Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

On the second day of August in the 15th year of Qianlong, the emperor formally issued an imperial edict, appointing the senior scholar Fu Heng as the chief envoy, and the senior scholar Shi Yizhi as the deputy envoy, holding the festival and the book of treasures, and appointing the imperial concubine Ulanara Ruyi as the queen.

The booklet is long and complicated and full of rhetoric:

The only thing I can do is to rely on the merits of Kun Cheng Jianshun, external governance and constant capital for internal work, and the transformation of the family state into Sloan.However, the long-term emptiness of Zhonghuo is suitable for Hongyi's actions.The imperial concubine Ulanala, a beautiful and famous family, Zhongxiang Shide.As early as from Qiandi, he wrote Fang type with chapters.Jinxi was honored, and he was blessed while Kexian was inside.Today, I read it for three years and the deadline is due, and I will follow the edict of mercy in ceremony.Respectfully honored by the order of the Empress Dowager, taking Jin Baolier as the queen.The benevolence of catching katydids and trees will be blessed forever.The moral education of Ju Yi in the Qin Cocoon Pavilion, respecting the front emblem of Shaoxing.There is light in the fate of the stars, and the cockroaches are coming, so good.

In the early morning of the day after Li Li, the weather was not too hot, the emperor held his hand and smiled: "I chose the second day of August, which is the day you married into the Qiandi. August is also my Longevity Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival." Reunion is the same month. I hope to see you day and night, and reunite every year."

If you knew that at that time all I thought about was how to get a child from you and kill you, would you still want to go back to the hidden mansion that day?As long as Ruyi thinks about it this way, she almost doesn't laugh.

Before the empress ceremony, Ruyi dressed in the queen's court clothes and went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay respects to the queen mother.At that time the Empress Dowager had already changed into her court clothes and a golden crown, and when she saw her coming, she just accepted the gift silently.

Ruyi bowed her head three times and saw that there were only Fu Jia and Yizheng Rong Pei on the left and right, so she murmured: "Before seeing the Queen's Mother, I wanted to ask if I could have today, but I don't know if it is what the Queen's Mother wanted. Now, my son But I don't want to ask anymore. Because whether it is true or not, after all, it is the minister who walked in front of the Queen's Lady, and the Queen's Lady's favorite is not any concubine after all, but the person who finally walked in front of you."

The queen mother stroked the golden dragon makeup on the front of her clothes, her eyes were calm and peaceful: "After so many years, you have always been the same as the Ai family saw that night. The emperor likes you, and you like the emperor, but you have never given all your heart Like each other. Sometimes Aijia also thought about whether the result would be different if Aijia was like you back then."

Ruyi bowed her head submissively, lowered her eyebrows and smiled slightly: "Times change, and the dead are like this, how can I still ask for an if."

"You have the blood of Ulanara, that kind of blood in your bones, no one can match it." The queen mother sighed softly, "But you are walking a unique path in the harem, and your aunt It's not the same, and it's not the same as Aijia. Aijia wants to see if the end of your road is the Compassionate Ning Palace."

Ruyi kowtowed and left slowly.The moment she walked out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, she turned her head and looked back, the sun was shining like gold, and the plaque of the Compassionate Ning Palace seemed to be waving like shining golden powder.

The sound of joyful rites and music sounded, and the ceremony for the appointment of the queen was cumbersome and boring. Ruyi and the man who ruled the world together became a figure standing side by side in the vast sky, overlooking thousands of people.She couldn't help but think of her previous life, of Da Zhou's scarlet gold phoenix robe with fluttering sleeves, which seemed more beautiful and softer than the cumbersome palace attire of the Qing Dynasty.The people standing next to me at that time didn't have haircuts as stupid as money rat tails, which made people want to laugh.

The sun was too bright and dazzling, and Ruyi saw the principal and deputy envoys coming from his narrowed eyes. The inner eunuch held the festival, the book, and the treasure one by one and entered the palace through the middle gate, and put the festival on the middle case. The treasure inscriptions were placed in the east case, and Ruyi, a female official, was introduced to stand on the north side of the place of worship, and presented as a gift in the form of a booklet.At this point, the canonization of the queen is completed.

From then on, all the princes and princesses she gave birth to would become the noble sons and daughters of the emperor.Even the elder brother Yonghuang, because she raised him, has the status of half a legitimate son, surpassing all others.Among the dignified and solemn crowd, Yong Huang's youthful and handsome face shone with joyous ambition, making one chill.

The next day, accompanied by princes and ministers of civil and military affairs, the emperor went to the empress dowager's palace to salute.After the ceremony, the Palace of Imperial Harmony.Princes, civil and military officials are invited to come up and celebrate.And Ruyi also had to go to the Empress Dowager's Palace to salute, and then to the emperor to salute after the ceremony.Afterwards, Hailan and Concubine Chun brought all the concubines and princesses, Fujin and his wives to Yikun Palace to salute.

On that day, Ruyi met Princess Hejing who was watching the ceremony in Guining.After a few years of separation, she was born into a glamorous woman. The lush water and grass in Mongolia made her look plump and delicate, and the blowing wind and sand added a touch of determination to her.She raised her beautiful eyes to look at Ruyi, her eyes scanned her body without any scruples, and finally said solemnly: "I didn't expect that you would become the queen. Until Huang Ama ordered me to come back to watch the ceremony, I I can't believe it, I always feel that it doesn't matter if it's a pure concubine or a concubine, it won't be your turn." Her smile was a little weird and contemptuous, "Why? Are you worthy?"

Ruyi looked back at her quietly, and smiled calmly: "The princess thinks, the princess, the princess, the emperor's favor, the foundation of the Ulanala family in the full army banner, and the empress dowager's acquiescence, these things are there. Why can't Gong come to this position?" She looked at He Jing's expression with a little hesitation, and then said: "If I were a princess, I definitely wouldn't ask such a question. The princess doesn't want anyone to sit in this position. It is for Empress Xiaoxian. Since this is the case, is the princess really willing to let the pure noble concubine of the Han army flag sit on it? Or let the concubine with the blood of the Li Dynasty sit on it? In fact, the princess understands that everyone except me To humiliate this position is also to humiliate Empress Xiaoxian."

He Jing raised his head proudly: "My empress's mother is the concubine, I am the eldest princess, and you are just the heir. When you start a private successor family, you have to be a concubine when you see the tablet of the first wife, so, no matter what, you can't Standing shoulder to shoulder with my queen mother. Sitting in this position, you are also humiliating my queen mother."

Ruyi smiled kindly, and quietly hid the blue-faced Rong Pei behind her back: "If the princess says this, it would be humiliating for anyone to sit on it. Since this is the case, the princess can only choose one that is not too humiliating." His stepmother, such as Ben Gong." She looked at He Jing's young face carefully, she really looked like Empress Xiaoxian back then. "The princess is now the princess of Mongolia. Every word and deed should be for the peace of Mongolia and the glory of the Fucha clan. Then, the princess should understand that these two things cannot be obtained only by the emperor's love. The princess must remember to take a long-term view some."

As soon as Ruyi finished speaking, a courtesan urged her to go to the emperor's side, and only He Jingdai stood there, speechless in a daze.

All kinds of red tape made Ruyi feel exhausted while being dignified.That night, the emperor set up candles in the bridal chamber in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, waiting for her arrival.Li Yu introduced to Ruyi one by one the emperor's grace, the double happiness, the spread of the tent, the pastor of the descendants, one by one, all of which brought back memories from a long time ago.

But these things were given to her by another man in the last life, and twice.

Soaked in the sorrow of the past, the emperor quietly entered the room at some point, with a warm smile and bleak eyes.She almost blurted out the word "Zhou Xuanling", and when the words came to her lips, she also found it funny, so she hurriedly bowed down and called "The Emperor Wan'an".

All of this is what she wanted after all.

The wedding night passed in the harsh autumn wind of August.The next day was the first time a concubine had a meeting with the concubine after standing up.Ruyi met the concubines in Yikun Palace according to the time, and everyone kept their identities reserved and waited in the palace earlier.

Because it was the first day, Ruyi changed into a red gauze cloak with dragon, phoenix, lotus and dark flowers, and her hair bun was mostly decorated with pure gold, mixed with red treasures, which was luxurious and graceful while celebrating.

At that time, Hailan, Concubine Yu and Pure Concubine Su Luyun were in the left and right positions, Hailan was ranked first by Concubine Shu Yihuan, concubine Wei Yanwan, concubine Chen Wanyin, concubine Qing Lu Yingluo, Xiu Changzai, Concubine Chun Below are concubine Jin Yuyan, concubine Mei Bairuiji, Jin Guiren, Ping Ping Zai, Kui Chang Zai and several final promises.

In the happy days after the new era, all the concubines were dressed brightly and beautifully, but Hailan was still wearing a fashionable palace dress with royal blue embroidered orchid grass patterns. The embroidery was bright but not very luxurious.The pure imperial concubine is nothing more than an orange cloak embroidered with seven treasures, peony and jade hall, with emerald green silver thread inlaid with precious stones for a long life. There is a decency accompanied by joy, and it is also a humble concession.

Among the concubines, only the concubine Jia was dressed in a cloak of carmine embroidered with eight clusters of peonies, and the Qingyunhua bun was dotted with emerald-inlaid coral and golden water chestnut flowers, and a pair of auspicious cloud-inlaid gold beaded garnet hairpins, bright and beautiful. Luxurious, almost equal to Ruyi.

Ruyi glanced at Wei Yanwan lightly, and said with a pleasant face, "Today, the younger sisters are all dressed a bit more reservedly, but fortunately, they all look pretty and pretty. They are young, so they don't care if they are dressed in a popular way."

As soon as the words fell, everyone already laughed quietly.Ruyi's words are really bitter, not only talking about the arrogance of the concubine Jia, but also mocking her 37-year-old age.Wei Yanwan immediately understood, and said with a gentle smile: "It's a joy for the empress to be in the middle palace, and the concubines and concubines are just for the empress's smile. It's just that the status of the concubine's sister is not to mention red, it seems that even purple can only be purple, black and white. Zi, too, is really overstepping beyond bounds."

Concubine Jia looked coldly at her in Luo Cui palace attire, elegant and pleasant, with a cold and strange smile: "Concubine Concubine Jia's status is nothing more than that of this palace, so what face does she have to mock me?

When it comes to presumptuousness, I don't agree with it. I just remember that the emperor said that I like to wear red. "

Wei Yanwan did not back down, slowly took a cherry and ate it, and said with a slight smile: "Sister Jia also knows that she and her sister are normal people now? Then you should understand that what the emperor liked before may not be the same now." I like it. My sister used to be able to wear red when she was a noble concubine, so the emperor likes you to wear red; now you can only wear purple, the emperor likes it, and can only like you to wear purple."

The concubine Jia was furious, and in a blink of an eye she saw Ruyi sitting on it, slowly closing the lid of the blue-and-white dongshi flower teacup, and the hot air covered her beautiful face: "The empress is the new queen, but the Yikun Palace is the old palace." The concubine remembers that the emperor gave Yikun Palace to live in the empress empress who was still a noble concubine Xian, and it was the intention of taking Yi as an assistant. Asking the empress to assist Kunning originally meant a deputy envoy, why now she has become the master of the middle palace, Is your empress living in the Palace of Assistants?"

This question is extremely sharp.Ruyi pursed her lips and smiled lightly, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes, "Nobility is based on people's hearts, no matter where they live. When I am a noble concubine, I naturally assist Kunning; Assisting the emperor's mother to honor the world. Besides, the concubine Jia lives in the Qixiang Palace, why didn't she bring auspiciousness to the concubine Jia, instead, she was demoted repeatedly?"

Hailan picked the emerald green water jade drop pendant on her ear, and said with a smile: "The empress forgot, for your good day, all nations came to court, and the emperor has ordered the confinement of the concubine to be released. Otherwise, where is the empress today?" I can see Concubine Jia."

Wei Yanwan then smiled slightly, and said softly: "Isn't it? Besides, the queen is the queen, the lord of the six palaces by name, wherever she lives, she is the emperor's official wife, our master and empress."

The concubine Jia smiled faintly, tilted her head slightly, and her head was full of jewels, she flickered a star-like light, dazzled people's eyes: "Master's wife is all master's wife, but she is a regular wife..." Her body leaned forward slightly , and said to Concubine Chun: "Concubine Chun was born in the Han army flag, naturally you know that there is such a saying in the folks, right? Is it the second string? Or fill in the house, step-wife?" Said: "Is it the continued wife? Is it different from the first wife?"

Speaking of this, no one dared to take it.Ruyi looked down at the concubine Jia, and said with a smile: "There are folk rules in folk marriages. The concubine was born in Li Dynasty, Fanbang, I'm afraid I forgot it for a while. Although I am the successor, I dare not marry Xiaoxian." Compared with the empress, no matter whether it is the first wife or the second wife, they are all legitimate concubines. The concubine admires the rules of the people wholeheartedly, but have you ever thought that with your status, you may not even be considered as a connecting room in the folk?"

The concubine Jia's face suddenly changed, like the surface of a lake under the shadow of an autumn day: "Isn't the Queen afraid of chilling the hearts of the other sisters by saying this?"

Without waiting for others to say more, Yi Huan, who had always disliked the concubine Jia, looked sideways and said: "Concubine Jia, you don't need to provoke trouble here. We concubines only know how to abide by the rules in the palace, and we don't lower our status like concubines Jia. Willing to envy the common house girls!"

The concubine Wan who became a concubine because of Ruyi and raised the fifth elder brother also said: "Sister Concubine Jia has indeed overstepped too much today. Although the empress does not care about it, sister concubine Jia should also apologize to the empress." .”

Wei Yanwan smiled softly, and said crisply: "That's all we're talking about, Sister Wanpin is raising the fifth elder brother anyway, even if Concubine Jia doesn't care about the favor of others, she should listen to Sister Wanpin's words."

This is a threat.The crowd pressed so tightly that Concubine Jia didn't dare to get angry even though her face was full of anger, so she stood up and saluted hastily, and reluctantly said: "The concubine is out of manner, please don't blame the empress."

Ruyi looked at her with warmth like a spring breeze: "It's not just once or twice that my concubine misbehaved. If I blame it every time, how can I blame it? But then again, since I am a queen, I should be rewarded and punished clearly. Jia When I go back, I will copy the "Internal Training" ten times to warn myself."

The concubine Jia clearly hated her very much, but she lost her arrogance and fierceness just now, and said a little timidly: "The concubine respectfully obeys the teachings of the empress."

Ruyi smiled and flicked the armor inlaid with gold and jade, with a pleasant face: "Rong Pei, give the gifts prepared by this palace to the palaces."

If so, the concubines chatted and laughed with Ruyi for a while, and then they also dispersed.Only Hailan stayed, and Ruyi put Yizheng on a bowl of lily lotus seed soup with rock sugar that had just cooled down, and said slowly: "Concubine Jia won't fall down willingly, and next year, no matter what, she will enter the palace. Just tell Xiatang Dongxue to replace the concubine's birth control medicine with real ones for a while, and if she becomes pregnant, she will keep women but not men."

"My sister wants Concubine Concubine to have a princess, so she can have more confidence to deal with Concubine Jia?" Hailan thought about it, and smiled slightly: "I understand. She has lived with me in Chuxiu Palace all these years, and she has never I'm afraid she will be suspicious about childbirth. Last time, the emperor was still talking to me about pointing out a new place for the concubine, just waiting for her to have a child before leaving."

"Well, let's just... Xianfu Palace. Although the palace is a bit more gorgeous for her status, it is close to Chuxiu Palace, so you can take care of it." Ruyi mused, "It's not just to deal with the concubine Jia. I It's because I think that if Concubine Xin doesn't have any more children, her temperament will become more and more biased."

A person like Wei Yanwan is inherently scheming, and the more he has nothing, the more likely he is to secretly accumulate his own strength and fight back desperately.Rather than letting her have nothing to do all her life, it's better to take a step back and let her not be able to bear a prince.

After Ruyi was conferred, her father, Naerbu, was also conferred the title of first-class Cheng'en Gong, and her mother also became Cheng'en's wife. On the fifth day after Ruyi's canonization, she visited the palace.It's not that there's never been a family reunion, it's not unusual, it's just that in the past it was never as comfortable as it is now.

Mrs. Cheng Engong babbled, the most she talked about was that she felt that it was a pity, but it was a pity that Lan Ying got married at the beginning of the year.If we wait another half a year, and the queen marries a younger sister, it will definitely not be just the son of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.However, Ruyi persuaded her solemnly that the Ulanala family is already eye-catching enough. If there is something promising in Nali, let it be.

Half a month after the post-book ceremony, the emperor accompanied the new queen Ruyi to visit the ancestral mausoleum, pay homage to the ancestors and ancestors, tour Songluo in the west, and go to Mount Wutai to offer incense and travel around famous mountains and rivers.Apart from Ruyi, the only ones she brought with her were Hailan, Yihuan, Wei Yanwan and a few children.All matters in the palace should be left to the concubine Chun to take care of them.

During that period of time, even though the emperor would pamper others under her repeated persuasion, the two of them always faced each other peacefully when the morning light was twilight, having breakfast and watching the sunrise.

The days in the harem were peaceful and leisurely, but the turmoil in the previous dynasty began when the emperor suddenly ordered Yonghuang to be the heir to the prince, and it shook the entire September season.

At the beginning of the year, the elderly Prince Lu lost his only son Hongkun, who was still in mourning, and the emperor couldn't make a decision for a while.Now that Ruyi has sealed the title, Yong Huang's status as a half-prince son has become extremely embarrassing.According to the emperor's wishes, he naturally wanted his son to inherit the throne, so he didn't want Yong Huang to block the way of the real son.After thinking about it, I had to reluctantly give up.

Of course, what's the use of talking so much?In Yong Huang's view, it was his Huang Ama who resolutely abandoned him for the sake of his legitimate son.

The succession of the only adult eldest son of the emperor is no small matter. The previous dynasty was headed by Yonghuang's teacher Zhang Tingyu, and there was an endless struggle.In the final analysis, it was just that Zhang Tingyu had no chance to become the emperor's teacher, and wanted to force the emperor to take back his life, even threatening to resign.The emperor was furious, saying it was a family matter, and reprimanded Zhang Tingyu.

The emperor insisted on his own opinion, Yonghuang's succession was a certainty, Zhang Tingyu saw that the matter had come to this point, regardless of Yonghuang's face, hurriedly asked the emperor to return to his hometown.The emperor couldn't help getting angry, and reprimanded him: "Imagine that you once served me as a lecturer, and you were once the master of the eldest son of the emperor. Now that the eldest son of the emperor has just been born, you return home after returning home. You are so indifferent. Is there any heart?"

In fact, the most indifferent He Zeng was Zhang Tingyu, obviously the emperor himself.But he urgently needs to find someone to be a raft to prove how much he loves Yonghuang.The poor old minister Zhang Tingyu became cannon fodder, and he felt uneasy when he was severely reprimanded. Afterwards, he even lost the treatment of the Taimiao according to the late emperor's edict.Since then, most of Zhang Tingyu's power in the court has been disintegrated.

Ruyi's position as the new empress has also become exceptionally stable because of Empress Xiaoxian's death, Fucha's family has no support, Concubine Hui's mother's family has a shallow foundation and has declined early, and the veteran group represented by Zhang Tingyu has collapsed.Since then, the previous dynasty has been calm, and even the rebellion of the Tibetan county king Zhuermot Namzhal was quickly put down by Yue Zhongqi leading troops into Tibet, and it became a matter of calm and calm.

The emperor was smug, and in order to appease the Fucha family supported by Zhang Tingyu, the emperor also made Jin nobles as Jin concubines from afar, to show his kindness and favor, and to reassure the hearts of Empress Xiaoxian's mother's family.By the way, he also gave the Jin concubine the string of emerald beads and silk-wrapped red gold lotus bracelets that Gao Xiyue held in the past—this is the punishment for the Fucha family.

This kind of life allowed Ruyi to live with peace of mind, and soon, Wei Yanwan, who was replaced with a real birth control drug, also became pregnant at the end of this year.She has been in the palace for many years, and she finally conceived once, and her elation is no less than that of Yi Huan back then.Although the emperor could not say that he treated her differently, after all, he had a child, so at Ruyi's suggestion, he allowed her to give birth and moved to Xianfu Palace as the main seat.

Yu Jia returned to the palace a few days later.The emperor asked Wei Yanwan to return to Chuxiu Palace on the grounds that the Xianfu Palace needed to be repaired until the birth.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 16th year of Qianlong. The previous dynasty was quiet, and the turmoil in Tibet had long been quelled. The emperor had no worries in the northwest, so he paid more attention to river affairs, coastal defense and official military administration in the south of the Yangtze River.The emperor's first southern tour began here.