Chapter 9 Chapter 9 No Way

Meigui couldn't bear it any longer, knelt on the ground and hugged the emperor's leg and said: "Your majesty, your majesty, my concubine was eight months pregnant and gave birth prematurely, but she gave birth to such a child that she was rejected by the emperor. The concubine has never dared to blame others , I just thought it was my own bad luck. Now that I think about it carefully, it turns out that someone secretly arranged this way to murder the concubine and the emperor's child. The emperor, the emperor, our child died so pitifully. He kept saying "Er Niang" all his life. 'I didn't even call out, I didn't even open my eyes to take a good look, so I was ruined for no reason. Your Majesty, even if the concubine recites the "Curse of Rebirth" thousands of times in Yuhua Pavilion, the child will die. You have to be so wronged, and you don’t want to go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss!”

Meigui wept heartbroken, and everyone present felt sympathetic.Yigui also turned her back, biting her silk and weeping. Imperial Physician Zhao said: "Your Majesty, please don't be sad. According to Weichen and Imperial Physician Xu, the person who wanted to harm the empress was very cautious in the beginning of the medicine, and almost took it slowly, so the empress delayed until August to give birth to such a baby. A child. As for Yigui, that person seems to be confident and bold, and the medicine is more aggressive, so it will cause Yigui to die in the fourth month of pregnancy."

Yigui finally couldn't help crying bitterly: "Since the empress has found so much, please tell my concubine, who is murdering my concubine's child?" The queen looked at the emperor with a gloomy expression, and calmly said: "Not only you, but I also want to know that there is such a sinister person in the harem, who is so mad that he murdered the dragon fetus, what exactly is he trying to do? So please When all of you arrived, I have asked Su Xin to lead people to search all of your bedrooms, and I think there will be news soon." Before the queen finished speaking, Su Xin brought someone in hastily, and said with a blessing: "The servants and maids that the queen empress ordered have already been made, and sure enough, a bag of cinnabar was found under the dresser drawer of one of the young masters. Also ask the empress to take a look."

The queen handed the bag of cinnabar to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what smell does this bag of cinnabar have?" The emperor took it and sniffed it lightly, the pupils in his eyes suddenly constricted, and the sharp look merged into a long sharp needle, almost capable of piercing people.He lost his voice: "It's the scent of agarwood incense! Concubine Xian, you are the only one in the palace who uses agarwood incense!" Ruyi was shocked, seeing that the emperor was only staring at her, she couldn't help but knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine really doesn't know, let alone when there will be this bag of cinnabar in the drawer of the dressing table!"

The queen closed her eyes and let out a long sigh: "Su Xin, tell the truth." Su Xin said: "The emperor's words are correct, the servants found this bag of cinnabar under the drawer of Concubine Xian's dressing table in Yanxi Palace. At that time, Concubine Xian's maid, A Ruo, was obstructing her from left and right, and the servants were not allowed to search. From this point of view, Ah Ruo also knew about it, so the servants brought her along." The queen said coldly: "You don't need to tell Ah Ruo first. Concubine Xian, just look at this person who came in now, but do you know him?"

Ruyi looked back, but saw that Su Xin was followed by two young eunuchs.It was obvious that they had just come out of the Punishment Department, and there were some minor wounds on their faces, which didn't look serious. Ruyi shook her head and said, "The concubine doesn't know me." The queen's smile condensed on the corner of her mouth: "You don't know them, but they all know you. This little Luzi in the imperial dining room is the brother of Xiaofuzi in your palace, and he is in charge of feeding fish for pregnant concubines." Shrimp." Ruyi said calmly: "The concubine knows that Xiao Fuzi has an older brother, but this is the first time that the concubine sees him today, and I have never known him before."

The queen took the bag of fish food and threw it in front of Xiao Luzi, saying, "Tell me, who ordered you to feed those fish and shrimps cinnabar?" Xiao Luzi sneaked a glance at Ruyi, but said firmly, "I don't know, I really don't know!" "I don't know?" Queen Sen said coldly, "You were recruited as soon as you were sentenced in the Punishment Department, and now you want to withdraw your confession. I don't care about you, just send it back to the Punishment Department immediately." When Xiao Luzi heard the words "Punishment Division", he trembled with fright, kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy: "The Empress, please forgive me, and the Empress, please forgive me. It was the Empress Xian who ordered this slave to do this, and I really dare not refuse to listen to her. The slave said that as long as the slave dared not be obedient, he would find a reason to kill the slave's younger brother, Xiao Fuzi. The slave has only one younger brother, Xiao Fuzi, and they have been dependent on each other since childhood, so I dare not disobey the words of the concubine Xian!"

Ruyi stared at him and said, "Xiao Luzi, think about it carefully, I have never seen you before, so how could I threaten you with your brother's life?" Xiao Luzi said with a bitter face: "Concubine Xian, in the corridor outside the imperial dining room that day, you clearly said this yourself. You said you were not pregnant yet, why did you come from lowly backgrounds like Meigui and Yigui?" You really made the ancestors of the Ulanara clan laugh at you! You said you had to say this, and you said that the slave would not do it, but you could find someone else to do it after you killed Xiao Fuzi. The slave agreed in desperation."

Another little eunuch, Xiao Anzi, also cried and said: "Concubine Xian, you went to the House of Internal Affairs to find the servant that day, and asked the servant to make some candles mixed with cinnabar and send them to your palace. After sending the servant, you rewarded the servant with thirty Two silver coins. The servant only thinks that you are playing for yourself, and really don't know that you are going to harm others!" Ruyi was so angry that her whole body was in a daze, and her heart felt chills, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. She only felt that the surroundings were getting colder and colder, but she didn't know where she was going to fall.

Concubine Hui chuckled lightly and said, "That's no wonder! What should I say? Ever since Yigui met a snake when she was stunned, she felt strange. How could it be a coincidence that Yigui met a snake and was rescued by you, Concubine Xian?" Well, Mrs. Yi is so grateful that she went to live with you in the Palace of Yanxi Palace. Isn’t this the right way to start, and everything is convenient?” Ruyi looked at her angrily and said, "Concubine Hui, be careful. If I say that everything was done on purpose, then I should stay as far away from Mrs. Yigui as possible, so that it is not easy to be discovered. How can I be so stupid to pick her up?" Come to Yanxi Palace to live together, so that people will be suspicious?"

"Suspicious?" Concubine Hui sneered, a pair of bright jade rings ringing in her ears, "If it looks like an accident like Mrs. Mei, who would be suspicious? It's just that Mrs. Yi's fate is too bad to keep her children. The so-called Wealth and wealth are in danger, if you don’t take risks and keep Yigui by your side, how can you be so comprehensive with candles, charcoal fires and food. Meigui is not because you are far away, so the poisoning is slow, reaching eight Yuecai has no child. Thinking about your own empty stomach, watching other people's stomachs grow up one after another, is becoming more and more unbearable!" Ruyi was almost angry, tried her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and said coldly: "Concubine Hui is also empty, must she express her thoughts like this?" Concubine Hui hated people the most in her life when people said that she had nothing to do under her knees, her complexion changed, and she said in a hateful voice: "You..." The gelatinous atmosphere was almost suffocating. The emperor squinted his eyes slightly, and there was a kind of cold light piercing sharply from the bottom of his eyes like a needle point. He endured it for a moment, calmed down and said, "Okay, don't argue. .Queen, the testimony of Xiao Luzi is the only one, so I'm afraid it can't be counted." The queen nodded slightly, and said respectfully: "What the emperor said is very true. The concubine also felt that one-sided words should not be trusted, so she asked Su Xin to bring A Ruo over. Does the emperor still remember that Su Xin said that A Ruo stopped the search just now? Then This girl must know the truth, according to my concubine, I still need to investigate carefully." She turned to look at Su Xin: "Did Ah Ruo bring it?" Su Xin said: "I'm already waiting outside the hall." Ruyi watched A Ruo walk in with a humble expression, without any nervousness, and felt relieved in her heart.After all, A Ruo is A Ruo who has been with him for many years, so there is no need to panic about things that he has not done.What had she to worry about?Perhaps her blocking was also due to her pride in her nature, how could she allow others to easily insult her?However, deep down in her heart, Ruyi still felt deeply uneasy, who in the Yanxi Palace made a mistake and put this bag of cinnabar in her dressing table drawer. Others don't know it, but she herself knows that the smell of Chenshuixiang is quite light, if this bag of cinnabar is smelly, it must have been placed in her hall for a long time.So who is it that can do this without anyone noticing? Her mind was a mess.Before she had time to distinguish clearly, Ah Ruo had already walked into the hall, knelt down calmly and said, "All blessings to the emperor, all blessings to the queen, and all blessings to all young masters." The queen said: "I don't talk about these empty rituals today. I only ask you why you stopped Su Xin when she was going to search the Yanxi Palace, and you are not allowed to search the bedroom hall." A trace of sadness flashed across A Ruo's face, and she just said: "The slaveservant serves the young master, so everything must be taken care of for the young master." "What?" The sadness on A Ruo's face grew stronger, and she suddenly turned her head and kowtowed three times to Ruyi, saying: "My lord, I have been serving you for eight years, and it can be said that I did not do my best in the past eight years. But after my lord entered the palace, The temperament is getting more and more surly, and I often force the slaves to do things that the slaves do not want to do. The slaves know that you are the master of the slaves, and the slaves can only do it for you. But the slaves do not feel good when they do these things. Shake it out, and the slaves can't help it, they can only say what they know." The more Ruyi listened, the more ominous she felt: "A Ruo, what do you mean by that?" A Ruo turned her head and didn't look at her again, only said to the emperor and queen: "I know what the emperor and the empress want to ask, and I will say it together. Since Meigui was pregnant, the young master is often sad, and his mood is even more unpredictable. I often regret that although I have brought up my elder brother, I don’t have any children of my own. Meigui was favored after she became pregnant, and the young master hated her so much that her eyes bleed. One day, I finally asked my servants to go to Baohua Palace to collect some cinnabar and come back.” Concubine Hui said: "Concubine Xian suddenly asked you to ask for cinnabar, don't you have any doubts?" A Ruo shook his head and said, "He Cheng thought of this, my servant. At that time, the young master only said that he would use cinnabar to copy the scriptures to pray for blessings, so that he could have his own children earlier. Once, when the young master took the servants to visit Meigui, he quietly said to Meigui. She sprinkled some cinnabar in the charcoal basin, because the color of cinnabar is similar to red bamboo charcoal, and the particles are so small that almost no one notices it. It’s just that every time she goes there, she must take advantage of people’s surprise to do so. After a few times, the servant feels strange, A few days later, the young master suddenly wanted to go to the imperial dining room, so he took the servants to let the wind outside the imperial dining room. When we arrived at Xiao Fuzi, Xiao Luzi cried and agreed immediately. The servant was taken aback and asked the young master what to do with the cinnabar, but the young master did not allow the servant to ask more questions, and asked the servant to continue to search in Baohua Palace." The weather outside the window is obviously good at the end of March, the sun is as bright as clear gold, shining on the emerald painting screen in the hall, the streamer turns into golden splendor.There is a tall magnolia tree in the atrium, the dark purple flower buds are in full bloom like a dark flame.Ruyi's heart trembled one after another, as if hundreds of cat's claws were scratching vigorously.Her complexion must be ugly and pale, she never believed that Ah Ruo would say these words so calmly. A Ruo continued: "Since Mrs. Meigui gave birth to a stillborn baby, although the young master didn't say anything, the slaves have served the young master for many years. It can be seen that she is very happy. Later, Mrs. Yigui became pregnant again, and the young master and Mrs. Yigui She is not very familiar with her, so she can’t go to Jingyang Palace like she often goes to see Mrs. Mei. But she is always upset, saying that even a maid like Mrs. Yi has children, but she doesn’t. After the snake, the young master happened to follow the trend and rescued Yigui. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to go to Jingyang Palace more, but the emperor just let Yigui live in Yanxi Palace, so the young master was satisfied. Yigui is pregnant The emperor would go to see Mrs. Yigui every day when he came to see the young master. The young master was very annoyed, and he was very ruthless. Mrs. Yigui's red basket of charcoal was prepared in the corridor, and it was mixed with cinnabar in advance. Even ordered The cinnabar for Xiaoluzi is much more than usual." Xin was so angry that he trembled all over, and shouted angrily: "Ah Ruo, the young master treats you well, who have you benefited from, to say such heartless words to frame the young master?" A Ruo gave her a cold look: "It is precisely because I still have a conscience that I can't stand the condemnation in my heart and speak out. Even if the young master treats me well, I can't ignorant of my conscience." "Okay! Okay! Even if what you said is not unreasonable, I will serve the young master together with you, but I don't know what you said. In detail, I still serve the young master more on weekdays. Woolen cloth." A Ruo said contemptuously: "It's good that you serve the young master more. But I'm the young master's dowry. If there is anything, the young master will naturally tell me first, so what can you know? And such a vicious thing, don't you want to marry me?" Does everyone know?" She looked at Ruyi without any fear: "Little master, you did such a thing yourself and didn't know it? Is it possible that slaves and Xiaoluzi will wrong you?" Ruyi closed her eyes tightly, resisting the turbulent tears in her eyes, opened her eyes and said: "Very good, very good, I don't know who you conspired with to set up this trick to harm me, it really is seamless, and the answers are smooth." Ah Ruo bowed and said: "If the young master wants to blame the servant, the servant can't help it. After knowing this, the servant feels uneasy day and night. Seeing that the nobleman is dead, the servant has nightmares every night. At that time, the servant obeyed the love of the master and the servant. Don't dare to tell others. Now that the incident happened, it was God's will, and the servants have no choice but to speak up. The little director beats and punishes, and it's up to you." After Ah Ruo finished speaking, she suddenly glanced at Xiao Luzi.Xiao Luzi rushed up and said, "Concubine Xian, I know I'm sorry for confessing, but I don't want to harm the two heirs for nothing. I... I..." He hesitated twice, and suddenly stood up Body, bumped into a huge copper eight-legged coiled dragon incense burner in the main hall, blood spattered three feet immediately, and died.The concubines screamed in fright. Meigui didn't say a word, rushed up and slapped Ruyi's face hard twice.She wanted to fight again, but was firmly held back by the maid who followed.She still scolded herself: "You have such a vicious heart, you dare to say that someone has wronged you, can Xiao Luzi take his life to wrong you? You are so cruel that you won't even let the child in my belly go. He died so badly!" Ruyi was dizzy, dizzy with buzzing in her head, her face was hot and hot, and a hot liquid flowed out from the corner of her mouth. She stretched out her hand to wipe it, only to find a scarlet streak on her hand. It turned out that Meigui had hit too hard. There was blood.But she didn't feel any pain, she just watched the blood slowly dripping down from the big smoker, one drop after another.Xiao Luzi whose head was smashed was dragged out.In such warm weather, she actually gave birth to a bone-chilling chill. Dead without proof, actually dead without proof! A Ruo's face was pale, and she said to Ruyi: "If the young master is dissatisfied with the words of the servant girl today, the servant knows that he will not survive, and he must have bumped his head to death here like Xiao Luzi. Righteousness." After she finished speaking, she was about to bump into the smoker. Concubine Hui's eyes were sharp and her hands were quick, she grabbed her and said: "One has already died, and if another one dies, there will be no proof." I have already understood that Concubine Xian murdered the emperor's heir and got the stolen goods. The concubine asked the emperor and queen to give justice to Meigui and Yigui, and even to the two emperors who passed away wrongfully." Hailan hurriedly knelt down, and said anxiously: "The emperor, the empress, the concubine and the concubine Xian live together, and I know that the empress has no intention of harming others. The reason for this, please the emperor and empress to investigate." The pure concubine also said: "Your majesty, empress, concubine and concubine Xian have been together for many years, she is indeed not such a person, and I ask the emperor and empress to look into it." The queen sighed and said: "What happened in the harem was originally the fault of the concubine. There are all the witnesses and material evidence, and the concubine Xian has no way to deny it, but after all, the concubine Xian has served the emperor for many years. How the emperor wants to investigate and deal with it, the concubine obeys orders That's right." The emperor's eyes were only on the blood dripping from the smoker, and his voice was as cold as ice: "A Ruo, you are going to use your life to pay for Concubine Xian's sin, aren't you?" A Ruo said with tears in her eyes: "The servant knows that he has received the favor of the emperor, so Ama can serve the imperial court outside, but loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, and the servant can only apologize with death." There is a gel-like stagnation and depression in the air, and the fragrance of flowers in the courtyard wraps around the body lightly and thinly. After smelling for a long time, it is almost as suffocating as a bundle.I don't know if there are bees buzzing and flapping their wings in the distance, as if the sharp bee needles are also pushing into the body bit by bit, causing pain after bursts.Ruyi knelt on the black gold floor tiles, her knees were so painful that she could hardly stand up straight, she wanted to argue, but felt that she was trapped in a carefully woven net, her mouth was dry and unable to struggle, she could only break down in cold sweat , wet face. After a long time, she raised her face and stared at the emperor obsessively: "Your Majesty, there are all human and material evidences, and my concubine can't argue with her words. But your majesty, my concubine only has one sentence until death, and my concubine has never done anything." The emperor didn't look at her, but said: "You also know that the evidence is as strong as a mountain. I don't want to believe it, but I can only believe it." There was deep pain and sadness on his face: "The two dragon fetuses I have seen the death with my own eyes, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life. Ruyi, even if you have no children, I have always loved you. What are your shortcomings? You must not let go of the child who is still in the womb. "He raised his face, dried the tears in his eyes with anger, and turned them into a cold and stern tone: "I have passed on my oral order, Concubine Xian Ulanara is cruel and merciless. " Ruyi collapsed on the ground in despair, with tears in her eyes: "The emperor has always told the concubines to rest assured, but now the concubines can't argue with each other, and only ask the emperor to see clearly and return the concubine's innocence." The emperor didn't look at her, but said: "Yigui's Huang family will move back to Jingyang Palace today, and Meigui's Bai family will move back to Yonghe Palace. Everything will be the same as before. As for A Ruo..." The emperor had a gentle look on his face "I have been interested in you for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to tell Mr. Xiangui. This time, you are also involuntary. Don't seek short-sightedness again, and stay by my side to serve you in the future." Ah Ruo was overjoyed, but looked at the Queen and Concubine Hui with some fear. The queen sighed: "If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it. And this time, Mrs. Xiangui was the chief culprit. A Ruo just couldn't say it clearly for the sake of friendship. The emperor wants to keep her by his side to make up for it, and the concubine also feels that It should be." Ruyi stared at A Ruo's shy and timid face in a daze, feeling that the Tianling cover had been cut open and penetrated into the bone-piercing ice. The ground slashed across her body, the pain was piercing, but she was still awake. A Ruo's smile hadn't faded yet, the corner of Jiagui's mouth raised proudly, she stood up and said, "Your Majesty, only she can tell whether Mr. Xian has done the murder of the dragon fetus. It's just a concubine..." She pressed down In his lower abdomen, he said happily: "The concubine has been pregnant for a month, and it is really difficult to get along with someone like Concubine Xian. The emperor put her under house arrest, so the concubine dared to raise her baby in the palace with peace of mind." All the sadness and anger of the emperor were melted away by her smile in an instant, he took a step forward, held Jiagui's hand tightly and said, "Is what you said true?" "The concubine dare not speak nonsense. It's just that something like this happened in the palace, and the concubine dare not speak out." The nobleman smiled smugly, took the emperor's hand, and said Yiyi, "Your Majesty, the concubine is afraid of being hurt by others." I also ask the emperor to allow Xu Chenqie to live in the Zhenxiang Pavilion behind the Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation, so as to use the emperor's righteousness to drive away evil spirits and protect the dragon fetus." In the emperor's happy smile, he naturally agreed with everything.Jiagui's child, just rightly dispelled the haze of the first two leaving.It's just that in such joy and joy, no one would care about Ruyi's despair and helplessness. She looked out of the window and the sun was shining brightly. It was the third spring day, but she clearly felt that her spring was too far away.