhaoqing…
Liugong now also knows that Zhaoqing is actually better qualified than King Qin.
But it doesn't matter, this is a princess, and she is still lame.
No matter how outstanding she is, she can only help to maintain her favor. The position of prince has nothing to do with her.
When Yun Fenghuang returned to his palace, thinking about the previous compromise, he secretly resented: If it weren't for Xie's failure, would she need to give in like this
Originally, Chunjia was very taboo about the conflict between the Queen Mother and the imperial concubine. If the conflict was deliberately provoked by the Queen, one can imagine how bad Chunjia's impression of Gu Zhen would be.
It is unlikely that he would have the idea of deposing his queen because of such an incident. After all, Gu Zhen relied on family background and favor, which had nothing to do with the overall situation.
But it doesn't matter, water drops of stone, cutting through ropes and sawing wood, can help Gu Zhen contribute to the downfall of the Gu family.
The imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief, and saw the palace servants coming in to report that Yi Shi was outside asking for a meeting.
Yi Xingen did not go to summer vacation this year because she was pregnant. It was only a few months before her delivery date, so she was quite unsteady when she entered the house.
"What are you going out for right now?" Yun Fenghuang looked her over and over, thinking that a beautiful woman is a beautiful woman. The sisters-in-law in her mother's family are pretty and lovely at least. However, after getting bloated, they are more or less beautiful. The color of his face has faded, and his appearance is not as good as before.
But except for Yi Xingen's big belly, she was the same as usual.
Only when he came closer to salute, could he see some makeup applied on his face to cover up his complexion.
She screamed and said calmly, "Let's go back and have a good family. I will give your Majesty more branches and leaves, and I will give you a reward."
Yi Xingen timidly agreed, and took out a shawl with complicated embroidery, saying that she had been thinking about Yun Fenghuang these days and made it specially for her: "Please don't dislike me for being clumsy."
"Since you brought it over, let's keep it." Yun Fenghuang agreed nonchalantly, so Hong Cai stepped forward to take it.
This casual attitude made Yi Xing'en even more afraid of neglecting her. She flattered her wholeheartedly, and then she resigned in fear.
Watching her leave, Chen Jing came up and said: "Yi Shi has been very reclusive in the palace these days. She has been staying in the main hall and has no contact with Concubine Jing. She even pays no attention to the concubines in her palace."
Yun Fenghuang said lightly: "It's good that she knows what's interesting. Zhaoqing is very cute and she can't be a drag."
"What the Empress said is true." Chen Jing said with a smile, "In fact, Yishi has been blessed deeply by being taken care of by the Empress. Nowadays, there are not many concubines like her who are the first to have children in the palace."
These words were a bit euphemistic, revealing that he wanted to take advantage of Yi Xing'en's pregnancy to remove the mother and keep the child. Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and sneered: "I have no intention of protecting her now. Let's see her own fortune." stop."
It doesn't matter if you can live, or if you can't.
Chen Jing understood her attitude, praised her kindness, and left after that.
In fact, Yun Fenghuang looked at Zhao Qing's face to some extent. Although she could not love and protect this daughter without reservation as her own, after all, she had not let her down so far, and she was still a very smart, cute and considerate good child.
Yun Fenghuang didn't want to have an affair with her child in the future because of Yi Xingen.
But after she said the words of mercy, she thought of Queen Mother Yuan and Queen Mother Qu again.
Queen Mother Qu is able to live to this day, maybe that’s what Queen Mother Yuan thinks, right
But in fact, the biological mother is the biological mother after all. As long as she is alive, the child will always have thoughts in her heart.
Unless she is the kind who is really cruel to children, but Queen Mother Qu is not a fool. Her own son has become the emperor, why should she be cruel to him? It’s too late to show maternal love.
Yun Fenghuang thought about it for a moment. If she were Yi Shi and she couldn't raise her own flesh and blood, what would she say if she had the chance in the future? She would never mention that she was incompetent and could not be promoted to the concubine position and could not keep the child by her side. Instead, she would tell the child that it was all the adoptive mother's fault.
Because the adoptive mother could not give birth to a child herself, she robbed the child of her subordinates.
Even Yi's concubine could be used as evidence against Yun Fenghuang. Because Yi had no choice but to hand over the child, Yun Fenghuang gave her the concubine to seal her silence... If not, how could she treat someone she had never raised? The kids are coming over
So, Yi Xingen, do you want to get rid of it
Yun Fenghuang held the tea cup and fell into deep thought.