Chapter IV: Condolence
"The mother is very kind, the concubine is toothless and unforgettable, and the concubine is ...... from now on"
Yun Fenghuang interrupted Concubine Shu a little impatiently: "Don't say these words, this palace asks you, what is going on with the second prince this time?" Even if you don't like him, it's Your Majesty's blood and bones, why don't you even do it? If it weren't for the news from Shanyuanguan, the queen was worried that the queen mother would use the topic to play badly, and the palace would not be so easy to convince the queen, and the big thing would be turned into a small thing! ”
“…… The concubine didn't dare to hide it from her mother. Concubine Shu pinched the veil and hesitated for a while, let the left and right withdraw, only the second concubine was left in the room, so she moved her body and whispered, "The concubine really doesn't like the second prince very much, after all, after his biological mother is a criminal minister, His Majesty is not close." But the concubine did not have the idea of taking the initiative to harm him...... The reason why I didn't let the dowry serve was because I was worried...... Worry about the remnants of the Ji family! ”
Yun Fenghuang frowned: "What? ”
"The hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen. The abruptness of the Ji family's downfall, so the henchmen it has snagged over the years have been almost unscathed, although some of them are grass on the wall, seeing that the Ji family's lineage has been destroyed, so they fled, but there are also some people who are obsessed and stubborn, and still want to be loyal to the Ji bloodline...... The concubine was worried that the second prince, as Kang Jieyu's biological son, would be paid special attention to by them. Concubine Shu bit her lip, "When the time comes, they don't care about making things happen, maybe they will involve the concubine and the concubine's heirs!" ”
And that makes sense.
After all, the twin princes are not under his knees, and Yun Fenghuang really didn't expect this taboo.
After pondering for a while, he asked, "You don't have any doubts about the fact that people are in front of you?" ”
“…… I really can't think of who did it. Concubine Shu pondered for a long time, and then said, "Otherwise, I must have said it just now." ”
"Then it's a bit of a problem." Yun Fenghuang said slowly, "On the bright side, the queen and Concubine De have already promised to help cover up the past." insisted to the outside world that the so-called palace people threw the prince into the pool was a rumor, and the truth was that the palace people accidentally fell down when they were playing with the prince by the pool...... In this way, there is no reason for the Queen Mother to ask for guilt. But what the truth of the matter is, Your Majesty must be clear. No matter how bad the biological mother of the second prince is, in the end she also has royal blood, if Your Majesty doesn't care about their lives at all, she will not take them back to the palace and hand them over to the Queen Mother and you and the Queen to raise. ”
"Now that they are being openly murdered in broad daylight, how can Your Majesty not get to the bottom of it?"
When Concubine Shu heard this, her face changed color, and she hurriedly leaned over and grabbed her sleeve and begged her for help.
Yun Fenghuang sat motionless and said, "If this palace didn't want to help you, I wouldn't have said these things to you, but this palace hadn't paid attention to the second prince before, let alone the people around him. At this time, where will the main palace go to figure out the ins and outs? If you think about it again, people have always been raised in front of you, even if you don't care about it, how many times have you asked after raising it for so long? How can you be more familiar than this palace, aren't you? Is there really no suspicious sign at all? ”
"......" is related to her own vital interests, Concubine Shu was very nervous, biting her lip and thinking for a moment, she was not sure, "Will it be ...... Is it the remnants of the Ji family? After all, how could it be so coincidental that Shanyuanguan spread the news of those two, and the second prince was killed? Isn't it that they don't want the two of them to go down quietly, and want to sacrifice the second prince in exchange for the empress dowager to bargain with Her Majesty, so as to protect one of the former empress or Kang Jieyu? ”
"This speculation was discussed between the palace and the queen concubine just now." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "Do you think Your Majesty will agree?" ”
Concubine Shu said: "Yes, Your Majesty will not agree, but even if Your Majesty does not agree, if it is not for the help of the Niangniang, the Empress Dowager will be questioned, and the concubine will definitely not escape the responsibility!" The fall of the Ji family was certainly done by the regent, but the grandfather also contributed in private. If it is said that the remnants of the Ji family resent, how can the concubines and grandchildren not be among them? ”
Moreover, "Kang Jieyu is a twin!" Even if there is no second prince, there are still three princes with the blood of the Ji family! Especially the third prince is now in front of the queen. Even if she doesn't have the status of a concubine like the five princes, the queen can't have children, and the two princes are regarded by her as her own! Concubine Rong said a sentence of heart-wrenching, perhaps in the eyes of the remnants of the Ji family, sacrificing a second prince can not only attack the concubine and take revenge on his grandfather, but also allow the third prince to win the sympathy and mercy of His Majesty and the queen, and with the situation of the third prince, when he grows up in the future, it will be easier to be reused. ”
Sure enough, there was wisdom in a hurry.
Yun Fenghuang has never felt that Concubine Shu is so smart, and at this moment, in order to atone for her sins, she really pulled out some truth.
Indeed, although he is also the prince of Ji Duzi, the second prince is still the elder brother, but his situation is really not as good as the third prince.
After all, Concubine Shu's status is not as good as that of the queen, and the most important thing is that Concubine Shu can give birth to herself, and she will not pay too much attention to the second prince, and even dislike it a little.
It is conceivable that even if the second prince grows up in front of her, he must be the kind that his father does not love his mother and does not love, and he is left to fend for himself.
The third prince is different, Gu Zhen can't give birth to himself, and he adopted him after ten years in the palace and has nothing to do, so he has feelings for him. Even if there are five princes under his knees now, Gu Zhen didn't say that he didn't care about the three princes, but he still treated them as his own flesh and blood, and hoped that Chunjia could treat this prince equally.
In this way, if the three princes and the five princes grow up under Gu Zhen's teaching, when the time comes to establish the prince, the fifth prince, the nominal son-in-law, has a considerable advantage, and the third prince will become his natural helper, and he will inevitably be relied on.
If the five princes will inherit the throne in the future, then the third prince will definitely stand out among the brothers and come first, not to mention becoming the next regent.
If you look at it this way, it doesn't seem impossible for the remnants of the Ji family to sacrifice the second prince......
"There is such a possibility, but without evidence, it is not possible to persuade His Majesty with empty words and white teeth." Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while, and said, "In this way, you are pregnant now, you shouldn't worry too much, this palace will give you seven days, you give this palace an explanation that is at least passable on the scene, and this palace will go to Your Majesty on your behalf to say, how about it?" ”
This is actually a hint to Concubine Shu, if you can't do it yourself, ask your family for help, seven days is enough time for your Ouyang family to discuss and even perjury.
…… Out of the Broken Bamboo Pavilion, Yun Fenghuang did not ask Bu Yuan to go back to the Lanzhou Night Rain Pavilion, but ordered to go to the Xingxin Hall where Chunjia was located.
"I heard that Concubine Shu is happy?" When I arrived at the place, I went in to see him, Chunjia was reviewing the chapter, and when he saw Yun Fenghuang coming in, he called out casually, and asked, "How is the second prince?" ”
His tone was very flat and casual, with no hint of joy or anger.
"When the concubine left, the second prince hadn't woken up yet, and the concubine did have a happy pulse, and she was in good spirits, but she was very anxious about the second prince's affairs." Yun Fenghuang said the words he had discussed with the queen and Concubine De, "What does Your Majesty think?" ”
Chunjia didn't have any opinions, after all, although he was not afraid of the Empress Dowager and the regent playing on the topic, but more things were better than less, so he promised to do it.
But the emperor frowned and said to Concubine Shu: "I asked her to raise the prince, she is only pregnant now, didn't she care about it before?" ”
"The concubine also thinks that Concubine Shu is not doing this properly." Yun Fenghuang said, "But she just happened to find out that she was pregnant, and the concubine is not easy to talk seriously, so I am afraid that she will not be able to stand it and treat the imperial heir badly." ”
Chunjia said disapprerovingly: "When the palace concubine is pregnant, she still has to set rules for the lord, and she still comes?" Since Concubine Shu has done something wrong, she should be punished, and if she can't stand it, it is also her own problem. ”
said that since Concubine Shu didn't care about the second prince, the second prince wouldn't let her raise it, anyway, there were several heirs in the palace, so she didn't have to worry about finding someone willing to take over.
Yun Fenghuang's mind turned around, and said: "If you say that there are no heirs, although there are several, but Concubine Wan is still young, and she may not be able to have biological flesh and blood in the future. If the second prince is handed over to her, it will be difficult not to repeat the mistakes of the concubine. But Mrs. Qingshu, who entered the palace when His Majesty got married, has not come out all these years, and the earlier imperial doctor diagnosed that she was suffering from three corpse insects, and I am afraid that there is no hope in the future. What does Your Majesty think? ”
"It's just Cui's." Chunjia nodded and said, "The second prince is still young, so he doesn't have to wait for him to wake up, Concubine Shu didn't take care of people before, and now that she is pregnant, can she be more delicate?" You tell Cui Shi to go to the Broken Bamboo Pavilion immediately and pick them up. ”
So Yun Fenghuang returned to the Lanzhou Night Rain Pavilion and sent someone to report the good news to Cui Lianye.
After a while, Chen Jing came over to tell him, saying that it was not okay for Concubine Shu to cry when she heard the news, and said that she was just negligent for a while, and she definitely didn't mean not to care about the second prince...... But the emperor's dictation has been issued, Cui Lianye easily got such an opportunity, where is he willing to let it?
I couldn't help but say that I took the second prince away.
"Sure enough, after all, it is His Majesty's own flesh and blood, even if Your Majesty doesn't pay much attention to it, he is still distressed in the end." Qingdu said to Yun Fenghuang, "Mrs. Qingshu's knees are empty, even if the biological mother of the second prince is the daughter of a criminal minister, presumably Mrs. Qingshu will not treat him badly." The second prince followed Mrs. Qingshu, but it was much better than following Concubine Shu. ”
Yun Feng said, "Isn't it? ”
But the most important thing is because Chunjia is planning to envelop Cui Wan now, right?
When the emperor Taoguang was obscure, the giants in the temple were the Ji family, the regent, Zheng Gu and Cui Wan, although there was a gap in strength, but in general, the Ji family was dominant, and although there were also gaps and fights between each other, the overall group was against the Ji family, thus showing a subtle check and balance.
Later, Chunjia was pro-government, united with the regent and Zheng Gu to suppress the Ji family, but ignored Cui Wan, and even dug Cui Wan's corner and robbed other people's nephews and students......
At this time, I don't know if it's time or Cui Wan has finally learned the correct posture of being a loyal minister to Chunjia, in short, the second prince was transferred to Cui Lianye to raise, it is definitely not just that the emperor wants to find a reliable mother for his own son.
So Yun Fenghuang was suspicious again, this time the matter was ...... Couldn't it be Chunjia's doing......
After all, it was a purpose to hold this prince to Concubine Shu to raise at the beginning, not simply to arrange an adoptive mother for the prince, this would have to be taken away from Concubine Shu, even if Concubine Shu didn't attach importance to this prince, there was no reason to explain to Concubine Shu, especially the Ouyang family behind her.
But now, the emperor didn't say that he took the second prince away, and then punished Concubine Shu again, Concubine Shu is not qualified to cry out for injustice.
Of course, this is just speculation, how can I say that it is also my own flesh and blood, maybe the Son of Heaven will not be so ruthless?
"Wait two days and see what the Ouyang family says." Yun Fenghuang pondered, "Ouyang Yanran, that old guy is not a fuel-efficient lamp. ”
After three or four days like this, the Ouyang family still didn't let Concubine Shu tell the "truth", and Shanyuanguan first sent the bad news, saying that the former queen and Kang Jieyu's sisters died of a violent illness.
After knowing the news, Chunjia lightly ordered a thick burial, but did not enter the royal mausoleum.
And the Empress Dowager, who was already ill, made a request to go to Shanyuan to see the two nieces for the last time.
Of course, Chunjia didn't want to agree, after all, the old lady was so old, even if the palace was not far from Shanyuanguan, and the mountain road was rugged, who knew if she could stand the bumps?
Even if you can stand it, when you see the body, it may be three long and two short.
He doesn't really want the Empress Dowager to live, the question is that the Ji sisters only went, and the Empress Dowager of the Ji family didn't follow, so what did the discussion look like outside?
It's going to take a while longer, wait for the limelight to pass, right?
But this time, the Empress Dowager made a temperament, and directly asked people to pack up the phoenix and leave, and the emperor personally rushed over to persuade her, she directly said that if she didn't let her go, she would jump off the phoenix chariot now!
In fact, the height of Feng Yuan may not necessarily fall out of anything, but this attitude is obviously unwilling to compromise.
Chunjia weighed it again and again, and finally got out of the way: "Please wait a while for the imperial grandmother, and your grandson will go with you!" ”
He then put down government affairs and temporarily accompanied the Empress Dowager to embark on the trip, and before leaving, he told the Empress that the trip would take about three or four days, which was still considering that the Empress Dowager was old and not in good health, and she probably needed to rest in the Taoist Temple for a day or two before leaving to return.
As a result, she didn't come back for five or six days, and the queen couldn't rest assured, so she sent someone to inquire, and learned that it was the empress dowager who finished mourning, and suddenly announced that she wanted to stay in Shanyuanguan to practice, and she didn't plan to leave!
Of course, Chunjia didn't agree, but the Empress Dowager refused to leave, and he couldn't drag people back on the phoenix frame, so it was deadlocked.
"What's going on?" Gu Zhen frowned, and called Yun Fenghuan to discuss with both eyes, "How old is the Empress Dowager, why don't you stop like this?" Well, now, how many folds have accumulated in the Awakening Heart Hall, but Your Majesty can't get out! The palace decided to personally go to Shanyuan to serve Her Majesty the Empress Dowager...... What do you think? ”
Yun Fenghuang said: "This is a very good move. It's just that after Niangniang left, the three princes and the five princes were still young, what should I do? ”
"I'm entrusted to you, of course." Gu Zhen said as a matter of course, "Otherwise, who has the confidence to protect them?" And the palace is not going alone, I plan to bring Concubine Wan, Mrs. Roukun and Xuan Jieyu with me, otherwise there will be no one to rotate when I go, I am afraid that the service will not be thoughtful. ”
…… Mrs. Roukun is also okay, Concubine Wan and Xuan Jieyu are afraid that they can't hate you to death.
These two are young and can still give birth, and now the high position in the palace, the queen and the concubine are recognized as not being able to give birth, and the concubine, the virtuous concubine, and the concubine Shao are all pregnant, and the concubine has a daughter and is busy with palace affairs, and Concubine Xie's low-key is often forgotten, and it is a good time for Concubine Wan to compete with Xuan Jieyu for the opportunity to sleep.
As a result, the queen was so virtuous, which was equivalent to cutting off the hope of these two to take advantage of pregnancy.
How depressed should these two be?
However, Yun Fenglian also knew that Gu Zhen's move was not actually aimed at Concubine Wan and Xuan Jieyu, she just considered that she needed someone to take charge of the overall situation after leaving the palace: Yun Fenghuan.
It is not good for the pregnant concubine to travel to serve the elders, and the children are still young, such as Concubine De, Concubine Xie, and Mrs. Qingshu, and it is not suitable to leave.
After all, if the third prince and the fifth prince entrust Yun Fenghuan, the number of children that Yun Fenghuang needs to take care of at the same time suddenly surges to six, and the second prince, the third princess, and the fourth prince can't also go to Yun Fenghuang, right?
The three heads and six arms of the cloud wind can't be seen.
Who's to blame if something happens then?
So I can only pick from those who have no children, among them, Jia Yuye has now taken refuge in Yunfenghuang, which can be regarded as betraying the former queen to a certain extent, letting her go to the empress dowager, or the place where the former empress died, isn't this adding to the empress dowager?
Further down, Yi Xing'en, Qu Hong, Ping, and Xianyi, all of them were promoted from the palace concubines, and their backgrounds were both humble and the rules of the palace concubines were only learned, so I am afraid it will be difficult to get into the eyes of the Queen Mother.
Maybe it will be misunderstood that the concubines of noble origins are unwilling to go, so they sent these people to fool them.
In short, Gu Zhen's hatred this time is settled...... Yun Fenghuan was amused in his heart, and he didn't remind him, but said: "That concubine obeys the orders of the mother." ”