Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Mother's Family

After being crowned empress, Ruyi's father, Naerbu, was revered as the first-class Cheng'en Gong, and his mother also became a Cheng'en Kung Fu person. On the fifth day after Ruyi's canonization, she visited the palace. Ruyi is naturally overjoyed at the family reunion.When she was a noble concubine or imperial concubine in the past, it's not that her mother never came to visit her, but at that time she was cautious in her words and deeds, trembling with trepidation, after all, it couldn't compare to the ease of relaxation at this moment. As far as Xu Xu was concerned in such a family, the sentence that his mother said the most was "Ulanara's revival, your Ama can rest in peace under the Nine Springs." Yi timely stopped his mother from crying with joy, and moreover, the youngest sister's marriage age had already come, and all the proposers had broken through the threshold.

Ruyi pondered and said: "In the past, no one cared about her, but now she has broken through the threshold because of her daughter's position as queen. It shows how snobbish the world is!" The mother said: "If you talk about snobbery, there are always some. Erniang looked at it coldly. Among the people who came to propose marriage, there were the emperor's younger brother and the prince who came to ask to marry Fujin, and the king of Pingjun came to ask to marry Fujin. His son—" Before her mother finished speaking, Ruyi waved her hands again and again: "Emiang, don't say this again. The emperor doesn't say anything, but in his heart he is the most taboo to get involved with the royal family or important officials. Are we not involved enough with the royal family? If you want a daughter It is said that it is safest to choose a literati from the family of someone who was acquainted with us in the past and did not dislike us. The generals are going to the battlefield, so literati are good, and they must not seek fame, and they will live a stable life. "

The mother hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said: "A family like ours has finally prospered, and marrying such a person, even if your sister is willing, I can't be willing!" Ruyi said: "Emiang, don't be confused. Wealth and wealth are floating clouds, just have a daughter in it, and the younger sister can marry a lover in peace, and even the younger brother should inherit the title in the future. Don't be contaminated by the officialdom. Come." With such a solemn request, my mother finally agreed. It was already dusk when the mother left, and the time for morning and evening meditation was approaching. Yan Wan waited outside the Yikun Palace, watching Ruyi personally help her mother to the door, her eyes were slightly wet, and she said in a low voice: " Chunchan, I don't know how my mother's mother is at home, and I want to see her, but I'm not a favored concubine after all, and there is no one in the family who is an official in the court, so I can't even meet."

Chunchan comforted her and said: "My lord, what's the problem if you want to see your family? You and the empress often have contacts, so it's enough to ask for the empress's grace." Yan Wan hesitated: "I don't know if the empress will agree?" Chunchan said with a smile: "The little master has done his best in the matter of Concubine Jia, the empress will naturally love the young master. Moreover, the empress has just been canonized, so she is naturally willing to show her favor." Yan Wan thought for a while, and she really asked Ruyi, who agreed, and sighed: "Your family was originally in Shengjing, and my palace asked people to prepare to go down earlier, so that your family can be brought into the palace to visit."

Yan Wan's mother and younger brother entered the palace ten days later, when she got up in the morning, Yan Wan ordered to prepare the favorite snacks of her mother and younger brother, and then cleaned the inside and outside of Yongshou Palace, and replaced it. He put on new clothes and dressed up in emerald jewels, just waiting for his family to arrive. Sure enough, in the afternoon, San Bao who was beside Ruyi had already brought Yan Wan's mother and younger brother inside, and he left after beating a thousand children. Yan Wan hadn't seen her mother and brother for many years, she couldn't help crying at the moment of emotion, she fell into her mother's arms and said: "Emiang, brother, you are finally here."

Mrs. Wei carefully looked at the layout of Yongshou Palace, and then pushed her daughter away from her arms to look up and down, and asked solemnly: "Is the young master happy?" Yan Wan wept with emotion, she was stunned when her mother asked this sentence unexpectedly.Lan Cui was still obedient, and hurriedly said: "Madam Wei and Young Master have worked hard all the way, hurry up and sit in the Nuan Pavilion, the young master has prepared two favorite snacks." Mrs. Wei was only in her forties, she was dressed in a soot-red silk gown, and she was well-groomed.As for Yan Wan's younger brother, although he is in good health, he looks awkward no matter how he is wearing a brocade robe. He only has a pair of eyes that look around, without any definite conclusion.Although Mrs. Wei looked a little old, but her eyes were very sharp, she swept Lan Cui like a razor blade, and said, "Are you serving your concubine?"

Lan Cui hurriedly answered "yes", and Madam Wei was willing to stretch out her hand, and let her help her in. When they arrived at the Nuan Pavilion and sat down, Lan Cui and Chun Chan hurriedly served the refreshments respectfully, and then stepped back with their hands down.Mrs. Wei tasted a few, and saw that Yanwan's younger brother Zuolu just gobbled it up and ignored it, but Lan Cui handed over a cup of milk tea and said, "My lord, drink some tea to moisturize yourself, and choke carefully. " Zuolu was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Seeing Lan Cui's delicate appearance and attentive service, he couldn't help touching the back of her hand, salivating and said with a smile, "It's so slippery."

Lan Cui worked as a servant in the palace since she was a child, she had never seen such an unruly person, she was a little annoyed for a while, but she didn't dare to show it, so she had to retreat resentfully, her face flushed with grievance. Yan Wan couldn't hold back, she hurriedly shouted: "This is the palace, where do you think it is?" Zuolu lowered his face, grabbed a piece of snack and bit it, and hummed softly. Mrs. Wei ignored everything, and said with a downcast face, "Zuo is just a servant who serves you, that is, a servant who serves your younger brother. If you touch it, you can lose a piece of meat." Yan Wan has always regarded Lan Cui and Chun Chan as right-hand men, and hearing what her mother said, she was afraid that Lan Cui's thin skin would be annoyed, and it would be difficult to win over, so she ordered: "Lan Cui, you go out and serve."

Mrs. Wei immediately stopped her, and regardless of Lan Cui's embarrassment, she opened her mouth and said, "What are you doing out there? As a slave, don't you want to hear these words?" Seeing Yan Wanzi's face swell, she didn't care, she just stared at Yan Wan's stomach said: "Just now, my lord, you eat those sweets with gusto, but you don't like those sour plums, spicy ginger, maybe there is nothing left in your stomach?" Yan Wan listened to her mother's vulgar words, and she was very strong-willed, but at this moment, she was frustrated, and her eye circles were red with anxiety: "Emiang, this fate has not yet come, my daughter is also anxious." Don't come."

The corner of Madam Wei's mouth drooped, and she said coldly, "Aren't you in a hurry? Or are you useless and unable to win the Emperor's heart? Don't blame your brother for being shallow-sighted, even touching the hands of the servants who serve you. When you come back, it’s because you don’t live up to expectations. If you are favored more and give birth to an elder brother, you can also give our family more food and marry more wives for your brother, and you won’t end up like he is today. " Hearing his mother scolding his sister, Zorlu sniffed and snorted, "A hen that can't lay eggs!"

Yan Wan served the emperor herself. Although there were many grievances in the open and in the dark, she was a pampered concubine in the end, and she had never been so rudely ridiculed by her mother and brother.Rujin mother and daughter reunited, and heard the sarcastic remarks they were used to when they were young, and couldn't help but shed tears: "It's their business to say what others say, so how come my mother and younger brother say that about me? I gave everything I had in these years." At home, you are full of grievances, but you can't see it. After finally coming to the palace, everyone is happy, but you want to poke my sore spot!" When Mrs. Wei was unhappy, her expression became even more ugly: "People are happy because they are happy. What are we happy about? You have served the emperor for so many years, how come you are still a concubine today? A concubine is nothing more, what's wrong with this belly? There is still no movement at all? At your age, how many people in our village have dragged their children and daughters into a large group. " Chunchan couldn't hear it, so she had to apologize and said with a smile: "Ma'am, don't worry, the young master has been taking the birth control medicine, and the young master is also anxious! Besides, the child has nothing to do with the favor. Concubine Yu has five elder brothers, the emperor It's not that I don't pay much attention to her, even the empress has no heirs yet, but the emperor still made her a queen." Mrs. Wei ignored it, and gave Chunchan a look: "People's blessings are born in the bones, and our girl's blessings must be won by myself. She must have the ability to be a queen, and she will be the queen without a child." , I have nothing else to say. I remember that our concubine has not been moved for two years, and I have served the emperor for four or five years. Seeing that I am getting older, can my mother Are you in a hurry? It is said that entering the palace is falling into the pile of gold and silver, and the fortune is piled up in front of you, why are we not?" She looked at Yan Wan and said: "Look, Er Niang is here, sit down For such a long time, the emperor didn't even send a messenger to come and see, so it can be seen that your favor is getting worse day by day." Chunchan listened to Mrs. Wei's words, and she was too indifferent, even a court lady couldn't listen to it anymore, so she hurriedly brought up the silk, satin, gold and silver jewelry that Yan Wan had prepared, and showed them to Mrs. Wei , said courteously: "These silks and satins are all woven and paid tribute in the south of the Yangtze River. There are not many young masters in the palace who can have them. These jewels belong to the young master himself, and some empresses have brought them back when they know that the lady is coming to reward them specially." Let's go home. It's not easy to come here, the little master's filial piety is here, " Mrs. Wei recited a sentence of Buddha when she saw the same thing. Seeing the delicate things, her face softened a lot: "The empress is still merciful." After she finished reading, she said mysteriously to Yan Wan: "I heard that the empress looks like you. Are they similar, true or false? Why didn’t you even climb up a concubine when she became a queen? Or, the empress has rewarded so much, and I took your brother to thank the empress as well?” Hearing this sentence, Yan Wan raised her eyebrows in anxiety, she would not want her mother to go to Yikun Palace to embarrass herself.It was Chunchan who was astute, and persuaded with a smile: "At this time, the empress is probably dealing with the affairs of the Six Palaces, so she won't see anyone." Only in this way, Mrs. Wei was willing to give up. Finally, when the time came, the little eunuch came to urge him to leave the palace. Mrs. Wei was holding a bunch of things, and she couldn't breathe, she turned her head and asked: "Hurry up and get pregnant, otherwise your grandma won't shut up even if she dies." Eyes, I want to come to you from the Nine Springs." As soon as Mrs. Wei left, Yan Wan shed tears before she could close the palace door: "The family members of other people come to visit the palace, and they are all happily reunited. Why is this palace so embarrassing? I thought we could get together, but in the end I still slapped myself in the face." She took Lan Cui's hand, "It also caused you to be bullied by Bengong's unworthy brother." Seeing that Yan Wan was sad, Lan Cui dared to be wronged, so she said: "Your master treats your servants well, and your servants know that, so you dare not be wronged." Chunchan sighed and said: "The grievances of the servants are nothing compared to the grievances of the young master. My sister and brothers are so forced, and I feel even more uncomfortable. In fact, what my wife said is also kind, but I was forced to take it slowly. Come on, the young master will always have a child. It is grace, the young master is still young, so what are you afraid of." Yan Wan tightly held the silk in her hand, and said in a sad voice, "That's not true. There is no one to rely on in my mother's family, so I can only rely on myself." Half a month after the post-book ceremony, the emperor accompanied the new queen Ruyi to visit the ancestral mausoleum, pay homage to the ancestors and ancestors, tour Songluo in the west, and go to Mount Wutai to offer incense and travel around famous mountains and rivers. And apart from the empress, what they brought with them were pure concubines, noble concubines, concubines Shu, and concubines Ling.All matters in the palace should be left to Concubine Yu Hailan to take care of them. After careful calculation, it must be a rare time in his life to be alone with the emperor.Together with her, he watched the gorgeous red leaves of Xishan Mountain, watched the butterflies fall and flew together, and the dusk was heavy.In countless early mornings, when the morning light is faint, even if you just stand side by side silently, watching the rising sun will be warm and silent.Although there are also concubines accompanying her, they are just accompanying her.Every night, the emperor and Ruyi face each other peacefully, sleeping in each other's arms, thinking about it is also a luxury.However, this extravagance is gratifying, because she is a rightful queen, and the emperor should be in pairs with her, inseparable. The days in the harem were peaceful and leisurely, but the turmoil in the previous dynasty began when the old minister Zhang Tingyu was reprimanded by the emperor again, shaking the entire September season. Since the emperor's eldest son Yonghuang passed away, just after the first sacrifice, Zhang Tingyu hurriedly asked the emperor to return to his hometown regardless of his status as Yonghuang's teacher.The emperor couldn't help being angry, and reprimanded him: "Imagine that you once served me as a lecturer, and you were also the teacher of the eldest son of the emperor. Now that the eldest son of the emperor passed away, you returned to your hometown shortly after his death. You are so indifferent. Is there any heart?" Zhang Tingyu was terrified by this severe reprimand.Afterwards, the emperor ordered Jiuqing to discuss whether Zhang Tingyu was eligible to enjoy the Taimiao, and agreed to perform.The ministers of Jiuqing couldn't see the emperor's intentions, and agreed that Zhang Tingyu should be dismissed and deserve to enjoy the Taimiao.Based on this, the emperor revised the edict of the first emperor, and removed Zhang Tingyu from being entitled to the treatment of the Taimiao after his death.Since then, most of Zhang Tingyu's power in the court has been disintegrated. Ruyi’s position as the new empress was due to the fact that when Empress Xiaoxian passed away, the family of Empress Huixian’s mother was demoted, and Empress Xiaoxian’s uncle Ma Qi passed away as early as the fourth year of Qianlong, and Zhang Tingyu, her biggest supporter, returned to her hometown in Tongcheng. .It is said that in order to avoid suspicion, no one came forward to greet him. Only a nephew led several family members to take him into the old house. Since then, the previous dynasty has been calm, and even the rebellion of the Tibetan county king Zhuermot Namzhal was quickly put down by Yue Zhongqi leading troops into Tibet, and it became a matter of calm and calm.The emperor can be said to be smug.In order to appease the Fucha family supported by Zhang Tingyu, the emperor also made Jin nobles as Jin concubines from afar to show his kindness and favor with Long, and also eased the hearts of Empress Xiaoxian's mother's family. This kind of life made Ruyi feel at ease, and soon, there was a sudden happy event in the harem. One night in November of this year, the emperor was inspecting Yue Zhongqi's pacification of Tibet in the study room of the palace. Ruyi accompanied her red sleeves to add fragrance; Play it; while Yihuan is facing the lamp and facing the flowers, leaning on the desk, and neatly transcribing the emperor's imperial poems one by one. Yan Wan stopped playing, and said with a smile: "Sister Concubine Shu, in fact, the emperor's imperial poems have already been collected into a book, why do you have to work so hard to copy one by one?" Yihuan didn't raise her head, she just focused on saying: "The handwriting is the mind, so it is naturally different." Ruyi smiled lightly and said, "Concubine Shu can recite every imperial poem by the emperor by heart, that's why she likes it so much." The emperor closed the booklet, raised his head and said with a smile: "The queen doesn't tell, but I don't know." Ruyi smiled: "If everything is done and only the emperor knows about it, then it is intentional, not sincere." The emperor looked at Yi Huan with pity and praise in his eyes: "Concubine Shu, your eyes are tired after writing in front of the lamp for a long time, please take a rest and drink a cup of my mulberry and chrysanthemum tea, it can improve your eyesight." Pure God." Yi Huan agreed slightly, then stood up, felt a little dizzy, and swayed slightly, fortunately, she supported the long table of red sandalwood and plum blossom branches in front of her, so she didn't fall down. Ruyi hurriedly helped her sit down, worried: "What's wrong?" The emperor got up immediately, brushed her forehead with his hand, and said with concern: "Why are you so dizzy?" He Xi waited by Yi Huan's side, worried: "My lord has been dizzy and unwell for the past few days, yesterday I ate half a tribute pear, and ended up vomiting in the middle of the night." Yan Wan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Could it be because of joy?" Without hesitation, the emperor immediately said, "Of course not!" Yi Huan was a little surprised by the emperor's decisiveness, and lowered her face embarrassingly.Ruyi was slightly taken aback, and then realized that the emperor was too hasty in answering, so she asked nonchalantly, "Is the menstruation accurate? Have you sent the imperial physician to see it?" Yi Huan blushed, a little embarrassed: "The concubine's menstruation has always been inaccurate, and it is common to not have a letter period for two or three months." He Xi broke her fingers and said: "That's not true. The young masters on the left and right haven't had a monthly letter for more than two months." She suddenly became happy, "My servant will feel dizzy and uncomfortable when I hear that people who are happy, but the young master looks like it." .” Yan Wan looked at He Xi's joy, her heart felt as if a piece of lead was falling, pulling her internal organs and unwillingly sinking.She blurted out: "You are not allowed to talk like this. No one here has given birth. If you don't pretend to be pregnant because you are sick, it will be bad if you delay. I'd better invite the imperial doctor to take a look." This word reminded everyone, the emperor said in a deep voice: "Li Yu, urgently summon Qi Lu to come and take a look for Concubine Shu." Li Yu immediately replied: "It just so happens. At this time, Imperial Physician Qi is coming to ask the emperor for a peace pulse, and he is waiting outside right now." After finishing speaking, Li Yu led Qi Lu in, and after asking for Concubine Shu's pulse, Qi Lu's expression became a little suspicious, and he just kept thinking.The emperor was obviously anxious: "Concubine Shu is not feeling well, what's going on?" Qi Lu hurriedly got up, and said respectfully: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the pulse of Concubine Shu is happy pulse, and it has been two months." Uneasy eyes to inquire about the emperor's reaction. Pieces of green bamboo were planted outside the hall of the Xinggong, and now in the cold night, the sound of the wind blows past, like countless waves surging, rustling in the heart. Ruyi's heart sank, and she unconsciously looked at the emperor's face.There was a thin smile on the emperor's lips, with a hint of reserve, he said briefly: "Very good." This sentence was too short, and it was difficult for Ruyi to see the real joys and sorrows behind the emperor.But at this moment, all she can show is Zhenggong's graceful and tolerant smile: "Yes, congratulations to the emperor and Concubine Shu." Yi Huan was stunned for a long time, and couldn't believe it for a while, but after hearing Ruyi's congratulations, she came back to her senses.I wanted to laugh, but a tear came out first.She said softly: "I've been looking forward to it for so many years..." Before she finished speaking, she also choked up, so she had to cover up the silk, and she burst into tears with joy. The emperor didn't expect her to be so happy, so he couldn't bear it and was shocked, and said softly: "Don't cry, don't cry. This is a happy event. If you are so excited, you will hurt your body instead." Ruyi saw that Yan Wan was feeling a little uncomfortable, and knew that she was feeling sorry for her childlessness for a long time, so she said to Yi Huan, "In the past, Mulan Qiushou, Concubine Shu, you could always go for a run with the emperor, but now It’s impossible now. It’s important to take good care of your body.” She glanced at Yan Wan, and said to the emperor: “Your Majesty, Concubine Shu has to take good care of her these days, I’m afraid she won’t be able to serve her all the time, concubine, everything will be fine Sorry to trouble you." Yan Wan answered "Yes" in a low voice, her face softened a little, and she said, "Sister Shu Concubine needs to take good care of her body, the first child should be extra careful." She stretched out her hand cautiously, caressing Shu Concubine The concubine's belly was full of envy, "It's better for my sister's luck, so my sister should also be happy!" Yihuan bowed her head and smiled shyly, and pressed Yan Wan's hand on her still flat belly: "Thank you sister, I hope my sister's wish will be fulfilled as soon as possible." The emperor's expression was calm, and his tone was as gentle as the warm wind in April: "Concubine Shu, since you are pregnant, don't drink the birth control medicine I rewarded you." He paused, "Maybe you have been drinking it all the time." Deqin, with the blessing of heaven, finally fulfilled his wish." Yi Huan carefully sat down sideways, caressing her lower abdomen: "I'm ashamed to say, my concubine has been drinking the birth control medicine for so many years, thinking that there is no hope, so I have been drinking it every meal for the past two years. That's it. Since leaving the palace this time, the emperor has never needed the companionship of his concubines, and this pregnancy was probably conceived while he was still in the palace. It seems that the concubines have delayed drinking several times, but who would have thought it would happen!" Qi Lu hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "The birth control medicine is strong enough to help you conceive. The young master's body is weak and cold, and in addition to the fact that he has been wholeheartedly seeking a child before, and he is nervous, it is not easy to conceive. Now the foundation has been adjusted to be strong. , and the mind is relaxed, even if you drink less than half a time, it doesn't matter. But if you don't drink so many anti-birth medicines for conditioning in the past few years, you can't say that you will be pregnant if you are pregnant." Yi Huan nodded again and again, and said earnestly: "The doctor Qi is right, but in this way, the pure and noble concubines in the palace are still the best, so they have a continuous succession of children." Qi Lu said: "Pure imperial concubine has always been in good health, but Jia imperial concubine was born in the Li Dynasty. Since she was young, she has been nourished with ginseng, and her physique is particularly gentle, so it is different." Yi Huan smiled slightly, looked at Qi Lu trustingly and said: "Then I will have to ask the imperial physician Qi for the rest of my recuperation and nourishment." Qilu Nuonuo agreed.The emperor said in a warm voice: "Qi Lu is a national player in the Imperial Hospital, and has deep qualifications. If you like it, I will point him to take care of you." Yi Huan's eyebrows and eyes are full, like a pool of spring water with love, and she is deeply moved by infinite love: "My concubine, thank you, the emperor." The emperor ordered a few words, and Ruyi also said: "Fortunately, Yujia will return to the palace soon, but there are still a few days on the way. Your Majesty, the concubine should accompany Concubine Shu back to her pavilion to have a look. She is pregnant. Don't miss anything." Yan Wan also said: "The concubine will also go back with Sister Shu Concubine." The emperor nodded and said: "Then everything will be done by the queen."