Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

The meticulous history books were rewritten from the moment Ruyi's child was born.On the fifth day of March in the first year of Qianlong, Concubine Xian gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, who became the first son of the emperor in the first year after he ascended the throne.The emperor was overjoyed, held banquets every day, and rewarded the Yikun Palace, and even the nobleman Yu who lived with Concubine Xian was promoted to Concubine Yu, proud of the spring breeze, and his favor never faded.

The emperor's decree that the fourth elder brother can be raised by his biological mother's side was also quickly announced to Liugong.For this reason, the empress mentioned the ancestral family law to the emperor and the empress dowager more than once, but this time the emperor was extremely resolute, and the empress dowager had no choice but to give up.This is extraordinarily favored and honored. In the eyes of outsiders, it is not only a symbol of the favor and glory of Concubine Xian and the fourth elder brother, but also an announcement to the concubines in the harem of Concubine Xian's unshakable position in the emperor's heart.

In April, the emperor still felt that it was not enough, saying that the safe birth of the fourth elder brother was the blessing of the ancestors, and decreed to increase the monthly silver allowances of the concubines and concubines of the Shoukang Palace, and even buried the late Emperor Dunsu from the Tailing Mausoleum. In addition, several nobles who served in Yuanmingyuan and Rehe palaces, official women who had always been there, promised or served the late emperor, were posthumously named concubines, and moved to Tailing to accompany the late emperor.

Everyone thought that this was borrowing the light of Ruyi's birth, and they would not think about it elsewhere.For this reason, Gao Guifei broke countless vases in Xianfu Palace.

The emperor and Concubine Xian had discussed the name of the fourth elder brother for many days - it was also because Ruyi didn't want her child to be named after Jin Yuyan's child, and even thinking about it made her uncomfortable.Finally, the emperor drew up the name of Yongjin.Jinzhe, beautiful jade, can also refer to virtue, and Ruyi himself likes it very much-this child is not a legitimate son, and does not need such meaningful words as "lian", "cong" and "璂".

Yongjin's feast lasted for a full month from birth to the full moon. The emperor even did not forget to give Naerbu many rewards in the previous court. The Haze of the Empress of Jingren Palace.

Wherever the emperor is, he will bring the spirit of spring. After Ruyi can sleep, the Yikun Palace will naturally be regarded as a beautiful spring.For a whole spring day, apart from Yikun Palace and Xianfu Palace, there was only one court lady who was favored by the emperor for a while, and Feng Xiu agreed, and the rest of the place was lonely and empty.

Ruyi didn't forget her elder brother. Although she already had her own child, Hailan's fifth elder brother would not be born until five years later.If there is only one prince in Yikun Palace, everyone's eyes will only be on Yongjin.But if there is Yonghuang, the eldest son of the emperor, as a shield, although everyone is temporarily afraid of the status of the noble son, after a long time, the fourth elder brother will not attract attention because he is neither a direct descendant nor an eldest son.

In May, when spring was coming to an end, the people Ruyi had arranged for Elder Brother became more dedicated. The fact that Yikun Palace quietly delivered food to Elder Brother's elder brother did not alarm anyone.This day, Ruyi coaxed Yong Jin to sleep, and was making clothes for the children's house with Hai Lan, when she saw Li Yu come in to deliver the decree, hit Qian'er happily and said: "His Majesty's order, please go to the empress quickly See you in the palace."

"It's not too early or too late, what's the matter?" Hailan asked suspiciously.

Li Yu hurriedly said: "The servant doesn't know either. It's just that the prince and the servant came out together. He went to Xianfu Palace and passed the same oral order to the noble concubine Gao. Hurry up, my lord, the sedan chair is already here Waiting outside."

Ruyi immediately changed her clothes and made up, and when the rain hit her face when she was going out, she felt that the rain was no longer cool, and it carried the sweet fragrance of flowers and the warmth of the summer.

Arriving at the Changchun Palace, Lian Xin had already lifted the curtain and was waiting aside, seeing Ruyi, she smiled and said, "The Empress Xian is here, and the Empress Gao has just arrived."

They are Xian and Gao concubines, fortunately she can handle them clearly.Ruyi went in, and saw Concubine Gao and the Empress accompanying the Emperor, one on the left and one on the right, seeming to be talking and laughing, very harmonious.Such a homely and lively scene, in her eyes, is already a memory from a long time ago.Ruyi bowed her head, met the emperor and empress one by one, and then saluted Gao Guifei.On the contrary, Concubine Gao was still sitting, and only said, "Concubine Xian is here." She didn't even care that her status was actually lower than Ruyi's.

The emperor beckoned to her, let her sit down, and said, "Come here in such a hurry, isn't it raining? How is Yongjin? Are you still crying?"

Ruyi shook her head and smiled slightly: "Yongjin fell asleep just now, but I saved some energy. This kind of spring rain is about to pass, and the concubine just feels happy seeing her."

Concubine Gao always disliked her stealing the emperor's attention. Before the emperor could ask any more questions, she said with a coquettish smile, "Last time I saw a coir raincoat in the emperor's palace. The concubines liked it very much. The emperor rewarded the ministers." Concubine."

The emperor laughed and said: "It was obtained from outside, and it is said to be a folk shelter from the rain. It was something your father Gao Bin found. Who knows that he is so eccentric that he didn't leave one for you."

Concubine Gao pouted her cherry lips and said: "Father is the most eccentric. He only has eyes for the emperor and no daughter." She was originally wearing a cherry-colored silver-threaded jade hairpin jacket with a thin pale pink pipa lapel on the outside. The small waistcoat with gold dots looks extraordinarily charming.The white jade tassel butterfly adornment on the neckline followed her every frown and smile, shaking like white snow beads.

The emperor smiled and said: "Your father is partial to me, so I will favor you. If you like it, you can take it. The only thing is, you are not allowed to wear it everywhere."

If Gao Xiyue really put on such cliché folk rain gear and dangled around, the scene must be very spectacular.Ruyi suppressed a smile, saw Concubine Gao thanked her with a smile, and secretly glanced at her, triumphantly took a fragrant plum and ate it.

The emperor said seriously: "I am so anxious to call you to the Queen's Palace today because I have something to discuss with you."

Everyone answered "yes", and the emperor said again: "Today I checked Yong Huang's homework and saw that he was a little thinner, but he looked refreshed after wearing new clothes. Who knows that I just ordered him to write a few words." , but that child is not very up-to-date, just staring at the melons and fruits on my case absent-mindedly."

The empress shivered slightly, she didn't expect this section at all, she stood up and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame me. Yonghuang is still young, and sometimes he gets distracted when reading and writing. The concubine will definitely ask the master to discipline and restrain him. It will never happen again.”

The emperor slowly sipped his tea and said, "I thought so too. Children always have fun when they are young. But when I saw him flipping out his cuffs when he was writing, his arm was wounded. I asked again and again. I know it was Yong Huang who knocked on the rockery today when he was playing in the Imperial Garden." His face darkened, and then he calmly said, "But none of the dozens of people serving Yong Huang knew about it."

Concubine Gao said "Ouch", and then said: "The servants are too careless, even after changing the clothes for Yong Huang, how can they not see the scars? Either they are too careless, or they didn't change the clothes for Yong Huang at all. "

After Concubine Gao finished speaking, the Empress silently gave her a sideways glance, but Concubine Gao didn't realize it, and it all fell into Ruyi's eyes.Ruyi calmly took a piece of hibiscus cake and ate it slowly, thinking that this eight/nine-year-old child, Ruyi was smart enough to know how to tell the emperor her grievances quietly, everything was just right .

The emperor nodded and said: "Gao Guifei's words are correct. Because I found out that the new clothes on the outside of Yonghuang were put on temporarily, and the clothes inside probably haven't been changed for three or four days, and the oil stains have turned black." .”

The empress was full of guilt and uneasiness: "It's all because of my concubines. It is said that Yonghuang is the child who lost his mother, and my concubines love him very much, and even specially assigned some people to take care of him. Who knows that there are too many people, On the contrary, it’s not good. Don’t worry, the emperor, wait for the concubine to personally go to elder brother’s place to punish those slaves, so as to make a warning to others.”

Obviously these words didn't reach the emperor's heart, the emperor said coldly: "I will punish those slaves. It's not that you are careless, it's just that the subordinates are bullying Yonghuang, who is a motherless child. So after much deliberation, I still We have to find Yonghuang an ermian who can take care of him."

The queen was startled, but before she could react, Concubine Gao was already smiling all over her face: "Your Majesty, my concubine has no children, and I will be lonely for a long time. Please let the emperor fulfill my concubine's longing for a child and give Yonghuang to my concubine to raise him. The concubine will definitely fulfill her responsibilities as a mother and take care of her wholeheartedly."

The emperor was noncommittal, glanced at Ruyi, and said slowly, "Does Concubine Xian have such thoughts?"

Ruyi thought for a while, then said with a smile: "The concubine naturally likes elder brother. It doesn't matter who the emperor likes, but the concubine is thinking about it, and she must find someone who has given birth before, so she can rest assured." She looked at the queen , smiled quietly, "The Empress and Concubine Zhe are from the same family, and they have given birth to the second elder brother and the princess, so they are the most suitable candidates. It's just that the empress is busy with palace affairs, so I'm afraid she won't be free."

The emperor also glanced at the empress who was slightly embarrassed, and sighed: "The empress is already working hard, how can I have the heart to bother her? You all like Yonghuang, I know this, but the child has to hit it off with you. Someone has already brought Yong Huang over, whoever he is willing to choose as his adoptive mother, and whoever is lucky enough to have my elder brother as his son, let Yong Huang decide for himself."

After speaking, someone brought Yong Huang in.Yong Huang was already eight years old, although his stature was taller than children of the same age, he looked thin and delicate, his complexion was a little yellow, and he seemed to have no energy.Ruyi saw that although he lowered his head, he had a kind of understanding of the world that children of this age did not have, and became more convinced of his idea just now.

The emperor waved his hand gently, beckoning Yong Huang to approach, pointed at the concubines, and said lovingly to him: "Yong Huang, these are your Empress Gao and Empress Xian. You tell Huang Ama, which one of them do you like to be your empress?" ?”

Yonghuang looked at them one by one, and said for a moment: "Huang Ama, my son has a mother. The son's mother is Fucha Zhuying, Huang Ama's concubine Zhe."

The emperor touched his heart and stroked his hair lovingly: "Good boy, your mother-in-law has gone, but no one can replace your mother-in-law. Huang Ama just wants to find someone to take good care of you and love you like your mother-in-law." you."

Yong Huang nodded sensiblely, stretched out his hands to press his stomach, Gao Guifei laughed lightly, and stretched out her hands as if to hug him: "Yong Huang, come, come to Gao Niangniang! Let Gao Niangniang hug you."

This is the difference between having a child and not having a child. Ruyi smiled, took a piece of hibiscus pastry and said, "Good boy, let's eat something before going over."

Yonghuang looked left and right, smiled suddenly, took the hibiscus cake and threw it into Ruyi's arms, just looked at her and didn't speak.Concubine Gao's expression darkened, she seemed to be infinitely lost, and she became a little lazy.The queen was amiable, and Zhanyan smiled at Ruyi, "Congratulations to Concubine Xian, and happy to have a son."

Ruyi held Yong Huang's hand, fed him hibiscus cakes, and quickly took water to prevent him from choking, Fang smiled and said: "If the emperor can rest assured that the child will be brought up by the concubine, it will be the concubine's blessing."

The emperor's gaze was as warm as a spring sun: "This kind of fate between mother and child was cultivated in the previous life. Since Yonghuang chose you, you will be his mother-in-law from now on."

Concubine Gao was still a little unconvinced: "Your Majesty, Yonghuang only went there because he liked that piece of hibiscus cake. That doesn't count, you let Yonghuang choose again, and my concubine will also take a piece of pastry in her hand."

The emperor's gaze was as gentle as the gurgling spring water: "Okay. You are not in good health, and you can't stand the child's naughtiness. Besides, you always have to be with me. Concubine Xian is much more leisurely than you. It is good for Yonghuang to be taken care of by Concubine Xian." , just to be with Yong Jin."

Ruyi raised her head and met the emperor's gaze, unconsciously filled with warm and clear joy.

Yikun Palace, which suddenly had another child, was not as busy as everyone thought.Hailan is now Concubine Yu, she helps Ruyi take care of Yonghuang and Yongjin, she can't fault anyone, so she often comes over to chat and laugh with the children.Every day at five o'clock, Yonghuang got up in the morning to go to study, and Hailan escorted him outside the palace gate.At dinner time, they hugged Yongjin together with Ruyi and waited for him to come back under the dripping eaves.

The time after dinner every day is the busiest time in Yikun Palace. Sometimes Hailan and Ruyi are embroidering and drawing flowers together, and sometimes the two are holding a book to teach Yong Huang his homework. If you can't finish talking, wrap around her knees and tell Ruyi everything you've seen and heard that day, or memorize a paragraph of Taifu's Protestant essay.

Because of Yonghuang, the emperor came to Yikun Palace more often than before.In the next two or three days, even if they don't stay overnight at Ruyi or Hailan's place, they will definitely come to have dinner with them and ask Yonghuang about his homework.Finally one day, he remembered that Hailan could already be the main empress, so he pointed to Chuxiu Palace for Hailan to live in.Chuxiu Palace and Yikun Palace are closely related to each other, and it takes only half a stick of incense for Hailan to come and go, and therefore, Yong Huang would occasionally go to live in Chuxiu Palace during Ruyi's bedtime.

In this way, the people in the palace dare not belittle Ruyi and Hailan, they all think that she has two sons in a row, it is God's favor.Gradually, not only the people in the harem, but also the Xianfu Palace became more polite. Even though Concubine Gao was jealous of the child behind her back, she went to Baohua Palace to pray to God and Buddha to pray for an heir, but she was no longer the same when facing Ruyi face to face. It's like doing whatever you want.

But then again, even though Concubine Gao is scruples about the two elder brothers, it doesn't mean that the queen is also scruples.The elder brother was fined to kneel because of the second elder brother, and the second elder brother is smart and the son of the first son, so it is inevitable that the princes will flatter him as the future prince.Ruyi doesn't comment much on this, but secretly tells Yonghuang to be patient.

Concubine Chun thought that the child was too spoiled, so she also came to cry a few times, but Ruyi just told her the way, as to whether it was useful or not, it was out of her jurisdiction.

Then there is Lian Xin, the queen finally determined to ration her to Wang Qin, referring to the Mid-Autumn Festival.Ruyi asked Xin Xin to insinuate a few words quietly, as long as she remembered that Yikun Palace would give her a favor.Lian Xin is already 24 years old, and she will be able to leave the palace next year.Right now, the matter has not been settled yet, and there is no decree to come up with the palace to seduce Lian Xin, so she will naturally fall into the trap.

On this day, Ruyi and Hailan were embroidering together, and by the way, they used the news of Wang Qinlianxin's marriage to inquire into Xinxin's thoughts.At the moment, she doesn't feel any distress to Jiang Yubin, it's just a fellowship, but Li Yu is a eunuch after all, and Ruyi doesn't want to beat the mandarin ducks and do the same dirty things as the queen in this kind of thing.Li Yu will help her whether she wants it or not.Ruyi just felt sorry for Li Yu's love that she didn't express in the end.

While chatting happily, Yizheng from outside suddenly came in to spread the message: "Yonghe Gongmei often suffers from abdominal pain, the emperor ordered the imperial doctor to check it, and said that she is two months pregnant."

The embroidered plate in Hailan's hand fell to the ground lightly, and Ruyi ordered Song Xin to quickly pick it up, Fang asked: "Does Xianfu Palace know about this?"

Yizheng hurriedly said: "Not yet, it was Eunuch Li who secretly sent the news. Today, Vice President Wang is not on duty, and the empress does not know about it yet."

"Very good." Ruyi put down the silk thread in her hand, and said calmly, "Xinxin, you go to Lianxin and tell her that if you want to save yourself, you can do as we said, and the plan can start. Yizheng, you find a way to save yourself. The matter of Mei's constant presence is revealed to Xianfu Palace. Concubine Gao's disposition will pass without our temptation. From Xianfu Palace to Yonghe Palace, you must pass in front of Chuxiu Palace. Hai Lan, let's go to your palace for a sit down , just waiting to see the good show."

Hailan looked at Ruyi, and smiled comfortably: "Wherever sister wants to be."