mountain and river oath

Miaoxin hurriedly walked into the Chenxi Palace. A woman in white palace attire was sitting in front of a yellow rosewood desk, holding a book and reading quietly. Her appearance was not outstanding, but her temperament was elegant. , full of bookishness.

"Niang Niang" Miao Xin walked in front of Concubine Xian and said.

"What's the matter, in such a hurry?" Concubine Xian put down the book in hand and said calmly.

"Your Majesty, this servant met Ruyi from Leng Gong by chance today," Miao Xin said.

"Oh, Ruyi has offended the empress. Without the emperor's will, she is not allowed to leave the cold palace. If she is handed over to the eunuchs in the cold palace, someone will deal with her. Why be so flustered?" Concubine Xian said.

"But, my lord, Ruyi is very pitiful." Miao Xin said with an unbearable expression, "My lord still remembers that Ruyi gave birth to a son in the cold palace, and Ruyi left the cold palace rashly today in order to beg for a bite of meat for her son. This servant thinks that Ruyi is a good mother , so I can't bear to hand her over to the eunuch," Miao Xin said.

"Oh." Concubine Xian replied lightly, looking straight at Miao Xin.

Miao Xin lowered her head, not daring to make eye contact with Concubine Xian. Although Concubine Xian was not favored and did not give birth to a son and a half for the emperor, she has always been the fourth concubine, and she has extraordinary abilities.

"What do you want to say?" Concubine Xian asked in a deep voice.

Miao Xin's heart tightened, and she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I see that Ruyi's time is not long. If Ruyi dies, her son will be an orphan, and if he is placed in that cannibalistic cold palace, he may die in less than a year." Starved to death, that child is only six years old, wouldn't it be a pity to go so early?" Miao Xin only felt that cold sweat broke out on her back under the sharp eyes of Concubine Xian.

"Get up." Concubine Xian looked at Miao Xin, then turned her head, looked at the bright sunshine outside, and said for a long time, "I understand what you mean, it's hard for you to think about me."

"Your Majesty, now the Empress has a crown prince, Concubine Li has five princes, Concubine De, and Concubine Shu also have daughters, only the Empress has no children, what will happen in the future?" Miao Xin asked.

"Ruyi is a person of right and wrong. She was born humble but her heart is higher than the sky. It is reasonable to fall badly. Back then, when she came out of Concubine Li's palace, she accidentally pushed the queen into the water in Yehu Lake, causing the queen to conceive. Unsteady, the child was almost saved, but it was born in less than a month, and the empress blamed all the sins on Ruyi. Although Ruyi has lived these years, life must be worse than death, lingering on her last breath."

"Is the empress afraid of the queen?" Miao Xin asked.

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that this child is worth it." Concubine Xian said flatly, "How old is that child?"

Miao Xin was overjoyed, knowing that Concubine Xian had moved her mind, she hurriedly said "six years old"

"Go and see, if that child is extremely dull, forget it, I don't want to raise a waste," Xianfei said.

"Servant understands," Miao Xin said.

"Let's step back," said Concubine Xian.

Miao Xin retreated.

Ruyi walked back empty-handed. The boy was sitting at the door with a book in his hand. He was reciting the book in a low voice while looking around. When he saw Ruyi coming back, he rushed over with the book and plunged into Ruyi's arms like a firecracker. , Ruyi staggered, she hurriedly hugged her son, a happy smile appeared on her pale and weak face, and then she said with a straight face, "I forgot all the rules my mother taught you, how could you run out like this?"

The child looked at Ruyi aggrievedly and said, "I miss my mother."

Ruyi's heart is soft, she gave birth to her son in the cold palace, and the mother and son lived together in this man-eating palace for six years. The son was her life, and her hope of living was that her son was the prince, but he didn't even have a bite of flesh. She couldn't even eat, and bowed her head to pray to the humble eunuchs and maids. She was dissatisfied in her heart. Her son is a noble prince, and he must have the face and dignity of a prince.

"Mom, can I eat meat?" the child said innocently, pulling Ruyi's skirt.

Looking at her son's longing eyes, Ruyi felt as uncomfortable as a needle prick in her heart. She smiled sadly and said, "I will have it tomorrow, but my mother is not coming today."

"Mom, I don't eat meat anymore, I eat wild vegetables." The child seemed to sense Ruyi's sadness, and said with a smile.

Ruyi felt even more sad. If her son was not so sensible and well-behaved, she would not be so sad. Ruyi held the child in her arms, tears rolled in her eyes, life was too difficult, she Looking at the child, the child's eyes were filled with pure dependence. She forced herself to withdraw the weak tears. For her son, she must be strong. She wanted him to live and not die in the cold cold palace. Some people know that there was such a prince who died at the age of six in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Ruyi hunched over and picked wild vegetables. She turned her head, and her son was sitting not far away with a book in his hand. Seeing her turn her head, she showed a bright smile, and Ruyi followed suit. The clouds in the evening were gorgeous and mottled The golden colored clouds hit the child's long eyelashes, spilling out a bewitching color, and the white and thin body showed a somewhat sacred and solemn color.

Ruyi picked wild vegetables with peace of mind, and looked back at her son from time to time, feeling peaceful and peaceful in her heart, and all the suffering disappeared in an instant.

"Ruyi" a woman's voice sounded.

Ruyi raised her head and looked over, Miaozhu walked over from the weeds carefully with Miaoxin.

"Miss Miaozhu" Ruyi said.

"This is Miaoxin," Miaozhu introduced to Ruyi.

"Miao Xin girl" Ruyi said.

Miao Xin walked over enthusiastically, held Ruyi's hand, saw the child obediently reading, and said, "What a cute child, sister Ruyi is so lucky"

Ruyi smiled softly, and called softly, "Come here"

The child came over obediently and said politely, "Hello, two sisters."

"You're so polite, sister Ruyi taught you well." Miao Xin knelt down and looked at Jing'er, sighing in her heart, this child is the son of the emperor, the Zhao family was born with thin lips and a tall nose bridge, but he has a pair of Beautiful eyes, like a pool of lake water, with long eyelashes covering the eyelids, and his thin and thin body makes him look more delicate than other Zhao family children.

The child stood obediently beside Ruyi, his body straightened, and he didn't speak.

Miao Xin is satisfied, Ruyi comes from a humble background, but her children are well educated.

"Look, what did sister bring you?" Miao Xin opened the basket, which contained a lot of delicate snacks and candies, the child's eyes lit up when she saw it, but then she looked at Ruyi, Ruyi shook her head, the child was slightly disappointed, But the obedient did nothing.

"This is brought to you by my sister." Miao Xin took out a piece of candy from the basket, knelt down and handed it to the child, but the child refused, "Sister, I'm not hungry, you can eat it"

"What a good boy." Satisfied, Miao Xin stood up, looked at Ruyi, handed the basket to Ruyi and said, "Sister, this is my little wish. There are snacks, candies, and a piece of meat in it. You can make it for the child." Eat, make up your body"

Ruyi took the basket and said "Thank you girl"

"I'm leaving first, I'll see you some other day." Miao Xin turned around and took Miao Zhu away.

Ruyi watched Miao Xin and Miao Zhu disappear into the distance with a complicated face, she wrapped up the wild vegetables she picked in her skirt, and took her son back.

In the dilapidated palace, the firewood is burning vigorously, and the large pieces of meat in the crock are tumbling with the fire. Ruyi washes the wild vegetables and throws them into the crock. After a while, the smell of meat and the fresh smell of wild vegetables permeates the whole place. In the palace, the child smelled the fragrance and couldn't sit still. He happily ran to his mother and said, "Mother, what is this? It smells so fragrant"

Ruyi looked at her innocent and happy son with a complicated expression, and said with a smile, "This is meat."

Ruyi took out a piece of candy and handed it to his son. The child put the candy in his mouth and mumbled, "It's delicious, mother."

"Hmm." Ruyi stroked her son's loose hair with her hand.

"Mom, is there any more? I still want to eat it." Jing'er finished eating a piece of candy and wanted to eat more.

"Let's eat it tomorrow, save your stomach, and eat meat later," Ruyi said.

"Oh" the child reluctantly agreed.

When the meat is cooked, Ruyi scoops wild vegetables into her own bowl and puts the meat piece by piece into her son's bowl. The meat piece is too hot, so Ruyi blows the meat piece to make the temperature suitable. Feed it into his son's mouth. The child eats it joyous.

"This is delicious, mother, you can eat some," the child said.

"Mother is not hungry, you can eat," Ruyi said softly, watching her son gobble it up, eating with joy like never before.

After eating and playing with meat, Ruyi touched her son's chubby belly and said, "Are you full?"

"Well, mother, I'm sleepy," the child said in a daze.

"Go out and play for a while, then go back to sleep." Ruyi pushed her son away, but the child didn't want to move, and leaned against his mother's arms.

Ruyi hugged her son, unable to eat, she looked down, her son had already fallen into a deep sleep, his eyes were closed, his long eyelashes rested peacefully in the warm harbor like a pair of small wings.The firewood had already been extinguished, and the cold air invaded the palace bit by bit. The child's shirt was thin, Ruyi hugged her son tightly, and the child's curled up body relaxed bit by bit, and fell asleep peacefully.

Looking at the pitch-black sky, Ruyi wondered what to do?It seems that Concubine Xian has moved her mind. Miao Xin came here today to see how the child's aptitude is. She looked down at her son and felt a sense of pride in her heart. Her son was smart since he was a child. She was born in a lowly background and delayed the child, otherwise with her son's intelligence, she would definitely win the favor of the emperor, the bells and lanterns, the glory and wealth, why is it that she has never eaten meat at the age of six, Ruyi sighed deeply, and blamed herself endlessly .

Now her body is getting weaker and weaker, and it seems that she will not live for a few years. Ruyi looks down at her son. If she dies, who will take care of her son? He is still so young and has no ability to protect himself. Can the son survive in this cannibalistic cold palace?Maybe, if she dies on the front foot, her son will be tortured to death by those powerful maids and eunuchs on the back foot. No, it must not be like this. Even if she dies, she must find a way out for her son.Ruyi pays, now, the only thing she can do is wait, wait for an ending, as long as her son can live, she will die and rest in peace.