Feng Yunjin thought about it seriously, looked up at the two of them and said, "The wind in the harem is blowing, and the concubines who gave up the silver have to fight, as long as there are more people fighting, the people behind the scenes can better fish in troubled waters. But if others know that not everyone can go up this merit monument, and the amount of money donated and the number of places are limited, this is equivalent to setting two hurdles, and you have to see if you have the qualifications before you can think about fighting for this matter."

You're not qualified to fight, so what's the fuss?

"Feng Xiaoyuan has a point." Lu Zhixue praised it.

Feng Yunjin looked at her, did she say this? It was she who helped Jieyu explain to her that she couldn't shoot the wrong person and was sad.

Song Yunzhao didn't care what Lu Zhixue said, although this person was smarter, his brain still lacked tendons, and he could grow a little more if he touched the wall a few more times, so she still didn't stop it.

This is the kind of temperament of these people, if they don't hit the south wall and don't look back, wouldn't it be worse to meet that stubborn person who won't turn back after hitting the south wall.

"But if you release this news, how can you catch the people behind the scenes?" Han Jinyi asked, you can't just let it go, you can't catch it this time, and this person will definitely have to make trouble next time.

"Then it depends on Concubine Shu's ability." Song Yunzhao doesn't plan to steal the limelight from Concubine Shu, now that Concubine Shu is more beautiful, the better, and when the Queen Mother returns to the palace, she can still stand up to herself.

She now gives Concubine Shu a credit, and when the Queen Mother embarrasses her, maybe Concubine Shu can take care of herself.

For the queen mother, you can't count on the emperor, and the emperor is not Cao Cao, just when it comes to it, what if she waits here to save the emperor and can't come?

Feng Yunjin knew that Song Jieyu was determined to give Concubine Shu a glory, and sighed in her heart, not everyone can have such courage.

After the three of them drank tea and continued to play cards, Lu Zhixue would be a little absent-minded, and after a few laps, the notes were all pasted on her face, so angry that she gasped, and the blowing note flew up, and the scene was really beautiful.

When the emperor finished his work and the news reached the harem, the harem concubines had already dressed up and waited. If the Queen Mother is there, the emperor will take the concubines to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother first, but the Queen Mother is not in the palace, and this procedure will be waived.

If there is a queen, the concubines will go to Changle Palace, and wait for the emperor to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

However, there is no queen in the harem.

These two gifts have no one to worship, so it will naturally save a lot of trouble.

As for the palace banquet, the emperor was very tired today and didn't want to put up a palace banquet anymore, but he couldn't help it, so he ordered Concubine Shu to take the lead, and Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan co-organized, and placed the palace banquet in Concubine Shu's Cuiwei Palace.

With a will, Concubine Shu suddenly rose into the air, but Song Yunzhao cautiously smelled the smell of the emperor's conspiracy, could it be that the two of them have been together for a long time, and they both have the skills to be smart, and they are all aimed at Concubine Shu to gather wool alone.

Song Yunzhao was a little cautious.

So when she went to Cuiwei Palace for a banquet, she deliberately kept a low profile and didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, and even when the emperor came to Cuiwei Palace, she didn't look up at the emperor, so as not to be mistaken for flattering eyes at the emperor.

Song Yunzhao is so knowledgeable, Concubine Shu is very happy, she is afraid that Song Yunzhao will spill in her Cuiwei Palace, if she really makes trouble, this Song Yunzhao is like hob meat on the chopping board, she has nowhere to start, and she can't be heavy.

The emperor finally values her, and if he wants to be dissatisfied with her because of this matter, who will she go to reason?

Song Yunzhao's interest made Concubine Shu happy, but Feng Yi's mood was very delicate, and he always felt that Yun Zhao seemed to be unhappy, so he didn't even look at him.

Don't talk about the faces of Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan, they are all praising them with a smile, the three concubines have been fighting for so many years, and Concubine Shu was finally withdrawn some time ago, but she was brought back.

Now the emperor has asked Concubine Shu to hold a banquet in Cuiwei Palace on the first day of the New Year, what does this mean?

This shows that among the three concubines, the emperor values Concubine Shu the most.

I thought that Song Yunzhao, the favorite concubine, would have to make some trouble, but the whole banquet was so honest that it was not like words, do you say that you are depressed?

Feng Yi just went through the motions in Cuiwei Palace, stayed before and after less than a quarter of an hour before leaving, and glanced at Song Yunzhao vaguely before leaving.

As a result, Song Yunzhao lowered his head and saw nothing at this glance.

As soon as the emperor left, the banquet in Cuiwei Palace was also a little uninteresting, although there were singers singing, dancing queens dancing, and orchestral music continued, but the atmosphere was very weird.

Qin Xiyue was also a little uneasy when she sat at the banquet, she was very surprised, the emperor would actually put the first palace banquet in Cuiwei Palace for Concubine Shu to preside, this was the first time after the third concubine entered the palace.

It seems that the emperor's previous performance made the emperor not only satisfied, but very satisfied, so he gave Concubine Shu face in the palace and raised Concubine Shu.

However, her father also helped, and the result?

Qin Xiyue was very disappointed, it shouldn't be like this.

Song Yunzhao waited for the emperor to leave, and as soon as he left, he turned his head and talked to Han Jinyi beside him.

Feng Yunjin's Lu Zhixue went over to join in with her, Lu Zhixue's temperament was not good in the palace, and no one dared to approach her.

She is the kind of person who will compromise if she doesn't come to me, so she has no other person to talk to except Han Jinyi and Feng Yunjin, Han Jinyi and Yun Zhao are right, she can only occupy Feng Yunjin, otherwise it is quite uncomfortable to be alone.

Feng Yunjin is very popular, but there is a Lu Zhixue sitting next to her, and there are many people who greet and talk to her in the past, Lu Zhixue is annoyed when she comes and goes, so she simply got up and went to Yun Zhao's side.

Song Yunzhao: ......

Han Jinyi smiled and pulled Lu Zhixue to sit down, and said to her, "I still want to go over and talk to you later, but you came first."

Lu Zhixue's expression improved when she heard this, "There are too many people over there Feng Xiaoyuan, I'm here to be clean and clean."

Song Yunzhao glanced at her and felt that he was connotated.

Lu Zhixue didn't notice it, moved her body, coughed lightly, looked around cautiously, and then said in a low voice: "I just heard someone talk about the merit monument, but I didn't expect things to be more troublesome than we thought."

Han Jinyi said: "Now that Concubine Shu has no time to deal with this matter, the news that we will release it will not be spread until after the banquet, and now people naturally have great hopes for this matter."

Song Yunzhao listened to the two of them talking slowly, she was holding a teacup in her hand but did not enter the mouth, her eyes swept slightly over Qin Xiyue's position, at this time, there were also many people around her who were talking, among them were a few familiar, and there were also eye-born, and the few people who were eye-born were the concubines who failed after entering the palace at the beginning, and they usually didn't come out, but they didn't expect that the relationship with Qin Xiyue now looks good.

I don't know how much effort Qin Xiyue has put in secret, she is worthy of being the heroine, everyone is working so hard, and she can't be lazy as a female partner.

After the curtain came down on this feast, it was dark outside.

An Shun was waiting with someone carrying a palace lamp and carrying a warm sedan chair, and when Yun Zhao came out, he immediately greeted him, "Master, hurry up and get on the sedan chair."

Song Yunzhao nodded, raised his feet and got on the warm sedan chair, a carbon cage was placed in the sedan chair, which was burning warm, and he felt warm after sitting in.

She lifted the sedan curtain and said goodbye to Han Jinyi and the others, and then left.

As soon as Song Yunzhao left, the rest of the people also left one after another according to their ranks, Concubine Shu in Cuiwei Palace was happy today, and it was inevitable that she drank a few more glasses, and only after freshening up did she feel a little sober.

Leaning on the soft pillow and slowly drinking sobering tea, he looked at Mama Wen and asked, "Nothing happened, right?"

"Rest assured, everything is going well." Mama Wen is really happy, today's Niangniang is proud of her eyebrows, the previous title was withdrawn, Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan did not have a lot of words, and today she finally took a breath.

Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Today, Song Jieyu is very interesting."

Mama Wen also said, "Yes, the slave was worried all night, but fortunately, it went smoothly."

It's not that I'm afraid of offending Song Jieyu, but this banquet is hosted by Niangniang, and she is about to make some unpleasantness, and it is Niangniang who is embarrassed.

It is naturally best to be happy.

Concubine Shu was also very satisfied, and was about to go to rest, when she heard Mama Wen say again, "There is another thing, I wanted to tell Niang Niang Niang tomorrow morning, but the slave maid is afraid that something will happen."

Concubine Shu looked sideways at Mama Wen, "What's the matter?"

"Yes

For the sake of the monument of merit." Mama Wen said.

"The matter of the merit monument is not something that anyone can call the shots all at once, those rumors in the palace are obviously someone muddying the waters, I think it is Concubine Zhuang who has bad intentions and is not good to see." Concubine Shu said angrily.

"It's not because of this, but there are other rumors, saying that the number of places on the merit monument is limited, and not anyone's name can be engraved on it." Mama Wen said hurriedly.

"Limited?" Concubine Shu was full of excitement, "Can you tell me more about what's going on?"

This is related to her glory, she can't make a mistake at all, if anyone dares to stop her future, she will tear off a piece of meat for her!

"The merit monument is originally a spontaneous act of the people, but there is a fixed number of names engraved on the monument as large as it can be. This donation of silver and materials is not only the harem, but also the courtiers and private merchants outside, and it is said that there are not many places that can be allocated to the harem."

Concubine Shu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, "No one will miss me if there is no one like this, and I did this thing in the first place."

was a little weak-hearted, and it was Song Yunzhao who proposed, but she definitely wouldn't treat her badly, her share was indispensable.

Besides, she didn't dare to be less, Song Yunzhao really dared to make trouble.

"What the mother said is that the slave maid also heard that the quota is determined by the amount of silver donated."

"And what's there to fight about?" Concubine Shu's heart relaxed suddenly, she donated the most in the harem, and she was happy to think about it, she looked at Mama Wen and said, "Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan's intestines are going to be broken. At that time, I advised them to do more good deeds, and these two people had to sing against me, and now they have made a fool of themselves."

Concubine Shu is in a good mood, the more she thinks about it, the more proud she becomes, the first game of the year has been smooth and smooth, and everything will definitely go well this year.

"But no, Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan must be regretting it, their faces at today's dinner are not good-looking, and this matter is uncomfortable." Mama Wen smiled.

Concubine Shu smiled between her eyebrows, "By the way, have you found out where this rumor came from?"

"This matter is almost clear, there are so many people who come and go to the harem, anyone can pass it in." Mama Wen sighed, the palace gate is not strict, it is convenient for the palace concubine to contact the family, but correspondingly, it is difficult to find out the root cause of this kind of thing.

Concubine Shu sneered, "It's nothing if you can't find evidence, and if you think about it, you can guess who did it." If it's not Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan, then it must be Qin Wanyi."

"What do you mean?"

"In this disaster relief, Song Yunzhao's father and Mrs. Qin only got a false name, and only my father got real benefits. Speaking of which, it was Taifu Qin who made the first move, and the Qin family would definitely not give up. As soon as the matter of the merit monument comes out, what can Qin Wanyi not do?"

After speaking, Concubine Shu spoke with a little smugness, "I have been fighting with Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Wan for so many years, and these few times they have gained the upper hand, so they naturally can't sit still, and it is expected that they will muddy the waters about the merit monument."

"Mother, is it up to them?" Mama Wen frowned and said.

"Naturally, not." Concubine Shu couldn't swallow this breath, "I'm dizzy today, what good way can I come up with, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

"The mother is tired for a day, and the slave helps you rest."

Concubine Shu took Mama Wen's hand into the dormitory, and after lying down, she slowly said again, "Song Yunzhao is not a person who suffers, you are staring at whether there is any movement in the Forgotten Worry Palace."

If Song Yunzhao made a move, she would be happy to watch the excitement, and by the way, she would give her more energy.

Mama Wen responded and blew the lamp in the dormitory, leaving only a small lamp in the corner, and the hall instantly fell silent.

Concubine Shu closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly, thinking in her dream that if she continued like this, maybe the position of the concubine would not be far from her.

In the palace of forgetting worries, Song Yunzhao got a message from the emperor, and there was an urgent excerpt to send it to the palace, and he didn't come at night.

Song Yunzhao was stunned for a long time, if the emperor didn't come to the Forget Worry Palace, he wouldn't come, so he greeted her?

Hey, that's a lot of progress.

Even the queen didn't dare to ask about the emperor's whereabouts, and Song Yunzhao didn't dare to test it easily, but the emperor himself handed her a letter, so she was not to blame.

Song Yunzhao is in a good mood, this is not a matter of verbal information, which shows that his weight and status in the emperor's heart are different from before.

In the past, the emperor only regarded her as a favorite concubine and a harem garbage sweeper, but now she has a bit of her own meaning.

In vain her efforts in the past few months, Song Yunzhao slept very sweetly this night.

In the Taiji Palace, Feng Yi was raised on the dragon bed alone, and for the first time, he felt that the dragon bed was too empty, and he was a little sleepless.

The urgent excerpt was sent from the palace, saying that the Queen Mother was sick.

Feng Yi sneered, he had his own eyeliner in the palace, if the Queen Mother was really sick, he would have gotten the news here.

The Queen Mother couldn't bear it anymore and handed herself a message.

Feng Yi couldn't sleep a little, thinking of the Queen Mother, he couldn't help but think of the days before he was the emperor, the Queen Mother's dissatisfaction with him, and the Queen Mother's hesitation to take him as a step in order to regain favor.

He remembered the sneering smile and disdainful eyes of the first emperor's queen and concubine when they looked at him, and at that time he hated to cut into the cracks in the ground, but he was soft-spoken at that time, and he was not loved by his father, even if the queen and the concubine humiliated him, he could only stand there and listen.

However, it was also because his father did not like him as a son that he avoided the battle for the throne. Who would have thought that he would be the one who would sit on the throne of God in the end.

remembered that the Queen Mother said that he could sit on the throne of God all because of her, and he felt funny.

The coffin of the first emperor has not been buried, so he wants to promote the An family, and he feels that he can't swallow the title of Gu Enhou, if it is not for the rules, the new emperor will be rewarded for the descendants, and he doesn't want to look at the An family.

The Queen Mother is not in the capital, and the palace banquet is not on the banquet list every year, and he doesn't want to be called mean, so he sends people from the Guen Hou Mansion to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother for the festival every time.

This time, the Queen Mother is in a hurry to come back, and I am afraid that the An family will also contribute a lot.

Feng Yi thought about it and decided not to take the Queen Mother back to Beijing in advance, since she was sick, it was naturally not suitable for bumps on the road, so she sent a doctor to treat the Queen Mother.

Early the next morning, Feng Yi sent the imperial physician to the palace, so the news of the queen mother's illness also spread.

Left Prime Minister's House.

Zuo Xiang and his son Ji Yunting are playing against each other, the father and son have been playing a game of chess for an hour, and the black and white are fighting fiercely, and they are now in a state of anxiety.

"How was it at Hallym Academy?" Zuo Xiang looked at his son and asked.

Unlike Song Hunnen's release, Ji Yunting took the examination to stay in Beijing.

"Everything is fine, father don't worry." Ji Yunting said with a son.

Zuo Xiang followed and left a son, "Don't be arrogant in Hanlin Academy, be humble, it's not easy to get out of here. But once you come out, it is much easier to go to the court and pay homage to the prime minister than to exile the minister."

"My son knows." Ji Yunting replied.

Zuo Xiang raised his head, "You have to plan for your marriage, your mother said that she would show you after the New Year, and you are not allowed to shirk it this time." Your marriage to the county lord of Ming'an is like a farce, and your reputation is damaged, this time you must find a woman with a good reputation and talent to marry, so as to save one or two for you."

Ji Yunting's hand squeezed the chess pieces tightly, and he hesitated when he wanted to refuse the marriage, but he still couldn't say it, "Marriage is a big deal, but it's up to my father and mother to decide."

It's not that Zuo Xiang didn't see his son's hesitation, but since he agreed, he figured it out himself, and he didn't need to say anything else, just said: "Now that the situation in the court has changed, and the emperor is getting stronger and stronger, you have to grow up quickly, and you can't be like before."

Ji Yunting raised his head when he heard this, "Dad, because of this, in fact, it is the best policy for me to release it."

He doesn't want to take the Shu Jishi exam, he also wants to be released, the seniority in the Hanlin Academy is deeper than the other, and it is not easy to get through, but it is better to be promoted quickly by making meritorious achievements.

Because of the divorce with Helan Yun, he was bored staying in the capital, and he wanted to go out for a walk.

Zuo Xiang looked at his son, "Why do you suddenly have the mind to let go? Did someone tell you something?"

Ji Yunting shook his head, "My son just thinks that Hanlin Academy is a good place, but son

If the son wants to get out of the way and go to the pavilion like his father, he won't be able to do it without 20 years. Rather than boiling for seniority in the Hanlin Academy, it is better to let it out, at least the son must know what the official side wants to do, and how the people live, if the emperor asks about politics in the future, the son can't ask three questions and not know."

"It's a joke, don't you understand this if you don't let it out?" Zuo Xiang frowned and stared at his son.

Ji Yunting didn't retract his eyes, and met his father's sharp eyes, he said slowly: "My son doesn't want to stay in the capital, and it is also related to the county lord's resignation, and now because of this matter, my son's reputation has been damaged, so it's better to go out, and no one will mention it again when he comes back in a few years."

Sure enough, it's because of this.

Zuo Xiang was silent with a calm face, it was his intention to marry the Zhenbei Wangfu at the beginning, but he didn't think that it was such a coincidence, the daughter of the Qin family also wrote a letter to her son, and by mistake, she was also known by the Zhenbei Wangfu, and this marriage was a chicken feather.

Thinking of Qin Wanyi, Zuo Xiang's expression was ugly, "I told you that the daughter of the Qin family is already the emperor's Wanyi, and you can no longer have the slightest connection with her. If it weren't for her, how could there be a change in the marriage with the Zhenbei Palace, if you still think about people you shouldn't be worried about, I don't think you need to be an official, if you really want to make trouble, everyone in the family will follow you and lose their lives!"

"My son said that since he beat her and entered the palace, his son has never had contact with her, and there is nothing wrong with that letter written by her, but it is not his son's intention." Ji Yunting's face was pale, and he couldn't pull out this quagmire. "Even before Qin Wanyi entered the palace, her son had nothing to do with her."

He really didn't know how there were rumors that he liked Qin Wanyi.

Zuo Xiang said lightly: "Since it wasn't your intention, why didn't you make it clear to the county lord in the first place?"

Ji Yunting was silent, "My son really doesn't have any love for the county lord."

Zuo Xiang was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Think about it yourself, what you gained and what you lost in this matter, obviously you are not wrong, but in the end all the faults are borne by you. If you are like this, even if you enter the officialdom, you will be flayed and eaten by others, and you should stay at home and keep you safe rather than wait until that day."

Ji Yunting was silent, he couldn't refute this.

Thinking about it carefully, he was actually not sure what he thought of Qin Xiyue, like? There doesn't seem to be such an impulse.

However, every time Qin Xiyue and He Lanyun bumped into him, it seemed that there would always be a wonderful repetition of a scene, and he was deeply trapped in this scene and couldn't get out.

He knew he was wrong, but he didn't expect things to turn out the way they were.

Qin Xiyue entered the palace, he didn't feel sad, and he didn't feel happy when he married Helan Yun, it seemed that his love for men and women in his life was always a little hot.

But he knew that no one would believe him even if he said it.

Because, every time he quarreled with Qin Xiyue because of Helan Yun, he was the one who favored Qin Xiyue.

Even he himself feels very confused when he thinks about it now, but he did it, and he can't distinguish it, so he can only be silent.

"Dad, my son wants to be released."

Zuo Xiang frowned.

Ji Yunting sighed lightly, "Staying in Jingli, every time I see someone else, I feel like I'm a joke. You might as well let me out, my son will be a good official and not disgrace you."

Zuo Xiang looked at his favorite eldest son, and finally sighed, "You can go if you want, but this time how you let it out and where you go, I won't interfere, and you will make your own decisions." If you were to be sent to the bitter cold land, I would not intercede for you."

If you want to go out, you have to bear the consequences.