Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Obtaining a Son (Part 2)

Concubine Hui accompanied the emperor out of the gate of Changchun Palace, and when she saw the emperor's guard of honor meandering away, she showed a frustrated expression, and said angrily: "I begged the emperor so many times, and finally saw that it was going to happen. Who would want to take advantage of Concubine Xian?" !" Mo Xin hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, don't be angry." Concubine Hui said angrily: "You said that the emperor ignored her for two months, why did he think of her today and call her here?" Mo Xin supported the imperial concubine's hand and walked slowly: "Probably someone with a high status and no children, only the young master and concubine Xian. I originally wanted her to come to meet the occasion, but I didn't expect that the elder brother would be so unlucky." My child..." She subconsciously covered her mouth as she spoke, and looked around.

Concubine Hui pursed her lips, and said in a low voice, "He's just an unlucky child. The status of my palace is much higher than that of Concubine Xian, and I have more favors. He prefers to go to that cold place, so let him go." go!" Mo Xin hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "That's not it! It's just a child who has no luck to hinder Er Niang. After killing his biological mother, let's restrain Concubine Xian now. What's the hurry, my lord? You will give birth to a noble child, and even The empress's is no match." Concubine Hui placed her hands on her still flat belly with infinite anticipation, showing a somewhat expectant smile, and her pace slowed down even more.

Seeing the crowd disperse, the queen exerted a little force on her hands, and a pair of agate silk bracelets hit the red sandalwood table with a crisp and cracking sound.Su Xin hurriedly smiled and took a bowl of bird's nest and handed it to the queen, and said softly: "Madam, this bird's nest calms the liver and regulates Qi, please drink a little." The queen took the bird's nest and stretched out her hand to shake it, but Su Xin hurriedly stopped her and shouted: "Your Majesty scalded your hands carefully." The queen sneered, and Su Xin took the bird's nest, ignoring the dripping soup of the bird's nest, and said: "Go to the mouths of those people who are slapped hard by my brother! Nothing I told you If you do a good job, causing such an incident will make it easier for others!"

Su Xin hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Yes, they didn't take good care of the big brother, and the empress is also angry. Just don't hurt yourself. The slaves know that those who take care of the elder brother are not careless, but they don't dare to be too hasty No one. No one thought that Big Brother was in such good health that he could survive the two wind and cold. I was thinking..." The queen's eyes were slightly cold, as if filled with unmelted frost: "It's too late!" Su Xin's tone was low and ruthless: "It's too late. A batch of people who serve the elder brother have been laid off, but the important nurses have followed."

A thin smile appeared on the queen's lips, like sunlight shining on the ice: "Then Suxin, you should know what to do." The queen got up and walked to the bedroom, only the swaying of the skirt was like the clouds floating in the sky, and the rest of the brilliance flickered. Yonghuang followed Ruyi to the Palace of Yanxi Palace, still a little timid.Ruyi only kept Xin Xin by her side, took out a set of clean clothes for him to change into with her own hands, splashed water on her face and hands, and then said softly, "Yonghuang, you have arrived in Yanxi Palace." Gong, don’t be afraid anymore.”

Yong Huang nodded vigorously: "As long as I leave elder brother's place, I won't be afraid anymore." Ruyi motioned to Xin to take the Baiyao powder on the shelf, and gently rubbed it on Yonghuang's wound by herself: "Does it hurt when you rub it on the rockery?" Yong Huang shook his head: "It doesn't hurt." Ruyi caressed his arm and blew softly: "Silly boy, why doesn't it hurt?" Yong Huang showed a mischievous smile: "I bumped it myself, so of course it doesn't hurt. Besides, if I don't tell you, who would know that I got scratched?" He lowered his head a little sadly, "The nuns and nurses don't care about me. "

Ruyi said softly: "It's because they don't care about you that you have to take care of yourself. Madam Xian has no choice but to ask Auntie Xin to think of such an idea for you." Yong Huang nodded obediently: "I know what you're talking about. If you hadn't asked Auntie Xin to bring me food, they would have given me too little food, and my stomach would hurt from hunger every day. You are trying to save me, I understand it in my heart." Ruyi hugged him, and felt a little bit of sad tears: "My good boy, I love you more just because you understand. Other children at your age are carefree every day, but you want Knowing this, I really can’t bear it.”

Yonghuang stretched out his small hand to wipe away her tears, and said in a low voice, "Mistress Xian, don't cry, don't cry." Such a gentle little hand feels soft on the face, as if it is a good medicine that can soothe all sorrows.Ruyi happily said: "Yonghuang, I am much happier with you here." Yong Huang smiled and showed his crooked teeth: "I am here, you are happy, and I am also happy, so I will not choose Hui Niangniang." Ruyi smiled softly and said: "If you are not used to calling me Empress, you can also call me Empress Xian, it's the same anyway. Your mother-in-law is Concubine Zhe, but I will treat you as if I were my own child."

Yonghuang looked at her with wide round eyes, and nodded lightly: "Miss Xian, I chose you because you treated me well. Then why did you choose me?" Ruyi looked at him quietly, this lonely child who lost his mother's protection, under his innocence and playfulness, he had thoughts and foresight that did not match his age.Ruyi didn't hide it from him: "Because I am alone without children, and Yonghuang is alone without a mother. We are all alone, so we have to lean against each other. It's like two unwarmed people leaning against each other in winter. Together, it will be warm."

Yonghuang nodded thoughtfully: "I know, I want to be warm and warm, and so do you. So today Huang Ama asked me to choose, and I chose you." He whispered, "Since the forehead is still there Hui Niangniang never paid attention to me. Even if she wants me to go today, she said she likes me, but I don't like her either." Ruyi smiled and said: "What a good boy, you understand what I said. Then you don't have to be afraid in the future, just stay here with me An An." The two were talking, but A Ruo said from outside: "My lord, Hai Chang is here." Ruyi hurriedly let Hailan in, and Hailan smiled as soon as she came in, and said, "I heard that my sister has a new son, so I'll come over here to see, congratulations to my sister."

Ruyi smiled and said: "It's great joy. No one would have thought that the emperor summoned me suddenly, so there was such a blessing waiting for me." Hailan asked Ye Xin to hug two pieces of blue satin and said, "I don't have anything very good there, so I found two pieces of satin to make clothes for big brother." Ruyi blinked, and Yong Huang understood: "Thank you Mistress Hai." Hailan smiled and said, "What a sensible kid. No wonder everyone likes you." Ruyi smiled and said, "If you like children so much, you should hurry up and have one yourself." The smile on Hai Lan's lips suddenly froze, like a flower that has suddenly encountered severe frost.For a moment, she said sadly: "If I have a child, I can't raise it by myself. Even a high-ranking concubine can't escape these sufferings. What can I do? It's better to be alone than mother and child. Be quiet." She forced a smile, "Not to mention the emperor's current state, how can I expect to be pregnant?" Ruyi was affected by her silent sentimentality, forced her arms around Yonghuang with a smile and said, "Fortunately, now that Yonghuang is here, life is easier." Hailan was a little relieved: "That's right. With an elder brother by my side, no one dares to bully you at will." Just as he was talking, the outside suddenly became lively.Ruyi looked out through Xia Yingsha, but it was Qin Li, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who came with a nurse and a dozen eunuchs holding a bunch of things. A Ruo sneered and said sarcastically outside: "Oh! What kind of wind brought Mr. Qin here, so many people and things, what are they doing?" Qin Li's face was full of smiles, and he wished he could squeeze a smile out of his eyes: "The emperor said that the imperial concubine Xian has a big brother, so there are more things to buy in the palace. No, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hastened to pick out the best ones. Something is here." After he finished speaking, he poked his head, "Where are the concubine Xian and the elder brother, I'll go and say hello." A Ruo stretched out her hand to stop her, and said bluntly, "I dare not let you in. You are the creditor of our Yanxi Palace, and you owe eight hundred taels of silver. We need to find a god to confess you. " Qin Li was a little embarrassed, and apologized embarrassingly: "Miss Ah Ruo, I was drunk and talking nonsense that day, sister, don't take it to heart!" Ah Ruo put her hips on her hips and yelled: "Sister, who is your sister? I am your aunt, and I will let you withhold Yanxi Palace until today! If you go back to the emperor, we dare not take these things, and we will return them to you." Eunuch Qin’s debts! I still have to go to the House of Internal Affairs to ask the Chief Manager if there is any IOU written on it, and I will take it to the emperor to have a look.” Qin Li was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he repeatedly bowed and begged for mercy: "Auntie, good auntie, please forgive me. I was talking nonsense. You see, the Ministry of Internal Affairs owed the Palace of Yanxi Palace these two months. Things, slaves, I doubled so much that I dared to come. I also ask my aunt to accept it with a smile." Listening to Ah Ruo making things difficult for them, Ruo was about to go out to persuade them, but Ruyi waved her hand and said softly: "People in the Ministry of Internal Affairs look down on others, so it's better to let Ah Ruo make trouble. Let's not overdo it." Hailan smiled and said, "No, we have been wronged enough in the past two months." Qin Li begged for forgiveness for a long time before A Ruo calmed down a bit, and let him talk about the things he brought one by one, flattering him courteously. Qin Lidao: "All the people who served Eldest Brother were dismissed by the emperor. This is Nurse Su, who was the wet nurse of Eldest Brother since he was a child, so he stayed and took care of Eldest Brother in Yanxi Palace." The other people heard this well, but the elder brother shivered unconsciously and shrank into Ruyi's arms. Ruyi immediately understood: "She is your nurse, but she treats you badly, doesn't she?" Yong Huang bowed his head for a moment, with tears in his eyes, he said: "I don't understand, it's just other slaves, Mother Su has been with me for so long, why did she treat me like this? Hunger me, freeze me." Ruyi said in a low voice: "People's hearts will change for profit, only family affection will remain unchanged." She took Yong Huang's hand, "Come on, I'll go and see, who is your wet nurse?" Ruyi led Yong Huang from Nuan Pavilion to the main hall and sat down, only to see a woman in her thirties coming out from behind the crowd, she smiled happily when she saw Yong Huang, and stretched out her hand: "My dear brother, so you Come first, call Mommy so I can find it!" Qiao Xin frowned and said, "Who are you? Where are you here? How could you be so disrespectful when you see Concubine Xian?" The wet nurse was startled, looked Ruyi in the eyes, and quickly apologized with a smile: "Wanfu, concubine Xian, the maidservant is Yonghuang's wet nurse Su Momo." Ruyi frowned immediately and said, "Did you also get the name Yonghuang? No one is up or down!" The wet nurse was taken aback for a moment, and reluctantly said: "Yes, it's Big Brother." Ruyi heard that she changed her words quickly, so she let it go, and said lightly: "You have taken care of big brother for many years, and I will work hard on you in the future." Su Momo smiled and said: "Eldest brother was raised by a servant since he was a child, and he listened to the servant in everything. If Concubine Xian wants to discipline eldest brother in the future, she can just tell the servant about everything." Ruyi knew that Madam Su was Yong Huang's wet nurse and had taken care of him since she was a child. Seeing her being so arrogant and clinging to her elders, Ruyi felt angry: "If you can discipline eldest brother, you won't even take care of eldest brother." I don’t know if I don’t have enough food and clothing, and I’m injured. You tell me carefully, last winter, elder brother caught wind and cold twice, why? And why didn’t he heal after two months? If it wasn’t for you slaves to be slack, elder brother Brother would be so pitiful!" Relying on her own status, Madam Su said stubbornly: "Brother is suffering from the wind and cold because he is playful and doesn't like to wear more clothes, and he refuses to take medicine properly. Although the slaves take care of them personally, how can they take care of them all the time? take care of everything?" Yonghuang leaned against Ruyi, with a sad and fearful expression on his face, he shook his head lightly: "Mother, it's not like this." Ruyi was startled suddenly: "Yonghuang, what did you call me?" Although Yonghuang's voice was soft, it was extremely firm. He repeated, looked into Ruyi's eyes and called: "Mother." Ruyi's heart softened, like a baby's hand gently caressing her heart, warming her heart like that.She clenched Yonghuang's hand tightly, because of this "mother", no one has ever called her "mother", and she would be willing to do anything. Mother Su yelled: "Brother, although you are the master, you can't speak so heartlessly. You grew up drinking the blood of slaves and eating the flesh of slaves. You can't open your eyes and talk nonsense! You... " Ruyi's thoughts sank, and she put the teacup in her hand heavily, and the green tea soup was poured out immediately, Ruyi said sharply: "Three treasures, little Fuzi! Drag this slave who despises the Lord out, and give it to me immediately." Thirty beatings with a cane, and after the beatings, they are driven out of the palace! She is not allowed to serve Eldest Brother any more!" Sanbao immediately agreed, and stretched out his hand to drag her out with Xiaofuzi. Ruyi said again: "When the execution is executed, let all the palace people go to the yard to show me the palace, to see what happens when you betray the lord and bully the lord!" When Nanny Su was dragged out, she was still yelling wildly, and the stick fell down a few times, only whining begging for mercy remained.Ruyi held Yong Huang's hand and stood on the porch, watching the blood-red stick planks fall forcefully one by one, making a dull crashing sound when they touched flesh, muscles and bones, and said in a deep voice, "Yong Huang, don't be afraid! Just watch, watch how those who bullied you are defeated by your hands, and receive the punishment they deserve!" When hitting twenty sticks, Grandma Su gradually lost her voice, leaving only a low whimper.The blood stains stained her clothes red, and bright red blood spots were splashed with each stick.Yonghuang looked a little scared, shook Ruyi's hand and said, "Mother, do you want to beat me?" Ruyi's voice was so steady that there was no wave, and she hugged Yonghuang tightly and said, "Yonghuang, remember that a person has to bear the consequences of what he did. They should know this when they bully you. So even if she can't stand being beaten to death now, it's her own fault. Do you understand?" Yonghuang nodded, a trace of calmness and determination flashed in his dark eyes, he stood silently beside Ruyi until the execution was over.Ruyi saw that they had dragged Madam Su out, leaving only a pool of dark red blood on the ground, dragged a long way, and then said loudly: "You all remember, Eldest brother will be my adopted son from now on, He is also Ben Gong's only son. Anyone who dares to despise him is belittling Ben Gong, and Mother Su is an example!" Everyone agreed loudly.Qin Li stood by, with a look of fear and fear on his face, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and knelt down, begging: "Concubine Xian, please spare my life, Concubine Xian, please spare my life!" Ruyi sneered: "I don't want your dog's life! You can decide what to do!" Qin Li was so frightened that he fell on the ground covered in cold sweat and couldn't get up. Hailan smiled approvingly and whispered in her ear: "I like to see my sister like this the most. When I look at my sister, I am not afraid of anything." .” That night, the palace people cleaned up the East Side Hall and came out to live in for the elder brother.Ruyi went to see it, and found that the three spacious rooms were bright and bright, with a good orientation.Because it is a boy's house, it is extraordinarily tidied up.A bedroom, a study, and a place to rest and play.If the daily meal is not used in the study room, it is with Ruyi.The people who waited on the elder brother were all newly recruited, and Ruyi only took care of them after checking their details one by one.After being so busy for most of the day, there is nothing wrong with it.Yanxi Palace also got a new elder brother, and the emperor continued to reward them, knowing that the time is coming, they are as happy as a festival. In the evening, Ruyi accompanied Yong Huang for dinner, all of them were modern dishes made in the small kitchen, because Yong Huang was changing his teeth, they were cooked extra soft.And because Yonghuang had been half-starved and half-full for a long time, in order to restore his appetite, he only drank very thick rice porridge.Yonghuang has a great appetite, and when he is full Ruyi asks him to measure the size of the clothes, just like a doting mother, she personally scrubs and washes Yonghuang before coaxing him to sleep. Song Xin was picking materials for Yong Huang's clothes, Ruyi patted Yong Huang lightly, picking and picking each one she saw, and couldn't help laughing: "Young master, you don't even know how to choose materials for yourself." So caring." Ruyi looked at Yonghuang affectionately: "I thought I just wanted to find someone to rely on. But as soon as he called my mother, my heart softened, as if he was my child, in my heart..." Xin Xin chose another piece of material and handed it to Ruyi, and said in a low voice: "For the sake of elder brother, the young master has spent several months of thinking. She arranged slaves to take care of elder brother in private, and sent the people whom elder brother asked Li Yu told the emperor about how to treat Eldest Brother, and brought him to see. The slave girl thought that the Emperor didn’t care about Eldest Brother, so she kept calm..." Ruyi looked at Yonghuang's sleeping face, and said in a low voice, "Although Concubine Zhe is gone, how much affection does the emperor have with her, and she is his own child." Sighing Xin said: "The little master has a big elder brother, and there is also a comfort." Ruyi turned sideways to pick out a few pieces of material: "It's getting hot soon, so I'll make some more summer clothes for my elder brother, and choose ones that are breathable and not stuffy. The summer in the capital is short, and autumn will arrive in a blink of an eye. Clothes should also be prepared. There are also winter clothes. Elder brother can’t take last year’s winter clothes. You can make two thick and thick clothes with new cotton. There is also Yonghuang’s food and daily life. The nuns are new here, so you need more Keep an eye out and watch for nothing to go wrong." Ruyi was talking, when she suddenly noticed a tall and tall shadow on the ground, she turned around, and saw the emperor standing under the curtain, looking at her deeply with a faint smile. Ruyi suddenly saw the emperor coming, she was about to smile, but her smile turned into a bitter smile, and she even moved slowly.She was about to get up when the emperor came over and held her down: "I just came here, listening to you tell me these words, really like a loving mother." Ruyi was a little embarrassed: "The concubine has no experience of being a mother, so she is nagging. Let the emperor laugh." When Xin Xin saw the emperor coming in, she closed the door and quietly left.The emperor put her fingers one by one into the palm of his hand: "I haven't seen you for so many days, I know you are wronged." Ruyi couldn't help but see a sour look in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "So the emperor knows. The concubine understands that the emperor is complaining that the concubine is self-assertive and self-righteous." There was a thin smile on the emperor's handsome face. The smile should have been warm, but it carried a faint sadness, like the thin frost that suddenly fell from the cold autumn dew: "I thought your words that day were poked. My heart is broken, and I don't want to bother. But for some reason, after thinking about it later, I still did it unknowingly. The only way to do this is to give Mrs. Li a bit of status and honor, even if I don't say anything, I will sleep at night Be more stable." He looked into Ruyi's eyes, and his delayed tone was like the damp vapor after the rain outside, "I've held back these words for these days to tell you, do you think I'm too stupid?" Ruyi pressed his lips knowingly: "It's the concubine who said something embarrassing to the emperor, which upset the emperor." There was deep affection in the emperor's eyes: "But you are the only one who can tell me about such embarrassing things. There is no one else but you." Ruyi was rather apologetic: "That day, the concubine was also reckless." In her heart, there was infinite gentle affection rippling like soft waves, "But the concubine thinks, the emperor has everything in the world, so don't leave any regrets A little lack in perfection will become a big loss." The emperor's eyes were a little wet, and after looking at them for a long time, he could only see Ruyi's clear face: "I know you are making up for my shortcomings. I have always understood, but I dare not come to see you. It is probably because of the closeness to the hometown. The other reason is..." Before the emperor finished speaking, Ruyi smiled, like a white gardenia blooming in the warm and humid wind: "Because my concubine is free, I can take care of my elder brother." The emperor smiled and said: "You remember what I said. I thought, you don't lack anything, but the matter of your heirs has to follow the fate. I can only give you an adopted son first to make up for your shortcomings temporarily." Ruyi lowered her head, half with emotion and half with anticipation: "The concubine also wants to have a child of her own. But it's good that Yonghuang is taking it now." The emperor put his arms around her shoulders and looked at Yong Huang who was sleeping soundly with a smile: "This child sleeps soundly with you." Ruyi stretched out her hand to tuck the quilt up for Yonghuang, smiled idiotically, and held the emperor's hand behind her back: "How many times have I dreamed and hoped that when we have our child, a family of three, we will be happy." Stay together quietly like this." The emperor smiled and kissed her: "Yes, don't worry." The red candles are glowing, and the halo is swaying on the thin gold curtain, illuminating the two figures in pairs.Ruyi looked back and smiled, full of infinite affection, as if she had found her lifelong hope, tightly holding the emperor's hand, and never wanting to let go.