Chapter 99: Gambler's Heart

Nian Xuan didn't understand what it meant, but she still followed Yun Fenghuang's instructions.

It didn't take long to come back, saying that the queen said that if you feel uncomfortable, please go to the imperial doctor immediately, don't delay your health, the queen is too tired these two days, so she won't come here.

With the status gap between Empress Ji and Yun Fenghuang, there is no problem, especially when Yun Fenghuang just woke up, she had already come to see it in person, and now Yun Fenghuang can walk, eat and sleep Well, she really didn't need to listen to the wind and rain to be there in person - that would make her a worthless queen.

Nian Xuan worried: "Why don't we teach the imperial physician ourselves?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang glanced at her tiredly, "I'm fine, you... you go down first, and leave Bengong alone for a while."

That night she tossed and couldn't sleep, sat up several times, and wanted to go out to find Gong Xiangxiao regardless, and ask why Qi Jiulu left?

Is the Prince Regent's House planning to silence him, or is there another order?

If sent, what is the content?

Will it be detrimental to Qi Jiulu?

Will there be any danger?

It was as if he had returned to the road to the imperial capital in the wind and snow that year. After the man was driven away from Kongque Slope, water and rice were hard to get in for two consecutive days. Even though he tried his best to endure, the tears basically did not stop.

I thought in my heart that I can't cry, I can't cry, I don't want to cry, but my whole face is always soaked unconsciously - Nian Xuan comforted me all the way, and then I also cried, saying, Miss, why don't we go back? Go back and find Mr. Qi, anyway, you are on the road now, and the master and wife are not here. When the time comes, it will be done, so what will happen at home?

Even if he was kicked out of the house, no matter what other people said, the Jiang family would not look at his daughter's poverty and not secretly take care of her. Left and right went to the imperial capital to join the aunt's wife's family, and they also depended on others. Maybe it's more comfortable to live outside with Qi Jiulu than to go to the relative's house that you haven't gotten along with?

Yun Fenghuang bit her lip tightly, bleeding from the bite, and the bloody smell on the tip of her tongue, so she couldn't hold back the word "good".

At this moment, she was also bruised from pinching her own arm, and she just restrained her impulse.

But the difference from three years ago was that even though he had made up his mind to drive Qi Jiulu away that time, he knew that there was no danger for him to go back to the Qi family, at most he would catch a cold because of his thin clothes.

The two generations of Qi's descendants are weak, no matter how angry and hated the eldest son's disobedience, it is impossible to let him live or die.

But this time... This time she didn't even know where he was going, let alone whether it was a good or bad time to go?

She tried hard to convince herself that Qi Jiulu had already set off, and it was too late for her to catch up now. And under the eyes of everyone, the emperor also came back, and the dignified concubine went to chase a foreign minister, wouldn't this kill Qi Jiulu?

Furthermore, the Prince Regent’s Mansion may not lack Qi Jiulu, but Gong Xiangxiao is very short of Qi Jiulu’s assistant. No matter how much the position of this crown prince is shaken, he is still the crown prince. He is determined to protect Qi Jiulu, and there is still great hope... Besides, the Prince Regent also has to consider Qi's ideas.

Such a concentrating local snake is nothing outside of Sangzi, but in Sangzi, even the imperial court has to weigh it.

Not to mention the relationship between the Prince Regent and the Dingbei Army, if it loses the hearts of the people in the Northland, it will definitely not be a good thing.

Therefore, Qi Jiulu's departure may not necessarily be dangerous.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if his trip is not going well, Yun Fenghuang should be more calm, otherwise do you expect the Qi family who is far away in the north to avenge their eldest son?

However, she thought so rationally, she thought silently in her heart, she actually regretted it.

If she was allowed to go back to the stone room now, she would know the suffering at this moment, and she would follow Qi Jiulu desperately—but when she was so remorseful, another voice told her that she would not.

She only thought so at this moment because she was worried about Qi Jiulu. In fact, she would still refuse to go back to the stone room.

Even when she was in the stone room, she might not have thought of this moment, but she still rejected him.

Just like a bad gambler, no matter how much he swears and swears to quit gambling, and expresses his determination by cutting off his fingers and hands, he finally sits back at the gambling table with the idea of ​​"I can win".

Even if the loser's wife and children are scattered and their families are at the end of the road, the crying confession at this time... is just a confession.

If you can't quit, you won't be able to quit in this life.

Like Yun Fenghuang's choice, after the human nature grows up, it is difficult to change the old habits, and it will not be easy in a thousand calamities. From this, sometimes in retrospect, I always feel that the fortunes and fortunes of my life are often doomed.

She couldn't sleep all night, and her complexion was very bad when she woke up the next day.

When I went to pay my respects in the empress' tent, the empress would inevitably ask when she saw her.

Yun Fenghuang acted as if nothing had happened, and only reasoned that he was not used to living in a tent.

"Fortunately, we are going back to the palace today." The emperor said with a smile, "otherwise the concubine would be a toss."

On the way back, everything went smoothly, the only twist was probably when Gu Zhen bumped into Yun Fenghuang when boarding the car, they gave each other several supercilious glances, which made the empress very helpless.

Yun Fenghuang paid special attention to Gu Zhen's injury, and his left foot was indeed bound, but after all, this daughter-in-law of the general family was stronger than ordinary concubines, but she still refused to be lifted, and only supported the hand of the maid who was limping He limped, and he didn't care that his manners were not graceful enough.

Of course, Chunjia wasn't so scumbag that she felt ashamed and walked away. Instead, she stepped forward to help her, gave her gentle advice, and even put down the curtain of the car with her own hands.

The carriage that Yun Fenghuang was riding in was right behind Gu Zhen, she didn't take off the hood immediately after she got into the carriage, so she rolled up the curtain halfway, leaned on the carriage and let the mountain wind blow, closed her eyes and rested her mind. As he was falling downwind, he heard Gu Zhen's reply to the emperor in a low voice, his tone was a bit softer than usual, and he seemed to be coquettish.

The emperor smiled lightly, and agreed very gently—this made Yun Fenghuang twitch the corners of his lips.

If it wasn't for being concerned about Qi Jiulu's affairs, she would definitely go up and interrupt, making Gu Zhen uncomfortable.

The right is to accumulate blessings for Ah Lu.

Yun Fenghuang thought so in his heart, and asked Nian Xuan to put down the curtain, pretending that he didn't see or hear the scene just now.

This action made the emperor and the empress secretly relieved...

Due to the need to take care of the two concubines who had just been frightened and injured, the speed of returning to the palace was very slow.

Yun Fenghuang slept in the carriage and slept again, feeling a little impatient and looking for a reason to be angry with Gu Zhen, and finally the gate of the palace appeared in front of him.

At this time, it was already time to hold the lanterns. Because Concubine Shu was dead, Concubine Gui was confinement, and Concubine Xin was demoted, only Yuan Niangniang took the lead to guard the place where the car got off, and the Empress Dowager and the three empress dowagers were also dismissed. The close palace people came to greet him, expressing their worry and concern for the emperor.

After some greetings, the empress asked Wei Hengyan and Lu Qidao to send Yun Fenghuang and Gu Zhen back to their respective residences to rest, and they took Yuan Niangniang to Zhuxueyuan to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and the others.

Wei Hengyan responded very politely and submissively in front of the empress, and when he was away from the two, he dragged Yun Fenghuang to chatter, inquired about the details of this hunting trip, and patted his chest with a frightened face: "I heard that go away!" We were all stunned when we got into the water! Luckily you're okay!"

Now that Yun Fenghuang had something on his mind, he was impatient to chatter with her, and said a few words of fright in his tone. When he arrived at Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, he used the excuse of being overly frightened and needed a rest, and sent Wei Heng, who wanted to stay for a long talk, The smoke is sent out.

"God bless, my mother is back safely!" Wei Hengyan left reluctantly, while Yun Fenghuang asked someone to close the door, and checked his own three-thirds of an acre of land for a safe and stable life.

Seeing her expression, a group of people in the palace were trembling, not daring to show the slightest slack.

Yun Fenghuang stared at Yun Qingman who came up to pay his respects for a moment, then calmly ordered them to be excused, let them sit one by one on the embroidered stool below, stroked the tea bowl and asked about the current situation.

Yi Xingen and other poor concubines looked at Yun Qingman, Yun Qingman was stunned and then leaned back and said: "In the past few days when the empress is away, everything in the pavilion is as usual. Only occasionally the concubines come to visit, and the concubines are not here because the empress is not here. , so I entertained you a little bit, but I didn't dare to bother other empresses."

Does this mean that all the concubines who come to visit have their own positions?

Can it also be understood that they came here to test under the order of the Lord?

Yun Fenghuang snorted and said: "Which palaces are coming to visit, tell Nian Xuan later, as the saying goes, coming and not going is indecent, I was not in the palace before, you didn't even know about the relationship. Now that I’m back, I have to make up for this etiquette for you. Otherwise, people will think that our Xuanqing Palace doesn’t understand the rules.”

Yun Qingman responded quickly.

Seeing that the other concubines didn't speak, it was estimated that this was the only thing on the surface, Yun Fenghuang said something nice and obedient about not requiring money, and kept Yi Xingen down, and let the others go away.

She stayed with Yi Xingen to care about the concubine's pregnancy, so she asked carefully, what to eat and drink, what discomfort did she have in the past few days, and she cared about everything in detail, which made Yi Xingen even worse He was very cautious, and finally even revealed some sincerity and trepidation.

"Don't think too much about it." Yun Fenghuang didn't pay attention at first, but after hearing Yi Xingen's timid euphemism that the imperial physician said that he was not sure about the male and female children in his womb when he asked for the pulse last time, he finally understood, and said slightly, "Your Majesty's knees are empty until now. , no matter if they are princes or princesses, as long as they can land, they are all of the blood of the Tian family, so noble and extraordinary! It’s just that you know the concubines who were pregnant before in this palace. Do everything you can, I hope you can continue to be your Majesty's heir in peace."

She really doesn't care whether Yi Xingen's child is a boy or a girl.

Anyway, Chunjia has nothing to do so far, even a princess can't dislike her—even if she dislikes her, she still has to worry about her who is not her own?

It's just that he is worried that the way Zheng Guifei said will be repeated on Yi Xingen, so he should be extra cautious.

Seeing that the concubine misunderstood at this moment, and it was difficult to explain, fearing that she would be too nervous and bad for the fetus, so he said a few words of comfort and let her go.

The concubines are no longer in front of them, and it's time for their own people to come up to talk.

Of course, Yun Fenghuang relied most heavily on Xi Le, followed by Chen Zhu. Now Xi Le is still held by the emperor, it was Chen Zhu who came up to express his loyalty with tears and complaints, and sighed for Xi Le's blessings, and failed to continue to serve Yun Fenghuang... This is over... , Chen Zhucai whispered about the situation in the palace these days.

It was similar to what Yun Qingman said, very calm.

This was not only because the emperor was not around as the center of concubines in the harem, but also because of the incident not long ago, when the imperial concubine lay on the couch, the concubine Shu died, and the concubine Xin was demoted, the few high-ranking concubines became more and more withered.

Mrs. Yaoning and Yun Fenghuang were also accompanying her, and the rest were Yuan Lujia, Wei Sijieyu, and a group of concubines who wanted to be loved and had no special love, what else could they do?

Oh, Yuan Niangniang is a troublemaker, but she was blocked by the Empress Dowager Yuan and couldn't get out. If she wanted to make troubles, she was powerless.

So although a few palace concubines came and walked around these few days, they just came here to gossip about the family affairs in a very boring way. In Chen Zhu's view, he didn't find any ulterior motives: "The servants heard from the people below that they all came with us when they were maids. Those few people in the palace have friendships. It was only later that they were assigned to other palaces, so they came here to talk."

Yun Fenghuang gave a "hmm" and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Chen Zhu hurriedly said that such little things are what he should do.

While the master and servant were talking, there was a report from the palace outside, saying that the rewards from the Empress Dowager and the three empress dowagers had arrived. The reason for the rewards was of course to appease the loss and fright that Yun Fenghuang suffered in the fire—— Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but accept it with tears of gratitude, and even pretended to go to Zhuxueyuan to thank him.

The servant who was ordered to come here hurriedly dissuaded them, saying that the Empress Dowager said that Mrs. Yaoning and Mao Jieyu had suffered a lot this time, so don't bother, it is serious to collect things so that they can be raised.

"The Empress Dowager said this because she is sympathetic to my concubine and sister Yaoning." Yun Fenghuang was tired of his heart, but said sincerely on his face, "It's just that sister Yaoning hurt her foot and can't move, but my concubine is fine. , how can you be negligent?"

She said that she was just pretending, but she heard someone explain with a smile: "My lady, I will tell the empress dowager truthfully when I go back. It's just that it's not convenient for my lady to go to Zhuxueyuan now... just now the regent took me The son begged to see the empress dowager to plead guilty, and now the empress dowager is keeping meals for them. Although the prince and the son are blood relatives, the servant girl listened to him when he came over. He was talking about the late emperor. This... "

This atmosphere is not suitable for being disturbed!

Yun Fenghuang heard her subtext, but squinted her eyes slightly: She was worried that she couldn't find out why Qi Jiulu left early, even if it was a bit risky at the moment, how could she miss it? !

"Find someone clever, go to Zhuxueyuan and take a look." Yun Fenghuang perfunctorily walked away the Empress Dowager's servant, and called Chen Zhu to him to explain, "Keep an eye on the Prince Regent and his son. If you want to resign, please report immediately!"

He also ordered Nianxuan to take care of dressing up, and choose the dignified and generous one that the elders like. After all, she is not going out later to "encounter" Gong Xiangxiao, but because she is flattered by the empress dowager's generosity and feels reluctant to go. Sorry to thank you personally, isn't it?