I run a newspaper in ancient times

In the Qingchun Palace, Xiaoxia washed the peaches with them, then sent someone to divide them into baskets and send them to the palaces, and then brought the cut ones to Shi Yu.

"The slave ate a piece, it's so sweet, please taste it quickly, this peach is really delicious."

Shi Yu glared at her, took a petal to taste, and then put it down.

Her appetite was not good in the first place, and she couldn't eat even in the first three months.

She looked at Donglai and asked, "What's wrong with Ah Li's feet, when can I walk on the ground?"

Dong Lai had a smile on his face: "My lord is actually fine now, but sometimes he gets lazy and still likes to sit in a wheelchair. He said that when he goes to court, he won't have to kneel and stand, and he can take a nap."

Shi Yu couldn't help pursing her lips and smiling: "His temper is still like this."

"Isn't that right, when the general goes north, no one will hold the prince anymore, so he can do all sorts of weird things and make a fuss."

Dong talked about two embarrassing things. He was the old man in front of Li Li, and he was not afraid of being punished since his master. He knew that Shi Yu liked to hear this.

Seeing that the smile on Shi Yu's face deepened, he took out the porcelain bottle from his bosom, and said according to Li Li's instructions: "Your Majesty, if you really think about it, just wait for the right time to take this medicine. She can go out of the palace in a logical manner, and as long as she can't be "saved" back, there will be no Concubine Yu in this world. The rest, the prince will arrange everything."

This is almost perfect.

Shi Yu listened, fixed her eyes on the bottle of medicine, and then reached out to take it, her thin white fingers clenched tightly, just like her heart at the moment.

After a long time, she slowly loosened her finger, handed it to Xiaoxia, and then looked at Donglai and asked, "Because of my willful persistence, I have caused so much trouble for Ari, and thousands of words are not a word of 'thank you'." If you can express it, you can only cooperate with him well.”

"Your Majesty is too modest, the prince regards you as his own sister, and the prince is willing to respect every decision you make, besides, you have also helped the prince a lot in this palace."

Shi Yu smiled slightly: "Are all the people around him so exquisite? But I'm curious, how does he plan to make me contract the 'epidemic' without anyone noticing it?"

Seeing Donglai paused, Shi Yu said again: "If you can't tell, then just pretend I didn't ask, and you can go back and report."

Dong Lai smiled and cupped his hands: "It's not impossible to say, the lord told you that if you ask, I will tell you everything. The empress should know that there is a maid in Qingchun Palace from Qingzhou."

Shi Yu was taken aback, and said, "There is indeed one." Then she turned to Xiaoxia, "Is it Xiaoyun?"

Xiaoxia put away the medicine, and when she saw Shi Yu asked, she nodded heavily: "It's her, the rough envoy maid at our door, she has been in the palace for some years, she is honest and responsible, and she will be old enough in about two years. Let go of the palace."

Shi Yu was puzzled: "What does it have to do with her?"

Dong said: "This court lady has a childhood sweetheart in Qingzhou who also came to the capital. She is a carpenter. While earning a living, she waits for her to go back and get married when she leaves the palace."

Shi Yu asked curiously, "Is there such a thing?"

Xiaoxia nodded again: "Ma'am, you forgot, that man was infatuated with Xiaoyun, and every few months he asked the guards guarding the gate to bring her some food and gadgets. At that time, you were kind enough to say that if you want to meet, you can meet through the palace gate."

Shi Yu has been feeling unwell recently, and her memory is not very good. Xiaoxia's words are impressive.

"so what?"

Donglai said: "Smallpox was discovered in Qingzhou a few days ago. Fortunately, the governor made a decisive decision and only infected a small piece. Now it has been controlled, so it is not a big deal. And this man is just worried that his relatives will go back to visit him, and he will be back in a few days." It's Beijing."

After Dong finished speaking, Xiaoxia's eyes lit up: "Your maidservant remembered, Xiaoyun mentioned that, her fiancé promised her that he would visit her family."

Having said that, there is nothing Shi Yu doesn't understand, it's just...

"There are so many framing methods in the palace, why would they choose this one?"

Donglai said: "Your Majesty is the concubine in charge of the palace affairs, and the imperial city has the eyesliner of the imperial army everywhere. Today is different from the past. It is not easy for the Zhou family to hide from your eyes in the palace and assassinate you. If you are not careful, you will be killed." You have to involve yourself. Only outside the palace can they have a chance and stay out of it."

Sometimes it's not what you want to choose, but what you can only choose.

"One more question, I'm afraid that my pregnancy won't be hidden from so many imperial physicians' examinations."

Dong Lai said: "Smallpox is a disease that ordinary people are afraid of, and so are imperial physicians. The diagnosis is very easy. There is no need for so many imperial physicians to check one by one, just one person is enough."

East came and went.

Shi Yu sat on the chair without moving, but she suddenly asked Xiaoxia: "You said, if I had 'smallpox', would the emperor still be willing to visit me? Even if I stood far away across the screen, just one side, Don't say a word, will you?"

Xiaoxia shook her head sadly: "I don't know."

At this time in Chunhua Palace, the noble concubine nodded and said with a smile: "Then thank Concubine Yu for your kindness on my behalf, and appreciate it."

The maid next to the imperial concubine took the fruit basket containing several peaches, and handed over a purse.

The palace maid of Qingchun Palace generously accepted it, and bowed her body: "Thank you for the reward, my lady, our lady said it is not worth much, but it is just a taste of something new, and it is also the heart of the prince."

She saw that Zhou Meiren was also there, and she didn't wait long: "I will leave now without disturbing you."

Zhou Meiren looked at the peaches on the table, and said with disgust: "It's not just a few peaches, I have to give them one by one, as if no one knows how good her relationship with Prince Yi is, and she is not afraid to provoke the emperor's eyes."

"She's really not afraid. In the current situation, she has more confidence than us." The imperial concubine looked at the fruit basket on the table and ordered, "You guys go wash and try to see if the peaches from Prince Yi's mansion are any different. "

The maid went down with the fruit basket, leaving only the pair of sisters.

At this time, Zhou Meicai showed concern. She looked at the imperial concubine and wondered: "Is this really okay? Sister, I am always in a panic. I haven't slept well in the past two days."

"Don't worry, there is indeed smallpox in Qingzhou. Even if it is temporarily controlled, there is no guarantee that there is still somewhere hiding it. Qingzhou is not far from the capital, and it will arrive within ten days. Counting the time, it happens to be contagious. Everything It's a matter of course."

The noble concubine raised her hand, the long fingertips protected her scallion-white fingers extremely well, at first glance it was a beauty's hand, and of course it was a vicious hand.

However, Zhou Meiren was not relieved, she said: "But is that man reliable? The filth of smallpox is not easy to get. If one is bad, it is not brought into the palace and passed on to the palace lady, but it infects others halfway, then this capital city is not good. Are you going to suffer?"

The imperial concubine looked at her hands casually, and heard Zhou Meiren's worry, then raised her eyes, and couldn't help sneering: "I can see it, you only show your teeth and claws on the surface, looking arrogant and domineering, embarrassing people everywhere. , in fact, the heart inside is still glowing red, and I dare not really harm others."

Zhou Meiren heard the words and said slowly: "I... I'm sorry, sister, I shouldn't have poured cold water on you and made you troubled."

The imperial concubine got up from the couch, walked in front of Zhou Meiren, raised her chin, her eyes were no longer sharp, and they were not mocking, but said with a little envy and distress: "It's a pity, if you marry an ordinary The noble family must be living a much better life than now, although the emperor is noble, he is the most unreliable man in the world."

Women are not stupid, in fact, you can tell that they are just deceiving themselves.

Ever since Zhou Meiren became a beauty, she suddenly figured this out.

However, if they continue to fight, it is nothing more than for the family. Their surname is Zhou, and they are destined to be sacrificed.

The imperial concubine said: "Don't worry, this man is reliable. He has worked for the Zhou family for many years and has never made any mistakes. In fact, what if it really polluted the entire capital, as long as we can't be found out, it doesn't matter so much."

"Sister..." Zhou Meiren watched the imperial concubine turn around, her gait was casual, seemingly free and easy, but it couldn't help but make people worry.

In fact, when the imperial concubine came out and Zhou Meiren saw her again, she realized that she had changed.

It was still the glamorous imperial concubine, but she seemed to be missing something, as if she was tired of it, didn't care about it, and was willing to go all out, dared to do anything, seemed not afraid of the consequences, which made Zhou Meiren very worried.

The imperial concubine sat back on the soft couch, looked at Zhou Meiren who was so worried, and couldn't help giggling: "Silly girl, don't worry, if something happens, you will never be found out, and it has nothing to do with you."

At this time, the maid washed the peaches, cut them into pieces, and served them up.

The noble concubine raised her chin: "Try it, it doesn't look bad." She could tell that Zhou Meiren was hesitant to speak, but she didn't have a chance to ask.

Zhou Meiren didn't know at this time, she didn't find out what the imperial concubine had lost until later, but it was too late then.

Ten days later, Xiaoyun, the court lady who cleaned the yard as usual, heard a call from outside, and saw the little eunuch who was also a miscellaneous envoy winking at her: "Sister Xiaoyun, brother guard guarding the gate, let me tell you, who is so and so in your house?" Here you go, do you want to see me?"

The voice was not low, the busy palace people in the Qingchun Palace suddenly laughed and joked, Xiaoyun's whole face turned red.

Just when Xiaoxia came out of the house, she saw her smiling and said, "If you want to go, you can go, Your Majesty agrees."

Xiaoyun's eyes lit up immediately, and she put down the broom with a crisp hey and said, "Your servant must go early and return early." After speaking, she ran away in a hurry.

The rest of the maids looked at her back with envious eyes.

As a maid, once she enters the palace, if she can stay safe all the time, she will have to survive until 25, and she must ask the master for mercy before she can be released.

In this day and age, 25-year-old girls are already old maids, and they can't find a good man to marry.If you have some spare money, you can stay by your side. If you don't have it, you'll end up with a widower. If you don't, you can't even survive.

Like Xiaoyun, there is a loving and knowledgeable man outside the palace who is willing to wait, and there is a gentle and kind man in the palace who is also the master of the palace concubine. Concubine Yu even said that she would add a dowry to Xiaoyun. To be able to go out of the palace to get married smoothly, give birth to a big fat boy in the future, and live an ordinary but enjoyable life, no number of court ladies would be envious of her.

Xiaoyun saw the person coming through the palace gate, and under the narrow eyes of the guards, she didn't dare to stay any longer, but took the burden from the man.

Knowing that they were from the Qingchun Palace, the guards just conducted a rough inspection of the baggage as usual. As usual, there were some food, a few pieces of silver, and some silk handkerchiefs, and they were quickly released.

After a few days of living together peacefully like this, suddenly one morning, Xiao Yun, who usually got up early to clean the yard, didn't get up.

I saw red pimples growing on Xiaoyun's face, and her face was flushed, as if she was sick.

She pushed and called Xiaoyun a few times, and the latter got up in a daze: "What time is it, should I get up... But, I feel so uncomfortable..."

"Sister Xiaoyun, your forehead is so hot, you are sick."

The movement here alarmed the maids and eunuchs in the next room, and they also came in one after another. Seeing her appearance, people who knew a little about smallpox were shocked.

"Hurry up, tell the empress quickly! Go get an imperial doctor, don't touch her, we all stay away!"

"What's wrong?" Some wondered why they didn't know.

"She seems to have smallpox."

In an instant, everyone gasped!