Chapter 162: A Glimmer of Life
In the end, the emperor is not a tyrant, or gave Shuyan and the others a good time, Ruoyun looked at the gate of Yong'an Palace from afar, and instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
But as soon as Changde left, someone found her here, but the difference was that this person walked in a hurry, and stretched out his hand to her from afar: "Ruoyun...... You ......"
"Sister Lin, ...... you" Ruoyun was excited, and hurriedly leaned over to grab her hand, only to see that she was wearing simple clothes, followed by the maidservant Hanmei, carrying things, she looked at Lin Duyan's eyes were red and swollen, and then became uncomfortable, "How did you get in?" ”
Lin Duyan looked her up and down, and saw that her coarse cloth clothes and hair were scattered, not only her face was pale and gloomy, but even her ordinary smart eyes were a little dim, sweat stuck to her sleeves, and she looked weak all over her body, and her eyes couldn't help but get wet again: "Although there are guards in the cold palace, few people come here, so I will come in if I give some benefits." ”
Lin Duyan said and looked behind him, and said distressedly: "The wind in the palace is tight these days, and I can't ask to see the emperor, but fortunately, Father-in-law Chang didn't see it, so I followed, and sure enough, I found you, you ...... You ......"
Ruoyun saw her eyes flickering, and knew that she must be very embarrassed at the moment, but she sighed at Changde's overture and Lin Duyan's intercession, and hurriedly winked and smiled at her: "Sister Lin, this is feng shui in turn, who can be prosperous for a lifetime?" It's just that I can't live with my sister, and I'm still willful, and I really deserve it. ”
Lin Duyan said, but he didn't say "whether it's good or not", but instead sighed bitterly: "It turned out that you really did it, and now it's useless to say this." She said. With a slightly sad face, he sat down beside her and sighed again. "The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, you were abolished and the palace was cold, and the palace people who were punished and kicked out of the palace left on the same day. Hu Shu'er had a miscarriage and cried all night, and I heard that the emperor had gone to see it once and it didn't get better......"
Ruoyun also sighed when she heard Hu Shu'er like this, although she had doubts, she was powerless to think at the moment, so she had to tell Lin Duyan: "Sister." You told me in the past that Mo Zhaoyi had a slippery tire many years ago, and now Hu Shuer's child is gone. My sister must be careful in the future. ”
"Don't talk about me yet, didn't you say when you entered the palace that someone was staring at you? Will it ...... this time" Lin Duyan's face was slightly pale, extremely anxious.
Ruoyun shook her head. "It's not that anyone is getting in the way. I'm to blame. He smiled at her with a smile on his lips.
Now that she may be executed by Ling Chi, she is really not afraid of people who make small moves at the moment. If you want to talk about small actions, Chu Rulan didn't take this opportunity to step on her, which surprised her.
"You ......" Lin Duyan's eyes turned red again, and he said indignantly as if he hated iron and steel, "It's okay if you don't fight or take it, why don't you want a way out now?" ”
Ruoyun shook her head, but she didn't care: "Sister, I won't hide it from you." Before I did this, I didn't think about going back. ”
Lin Duyan bit her lip. Suddenly something came to mind: "What about King Yu?" He's your brother-in-law. ”
Ruoyun thought of Bai Ze, her heart was a little soft, but when she thought of the king with a different surname, she thought of Cheng Qingxuan receiving the letter but did not come, thinking that the king with a different surname was unwilling to intervene in the dispute of imperial power, she was a little congested at the moment, and said softly: "No, he is a righteous brother, but the overall situation can't save me at the moment." As he spoke, he closed his eyes slightly, feeling that it was already extremely difficult to just sit.
"Sister, is there anything I can do?" Lin Duyan greeted Han Mei, but Han Mei was hindered by Ruoyun's status as a maid, so the basket in her hand didn't dare to send it forward.
Lin Duyan glared at her, and Han Mei approached nervously, but Ruoyun took the first step to stretch out her hand to stop it: "Sister, I didn't even ask for Grandpa Su's food box, in case I was seen by the waste concubines of this cold palace, I don't dare to guarantee that I can sleep peacefully today." ”
"Am I going to sleep peacefully when you are so insulted? Finally, there was someone in the palace who could speak, but ......" Lin Duyan's eyes were distressed when he looked at her, and he turned his head not to look at her.
Ruoyun licked her lips, and had to nod obediently: "Sister, stay some, don't dare to ask for the basket." ”
Lin Duyan nodded happily, opened the basket and took out the pastries to her.
She couldn't push it, twisted it up and ate it, and suddenly felt that it was extremely sweet, and she actually ate the whole piece, and smiled embarrassedly at Lin Duyan: "I just think these things are too lazy to look at them on weekdays, but I really think it's delicious when I'm hungry." ”
Lin Duyan stretched out her sleeve to wipe it for her, and took a bottle of wound medicine to her, and Hanmei on the side had already urged.
"Sister, let's go, this is a cold palace in the end, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time." Ruoyun took it and nodded at her and gestured.
"Then I'm leaving, Sister Ruoyun, take care of yourself and live well. I...... I'll find another way......" Lin Duyan instructed, turning back as she walked.
Ruoyun saw that she was walking away, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and then she was a little worried.
The emperor demoted her to the cold palace, Bai Ze should still not know, after all, Rong Yixuan's cronies who attacked the prison, so she may not wait for the verdict to be announced, but may die silently.
She is in a relaxed mood now, and she is no longer the subordinate who has been rubbed by Chu Mansion and rubbed her ambition, even if she is asked to endure and steal life at this time, she doesn't bother to do it, she is not afraid of death, why is she afraid of how she died? Before Rong Jinhuan wants her to die, she is alive.
She found a no-man's corner and tried to apply medicine, but she was injured in her back and there was no clean cloth, so she wasted half a bottle and had to let the medicine flow in her back a few times, which also eased the pain a little.
"Your Majesty, you have no regrets." Mo Zhaoyi reminded with a smile.
The sunspot between Rong Jinhuan's fingers took a long time on the chessboard, and finally took it back: "This chess is still not played, I am tired." ”
Seeing that he was making an excuse indiscriminately, Mo Zhaoyi chuckled again, refilled the tea for him, and stood up and pinched his shoulder.
"Xiaochen treats me like this, isn't he afraid that one day I will dismiss the three palaces and six courtyards and leave you alone?" Rong Jinhuan joked and closed his eyes slightly.
Mo Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "The emperor doesn't want to make fun of the concubine, the concubine has already agreed with the emperor that she is only Zhaoyi in this life." She said, somewhat lonely.
"Alas, how important is the agreement? What covenants do I have to make in the future? Rong Jinhuan muttered to himself, his eyes drifting to no avail.
Mo Zhaoyi pinched his shoulder, and gradually pinched his arm again, and as soon as the fist he had always held loosened, a fragment of a jade jade wrench finger with a small half of the seal came to his eyes.
She felt a pang in her heart, suddenly pulled out a smile again, and knelt down straight: "The concubine implores the emperor to exempt the virtuous concubine from the death penalty." ”
"Xiaochen, you ......" Rong Jinhuan's face changed suddenly, but he didn't expect that the concubine he had relied on the most actually interceded for her.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian Niangniang used a fake jade seal to deceive Prince Rong for the sake of loyalty, and it was for the sake of justice to let Prince Rong go in order to prevent the emperor from killing each other. What's more, there are rewards and punishments, the emperor punished her before rewarding her, such a loyal and righteous woman, the merits and demerits are not enough to sentence her to a serious crime. Mo Zhaoyi's words were sonorous, but her lips were full of smiles, and she said, "The concubine knows that Wang Xiurong has made meritorious contributions in rescuing the summer palace, and his wheel is also heavy, but the emperor still has a virtuous concubine sister in his heart." As he spoke, he looked at his half-shaken hand out of the corner of his eye.
Rong Jinhuan was surprised, looked at her for a long time, but sighed at the end: "Xiaochen, you should be jealous and hateful." ”
"The concubine is jealous." Mo Zhaoyi bit her lip and took a deep breath, "If it is false to say that you are not jealous at all, but the concubines don't want to see the emperor swim away at the side of the concubine, if someone can win the emperor's heart, the concubine will be relieved." She sighed, as if she wanted to spit out all her love and hate.
"Having said that, wouldn't it be a joke that I spared a lawless concubine who had the audacity to commit a great crime! In this way, I will have to kill more people to quell the chaos, and I will go through the old path of the early years of my ascension to the throne again, how not to be angry! Rong Jinhuan suddenly said in pain.
The concubine knew that Sister Hu's child was gone, and the emperor felt uncomfortable, but there were many people who went to visit Sister Hu, not necessarily the virtuous concubine. Sister Hu's brother survived by luck, and when she is better, it is not too late to ask. As soon as Mo Zhaoyi said bravely, he looked at Rong Jinhuan and lowered his head.
"Her brother has a life, but my child is gone. She's crazy all day long, don't ask! Rong Jinhuan seemed to be said to be in a sore spot, clenched his fists and stood up, "Changde, go back to the palace!" Xiaochen, you can retire. ”
Changde didn't come, it was a little eunuch who responded, Mo Zhaoyi didn't have time to say anything, only to see that the bright yellow figure had left in a hurry.
She looked at the dim sky and sighed lightly, I was afraid that it would rain again in the capital.
Until nightfall, Ruoyun's work was not finished, it rained rainably, those "masters" of the cold palace hid and did not go out and no one looked for her, the water brought by Changde had already been drunk, although Lin Duyan's pastries could relieve her hunger for a while, but she was still very cold and weak at the moment.
Fortunately, there were many empty rooms in Yong'an Palace, so she found a room with a bed and lay down, and her half-dry clothes were sticky and uncomfortable.
The torrential rain became heavier and heavier, and the wind whined at the door of the dead branches and leaves.
She curled up, feeling pain all over her body, especially her back, her eyes were blurry, and she suddenly raised her eyes to see a figure leaning quietly in the dark night outside the window.
On this rainy day, in this kind of place, the people who come are by no means ordinary people.
She almost subconsciously gritted her teeth, barely supported half of her body, and forced a calm voice in her voice: "Who? ”
The black shadow outside the door paused, and when her scalp was numb and uneasy, she finally spoke: "Niangniang, I am Chiyan." ”
"Chiyan?" Ruoyun breathed a sigh of relief, "What are you doing?" ”
Chi Yanben was ordered to look at Niangniang, because he was opened a few days ago, and he couldn't find Niangniang in Chaolu Palace, so he inquired many times before he came here. Now that it's confirmed that it's a mother, it's going to be resumed. He said in a low and cold tone, implying that he wanted to report to the palace with a different surname. (To be continued......)