Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

The frosty coolness is accompanied by light golden smoke, which dyes the tender green leaves yellow, and also reddens the half of the maple tree.The autumn chrysanthemums in the imperial garden gradually bloom with the chirping of autumn insects. Golden chrysanthemums, white chrysanthemums, red chrysanthemums, and purple chrysanthemums are in full bloom, creating a scene that is more beautiful than spring.Among them, the two most blooming branches are Concubine Xin who is always in favor and Concubine Ying who is pregnant.

When Ruyi saw Concubine Ying again, it was after returning to Luan on September [-]th.Concubine Ying was born in Mongolia, and she is proficient in riding and shooting. The valiant and heroic appearance of Mulan in the Rehe palace in autumn, against the graceful charm of the daughter in red makeup, is soft and soft, how can she not touch the heart?And once she was pregnant, she was as shy and gentle as Ruyihuan's little daughter back then.

Greetings in the morning, Concubine Ying was supported by a maid, and when she saw Ruyi, she bowed down respectfully and respectfully under the envious eyes of everyone: "The Queen's empress is in good health, and her fortune is long."

Ruyi stood on the throne of Nine Lotus and Phoenix Tails, and with a smile, she ordered Rong Pei to help her up herself, and said: "Concubine Ying has a happy event, so there is no need to be so courteous, sit down quickly." She looked down at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Yes. You young sisters serve the emperor, my palace will naturally be in good health, and my fortune will last forever."

Wei Yanwan looked at Concubine Ying's stomach angrily, gritted her teeth, and smiled gently, her voice was as gentle as a lark on a spring branch: "Sister Concubine Ying is really lucky to have been in the palace for a year. It’s really enviable to have children.”

Concubine Ying looked down on Wei Yanwan the most, far more than Yihuan. She played with the jadeite bracelet on her wrist and said with a coquettish smile: "It is the duty of our concubines to bear children for the emperor. It's not a blessing. Concubine Rong herself has Princess He Rong, who is so caring, so it is called a blessing. Of course, the concubine is not as good as it is, most likely because she wants to have an elder brother, and she will work hard in the future."

Wei Yanwan lowered her eyes, and said with a sneer: "It is a real blessing to be able to give birth to a little elder brother. It's just that the younger sister Yingying said that she has no intentions, but not all the people we listen to have given birth. Younger sister Yingfei is not afraid. Is the listener chilling?"

The ones present who have not had children are none other than Concubine Wan, Concubine Qing, Concubine Xin and those who entered the palace with Concubine Ying.As soon as these words came out, several people all turned pale.Yi Huan felt that this remark did not sound right, and just about to get angry, Ke Chang sneered coldly, saying: "Our Mongolian daughters don't have the contortions of the concubine, and they can say whatever they want. The empress is already under her knees There are three sons and two daughters, and there are successors in the Qing Dynasty. Those of us who are concubines, if we have something, it is the icing on the cake. If we don’t have anything, it means that the predestined relationship has not arrived. The concubine is just giving birth to Princess Herong, so I can talk about it ?”

Wei Yanwan's face turned pale, and Concubine Qing smiled softly and said: "In the past, the Jin family was the mother of two sons, the eldest daughter of the Li Dynasty, and once relied on the prince to covet the crown prince, she was still dismissed by the emperor. With Concubine Concubine's background, she has What can I do if I lose the prince? How dare I do it?"

"I don't know what others think about my concubine, but whether my elder brother is good or bad, I will swear here. The concubine's children only know how to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, the emperor, and the future master. Delusion." Concubine Chun raised her two fingers, slowly scanned the surrounding people, and said seriously: "The concubine has two princes, the third elder brother and the seventh elder brother. Today, when the concubine is talking about this, it is inevitable that some people will speculate that the concubine will rely on her. The sons do not respect the queen. Today, the concubines are here to make it clear. The sisters here may have children, or they will give birth to emperors in the future. It is better to make it clear today, so as not to cause disputes in the future and cause people to be confused. I think we have lost the dignity of the upper and lower in the harem, and have messed up the rules of the concubines."

After she finished speaking, Hailan also bowed solemnly: "Sister Chungui has been in the palace for a long time, and she understands what is going on. The concubine follows Chungui, but the empress is the only one who follows her lead. She has no intention of seizing the birth and causing chaos. Take the courtiers and concubines and go all over the house."

The two noble concubines both expressed their positions, and who dared not get up, they clarified one by one.Wei Yanwan was even more like a frightened fawn sipping the water by the stream, with her white and delicate hands on her chest, she was about to cry: "The concubine made a mistake, and she never meant to disrespect the queen or covet the reserve position. .”

Ruyi listened to everyone swear together, and Fang signaled Rong Pei to help Hai Lan and Concubine Chun, who were the leaders, to get up, and said with a warm smile: "Good sisters talk, why bother to swear like this. These rules of dignity In the hearts of the people, besides, there is no rule in our Qing Dynasty that the eldest son must succeed to the throne. No matter which prince will become a blockbuster in the future, it will be the emperor who taught him well." She looked at the young concubines sitting down, paying special attention to the young concubines. The concubine said: "You are all young and you are loved by the emperor, so you should do your best to add a few princes to the emperor. Concubine Ying, you are pregnant, and this palace will ask the emperor to let you raise it personally, no matter whether it is male or female."

Concubine Ying hurriedly got up to thank her, and everyone also got up and sat down, except Wei Yanwan.Seeing her kneeling on the ground alone, Ruyi changed the topic: "Concubine Xin is also a mother, an old man in the palace, she must take care of the princess's face, get up quickly. The emperor always remembers You are still young, so why worry about not having a dragon fetus anymore?"

Wei Yanwan had no choice but to get up to thank her, with blood in her eyes.Ruyi raised her hand, ordered Yizheng to hand over the brocade boxes one by one, and said with a smile, "I don't have any good things in this palace, but I just gave it as a treat for my concubine to conceive, and the younger sisters just want to see what it means." .”

Everyone opened it up, and it turned out to be Wuxi Da Fu, each with different shapes and naive looks. The carvings are exquisite and lively, which is very pleasing.Concubine Xin knew this, so she smiled when she saw it: "Does the empress also like this? The concubine also collected a lot before entering the palace. I wanted to give it to the twelfth elder brother and the eighth princess of the empress."

Ruyi smiled calmly, and said calmly, "This is the concubine Xin's Ama who came in. I will borrow flowers to present Buddha, and I hope all the younger sisters will have precious children."

In early October, Princess Duanshu returned to Beijing and lived in the Palace of Compassion.The Empress Dowager and her daughter were separated for 18 years, and they cried in the Palace of Compassion and Ning unknowingly to complain about their divorce.The emperor allowed the eldest princess to live forever, and only let the queen mother agree to take care of the affairs of the harem, which fulfilled the mother-daughter relationship between the eldest princess Duanshu and the queen mother.If so, there was a lot of peace in the palace, and even the Queen Mother and Ruyi were much more relaxed.

I met by chance in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and talked about the past events that did not belong to me, all kinds of grievances and enmities in the past, and laughed for a while.

When the summer of the 19th year of Qianlong came slowly, Concubine Ying's child was more than eight months old and was expected to give birth in early June, so it was not suitable to move.The emperor then postponed the Summer Palace to cool off, and waited for Concubine Ying to give birth in the palace.Although, the fly in the ointment is that, according to Jiang Yubin, this child is probably a daughter.But for the emperor, the concubine Ying, who was born in Bahrain, Mongolia, really didn't need a prince.

In April, Princess Hejing's husband, the forehead son-in-law Buteng Bale Zhuerteng, entered the pilgrimage. The emperor was overjoyed, and ordered the university scholar Fu Heng and the fourth elder brother Yongjin to meet him in Zhangjiakou, and made the forehead son-in-law Baylor.

Ruyi met Princess Hejing in Yikun Palace. At that time, she had already had her eldest son Qingyou, and she was still the same as before, domineering and reserved.She hastily passed the state ceremony, and smiled contemptuously: "I haven't seen you for many years, so you have aged so much."

"The years don't want to take care of me, so I will grow old." Ruyi smiled and didn't care, "But even if I get old, I will grow old in this position until a hundred years. The princess is young, just in her prime , will definitely see that day.”

He Jing's anger was ignited almost instantly, his willow eyebrows stood upright, and he said coldly: "You are just my father's stepmother, even if you sit in this position now, there is no guarantee that you will be able to sit here in the future! The Aixinjueluo family It's not so easy to be a queen!"

"Oh, the princess already has a son, why is she still so angry?" Ruyi waved her hands again and again, with a hint of teasing in her smile, "The princess is the first wife, but as far as I know, since the princess After giving birth to the eldest son, it is inconvenient to perform the duties of a wife, so the forehead has a lot of pets?"

Speaking of the pain, He Jing's expression froze, and he said forcefully: "It's not unusual for a man to have three wives and four concubines. It's the imperial father's harem, so why are you alone? Regardless of whether the concubine has a pet or not, his first wife It's me alone!"

Ruyi slowly stroked the pearl necklace hanging from her snow-white collar, and smiled all over her face: "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, why did I say anything? It's just a pity, the princess has Qingyou after all, the princess might as well think about it, even if the forehead is not Dare to belittle the princess, but Qingyou's surname is Borzigit after all. Qingyou's future is on the grassland, in Horqin, not in the Forbidden City. The emperor can give Qingyou favor, but the princess feels that it is to be a rich man in the Forbidden City How about the prince, or is it better to inherit the title of the consort's family in Horqin, so as to preserve the honor of the princess and the Fucha family?"

The atmosphere was heavy, and He Jing suddenly looked out of the window, where there were seasonal flowers growing under the porch, and red-billed lovesick birds growing under the eaves, chirping and twittering, lingering on each other's necks, it was so unattractive.Because of the hot weather, Ruyi also likes lotus flowers, so the emperor specially ordered people to place several large blue and white vats in the courtyard, holding golden koi and palm-sized bowl lotus.Two or three of the red and white lotus in the tank floated on the surface of the water, and the swimming fish swayed back and forth, making several court ladies leaning on the railing, sitting on the green silk embroidered lotus pier, throwing fish food and laughing.

For a moment, Ruyi saw Yingran tears in He Jing's eyes.But she quickly raised her head, took a deep breath and said, "Are you saying this to me because you want to make a deal with me? Even if Qingyou didn't stay in the capital and went to the grassland, he is also the eldest son of the forehead ! The status of the forehead son-in-law in Horqin should be inherited by him!"

The orange tea is like the morning glow, Ruyi scraped the tea cover, and said slowly: "Qingyou is the eldest son, but if the concubine's affection for the princess is weak, and the concubine's room gives birth to a worthy son, then it will be fine." For example, Yongjin was to Empress Xiaoxian back then. Even if Qingyou inherits the title, the consort and Horqin may not support him, right? The princess’s plan is not to be just a small auxiliary duke, right? Ben Gong thought too much, the princess just pretended to be Ben Gong and didn't say anything."

He Jing's eyes were clear, like a clear snow shining over Ruyi, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Ruyi smiled, and his expression was instantly relieved, as pleasant as a warm breeze: "The position of Prince Darhan. This son-in-law got it just because he is the emperor's son-in-law, it doesn't mean he remembers to pass on the kindness to Qingyou. Besides, Qingyou is not yet a year old, and it will be 20 years at the earliest—20 years, who knows what will happen?"

He Jing kept his eyes on Ruyi, as if he wanted to find a trace of flaws in her face, but nothing but indifference met her gaze.Her gaze jumped slightly like a candle being blown by the wind, as if she was very unwilling: "What do you mean by this, is that you want your son to be Prince Qingyou? You are so sure that your son will become the crown prince." ?”

Ruyi's tone had a faint hint of coercion: "The position of the crown prince is determined by the emperor, and the palace only follows the holy will. But the princess should understand that instead of getting angry with the palace because of the past, it is better to let go of prejudice and be filial." What Empress Xian wants to see is that both the princess and the Fucha family can continue to be glorious, and the next thing is what will happen to this palace. This palace has already shown sincerity to make a deal with you, betting the name of Gu Lun and Princess Jing, you Dare or not?"

The afternoon sun is filtered by the heavy Xiangfei bamboo curtains, which makes it look extraordinarily cool.With such a warm and slightly cool smile on He Jing's lips, he asked back, "Why don't you dare?"

Sending off Hejing, it was already evening in the west, Yizheng came from the inner hall, took a green and yellow fringed banana fan, and fanned out a cool wind: "Is this how you trust Princess Hejing? She always despises your mother..."

"What do you trust her for?" Ruyi unconsciously had a gentle smile on her face: "Everyone takes what they need, she can settle down, and I will save my mind to suppress the harem. In her life, it is impossible Respect me and respect me from the bottom of my heart, since that's the case, why not just use each other as you promised with Mei back then."

Ruyi touched the five-color silk tassels on the bamboo curtain of Concubine Xiang, and the half-rolled light curtain.At a glance, peonies, gentian, acacia, scallops, impatiens, pomegranates, woody, crape myrtle, Cymbidium, Changchun, smiling, rose, zinnia, Chiba peach, and jade hydrangea are scattered in the courtyard. , Delphinium, red and emerald, colorful and gorgeous, like a pile of prosperous gold from day to day.At that time, the lotus money was being cast, and the pomegranate fire was about to ignite. Facing the carved beams and swallows, the birds were singing on the Qisill, and the Ming Xuan in the quiet courtyard was melting and venting.

And this summer will eventually pass.

In May, Junggar Amursana, who had been on the verge of making a move, suddenly rebelled. The emperor ordered two groups of troops to take Ili, and asked the third elder brother Yongzhang, the fourth elder brother Yongjin, and the sixth elder brother Yongqi to conduct military exercises at the Ministry of War.However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor only asked Yong Jin and Yong Qi about military skills, and asked Shang Shufang's master to teach them military skills, but Yong Zhang was only mediocre.

Because of Ruyi's reminder and Jing's attention, Sebuten Baljur reported the movement of Amursana in time after he noticed the movement, and won the emperor's approval and award.In addition to being overjoyed, the son-in-law couldn't help but feel sorry for him, and only said that he was grateful and reminded him respectfully.Although the couple were married by the Holy Majesty, the relationship was not deep, but since then, the forehead's pets have gradually become less, and they have become more concerned about peace and respect.

Of course, that's for another story.Whether He Jing's joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys in this life can be fulfilled is always difficult to sum up in one word.

On June 19th of the [-]th year of Qianlong, Concubine Ying gave birth to a white and tender little princess, the emperor's ninth daughter.At Ruyi's request, the little princess was named Concubine Jing and named Princess Hejing, which can be regarded as fulfilling the mother-daughter relationship between Concubine Ying and Concubine Jing in the novel.

Although Concubine Ying was not promoted to the Jin Dynasty, the emperor still rewarded a lot of things, and allowed relatives from the Bahrain Department to enter the palace to pay respects to Concubine Ying.Together with Ke Changzai who lives in the first palace, because of his meritorious service in serving the dragon fetus, he was granted the title of nobleman Ke.From then on, the Mongolian concubines headed by Concubine Ying gradually began to move closer to Ruyi.

After Concubine Ying was born, Jing Yan's marriage was officially put on the agenda.She will soon reach the end of the war, and the war in Junggar will be peaceful, and the emperor will promise Jing Yan to some Mongolian hero as a comforter when he is happy.Due to fate, this opportunity came as soon as it was said.

One day the emperor decreed to select Zhu elder brothers to read with him, and ordered courtiers of the third grade or above who had children of the right age to go to the palace to have an audience. In the imperial garden, they were taught poetry and prose, and met Zhangjia Qinggui, the fourth son of the great scholar Yin Jishan.When Ruyi mentioned Jing Yan's marriage, the emperor thought of him.Ruyi thought about it, the one who celebrates Guizhou is a man from Xianghuang Banner, the son of Yin Jishan, and his background is enough; Widowhood.With these three considerations in mind, Ruyi was already very willing, so she asked the emperor for an order.

But Qinggui was just a shady student at that time, and had no official position. The emperor was afraid of wronging his beloved daughter, so he first gave him the post of Foreign Lang, a member of the household department, and served as a military commander, Zhang Jing, and then decreed to make Qinggui the forehead of Gu Lun. Marrying Gu Lun and Princess An—and An's rank, finally promoted to Princess Gu Lun.Because she had just grown up and the battle in Junggar was still undecided, the emperor set the wedding date in March of the next year.

A matter of heart, finally over.The mid-autumn color of the Yikun Palace is alluring, so Ruyi became interested, and ordered the maids to collect newly opened golden osmanthus in the courtyard, preparing to brew sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and bury it under the tree to be unsealed when Jing Yan gets married the next year.

Yong Jin was still discussing the Junggar matter with the emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yong Qi went to the Shang Study Room, Jing Yan was shy and hid in her warm pavilion early in the morning and refused to go out.Only Yonglong was watching the excitement, holding Yongxuan's chubby little hand, pointing to the names of various osmanthus flowers one by one and introducing: "This one is Jinqiugui, that one is Dayehuang, the silver one is Baijie, The red one is broad-leaved red, the one over there is Buddha's top bead, and the one here is Tianxiangtai Pavilion..."

Ruyi looked at them lovingly, feeling infinitely carefree in her heart.Yonglong turned six years old this year, Kaimeng was taught by Yongqi, he is very precocious and already knows how to recite Tang poems.He always acts like a little adult, teaching Yongxuan to recognize things and teasing Jingxuan to play with.

Rong Pei watched the crowd happily busy, while coaxing Jing Yao, while taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, she whispered to Ruyi: "The tenth elder brother is really like a big brother, and the sixth elder brother is also very good at teaching. I can't complain. The empress loves the sixth elder brother so much, and the sixth elder brother is loved by the concubine Yue, and has the empress' protection. It is really a blessing. Now the third elder brother is useless, the fifth elder brother is not favored, the seventh elder brother only hangs around in front of the queen mother, and the ninth elder brother I'm not sensible, we had the fourth elder brother in the previous dynasty, and the emperor has the sixth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the twelfth elder brother Cheng Huan, I don't know whose turn it will be for the crown prince?"

Rong Pei said so, but her eyes were fixed on Ruyi.Ruyi sniffed a sprig of golden osmanthus, and said, "Yongxuan is a legitimate son, but he is too young. Even if the emperor wants to make him the crown prince, he has to wait until he is older. Although Yongjin is famous The score is a bit worse, but the fault is nothing more than being the eldest son. He already has supporters in the court, so there is nothing wrong with the emperor setting him up. Yongqi has her own ambitions, but I know that with Hailan around, I will never let him Competing with Yongjin and the others. And Yonglong..." She suddenly sighed in a low voice, looking at the young boy, her voice was almost inaudible: "... Among the three brothers, only Yonglong is the most like him gone."

Destiny is so wonderful sometimes.For example, no one can explain why Yonglong looks so like Zhou Xuanling.The emperor and the queen mother could only tell Ruyi that Yonglong had the legacy of the late emperor, but they had never seen it with their own eyes, and Ruyi could not know whether the appearance of the late emperor was exactly the same as Xuan Ling.

This is the continuation of the blood of Aixinjueluo's family, and it is also her sustenance to the other world.

Not long after Jing Yan's marriage was settled, the civil strife in Junggar finally stabilized.The emperor decreed that in the name of the civil strife in Junggar, he ordered two groups of soldiers to take Ili and conquer Amur Sana.Because Che Ling was familiar with the situation in Junggar and had insight into military affairs, he was appointed as the Minister of Counselor, commanded the battle, and recruited [-] soldiers from Duerbert's department to participate in the battle.

The next day, the emperor named the fifth elder brother Yongxuan as Dingbaile because he was already an adult, and he lived outside the palace in Baylor's mansion, and named Fei Mo, the daughter of a Luanyi envoy, as the heir Fujin.The upper edict stipulates that Baylor is not allowed to enter the palace for nothing except to ask for peace for the concubine Wan, which is like being left out of the palace.And the ninth elder brother Yongxuan, who was born to his same mother and was raised under Hailan's knee, also became the heir of Shenjun Wang Yunxi a few days later.

This decree came suddenly, without any warning in advance.Although the concubines in the harem knew that the two elder brothers were not allowed to have the Sacred Heart because of their biological mother, the Jin family, they did not expect the emperor to suddenly think of this matter.Only Ruyi knew that before the imperial decree was issued, He Jing had entered the palace to greet the emperor.

Ruyi didn't know what He Jing said specifically.But she understood that what He Jing did was not a real transaction, but a little sincerity before the formal transaction.After all, the emperor didn't have such a decree, so Yongxuan and Yongxuan were nothing to worry about.If it wasn't for the sake of concubine Wan's appearance, I'm afraid the emperor might not even be willing to give the position of Baylor, and Fei Mo's daughter is only a daughter of a small surname, so it would be difficult for Yongxuan to achieve something in the court because of the title.