"Ziyu!" Awakened from the nightmare, Ruan Liuyan suddenly got up and sat up, the qiē in the dream gradually became clear, making people's hearts palpitate, her eyes looked ahead, and her wrists on both sides trembled slightly.

She dreamed that Su Changbai was standing on the edge of the cliff with his back to her, and she wanted to step forward to call him back, but Su Changbai glanced back at her, and was unaware of her call, and jumped straight down the abyss.

"Master—what's wrong with master? Having a nightmare? ”

Mingyue outside the curtain walked over quickly while buttoning her clothes, took the lamp, and hung the golden crescent hooks on the tents on both sides, she sat on the edge of the bed, patted Ruan Liuyan's back and said worriedly: "Master, what's the matter, I've been restless since the day, why don't you go and order some incense?" Saying that, Mingyue was about to leave, but was pulled by Ruan Liuyan.

"Don't go," Ruan Liuyan dragged Ming Yue's wrist, "What time is it?" Mingyue paused, "Back to Niangniang, it's already the second watch." ”

"It's the second shift." Ruan Liuyan muttered to himself, "How could I sleep for so long, when did the emperor leave?" ”

"It's time to go." Mingyue replied truthfully, seeing that Ruan Liuyan still looked like she had lost her soul, so she helped her lie down again, "Niangniang, although the slave doesn't know what happened to Niangniang, but the dream is not believing, no matter what Niangniang doesn't have to take to heart, there will be nothing when she gets up tomorrow morning." The hour is still early, so let the slave and maid serve you and rest. ”

"Mingyue, come up and sleep with me." Leng Buding Ruan Liuyan said such a sentence, Ming Yue was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly excused herself, "How can this be, there is a difference between master and servant, you are the master, I am the next... Descendants..."

In the end, Mingyue's voice gradually faded away, because Ruan Liuyan was looking at her quietly, and the light in her eyes was dim. After hesitating for a moment, Ming Yue took off her shoes and went to bed, and carefully lay down beside Ruan Liuyan, "That slave is rude." Master, if you have anything to do, just say something, and the slave and maid will do it immediately. ”

Ruan Liuyan said "um", closed her eyes again, and there was a person lying beside her, this dark night was not as bad as before, and after a while of confusion beside her, the night fell into silence again.

"Father-in-law Li, please, you can be accommodating and then tell my master, please..." ”

"But..."Mingyue wanted to say more, but was stopped by Li Dezhao's raised hand, "Miss Mingyue, you still persuade your master, wait until the emperor is angry, maybe the emperor will be willing to see your master at that time." Li Dezhao's words cut off Mingyue's thoughts, and seeing that the plea was hopeless, she quickly walked down the steps to Ruan Liuyan in desperation.

"The emperor still refuses to see me?"

Looking directly at the direction of Dongfang Ke's bedroom, Ruan Liuyan stood in place and asked intently. Mingyue bowed her head in embarrassment, "Niangniang, the emperor is just angry and not angry, why don't we wait until the emperor is angry?" When you want to intercede for Susle and the princess, you can say something better. ”

"No need," faintly rejecting Ming Yue, Ruan Liuyan took a few steps forward, lifted the hem of his skirt and knelt down in the direction of the main hall gate, "Since the emperor is angry, I will kneel here to ask for guilt until the emperor is angry and willing to see me." ”

"Master!" Seeing this, Ming Yue hurriedly knelt down with her, "You will only torture your body by doing this, your body was not good last time, how can this be?" ”

"It's okay, don't worry about me." Ruan Liuyan waved her hand to stop Mingyue from trying to help her up, "You don't have to stay here, go to the side." I'll call you for something. Mingyue shook her head after hearing this, "Niangniang! ”

"When I am the master, I will be obedient!"

The cold scolding made Ming Yue withdraw her hands to help her up, and slowly retreated to the side, Ming Yue didn't dare to say anything more.

On the cold and hard brick floor, Ruan Liuyan knelt straight.

What happened at Liquid Garden Lake directly led to the suspension of the festivities of the Lantern Festival, and what should have been a happy and enjoyable thing turned into the beginning of a disaster. The little prince fell into the water, and the person was rescued, but the person did not wake up, and the truth of the fall has not yet been found; Dongfang dissolved the desire to let the two of them meet, but instead asked Su Changbai to fall into the charge of coveting the princess. Now that the princess and Su Changbai have been punished and thought about it, and the other has been sent to prison and heard it, all for her, how can she just retreat and sit idly by?

The Queen Mother was furious, and hundreds of officials were discussing, and now there is only one person who can exempt the eldest princess and Su Changbai from blame, and that is Dongfang Ke. But this person didn't want to see her, and he didn't even want to listen to an explanation of why she met Su Changbai...

The light of the candle flame also exuded a dim glow against the temple door, and Ruan Liuyan kept staring until a "phantom" came out in front of him. The sky is turning, the earth is shaking, and the night wind is blowing stronger and stronger, and the people who blow are cold. There was also a thunderous rumble in his ears, and the corners of Ruan Liuyan's mouth pulled up a smile, but he didn't expect that after kneeling for a long time, not only was what he saw dark with his eyes, but even what he heard with his ears was hallucinating.

"Master, it's going to rain when you see it's going to rain, let's go back!" Mingyue rushed over beside her, Ruan Liuyan glanced at her, and took away the palm that she was holding on to her arm because of worry, "I won't leave, unless the emperor is willing to come out to see me." Mingyue, you go find an umbrella to hold on, and leave me alone. ”

Mingyue, who knew Ruan Liuyan's temper, had no choice but to get up and retreat aside, now she could only pray that the emperor knew that the master could feel distressed after kneeling for so long, if the emperor felt sorry for the master and was willing to see the master, then the master would not have to make this crime worse. But in fact, until the raindrops fell, from the raindrops as big as soybeans to the drifting heavy rain, Dongfang Ke's palace door had never been opened.

The candles in the hall were bright, and Dongfang Ke was watching the folds in front of the case. The sound of heavy rain outside the window disturbed the people who couldn't be quiet, and their hearts were irritable, Dongfang Ke threw the fold he had just picked up back to the case, "How long has the person been gone?" Li Dezhao waited not far away without squinting, and when he saw Dongfang Ke asking, he hurriedly bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Yan Niangniang has been kneeling outside the hall and has never left." ”

"What?" Standing up suddenly, Dongfang Ke's tone carried a thin layer of anger, "Why didn't you tell me!" His anger made Li Dezhao miserable, and he muttered in his heart: Obviously, you said that you would not let the slave mention it again, otherwise you would beat the slave board, why has it become a slave now and does not report it...

"! What's wrong with you, mother--don't scare the slave! ”

When Li Dezhao was struggling how to reply, Mingyue's panicked call suddenly came from outside the palace gate, Li Dezhao secretly screamed that it was not good, but he saw his master walking away quickly in three or two steps, "I'll settle accounts with you when I turn back!" ”

Opening the door of the hall and seeing the scene on the ground under the steps in the distance, Dongfang Kedi's heart tightened, and the anger in his heart didn't know where to go. With a light tap on his toes, Dongfang Kefei stepped down the steps, picked up the woman in his arms, and he coldly ordered, "Pass on the imperial doctor!" ”

"Water..."The unconscious whisper alarmed the person guarding in front of the bed, and Dongfang Ke was overjoyed, "Bring the water quickly!" The cool and sweet tea under the stomach woke up a trace of consciousness of the sleeping people, Ruan Liuyan woke up slowly, and the first thing he saw was Dongfang Ke with a face full of joy and a hint of anxiety.

"You... cough cough..."The violent cough made Ruan Liuyan unable to speak smoothly, Dongfang Ke hurriedly helped her up to give her a good breath, "Don't talk yet, you have a cold, the imperial doctor said, you must take medicine to recuperate." His big hand touched the woman's forehead, still hot as fire, "You're still hot, come on!" Bring the medicine—"

Soon someone brought the decoction, Dongfang Ke took it, picked up the soup spoon in his hand and stirred it slowly, so that the soup was diluted more evenly.

"What does the emperor plan to do with Su Changbai?" Sitting on the pillow at the head of the bed, Ruan Liuyan asked Dongfang, who was sitting on the bed. Dongfang Ke's hand stirring the decoction paused, and then casually scooped a spoonful of medicinal soup and handed it to Ruan Liuyan's lips, "Drink the medicine first, and after drinking the rest, I will give you an answer." ”

"I want to know the emperor's decision now." Ruan Liuyan was at a stalemate with him, her lips that were a little upturned white due to high fever did not have a trace of blood, on the contrary, the sides of her face were a little abnormally crimson due to illness.

Dongfang Ke stared at her, the medicine bowl in his hand was placed on the small desk table, one hand touched her side face, and he smiled: "Concubine Ai is so worried about Su Sile?" Why have I never seen Concubine Ai so worried about me, or is it that Concubine Ai, as a woman who is mine, has always thought of other men in her heart, trying to rekindle her old love and reunite after breaking the mirror? ”

"You-"

Ruan Liuyan raised his head in disbelief, and all he saw was Dongfang Ke's cold gaze, his eyes seemed to be a dark pool, making it impossible to see anything clearly. But Ruan Liuyan now clearly knew that this man didn't believe her, he was suspicious of her, and she couldn't open her mouth to refute as if her throat was blocked.

"What, I got it?" After a long time of seeing Ruan Liuyan respond, Dongfang Ke sneered, "It's a pity that you are already my woman, and you can only stay by my side in this life!" Don't even think about anything else! ”

"Drink the medicine." Picking up the medicine again, Dongfang Ke took the trouble to repeat the action just now, Ruan Liuyan's eyes were hot, and he turned his head to ignore him. A trace of anger appeared in her eyes, and Dongfang Kewei's hand pinched Ruan Liuyan's shoulder and forced her to turn her head, "What are you awkward?" Flowing smoke, there has never been a woman who can be so presumptuous in front of me, you are the first. I said, don't test my patience—"

For Dongfang Ling's food, clothing, housing and transportation, Qingyun Palace is becoming more and more careful and rigorous, but Dongfang Ling is still young, and there is no mother to take care of the first palace, so it is not a way to drag it out like this.

For Dongfang Ling's food, clothing, housing and transportation, Qingyun Palace is becoming more and more careful and rigorous, but Dongfang Ling is still young, and there is no mother to take care of the first palace, so it is not a way to drag it out like this.

For Dongfang Ling's food, clothing, housing and transportation, Qingyun Palace is becoming more and more careful and rigorous, but Dongfang Ling is still young, and there is no mother to take care of the first palace, so it is not a way to drag it out like this. These days, the ministers have been divided into two factions, one faction is headed by Yin Zhongxian, who supports the concubines of Chonghua Palace to take care of the little prince; One faction is headed by Xiao Guogong and supports Xiao Guifei to take care of the little prince. The two factions in the court are in dire straits, and the queen mother and Dongfang Ke in the harem are also deadlocked.

None of them would give in and let the other party's person take care of Dongfang Ling, and in the end, Dongfang Jin came up with a way to hold two "selection meetings", where all concubines above the eighth rank could participate, and the little prince would choose the concubines who were willing to let him take care of him. Of course, this concubine is only responsible for taking care of the prince for a short time, and it is impossible to climb to the position of the future queen in the name of raising the prince, because the queen's candidate is still to be considered, and the situation cannot be decided rashly.

Such a proposal was unanimously approved by the Queen Mother and Dongfang Ke, and on the tenth day of the ninth month, the first election meeting was held in the Taihe Palace.

Ruan Liuyan is a concubine of the second grade, and the list is one of them. Chonghua Palace made preparations in advance, and did its best to Ruan Liuyan to win the opportunity to raise the little prince for a short time, Ruan Liuyan was tossed by them, a little moved and a little funny, how can this kind of thing be earned if you want to fight, instead of trying hard, it is better to go with the flow.

Today is the date of choice, long and wide walking, a sedan car slowly forward. In the sedan car, Ruan Liuyan lifted the curtain and watched, accompanied by Mingyue on one side of the sedan chair, and they went to Taihe Palace on this trip.

There is green poking out of the wall of the palace wall in front of it, growing tenaciously in this cold autumn wind, and there is no lack of unique embellishments in this deep palace from a distance. Her eyes were a little warmer, Ruan Liuyan put down the soft curtain, and the sedan chair suddenly shook violently, making her hurriedly grab the frame of the sedan chair, and react, the sedan body under her body had fallen to the ground.

"Mother, are you alright?" Mingyue's anxious voice came from outside the sedan car, and when she opened the sedan curtain, she leaned in.

"I'm fine, what's going on?"

Letting go of the hands that grabbed the sedan chair frame, Ruan Liuyan straightened out the crumpled dress just now, and Mingyue helped her out of the sedan chair.

The four people carrying the sedan chair outside the sedan chair had fallen to the ground begging for mercy, and Ming Yue saw that she was fine, so she replied in a steady voice: "Hui Niangniang, it was the hand of the sedan chair that was broken, fortunately he-" Ming Yue pointed to the little eunuch in the blue robe who was lying at the end, "I pounced hard just now, slowing down the speed of the sedan chair falling, or I don't know if Niangniang will be in danger!" ”

Mingyue's voice was full of fear, Ruan Liuyan looked in the direction of her finger and saw a eunuch who looked weak and weak lying at his feet, and his body trembled slightly from fear like everyone else. The difference was that where he leaned over, there were red blood stains on his robe, which was slowly spreading.

"You're hurt."

Pulling out his hand from Mingyue's palm, Ruan Liuyan came to the kneeling eunuch and said in a cold voice: "What's your name?" ”