After a while, Chunjia hurried over: "Queen Mother, what is this?" ”

The emperor must have heard about it on the way here, but after entering the hall, he saw Concubine Xian kneeling and sobbing silently, and he still pretended not to know and asked, which was not without the intention of easing his cheeks.

If it was in the past, even if Empress Dowager Yuan felt uncomfortable, she would definitely give him face.

But now, no!

She leaned back with a cold face, and said, "The emperor sits." ”

Chunjia had no choice but to walk over and sit down, and Wen Yan said, "Queen Mother, but I don't know what mistake Concubine Xian made?" ”

"You also know the movement of the Xuanqing Palace in the past two days, there has not been such a boiling sky in the palace for many years." Empress Dowager Yuan didn't answer his words, but only sneered and said, "But since the former queen was often sick, the palace affairs were taken care of by the virtuous concubines, and the mourning family didn't care." The result? Last night, the two palace people ran out of Xuanqing Palace, and they talked about some things with the mourning family, but they had to call the emperor to listen! ”

After it was over, he didn't give Chunjia a chance to speak, so he asked the two palace people to come up and repeat what Yun Fenghuan had done?

Among the charges reported by these two people, the most important thing for the Queen Mother is, of course, Yun Fenghuang and the concubine Zheng Xiangchu conspired against Yuan Neem Niang, followed by the death of Concubine Shu - but Chunjia frowned when she heard it: "I don't remember seeing you in the Huanhua Palace, I don't think I was the proud person in front of Concubine Xian, but how did I know about these many things?" ”

The two palace people replied timidly: "The servants privately heard Sister Xuan mention it when they were chatting, and quietly wrote it down. Originally, I didn't dare to say it, but this time, the mother was afraid that she would not spare the maids, so she dared to tell the queen mother. ”

"Your Majesty, they are talking nonsense!" Yun Fenghuang stepped forward with two steps on his knees, and said sadly, "Not to mention that although Nian Xuan is naïve, she is not without measure, how can she talk to people about such things?" Let's just say that although Nian Xuan was the concubine's companion when she entered the palace, she had long been out of service with the concubine, so how could she know all the secrets? ”

Empress Dowager Yuan shouted: "Now it's the emperor who asks the palace people, what kind of mouth do you have!" ”

Yun Fenghuang lowered his head: "Yes." ”

Chunjia coughed dryly and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, that Nianxuan has indeed not appeared in front of Concubine Xian for a long time, and the child remembers that Nianxuan is not a person who likes to talk much. ”

"If it's too much, just call it and ask." Empress Dowager Yuan glanced at him deeply and said slowly, "And although the Zheng family is no longer there, there are so many people who have served her, there will not be any of them, right?" They all called over and asked one by one, there is no impermeable wall in the world, as long as it has been done, there are always clues! ”

Chunjia noticed that when the Queen Mother said this, Yun Fenghuang clenched his fists.

He vaguely remembered that the dowry loyalty that this concubine brought when she first entered the palace was loyal, but she was not a smart person, so she was probably worried about this.

Sure enough, after Nian Xuan came, she first insisted that she had never said such a thing, and she had been transferred from Yunfeng Huang for more than a year, and she didn't know much about the master's situation at all, so how could she mention it to others?

The Queen Mother said, "I heard that you are with you."

Concubine Xian grew up together, when Concubine Xian came to Dijing from the north, she didn't even bring her mother, so she took you, and you accompanied her when she entered the palace, which can be described as conscientious and hard-working, but Concubine Xian later had a new waiter, so she immediately sent you away...... It's pitiful to follow such a cold master. ”

Nian Xuan hurriedly defended Yun Fenghuan, saying that there was no such thing, Yun Fenghuan had always treated her very well, but she couldn't do it herself, and it was not suitable for Yun Fenghuan to be a close attendant, so she transferred to other messengers.

"Did the emperor hear that?" Empress Dowager Yuan sneered and turned to Chun Jia, "This palace person is a solid eye at first glance, and he is also loyal to Concubine Xian. You said that if Concubine Xian is a concubine in a down-to-earth manner, this kind of waiter is definitely only too little and not too much, how can she be willing to transfer away from her side? It must be that he is planning something unsightly in private, and he thinks that this palace person is too honest and kind, and it is not in line with his wishes! ”

Nian Xuan hurriedly said: "Niangniang Mingjian, it's a maid who is clumsy and doesn't serve well......"

"Although the Xie family is not a big family, they also have no worries about food and clothing, and the mourning family remembers that there are four personal maids who are small in the concubine, right?" Empress Dowager Yuan seemed to smile, "If you don't serve well, the Xie family will let you serve Concubine Xian alone and come to the imperial capital?" ”

"The Queen Mother Mingjian, because Nian Xuan knows a little about medical science, at that time, Concubine Xie and Yi's were both pregnant, and the concubine herself had no experience in childbirth, so she was afraid that she would not take good care of her, so she specially arranged for a credible and usable person like her to serve." Yun Fenghuang had to come forward to deal with the aftermath in person, explaining, "After a few months, the people in front of the concubine have all started to work, and they are all attentive, and it is not easy to replace anyone, and it just so happens that Nian Xuan is still used to serving over there, so he came down." ”

Empress Dowager Yuan nodded and said, "In this way, you can still tell this Nian Xuan to do things, once something goes wrong, you can shirk it to the pregnant concubine she is waiting for, yes or no?" ”

Yun Fenghuang cried: "The concubine is wronged, please be aware of everything!" ”

"How can a person who is questioned not cry out for injustice?" The Queen Mother said coldly, "But why is there nothing wrong in other people's palaces, but there is no one in your palace?" Moreover, the concubine didn't have any credentials in his hand, so he turned around and said that he would listen to the Yiguo Gong and his wife, and let them judge for themselves. But Mrs. Chunke, you are just now, but you confessed in person, and once conspired with the Zheng family to frame her! ”

When she said this, her eyes quietly swept over Chunjia next to her.

Chunjia frowned slightly, looking at the cloud wind fence below, his expression was obscure, and he couldn't see his joy and anger.

The Queen Mother was a little disappointed, although she had long understood that the root of the rupture between Chunjia and Yuan Neem Niang was that during the eight years from Chunjia's accession to the throne to Chunjia, Yuan Neem's actions made Chunjia's patience and affection exhausted.

Only then did Yun Fenghuan sow discord a little, and the originally loving imperial concubine became a stranger.

But after all, they are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and she is in the middle, thinking that Chunjia should be touched when she hears the news?

However, Chunjia's mind seemed to be completely on Yun Fenghuang.

Empress Dowager Yuan was reluctant to admit that she had raised a weak emperor, she felt that this was all the charm of the virtuous concubine

The king, so that Chunjia's temperament has changed greatly.

This made the resentment in her heart a little more.

"The concubine just said that the concubine Zheng went to the Huanhua Palace at night and told the concubine a lot about Mrs. Chunke, but did not say that the concubine murdered Mrs. Chunke." Yun Fenghuang choked up and defended, "And Mrs. Chun Ke entered the palace eight years before the concubine, and the Queen Mother took care of Her Majesty, and the concubine was a newcomer at that time, and she was barely a concubine, where is she qualified to calculate Mrs. Chun Ke?" ”

"Of course you don't have this ability alone, don't you still have the Zheng family as your backer?" Empress Dowager Yuan sneered, "Or do you think that the Zheng clan can die without proof?" ”

Yun Fenghuang lowered his head, sobbed a few times, and said: "Niangniang, to be honest, the concubine Zheng is also the old man who entered the palace when His Majesty got married, if you want to do anything against Mrs. Chunke, why wait until the concubine enters the palace?" What could she not do in those eight years? It's just that the concubine Zheng was pregnant at the time, and for the sake of taking precautions, he wanted to win over the concubine, and told the concubine some taboos about the temperament of the concubines of the six palaces. ”

"If that's just the case, what kind of thing are you, worthy of the Zheng family, who was still a concubine at the time, to come to the door at night in person?" Empress Dowager Yuan sighed, "She was pregnant at that time!" She's not afraid that you'll be bad for her? The mourners see that you have already colluded! ”

In fact, to prove that Yun Fenghuan did not conspire with the Zheng family, the simplest point is that the Zheng family was basically forced to death by Yun Fenghuan.

But although everyone knows this, they can't say it.

Otherwise, wouldn't Empress Dowager Yuan take the opportunity to ask her for the crime of murdering the concubine?

The Zheng family was killed by Chunjia for violating the palace rules - it has nothing to do with Concubine Xian - Yun Fenghuang thought about it quickly and pursed his lips: "The concubine body is nothing, but the concubine body was loved by His Majesty at that time, and the six palaces were very envious." The Zheng family was a noble concubine at that time, but they were not as comfortable as the concubine, so they naturally didn't dare to take Qiao in front of the concubine. ”

Empress Dowager Yuan said: "Do you mean that the emperor indulges you without distinction between dignity and inferiority?" ”

"The concubine body does not dare, the concubine body means that the Zheng family is in awe of His Majesty, and even refuses to despise the concubine. As for going to the Huanhua Palace when she was pregnant, Niangniang, please think about it, if it were someone else, she might be jealous of Zheng's pregnancy, but the reason why the concubine was a concubine in the first place was because she was harmed by Kang Jieyu and couldn't give birth, and the former queen gave compensation on behalf of the Ji family. ”

"The concubine can't give birth by herself, and she can still stop the six palaces from giving birth? Sooner or later, someone wants to spread the branches and leaves for His Majesty, why should the concubine do such a thankless job? ”

"If you want to say that the six palaces are the least jealous of others to continue the bloodline for Your Majesty, there is only a concubine!"

"After all, although the former queen has three corpses in her body, she can't give birth, but they don't know! Only the concubine body really knows that she does not have that blessing. ”

"Queen Mother, there is no evidence for these words." Yun Fenghuang repeatedly showed Chunjia the pain of not being able to give birth in private, but Chunjia couldn't bear to listen to it at this time, and persuaded the Queen Mother in a low voice, "It's inappropriate to suspect one of the four concubines only for the confessions of the two palace people." Or hand over the palace people to the Imperial City Division for thorough investigation,

Have clues and evidence to make a plan? ”

Empress Dowager Yuan turned her head to look at him, and said without sadness or joy: "If such clues and evidence are so easy to check, why did you know that the Zheng family had met with the Xiaoyun family in private today?" ”

Seeing that Chunjia was still about to say something, she showed a sad look, "Emperor, in the past two years, Xiaoyun's family has not been questioned once or twice, before, the Empress Dowager and the concubine Ji Sheng came forward in person, both human and physical evidence, at that time, you are also on her side." Why did Neem Niang grow up with you, what kind of person she was, you don't remember? ”

"You believe she's a nuisance by nature?"

"Then you can mourn your family, and you will keep her by your side for many years?!"

Chunjia sighed in her heart, bowed her head and said, "That's not what the child meant. ”

After a pause, "The child is just thinking about the queen mother and recuperating for many days, I'm afraid you are too worried." ”

"I don't want to. Worry about it, but there are some things, if the mourning family doesn't come out to say it, who dares to point it out to the emperor? Empress Dowager Yuan glanced at the cloud wind fence under her eyes, and said, "The others are okay, only Neem Niang, the mourning family wants to ask Concubine Xian to understand, can you agree?" ”

“…… The child obeys the command of the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother stared at Yun Fenglian: "You said that you didn't conspire to kill Neem Niang, then tell me, how did the Zheng family talk to you about Neem Niang that night?" ”

(End of chapter)