"That's enough, Concubine Xi!" Yin Zhen opened his mouth to interrupt Ling Ruo's words, "These words have crossed your duty, no matter what reason they have, since they have entered the palace, they have to abide by the rules of the palace." Since they knowingly committed it, they should suffer the consequences that come with it; If everyone violates the rules without punishment, then what is the use of the rules, and what is the use of the national law? Or does Concubine Xi think you are more respectful than the national law and palace rules? ”

Yin Zhen has always opposed the palace people having personal feelings, and this dynasty has always followed science, so he naturally felt extremely harsh about Ling Ruo's words.

"The concubine would never dare to have such an idea." Ling Ruo said with great trepidation: "It's just that the concubines feel that the law is nothing more than human affection, and the emperor is the same as the first emperor, he is a virtuous and generous Ming Jun, so he has the courage to intercede for Sanfu." In that year, the first emperor once gave extrajudicial grace and gave a pair of eunuchs and palace maids to eat, which was a good story for a while; And the palace people are also grateful for the benevolence of the first emperor. ”

In fact, the ending of the pair of vegetable households is not good, but it is the only pair that Kangxi has ever given when he was alive, and if he brings it out, it can at least be said that there are precedents for the vegetable households in this dynasty, and it is not too exceptional.

At this time, a low sip suddenly sounded in the hall, causing everyone to follow the sound, but it was Sixi, only to see him crying secretly, and Su Peisheng was looking at him in amazement.

Surprised, Yinzhen asked, "Sixi, what are you crying about?" ”

Sixi hurriedly ran to Yinzhen and knelt down, wiped his tears and said: "Back to the emperor's words, the slave listened to Concubine Xi's words, and couldn't help crying for a while. ”

Yin Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and she ignored the breakfast served by the palace people, "Do you think Concubine Xi is reasonable?" ”

Hearing this, Sixi hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The slave doesn't dare, the rules set by the ancestors will never be wrong, but the slave listens to it, and can't help but think of the slave master." ”

Yin Zhen saw that he had pulled Li Dequan, who had already left the palace, and couldn't help but say: "What's wrong with Li Dequan, haven't I already allowed him to leave the palace to retire for a long time, and there is a monthly silver every month." Speaking of this, his voice suddenly sharpened: "Is it that those people from the Internal Affairs Office took advantage of his absence to deduct the moon silver." ”

Sixi hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, the Internal Affairs Office has not been harsh, and the master is not short of silver flowers. It's just that the last time the slave went to visit the master, he saw him sighing alone, and the slave asked curiously, and learned that the master felt lonely when he was old, although he was not short of food or clothing, but he was alone, and he didn't even have a person who could talk and relieve his boredom. ”

Su Peisheng listened to it and wondered for a while, he often went to see Li Dequan, why didn't he know anything about it, and he didn't feel that the master was lonely, he was either teasing birds or going out to hang out all day long, and he was very happy.

Hearing this, Yinzhen's face softened slightly, "If he feels lonely, you can buy a few rings and wait for him, so that someone will not be boring to talk with." ”

"The slave had already bought a few maid rings for the master, but in addition to daily life, the master did not want to talk to them more, after all, the master had been in the palace all his life, and many things were not convenient to say to outsiders, so they could only rot in the stomach. Therefore, the master and the servant sighed that if he had the courage to ask the emperor and give him his favorite palace maid to be a vegetable household, then now he has a companion when he is old, so that he can only watch the changes of floating clouds, the sun rise and the moon set; Sometimes even when he is sick, no one cares, and as for the Yahuan he bought, he will only wait for him to drink medicine, and he doesn't know how to say a word next to him. Speaking of this, Sixi wiped the tears that had just flowed out again, and said in a lamented voice: "The slave feels very pitiful every time he thinks of the master's appearance, and just now I heard Concubine Xi's words of sympathy for the subordinates, and I couldn't help it for a while, so I sobbed, and asked the emperor to forgive the slave for the crime of shocking." ”

Listening to his sincere words, Yinzhen felt a lot less unhappy in his heart, but still said: "Even so, you won't cry, when will it become so useless." ”

Sixi kowtowed and said: "Don't hide it from the emperor, the slave has the honor to wait by the emperor's side, and he has been treated well by the emperor, and he has never suffered any grievances." But many eunuchs who are like slaves, while doing heavy work, have to be harshly reprimanded by the eunuchs above, and the slightest mistake will inevitably suffer from flesh and skin. And when they were sinned, they didn't even have a person who rubbed medicine to feed them, and those who were lightly injured could still go down to the ground to beg for food by themselves, and those who were seriously injured could only lie on their beds, and no one paid attention, and a few seriously injured people starved to death because they had no food to eat. ”

After all, many of those eunuchs slept in a bunk, and some people were injured and couldn't move, so naturally there would be other eunuchs to help him get some food to eat, and at most ask him for some silver.

Sixi deliberately said it seriously, just to arouse Yinzhen's sympathy. He has been waiting with Li Dequan since Yinzhen ascended the throne, and in terms of seniority, he is still a few points older than Su Peisheng. And he has always been clever, good at observing words and feelings, and has a little understanding of Yinzhen. I know that this emperor looks stricter than the first emperor, but his heart is still kind, otherwise he will not endure the fourteenth master, and he will not treat the queen mother well even though he knows that the queen mother is biased towards the fourteenth master, and even misunderstands himself.

If it weren't for this understanding, when Mo Er came to him, even if he didn't object to the vegetable household in his heart, and even sympathized with Sanfu and Jade, he would never dare to agree to help Concubine Xi, after all, if this kind of thing is not good, he will lose his head.

After the four happy words fell, the Heart Cultivation Hall has been in silence, only the self-striking bell from the West made a soft sound of "tick" and "tick".

Yinzhen closed her eyes for a long time, Gujing Wubo's face couldn't see what he meant, Ling Ruo's nervous palms were sweating, she took a big risk in today's matter, once she couldn't convince Yinzhen, then Sanfu and the two couldn't keep it, not to mention, she herself would leave an impression of overstepping her authority in Yinzhen's heart because of the affairs of Kunning Palace.

After all, she is just a concubine, even if she is in charge of the harem, she can't change the fact of concubines, in all dynasties, except for those who play with the emperor like Wan Guifei, who dares to take care of the queen's affairs.

In such an almost tormented wait, Yinzhen finally opened his eyes and said, "Where is Sanfu now?" ”

Ling Ruo hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, the concubine will let him stay in the palace when he sees that he doesn't dare to go back to Kunning Palace, but do you want to summon him now?" ”

Yin Zhen raised his hand and said, "I still have to go to the court, so I don't have so much time to see him." After a pause, he said with a complicated expression: "Ruo'er, do you know that you are in front of you and bullying the king in the back today?" ”