Chapter 77 The Man Behind the Scenes

"Qi Jiulu came to Cuiyuan a few days ago." Gong Xiangxiao didn't look at Yun Fenghuang, touched his nose, and said, "Father has been quite busy these two days with Mr. Lingshan's affairs, so he didn't pay attention to it for a while. Arrange him... Brother Chen, isn't Brother Chen more free now? So he has a closer relationship with him. Last time, Brother Chen was almost at the bottom of the shooting list. I learned that his skills are good, so I brought him to the palace today. If you want to win back a victory...who would have thought that you would run into Yuan Songlai, a fool?"

After saying this, he quickly glanced in the direction of Yun Fenghuang, "I didn't expect that Yun Bin would come here now."

Emperor Chunjia said lightly: "So, everything is just a coincidence?"

"My brother, I don't think so." Gong Xiangxiao shook his head when he heard this and said, "Yuan Songlai must have been taken advantage of. Although this person is not very smart at ordinary times, he will not let you lose face in public."

Yuan Ke's actions just now were similar to the Wang family's incident of Xie Fenghuan Hongxing's affair that caused a storm in the city. It was not a smart move. After all, if the matter is not accomplished, it will break up. Once the enemy cannot be trampled down, the backlash can be imagined; If it works, will Emperor Chunjia's face look good?

The Wang family is just a local family with limited vision and knowledge, so it is not surprising that they act stupidly.

For example, Yuan Ke's family background is more than one level higher than that of the Wang family, and as the emperor's companion, he has been in and out of the palace for eight years. Logically, he should not make such a mistake.

Gong Xiangxiao therefore suspected: "Maybe he did it voluntarily, maybe someone promised him some benefit. Yuan Ke was young and his parents had passed away. Although Uncle Xingning took good care of him, he was busy with other things. How can we keep everything in mind? It will inevitably be taken advantage of by villains."

Emperor Chunjia did not answer the question and only asked him: "Did you not know anything before entering the palace today?"

"It's not like the imperial brother doesn't know. Although my brother is the heir apparent, Concubine Lu is now the head of the palace." Gong Xiangxiao showed a hint of sadness and said, "If the palace knows, it doesn't mean that my brother will know. If Yuan Songlai hadn't started making trouble just now , Brother Chen doesn’t know anything about it.”

The emperor chuckled, not knowing whether he believed it or not. He took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Then what are you going to do now?"

Gong Xiangxiao asked tentatively: "My brother will not bring Qi Jiulu into the palace again?"

"That's it?" The emperor sounded a little dissatisfied.

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but frown, and Gong Xiangxiao said in a pleading tone: "Brother Imperial, no one knows what kind of life I am living in the Regent's Palace now? I have a father, a royal concubine, a concubine Lu, and a Qingping As a maternal wife, Hou now still has Mr. Lingshan as his mentor, my brother...my brother has no other ideas, but Concubine Lu has become more and more unclear about my brother in the past two years..."

"I'm not forcing you to do anything to this Qi family's son." The emperor said coldly, "I'm saying that Yun Concubine was hired into the palace by the imperial grandmother's decree. If you make such a fuss today, Yuan Songlai will just pay it back. How can you and I not Go and visit the Imperial Grandmother, lest she hear other people’s words and not understand the context and worry about us in vain?”

Gong Xiangxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "My brother, I have not thought carefully about it. Please forgive me, my brother. When are you going to Qingci Palace? Can you please give me your permission?"

The emperor glanced at the sky outside the palace and said, "If it's convenient for you, go now."

Then he turned his attention to Yun Fenghuang and said, "Concubine Yun is here too."

Although the identity and age of the empress dowager did not require her to avoid foreign men, Emperor Chunjia still did not take him with her this time. He asked Gong Xiangxiao to send the people away, and then ordered people to bring the emperor's chariot and display it to Qingci. palace.

"I thought that Concubine Yun would imitate the virtues of the virtuous concubines of the past generations." After the imperial chariot arrived, Emperor Chunjia was of course the first to board it, and then waved to Yun Fenghuang. Yun Fenghuang said nothing and supported her The waiter's arms happily sat on it.

The emperor seemed to be smiling but not smiling. After the imperial chariot had walked for a while, he slowly teased her, "I didn't expect that Concubine Yun didn't even mean to refuse, but it surprised me."

"I have already said that I like Your Majesty the most. If I can get closer to Your Majesty, why should I care about reputation?" Yun Fenghuang said boldly, "Besides, I am not even a concubine now, so what do you think? What does a virtuous and kind person do? Serving His Majesty well is the most important thing. If you are outside and your Majesty wants something, I can't even reach it, so how can I serve you?"

Are you kidding me?

Taichu Palace is so far away from Qingci Palace. Why should I walk there if I can ride on the imperial chariot!

the most important is……

You, the emperor, are still a faggot. What's the point of pretending to be virtuous to make you happy?

It’s no good why should I wrong myself?

The emperor looked at her funny: "Concubine Yun is really articulate."

It sounds like it's true.

Yun Fenghuang Quan thought he was sincerely praising him and showed a complacent expression: "Otherwise, how could he be in the eyes of the Empress Dowager?"

Then, after a while, they arrived at Qingci Palace. After the greetings, before Emperor Chunjia could say anything, the Queen Mother looked at the three people below her, showed a loving look, and raised her chin towards Yun Fenghuang. , said: "Is this the child of Melia? I haven't seen you for a few days, but it looks a lot better. He looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old..."

Yun Fenghuang: "..."

Calm down... Calm down... Think on the bright side: When I first came to visit the palace, I was sure that the Empress Dowager didn't remember what she looked like at all. Now, the Empress Dowager actually mistakenly thought she was Yuan Yuniang. What does this mean? It shows that the former Concubine Yue and the current Yue Jieyu, an old man who has been in the palace for eight years, the Empress Dowager still cannot remember her appearance!

So she is actually treated like a concubine in front of the Empress Dowager, which is really gratifying and congratulatory... What a ghost!

Why should I compare with Yuan Yuniang’s unsatisfactory performance! ! !

Yun Fenghuang's face was expressionless, and he deeply felt that he still didn't work hard enough. He was a little drifting during this period. If this doesn't work, he can't live this life... This damn palace!

Emperor Chunjia coughed dryly to hide his smile: "Grandma Emperor, this is the concubine Yun from the Queen's Palace. She was awarded the title of Baolin when she first entered the palace. She is indeed young enough to have hairpins this year."

"...The Ai family is really dim-sighted." The Queen Mother was also a little embarrassed, and immediately asked, "Why did you suddenly bring this child here? But what's the matter?"

The implication is that it doesn't matter that a newly-named Baolin is now Yun's concubine. Why did she bring her to Qingci Palace?

Emperor Chunjia said: "If nothing happens, how can you dare to disturb the imperial grandmother? But it is like this."

He immediately told Yun Fenghuang's birth story in general, but the section about being beheaded by Yi Guo's father and daughter before being inserted into the recruitment list was changed to read that Yun Ju and his wife felt sorry for their niece, and took the initiative to accept her as their adopted daughter, and informed Yi that Duke of the country, officially entered into the Yun family genealogy.

During the three years that Yun Fenghuang had been in the imperial capital, she had a deep relationship with Yun Qingman and couldn't bear to be separated. Duke Yi felt sorry for their two children, so he recommended them both to Concubine Shu, who then recommended them to the Empress Dowager...

After hearing this, the Queen Mother sighed and said sadly: "When people get old, they are no longer useful. The Ai family doesn't know anything about these things. If you hadn't come to tell me today, I'm afraid it wouldn't have spread all over the city. Only the Ai family knows."

"The Imperial Grandmother is in the prime of her life, and my grandson still has many things to point at your eyes." Emperor Chunjia comforted him softly, "Why would you say such a thing? Originally, these are small things, otherwise the Queen and Concubine Shu would also It’s not like I haven’t reported it to you. If it hadn’t been for today’s commotion, my grandson would have been worried that someone would add fuel to his jealousy and harm the reputation of the royal family. Originally…”

"You are right to do this." The Empress Dowager interrupted him and said harmoniously, "Yuan Songlai is about to be crowned after all, so how can he still be so confused? When it comes to forbidden women and concubines, he is a foreigner and can do whatever he wants. Did you open your mouth? The Ai family knows that the Emperor has always been gentle in temperament, but you should not be too indulging in the people around you."

Emperor Chunjia lowered his head to receive the instruction: "What the imperial grandmother said is that my grandson will definitely scold Yuan Songlai when he comes back."

He explained further, "Yuan Songlai is the younger brother of Melia. Melia is pregnant now, and her grandson is worried..."

"...If that's the case, then you can do whatever you want." The Empress Dowager frowned, not satisfied with his attitude, but Yuan Niang's pregnancy was indeed a very important bargaining chip. After all, the daughter of the Ji family is now in the middle palace. Emperor Chunjia has not yet taken charge of the government. There are already many discussions outside. The emperor still has no heirs. It is difficult not to make people speculate that this is not because the emperor has few heirs, but because of the Ji family's methods. He was vicious and did not allow concubines other than Ji's daughters to contribute to the royal family.

At the beginning of the year, the reason why the Empress Dowager personally issued the edict, hired and selected the emperor was not only because she was really worried that the royal family would have no successors, but she also did it for the world to see.

At this time, Emperor Chunjia brought up a pregnant concubine as a cover. Although the Empress Dowager thought that Yuan Songlaihe should take a good long memory, she had to take a step back, but she was not happy at all, so her eyes fell on Yun Fenghuang, "As a person The emperor's concubines should be chaste and self-possessed, always running forward, what do you mean?"

Without waiting for Yun Fenghuang to argue, he told Emperor Chunjia, "I think this concubine Yun is what the emperor has liked these past two days. The Ai family didn't punish her, so they just asked her to stay away from the front... Originally, the former court had It’s not a place that a concubine should get involved in!”

"Emperor Grandma, the reason why Concubine Yun appeared in Taichu Palace was not because of her own intention, but because Minghui Jinyun and the others called her there." Emperor Chunjia said hurriedly, "I think it's because of her age. My sisters like her very much. Let's play with Concubine Yun... Jinyun even gave Concubine Yun cakes made by the cook in his mother's harem today."

When the Empress Dowager's granddaughters were mentioned, the Empress Dowager's expression softened slightly and she said, "Really? It's pitiful for Ming Hui and the others to be locked up in the palace all day long. Alas, in that case, let them go."

He looked at Yun Fenghuang again and said calmly, "The grandchildren of the Ai family asked you to accompany them. Just stay with them properly, but don't think about things you shouldn't have!"

Yun Fenghuang lowered his head: "I obey."

This matter was over here, at least in front of the Empress Dowager. Then the Empress Dowager ignored Yun Fenghuang and Emperor Chunjia, but waved Gong Xiangxiao to her side and asked Wen Yan The current situation in his regent's palace.

The emperor and Yun Fenghuang served as guests for a stick of incense, and the cordial conversation between the Empress Dowager and Gong Xiangxiao came to an end, showing their intention to see off the guests.

The three of them left Qingci Palace. Gong Xiangxiao was accompanied by palace attendants, and the emperor took Yun Fenghuang to Yanfu Palace.

After all, it involves the harem. After communicating with the Queen Mother, you should tell the Queen, right?

Yun Fenghuang sat upright in the imperial chariot, his face as heavy as water, and he was thinking about countermeasures quickly. After all, the truth about her entry into the palace was originally a card used by the queen to control Duke Yi's palace in the future, and it was also one of the important weights for surrendering in the first place. As a result, Today, Yuan Songlai made such a fuss, and the emperor took advantage of the opportunity to let her clear the way in front of the Empress Dowager. From now on, how could Empress Ji or anyone else use it to make a fuss about the crime of bullying the emperor by father and daughter of Yiguo? !

Her eyes touched the emperor who was beside her with his eyes closed, and she couldn't help but grind her teeth secretly: If she still couldn't figure out who was instigating Yuan Songlai at this time, she wouldn't want to hang around anymore!

It's great that Yuan Niang is happy. Even if the Empress Dowager saw through the truth first and wanted to take it out on Yuan Songlai, the emperor blocked her in the guise of being an heir!

Isn't Gong Xiangxiao a fool? !

It's okay to lead Qi Jiulu into the palace privately, but to lead him to the imperial court openly and openly. Even if Yuan Songlai doesn't come out today, is he so sure that nothing will happen? !

Well, wait, Gong Xiangxiao may be stupid, but Yun Fenghuang doesn't believe that Qi Jiulu is also so ignorant.

What's the matter?