The character of Yun Fenghuang, who loves Wujiwu and is particularly good to children because he cannot have children, has been established one after another over the years, and has already penetrated into Chunjia's heart.
No matter what others think of the imperial concubine, in his opinion, the imperial concubine may be jealous or even ill-intentioned towards the concubines, but she has nothing to say towards the emperor's heirs. She is absolutely caring and kind-hearted.
Hearing this, he said gently: "Ahuang, what do you have in mind?"
"I just feel that the Sixth Prince's pure filial piety is heartbreaking." Yun Fenghuang said softly, "Your Majesty, think about how King Qin, Zhaoqing, and the Seventh and Ninth Prince behaved in front of us? Before, King Qin He conspired with Zhaoqing and led his brothers and sisters to besiege Yixi. His Majesty was reluctant to say a harsh word about such a big thing and suppressed it. At that time, Zhaoqing was still not convinced! But what happened to the Sixth Prince? You have committed such a big crime and suffered so many grievances, but you still have to defend Concubine An... This shows how filial and considerate I have always been to Concubine An. I can't even imagine it, how could Concubine An have the heart to do this?"
"The King of Qin and Zhao Qing are so naughty, and they make me angry and funny from time to time. How come I never beat or scold them seriously? Let alone murder them!"
Chunjia had no feelings for Concubine An in the first place, but because they grew up together and because of the empress dowager Yuan, she wanted to raise her in the palace for a lifetime, and then let the sixth prince raise her in the future. In short, it was guaranteed to last a lifetime. Good food and clothing, don’t think about anything else.
Now that Yun Fenghuang said this, he inevitably felt disgusted with Concubine An.
She even subconsciously thought of Yuan Yuniang's troubles in the past.
"What Ahuang said is that it seems that Concubine An is not suitable to raise the sixth prince anymore." Chunjia was silent for a moment and said, "I will send someone to pick up the sixth prince tomorrow. Well, by the way, you Who would it be better for the Sixth Prince to raise?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Your Majesty, I also think that it would be better for the Sixth Prince not to continue to be raised by Concubine An. But as you know, the Empress Dowager, a loving mother, pities Concubine An very much. If the Sixth Prince is taken away from Concubine An, what will happen to Concubine An?" How could the empress dowager, a loving mother, agree to be raised by any chief? By then, there will be another turmoil in the palace! His majesty is already very busy with government affairs. If such a thing happens again, won't it cause chaos to your majesty? Although I love Liu The prince is even more afraid of His Majesty being in trouble... Well, if I were smarter and could think of a way to get the best of both worlds, it would be great."
Chunjia was moved after hearing this. He hugged her tightly and said softly: "You are pregnant now, why do you have to worry about me so much? It's just a trivial matter. Don't worry, I can handle it."
Then the next day, he took the Sixth Prince away from the Ningbi Palace on the pretext that "Concubine An was ill and unable to take care of the Prince."
Of course the Empress Dowager Yuan wanted to intervene after hearing the news. However, the evidence was conclusive that Concubine An had murdered the Sixth Prince. Coupled with her various past behaviors, the Empress Dowager could not say anything good to her niece. She could only say: "Mother-in-law, I followed you no matter what." I have grown up with you for many years. Since King Qi passed away, she has not been able to come out... This time I was confused when I attacked Lao Liu, and I will definitely not do it again in the future. And you will do it to Lao Liu right now. Come on, how can you bear it? After all, you are a childhood sweetheart, can you really bear to see her lose all hope of living?!"
Chunjia said calmly: "Of course the queen mother couldn't bear the child, so that's why she sent Mrs. Li to Huzhu Palace back then, and allowed the queen mother to make the decision, perform a caesarean section to take the son, and record the sixth prince in the name of Concubine An."
Over the years, regardless of the changes in Yuan Niang's status, Chunjia generally called her "Mei Niang", especially in front of the Empress Dowager Yuan.
Now she is talking about "Fei An", which shows that all the friendship in the past has been completely dissipated.
Even if not, at least the emperor hoped that the queen mother would realize that he no longer had any feelings for Yuan Yuniang.
The queen mother fell silent.
Although she felt that the emperor had so many children, and the sixth prince's biological mother was humble, using this child to comfort An Fei, whether it was a good life or death, would be worth it anyway. But it’s hard to say this clearly.
After a moment, she asked slowly: "Who do you plan to... give the Sixth Prince to raise?"
"Is the Queen willing to worry about this?" Chunjia hesitated and asked slowly.
Queen Mother Yuan was very surprised by these words and couldn't help but said: "Are you relieved?"
"Why are you worried about the child?" Chunjia looked at her strangely, as if it was unbelievable for the Queen Mother to say such words, "The queen mother is the one who raised the child single-handedly, and the child knows very well the mother's intention in raising the child. I'm afraid that educating the emperor's heir will be too labor-intensive and disturb the mother's rest... But what are you worried about?"
Queen Mother Yuan listened with mixed feelings.
She really wanted to ask Chunjia, since you still trust me, why is it that the bond between mother and son that you and I have relied on each other for more than 20 years is not as good as the years when Xiaoyun entered the palace to serve
Could it be that even an emperor like you cannot escape from marrying a wife and forgetting your mother
Then I thought that maybe the emperor told her on purpose.
The Queen Mother has always been very confident. She single-handedly brought up Chunjia. In a sense, she also single-handedly supported her in ascending to the throne.
She doesn't know this son anymore.
But since Chunjia took office, while becoming more and more calm, the Queen Mother gradually found that she could no longer see clearly what the emperor was thinking in his heart.
Reason told the Queen Mother that this was a good thing.
If Chunjia is always clear in front of her, it means that no matter how outstanding he is, he has never surpassed the Queen Mother herself.
The Queen Mother believed that she could not control the many important ministers of the previous dynasty.
In that case, even if the Ji family and the regent are gone, it will only be a matter of time before a few powerful ministers take over.
Facts have proved that the emperor took power back from the Ji family and the regent, and has been holding on to it tightly.
He is already better than his predecessor.
This was what the Queen Mother pursued tirelessly when she cultivated him with all her heart.
But when the emperor achieved her goal, the queen mother found that she actually had no imaginative relief and joy.
The feeling of being out of control of a child raised by one hand is actually not that good.
The Queen Mother didn't know whether this was because Chunjia was not her biological child, and she was always worried that the child would abandon her after its wings became hard, or because every mother who invested too much in her child, whether she was her biological child or not, found it difficult to accept her child. I suddenly had an idea. Isn't it like before that I just obeyed my instructions
No matter what she thought in her heart, facing Chunjia now, facing the olive branch he extended to express his goodwill and ease the relationship, Queen Mother Yuan was silent for a moment, and finally she could only say: "The Ai family is not too old to move yet. Since Concubine An cannot take care of the sixth child for the time being, so let the child come to the Ai family for the time being."
The emperor was determined not to allow Concubine An to raise the sixth prince. Whoever raised the sixth prince would be a slap in Concubine An's face.
It would be better to stay in Chunwu Palace, so that the news of Concubine An's illness could be confirmed, which would save the Yuan family's face.
Moreover, the Queen Mother will definitely teach the sixth prince the good words of Concubine An, so that even if the child does not grow up beside Concubine An, he will always maintain his admiration for Concubine An.
In this way, An Fei will have someone to rely on when she gets old in the future...
The news that the Sixth Prince had been moved to Chunhui Palace and raised by his loving mother, the Empress Dowager, did not cause any commotion in the Sixth Palace at first. Anyway, neither Concubine An nor the Sixth Prince were popular people.
Moreover, the loving mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, could not gain any advantage when fighting against Yun Fenghuang. She would crush anyone else in the palace.
Out of fear, everyone did not dare to say anything about Concubine An.
But after only a few days of peace, rumors emerged among the palace confinement, saying that the reason Chunjia refused to establish a crown prince was because his preferred choice for heir apparent was the sixth prince.
"Where did this rumor come from?" Yun Fenghuang was a little bit dumbfounded when he heard this. He held a piece of warm goat's milk and asked, "Does anyone actually believe this?"
Chen Jing, who came to report the matter, did not laugh, but said seriously: "Mother, even if this is a rumor, you must be careful: because the people who spread the rumor said that the emperor was raised by his loving mother, the Empress Dowager. And the emperor is long-term. When in front of the loving mother the Queen Mother, who would have thought that there would be a Ninth Five Supreme Being? How similar is this situation to the Sixth Prince today? Furthermore, Ji's family has learned from the past, how can Your Majesty not take a warning? So Your Majesty When choosing a prince, priority must be given to princes whose biological mothers are not of noble birth."
"There are thirteen princes in the palace now. The eldest prince, our Prince of Qin's aunt is the Duke of Yi, let alone the second and third princes. The fourth prince died in infancy, the fifth prince is His Royal Highness King Chu. The seventh prince's aunt is He belongs to the famous Yin family and is highly valued by his grandfather and Princess Yi. The ninth prince is the empress’s heir, the tenth prince and the twelfth prince are the legitimate sons, the eleventh prince’s maternal family is the Wei family, and the thirteenth prince’s maternal family is the Luo family!”
Calculating it this way, the real biological mother is humble and the adoptive mother's family is not particularly powerful. There are only the sixth, eighth and ninth princes.
Among them, the sixth prince and the eighth prince's maternal family are both from the Yuan family of the Xingning Prefecture. The lintel is a little more noble than the Xie family, who was born in Yunfenghuang, but they can't stand the two concubines of the Yuan family. One has fallen out of favor and the other has never been favored. Yun, on the other hand, Feng Huang stepped on Yuan Niang to ascend to the throne and has been favored to this day!
Moreover, Yun Fenghuang has a strong personality and spares no effort to promote his mother's family... From the perspective of avoiding the emergence of a second Ji family in the country, the sixth and eighth princes really have great hopes.
"But the Eighth Prince is now raised under the Empress's knees. Even if he is still in the name of Concubine Yuan Xian, how can he not kiss the Empress after growing up in front of the Empress?" Chen Jing said in a low voice, "So the most suitable one is, There is no one more than the Sixth Prince. But Concubine An is not a very virtuous person, and His Majesty is worried that she cannot teach the Sixth Prince well. This is why he hinted that Concubine An is not good to the Sixth Prince and is looking for excuses to remove the Sixth Prince inconspicuously. Leave it to the loving mother, the Queen Mother, to raise... The loving mother, the Queen Mother, can raise an emperor as talented and military as Your Majesty, so training a qualified prince is no problem!"
"..." Yun Fenghuang's leisurely expression turned a little gloomy as he listened.
She thought for a while and asked, "Is this rumor... credible?"
"Many people outside have said so privately." Chen Jing hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Besides, my Majesty, think about it, even if Your Majesty didn't have this intention, the Empress Dowager is already raising the Sixth Prince herself, so she still can't think about it. ?”
Yun Fenghuang immediately had rich associations: She had taught King Qin and Zhaoqing in advance, and she had also threatened the Queen with the follow-up of King Chu's accident when he returned from summer vacation this year, hoping that King Qin and Zhaoqing would continue to work hard to suppress their younger siblings after they entered school. , in order to create an image of being virtuous and good at teaching children.
The same goes for the Queen.
But if we were to compete in this aspect, the loving mother-in-law Empress Dowager could easily defeat the Empress and Yun Fenghuang because she had a ready-made example like Chun Jia.
Even the entire harem tied up is no match for her.
After all, who among the concubines dares to say that the children they teach must be better than Chunjia
Therefore, if the sixth prince grew up under the knee of his loving mother, the Empress Dowager, even if he was raised in the palace and no one knew him, they would assume that he was an exemplary prince who was both talented and beautiful, educated and martial, generous, sensible, filial and considerate.
This won't work.
She was immediately alert.
Although she knew very well that Chunjia probably didn't mean this.
I just felt that Concubine An was not suitable to raise the sixth prince, but in order to give Empress Dowager Yuan face, I simply let Empress Dowager Yuan raise her... However, many things changed later on.
Why didn't Jishi sincerely support the emperor Chunjia? I just wanted Chunjia to be a puppet, but what was the result
Perhaps now Chunjia, Empress Dowager Yuan, and the ignorant Sixth Prince all think that this is a compromise method to prevent Concubine An from having close contact with the Sixth Prince.
But when the sixth prince grew up, they still didn't think so. Whether the foreign minister had any plans... it was really hard to say.
Yun Fenghuang had regarded the position of crown prince as something in the possession of her own heirs from early on. She even thought that the position of crown prince was only temporarily stored with Gu Zhen. How could she tolerate such an existence that would have future troubles
She calmed down and asked, "Do you know where this rumor first spread?"
Chen Jing whispered: "I'm still checking."
This means that it has not been found yet.
Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and suddenly said: "Send some things to Jiashan Palace later, and also give a few words to the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother for me."