The next day, Yun Fenghuang took people to the Spring Palace.

At this time, it is not two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the osmanthus flowers are blooming just right.

In a bottle in the Empress Dowager Yuan's bedroom, two bushes were inserted, and the golden flowers were dotted among the green leaves, which were very good-looking, and there was a clear fragrance floating in the room.

Yun Fenghuang glanced at the osmanthus flower, then stepped forward with a smile and saluted, and pleaded: "In the past two days, because of the matter between Ji Sheng and Lu Chongyi, the palace has been in a mess, and the concubine has spent some effort to rectify, but I have delayed giving you a greeting." Please don't be weird! ”

"How can you say such an outrageous thing, you child?" Empress Dowager Yuan also smiled, because she was still "sick", she couldn't get up while lying on the couch, so she only helped her and said, "The Mourning family also heard about the changes in the harem two days ago, how can you not know your hard work?" No, the mourning family was also afraid that you would be too tired, so they mentioned it to the emperor, but they didn't want you to want to go. ”

So he ordered someone to hurry up and show her a seat.

Yun Fenghuang thanked Encai and sat down on the embroidered stool brought by the palace people: "What you said, how can you be tired of such a little thing?" You think that earlier, when the queen was sick, and the concubine was taking care of this and that, you can rest assured, this time is no different from the previous time. It's the Queen Mother, the concubine looked at it, as if she had lost a lot. ”

This is a preconceived idea of seeing each other and hating each other.

I feel sorry for her, she is too tired during this time, if this is changed to the Jiang family, or even if it is the Empress Dowager Qu, Yun Fenghuang will understand it as real distress. But when Empress Dowager Yuan said it, the first thing she thought of was that this old woman didn't want to seize the palace power of the palace? !

Don't even think about it!

Why did she find a way to push Gu Zhen to the top?

Isn't it because Gu Zhen is the successor, not only the heirs and favors can't threaten her, but even the palace power can't snatch her?

So at this moment, he immediately brought out the words of Empress Dowager Yuan when she was in the ring with the Empress Dowager's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, saying that she was completely busy and not tired at all.

In this way, if Empress Dowager Yuan wants to propose to let her rest for a while, or simply persuade her to hand over the palace affairs to others, she naturally can't say it.

"......" Empress Dowager Yuan really looked sluggish when she heard this, and seemed to choke, before she said, "It's good that you don't feel tired." ”

Yun Fenghuang didn't see it, with a gentle and gentle smile, casually shushing the cold and asking for warmth, what to eat, what to drink, the past two days have been better and so on, looking so filial that he can't do it.

Empress Dowager Yuan barely coped with two sentences, probably thinking that she was not pleasing to her eyes, so she said things directly: "Concubine Xuan and they often come over these two days, what do you think?" ”

"The concubine is deeply ashamed." Yun Fenghuang admitted his mistake again without saying a word, saying that he had deeply realized his mistake, and he would never delay coming over to you to invite An Yunyun because of palace affairs in the future...... Empress Dowager Yuan interrupted this insincere review a little impatiently: "Don't pretend to be confused with the mourning family!" You don't know why they came? ”

Yun Fenghuang was embarrassed: "If you want to talk about this, the concubine body has some guesses, but this matter is not qualified by the concubine body to say anything." ”

Empress Dowager Yuan snorted lightly and said, "The queen is in the Sixth Palace, you are also a person from the Sixth Palace, is it possible that you don't have any ideas at all?" There's no one else in this place, so what's there to say? ”

Is there no one else, but with you, an old woman, can this palace rest assured?

She was very vigilant at this time, suspecting that the Empress Dowager Yuan wanted to throw the pot of ruining the promise on her head - that is, as long as she confided in any wording that she did not want Concubine Xuan and them to ascend to the throne, and turned back Chunjia to set up Gu Zhen, Empress Dowager Yuan could tell the Luo family that it was her virtuous concubine who made the obstruction, and the emperor had no choice but to choose the regent.

Secretly scolding this old thing for being vicious, Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "If you want to talk about ideas, in fact, the concubine body really doesn't have any ideas." After all, that position, with the background of a concubine, doesn't need to be thought about. As for who will sit, the concubine is not very worried. The main thing is that you are kind and generous, and you have always preferred concubines; Not to mention His Majesty, he also loves his concubine in every way; Although the concubine body does not have that blessing, she will spread the branches and leaves for His Majesty, but she also helps the concubine sister raise the eldest prince, and she has a princess born to a palace concubine, which is a child and daughter...... If you are not satisfied with this, then you are really ashamed of your care and love for Your Majesty these days. ”

"So no matter who the successor is, the concubine will serve her well."

Empress Dowager Yuan looked at her intently, and after a moment, she said lightly: "At the beginning, the mourning family promised on behalf of the emperor that the next generation would definitely come from Concubine Xuan and the four of them. Now that the Ji family has fallen, it's time to fulfill the promise, but the four families have all contributed these days, and it is difficult to distinguish which is higher and which is lower. However, there is only one posterior position. ”

"Therefore, the mourning family and the emperor are very troubled right now."

"I don't know who to appoint?"

"Concubine Xian has always been smart, why don't you give the mourning family a detailed explanation?"

"Don't worry, these words will come out of your mouth and into the ears of the mourners, and no one else will know!"

Yun Feng Huang said in his heart that this palace believes that you are a ghost, you are a bad old woman, and if this palace is serious, maybe people have not yet come out of the Spring Palace, and they have already been accused of those families.

But when the Queen Mother asked so, she couldn't help but answer: "Since the Queen Mother and Her Majesty are worried about this, it can be seen that they have not made up their minds about who to appoint." In that case, why not let them discuss it for themselves? ”

Empress Dowager Yuan muttered: "Discuss it yourself? ”

"yes." Yun Fenghuang said with a pure face, "There is only one in the back, and the merits of the four families are similar, and it is difficult to choose." In this case, no matter who is chosen, it will inevitably make the other three disappointed. It's better to let them do it themselves, in this way, no matter who wins, the other three won't be able to say anything about the royal family anyway. What do you think? ”

"......," Empress Dowager Yuan was silent for a while, and said, "There is some truth to it." ”

She pursed her lips, "Concubine Xian is really smart. ”

Yun Fenghuang said humbly: "What you said, the concubine is embarrassed. What is the idea of a concubine in front of you? It's just that you are tired these days, and your energy is inevitably not as good as usual, so you are tired and ask your concubine to share your worries. ”

Empress Dowager Yuan was thoughtful, and only after a while did she say "um" and said, "The mourning family is indeed a little tired at this time. ”

So Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation to care for a few words, and proposed to retire.

The Queen Mother didn't keep her, but only told her to take care of the two imperial heirs under her knees, and waved her hand to let her leave.

When she left, Empress Dowager Yuan said to Dip Liu: "What do you think? ”

"Do you think the maid should be a virtuous concubine?" Dipping Liu muttered, "I heard that Concubine Xuan's family gave her a lot of benefits in advance, in exchange for her not to cause chaos at this time, Concubine Xian also agreed." On Mrs. Yaoning's side, there was no movement at all. ”

Empress Dowager Yuan said: "It's normal that there is no movement in the Zhaowu Uncle's Mansion, and the emperor told the mourning family about this, they are afraid that they are still in the dark, how dare they think of such a good thing?" Naturally, there will be no more such moves. It's just that you also know that two days ago, this virtuous concubine went to the emperor and muttered behind closed doors with the emperor for a long time. Yesterday, a prince came to tell the mourning family about the next matter, saying that he didn't plan to set up Concubine Xuan, but wanted to set up Mrs. Yaoning...... I can't help but mourn and don't suspect Concubine Xian! ”

Dipping willow persuaded: "Isn't there still two days in between?" Maybe that day, Concubine Xian told His Majesty something else? ”

"The emperor favored her and deliberately delayed it for two days to cover her up." Empress Dowager Yuan shook her head slightly, and said, "You just have to think about it, followed by Concubine Xuan, followed by Mrs. Yaoning, who is beneficial to Concubine Xian, you will know this suggestion, I am afraid that it will be inseparable from Concubine Xian." ”

"But it's also possible that His Majesty came up with it himself." Dipping Liu reminded, "Zhaowu Bo is the arm of the regent, wouldn't it be good if he could use Mrs. Yaoning as the backdrop?" ”

Moreover, "You asked Concubine Xian so much just now, and Concubine Xian didn't mention half a word about Mrs. Yaoning, let alone Concubine Xuan, and they were not good." Maybe Concubine Xian didn't know about this at all? ”

Empress Dowager Yuan sighed and said, "The mourning family knows that you don't want the mourning family to embarrass the emperor's favorite concubine, so as not to have a split between the mourning family and the emperor." But in this matter, the mourning family will not wronged the virtuous concubine. What kind of temperament does this Xiaoyun have that I don't know to me? The most restless, the most cunning. Since the fall of the Ji family, who in this palace doesn't know that Ji Lingzi has not been sitting on the back seat for a long time? ”

"Even if you have self-knowledge and can't covet that position, can you still make preparations early without asking about the successor?"

"The result?"

In the past two days, she has neither often gone to the Taichu Palace to pester the emperor, nor has she ever come to the Chunyu Palace to talk to the mourning family...... You say she didn't already know the answer, what is it? ”

Dipping Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "It's also possible that Concubine Xian just feels that she has a stable position, and she can't threaten her no matter who she is?" ”

Empress Dowager Yuan sneered: "Is this possible? Is she so comfortable? is really safe, and when the mourning family cared about her kindly just now, he would return to the mourning family with such irony and thorns? ”

…… At this time, Zi Dipping Willow didn't know what to say, so he only sighed: "Even if it was the idea that Concubine Xian gave to His Majesty, His Majesty has already agreed...... I'm afraid it's hard to object to this. ”

"The mourning family is not going to oppose Mrs. Li Yaoning, it is true that this is beneficial to the emperor, what does the mourning family do to make the emperor embarrassed?" Empress Dowager Yuan shook her head and said, "The mourning family just thinks that if this

The idea was made by Concubine Xian, so this Xiaoyun clan must not stay, and she must be disposed of quickly! ”

Dipping Liu was startled and said, "Niangniang?!" ”

"It's not that the mourning family is ruthless, if you think about the Ji family, isn't it because the Empress Dowager is a virtuous helper in the eyes of His Majesty Shenzong, and her mother's father and brother are also the right-hand men of Shenzong, and they have won the trust of Shenzong, so they have jumped from an ordinary family to the head of the family of the country?" Empress Dowager Yuan said solemnly, "Although the Xie family is humble, it is much worse than the Ji family back then. But this Xiaoyun clan, who has only been in the palace for many years, has not yet given birth, can he talk about moving the emperor on such a major event as the establishment of the queen, let alone in the future? ”

"She also asked the emperor to give Sui'an to the Xie family!"

"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it's not another Ji clan!"

"It is already the misfortune of the country to have a Ji clan in the country, and there must be no second one!"

The Queen Mother sighed and pinched her forehead, "This matter, the mourning family will first mention it to the emperor, if the emperor is reluctant, then ...... Anyway, you should tell your subordinates to prepare first. It is so easy for the emperor to have today, and the mourning family will never allow it, and someone will ruin the reputation of Mingjun who has been operating for many years! ”

Emperor Shenzong was also very wise during his reign, otherwise he would not have used the word "god" as a nickname.

But because of Ji's control of the government, he forced Xiaozong to end up depressed, and forced Chunjia Taoguang to stay in obscurity for eight years before he became pro-government, and he ended up with a regret that he didn't know people in his later years - in fact, in the Shenzong Dynasty, Ji had no bad deeds, but was famous for his ability and loyalty.

But because the Ji family started under his appreciation and arrangement, and even later Xiaozong would be governed by the Ji family, a big reason is that before his death, Shenzong told Xiaozong in public to ask more from his uncle's family, listen to his uncle's advice, and not rely on the identity of the Son of Heaven to insist on going his own way.

This was originally a warning from Shenzong to love his son, but it was regarded by the Ji family as a "legacy of the first emperor", and it was brought out more than once to suppress Xiaozong.

Empress Dowager Yuan learned a lesson, but she did not intend to let Chunjia follow in the footsteps of the Divine Sect.

When she made up her mind here, Yun Fenghuang, who had just returned to the Huanhua Palace, was instructing Chen Zhu: "Send someone to Concubine Xuan, Concubine Rui, Lady Manya, and Yin Zhaoyi, and tell them that the Empress Dowager has just summoned the palace to inquire about the candidate for the successor." ”

Chen Zhu stood down with his hand, heard the words, but did not see the following, and said suspiciously: "Niangniang, is this just the sentence?" ”

Yun Fenghuang smiled and nodded, and said in his heart, it's all done, how can you reap the benefits?

On this eyebone, she can't run to the Spring Palace in vain.

(End of chapter)