Chapter Thirty-Ninth: On the Skill of Shaking the Pot

Ji Muzi walked in with a sullen face.

She didn't want to come at first, but left and right quietly persuaded her, saying that although Yi Xingen was lucky enough to visit the emperor last night, he still came to accompany Yun Fenghuang for breakfast before going to the front this morning. Pretend, how much attention is there, maybe Yun Fenghuang has heard something, so he wants to come here to discuss with her?

After all, everyone knows that Yun Fenghuang's backer is the Queen, Yuan Ke is fine, Ji Minggan is the Queen's brother, if Yun Fenghuang dares not to care about his affairs, how can he explain to the Queen later?

For this reason, Ji Muzi came here, but she was cold, and after saluting solemnly, she raised her chin and asked, "Jieyu invites you, why?"

"Who called Concubine Ji just now?" After hearing this, Yun Fenghuang had no choice but to ask the servants.

Chen Zhu hurriedly came out and said a name, one of the people who were added after Jin became a concubine, Yun Fenghuang just smiled and said: "I clearly said that Concubine Ji came over, who gave him the courage to tamper with this book?" The order of the palace? Drag it down, stick thirty!"

Thirty court sticks are enough to kill people if they are ruthless. Even if they are merciful, they will have to lie down for a few months. Of course, Ji Muzi doesn't value the life of a subordinate who has met once, but Yun Fenghuang's behavior clearly shows that she deliberately loses face!

She clenched her fists subconsciously, and glared at the concubine not far away: "Mao Jieyu called people here, could it be for the purpose of showing prestige!?"

Yun Fenghuang first asked Chen Zhu to drag her down for execution, and then told the left and right to back down except Xi Le, then rolled his eyes to look at her, and said with a smile: "I really want to show my prestige, but now a person who is not Well, even the empress is going to be passive, who has that kind of thought?!"

Ji Muzi's heart skipped a beat when she heard the words. If Yun Fenghuang said so plainly, she would not believe it, but Ji Minggan and Yuan Ke... She immediately restrained her arrogance, frowned and asked, "What did Jieyu say?" What's the meaning?"

"If you count the temples, how many people are not involved in right and wrong now?" Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "I'm not sure what your majesty will do next, but in short, it's definitely not what we hoped for. !"

Ji Muzi was stunned, and after a quick calculation in her mind, her complexion changed, and she couldn't sit still: "I'll ask someone to deliver a letter to my family!"

"Stop!" Yun Fenghuang stopped her and said, "My palace knew about the matter of you sending a letter to Qishan before. Do you think your majesty would not know? Now the elders in the palace are not here, and the empress is not here either. , What can I do to Your Majesty? Since he didn't stop you from reporting the news, he was obviously prepared for it, and he was sure that your news would either not be sent out, or it would be useless if it was sent out... Do you know that Marquis Haixi and Xing Xing Uncle Ning came here yesterday, and His Majesty didn't see them all night! Even at this moment, I don't know if they can face the saint!"

When he said this, Yun Fenghuang carefully looked at Ji Muzi's expression, and seeing her look dazed, he thought to himself, it seems that the Ji family didn't trust Empress Ji, and the queen is the one who supports her most in the palace. This Ji Muzi After all, she is also the first daughter of the Ji family, and her level of information is really not very good.

Well, of course there is also a possibility that Ji Minggan fell into the hands of the emperor yesterday. In order not to anger Emperor Chunjia, the Ji family didn't tell Ji Muzi, who was staying behind to accompany him, so that Ji Muzi wouldn't be confused. The move made the emperor know about it. Thinking of the collusion between the old and the harem these years, the heart became more and more angry, and he refused to let go lightly.

She thought so, and continued, "I am in the harem, and I know very little about the affairs of the previous dynasty. Now even this palace thinks that something is wrong. Do you think there is still a chance?"

Ji Muzi twisted the handkerchief subconsciously, and immediately raised her head: "If Guo is already powerless, why should Jieyu waste her tongue with me?"

"You're right." Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly, glanced around, and told everyone to back off. Ji Muzi's confidant palace maid stopped for a while, but Ji Muzi hesitated and nodded, so she also left .

"There is only one way now, but the people of my palace are here, so I can't do it." There were only two people left in the room, but Yun Fenghuang was still worried, got up and walked down, and leaned into Ji Muzi's ear, whispering, " We can only ask the Empress Dowager or even the Empress Dowager to take action...that is to attack Concubine Shu!"

Ji Muzi understood after a little thought, and said in a low voice: "You want to use Concubine Shu to drag the Duke Yi's mansion into the water so that you can negotiate with His Majesty? But Concubine Shu has always been very cautious in her words and demeanor, and even if she hastily found her tricks , I'm afraid it will be difficult to track down his father's family..."

"That depends on what it is." Yun Fenghuang sneered, "Don't forget, Your Majesty's knees are empty!"

"Yuan Niangniang?" Ji Muzi looked at her suspiciously. Although there are noble concubines in the palace who are also pregnant, in comparison, Yuan Yiniang is much easier to deal with than the noble concubine, especially the difficult operation of planting concubine Shu. Therefore, Ji Muzi never considered the noble concubine, "But Concubine Shu doesn't have anything to do with the Dendrobium Palace at all...and didn't you tell me that you have arrangements?"

Yun Fenghuang was not surprised. She knew that the queen wanted to hand in the certificate by herself, so she laughed and said, "Of course I have arrangements, but that was after I went to the Qishan Palace, and you think it's better for me to enter the palace?" In just a few days, you can frame Concubine Shu, who you find difficult to do? If you are worried, it’s okay for me to pass on the news right now. Anyway, if His Majesty wins this time, I will Left and right will not have a good end, it is better to strike first, kill one is one!"

As he spoke, he was about to call Xi Le in.

"Wait!" Seeing this, Ji Muzi quickly stopped her, pursed her lips and said, "Are you...how sure?"

Of course, she was not asking how sure Yun Fenghuang was about killing Yuan Niangniang and framing Concubine Shu, but asking how sure she was that the emperor was doing big things.

"This palace doesn't know much about the outside world." Yun Fenghuang said lightly, "But I also know that since the death of Mrs. Ye Guogong, Haixi Hou and Minyang Hou both Ding You resigned and focused on keeping their filial piety. As a result, there was a record yesterday. After Young Master and Young Master Yuan were taken down, they unexpectedly rushed to Wannian County at night, Concubine Ji thought, is this a big deal or a small one?"

Ji Muzi remained silent. Haixihou was the queen's father, her uncle, and one of the real power figures of the Ji family. Of course Ji Muzi believed in his decision.

After the death of Mrs. Ye Guogong, as a son, Haixi Hou Minyang Hou had to take the initiative to ask to resign to keep his filial piety, no matter whether he liked it or not. The sons share their worries and solve their problems. The two went to live in a hut in front of the old lady's cemetery for a few days, but they were moved to another courtyard under the pretext of excessive grief and illness, and manipulated behind the scenes.

This kind of manipulation is much more troublesome than going into battle in person. The most important thing is that their presence on the scene often has a different effect from the presence of their subordinates. This is also an important reason why Ji knew that the emperor was suspicious but was powerless to oppose his pro-government.

And in order to prevent being caught by the emperor, the two of them acted very carefully in the other courtyard, and even hired a trusted doctor to guard them, decocting medicine on time every day, making an illusion that the two brothers could not afford to sleep together. Prevent outsiders from snooping.

This time, he personally came to Wannian County to intercede with the emperor...

Ji Muzi thought about it for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "Forget it, I will contact my sister right now... But, Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty will be in charge after all." Yun Fenghuang's goal was achieved, but his face was still solemn, and he said slowly, "I am afraid that manpower is limited, and we may not have the strength to fight now... This is a big matter, you can judge by yourself Forget it. Anyway, you know the background of Ben Gong, if Ben Gong can't do anything about it, why bother to ask you to talk about it?"

When Ji Muzi left in a hurry, she called Xi Le over, "Keep an eye on that side, and pay attention to everyone Ji Bin is in contact with right now."

Most of those people belong to the Ji family, and there are many deeply buried nails.

Xi Le understood, but was also a little anxious: "Madam, can this matter be accomplished? Your Majesty has managed to plan until today, this...?"

Will such a loophole be left for Yun Fenghuang to exploit?

"Do you think His Majesty acts in a calm and safe manner?" Yun Fenghuang sneered, and said, "He also had to - don't forget how he took charge of the government? In the final analysis, public opinion is just an introduction. The assassination of the father-in-law made the two mainstays of the Ji family, Haixi Hou and Minyang Hou, resign in their prime years, and their grandchildren had to resign one after another for the sake of their grandmother's filial piety... Even though they have been in power for many years and have party members, but in a hurry, the power officials The factions such as the regent, the regent, and the important ministers are not dead, so how can they not take the opportunity to attack? The relatives who were originally smoldering with fire were seriously injured almost overnight!"

There was a severe drought in three states, the victims of the disaster gathered together, and there were raging discussions in the countryside...

Don't look at these things being said hoarsely in the temple, as if the country is about to perish. In fact, the country is so big that it has never had a foolish king with special subjugation skills, nor has it encountered any The foundation of the catastrophic disaster is still there, and it will not prevent the upper class from continuing to call for wind and rain and rely on the red and green.

The most important thing for the emperor to be able to come to power is the death of Mrs. Ye Guogong, which caused all the main heirs of the Ji family to be Ding You. The vacant position was also scrambled by political opponents with aspirations. Chunjia was in charge - after all, the emperor who was still "concentrating on his studies" at the age of twenty-three was not the one who stopped him from doing serious business by himself.

But anecdotally speaking, it was the Ji family who murdered the emperor's heir and left the emperor's knees empty;

There is no way, the lessons learned from the past, it is difficult for Quan Huan and his relatives to get a good name, not to mention that the relationship between the Ji family and the Shilin who controls public opinion is not very good.

In this case, if the Ji family didn't let go of their mouths, they would get more and more notoriety, and would further offend the emperor.

So I simply agreed that the emperor came out to listen to the government, so that the family could breathe a sigh of relief-the emperor has been useless all these years. So, can the main target of the temple be replaced by the emperor instead of the Ji family?

Yun Fenghuang casually analyzed it for Xi Le, and finally said, "Although the wife of the Duke of Ye is gone, the Duke of Ye is still there. According to the rules, when the father is in the funeral of the mother, the sons and unmarried daughters only need to It’s enough to obey the Qi Failing Period! As for the grandchildren, it’s the Qi Failing Period... Although there are some differences in the form and structure of the two, the time is the same, both are only one year!"

In today's world, men are superior to women and women are inferior. Only when the father dies can he use the three-year ritual of beheading. Or maybe the father has died first, so the mother can enjoy three years of filial piety, but it is just a lower level than chopping.

Of course, the emperor didn't care about the specific way of keeping the filial piety of Ji's children, the key is not to disturb him from seizing power.

The problem is that a mere year is too short for a person who has been on the throne for eight years but has not seriously exercised the power of the emperor, especially the year of filial piety is calculated as nine months, that is, It is said that Ding You, the disciples of the Ji family, will last until the beginning of next year, which is almost the same!

"So even if there is no case of Zheng Fengfen, and Ji Minggan and His Majesty Yuan Kezhi did not fall into the water, there must be other things." Yun Fenghuang said with a sullen face, "Your Majesty does not intend to sit still, and how could he not grasp that the children of the Ji family are still alive?" The opportunity to keep filial piety and take advantage of the victory to pursue it?!"

She glanced at Xi Le, and said calmly, "So Your Majesty is in a hurry now, and being in a hurry means that he is not invulnerable, understand?"

Xi Le's heart skipped a beat: "Yes!"

In fact, she was still a little bit suspicious, but she didn't dare to show it. After all, she had a previous record of betrayal from Gong Xiangxiao and returned to Yunfenghuang. If she showed some panic now... Who knows if Yunfenghuang will doubt it Will she defect to the emperor again?

She knows this Jieyu's tricks and tricks, even if Ji really fails this time, Yun Fenghuang may not be unable to play her to death.

For Xi Le who gave up her family and wants to live on her own, this kind of master is what she fears the most.

She didn't dare to think too much, she could only silently pray that Ji Muzi would go well.

Yun Fenghuang knew all about these thoughts, but he didn't intend to continue to appease him, he just avoided Xi Le and called Xi Jing to come to him.

Just like what she said to Ji Muzi, this is a big matter, and it's one thing to let Ji's people charge forward, so how can it be possible to pin all hopes on Ji Muzi?