Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor's decree spread throughout Liugong, which also shocked Liugong.Li Yu personally carried the ninth elder brother Yongxuan to Hailan's Chuxiu Palace, and took the trouble to tell how Concubine Wan welcomed the fifth elder brother Yongxuan in a daze, and how the fifth elder brother was crying I want to go back to Qixiang Palace.Concubine Wan was busy moving to Jingyang Palace, and at the same time had to appease Fifth Elder Brother, it really became a mess.

In comparison, Yongxuan is much more peaceful.Although it was crying at the beginning, but the children couldn't recognize all the personnel and affairs of the family, so what can they do? Eat some snacks and sleep after crying, and gradually they don't dare to make trouble anymore.Hailan didn't expect to raise him well, as long as the emperor could get by.

After all, there are more than one unfamiliar child in the palace, and now there is Yong Huang.

It was noon when Ruyi was ordered to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the emperor was waiting for her to have lunch.There were only the two of them in the warm pavilion, and the misty ambergris cast an illusory color on everything in the room, making it appear quiet and serene.What broke the atmosphere was the kowtow of the concubine Jia from outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

There was no other words, no sad complaints, and no heartbroken tears. The concubine Jia just kowtowed silently, expressing her feelings to the emperor with the dull sound of her forehead touching the gold brick floor.All her children were arranged as adoptive mothers, which meant that in the eyes of the emperor, she was just an ordinary concubine, not the mother of the children. Whether they would have a bright future or not, it had nothing to do with her anymore.That is the greatest danger, far better than the ups and downs of status, so she also understands that she can only do this, and cannot cry and defend.

The hall was as quiet as deep water, and the sound outside seemed to come from another world far away, dull and distant.After the meal, Ruyi accompanied the emperor before Dong Qichang's handwriting.Since Kang Yong, the world has highly praised Dong Qichang's calligraphy, and the emperor naturally dabbled in it.There was continuous noise outside, and the emperor didn't look up, but asked, "Who is outside?"

Naturally, this question was not asked of Ruyi, Li Yu opened the palace door and took a look, then said in a low voice, "If you go back to the emperor, it's the concubine Jia."

The emperor nodded lightly and ignored it.Li Yu seemed a little moved, and couldn't help persuading: "Your majesty, you didn't see the appearance of the young concubine Jia outside. The poor concubine Jia is already 36 years old, and she hasn't even finished her confinement, and she still kowtows like this. In front of the servants below, it is really... After all, she is also the mother of two, so I have to take the face of my brothers into consideration."

Standing beside the emperor, Ruyi's face was as calm as water, as if she had never heard of it, she only quietly met Li Yu's eyes.This is the benefit of speaking to the people who serve the emperor day and night, quietly reminding the emperor that this woman who has lost her morality has passed away and is so disregarding her status, which is degrading the dignity of the emperor.

The emperor's face was indeed a bit uglier.Ruyi lightly rolled up her sleeves, and studied ink for the emperor in no hurry, saying: "Concubine Jia doesn't take good care of herself during confinement, and it will be even more difficult to conceive in the future. I heard that the chastity who serves by her side is still doctor Li Chao Born as a girl, why are you so inattentive and don't even persuade Concubine Jia to take good care of herself?"

The emperor stretched out his pen and dipped it in the ink, writing like flowing clouds and flowing water, without any slowness, said: "Ruyi, go out and tell her as the imperial concubine that from now on, she is no longer a concubine, but a concubine." Noble person. If you disturb me again, you will be demoted until you are deposed as a commoner. As for Zhenshu, what is the use of staying in the palace for such a servant who cannot serve her master wholeheartedly? Send her back to the Li Dynasty immediately Go, let Li Chao take care of it."

Ruyi got her wish and blessed herself, and walked outside slowly.Under the wide corridor, there are huge red pillars surrounded by trees, like a huge barrier, making the honorable people kneeling on the ground small and humble.She wore a moon-white plain colorless gown, took off her hairpin, replaced the bottom of the flower pot that symbolized her status as a concubine, and only wore flat soft shoes. She knelt outside the hall and kowtowed continuously.

She is old. No matter how bright and charming the 36-year-old woman is, there are also faint fine lines on the corners of her eyebrows.She has not yet conceived, and the heavy bleeding and postpartum disorders have caused her body to collapse rapidly, just like Fucha Langya in the past.But she still came here, not only for herself and her child, but also for the gentle and smiling son of the Northern Kingdom in her heart.

Ruyi didn't want to show any unnecessary expressions to her, but just calmly repeated the emperor's words, and then ordered: "Send the nobleman back to Qixiang Palace, don't come out if there is nothing to do. She is so sick, if you disturb Wu Ah What happened to brother and ninth brother?"

Jiagui knew the deep meaning behind these words.Her body was trembling, her voice was full of resentment and anger: "Yongxuan and Yongxuan are my sons, Zhenshu is my dowry, the emperor would not treat me like this! You must have provoked me! It was you! The emperor will treat me like this!"

Ruyi raised her eyes slightly, and brushed away a strand of red jade beads and tassels hanging from her temples. The look she showed at that moment was a bit of indifferent disdain, vaguely with stubborn disdain, and she snorted lightly: " It is precisely because the fifth elder brother and the ninth elder brother are your children, the emperor has to let others take care of them." She gouged out Yuyan's eyes, and suddenly approached her ear, rubbing the bones in a low, cold voice. "Otherwise, if in the future the princes and elder brothers are not thinking of their own Huang Ama, but their mother's longing for Prince Li Chao, and they secretly recognize someone else as their father in their hearts, then what should we do? "

Every word Ruyi said was like a sharp knife piercing Jiagui's heart.Her eyes were full of disbelief, and she seemed to want to say how you would know, but her remaining rationality prevented her from really asking, so she looked directly at Ruyi with scorching eyes, raised her face and said, "You slander me like this for nothing more than You want to provoke me and the emperor, you want to see me sad, but I will not let you do so!"

Ruyi straightened up suddenly, her eyes were as indifferent as frost and snow in December, covering the body of a noble man: "Whether you are sad or not, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to remind you that Brother Nine, after all, It's a piece of meat that fell from your body. And this piece of meat is now in the Chuxiu Palace. In the future, please think twice before you act."

Jiagui looked at Ruyi in surprise, his shoulders shook involuntarily, he shrank back, his eyes gradually became desperate.Jin Bao took the opportunity to bring a few young eunuchs up, and dragged her away forcibly.Just as Ruyi was about to leave, in a blink of an eye, she saw Master Anji Posang wearing a red robe, holding a string of orange beeswax beads, with a peaceful expression, slowly walking up the steps of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Ruyi didn't have much contact with him, but knew that he was about to leave, away from the world of mortals in the palace, so she nodded and saluted: "Master is well."

There was an indifferent and clear smile between Anji Bosang's eyes: "The imperial concubine has accumulated blessings, everything is fine."

A bright smile flashed in Ruyi's eyes, like the bright sky, "There is a lot of filth in the palace, which hinders the master's cleansing."

Anji Bosang smiled slightly: "Jiang girl is not admirable, she is like the light moon reflected by sparse plums. Even if the dust brushes her body, she will always be clean."

Ruyi smiled gently, with the leisurely attitude of picking flowers and looking at the dust, and said: "This palace is lying. The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the master should return to the place of practice. This palace is a man of the world, and I don't understand Zen, but I miss the master Although the practice place is bitter and cold, it should also be pure and at ease."

Anji Bosang smiled broadly, and said to Ruyi: "The imperial concubine doesn't understand the meaning of Zen. These days, I rarely talk with the imperial concubine. However, I saw it in the Yuhua Pavilion by chance. Although the imperial concubine is Among all the people in the world of mortals, I don't see any desires or obstacles in the eyes of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine does not seem to believe in gods and Buddhas."

Want nothing?Ruyi thought, maybe.Perhaps the so-called queen's position, queen mother's position, prince's position, and emperor's position are all just things she wants to do and plan, rather than something she cares about.She wanted to be a queen, but in fact being a queen didn't mean anything to her.

She smiled slightly, "The gods and Buddhas can comfort themselves in meditation, so that the wandering and helpless hearts have a place to rest and comfort, but it is not the way to achieve what they want. If you ask the gods and Buddhas for what you want, it is blasphemy. So I only want to rely on myself Do what you want."

Posang stared at her for a moment: "People who believe in gods and Buddhas have soft hearts, and those who only believe in themselves must have suffered trauma that no one can trust. The imperial concubine has clear eyes, and there will be good results in the future."

He was about to say more, but Li Yu had already come out, and said with a smile on his face, "Master, the emperor is waiting for you inside, please hurry up."

Seeing Anji Bosang enter the hall, Ruyi beckoned Li Yu to come over, glanced at Jinzhong at the door, and said indifferently: "The disciples of the church will starve to death, master. You two disciples, Jinbao is a good one, so Jinzhong is too eyelid." Lively, let's take care of it after a while, don't give it to others to take advantage of it."

Li Yu frowned, and agreed in a low voice: "I understand. This imperial servant wants to dismiss someone. It's easy to say, and I have more than one apprentice."

Ruyi nodded quietly, then suddenly recalled what happened to Su Xin, and said in a low voice: "Besides, Su Xin is getting old, I don't want to delay her. I also know what you are thinking, so if you don't say something, She'll never know."

A trace of sharp pain flashed across Li Yu's eyes, and he smiled wryly: "The imperial concubine knows well, this slave... the slave is nothing more than wishful thinking after all, and cannot give Xiao Xin the happiness of an ordinary woman."

"I'm just pitying your affection by saying this. The result of what you said depends entirely on Song Xin, and I won't be the master for Song Xin." Ruyi smiled meaninglessly, "Actually, sometimes, No matter how hard you try, you can't change the outcome. My younger sister is going to get married in February next year. If I agree to marry Jiang Yubin... I will ask the emperor for her. You, seize the time."

Whether Li Yu confessed his heart in the end, and what exactly he said, Ruyi doesn't know.All she knew was that on New Year's Eve, Li Yu had gone out with Song Xin, and when she came back, her eyes were red and she had a jasper begonia hairpin on her head.On the second day, Jiang and Bin came to give Yong Jin, Jing Yan and Yong Long a pulse for peace, and then asked Ru Yi to marry him.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Ruyi also knows Song Xin's intention and choice.Ruyi's younger sister, Ulanara Lanying, has already married the son of Dali Temple Shaoqing Xilinjueluo's family on February [-], and the emperor personally rewarded him with gifts and makeup. Ruyi took the opportunity to ask the emperor for grace, and chose On a sunny day, I married Jiang Yubin to Jiang Yubin.

On the day when the marriage was bestowed and married, although it was not a sensation in the palace, considering the glory of the emperor's bestowed marriage, Ruyi was also the honor of the imperial concubine. Congratulations.

Ruyi personally put a red hijab on Xinxin, and the jade hairpin on her head is warm and shining, which is another person's ardent blessing to her.After being sent to the gate of the palace, Ruyi watched the couple disappear into the smoke and dust at dusk, and said to Li Yu who was beside him, "Actually, even if you don't say anything, you can understand your heart."

On Li Yu's face, joy and depression were intertwined, "The slave and the imperial concubine are people who will never get out for the rest of their lives. Since I can get out, it's better than staying in the palace."

Ruyi smiled slightly, "There is often a slight difference in fate between people. In fact, think about it, you are much luckier than me. At least in this life, you can still look at Xin Xin and her plain life. Live this life."

"The emperor...isn't he also by the imperial concubine's side?" Li Yu stared at Ruyi in astonishment, glancing at the unspeakable overtones.

Ruyi smiled, turned around and left quietly holding Yizheng's hand.

Afterwards, apart from Yizheng, the aunt who was in charge, there were only two court ladies left in Yikun Palace, Lingzhi and Yunzhi, and Ruyi transferred two more maids from the House of Internal Affairs, both of whom asked Sanbao to check their family identities. Yes, it is also considered innocent.However, Sing Xin will still come to the palace to work for a few days when he has free time.So in those few days, the people who travel between Yikun Palace and Yangxin Palace will change from Jinbao to Li Yu.

One year has passed since Empress Xiaoxian's funeral, and the empress's mother clan was worried that there was no Fucha woman in the palace to serve them, so they chose a twenty-eight-year-old woman to send here. The collateral line of the family is beautiful and pleasant in appearance, as rich as jade.The emperor also treated him courteously, and he was named a nobleman when he first entered the palace, and he was given the title "Jin", and lived with the concubine Wan in Jingyang Palace.And Li Chao also sent a few young and beautiful Li Chao women because of Jiagui's fall out of favor, but the emperor didn't stay and rewarded the princes of the various houses.Jiagui thought that there was a turning point, so she offered her food and embroidery repeatedly, but the emperor didn't even accept it, let alone asked about her situation.

The Gayaqin in Qixiang Palace mourns forever, endlessly. In contrast to this, the new favorites of the Jin nobles and the old loves of Ruyi, Hailan, and Yihuan are hard to let go.As for Wei Yanwan, although the emperor loves her day after day, she is young and well-behaved, and can read words and demeanor, and she is quite sacred.So even if a newcomer enters the palace, everything will be peaceful and peaceful.

On the third day of the third lunar month, Ruyi still performed the etiquette as an imperial concubine on behalf of the sang ceremony. It can be regarded as the emperor once again declaring to everyone in the harem that Ruyi's status is extraordinary.

The emperor's neglect of Jiagui continued until the spring of Qianlong's 15th year, and Hailan was also promoted to Concubine Yu in this spring.Although under the constant bombardment of the Li Dynasty's An Jingzi, the emperor finally decreed that Jiagui's confinement was lifted and she was restored as a concubine, but she was still not allowed to visit the two elder brothers, Fengluan Chunen, who symbolized grace. The car never stopped in front of Qixiang Palace.

Empress Xiaoxian's funeral has finally passed.Everyone in Liugong seemed to be anxiously and patiently waiting for the arrival of the new queen—although they already knew who the next master of the phoenix throne would be.

At the end of March, the emperor's decree was delivered unexpectedly and unexpectedly after some twists and turns in the previous court.There are only a few words above, but it can be summed up in one sentence: Canonize the imperial concubine Ulanara as the queen.

In fact, Ruyi had already forgotten what she had said to the emperor that spring afternoon.They seem to talk about a lot, such as children, empress Xiaoxian and even Gao Xiyue, empress Zhemin, and even the small stage during the Yongzheng period, the "On the Wall" with a changed ending.

He said in the past, she wanted to go forward.In the end, what Ruyi was most impressed with was that the emperor whispered in a timeless tone: "I will look at you from a distance at the top of the wall, and I will break my heart when I see you."

After the decree was issued, concubines came to congratulate her one after another. Ruyi only left Hailan behind, and rejected the rest.They didn't say anything, they just held each other, their heart was my heart, and their thoughts were my thoughts.

All the ceremonies after Liberation are established, and are presided over by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Of course, Ruyi didn't need to worry about the red tape. Although there was the canonization ceremony of Empress Xiaoxian as an old example, the emperor still ordered everything to be carefully crafted.The silk and satin are carefully cut, and the phoenix coronet and xiapei are densely cast. If you look at it too much, everything will become a random thing in the bright galaxy, not worth mentioning.

It was also at this time that Ruyi met Rong Pei, the woman who lived and died with Ruyi in the book.She is as meticulous as a hair, neither humble nor overbearing, and takes care of all kinds of small matters after the seal.Naturally, Ruyi regards Rong Pei as a confidant and attaches great importance to it.And Rong Pei was also extraordinarily loyal, except for Ruyi, no one else listened to him, nor recognized anyone else.

However, not everyone is convinced by this time.For example, the concubine Jia, such as the pure noble concubine who was instigated by the concubine Jia.

The encounter with the pure noble concubine was outside the katydid gate.The Ruyi at that time was Fanghua in the prosperous age, wearing a gorgeous and pure tulip red brocade gown, she deservedly assumed such a warm and pure color, and with a calm gesture, she forced the bright red color to dim a few times. point.

Concubine Chun asked her: "Why did you become the queen in the end?"

"Yeah, why?" Ruyi raised her slender willow-leaf eyebrows, her long eyelashes were like the wings of a jackdaw, covering her eyes with light blue smoke, and she was wearing a gold-encrusted amber bracelet A trace of snow touched the golden silk and white jade epiphyllum's sleeve, and said softly: "Why not you? Yes, you think of my family background, and think that my family background is not as bad as you who came from the Han army flag, but you forgot Ulanara No matter what you say, it is the Zhenghuang flag of the Manchu army, and the tree has deep roots, which is far from comparable to your Han army flag; you also think that I am not the most beautiful woman in the harem, and Concubine Shu and others are even more favored, but you forget that the harem is never favored by beauty In terms of winning or losing; you also thought that you entered the mansion before me and gave birth to a prince, and you had the recommendation of Empress Xiaoxian before her death, but you forgot that Yongjin is the first son of the emperor after he ascended the throne, and the recommendation of Empress Xiaoxian is actually the opposite. I misunderstood you. The position of empress is appointed by the emperor, when did you become the last empress to appoint? Chun imperial concubine, think about it carefully, the emperor has allowed you to be still in the position of imperial concubine, has the emperor tolerated you and treated you preferentially?"

Luyun took two steps back in panic, left a bunch of gloomy eyes, and lowered her sad face: "It turns out that the emperor has been suspicious of me since then, and he probably thinks that Empress Xiaoxian and I are the same person. Right. It's ridiculous that I'm still wishful thinking..."

"Everyone in this harem is delusional, but don't forget, our emperor is not a foolish king." Ruyi concentrated for a moment, and said slowly: "What can you do if you become a queen? Can it change the three princes who were delayed all those years?" Is it true? Even if the third elder brother becomes the son of the eldest son, in all fairness, can the third elder brother be as smart and wise as the Prince Duanhui? I am not trying to blame your son, or the way you taught him. You Do you still remember what I said to you when the third elder brother was taken to the elder brother's office? Since the established facts cannot be changed, then accept it and give the third elder brother a smooth and healthy future." She looked calm, The voice was empty and silent, "It's actually a good thing to stay away from the hustle and bustle and filth of this palace."

Concubine Chun's eyes lit up, her heart was tenderly touched, and she wept, "It's been so many years, after all, you are the one who sees more clearly. Then... the empress, the lives of the concubines, the third elder brother and the seventh elder brother are all entrusted to you." Empress."

Ruyi looked at her calmly, and said calmly: "Naturally. If I want to treat you as before, I really can't, because what happened is what happened, and it cannot be erased. I will not take the initiative to harm you, but Yongzhang will always be in the future." How about it depends on you, mother-in-law."

The bright sun shone down along the shining glazed green tiles, spreading a layer of light gray shadows on half of her face. The separation of tenderness and heart trembling, light and darkness is like the separation between heaven and earth. , yet overlap at the infinity, distinct yet blurred.

This year, Ruyi is 32 years old.