Chapter 53: Digging a Pit
Yun Fenghuang was not surprised by this, nodded and said, "If the queen mother allows it, the concubine will go and see her later." ”
"But my sister has two royal heirs in front of her, both of whom are still young." Gu Zhen was about to nod, but Concubine De suddenly said, "Mrs. Roukun is sick on the couch now, what if she is sick?" This? ”
Gu Zhen: "......"
Silence, and double embarrassment.
This is as if she deliberately tricked the imperial heir under the knee of the concubine......
Why didn't you find out that Concubine De couldn't speak so much?
"Mrs. Roukun is usually very healthy, and this illness is probably due to excessive worry." Yun Fenghuang didn't care, and said, "After visiting the palace, I will return to my palace, freshen up and change my clothes, and then go to see the emperor's heir, that is." ”
But Gu Zhen had to stop at this time: "Forget it." It's the palace's poor consideration, and the emperor's heir matters in the end. Let's do it, wait a while, this palace will let Concubine Wan go and see her. ”
After all, the four in front of her, she, Yun Fenghuan, and Concubine De, are all raised by young imperial heirs under their knees, and Concubine Shu is pregnant, and she can only choose Concubine Wan, who has no heirs and is not pregnant, from the concubine position.
Yun Fenghuang insisted on it several times, but was severely refuted by Gu Zhen, and resolutely asked her to take the imperial heir first, so she gave up.
The main reason is that the concubine has too many criminal records, and the queen had a conflict with her earlier over the affairs of the King of Chu, so she was very worried that Yun Fenghuang went to see Mrs. Roukun, and the two imperial heirs of Xuanqing Palace had a headache and brain fever, and she would be suspected of deliberately murdering King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing.
When the time comes, it is not clear.
There was nothing to do next, so the third concubine got up and retired.
When they left, Gu Zhen asked the internal guards who were running errands below to divide into two ways, one way to pass the word to Concubine Wan, and the other way to remind Qingshu that it was time for her to go to Yun Fenghuan to ask for favors!
"Mother, how should this be?" In the Chengyue Palace, Mrs. Qingshu ordered her henchmen to send the queen's people out, and her face became gloomy.
The left and right are also annoyed and helpless, "The queen is pressing like this, if you don't follow her, I'm afraid that in the future, I will definitely try to embarrass the mother and the little prince; But if you rely on her, if there is anything to entrust to the concubine in the future, where can she still speak? ”
Mrs. Qingshu bit her lip, thought quickly, and after a while, said: "That's it, it's not a particularly important favor, it's better to rely on her than to offend the queen for this." As for the future...... When I was in the palace before, didn't the palace ask for a concubine for Ke'er? At that time, the concubine did not refuse, so it can be seen that she still accepted the refuge and overtures of these people in the palace. Then it doesn't matter if there is such a personal affection. ”
She let out a long sigh, ordered her to change her clothes left and right, and after dressing up, she sat down and hurried to the Huanhua Palace.
Yun Fenghuang had heard the news of this earlier, and it was not strange to see her come at this moment, he gave a seat with a smile, and asked about the recent situation of the second prince with a pleasant face, and learned that everything was fine with Gongxiangke, so he praised Mrs. Shu, the mother concubine, for being serious and responsible, and encouraged her to treat the prince well, so that the old queen also has something to rely on.
Mrs. Qingshu listened respectfully, and her heart was actually quite sour.
Because Yun Fenghuan's words seemed to be well-intentioned, but they revealed a meaning, that is, Mrs. Qingshu will be in this palace in the future, and there will only be a way out for the prince to support her after raising the prince, and the emperor's favor and the like have nothing to do with her.
Although this is true, Cui Lianye, who is only in her twenties now, was reminded to face the long loneliness and neglect that followed, and her heart was naturally not good.
She quietly pinched her palm and forced herself to keep smiling: "What Niangniang said is that the concubine thinks so too." ”
implied that he had no ambition anymore, and just wanted to live in peace, "The concubine is now thinking about raising the second prince, he is still young, and he is afraid that bringing it over will disturb the purity of the mother's place, and the concubine is thinking about bringing him to thank the mother for his grace in two years." ”
said that if it weren't for Yun Fenghuan specially sending the best Guan Yan to supplement the child's body, no matter how carefully he took care of it, it would be impossible for the second prince to become strong so quickly.
"After all, food is just an external force." Yun Fenghuang said amiably, "In the final analysis, you are attentive enough to him." ”
But he didn't mention that he had four children here, so he couldn't talk about anything pure or impure, so Mrs. Qingshu just brought the second prince over.
Mrs. Qingshu failed in her attempt, and she was quite disappointed, she actually wanted Yun Fenghuang to take the initiative to invite her, and invited the second prince to come and walk around from time to time.
After all, who doesn't know in the six palaces now, among the emperors' heirs, King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing have the most opportunities to see the emperor, and they are also the most favored by the emperor?
The second is the turn of the middle palace.
As for the treatment of several other princes and princesses, it is directly linked to the favor of the biological mother or adoptive mother.
For example, the fourth prince has seen the Son of Heaven less than five times since he was born, to be honest, who knows how much the emperor cares about this son in his heart?
Now the total number of children under the emperor's knees is only nine, and the four princes are obviously forgotten. After the concubines give birth, the number of imperial heirs will increase, this is still in recent years, the emperor is so young, even if there are no more people in the harem, he can't stand the existing concubines to continue to give birth to children for him.
At that time, the fourth prince did not know where to be forgotten.
Mrs. Qingshu consciously favored Concubine Xie half a catty against eight taels, and the fourth prince was indifferent to the grandson of the Duke of Yiguo, even if the emperor couldn't remember it when he grew up, the Duke of Yiguo Mansion would not sit back and watch if he should have it.
But the second prince has always been taboo because his biological mother is the daughter of the Ji family.
If you can't get the protection of the queen and concubine, when you grow up, I'm afraid that life will be very difficult.
But Yun Fenghuan didn't take the initiative to speak, and Mrs. Qingshu didn't dare to continue to say anything.
She chatted with the concubine for a while, and then began to cut to the chase: "Do you remember the children and nobles who came to the palace at the laurel banquet?" ”
"But I don't have much of an impression." Yun Fenghuang said quietly, "After all, the palace injured his ankle at that time, and he was able to walk around after staying in the Jiuying Pavilion for a while, so he missed the banquet for this reason." ”
"......" Mrs. Qingshu hesitated and decided to tell the truth, "The concubine didn't really care much about it that day, but a few days ago, the queen summoned the concubine and said something, which made the concubine very embarrassed. ”
"Oh?" Yun Fenghuan asked with a smile, "The queen has always been generous, but how can she teach you to be embarrassed?" ”
Mrs. Qingshu lowered her head and sighed: "The queen said that her cousin fell in love with His Majesty at first sight at the laurel banquet, and after she went back, she was haunted by her dreams, and she said that she would enter the palace to serve Your Majesty...... That is the only biological blood of the fourth uncle of the queen's mother, and the fourth uncle went early in the morning, leaving such a daughter, so the He family is very favored. She was making such a fuss, the Gu family had no choice but to cry in front of the queen, and the queen ordered the concubine to come and ask for the help of the concubine to complete the matter. ”
Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, looked up at her and said, "This thing is not so easy to handle, after all, there have been people in the palace in the past two years, you can see who opened the mouth?" This palace is the Empress Dowager's decree, and even if they are selected, they are also ordered by Yi's decree. The concubines are the mother of the Queen Mother. It's Mrs. Roukun, but it was Wei Su who took the initiative to speak...... Now that the elders haven't mentioned it, they haven't said anything about adding people to Your Majesty, and they are rushing to change Wei Su, Your Majesty is not a faint monarch who covets beauty, and whoever talks about it is afraid that he will be reprimanded. ”
"Niangniang...... Mrs. Qingshu thought she was unwilling, and subconsciously called out, I don't know if she was disappointed or relieved?
saw Yun Fenghuang make a gesture to stop, and continued: "But this palace will still do its best, after all, at the laurel banquet, in that situation, only you and Rou Kun stand up and ease your cheeks for this palace!" ”
She said in a slightly sad tone, "Since this palace entered the palace, it is not good with the sixth palace, so in that case, all of you will stand by and watch, and even fall into the well, this palace will not be surprised." But I didn't expect you to lend a hand. For this reason, you opened your mouth this time, how can this palace not help? ”
Mrs. Qingshu noticed for the first time, what she said was: this time.
The implication is that it is okay to help each other, but only once.
She didn't regret it in her heart, but when she thought of offending the queen, especially the queen's bright and threatening words...... In the end, he gritted his teeth and said: "Actually, these are what concubines should do, after all, in addition to easing the cheeks of the mother, this move has also been praised and favored by His Majesty." The concubine didn't dare to hide it from her mother, and the concubine did it at the time, her mind was not pure, and it was not purely to relieve her mother. ”
"Who in the world is unselfish? When the water is clear, there is no fish, and this palace still understands. Yun Fenghuang sighed and said, "That's it, this palace has to think carefully about how to tell Your Majesty about this matter, you should go back, lest Your Majesty dislike it, knowing that what you said will anger you." ”
Mrs. Qingshu hurriedly thanked her, thought about it, and said embarrassedly: "Niangniang, the queen mother means that her cousin is young and ignorant, and she is afraid that after entering the palace, she will ......."
"Bengong knows what you mean, it's nothing more than that you want Bengong to come forward, but you don't want to bear the reputation of Bengong." Yun Fenghuang nodded and said, "Don't worry, since this palace has allowed you, it won't teach you to be embarrassed." ”
Mrs. Qingshu didn't say anything this time, she was blessed and gratefully retired.
When she went outside, she calmed down a little, and she was a little embarrassed, because she felt that Yun Fenglian was not helping for nothing, but just repaying the favor, why should she be so grateful to Ling Wei?
It's as if Concubine Min is such a good person......
She was very depressed and left, Yun Fenghuang muttered the words, and after a while, she asked the small kitchen to prepare some nourishing soup dishes, and she dressed up and led people to the front court.
Although the whole court is now staring at Wei Su with good eyes, after all, the imperial capital is still far away from the border, and it will take several days for news to come and go, and it is impossible to say that the monarch and the ministers have been waiting in the Taichu Palace and not doing anything else.
Therefore, the atmosphere is not as tense as when Mrs. Roukun came over that time.
Outside the imperial study, the palace people came in to tell her, and it didn't take long for them to come out and invite her in.
"Is there something wrong with coming here now?" Chunjia happened to be busy with a bunch of things at this time, and was leaning on the back of the chair to close his eyes and take a nap, listening to the footsteps coming in, and he didn't open his eyes, only asked with a slight smile.
"Can't it be that I feel sorry for you?" Yun Fenghuan said as he asked people to put the food box on an empty table next to him, ordered him to withdraw left and right, walked forward, carefully looked at his face for a while, and said, "Look at your tired appearance, the geese are also messing around, and they don't even know how to persuade them." ”
Chunjia quipped: "Fang Caiyan saw that you came, and he didn't dare to slack off and come in to tell him, and he was worried about curing him when he came in, and I didn't know if he knew, did he regret it?" ”
"He's not daring to snub me?" Yun Fenghuan said disapprerovingly, "Wufu is just looking at your face, why should I remember his favors?" ”
Hearing this, Chunjia opened his eyes and said with a smile: "I heard that the Cui family went to look for you?" She doesn't usually go to you, what's wrong? But for the sake of appreciating the things at the banquet, I went to ask you for favors? ”
Yun Fenghuan was still thinking about how to lead the topic to Gu Su's head, and choked when he heard the words, before he could laugh: "I can't hide anything from you, it's for this matter." ”
But his heart is secretly awe-inspiring, who doesn't speculate that the Son of Heaven is probably focused on Wei Su's affairs?
As a result, he still has the leisure to pay attention to the harem, and even has such a good news......
Yun Fenghuang couldn't tell what he was feeling for a while, and after a little concentration, he heard Chunjia say lazily: "What did she mention, you can't do it yourself, you have to come to me?" Isn't it related to the previous dynasty? ”
"How is this possible?" Yun Fenghuang hurriedly said, "Even if Mrs. Qingshu doesn't know the severity, don't I know the severity?" How can I nod my head about the previous dynasty? But it's still a matter of the palace, but it's just ......"
She raised her eyebrows slightly, "Actually, this incident has nothing to do with the Cui family, but it is the queen's mother." ”
"Huh?" Chunjia opened her eyes, "Empress? ”
Yun Fenghuang said in a few words that Gu Zhen wanted to coerce Cui Lianye to help Gu Su enter the palace, and looked at him with a smile: "Two years ago, Your Majesty complained about the concubine and said how old is your eldest concubine, but now it seems that Your Majesty has a beautiful appearance and is very accessible." Even though he is older, he has more grace and demeanor. That Gu Su heard that he was one year younger than the concubine, and it was the time of the flowers, according to the lintel of the Gu family, the young talent who seemed to be old was not picked by her? But no one looks down on you, so you have to enter the palace to serve you...... even persecuted the elders in the family without eating or drinking for this reason. The beauty is so affectionate and righteous, I hope Your Majesty will not live up to it! ”
Chunjia snorted and said, "Don't you also have no truth?" If you really can't care about me, would you do such a thing? Now that you have taken me to return the favor, you are embarrassed to talk about it! ”
"If it weren't for Wei Su's matter, the concubine would not have agreed!" Yun Fenghuan was not happy when he heard this, walked over and sat on his lap, pointed his finger at his chest, raised his chin slightly, and said angrily, "Gu Suxing is young and ignorant, and he is simply confused by His Majesty's beauty. The Gu family is not stupid, just a concubine left by a concubine, no matter how generous she is, there must be a limit, where is it possible that in matters involving His Majesty, it is also up to her temperament? The concubine pondered, this is after His Royal Highness the King of Chu contracted the disease, the Gu family was uneasy, and specially sent a concubine into the palace to give birth to children for the queen! ”
"In normal times, how can a concubine tolerate such a suspicious person for His Majesty!"
She made no secret of her jealousy, "But now Wei Su has changed, and the north is more and more dependent on Zhao Wubo...... At this time, if the concubine still cares about a mere concubine, wouldn't it make His Majesty embarrassed? ”
Chunjia stretched out his fingers and scratched the tip of her nose: "You have arranged it for me?" Did I say yes myself? ”
"Then Your Majesty might as well not agree?" Yun Fenghuang immediately looked at him with anticipation, and Chun Jia couldn't help laughing: "These many people in the palace haven't seen you staring at the sky and can't tolerate it, you are a concubine of the Gu family?" ”
Yun Fenghuang pondered that if he said something special about Gu Su, don't ask Chunjia to remember it, and look at Gu Su differently in the future, so he said: "I just think that since such a master can make trouble at home without eating or drinking in order to enter the palace, I am afraid that after entering the palace, it will not stop." The concubine has not let anyone in the past two years, and a little ancestor came at first, to be honest, it was really a bit of a headache. ”
Yes, it's a noisy master, not at all pleasant, you know?
Chunjia really listened to it, the smile on the corner of his mouth became a little lighter, and said: "Since the Gu family wants to send people into the palace to continue the heirs for the queen, and the palace can't afford to raise them, so they just send three or two, so as not to make only one unsafe, in case the prince is not born for a long time, and this matter will be mentioned again and again later." ”
Yun Fenghuan smiled secretly in his heart, and his face became more and more well-behaved: "Your Majesty is wise, the concubine will go and tell the queen mother when she turns around!" ”