Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty-One

Yan Wan accompanied the emperor into the bedroom, rubbed her heart for the emperor and said: "Don't be angry, the emperor, the empress is just angry with the concubines who served you, so she will speak indiscriminately for a while." The emperor closed his eyes and said: "You have been serving me for a day or two. The empress has always liked you very much. Why did you go crazy today and why must you be so stubborn?" Yan Wan leaned on the emperor's shoulder, and said softly: "The empress is also concerned about the emperor, the emperor drinks a bowl of deer blood wine, not to mention the empress, the concubines are afraid of seeing it."

The emperor gave her an ambiguous look, and slowly touched her wrist: "Afraid? What are you afraid of?" Yan Wan smiled infinitely softly, bit the emperor's earlobe and said: "The concubine is just afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle you." The gloom on the emperor's face dissipated immediately, and he hugged her and said, "I thought you and the empress looked alike, but after careful identification, you two have completely different temperaments. The empress has a strong temper and would rather die than break; you are Tenderness around the fingers, chasing the soul and eroding the bones."

Yan Wanchi laughed, laughing loudly on purpose, and then lowered her voice and said delicately: "The empress looks like a concubine, but I can't imitate it. The reason why the empress is so hot-tempered now is because she only thinks she is your wife. She is the queen of the Qing Dynasty, but she forgot that she, like a concubine, is your servant and your servant first, and then the person who serves your pillow." The emperor smiled and stroked her face: "You are sensible." The corners of the brows and eyes slowly gave birth to a charming style, the softness was so soft that it almost melted away, and said in a low voice: "It's not that the concubine is sensible, but that the concubine remembers it all the time, and the concubine is serving you , as long as you are happy, the concubine is willing to do anything."

The emperor chuckled softly in her ear, said something, and said, "Are you willing to do this too?" Yan Wan blushed, and shyly thumped the emperor's chest: "The concubine said, for the sake of the emperor, the concubine is willing to do anything." I don't know how long I've been kneeling, the late autumn sun is shining lightly on my body, it seems to be thorny, and itchy, Ruyi looks at the eight-treasure group pattern on the cloud above the door, it is obviously five bats fluttering Wings, her eyes were all gray, counting more and more.Five... six, ten... Ruyi moaned softly: "Rong Pei... why are there so many bats..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly became limp and fainted.Rong Pei was scared out of her wits, hugged Ruyi tightly and exclaimed: "The Empress! The Empress! What's wrong with you? Don't scare the servants?" When Ruyi woke up, she was already in her Yikun Palace.The people around the bed in front of and behind the bed all had smiling faces, and even the sky-blue dark-woven peony spring sleeping gauze was replaced with the pattern of begonia red and Hetongzi peony Changchun at some point.It was such a festive red color, embroidered with gold and silver threads piercing bright yellow beeswax beads, the peonies were golden brocade red, and periwinkle flowers were also lively and lively pink, which made her tired of it.Ruyi only felt that her body was so light that she had no place to rest, her head was dizzy, her eyes were sore, and she couldn't exert any strength on her body.She was extremely impatient, she half closed her eyes and turned around: "Why are you laughing, get down!"

But the emperor's voice was in his ears, and he said happily, "Ruyi, you are pregnant!" This sentence was like a thunder in his ears, Ruyi sat up hastily.It was only when I got up together that I realized that I was in a hurry. I was afraid that I was injured somewhere, so I half-stiffened my body, stared at the emperor with wide eyes, and still couldn't believe it: "What did the emperor say?" However, the emperor was so happy that the fury of thunder in the Yongshou Palace just now turned into a sunny day.He held Ruyi's hand, feeling a little guilty: "Ruyi, you fainted outside Yongshou Palace just now. I hurriedly carried you back and let Qilu take a look. You have been pregnant for more than two months."

Yan Wan accompanied the emperor, with a smile full of fear: "When the emperor heard that the empress was dizzy, he was so anxious that he left his concubines and rushed out of Yongshou Palace with his empress in his arms." Rong Pei rushed forward to put a few cushions behind Ruyi, pushed Concubine Ling behind her, and said: "Your Majesty, take care of your body and get up slowly." Ruyi's mind went blank for a moment, and she couldn't react to anything, as if she was floating in the empty sea.How can there be children?How can there be children? Ruyi flusteredly caressed her stomach, it was flat, how could there be a child in it?But if it wasn't for having a child, how could the emperor be so happy?She hurriedly called out, "Where's Jiang Yubin?"

Qi Lu hurried forward on his knees and said: "Empress, don't worry, the doctor Jiang is still at home. I have already had a pulse with the empress, and there is no doubt that she is pregnant. But the empress has not given birth before, this is the first child , you must be extremely careful.” The emperor was in a very good mood, and said loudly: "Qi Lu, I will entrust you with the full power of the empress's pregnancy. If there is a little mistake..." Qi Lu quickly got down on the ground and said: "I don't dare, if there is a mistake, I don't dare to take this old life."

The emperor smiled and said: "That's good. The empress has always been asked by the doctor Jiang for peace of mind, and you will take care of it with him for safety." Ruyi's expression was still a little tired, and she didn't want to talk to the emperor very much, and even her smile was a touch of light.It was Li Yu who felt obediently: "Is the empress tired? The servant immediately asked Imperial Physician Qi to prepare a good anti-fetal medicine, and the empress should take a good rest." Yan Wan hurriedly put on a soft smile, and said: "The concubine will wait on the emperor and go back to Yongshou Palace first. The dinner is ready, it is the emperor's favorite roasted venison."

Ruyi's misty eyes flicked across Yan Wan's face, the emperor cleared his throat, and said, "These days are all venison and pheasant, I'm already eating catkins, so I won't go." Yan Wan still wanted to be with the emperor, and she was a little bit reluctant to part with it.The emperor didn't even look at her, he waved his hand and said, "Kneel down first, I want to accompany the queen." Yan Wan had no choice but to say goodbye.After the crowd dispersed, the emperor bowed down to Ruyi, "Ruyi, I lost my head from drinking in Yongshou Palace today."

Ruyi turned towards the inside, and said lightly: "The emperor drank too much wine, and this concubine asked Rong Pei to make a hangover soup for the emperor. Please forgive me, the concubine is pregnant, and I am afraid that the alcohol will be too strong My child, please invite the emperor to rest in the Nuan Pavilion." A little guilt floated in Ruyi's eyes, like broken ice floating on spring water and gradually melting: "Ruyi, don't be angry, you will hurt our child in your womb." Ruyi's heart felt sour, and she stroked her stomach in a daze.Yes, if it wasn't for this child, where would she be today?Obviously it wasn't her fault, but he could easily put all the faults on her and humiliate her like this in front of the concubines. Her eyes were sore, like when she was a child, she rubbed her eyes after peeling the green plums, almost forcing her to cry.But what about crying?No matter how many sad tears she shed in front of Yongshou Palace, it would be useless. If it wasn't for this child, her sadness and worry would all be in vain. She looked at the shadow floating on the tent, and said softly: "If the concubine hadn't suddenly had this child, the emperor wouldn't have spoken to the concubine like this, would he?" The emperor was a little embarrassed: "Ruyi, I don't like you like this." Ruyi let out a long sigh: "There are too many things about concubines that the emperor doesn't like. Concubines are just successors. They speak lightly and act recklessly. It is inevitable that the emperor will not like it." The emperor said lightly: "Queen, do you really want to care so much about my drunken words?" Ruyi turned sideways, without saying a word, tears poured out first: "Why did the concubine care about the emperor just now, the concubine only cares about herself. The emperor doesn't take care of his body, it's just that the concubine is incompetent, how can the concubine see the emperor?" Woolen cloth?" The emperor's expression was a bit sad, like the frost on the autumn red leaves: "Ruyi, I am an emperor and a man. All men at this age will have times when they can't do what they want. I am anxious and angry. Then It is aimed at myself. People, when you are in a hurry, you are confused about what you say and do. If you care about my confusion at this time, I have nothing to say. What happened today, I It's a bit self-indulgent, but with a few young concubines by my side, I became interested, and they didn't persuade me..." He was a little embarrassed, and couldn't continue, "In short, I just don't do that anymore." Ruyi raised her lowered eyes slightly: "The concubine did not do it for anything else but because of what the emperor said. The emperor became interested in a moment, but they didn't persuade him. The concubine had to teach the concubine Ling and the concubine Jin a lesson. .” The emperor pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "As long as you are happy and the child in your womb is happy, I have nothing to say." Ruyi deliberately stared at him: "The emperor doesn't feel bad?" The emperor laughed, biting each word seriously: "Naturally. You are my wife, and punishing my concubine, why should I feel sorry for you?" Ruyi said bluntly: "Then, the concubine will ask the emperor for permission. From today until the concubine gives birth to the full moon, all concubines and concubines of Jin will be fined. how?" The emperor smiled and caressed Ruyi's lower abdomen, and said affectionately, "I'm up to you." Ruyi sighed with a half-smile: "There is no reason why I can't help my concubine. As long as the emperor cherishes the body of the dragon and takes care of himself, the concubine will have nothing to say." In the hall, there is clear sunlight flickering up and down, and the quiet time of early autumn gradually diffuses.All this seems to be so perfect, naturally, it can only be perfect blindly. When Hailan and Yihuan came to visit Ruyi together, Ruyi was leaning on the nine-branched plum blossoms by the long window, covered with a water-red brocade quilt of unicorn and spring, watching Lingzhi leading the little maids in the courtyard. Clean up the flowers and plants. All the concubines in the palace came to congratulate her, and even the queen mother came to comfort her.Ruyi has dealt with a lot, and is also a little tired.After lunch, maybe because of pregnancy, I always slack and move around.Although the palace people were busy working outside, they all held their breath and made no sound at all, for fear of disturbing her rest.As a result, the Yikun Palace was as quiet as a thousand-year-old ancient temple, with a faint smell of cigarette smoke, quiet and stable. Ruyi is wearing silver inlaid gemstones, jasper cut with butterfly patterns, a shirt of hazy color with light purple petal orchid embroidery, and a cloak with roses and purple thorns and gold trim on her body. The luxurious and luxurious clothes, long long clothes dragging on the matsutake-colored carpet, meander like a spring stream dyed by the setting sun. The screen window in the Nuan Pavilion is covered with a rosy gauze of "alpricot blossoms soaked in rain". In the lonely late autumn season, the dry and cool scenery outside is also shrouded in a layer of light apricot rain, which is warm and stretched. Hailan took a step ahead of Yihuan, wanted to laugh, but tears rolled down her eyelashes first.She sat down beside Ruyi, held Ruyi's hand and smiled with tears in her eyes: "Unexpectedly, there is still today." Yi Huan hurriedly laughed and said, "Sister Concubine Yu is overjoyed. This is a happy event, don't cry!" Even though she said this, her eyes didn't feel wet: "Empress, don't think we are the last ones. People come early in the morning People go, if there are too many people, it’s just entertainment, but we can’t talk about ourselves.” Ruyi hurriedly took Yihuan's hand and sat down, "Thank you for being blessed by you." Hai Lan hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, "Empress, you have been waiting for so many years..." Yes, after waiting for so many years and dreaming for so many years, I have dreamed of the joy of holding my own child countless times in my dreams, but in the end, it was an empty dream.After waking up from the dream, my shirt was wet with tears, but I didn't want to, there was still today. Yi Huan interjected: "As long as you wait, no matter how late it is." She couldn't help feeling, "If the empress waited, wouldn't the concubine also wait? It will definitely be a healthy child." Yi Huan was wearing a bamboo-green satin gown rolled with silver thread by Concubine Xiang, with a few daffodils with yellow pistils and white petals slightly dotted on the cuffs.The bun is only decorated with simple Hetian jade, carved with blooming daffodils.It was her favorite flower, and it matched her temperament very well. It was so light and bright, just like her, facing the water to shine on the flowers, and the fragrance of blooming and falling.She took out a pouch with a plate of fragrant flowers and seeds from her sleeve, opened it and shook out a string of eighteen double happiness coral beads. There are eighteen coral beads in a string, made of white jade beads, tied with a coral pestle, emerald double happiness with clouds on the back, very delicate cute. Yi Huan smiled and said: "This is the dowry at home when the concubine enters the palace. After much deliberation, it is the most suitable gift for the empress." Hailan looked at her with a smile: "You don't want to give gifts easily, it's such a good thing once you get it." Ruyi declined and said, "Since it's your dowry, keep it well. When Elder Brother Shi gets married, pass it on to your daughter-in-law." Yi Huan has always been indifferent to Yan Wan, but now she is more contemptuous, and said with a smile: "Waiting there, until then, the concubine is just someone giving something. We also have contacts, but if she is pregnant, the concubine will not give her this." Hailan untied the shiny golden silk from the button of the lotus-colored satin color embroidered vine-weave dress, raised it, and said in disgust, "It's so beautiful, why mention her?" Yi Huan spat softly, and said coldly: "If she hadn't been so obsessed with the emperor, the empress would not have suffered such a big crime in Yongshou Palace today. What if she accidentally hurt the child in her belly?" Speaking of this, Hailan also sighed: "Your Majesty is not confused in his old age, why is he becoming more and more self-willed?" She looked at Ruyi and said: "My lady sometimes cares too much about the Emperor. Many things are easy to deal with. Song, it’s not like today when swords are on the verge of tit-for-tat, and the concubine Ling and the concubine Jin are laughing.” She hesitated and said, “Actually, the emperor wants to drink a few more sips of deer blood wine to find some fun, so he will Let him alone." Yi Huan gritted her teeth, and said softly but resolutely: "The concubine is saying something that I don't know how to live or die. If the concubine is in the position of empress today, I will definitely fight for it." Hai Lan's eyes widened and said: "You mean the Empress Dowager will blame the Empress Dowager for not being able to speak?" Yi Huan shook her head, her eyes were reddened: "Not only the empress dowager, but also husband and wife, these words can only be said by the empress." Hailan was silent for a moment, then sighed: "To put it bluntly, you guys care too much about the word husband and wife. No matter in the folk palace, they are husband and wife when they are in love, and passers-by when they are indifferent. No, they are not as good as passers-by. , or an enemy. If you care too much about everything, it's always boring." After speaking, everyone was silent.Hailan could only force a smile and said, "What is the concubine saying this again? Those who should be punished have also been punished. When the concubine came over, she heard the concubine Jin crying in her palace. That's right, to do this Such a thing that confuses the Sacred Heart really disgraces her Fucha Clan!" She called Ye Xin, and brought a red lacquer and gold plate with Wanfu Ruyi, covered with blue-purple satin, and inside were about twenty aprons of different colors and sizes, such as Yutang Fugui, Fushou Sanduo, Rui Que holding flowers, Mandarin ducks and lotus herons, icing on the cake, and immortals celebrating their birthdays. There are also plum blossoms with hearts, cicadas connecting heaven, two-color chains, and willow-leaf beaded strings clustered in a bunch of flowers, which is very beautiful. Ruyi picked a concentric Fangsheng apricot-yellow apron from Yutang's wealth, and said in surprise: "Where do these aprons come from? I see that this treasure photo brocade is the favorite fabric of the Imperial Household Office when the emperor first ascended the throne. Now the emperor uses it." There are no such fine things, how did you find it out?" Hailan pursed her lips and smiled, "You only allow the empress to look forward to it, don't you allow the concubine to think of something to look forward to for the empress? Ever since the concubines served the emperor, they have been saving for the empress. Only one a year is saved. Good material, choose the best time in the best time. The concubine is thinking, in which year, when the concubine embroiders the first bellyband, the empress will be pregnant. Not only do not realize it, but also save it. It's been years." Ruyi was moved in her heart, compared to the emperor's moody and indifferent affection, on the contrary, the long-term relationship between the sisters who had depended on each other for many years was more stable and harmonious.Perhaps with this child, only Hailan and Yihuan are really happy for her.She fondled these bellybands lovingly: "Hailan, only you have such a heart." She instructed: "Rong Pei, put them away properly, and when the children grow up, put them on one by one." Hailan's eyebrows were full of smiles, and she said: "In fact, the emperor's reward is not small, the concubine is just a little heart. The empress knows only by looking at the concubine Shu. Since the birth of the tenth elder brother, the emperor has no one." It will be rewarded in three to five days!" Although Yi Huan had a faint smile on her face, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were filled with a bit of misty melancholy.She unconsciously reached out her hand to touch her hair bun. Although she used a wig, the black hair still looked thin and crisp, which made her look pale in the past. "Things are rewarded, but people are rare. In the past, I always thought that the friendship that has been with me for many years turned out to be nothing more than serving others with color. If it wasn't for this child, I am afraid that the courtiers and concubines have already been locked up in the deep palace, and we will never see each other again." You are beautiful." This remark also aroused Hai Lan's sadness: "But it is always good to have a child. Beauty is fleeting, who can keep a beautiful face for a lifetime? It is just relying on the mercy of the king for the first half of the life, and relying on the love of the king for the rest of the life." It’s just a child. Compared with Wanfei who has no favor and no children, we are already considered good.” Ruyi said sadly: "You are right. Without children, even if I am the empress supreme, it is like a candle in the wind, in danger." Hailan and Yihuan are relatively silent, feeling sad for each other.After a while, Yi Huan smiled and said: "Look at us, we are obviously here to congratulate the Empress Empress, so why not be unhappy. I just hope that the Empress can relax and give birth to a little brother in a safe and sound way. Be a companion for the fifth elder brother and the tenth elder brother!" Ruyi also smiled: "That's not true. Although the fifth elder brother was raised under Ben Gong's knee, but Ben Gong is pregnant now, so I'm afraid I can't take care of it. It's more convenient for Hailan to take her home and take care of her." Hai Lan took Yong Qi by her side, so she was naturally happy, so she chatted about raising her son, and it was not until dinner time that they each went back to the palace. The Yikun palace was full of joy, and there was joy in the middle palace, that was the greatest joy.The emperor chose an auspicious day to offer sacrifices to Fengxian Hall, and even the queen mother was quite pleased: "Since Empress Xiaoxian died young, and the new palace was established, it is time to add a prince." And some are happy and some are sad.But the Yongshou Palace was completely silent, not daring to make any sound. Yan Wan endured her breathlessness and sat on the couch, a ball of sweet-scented osmanthus blood swallow soup in her hand was no longer warm.Chun Chan cautiously persuaded: "Anger hurts the liver, the young master should take it easy and drink this bowl of blood swallow soup." Yan Wan said angrily: "After drinking this bowl, will there be another bowl? I have stopped my monthly salary for so long, and now I can't even drink a bowl of white fungus soup. What about Xueyan?" She imagined that she was even more annoyed, "However, my mother-in-law didn't know what to do, so she came to ask me for money again. Money, money, where did you get so much money, is it possible that you want to sell the reward given by the emperor?" Chun Chan knelt down and pinched Yan Wan's calf and said: "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that the emperor loves the young master, and the reward is given secretly, does the young master still care about this monthly salary?" Yan Wan frowned, and said: "Although the monthly salary is small, it is also silver. Where in the palace do you not reward people, or who can be manipulated? The silver is free, and there is no rich and noble family in this palace. Everything depends on the emperor." The reward and monthly salary, now without this income, it will be more difficult." Chunchan helped with an idea and said: "That's nothing. Sometimes the filial materials sent by the Weaving Mansion and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are half of the warehouse. We can't wear that much, and some are sold out. It's only about a year. , when the Empress Empress gives the Confinement Palace Grand Prize, how many masters will come out." Yan Wan got angry when she heard this, picked up the bowl of osmanthus blood swallow soup and wanted to smash it on the ground, angrily said: "Concubine Shu gave birth to an elder brother, and the queen is also pregnant! Why is it that only Bengong doesn't? Obviously Bengong is the youngest , obviously Bengong is the most favored! Why? Why is Bengong not there?" Chun Chan was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, firmly stopped Yan Wan's hand and said, "My lord, my lord, this servant would rather you treat this servant as a solid stool and smash it on the servant's head so hard that there would be no such a big commotion. what!" Yan Wan was stunned for a moment, her hands were hanging in the air, the soup dripped down Chun Chan's body, but she didn't hit the ground after all.Chunchan looked at her dazed moment, and didn't care to wipe herself, quickly took the soup and put it down: "Think about it, my lord, if outsiders hear that you are not happy when the empress is pregnant, How much right and wrong will arise. It’s so easy for you to get so much favor from the emperor. The empress is pregnant at this time, but it’s not convenient for her to serve the emperor, so you should firmly grasp the emperor’s heart. Thanks to the emperor’s favor Pet, you don't have to be afraid of anything." Yan Wan sat down slowly, untied the emerald blue satin and gold satin silk at hand and handed it to her: "Wipe it well. There is a newly made silver red gold satin double breasted and blue satin skirt on the shelf in this Palace. It was sent to my natal cousin, so I will reward you to wear it." Chun Chan gratefully agreed, and served her more attentively.