In Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, Yun Fenghuang didn't know that Ouyang Yanran was contacting the queen to accuse him.
But she was not idle either, but she was thinking that the palace had been a bit too peaceful recently...
It was okay to be calm originally. After all, she had changed her personality in the past two years. She planned to take the path of changing her temperament after being stimulated and becoming virtuous, kind, gentle and virtuous.
The problem is that Chen Jing made a statement two days ago, saying that although Zhonggong was in good health earlier, he has been ill from time to time in the past two years. If the war in the north does not go well this time, Uncle Zhaowu will be questioned again. , I don’t know if the queen can survive it? If you can survive this, forget it, but if you can't... Then, who can the emperor arrange for the vacant successor position
The Gu family will definitely not take advantage of others. The problem is that they can't find an unmarried daughter to enter the palace to take over. However, Gu Zhen, who is nearly ten years older than Yun Fenghuang, is still considered by Concubine Min. Fancy hanging; if it were a young girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, how would it be any different from delivering food
Besides, there is another problem in that case, that is, Gu Zhen cannot have children, so he must treat his legitimate prince well both emotionally and rationally.
If a young girl were to be the successor, it would be impossible for him to have a legitimate legitimate prince. Then the King of Chu would just give it up and just arrange some palace servants to serve him. Wouldn't the status of the tenth prince and the twelfth prince be the same? Embarrassed
Although the biological mothers of the three current legitimate princes are only concubines, according to etiquette and law, their status is more orthodox than that of their biological successors.
Can you be willing to continue
She wasn't Gu Zhen, and she didn't personally raise the three princes from birth. She was Yun Fenghuang, who personally raised the children of King Qin Zhaoqing, so it was the fifteenth prince who was her biological son who received the most attention.
When the time comes, don't try to stir things up. I'm afraid you'll have to use your brains to find a way to kill the 10th and 12th princes.
If a successor is not established, the tenth and twelve princes will still need their mother to take care of them at their current age. Who will support them
"In this case, as long as the Empress is not good, Mrs. Gu will have a headache!" Chen Jing suggested to Yun Fenghuang with a smile, "We don't have to do anything to the Empress. Anyway, the palace has such an unthinkable character. , whenever something goes wrong in the harem, and she has something to do with her, she will make herself worse and worse. Your Majesty also knows her temperament, and she is the most stupid and entangled. In this way, even if the Queen is not good, she will be with us. What’s the relationship?”
Yun Fenghuang thinks this is also the case.
And she still had some thoughts. Even under normal circumstances, if Gu Zhen was gone, Chunjia might find another successor, but she would still not be considered.
But now Xie had just suffered a misfortune. The emperor had to consider her mood. Maybe something went wrong with Gu Zhen and the post was temporarily vacant
As long as the emperor doesn't appoint a new person for a while, she will have a chance, right
The most important thing is that she can't say a word in her heart: Why did so many people of the Xie family die tragically in the swordsmanship, especially the girls, the young female relatives, and almost no survivors, but Gu Zhen, the daughter of the Gu family, , she is a noble queen, and you still have to bow down to her? !
After thinking about it for a while, he summoned King Qin and Zhao Qing to the front and gave them instructions, asking them to be more respectful to the tenth and twelfth princes in the future, and to treat the third prince with contempt: "You, the tenth and twelfth brothers, are As legitimate sons, even if you are the eldest brother and sister, you should treat them with courtesy. But you third brother, haha, you do not have this qualification."
Both children are very pampered, and they are not very happy when they hear this.
King Qin was the first to object: "Concubine, my son has never been kind to the third brother. It's just the tenth brother and the twelfth brother, even if they are legitimate sons, so what?"
Zhaoqing nodded beside him and said, "I don't dare to be disrespectful to my mother and concubine! How about the tenth and twelve brothers?"
Two little fools!
Yun Fenghuang sighed in his heart and thought, can you despise these many younger brothers and sisters, can you do it on your own? Not me yet! The queen does not dare to be disrespectful to me. To you, if she were not afraid of me finding trouble, why would she, as a legitimate mother, not be able to deal with you
He shook his head and didn't bother to explain the reason to them. He only said softly: "The previous one was coaxing me to be the most obedient. Now I just gave you a few words of advice. It seems that you are sensible and filial. They are all trying to coax me, but in fact, I have no intention of listening to me at all! Alas!"
Seeing this, the brother and sister felt a little embarrassed again, and hurriedly came together to make amends by acting coquettishly and cutely. They repeatedly expressed that they were the most obedient and could do anything the mother and concubine asked!
"Two little ancestors!" Yun Fenghuang stretched out his hand and tapped their foreheads, sighing, "I haven't finished speaking just now, and you are already showing off! What did I Japan say two days ago? You are also grown children now. , It’s not like no one cared about it when I was young, it should be the magnanimity of some royal eldest son and daughter. Otherwise, if word spreads, it won’t make people laugh!”
After some comfort, he explained to them, "Your father doesn't say anything, but in his heart he values your tenth and twelfth brothers very much. As the eldest son and eldest daughter, it is your duty to be friendly to your tenth and twelfth brothers. If outsiders know about it, they will also think that you have rules. Would they still think that you are afraid of your tenth brother and your twelfth brother? And... your third brother, tenth brother, and twelfth brother are all under your mother's knees. Think about it, If an outsider treats Zhao Qing well but looks down upon you, King Qin, and you can't help it, how can the outsider not hate Zhao Qing?"
The King of Qin said in confusion: "But mother and concubine, Erchen sees that the third brother has no future. Even if he hates people like Erchen in his heart, or hates the tenth and twelve brothers, what will happen?"
"Although your third brother looks weak, you may not be so sure in private." Yun Fenghuang smiled slightly and said, "Besides, your mother likes him the most! Anyway, don't ask any more questions, and don't talk nonsense when you go out! Listen! It’s my mother’s concubine, is it possible that my mother’s concubine will still harm you?”
Although the two brothers are indulgent, willful and domineering, according to Yun Fenghuang's observation, one of them is quite good, even at a young age, he is very good at keeping secrets.
Unless Zhaoqing was designed to fall into a trap like Zhaoqing did in front of Chunjia, otherwise it would be difficult to ask even a few words.
Therefore, Yun Fenghuang didn't care to reveal a little bit about it.
Seeing the two children retreating thoughtfully, Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes, thinking that it would not be difficult to instigate discord among the children, but given the age of these children, it would take some time to see the effect.
And she couldn't wait to let Gu go underground immediately. She really couldn't wait for a moment!
At this time, the Qing people personally led the seventh prince in and said: "Mother, the place where the seventh prince and the ninth prince are playing is a bit far away today. It's because the palace attendants didn't take good care of it. I just ordered someone to punish me." "
"Really?" Yun Fenghuang was a little absent-minded. He ordered the seventh prince to come to him, hugged him and coaxed him for a while, and then asked casually, "Why did you remember to go far away? Didn't I tell you not to run around? This palace is no better than the palace. It’s flat, but the mountain road is rugged, so don’t fall and knock you.”
The seventh prince was a little worried, because the imperial concubine now had more children, and each child naturally had less time to spend with each other.
Moreover, he had been taught since childhood that he was not Yun Fenghuang's biological child. Under the pressure of King Qin and Zhaoqing, he naturally felt that he was lower than his brothers and sisters, and he wanted to hold on to his mother and concubine more and more, but did not dare to let go.
At this moment, he was very timid and said something softly. Yun Fenghuang didn't hear it clearly, so he coaxed him to say it again in a soft voice.
Realizing that his mother-in-law was not angry, the seventh prince breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "My son... I saw that the flowers on the other side of the lake were very beautiful, and wanted to pick some to give to my mother-in-law, so... um... so I wanted to take a detour there. , Ninth brother came back first when he was tired from walking, and I went over alone."
Yun Fenghuang observed the words and knew that the so-called picking flowers for oneself was probably an excuse. It should be a child's desire to play in a place he had never been before.
She was amused in her heart, but she didn't want to expose him. She thanked the child for his "intention" kindly, told him not to run around in the future, touched his head, and let him go.
Then he said to the Qing people: "It's not a big deal. If it is King Zhaoqing of Qin, he must be scolded. Those two children have always been bold. If they are not suppressed, they don't know what they will do. But Xiao Qi's nature is gentle. There are many, but you don’t want to scare him too much, otherwise he will develop into a coward in the future. Not only will Yin Qu not give up with me, I will also feel depressed when I look at him."
She is the same as Chunjia in this regard.
That is, your children can be overbearing and unreasonable, but they must not be stupid, stupid or weak.
"Your Majesty, how can I not know how well you treat His Highness the Seventh Prince?" Qingren sighed and said, "If His Highness had just walked away, I would have just said a few words. But you know that Your Highness is not a good person today. Where did he go and who did he meet? But he went to the Queen Mother!"
Yun Fenghuang frowned: "I remember that this place is very far from the residence of the Empress Dowager? How old is Xiao Qi, and he can actually travel so many miles? Did you really go there unintentionally, or did you?"
"It seems to be a coincidence, but I have already asked Chen Jing to investigate." Qing Ren said, "His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince was chasing a civet cat... The civet cat finally entered the yard of the Empress Dowager. His Highness is young. , I didn’t know who lived there, so I walked directly to the door to go in. Naturally, I knew our Highness over there. After asking for instructions from the Queen Mother, I let Her Highness in. Then I heard the maid serving His Highness say, The Queen Mother I was very pleased to see His Highness, and ordered someone to bring tea to His Highness, and..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yun Fenghuang's face darkened and he said, "Wait a minute, civet cats? When were civet cats allowed in this palace?!"
Originally, there were many civet cats in both the imperial palace and the palace.
Some of them were kept in the palace to control snakes and insects, and some were deliberately arranged by the Empress Dowager Ji Sheng, the former mother-in-law, in order to use the Three Corpse Insects to murder the emperor's heirs.
Since the Three Corpse Insects incident was exposed, all the civet cats in the two palaces have been swept away. Even if there are fish that occasionally slip through the net, it is impossible for them to show up openly.
Not to mention the civet cat that entered the Queen Mother’s yard...
Yun Fenghuang frowned and asked Qing Ren: "Let's not talk about those who have it and don't have it. First, call the imperial doctor. Those who have diagnosed the Three Corpse Insects in the past should be given a good look at Xiao Qi."
Then he stared at the part of the clothes that he had just touched with the Seventh Prince, his face sinking, "Let me take a look too!"