Because the brother and sister had been unhappy about Yun Fenghuang's happiness these past two days, their faces were a little gloomy when they were called over.
But Yun Fenghuang asked lightly: "I heard that King Qin is not as good as the third prince in his studies now?"
Zhao Qing was fine, but King Qin panicked all of a sudden. He stared at the left and right, as if he suspected that they had leaked the news, and then said listlessly: "Don't worry, my concubine, I'm just careful, I will definitely surpass him next time!"
Yun Fenghuang sighed and said: "My son, you are your father's eldest son! You want to set an example for your younger brothers and sisters! Since you are the oldest, when it comes to cultivation, your mother's thoughts are probably on you. As for the tenth brother and the twelfth brother, I don’t have much time to pay attention to your third brother. Unlike my mother and concubine, who is dedicated to teaching you. I originally thought that you are all smart children, and my mother and concubine will not hold you back, so After entering school, it is natural to take the top spot! But in just a few days, your third brother has surpassed you. What will others say later?"
"I think the mother-in-law doesn't know how to teach children to be petty, and I think you are not smart enough. This..."
King Qin immediately became anxious and came up to grab the hem of her clothes: "Concubine, please believe me, I am very smart! I am really careless!"
"Mother and concubine, you see, my son has not embarrassed you." Although the brother and sister were consistent in rejecting Yun Fenghuang Youxi, they often undermined each other.
At this moment, King Qin was very anxious, and Zhao Qing was very proud, and said with a smile, "You are the number one in the school, and you have always been a son-in-law!"
"But you are not good at riding and shooting!" King Qin said immediately, "You are not as good at riding and shooting as my second sister! I am second in riding and shooting!"
In fact, in terms of strength, King Qin ranked third at most, but Gong Xiangzhen was relatively sensible after all. He knew that after the regent left, he was no longer qualified to argue with Chunjia and his son. A prince like the third prince, who had an embarrassing background and was not taken seriously, still dared to compete openly and openly. For example, King Zhaoqing of Qin was raised by a noble concubine and was deeply loved by Chunjia. How could he dare to compete
"Father said, a foolhardy man is nothing more than a reckless man!" Zhaoqing raised her face slightly. She has a delicate nature. This kind of arrogant behavior is not offensive to people, but reveals an indescribable feeling. With an air of dignity, he chuckled and said, "Brother, you are the eldest son of my father, so you can't be a reckless man!"
King Qin's face became hot and he glared at her before saying to Yun Fenghuang: "Mother and concubine, my son must study hard in the future and stop being distracted!"
This is the truth. King Qin didn't know before that everyone was intimidated by Yun Fenghuang and didn't dare to really compete with him. They got used to easily getting first or second place, and they didn't find it difficult after entering the school.
Being suppressed by the third prince this time, he was too depressed to say anything.
If he hadn't been persuaded by his left and right, he might have beaten his brother up in private to vent his anger.
If anyone else said anything about him at this moment, he would definitely fall out, but after all, they grew up together with Zhaoqing, and he also vaguely felt that it was difficult for this extremely beautiful sister's legs to heal because of the fight with him. Feeling a little guilty, I couldn't help but give in a little bit.
Now that he finished speaking, his aggrieved eyes were red.
If this was a normal time, it would be fine for Yun Fenghuang to beat her up. After all, although she is always competitive and competitive, King Qin has lost even if he loses. Now, no matter how much he scolds, it will not help. It is better to wake him up and stop being so good. It's time to focus on your studies.
But now, her main purpose is not the schoolwork of these two children, but to find something for them to do, so that they will not spend their minds on their own flesh and blood who do not welcome them.
So he sighed, touched King Qin's head, and said earnestly: "You are the emperor's heirs, born to be noble. Even if you don't do anything, you will not be able to enjoy the rich food and clothing in the future. But what? In this case, these are yours. Given by your father. How can you feel sorry when you yourself have done nothing for the country or the king? You must know that your father is so busy that he is not seen during the day, just to protect you from the wind and rain! Furthermore, the other royal heirs are all If you study diligently, you are the only one who is carefree and relaxed. If things go on like this, each of them will be talented, beautiful, literary, and martial arts. What about you? You can only be an embroidered idiot. Are you willing to do that?"
As the most favored royal heirs in the palace so far, the brother and sister were extremely ambitious, and of course they were unwilling to give in.
Hearing this, he shook his head firmly.
"So don't blame Concubine Mother for blaming you and forcing you now." Yun Fenghuang held the mother's gift and said earnestly, "Concubine Mother has nothing to do! Think about it, your father has always liked smart children the most. Yes, if you are compared with your younger brothers and sisters, won’t you disappoint him?”
As the mother-in-law, I definitely stand on the children's side, so I'd better throw the blame on Chunjia.
Anyway, Chunjia would definitely pass the blame to her whenever she had the chance.
Yun Fenghuang Heiqi felt no pressure on the emperor, "Once your father doesn't like you, then everyone in the palace will laugh at you, call you stupid, call you stupid, say that you have so much respect from your father, but yet Useless!"
She looked at the solemn faces of the two children and even started to cry, "What will the mother and concubine's beloved son do when the time comes..."
Originally, King Qin and Zhao Qing were still thinking of words to refute. After all, in their memories, Chunjia had always been kind and doting towards them, and they could not imagine their father being so cruel.
But when Yun Fenghuang cried like this, he suddenly panicked: "Mother Concubine..."
"So I promise my concubine!" Yun Fenghuang wiped away his tears when he saw this, held the two children in his arms, one on the left and the other on the right, and said in a deep voice, "You must work hard next, and never let anyone surpass you, understand. ?!"
King Qin and Zhao Qing looked at each other and nodded in confusion: "...Hmm!"
Yun Fenghuang let them go with satisfaction: "Good boy."
She saw that although the brother and sister were still confused, they both smiled happily at the words "good children". She smiled, found an excuse to send them away, and secretly thought in her heart: "I will educate these two children." She really put a lot of thought and effort into teaching the emperor's heirs in advance, but the queen was already lagging behind me! The third prince was inconspicuous when he was in the side hall of Taichu Palace, but now he has surpassed King Qin in one fell swoop. It seems that the queen is really serious. I can't hold back my anger, and want to use the third prince to suppress Xuanqing Palace... But these three princes, should I say that they are worthy of the bloodline left by Ji's daughter? It seems that their qualifications are higher than those of King Qin. "
King Qin is actually a relatively smart child among ordinary children.
After all, he is Chunjia's biological flesh and blood, so there is definitely no problem with Chunjia's talent.
But King Qin was only averagely intelligent, and Zhaoqing was obviously more talented than him.
At this moment, Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but sigh a little. What if the qualifications of the two children were changed
The queen regretted that her two healthy legitimate sons had not yet grown up and could not make a name for themselves in the school, so she could only let the third prince be the vanguard to ensure that the middle palace would not be forgotten or ignored. Is she not the pioneer who urged King Qin and Zhaoqing to become her own flesh and blood?
Although Chunjia loves Zhaoqing more, she is just a princess.
After all, the courtiers valued the prince.
If the King of Qin is very smart and can steadily dominate the other princes... Thinking of this, Yun Fenghuang felt confused. The King of Qin is not particularly smart. Otherwise, he would still have the advantage of the eldest son. Don't make the lie come true when the time comes. It would be great fun for Concubine Xi Shu to earn back the honor of an empress dowager.
Thinking about it this way, it is a good thing that the third prince can surpass King Qin.
From now on, I will talk to the two children about the importance of being the leader, so that they can spend their time in class instead of staring at her and complaining.
Although she knew that the children were young and ignorant, and she also knew that she was responsible for such a character, she had only had children many years after entering the palace, and she was always annoyed by the unwelcome words from the brother and sister.
On the eve of the New Year's Eve banquet, Chunjia summoned King Yi and his wife back to Beijing for a reunion.
Just because they still respected the regent's filial piety, they did not attend the New Year's Eve banquet. They only went to the palace in advance to have a light banquet with the emperor.
In the middle of the banquet, Princess Yi excused herself and went to the harem to pay her respects to Yun Fenghuang and also to visit the seventh prince.
The seventh prince was now four years old. The older he got, the more his features and eyes resembled those of Chun Jia, but there was not much trace of Concubine Wen Huixian.
Princess Yi felt a little strange to him after seeing him for half a year. She stared at him for a while, then sighed softly and said, "This is good."
Generally speaking, parents tend to prefer children who look like themselves.
The seventh prince is not like Concubine Wen Huixian, which is a pity for those who miss Concubine Wen Huixian, but for him, it may not be a good thing, as he can get more attention from Chunjia.
Yun Fenghuang did not disturb their aunt and nephew, and allowed Princess Yi to tease the seventh prince for a long time. After the seventh prince was tired and was taken away by the wet nurse, he invited the princess to come to the Nuan Pavilion to talk.
"I heard that the empress is happy." Princess Yi took out a warm jade pendant from her sleeve and said that she found it specially after hearing that the imperial concubine was happy to keep her healthy.
"Princess Yi is interested." Yun Fenghuang glanced at it and knew that it was probably taken from the Yin family's treasury.
Gong Xiangxiao was not favored in the past, so he might not have such a rare good thing in his hands.
The two of them exchanged polite greetings before talking about their relationship.
Princess Yi had nothing to say, except that she left the imperial capital and went to the feudal kingdom, and the journey was uneventful.
Because the previous dynasty also conferred the title of King Yi, there was a ready-made palace in the vassal state, but no one had lived in it for many years. Earlier, Gong Xiang Ruoji was always left by Xiaozong and never came to the vassal. Therefore, the palace was in disrepair for a long time and was not at all Not easy to live in.
King Yi and his wife could only temporarily borrow a manor owned by a local rich family to live in, and urged the craftsmen to repair it: "I have been busy with this for the past few months, and now it is difficult to start the construction at the end of the year. I don't know when we can start it again." Living in... It's not really a big deal at all, but it's a little inconvenient to keep one's filial piety in someone else's house."
Yun Fenghuang asked with concern: "Why don't you buy the manor? Then it will be yours."
She thought that although Gong Xiang Ruoji had not treated his eldest son well before, the dowry given by Yin Qu would not be small
"My dear, you don't know that the family refused to sell it, saying that the garden was a lifelong effort of the elders, so they were only willing to lend it out." Princess Yi sighed, "Later, we wanted to buy gardens elsewhere, but there are so many people who are so young. I really can’t live in it, it’s a big one, I’ve been going back and forth and it’s only suitable to live in now, so I put it off. I originally thought about repairing the palace, living in it first, and then slowly tidying it up. But it happened to be very bad over there. It’s the main house, isn’t it a coincidence?”
Yun Fenghuang echoed a few words and told her interesting stories about the seventh prince.
These are what Princess Yi wants to hear. After all, this can also determine whether the imperial concubine has neglected the seventh prince.
After finishing her sentence, she said tactfully: "I heard that His Royal Highness King Qin and His Highness Princess Zhaoqing have already entered school. Therefore, the Queen has spent more time taking care of the Seventh and Ninth Princes. It is really hard for the Queen... Fortunately, His Highness King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing have also At this age, you must be able to share some of your worries for your empress?"
"The two children are still young and can't do much." Yun Fenghuang smiled, knowing that she had heard about King Qin and Zhao Qing's jealousy, and was worried. She was afraid that the seventh prince would be targeted, so she mentioned it specifically. He took a sip of the goat's milk and said softly, "But I am quite busy, so I don't have much to worry about."
Princess Yi smiled a little awkwardly and said dryly: "That's good."
Although Yin Nuluo is not very good at dancing, she comes from a wealthy family, so it is not difficult for her to deal with such situations.
But at this moment, he was looking at it somewhat absent-mindedly, and Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but ask.
Princess Yi refused to say anything at first, but after being asked more questions, she whispered: "There is something that I don't know whether I should report to the empress."
"You have said so, so it is obvious that you have also thought about making a report." Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "There is no one else here now. Your sister and I were sisters in the past. We are all our own people, but Why are you so open-minded?"
"Your Majesty, it's like this. A few days ago, I happened to see... Lu Chuncao in the borrowed garden." Princess Yi pursed her lips and whispered, "I was very surprised, because at that time he was clearly Pretending to be a servant... My wife thought he had something to do with the prince and needed to cover it up. But later when I asked the prince, he didn't know about it at all. He even became furious and searched the entire garden, trying to find him!"
But in the end it was not found.
Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "Did you see it clearly? Is it really him? But I remember that he was... Your Majesty was kind enough to send him back to his hometown, right?"
"My wife is sure." Princess Yi nodded, "That's why I feel strange and wonder what he wants to do? Could it be that because of Lu's death, I'm angry at my wife and the prince? But it's clear that Lu was at fault first. , but what does it have to do with us as husband and wife?"
Yun Fenghuang pondered.
When the regent and his wife had an unexpected incident, the entire regent faction basically didn't cause any trouble, and everything went smoothly.
Not to mention the surprise of the former harem, even Chunjia himself was surprised.
But this matter is still not very clear. For example, who instigated the Lu family to poison the regent
Everyone thought it was Chunjia, but Chunjia refused to admit it. According to Yun Fenghuang's observation, it seemed that it was indeed not him.
There is also the handling of the regent's gang members. Others treated them lightly. It can be understood that the regent is dead anyway, and the two sons cannot support him, so the others do not need to be too harsh. The left and right are already in a state of disunity. , it is better to show the generosity of the king.
But Lu Chuncao was not like that.
Not to mention his status as a eunuch, he was naturally at a disadvantage in this kind of thing.
As far as the fact that the Lu family who poisoned the regent was his adopted daughter, Chunjia's treatment of her was a matter of course.
You can also earn a reputation as a truly filial uncle.
According to Yun Fenghuang's understanding of Chunjia, he shouldn't refuse this opportunity to build his reputation. But not only did he refuse, he didn't even do anything to Lu Chuncao...
At this moment, Lu Chuncao dressed up again and went to King Yi... This...
She calmed down, raised her head and said, "I will ask your Majesty later for you."
Princess Yi breathed a clear sigh of relief: "Thank you for your grace."
The emperor's attitude towards Lu Chuncao was too strange, and King Yi and his wife also suspected that the instigator behind the Lu family was Chunjia. Therefore, although King Yi resented Lu Chuncao, Princess Yi was not sure about the emperor's attitude, but she He didn't want to do anything to Lu Chuncao, lest he anger the emperor.
Now that the imperial concubine has agreed to help convey the message, isn't it much safer