Before the sun rose in the morning the next day, Yi Xing’en went to Huan Hua Hall to pay respect.
She was the earliest one. When other Cai Nv who hadn’t slept with the Emperor last night came after a while and saw her, they were all stunned. Then they stepped forward to salute and asked her in a low voice, “Sister, why do you come so early?”
“Yes, sister. Jie Yu looks very kind, so she will certainly not blame you even if you come late for a while.”
Yi Xing’en just smiled and said, “Although Jie Yu cares about us, we can’t be pampered and disrespect her... Besides, His Majesty had to get up early to the levee. It was time to get up.”
Their conversations were quickly reported to Yun Fenghuang who was still dressing inside. Yun Fenghuang smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter. Let them go... By the way, are the rewards ready?”
Xi Jing immediately gave a positive answer and said, “My Lady, please have a look!”
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Empress Ji was not surprised about Yun Fenghuang’s action. She let Yun Fenghuang sit in the side hall and went to change her usual clothes in the rear hall. Then she went out, shaking her circular fan, and asked, “What’s the matter again?”“Your Highness, please uphold justice for me!” Yun Fenghuang was aggrieved with a sorrowful face and walked over with squeezing her handkerchief. While supporting the Empress to sit on the phoenix chair, she was saying, “It must be Noble Consort Gui who did the matter of elsholtzia! I have never offended Yan Lan Palace! She is so contemptuous to me, which shows that she doesn’t respect you!”“Don’t behave aggrievedly after you have gained benefits”. The Empress ignored her childish provocation and said calmly, “With Ms. Yi and Ms. Qu’s appearance, is it necessary to complain about such an insignificant thing? If so, I will not give such similar benefits to you next time!”Yun Fenghuang quickly behaved in a sp
Yu Zhen Palace was one of the several palaces where there was no hostess living except several concubines. Unlike Yi Jia Palace, there wasn’t an officially-designated “hostess candidate” like Wei Hengyan among the concubines currently living in this palace.They were all low-grade concubines. If there were no accidents, they couldn’t be promoted to be consorts.Therefore, this palace was habitually ignored by everyone in the Imperial Harem.Now when Yun Fenghuang heard the report, she couldn’t help raising her eyebrows, “What happened?”Ordinarily in this kind of place where there was no future for all the concubines, there was no need to do anything evil to them, wasn’t there?Even if those concubines fought with each other, what kind of malicious means could they use since they were in similar situations?The newly-promoted Cai Nv lived well before, but why did she die after she joined the Imperial Harem
Yan Yin did not come back for a long time. Emperor Chunjia was still patient, but Yun Fenghuang was not. She turned her head to enjoin Xi Jing, “Go and ask Chen Zhu what happened? The road has been blocked for so long.”Xi Jing went out and enjoined a bodyguard to call Chen Zhu. But before Chen Zhu came over, Yan Yin came back as he wiped his sweat. He reported, “Your Majesty, the county magistrate of Wannian County took a group of people and knelt down on the road, so the team stopped.”“Wannian County?” Hearing this, Yun Fenghuang subconsciously lifted the curtain and looked out. What she saw were still the bodyguards and the cloth mantles, so she was suspicious, “We are in Wannian County? Since it’s an insignificant thing, why does it take so long to report?”Wannian County was one of the two counties directly under the jurisdiction of Dijing City, and the other one was Chang’an County. It meant the peace would last forever if these two name
“Your Majesty, has you finished talking with them so quickly?” Yun Fenghuang walked briskly into the imperial carriage. She looked around and saw that the furnishings inside were the same as before, and the Emperor looked calm as the time when she left. She couldn’t help being surprised. She stepped forward to salute and asked with a sweet smile, “My Majesty, I thought it would be longer.”The Emperor said lightly, “In the final analysis, the matter was caused by Zheng Fengqing. Neither of the two sides could convince the other about if Zheng Fengqing had done harm to the poor families. The government of Wannian County was not far, so I decided to resume the case personally when we arrived there.”“My Majesty!” Yun Fenghuang hurriedly said, “Can I take a look at that time?”“Nonsense.” The Emperor reprimanded, “How can you, a woman, be in the trial scene? The ministers in the Imperial Court will also be there to observe, so it’s not suitable fo
In the afternoon of the following day, there were many people in the court of the county government of Wannian County.Wannian County, which was close to Dijing City, was densely populated and totally different from the remote ones. Wannian County magistrate took the respectable elders in this county and the family of the victim to bring an accusation against Zheng Fengqing before the Emperor, which had already drawn the attention of all parties. Even from the beginning of the accusation to the public trial, it just took only a day and night. Many unoccupied people came here overnight to look on it.There were too many people, so it took a lot of time to search them. The original starting time of the public trial was scheduled for the afternoon, but it was delayed for over one hour.According to her previous promise, Yun Fenghuang took off the Buyao Hairpin and beaded hairpin, only used a red gold lantern-style hairpin to hold her hair, and too
Empress Dowager had been ill after the summer banquet and thus couldn’t bear the tiredness at the small county government. Therefore, the Empress Dowager and others hurried to the Temporary Imperial Palace early the next morning.The Emperor sent them out of the county for ten miles and told them to take care of themselves when they parted. Pretending to be filial in public, he reluctantly watched the carriages go away until the team couldn’t be seen completely. Then he returned to the county government with his three concubines.“Jie Yu Mao, since Pin Ji and Feng Yi Yi rank lower than you, you are the decision-maker.” After arriving at the government and taking the cold tea handed over by servants to cool down for a moment, the Emperor put down the tea bowl and said warmly to Yun Fenghuang, “The county government is not as comfortable as the palace, and you will have a hard time.”Yun Fenghuang quickly said that they would bear it and it was t
Because there were people all around, Yun Fenghuang didn’t dare to see more. So, she quickly put down the curtain and sat back.The emperor said a few words to his reading partners and ordered to leave. Then, Yun Fenghuang heard that the carriage got out of the gate and went on the street. She estimated that the reading partners were riding horses as the guides, and might not be able to detect the movement in the carriage. So, she asked the emperor with an insincere smile, “Your Majesty, didn’t you say that you would take us out for fun? Why did you call outsiders together?”Emperor Chunjia said with a chuckle, “They are all classmates who grew up with me. They are probably my relatives. Jie Yu, you don’t need to regard them as outsiders. You’ve also seen them in the palace.”“I just worry about that you will just talk to them and ignore us.” Yun Fenghuang took the circular fan to fan herself and turned to ask Ji Muzi who sat opposite, “Do you
Yun Fenghuang was shocked. When she was about to put down the curtain as if nothing had happened, her wrist was held by someone. That was Emperor Chunjia, who leaned towards her and opened the curtain a bit more. He looked outside. It happened that Qi Jiulu dismounted from a horse and glanced at the carriage as if he was involuntary. He just caught the sight of the emperor.He quickly bowed to the emperor.Yun Fenghuang noticed that the knuckles of Qi Jiulu’s hand, which held the whip, were white with exertion. Obviously, he was not as calm as what he showed.But Emperor Chunjia was calm. He looked around imperturbably, and then closed the curtain. Looking at Yun Fenghuang who was held in his arms, he said, “There is nothing beautiful outside. Why did you open the curtain all the time? You may be tanned.”“Your Majesty, don’t frighten me. The county government is so stuffy, so I take a fresh breath on the road.” Yun Fenghuang calme