Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

Chuxiu Palace and Yikun Palace are located in the West Sixth Palace, but there is a Tihe Palace in between.Chuxiu Palace is not as gorgeous as Yikun Palace, but the decoration is extremely elegant. In the courtyard, there are two vigorous ancient cypresses reaching straight into the sky. There are a pair of copper dragons and a pair of copper deer under the base of the platform. It is the only copper dragon in the six palaces. Furnishings of the palace.

Ruyi and Hailan went in hand in hand, and slowly climbed up the steps, the moonlight filtered through the yellowed branches and leaves mottled all over the ground.Such cold moonlight poured down from the sky, and when you looked up, you could see the glazed green tiles of the Jiuzhong Palace shining as white as ice and snow under the moonlight.

She couldn't help but think of the height of the Banque Mountain, the small moonrise, He Jiaojiao, I am thinking about it in a long way, I can't see you for a day, my heart is quiet.

Hai Lan's life has always been very quiet, and to pass the time, she just asked Ye Xin to sort out all the silk threads in the warehouse one by one.This is a very labor-intensive task. Each silk thread is divided into different categories and boiled in boiling water squeezed with the juice of various flowers.She was born in the Embroidery Academy, so practice makes perfect for these things, and she is even more afraid that the things sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be good, and that the dyes they use will make Yongjin's skin uncomfortable, so she has always done it herself, and never pretends to others.

"Well, this tea is Osmanthus osmanthus. It smells like sweet-scented osmanthus. It must have been rewarded by the emperor." Ruyi picked up the tea tray but didn't rush to drink it. It's refreshing, so it's just for fun to drink."

Hailan smiled lightly like a faint cloud shadow: "The good things are in my sister's Yikun Palace and Gao Guifei's Xianfu Palace. It's not easy for the emperor to keep a good record." She picked up a handful of turquoise silk thread, quite Helpless: "Why is my sister always so calm? What if Lian Xin refuses to come? What if Gao Guifei doesn't go to Yonghe Palace? What if..."

Ruyi smiled but didn't answer, just beckoned Ye Xin to come up to add a few candles, Hai Lan was wondering, suddenly there was a loud commotion outside, mixed with the voices of women screaming, the scolding of palace people and the eunuch's vague words .

Hailan immediately became alert: "Sister, what sound are you listening to?"

Ye Xin listened carefully for a moment, then smiled suddenly: "It seems to be the voice of Concubine Gao."

Hailan was stunned, and immediately stood up, Ruyi smiled lightly and said, "Hailan, you said a lot of what-ifs just now, but it turned out that everything was so coincidental, no amount of what-ifs would become unfounded worries. Let's go Look outside, if something happens to Concubine Gao in front of Chuxiu Palace, it will be bad."

Hailan hurried out and ordered the guards to open the gate.Ruyi put on a plain squirrel cloak and followed closely behind.The chaos outside was abnormal, and the footsteps of palace guards hurried over, obviously startled by the sound just now.Yizheng and Xinxin slipped to Ruyi's side while no one was looking, and whispered: "My lord, it's done."

Dozens of palace lanterns illuminated the gate of Yanxi Palace at night as brightly as day. Concubine Gao was surrounded by maids of honor in the middle, her beautiful face like lotus petals was full of shock and anger, and lost the beauty of the past. , was obviously greatly frightened.

Ruyi clasped her zither in front of the crowd, cleared her throat, and said to the crowd: "What time is it? How can you be so noisy?" Then she looked at Concubine Gao, surprised and said: "What's wrong with Concubine Gao? Why are you so scared? Mo Xin, is this how you serve the young master?"

Mo Xin performed a blessing, and said in horror: "It's not that the servants don't care about serving, it's really..." She couldn't continue, and looked to the side, where the eunuchs and guards hurriedly escorted a eunuch with bright uniforms, His whole face was buried in the dust.

"Which father-in-law is this?" Ruyi asked curiously.

The guard hurriedly said: "Hui Xian Guifei, this is the emperor and the former deputy chief eunuch Wang Qin. I don't know if he was drunk or what. Just now Gao Guifei led the palace people past, and he rushed up like a madman. His reckless words and deeds disturbed the imperial concubine."

"There is such a thing? It's not that Wang Qin doesn't know Concubine Gao, so how could he offend Concubine Gao?" Ruyi asked deliberately, and ordered one of the guards: "Quickly report to the emperor and queen."

"Drag this lifeless thing to the emperor immediately, and explain clearly to me!" Concubine Gao sternly reprimanded with unconcealable anger and panic.

Her temple hair is disheveled, her bun is loose, and a few white jade south red ruyi pearl hairpins are slanted down by her ears, as if she is about to fall.Ruyi motioned to Mo Xin, "Hurry up and make up your little master, what does the emperor look like when he comes?"

Concubine Gao covered her chest with one hand, and said bitterly, "It's you? Why are you here?"

Ruyi smiled and said: "Gao Guifei probably forgot, this is Chuxiu Palace, I came here to embroider clothes for the fourth elder brother with Concubine Yu. Just now I heard the commotion outside, but it was Gao Guifei who was here, so I came here to have a look , Ma'am, are you alright?"

Concubine Gao said angrily, "I don't need you to care if there is nothing wrong with this palace."

With a reserved smile, Ruyi said softly: "Gao Guifei misunderstood, and I don't want to care too much about it, but this matter happened in front of the gate of Concubine Yu's palace. If there are any rumors spread, I'm afraid it will hurt Yu My concubine's reputation, I have no choice but to intervene."

Concubine Gao was stunned by her words of "bringing her reputation down", and she showed a dark smile: "Okay! Okay! I actually came to see this excitement in this palace! I want to see, who dares to spread any rumors! I really want to know , Wang Qin suddenly offended the Palace outside the Chuxiu Palace, did someone instigate it deliberately!"

The two were in a stalemate, but they saw a bright yellow imperial chariot approaching not far away, Shuangxi hurriedly invited An to come forward and said, "Report to Concubine Gao, the emperor is in the Jingyang Palace, and the servant has already invited the emperor over."

Before the imperial chariot came to a complete stop, Concubine Gao poured tears all over her face, and fell down on the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have to be the master for my concubine. I have never been humiliated like this since I served the Emperor. Your Majesty!"

The emperor's imperial chariot barely stopped, seeing her like this, he felt pity and anxiety at the same time, and said: "Li Yu, hurry up and help Concubine Gao get up."

Concubine Gao was still crying unceasingly, like a pear blossom with spring rain, Ruyi took a step forward and earnestly advised: "If Concubine Gao cries again, I'm afraid it will be difficult for others not to know." She led Hailan to the emperor. After asking for a double security, he said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Gao, Wang Qin is still talking nonsense. According to my concubine, no matter what, it is not appropriate to publicize it. Why don't you use Concubine Yu's Chuxiu Palace first?" , wake Wang Qin up by splashing water, let’s ask questions again.”

The emperor wore a plain cloak, and stood in the wind, as if he couldn't hold it tightly, and his mouth was fine, and his sentences made sense, and he couldn't help worrying: "The wind on the long street is strong, you need to give birth to Yongjin." Don't stand in the wind." After speaking, Wang Qin was pressed to the ground, his face was flushed, he seemed drunk, and it was inconvenient to drag him to another place, so he rushed to Hailan and said, "Then feel wronged by Hailan. , enter your Chuxiu Palace."

Hailan Yingying said: "Please, Your Majesty. The concubine will retreat from everyone, and the Emperor and the noble concubine will deal with it slowly." She turned sideways to let the emperor, Ruyi, and Concubine Gao into the room, and Xin Xin and Yizheng helped Ye Xin in a hurry. Cleaned up and served tea.

The emperor sat in the main hall, his eyes were so clear, he took a deep look at Ruyi and Hailan and said, "Forget it. You sit next to me and listen together."

Ruyi thanked him with a smile, and told Sanfu of Chuxiu Palace: "Wang Qin looks like he is drunk, you wake him up with ice water, bring him in immediately to answer."

Due to the sudden incident, Concubine Gao was disturbed again, and the emperor didn't want to keep more people in the palace, so only Concubine Gao's maid, Mo Xin, and his personal eunuch Li Yu were allowed to serve inside.Seeing that there were few people, Concubine Gao couldn't help crying like rain, sobbing and refusing to say another word.

The emperor quickly said: "When you saw me, you said that you had been humiliated by the sky, but now you refuse to say what the grievance is, how can you ask me to help you?"

Ruyi knew that Concubine Gao was pregnant because of Mei Changzai, but she couldn't tell the emperor about it, so she didn't think of an excuse for a while.Seeing that Concubine Gao was just weeping, Mo Xin was clever, turned her head and walked forward and said: "Just now, the noble concubine heard that Mei Chang Zai had abdominal pain, and she was worried that Chang Zai's body was not happy, and she couldn't bear it, so she came over to have a look. I should have exhausted the guilt I felt when I accidentally injured Chang Zai. To go from Xianfu Palace to Yonghe Palace, one had to pass through the corridor in front of Chuxiu Palace. The empress jumped on her body, and she was still talking dirty words."

Only then did Concubine Gao regain her composure, she stretched out her sleeves and wept, "Wang Qin is like a madman. He tore the clothes of my concubines as soon as he came up. The emperor saw that the cuffs of my concubines were torn by him."

Concubine Gao cried and complained, and every time she said a word, the emperor's face changed a bit, and Wang Qin's behavior when interrogating Wang Qin was really disgusting, so Ruyi kindly asked someone to drag Wang Qin out for custody On the porch.

The emperor's eyes were full of gloomy anger, which could start a prairie fire.Li Yu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, with Wang Qin's appearance, I'm afraid he won't be able to ask anything. He is not on duty today, even if he is in his own room, I remember that Xiao Zhuozi, who lives next door to him, is not on duty. Zhuo Zi came to ask, and he knew exactly why Wang Qin had gone crazy."

The emperor's nostrils were slightly open, and the blue veins on his forehead were throbbing rapidly. He tried his best to suppress his anger and said, "Go pass on Xiao Zhuozi, and then let someone pass on the imperial doctor, and see what kind of hysteria that dog slave has to act so boldly!"

Li Yu bowed and stepped back.Ruyi saw that Concubine Gao's silk was wet from crying, so he untied his own and handed it to her, "Don't be upset, Concubine Gao, the verandah where Xiao Zhuozi and Wang Qin live is nearby, and they will be there in a while. Sister, wipe it off first." Wipe your tears."

The emperor was right in front of her eyes, Concubine Gao Guifei saw Ruyi's half-smile and not a smile, and it was not easy to get angry, so she had to take the silk and put it aside.They waited in silence for a while, only to hear the sound of the door being pushed close, and Li Yu had already brought Xiao Zhuozi over.

Li Yu pushed the person in, but it was a court lady. The emperor frowned and said, "Why did you bring a court lady in? Where is Xiao Zhuozi?"

Li Yu looked puzzled, so he turned the man's face in disgust and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty doesn't know... this... this is Xiao Zhuozi..."

The emperor took a closer look and saw that the beautifully dressed "maid" had an Adam's apple, wasn't it Xiao Zhuozi?He gradually recalled that Xiao Zhuozi was young and really handsome, like a girl, so he asked, "Why is he dressed like this?"

Xiao Zhuozi's face turned red and white, but he was ashamed and kowtowed.Li Yu said quickly: "Your Majesty, the imperial physician has also come and is checking on Wang Qin, and this slave immediately invited him in."

The emperor nodded slightly, Li Yu had already opened the door and called the imperial physician in, the imperial physician also turned pale with shock, kowtowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have already given the pulse of the prince, he is not drunk, but has taken food. It's caused by too many Ajisu pills!"

Concubine Gao frowned slightly, wondering: "What is Ajisu Wan?"

The imperial doctor was full of panic, not knowing whether to answer, but seeing the doubts on the faces of the emperor and the noble concubine Gao, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "This is a secret medicine from the outside world, made of cnidium, chuanxiong, and epimedium... ..."

The emperor immediately understood, his face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Bold!"

Ruyi raised her eyes to signal the imperial physician and Mo Xin to go out, and said sternly, "If you don't want to say anything, go to the Department of Punishment and tell the Nurse Jingqi there!"

Xiao Zhuozi was limp on the ground, whimpering and said: "Your Majesty, Deputy Director Wang was originally a eunuch and eunuch, but he wanted to be a man. He saw that the servant looked a bit like a woman, so he asked the servant to dress up as a maid. Domineering on the body, beating and scolding wantonly, and secretly obtained these strange obscene skills, and imposed them on the slave one by one, making the slave's life worse than death!"

The emperor coughed lightly, and Li Yu immediately understood: "My servant immediately took someone to search Wang Qin's verandah." After saying that, he hurried away.After an incense stick, Li Yu led the little eunuch in.Li Yu was waiting by the side with his hands down, while the little eunuch was standing beside Li Yu holding a boxwood box.

When the emperor saw it, there was a dark fire between his brows, and he said, "Then today, why?"

Xiao Zhuozi almost choked up crying: "Deputy Manager Wang is not on duty today, and he started drinking this thing as soon as he got back to the room. The slave is next door, and he was frightened when he saw him like this outside the window. The slave didn't dare to go back for a while. Then he hid quietly. After Vice President Wang took those dirty things, he couldn't find the servant anywhere, probably because of the drug effect, he ran out like a madman, so the servant dared to sneak back to the veranda."

Concubine Gao was so angry that her face was purple and she knelt down at the emperor's knees, she couldn't help but burst into tears: "Your majesty, your majesty, you must be the master of your concubines. Wang Qin dared to eat this kind of drug in the palace. This concubine should be shredded into pieces!"

Hearing this verse, Li Yu just pointed to the boxwood box in the little eunuch's hand and said: "Your Majesty, this servant was ordered to search Wang Qin's room, and found this big box of filthy things after a search. This servant has never heard of it before. I have never seen anything I have seen before. The slave dare not be good at it, so I immediately brought it to the emperor to have a look."

After all, he personally held the box and walked to the emperor, and only opened it to the emperor.The emperor only glanced at it, and the muscles on his face twitched unconsciously, like the veins protruding from his temples, showing the anger from the bottom of his heart.

Li Yu immediately closed the box and added a sentence at the right time: "Ever since the empress consort deliberately betrothed Lian Xin to Wang Qin, Wang Qin has always boasted in front of his servants that he is a masculine hero. So it was because of these filthy things !"

This sentence is really wonderful, and it just rightly aroused the emperor's suspicion of the empress.The words between the emperor's lips and teeth were like sharp icicles: "Call all the internal prisons to the Punishment Department, watch Wang Qin cut off his tendons and tendons, and then 'attach officials', to see which lifeless thing dares to filthy Chaos in the harem!" After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Zhuozi in disgust, "Send him to serve in the Punishment Department!"

Although life is worse than death for the Punishment Department, but at least one life is spared. Such a disgusting thing is known by the emperor, and it is rare for the emperor not to want his life.Ruyi maintained a reserved and calm expression, watching Xiao Zhuozi being dragged out, but when his eyes met Li Yu's, he showed a calm smile.

With such a turmoil, the matter of Lian Xin's meeting with food naturally fell through.After Wang Qin was executed for offending Concubine Gao, the emperor not only seldom went to Xianfu Palace, but even the Queen's Palace seldom set foot.And Meichang's sudden pregnancy made the queen even more worried.Without Wang Qin, Li Yu naturally became the most useful person in front of the emperor.

Rumors that Gao Guifei was offended by an eunuch also spread throughout the harem because of her lack of composure.Even if the emperor strictly prohibited it, he couldn't stop Youyou's mouth, so he vented his anger on the queen who wanted to give him the right food for the king.Even on several big days on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor said that the government was busy and did not go to the queen's palace.

In the Yikun Palace, Ruyi just played with Yongjin and watched Yonghuang's homework, but as for the emperor using Gui Duo to control the water, so that Ah Ruo's thoughts came alive again, this was beyond her control.

All she could do was to quietly wait for Mei Changzai to give birth to that evildoer.

days are long.