When Ruyi returned to the palace, she saw the emperor sitting under the window, a cup of tea, a book, and a book, waiting for her to come back. She took off her cloak, sat down in front of the emperor and said, "Let the emperor wait for a long time." ”

The emperor said lightly: "I just went to see Concubine Hui, why did you go for so long?" ”

The faint light outside the window gilded Ruyi's face like flowers and trees with a more gentle outline, and she slowly added tea to the emperor, and said slowly: "I originally wanted to come back after a little sitting, but seeing that the supply of charcoal in Xianfu Palace was insufficient, and the concubine was pitifully ill, I said a few more words." ”

The emperor frowned and said disappreciably: "Why bother talking to her? ”

Ruyi showed a little pity: "The concubine has nothing else to say, she is groggy, she only thinks about seeing the emperor over and over again." ”

The emperor's eyebrows tightened more and more, staring at the faint heat in the teacup, and said coldly: "I won't go." He paused, "You come to persuade me, Gao Bin also wrote a book, worried about the concubine, and said that I have been caring for the concubine for many years." Alas......"

The emperor's sigh faintly drilled into the bottom of her heart, she understood his unbearable and his embarrassment: "The emperor refuses to go, is it because the personnel have changed and he has changed beyond recognition?" ”

The emperor leaned under the window and closed his eyes on his back: "Ruyi, I always remember how gentle and shy the concubine was in front of me. I really don't want to see the way so many people let me see her carrying me. ”

Ruyi's deeply raised eyebrows had a natural pathos: "The emperor didn't go, because he felt sorry for his concubines and concubines in the past." Although the concubine also hated her, it can be seen that she is so sick that she only has one breath left, which is really pitiful. The concubine thought that the emperor still cared about Concubine Hui's face outside all these years, and still cared for her, and also comforted her mother's Gao Jia clan. Now she just wants to see the emperor again, the emperor has fulfilled her, and it should be the Gao family. ”

The emperor's eyes gradually accumulated a lot of tenderness, and he sighed for a long time, and finally sighed: "Xiyue, she has been serving me for more than ten years. Well, I'll go and see her. ”

When the emperor went, Xiyue had changed into the cherry red sprinkled gold butterfly peony pattern clothes that he loved in the most favored years, and wore a color of gilded emerald feather jewelry and gold-inlaid jade pearl butterfly wings. She sat upright, her face covered with a thick fat powder, and waited under the window, looking forward to the arrival of the emperor.

When the emperor entered the dormitory, she heard it first, and was supported by the maids, and with great difficulty, she raised her face and showed a very bright smile at the emperor. She was a very sick person, and all that was left was a false shelf, and her skin and flesh hung loosely, and this smile made her rouge float on her face, like a mask. The emperor looked at her smile like this, and remembered the days when she was beautiful and spoiled in the Sixth Palace for many years, and he was also a little sad, so he helped her weakly: "Since you are sick, don't work hard." ”

These words were ordinary, but when they fell on Xi Yue's ears, they deeply pierced her heart and lungs. She unconsciously shed tears: "The emperor is disgusted with his concubines so far, and he refuses to come to see his concubines once for many years, and the concubines thought that they were going to regret it for the rest of their lives and died." As soon as Xiyue burst into tears, the fat powder on her face lightened, and she quickly realized that such tears would wash away the fat powder on her face, so she hurriedly wiped away the tears and said, "The concubine deeply regrets her mistakes back then, and she shouldn't have been cheeky to ask to see the emperor." But the concubines knew that their fate was not long in coming, and many words were too late to say to the emperor, so they had to meet the emperor no matter what. ”

The Emperor sighed, "You are sick like this, and I should come to see you." Why do you bother to dress up like this, wearing such thin clothes, and carefully freezing your body. He instructed, "Why don't you hurry up and help the concubine to lie down on the bed." ”

How could Xi Yue lie down, struggled to kneel down and said, "Your Majesty." The concubine knew that she couldn't, this dress was given to the concubine by the emperor back then, and the concubine wanted to wear it and talk to the emperor again. She said hard, "Mo Xin, you take someone out, there is a palace here to serve the emperor." ”

With tears in her eyes, Mo Xin reluctantly led everyone to retreat and closed the temple door tightly. Xi Yue knelt in front of the emperor, pointed to the refreshments on the table and said: "This tea is the emperor's favorite Longjing, and the dim sum is the emperor's favorite rose cake." The emperor tasted it, and it was regarded as a concubine who had done her best to serve the emperor. ”

The emperor tasted it slightly, and his complexion slowly faded and said, "You must see me, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly, so as not to tire yourself." ”

Xi Yue nodded, took out a thing wrapped in a handkerchief from the drawer under the small table where the refreshments were served, and spread it out: "Your Majesty, do you remember this string of jade beads wrapped in silk red golden lotus bracelet?" ”

The emperor bowed his head and said: "This is what the queen gave to the two of you not long after you and Ruyi married into the hidden mansion, one person and one string." I remember. It's just, how did it break? ”

"Yes, such a precious thing, the queen mother herself did not use it, and gave it to the concubines and concubines, and the concubines were really grateful. Over the years, the queen has taken great care of her concubines, and the concubines are also truly in awe. It's really unbelievable that Niang Niang has such a good thing hidden here. Xi Yue picked out a black pill-like bead from the broken jade piece, and said miserably, "This jade bead is stuffed with tonka incense that has the effect of breaking pregnancy and abortion, and it can be worn and smelled for a long time. The concubines and concubines have been wearing them for more than ten years, and they don't even know why they don't have children. What a fool! ”

The emperor only glanced at it and said coldly, "I don't believe that the empress would do such a thing. ”

Xi Yue said angrily: "The emperor doesn't believe it, and the concubines don't want to believe it." But the facts are in front of you, the things are personally rewarded by the queen, and the concubines can't be unbelieving. ”

The emperor's face instantly froze like a cold ice peak, and there was a faint blue anger in the center of his eyebrows: "No wonder Concubine Xian and you haven't been pregnant for many years, I just haven't had the time yet, so that's the case!" ”

Xi Yue smiled slowly, slowly: "Yes." The concubines knew that glory and wealth were not easy to come by, so they served the emperor wholeheartedly and attached themselves to the queen. I thought that such a thing would never fall on my concubines for the rest of my life, but I never dreamed that I would be calculated like this for most of my life! The concubine knew that her background was not as good as that of Concubine Xian, and after receiving the emperor's love, her heart was confused, thinking that she could be above everyone, and she was not in harmony with Concubine Xian in everything. ”

The emperor didn't look at her, turned his face and said, "I know what you said. ”

Xi Yue's snow-white teeth bit on her bright red lips, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes: "These are what the emperor knows, and there are many things that the emperor doesn't know." The concubine knew that she was not protected, and during her illness, she had been repeatedly mentioned by the queen to protect the Gao family. The concubine knew that the queen was born in the Fucha clan, her Ama was the governor of Chahar, and her uncle Ma Qi was an important minister of the Three Dynasties. Although the concubines were promoted by the emperor, they were not as good as the queen after all, so they obeyed the queen's orders everywhere, but they sought to protect themselves and the glory of their mother's family. ”

The emperor looked at her, his eyes were like a sealed mirror, without any throbbing: "I understand what you mean. The former dynasty is the former dynasty, the harem is the harem, and I will not implicate your mother clan because of what you say and do. Even if one day you are gone, your father Gao Bin will still be my minister. ”

Xi Yue's tense face gradually loosened a little, she was probably extremely tired, she knelt on her lap with difficulty, supported her hands and said, "What the concubine has done is a great sin. So today, I don't dare to ask the emperor for forgiveness, and the emperor's words are a great kindness. She kowtowed and said slowly, "If there is an afterlife, the concubine no longer wants to be loved and hated, nor does she want to be instigated by others." The concubine should start with the death of the eldest brother's biological mother, Concubine Zhe. ”

When the emperor heard the word "Philosopher", a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, but he couldn't bear it, and said lightly: "Say it." ”

Xi Yue had a hint of happiness: "Concubine Zhe's death is never an accident, but someone is jealous that she is better than her husband and has the emperor's favor." Concubine Zhe likes food, but she doesn't know that some foods are non-toxic, but when put together, they are mutually restrictive, and the toxicity has accumulated over the years, and Concubine Zhe finally died violently. ”

The emperor glanced at her coldly: "How can you know so well? Why does the queen tell you everything? ”

Xi Yue said hatefully: "The queen mother naturally won't say this to the concubine, let alone admit it." However, when Concubine Zhe died violently, the emperor was out on patrol according to the will of the first emperor, and he couldn't come back in time to see Concubine Zhe for the last time. The concubine was also suspicious for a while, so her father found out about it. The emperor also thought, who benefits the most from this matter, naturally who did it! At that time, the only one who was most compatible with Concubine Zhe in the palace was the queen. The eldest son is not a concubine, which has always been the most embarrassing thing for the queen. The concubine can't think of anyone besides the queen who wants Concubine Zhe to die! Aren't you suspicious of this, Your Majesty? Otherwise, you have always been good to the queen, why did Concubine Zhe gradually alienate her after her death? She smiled bitterly, "After the death of Concubine Zhe, the queen also noticed your estrangement, she was most afraid that she would not know your mind and be worried all day long, so she bought the eunuch Wang Qin beside the emperor to spy on the news, and married Lianxin to Wang Qin to envelop her." As for Ah Zhen, it was also the queen's placating promise that asked her to do things for us. After Concubine Xian entered the cold palace, the queen still did not give up, and added cold things to Concubine Xian's diet, which made Concubine Xian's rheumatism serious. Now that I think about it, I am afraid that it is inconvenient for Concubine Xian to escape when the cold palace of the Double Ninth Festival is on fire, and I want to burn Concubine Xian. As for the arsenic poisoning of the concubine and the snake disaster, although the concubines did not know, most of them were also done by the queen. She raised her face, "Your Majesty, the concubines know, it's roughly like this." If there are other concubines and heirs who have been victimized, although the concubines have not seen or heard of it with their own eyes, most of them are inseparable from the queen. So heaven retribution, and the queen can't save Prince Duanhui's life! ”

When Xi Yue said the last sentence, her tone was extremely poignant and terrifying, almost crazy. The emperor's face turned pale: "You said it clearly and carefully, but I don't believe it." The queen was born in a prominent family, how could she understand these methods? ”

Xi Yue was stunned, as if she had never thought of this layer. However, in an instant, she couldn't stop laughing: "Your Majesty, if a person wants to do evil, there are any methods that can't be learned and understood!" ”

The green tendons on his temples jumped suddenly, the emperor's snort became heavier and heavier, but his expression was clearly a little believing, his hand tightly grasped the corner of the rosewood table, and said in a calm voice: "Although you are sick and dying, if you have half a lie, I will still make your life worse than death." You have to understand that the queen is the master of the middle palace, what is the crime of slandering the queen! ”

"The concubine knows. The queen is the most suitable queen in your heart, she is diligent and thrifty, and cleans up the six palaces. She is noble and graceful, and does not compete for favor. She has a noble family background and has also given birth to a son-in-law for you. So even if you know she's not, you'll give yourself a lot of reasons not to ask. Because you're afraid, afraid she's the one who lets you down. Xi Yue sneered again and again, fell weakly on the ground, and gasped, "A person is about to die, and his words are good." The concubine went to hell with the sins of this body, and what else did she dare not say. It's just that the emperor thinks about it, in addition to the queen's benefit, are there any others? If she hadn't done it, the concubine couldn't think of anyone else! Today, the concubines have all spoken out, and they can save themselves the experience of pulling out their tongues and hell, and they will suffer less suffering! ”

The emperor's eyes were gloomy, and his tone was as cold as ice, which made people shudder, and slowly spit out two words: "Poisonous woman!" ”

Xiyue gasped heavily, like a worn-out bellows, hula and hula shaking. She laughed loudly: "The emperor is right. The concubine is naturally a poisonous woman, and the queen is a poisonous woman among poisonous women. But the emperor, you married us two poisonous women, how can you ever be better. The emperor and the queen are naturally a match made in heaven, and there is no match anymore. Do you say? ”

The emperor listened to her words of resentment, but he didn't care. After a long time, the fury on his face gradually disappeared, like a boulder sinking into the deep sea, and disappeared. He only glanced at her, and his expression was extremely indifferent: "Have you vomited all your words?" What else do you want to say? ”

Xi Yue saw that he was not angry or angry, his face was indifferent, and he felt scared for no reason. Somehow, the breath that had accumulated in his chest had nowhere to vent, and the whole person softened. She seemed to be extremely tired, caressing her fluctuating heart, and said slowly word by word: "The concubine is really not a concubine." There is also a sentence, the concubine really wants to ask the emperor, otherwise when she goes underground, the concubine will not be able to die. She took out a stack of prescriptions from her sleeve and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, this is the prescription prescribed to the concubines by the imperial doctors of Qilu and the Tai Hospital, the more the concubines eat, the sicker they become, and the qi deficiency and blood stasis worsen, so that they cannot get pregnant." Now that the concubine thinks about it, you and the queen are really husband and wife, and they can't wait for the concubine to have a child. The concubine asked herself that in addition to being ordered by others, she has never been half false about your intentions. You let your concubine become a side blessing from the Gege of the Hidden Mansion, and became your only concubine, why do you still calculate the concubine like this, and you can't allow the concubine to give birth to your child? ”

The emperor's eyes flickered with gloomy dark fire, and the hall was extraordinarily quiet, with the aura of dying and struggling. After a moment, the emperor laughed slowly: "Calculation? I claim to be wise, but there is no place like your calculations. Even if I say I haven't done it, I'm afraid you won't believe it! ”

Xi Yue suddenly stared at the emperor: "What the emperor said is true?" ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and held her chin, as if with infinite emotion. His voice was a little hoarse and gentle: "Really? What is true? Xiyue, you treat me sincerely, but you also calculate me. If I hadn't really liked you, I wouldn't have been able to pretend to have loved you all these years. I remember how gentle and shy you were when I first saw you, even if your father later gained power, you would always be so gentle and docile in front of me, so even if you became a concubine and pampered others, I didn't care. But how did you become the vicious woman who came later, admiring wealth and never satisfied? Have I changed, or have you changed? Since none of us have many sincerity, why do you bother to ask these questions? ”

Xi Yue's thin chest rose and fell violently, as if she could no longer bear the emperor's words, and her tears couldn't stop rolling down, like a flood that burst the embankment, washing the fat powder on her face out of a ravine. She cried: "It turns out that this is how the emperor treats his concubines? ”

The emperor said quietly: "When I was young, I just wanted to be a prince who liked Emperor Ama and was not looked down upon. Later, I was raised by the Queen Mother, and I wanted to be a prince in peace. Later, the heirs of the first emperor became scarcer and rarer, and only I and my fifth brother Hongday were left as adults. I thought, I must stand out and become the master of the world. Human desires are never restrained and controlled, but only grow and cannot be diminished. Now I only hope that there will be a son-in-law who can inherit the throne, and it is natural that other children can have children, and if there are those who cannot be born, it is okay. ”

Xi Yue listened to these words word by word, as if nails were drilling into the bottom of her ears, about to pierce the depths of her brain. The emperor looked at her crying makeup and slowly closed his eyes: "You are also tired, take a good rest." What happens after you are done, I will settle it well, I will give you a good name, a good result, and it will not be in vain that you have followed me for many years. ”

Xi Yue raised her teary eyes in despair, and said with a stupid smile: "Nickname? The emperor even thought about the name of the concubine? Then let the concubine say it herself. The concubine's life is like a dream, and it is too late to regret it, I just hope that I will not fall into the emperor's family in the next life, and I will marry my husband and children quietly, and I will be a virtuous and kind person. ”

The emperor stood up and paced out with his hands in his hands: "This is your last request, and I will not refuse to agree." I will use this word 'virtuous' as your expectation in your next life, and give you a nickname. ”

With tears in her eyes, Xiyue looked at the back of the emperor leaving, slumped on the edge of the couch with difficulty, and shed tears in a sneer: "Your Majesty, even if you refuse to admit it, the concubine still hates you very much." She stroked the mattress that the emperor had sat on and the goose feather cushion that he had leaned on, and said with a foolish smile, "Then, let the concubine calculate you a little again, just this time." ”

She fell to the ground and coughed violently until blood gushed from the corners of her lips. She let the blood gush from her throat and stroked it slowly, just smiling. Mo Xin heard the movement, rushed in to take a look, was so frightened that she almost lost her soul, and said, "Little master, little master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xi Yue's eyes widened, and she grabbed her shirt and said, "Mo Xin, you have served me the longest time, and I only have one word to tell you." Don't forget how the queen hurt me! ”

Mo Xin saw that her black mercury-like eyes were almost out of her sockets, and she was so shocked that she cried and persuaded: "The little master is like this, what are you still thinking about?" In the end, my body and bones matter! ”

The green tendons on the back of Xi Yue's hand burst out, twisted like a green snake about to jump, and hissed: "I can't do it, but if you are still alive for a day, and you still remember how good I am to you, you must remember how the queen treated me!" She thought she had told me everything, but when I asked one or two questions in front of her, she pretended to be confused, and I didn't know that she instructed me! She hurt me all my life! ”

Mo Xin said with tears in her eyes: "The little master is very kind to the slave and maid, and the slave and maid will not forget it until death." Little master, the slave and maid will help you to bed and rest. ”

Xi Yue stretched out her hand as much as she could, pointed to the mattress that the emperor had sat on and the goose feather cushion that she had leaned on, and said hoarsely: "Go, go burn." Dirty, can't be kept. ”