Yun Fenghuang was startled, and blurted, “Your Highness, do you suspect that His Majesty...”
“Officials of the Ministry of Punishments, the Highest Judiciary, and Imperial City Division also participated in the summer banquet.” Empress Ji pinched her forehead and said tiredly, “They thoroughly inspected the scene and the vicinity under the watchful eyes of the people, and concluded that someone shot my grandmother with a 3 dan bow (dan: a unit of weight, 1 dan ≈ 120kg) from a hundred steps away, but this murderer has not been found yet.”
A female from an ordinary family would not know what the 3 dan bow meant.
However, people in the north were good at horseback riding and shooting, and even women knew about it. Yun Fenghuang, guided by her father and brothers, practiced horseback riding and shooting when she was only about seven years old. At the age of ten, she could take a small bow and drove falcons and hounds to participate in hunting. Alth
The situation was different from the past. When Emperor Chunjia did not take over the reins of government, most people in the Imperial Haram, except for those who were born in humble families and had no patron, would look down on him. Yun Fenghuang was not the only one who sat in the imperial carriage with him.Even after sitting down, some people would not think that this was a special gift from the Emperor...Perhaps they would murmur that without the support of their families, Emperor Chunjia would be a nobody. Therefore, the treatment of sitting in the imperial carriage with him did not deserve mentioning...However, now the Emperor took over the reins of government. Even the road to Hu Zhu Palace had been repaired. Therefore, it could be seen that the current situation...Yun Fenghuang thought she could take temporary setbacks, so she readily thanked Emperor Chunjia and sat on the imperial carriage.“You have been
How to award her?This was a good question.The circumstances had changed. Emperor Chunjia had initially taken the authority of an emperor.At this time, if she priced up terribly, the Emperor might not be able to give her what she wanted. Moreover, if he managed to give her what she wanted, he would ask her for more in the future, not to mention liquidating in the future. On the contrary, if she charged a low price, it didn’t make much sense for her current situation. Moreover, regarding Yun Fenghuang’s previous performance, the Emperor would not believe that she was a kind person who asked for no return.The most important thing was that the Emperor must have other intentions when he asked the question.Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and finally said, “My adoptive father intends to serve the Imperial Court, but his official position is low...”“I thought you would take the opportunity to ask for a pro
In the evening, when Yun Fenghuang was yawning, Emperor Chunjia came late.“My Majesty, is the dessert made by Aunt Zhu delicious?” When she heard a maid’s report, she put on silk shoes and went out to greet him with her long hair falling down. “If it’s delicious, I will go to the Imperial Kitchen to ask for similar ones.”The Emperor glanced at her, frowning slightly, “Look at you now.”“What’s the matter?” Yun Fenghuang took a strand of long hair around her fingertip, and looked innocent. She said, “My Majesty, do you mean that I do not bind my hair? This is because it’s so late. I thought that you would not come. Hearing the report of your coming, I am so happy and excited that I couldn’t wait for tidying up my appearance.”She was beautiful, with fair and smooth skin. Her black long hair was falling down to her knees. Perhaps because she just washed her hair, the Emperor could smell her freshness when she got close.
Yun Fenghuang did not know the ulterior motive of the title given by Emperor Chunjia, but she guessed that he would not have good intentions. However, it did not matter!Anyway, other people did not know that. It was enough for her to enjoy the convenience of this title.Empress Ji finalized Yun Fenghuang’s promotion, and after a few words, led this group of people to Mian Fu Palace.“Jie Yu Yun, you look slimmer.” Apparently, Queen Mother Ji had received Empress Ji’s report. Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was among those concubines, she was not surprised, and said with concern, “Although you look energetic, it’s better for you to ask an imperial doctor to prescribe some prescriptions for strengthening your body.”Empress Ji smiled and reminded, “Mother, His Majesty just sent someone to inform that he gave Jie Yu Yun a title of “Mao”. Now she is Jie Yu Mao.”“Really?” Queen Mother Ji frowned. Apparently, she didn’t support
After field investigation, Yun Fenghuang finally decided to choose Xuan Qing Palace.Although this was mainly because she preferred Xuan Qing Palace, she did not say it to Wei Hengyan directly. She said, “I have observed these two palaces closely. I find that although Xuan Qing Palace and Han Su Palace are adjacent to Yi Jia Palace, Xuan Qing Palace is closer to Yi Jia Palace. We joined the Imperial Harem together and we should work together. You and I are very different from the others. You had no hostess before, and now you are the hostess of Yi Jia Palace. I had a hostess before, but it’s better for me not to have one. We are in the same boat. It is difficult for us to make the current achievements. How can we not get close to each other?”Wei Hengyan, “...”It wasn’t long before the summer banquet that she used to draw Yun Fenghuang over to her side with similar reasons.As a result, Yun Fenghuang gained the initiative to draw
It was more distant and complicated moving from Zi Quan Palace to Xuan Qing Palace than that from Xi Xing Building to Zi Quan Hall.However, they moved faster this time.The reason was that not only the Empress sent enough manpower to help, but people in the harem offered their help.Even Yuan Lianniang had been staying in Ning Bi Hall, without any intention of finding fault with her.“You must have heard of me. I will not tolerate unreasonable and unfair things.” It just took six or seven days that the repaired and cleaned Huan Hua Hall had been completely new. Yun Fenghuang was in light bluish green clothes and with white-jade head ornaments. Although she wore an informal dress, when she looked at those servants who were kneeling down on the ground, they dared not look up at her and just lowered their heads deferentially, “I’m not going to maltreat you if you do things well. If you are double-dealing, I can forgive you, but the p
The next day, when they got out of Mian Fu Palace, Yun Fenghuang walked close to the Empress’s sedan and whispered, “Your Highness, I want to tell you something.”At this time, the weather was very hot. Although in the Empress’s sedan there was an ice basin, the Empress could not take this anymore after walking from the entrance of Mian Fu Palace. She said, “You can tell me in my palace.”A moment later, Yun Fenghuang’s sedan following the Empress’s sedan stopped at Chong Chang Hall. They walked in one after the other. The maids had already prepared to give them cool hand kerchiefs and the ice-cold drink which was made by soybean, sugar and ice. They felt refreshed.Yun Fenghuang couldn’t help but said, “How clever and capable the maids are in your palace! My maids are not like them. When I go back in such a hot day, they are so busy that they don’t even know what to do, let alone giving me cool handkerchiefs and the ice-cold drink.”
Therefore, a little while later, Yun Fenghuang arrived at Tong Xia Palace with two maids. She said, “I thought my sister would not see me anymore, so I didn’t dare to come to Tong Xia Palace. Now since you are not mad at me, and no matter how far we are apart, I shall come to pay respects to you, not to mention that we are in the same palace.”Noble Consort Shu thought she would not come, so she asked Yun Qingman to go back to Small Jiao E Building. When she heard Yun Fenghuang’s words, she looked down at a maid. The maid understood and went out quietly and immediately.Noble Consort Shu smiled faintly, and asked her to sit down, “No wonder Her Highness likes you. There are a lot of mild-mannered concubines in the palace, but among them, there are few honey-lipped concubines like you.”Noble Consort Shu said ironically, but Yun Fenghuang did not care about it at all. She said with a smile, “If I had been smooth-tongued enough before, I wouldn’t