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Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Ups and downs

End of the road, probably so. There are many concubines in the palace, and it is not uncommon for them to be favored and fall out of favor.If it were Wan's concubine, she had been doting on Jiji for many years, but she was just using her time to earn her position. Whether the emperor came or not, she would be indifferent.But Yan Wan was a person who had won great favor, and suddenly fell out of favor, and after giving birth to a daughter, how could she bear it.The people in the palace were far away for a while, and they all treated her as if they were red-topped and white.Although she still retains her status, all expenses are based on her status as an official woman, and she is not even allowed to participate in banquets in the palace and New Year's feasts.The food and drink and the seasonal clothing are all rotten and rotten.There are so many people in Yongshou Palace, how can they afford such expenses.Yan Wan had to take out her own money to make up for it.At the beginning, others thought it was perfunctory on the distribution of money, but for the graceful body, jewelry, jade, silk and satin were mostly used, and it was not easy to pawn.The money on hand is going out at a low price, and gradually the inner bag is exhausted, and it has fallen to the point where the sky should not be expected.

As a result, the hearts of the people in Yongshou Palace were also scattered.After leaving Chun Chan, Lan Cui and Wang Chan, they were still doing their best, and the rest of them either climbed to the top, or were dismissed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and never came back.The Yongshou Palace became more and more deserted, and even the palace people avoided passing by, for fear of getting bad luck. Seeing from summer to autumn, from autumn to winter, Yan Wan sits in a sad city, helpless all day long, but she can't find a way, and she can only see that she is also haggard. In the early spring of this year, Princess Hejing Jingse and her son-in-law Buten Balezhu returned from Mongolia to Beijing to visit the emperor and sponsor the Princess Palace in Beijing.Princess Hejing is the direct daughter of Empress Xiaoxian, with a respected status.She looks exactly like Empress Xiaoxian, frugal by nature, doesn't like to dress up, looks like a dead mother, is deeply loved by the emperor, and everyone in the palace respects her.

It happened that Hejing brought his only son Qingyou into the palace. Qingyou was a tiger-headed tiger, and the emperor loved him very much, so he told Hejing to bring him into the palace from time to time. On this day, Yan Wan was bored of sitting idle in the palace, so she led Chunchan to the lakeside of Yuhuayuan.It was time for a nap at this time, and the garden was deserted.Yan Wan sat by the stone of Taihu Lake and asked lazily, "Why don't you see Lan Cui?" Chunchan sighed: "My lord, do you remember that there is a guard named Zhao Jiuxiao?" Yan Wan thought for a while: "That guy, what's wrong?"

Chunchan thought about it and said, "Zhao Jiuxiao is beyond his control, and has been pestering Lan Cui..." Yan Wan laughed, and interrupted bitterly: "Will Lan Cui fall in love with him? Toad..." Chunchan was silent for a moment, stretched out the silk flowers that had lost a few leaves on her temples, and said in embarrassment: "My lord, the reason why Lan Cui ignored Zhao Jiuxiao in the past was because she was your close servant, and even more so because you are the emperor. Your favorite concubine, if you have the ability, you can point her to a good family. Although she is still your maidservant, but you have fallen out of favor. As a court lady, the master has fallen out of favor, so she has to find a way out for herself."

Yan Wan's frown became tighter and tighter: "You mean, Lan Cui is willing to marry Zhao Jiuxiao, that good-for-nothing kid?" Chunchan was undecided: "Maybe. But Lan Cui is willing to talk to him, so it may not be enough to ask Zhao Jiuxiao to marry him." Yan Wan's eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and her body trembled slightly with anger.Because of her postpartum roundness, she still couldn't make new winter clothes, and she was still wearing last year's brocade robe.The half-new and not old mulberry-dyed embroidered peach-leaf phoenix-feather pipa lapel brocade robe was wrapped around her body, stretching a little tight, showing her anger and helplessness all the more: "Then Chunchan, do you want to find a good way out for yourself?" ?”

Chunchan hurriedly knelt down: "I dare not!" She raised her head, grabbed Yan Wan's sleeve, and said earnestly: "My lord, this servant is older than Lan Cui, and has passed the age of going out of the palace earlier. Thinking about it, I just want to serve the young master wholeheartedly. Furthermore, the servants firmly believe that the young master is not a treasure in the pool, so falling out of favor for a while is nothing, there must be a way to make a comeback!" Yan Wan was on the verge of tears when she heard that, she helped her up and said, "I know your heart, and I only have you."

The two were talking, when they heard a "dong", a foot-high water splashed from the lake and landed on Yan Wan's clothes.The boy's cheerful laughter came from behind the Taihu Stone, Yan Wan was a little annoyed immediately, and was about to ask questions, thinking of losing power now, she was breathless for three minutes, and complained in a low voice: "Who is making such a fool, this winter is cold, this palace only has this A thick piece of clothing, how can it get wet?" Chun Chan hurriedly wiped Yan Wan with a silk cloth, and said sadly: "There is no charcoal fire in the palace, it is already very cold, how can I dry it for the young master?" She poked her head over and saw a The three-year-old child climbed on the Taihu stones that protruded from the lake and threw stones alone.The child was well-built, dressed luxuriously, with braids in his braids, and looked naive.

Chunchan frowned and said: "It's not the elder brother in the palace, I'm afraid it's an ignorant child brought in by Fujin from some family." She looked at it and said again: "What an ignorant child! That stone is covered with moss , it’s high and slippery, just fall carefully.” Yan Wan was annoyed and unwilling: "Such a naughty child, it would be better if he fell down." Just as he was talking, a few more stones fell into the lake, splashing snow-white water and winning the child's cheerful applause.Yan Wan frowned again and again, she held Chun Chan's hand and walked away.It took only a few steps, and only a few people shouted from afar: "My son! My son! Don't hide! Come out!"

Yan Wan was startled, and asked, "Your Majesty?" Chunchan let out an "Aiya", lowered her voice and said, "My lord, I heard that Princess Hejing brought her eldest son Qingyou into the palace, don't it be this child, right? Looks like they are about the same age." The two of them gazed intently into the distance, only to see the willow branches with all the green leaves hanging down lazily, and the child crawled on the moss of the Taihu stone, dancing and dancing happily, regardless of the slippery moss under his feet.Chun Chan was not at ease: "Oh! That stone is slippery, don't fall off, how about it? My lord, if it's really a prince, this slave and servant should hurry up and take it down, so that nothing happens."

Yan Wan bit her dark red lips firmly with her fine white teeth, pressed her arm, and gave a soft hiss.She bent her waist lightly, picked up a stone, aimed at the child's foot, and threw it vigorously. The child was obviously frightened by the sudden foreign object, and fell down. There was only the sound of heavy objects falling into the water, splashing, and intermittent crying.Chun Chan was so frightened that her face turned pale, before she could react, she felt the pressure on her arm suddenly lifted, there was another heavy sound, and the water splashed.When she fixed her eyes, Yan Wan had already fallen into the water, holding the child's hand tightly.

Chun Chan was so frightened that her legs went weak, she tried her best to calm herself down, and screamed: "Help! Help!" How the palace people came here, how they picked up Yan Wan and the child, Chun Chan still doesn't quite remember.She only remembered that the water splashed in the lake mixed with the broken ice of winter and hit her face, rubbing her face so painfully.She snatched up and hugged Yan Wan, and Yan Wan collapsed in her arms with all her strength, dripping water all over her body.Yan Wan's whole body was trembling, uncontrollably.Not many people paid attention to them, they all surrounded the child, shouting in panic, crying, "Shizi! Shizi!", or "Qingyou"! Yan Wan's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard the word "Qingyou", shining brightly like a lit candle.Yan Wan said in a low voice: "Fortunately! I won the bet!" Chunchan looked at Yan Wan's pale face, and thought of her once soft face, Hanchun's eyes, and felt infinitely sad.She was born as a court lady since she was a child, and she has suffered all kinds of grievances. She only wants to be able to be the leader with Yan Wan's grace, but she doesn't want to, as a palace concubine, it is so difficult for Yan Wan.It was so difficult, but it caused her to become dependent on each other.He has already embarked on this path, and there is no way out except for fighting for favor. Chunchan tried hard to laugh, touched Yan Wan's icy face with her hand, and felt the chill seep into her heart along her fingertips.She cried miserably: "Where is the imperial physician? Imperial physician! Who will save the little master!" When the emperor saw Yan Wan, it was already two hours later.The palace people surrounded Qingyou and went. Fortunately, someone still remembered Yan Wan, and found a quilt to wrap her up and carried her back to Yongshou Palace. Yan Wan was wrapped in a thick quilt, her teeth were chattering.Even though dozens of braziers were lit in the hall, the heating still couldn't drive away the chill she felt after falling into the water.The chill had teeth, nibbling at her bit by bit, as if it was everywhere.Yan Wan sat there, looking at the burning charcoal basin surrounding her, the familiar smell of red bamboo charcoal made her feel at ease. Really, she never knew that these things that she once had but never cared about had such real and powerful power.For example, the ambergris stained on the emperor's clothes, the soft "peeling" of the red bamboo charcoal, the softness of the brocade, the lightness and warmth of the feather satin and velvet, these things that make her happy also make her greedy. When the emperor came in from the door, he took the color of the misty sun and was bathed in golden brilliance.She looked at it with nostalgia, and suddenly bent down.She knows her humbleness and fragility, even if she is a concubine, without his nostalgia and love, she is just a yellow leaf swaying on the branches, only to fall down. The emperor had obviously visited Qingyou, so his expression was not anxious.His tone was extremely gentle: "Qingyou was naughty, and sneaked out to play while Jingse was taking a nap and her nurse was taking a nap. Fortunately, you saw and saved her. Just now Jingse was crying so hard that I felt distressed." The emperor's words were quite consoling, seeing a red shadow swaying behind him, a woman smiled heartily: "The emperor is very worried about this grandson, seeing that Qingyou is fine, he came to see sister Lingfei." How Yan Wan couldn't understand what she meant, it just meant that she was of no importance to the emperor.But she couldn't refute it, because she knew very clearly that since the Seventh Princess was raised by Concubine Ying, Concubine Ying was doted on even more.Yan Wan felt a tightness in her throat, which should have belonged to her love. Yan Wan smiled gratifiedly, and said warily, "It's as long as the child is fine." Concubine Ying raised her eyebrows and looked at her with a half-smile: "It's really a coincidence. Qingyou sneaked out, sister Pian saw her, and sister Pian jumped into the water to save her. It's really a coincidence, as if God's will is to make my sister happy." Chun Chan rolled her eyes, hugged Mrs. Tang and handed it to Yan Wan who was not fully relieved, and said sadly: "No! The young master has never seen the prince, but he can jump down regardless of his ignorance of water. Alas, little The Lord really loves children." The emperor's complexion softened a bit: "Yes, I remember that Yan Wan doesn't understand water, alas, you don't care about yourself, thanks to the nearby palace people who found out early, otherwise even you would have filled it in." The emperor As he spoke, he stared at her and asked slowly, "Why are you there at this hour?" Yan Wan froze for a moment without saying a word, but tears fell down her cheeks, so pitiful. Chun Chan is so alert, and the corners of her eyes are a little wet: "The emperor doesn't know. Since the seventh princess was raised in the concubine's palace, the young master misses her day and night, and always looks forward to seeing the princess. The imperial garden is not far away from the concubine's palace. From far away, the young master hopes that Concubine Ying can take the princess to play in the imperial garden, and it would be nice if the young master can take a look at her from afar." Concubine Ying snorted lightly, her winking eyes were silky: "Your Majesty, it was time for a nap, and it was windy in winter, no matter how ignorant my concubine is, I would not carry the princess to the wind." The emperor's eyelashes flickered, slightly suspicious.Yan Wan said sadly: "Your Majesty, is it winter now? Is it windy? I don't even feel it. I can't even tell the difference between day and night. I only want my children, my children..." Chun Chan said with tears: "Your Majesty, since the Seventh Princess was adopted in the Concubine Ying's palace, the young master has been thinking about it day and night, and her mind is in a trance..." She hesitated and looked at Yan Wan, and said sadly: "The young master's mind is different from usual... " A trace of unbearable flashed in the emperor's eyes: "It's common for children to be raised with other concubines. Concubine Ying is of noble birth and has a generous personality..." He sighed, "Don't call me Seventh Princess anymore, Concubine Ying gave her My name is Jing Concubine." "Jing Concubine, Jing Concubine..." Yan Wan murmured, tears streaming down her cheeks, wrapped tightly in the quilt, and said in a trembling voice: "Chen Qie knows that Chen Qie is not a good mother. Her background is humble and her knowledge is shallow. But your Majesty, the concubine's love for daughters is the same, it's not because of the concubine's sins, but it makes the concubine feel more sorry for her." Concubine Ying heard the meaning of her words, and hurriedly said: "Your majesty, my concubine has served the emperor for many years, and the only regret is that she has not given birth. Fortunately, the emperor loves her and raised her concubine Jing under her knees. The concubine takes care of her every day. , as if it was her own, the concubines really don't want to part with it." The emperor held Concubine Ying's hand comfortingly, and said softly: "The last time you, Ama, came to see you in the palace, you mentioned that you were troubled by the void below your knees, so I purposely kept Concubine Jing by your side, as a way of comforting you. " Concubine Ying smiled brightly and took the emperor's hand instead, feeling quite relieved. Concubine Ying looked at Yan Wan's wet and greasy appearance, with a concerned expression on her face: "If your concubine falls into the water, she will have to take care of her for a while. Your majesty, you promised me to have dinner together. It's not early, so let's go early Go back soon." The emperor smiled softly at Concubine Ying, turned around and wanted to leave: "Although you are also the elder of the child, I still want to thank you for saving Qingyou. I only have this grandson, and Jingse only has this son. Fortunately, he It's okay, luckily..." "Your Majesty, Princess He Jing has only one son, and my concubine has only one daughter, Concubine Jing. Your Majesty, Concubine Jing has been cared for by Concubine Ying, and Concubine Ying does not dare to extravagantly expect to bring Concubine Jing back to her side, causing Concubine Ying to suffer the pain of separation. But please have mercy on the emperor, so that the concubine can have another child of her own!" The emperor's footsteps slowed down, but he didn't make a sound.A corner of the dragon robe brushed against the crimson threshold, swirling light golden dust, sending his figure further away.Yan Wan's disappointed tears fell into the flying soot, turning into bright imperfect water droplets. It was night, and the emperor wanted to rest alone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Maybe it was the crying of the baby in Concubine Ying's place that made him think about it, or maybe it was the incident of falling into the water during the day that made him still have lingering fears. After closing the memorial, he summoned Li Yu. Li Yu's respect seems to have aroused the emperor's impatience, he asked: "Will the respect room send a green card?" Li Yu said: "The people in the respect room are waiting outside." He clapped his hands twice, and Xu An came in with a green card.Under the bright lights, the sign on the mahogany plate is glowing with faint green splendor, as if it is a beckoning hand, attracting the emperor's gaze. The emperor's hand flicked across like clouds and flowing water, and stopped for a while on the "Lingfei" sign, then lingered again, and finally stopped on the green-headed "Wanbi" sign. Xu An was stunned, but Li Yu smiled apologetically: "The emperor is really a long-term lover, you haven't seen Concubine Wan for some time." The emperor glanced at him: "Go." Xu An bowed his waist and said: "This slave is going to pick up the young concubine Wan." He took a step and walked to the gate of the hall, only to hear a deep sigh from behind: "Come on, concubine Ling." Xu An didn't know why the emperor's mind suddenly changed, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he quickly agreed to go. The turmoil of the brand flop that night was quickly annihilated in the trivialities of daily life, and it seemed that no one took it to heart. That's because it really wasn't worth taking it to heart.And the next month, the emperor summoned her again.After that, the emperor still ignored Yan Wan, and even the expenses of official women did not change.Everything is like the old days. But Yan Wan, because of these two favors, was actually pregnant. When Jiang Yubin sent the news, the light orange and golden spring light filtered through Qian's screen window, and fell quietly on a bunch of gorgeous crabapple branches that were newly folded on the mother-of-pearl table.The flowers bloom like flowing waves and broken brocades.But it has no fragrance, very elegant and quiet. With the slight breeze coming, the wave that moves the pearl curtain becomes more mellow and warm.The spring shirt was thin and charming, and the soft satin sleeves quietly retreated to the white wrists. Ruyi just quietly dropped a white jade chess piece, smiling slightly. Hailan sat across from Ruyi, plucked a sunspot and frowned slightly: "Concubine Ling is really blessed, it hasn't been long since she gave birth to the Seventh Princess, and she has another child." Jiang Yubin said in a deep voice, "Yes, it's been five months. After the concubine Ling became pregnant, she didn't dare to ask the imperial hospital for a pulse to reassure the fetus, so the imperial hospital didn't know about it until she became pregnant." Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "She is quite courageous." Hailan scoffed lightly: "It's not that I'm brave, it's that I'm too timid! I'm afraid we will harm her hard-earned child." She complained a bit: "Since she jumped into the water to save Princess Hejing's sweetheart, my sister should be very grateful. Prevent her from making a comeback. In the end, the emperor favored her twice." Ruyi shook her head lightly: "What about being favored? Even if he knew that Concubine Ling was pregnant again, the Emperor just ordered the House of Internal Affairs to serve her as a noble concubine, and rewarded her with gifts, but he never went to see her. Unlike Concubine Qi, She was only two months pregnant, and the emperor held her in gold and jade." Hai Lan disagreed: "How can Concubine Ling's background be compared with Concubine Qi's? Concubine Qi finally got pregnant this time, and Concubine Qi's sixth princess went with her sister's fifth princess, so the emperor is naturally very distressed." Ruyi's bright eyes narrowed slightly: "Jiang and Bin, you know the details about Concubine Ling's body." There was a slight look of doubt in Hai Lan's eyes, and Jiang Yubin's expression remained unchanged: "The young concubine was tortured when she gave birth to the seventh princess. In addition, the postpartum disorder, repeated depression, and her body has been weak. It is not suitable for pregnancy." Ruyi raised her hand and straightened the swallowtail hairpin. Fresh peony flowers were placed on the hairpin. Against the plain dark pattern on the rouge-colored satin gown, her complexion looked paler: "His own body knows it, and he still needs it." so demanding." Hailan's eyes calmed down: "There is also Princess Hejing, which my sister has to care about. After all, she is the emperor's favorite Princess Gulun, the daughter of Empress Xiaoxian. She saved her son for Lingfei. , she will also quote." Bai Yuzi landed on the jasper chessboard, and the lingering sound was slightly cool, just like Ruyi's emotion at this moment: "Sometimes death may really be a good thing, and it can make up for the imperfections in the past. The longer the empress Xiaoxian passed away, the deeper the emperor's guilt. The more I miss it. Haven’t the emperor written so few elegiac poems for Empress Xiaoxian in these years? He even refused to enter the city as close to Jinan because it was the place where Empress Xiaoxian passed away.” Hailan remained silent, just comforting each other's loneliness with an understanding silence.After a while, she whispered: "After what happened to Brother Thirteen, my sister's heart seems to have weakened, and she no longer cares about many things." The beauties in the hall are sitting opposite each other with bead curtains, and the outside of the hall is full of sunshine.The treasure tripod is fragrant and warm, and the flowers and bamboos are verdant, but they are just the shadow of barrenness in the broken time.What is the difference between Qionglou Yuyu, Qihuazhicao, Yikun Palace and Jialan Temple, which has been abandoned for thousands of years?The heart has fallen to ashes, like a scroll covered in dust, and it is difficult to turn it over. Ruyi smiled wryly: "It's hard to get what I want, so it's better to keep what I have." Many things are actually very clear. Even if you have the dignity of a queen, even if you have mutual trust after forgiveness, only after experiencing the turbulent waves here, you will know how fragile everything you have is, even vulnerable to a single blow.Ruyi can no longer and has no strength to carry out such a decisive decision. It was only three months after Ruyi finished speaking, and Yan Wan gave birth to a prince prematurely on July 17th.This sub-sequence is fourteen, named Yong Lu.The emperor kept Yong Lu by Yan Wan's side to raise her according to his words, and also rewarded Yong Lu according to the rules for the birth of ordinary princes on the day of the three-year-old prince's birth, without any extra consideration.But Yan Wan's joy did not last long, and the child who was born prematurely developed a high fever due to congenital deficiency. The newborn child was very delicate, Yan Wan couldn't take off her clothes, and stayed by Yong Lu's side day and night without sleep.Compared with the seventh princess, Jing concubine, Yonglu is more like her lifeblood, worthy of all her strength to protect.However, the child's persistent high fever and convulsions caused Yan Wan to convulse several times. While seeking medical advice, she also invited a shaman to perform rituals in Yongshou Palace. In the shaman's world, all the sources of illness are evil spirits, so she also bluntly asked Yan Wan to move the child to the place with the most yang energy in the palace for temporary care. Chunchan understood immediately when she heard the words, and rubbed her hands in a dilemma: "Yang Qi is the heaviest, nothing is better than the Hall of Mental Cultivation. It's just..." Yan Wan looked at Yong Lu who was breathing weakly in her arms, opened her eyes crying like peaches of hearts, mustered up her courage and rushed out: "I'm going to beg the emperor!"
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