Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

On this day of mourning before the funeral, Gao Xiyue knelt beside Qingying with a natural look—if it wasn't for this belly, she would have knelt in front of her.Mrs. Fucha didn't say a word, but treated Mrs. Gao more politely than usual.The people in the palace were the best at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, so they changed their astonishment yesterday and treated Gao Xiyue more respectfully.

After three quarters of the hour, the concubines entered the palace one by one, and lined up with the new emperor's concubines on the left and right sides, mourning.Although there are many people in the hall, but at a glance, they are all dressed in plain silverware, with a white frosty look of sadness.Qing Ying has experienced these things too many times in her previous life, from the Empress Dowager, Xuan Ling, to Xuan Qing, and even some poor-fated children and grandchildren, so she is not unfamiliar with them.

But half an hour later, the Queen Mother also came over to support Aunt Fu's hand.Because of mourning for several days, the Queen Mother's expression is not very good.She was originally the noble concubine Xi of the late emperor, she has always been deeply loved and pampered, she is also very devoted to caring for her, she looks like thirty people.Now, because of the sad state of mind, and the grief of the late emperor's death, I haven't had any water or rice for several days, and my whole person suddenly withered a lot.It seems that when the beauty is in full bloom, the flowers and leaves are all alone.

Even though she was already mentally prepared, Qingying still needed to restrain herself when she saw the same face as herself in her previous life, so as not to make a sound of surprise.Although the makeup is different and the clothes are different, that face and that person are clearly Zhen Huan - Niu Colu Zhen Huan who has never entered her own soul and is in love with Prince Guo Yunli.

When Fucha Langya saw the Empress Dowager entering the palace, he hurriedly led the crowd to salute.The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, "That's enough. It's time to be filial to the late emperor, so there is no need for so many rules."

Lang Ye hurriedly answered "Yes" and got up to support the Queen Mother.Qingying also came back to her senses and took a step to support the Empress Dowager, but Xiyue bumped her elbow, stepped forward to support the Empress Dowager's other hand, and said softly: "The Empress Dowager has been tired for days. It's too late to hurt your body, you should also pay attention to the body of the phoenix."

Qing Ying staggered two steps backwards, just holding on to the heart so as not to fall.Seeing her like this, the queen mother couldn't help raising her eyebrows when she thought of the emperor's heir and asked, "What's the matter? Be careful when you're pregnant with the emperor's heir."

"If you go back to the Empress Dowager, it doesn't matter if you are a concubine." Qingying collected herself and rubbed her elbows subconsciously, "Sister Gao wants to be filial to the Empress Dowager, so it is inevitable that she is a little urgent, and the concubine is also blocking her way."

Showing this to others, the Empress Dowager could not ignore it, and gave her a lazy look, "You just need to take good care of your body and give birth to a loving elder brother for the emperor, and you don't have to worry about other things." Although the words were extremely unfamiliar Yes, in the end Gao Xiyue's hand was also left behind.

Qingying unconsciously smiled and nodded.When she came to this world, the period when her third elder brother Hongshi refused to marry had already passed, and all she had done was prepare for marriage in the mansion.Later, she married into the palace, and occasionally met in the palace. The queen mother she saw was always a favored concubine, always with delicate makeup, not the slightest bit of relaxation.Looking at it carefully now, after all, the years are merciless, accompanied by the sadness of Prince Guo's passing away, creeping over her skin silently, leaving thin traces on the corners of her eyebrows and eyes.The empress dowager's face was haggard and gloomy with thin makeup, as if the best silk satin, after a long time, was also stained with light yellow traces of the years, no longer smooth and smooth.And Qingying knew that the Queen Mother at this moment was only in her 30s.

After the death of the first emperor, the Empress Dowager's attire became much lighter.Underneath the mourning white gown was a silver-backed satin dress embroidered with white bamboo leaves, the lightest and most mournful color, and the cuffs were covered with delicate and dense black and dark blue silk threads twisted with silver threads and embroidered bergamot flowers, scattered The brilliance of the jade tin on the crescent-shaped bun makes the white hair that can't be hidden in the blue silk look like dazzling fluffy grass, piercing people's eyes.

Qing Ying felt pity in her heart, she understood that such white hair was not born for the late emperor, she knelt before the coffin with the empress dowager and Lang Ye, weeping sadly like everyone else.

Although the days of weeping for the spirit were tiring, if I really thought that I was a candlestick tree in front of the spirit, or was tied into the plain white curtain by the golden thread, the time passed much faster.Qing Ying recalled all kinds of past and present lives in her heart, and it was time for lunch.

Because it wasn't long before Su Luyun gave birth to her third elder brother, the queen mother specially allowed her to go back and take care of her.Su Luyun was very grateful and went immediately.The rest of the ranks were low, so Lang Ye, Gao Xiyue, and Qing Ying went to the side hall to serve the Empress Dowager for lunch.

The Empress Dowager's lunch was supposed to be used in the Shoukang Palace.According to the rules of this dynasty, the new emperor cannot live in the east and west palaces with the former emperor's concubines.So the first emperor passed away, and hastily moved all the remaining concubines from the six palaces to Shoukang Palace for placement.The Empress Dowager also temporarily lived in the main hall of Shoukang Palace, and did not move to the Compassion Palace where the Empress Dowager should live alone.And this day was the last day of mourning for the late emperor, the Empress Dowager did not want to work in chariots, and preferred to spend more time mourning for the late emperor, so she ordered the imperial dining room to move the lunch to the side hall.

Lang Ye originally planned to take advantage of lunch to visit the second elder brother, but the queen mother is here, and in the spirit of filial piety, she also serves her wholeheartedly, which is not bad at all.All of a sudden, the meal was served, Lang Ye added the rice, Gao Xiyue served the dishes, and Qingying scooped up the soup. Although there were many people serving, there was not even a trace of coughing, and it was as quiet as if no one was there.

The Empress Dowager saw Lang Yan serving by her side, and unconsciously asked: "Second elder brother is still young, why don't you go back to the palace to take care of Fu, but stay here to serve Ai's family?"

Lang Ye smiled, the most gentle and comfortable, "The Empress Dowager doesn't know, in order to take good care of the affairs of the harem, the concubine has sent the second elder brother to the elder brother to be taken care of by the nanny according to the ancestor's rules. "

The Empress Dowager was slightly startled, as if by accident, "What? Don't you take care of him for two days first, and you're not afraid that he won't get used to Elder Brother's house?"

Lang Ye's eyes were calm, as if she could accept it calmly, "The family law of this dynasty is that once a princess is born, if there is a will, the lower-ranking concubines will be raised by the high-ranking concubines; if there is no will, all will be handed over to the elder brother The nuns of the elder brother's office will take care of them so that the mother and child will not be too affectionate, and they will not be able to serve the emperor with peace of mind, and they will miss the opportunity to give birth to the emperor. The concubine dare not set an example, so the second elder brother and the eldest elder brother are sent .”

The queen mother concentrated for a moment, then said slowly: "That's hard for you. In this case, it is not appropriate for the third elder brother of the Su family to stay by his side to be educated. Fu Jia, please go down and order Ge Gesu family to remove the third elder brother as soon as possible. Elder brother, let her concentrate on serving the emperor."

Aunt Fu agreed, ordered to go on, and then turned back to serve the Queen Mother.

The rule of the Empress Dowager is to drink a bowl of soup first.Qingying remembered the twists and turns in the novel, so she chose a fresh mushroom tofu soup, the soup was milky white, light and moderate,

Then he scooped a spoonful of it into the bowl with the silver spoon of Ruyi head, and put the sliced ​​fresh mushrooms in front of the Queen Mother to put it down.

The queen mother looked at the soup but didn't drink it. Instead, she looked at a bowl of ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup and asked: "When it comes to soup, there is nothing more delicious than the best Jinhua ham with bamboo shoots. Why did you choose this one?" ?”

Aunt Fu who served the Empress Dowager was an old nanny for many years. She laughed and said, "The Empress Dowager always likes ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup the most. Whenever there is this soup, she must drink it."

Qingying bowed respectfully and followed suit, "Back to the queen mother, the fresh ham and bamboo shoot soup is fresh, and the bamboo shoots are also tender. It's just that the umami taste is at the top. Seeing that the queen mother has been mourning for the late emperor for several days, the concubine has tea and rice. Tasteless, now that the umami tastes through my mouth, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it later, so I chose this dish. This is just my humble opinion, only worrying about the Queen Mother's current body, and not taking into account the Queen Mother's usual appetite, it is really a concubine fault."

Seeing Qingying like this, Xiyue couldn't help but sneer and just watched from the sidelines.Lang Ye also wanted to say something, but saw the Empress Dowager bowed her head and took a sip, nodding her head slightly: "Although it is lighter, it is easy to say. Now that the late emperor has left, it is not suitable for the Ai family to use meaty food, but this is nothing."

After half a bowl of soup had bottomed out, it was time for dinner. Seeing this, Lang Ye quickly scooped up a bowl of extremely thick porridge, scooped it with a silver spoon and blew it gently, and handed it to the Empress Dowager, "This porridge can only Fresh vegetables are used to enhance the taste, light and delicious, the Empress Dowager is for the sake of the late emperor, let's have a bowl of porridge."

The queen mother raised her eyes and glanced, then closed her eyes lazily, and said with disgust: "The Ai family has no appetite."

Aunt Fu frowned slightly, and said softly: "Mistress, the Empress Dowager has not had a good appetite these few days, at most she can add some thinly boiled porridge, the Empress Dowager really has no appetite for such thick porridge."

Lang Ye was not discouraged, and said with a smile: "This kind of porridge rice is newly imported from Yutian. It melts in the mouth. The emperor is sad about the death of the late emperor these days, and he is busy with the affairs of the previous court, so he has no appetite. The minister ordered the imperial dining room to make such porridge, and the emperor can eat a few mouthfuls."

The queen mother nodded, "You are the emperor's first wife, you should care more about the emperor and save him from trouble." She paused, "Forget it, the emperor is working hard to add meals, no matter how sad the family is, you have to pay It's one o'clock. Just try it."

Lang Ye couldn't help but feel relieved when she saw that the Queen Mother had eaten two mouthfuls and still felt upset.Gao Xiyue served the dishes attentively and picked some light side dishes as much as possible, but watched the queen mother drink up half the bowl of porridge.

Lang Ye showed a few smiles just now, and said softly: "Sister Qing Ying's soup is light, but there are still a few hours of funerals after that, the Empress Dowager can't eat such bland soup."

This is a bright challenge.Qing Ying's eyebrows changed, and she continued as usual: "That's why the Empress Dowager should taste more of the porridge from the master and empress, and it can be regarded as fulfilling the hearts of the concubines."

The queen mother thought about it for a moment, nodded and smiled: "You guys have a heart. I just drink it at home. There is a faint ginger taste in this porridge. Eating it will warm the stomach and make you feel a little better."

Lang Ye was unexpected, she really didn't know, she hurriedly glanced at the eunuch of the imperial dining room who was waiting behind her, and asked, "What's the reason?"

The eunuch slapped Qianer, bowed and replied: "Your Majesty's order is to use the new rice from Yutian to make porridge, but the emperor had a cold stomach from the night before. Little Master Qingying knew it, and specially ordered the servants to add a little rice. The young ginger in the porridge can warm the stomach and warm the air. The emperor has always found it good after using it, so the porridge for the Empress Dowager today is also prepared in the same way."

The Empress Dowager sighed softly, "My son! This is where you put your heart and soul into it." She glanced at Qingying, her gaze fell on her stomach, "It's almost four months now, how can you feel comfortable doing funerals for days? Don't be bored if you feel unwell, just tell the Ai family that the late emperor will not blame the emperor's successor."

"Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern, I'm fine." Qingying stood with her head down, and said in a gentle voice, "At the funeral, not only is the concubine dedicated to filial piety, but also the emperor's heir is dedicated to the late emperor, how dare the concubine be negligent."

The Empress Dowager supported the silver silk pearl phoenix hairpin on her temples, looked at her for a moment, seemed to have some ulterior motives, and said after a long time: "Since you have said so, the Ai family can't force you. It's only been a few days, let Do your best, the doctor."

Maybe it was because she was pregnant now, or maybe what she did was in line with the Queen Mother's wishes, this lunch that was supposed to beat her ended up in a weird way.When it was late, Qingying went back to her own palace to rest, feeling exhausted, she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand to drink tea.

Yizheng came over with the anti-fetal medicine to let it cool down, and gave orders, and immediately a little maid came up, beat her shoulders, and squeezed her back.Ying Xin prepared hot water for Qing Ying to scald her hands, then found a bottle of rose dew from the silver-locked drawer of Huang Huali and poured it into the water.

"Everyone else go down. Xinxin, go and get some candied fruit, and look at the nourishing soup on the stove." Qing Ying only felt upset when she saw the figures, this meant that she wanted to talk to Yizheng alone up.Sang Xin knew the severity, and complied.

"Today is the last day of mourning. Tomorrow is the day when the emperor officially ascends the throne, so it's time for the young master to dress up in festive colors." Yizheng gently stirred the bitter concoction in the bowl, and said with a smile, "servant I heard that the reign title of the emperor was set to be Qianlong, it is really a prosperous and prosperous year with a new look. The servants and servants are also happy, and they are waiting for the day when the emperor can confer the title of the young master."

"You only said things that made me happy today." Qing Ying silently took the decoction and drank half a bowl in one go, the bitter concoction exploded in her mouth in an instant, and even her eyebrows twitched into a ball.

Yizheng hurriedly poured a glass of water for her to moisten her throat, and then said with a smile: "Yue Fujin's family just raised the flag a few days ago, and there was no good news. The servant girl naturally wanted to say something light-hearted to make the young master feel at ease."

Qingying shook the remaining half bowl of medicine, and said with concentration: "You are smarter than Ah Ruo because you always say the most suitable words to me at the most suitable time." Looking at the exquisite pattern on the wall of the bowl, "In the past few days, you pay attention to what the servants of the palaces are saying about me?"

Yizheng smiled lightly, and said truthfully: "At first they all said that the young master is pregnant, so she must be the best candidate for the imperial concubine, but the news of Gao's family raising the flag today came, but they were a little hesitant. It is possible to become a noble concubine."

Qingying shook her head without saying a word, and drank the rest of the medicine, then held the teacup and raised her head to slowly relieve the bitterness.She looked at Yizheng, and said with restraint: "There are still people who dare to say such right and wrong. There are quite a few people who are not afraid of death. It is all the emperor's will to confer and demote whom the emperor wants to confer. See how many lives you have?"

"It's just that everyone follows their own master. In the palace now, the master's wife is naturally the best choice for the queen. The rest, Su Gege, just gave birth to the third elder brother, but this background is really low, at most a concubine will be rewarded." The remaining Jin Gege, Hai Gege, Chen Gege, and Huang Xiaozhu have no children, and most of them are below the nobles." Yizheng counted on his fingers for Qing Ying, "So, the highest status in this palace is The young master and Yue Fujin are here. Tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony, probably the emperor is also worried about these things."

Qingying slightly raised her eyebrows, and said in a calm manner: "So far, Yizheng, you should remember that the emperor's will will never be heard by anyone. I know that people here are disturbed recently, and A Ruo is there to mediate Three litters and four. Now in the palace, it is better to let them be self-willed, talking nonsense, and talking nonsense than in the hidden mansion. You pay attention to me, and if you hear a word that dares to talk about the master behind your back, you should immediately send it to the Department of Punishment Death, no mercy."

Although her words meant nothing, Yizheng knew that she was also among these people when she heard it, and quickly responded, "I understand."

Qingying raised her face, Yizheng understood, immediately opened the door, went down and backed out with the medicine bowl in hand.For a while, Xin Xin came back with candied fruit and health nourishing soup, seeing that there was no one in the hall, he waited for Qingying to remove her make-up and freshen up.Qing Ying let her play with her, she just sat in front of the dressing table, looking at herself in the mirror.The face in the mirror is still not very pleasing to the eye, she is only 17 years old, but it is far from the beautiful face in her previous life.

The reason why she is not sure where her position is at the moment is also because the real master of this body comes from the mother clan of the former emperor and empress. The hatred of Empress Ren Gong for many years.After all, this queen mother is not the one from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Qing Ying doesn't know if she will fear herself from the bottom of her heart.

Whether it is based on the development of the TV series or the hints of the novel, Ulanara Qingying's life should not be too stable.Along the way, all she has is the emperor's favor or love for such illusory things.The emperor has no other loved ones, which is extremely lucky for Qingying.

She was always alone in the mirror, which she was used to in her previous life.In the 50 years in Yining Palace, she has been here like this, and she doesn't feel too pitiful.Loneliness is all self-inflicted. She has sons and daughters, countless grandchildren that she can't count, and a supportive eyebrow. Occasionally, she misses the man who died in her hands. Thinking of these, these days It just passed like water.

For the death of the first emperor, although everything in the palace was simple and plain, they were allowed to temporarily live in the side hall, but the palace was still a palace, magnificent and magnificent, with piles of gold and jade.Qing Ying stretched out her hand in a daze, and clenched it into an empty circle, suddenly realizing that she couldn't grasp anything.There are some things that she has lost since her previous life.

While she was in a panic, there was a sudden noise outside, it seemed that someone was making noise, which shocked her lonely introspection.Qingying didn't think about it for a while, and before she could ask, the Yizheng who was guarding outside had already pushed the door in, and said in a deep voice: "Little master, Su Gege came to us with tears all over his face, he must make a fuss See you, my lord..."

This kind of reaction must be because the Fucha family sent someone to send the third elder brother to the elder brother's office.The empress said in the foreword to the Queen Mother that her own second elder brother Yong Lian had already been raised by her elder brother, so there was no reason for the third elder brother who was born of a small princess to stay with his biological mother to raise him.Yizheng hadn't finished speaking, but Su Luyun had already run in.She thought she was going to rest, she was only wearing a homely jade-colored chiffon gown and skirt, and a light water green and silver-patterned heavy lotus veil over her head, her temples were disheveled.In such a cold and dewy autumn night, she actually ran so that her face was covered in sweat, mixed with tears, and she completely lost the demure and cowardice of the past.

Qingying's face was slightly cold, she raised her face and scolded: "Xinxin went to find a coat to put on for Su Xiaozhu, move the zither and close the door, and no one is allowed to talk nonsense!"

Su Luyun's face completely lost all color, she was as pale as porcelain, it seemed that she only had the strength to cry, and tears poured down like springs.Such a reaction may be a normal reaction of a mother, but in Qing Ying's view, the pressure should be tight.The moment the door was closed, Su Luyun finally knelt down in a "plop" and fell in front of Qing Ying, crying loudly, "Sister, sister, please help me! The master sent someone to take away Yongzhang! My Yongzhang Zhang, my third elder brother! He was only a few months old, and the master sent someone to take him away!"

Qing Ying patiently listened to her complaining about Ai Ai during this period, but just looked at her quietly and did not help her.Su Luyun cried until her hair fell loose, and the sweat and tears mixed on Yubai's cheeks, as if swept by a cross wind, she never thought that Qingying would not respond at all, so she gritted her teeth and kowtowed on the ground, Weeping: "Sister, I beg you, help me to beg the master and empress, let her return Yongzhang to me, return it to me!"

Qingying glanced at her indifferently, but there was still no response, so Su Luyun could only continue to cry and beg: "Sister, I am soft-spoken, and the master and empress will not talk to me! But you are different, you are a noble born side Fujin, who used to hide When I was in the mansion, the mistress was only willing to listen to you a few words, please help me beg her, okay!"

Before, how long ago.Mrs. Fucha is willing to listen to her, it must be the funniest joke she has heard recently.

But no matter how pitifully she spoke, Qing Ying still looked down at her calmly, Su Luyun carefully looked at Qing Ying's face, gradually stopped crying, but couldn't stop weeping.

"Have you cried enough? When you've had enough, get up and have a rest." Qing Ying winked, and Xing Xin half helped her and half tugged her to get up and sit down.Yizheng pushed in through the door holding hot tea and placed it in front of Su Luyun.

"Let me guess, you are crying today, I'm afraid it's because you really don't know the rules in the palace." Qingying looked at the panic that suddenly rose on Su Luyun's face, and smiled lightly, "You should I understand that even the master and concubine cannot easily take Yongzhang away for no reason. You have stayed in the mansion longer than me, and it is impossible for you not to know the rules of your ancestors. Today you come to my place to cry, one is the deep love between mother and child, two Otherwise, it’s because I can’t bear it, and if I can ask for the grace of the lord and empress for you, it’s the best if I can ask for it, but if I can’t ask for it, it’s because I don’t understand the rules.”

Su Luyun was stunned immediately, her shoulders were trembling, it was such an embarrassing feeling to be told the truth. "Concubine... I... I... Even if it is the ancestor's rules, but Yongzhang is still so young..."

"Small? Then look at my child." Qingying rubbed her belly lightly, like the breeze and bright moon, "Yongzhang is still young, but he has stayed with you for more than three months. But my child will be in the palace. From the moment he left his mother's womb, he was about to be carried away, and at most I was only allowed to see him." She breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "Master and empress took her own second elder brother It’s not like you don’t know about the matter of being sent to elder brother’s office. Even the elder brother who was born in the first place is no exception, let alone you and me. Instead of crying and crying with me, you should accept the reality calmly and fight for Yongzhang’s name. When you reach the concubine position or imperial concubine, you may be able to ask the emperor's grace to be the master of Yongzhang's marriage."

Su Luyun's body swayed and almost fainted, Qingying hurriedly supported her, and pinched her fiercely.She originally had inch-long nails, but after pinching off, Luyun woke up a lot, and she shed tears in a daze.Xin Xin quickly fed Lu Yun a sip of hot tea, "Don't be like this, my little master, you are really going to scare our little master!"

Qing Ying let go of him, and looked at the bloodshot nails on her own, "I have nothing to be afraid of, Xin Xin, you just let her cry. It's also good to let her know that the day when the harem will cry There are too many, now I just go there. She came all the way to me in a crazy way today, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes looked at her, and passed it out one by one. What happened? She doesn’t want to be decent, Sana Brother also wants it." She raised her face, motioned for Xin Xin to take the jade comb on her dressing table, combed Su Luyun's hair bit by bit, and put it up in a bun, "It's different when you enter the palace. Yu is in the mansion. No matter how distressed you are, don’t you care about Yongzhang’s future? Yongzhang is raised in elder brother’s house, and eight nuns take good care of them. I came to meet with you for an hour, because I was afraid that the mother and child would become too close, and the relatives would interfere in politics in the future. It is useless to ask anyone for this matter, you can only bear it yourself, and the face of the sky is no greater than the law of the ancestors."

As a human being for three generations, what Qing Ying has learned the most is to recognize the reality and not do meaningless things.In the first life, she didn't understand like Su Luyun, and she ended up miserable; in the second life, she understood too well, and she got her wish but was lonely for half her life; Will the ending be different.

Su Luyun's tears fell on the lapel of her clothes, and disappeared in an instant.Her eyes were full of tears, weeping and sad, "Then, in the future, I can only do this. As long as I have a child, this child will have to leave me, right?"

"Don't you think it's something bad?" Qing Ying took a blue and emerald silver bead flower and put it on her temples, which perfectly reflected her usual softness and gentleness.Ji Xinzao twisted a handful of hot handkerchiefs and came over to even out the make-up for Luyun's face again. "You have to understand that your children are taken away one by one, which means that you can give birth to children one by one-in this harem, children are your eternal support, and only these children can make you rise to the top. Find a stable seat. Although there are many women in the harem who are favored and have family backgrounds, they can't even have a child of their own. Do you understand how lucky you are?"

Su Luyun sat in a daze, putting on makeup for her carelessly, barely concealing her eyes that were swollen and red from crying, and said tearfully, "Sister, what should I do?"

"Refrain from haste and bear with patience." Qing Ying pondered, "You know what to do, why do you need to ask me? You don't need to show me some superficial articles, you have to let the people who need to read them the most right now. I am grateful to Dade for this matter. As for whether she believes it or not, it doesn't matter."

Su Luyun held back her tears, nodded, and walked out.In the courtyard, the moonlight was dim, and the tree shadows were cast on the blue brick floor thin and messy. There were waves of touching sounds from the branches in the silence. The sound was thin and dense, as if countless tiny insects were gnawing on something, burrowing into the eardrums. It is also a heart-rending pain.Qing Ying looked at Su Luyun's shadow dragging on the ground, it was as thin as when she followed the nuns to watch a novel shadow puppet show when she was a child, the paper people on it were dancing happily with their hands and feet hanging, no one knew, every move, there was no involuntary Just people.