Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Hurt the Flower

If so, on the day when Dawaqi was released from the capital, the emperor Yuwumen, conferred the title of prince, and gave him Baochansi Street to live in.When Duanshu Palace visited the Queen Mother, her abdomen was already swollen and it was difficult to walk.The mother and daughter had been separated for twenty years, and unconsciously wept in the Palace of Compassion and Ning to complain about their divorce. From then on, Dawaqi lived peacefully with Princess Duanshu in central Beijing, but he was impatient with the customs of the country, and only drove geese and ducks to the big pond every day, taking a bath in it for fun.Dawaqi's mind was depressed, and he indulged in food and drink every day, eating and drinking, day and night.His body is extremely fat, his face is bigger than a plate, his waist is broad and his belly is strong, and he has a strong smell, so he should not be approached.The princess couldn't see it, so she asked her to live in the Compassionate Palace.The emperor agreed, and only let the empress dowager agree to take care of the harem affairs, which fulfilled the mother-daughter relationship between Princess Duanshu and the empress dowager.

If so, there was a lot of peace in the palace, and even the Queen Mother and Ruyi were much more relaxed. Occasionally meeting Duan Shu in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Ruyi has the same temperament as her.Probably used to see the ups and downs of the world, Duan Shu's temperament is very peaceful, but also very bright and transparent, it is a pleasure to talk to her. When the two talked about the scene when they met in the palace when they were young, Duan Shu unconsciously covered her lips and smiled and said: "The empress's sister-in-law entered the palace, she was really well dressed among all the family members, and the peonies embroidered on the dress were even more outstanding The style is quite exquisite. Even though I am a royal princess, I can't help but secretly marvel at it, it turns out that the daughter of Gongqing's family is not a loser."

Really, when you were young, who knew what forbearance and restraint are?Spring flowers contain pistils, which ones are not in full bloom, and every spring is a spring. Ruyi laughed, "Princess has a really good memory." Duan Shu was slightly sad: "Since I married far away, the life in the palace has been turned upside down in my heart every day, and I remember everything clearly. Even the color of the pattern embroidered on my mother's cuff is also in front of my eyes. I still remember that on the day I got married, my mother was wearing a red gold bracelet inlaid with a green phoenix, and a pair of mandarin ducks were inlaid on the bracelet with broken pieces of red agate. I was thinking, mandarin ducks, why are mandarin ducks so sad birds."

Ruyi was about to speak comforting words, but Duan Shu calmed down first, and changed into a bright smile: "It's all right now, I'm back again, I asked Er Niang for the bracelet early in the morning, and I won't forget about it from now on." She added, "At that time, I really liked the peonies on the skirt of the queen's sister-in-law, just like today's one. At that time, I wanted to touch it, but my sister-in-law seemed to be afraid of me, and immediately walked away." The queen mother sat cross-legged on the side, lovingly listening to Duan Shu's broken words, as if she couldn't hear enough.Hearing this verse, the Queen Mother laughed: "It's been so many years, and I still think about it. That must be because you are naughty, and the Queen doesn't want to talk to you."

Ruyi thought about the past, and couldn't help sighing: "Emperor Niang, it's really not that the concubine is being hypocritical and reckless, but I'm really afraid." Duan Shu clicked her tongue: "The Queen's temperament, also know what is fear?" Ruyi nodded: "Back then, the emperor's mother and the concubine's aunt were not in harmony. The minister and concubine followed the aunt, so how could they dare to get close to the daughter of the emperor's mother? And when they were at home, the daughter born to the aunt had hidden needles in the cotton, and repeatedly borrowed a piece of clothing. An accident happened in Shisheng, although the concubine is a concubine, but she is not as loving as my younger sister, Ama loves her, and she finds it useless to scold her, so she has to avoid it."

Duan Shu let out a "huh": "I always thought you were from a descendant clan and you were a princess, but unexpectedly, your family is also so difficult to get along with." Ruyi scoffed slightly, but remained indifferent: "Everyone in the world should be like this." She laughed again, "I offended the princess back then, and I didn't want the princess to hold grudges like this. It seems that one day I will have a good banquet and apologize to the princess." As she said that, the Empress Dowager also smiled, and said: "You guys are too idle, remember this and talk about that. There are so many old things, let's talk about it."

Alas!Unexpectedly, today is the day. You can let go of all the grievances and hatreds in the past, and laugh for a while. Then, where did the love and hatred that could not be let go come from?Is it really asking for trouble.So what is it that you can't let go of at this moment? She sighed softly, sitting and watching the clouds in the sky, and the birds flitting around. It was almost midsummer, and the sunny days in Beijing were cloudless, and it was getting hotter and hotter.Because of Dawaqi's surrender, Li Chao and other vassal states also came to congratulate him one after another, sending envoys to Beijing, and the court was full of joy.It was just because the two little princesses had died soon after, and the emperor had no intention of going to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat, and was only busy in the palace with various matters after the settlement of Junggar.

Ruyi just woke up from a nap, drank a bowl of sour plum juice, stroked her chest and said, "It's too much to eat, it doesn't taste good, but my chest feels very tight." Rong Pei smiled and said: "It's been hot these days, my mother has a bad appetite and is always bored and uncomfortable..." Before Rong Pei finished speaking, Ruyi gave her a sideways glance: "Don't talk too much irrelevant things, help me get up and get dressed, let's go see the emperor." The Hall of Mental Cultivation in the afternoon was almost lonely, the emperor stood alone under the window, the wind was blowing his clothes gracefully, like the wings of a white crane, wandering in the sky.His back is solemn, like a fairy.When there was no one like this, Ruyi stared at him, as if staring at the time she spent with him when she was a teenager, only him, only herself, and no one else would disturb their tranquility.

The emperor's intoxication lies in the huge map hanging on the wall, muttering: "All the tribes of Junggar have entered the territory...the mountains, rivers and roads should be recorded in detail and included in the whole map of the emperor's chariot. From the time of the holy ancestor Kangxi to the present, the dream of three generations I have finally realized it.” He looked at Ruyi excitedly, his eyes filled with calmness and joy, “Ruyi, I have ordered someone to redraw the map of Xinjiang to fully include the land of Junggar. The Puning Monastery in front of it is inscribed with a stele in four languages: Manchu, Han, Mongolian, and Tibetan, which records the history of our Qing Dynasty’s pacification of the Junggar tribe, and named it "The Monument of Ili after the Pacification of Junggar." How do you think?"

Ruyi shared his happiness and stood shoulder to shoulder with him: "The emperor fulfilled the wish of the ancestors, and the whole world should celebrate together to comfort the ancestors." She lowered her head slightly and leaned on his shoulders, "The happiest concubine Yes, the emperor's mountains and rivers are thousands of miles away, and his concubine, He Huangshang, experienced it together in the grand scheme of waving his whip." The emperor's smile was clear, and he pressed her forehead and said, "Ruyi, if you are like this, I am the happiest." The emperor pointed to the giant picture of thousands of miles, and slapped Fang Qiu, "After Junggar is pacified, there will be those who refuse to be tamed in the Tianshan Mountains. Yuzhen’s Hanbu, as well as the disobedient scholars in Jiangnan, although they did not dare to oppose us on the surface, they secretly slandered, wrote poems and ridiculed, not a few, and even became common practice.”

Ruyi waved the light Luosu yarn fan in her hand, and sent it a cool breeze: "Scholars are all literati, at most they can complain a few words behind their backs, the emperor doesn't need to care about it." The emperor snorted coldly and said: "The ancestor Shunzhi favored the Han officials, so they dared to say - if you want the world to be safe, relapse and keep your clothes, this kind of rebellious and immoral words. Both Lord Kangxi and the first emperor attached great importance to public opinion, especially the people who are ignorant and easy to Bewitched by these literati." When Ruyi heard the emperor talking about political affairs, she only got: "Yes." The emperor talked eloquently: "It's not just the common people. Is it quiet in my court? Governor Wei Zhezhi of Guangxi sued the cabinet scholar Hu Zhongzao for his conceited literary talent, dissatisfaction with the court, and writing poems to slander him. Do you know what he wrote?" Seeing that the emperor was dark and displeased, Ruyi had no choice but to say, "My concubine would like to hear about it." The emperor said coldly: "Hu Zhongzao's surname is Hu, so he is used to talking nonsense, what to write--there will be no sun and moon in a lifetime, a turbid heart with a pure heart, a gentle desire to be barbaric, and a lifelong struggle with ugly barbarians, etc., especially- ——What is the intention of adding the word "turbidity" to the word "clear" in our country's name in a sentence about turbidity and clearness?" Ruyi felt sad when he heard that, so he could only smile and said: "He is a scholar, and he writes poetry because of his interest, I am afraid he is not as careful as he is." The emperor frowned, and said more solemnly: "The empress doesn't know something, Hu Zhongzao is not only that, he rebelled, resisted, and resented countless things, and the classic test questions he wrote included the words 'Drying three lines is not like a dragon' The sentence, Qianlong is my year name, and the pronunciation of dragon and long is the same, which is obviously to slander me, and then there is a sentence of "the flowers have already felt single and unsustainable", isn't it a mockery of the death of Empress Xiaoxian. It's not what human beings should do to act rebelliously and resist humiliation." There was an awe-inspiring murderous look in his black eyes, and Ruyi was terrified, "I have decided that Hu Zhongzao's crime will not be punished, beheaded and abandoned the market!" Ruyi's heart trembled, and she was about to speak.The emperor looked at her with dissatisfaction: "Does the queen still feel pity for such a disloyal person?" How could Ruyi dare to say more, so she could only say: "The concubine doesn't understand political affairs, but just thinks, if the writing is so strict, how can the literati in the world dare to read and write?" "If you want to read, you should read the book of loyalty to the emperor, and if you want to write, you should write the words of loyalty to the emperor. If not, I would rather they all be illiterate and understand everything!" There was a breeze, and the light purple Tangdi-shaped cuffs on her body spread out with the wind, fluttering like a butterfly flapping its wide wings, which made her even more disturbed.Ruyi was in a trance for a moment, no wonder men all over the world like pure and ignorant women, holding them in the palm of their hands like this, or throwing them aside, she doesn't understand anything, and she doesn't complain, she is no better than a woman who can read and write, she has clear love, There is resentment in the heart, and there is Ban Jieyu's "Tuan Fan Song", and Zhuo Wenjun's "Baitou Yin". She smiled, an ignorant woman, perhaps sighed a few times, and lamented that her fate was not good, how could she say Zhuo Wenjun's words like "I heard that you have two opinions, so you come to break up with each other"!Such a talented girl, although smart and exquisite, is naturally not cute enough. The emperor frowned: "Queen, what are you laughing at?" Ruyi's heart shuddered, and the smile froze on her face: "I'm thinking, I also like to read poetry, so I should be more careful in every word from now on." The emperor flicked his sleeves and said: "It should have been like this. I remembered that Hu Zhongzao was a disciple of Ertai, my former chief assistant. Although Ertai was dead, he couldn't recognize him clearly. I have ordered his tablet to be withdrawn from the Xianliang Temple. To warn future generations." Ruyi responded, looking at the furious man in front of her, her mind was in a trance for a moment.Once upon a time, what about the man who talked with me and read "Nalan Ci" at night?Why is his gentle and elegant demeanor gone now? It seems that the memory about him has become more and more blurred, and in the end it only turned into a hazy and beautiful shadow, which can be remembered by oneself. Perhaps, the man in front of him is still the same as before, but what he cares about is not just the beautiful words that flicker like fireflies, but the loyalty and stability behind the words. In the end, the emperor summed it up in one sentence: "No matter who they are, no matter where they are. As long as they go against my will, I will not tolerate them, and I will conquer them one by one!" The emperor's words started the battle to pacify the Hanbu from then on. Naturally, that is another story, but in front of him, Ruyi only heard the emperor say: "I am very happy to pacify Junggar. All nations come to congratulate. Li Chao is no exception, there are celebrations in both the previous court and the harem, if Concubine Jia is still restrained from attending such an occasion, I am afraid Li Chao will also be worried and have objections." He paused for a while, feeling a bit perplexed, and looked at Ru Yi said, "After all, there is no conclusive evidence for Jing Si's incident, so it cannot be determined that it was the work of Concubine Jia." If you don't blame Concubine Jia, who can you blame?Ruyi sneered all over her heart, but she could only hold back her face, showing a gentle expression. She understood the emperor's thoughts too well, and what he had already decided was a matter of face, so what could be argued against?She disdains and does not want to object on such a trivial matter, so she greeted him with a more modest smile: "The emperor has thought carefully, the emperor's decision is made, and the concubine has no objection." The emperor's expression relaxed a lot, and he praised: "The empress is virtuous." Ruyi's smile is so gentle that there are no blunt or conflicting edges, how can it be unvirtuous?Immersed in the palace for many years, starting from my aunt, being instructed by the Empress Dowager, and seeing the appearance of Empress Xiaoxian day and night, no matter how stupid and stubborn she is, she should learn a little bit, right?So she simply said: "Concubine Jia has always been treated as a regular after confinement, since Huang wants to take care of her and Li Chao's face, it is better to restore the treatment of noble concubine, lest she meet people from her mother clan and complain , Said that we wronged her by being inconsistent." The emperor snorted displeasedly: "When something like this happens, does Concubine Jia still dare to speak up?" However, he still agreed to Ruyi and asked her to take care of it carefully. Ruyi bowed her body to leave from the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the Three Treasures came up to meet her and said, "Young Concubine Yu has arrived at Lingkun Palace and is waiting for your empress." Ruyi was expressionless, but said indifferently: "She came just in time, and I have something to discuss with her." Seeing Ruyi's expression, Sanbao knew that she had something to dislike, so he didn't dare to show his anger, so he quickly helped Ruyi into the sedan chair, and waited for her to go back. The long street is lined with high walls, which prevents a ray of wind from entering, and there is not even a cloud in the sky. The sun is scorching hot and steaming, and even the nine-curved red and yellow phoenix umbrellas held by the maids of the palace cannot cover them in the slightest. Leaning on the chariot, listening to the soles of the boots of the eunuchs who carried the chariot scratching the bluestone floor, I felt more and more suffocated. After passing the corner of the long street, you can see the cornices of the harem, reflecting the golden sunshine, like the longing and helpless eyes of a woman who is looking forward to it. Ruyi sighed softly without knowing it, and turned her head to see a woman's plain gauze skirt flying on the side of the corner gate, but she stood there in a daze, sobbing endlessly, in this fierce red wall and golden sun. Down, it looks extraordinarily clear. Ruyi's eyes flew away, and Sanbao understood, clapped her hands twice, and the eunuchs who were carrying the sedan chair slowed down.Sanbao glanced at it, then said: "The Empress, you are the little master of the concubine." Ruyi was a little surprised: "My concubine is just out of confinement, no matter how she stands here, she won't be afraid of getting burned from the heat." Sanbao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, forgot? Two days ago, my concubine came to the palace to report, saying that my concubine had been sad after losing the princess, so I invited her family to talk. No, my concubine probably You just sent your natal family back." Ruyi nodded slightly, signaled to Three Treasures to stop the chariot and sedan chair, and called out, "Pray for my concubine." The concubine was still in a daze, she didn't hear it for a while, but the palace servants who served her hurriedly pushed her, and the concubine turned around, wiped away her tears in a hurry, and bowed down: "The queen's empress Wan Fu Jin install." Ruyi smiled wryly: "What else can I worry about now, isn't it the same as you?" One sentence brought tears to the eyes of the concubine, and her teary-eyed face was like the petals of a white camellia blown down by the wind. No matter how beautiful it was, it was also full of unlucky sadness. Ruyi stepped down from the sedan chair, took off the silk tied on the buttons, and personally wiped the tears from her cheeks: "It's only confinement, won't it hurt your eyes if you cry like this?" Before saying a word, the concubine raised her sad eyes and looked at Ruyi gratefully: "Empress, in this case, except for the concubine's natal family, only you will tell the concubine." Ruyi clings to her hand, as if comforting her little sister.She said softly: "We were originally destined to hit each other, but now we feel sorry for each other, what can we do if we don't comfort each other?" She paused, "Sent the family out of the palace?" The concubine prayed and nodded: "Yes. The family can only accompany the concubine for an hour when they enter the palace, and leave after talking." Ruyi said softly: "I agree with your family to enter the palace. It is to relieve your sadness and comfort you, not to make you sad. If it makes you sad, it's better not to see you, and you are not a full-term childbirth. Instead, she was frightened and gave birth to the sixth princess prematurely, so she had to take good care of her body." The concubine bit the silk tightly, and couldn't help sobbing: "Empress, this concubine can't help it, really I can't help it. As soon as the concubine closes her eyes, she can see the face of the sixth princess. She was born like a kitten." The child is not much older. The face is purple and the person is wrinkled, but when the concubine looks at her, she feels like the emperor and the concubine. She is a good-looking child. The concubine loves her, but she refuses to feel sorry for the concubine Concubine, I just lived for a few days and left like this." Her tears rolled down on Ruyi's bare wrists, with scorching heat, which made Ruyi's heart tremble, "Chenqie is Thinking about her, thinking about it when I can't fall asleep, thinking about it again when I'm asleep, but the relationship between Chen Qie and her mother and daughter is so short, Chen Qie just can't figure it out, she has grown so big in Chen Qie's stomach, Qian Xin Wan Ku has come to the world, is it just for these few days to abandon the courtiers and concubines?" The praying concubine cried so heartbroken that even the three treasures behind Ruyi couldn't help turning her face away to wipe her tears quietly. Ruyi stroked her temples pityingly and sympathetically, and picked a small flower from the back of her bun. She held the pure white silk flower between her fingers, and said in a low voice: "Is this flower worn to commemorate your Sixth Princess?" The concubine shuddered in fear, stared at Ruyi, her lips trembled, and she was about to kneel down: "Concubine, concubine is confused. The sixth princess has passed away for more than a month, and concubine should not wear this anymore. It is taboo in the palace. Empress forgive me." Ruyi's voice was sad but gentle, she supported her and said: "The palace taboos on these white flowers, but this Palace does not taboo." She took off the silver flowers from her sideburns and put them on the back of the concubine's bun, "You are sad, I will be sad with you. I will carry your tears for you. It's just that this white silk flower will be the last here. Don't let others see it. Your Sixth Princess will live." In the past few days, you have been so sad. Since Jing Si of Bengong has grown up so big, should Bengong jump into the Jinshui River and drown himself in grief? Bengong jumped down and pulled himself up too. You are drowning together, so that the people who harmed our children will be happier. However, we are drowned on the left and right, no matter how loud the laughter of those people is, we can’t hear them, can we?” The concubine trembled suddenly, her eyes were full of cruel light: "Empress! Our child was murdered! The concubine's sixth princess should not have been born so early, let alone left so early !" She looked around, terrified and fierce, "It's her! It's her mad dog that killed our children!" Qi Bi's body trembled violently, and she gritted her teeth, as if she wanted to bite someone.Ruyi hugged her and coaxed her softly, her smile was so gentle that dripping water: "Don't do this! Don't say such things! Mei Ruo, your child is gone, and he is going to be with the fifth princess of the palace. Our sisters When you two are together, you won’t be lonely under the Nine Springs, they are all together, just like us.” Ruyi said each word slowly, letting the annoyance in her heart fall like a crashing sea wave. ups and downs. Ruyi's sleeves were soaked in large swaths of tears from praying concubine's, and the greasy feeling made Ruyi sad and disgusted: "You will cry, and I will cry too, who wouldn't be sad? Why are we sad? These tears should be shed by our people, right?" She stroked the curly hair of the concubine, her movements were as soft as in a dream, "You are still young, you should understand better than this palace The child is gone, instead of being sad and dying, it is better to think about it, put in more effort to give birth to another child, as long as it can be born, it is not over! Also, the emperor released Concubine Jia's restraint, and she will come out. When we meet, put away your tears, put away your hatred, just know it yourself, don’t let others see it, and know how to guard against you. Do you know?" Prayer crouched in Ruyi's arms, just sobbing silently, like a wounded little beast that finally found the shelter of its mother beast, curled up in a safe ball. Ruyi was silently afraid of her back, and when she raised her face, suddenly a wind came, and large groups of white snow were blown across the palace wall, like snow. Ruyi smiled softly, stretched out her thin hand to catch it, and sighed in a low voice, "Flying snow in June! Does it look like it?" The concubine raised her face in a daze, and said in a low voice: "Empress Empress, God thinks our child's death is too regretful!" Her voice was like that of a female ghost coming from the ghost valley of the pylorus. , It makes people feel sad, but also shuddering. Ruyi's expression gradually became indifferent, as if tainted by the coldness of flying snow: "Mei Ruo, even if you are injured and bleed, instead of watching it rot and fester, it is better to carve patterns and let it bloom. It's also a flower, so I don't want to hurt this scene in vain, understand?"