Yun Fenghuang originally planned to ask Chunjia about the matter that day or the next day, but that day Chunjia and King Yi drank and talked happily until late at night.
She was pregnant and went to bed early, and when she woke up, Chunjia had already gone out.
He followed the Qing people in to discuss the outfits for the New Year's Eve banquet, but forgot about it.
The atmosphere at this year's New Year's Eve banquet was more relaxed and relaxed than in previous years.
At least that's the case for most people.
After all, the Ji family has fallen, and the regent has also fallen into disgrace. The Zheng family, Cui Wan, and others are not Chunjia's opponents at all. The emperor's family is the only one in power, and he is not a faint king who makes his ministers worry and think that the dynasty is about to end. Instead, he is very talented and has great strategies. Visual inspection shows that at least when Chunjia was in power, the country did not have any major worries, and there was no need to consider the risk of taking sides and disagreeing with the whole family. Isn't it very relaxed
After three rounds of drinking, the royal heirs came forward to toast Chunjia and the Queen Mother, but they reminded the ministers: when the heirs grow up, the trouble of standing in line may come again!
…even coming right now.
Since a crown prince has not yet been established, the toasts of the royal heirs are naturally led by King Qin.
When Yun Fenghuang saw that Zhao Qing was about to leave her seat, she quickly stopped her and said that she would just let the princes go: "When your father comes to our palace, you can propose a toast to your father."
She said this mainly because her daughter had inconvenient legs and feet. Going to the palace in front of everyone would be too eye-catching, which would cause people to gossip about her. She was afraid that if something bad happened to Zhao Qing, she would be sad again.
Furthermore, today's toast is, after all, the emperor's heir, no, it should be said to be the prince's first appearance in front of the ministers.
No matter how good the princess is, she will never be able to take over the East Palace.
There is no need for Zhaoqing to get involved and become everyone's talking point.
But Zhaoqing was not happy: "Eldest brother can go, why can't I go? Concubine, I want to go!"
Yun Fenghuang was talking to her in a low voice, but when she started to make a fuss, her voice became louder and louder, and she even wanted to cry, but she had no choice but to sigh: "Then go ahead."
After a pause, he turned his head and told the Qing people, "Go and talk to the Concubine Xian and the others, so that the princess can come to the palace with them. We are all His Majesty's heirs and have the same filial piety."
So the emperor's heirs were divided into two rows according to men and women, and went to the palace to toast together.
As the eldest daughter, Zhaoqing was ranked alongside King Qin, which made her very satisfied. But the limp while walking inevitably attracts many looks of all kinds.
In fact, she has been walking like this for some days. However, the harem knew the whole story early on and knew about Yun Jieyu's death. No one dared to show any abnormality in front of her. Even the attendants would deliberately praise her for her bravery and strength: "Many people After being injured, I didn’t dare to stand on the ground, unlike our Highness, who can walk on his own even before he recovers. Your Highness is so amazing!"
Zhaoqing was coaxed. Firstly, he thought that his legs would be better if he grew bigger. Secondly, he thought that he was very powerful and brave. Of course, he had nothing to be ashamed of.
But these eyes today are different.
Although everyone knows that this is Chunjia's favorite daughter, the princess of the famous Concubine Min, and cannot be offended, after all, not everyone can keep calm.
Especially at this moment, there were many family members who had come to the banquet with their father and brothers. Their eyes looking at the princess were inevitably filled with surprise, curiosity, voyeurism, sympathy, pity... and some even had some disgust and gloating.
Children are originally very sensitive to other people's emotions. Zhaoqing was originally happy, but after taking two steps, he became a little confused. Then he walked slower and slower, and even started to lag behind King Qin.
Yun Fenghuang watched from the side, subconsciously clenching his toothpicks.
Chen Jingze whispered to the young chamberlain: "Everyone who behaved disrespectfully towards the princess just now should be noted down."
Although he definitely favored Yun Fenghuang's biological flesh and blood, in his mind, Zhaoqing's status was just below that of Yun Fenghuang and his biological flesh and blood.
No matter how unreasonable and unreasonable they are, these foreign ministers are not something that can be insulted!
"What's wrong with Zhaoqing?" Chunjia, who was sitting on the throne, turned her head and whispered to the Empress Dowager. When Yan Yin whispered a reminder, her face turned cold, and then she changed to a gentle smile and waved to her daughter, " Are you tired? Come on, let me take a look."
Seeing this, Zhaoqing finally got a little excited, quickened his pace, and rushed forward crookedly. He didn't even bother to salute, and threw himself into Chunjia's arms.
Chunjia smiled and picked her up. He looked around the palace, but there was no smile in his eyes. He put the eldest daughter on his knees and told the other heirs, "Get up."
King Qin glanced at Zhao Qing a little worriedly, then stepped forward and said the congratulations of Yun Fenghuang's teaching.
Like Zhaoqing, he was very familiar with Chunjia and was used to the scene of stars holding the moon, so even in an occasion like this, he was not nervous at all. He spoke very fluently, and at the end he even asked coquettishly: "Father, my son I want to hug you too!"
"You are a prince, you can go to school, why do you want your father to hold you?" Chunjia smiled and refused, and asked someone to bring up the rewards prepared in advance, "Take them and give them to your mother and concubine to help you collect them." On."
Yun Fenghuang saw this scene in his eyes and sighed secretly.
If this was done in private, Chunjia would not refuse King Qin's request.
But in front of everyone, the emperor hugged Zhao Qing, which made the queen change her face on the spot. If he hugged King Qin again, I am afraid many people would think that the emperor was intending to establish a long life.
But Chunjia had no such plan.
After calming down and continuing to read, the princesses need not pay too much attention. Compared to Zhao Qing, who was held on the knee by the emperor in public, none of them could beat him.
Mainly the princes, the second prince, the third prince, the sixth prince, the seventh prince, the eighth prince, the ninth prince, the tenth prince, the eleventh prince... none of them performed as well as King Qin.
The following princes were relatively young. The youngest twelfth prince and the thirteenth prince were simply carried up by the wet nurse and kowtowed to congratulate them.
The three- and two-year-old princes couldn't remember relatively long sentences, so they stammered and lost their words, just to look cute.
The monarchs and ministers mainly look at the princes who have entered the school or are about to enter the school. From the King of Qin on down, they are the second prince, the third prince, the sixth prince and the seventh prince.
There is a clear gap between these four people compared to the King of Qin who is so free and easy.
The second prince and the third prince were simply strangers to Chunjia, and they were more fearful than respectful.
Although the third prince was obviously nervous, his congratulatory speech was smooth, but the second prince was more panicked and even got stuck midway.
The Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince usually saw few people and were not used to situations like this where everyone was looking at them.
All in all, King Qin is undoubtedly the best among the princes.
"It's just a toast. King Qin just has the advantage of being older and meeting His Majesty often." Noticing that the Queen could no longer hold back her fake smile, the attendant whispered comfort, "How old are the princes? This doesn't matter. Nothing. Don’t you think His Majesty also agreed to hold King Qin?"
The Queen whispered: "But he is still holding Zhao Qing."
After the toast, the emperor's heirs returned to their seats.
But Princess Zhaoqing was left behind by Chunjia, who had someone add a seat next to her to accommodate the princess.
Then Zhaoqing acted coquettishly and said that he wanted the emperor to hug him for a while, and he actually indulged him.
"Mother, this is because Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing has a leg problem." The attendant advised the Queen not to think too much, "When we first entered the palace, many people were whispering. Your Majesty was very unhappy when he saw it. He probably didn't want His Royal Highness to walk down. , let those people watch the fun again."
The queen also thought of this, but she was still a little bit worried: "Today, all the royal heirs are toasting to your majesty. The fourth prince did not come because he was gone, but where is the king of Chu? I told your majesty before that the king of Chu I won’t go, he directly agreed!”
Although the King of Chu was ignorant, it was possible for him to go up to the palace to toast the emperor and say a few auspicious words.
The queen was just worried that he would make a fuss in the middle, and that the royal family would not be decent enough to have such a prince, so she did not let King Chu show up.
As a result, the King of Chu did not come, so Zhao Qing, who insisted on going to the palace, did not lose the royal dignity in front of everyone? As a result, instead of being angry, Chunjia deliberately showed her preference for her daughter. This...
After King Chu's accident, although he was in a bad mood for a few days, when had he ever felt so pity for King Chu? !
Taking a breath, the queen suppressed her mixed feelings and said in a low voice: "That's all, these... don't talk about it. Anyway, just watch it. If you go up there tonight, I'm afraid the Xie Mansion will become even more crowded."
The Xie Mansion she was talking about was, of course, the mansion where brothers Xie Xiliu and Xie Xiaoyu lived.
Now Xie Xiliu and his family, except for the children, have all returned to the north. Only Xie Xiaoyu and his wife are guarding a group of juniors.
Just like what the Queen said, the Emperor's unabashed affection for Princess Zhaoqing at the New Year's Eve banquet caused some people to rush up to hug her from the next day on the New Year's Day.
It's just that Xie Xiaoyu and his wife followed Yun Fenghuang's instructions and didn't dare to accept anything.
But he couldn't stop someone from throwing generous gifts in through the courtyard wall.
Xiao Jiang could only send a message to the palace and ask Yun Fenghuang for instructions on what to do in this situation: "...the person who threw it didn't say whose family it belonged to, so even if he wanted to send it back, he couldn't."
"In that case, let's go outside and see if there are any bridges, roads, or porridge relief projects." Yun Fenghuang said, laughing and laughing, "It's not a shame for us to spend money like this."
He paused and then ordered, "When you do this, don't reveal that our family did it."
Xiao Jiang didn't understand, and discussed with her husband Xie Xiaoyu: "It's not that I can't bear to part with the money, others have also thrown it in. It's just that it's a lot, and if you spend it without losing your reputation, it's too aggrieved, right?" I understand that the empress won’t let us collect the benefits that are delivered to our door. There are no good deeds in the world. But what can we do without leaving our names behind when doing good deeds? These are all real money and silver spent. When we were at home. , that’s not the case.”
Xie Xiaoyu said: "Just listen to my Majesty, who is my Majesty? She has been in the palace to this day with no one to support her, and she has protected us in turn. How can she not be more thoughtful than you and me? Besides, you Who does your Majesty rely on the most now? Of course it is Your Majesty. Your Majesty does not allow us to be too public, just to avoid annoying Your Majesty. In this way, it is publicity for us to openly collect property from all parties, and it is good deeds for those who go around to help people. No publicity anymore? Your Majesty is in charge of the Imperial City Division and we don’t know what the news is. Let’s do it quietly so that others don’t know. How can His Majesty still be unclear about it?”
At this point, Xiao Jiang didn't think anything, but Xie Xiaoyu added, "Now you are also the sister-in-law of the imperial concubine. Can you stop being as ignorant as the country women?"
"Not only am I the imperial concubine's sister-in-law, I am also the imperial concubine's direct cousin!" Xiao Jiang became unhappy immediately, "Even if I'm not married to you, how much worse can I be than you in terms of status? Don't forget that aunt is the most important person. You love me! The time I spent playing with the Imperial Concubine is longer than the time you took the Imperial Concubine with you. If you become successful on your own, it’s okay. You’re just relying on the Imperial Concubine. What kind of show is that? !”
Xie Xiaoyu pursed her lips and said: "Okay, okay, I just said it casually, what are you serious about?"
Xiao Jiang was angry: "What did you say? Now you are blaming me?"
He suddenly doubted, "Are you someone outside? Or are you a lady from a good family? Otherwise, it's not like I haven't discussed things with you before. Why haven't you said that I'm ignorant before? Just talk about it casually like this. Are you disgusted?"
"You!" Xie Xiaoyu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he shook his sleeves angrily, "This is simply inexplicable! I'm just afraid that you will always use the idea of living in the North to measure the current situation, and ruin the important matter of the imperial concubine. , so I urged you! You are doubting me! I don’t think that if I really disliked you, I should have left you at home to serve my grandmother and the others, but why did I bring you to the Imperial Capital?!"
Xiao Jiang sneered: "Did you make the decision to bring me to the Imperial Capital? It wasn't my aunt's will! Let me tell you, don't think that now that you are the disciple of your adoptive father, and with the help of the imperial concubine, you have a bright future. You can pick and choose and dislike me. We are all the blood of the imperial concubine, and my aunt treats me no worse than she treats you! If you dare to mess around outside, I will go to the imperial concubine to make the decision tomorrow! I still You need to find your adoptive father and mother to make the decision! Then write a letter to your aunt and tell her how cruel you are!"
Everyone is close to each other. If there is a real quarrel, who is afraid of whom
They didn't believe that Xie Xiaoyu had given up in the beginning. The elders from the Jiang family came to question, let alone Xie Xiaoyu, how could Yun Fenghuang not be given any face
After Xie Fenghuan's incident came out, many members of the Xie clan suggested letting Yun Fenghuang enter the family temple in order to preserve the family's reputation. At that time, the Jiang family firmly supported the Jiang family and sent Yun Fenghuang away to fly high and find a better future after the limelight passed!
Because of this friendship, Yun Fenghuang couldn't just sit back and watch Xie Xiaoyu mistreat Jiang's daughter.
What's more, Xiao Jiang's relationship with the imperial concubine's cousin is indeed not bad.
"...I'm too lazy to tell you." Xie Xiaoyu's face was sullen, his expression changed several times, and finally he walked away, "You are getting more and more unreasonable now. I didn't even bring you to the imperial capital, what else do you want? ?”
Then Xiao Jiang went to the palace to cry to Yun Fenghuang in the first month, saying that he suspected Xie Xiaoyu had someone outside: "My wife is not the jealous type. If she is a girl from an upright family, she can be brought in to be a concubine. What will happen to her?" The empress makes the decision, her biological mother-in-law is an aunt, and she is the 18th young lady of the Xie family who is being married by a matchmaker. What should I be afraid of? But if my cousin is coaxed into taking a fancy to my wife, then... I will go back and remarry myself. That’s all. With the care of the empress, no one will want my wife after all. But how innocent is the child in my wife’s belly?”
Yun Fenghuang felt a headache after hearing this. She was in trouble all by herself, so what happened to the eighteenth brother and eighteenth sister-in-law who were usually worry-free
Seeing that Xiao Jiang was pregnant like herself, and her belly was very big now, she endured her anger, comforted her with gentle words, and promised to discipline Xie Xiaoyu well, then turned around and got angry: "It's all a good life." If there are too many, you won’t be happy if you don’t bother, right?! A bunch of bastards!!!”
Chen Jing and the Qing people quickly persuaded her to calm down: "The Eighteenth Young Madam may have misunderstood. The Eighteenth Young Master doesn't look like that kind of person. Besides, even if the Eighteenth Young Master wants to take a concubine, it doesn't matter. Not the status of the eighteenth young lady. As for what the eighteenth young lady is worried about, how is that possible? Mrs. Xie has never said that there is no reason for the principal wife to be abandoned. What's more, the young lady is also the madam's biological niece? "
Yun Fenghuang breathed out slowly and said, "Is it a misunderstanding? After all, Sister-in-law Eighteen has come to see me, so I still have to ask Brother Eighteen."
After thinking about it, he sent someone to ask Chunjia for instructions and summoned Xie Xiaoyu into the palace to talk.