Yun Fenghuang didn't want Jiang Cainu to live, but Gu Zhen did the opposite.
In the Woxia Tower, the queen put down the list of girls in her hand and sighed softly: "This time, I have to say that there is no beauty like Yishi who can stun everyone. Even if there is, after Yishi has been in the palace for many years, the princess has also given birth to a daughter. Two, isn’t that how His Majesty treats her? Our Majesty, let’s just say he is ruthless. He used to treat Concubine An and now treats Concubine No. 1, but he does his best to protect her. Even the Ji family and the empress dowager, who are kind mothers, can Disobedience. Call him affectionate, but he abandoned Concubine An in the blink of an eye. He didn't care at all about me, those who had been with him for many years, and who supposedly worked hard without any merit, or even had children under his knees... I didn't care at all... Ah, I have seen through it all, I have never been blessed with even a slight softening of your Majesty's heart in this life."
Seeing the people coming up to comfort her, she waved her hand and said, "This is something I have known all morning. Is it difficult for me to think about it despite my age? But when I saw this young Mrs. Jiang, I unexpectedly thought of the imperial concubine's first marriage. It happened during the palace period. Who took her seriously at that time? She was able to cause trouble at first. Although she took advantage of the disharmony between Queen Yuan and Concubine An, everyone didn't take it to heart and thought about it. She wanted to play. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have had the opportunities she had later, let alone win favor.”
The attendant asked cautiously: "Is it possible that the empress does not like this Jiang family? If so, I will go right now..."
"No." The queen shook her head and said, "Although I don't like her, I am determined not to target her. I will even help her become a concubine! Let her occupy a place in the palace!"
"Why do you have to wrong yourself?" the attendant advised, "This Jiang lady is just as restless as a noble concubine. Having a concubine in the palace is enough for the empress to worry about. If there is another one, this..."
"If Mrs. Jiang had entered the palace at the same time as the imperial concubine, there might have been a fight between dragons and tigers. But now?" The queen sighed and said, "How many heirs does the imperial concubine have under her knees? Especially since she came here with His Majesty through all the ups and downs, Jiang There is no way that the concubine can be her opponent. Even if the concubine receives the news now, she will not allow the Jiang family to live anymore! So if she still wants to survive, she can only seek the middle palace like the concubine did at the beginning. support! I don’t expect anything to happen to her. It will involve some of the imperial concubine’s energy, so that the imperial concubine can’t think about my side.”
The attendant said: "But if Mrs. Jiang did what the noble concubine did to Concubine An, and after the concubine fell out of favor, His Majesty's thoughts all turned to her, wouldn't she be another concubine Min?"
The queen said softly: "How could she have a chance to become the next imperial concubine? Not to mention Concubine Min's methods, if she really lost to this Jiang family, she would definitely not lose in confusion like Concubine An. With a loving mother, the Empress Dowager support, but failed several times to find trouble. The imperial concubine would never give this Jiang a ride! Even if the imperial concubine lost her hand, Jiang only entered the palace this year, she will give birth to the emperor's heir next year, and she wants to follow me The fight for the prince’s son, when did that happen?”
As for the Jiang family, if she wins the concubine, even if she has no chance to become the next concubine Min, according to Chunjia's temperament, she will still be favored for a few years, and the queen will not care.
From the time she was in the middle palace, her purpose was not love, but the east palace, the future Qingci Palace.
As long as this didn't hinder her, she didn't care who the emperor favored.
A few days later, Qin Tianjian calculated the day for departure. The royal family packed up their belongings and took the lead on the road back to the imperial palace.
There were no accidents on this year's return trip... It can't be said that it didn't happen. In the meantime, Concubine Mu personally went to the Queen to report it, saying that the eldest Xu's pregnancy was a bit troublesome and asked if the trip could be slowed down.
Of course the queen refused. Now that the emperor has many heirs, a mere concubine is pregnant, and she has no right to ask noble people like the emperor, queen, and queen mother to worry about it.
Besides, this eldest Xu family, as one of the concubines who served during the period of the imperial palace, it was difficult not to offend people like the queen who had gone through many twists and turns of life and death at that time.
To put it simply, from the queen to the concubine to all the concubines who were locked in the harem and resigned to their fate, they did not like people like the Xu family.
Therefore, the eldest Xu family wanted to give birth to a child.
The queen had been with Chunjia for all these years, so she knew that if the head of the Xu family came from a poor family, Chunjia might still pay attention to this child.
But now that the eldest Xu family has come to Concubine Mu, even if Concubine Mu is at odds with the queen, she is from the Zhaowu uncle's house. The emperor's indifference these days clearly shows that he has no shortage of people who are related to high-ranking ladies. Imperial heir.
Even if he is a prince, he is destined to not get Chunjia's attention and attention.
Therefore, the queen told Concubine Mu bluntly: "There were no concubines who passed by pregnant in the past. In terms of seniority and status, which one of them was not better than the eldest Xu family? But who would hinder the team's schedule because of this? You can tell this, I am I don’t even have the nerve to go to His Majesty to tell you this. Just let Daxu bear it for a while. If she can bear it, just pay it forward; if she can’t bear it, it means that neither she nor you have such blessings, so don’t force it!"
Concubine Mu's expression changed when she heard this, she subconsciously wanted to get angry, but when her eyes touched Gu Zhen's cold expression, she finally softened, pursed her lips, and whispered: "Your Majesty, I was so anxious that I acted recklessly. "
Before the queen could speak, she said, "Then, can I accompany Da Xu to stay nearby temporarily, and wait for her to calm down a little before catching up with the team?"
This was originally a second best request. Considering that the Xu family was pregnant with the emperor's heir after all, Concubine Mu felt that this request was not too much.
But the Queen's face instantly darkened, and she said in a cold voice: "This is absolutely impossible! Don't make a mistake!"
In the end, he didn't say anything to her, just threw down the curtain and asked someone to say, "Send Concubine Mu back."
After forcibly sending Concubine Mu away, the queen was still worried and asked the waiter to keep an eye on Concubine Mu and the eldest Xu family, "They are not allowed to leave the team under any circumstances. Also, the eldest Xu family's pregnancy should be checked carefully by me." ! Is she really pregnant or is she just pretending to be pregnant? And the doctor who diagnosed her pulse sent me a reply to find out whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl!"
This is not because the Queen is too unfounded, but it is actually what happened to Yuan Zhiniang back then. Although it is difficult to tell anyone about it, everyone who knows about it is horrified.
After all, it was the natal family of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, that was destroyed because of this!
It also directly caused the empress dowager, the loving mother, to ask herself to leave Fuyang County.
If the Gu family is involved in something like this, how can the entire Zhaowu family be left alone
No matter how much Chunjia likes descendants like the Gu family, not to mention that this move touches the bottom line of the royal family, the loving mother Queen Mother and Concubine Min will not let go of this opportunity to add insult to injury!
Gu Zhen was really worried about Concubine Mu because he was afraid that she would become overheated and not see the situation clearly, so she would imitate Yuan Zhiniang in order to get a prince or something.
For this reason, she not only asked people to keep a close eye on her cousin, but also blocked the news and did not dare to let anyone know about it.
So as not to cause any associations.
This move ensured a peaceful journey back, but Concubine Mu became even more resentful towards her.
The person sent to monitor reported back that Concubine Mu had been scolding Zhonggong in private, and even told Xu, who was seriously injured because of the forced journey, that the queen was deliberately tormenting her.
Just because she got pregnant not long after she entered the palace, and the queen has been serving the emperor since his wedding until now, and there is no news!
Even though the Queen knew this cousin's virtues, she couldn't help but change her face.
Just facing the waiter's suggestion to teach Concubine Mu some lessons, she remained silent for a moment, but shook her head.
It's not that Gu Zhen is so merciful and can't tolerate Concubine Mu now, but considering the overall situation: Uncle Zhaowu is still at the border, and the future of the ten and twelve princes under his knees is not yet completely determined. At this time, she targets Concubine Mu, What good would it do if it was reported that the Gu sisters were at odds with each other
Maybe Chunjia doesn't care, maybe Chunjia wants the Gu family to fight among themselves, so as not to threaten the new king in the future... But more people are afraid that they will impeach the Gu family for being lax in their goddaughter.
Gu Su was young, ignorant and did not understand the overall situation, but Gu Zhen could not imitate her.
"It's just some complaints." The Queen took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and said to her left and right, "She is young after all. When she gets a little older, she will feel that she has no energy, and she won't be like this anymore."
When she no longer needs to be so cautious, this cousin will take care of her sooner or later!
She didn't want to pay attention to this troublesome relative anymore, so she asked someone, "What's the situation at Xiuzhuo Palace? Please report it!"
In the Xuanqing Palace, Yun Fenghuang was also asking about the affairs of the Xiuzhuo Palace, and he was not very happy: "Didn't I give the order earlier? Why is this Jiang family so good? But the girl from the Xie family and the Jiang family has sprained feet. A sprained foot, a disease?"
"Returning to the empress, I made an agreement with the steward of Xiuzhuo Palace." Chen Jing wiped cold sweat, because Yun Fenghuang has been extremely powerful since he first entered the palace. As the chief steward of Xuanqing Palace, he gave instructions to other palace officials. When people do things, they are always successful. They never regret or fail to take action after agreeing.
So after sending the news, I thought it was a sure thing.
Who knew something would go wrong this time
At this moment, he hurriedly apologized, "I was planning to go over there and have a look as soon as I came back, so I asked the steward face to face what he meant!"
Yun Fenghuang said with a stern face: "Then why are you still standing here? Just say that I care about my cousins, cousins, and nieces. Go quickly!"
Chen Jing quickly kowtowed, got up and went out. Qingren looked a little worried: "The steward would refuse such a small matter. Could it be that someone gave him some advice?"
"..." The imperial concubine pursed her lips and said nothing. In fact, she also had such doubts in her heart.
The steward of Xiuzhuo Palace is not a new employee, but an old man who has been in the palace for many years. He should know clearly who can and cannot be offended.
Ordinarily, Yun Fenghuang should not have listened to Yun Fenghuang's instructions, even if the queen came to defend him.
After all, everyone knows that, let alone what happens in the future, at present, the queen cannot handle the imperial concubine at all.
It's hard to say whether the steward will have a grudge against the imperial concubine or not.
In the past, the instructions from the empress dowager, the loving mother, might have made the steward hesitate.
Right now... At this moment, only one person can ask the steward to ignore the imperial concubine's instructions and keep Jiang Cainv.
Chunjia.
Only Chunjia.
Yun Fenghuang had previously suspected that Jiang Cainu was introduced by the emperor, but he still had some suspicions in his heart. The last time he tested her, he saw that the emperor seemed not to know about the bustle of Xiuzhuo Palace at all, so this suspicion was dispelled.
But now, I heard that Jiang Cainv, who I had told him to send to hell before the Holy Driver came back, is actually still fine...
She really couldn't help but doubt that the person standing behind Jiang Cainu was Chun Jia.
So the question is, for what purpose did Chunjia arrange for her, keep her, and protect her? ?