Chapter 92 - I was the main contributor to your personal rule of the government

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 missing me very much in Small Ying Zhou?” Emperor Chunjia looked at this scene with smile. When the imperial carriage continued to move forward, he asked slowly, “You finally see me now, so you can’t wait to get closer to me?”

“… My Majesty, you are indeed wise.” Yun Fenghuang answered and thought that Emperor Chunjia had finished all she wanted to say. Therefore, she could only flatter him against her will. She said, “I have no appetite for food and drinks these days and I am thinner than before because I miss you very much…”

Emperor Chunjia turned when he heard the words. He raised his hand to pinch her chin, took a good look at her, and chuckled, “Thinner? I don’t think so.”

This was true. After all, Yun Fenghuang had been grounded in the vihara these days. She had to neither walk a long way to pay respects in the morning nor stir up troubles. In addition to eating and sleeping, she occasionally walked around in the small courtyard if she was bored. Moreover, she enjoyed grand meals every day. She would of course gain weight.

Therefore, Yun Fenghuang had been forcing herself to eat only half full in recent days… However, apparently, she would be regretted after enjoying those delicious food. She had to lose weight.

At the moment, when she heard the words, she felt very sad and could hardly maintain the affectionate expression, “My Majesty… My Majesty, you always like to make fun of me!”

She tried hard to hide her anger, pretended to be gentle and warm, and asked, “My Majesty, I have not seen you in the past few days. You have lost a lot of weight… Although it is important for you to manage the national affairs, you should take care of yourself!”

If other people said that to him, the Emperor must believe that they were caring about him, but if Yun Fenghuang said that… He believed that she would curse him when she said that.

Emperor Chunjia put down his hand, smiled and leaned into her ear. He said softly, “Well, Pin Yun, are you worried about my health?”

She was about to say “yes”, but then she suddenly read beyond the lines. She was stunned. The Emperor had pressed her against the wall of the carriage and kissed her for a while. After that, he said frivolously, “Since this, tonight I will stay in Zi Quan Hall, so that you will not feel suspicious.”

“…” Yun Fenghuang realized that she was molested and secretly grinded her teeth. She remained calm and said, “This isn’t good. After all, Jie Yu Yue is pregnant…”

“You want to stimulate Yuan Lianniang to make trouble for me. You’d better think it over. Now Yuan Lianniang is pregnant. If I get into trouble, your childhood sweetheart who is pregnant will not have an easy time.” Yun Fenghuang thought to herself.

Emperor Chunjia knew the hidden meaning, so his expression became quite complex. He grabbed her hands and said indifferently, “I thought you would be much cleverer after you spent these days in Small Ying Zhou. It seems that it is better for you to continue to stay there.”

After all, he had taken over the reins of government. Although he did not say it in a severe tone, servants along the imperial carriage were all nervous. They did not dare to be slack in their work.

However, Yun Fenghuang did not take it seriously. She still spoke with the Emperor in a tone similar to that before the summer banquet. It seemed that she was respected for him, but actually she was not. She said, “I was very upset when I reported to Her Highness in Yan Fu Palace, but when I see you, I am not nervous anymore.”

“It’s because you like me the most and you are happy when you see me, so you are not nervous and just want to get close to me?” Emperor Chunjia squeezed her cheeks with a smile and said softly, “Or, you are confident that I won’t punish you, right?”

When he said the last sentence, the smile on his face instantly disappeared. His expression showed that he had the power of life and death over many people!

Yun Fenghuang froze in his arms and then immediately covered her mouth and chuckled, “I just think… My Majesty, you are not a shallow man.”

“Really?” Emperor Chunjia looked down at her with a straight face. He asked calmly, “What do you mean?”

“My Majesty, if you really don’t want to keep me, you will never waste time to tease and humiliate me before you kill me.” Yun Fenghuang said with a sweet smile, “After all, My Majesty, you have the whole world in your mind. I believe that you will not bother yourself arguing with me… However, I am more likely to do this kind of thing.”

Emperor Chunjia chuckled and said, “Therefore, you framed Ji Muzi? Then you plan to continue to make trouble for her just because she once forced you to change your name? If the Empress knows the truth, will she continue to trust and rely on you?”

He started to draw the secret out of her again.

Whether Yun Fenghuang could tide over this difficulty, or whether she would be safe, depended on the following discussion.

She thought and then smiled, “My Majesty, I cannot understand what you said. Just in Yan Fu Palace, I also asked a maid why Zhao Yuan Ji would be degraded to Pin Ji, but it was a pity that the maid changed the topic… Do you suspect that I planned it? I’m wronged. I had been grounded in Small Ying Zhou these days. It was impossible for me to frame her. Moreover, I am deeply valued by the Empress. Pin Ji is the cousin of Her Highness. I will never frame her.”

“Cannot understand me? Then shall I remind you?” Emperor Chunjia mocked, “You pretended to be sick before the night when you were grounded. At that time, you might not even know what happened. But immediately, you used the previously prepared means. You were more decisive than me when I was at your age!”

It turned out that Zhao Yuan Ji’s demotion was related to her sickness before when three imperial doctors took her pulse.

Yun Fenghuang looked at the Emperor and said softly, “My Majesty, you underestimate yourself… I don’t know what happened now. However, I think that, without your permission, things will not develop like this.”

She didn’t mean to ensnare Zhao Yuan Ji in that evening by pretending to get sick, or she had no time to ensnare other people under that situation at that time.

However, Ji Muzi was unlucky. Duchess Ye was shot in front of the Empress Dowager in the palace. She died very brutally. It was a big event. No one could deal with this event alone, including people of Ji’s Family, Zheng Ju, Prince Regent, or Cui Wan… Yun Fenghuang was one of the important witnesses who gave Emperor Chunjia an alibi. Of course, people paid attention to her safety.

Therefore, she pretended to be ill, and then three imperial doctors immediately came to her!

In this case, even if the prescription that Ms. Jiang gave to Nian Xuan was extremely concealed and it was not easy to find out, the imperial doctors with excellent medical skills were clear at a glance!

The three imperial doctors must know that Yun Fenghuang pretended to have a stomachache just after taking her pulse. However, they also found that she had a problem with her body. She had taken a lot of contraceptive medicine. It was almost impossible for her to get pregnant!

Ordinarily, these imperial doctors would not say it even if they knew it. After all, it seemed that Yun Fenghuang did not know the fact that it was almost impossible for her to get pregnant. Why did they meddle in it? Moreover, according to Yun Fenghuang’s background and grade, she was not worth their kindness.

However, at the time when the Emperor who bided his time for many years wanted to take over the reins of government and was engaged in a fierce but bloodless fight with officials, any change in the Imperial Haram and the Imperial Court would be noticed. How could this matter not be traced?

Yun Fenghuang had prepared to frame Zhao Yuan Ji before. Originally, she intended to find a suitable opportunity to say it. She had been using the items awarded by Zhao Yuan Ji and eating the medicinal materials that Zhao Yuan Ji gave to nourish her body.

The reason was that Zhao Yuan Ji’s gifts were not the best since the top-level medicinal materials were too rare to eat. Therefore, she started with the second-class… Well, this was what Yun Fenghuang had repeatedly told Chen Zhu, Liu Hong and other servants in Zi Quan Hall.

Of course, those things were all mixed with the contraceptive medicine.

If everything went well at the summer banquet, because of the gap of the family background and status between Ji Muzi and Yun Fenghuang, perhaps Ji Muzi would not be punished. At most, she would be rebuked and she would find two scapegoats.

Afterwards, perhaps she would kill Yun Fenghuang to vent her anger.

However, under that situation, Ji’s Family could not protect Ji Muzi, and had to agree to punish her. Ji’s Family was under suspicion of plotting against the imperial heirs. If they did not do that, the reputation of Ji’s Family would be worse. In that case, Ji’s Family would lose its advantages when fighting in the Imperial Court.

Of course, when Yun Fenghuang made arrangements, she really didn’t expect such an accident. Moreover, because of the limited manpower, especially the trusted manpower, she was uncertain whether those high-ranking people would be cheated or not. However, it developed smoothly to frame Ji Muzi. She thought that Emperor Chunjia must have helped her in private…

However, Yun Fenghuang would not thank him. Moreover, she claimed credit for herself at this time, “My Majesty, you hate Ji’s Family. No matter what the situation is, Ji Muzi is finally degraded because of me. Moreover, her grade is lower than that of Jie Yu Yue. Jie Yu Yue must be very happy now. I help you to get a smile from your sweetheart. I wonder if you can award me.”

“You are good at curry favor with me.” Emperor Chunjia looked at her, touched her hand with his fingers, and said lazily, “The grace that saving you from death is not enough for you?”

He said casually, but she could feel that he was dissatisfied.

She looked at his hands on the back of her hands and suddenly smiled, “My Majesty, this is certainly not enough!”

Emperor Chunjia looked at her suddenly. When she noticed that, she held his fingers, took a good look at them, and said softly, “My Majesty, you are honorable and enjoy wealth and honor. You have been practicing riding and shooting since you were a child, but there are many servants taking care of you. It’s strange that there are many thick calluses on your hands…”

Then the Emperor’s palms were completely spread on the knees of the two people. His fingers were slender and thin, but powerful. The parts of the hand between the thumb and the index finger, palm margins and other places were covered with thick calluses. He was not like an emperor who had been honored for years based on his hands.

Yun Fenghuang stared at his palms and said lightly, “I also have learned to ride and shoot for a few days when I was in the north. At that time, my training teacher was from the Dingbei Army. He was expelled from the army because of his disagreement with his superior. Then he worked in my family relying on his excellent riding and material skills… That teacher was already a first-rate master in the north, and my father and brother regarded him as a reliable helper. The calluses on his palms were similar to those on your palms.”

However, that teacher who was born in a poor family and had been in the army for many years was not finicky about it.

Moreover, people in the north were straightforward and uninhibited. A woman like Yun Fenghuang who came from a rich family would ask her maids to massage her every day, and asked a doctor to make a tender skin ointment after riding and shooting.

But men didn’t pay attention to it at all.

Therefore, the calluses on the Emperor’s hands were as thick as those on the teacher’s hands, which showed that he practiced harder than that teacher!

“My Majesty, Deng Yueting is one of your reading partners. The Empress will doubt him. If you hadn’t had the testimony that day, you would have not taken over the reins of government. Perhaps you would have not been the emperor of this dynasty.” She raised her eyebrows slightly, saying disrespectful words, and stared at Emperor Chunjia without fear, “Therefore, I’m the main contributor to you to take over the reins of government. You want to send me away by saving me from death. This will inevitably make people supporting you disappointed!”

Emperor Chunjia looked at her in surprise. After a while, the young Emperor smiled gently, “It’s interesting… What the family style of Xie’s Family is? How can they teach a woman like Pin Yun?”

He asked with great interest, “Pin Yun, so… how should I award you?”