"Sister, have you heard?" Concubine De was very anxious. She just sat down and said impatiently, "The empress dowager, the loving mother, plans to leave the imperial capital and return to Fuyang County! Your Majesty kneels down to invite you and promises to take back the treatment of the Yuan family. , and failed to persuade the Queen Mother!"
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "This matter... How many people in the former harem don't know about it at the moment?"
"Sister!" Concubine De raised her voice and looked at her with wide eyes. Seeing that the concubine was not moved at all, she breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little worried, "But sister, if this happens, Your Majesty will... I'm afraid... Not in a good mood?"
Concubine De said it very tactfully. In fact, how could Chunjia be in such a bad mood right now
In the palace confinement, rumors have been circulating for the past two days that the majestic emperor knelt in front of the empress dowager, his loving mother, and pulled the skirt of the empress dowager with his hands, crying and pleading, but the empress dowager remained unmoved...
Of course, this is not the focus of the concubines.
The point is, if the Queen Mother leaves like this, will the Emperor pour out his anger on them
Or, if the emperor's attitude is so earnest, if the queen mother is persuaded, then... if she becomes more domineering from now on, meddling in the Sixth Palace like a serious mother-in-law, wouldn't they have a hard time in the same way
All in all, the concubines of the Sixth Palace are currently on pins and needles.
"What? You want to comfort me?" Yun Fenghuang looked at Concubine De, with a half-smile on his face, and said, "Sisters, it's okay for others to do this. As for you, I would like to advise you, but still Don’t join in the fun!”
Concubine De couldn't help but curiously asked: "Sister, why is this? In the past two days, it is rumored that Your Majesty is not interested in government affairs and does not care about anything. He is only thinking about how to persuade the Queen Mother to take over."
Her voice lowered, "Of course my sister doesn't want the loving mother Queen Mother to stay, but is it just a show?"
She actually didn't care much about whether Queen Mother Yuan stayed.
After all, Concubine De does not have much interaction with the empress dowager, a loving mother. As for whether the empress dowager will interfere more seriously in the palace in the future after making such a fuss this time...
Concubine De was not very worried.
The reason is simple. The queens and concubines above her are not fuel-efficient lamps.
Even if the Queen Mother wanted to target her, it wouldn't be possible for a while. Out of her trust in the imperial concubine, Concubine De believed that she was still very safe.
No need to worry too much about these hassles.
But the imperial concubine must have hoped that Queen Mother Yuan would go far away.
In this way, she couldn't help but whisper to Yun Fenghuang, "Sister, I heard that the Queen Mother has now made up her mind. Your Majesty can't persuade her. She is packing her things. Why doesn't sister show her face? Sister guessed that, I’m afraid the loving mother Queen Mother will not agree. But after doing this, Your Majesty’s heart... "
"Your Majesty will feel in your heart that this palace is really hypocritical. You clearly don't want the loving mother Queen Mother to stay at all, but you still want to show off." Yun Fenghuang took a sip of the drink and said with a slight smile, "Good sister , I am not laughing at you as a sister, but you can imagine that I do not want the loving mother Queen Mother to stay, and even wish her to leave early... Do you think His Majesty is confused? Normally, His Majesty pretends to be confused even though he understands. Well, at this time, when he is worried and angry about his loving mother, the Queen Mother, he is pretending, isn’t it because His Majesty can’t find a punching bag?”
Concubine De was startled and said quickly: "Sister, I definitely don't mean this, I just..."
"I know you are kind-hearted." Yun Fenghuang said with a smile, "If someone else tries to flirt with me like this, I won't be able to forgive her!"
"Sister, will this move by the loving mother-in-law Empress Dowager..." Concubine De calmed down after hearing this, hesitated, and asked in a low voice, "Will it make His Majesty angry at the Sixth Palace after she leaves?"
The point is, are you taking your anger out on your concubine
After all, everyone knows that the person the empress dowager has the most trouble dealing with in the harem may be the sensitive concubine Yun Fenghuang.
In the past, the Queen Mother did not make any noise about leaving. Therefore, the Emperor was filial in public, but in private he often favored Yun Fenghuang. Well now, the Queen Mother is leaving, and her attitude is very resolute. Chunjia doesn't even want to deal with Xing Ningbo Mansion, which is a serious crime of confusing the bloodline of the Tian family! It can be seen that the emperor cares about Empress Dowager Yuan in his heart.
In this way, if the emperor stops the queen mother, he will not be able to obey her from now on. If he cannot stop the queen mother, how can he get along with someone who does not deal with the queen mother
Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while after hearing Concubine De's question, and then said calmly: "Your Majesty wants to express his anger, who can do anything about it? In short, it is a matter between the mother and her son. It is better for outsiders like us not to meddle rashly."
Seeing Concubine De thinking deeply, she raised her eyebrows and said, "What?"
"...Sister, we are outsiders to His Majesty and his mother, but some people, at least she herself, may not think we are outsiders." Concubine De covered her mouth with a fan and whispered, "After hearing the news, the Queen thought hard and asked What should Concubine Shu and I do... No, I just sent people to Huzhu Palace."
Because the emperor asked the concubine to have a good life before giving birth, no matter what Chunjia's intention was when he gave the order, Yun Fenghuang had not left the house since that day.
Regarding the queen's greetings, she also used the emperor's instructions to prevaricate... Gu Zhen originally didn't want to argue with her about this, so he readily agreed.
The imperial concubine has been detained in the Huanhua Palace for the past two days. Although she does not know anything about the news from the outside, some news is inevitably a little late.
At this moment, listening to Concubine De's words, she smiled, but didn't care: "The Queen is sincere, but I hope your Majesty can appreciate it."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Actually, An Jieyu must be willing to help first."
Her guess was absolutely correct. An Jieyu ignored the Queen's entrustment at all and said coldly: "Your Majesty can't make the Empress Dowager change her mind, let alone me?"
He directly blocked the person back.
Gu Zhen was very angry after knowing that he scolded the white-eyed wolf in Chongchang Palace for a long time: "Who doesn't know that if there was no loving mother, the Empress Dowager, An Jieyu would not be what she is today? Not to mention other things, let's just say that there are still six years left for the title of King of Qi. Prince, which one was not fought for by her loving mother and empress dowager? Not to mention her direct aunt, even her own mother, not everyone is willing to give her heart and soul like this! Now that her loving mother and empress dowager has to travel far away at such an old age, she actually has the heart to stand by and watch. !”
"Why should I be angry? Isn't it a good thing that the empress dowager, my loving mother, is gone?" He advised, "After all, if the empress dowager stayed in the palace, so many things would have happened for nothing!"
Her voice lowered, "Even if the Eighth Prince, bah bah bah, even if that bastard is gone, this unloving Queen Mother is still raising the Sixth Prince in front of her?"
Back then, the empress dowager, a loving mother, was able to plan for the eighth prince, sending him to the empress to raise him, and even waiting for an opportunity to take over the East Palace.
Now the so-called eighth prince has been taken away by the Imperial City Secretary and will never appear again in the future. However, the sixth prince under An Jieyu's name is still well raised in Chunwu Palace!
With the way the emperor is now giving and taking away from the Queen Mother Yuan, if the Queen Mother Yuan wants to win something for the Sixth Prince, can the Emperor agree
"Why would I be happy to see the loving mother Queen Mother stay in the palace? But think about it, I am the queen, and you and your majesty are one and the same." Gu Zhen said helplessly, "At this moment... others are still pretending to be deaf and dumb. Forget it, if I pretend that I don’t know what to do, Your Majesty is now thinking about the loving mother Queen Mother and has no time for him to care, so that’s it. When this matter is settled later, do you think he can stop blaming me?"
This is the disadvantage of being the main palace.
At critical moments, the concubines can hide, because they are just the emperor's concubines and should not talk much about serious matters. But the queen cannot escape, she must have the responsibilities that a royal palace should have.
Originally I wanted An Jieyu to take the lead, so that no matter whether the emperor and his son were willing to be interfered with, they could at least test it out.
As a result, An Jieyu refused. After much deliberation, Gu Zhen had no choice but to go ahead and pay his respects to his loving mother, the Empress Dowager.
What surprised her was that Empress Dowager Yuan was not embarrassed. Not only did she summon her readily, she was also very polite. As soon as she met her, she offered her a seat without any courtesy. Then she took the initiative to apologize to her, saying that she really didn't know what Concubine Yuan Xian had done. Otherwise, No matter what, the so-called eighth prince will not be arranged into the Queen's Palace, and the following is what he said to Chunjia before: "... The Ai family does have selfish motives, but it is absolutely impossible to let that scoundrel become the crown prince. ! After all, not to mention that you already have two healthy legitimate sons under your knees, how big is the total number of those evil sons? You know better than the imperial concubine how difficult it was for the emperor to be in charge. The Ai family has nothing to produce, just such a child , He cares more about his own life than his own life. No matter how he turns his elbows outward, he will not make fun of the country he has worked so hard to take charge of... "
"The Ai family just wants to let that scoundrel grow up in front of you, to be cared for by your aunt, to have close contact with the brothers who will take over the East Palace in the future, and to gain some pity after being crowned king..."
"only… "
"Well, the Ai family knows that you definitely don't believe it now. It doesn't matter. This matter is over with the emperor. The Ai family doesn't ask you to believe it. I'll just tell you."
"In this matter, it is the Ai family that is sorry for you."
Gu Zhencheng said fearfully that it didn't matter, and the Queen Mother was also a victim... In short, this meeting turned out to be a harmonious relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Even when the emperor came in the middle, the queen mother asked Chunjia to be nice to the queen in front of the queen: "The queen is an old man who entered the palace when you got married. It has been really difficult for her over the years. The Ai family is about to leave now, and those who I won’t say much if it will hurt the harmony between our mother and son. After all, the middle palace is the middle palace, and even if you are partial to me, the emperor, you can’t go too far.”
Rationally, the queen silently told herself that the queen mother, like the imperial concubine, was very good at coaxing others, and her words may not have been intentional.
But emotionally, she was still a little touched...
Especially when he looked at the few wisps of frost on the Queen Mother's temples, he felt a sincere urge to ask her to stay.
"It's not easy for the Queen Mother." After returning to Chongchang Palace, Gu Zhen couldn't help but sigh, "Although she is not His Majesty's biological mother, she has a deep love for His Majesty's mother and son. She is not comparable to the Queen Mother... This time I offered to go back to Fuyang County, which must have really broken my heart!"
The left and right looked at each other for a moment, then whispered: "Empress, this... The Queen Mother was not like this in the past."
Don't forget how irritable and desperate you were when she forced you because of someone else's few words!
"I know." Gu Zhen sighed, "I have not forgotten the words of my loving mother, the Queen Mother, but...she is leaving, so I can't help but feel soft."
Just for a moment.
Just think of it as a little pity for this old man who worked hard all his life but failed to have the last laugh and could only make a decent exit in a tacit way.
It's just that the queen is sweet, but others don't think so.
For example, Zhan Liu sighed in front of the emperor and said: "... Your Majesty is going back to Fuyang County, so why bother? It's just the Empress... Actually, the Empress probably doesn't mean that, but she knows how to do it. She has a son, and she wants the empress to explain to her in person that she really doesn’t know that Concubine Yuan Xian, no, the child that Yuan Fengyi brought back to the palace is not the emperor’s heir. This... is also very uncomfortable for the empress. The maids these days, they don’t even mention it. Dare to mention this. The Queen's temperament is indeed a bit reckless. Of course, Your Majesty, don't blame the Queen. You know, the Queen has never been a smart person. She should really want to retain the Queen. It's just the wording that, well, always leads to misunderstandings."
Of course it's heartbreaking.
Chunjia suddenly frowned.