This year's New Year's Eve palace banquet finally came to nothing.
After all, when the life and death of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, was uncertain, the emperor personally went to the palace late at night, and the important ministers took the initiative to ask for guards to be by their side... In this case, no one would have the intention to continue drinking, having fun, and enjoying singing and dancing.
"...You guys have worked hard this time." Chunjia gave a few hasty instructions before leaving, ordering Ouyang Yanran and Yin Qu to jointly preside over government affairs. The empress and concubine took charge of the harem, so Ouyang Yanran and Yin Qu persuaded the courtiers to leave. , leaving a mess all over the floor, making Gu Zhen feel upset and depressed again.
But seeing the aggrieved and frustrated expressions on the young concubines below, she still managed to gather her strength and try to persuade them, "I just didn't expect that the empress dowager, a loving mother... Sigh, I hope she is fine."
Gu Zhen sympathized with the empress dowager, his loving mother, but it was impossible to say he didn't want her to die.
Especially this time Chunjia insisted on going to the palace, which made Gu Zhen feel like he was in trouble: because of the imperial concubine's repeated instigation of discord, this master was no longer close to the emperor before, and even the rift grew and he had to move away. Fuyang County wanted to preserve the relationship between mother and son, but the result! ! !
The kindness of raising her over the years has indeed not been in vain.
At the critical moment, the emperor had an impulse and apparently forgot all the bad things about Empress Dowager Yuan in the past, and instead remembered the good things about this empress!
If Empress Dowager Yuan were to die like this, Gu Zhen would be so grateful!
Anyway, don't worry about how the emperor grieved afterwards, just comfort him and that's it.
But if Empress Dowager Yuan still has a breath left...
Then there will be another ancestor on top of the head!
No, there is an additional ancestor. That was in the past, when the conflict between them was just a pure mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict.
But now the Yuan family has been destroyed, and the root cause of the destruction is inseparable from the Gu family!
It would be okay if Empress Dowager Yuan had been in this situation of being exiled in disguise. Once she succeeded in turning over, then... is it possible to say that this loving mother Empress Dowager has no ill intentions towards Gu Zhen and the Gu family
Gu Zhen felt dark when he thought of this. He couldn't help but glance at the imperial concubine and decided to go back and have a good chat with Yun Fenghuang about this matter.
The imperial concubine may sound nice, but in fact, she definitely doesn't want Empress Dowager Yuan to survive.
Although their relationship is complicated, Gu Zhen believes that both parties must have the same interests in this matter, and there must be many areas for cooperation and negotiation.
Yun Fenghuang had no time to think about all these things at the moment. All she could think about was, was what Chun Jia just said sincere
Or was it impulse
This emperor is certainly not the kind of person who is easily impulsive...
However, the loving mother Queen Mother is not someone else.
How should I put it? It may be that Ji Jiyingying's goal has suddenly been achieved, and the imperial concubine feels that there is not much sense of reality at this moment.
In her original plan, it was a long and difficult process for Chunjia to depose his direct descendants and establish virtuous ones.
Because the emperor has a firm mind and is not the kind of person who is soft-hearted at all.
Yun Fenghuang believes that it takes a long period of subtlety to have hope... It is also possible that Chunjia is not fooled at all, and no matter how hard she tries, it will not help.
The goal she set for herself was to kill the two legitimate sons before King Jin took over the vassal, so that the emperor's thoughts would be focused on his biological son.
Now that it was completed so quickly and so well, Yun Fenghuang was still in a daze until he returned to Huanhua Palace.
"My Lady, don't worry." Seeing this, Zuo Zuo thought that the imperial concubine was concerned about the Empress Dowager, the loving mother, and quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "The Empress Dowager is a lucky person of her own destiny, and she will not suffer much pain."
This is the true confidant.
He wouldn't say that the Empress Dowager, a loving mother, would be fine, but that she wouldn't suffer much pain... The implication was that Empress Dowager Yuan would definitely leave quickly.
After all, this is the news their mother-in-law wants to hear.
In fact, Yun Fenghuang really thought so at the moment.
She asked someone to open the west window and patted her cheeks against the blowing snow to calm herself down and figure out what to do next.
Chunjia personally said that she would be able to cultivate the heirs she inherited from her. Her words revealed that the choice of the crown prince would no longer be limited to the legitimate son, but would be based on merit.
The word "virtuous" is actually worth pondering, because it is often the emperor who has the final say on whether someone is virtuous or not.
After all, pure filial piety may be a virtue, or it may be a kind of incompetence. Since there are no other advantages, we can only make a fuss about filial piety that everyone can do...
Arrogance and arrogance can be a shortcoming, or it can be a decisive and self-confident character... Of course, Chunjia's acquisition of the throne was full of accidents, hardships and even dangers. He still values the inheritance of the Gongxiang family, so it is unlikely that he will be partial to this kind of thing. situation.
But Yun Fenghuang also understood that if the emperor did not lie to her, as long as the other princes in front of her did not obviously suppress the prince under her knees, the main hall of Qingci Palace would basically belong to her from now on.
And with so many princes in front of her, even if King Qin's qualifications are not good, the seventh prince and the ninth prince all seem to be okay. The fifteenth prince, her biological son, is her and Chunjia's flesh and blood. Normally, the qualifications are not very bad... Generally speaking, It is said that the road to Qingci Palace is already quite certain.
"Success is Xiao He and defeat is Xiao He!" Thinking of this, Yun Fenghuang was not happy. Instead, he sighed, looked in the direction of the palace, and murmured, "If the empress dowager is a loving mother, she can just repay her once and for all. Otherwise, in the future, I will I'm afraid life in the palace will never be more difficult."
After all, Chunjia was so shaken by the bad news about Empress Dowager Yuan that she changed her mind.
Regardless of whether Yun Fenghuang was happy or not, she had to admit that this time she had taken advantage of Empress Dowager Yuan.
So if Queen Mother Yuan survives, can Yun Fenghuang still compete with the Queen Mother in the future
She can be shameless, but what will Chunjia think when the critical moment comes
I have planned to let you get what you want, but you are still unwilling to sympathize with me and give in to Queen Mother Yuan
Even if he didn't say it, he would definitely think so in his heart.
Taking a step back, even if Chunjia doesn't care, what about the others
Chunjia hinted that she would establish a virtuous person, but Yun Fenghuang was not the kind of naive person who just entered the palace. She was raised as a legitimate daughter when she was young, and she had also read history books.
How many princes, who had no foundation in the previous dynasty and only relied on the support of the emperor to rise to power, could make it to the end
She herself is an example in this regard. She has been relying on Chunjia's imperial favor to live her life, and she doesn't know how strong the fear and danger in her heart are.
It wasn't that she didn't want to cooperate with the previous dynasty, but the key was that the Xie family was too weak and didn't have many useful children, so she had no choice but to accept her fate.
Therefore, even if he wanted to avoid criticism from other princes in the future, Yun Fenghuang could only change his mind and start to be a virtuous and virtuous person who could combine words and deeds.
I know that this feeling must be very resentful, but it seems that Gu Zhen is willing to endure it until now.
For the future, it is worth it.
How many concubines in this palace throughout the dynasties have not endured it? But how many people can live in the main hall of Qingci Palace
Yun Fenghuang let out a slow breath and put the matter aside, but then thought about the arrangements for the children.
Although Chunjia would spare no effort in raising her children. But at the beginning, I wasn't even sure whether I could convince the emperor, so I left room for many arrangements.
Now that the emperor had given the right words, Yun Fenghuang suddenly no longer wanted to work hard to cultivate the Ninth Prince...
Even though the emperor showed considerable affection for Queen Mother Yuan this time, thinking about Queen Mother Yuan's troubles in the past two years, Yun Fenghuang felt that if possible, it would be better for his own son to sit on the throne.
However, Prince Jin is too young, and the Ninth Prince still has to raise him as his biological son. I am afraid that Prince Jin will also be very outstanding in the future. How can we arrange for several cheap children to be willing to help their biological son
... She basically didn't sleep that night, tossing and turning and watching the east turn white.
The next morning, Chunjia held a grand dynasty on the original day and was congratulated by the ministers.
But what happened last night, of course, the ministers will not enter the palace today, and will only hand over the invitations.
Afterwards, Ouyang Yanran and other important ministers, as representatives, kowtowed in the direction of the palace at the entrance of the palace, and that was it.
On the other hand, in the harem, the queen still had to take her concubines to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.
Qingci Palace is very quiet, and there are not many New Year decorations.
The Empress Dowager's attitude was as always, lukewarm, neither embarrassing nor cordial. After a few words with the concubines, it was hard not to turn the topic to the loving mother, the Empress Dowager.
"She is still young, so there will be no serious problems." The Queen Mother said lightly, "It's just that although you are younger, it is better to restrain your temperament. What did Yuan say, she is also your elder. It’s pitiful to have to travel around at such an old age.”
Gu Zhen felt particularly depressed and had to laugh along with him and said, "What the imperial grandmother taught me is that my granddaughter-in-law has taken note of it."
The Empress Dowager gave a faint "hmm" and asked about the heirs without saying anything else.
This imperial great-grandmother usually didn't say a word to her cheap great-grandchildren, but when she came around, she was very loving.
That kind of kindness is not so much an elder's love for the younger generation, but rather the request of a top lady of noble birth and extraordinary status for her speech and behavior.
It's like the Empress Dowager and commoner Ji Sheng didn't deliberately make things difficult for Xie Meng, but instead gave him some rewards.
However, this year, because many of the emperor's heirs were enrolled in school, they stepped forward to answer questions when asked by the Empress Dowager. There were a few children who attracted the attention of the Empress Dowager.
Especially the seventh prince.
When Yun Fenghuang was staying at the Qishan Palace, the Seventh Prince had gone for a walk. At this moment, he was observing the Empress Dowager's words and raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the Empress Dowager looking at the Seventh Prince with a smile.
I don't know if this person is really just remembering his old friend through the Seventh Prince, or... what is his plan
Anyway, the grudge between the Empress Dowager and Chunjia, and her, was too deep.
We can never trust each other in this life.
After going through the formalities like this, it turned out that the time was about the same. Gu Zhen was about to take the lead in raising the issue to leave when he heard the Queen Mother ask about King Yi and his wife.
… At yesterday’s New Year’s Eve banquet, King Yi and his wife actually made an appearance.
It's just that after the news of Queen Mother Yuan's poisoning came out, no one paid attention to this.
At this moment, the Empress Dowager asked, and Gu Zhen remembered that the concubines all knew that although the Empress Dowager was not on good terms with the regent's uncle and sister-in-law, she had some feelings for King Yi, so he tried to figure out what the Empress Dowager was thinking, and told King Yi Nice words for the couple.
After leaving Qingci Palace, the queen sent someone to Yun Fenghuang's chariot to greet her on the way without waiting to go back, asking her not to go back to Huanhua Palace and to go to Yanfu Palace to discuss matters.
"What do you mean by the Royal Grandmother King Tiyi?" After a while, the imperial concubine entered the Chongchang Hall. The Queen asked her to sit down, frowned slightly, and brought up the topic just now, "Could it be that His Majesty is not in the capital now? Are you having thoughts that you shouldn’t have?”
"Perhaps he is just getting older and misses the younger generation he has watched grow up." Yun Fenghuang didn't want to cause trouble at this moment, so he said casually, "After all, Your Majesty is just going to the palace, and it is not something extremely thrilling. Besides, , Your Majesty has so many heirs, what do you mean to King Yi now?"
Gu Zhen thought about it, and sighed: "Maybe it's because the past two years have been too difficult. Now I am listening to these people's words, and I am afraid. I am afraid that I am too stupid to miss the news. .”
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang smiled and said nothing, she hesitated for a moment, thinking that because of the viciousness of the imperial concubine, she would definitely not have a good impression of the Queen Mother Yuan, so she said directly, "The loving mother Queen Mother... If she hadn't happened to have this time, With the bad news, I will almost forget those days."
"The queen is joking, how is this possible?" Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the queen for a moment, thinking that Gu Zhen wouldn't be stupid enough to use this matter to trick him.
After all, Gu Zhen himself was very cruel to Empress Dowager Yuan.
If she made a fuss over this matter, she wouldn't get much benefit from it.
The imperial concubine quickly made some calculations. If she didn't want Empress Dowager Yuan to get better, everyone in the Xuanqing Palace certainly thought so too.
But it's impossible for her to take action now. If the queen is willing to be the gun, then...
After turning around in his mind, Yun Fenghuang said slowly, "There are some things that I will never forget in this life. Even if His Majesty is as calm and wise as he is, didn't he care about it last night and cause chaos?"
Gu Zhen thought that this was just a tactful statement. The imperial concubine did not want to see Queen Mother Yuan get better, let alone return to the palace and continue to be an ancestor. Her expression suddenly became much more relaxed.
After all, she couldn't handle how to deal with Empress Dowager Yuan when it was her turn.
But the concubine can do it!