Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

But no matter how cold the emperor is, the queen is the queen after all, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is always left to the queen to prepare.Although Mei Changzai's pregnancy was not the emperor's first child after he ascended the throne, and the emperor had already had children, he still seemed very happy.Although he was worried about the water affairs in the south of the Yangtze River for a few days, the emperor stayed in the Yonghe Palace to ask for his health when he had free time.

It was a rare night that Mei Changzai didn't pester the emperor anymore, so the emperor came to Yikun Palace, asked Yonghuang about his homework, teased Yongjin for a while, and stayed in Ruyi Pavilion for dinner together.

Ruyi poured a glass of wine into the emperor's cup, and the cherry-colored nectar condensed in the white jade cup, shining like a fine ruby.She raised her wine glass and congratulated the emperor: "Mei Changzai is pregnant, and the flood is under control. The concubine respects the emperor, and the sky is full of blessings."

The emperor smiled and said, "The color of this wine looks very festive."

Ruyi looked at the emperor's expression, and couldn't help but smile: "The emperor is in a good mood, so naturally everything is festive." She smiled and reached out to stroke the emperor's eyebrows, which were as thick as ink, "The emperor's face is full of laugh lines Son, you can't even hide it. There are also eyebrows, and the eyebrows are flying up, which shows how happy the emperor is with the dragon fetus that Mei often lives in."

The emperor smiled and shook her hand, only to feel that her hand was as cold as a piece of Hetian jade, and after holding it for a long time, it gradually became moist.He said loudly: "No matter how happy the affairs in the harem are, it is a trivial matter. Only when happy things happened in the previous dynasty, I am really happy in my heart." He is good at water control, I want to reward him well."

This was what Ruyi had notified his father Naerbu earlier that he was going to go down. Earlier than Gao Bin, he recommended Gui Duo to the emperor, which won the emperor's favor.As for how Gao Bin will deal with Gui Duo in the future, that is out of the scope of Naerbu's consideration. Anyway, Gui Duo has nothing but water control.

Ruyi took another piece of chopsticks and roasted beef in front of the emperor, and said calmly: "The emperor has been worrying day and night in order to govern the former court. The painstaking effort is not something that others can understand. The concubine, Ama, who is dedicated to the emperor, is just a courtier. What's more, even if the emperor wants to reward, it is to reward the courtiers who have made great contributions to water control, and my concubine Ama dare not accept it."

The emperor chuckled, his eyes were full of bright smiles, he held on to Ruyi's hand, and said softly: "You are talking exactly the same as your Ama. If it is Gao Guifei, she must chase me Please seal it for her, Amma."

Ruyi lowered her head slightly, and the serene smile on her lips slightly retracted: "Concubine Gao naturally has the benefits of Concubine Gao. But the emperor..." She paused, and said in a soft voice with a bit of stubbornness, "Your Majesty, do you like me?" Yikun Palace, let's not talk about others."

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled unconsciously: "I didn't realize that, you still have time to be narrow-minded."

If Ruyi's smile reflects the water of the moon, it is clear and clear: "The emperor has a broad mind, pretending to be all the people in the world, and my concubines can't learn from it. In front of people, my concubines can learn from the virtuous concubine Ban Jieyu. After people, my concubines want more Be a carefree concubine in front of the emperor."

The emperor heaved a sigh of relief, and stretched out his hand to grab Ruyi's shoulders: "Although you said this with a smile, I know the grievance and pain in your heart. I am still young, and I can't take care of the affairs of the previous dynasty. They are old ministers who followed the late emperor, and each of them is qualified to be there. If I don’t take care of each one by myself, it will be my embarrassment to fall into their words. For this matter, I Entering the harem less often, for the sake of filial piety and the majesty of the main palace, I have to spend more time with the queen mother and empress. The empress... oh, I have counted, the time I spend with you is not as good as when I was in the hidden mansion .”

Ruyi leaned on the emperor's shoulder, and the pattern of golden thread soaring clouds and five-clawed dragon pattern was delicately pressed on her cheek, she only felt a dull pain.The Qing Dynasty was like this, unlike the Great Zhou Dynasty.The concubines in the harem of the Qing Dynasty were more like the emperor's slaves than concubines.The queen is the master, but when the gorgeous shell is removed, the queen is just the leader of this group of slaves.

She concealed her confusion, and said in a low voice: "The emperor can understand the heart of the concubine, so there is nothing to be wronged or not. The concubine only hopes that the emperor can put the concubine in somewhere in his heart, hide it, and not let others know .”

The emperor was silent for a moment, stroking Ruyi's temple hair, and said firmly: "This is the truth. When I walked into the harem, there was a virtuous wife like the empress, as well as the gentleness of the noble concubine, the pure concubine's considerateness, the nobleman's charm, even Concubine Yu, Lady Yi, and Wan promised, they also have their duty to be honest. But there is only one thing, what you have, none of them have."

Ruyi asked honestly, "What is it?"

The emperor kissed her on the forehead, and said quietly: "It's straightforwardness. This straightforwardness is for me, and it hasn't changed since you entered the submerged mansion to today."

Ruyi was taken aback for a moment, feeling deeply in her heart.These men, Xuan Ling likes her innocent heart, Hongli likes her straightforwardness, but they don't know what kind of person she is.Such an unknown side, sinister, ruthless, treacherous and unpredictable, but no one has seen the real her.

It's ridiculous, but it doesn't matter, anyway, she has no feelings for the person in front of her.Ruyi looked up at him and almost burst into tears: "Frankness is not a virtue of a concubine, and it is not a good thing. But the emperor regards it as a benefit, which shows that the emperor understands courtiers and concubines."

The emperor sighed softly, and said with a smile: "This benefit is not available among concubines, it is between husband and wife. You regard me as a husband, how can I not understand? Although you are not my first wife, nor are you the longest with me But your kindness is in my heart. I also hope you understand that no matter how many times I come to Yikun Palace, you are always in my heart, not just in this palace."

The moonlight is bright and white, roaming the sky leisurely, like a puddle of clear water flowing down from the broken ice.The distant wind brings the fragrance of flowers and trees.Such a good moonlight, looking out through the half-open gap of the window, it seems that the whole palace is as white as frost.Such a good month should reflect such a pair of people.

The sixteenth moon in the Forbidden City is rare to be so perfect.But her couple is long gone, and right now, they are just a perfect couple.

This night, the emperor stayed at Ruyi's place without mentioning it.

The next morning the emperor was about to go to court, Ruyi served the emperor to get up early, and reminded Xiaoxizi to wake Yonghuang to get up and prepare to go to the Shang's study—it turned out that those little Fuzis who were bought by A Ruo She had kicked her out a long time ago, and today's young eunuchs are all selected by the Three Treasures after looking at them for a long time.

The emperor's breakfast routine is also used here.Just as he had braided the emperor's hair, there were two knocks on the door outside.There was a soft "squeak" from the palace door, and a figure flashed in briskly, followed by a little palace lady carrying a yellow wooden square curly-patterned plate, and walked in steadily.It was Ah Ruo who came, she bowed lightly, said "Wanfu", nodded slightly, and the maid with the plate came forward and brought out the dishes one by one.

Ruyi glanced at Yizheng, smiled knowingly, and said to the emperor: "Ah Ruo is the concubine's family girl, and she came here with the concubine as a dowry. The concubine just remembered that she forgot to tell the emperor that Gui Duo was recommended by Ama." It's Ah Ruo's Ama."

The emperor was slightly taken aback, and in a blink of an eye saw that A Ruo had already knelt down and kowtowed his head, and then smiled a little: "So that's the case. I also said that you, Ama, knew that Gui Duo could control the water." He then turned to A Ruo He said, "You, Ama, do your best for me outside, so you can take good care of Concubine Xian in the harem, and you can figure it out yourself."

Ah Ruo was overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed to thank her.Seeing that the timing was just right, Ruyi said: "The emperor praised Ah Ruo like this, why not give her a favor, it is her good fortune."

Ah Ruo knew what her words implied, and she was naturally full of joy, but unexpectedly, she heard the emperor smile slightly, "Then I will point out a good marriage for her in the future, whether it is a guard or an imperial doctor, I can make the decision." .”

A Ruo's smile froze at the sight, Ruyi glanced at her calmly, lowered her eyebrows and smiled softly: "The emperor's kindness, my concubine thanked A Ruo."

Before the emperor went out, he looked at Ruyi who was seeing him off and said, "I'll tell you something first. Meichang is pregnant, and I'm very happy, so I plan to make her a nobleman."

"This is what it should be, the concubine understands." Ruyi said with a smile, leaning close to the emperor's ear, without saying a word, "The concubine thought of something, how about giving it to the emperor to congratulate?"

"Giving something is just giving something, but why did you say congratulations? It seems like I took advantage of Mei Chang's presence." The emperor was dissatisfied and refused to let it go easily: "Don't let it go."

Ruyi nodded, watching the sky light up one by one: "Hurry up, your majesty, before it's too late."

Because of some delay, the emperor finally left with Yong Huang.That child was very smart, and he knew how to show off his innocence in front of the emperor without Ruyi's instructions, so the emperor coaxed him to send him to the Shang study.In the future, there is no need to worry about the masters bullying him.

It was also at that moment that Ruyi suddenly felt that she was not familiar with this child.

Seeing off the emperor, Ah Ruo went down with red eyes.While no one was around, Ruyi opened the gold-painted mahogany box, and turned over the tulle embroidery layer by layer, and something from the old year suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.That was when she first got married, and she had only been married for three months, so naturally there was nothing inappropriate or unsatisfactory.When I was free to accompany the emperor to study, I sniffed the air around me that was stained with the fragrance of ink and books, and embroidered my heart full of longing and happiness stitch by stitch.

At that time, all she wanted was to let the emperor deeply love her as soon as possible, and to conceive a child as soon as possible. Without a useful imperial doctor, she could only rely on herself.In her spare time, she also imitated the people in the book and embroidered a few light blue cherry blossoms on one side of the silk with a cherry-colored lace, scattered on the side of a few bright red lychees. Nong is just a reflection of two names: Qingying, Hongli, and each other.

When the embroidery was completed, she was pregnant, so she forgot the handkerchief elsewhere, and then stuffed it at the bottom of the box.It's funny to think about it now, the handkerchief was mixed with her true sincerity, it has not changed over time, and it will remain here forever.

Ruyi thought for a while, took an ivory hollowed-out flower box and sealed it, called the Three Treasures in and said, "When the emperor comes down, send it to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Don't let anyone see it."

Sambo agreed to go.Ruyi crouched under the window, watching the bright white gardenias bloom one after another, and smiled silently.

The days go by so quickly, as if the cicadas are chirping in the treetops, and the lotus flowers are blooming in the lotus pond, the summer is over.Meigui was awarded the title of Jin because of her pregnancy, and became very popular for a while.Everyone thought that no matter if she gave birth to a boy or a girl, because of this favor, the emperor would definitely look favorably on this child.

However, Ruyi understands that this doting is wrapped in the emperor's dissatisfaction with the empress dowager for letting people around her.

The Yonghe Palace is so lively, and the Xianfu Palace is not quiet. Concubine Gao is concentrating on recuperating her body. Every so often, she has to ask the imperial physician to check the pulse and adjust her breath, and she also asked many folks about ways to pray for a child, but there is no peace.After the Qixi Festival in this way, it will be the Hungry Ghost Festival, and then the autumn wind cools down, and even the lotus root and water chestnut leaves have a vigorous atmosphere, as if they want to burn out the last enthusiasm of the whole summer, and they are opening up with all their strength.

The autumn coolness in the Forbidden City always seems a little short.The autumn wind blew the green and lush leaves on the branches yellow, and they fell to the ground with them mercilessly, turning them into mud and dust.The winter cold accompanied the increasingly bare branches quietly invading, and the Forbidden City began to enter a long winter.

The air is always permeated with a dry and indifferent cold atmosphere, so the big Narcissus flowers raised in clear water are particularly pleasing to the eye.The temperature inside the palace is always warmer than outside, as if the warm spring has never left.But this kind of warmth is also lonely, making people inseparable and reluctant to go far.In this loneliness, the unexpected winter snow makes people feel extra gentle. Even those sharp-edged, blunt palace walls and blue bricks, and those sharp and curled cornices, have lost a lot of the usual feelings. It is towering and cold, giving birth to a rare tranquility and serenity after being covered by snow.

The weather is getting colder, and Ruyi doesn't go out much except for the morning and evening Dingxing that she has to go to every day.Just vaguely hearing that the Yonghe Palace was restless, she followed the crowd to visit Mrs. Mei several times.Because it was the first child, Meigui's reaction in the first three months was very strong, she almost didn't want to eat or drink, even the queen mother was alarmed, and every three to five days must give bird's nest soup as a reward.After March, she gradually became lazy, but her appetite was getting better and better. Apart from the imperial dining room, the concubines also brought out some special dishes from the small kitchen to show the concern between the concubines and the imperial concubines, and also to please everyone. emperor.The imperial physician often told Lady Mei to eat more fish, shrimp and shellfish, so as to give birth to smart and healthy children, and she readily accepted that every meal must have this food.

Ruyi has always insisted on keeping a respectful distance from nobleman Yumei.She knew that Concubine Gao and Mrs. Jia had already attacked, but that didn't mean she was going to help.Without the child Meigui, how could Ruyi catch Jiagui with Ah Ruo?After all, she is not a kind person. In those few years in the cold palace, the one in the book could bear it, but she couldn't bear it.

Sure enough, within half a month, the Yonghe Palace became lively.Although Mrs. Mei has a good appetite, the corners of her mouth developed blisters due to body heat, and her teeth ached. The emperor felt distressed, and he had to visit her every other day. The imperial physicians also kept coming and going.

On this day, Ruyi made an appointment with Hailan and Concubine Chun to visit Noble Mei. She was crying with her teeth covered, the two big blisters on the corners of her mouth were covered with mint powder to reduce the swelling.When she saw the three people coming, she told one by one how she suffered from insomnia, dreaminess, dizziness, headache, and tremors from time to time, and complained that the imperial physician was incapable of curing her illness.Hearing this, several imperial physicians waiting on the side broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly wiped them off and said, "Your nobleman's symptoms are all caused by pregnancy, there is really no need to be anxious. Wait until the day when the fruit is ripe, it will naturally recover."

Upon hearing this, Ruyi couldn't help but glanced at the imperial physician, knowing in her heart that even if there was no poisoning, Lady Mei's child would not be born, and even the imperial physician beside her was not her own.

Thinking about it, I still have to pretend on the surface.The pure concubine is a person who has given birth before, so she persuaded with a smile: "I feel uncomfortable when I am pregnant, and you are the first child. I just heard you say that most of these discomforts are caused by body heat, so it may be a male fetus. "

Only then did Lady Mei turn her anger into joy, and said with a smile: "Isn't the pure concubine lying to my concubine?"

Ruyi pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It's fine what other people say. The pure concubine is the one who gave birth to her elder brother, so she can't be wrong. Besides, it was the same when I was pregnant with Yongjin."

Hai Lan always talked with her, and also said: "I remember that the concubine sister was always uncomfortable when she was pregnant with the fourth elder brother, but the child turned out to be strong."

Everyone comforted Mrs. Mei, and then they also left.When she came out, Ruyi looked at the geese flying past in rows in the distance, and felt infinitely gloomy and desolate.

Autumn... is coming to an end.