Chapter Ninety-Six: Cold Moon
On the sixth day of the ninth month, the Empress Dowager Dou issued an edict to remove the power of the harem of Yinli's assistant, remove the sergeant guards, and be grounded for three months as a punishment. The nurse Zheng brought medicine into the palace privately, was killed with a cane, and was executed three days later. The family members were enslaved and never allowed to enter the customs.
So far, Zheng's case has been hastily closed. Yin Li's power has been tilted for a while, and now it has ended up like this, and everyone in the palace sighs.
In the dormitory, it is as warm as spring. The carbon furnaces in the four corners are faintly steaming. Xiao Huixin came in lightly and glanced down at the little prince. Only then did he raise his head and see Song Jun staring at the cold moon outside the window in a daze.
"Niangniang, what do you want? What's so nice about this big moon out there? Xiao Huixin leaned over and asked.
"Huixin, I often think of the days in the cold palace, the moon is so big, so round, where did the emperor sleep at night?"
Xiao Huixin smiled, "Niangniang, Huixin was sent to the Huanyi Division at that time, and I listened to the people in the palace say that the emperor only favors the Xingyin nobles, but the emperor favors the Xingyin nobles not because he likes her, but because she looks like a special person." That person's name is Sui'er, oh, the woman who was ranked first in your draft. I heard that the day before she entered the palace draft, her father died suddenly, and she was determined to keep filial piety, so she refused to enter the palace. But the emperor was obsessed with this woman who had not entered the palace, and once specially sent someone to paint a small portrait of her, but who knew that no one was seen, so he politely refused. I think she must be a beautiful and kind-hearted woman, much stronger than that yin nobleman. ”
Song Jun heard this story for the first time and found it interesting. asked, "So what does the Yin nobleman look like the girl named Sui'er?" ”
Xiao Huixin said: "Only the emperor himself knows whether it is like or not, but the emperor only pampered her when he saw the Yin nobles dancing in goose-yellow skirts." ”
A goose-yellow tune? Song Jun sneered. If a piece of clothing can keep people, then the women in the palace can wear that kind of clothes, but it's a pity that it is not the hearts of people that are kept, what's the use? She set her eyes on the sleeping little prince, and saw that her pink little face was flushed, no matter how she looked at it, it was lovely. The emperor comes to see the little prince once a day, but the name has not been taken out yet. She thought of many names, but she didn't dare to mention them in front of the emperor.
Liu Zhao only looked at the child every time he came, as if she was just something that didn't exist. Never look twice. That kind of look made her heart cold, and she even regretted returning to the palace, although it was bitter in that cold palace. But you don't have to look someone else's eye. Someone else's mind.
Yin Xiaohe's nurse Zheng had an accident, she knew everything, but she knew even more that this matter could not bring down Yin Xiaohe. What's more, it is not beneficial for herself to overthrow Yin Xiaohe, but the existence of Yin Xiaohe can also become a tool for her to borrow.
The emperor hasn't come tonight, if he comes. She wanted to ask the child's name if the emperor was happy. and then plead for Yin Xiaohe. The moon still hung coldly in the sky, without any clouds, and the night was so quiet that you could hear more broken sounds.
She stood up and walked to the door, sure enough, she saw Liu Zhao with a few attendants, the guards had arrived outside the door, she combed the spring bun tonight, and only inserted a jade hairpin on her head, lightly, but more indescribably lonely than those women with beaded hair, and it was lovely.
After giving birth, she lost weight, and her waist made her as delicate and moving as a willow in the wind. "The concubine sees the emperor!" She fluttered down.
Liu Zhao glanced at her, he seemed to have lost some weight these days, with a little tiredness on his face, "It's late at night, haven't you slept yet?" ”。
He left the guard outside the door, walked to the child's bedside, and looked down at the child's smiling face in his sleep, as if the fatigue of the day had dissipated. He stroked the child's smooth little face and asked, "Have you played today, I remember that he likes that Ruyi!" ”
Song Jun smiled, "He loves to play everything now, yesterday he asked for my earrings with his small hand open, and today he broke Huixin's bracelet." I don't know how to be naughty when I grow up! ”
"Really?". Liu Zhao felt very happy, touched the child's little face again, looked back at Song Jun, and felt that she was as beautiful as dust tonight, and his heart couldn't help but move, he hadn't spoiled her for a long time. In fact, every time he saw her, he wanted to take her into his arms, but he always had that knot in his heart, so he always ignored his own thoughts and refused to look at her more.
Tonight, since Yin Li was grounded, as the emperor, he couldn't violate the rules of the palace, and went to Chengfu Hall to see her, but none of the other concubines could compare with her, and he was extremely depressed in his heart. Song Jun was so beautiful tonight, so his body began to heat up.
"Let's take a walk in the garden with me!" Liu Zhao said, his brows furrowed.
"Whoa!" Song Jun replied, carrying her skirt and following him in small steps, Liu Zhao was stunned for a moment and asked her, "Why did you go like this?" ”
"Your Majesty, the little prince is asleep, and the concubines are afraid of waking him up, so-"
"Your heart is really fine, I didn't expect it, forget it, don't go out, I want to take a break, I feel so tired today."
"Your Majesty, please follow Xiaohuixin to the side hall, it's warm there!" Liu Zhao looked at her strangely again, "Why didn't you invite me to the dormitory in the back?" ”
Song Jun lowered his head and replied lightly: "Your Majesty, the concubine is a guilty body and is not worthy of serving the emperor." ”
"You!" Liu Zhao shook his head, took her hand, felt cold and piercing, and felt even more distressed, held it in his palm and said, "Go to the dormitory, I haven't touched your body for a long time." ”
In the heavy curtain in the dormitory, the sound of muttering came, Xiao Huixin and others withdrew from the palace, with a smile on her face, Niangniang was finally pampered again, and the old days were coming back.
Yin Li lay in the inner bed, the smell of rosewood permeated the whole room, faint, like mist ethereal into her heart, this fragrance is calm, but she can't be still, like a white ghost has been wrapped around her heart. The copper leakage in front of the window is quicksand, dripping finely, and it has been three nights at night.
She sat up with the quilt in her arms, looking at the embroidered pattern of the red plum chrysanthemum on the top of the tent in a daze, and tears quietly slipped down. The nurse died, she died for her, her family was confiscated, and she never wanted to come back in this life. She's sorry for the nurse, shouldn't people have souls when they die? Why can't she feel it? The nurse didn't come back to see her, she thought she was beaten to death with a stick, her head was bleeding, she wailed in pain, at that time, did she hate herself, she couldn't do anything at that time, she didn't dare to come out and admit that the medicine was hers. She was afraid that as soon as she spoke, her entire family, including everyone in the Chengfu Temple, would be killed. But she really couldn't admit that the nurse died for her, her whole family, and everyone in Chengfu Palace.
The long-ago memory slowly opened, she was held in the arms of the nurse when she was a child, picking the peach blossoms on the tree, she hit the nurse in the face with a flower branch, the nurse endured the pain, put her on the ground, and then went to wipe the blood flowing from her face, but she cried and said that the nurse scared her.
She remembered that on the night when she thought she had fallen out of favor and was in unbearable pain, it was the nurse who took her hand, comforted her earnestly, taught her the art of the room, and how to capture the emperor's heart. When she heard that the nurse was beaten and bruised all over her body, she never said a bad word about her. She hates, she hates the Empress Dowager Dou, she hates the guard Zuo Tianqi who must search the nurse, and one day she must avenge the nurse.
She sat up in her clothes and walked to the entrance of the hall, Lian'er sat on the ground at the door, fell asleep on the pillow, and the attendant on duty at the door was just about to speak, she waved her hand and asked them to stay away. The night wind blew, and the cold seemed to penetrate the bones, but she ignored it and stood in the cold wind. The moonlight shone through the shade of the trees, leaking a shimmering piece of jade. The surroundings are very quiet, as if you can hear the sound of moonlight falling, quiet and beautiful. In this cold early winter, there are no delicate flowers, no verdant leaves, no warmth of May, only cold, bleak, and silent. Just like her state of mind at the moment, but this moonlight seems gentle, under the blue sky, surprisingly dazzling, dazzling. It seems to be a magnificent jewel, and it is like the feathers of a white bird like a cicada's wings.
This moonlight is the emperor, she knows that Liu Zhao did not delve into her affairs, he let her go, but he also left her three months of coldness.
The sky was not pure black, but a vast deep blue in the black, stretching into the distance, into the distance. She watched quietly, her eyes eager to penetrate the darkness and reach the end of the sky to see what was there.
A cloak was draped on her shoulders, and Lian'er finally woke up, she complained in a low voice, "Nobleman, this wind is very hard, be careful of catching a cold, slave and maid help Niang Niang go back!" ”
Yin Li smiled bitterly, "Lian'er, when I go back, I will think about the nurse, thinking about how miserable she died at that time, and I hate myself for not being able to save her." ”
"Mother, don't say it, let people hear it!"
"Hear? Let them listen, I have reached this step, and I am afraid that others will do something to me? ”
Cui Ying'er was on the shift tonight, and when she heard the voice, she came out to see, and when she saw that Yinli's face was pale, she came over to help Lian'er and said: "Niangniang, there are some things that can only be said in this palace, the Queen Mother doesn't care about things on the surface, but in fact she is deaf and clear-sighted, and she knows everything in the world without going out." When the slave heard that Niangniang was looking for Lord Yin to promote Song Cainu's father and brother, the queen mother told the emperor, saying that there was no distinction between inside and outside. Alas, there are a lot of things in this, the slave and maid don't know what the matter of the nurse is, our group of people who have been in the palace for a long time, can only know superficial things, changes in people's hearts, how can we see it, they are all secretly speculating, so what is said, there are three points of truth, seven points of falsehood, and it is not accurate. Don't take a lot of things to heart, it's better to learn from that Song Cainu, and lightly, if nothing is a thing, it won't be a thing. ”
When Yin Li heard this, she only felt that she was miscellaneous, although she was chaotic, she was also persuading herself, don't believe other people's words, as long as she stays in the green mountains, she is not afraid of no firewood, she can't help but feel sad and resentful, and she can't speak.
Lian'er also persuaded: "Niangniang, from the perspective of the slave maid, maybe there will be a blessing in disguise, Niangniang Taoguang is obscure, the emperor and Niangniang's anger these days has also disappeared, and when Niangniang's palace ban disappears, Xiao Biesheng is newly married, maybe it will be more like glue!" ”
As soon as Yin Li entered the hall, he was smoked by the heat, and suddenly felt the Venus in front of him, and he fainted. (To be continued......)
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