Treacherous Living in the Imperial Harem

Chapter 74: This is of course a lie

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"..." Yun Fenghuang thought that Emperor Chunjia would suddenly startle and run out without even putting on his shoes.

However, the emperor lay motionless for a breath, and then asked slowly: "Why do you feel uncomfortable?"

After saying this, he leaned on the edge of the couch and turned over to sit up. His movements were neat, but absolutely not panicky.

Yan Yin outside whispered: "I don't know, this servant seems to be in a hurry."

"Have you passed on the imperial doctor?" The emperor removed the thick gauze cover for getting up at night, and the originally dark room suddenly became brighter. He got off the pedal and went to pick up the robe hanging on the hanger. He kept putting it on in his hands and mouthed The boss continued to ask, "Aunt Zhu is here, what can I say?"

Yan Yin said: "The palace official said that he hasn't invited the imperial doctor yet... maybe it's too late."

"That's not possible." Yun Fenghuang was leaning on the couch, resting his forehead with one hand. Hearing the words, he smiled softly and said, "Empress Jieyu has only been happy for a little over a month. I listened to my mother's instructions when I was at home. Sister-in-law, the first three months are the most important. If you feel any discomfort at all, you must tell it sooner or later regardless of the occasion. The most important thing is the heir... After all, Empress Jieyu has been pregnant once, why are you still so negligent? What if? The emperor's heir made a mistake, can she take the responsibility? Your Majesty, please take it for granted, why don't you let Yan Yin go and ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look?"

When she said this, she looked carefully at Emperor Chunjia's expression.

But the emperor just lowered his head and was wearing a jade belt, his face was hidden in the shadows and he could not see clearly. He only felt that the emotion lingering in his body was definitely not gratification for her "concern" for Yuan Niang.

"I'll go take a look, and Concubine Yun will make arrangements for herself." It didn't take long for the emperor to tidy up himself, straighten his clothes, and turned to Yun Fenghuang and said, "I'm with you, Concubine Yun, so you don't have to worry."

Yun Fenghuang said lazily, "I obey my orders."

After watching him leave, he yawned and called in Xijing, who had been accompanying him all night, and put out the candle.

After Xijing came in, Xu saw that she was not sleepy, and curled up his lips and said: "Our master is really shameful. We can't wait to dominate His Majesty all the time on weekdays. Now she is pregnant, so it's so late at night." , and Qiao Zhang must call His Majesty over in a conscientious manner... She really doesn't have any dignity as a concubine, there is no other person like her in this palace."

Concubine Zheng got pregnant earlier than Lady Yuan. It had been so long since the emperor had visited her several times. When had the concubine ever taken advantage of her pregnancy to rob someone else

"Who makes His Majesty willing to indulge her?" Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly, "This morning, the Queen has favored the Sixth Palace and promoted us to the throne. It can be said that the Sixth Palace is happy. But the most deplorable thing is Congratulations must go to Wei Jieyu from Yijia Palace. According to the rules, Your Majesty should have rested at her place tonight. But instead he came to our place. Do you think His Majesty remembered me? It was just for convenience. Just calling someone."

She waved her hand so that Xijing would not continue to complain, "Go to bed. Mother Jieyu is precious to her children, so she is exempted from paying her regards. We will have to get up early tomorrow."

The next day, Yun Fenghuang led Xijing out and arrived at the side hall of Yanfu Palace. As usual, the chatter inside dropped to a low tone after she entered. Because Wei Hengyan had been promoted to Jieyu and would no longer be Mixing with the concubines, no one dared to talk to her at the moment, so Yun Fenghuang simply closed her eyes and rested until the palace servants came to inform them to go to the main hall.

Today's greetings were the same as usual, nothing new, so Empress Ji mentioned that Wei Hengyan's canonization ceremony would have to be postponed for a few days, because Qintian Supervisor calculated that there have been no good days recently.

Wei Hengyan was a little disappointed when he heard this. There was a huge gap between the concubines in the harem. The palace concubines could only be decided by the queen. At most, everyone congratulated her, which was nothing special. However, the palace concubines had to be formally canonized. She was the one with the best background and the highest initial status among this group of newcomers. She had already prepared to be in the limelight from the moment she entered the palace.

As a result, I met Yun Fenghuang...

Although I had just agreed to form an alliance with this concubine Yun yesterday, and I didn't want to fall out with her now, I still wanted to show my face in front of He Gong.

Although she didn't say it won't be done now, the Queen didn't say when it would be done. How long will this delay be delayed...

She suppressed her depression and stood up to thank her, saying that everything was decided by the Queen.

After Empress Ji dealt with the matter, she glanced at Yun Fenghuang. Yun Fenghuang thought she would mention Yuan Yuniang's calling the emperor away last night. However, the queen immediately looked at the others, looked around and said, "Okay. Let’s go to the Queen Mother.”

The group arrived at Mianfu Palace as usual. Empress Dowager Ji lazily accepted everyone's greetings. After being called, she said to the queen: "Now that the imperial concubine and Yue Jieyu are happy, it can be seen that the royal heir is destined to be the right one. Let the emperor be exposed to both rain and dew, so that his descendants can be blessed."

Queen Ji nodded in agreement.

Empress Dowager Ji also said that she would make more arrangements for the new couple. After all, the old people in the palace had served the emperor for several years and had not been able to give birth to a son or a half during this period. It was better to let the new couple go first.

Everyone including the Queen was a little embarrassed when they heard this, but it was the Queen Mother who spoke, and it was true, so they did not dare to refute, they just lowered their heads and led the lecture, and said that the Queen Mother taught her a lesson.

Fortunately, Queen Mother Ji only said a few words and sent them away.

After going out, Wei Hengyan invited Yun Fenghuang to sit at Yijia Palace.

"I made you worry about everything yesterday." Yun Fenghuang said, "I have also prepared some things, and I plan to go and thank you one by one today."

Wei Hengyan asked curiously: "Who are you planning to thank?"

She didn't believe that Yun Fenghuang would go through all the six palaces.

Yun Fenghuang said: "You, Qing Man, and Xue Ronghua... the others, I don't dare to disturb you because of my current status. They are the maids who were sent with me yesterday and thanked them again and again. Are they palace concubines?" , I don’t remember much.”

"Are you familiar with Xue Ronghua?" Wei Hengyan wondered, and she felt it was natural to thank her. After all, they only formed an alliance yesterday, and her position was just one level above that of Yun Fenghuang. Yun Fenghuang either didn't take action personally, or else he wouldn't do it. It was impossible to miss her.

She could understand it if she went to Yun Qingman. Although she looked at it, the relationship between Yun Fenghuang and Yi Guogong's daughters was quite subtle, and it didn't seem as good as the outside world said. But after all, they were sisters in name only. Since they wanted to When going to Yijia Palace, it’s natural not to miss Tongxia Palace.

But Xue Ronghua from Surong Palace... If I remember correctly, this person has never interacted with Yun Fenghuang, right

Oh, if I can barely count, there were still some twists and turns in the relationship.

When Yun Fenghuang made a big splash when he first entered the palace, Ji Zhaoyuan, Xue Ronghua's cousin who was the head of the Surong Palace, couldn't stand it and made a fuss about Yun Fenghuang's maiden name, which made her very angry.

So now that Yun Fenghuang has gone over... is he trying to resolve the grudge

Wei Hengyan felt that based on her knowledge of this cheap ally, she should not be this kind of person...

At this moment, he was just suspicious, "Why did you suddenly think of visiting her?"

"Jieyu wasn't familiar with me before." Yun Fenghuang smiled at her, "You've said this a few times, aren't you one of your own?"

Wei Hengyan suddenly realized that she felt that Xue Xiaoge would be one of the leaders sooner or later, so she took this opportunity to connect with her. She immediately thought that she could not fall behind... But wait, she was already Jie Yu!

Is there any reason for Jieyu to visit Ronghua in person

Sighing secretly, Wei Hengyan gave up his doubts, nodded and said: "That's right, everyone seems to be old, so you should move around more often when it's convenient in the future."

But it was a hint to Yun Fenghuang, don't just focus on being friends with Xue Xiaoge, take her with you if you have the chance.

Seeing that Yun Fenghuang agreed very firmly, Wei Hengyan felt that he was very proud, and he was happy and told her: "If you are busy, you don't have to go to my place. Anyway, we have plenty of opportunities to talk."

In the past two days, they had gone together after greeting each other, and there was really no shortage of special occasions to go to Yijia Palace to sit there.

Yun Fenghuang didn't want what he wanted, so he insisted a few times. Seeing that Wei Hengyan was sincerely thinking about himself, he agreed.

She went back to Ziquan Palace, asked Xile to send the gifts she packed yesterday to Yijia Palace, told her to say a few more pleasant words, and finally took another one and went straight to Tongxia Palace.

After all, this is not the main purpose. Besides, as for the relationship between Yun Fenghuang and the Yun sisters, it is really difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs, so he left after a little perfunctory.

Not long after, Ji Zhaoyuan of Surong Palace received a report from the palace, saying that the newly promoted Yun concubine was asking for an audience at the palace gate. She said she was here to visit Xue Ronghua. She smiled casually: "I thought she had the support of the queen sister. At most Go to Xia Tongxia Palace, or Yijia Palace, which has been close to her these past two days, I didn’t expect to come here again.”

The palace man said with a smile: "Since we rely on the Queen to live our lives, how could she not come to the Queen's place?"

"That's all, for the sake of the queen sister, let her come in." Ji Zhaoyuan is a typical high-class lady, and she can't see the low-level concubines in her eyes. At this moment, she said, "Let her go directly to Xiaoge's house." "I rolled it around my mouth a few times before swallowing it, "It doesn't take much effort either way."

Soon Yun Fenghuang was brought in, and he bowed politely and said hello.

Ji Zhaoyuan called out and said: "I heard that you just moved yesterday. You must be still busy today. Why are you here here?"

"Your Majesty, I am concerned about you." Yun Fenghuang said respectfully, "I am still in Huzhu Palace when I move here and there, so it is still relatively cheap. I was rewarded by your Majesty and Rong Hua yesterday, and I am extremely grateful. Just because it is getting late, I don’t dare to disturb you, so I came here today to express my gratitude.”

As he spoke, he left his seat and prostrated himself.

This gesture made Ji Zhaoyuan feel more pleasing to the eye. She leaned back and said with a smile: "I told you that there is no need to be formal. Get up quickly. When you enter the palace, you will be serving His Majesty. Why bother to show off like this."

Yun Fenghuang followed her tone and said a few words. Seeing that Ji Zhaoyuan was in a good mood, he took out a handkerchief and said that he was of low status and was quite worried after receiving Zhaoyuan's reward because there was nothing worthy of Zhaoyuan. In return for my status, I could only embroider this veil overnight to express my feelings.

This was of course a lie. Even after killing Yun Fenghuang, she couldn't embroider a single handkerchief in one night. This handkerchief was purely the result of Nian Xuan's previous practice when she had nothing to do. Yun Fenghuang asked the palace maid to process it last night, making it look like it had just been embroidered and the stitches were not so neat, so that it could be used to make a scene today.

In order to increase her credibility, she even pricked a few small holes in her fingertips in the morning.

At this moment, Ji Zhaoyuan's maid came up to take the handkerchief, and she really noticed it. She went up and handed the handkerchief to Ji Zhaoyuan, and whispered a few words. The smile on Ji Zhaoyuan's lips became a little thicker, and she said harmoniously: "I don't lack anything. You don’t need to worry, but I will accept your wishes.”

Zhaoyuan would not be so kind to low-level concubines, even those who knew the queen was using her.

In the final analysis, Yun Fenghuang's reputation in the palace was that she was unruly and would cause trouble. Comparing Yun Bin's behavior towards Yue Jieyu, and looking at her obedience in front of her, Zhaoyuan could not help but feel that she was being treated differently. sense of superiority.

Originally, he only planned to have a few words with Yun Fenghuang before sending him to Xue Xiaoge's place, but in the end, he left her to have a good chat before letting her go.

This made Yun Fenghuang a little bit dumbfounded. She had not had much contact with Ji Zhaoyuan before, and she only thought that this arrogant person was difficult to get close to. Looking at it now, I feel that this Ji Zhaoyuan seems quite lonely.

Otherwise, how could I have time to talk to her for so long

But then again, as the Queen's direct cousin, Ji Zhaoyuan has no heirs and really has nothing to be busy with. The queen is at the forefront of the intrigues, let's fight for favor... The emperor still has to look at her family's face, why should she rush to please him

Yun Fenghuang thought about this, resigned from the main hall, and was led by the palace servants to Chouhua Hall where Xue Xiaoge lived.