When Yun Fenghuang and Xi Le arrived at Tong Xia Palace, Duchess Yi, the wife of Shizi and Ms. Xie had been sitting for a while.
Seeing her coming, Duchess Yi smiled and said to Noble Consort Shu, “We’d better leave, and let them have a good chat.”
Ms. Xie immediately said that there was no need to be like this. She said, “Since we are family, there is no need to leave us some space specially, right?”
Then she added, “Fenghuang always went to your mansion to find Fourth Miss in the past. Duchess, you always took good care of her at that time.”
Although she said so, Noble Consort Shu asked some maids to take her and Yun Fenghuang to Xiao Hua Hall finally.
“Fenghuang!” As soon as they entered the Hall, the smile and calmness on Ms. Xie’s face suddenly disappeared. She looked at Xi Le, holding back her emotions, and asked softly, “How is everything since you joined the Imperial Harem?”
Yun Fenghuang said, “I
Yun Fenghuang smilingly rewarded the eunuch for delivering the message, and then ordered other maids to perform their duties, leaving only Xi Le. She then stopped her smiling and snorted, “His Majesty is really affectionate. It was only two days passed that he couldn’t help visiting me. I was so lucky that I can rely on Her Highness. Otherwise, if those who are jealous of me tell this to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager would think that I am a siren who always gets His Majesty bewitched!”Xi Le advised, “When we go back to Ning Bi Hall later, we can tell Jie Yu Yue that His Majesty always comes here, so Her Highness and others are more suspicious. We can let Jie Yu Yue persuade him not to come here, especially not to use you as a scapegoat.”“That won’t be necessary.” Yun Fenghuang stared at the doorway with one hand supporting her chin and said lazily, “Since His Majesty is not afraid of irritating the Queen Mother, why should I be afraid?”
“Gui Ren Yun doesn’t have a distinguished family background, but she has intervened in the storm both of the Imperial Court and Harem accidentally or deliberately. That is why the Empress and I value her especially.” Emperor Chunjia chuckled, “After all, people as noble as I cannot do it personally, right?”In his eyes, the most important feature of Yun Fenghuang was that she came from a big family but not a prominent one, at least not as prominent as Ji’s Family, Prince Regent’s Mansion, heads of upright officials like Cui Wan, and the powerful eunuch Zheng Ju, or even him, the emperor.Namely, she had the vision and ability to intervene in the storm, but had no matching powers and backers, so she was the most suitable pawn.If he failed, he could make her a scapegoat.Yun Fenghuang’s background was totally different. Some concubines might have a powerful background, such as the Empress, Noble Consort Gui, Noble Consort Shu and Fu
“What do you want to say?” Yun Fenghuang tried to free herself several times but failed. Instead, she felt that his thumb gently rubbed her wrist. She was furious, and slapped him again with the other hand. She sneered, “Are you gonna tell me that you want me to forgive you because the curse came true and therefore you have no offspring? Or that Chao Jingyou didn’t vent all her aggrievance on me when she came to Xie’s Family before, so she wants you here to revenge for her?!”Qi Jiulu wanted to dodge this time, but stopped suddenly, because he softened for seeing her anger. He took the slap again and then frowned, “Chao Jingyou has gone to Xie’s Family to embarrass you?”He was indifferent when mentioning his newly-wedded wife, showing no affection. Noticing that, Yun Fenghuang sneered secretly. She said coldly, “It has never been a secret that she was jealous of me, so how could she miss the opportunity to laugh at me?! You don’t pretend to be muddled!”
Gongxiang Xiao froze for a moment and then recovered, saying, “No.”They came to meet Yun Fenghuang for plotting major events, not for drinking tea or having snacks. How could they bring water?!“Don’t you change the topic!” As Qi Jiulu was about to say something, Yun Fenghuang was impatient, “Go on!”“... Chao’s Family has contacted someone at Dijing City.” Seeing her urge, Qi Jiulu sighed and said, “The elders were worried that once the person they rely on succeeds, Chao’s Family would be the leader in the north. Therefore, I proposed to come to Dijing City, and they agreed after a discussion.”Yun Fenghuang sneered and said, “How could those old guys be convinced easily? I’m afraid that they would soon cultivate your brother after you left. Am I right?”Qi Jiulu said calmly, “Before I left, my father had brought Jiuzhang around.”Qi Jiuzhang was one of the younger half-brothers of Qi Jiulu, who was in b
As soon as Gongxiang Xiao walked away, Yun Fenghuang quickly withdrew her hand, and pushed Qi Jiulu away. With a disgusted face, she took a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe her fingertips, sneering, “Is Chao Jingyou very complacent? She always pretended to be good and liked to stay with you since childhood. Now, she finally becomes your legitimate wife. Congratulations!”“You always let me disregard her since childhood. When did I not listen to you?” Qi Jiulu tidied up the collar of his cloth, slowly stepped forward to hug her and then kissed her, “You are really cruel. In front of Shizi, you slapped me that hard. I almost...”Yun Fenghuang glanced at him sideways, and sneered, “Almost fight back? Why didn’t you go ahead and try?!”“How is it possible?” Qi Jiulu hugged her and whispered softly, “The hidden rule is that you can chase me around the house to vent anger and I cannot touch you even a finger, isn’t it? I mean, I almost knelt in s
After Yun Fenghuang came back to Xi Xing Building, she realized that she had forgotten to make sure from Qi Jiulu whether the people behind Chao’s Family was Duke Yi’s Mansion or not...Not only that, she didn’t even ask about the recent situation of Xie’s Family.“How could the bastard be so muddled?!” Yun Fenghuang certainly would not admit it was she who forgot the right thing for being jealous. She blamed it on Qi Jiulu, saying, “He hasn’t made any progress in the past three years!”At this time, it was going to be dawn. Several days ago, Queen Mother Ji was ill and therefore the Empress allowed them not to greet her for three days, and today was the fourth day. Yun Fenghuang pretended to be sleep in her bed and then awakened by Xi Le for dressing up.“Queen Mother Ji has recovered, but she is still in low spirit, so today we should not disturb her.” Empress Ji was thinner than before in the past few days. Yun Fenghuang secretl
Yun Fenghuang thought that in her heart as she brought Princess Minghui back to Hu Zhu Palace in the end.She was out of choice. The princess cried all the way and didn’t allow them to either look for servants or send her back. But Yun Fenghuang couldn’t leave her alone or stand with her on the palace road all the time.“My aunt entered the palace yesterday and discussed my marriage with my mother.” Princess Minghui said. Yun Fenghuang had not decided yet whether to intervene in this princess’s thing, so after taking the princess to Xi Xing Building and calling Xi Jing to serve tea and pastries, she didn’t intend to ask more and tried to arouse the princess’ thoughts by saying other topics.However, after Princess Minghui drank half a cup of tea, maybe because of the bitterness taste, she voluntarily confided, “They all planned to match me with Cousin Minggan, and my mother even let me go to Tai Chu Palace frequently later on.”Yun
On the way to Tai Chu Palace, Princess Minghui introduced her two sisters to Yun Fenghuang. The girl in light green palace costume was Princess Jinyun, Gongxiang Xing, whose mother was Great-Concubine Wu, who was Concubine Wu in the last generation; and the one who hadn’t spoken all the way in light yellow palace costume was Princess Penglai, Gongxiang Zao, whose mother was Great-Concubine Shen, who used to be Mei Ren Shen in the last generation.Because they two were not qualified to raise the princesses, Jinyun and Penglai were both brought up by Queen Mother Ji.In accordance with the rules of the palace, they moved to Yao Yu Palace where the unmarried princesses lived when they were ten years old. As the birth daughter of Queen Mother Ji, Princess Minghui still lived in Mian Fu Palace, but she often went to visit them.Because they three shared similar age and grew up together, they had very deep affections. At the moment, seeing that Princ