When Ruyi's howl came, Xu Sicai collapsed and collapsed.

-- There happened to be someone under the balcony, and he caught Ruyi. It's just that I fell from such a high place, and the momentum was quite strong. That Gong'e picked her up but didn't hug her, and let her fall, which made her cry.

Everyone also hurriedly hugged Ruyi to Xu Si.

Ruyi's face was so dirty, the clothes on her body were rubbed into shape, and the sleeves of her shirt slipped down from her small arms, revealing the butterfly-like birthmark on her shoulder.

Xu Si didn't care about tidying up her clothes, so he first held her in his arms and looked up and down, and asked with tears in his eyes, "Where does it hurt?" ”

If she cries, she doesn't cry. blinked with tears and pointed at his butt stupidly, "Mother, it hurts~"

Xu Si saw that she had a clear mind and indeed no scars on her body, so she turned from sadness to joy and said, "Make you naughty......"

This time Ruyi was indeed in danger, and the doctor came to diagnose her carefully, but only found a small abrasion on her belly.

However, the palace maid who caught her needed to rest for a few days because of a dislocated arm.

After coaxing Ruyi to sleep, Xu Si ordered someone to pass on the palace to come in.

Xu Si was quite grateful to her - and annoyed that Ruyi's nursing mothers around her were not full - and had the intention to promote her to Ruyi's side to serve. After all, thanks to her today, Ruyi was not injured, Xu Si faintly felt in his heart that this person was not necessarily a noble person of Ruyi.

She also wants to find a personal loyal servant for Ruyi, and it is best to protect Ruyi without hesitation.

That Gong'e came in very quickly. Xu Si looked her up and down for a while--that Gong'e was dressed very inconspicuously, dressed in gray old clothes, with an old wooden hairpin on her head, and there was no bright color on her body. The body is tall and thin, but it is described as withered and weak, and when he hangs his head and shrinks there, he is like a handful of half-withered flax.

Xu Si had already asked her about her details, and knew that she was not a person from the Ciqiu Palace, but only helped to do some miscellaneous work in the court - the clothes were set up outside the palace, and most of the people who did the work in it were the family members of the convicted officials or the palace ladies who were degraded. Due to the heavy workload, there was often a shortage of manpower, so some poor women were sent by their husbands to do some chores to earn some money. It's not all carefully selected good families.

These people don't have a chance to come to the inner palace on weekdays. It was only because this woman knew that she was sent to drive away cicadas. After the autumn, she knew less, and this day was also her last job, so she was curious, so she secretly went into the yard to peek. As a result, I met Ruyi climbing up to the balcony.

Xu Si was mentally prepared for her poverty, but she was still disappointed when she saw her at this moment-not that she disliked what she was wearing, but that this woman exuded an aura of humility and cringe from the inside out, which made people feel her indisputability at first sight. It's like a mouse that is afraid of the light.

Xu Si's heart suddenly felt pity, but pity was another thing - what she was most afraid of was that Ruyi would be so cowering in the future, and she would never let such a person always be by Ruyi's side.

She also dispelled the desire to make the woman serve her wishes.

He only asked, "What reward do you want?" ”

The woman shrank back again, and slowly raised her head to look at Xu Si. When he saw it, he hurriedly lowered his head and immediately knelt on the ground. She obviously hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time, and she held back for a while before she stumbled and said, "Slave, slave can do miscellaneous labor, and do any job well...... begged Niangniang to let me enter the palace, I don't want to go out anymore...... As long as you don't let me out, I'm willing to do anything! ”

She crawled over and wanted to hug Xu Si's legs, but the palace ladies in the Ciqiu Hall hurriedly stepped forward to hold her.

Xu Si met her eyes, only to feel that her heart was shocked, and there was something bad about her. She had exhausted her mental strength this day, and now she was tired and had a severe headache, and she no longer had the strength to deal with it.

After all, the woman had saved Ruyi, and she would not hurt her in any way, so she said, "I should go down—" and instructed, "Take her down to rest first." ”

After the ladies took the woman down, she called Aunt Zhai and asked, "Is she twenty-four years old?" ”

Aunt Zhai said, "That's what Ye Ting said. ”

Xu Si remembered the moment the woman looked up, and the face she saw—the woman was actually very good, with a beautiful countenance, but her eyes were large and unfocused, often frightened, and her skin was rough and old. is obviously a few years younger than Xu Si, but even if she is a generation older than Xu Si, I'm afraid no one will doubt it.

Somehow, after seeing this woman, Xu Si felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart. It was as if the woman's drenched despair and humility had been transmitted to her.

"Why does she want to enter the palace?" Xu Si asked absentmindedly.

Aunt Zhai paused for a moment and said, "It's not wrong to say that you are greedy for wealth in the palace." But she went to find out the details of this person, and naturally she would not give such a vague answer, so she said, "Her surname is Zhuang, and people only call her Zhuang Qi Niang." I don't know where my ancestral home is, but I remember that there is a big banyan tree in the west of the village, so their village is called Banyan Tree East, and there is a village called Banyan Tree West to the west. She is also a hard-working person, and she was sold to Yazi by her father when she was a teenager. In the past seven or eight years, I don't know how many times I sold my hands and how much I suffered before I sold it to an alcoholic as a wife. The drunkard was not a good man, and he would beat her every day for amusement. Got into gambling again. In the end, he sold her again. I heard that she had only given birth not long after entering the court, and she was injured, all of which were beaten by the drunkard. It's a pity that the court is not a charitable place, she is timid and cowardly, and she is also bullied in the Huanyi house...... Probably living so big, the girl is the first to treat her kindly. This place is rich and peaceful, and she naturally wants to stay desperately. ”

Xu Si couldn't help but lose his mind when he heard this. "Then let her stay." She was already in a heavy mood, but she didn't say anything, only instructed Aunt Zhai, "You look at it and make arrangements, don't let her be bullied again." ”

As for being a nanny for Ruyi, naturally I didn't mention it.

When the Son of Heaven rushed back from the outer hall, Xu Si had just rested.

He hurriedly entered the house, and he didn't wake Xu Si up, but only stepped forward to check Xu Si's sleeping face in person. Seeing that she was still sleeping peacefully, he cut her wrist for a while, and was sure that it was really fine, so he stuffed her wrist back into the blanket and quietly guarded her.

After a while, the eunuch came into the house to pay respects, and the Son of Heaven was afraid that Xu Si would be noisy, so he raised his hand to stop and motioned for him to go out and say.

Out of the house, the eunuch Cassia replied, "The wild cats in the palace have been cleaned up. It's just that there are many domestic cats in each palace, and after raising them for a long time, it is inevitable that they will be reluctant to ......"

The Son of Heaven thought for a moment, and he already understood who he was talking about, "Little Shen? ”

Xiao Shen is the sister of the first queen, and after the queen died, the Shen family sent her into the palace to raise the two princesses left by the big Shen family and the eldest prince Vimo. Xiao Shen's love of cats is obsessed, and the people in her palace are cheaper than cats, and everyone in the palace knows it. She is also from a humble background, and it is not unusual for her to refuse to obey her fate.

Cassia said helplessly, "Shen Niangniang didn't say anything...... It is His Royal Highness who honors his mother, and it is just that other cats are chased away, only the raccoon cat in the palace has accompanied Shen Niangniang for many years, and Shen Niangniang regards him as family. If you are suddenly expelled out, I am afraid that Shen Niangniang will be sad and lonely. And this cat is very understanding, never out of the hall, will not be dangerous hài pedestrians. Therefore, I implore your majesty to open up the net. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help but chuckle and said lightly, "He is indeed filial." ”

He didn't say anything for a long time, and Cassia couldn't understand his thoughts, so he had to ask cautiously, "The cat?" ”

"Just open the net, let the Shen family take it back, and take care of it for the little Shen family. She was reluctant, so she could go back and raise it herself. ”

Cassia was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Then, ...... His Highness over there?"

The Son of Heaven said, "Xiao Shen watched him grow up, he cared about Xiao Shen, he was a good boy." It's just that his mother-in-law is the queen, and his biological mother is the Zhang family, how can the little Shen family be worthy of his filial piety? If he has a heart, it is better to use it more on his mother-in-law and his biological mother. ”

Cassia's scalp was numb, and he couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the emperor's eldest son. However, the Son of Heaven clearly commanded, and he could not disobey. Busy answering.

After the Son of Heaven had finished handling the chores, he was about to enter the house, when he saw a maid come in with Ruyi.

The events of this day frightened Xu Si, and the Son of Heaven was furious. After finding out the reason, all the nurses and maids who were waiting next to Ruyi were all demoted to the court for punishment. At this moment, the maid holding Ruyi was a newcomer who was only selected in the afternoon, and Ruyi was clamoring to see "Niangniang", she didn't dare to stop her, so she hurriedly brought Ruyi to Xu Sidian.

When she saw the Son of Heaven, the maid hurriedly saluted in fear.

The Son of Heaven glanced at Ruyi and frowned. The attendants in the Ciqiu Hall noticed that his face was not good, and hurriedly reprimanded him in a low voice, "What are you doing in a hurry?!" ”

The maid argued, "...... The little princess clamored to see her mother. ”

The Son of Heaven's gaze fell back on Ruyi. Thinking that Xu Si was desperate for her, almost endangering the fetus in her womb, she couldn't help but feel bored.

Ruyi was still young and her mind was not yet mature, and although she was vaguely aware of the emperor's affection for her, she did not know how to deal with it. She has never been close to the emperor, and at this moment she only stared into the emperor's eyes as if she had seen a fierce beast, observing and guarding.

And the Son of Heaven did not hide his disgust and indifference.

"Take it out." His succinct, impatient commands.

When the Son of Heaven entered the house, the door was closed, and he stretched out his arms to push her, and the maid could barely hold her.

The attendant was afraid that Ruyi would cry and anger the Son of Heaven again, so he was shocked and frightened, half-pushing and half-urging, "What are you still doing in a daze, take it out quickly!" Wake up the mother, you have a good look! ”

The maid turned around and was about to say something, but the attendant hurriedly lowered her voice and reminded her, "Let's go!" In the future, when His Majesty was in the palace, there was no command from inside, don't hug the little princess to come closer. ”

The maid was in turmoil - everyone in the palace said that Ruyi was extremely favored, and she was canonized as a princess after only three months of birth. Because the wild cat hurt her, the Son of Heaven also cleaned up the wild things in the palace with great fanfare. Everyone knows that the cat nest in the palace is in the Hanrun Palace, where the queen's own sister Shen Guiren - the eldest prince is raised there, I heard that the eldest prince was not less scratched by cats in the early years, but the Son of Heaven did not say anything. Now that she has cleared Hanrun Hall for the sake of a princess, it can be seen how much she spoils her.

But what she saw at the moment was the opposite.

She didn't dare to say anything more, so she only hugged Ruyi tightly and left in a hurry.