When the news of the leakage of Cyan Tao Palace first came out, everyone thought it was the empress dowager who was the loving mother.
After all, Concubine An had just been exposed, and even the sixth prince was taken to Chunwu Palace to be raised. Empress Dowager Yuan was very angry with the empress for this... everyone knew it.
So when I heard that the fire was set by Gu Su, the great nobleman, for the purpose of saving himself and escaping from the queen's hands, the palace officials were greatly surprised.
This time, even Concubine Shu and Concubine De were discussing Gu Zhen's incompetence in private: "Gu Su is so many years younger than her, and he has caused such a commotion just a few days after entering the palace. The queen is really... soft-hearted. "
Concubine De laughed and said: "Gu Su is not very smart, otherwise she would not have been fooled into the palace by her family. I am afraid that this matter cannot be done by her own master and servant."
She felt that Queen Mother Yuan still had something to do with it.
"Even so, the queen is useless." Concubine Shu whispered, "When did Yun Jieyu cause trouble for the imperial concubine when she was alive? Did Yun Jieyu not want to do it? Or did others not think of using her to make a fuss? No. It’s just an opportunity.”
They were now in the side hall of Chunwu Palace, and the queen and the noble concubine were summoned into the main hall by Empress Dowager Yuan.
The queen's three sisters went in together.
The Queen Mother did not feel bad that the people on her left and right were not members of her own family, and said that if all the people involved could explain it clearly, then the people involved must be present, including the injured Gu Liman, who was also dragged up from the couch.
Originally, the Queen Mother only wanted the four sisters of the Queen's family to confront each other, but Emperor Yunfenghuang insisted on watching the incident, so she could not firmly oppose it.
I don’t really want to object.
Because the relationship between the imperial concubine and the empress was not good, Yun Fenghuang might be able to make trouble for the empress even more with Yun Fenghuang by her side.
"I remembered that the miscarriage was related to Gu Liman, so I went to confront her. Unexpectedly, she not only made rude remarks, but also threatened me with the twelfth prince." When Gu Su agreed to set fire to make the matter bigger, he She had already thought about it. She was originally a bit extreme. After making up her mind, she became very calm and said loudly without any guilt or fear, "I am not angry, so I accidentally hurt her... I am not angry at all." She knew she was in the wrong and was willing to apologize, but the queen sister wanted to use this to get rid of Gu Liman for framing her. In order to survive, the concubine had to set fire to her residence in order to attract the attention of the Queen Mother and Her Majesty! Otherwise, her status would be He’s so humble, I’m afraid I don’t even know how he died!”
Before Gu Zhen came, he mentally prepared himself repeatedly, telling himself that no matter whether Chunjia's words were true or false, he had said so, and in order to secure his position, he should pretend.
But listening to this sister's confusing words, she felt that she couldn't pretend anymore.
"Mother, this bitch is talking nonsense. In fact, she has always been..."
Just as the Queen thought, Queen Mother Yuan didn't know what was going on and just wanted to make trouble. Gu Su took the initiative to provide such an excuse. She immediately defended her and shut up the Queen before she could say anything: "Sorry. It seems to me that you are the one talking nonsense! The noble Gu just said a few words, and you were so busy scolding her! Is it because she depends on your face when she speaks and behaves, so what do you say? In this case, why should I bother my family? You want so many people to come here?! I might as well just listen to you alone!"
"What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true." Yun Fenghuang insisted that he had joined in to sow discord. Hearing this, he immediately offered support to the Queen Mother, "Empress, you'd better take it easy. The two Gu nobles on the left and right and this Gu Cai Everyone has been brought here. What are the facts? The Queen Mother has made the decision, so why should you be impatient? The Queen Mother is the most wise and decisive person. Why can’t she know the inside story? "
Empress Dowager Yuan was also very annoyed when she saw Yun Fenghuang. Her face was expressionless when she heard these words, but she felt in her heart that it was indeed right to keep this cheap maid by her side.
Helping to stimulate Gu Zhen is not a big deal at the moment. The key is to wait for Chunjia to come. With how firmly he protects Gu Zhen's position, how much support can he give to Gu Zhen when the Queen Mother and Yun Fenghuang unite the front?
The queen mother and the noble concubine looked at each other. Their eyes were not warm, but there was a tacit understanding in their eyes.
After that, it was almost as they expected. Gu Zhen was reminded by the emperor and was no longer so impulsive. However, she couldn't bear the grief and anger of being betrayed by her cousin, as well as the heart-wrenching words sung by the Queen Mother and the noble concubine. She just wanted to go out immediately. Grab a knife from the guard and chop to death all the living creatures present! ! !
What disappointed the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine was that the Emperor was not present. Not only was he not present, he didn't even make any move to send someone from the beginning to the end. It was as if he had no idea what was going on.
Yun Fenghuang regretted that he had lost an opportunity to greatly stimulate Gu Zhen, but he also knew that this was in line with Chunjia's character.
He didn't want to change the queen at all, but he also didn't want to offend the queen mother and the noble concubine.
So I just pretended to be confused in this situation.
Otherwise, if he intervenes, who will he help
Help the queen. He couldn't bear to wrong the queen mother and the noble concubine.
Help the Queen Mother. The Queen is already short of bargaining chips. If bad news comes out at this time, even if the outside world doesn't try hard enough to pull the Gu family down, judging from how Gu Zhen has been sick several times in a row, don't let it happen then. Died of sorrow and anger...
The emperor simply let it go.
His idea is that these three are not stupid. Even if Gu Zhen's ability as a queen is indeed lacking, she is not completely brainless.
So even if it gets really bad, it won't get completely out of hand.
Just wait until they are done making trouble, and then consider how to deal with the aftermath.
So the emperor didn't go back to the harem that night. The next morning, he heard that the queen and concubines had gone to their respective places the night before and had died down. Then Shi Shiran went to Chunyou Palace to pay his respects and appease Empress Dowager Yuan.
Then he was told that he had an extra concubine Mu.
Well, it’s Gu Su.
"The Ai family doesn't understand what's going on with the Gu family's tutoring? They are obviously sisters by blood, and they come to the palace together to serve the emperor. Why can't they live in harmony?" Empress Dowager Yuan told the emperor calmly, "Like The imperial concubine and Concubine Jeonghee Shu are not related by blood. When Concubine Jeonghee Shu was around, weren't the sisters affectionate and affectionate? Even if they had some grudges in private, they should pretend to be for the sake of family dignity, right? As a result The four daughters of the Gu family are really good! They are just like Qiu Yu! The Ai family has grown old and they don’t want to take care of it anymore. They thought about making Gu Su a concubine, so that they can always remind the four sisters how to get along with each other in the future. That’s the way to go!”
Chunjia: "..."
He calmed down and tried to object, "Queen Mother, this Gu Su used to be a mere nobleman. Is it too much to make him a concubine all of a sudden?"
"It's nothing." Empress Dowager Yuan said with good reason, "Concubine Mu was of high birth, and if the queen hadn't deliberately suppressed the sisters, she would have been qualified for the title of concubine for the first time. Aren't they Shu Concubine and Concubine Jing? Furthermore, to be promoted as an unconventional woman Position, what is the background of the noble concubine? She didn’t rise to the position of noble concubine step by step back then, right?"
Seeing that the emperor was still hesitant, the Queen Mother winked and told everyone to leave, and then persuaded her earnestly, "Mother, this is also for your own good. Although you don't like Queen Gu Zhen, for the sake of the overall situation, you have never thought of swaying her. I have never thought about using a concubine as a concubine, right or wrong?"
Even Yun Fenghuang knew this, and the Queen Mother who raised Chunjia single-handedly would not fail to see it.
At the moment, he was trying to seize the emperor's thoughts and persuade him, "But have you ever thought about it? Although Gu Zhen is not very smart and does not seem to be able to interfere in the government affairs, just because she is not smart, sometimes she is more likely to do bad things! This Are there many examples of good intentions leading to bad things in the world? You have personally tried to persuade her in the past two years, but she just can’t listen! Why? Because she always feels that her ability to stay in the back position is due to the Gu family, not you! In this way, even if you deliberately allow the imperial concubine to target her, she will give in first and never think about improving her scheming skills to be more worthy of you!"
"But Concubine Mu is different."
"This is the queen's cousin. She has truly loved and cared for her as a younger sister!"
"The queen can tolerate your preference for the imperial concubine, but how can she tolerate the imperial concubine Mu stepping on her to ascend to the throne?"
"The Ai family is deliberately promoting Concubine Mu, so as to stimulate the queen to be smarter. Don't keep holding you back in a confused way!"
Chunjia knew that the Queen Mother's words were not entirely true, and her main purpose was to suppress the Queen and the Gu family.
But he also had his own considerations. The fundamental reason why he tried to protect Gu Zhen's successor was because Gu Zhen was not very smart. In addition, although the Gu family had prosperous heirs, he had no successors, so it was unlikely that he would threaten the new king in the future. , has no potential to become the next Ji family.
However, it is not that there were no cases in the previous dynasty where the empress dowager and the descendants had no smart people, but they relied on filial piety and the filial piety of the young emperor to suppress the imperial power and bring trouble to the court.
Although such descendants often become rich and powerful soon, the harm to the royal family may not be small.
If you accept the existence of Concubine Mu, you might be able to stir up disputes within the Gu family and further weaken this time-honored high-ranking family
With this thought in mind, the emperor acquiesced to the Queen Mother's arrangement.
But after leaving Chunhuang Palace, when he arrived at Huanhua Palace, he still showed his face and asked Yun Fenghuang to explain clearly what he meant by causing trouble to the biological mother of the Twelve Princes
"Why did Your Majesty pour all the dirty water on my head?!" Yun Fenghuang immediately exploded, "You might as well say that it was my fault that Concubine Mu lost her child!"
Chunjia was just deceiving her. He was afraid that he had really wronged her when he saw this, and he was also afraid that she would not be able to bear the stimulation because she was pregnant, so he had to soften his tone and start coaxing her.
In fact, Yun Fenghuang was deceiving him. Seeing that he had given in, he immediately knew something in his mind. He became more and more unwilling to let go, crying and fussing, and yelling that he had an upset stomach... After tossing the emperor for a long time, he still refused to reveal it. However, she wanted him to investigate thoroughly and find out who was responsible for the Gu sisters' quarrel. She would not bear the charge!
"Okay, okay, it's probably because the sisters are at odds with each other. I said the wrong thing. I didn't actually mean it. I just wanted to ask how your biological mother, Twelve, was injured like that, but I was thinking about other things just now. , You said it was wrong as soon as you opened your mouth!" The emperor thought that if this matter was not done by the imperial concubine, then it was basically the handiwork of Empress Dowager Yuan.
The reason why he questioned Yun Fenghuang was actually not to blame her for murdering Gu Liman, but because the prince he preferred gave priority to the tenth and twelfth princes, but he also really liked Yun Fenghuang, so of course he didn't want to There was a feud between Yun Fenghuang and the Twelve Princes.
But it was difficult to say this. Now that Yun Fenghuang was forcing him to get to the bottom of it, he could only say perfunctorily, "Ahuang is the most tolerant, so don't argue with me, huh?"
Yun Fenghuang chuckled and said, "Aren't you afraid that's what Your Majesty thought and why you said it?"
"How is that possible?" Chunjia coaxed her angrily, "Am I that kind of person? The one I trust the most is Ah Huang."
Yun Fenghuang held his airs and made things difficult for a while, then softened his expression: "Although I am a person who can't rub my eyes out, I am no longer like before. Even if I want to accumulate virtue for the child in my belly, I am still looking at my bones. Where do you dare to do anything? Now that you are busy raising a baby, it is too late! Your Majesty, please don’t forget that I was not pregnant at the beginning, but when there was news that I could be pregnant, the medicine bag on King Qin was... Concubine It still scares me when I think about it.”
Chunjia also felt that it made sense. After all, he firmly believed that the imperial concubine valued her children.
Even if the imperial concubine was usually coquettish and domineering, she is now finally pregnant. Indeed, for the sake of the safety of her child, she should rather believe her than do others who do good deeds.
So, what happened this time is that the imperial concubine was really wronged
He felt a little guilty in his heart, but after thinking about it, he asked again: "Then when the queen mother forced the queen to become a concubine, you also agreed?"
"Can I disagree?" Yun Fenghuang rolled her eyes at him, "At that time, the mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager, was very resolute. Since I was pregnant, my energy has been less than usual. I feel tired after sitting for a while. I wish I could do it earlier. Settle the matter and leave, this is the first one. The second one..."
She stretched out her hand to caress her pregnant belly and sighed, "The Empress Dowager, the loving mother, said that there have been no new people in the palace in the past two years, so Concubine Mu is considered a newcomer. I am pregnant now and it is inconvenient to serve Your Majesty. Your Majesty always It is Your Majesty's favor to come to Huanhua Palace to visit me, but I cannot but consider Your Majesty... It's time to help some people to serve you."
Chunjia was a little dumbfounded and said: "There are already many people in the palace, and there are also many heirs under my knees. But why should we pay attention to what is fresh or not? I am not a prince who cares about sex."
"Then what can I do?" Yun Fenghuang said aggrievedly, "How could I not want His Majesty to accompany me when he sees the sky? But who asked me to serve the emperor? Not to mention the busy government affairs, you are always left behind. In the Huanhua Palace, after a long time, you may have forgotten that you are the one who is willing to accompany me, but you feel that I am jealous and will not let you go even if you are pregnant! What will I do then? ?”
Chunjia said: "When have I ever done such a thing?"
"Your Majesty just now suspected that I had killed the biological mother of the twelfth prince?" Yun Fenghuang asked quickly.
The emperor coughed dryly: "It was a slip of the tongue."
Yun Fenghuang laughed and said: "Anyway, the empress dowager said so. If I didn't agree at that time, it would look like I didn't care about your majesty. Besides, it's just a concubine position. If your majesty doesn't want to go, I can still force you to go." Can't I just let you go? I can't make my loving mother the Queen Mother unhappy because of something like this."
"You pretend to be tolerant and generous in front of your mother, but you hope that I won't go to Concubine Mu?" Chunjia smiled and pinched her cheek, "Ahuang is still so bad, using me as a raft."
The last bit of doubt in my heart was gone.
After all, the imperial concubine is indeed not a virtuous and generous master.
Jealousy and arrogance are obvious.
So in the silence of the Sixth Palace, Gu Su rose to the sky in one step, from a nobleman to a concubine.
This turn of events left many people a little bit overwhelmed.
Even after Yun Fenghuang sent Chunjia away, he remembered and asked: "By the way, then... how did you deal with the biological mother of the twelfth prince?"