The Qing man complained to Xie Meng in his heart, and realized another problem. He couldn't help but chase Yun Fenghuang into the inner hall, and bravely persuaded: "Your Majesty, there are some things that you can't do anything about. Besides, your Majesty is now facing Your Majesty is really very concerned about it. You see, a wealthy family like Deng Chengzhai is scrambling to find a husband. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, is already sure. And the fifteenth prince... "
"Where did you think you were?" Yun Fenghuang walked up and sat down with his sleeves fluttering. He looked at her coldly and said sarcastically, "What? I'm worried that I'm still thinking about someone I shouldn't be thinking about, which will affect your lives. future?"
The Qing man immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I never dare to have such an idea! I'm just afraid that your Majesty will feel uncomfortable."
"Why should I feel so uncomfortable?" the imperial concubine said coldly, "If I want to feel uncomfortable, it should be Qi Jiulu who feels uncomfortable. At the beginning, I was the one who gave up on him first, but it was not him who gave up on me! As for this time, I Indulging Meng'er, in the final analysis, is not for him!"
Qingren couldn't believe this, and he was afraid that saying it would make his master angry, so he could only persuade him in a low voice: "Mother, everything is over..."
Yun Fenghuang said slowly: "I know that the past has passed. If you give me another chance, I will actually make a similar choice... In fact, I am a little upset, so I want to use my strength to make up for it a little bit. It’s just a regret from the past.”
Seeing Kiyoto's worried look, he shook his head and felt that he couldn't explain it to the attendant, so he asked her to step back.
There was only the imperial concubine in the spacious bedroom. She looked around and smiled a little self-consciously.
The Qing people didn't believe it... and it wasn't surprising. After all, this was the old man in front of Jiang. He watched her grow up, no, I should say, watched her grow up with Qi Jiulu.
The most clear thing about them is that they were childhood sweethearts.
That is the innocence of the real childhood sweethearts... As for Yun Fenghuang and Chunjia, although they are somewhat sincere, they have calculated each other from the beginning. This sincerity, not to mention the weight it has now, is actually in their respective hearts. They are still weighing things, so how can a friendship that started like this be pure
But she was willing to indulge Xie Meng this time, not because of Qi Jiulu.
All she wanted was that when she was twelve years old, she didn't have an aunt like herself to pamper and protect her, so that her life had to enter the wind and frost sword early.
Looking back at the past from the current age, the regret of not being able to grow old with Qi Jiulu is actually very faded.
After all, they both had children of their own, and the scene of their childhood sweethearts when they were twelve years old seemed so far away that they were a lifetime ago.
As the people of the Qing Dynasty said, everything in the past has passed.
Yun Fenghuang's regret is still unforgettable, the helplessness and despair he felt when the accident happened.
That kind of helplessness.
At that time, no one in the Xie family could help her, but now she lets Xie Meng do what he wants, which feels like a comfort to her heart.
"So, what I care about most is myself..." The imperial concubine was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly and relievedly.
After all, she struggled alone during the most difficult times, right
Half a day later, Yun Fenghuang gathered his emotions and summoned Chen Jing to him: "I remember, when I asked you to inquire about Deng Chengzhai's marriage earlier, you said that all the high-ranking families in the imperial capital are interested in you now?"
Chen Jing already knew about Chunjia's success as a matchmaker. He just said that his master was worried that this matter was not safe, so he hurriedly congratulated her, and then said: "Don't worry, Madam, even though everyone wants to marry her off." I gave my daughter to Mr. Deng, but not to mention that Mr. Deng didn’t take it seriously at all, but His Majesty would definitely not allow it!”
Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "Even so, we must be on guard... Please draw up a list of those people and let me take a look."
She had thought about it, and it took a lot of effort for him to convince Deng Chengzhai of the hidden meaning of Chunjia's words.
Under such circumstances, the emperor came to announce the good news in person, but then turned around and regretted it. Who would be happy in this situation
Even if Yun Fenghuang is very fond of him and thinks that she is sure to coax him, no matter how much the emperor favors her, she may not be able to do enough in the future, nor is she so squandering. Therefore, it is better to pass the blame for regretting the marriage.
After all, she does not plan to let Xie Meng marry Deng Chengzhai now, but many families in the imperial capital still want such a son-in-law. In this case, she managed to marry these people, and in exchange for giving Xie Meng the opportunity to find another suitable husband, everyone really got what they needed, didn't they
As for whether these people were willing or not, Yun Fenghuang naturally didn't bother to care.
At this moment, Chen Jing and Yun Fenghuang were ordered to dress up and go to Chongchang Palace to meet the Queen in person.
In the past two days, because the tenth prince was doing well, the queen was in a better mood, but when she saw the noble concubine asking for an audience, her expression became gloomy again, remembering the disadvantage suffered by the third prince.
So after Yun Fenghuang saw the gift, she didn't give in. She just asked lightly: "The imperial concubine is really a rare visitor. What's the matter? If it's because of Zhaoqing's grievance, don't say anything. After all, Bing'er's leg is injured. The mark hasn’t even gone down yet!”
"Your Majesty, they are brothers and sisters who are almost as old as each other. What does it mean to fight with each other?" Yun Fenghuang has never been restrained in front of Chunjia, let alone the queen. When he saw this, he stood up and walked to He sat down calmly on the seat next to him and said casually, "Children, it's normal for one of you to be so noisy today and want to break off the relationship, and then to be affectionate and affectionate again tomorrow. We are also at that age. Who didn’t quarrel and fight with their brothers and sisters when they were young? Are they still related by blood later? Otherwise, what kind of family would they be?"
Gu Zhen's face turned pale after being choked by these words. Since the person being beaten was not the emperor in front of you, of course you can stand and talk without pain in your back!
She laughed angrily: "What the imperial concubine said is easy! Do you have to see the extent of Bing'er's leg injury with your own eyes before you admit that Zhaoqing has done something serious?!"
"The Empress has misunderstood me." Yun Fenghuang bowed in his seat. This move seemed to show great respect for the Queen, but in fact her expression was still casual, "Zhao Qing and the third prince are still young. The flesh is delicate and tender, and if it is slightly bumped, it will look scary with bruises. I have raised several emperors' heirs. No matter how experienced I am, the queen does not need to worry too much. The third prince Jiren has his own destiny. How could something big happen because of a fight with the imperial sister? Please just relax, the queen!"
This was said as if Zhaoqing and the third prince were just kids playing around, instead of a sister beating her brother unilaterally, or coming to care for her brother.
It even implies that the queen doesn't care enough about the emperor's heirs, and she doesn't even know that the body of a child at this age is delicate.
The queen was so angry that she secretly vomited blood. She wanted to have an attack, but was afraid that it would implicate Gu Fangshu, who was about to return. Her face turned green and red for a while. After a while, she gritted her teeth and asked, "You came here today just to talk to me." Who said this?"
"Of course not." Yun Fenghuang smiled and said softly, "I came here to propose something to the empress, that is, the palace has not been lively for a long time, and His Majesty has been busy with government affairs these days, which is quite hard... "
She came up with a bunch of excuses and proposed to hold another palace banquet, um, the kind where the important ministers would bring a bunch of their family members.
Gu Zhen frowned and said, "It's been a long time since there was any excitement in the palace? Has the palace been peaceful in the past two years? As for Your Majesty... His Majesty is so busy with government affairs that he doesn't have the time to attend palace banquets!"
In fact, the queen is not really against holding palace banquets. After all, Jian Tian stays in the palace, and there are only so many people and things coming and going. It is quite interesting to occasionally get busy and see new faces.
The key is that the palace banquets since Chunjia took office have been simply poisonous.
So far, there has been almost no banquet without incident, and several banquets have even been extremely troublesome.
In this case, Gu Zhen certainly felt that it was better to do less than to do more.
Especially when it was the imperial concubine who came over to propose. She said that she was really just bored and had no other plans. The queen would never believe it.
She couldn't figure out the imperial concubine's plan for a while, so she simply refused to cooperate!
"Forget it, what your Majesty said makes sense. How about this? I'll turn around and ask Your Majesty for permission?" Yun Fenghuang said slowly, "If Your Majesty agrees, then your Majesty will have nothing to say?"
Gu Zhen was very tired of her relying on the emperor's favor to suppress him, but he had no other choice. After being silent for a while, he finally asked in a low voice: "Okay, why do you want to do this all of a sudden? Don't forget the summer banquet before, How does the osmanthus appreciation banquet end?"
"One moment and another," Yun Fenghuang said, "We were not in charge at that time, so what can we do?"
This makes sense. At the summer banquet, Chunjia had not yet taken charge. At that time, the Ji family had the final say, followed by the regent, and then other important ministers... Chunjia didn't even know where they were. Gu Zhen and Yun Fenghuang had the final say. At that time, I was just standing in the corner and being a wallflower.
As for the Osmanthus Appreciation Banquet, the two of them could be considered high and powerful in the harem at that time, but neither the Mother Queen Mother nor the Holy Mother Queen Mother, as well as the Queen Mother who attended, were not fuel-efficient lamps.
Gu Zhen frowned and said, "It's so hot and we're not in Qishan now, so why bother with the excitement?"
Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and simply used Zhao Qing as a cover: "Chen Jing reported to me that Prince Yixi has been very attentive to Zhaoqing recently. I have already given instructions to tell Yixi not to go to Zhaoqing again if something happens to him recently." Qing come forward!"
"...bastard!" Gu Zhen was startled, then frowned in disgust. Her hatred of foreign races was even greater than that of Yun Fenghuang. She didn't even like the princess Rou Kun gave birth to to Chun Jia, let alone The pure Prince Weihe is Yixi.
Although she didn't like Princess Zhaoqing, she was still angry when she heard that Yixi had taken up Zhaoqing's idea now. She even asked Yun Fenghuang, "Are the people you arranged appropriate? Don't be too light. The palace knows best, but the skin is rough and the flesh is very thick. Don't go back to raise him for two days and then go to provoke Zhaoqing. If your people don't take advantage of it, I will recommend two to you, both of them are veterans of the Dingbei Army. Born, I am the most skilled in the underworld!"
Yun Fenghuang thanked me and said, "I plan to ask Marquis Yongchun to take action, so that I can promote the bravery of the royal children."
He added, "Besides, I also want to discuss with the empress. Is it not appropriate for the princess to continue studying with the princes when she is older? Otherwise, how about we separate and open a girls' school for the princes?"
Gu Zhen muttered: "That's the truth. I'll think about it later, and let's go and mention it to His Majesty."
He was suspicious, "But what does this have to do with hosting a banquet?"
"This is not Zhaoqing. Although Zhaoqing is still young, children grow up very quickly." Yun Fenghuang showed a helpless look, "Because of this, I think of ordinary girls. When I'm one or two years old, the elders have to help me with my appearance. But I'm not from a wealthy family, and there are no elders outside to help me with the selection. I don't invite the empress to hold a banquet. If I have nothing to do, I will look at the children of the ministers and ministers in the temple. Let’s wait until the time comes to choose. Who knows how many times those children have been warned when they are brought to me, and how can they still see the sincerity?”
"But it's too early." The queen was still doubtful, "What you are interested in now, if it doesn't turn out well in the future, won't it be in vain?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Zhaoqing is my only daughter, and this child has a bad life. Her legs... Oh, let's not talk about this anymore, I really feel heartbroken when I think about it. In short, I don't ask for her. The key to getting a great consort in the future is to be sincerely good to her. But as your Majesty, you also know that Zhaoqing, as the eldest daughter of His Majesty, was born with gold and jade, and she is so beautiful that she lacks nothing except her legs. ! If you say this, those people outside, whether it is out of the desire to be popular or because they are greedy for beauty, who can not pretend to be extremely enthusiastic? But how can we like this? "
The queen nodded slightly when she said this. Although she did not think that Yun Fenghuang was kind to his children like the emperor, she also recognized that Yun Fenghuang still cared about the emperor's heirs under her knees.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "That's all, let me discuss it with you and make a decision. After all, I was really afraid of the previous palace banquet."
Yun Fenghuang knew that she would definitely not believe his one-sided words and would have to investigate before he could rest assured, so he stopped pestering him and resigned after saying a few words.
After she left, everyone advised the queen to ignore the imperial concubine.
After all, the imperial concubine is famous for her scheming, and her real intention is definitely not what she said on the scene: "Now that the two empress dowagers have left the palace, the empress dowager does not care about anything. If something happens again at the palace banquet, no matter who is responsible, it will definitely happen." It's the empress who bears the brunt... At that time, the imperial concubine will add insult to injury if she doesn't know what to do! Besides, the uncle is coming back soon. Now when the imperial concubine says this, who knows what her real plan is? Maybe she is colluding with someone to murder the entire Gu family? "
Gu Zhen was almost convinced by them, but the news reached the ears of Gu family outside the palace the next day. After some discussion, Gu family asked Mrs. Zhaowu Bo to submit a message asking for an audience.