Chapter 13: The Thirteenth Episode Passed Away
In the splendid palace, in front of the dragon bed carved with dragons and phoenixes, the saro tent hung down gently, Xiao Anzi didn't know how many times he asked this question: "Your Majesty, do you want to stay?" "Do you need to talk about this? Of course, it's to stay! β
Stay? ......οΌ
After not staying many times, you finally figured out that you want to stay!
The emperor changed his clothes under the service of the eunuchs, and said to the bed: "From now on, you will be a concubine." β
Yi sat on the dragon bed and was stunned, knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Lord Longen." β
Xiao Anzi was even happier than the emperor all of a sudden, and hurriedly said to Yi: "Congratulations to Concubine Li, congratulations to Concubine Li!" β
Yi looked at Father-in-law An and said, "Father-in-law An, why do you say the emperor wants to stay?" β
"......" had never seen him ask him why he didn't stay, and the first time I saw someone ask him why he wanted to stay. Xiao Anzi coughed dryly and said, "Cough, that, little master Li, you are happy, shouldn't you be happy?" β
"Little master?"
"Huh?"
"Yes, I almost forgot, I am the emperor's concubine."
Yi was in a bit of a trance at this time. Because she has been a noble person for so many years, she thought that the saint would not summon her, she was just the beautiful nobleman who warmed up with her sister Xingzhen in winter, and now that she was promoted to a concubine, will her sister Xingzhen still treat her like she did at the beginning.
In December of the fourth year of Xianfeng, she summoned Concubine Li.
At this time, the sky was fluttering with snowflakes. In the silver-covered palace, a round oil-paper fan was slowly moving forward, she looked up at the sky, the blue sky seemed to be so clean, she felt that the coldness in the sky at this time was as cool as her mood at this time.
Yi returned to Yonghe Palace in a trance. As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he was hugged by Xingzhen, stunned, and Xingzhen said: "I came to Yonghe Palace to look for you, but Xiaohuan said that you went to sleep in the Palace of Nourishing Heart......"
At this moment, Yi's heart was pounding. Is she really going to turn against me? What would she think when she knew the news of my bedding; That's it, after all, there will be no real friendship in this deep palace......
Although a series of questions occupied Yi's brain one after another, she couldn't help but hug Xingzhen and hugged her tightly with her backhand. Xingzhen buried her head in Yi's neck and said, "Do you know that you didn't come to greet the queen today, and the queen didn't say anything, but that Yun Concubine was sneering, I couldn't listen to it, and then, that Yun Concubine begged for her own hardships......"
Yi Zheng imagined that Sister Xingzhen let Yun Concubine beg for herself.
"I know that you don't know how to shirk, and I also know that your body has been weak since you entered the palace, and you have to take medicine often. When I asked for peace, I was worried that you would suddenly become ill, so I will come to Yonghe Palace to see you after I am done......"
"It's okay, you were just called by the emperor to go to bed."
Suddenly, Xingzhen got up, pulled Yi into the kang room of Yonghe Palace, and blamed herself: "Look at me, I was excited, and I forgot that you are weak and the weather is so cold." β
Yi was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and said slowly: "...... Sister. β
"Huh?"
"I'm a concubine now......"
"I know that."
"Won't you be upset?"
βοΌ Why upset? β
Xingzhen smiled and took Yi's hand, held it, and said, "Hmm...... You are now a concubine, and the imperial dining room will send you five chickens a month, will you still be unhappy? If you're happy, I'll be happy. β
"Really?"
"Hmm!"
"Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me." I should be the one who should be thanked.
Gyeongin Palace.
Ah Sujie patted lightly on the snowman, straightened up, clapped her hands, sighed coldly, and said with a smile: "Okay, then there is a carrot for the nose and two pine cones for the finishing touch." β
She handed a carrot to Ah Su, looked at the snowman, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Aunt Yan'er, why don't we make a game." β
"Huh?" Ah Sujie took the carrot and looked at Yu Xuanhuan, "What game?" β
"The rule of the game is that we think first and decide first. Then once and again, blindfolded and put the finishing touch to the snowman with a pine cone, what do you think? β
Ah Sujie pressed the carrot to the snowman's nose and said, "Okay! No problem. β
Ruier brought a pot of Tianchi tea from the room, as well as two small porcelain teacups. Yan Xuanhuan suddenly said, "Wait." β
"What's wrong, Huan'er?"
She took off the carrot at the snowman's nose and said, "Well, in this case, the location of the eyes will not be so easy to find." β
"......" Ah Su immediately dispelled the idea of using the carrot at the nose position to find the eye position.
"Alright." Yu Xuanhuan handed a small porcelain teacup with Tianchi tea to Ah Sujie and said, "Replace wine with tea, let's start to open your fists." β
Huoquan, is a kind of game when Hangzhou folk drinking, two people shout at the same time and stretch out their fists, to shout the number and the sum of the fists and fingers of both sides wins. And the numbers shouted contain auspicious words, such as: "single-mindedness", "the best of both worlds", "Sanyang Kaitai", "four peace and eight stability", "five blessings", "six six Shun", "seven stars high", "eight immortals across the sea", "nine battles and nine wins", "ten perfect" and so on.
But because they were in the palace with strict rules at this time, the two of them couldn't even shout, they could only speak.
"Single-minded (nine out of ten)."
"Eight Faces Exquisite (Four Seas Shengping)."
"Nine days to the moon (smooth sailing)."
β......β
"Hah! It was Aunt Yan'er who won. β
Yu Xuanhuan looked at the sum of the two punches, which was in response to Ah Su's "friendship of eight worships".
"Alright! Then Aunt Yan'er will put the finishing touches first. With that, she sent the two pine cones to Asha's hand, blindfolded Asha with a cloth, and took Asha Sister's hand and walked to the snowman.
Aunt Yan'er's hands are so well maintained! A good hand shape is feminine. εΊζε¬ thought to herself.
"Ah, what kind of game are the two concubines doing?"
I saw the emperor wearing a bright yellow piping gold dragon robe, wearing a black belt, tying apricot yellow tassels, shaking a folding fan, and walking over with shallow shoes.
Emperor?
Yu Xuan hurriedly helped Ah Sujie untie the silk cloth that blindfolded her eyes, and the two of them saluted the emperor and said, "Say hello to the emperor." β
"The two concubines don't need to be polite, please hurry up."
"Your Majesty."
Ah Su scolded R and said, "What's the matter? Why didn't the emperor report when he came? β
Yan Xuanhuan glanced at Ah Su.
The emperor glanced at Ah Sujie and said, "It's okay, I'll let Rui'er not report it." β
Ah Sujie looked at her regular clothes and said: "The concubine doesn't know the emperor's mastery, and she is far away from being decent, so she asks the emperor to punish the crime." β
"It's fine, I didn't let the palace people report anyway. By the way, the two concubines are just doing a blindfolded game, so why don't you involve me too, how about it? β
The emperor's words are Chrysostom, and what he asks is not words, but orders.
Ah Su and Yu Yu nodded and saluted, "That's nature." β
With the emperor's participation, the game doesn't seem to be as lively as just now, but a little more nervous, and ...... Embarrassed. Although everyone's face tried their best to look pleasant. The emperor frowned, remembering that if he played a game with Yulan, then he must be really happy.
Oops, I suddenly miss Lan'er a little.
The emperor said solemnly: "Well, okay, I'm a little tired, so I'll drive back to the Heart Nourishing Palace first." β
"The concubine sends the saint to the saint."
Seeing that the emperor was far away, Ah Sujie and Yu Xuanhuan glanced at each other, both puffing out their cheeks, as if they had touched something and exploded, and the two finally laughed out loud regardless of their image.
"Aunt Yan'er, do you know that I have been looking at you just now, look at the smirk on your face, if the emperor leaves a second late, I will laugh out loud."
"I ...... too Well, wait a minute, you said you've been looking at me? β
"Yes...... Well? β
Feeling a pair of beautiful apricot eyes staring at her, she trembled her eyelashes and said, "Well, is there something on my face?" β
Ah Sujie turned her head and turned her back, and said, "It's okay, you can eat here." β
"Huh? All right! β
Old Summer Palace.
The emperor was obviously not in a very good mood strolling in the Old Summer Palace, Xiao Anzi followed far behind without making a sound, he knew that when the emperor was in a bad mood, he wanted to go to the Old Summer Palace for a walk, and second, he didn't want anyone to disturb him. As for the reason for the bad mood, nine times out of ten it is because when I went to look for Yi Concubine, I found that Yi Concubine was not there, which led to a bad mood.
Xiao Anzi wiped a cold sweat silently, and suddenly remembered that once the emperor accidentally knew that Yi Concubine had made Yi Concubine kneel down, Long Yan was furious, and casually made up a reason to demote Yi Concubine to a nobleman. The emperor rarely demotes another concubine because of one concubine, so it seems that Concubine Yi is the real "Niangniang".
Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of the emperor. In front of the emperor is a lake that has been frozen over. I saw that under the sparse shadow of a few flower branches, on the frozen lakeside, a slender figure dancing loomed, the dancing posture was soft and elegant, and it was very charming and dazzling. The winding snow-capped mountains of the Old Summer Palace serve as the background, showing a kind of empty freshness. Against the backdrop of glamorous plum blossoms, the dancers look even more dreamlike.
The emperor looked a little fascinated, and said unconsciously: "Lan'er? β
I saw that the dancer's figure stiffened, paused, turned around, and saw that it was Yun Concubine. Concubine Yun saluted the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty." β
The emperor was stunned and smiled slightly, for the suave emperor, whether it is a magnolia or not, as long as it is a beauty who can sing and dance and is versatile.
The emperor said: "Yun Concubine is exempt from courtesy." β
Yun Concubine smiled slightly, her face flushed, very charming. The emperor smiled, and was about to stretch out his arms and hug Yun Concubine, when suddenly Yun Concubine's face changed, she covered her mouth with her sleeve, turned around and ran away, leaving only an inverted back.
However, behind the plum tree, another beauty bloomed into a meaningful smile.
The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.
The emperor was very worried about Concubine Yun, and sent Xiao Anzi to send a message to Chengqian Palace, concerned about Concubine Yun's health. Later, Xiao Anzi came to report that according to the Chengqian Palace, after Yun Concubine went back, she coughed up blood more than once, and before today, Yun Concubine also said that she had stomach pain, and called the imperial doctor to diagnose it, and the imperial doctor prescribed a few pairs of analgesics. But today, seeing that Yun Concubine was coughing up blood after she came back, the palace people of Chengqian Palace called the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor said: "Yun Concubine is a weakened internal organs, and the reason is unknown. β
Yun Concubine was stunned, wanted to speak, but coughed up blood, the palace people hurriedly came to help, Yun Concubine gave a maid a look, the maid immediately understood, and said, "That...... Is it poisoned? β
Yun Concubine looked at the imperial doctor.
The Imperial Doctor said: "Definitely." However, according to the pulse of the little master of Yun Concubine, it should be that the body is weak, and it is good to recuperate and then look at the situation. β
As soon as the emperor knocked on the folding fan, he made a clear sound, and said: "If the imperial doctor only said that he wanted to recuperate, then the situation of Yun Concubine should be dealt with more." β
Xiao Anzi looked at the emperor. It seems that the saint really forgot the "good thing" that Yun Concubine "did" at the concubine's birthday banquet last time.
For a few days, Yun Concubine's physical condition was getting worse and worse, first coughing up blood, then her skin was sallow, the whole person looked extremely haggard, and she began to gradually lose her eyebrows and hair. Yun Concubine looked at herself who was gradually losing weight in the bronze mirror, you must know that beauty is better than everything for concubines. Ordered people to buy peppermint, chrysanthemum, angelica, tooth soap and other traditional Chinese medicines to make hair recipes to prevent hair loss.
The emperor came to Chengqian Palace to see the spiritual concubine, and he was also pleased. But after the emperor left, he took off his makeup, which had the opposite effect, and his hair fell out even more. But fortunately, the emperor often sends supplements to Chengqian Palace, and Yun Concubine doesn't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate for this. But as the body gradually weakened, no matter how many supplements were not prescribed, finally, in the first month, Yun Concubine passed away.
Jingyang Palace.
"Concubine Yun has passed away?"
Ah Mei reclined on the couch, next to a delicate yellowish dish containing Ejiao cake and sea ginseng.
Zhu Shao nodded and said, "Yes." β
"Oh, then, let's go, let's go to Chengqian Palace to mourn." At this time, Ah Mei's expression was sad, but there was a hint of a smile in the sadness.
Chengqian Palace.
In the gorgeous palace, strips of white cloth were hung, and in the main hall of the Chengqian Palace, Xingzhen was dressed in plain clothes and sat on the futon. Xingzhen is a superstitious person, she knows that even if Yun Concubine has targeted her, but no matter what, everyone serves the Son of Heaven together, and she has to come to mourn with some heart.
Xingzhen put the scriptures copied by herself into the fire, and looked at the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong hanging in the hall, "Decheng Roushun". Is Decheng supple? This plaque is a bit ironic, Yun Concubine is the opposite. But then again......
Watch as the scriptures in the fire burn out, and finally turn into a wisp of white smoke that dissipates in the air. Xingzhen watched quietly, she was curious about the death of Yun Concubine, how could Yun Concubine, who had always been alive and well, suddenly get sick? "Click, click, click." There was a crisp click of flower pot shoes in the Chengqian Palace, and Xingzhen did not look back, but closed her long eyelashes and made a silent tribute.
Ah Mei knelt on a futon, a "bang" kowtow sounded, and after three knocks, Ah Mei got up and burned the paper silently.
"Hiss------ hiss------"
In the main hall of the wide Chengqian Palace, there was only the sound of burning paper, and the two knelt on the futon, silently mourning. Suddenly, Ah Mei spoke: "Sister Yi is also here to pay tribute?" β
This is a clear and knowingly questioned. Xingzhen said: "Yes." β
β......β
There was a surprisingly quiet silence in the main hall.
Xingzhen said: "Originally, Yi was going to go together, but her body suddenly fell ill, so she had to let her stay in Yonghe Palace to recuperate." β
Xingzhen stood up and said, "I'll go back to the palace first." β
"Okay, Sister Yi Concubine will not send it away."
Ah Mei looked at the vast main hall of the Chengqian Palace, lowered her head, and showed an inconspicuous smile.
"There's no way, who made you covet the queen's position."
"As long as someone will hurt you, I will not let that person go."
When Xingzhen left the Chengqian Palace, she hid a yellowed piece of paper in her sleeve, and saw a line of words written on the paper: The little master of Yun Concubine's meal this month.