"That time Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu were in trouble." Yun Fenghuang gently shook his fan in Ziquan Palace and said slowly to Xijing Xile, "Since the Queen has put him under house arrest there, she obviously has not made up her mind. I beg you to investigate thoroughly. It is not that he did it, and it has nothing to do with the Queen. It should not be denied that the pregnant concubine did it. Then the palace is qualified to bribe the maid of Yanlan Palace. There are only a few people who want to murder the emperor's heir..."
It's nothing more than Concubine Shu, Concubine Xin and Mrs. Yaoning.
Among them, Concubine Shu Ji did not lead the queen to be the collaborator of the concubine's pregnancy. If the concubine Ming was a good child, the queen would not agree to draw the fire on Concubine Shu. As for Concubine Xin, the origin of the daughter of the leader of Qingliu, it was In front of his house, there is a snow-covered garden and other people's tiles are in the frost, and Dan Ruju, who is famous in both the front and the harem, does not fight for it.
Concubine Zheng, who is known to be domineering and doting, and Concubine Zheng, who is very powerful in eunuchs, does not ask the Cui family to help guide public opinion, and the scholars will be convinced that she has been wronged.
The most important thing is that the Cui family is relatively neutral in the temple, and the attitude is ambiguous on the issue of whether to support Emperor Chunjia's pro-government, and that the Ji family and Zheng Ju are the number one targets.
So the best choice is the regent faction.
There is an advantage in picking Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu, but the previous impeachment of Mr. Lingshan was in progress. In the past two months, the turmoil involving the crown prince bringing Qi Jiulu to face the saint was suppressed by the royal family in every possible way. It's not that the news didn't spread. At that time, the matter was pushed to Qiongfang Palace and Baohui Palace. Now everything inside and outside was connected in series, making things worse for the Regent's Palace.
Xijing Xile glanced wrongly and said with a smile: "Master, you are so calm and composed. The maids were all frightened just now."
Although the two of them, one who is the Queen and the other who is loyal to Gong Xiangxiao in the Imperial City Division, both have backers, but since Ru Ming is serving Yun Fenghuang's legs, Ming's only support is the Yun concubine. .
If Yun Fenghuang falls, even if they escape with the help of the real master behind them, it is still unclear whether Queen Yue will come forward.
Therefore, before the mastermind behind the scenes targeted Yun Fenghuang, they did not sincerely care about Yun Fenghuang's honor and disgrace.
And Yun Fenghuang had been in the limelight since he entered the palace. At that time, he was suddenly sent back to house arrest by the people from Yanfu Palace. Many palace people were guarding him outside... How could Xijing Xile not feel uneasy
Both of them are like that, and the others are even less demanding.
Except for one Nianxuan who swore that she would go wherever the master she had served since she was a child went, regardless of the hardships and hardships, the others did not say anything, but their expressions showed fear.
Yan Dongyun Fenghuang explained the key points in a few words. Although they were not convinced immediately, they were somewhat relieved.
"Master, who did that thing?" After appeasing people's hearts, Yun Fenghuang waved his legs to let them perform their duties, but Xile quietly came up to her and asked in a low voice, "If that thing is not our fault, is it possible?" Will you become a noble concubine?"
"No, Concubine Zheng." At this moment, Empress Ji, who had just sent Concubine Zheng away, was also discussing the matter with everyone around her. "It seems that she is pregnant. Although the month is still young, her gender is not known, but there is nothing in the east of her knees." Son, if she gives birth to Prince Dong, how can Zheng Ju not seek the throne for him?"
As for the rules of the dynasty, it is good to have a legitimate wife, but if the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son is evil-minded and pregnant, she will poison the leg of another concubine who is pregnant with the emperor's heir. This matter will be spread. After going out, coupled with the fact that the hussar general behind Zheng Guifei was a eunuch, he was naturally not favored by the scholars in Tiandong. Even if Zheng Guifei got a boy at one stroke, it would be difficult for the mother to value her son and covet the position of the future queen mother.
Therefore, as long as the imperial concubine has the slightest idea of provoking the future prince, she must act with restraint.
As she had confessed to the Queen just now, it was just a matter of creating trouble for Yuan Niang under the guise of a high-sounding name, but it was a serious attempt to murder the emperor's heir... Even if she wanted to do it, she couldn't do it so crudely.
The Queen narrowed her eyes slightly: "I think what Concubine Yun said before is reasonable."
The left and right people were puzzled and asked, "Does your Majesty mean that?"
"She said that His Majesty the East has no power, no one, and no one. Looking at the government and the public in the East, the one that is easiest and most useful for His Majesty to use and is useful enough is the Imperial City Division." Empress Ji sneered, "And the Imperial City Si has been in the hands of the Prince Regent all these years... Let’s look at the recent events, one after another, which one of them did not fall on the Prince Regent’s head in the end?”
She lowered her eyes and sighed, "I'm afraid, otherwise Your Majesty would have been hiding his power and biding his time in those years, just thinking about accumulating more!"
The process of Shanxiang's murder of Yuan Yuniang was seen by people from Ningbi Palace, and it was proved that she was dead. As the victim, Yuan Yuniang was in danger... Whether it was true or not, or whether she directed and acted, Ning probably had it. It is clearest that Bidian is in the east.
And that turmoil was directed at the imperial concubine and Yun Fenghuang, and indirectly reflected the empress and even the Ji family. It seemed like Yuan Niang's revenge, but in fact, if you think carefully, it was not the fault of Emperor Chunjia.
Taking advantage of the public suspicion that the Ji family was plotting to murder the emperor's heir, he forced the Ji family to take an attitude of valuing the heirs, and with the help of the queen and concubine, he struck a blow from the harem to the regent's palace, which was already plagued by impeachment... Was that blow really a coincidence? Just when the regent came to the palace and proposed to marry the prince, he tried to recruit a helping hand.
It was such a coincidence that the queen couldn't deny it.
"Then Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu will not be blamed for the matter that time?" a palace maid asked tentatively.
But the queen objected without hesitation: "No, why don't you ask them to support you? I have just discussed with the imperial concubine several times, and I think they are the most suitable ones, right? Besides, the grievances between the regent and the Ji family are not shallow. ! Isn’t it a good thing to take this opportunity to weaken Gong Xiangmao?”
She narrowed her eyes slightly, "Besides, it was the imperial concubine's suggestion to blame that incident on the Gu family and the Lu family. The Ming Regent's Palace and the Qingping Marquis Palace are both very powerful, and nothing really happened to Yuan's maid. , such a small crime is unlikely to cause the two concubines to be completely defeated. At most, they will receive some punishment... and then they will be able to fight with the noble concubine. "
In Empress Ji's view, Concubine Zheng was more of an eyesore than Yuan Niang, whether she was also pregnant or not.
After all, the latter may behave in an unpleasant manner. However, even if he gives birth to the emperor's heir, it currently does not seem to be enough to threaten the status of the empress and the Ji family. But if the former... one careless, the power of the whole government can be decided by one word. If something big happens in the East, maybe it will be replaced by the Quanhuan Group represented by Zheng Ju.
Therefore, although she wanted to arrest the emperor immediately and interrogate him, the queen weighed it again and again, and felt that it would be better to use this matter to unite Zong and Heng and resolve Concubine Zheng's pregnancy.
... Then the Lord asked no, Ji did not agree with many of her suggestions and opinions. Queen Ji was in the deep palace and could not do many things without the family's permission. If she wanted to restrict the emperor from then on, it would be too much to do. .
That means we can take care of the affairs between the concubines first.
Empress Ji and Concubine Zheng agreed that in the evening of that day, Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu teamed up to bribe Shanxiang, the maid of Yanlan Palace, to murder the head of Huzhu Palace and try to frame Xiaoyun, the concubine of Huzhu Palace. The news spread like wildfire.
"Empress, I have been wronged! I don't know Shanxiang at all, so how could I instigate her to murder Yue Jieyu and frame Yun Bin?" The two people were caught off guard. When they arrived at Chongchang Hall, they continued to cry out for injustice.
Mrs. Yaoning added: "I have always been on good terms with Sister Shu Fei. Yun Bi is a clan sister of Sister Shu Fei. She has always been taken care of by Sister Shu Fei. I regard her as one of my own family, so I am not displeased with Jie Yu." , but where can I go wrong with Concubine Yun? Wouldn't doing so also damage the long-term friendship between me and Sister Shufei?"
Empress Ji said calmly: "I really want to believe us, but everyone in our palace has already confessed, so it is difficult for me to excuse us. After all, how could the Didong people have the courage to do such a big thing? What's the benefit of plotting against the emperor's heirs and them? How can we convince the public if word spreads that they are related to us?"
As he said this, he threw out several confessions, and they all found that Qiongfang Palace had fresh leg prints on his head that several palace attendants from Baohui Palace had just confessed.
Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu knew that they were in trouble just by looking at that posture. Some of the palace people they had no impression of at all, and some were not close servants but they were not close enough. Not to mention that they did not interfere with the affairs of Huzhu Palace. Even if they were really If you want to do it, you can't send those few people.
There is a high probability that the spies planted by others in the two palaces, such as Ru Ming, will be thrown out as a lead to drag the masters of the two palaces to the east.
As for whether she knew it or not, she couldn't defend herself without evidence. She wanted to accuse those palace officials, but the queen said, "The slaves who knew the crime was extremely evil and confessed it all committed suicide by throwing themselves on the pillar."
Well, just like Shanxiang, there is no wrong proof until death.