Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Concubine Xian

Ruyi dressed properly, helped Li Yu's hand to get up slowly: "You chose this dress? You chose the pattern of mandarin ducks." Li Yudui smiled all over his face: "How could a servant choose this, it was chosen by the emperor." Ruyi lowered her head and carefully looked at the delicate dark lines of mandarin ducks.Yes, "Mandarin ducks are flying, and their feathers are solemn. Traveling to the plateau in the morning, staying in Lanzhu at night. Yong Yong and singing, Gu Kun and his couple". Mandarin ducks are originally lovers who will stay together forever, but how many people know that when the female bird is suffering, the male bird will find a new love and become another pair of lovers.The day is long and the earth is long, the joyous joy is full and the moon is full. It was originally the world who deceived itself.

She was speechless, but let Li Yu hold her hand, and slowly walked out of the cold palace where she had lived for several years.The moment the palace gate was locked, she couldn't help but look back again. She would never forget the dilapidated corridors and pavilions, the corners full of cobwebs and dust, and the walls covered with damp moss all year round.But at this moment, take another look, and you have to remember it firmly. I can't come back, I can't fall into this situation again. Ruyi turned around resolutely, supported Li Yu's hand and stepped out steadily.She has been living in this harem, even if she is sent to the cold palace, she has never left here.However, walking on the long and familiar long street in the old days, the surrounding palaces of the East and West Palaces are still brilliant, Qin'an Palace, Shufangzhai, Chonghua Palace, and Chuxiu Palace are all the same as before.Even the pattern of the blue bricks on the ground is familiar.

She stepped steadily on it step by step, as if following the ups and downs of her own heart.She finally walked out again.Seeing her walking steadily forward, the palace people on both sides knelt down one by one, not daring to look directly at her. Ruyi calmed down a bit, secretly glad that she had adapted to the life of the newborn so quickly.When they got to the gate of Chuxiu Palace, they saw a very bright woman standing outside the gate leading a maid, and greeted her softly: "May the concubine Xian be blessed with Jinan." Ruyi saw that she had long eyebrows and deep eyes, and her jewelry was only embellished with turquoise, beeswax and coral. She was bright and gorgeous, and her clothes were also extraordinarily bright and luxurious, but she was very strange, so she reservedly said: "This is..."

Li Yu hurriedly said: "The Master of Chuxiu Palace, Concubine Shu Yehenala, has seen Concubine Xian." Ruyi nodded slightly: "Sister Concubine Shu is being polite. It's just that the weather is cold, why is my sister still guarding against the wind?" Concubine Shu congratulated her slightly, but her expression was indifferent: "My younger sister is happy with Concubine Xian today, so why don't you come to congratulate her and welcome her into the Yikun Palace." It turned out that this day was the day when Ruyi came out of the cold palace to restore Concubine Xian, and the emperor also conferred the nobleman Yehenara as Shu concubine.This time aroused thousands of waves, but it was like Yi's leaving the cold palace that attracted everyone's attention.It is extremely rare for a concubine to be concubine suddenly in the harem. Jin Yuyan gave birth to a fourth elder brother with great favor, but she was only conferred as a concubine; Hailan was pregnant, and she was only a nobleman.It can be seen how well this Yehenala family has inherited the holy will.However, due to her temperament, she is charming and tactful to the emperor, suitable for hot and cold, but cold and indifferent to others, so she is not very close to everyone in the harem.

At this moment, she was waiting outside, and she specially greeted Ruyi, but she didn't know what her intention was.Li Yu had no choice but to accompany Ruyi back to Yikun Palace with the excuse that it was getting late. Yikun Palace is one of the East Six Palaces. It runs side by side with Changchun Palace, where Empress Fucha lived, and complements each other.Bypassing the screen wall is an extremely spacious and comfortable courtyard. The five rooms of the main hall and the front and rear corridors are all painted with beautiful and beautiful Su-style color paintings of the south of the Yangtze River.A bronze phoenix is ​​displayed under the platform.There is a pair of copper cranes and a pair of copper stoves, which can be seen at a glance as new additions.Li Yu pushed open the rich door with five blessings holding longevity at the bottom of the brocade with ten thousand characters, and silver and emerald gauze shades hung from the window every step of the way.In the middle of the main hall, there are horizontal thrones, screens, incense tables, palace fans, and a plaque of "You Rong De Da" hung on the emperor's imperial pen.The floor-to-ceiling cover of rosewood carved with magpies and plums on the east side, and the floor-to-ceiling cover of rosewood with vines and pine branches on the west side separate the main hall from the east and west warm pavilions, making the hall more sparse, elegant and interesting.

Ruyi saw that although the furnishings in the palace were not luxurious, they were unique and elegant, obviously a lot of thought was put into them.Li Yu hurriedly said: "Your master has worked hard all the way here, refreshments have been prepared in Xinuang Pavilion, please use them first." Ruyi looked out of the main hall, and found that Li Yu arranged for the old people who used to serve in the Palace of Yanxi Palace, and it seemed that the Three Treasures were outside to take care of her, so she felt relieved and went to the Xinuang Pavilion.Turning around the floor-to-ceiling cover of rosewood carved vines and pine branches, the hanging light green pine-branched light gauze is gently lifted up and down by the wind, and a faint wisp of tea smoke rises up, but there is a person sitting on the couch with his back to her, slowly Slowly poured a cup of tea on the small tea of ​​rosewood banana and Fulu, and said slowly: "Are you back?"

That kind of tone, as if Ruyi just went to the imperial garden to relax, and came back from seeing the flowers in spring and the yellow leaves in autumn.It seemed that she was always by his side, never abandoned like this, never far away. After three years, he still spoke like this. He turned around and looked at her who was walking hard step by step. He sat sideways under the bright sunlight, and with a leisurely smile, he warmed up to her. Slowly stretch out your hand. Ruyi hesitated for a moment, wondering whether she should reach out her hand to respond to him.The emperor was wearing a jade-white gown, with only a bright yellow belt tied around his waist, making him appear taller and taller, as graceful as a pine tree in the wind.The people around all retreated, and the surroundings were as quiet as at the bottom of a biyingying lake. The light from the lake was flickering and swaying, making her dizzy and unable to open her eyes.The emperor stood up in the misty halo, stepped forward and hugged her gently: "I know you have been wronged." He said quietly: "I have always known that you have been wronged. My Ruyi will not Do something like that."

Her tears fell uncontrollably in an instant.He knew, he actually knew.The grievances in her heart for many years suddenly turned into infinite resentment. Ruyi struggled hard to get away from the emperor's arms, and said in a hateful voice: "Why? The emperor clearly believes in me, but he still wants to put me in the cold palace!" The emperor patted her on the back comfortingly, and said softly: "It is because I believe in you that I put you in the cold palace, so that those people will not continue to harm you. So I deliberately ignore you and treat you deliberately. I don't care about your situation in the cold palace, I just hope everyone can forget you, at least you can save your life. But Ruyi, in the end, I still found that the cold palace can't protect you, only by my side'you It is the safest and most secure."

The emperor's words seemed to be unreasonable, but every word was reasonable. She had no way to deliberate or think about it.He was the one who sent himself into the cold palace, and he was the one who pulled himself out.Maybe he was really scared, afraid that he would die under the arsenic and be burned, so he pulled her out no matter what and stayed by his side. Ruyi whimpered silently, dripping tears into his shirt and his shoulders.The maple leaf outside the hall was so red that it blinded her eyes. The fire seemed to be burning all the time, reaching the bottom of her and his hearts, and burning away all doubts and estrangements.

The emperor's chin rested on her forehead, and his voice was as soft as a piece of fine silk: "I know you have a lot of disbelief in your heart, after all, you haven't been by my side for the past three years. Don't worry, I will take my time, I'll tell you bit by bit." The emperor seemed to understand her unfamiliarity and discomfort, so he sat down for a while and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Ruyi was hugged by him for a long time, she just felt relieved.Leaning on the goose feather cushion on the couch, she sat down, her thoughts still wandering in the familiarity of the Yikun Palace in her new residence, she looked at the clear reflection of the sky in the tea, and she didn't feel a little lost for a moment.I only heard a familiar soft call in my ear: "Sister, you are finally back."

Ruyi turned her head and saw that Hailan was standing behind the floor-to-ceiling cover of rosewood open-carved vines and pine branches supported by Ye Xin and Lvhen. She was probably walking in a hurry, a little out of breath, but with an unstoppable smile on her face , with tears of joy in his eyes, Yingying looked at her. Ruyi just stood up, her eyes filled with tears, she couldn't help but she fell, she took a few steps forward and took her hand and said, "You have a body, why are you here? I'm going to see you." "I came early and saw the emperor's sedan chair outside, so I waited for the emperor to leave before coming in." Hai Lan clenched Ruyi's hand and refused to let go, looking her up and down and said, "Sister is thin A lot, it’s because I’ve suffered. It’s all because I’m useless.” "If you are still useless, who has taken care of me overtly and secretly all these years." The emotion accumulated in her heart for many years filled Wen Ran, Ruyi pulled Hailan to sit down with tears in her eyes, "Sit down and talk, don't get tired." She While pulling Hailan, he ordered: "Hai Guiren is pregnant and can't drink tea, serve red date soup." Ruyi hadn't seen Hailan for three years, but when she saw her, she was still taken aback.Although she also knew that a woman would gain weight when she was pregnant, she never imagined that Hailan would become so fat, like a blown ball, her originally thin body became as big as the two before, A palm-sized face has become like a fifteen-year-old silver moon plate, with a bulging belly. Once it moves, two or three people need to support it, moving like a hill.A wide cinnamon colored satin gown with folded branch flowers and a hundred butterflies pattern could not cover her fatter body, and it stretched tightly around her body, making it more difficult for her to move. Hai Lan just sat down, seemed to have remembered something, she held Ye Xin's hand Yingying and was about to salute: "Concubine Hai Lan, nobleman of Yanxi Palace, pays homage to Concubine Xian." Ruyi was taken aback, and hurriedly supported her and said, "You are so heavy, why should you be polite? Sit down quickly." Hailan stood up with difficulty and smiled: "Only after I salute my sister, I feel at ease, knowing that my sister is really back." "Aren't you at ease? I'm already standing in front of you alive. I'm not the one who wants to talk to you through the door and watch you fly a kite as a sign of safety." Ruyi smiled with tears, looked at Hai Lan and said , "I heard that you were poisoned by cinnabar and mercury, are you all cured? Will it hurt the fetus? Do you know who did it?" Hailan rubbed her breath in her chest, took a sip of jujube soup and said, "I don't know who is going to harm me, anyway, it's good to solve my sister's predicament by mistake. The imperial doctor has already seen it, and everything is fine." She lowered her head and stroked My lower abdomen said: "If you can't even withstand this kind of weather, then you can't be a child who can be raised in the palace, and you can't be our child." Ruyi was slightly taken aback: "Our child?" Hailan smiled and said: "Isn't it? Concubine Chun is now raising the elder brother and the second elder brother, and she is in the limelight, and the fourth elder brother of the concubine is loved by the emperor, and she has to go to see it several times on weekdays. Look In the current situation, Concubine Chun has raised Elder Brother very well, and she will definitely not give it back to her elder sister to raise her. Then elder sister, how can you not have a child of your own?" As if the knees were agitated, the purple duck and acacia round pendant beside the bun hung down with fine white jade beads, hitting the cheeks Linglingly, giving a trace of coolness.She has never had a child of her own, so she naturally understood the deep meaning in Hailan's language, and said excitedly, "Is it true?" "You and my sister are just separated by blood. Is there anything else to share?" Hailan lowered her eyes slightly and sighed, "Is it convenient for sister? Let me show you something." She looked Seeing Ye Xin and Luhen standing outside with their hands down, he didn't intend to let them in to help, so he led Ruyi's hand into the bedroom. Ruyi didn't know what she was going to do, and it was inconvenient to call people for a while, so she unbuttoned her wind-haired scarf, took off her outer clothes, middle clothes layer by layer, and the last layer of small clothes, revealing a light blue embroidered water green peony flower belly.Ruyi just didn't understand at first, but when she saw the skin on her lower back and belly, she was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously covered her mouth. Hailan's original skin was very fair, and in addition to being raised in the deep palace for many years, she applied fragrance powder extracted from flower juice to her body every day, so her skin was as fine and white as jade, and her tentacles were greasy.But looking at it now, it is covered with wavy patterns of deep and light pink or purple red, just like a watermelon with white skin and red stripes, it is frightening and shocking. Ruyi was startled and said, "How did this happen? How did your body become like this?" Hailan shed tears silently, but her expression was still calm: "It started growing out at the fifth month. The imperial doctor didn't know why I gained weight so fast. He always said that a good appetite is good for children. I am always hungry. Eat a lot, people gain weight quickly, and these lines grow on the body." Ruyi tried her best to suppress herself to calm down and said, "It's okay, we have Imperial Physician Jiang, the imperial hospital has plenty of good medicines, ask him what he has to do or what body lotion to use, if he can cure these lines." Hailan shook her head dejectedly, and covered her body with her small clothes: "It's too late, sister, I have already asked the nurse who specializes in childbirth, and it can't be cured. Even if the child is born in the future, there will always be pain." There are white lines. If the emperor sees the cracks on my body in the future, will he feel sick?" Ruyi put on her clothes one by one, and said, "No, no. When you give birth to a child, we will definitely find other ways." Hailan quickly regained her former composure, fastened the buttons one by one, and said quietly: "This palace is just for sex, so from that moment on, I already knew that the favor of my life has already passed away." It's over. My status is low, and the child may not be able to be raised by my side after birth. If it is sent to my elder brother's place, it is better to be raised by my sister's side, which is equivalent to watching him grow up by myself." Ruyi caressed her hand and comforted her, "If you can rest assured that the child is by my side, I will definitely treat it as my own." Hailan took her hand and went out: "Sister, don't just worry about me, it's only because of me, as long as the child is safe. But sister..." She looked around and lowered her voice: "That batch of arsenic, Didn't you leave any residual poison for your sister?" Ruyi said with a smile: "With you and Imperial Physician Jiang holding the line, you can rest assured. If the poison is really bad, how can I stand in front of you?" A calm and determined smile flashed in Hailan's eyes: "Sometimes, in order to survive or to fight back, I can only resort to dangerous tactics. As long as my sister is fine, it will be fine." Ruyi sent her back, seeing that although she was laughing, she couldn't help worrying.In the entire harem, only Hailan treats her sincerely, and that is the kind of affection that has been seen for a long time.But Hailan, even though she has the honor of being pregnant, the future is really unknown.All he could do was to raise the child for her as best he could. Thinking like this, it was time for dinner, Ruyi and Song Xin had been eating vegetarian food for a long time in the cold palace, and suddenly they saw a dozen dishes being served one by one, and they couldn't help but feel a little relieved.She had just recovered from a serious illness, and her appetite was not very good. She tasted a little bit of each dish, and then rewarded it to the servants. Just now, she left the three treasures and Xinxin and said: "Look carefully at the people below, and you must not make any more dishes. There are two Ah Ruo."' Sanbao said solemnly: "I've checked everything carefully. Eunuch Li Yu personally selected the people. He is already careful. But the servant will still pay attention to it." Yong Xin also said: "We have suffered such a loss before, we will all be very careful." Ruyi nodded slightly, walked into the courtyard, looked at the clear dew and frost, congealed on the moonlit golden tile eaves, and looked at the continuous ups and downs of the palace and pavilions.Such a familiar breath, the sweet fragrance of various spices mixed in the delicate powdery air, it is the unique breath in the palace, it penetrates into the heart one by one, she took a few deep breaths, and finally eased the cold air Slowly penetrate into the lungs, reminding myself to always maintain such sobriety.Ruyi concentrated for a moment, then ordered: "Xin Xin, change my clothes for me." Ruyi changed into a simple and bland attire, wearing a cloud-purple brocade shirt with Ruyi lapel and dark patterns all over her body, and the pearls and flowers in her hair bun were also mainly made of silver ornaments, which seemed to wash away the prosperity and elegance.She put on a night-traveling dark green cloak with flower-patterned flowers, and walked alone, holding on to Xin's hand, until she reached the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Fu Jia, who went to pass on the news, was not surprised at all, as if she had expected her to come, she only blessed to the end, and said, "My lord, please. The queen mother has prepared tea for you." Ruyi walked in lightly, and after several years of absence, the layout in the Palace of Compassion and Ning became more grand and elegant. They all seemed to be extremely simple and simple things, but after careful examination of them one by one, everything was a treasure of a famous artist, a refined luxury.That is the real wealth and wealth of the heavenly family. Others always say that white jade is like gold and horses, and gold is piled up with jade to build splendid embroidery. They don't know that the real luxury and wealth are the faded golden sands, never the jewels that are revealed on the surface.It can also be seen that the queen mother has been living in the harem these years and is doing well. Ruyi was deeply blessed, and said: "It's been a long time since I greeted the empress dowager, the empress dowager is blessed with golden safety, and a long life." She raised her head, and saw the empress dowager smiling, and said: "The empress dowager always likes to burn sandalwood. Why don't you burn it?" The queen mother smiled slightly: "I left the best tea for you. If you use sandalwood, it will make the tea smell good. Sit down." Ruyi sat down on the side of the couch with a smile: "The queen mother knows that the concubine will definitely come tonight?" The Empress Dowager raised her hand to pick up the Dingyao teacup next to the table, skimmed off the tea leaves with a tureen, and took a sip of the tea. The sleeves fell down, revealing a section of her wrist. On her wrist was a sapphire bracelet, as blue as a deep pool. bottom sea water.She pushed one to Ruyi: "It's the best Xiaolong Tuan, originally a fine tea from the Song Dynasty. You can try it." Her eyes were firm and gentle: "If you don't come, you will not let down the goodness of the Ai family." Tea?" Ruyi took a sip and said respectfully, "I dare not let you down." The Empress Dowager sat cross-legged, with a long line of emerald green tassels falling down on her chest, winding down quietly.That kind of color always makes people feel at ease.After a while, the queen mother laughed: "The emperor didn't love you in vain, and the Ai family didn't love you in vain either. You made it through." Ruyi lowered her head and said, "With the Empress Dowager in mind, my concubines dare not give up on themselves." The Empress Dowager nodded and said: "You are considered obedient, knowing that a fire will burn you so that you can no longer stay in the cold palace, so the soldiers took the risk and recruited yourself as a raft. Now even the emperor in the palace is suspicious of Concubine Hui or nobleman Shen The arsenic given to you, even the queen can't escape the suspicion, but Aijia wants to know, if he didn't poison himself, how could he save his life and wait for someone to save him?" Ruyi's heart sank, she felt that her back was so cold, she couldn't help but knelt down: "The queen mother is wise, and my concubines dare not lie to the queen mother." The queen mother glanced at her: "You are honest." Ruyi bowed her head and lowered her eyebrows: "The concubine dares to lie to everyone, and also dare not lie to the Queen Mother." The queen mother smiled kindly, and stretched out her hand to help her: "Okay, those who are recovering from a serious illness, don't just kneel at every turn. It's hard for the emperor to suspect them. They have done it before, and they refuse to let you go again and again, otherwise It will not force the emperor to release you from the cold palace immediately. But since you are released, what are your plans in the future?" The leaking sound in the hall is clear, and the tea smoke in the cups cools down.Ruyi stood beside the queen mother, listening to the sound of pine and bamboo whirling in the cold wind outside the paper window, as if she herself had become a bamboo leaf swaying in the cold winter night: "The concubine has nothing to rely on, only the queen mother A breath of mercy can be lingered in the palace. In the future, I ask the Queen Mother to show mercy." The Empress Dowager nodded slightly: "Since you are sensible, you are naturally good. Empress Fucha was born in a dignified Manchu family, and was supported by a veteran Zhang Tingyu. Concubine Hui's father, Gao Bin, was trusted by the emperor in the court and was a leader among Han officials; Concubine Hui always Attached to the queen, the two quote each other. The Ai family doesn't like that there is only one canopy of flowers blooming brightly in the palace, and the blooming of hundreds of flowers is the real spring scenery. If you can understand this, you can also survive well." In fact, Ruyi also had a moment of doubts, the queen mother is already high and powerful, why should she care so much?The moment her thoughts changed, she suddenly thought of something, and quickly knelt down and said: "The eldest princess Duanshu from the queen mother has been married to Mongolia, and now only the eldest princess Roushu is left to be raised in Prince Zhuang's mansion. Palace, I will definitely honor the Empress Dowager for the two princesses, and serve the Empress Dowager for the rest of her life.” When the Queen Mother heard this, she seemed to be touched, and her expression softened a lot: "Since you understand, the Ai family will accept your filial piety." Hearing this, Ruyi was relieved a lot, so she stood up and said goodbye. After returning to the palace, Ruyi also took a rest.On the first night of living alone in Yikun Palace, the person she dreamed of was actually her deceased aunt.She was wearing a queen's dress, with gray hair on the temples, but her charm remained undiminished, and she just smiled at her.In her memory, that should be the first time she got her aunt's approved smile, even though she has always been afraid of her aunt, but at this moment, she also feels that her smile is so kind, with Ulanara's unique pride, and a clear and far-sighted attitude. " Perhaps such a proud, confident and calm smile is what she has been pursuing for the rest of her life.