Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight

Ruyi thanked her and took it.As we got closer, I saw her eyelids were slightly swollen and blistered under the makeup she had carefully applied. She seemed to have cried.Ruyi knew in her heart that although she was a bit arrogant in the past, she was pitiful now, so she felt a little pity: "Thank you very much. Seeing that it is about to rain, go back quickly. It is not good to get wet in the rain. " A Ruo suddenly laughed, and said, "What are you afraid of if you get in the rain, sister Lianxin is different from us now, people feel sorry for you when you get wet in the rain."

Ruyi stopped softly, "Ah Ruo, let's go back to the palace." A Ruo took two steps, stopped her feet, turned around, looked at Lian Xin with a smile, and said, "It is said that eunuchs will love people, but looking at Sister Lian Xin's outfit today, it is true that princes will love people. Dressing is different." She said. She leaned closer and laughed softly, "But there is another advantage. When my sister marries the prince, she saves the trouble of having children and the worry of being a mother. That's what many people can't ask for." Blessing to come."

Lian Xin was so angry that her lips trembled, and on her snow-white face, she could only see a pair of bloodshot eyes staring at A Ruo alternately, black and red, both angry and miserable, obviously extremely angry.After a long time, she finally uttered a sentence, her tone was as cold as an ice pick: "This blessing is so good, I wish you that you will also marry a father-in-law, and you will never leave until you grow old." A Ruo stared at her eyes in anger, and quickly held back her smile and said, "I can't compare with my sister, but our little master is just admiring me, and he will marry me to the imperial guards. I have to watch my sister and the prince, No children and no daughters, accompanied until old age."

Ruyi was so angry that his chest seemed to be wrapped in a ball of fire, and he shouted: "Ah Ruo, shut up for me! If you dare to be presumptuous again, I will punish you severely!" Lian Xin's eyes were full of tears, she just gritted her teeth and endured it fiercely.Ruyi didn't stop yelling, only to hear a cold voice behind him: "You will be punished severely for anything, if you make fun of me in the palace like this, you should be killed immediately!" Ruyi heard the voice and knew it was wrong, so she hurriedly turned around, and saw Concubine Hui holding Mo Xin standing by the wall of the vermilion gate that turned into the long street, her eyes were cold and stern, staring at Ruyi, as if she wanted to gouge her. Two transparent holes come out.

Ruyi hastily bowed her body and said, "The imperial concubine is safe." A Ruo also couldn't help panicking, and hurriedly said: "The imperial concubine is safe, and the empress forgives the sin." Concubine Hui snorted coldly and didn't look at her, her tone was as cold as ice: "Forgive me? Who allowed you to make noise and talk nonsense in the palace? How dare you say that you have no children and no daughters underneath, it's simply a shame. It's treason!" Ruyi immediately came back to her senses, only to realize that she was eager to avoid those gossiping people just now, so she turned into the katydid gate.The katydid gate built in the palace is intended to take the katydid insects to have a strong reproductive capacity, in order to pray for the royal family to have many children and grandchildren, and the emperor will last forever.A Ruo's words of "no children and no daughters" here are naturally outrageous, and it is even more afraid that they will poke the thoughts of Concubine Hui, who has been begging for a child these days.

Ruyi hurriedly bent down and said, "Ah Ruo was presumptuous for a while, and his words lost the importance, so I ask the imperial concubine to forgive me." A Ruo was also really frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your concubine, please forgive me, this servant has no intentions." Lian Xin glanced at the noble concubine, and said in a low voice: "Wu Xin can say such harsh words, it's really unheard of for a servant. Everything will be handled by the noble concubine, and the servant will leave first." Mo Xin contained a trace of sarcasm and disgust: "The imperial concubine comes to the Katydite Gate every morning and evening to pray for the prosperity of the descendants of the Qing Dynasty. You are too desperate! Besides, Lian Xin's marriage was personally approved by the emperor and empress. It is a gift. It is a supreme honor, how dare you make irresponsible remarks and ridicule? When the imperial concubine empress tells the empress, the empress will definitely not spare you."

A Ruo glanced at Ruyi as if asking for help, Ruyi shook her head helplessly, she really hated iron for being weak.A Ruo had no choice but to kowtow on her head in a respectful manner, "This servant is only joking because she is familiar with Sister Lianxin, my lord, please forgive me!" Concubine Hui was silent for a moment, then pointed to the plaque on the door and said to A Ruo: "The ancestors of the Qing Dynasty are here, and the Katydasi Gate is the most sacred place for the continuous descendants of the palace. How dare you say outrageous things here, I have to be here This is to punish you, to honor our ancestors."

The plaque on the blue background of the golden sea is written with the three characters "Katas gate" in Manchurian, Mongolian and Han languages.At this time, the sky was dark, and there were dark clouds billowing from the sky far away, but a few golden threads of light leaked out from the gaps in the clouds, falling on the lacquered gold frame of the plaque, the dazzling gold almost fascinated people's eyes . The noble concubine winked, and Shuangxi immediately understood, beckoned a little eunuch, held A Ruo firmly, Mo Xin pulled out a silver hairpin from her head, and poked A Ruo's mouth shamelessly.A Ruo was so frightened that her complexion turned pale, and she tried her best to avoid it, begging for mercy incessantly.Mo Xin poked it a few times but failed to hit it. She was so angry and hated that she couldn't help but put more force on her hands.

Ruyi quickly stopped in front of A Ruo and said, "Stop! No matter how much A Ruo makes a mistake, I can't stab her like this." Concubine Hui pulled her away and said contemptuously: "I haven't asked you about the crime of lax discipline yet, how dare you help her!" Ruyi saw that Ah Ruo did not dodge twice, her lips had already been pricked, and bright red blood was gurgling out, it was very scary to watch. Ruyi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Ah Ruo is at fault, but please forgive me, the imperial concubine, and allow me to take it back to the palace and discipline it slowly!"

Concubine Hui's meticulously painted eyebrows and eyes showed a cold light, which was not commensurate with her delicate and gentle face: "If I entrust it to you, it is just teaching and not good. I am a noble concubine, so I will discipline and discipline the servants for you." Seeing A Ruo suffering, Ruyi was angry at her for hurting Lian's heart with her unscrupulous words, but she also felt sorry for the wound on her lip, and her heart became more anxious and unspeakable, so she had to bow her head and say, "Your Majesty, I don't dare to punish me and A Ruo." Complaints. It’s just the rules in the palace. It’s not allowed to beat or scold a court lady. Hurting people doesn’t hurt face. Ah Ruo still has to be a servant in the palace, and it’s not good to look at anyone with injuries. Please forgive me, the imperial concubine.”

There was a muffled thunder coming from far and near, and the air was sticky like glue, as if someone's hand was pressing hard on his chest, making it hard to breathe.The imperial concubine smiled lightly, but her eyes were like broken ice: "A Ruo doesn't want face, you don't want face, but I want it. Mo Xin, you go back to the empress's words, A Ruo made disrespectful words and offended the ancestors, I punished her After six hours of contemplation under the katydid gate, no one is allowed to let her go before the hour!" Mo Xin complied, and the imperial concubine said: "Shuangxi, stay here and watch her, I will go back and have a rest first." Shuangxi agreed resoundingly, and said to A Ruo with a smile: "Girl, now I'm the only one with you. In six hours, our imperial concubine has already shown great mercy." The noble concubine's eyes were cut out: "As for the concubine Xian, I will punish you to copy it a hundred times, and hand it over to Baohua Palace to burn it as an apology before tonight." Ruyinuonuo agreed and got up when she saw her walking away.A Ruo panicked and walked up to her knees, hugged Ruyi's leg and said, "My lord, save my servant, my little lord, save my servant!" The bluestone slabs and bricks of the long street are all engraved with auspicious patterns, how can it not hurt?Kneeling there for six hours is tantamount to torture on the knee.Ruyi was angry, hated and distressed, and her heart was full of mixed feelings, and she didn't want to show it in front of Shuangxi, so she pushed her hand away and said angrily, "Now you know how to beg me, I will let you When you shut up, why do you have to be so talkative to make fun of others and dig out their scars! Now who do you ask me to ask? You hurt the face of the imperial concubine with your unscrupulous words, and the empress and Wang Qin are the ones who humiliated Lian and hurt their hearts , who else can save you right now! Just kneel down obediently!" Not far away, there was a faint sound of wind whirling close to the ground, and a strange smell of dust was scattered in the wind.Dense rain clouds gathered and covered the sky heavily. Every gust of wind brought large green leaves and residual flowers that fell from nowhere.Falling under the red wall and green tiles, there is a faint gloomy smell. The raindrops fell suddenly, splashing the smell of dust and choking. Ruyi couldn't bear it even more, so she could only say to Shuangxi in a low voice: "Elder Shuangxi, it's fine if Ah Ruo is kneeling here, but it's going to rain soon. I will leave the two umbrellas to you and Ah Ruo, lest you both get wet." Shuangxi smiled bluntly and said: "I don't dare to do it. Concubine Xian, the slave is thick-skinned and thick-skinned, and she is not afraid of raindrops. But A Ruo, since she is punished, she doesn't have to take care of her like this. Could it be that one day her card will cause trouble? Are you afraid that the knife will cut her off too quickly? Well, please go back too, there is no need to pile up with the slaves." Shou Xin said in a low voice: "My lord, let's go back, I can't finish copying the hundreds of "Buddhist Sutras", I'm afraid the imperial concubine will blame me again." Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the dark sky, and the vigorous Jiao Lei almost rolled past his scalp, and the wind with water vapor came in gusts, blowing the corners of his skirt like wings.Ruyi really had no choice but to shake her head and leave. A cold wind knocked open the window lattice fiercely, and the smell of the earth and vegetation being beaten by the rain unscrupulously penetrated into the palace room. Blow them all out.Ruyi hastened to protect most of the "Buddhist Sutra" that was already copied on the table.Ling Xin hurriedly hung up the wind hooks on the window one by one, Fang came over to study the ink and said, "It's raining until the afternoon, why isn't it raining at all?" Seeing that Ruyi was just copying intently with lowered eyebrows, she said in a worried voice, "My servant went to see Ah Ruo quietly, and wanted to give her two steamed buns. But Shuangxi opened an umbrella and sat under the eaves of the palace gate to avoid the rain and watched. She won't let go at all." Ruyi's pen trembled, and she wrote a word crookedly, so she had to crumple and throw it down: "It deserves it! I asked her to pay attention several times, but she refused to listen, she was strong and unforgiving." Ruyi said The more I hate it, "If you want to be top-notch in everything, you have to have top-notch skills. If you are so unobtrusive, you deserve to have a long memory!" I didn't dare to say any more, so I had to carefully add water to grind the ink.Ruyi was troubled and worried about Concubine Hui's instructions, knowing that she was not easy to deal with, so she could only copy carefully, for fear that she would pick out some faults.It was so easy that there were only a dozen times left, and she felt worried again. Hearing the sound of the rain, it was like thousands of whips lashing the ground hard, causing countless snow-white sprays.She listened attentively and sighed: "It is said that thunderstorms are easy to stop, why is the rain getting bigger and bigger?" Knowing that she was still worried about Ah Ruo, he said, "It's also God who loves to torture people. It's hot when you get up early, but it's cold when it rains. Ah Ruo knelt in the heavy rain, and you don't know what happened when you came back?" The rain was beating on the tiles on the eaves, which made the iron horses on the eaves jingle, and Ruyi became more and more irritable.She suppressed the worry in her heart, and ordered: "My "Buddhist Sutra" here is almost finished copying, you can send it to Xianfu Palace to inform, and then go to Baohua Palace to burn it." Shou heartily agreed, knowing that Ruyi's words must not be finished, so he looked at Ruyi.Sure enough, Ruyi concentrating for a moment, called into the Three Treasures and said, "How long has Ah Ruo been kneeling?" Sanbao hurriedly said: "It's almost five hours after four." Ruyi nodded: "Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask Imperial Doctor Xu to come over, and tell him that I am not feeling well. Then tell him to prepare some dispersive medicines to dispel wind and cure cold." Sanbao promised to go out quickly, and Ruyi ordered Luhen again: "Go and boil more hot water, and Ah Ruo will take a hot bath for her when she comes back to get rid of the cold. Then hug two thick quilts in her room and give them to her." She covers it. Also, prepare the ginger soup." Luhen agreed repeatedly, and said with a smile in his heart: "The young master still loves Ah Ruo." Ruyi shook her head: "She's been with me all these years, so naturally she doesn't feel bad. It's just that she's too disappointing." After a long time, Ruyi handed all the hundreds of "Buddhist Sutras" that she had written into the hands of Xin: "Go. After returning to Concubine Hui, I will go and do your errands." Xing Xin told Lu Hen and the little maids a few times, and then she left. Ruyi stood on the porch, watching Xin Xin go out with an umbrella, the surrounding damp and heavy moisture permeated through the clothes with a chill, as if it was about to soak her body together.The sky was as dark as the night, and dozens of palace lanterns in the courtyard under the corridor were flickering in the rain, like will-o'-the-wisps that were far and near, erratic.Standing in draped clothes, Ruyi watched the edges and corners of the palaces and pavilions gradually turn into dark but blurred thin silhouettes under the washing of the rain, and endless worries and bewilderment arose in her heart. She was contemplating when she saw a drenched man burst into the palace gate and knelt down exhausted in the rain.

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