Chapter 70: Angry Empress Ji

Concubine Shu, as a high-ranking concubine next to the queen and concubine, and the daughter of Duke Yi, of course she would be brought to the palace for summer vacations over the years. Her fixed residence is Xiangtaoxuan. It is said that peach trees are planted everywhere inside and outside. Clouds piled on top of each other, against the backdrop of green moss in the mountains, like clouds and hail, it is so beautiful.

Because the palace is built on the mountain, the flowering period is later than the one coming down the mountain, and you can still see it a few times during the summer vacation every year, so it got its name.

However, after the imperial concubine was overthrown in public and caused a miscarriage, Concubine Shu naturally could not continue to live here, but was ordered by Empress Dowager Ji to be imprisoned in a long-unoccupied courtyard in the most remote northwest corner of the palace.

On the way Yun Fenghuang brought Nianxuan Liuhong and others over, Nianxuan was very disturbed: "Your Majesty told you not to go out yet."

"He told Xi Le, but he didn't tell you or Ben Gong." Yun Fenghuang disagreed, "Xi Le was not feeling well after he left this morning, so he went back to lie down, it's not like anyone else I know His Majesty's oral order, but no one told me, so of course I don't know."

Whether the emperor believed it or not, she believed it anyway.

The courtyard where Concubine Shu stayed was actually not very dilapidated from the outside, it was located between a few tall trees in the shape of a hut, with a low wall made of earth bricks around it, full of various wild flowers and weeds, It looks full of vitality, the fragrance of flowers is tangy, and it attracts many bees and butterflies, it is very lively.

It's just that the golden paint on the "Qinlvju" plaque hanging on the courtyard gate has faded, and the mountain wind blows, and it even seems to be crumbling - the first thing that catches the eye when entering the house is the weeds that are all over the garden. During the day, all kinds of insects are constantly chirping, and one can imagine the scene at night.

Walking in along the stepping stones embedded in the grass, the door of the abode was wide open, and there was the sobbing and crying of the palace servants inside.

"It's been so long, why hasn't anyone come to preside over it?" Yun Fenghuang stood outside the threshold, a little hesitant to step in in such a dilapidated and messy room, seeing Concubine Shu lying on her back. On the old mat, beside her were two palace men in fine clothes kneeling and crying for her. After thinking for a while, sighed, and said in a pitiful tone, "No matter how you say it, the Empress has not deprived Sister Concubine Shu of her rights." As for the position, one of the four concubines has such a thing, how can they stay together in the palace and just ignore it?"

"You still have the face!!!" The two palace maids were crying all over the place, but when they heard the sound, they turned their heads and looked, with hatred in their eyes.

One of the older ones was fine, but the younger one was impulsive and subconsciously yelled, "It's all you! You forced our mother to death, and you came here to cry and pretend to be merciful!"

"Ru Xun!" The elder palace man was startled, and subconsciously wanted to stop his companion, but Chen Zhu had already rushed up, kicked Ru Xun down, and said with a grinning smile: "Does something like a dog dare to slander my mother? Let’s see, it’s you two scumbags who looked at Concubine Shu under house arrest and became murderous. Not to mention killing Concubine Shu, you dare to provoke the sisters between my concubine and Concubine Shu Friendship!"

"Eunuch, calm down!" The elder palace man didn't dare to help his companion, so he knelt down and begged for mercy, choked up, "Ru Xun is young and ignorant, please don't be as knowledgeable as her!"

Chen Zhu then peeked at Yun Fenghuang's expression, seeing the master's interested look, he changed his mind, stepped forward and kicked her to the ground, and said with a smile: "Ignorant? If a child is ignorant, he will still be divided." I don’t know whether it’s good or bad? My mother has always respected Concubine Shu and regarded her as her own sister. She just entered the palace yesterday, so she hurriedly went to Luqin Terrace to beg for Concubine Shu. Such a deep sisterly love, who wouldn’t regret it? Why did you come here overnight, and the Concubine Shu is gone? You two lowly maidservants, and you are still talking about my empress?!"

The elder palace man hesitated for a while, seeing that Chen Zhu seemed to want to continue to fight, he said helplessly: "This... this is all nonsense from the palace man who brought the meals. It's been a few days, how can I know what it looks like outside? So even if you are deceived, there is really nothing you can do!"

"You will push two six five." Yun Fenghuang said with a smile and said, "I think the palace servant who came to bring you meals is not very kind to you? Just want to drag him into the water right now?"

Seeing the elder palace man hastily deny it, she said slowly, "Yun Ronghua and Concubine Shu are biological sisters after all, it's not surprising that she faces Concubine Shu, after all, she is also of the same family as Concubine Shu. It's gone, how can I not come here to give you a ride? Well, for Concubine Shu's sake, I don't care about this Ruxun's disrespect just now, and you don't want to be monsters."

"... After Rong Hua went to the empress, she never showed up again." The elder palace man was startled when he heard this, and subconsciously said, "Thank you, empress, for your generosity."

Only then did he dare to help Na Ruxun.

Ruxun lowered her head, Xu tried her best to conceal her hatred and anger, but she didn't continue to fight against Yun Fenghuang recklessly.

"Haven't you told the outside about this?" Yun Fenghuang saw that there was really no place to stay in the house, so he simply stood outside the threshold and continued to ask, "Why are you two still here?"

The elder palace man said sadly: "The maidservants are grounded together with the empress, and they dare not go out without authorization. The palace servants who delivered the breakfast have been away for a long time, but I don't know why only the empress has come so far."

"You go to the empress's side and ask." Yun Fenghuang turned his head and gave instructions when he heard the words, and the elder palace man quickly thanked him again.

Na Ruxun was stiff, the hem of her clothes was pulled by her companion, and she finally bent over reluctantly.

"I still remember when I entered the palace at the beginning of the year, I tremblingly met Yue Jieyu in the main hall of Huzhu Palace. She didn't call out, and I didn't dare to move." Seeing this scene, Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, "It's been a while Well, I just said something, Concubine Shu's natal sister did not dare to offend, so she called Bengong Pingshen... At that time, Bengong thought, fortunately, Bengong still has an older sister in this palace, although it is only a clan sister, After all, it’s my own family!”

So Yun's should be his own.

"I don't think it's been so long, but it's the eternal separation between man and heaven... Sigh..."

Died really quickly and neatly.

"I can't believe it since I heard the news just now..."

There will be such good things.

"My lord, please mourn!" Chen Zhu and others persuaded in unison, "Death cannot be brought back to life, and besides, the spirit of Concubine Shu, I don't want my empress to be so sad for her."

Ruxun and Xun tried their best to endure their anger, lest Yun Fenghuang would see their anger—as for Mao Jieyu's overjoyed expression, and her unwillingness to even walk in, how could it have anything to do with "sadness" ? !

"Forget it, I don't have the good fortune to be sisters with Concubine Shu for a long time, so I can only comfort Yun Ronghua in the future." Yun Fenghuang pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes, but she couldn't help but not laugh out loud on the spot. Not bad, I really couldn't cry, so I had to change the topic and remember Concubine Shu in another way, "Nian Xuan, from now on, Yun Ronghua's share will be increased by 10%, and it will be deducted from my private treasury!"

Nian Xuan quickly said yes.

Chen Zhu and the others couldn't help but marvel at the beauty and kindness of the person in charge...

Just when the two of Ruxun couldn't bear it any longer, the Queen finally arrived late.

Empress Ji's face was pale, and she looked at Yun Fenghuang with a gloomy feeling, but she didn't mean to make things difficult on purpose, and explained why it took so long to take care of Concubine Shu's funeral: "Yuzhen Palace Zhao Baolin felt unwell this morning. After the doctor girl cut off her happy pulse, she was worried about making a mistake, so she went to the palace to find the imperial doctor to confirm... Finally, there really was. Tell Mao Jieyu to worry."

Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, and secretly called it a fluke, and it was no wonder why the queen hated her more now than when she was in the small town—there was no master in Yuzhen Palace, and Lin Cainv, who was gone before, delayed her treatment Time, then the concubine of Yuzhen Palace is pregnant, who will raise the child after giving birth?

There may have been some competition before, but now there is basically no competition for this candidate: Concubine Zheng Gui who just had a miscarriage.

Of course, other people's children are not their own flesh and blood, and let alone whether Zhao Baolin can be born, it may not necessarily be a male heir?

After all, it was still impossible to fully make up for the damage Zheng Guifei suffered.

But considering the number of heirs of Emperor Chunjia now, this grace is really not light.

Coupled with rewards such as money and silk, favors, etc., in short, the royal family is so considerate, Zheng should also accept it as soon as it is good, instead of holding on to Duke Yi and Concubine Shu.

The Ji family, who was already clearly rejected by the emperor, managed to seize the opportunity, and probably took advantage of Yun Fenghuang's trouble at Luqin Terrace the day before. He felt that the Duke of Yi's mansion was desperate, and planned to present this plan to the emperor. , it is not only a good deal with the emperor, but also a favor owed by Duke Yi...

As a result, one night, before the news of Zhao Baolin's happiness spread, Concubine Shu died first!

How Concubine Shu died, the empress knew as soon as she checked, could the empress not hate Yun Fenghuang?

Yun Fenghuang stayed away from the queen calmly, so as not to lose control in her anger and rush up to beat herself: "Your Majesty is serious, it turns out that Sister Concubine Shu did such wrong things, which not only caused the concubine to have a miscarriage, but also caused the concubine to have a miscarriage. The empress dowager and the three empress dowagers are heartbroken, and it's hard for me as a younger sister to say anything... Fortunately, Zhao Baolin is happy now, so I should tell the empress dowager and the others immediately."

"..." Empress Ji looked at her quietly for a while, then turned her face away, and said in a cold tone, "This matter... There are too many things in this period of time. I am worried about His Majesty, and I am exhausted, so I don't care about it. What is going on? I don’t know yet, so don’t say that yet. After all, it’s your sister, concubine Shu who murdered the emperor’s heir, it’s not good for you and Yun Ronghua, is it?”

"What the empress said is true." Yun Fenghuang nodded, "I also heard that my sister's master and servant were imprisoned here. Wrong thing, how could you arrange the dignified concubine Shu like this? Otherwise, why would I be willing to doubt my sister of the same clan?"

As he spoke, his body trembled slightly, his eyelashes filled with tears, and he looked so sad that he would faint at any time.

Empress Ji hated this kind of goblin and joking Qiao Zhang the most. At this moment, she took a deep breath, calmed down, and said: "Forget it, let alone these things, Concubine Shu's status is not low, and she is the daughter of Duke Yi. Your Majesty has worked hard for so many years without any credit... It is really unbecoming to be so careless about what happens afterward."

He called the steward who he had brought and started to make arrangements.

The queen was very agile in doing these things, Yun Fenghuang was useless at all, but stood by for a while, remembering that someone went to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion to call Yun Qingman over—when Yun Qingman came Confused, seeing Concubine Shu's body, she screamed as if waking up from a dream, rushed forward, leaned over the body of the sister-in-law, and burst into tears!

"Why did Yun Ronghua come here?" She didn't cry, but she immediately attracted the Queen's attention, she couldn't help frowning, and reprimanded in a deep voice, "You live with Mao Jieyu, Mao Jieyu yesterday I just came back with His Majesty, and I came to see Concubine Shu early in the morning, and even sent someone to report to the palace, why is your own sister, who is only Rong Hua, dragged on until now?!"

"Concubine body...Concubine body..." Yun Qingman cried hard, sobbing and couldn't speak clearly, but Yun Fenghuang said calmly: "When I return to the empress, it's like this: This morning, concubine body After learning the news of Concubine Shu's sister's accident, she was too surprised, so she came here directly, and forgot to tell Qingman! It was only when I remembered that I asked someone to go back and tell her, isn't she the only one who came? This is the concubine's fault, please Empress, don't blame Qing Man."

Empress Ji said coldly: "You sisters have always loved each other deeply, so you will forget such a big thing?!"

Yun Fenghuang polished his words without changing his face: "The main reason is that sister Concubine Shu was fine yesterday. I don't really believe the rumors this morning. Before I saw sister Concubine Shu with my own eyes, I finally had a glimmer of hope... "

She lowered her eyes, regained the sad look she had just a moment ago, and said sadly, "I thought that if it was a false alarm, calling Qingman would look like it would be rain! I didn't expect... oh... I... Concubine is really..."

Ah, what should I do if I can't cry, let alone cry like Yun Qingman... How about pretending to be dizzy?

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a rush of footsteps outside at this moment, accompanied by the hasty announcement of His Majesty's arrival from the palace——why hesitate? !

Yun Fenghuang fell into Liuhong's arms without hesitation!