The emperor's gentle palm had unspeakable strength, pressing down on her chaotic and ethereal thoughts.He whispered in her ear: "Ruyi, don't get angry, don't fall into the trap of others, calmness is the first thing." Such warm and calm words made her heart throb, and she couldn't help feeling a little dependent. This kind of dependence grew the most in the days when she first came out of the cold palace to be favored.She has always been haunted by nightmares, those years of suffering in the cold palace, the inner shock, and the pain in the body are all as tightly entangled as a python.Even after taking the tranquilizing decoction, she would still wake up intermittently in the long dark night.

As if aware of her uneasiness, the emperor spent more time with her.Many times, she wakes up in a nightmare, looking at the rich and gorgeous auspicious patterns carved on the top of the bed under the faint light of the candle, those exquisitely carved blue phoenixes, lotus flowers, wisterias, bergamots, peaches, peonies, etc. , There is a kind of daze that I don't know what day and night.Then, she heard his long breathing.His arms have always tightly embraced her slightly sweaty body, conveying his own warmth.His arms were strong and strong, wrapping her tightly around her, even in his deep sleep.She fell into a drowsy sleep, and then woke up in a throbbing state, always wrapped in his arms, close to her body.

At that moment, her eyes blurred with tears.Even for a moment, she would believe that he would definitely, definitely be with her, waiting for the dawn of the earth together. In fact, why does she need to calculate everything, if there is someone to rely on, it would be great if he decides everything.Just like the case of A Ruo, no matter how embarrassing it was inside, in the eyes of outsiders, A Ruo was still the concubine of Sochuolun's family. Rong Yan. The emperor did everything well.But she had to rely on herself.The snakes in the cold palace can be killed, and the fire can be extinguished, but how can those people who are hiding in the dark and spying on themselves and Hailan not be afraid of the poison that is about to move around?If I don't cherish this life, who else will protect it comprehensively?

Ruyi let her thoughts wander in silence, and the emperor said softly, "I know that Hailan has suffered so much in order to give birth to Yongqi for me. You and Sister Hailan have a deep relationship, and her child and your child It's no different. I understand your hard work, and I feel sorry for this child Yongqi, so everyone in the Six Palaces will be rewarded by me because of Yongqi's birth. Yanxi Palace has to add three times more." Ruyi's eyes were slightly happy: "The emperor loves Yongqi, so it is naturally the blessing of Hai Lan and the concubine. It's just that the concubine is afraid that the reward will be too generous, which will cause gossip instead. After all, when the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother were born, they were never like this A big reward."

The emperor's eyes were crooked with a smile, and his breath gently brushed against her ear: "Hailan almost lost his life because of this child. No matter how much I reward you, it's nothing. The empress has always been frugal and set an example. All the royalties in the palace are halved, and even the gold and silver objects are not well made. The imperial concubine follows the empress's appearance, let alone the rest. But you, these days have been worrying about hard work, I have been I want to reward you with something. After much deliberation, I made something for you. From the time I had the idea to ordering someone to do it, everything in between was handled by me myself. It was so easy to get it. I was going to give it to you , and ended up meeting Hai Lansheng Yongqi, so it was delayed. I'll ask someone to bring it to you when I'm free."

Ruyi hung on Hailan, who was still awake, terrified. She couldn't care about what the emperor wanted to give for a moment, so she smiled and said: "The empress presides over the six palaces, and always puts frugality as the top priority. The emperor is for this thing." I have spent a lot of time and effort, and my concubines are grateful, so I dare not waste too much." The emperor's eyebrows were gentle: "With the queen here, you can spend nothing. Only the concubine Jia loves beauty, and she dresses up more delicately and gorgeously. Besides, concubine Jia is the first to give birth to a prince after I ascended the throne, and she is also the daughter of the Korean clan. Female, the identities are very different. So I thought, this time, the proportion of rewards given to the concubines of the sixth palace should be doubled for the concubines."

After chatting like this for half a day, the emperor was a little tired, so he went back to the palace to rest.The night was cold and quiet, and Yong Qi also fell asleep after being fed by the nursing mother. The strong smell of blood in the air gradually became thinner, adding a bit of newborn frankincense instead.Ruyi stood by Hailan's side, wiping her face and arms carefully with a hot handkerchief dipped in ginger water.Hailan's sleepy face after being overtired was extremely haggard, with an unhealthy gray-blue color.She was as sad as if she had swallowed a handful of sour plums.This difficult childbirth almost cost Hailan's life. How could it be worthwhile just to drive a few imperial physicians out of the palace?Ruyi thought for a while, and then called Three Treasures: "Pay careful attention these few days, and see who the imperial physicians who delivered Concubine Yu's baby tonight had contact with in private."

Sanbao knew the seriousness and immediately agreed to go.Ye Xin came up and lighted benzoin, and persuaded: "Concubine Xian, the mistress's wound has been sewn up, and the mistress has fallen asleep, do you want to go back to the palace to rest?" How can I rest?During the long and difficult years in the cold palace, Hailan was always awake and watching over her; now, it's her turn to watch over and protect Hailan.Ruyi pondered for a moment, but still smiled: "Ye Xin, you've been busy all night, and you're tired too. I asked Yong Xin to boil pain-relieving soup, and I'll drink it for Concubine Yu when she wakes up."

Ye Xin agreed to go down.Ruyi looked at the gradually brightening sky in the east, feeling depressed but a little heavier in her heart. The emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation after his morning court. He was happy with the new prince, and worried about Hailan last night, so he was inevitably a little tired.He was about to catch up on sleep when he entered the Nuan Pavilion, but he saw the empress waiting to come up with a steaming bowl of purple ginseng and pigeon soup with a smile.The emperor was also happy to see her so considerate, so he let Li Yu wait on him except for the hat, and asked, "The empress has come so early?"

The queen wore a dark red silk satin gown embroidered with a playful pattern of a hundred sons, with a monochrome inlaid dark red round beads, agate, broken jade, and gold silk tinsel, and a pink and white fluorescent double-happiness coral pearl tassel slanted down, making her look even more joyful. .She blessed her upright, and said with a smile all over her face: "Congratulations to the emperor on the new prince." The emperor rejoiced when he heard the words: "The queen also got the good news?" The queen hurriedly bowed her body and said: "Last night, I was supposed to go to Yanxi Palace to watch Concubine Yu give birth. I hate that the slaves are too lazy to wake up Concubine Yu when they see Concubine falling asleep. Concubine Yu woke up early in the morning and heard that Concubine Yu's mother and child are safe. Really happy, thinking that the emperor must have been so happy that he didn't sleep well all night, so I specially asked the small kitchen to cook a pot of purple ginseng pigeon soup early to refresh the emperor."

The queen raised her face, and Su Xin immediately took the soup cup and offered it: "The empress ordered people to prepare it as soon as she woke up, and wait for the emperor to come to drink. The empress is so kind, the emperor will have a taste." The emperor lifted the lid of the celadon cup and took a sniff. He couldn't help smiling at the queen, and said approvingly, "Thank you for your hard work, queen." The cold winter has not yet faded, and there are dozens of pots of narcissus placed under the window. It is the most precious "Luoshui Xiangfei", which is selected from Zhangzhou's famous species and carefully cultivated by the greenhouse. It has a particularly delicate posture and bright yellow core Desperate to drip, the flower color is white and pure, the color is like bright jade, and the icy muscles are petite, like a shuttle holding jade, coming out from the green jade green leaves.At this moment, the narcissus was steamed by the red basket heating in the palace, and the aroma was as strong as wine, filling the whole room, and even the original smell of the soup was covered up, as if his own heart for the emperor was always so easily covered up. Thinking of this festival, the queen felt sad, but refused to lose her dignity, so she forced a smile and said: "The narcissus blooms really well. In the past few years, the flower house has been offering these concubines of Luoshui Xiang. It’s so beautiful, it’s the best in the palace now.” The emperor smiled indifferently, quite complacently, and raised his poise like the morning glow: "Among the hundred flowers, I have always liked the narcissus, and I like its lingering appearance, just like the Luoshui fairy. If it is not cultivated properly, it will damage the concubine Xiang. attitude." The queen said: "It is said that Narcissus is the incarnation of Shun's wife, Ehuang, and Nvying. When Shun died on a tour in the south, Ehuang and Nvying both died in Xiangjiang. The soul turned into a riverside narcissus, which is why it got this name. The concubines and the emperor like this flower, because they love it for their loyalty to their husbands." The emperor looked at the empress thoughtfully, and said in harmony: "I understand the empress's heart." He turned his head to look at the Lingshui flowers, and said softly, "Looking at the flowers in the water, since I love the loyalty of narcissus, I also deeply feel that Ehuang and Nvying are equally obedient to their husbands, if they don't regard their husbands as their heavens and their kings as their heavens, how can they be so inseparable from life to death, and follow them wholeheartedly." His long and slender fingers lovingly slid across the luster The petals of the petals are like thin snow condensed on his fingertips, "and the narcissus blooms in winter, and it is especially rare to be beautiful in the cold." The queen sat upright, only feeling the warm warmth and the thick fragrance rushing to her face, she was almost intoxicated and lost all defenses.If he could really be so intoxicated, it would be a beautiful thing.Since the day she became his first wife, she has been responsible for the honor of the entire Fucha family, her children and her own future, and she has never let up for a day.Even the time when the husband and wife face each other alone is a faintly tense string.How could she not know that women in the palace love flowers and plants so much, only that person, that woman whom she has always feared, loves this Ling Han flower just like the person in front of her.Could this be considered an indescribable similarity between her and him? This kind of thought was only for a moment, and it already aroused the fragmented and messy sourness in my heart.The taste was pungent and bitter, so sour that it almost choked her heart and lungs, forcing her to clenched her fists, took a deep, deep breath, and reminded herself: jealousy is not what a queen should show.Until death, this kind of emotion can only be buried in the heart, even if it bites to the bone, it must also maintain the external grace and decency. Suddenly, her eyebrows were gentle: "It's good to be loved by the emperor. The concubine heard that there are a lot of green plums in Jiangnan this winter. Concubine Xian has always loved green plums that bloom alone in Ling Han. I think she understands the emperor's love for flowers." " Seeing that the emperor did not answer, she just drank the soup she brought with relish, her heart warmed slightly, and she said softly, "The emperor not only has to work hard for state affairs, but also for family affairs. I don't ask for anything else, but I just hope that everything goes well with the emperor, and that nothing worries you." The emperor was a little moved, but his mouth gradually faded: "The empress said this, because she thinks that there will be something unsatisfactory for me?" The morning sun outside the hall is golden, like golden sea waves, coming in waves, smashing and confusing, extremely magnificent.The queen's dignified face gradually fell silent under the bright morning light: "This morning, my concubine heard that when Concubine Shen's coffin was incinerated, blue fireworks suddenly went off, which caused panic among the palace people who were waiting for the funeral. I can't stop. The concubine also heard that although Concubine Yu gave birth to the prince last night, but the labor was difficult for a long time, and her body was greatly injured, so she couldn't help worrying whether it was caused by the ominous last night, which hurt the blessing of the palace." The emperor stopped the soup cup in his hand, and said with concentration: "The empress is the head of the six palaces, so you may as well speak up if you have anything to say." The queen's tone was calm and gentle, and she said in contemplation: "I heard that although Concubine Shen committed suicide in the cold palace, the palace people who collected her body said that she was covered in scars and died wearing a red dress and red shoes. There was a lot of resentment. The concubine knows that Concubine Shen used to be Concubine Xian's maid, and there are many things that Concubine Shen is inappropriate about. It doesn't matter whether she is given death or punished, but it is too vicious to use cat punishment in the palace, and to be watched by the palace servants as admonishment. , hurt the vagina." The thin white celadon soup bowl slowly rotated at the emperor's slender fingertips. After watching for a long time, the light blue thin rattan pattern seemed to climb up and grow rapidly, spreading out countless branches and leaves, making people unable to distinguish its shape. direction.The emperor sneered lightly, quite playfully: "The empress thinks that Concubine Yu's birth hurt her vitality greatly, and Concubine Shen's coffin caught fire strangely, all because of Concubine Xian's lynching too harshly?" The queen was leaning on the sand gold treasure blue velvet puta brocade pillow filled with orchid grass and loom. Hearing the words, she hurriedly leaned forward and said: "I dare not speak nonsense, but the hearts of the palace are fluctuating. I have to come and report to the emperor." The smile on the emperor's lips is still lightly fixed, but his eyes are indifferent: "I said that the empress is the head of the six palaces. When I was young, I thought about what the head of the six palaces would look like if it took shape. I have thought about it for a long time, and it should be like the compassionate Avalokitesvara on the lotus platform, with the world in mind and compassion in mind, not to listen to lies, not to lie, not to do evil things, not to lie. Everything is clear in my heart, and I can deal with it skillfully with a wise heart. What does the queen think?" The icicles under the eaves were melted by the warm sun, dripping water droplets, and the iron horses on the eaves were blown by the morning breeze and "ding ding" in the wind and rain. It was like a bell, so noisy that the brains of the people would burst.The queen forced a smile: "The concubine is lying. However, what the emperor said is indeed the appearance of Guanyin, and although the concubine is a queen, she is just a mortal with seven emotions and six desires. The realm that the emperor said, the concubine is ashamed .” The emperor's side face has a clear and meaningful outline, which is coated with a layer of halo by the pale golden sun.His dark eyes shone with a gloomy light like cold stars, making it impossible to read his mood at the moment. "The empress is right, people are people, but you can yearn for the realm you can't reach." He smiled slightly, as if unintentionally provoking other words, "It's like the servants who serve me, Wang Qin once upon a time. He is a foolish person, wantonly spying on my wishes, even betraying the empress's gift of marriage and food, and I have already punished him. Now that he is an example, everyone else has more responsibilities." The emerald-like bright and clean sunlight is filtered through the smoked screen window, and a few wisps of milk-colored smoke slowly float out of the gilt smoked cage in the shape of a passionflower.The queen bowed her head docilely, her fingers carefully arranging the beaded brooch adorning the neckline.It was a pattern of vines and Changchun carved on silverware. The dense silver strands wore purple gemstones to outline the delicate veins of wisteria in spring leaves. It was her favorite style. Dazzling light, one light after another pokes her eyes sorely.After a while, the empress felt that the pain had subsided, and she showed a gentle expression: "The emperor's meaning, the concubine understands. It is the concubine's slip of the tongue. It turned out that the concubine who got up early came to pay her respects and mentioned a few visions in the palace. But Words of strange power and chaotic spirit should not come from the mouths of courtiers and concubines." The emperor nodded slightly: "Not only should such words not come from the mouth of the empress, but the empress should also suppress the rumors, lest lies in the palace will become a common trend, and people's hearts will be confused." The queen respectfully said: "The concubine knows about it. When I go back, I will instruct the people in the Liugong palace and stop them from talking nonsense." The emperor's smile was dark and dark, but his tone was extremely gentle: "Concubine Jia has always been outspoken, but she is straightforward, and she never hides anything from me. So you just listen to what she says, and you don't have to worry about everything." I'm sorry." Seeing the empress's face gradually turning snowy, he smiled more and more, "By the way, there is one more thing I want to instruct the empress. Concubine Yu's birth is a happy event, and the empress is painstaking in taking care of the harem for me. Thinking of having a son Cheng Huan at her knees, the empress can also be more gratified. Therefore, the six palaces share the same reward for half a year." The queen forced a smile, and saw the emperor sitting by the window, such a handsome and elegant man, as majestic as a jade mountain, even though he was glorious, she could only look up at the high mountain, and was never close, and could only let such affection flow silently.It's just that at this moment, his relief and joy are also directed at her, not just for the addition of a prince, but also for the comfort and intimacy of the couple for many years.For some reason, her heart softened a little.Even if she has always cared about Fucha's favor and been with her for many years, she is somewhat in love with her, not to mention bearing children for him.The sound of her son's cries from far away was still in her ears, she suddenly thought of Yong Lian who died young, her heart twitched violently, her limbs throbbed with pain, dripping out scarlet sticky blood beads.She tried her best to keep the smile on her cheeks like a full moon: "Yes. The emperor's concubine is also the concubine's concubine, they are all the same. It's a pity that there is only one princess under the concubine and the emperor. If there are more Yuxue's lovely daughter, that would be even better. Just talking about it, it's all due to the incompetence of the ministers and concubines, who can't keep the emperor and the ministers and concubines' Yong Lian." This sentence "bastard" suddenly aroused the emperor's joyful heart, and a thread of sadness spread to the corners of his slightly drooping lips, he couldn't help but hold the empress's tender wrist, and said earnestly: "Whether it's a daughter or a bastard. Empress, you and I will have a son after all." The queen had a hazy and sour smile: "Your Majesty, there must be many faults in my concubine's serving you for many years. But my concubine's only thing is the emperor. No matter what, my concubine will give birth to a son-in-law to comfort you." The emperor's wish." The emperor shook her hand: "Queen, there is no need to say such a thing." The queen looked at the emperor with a smile, and said, "As a queen, I shouldn't say such weak words. But the concubine has the emperor's mother, the princess, and the mother's family's glory. But the concubine can do everything she can. The only one to rely on is the emperor." The emperor sighed lightly, and stroked her shoulder lightly: "I understand what the queen is thinking. The queen should not complain about herself." Does he understand?The queen laughed softly from the bottom of her heart, there were so many women in the palace, all of them were smiling like flowers to him, how could he understand his own hardships and bitterness, walking on thin ice?Just like her, even if she has been with him for many years, many times, she is still elusive about his thoughts. For a lifetime of husband and wife, there is only superficial glory... The queen was thinking like this, and when she turned around, she finally couldn't help lowering her head and shedding tears.