Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

On the eighth day of April in the 11th year of Qianlong, the queen gave birth to the eighth son prematurely.The day the eighth elder brother was born coincided with the abundant rain after the severe drought, and it was also on the eighth day of the fourth month of the Buddha's birthday, so everything was auspicious.However, Xizizi waited for half a day, but only waited for some rewards from Laijin, and he didn't even see the emperor's figure.

There is no impenetrable wall in this world. Even though the emperor strictly forbade the harem from discussing the eighth elder brother's astrology, the concubines and concubines were all there on that day, and there were many people talking about it. In the end, this word was passed on to the Changchun Palace.Everyone said that the eighth elder brother was hindered by the astrology. It was the order of his father to restrain his father, and the evil spirit was born again, which caused the severe drought in central Beijing.Fortunately, the emperor's blessings gathered together, forcing the evil spirits to give birth early and raining rain.

A heavy rain, not only did not become a symbol of the son of auspiciousness, but because of the righteous words of Qin Tianjian, it became evidence that the eighth elder brother hindered the country.Although the queen mother also suspected it, there was no evidence. Besides, who would have thought when the eighth elder brother was born and when the rain would fall?The emperor was even more taboo against Jianzheng saying that he should not get close to the eighth elder brother. He didn't go to the Changchun Palace until the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother of the concubine Jia were born.

Seeing that the eighth elder brother had completed a hundred days, the queen mother also said several times that the emperor could no longer shirk it, so he had to go to the queen to have a look.The eighth elder brother was born in less than eight months, and his body was extremely weak. He couldn't hear any movement.Therefore, even if he was a legitimate son, the emperor really didn't like it, so he left after a quick glance. The next day, he ordered Li Yu to send a copybook of "Yongcheng", which was regarded as a name.

——In the eyes of today's emperor, the eighth elder brother is naturally not worthy of the name "Yong Cong", which implies the inheritance of Zhao Zongye.In contrast, although Concubine Jia's Yongxuan was born on the Ghost Festival of the Yuan Dynasty on July [-]th, she was not loved by the emperor, but after all, she was born at full term and her body was strong. After all, she was stronger than Yongcheng.

This time, after walking through the gate of hell, the queen's body was not as good as before due to the hardship of childbirth. She was afraid of heat and cold, and could not bear the slightest hard work.In this way, the emperor handed over the matter of assisting the sixth palace to Ruyi, and she took care of it slowly.

This year, the central Beijing is hot and dry, and the weather is becoming more and more unbearable.What the emperor meant was to go to Yuanmingyuan to cool off the summer heat, but Yongcheng and the empress were suffering from various illnesses and disasters. After all, they were also the empress and his son, so the empress dowager ordered that they only spend the summer in the palace. He also ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to supply more ice wind turbines to resist the bitter heat in the capital.

Since Ruyi took charge of the palace affairs, the number of pure noble concubines coming to her palace has decreased. Hailan said behind her back, she couldn't help being angry: "At the beginning, pure noble concubine flattered her sister, but now she has become a noble concubine and has given birth to seven Elder brother, your thoughts are getting bigger. Especially the queen is sick, she can't assist the sixth house like her sister, and I don't even think about whether she has the ability to assist the sixth house?"

Ruyi stopped picking rose petals, unconsciously smiled and said: "From the first day we helped her, it's not that we don't know what kind of person she is, and it's worth being angry about it? She doesn't like herself, The third elder brother is not smart, and the seventh elder brother is young. If he doesn't rely on us, is there any way out? It's just that Concubine Jia made a few rounds and said a few words to stir up her heart. Alright, you're going to have a fight with me."

Hailan held up a handful of petals and said in relief: "This is the truth. However, how did Prince Duanhui disappear? How did the eighth elder brother become a evil disaster star? Can the pure noble concubine get rid of it? Can Concubine Jia give her a gift?" She dared to obey her idea, but she wouldn't dare to betray us even if she gave her a hundred courage."

"It's a pity that the pure noble concubine can't understand such a simple truth." Ruyi smiled lightly, with a bit of clear coldness, "There are people from us in the Qin Tianjian, and there are people in the Taiyuan Hospital." Jiang Yubin, the emperor has Li Yu by his side... the only difference is that there is no cronies among the imperial guards, I am always worried."

Hailan smiled when she heard the words, "What's so difficult about this? I've already found out who my sister asked me to find. There was a guard who was always spying outside the Chuxiu Palace before. Whenever my sister mentioned it, I thought of him. Wufu went to check, and sure enough, he found out that his name was Ling Yunche, and he was a childhood sweetheart with Concubine Xing, but since Concubine Xing became the emperor's concubine, he gradually calmed down, and occasionally came to see his old feelings, and now he is working in Concubine Shu's Yongshou Palace. Guard."

Ruyi nodded slightly, and smiled softly: "Yongshou Palace? It's a good place to go. Find a good time in the future, put him under our command first, and then point him to the emperor. Recently, the concubine is doing well. ?”

"Fortunately, she has been drinking the birth control medicine." Hailan said leisurely, "The newcomers in front of the emperor these few years are her and Concubine Shu, even if they don't have a child, why is she not satisfied? "

"You don't have to keep calling her infertile." Ruyi took a sip of tea, and Longjing fragrance immediately overflowed her mouth, "It's okay to let her conceive when the time is right. If it's a princess, let her be born to protect our child." It's just a matter of getting married; if it's the prince, let the rumors spread, and Concubine Jia will help us worry about it. Left and right, just don't let her become the mother of the prince."

Hai Lan nodded, "Sister, don't worry, Xia Tang Dongxue is watching."

Everyone in the harem is living their own lives like this.When Ruyi was diagnosed again and found out that she was two months pregnant, it was already the winter of the 12th year of Qianlong's reign.A few years ago, Ruyi took advantage of being in charge of the palace affairs and let the Ulanara clan go out of business, and managed to transfer Ling Yunche to the imperial court as a guard—although it was only a small Lan Ling guard.Ling Yunche naturally understands such a win over.He has lost Wei Yanwan, and he only wants to make a career in the sky. He knows that Ruyi is favored, so he simply listens to Ruyi's orders.

This year, there were many pox epidemics in Beijing, the autumn was dry and the winter was warm, there was little frost and snow, and the river wells dried up.Since September, the pox epidemic has spread from Hebei to the suburbs of Beijing, and then to the capital.

In the palace, Shunzhi Lord Fulin died of pox in the past, and even the holy ancestor Kangxi had it when he was young, so he was extremely terrified.In addition to being busy with the acne epidemic in the previous dynasty, the emperor especially asked all the concubines to take care of their princess and brother, and be careful to avoid acne.The palace enshrined the Pox Goddess, and all the couplets, door gods, and colored lanterns hung for the Spring Festival were taken down. At the same time, the whole country and the palace were ordered to "no fried beans, no lighting, and no splashing water", and an edict was issued to amnesty the world.All of a sudden, everyone in the palace was in danger and panicked.

Two years ago, Yonghuang opened a mansion and built a government office, and he married the Yiergen Jueluo family as the heir Fujin, and now they both gave birth to their eldest son, Mian De, which saved Ruyi a lot of heart.Originally, she thought that as long as she was optimistic about Yongjin and Jingyan, who would have thought that she would have a child again, so she had to ask Hailan Duoduo to help worry about it.Concubine Shu's Jing Yan was alone in Yongshou Palace without company, so she would often bring her here to play with Yong Qi and Jing Yan.

Among the children in the harem, only Yongcheng was the weakest and most sickly, and the queen was also extra vigilant and took care of her carefully.Strangers are not allowed to enter or leave the Changchun Palace, for fear of being infected with pox.It's a pity that Ruyi is pregnant, although she won't do it herself, she just asked Hai Lan to mention it in front of Concubine Mei one day.Therefore, on the night of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the eighth elder brother Yongcheng died of acne.

It was the night before New Year's Eve, and his body, which had come to this world prematurely, could not withstand any seemingly minor ailments, let alone such a menacing disease as pox.Even with the hard work of all the imperial doctors, they couldn't make it to the new year.

The queen fainted the moment she saw her own son die in her arms, and became sick with grief, unable to get up again.Although the emperor didn't like the eighth elder brother, he was his own son, or a noble son, who honored the "Prince Mourning Min" and buried him in the mausoleum of Prince Duanhui. On the day of the "Great Sacrifice", the emperor came to the sacrificial place in person and offered three drinks, which was a bit of comfort to his son who he had never even seen directly.

However, no matter how grand the funeral ceremony is, it can no longer give the little baby in the golden coffin a little bit of human warmth that he has never experienced before.The eldest son died young, and the empress was seriously ill. Naturally, the concubines had to express their condolences.Although Ruyi is in charge of the Sixth Palace, but she is pregnant, she has no choice but to let the pure noble concubine take care of the affairs of Yongcheng's death, in order to maximize the sorrow and glory.

On the night of the vigil, the emperor and empress were all in grief—although the emperor's grief was not as sincere as that of the empress.No one would see that among the crowd, Concubine Mei, who was dressed in plain silver jewelry, looked at the Changchun Palace wrapped in mournful white, leisurely with a charming smile.Such a beautiful smile had indeed not appeared on her face for a long time.

Hai Lan later mentioned that Concubine Ye Mei whispered in her ear: "That's great, my only enemy is Concubine Jia."

On the fourth day of February in the 13th year of Qianlong, the emperor enshrined the empress dowager, and wanted to take the empress and concubine to the east to tour Qidi and Ludi.The emperor has been on the throne for 13 years. He thinks that the country is stable and the people are rich. Looking around the world, the only problem is the matter of his son.

Ever since Yongcheng's death, most of the empress' spirits have been exhausted.In the month after the new year, she lay on the bed like a ghost, except for tears and despair, she could no longer see anything bright in her eyes.

The news brought by the imperial doctor made her lose the will to support: the queen was too anxious to promote pregnancy, she was too old and weak to urge the prince, so the prince gave birth prematurely and was born weak.And the queen was also seriously injured, and could no longer conceive.

Everyone in the palace knew about this matter, but the queen didn't say much when she heard about it. Too much sadness and despair finally destroyed her body gradually like termites eating wood, making her look as old as forty people at a glance. It is no different from the queen mother who is still in her prime.

During those few days, Ruyi didn't know what the queen had said or thought about with the people around her.Only ten days later, the emperor set out to tour the east, and the empress was already in strict make-up and beautiful attire, accompanying her calmly.But Ruyi, who was pregnant, couldn't endure the exhaustion of traveling and traveling, so she asked for an order to stay in the palace.She entrusted everything to Hailan, just waiting for everything to be heard.

Now she only cares about raising the baby and ignores other things.It was just the news of the eastern tour team that came in through the transfer of zithers every day: for example, on the seventh day of March, the emperor decreed that Princess Hejing be promoted to Gulun and Princess Jing. At the same time, Butengbalezhuer, the youngest daughter of the Empress Dowager, was granted the title of Princess Gu Lun Rou Shu, and in March of the following year, Zong Zheng, the minister of the Li Fan Academy.

For example, the queen slipped into the water and was rescued by Ling Yunche. The queen mother rewarded her with 300 taels of silver and was promoted to a third-class guard.However, the empress was already terminally ill, and the emperor, remembering the old love, made an exception and allowed Princess Hejing to set up another mansion after she got married, and stay in the capital with her concubine.

For example, Su Xin, the queen's maid, touched a pillar and died in martyrdom, and Lian Xin also committed suicide by diving into the water.This time, Hai Lan was careful not to have them directly related to the pure imperial concubine, so the emperor still believed that Su Xin and Lian Xin died for the queen, and believed in what the queen had done.But it is also related, because before the queen died, she recommended the pure noble concubine as her successor, and she also disliked the pure noble concubine.

Of course, when these things were presented to Ruyi, they were already established old things.How Su Xin and Lian Xin died is very common, and no one will notice that Hai Lan ordered them to do it.

A page in the history book will only say that on March 13, 37th year of Qianlong's Haishi, a generation of "virtuous" queen Fucha Langyu died in Dezhou at the age of [-], and pursued her posthumous posthumous title of Xiaoxian.

Empress Xiaoxian's funeral ceremony was not unprecedented because of the emperor's suspicion and anger, but it was just following the rules and regulations of the ancestors.Ruyi used her pregnancy as an excuse to leave everything to Concubine Chun to decide.Concubine Jia has always been close to Concubine Chun. She knew that it would be difficult for her to ascend to the throne as a tribute daughter of Li Chao, so she blindly got closer to Concubine Chun—speaking of which, she was also pregnant with her third child. For example, Yi's child is one month younger.But she doesn't take care of herself like Ruyi, she is dedicated to fighting for favor, she is pregnant and goes on a tour to the east, her fetal gas is not stable.

How the pure imperial concubine would kill herself was already in her expectation.Because of the emperor's hatred for Empress Xiaoxian, no one cared about whether the elder brother and the third elder brother were inappropriate for their funerals.Concubine Chun is willing to steal the limelight. On the surface, it looks like she is gaining prestige in the harem, but in fact she has lost her sacred heart long ago, and she has no chance of being in the harem for the rest of her life.

The days after Empress Xiaoxian passed away, although there were many trivial matters, they passed in an orderly and peaceful manner.In the palace, Ruyi is in charge of the sixth palace. The pure noble concubine wants to have a hand in everything. The concubine Jia is arrogant and domineering because of her pregnancy, but she doesn't know that Ruyi, who is also pregnant, is low-key and modest, and has her own status.In terms of favor, Yihuan and Wei Yanwan are equally divided like lotus flowers, and Hailan is a little behind. As for Concubine Mei and Qing Changzai, their favor is superficial, and they rarely go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

But to be precise, Hai Lan and Concubine Mei were not idle either.Concubine Jia's child shouldn't have come to this world no matter what.

On the first day of July in the 13th year of Qianlong, the emperor decreed Jin Ruyi to be the imperial concubine, who was the same as the deputy queen, and took pictures of the affairs of the sixth palace: Jin Yuyan was promoted to the imperial concubine, and was in charge of the sixth palace; Changzai Chen Wanyin is a nobleman, Xiuying is Xiuchang, and several court ladies who usually serve the emperor have also entered the position of promise, such as Kui promise and Ping promise.

On the second day after being promoted to imperial concubine, on the second day of July, Ruyi gave birth to the tenth son of the emperor, Yonglong.Long, praying for dry jade, Longwen, and the same pronunciation as "dragon" and "long".The emperor named the ten princes after this, and his intention was as clear as the intention of making Ruyi the imperial concubine.When others discussed, they all tacitly understood that Ruyi was the candidate for the new queen.Ruyi has two sons and one daughter, and has an adopted son and elder brother, Yonghuang. For a time, she is very popular and very popular.

And this time, the pure noble concubine who has neither a Jin title nor a reward, seems to have realized the emperor's dislike for her, and gradually became depressed.It was replaced by the newly-appointed Concubine Jia, and everyone before and after began to claim their identity.Because she was about to give birth, the emperor authorized Li Chao's congratulatory envoy and relatives of Concubine Jia's mother's family to go to the palace to pay respects to Concubine Jia after giving birth, which was regarded as giving Li Chao the greatest face.

It's a pity that the face has been gained, but when Concubine Jia gave birth, it was far from smooth as expected.

The meeting with the special envoy of the Li Dynasty and the relatives of Concubine Jia's mother's family was seven days after the canonization ceremony.At that time, Ruyi was already out of the moon, and the emperor and his concubines held a banquet in Chonghua Palace to entertain the guests.Golden jars of imperial food, brightly lit, the emperor sits at the head in the middle, with Ruyi on the left and Concubine Jia on the right.Ruyi is in charge of the banquet, and Hailan and Yihuan painstakingly prepare for it. There are many Li Dynasty-style dishes and snacks on the banquet, as a sign of courtesy.

Taking advantage of the gap between the special envoy's arrival, the emperor raised his glass to Ruyi with a smile, and said in a soft and gentle tone, "The imperial concubine's thoughts are indeed unique, which suits my heart very well. It's just that you just gave birth to Yonglong, and I let you organize the banquet, it's inevitable Tired."

Ruyi complained in her heart, since you know how to work hard, why did you go so early?There was a soft smile on his face, his eyes were like autumn water, and he swayed: "What effort can this concubine make? It's just a mouthful. The two younger sisters, Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu, have worked tirelessly to help this concubine a lot."

Hearing this, the emperor also raised his glass to Hai Lan and Yi Huan, and drank it down in one gulp.Immediately, she looked at her with a smile again, her eyes filled with gentle affection: "Ruyi, I am very happy to have you by my side."

In such a warm scene, Ruyi's spiritual altar is extremely clear, and she can't even smile gently.It was the arrival of Li Chao's special envoy that freed Ruyi from such irritating stagnation.There are three people who go to the hall, Li Hui is Li Chao's younger brother, Cui Zhen is the deputy envoy, and Jin Zaihao is the elder brother of Concubine Jia.

The three bowed down together and said in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

The emperor Su Rong raised his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The special envoy is exempt from courtesy, flattened, and given a seat."

Just as the envoy took the lead in getting up, Concubine Jia's elder brother was also preparing to take his seat.But the envoy glanced at Concubine Jia when he raised his head, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sadness on his face. He was stunned for a moment, and the envoy quietly tugged on his clothes before he came to his senses, got up and walked towards the seat, Still looks distraught.

The emperor saw him like this, Longyan was not happy but also curious, so he asked: "The deputy envoy came to congratulate the noble concubine Jia, but how do I see the deputy envoy seems to be mourning? Is there any unspeakable secret?"

The deputy envoy was startled, hurriedly bowed down, and tremblingly said: "Foreign ministers have made mistakes in advancing and retreating, please forgive me." But he never mentioned the unspeakable things, only claimed to be guilty, and looked at Concubine Jia from the corner of his eyes as if he had something to say .

"The emperor asked the deputy envoy what he had to hide, and the deputy envoy just answered, what is he doing looking at Concubine Jia?" Concubine Shu had always disliked Concubine Jia as a person, and was even more impatient with others who were hesitant to speak, so she couldn't help frowning.

"Foreign minister...Foreign minister..." The deputy envoy looked at the bewildered Concubine Jia and the gloomy emperor, gritted his teeth, knocked his head three times, and said loudly: "Long live the emperor, please help me!" The poor little sister of the foreign minister is in charge!"