Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

The ups and downs of the Forbidden City are always so fast that people can't figure it out.Just when everyone was having ulterior motives about Meigui's belly, one day in the twelfth lunar month, Meigui suddenly gave birth prematurely.

It was late at night, and the emperor turned over her sign.She already had a foreboding, sitting in the warm pavilion and watching the moonlight stain the bright paper on the window into silvery white frost on the tiles, and the faint shadow of the curtain was burned on the green gauze cabinet.In the pavilion, there is only the monotonous sound of the copper leak, eating away the time inch by inch.There are signs of good and bad in the future, and it seems that everything is no exception.

At that time, the emperor was concentrating on looking at the roster sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while Ruyi lay quietly on the stretcher, stitch by stitch, turning colorful silk threads into exquisite python patterns on snow-white silk.Yong Jin was almost seven months old, and was coaxed to sleep in the green gauze closet next to him by Yizheng, neither crying nor making noise.The warm pavilion was extremely quiet, only the slight sound of the candle wick being peeled off and the crisp sound of red bamboo charcoal burning in the hollow plum blossom charcoal basin.

Tired of embroidery, Ruyi got up and went to the emperor, and said with a smile: "Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs draw up the name of Xiang Li after giving birth to the child? Now, Mrs. Mei will give birth in a month, and I don't know if it is a boy or not." Girl, how did you come up with a name?"

The emperor smiled faintly unconsciously, and said: "The imperial doctor said, most likely he is an elder brother. Of course, the princess is also good. It's not that I'm impatient, it's because the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will look at me and think that I I have special expectations for the child of Noble Mei after ascending the throne, so I have drawn up a name first."

In his words, in fact, no one could hear any extra joy, and it was for the Queen Mother's sake.Ruyi didn't have the guts to make it clear, so she said, "Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs knows what the emperor wants, it must have chosen a proper name."

The emperor embraced her and said: "How can the name given by the House of Internal Affairs be comparable to our Yongjin? That name was chosen after many days of discussion between you and me. There is nothing wrong with you. Please take a look for me." He held the roster , Read one by one, "My elder brother proposed three names, Yong Zidai from Yupang, Yongqin, Yongxuan, Yongjue; the princess's title proposed two, He Ning and He Yi, which one do you think is better? ?”

Ruyi deliberated carefully, pointed to one of them and said, "Since the emperor has great expectations for Meigui's child, then Yonghong is very good. If it is a princess, both He Ning and He Yi are very good, and I will draw another one." A unique boudoir name is even better."

The emperor thought for a while, stroked his palms and said, "Then I will listen to you, I also like the name Yonghong very much."

The sound of copper leaking was clear, and the tea smoke in the cup gradually cooled down, dissipating the dense heat.Ruyi nestled in the emperor's arms, listening to the whirling sound of pines and bamboos in the wind outside the window, her heart became more and more peaceful and peaceful.The starry sky on a winter night is extraordinarily clear and quiet. The cold stars with their icy radiance are far away from the Milky Way, as if they can be picked by hand.

Ruyi looked at the starry sky and talked about some old things in the mansion in a timely manner. In fact, it was only more than a year, and it was over after a few nagging.The emperor promised her to travel to the south of the Yangtze River, but he didn't know that in the history books of later generations, his relationship with Ruyi was in the south of the Yangtze River.Ruyi smiled silently, like the clear moonlight shining on the clear frost, or like the wind carrying the fragrance of roses in late spring, rising and falling warmly and gently.

The courtyard is full of clear moonlight in the deep winter, as if the water is clear and empty.Occasionally, a light wind will wrinkle a piece of moon shadow, just like the ripples on the lake, rippling thousands of bamboo shadows.Ruyi looked at the red and white plums blooming outside the window, and the cold fragrance was refreshing, but she just thought silently, Mrs. Mei, maybe she is also pitiful.

Just as she was thinking, she heard a rush of footsteps outside, as if there was a low voice, like broken stones rushing to break the calm of the lake.The emperor was slightly displeased, and raised his voice, "Who is outside?"

It was Li Yu who came in. In such a cold weather, there was faint sweat on his forehead.Ruyi saw that his complexion was not good, so she knew that something had happened, and sure enough, Li Yu saluted hurriedly, her voice changed in anxiety: "Your Majesty, people from Yonghe Palace came to report that Mrs. Mei is about to give birth! "

The emperor was startled suddenly, and his expression changed: "Didn't the imperial doctor say that the birth date is next month?"

Li Yu hurriedly said: "The servant who served said that he was fine during the dinner, and he also got a bowl of red dates and bird's nest soup that the Queen Mother rewarded. After the dinner, he was planning to go for a walk, but when he went out, he jumped off the wall. The black cat startled Mrs. Mei, and her fetus became gassy all at once."

The emperor frowned, obviously angry, and shouted: "Absurd! There are so many people serving, it's not thoughtful at all!"

Ruyi hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to get angry. Hurry up and see Mrs. Mei."

The emperor got up quickly, and Ruyi put on the sea dragon skin cloak for him.The emperor took her hand and said, "You go with me."

Ruyi nodded quietly: "The concubine is accompanying the emperor."

Yonghe Palace is not close to Yikun Palace, it is from the West Sixth Palace to the East Sixth Palace.Before entering the gate of Yonghe Palace, I heard a woman's shrill cry, it was like Ling Chi, which was unbearable to hear.The emperor held Ruyi's hand and immediately broke out a thin layer of cold sweat, which was greasy.

Ruyi held her own silk in the emperor's hand, and said softly, "This is how women give birth, and my concubines also suffer from severe pain at that time."

The emperor was a little worried, and said: "You gave birth to Yongjin very well, why is it that I heard Meigui's cry so sadly?"

Ruyi rolled her eyes secretly, it was because my old lady had five births in her previous life and she was experienced.The face still comforted him: "Don't worry, the emperor, the imperial doctor and midwife are here."

The two rushed into the palace gate, and the palace people were busy coming in and out, carrying pots of hot water and towels inside.The emperor stopped someone and said, "How is Mrs. Mei? Where's the imperial physician? Has the imperial physician come yet?"

The man was so anxious that he was about to cry: "Several imperial doctors have come, and the midwife has also come, but the nobleman's stomach still hasn't moved."

The emperor said anxiously: "It hurts like this when there is no movement? Go and call an imperial doctor, I want to ask him."

The man agreed to run in, and quickly brought out an imperial doctor, who sentenced Qi Lu in the imperial hospital, before Qi Lu had time to meet the emperor, the emperor said: "You are already here, is it not good for Mrs. Mei?"

Qi Lu hurriedly said: "The emperor is at ease. A one-month premature birth is not a big deal, it's just... it's just that the fetus is still not conceived, and I'm going to prescribe oxytocin."

The emperor ordered: "Hurry up! Serve Lady Mei's womb well, I will reward you a lot!"

Qi Lu hurried in.But after a while, the queen also arrived with people.The queen hurriedly asked a few words, then told Su Xin: "Ask a few more people to go in and wait on you. You are not afraid of too many people, but you are afraid of not enough people."

Su Xin immediately went to make arrangements.The queen said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my concubine heard that Mrs. Mei was startled by the black cat. Black cats are bad luck and not very auspicious. My concubine has already asked the master of Baohua Palace to chant scriptures and pray for the success of Mrs. Mei's delivery of a child." , keep mother and child safe."

Ruyi looked at the queen and thought to herself, if the Master of Baohua Palace is really useful, why are there so many wronged souls in the harem?The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and said with relief: "The empress is virtuous, everything has worked hard."

The queen smiled solemnly: "As the lord of the six palaces, the concubine is responsible for everything."

The screams inside were even more miserable, like blunt knives cutting flesh, repeated again and again, in the silence of the night, it was creepy to hear.The serving maids kept coming in and out, bringing out basins of bloody water that was stained to the bones.

The emperor's face became more and more ugly, and he could hardly hold back, and took a step forward.The empress immediately took the emperor's arm, and said in a soft but firm tone, "Your Majesty, the delivery room is bloody and you should not enter it."

The emperor thought for a while, but stopped in his tracks.Ruyi hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's cold outside, why don't you go to the side hall and wait." The emperor gave a low "hmm" and strode into the side hall holding Ruyi's hand.Only Ruyi knew that he was holding his hand so hard to resist the fear caused by that terrible cry.But everything he was worried about would happen in the end.

The waiting time is always extremely anxious. Although there are more than a dozen braziers in the side hall, the ocean is as warm as spring, but mixed with the icy cold that occasionally comes in and out, the cold and warm, it seems that the heart is also hot and cold, Up and down.

I don't know how long it took, and finally heard a faint cry.

The emperor stood up suddenly, and Li Yu walked in with a smile all over his face: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, listen, the baby is born."

The tension on the emperor's face was swept away, replaced by boundless joy.He walked outside quickly, and said to Qi Lu who was driven out from the bedroom: "How? Is it Elder Brother?"

Qilu couldn't speak, but he didn't dare to look up, the emperor's smile faded slightly: "It doesn't matter if it's a princess."

The queen frowned slightly, and listened attentively: "Why is the crying so weak? When the concubine Yong Lian was born, the crying was very loud."

Before the words fell, there was a scream of fear in the bedroom, which was the voice of the child's mother.The emperor didn't know what happened, so he ordered: "Li Yu, go and take the child out for me to see."

Li Yu hurried to go, but after a while, he brought out a swaddling baby, but he stood in the corridor holding the swaddling baby, and dared not come over.

The emperor immediately changed his face: "What's going on?"

Li Yu's face turned blue, he shook his legs and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Mei has passed out. She..."

The emperor only said: "What about the child? Show me quickly."

Li Yu hesitated and moved to the emperor, but refused to let go.The queen and Ruyi looked at each other, feeling vaguely uncomfortable.Li Yu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, no matter what you see, you stand still. You still have descendants..."

Before he could finish speaking, the emperor had already stretched out his hand to remove the swaddle, and threw the golden red soft satin brocade quilt inside, revealing the child's round face, which was extremely cute.The emperor couldn't help smiling and said, "Isn't he a good child?" He stretched out his hand and shook the swaddle slightly, Li Yu almost trembled with fright, the emperor almost froze there, touching the swaddle's hand seemed to be It was taken back immediately as if it had been pricked by a needle.

Ruyi knew it in her heart, but still took a look from a distance: Sure enough, the baby in the swaddling baby had thin limbs but a big belly, and the whole belly was a strange blue color.What is even more frightening is that the child has two characteristics of a male and a female.

The surroundings were eerily quiet, with the occasional sound of wind passing through the courtyard, like the low neighing of an unknown monster hiding in the darkness.Everyone was stunned in place.The shock in his heart was like a stormy sea, and the emperor staggered slightly.Ruyi covered her slightly opened mouth in a timely manner, pretending to be very surprised.

The emperor's hands trembled in fright, and he almost instinctively pushed the child out.Fortunately, Li Yu caught it firmly. He also had a face full of fear, his hands trembling and he didn't know how to deal with the child in his hands.The queen also saw it clearly for a moment, she let out a low cry of surprise, her face paled, she was terrified, and tightly clutched the sleeve of the emperor's dragon robe.

That child clearly had a face no different from other babies, and a satisfied smile appeared on his small, flushed face.His body squirmed in the swaddle, and he didn't feel that he was so different from the other children.But he was undistinguished, shocking the world.

Ruyi suddenly felt sadder than ever.She originally thought that the child died at birth and was burned to death by the emperor's order, but she never knew that he had truly survived, and he was destroyed by malice without even knowing the goodwill of this world.

For a moment, she thought, is there a way to keep him alive?Ruyi looked at the queen with a cold determination on her face.Ruyi suddenly realized that she was powerless, there were too many things in this world that she could not decide, and the child's life and death were the same.

Therefore, she just kept silent and let the queen order to take care of the child.The emperor was too frightened and went to Changchun Palace to rest, while he stayed with the queen to comfort Noble Mei.

After leaving the Yonghe Palace, the night was already deep.On a cold winter night, her breath turned to ice, Ruyi heard the heart-piercing cries coming from the dormitory from a distance, the coolness in her heart was like the vast snowy field illuminated by the moonlight, cold and bright.She reached out her hand from the cloak to catch the cold snowflakes falling from the endless dark night sky.Such deserted and small snowflakes fell in the brightly lit courtyard, accompanied by the helpless and mournful cries of Mrs. Mei, the chill of the winter night invaded silently.

the second time.This kind of helplessness in the passing of life is the second time Ruyi has experienced it so clearly.

The sudden loss of a daughter by Meigui not only surprised Hegong, but even the Queen Mother was quite sad.The hearts of the people in the palace were fluctuating, and Concubine Gao was also whispering behind her back, Mrs. Mei was too extravagant and enjoyed too much, so the child's life was lost.Rumors were raging, but fortunately, as the queen said, outsiders were not allowed to enter and leave the Yonghe Palace, so Meigui was free from disturbance and could rest in peace.But Meigui was so sad, the emperor never set foot in the Yonghe Palace to visit and comfort him.The Empress Dowager wanted to ask the emperor Meigui about the stillbirth several times, but the emperor just vaguely said a few words, and then passed.

This sadness finally gradually became silent in the repeated winter snow in the Forbidden City, and no one cares about it.