Yuan Yuniang was not very valued in the palace, but she was pregnant before, and she was registered as one of the four concubines at the insistence of the Empress Dowager Yuan, which caused a lot of turmoil.

But because there are more things this year, even if she gives birth to a child and returns to the palace, no one cares.

Even if I had paid attention to her Yun Fenghuan for a while, I only remembered that she seemed a little haggard when she came back.

But this is also understandable, after all, it hasn't been long since she was confined, and she hasn't recovered well, plus Wannian County is not as convenient as the palace, Concubine Xian is not used to living, in short, she didn't return to the palace with a radiant appearance, which is normal.

It's only been a few days, so it's not going to work?

Yunfeng Huanghu said suspiciously: "I haven't heard of it before, how can a young person say no, no?" ”

“…… Yanhong Palace is also in chaos now. Chen Jing bowed slightly and said, "It seems to be suddenly bad, saying that although I have been cowardly a few days ago, because the doctor is prescribing medicine every day to recuperate, I am still slowly recovering." ”

"What about the Imperial Doctor? What does the Imperial Doctor say now? Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows, leaned back, and said lazily, "This is the niece of the Empress Dowager, if you really can't get through it, I'm afraid it's not that simple, it's all leisurely!" ”

Chen Jing said that he understood: "The slave and maid have already asked the imperial doctor about it, and the imperial doctor can't say it clearly, but I think it may be the root cause of the disease during childbirth?" ”

Yun Fenghuang snorted and laughed: "This is not true, it must be nonsense!" ”

"The slave maid thinks the same thing, but the imperial doctors are now waiting in the Taoli Palace, and the slave and maid don't want to ask too much."

"Keep staring, and, thoroughly investigate the people in our palace, what does it have to do with the Taoli Palace recently?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and ordered, "The Qu clan and the Yi clan are also clever on their side, whether the virtuous concubine is dead or alive depends on her own creation, don't let the Empress Dowager take the opportunity to make trouble and block the palace!" ”

Anyway, if she was the Empress Dowager Yuan, no matter why Concubine Xian didn't have it, she would definitely take the opportunity to frame a few unpleasant concubines, lest this nephew die in vain.

Treat others by yourself, Yun Fenghuang naturally wants to prevent Empress Dowager Yuan from pitting herself.

She had just finished telling the people below, and the queen over there sent the palace maid to invite her, saying that she had something to discuss.

When I arrived at the Chongchang Palace, I saw that Gu Zhen's face was very bad, and there were several grizzled palace people kneeling below.

Because the two of them had a quarrel with the emperor's heir, although Yun Fenglian didn't think there was anything, Gu Zhen was not happy in his heart after all, and he didn't bother to be verbose at the moment, so he directly lifted his chin and said to Yun Fenglian: "These are all the ones who are serving the meals of the virtuous concubine from the Taoli Palace." ”

Yun Fenghuang sat down in some surprise: "What? Concubine Xian's illness? ”

"The doctor said it was like eating something that shouldn't have been eaten." Gu Zhen had a cold face, "So I brought all the people involved...... It's just that none of them admit it. ”

"Such a big thing, who would admit it?" Yun Fenghuang glanced at the queen, "If the mother is soft-hearted, why don't you ask Your Majesty if you want to invite the Imperial City Division to come out?" ”

Gu Zhen snorted: "That's not necessary. ”

Calling the Imperial City Division for everything, what is she, the queen?

I ordered someone to drag those palace people down to cook, learn some rules, and then talk back and forth.

At the end, the idler stepped back, frowned, and looked at Yun Fenghuang, "The thing you said before...... It's true? ”

"What really?" Yun Fenghuang asked knowingly, "What did Niangniang say?" ”

Gu Zhen stared at her for a moment before he snorted: "If Concubine Xian can't survive this experience, she is qualified to adopt her son, but only a few of us!" ”

"That doesn't have to be the mother's middle palace." Yun Fenghuang was thinking about whether he could push it and confirm his nonsense, so he smiled slightly at this moment and said deliberately, "Don't forget that since the concubine has three imperial heirs under her knees, it doesn't hurt to have one more." And although Concubine Shu is pregnant, but counting the days, her child is not much different from the Eighth Prince, isn't this a ready-made companion for the Eighth Prince? Oh, and Concubine De, Concubine De has a daughter under her knees, if she can adopt the Eighth Prince, wouldn't she just make up enough of the word 'good'? ”

“…… Are you willing to adopt the Eighth Prince, can the Queen Mother rest assured of you? Gu Zhen sneered, "Concubine De has been with you since she entered the palace, and the Empress Dowager will not worry about her either!" Oh, Concubine Shu has also advanced and retreated with you in the past two years, do you think that once Concubine Xian has three longs and two shorts, the eighth prince can still find someone else to raise? ”

Yun Fenghuang said: "Niangniang said carefully, Concubine Xian suddenly became seriously ill, and she didn't say that something would happen?" She is young, and she is not seventy or eighty, where can she not hold on? Even if she really can't hold on, for the sake of the Eighth Prince, can she not grit her teeth and survive? This is the prince she worked so hard to give birth to, isn't it the guarantee of the future wealth of Xingning Bofu? ”

The more she said this, the more irritable Gu Zhen became: "Concubine Xian's previous haggard was nothing more than that she suffered a lot of sins during childbirth, and she was the first child, which is reasonable." Originally, these days will be raised, and they are much better. You didn't see it at the banquet two days ago, but after putting on the fat powder, in fact, you didn't look closer, and you couldn't see anything wrong with her at all. It's not good to say it at this point, who knows what's going on? ”

"Not necessarily." Yun Fenghuan stood and spoke without pain in her waist, anyway, the life or death of Concubine Xian is not very important to her, and it will not trouble her who the Eighth Prince will raise her, this time, if Gu Zhen is good, she will fight with Empress Dowager Yuan, if she doesn't get it right, she doesn't have any loss, and she is really relaxed.

At this moment, he smiled and said, "Maybe Concubine Xian has some chronic illness or something, and she suddenly has a seizure?" Originally, there were many noble daughters and noble sons who were raised by slaves and servants in the family, and there were not a few who suddenly disappeared at a young age, right? ”

Gu Zhen had a cold face: "Don't be sloppy here!" Hongu asks you, what else do you know about this? ”

"What do you know?" Yun Fenghuang said lazily, "Don't you think that the concubine is lying to you?" This instigated the discord between the middle palace and the Empress Dowager, where did the concubine dare to do it? ”

"You dared to reveal your tone back then, what don't you dare to do now?" Gu Zhen sneered and said, "Besides, this palace is not at the will of His Majesty, even if he has the status of the queen, he can't do anything about you, let alone suppress you." But that one is the motherly queen mother who is closer to Her Majesty than her mother, didn't you tell the palace that you didn't have it just to let the palace help you? Why, now that this palace is playing, what are you taking Joe? ”

Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "What can I do about this?" The queen didn't believe in the concubine body before the concubine, and when the concubine was digging out her heart and lungs before, the mother only listened to the wind, but at this time, she was angry, but she forced the concubine to confess to you. But after you calm down, you can't help but feel that the Queen Mother can't be offended, at that time, the concubine's work is in vain, the key is that if the mother turns her head and sells the concubine, even if His Majesty favors the concubine, he can't allow the concubine to do such a thing, right? ”

Gu Zhen was expressionless: "Don't be embarrassed here, you should understand what is most important for this palace to sit in this seat!" If the Empress Dowager really wants to seek the East Palace through the main palace, this is the main palace, and it is something that the Gu family cannot tolerate! For this reason, even if the palace is willing to settle things, the Gu family behind the palace will not compromise! This palace understands these truths, will you Min Guifei not be clear? ”

"Niangniang really thinks too highly of the concubine's body." Yun Fenghuan just smiled, "Although the concubine body is not favored by the Empress Dowager of Loving Mother, in order to prevent angering the Empress Dowager of Loving Mother, she usually pays attention to the side of Chunyu Palace and Xingningbo Mansion, but after all, she is from a humble background, and there is very little news that can be found out." The reason why I was able to know about this was because Concubine Xian had been in the palace for a short time, and there were not many credible people around her. But that was only before, since she was pregnant and was determined to be a male fetus, how much the Empress Dowager and the Xingning Bofu cared about her, you all know it. Now that the concubine is beside her, she can't put any eyeliner, at most she can find a few rough envoys to inquire about the movement. ”

Gu Zhen stared at her.

Yun Fenghuang calmly looked at her.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and at the end of the day, Yun Fenghuang got up directly, saying that he had nothing else to do to take care of the imperial heir, so he retired?

"......" Gu Zhen nodded with a calm face.

After she left, the queen asked left and right: "You said, is it an accident that Concubine Xian suddenly fell seriously ill, or did it happen to the concubine or the Yuan family?" ”

“…… Mother, why don't we wait and see what happens? After thinking about it left and right, he persuaded the queen, "Although Concubine Xian is not the favorite niece of the Empress Dowager Cimu, because she gave birth to the eighth prince, she is also valued by the Empress Dowager of Cimu. She has made a mistake, how can the Queen Mother give up? ”

Moreover, "If Niangniang is worried that she will be asked to take over the Eighth Prince, why don't you call her illness first?" ”

"Actually, Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, after all, Concubine Xian was fine when the Eighth Prince landed, and now the Eighth Prince is clearly recorded on the jade plate, which is in the name of Concubine Xian. Even if His Majesty personally entrusts it to Niangniang, at most, it will be raised by Niangniang, and it still belongs to the prince born by the virtuous concubine. The attendant reminded the queen again, "It's not the mother's own consent, otherwise how can she become a concubine?" Besides, please think about it, my majesty probably will not approve of this matter. ”

Gu Zhen listened to the peace of mind and sighed: "I don't know when such a day will come?" ”

If nothing happened to the King of Chu, she could still secretly curse Chun Jia to ascend to Bliss early and take the young lord to the throne by herself, so wouldn't she need to worry about being angry like this at that time?

But now, the person who least wants Chunjia to have an accident is her.

After all, it is impossible for the clan relatives and civil and military forces to agree to a prince who has burned out his brain to inherit the throne, if Chunjia has anything bad at the moment, it will be cheaper, who is not to say, but she will definitely not have a good life in the middle palace.

So there's still something to boil.

Gu Zhen spread the news of being sick in the evening of the same day, saying that it was because she was too worried about the past two days, Yun Fenghuang was clear about her intentions, and just smiled: "If this is a coincidence, isn't the queen mother busy in vain?" If this is a well-intentioned design, how can it be possible for the queen to dodge it so lightly? ”

After saying this, he asked again, "What can the queen ask about those individuals in the Taoli Palace?" ”

"I don't think so." Chen Jing whispered, "Because the queen mother hurriedly called herself sick, no one has mentioned this matter yet." But the slave and maid look, the queen mother will probably push people and things to us? ”

Yun Fenghuang said: "How is it possible? Hongu didn't mind taking this hand. But can the Queen Mother rest assured? ”

She waited calmly for the Empress Dowager Yuan to enter, but on this day, the palace gate was locked, and the Chunyu Palace was silent, only to hear that the Empress Dowager Yuan sent someone to see Concubine Xian, and it seemed that she had no intention of making extraneous branches.

"It's impossible." Yun Fenghuang said to the left and right, "Look at it, or the first day today, the Empress Dowager will have to pretend." Wait for Ming'er, if Concubine Xian is so good, it can be said that it is a coincidence, and no one designed it. Otherwise, even if it wasn't for the Empress Dowager, she would definitely have to do something. ”

The Huanhua Hall fell asleep full of fighting spirit.

When I got up the next day, I heard a big news, but it was not Chunyu Palace, but Yanfu Palace: the palace people who had been brought over from Taoli Hall to be interrogated were all dead!

There was nothing left of the night's work!

Gu Zhen: "......"

The attendant knelt down to His Highness in panic and pleaded guilty: "...... Yesterday a lady ordered them to set rules, so the slave and maid pulled people to the back of the hall and moved the board...... Later, some people couldn't bear it and confessed some trivial things, but no one admitted to murdering Concubine Xian. It was getting late, so the slaves and maidservants ordered them to be locked up in the firewood room, waiting for the lady to show them what to do. I don't want to open the door today, and everyone inside will lose their breath! ”

"Could it be that you were too heavy yesterday?" Seeing that the queen's face was not good, someone stood up and asked, "Didn't you say that you should set up a rule, but you still have to continue to ask, why do you start so hard?!" ”

"Never!" The close attendant in charge of the execution hurriedly denied it, saying that those who did it were all years of experience, and they would fight whatever they wanted, and it was absolutely impossible to miss, "After the fight was finished yesterday, when they were questioned, they were still in good spirits." ”

Gu Zhen sneered: "You don't have to ask them anymore!" Even if you really miss, how can it be that a group of people miss and none of them survive?! This must be that the palace has been mixed with sand, and the palace is deliberately planted!! ”

The next thing was exactly the same as the queen expected, yesterday the Empress Dowager Yuan, who was still quiet, heard that this group of people died in the Chongchang Palace, and immediately blew up, and personally rushed over to ask the queen why she was so heavy: "It's nothing that this dog slave is dead, but if you can't find out who is plotting to kill Concubine Xian, what should you do?!" ”

"That's what the Queen Mother said." Gu Zhen's heart was cold, but his face was skillfully filled with guilt, "The daughter-in-law actually didn't mean to kill them, but yesterday the concubine said that who would confess if she asked her well, so she asked someone to pull it down to loosen her muscles and bones, who knew that the daughter-in-law's body and bones were not angry, and the concubine felt that her body was not very good not long after she left, so she delayed the matter...... But for the gangsters to take advantage of the situation to kill people! But even so, the daughter-in-law, as the lord of the six palaces, did not take care of the internal affairs well, and she is ashamed of the trust of the queen mother and His Majesty, and she is also sorry for the virtuous concubine! ”

Said sadly and crumblingly.

Seeing this situation, Empress Dowager Yuan also subconsciously slowed down her tone and sighed: "It's no wonder you, you have always been a kind-hearted child......"

After talking for a while, he asked Yun Fenghuan, "When did the concubine come, and what did she say?" Why did she come and the people of the Taoli Palace would be punished, and even the queen was sick after half an hour? It's like a disaster. ”

Gu Zhen mentioned Yunfeng Huang, just to pull the concubine into the water, and the wording at the moment is of course how to make the concubine suspicious.

Empress Dowager Yuan's expression changed for a while after hearing this, and then she said slowly: "The mourning family knows, the mourning family will go to find the emperor and ask him clearly!" ”

At this time, I saw the status of Concubine Xian in front of the emperor.

The Queen Mother went to the Taichu Palace to find Chunjia and told her the ins and outs, suspecting that Yunfeng Huang had destroyed the mouth of Chongchang Palace, and when she was suspected of murdering the queen, Chunjia knew that Concubine Xian's condition had worsened: "Wasn't Concubine Xian okay two days ago?" Why did you suddenly get seriously ill? ”

After all, he is in charge of every day now, and there are only a few people in the harem who are qualified to report to him immediately if there is a disturbance.

Like a virtuous concubine who is not favored, even if she has a high position and gives birth to a prince, she is not sure that she is dying, and these people dare not rashly disturb the emperor with this news.

Maybe it will make the emperor feel blind, and turn his head away?

Empress Dowager Yuan didn't know about this, and she almost died of anger when she heard the words: "That's one of the four concubines, she is now lying on the couch and struggling for her life, you don't know anything?!" The concubine has a slight headache and brain fever, so you leave the government to accompany you, you ...... Why don't you dismiss the six palaces and leave only the concubine!! ”

Chunjia got up and coaxed: "Don't be angry, the queen mother is really busy these two days, maybe the people below haven't found a chance to tell me." ”

He scolded Yan Yin with a heavy face, "Why hasn't anyone told me such a big news?!" ”

Yan Yin took the blame with interest, and immediately knelt down to ask for guilt, saying that all this was her own fault, and asked the Queen Mother not to blame the emperor: "The government has been busy for the past two days, Your Majesty has been buried in the case all day long, and the slaves and maids are distressed, afraid that Your Majesty will be more and more sad when she hears the news...... The slave is guilty, please punish the queen mother! ”

Empress Dowager Yuan didn't bother to argue with Chun Jia whether he didn't care about Concubine Xian or was really cheated by the people below, so she didn't pay attention to Yan Yin, and only asked lightly: "What is the emperor going to do now?" ”