Such a soft little hand, with a soft touch on the face, seems to be a good medicine that can soothe all sorrows. Ruyi said happily: "Yonghuang, with you, I am much happier." ”

Yonghuang smiled and showed his teeth that were not straight: "I came here, you are happy, and I am happy, so I will not choose Hui Niangniang." ”

Ruyi Rouwan smiled: "If you can't get used to calling me Eniang, you can also call me Xian Niangniang, it's the same anyway." Your mother-in-law is a concubine, but I will treat you like my own child. ”

Yonghuang looked at her with wide round eyes, and nodded lightly: "Xian Niangniang, I chose you because you treat me well." So why did you choose me? ”

Ruyi looked at him quietly, this lonely child who had lost the protection of his mother, and under his naivety and naughtiness there were thoughts and foresights that did not match his age. Ruyi didn't hide it from him: "Because I'm lonely and have no children, Yonghuang is lonely and has no mother." We are all alone, so lean into each other. It's like in winter, when two people who are not warm lean together, they get warm. ”

Yonghuang nodded thoughtfully: "I know, I want to be warm, and so are you." So today, Huang Ama asked me to choose, and I chose you. He said in a low voice, "When my forehead was still there, Hui Niangniang never paid attention to me. Today, even if she asks me to go, she says she likes me, and I don't like her. ”

Ruyi said with a smile: "What a good boy, you understand what I said." Then you don't have to be afraid in the future, just stay with me in peace. ”

The two were talking, but they heard Ah Zhen say outside: "Little master, Hai Chang is coming." ”

Ruyi hurriedly let Hailan in, and as soon as Hailan came in, she smiled and said, "I heard that my sister has a new son, so I hurried over to take a look, congratulations to my sister." ”

Ruyi smiled: "It's a big joy." No one would have thought that the emperor had suddenly summoned me, because there was such a blessing waiting for me. ”

Hailan asked Ye Xin to hug two green satin horses and said, "I don't have anything too good there, so I found two satin horses to come out and make a dress for the eldest brother." ”

Ruyi blinked, and Yonghuang understood: "Thank you Hai Niangniang." ”

Hailan smiled and said, "What a sensible child." No wonder everyone likes you. ”

Ruyi smiled and said: "I like children so much, I should give birth to one myself." ”

The smile on Hailan's lips suddenly froze, like a flower that had suddenly encountered severe frost. After a moment, she said gloomily: "If I have a child, I can't raise it myself." Even a high position like a pure concubine can't escape these sufferings, what else can I do? Rather than the mother and child being separated at that time, it is better to be quieter alone. She smiled reluctantly, "What's more, the emperor is like this, how can I expect to be pregnant." ”

Ruyi was infected by her silent sentimentality, and reluctantly smiled and hugged Yonghuang and said, "Fortunately, Yonghuang is here now, and life is better." ”

Hailan was slightly relieved: "Yes." With an elder brother by your side, no one dares to bully you at will. ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden buzz outside. Ruyi looked out through the shadow veil, but it was Qin Li, the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, who came with a nurse and a dozen eunuchs holding a bunch of things.

Ah Ji sneered outside: "Ouch! Which gust of wind brought Father-in-law Qin here, what are so many people and things doing? ”

Qin Li was full of smiles, and he couldn't wait to squeeze out a smile in his eyes: "The emperor said that Concubine Xian has a big brother, and there are more things to be added to the palace." No, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hastened to pick out something good. He said and looked over, "Concubine Xian Niangniang and Big Brother, I'll go and ask for a peace." ”

Ah Zhen stretched out his hand to stop him, and said unceremoniously: "Don't you dare to let you in, you are the creditor of our Yanxi Palace, and I owe you eight hundred taels of silver." We're going to have to find a god to offer you up. ”

Qin Li was a little embarrassed, and smiled curtly: "Miss Aji, I was drunk and talking nonsense that day, sister, don't take it to heart!" ”

Ah Zhen crossed his waist and shouted, "Sister, who is your sister?" I am your aunt and grandmother, and you have deducted Yanxi Palace to this day! If you go back to the emperor, we don't dare to collect these things, and we should all pay back the debt of your father-in-law Qin! I also have to go to the Internal Affairs Office to ask the chief manager if there is an IOU, and I will take it to the emperor to take it. ”

Qin Li's face turned white with fright, and he bowed again and again to forgive: "Grandma, good aunt, please spare me." I am making nonsense, you see, in the past two months, the Ministry of Affairs owes something to Yanxi Palace, and I have doubled the number of servants before I dare to come. I also asked my aunt and grandmother to laugh at it. ”

Listening to Ah Jiu's embarrassment for them, and was about to go out to persuade them, Ruyi waved his hand and said softly: "The people of the Internal Affairs Office look down on people, so it's okay for Ah Jiu to make trouble." Let's not overdo it. ”

Hailan smiled: "No, we have really been wronged enough in the past two months." ”

Qin Li begged for mercy for a long time, and Ah Zhen stopped a little, and he said the things he brought one by one, and flattered him diligently.

Qin Lidao: "The people who originally served the eldest brother were all sent by the emperor, this is the eldest brother's nurse Su Mama since childhood, so she stayed in Yanxi Palace to take care of the eldest brother." ”

Others heard this sound well, and the eldest brother unconsciously shook his head and shrank into Ruyi's arms.

Ruyi immediately understood: "She is your nurse, but she treats you badly, doesn't she?" ”

Yonghuang lowered his head for a moment, and said with tears in his eyes: "I don't understand, other slaves are just that, Mama Su has been with me for so long, why did she treat me like this?" Hungry me, freezing me. ”

Ruyi said in a low voice: "People's hearts will change for the sake of interests, and only family affection will not change." She took Yonghuang's hand, "Let's go, I'll go and see too, what kind of character is your nurse?" ”

Ruyi led Yonghuang from the warm pavilion to the main hall and sat down, only to see a woman in her thirties walking out from behind the crowd, seeing Yonghuang smiled, stretched out her hand and pounced: "My good brother, it turns out that you came first, call grandma and I will find it!" ”

He frowned and said, "Who are you, where are you, when you see Concubine Xian Niangniang so disrespectful." ”

The nurse was startled, looked at Ruyi twice, and said with a smile: "Concubine Xian Niang Wanfu, the slave maid is Yonghuang's nurse Su Mama." ”

Ruyi frowned at the moment and said, "Is the name Yonghuang also your name?" No up or down! ”

The nurse was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly changed her words: "Yes, it's the eldest brother." ”

Ruyi heard that she changed her words quickly, so she gave up, and said lightly: "You have taken care of the eldest brother for many years, and you will still work hard in the future." ”

Mama Su smiled and said, "Big Brother has been a slave since he was a child, and he listens to slaves and maids for everything. In the future, if Concubine Xian wants to discipline the eldest brother, everything will be told to the slave maid. ”

Ruyi knew that Mama Su was Yonghuang's nursing mother, and she had taken him with her since she was a child, but now she is so arrogant, relying on the old and selling the old, and she doesn't feel angry: "If you can discipline the eldest brother, you won't even know that the eldest brother is injured due to poor food and clothing." You carefully told the palace that the eldest brother had a wind chill twice last winter, why? And why did it go on for two months without healing? If it weren't for you minions slacking off, Big Brother would be so pitiful! ”

Mama Su relied on her identity, so she said stubbornly: "Big brother is cold, because he is playful and doesn't like to wear more clothes, and he refuses to take medicine." Although the slave and maid are taken care of, where can they be taken care of all the time? ”

Yonghuang leaned on Ruyi's side, his expression was sad and afraid, and he shook his head gently: "Mother, it's not like this. ”

Ruyi was suddenly stunned: "Yonghuang, what do you call me?" ”

Yonghuang's voice was soft, but it was extremely firm, and he repeated, looking into Ruyi's eyes and calling, "Mother." ”

Ruyi's heart is soft, like a baby's hand gently brushing over her heart, so warm her heart. She clenched Yonghuang's hand, for this "mother", no one has ever called her "mother", and she can do anything.

Mama Su shouted: "Big brother, although you are the master, you can't speak so without conscience, you grew up drinking the blood of slaves and eating the flesh of slaves and maids, you can't open your eyes and talk nonsense!" You ......"

Ruyi's mind sank, and the tea cup in her hand was put on the shelf, and the green tea soup immediately spilled out, and Ruyi said sharply: "Three treasures, little Fuzi!" Drag out this Diao slave who despises the master, immediately give the palace staff thirty, and drive him out of the palace after the beating! Don't let her serve the big brother anymore! ”

San Bao immediately agreed, and reached out with Xiaofuzi to drag her out.

Ruyi said again: "When the execution is carried out, let all the palace people go to the courtyard to watch the palace and see what happens if you betray the lord and bully the lord!" ”

When Mama Su was just dragged out, her mouth was still screaming, and the cane board fell down a few times, and only a whining sound of begging for mercy remained. Ruyi took Yonghuang's hand and stood under the porch, watching the blood-red cane board fall hard one by one, making a dull collision sound when it touched the flesh and bones, and said in a deep voice: "Yonghuang, don't be afraid!" You watch, see how those who bully you fall under your hands and suffer their rightful punishment! ”

When she reached the twenty canes, Mama Su gradually lost her breath, leaving only a low whimper. Blood stained her clothes red, and every time she went down the staff, there were bright red blood spots. Yonghuang looked a little frightened, shook Ruyi's hand and said, "Mother, do you still want to fight?" ”

Ruyi's voice was so steady that there was no trace of waves, and she hugged Yonghuang tightly and said: "Yonghuang, you remember, what cause a person does, he must bear what effect." When they bully you, you should know this. So now, even if she can't stand it and is beaten to death, it is her own evil consequences. Got it? ”

Yonghuang nodded, his dark eyes flashed a trace of calmness and perseverance, and he stood silently beside Ruyi until the execution was completed. Ruyi saw that they dragged Mama Su out, leaving only a dark red blood stain on the ground, and dragged it out of the distance, so she said loudly: "You all remember, the eldest brother will be the adopted son of the palace from now on, and the only son of the palace." Whoever dares to despise him is to despise the palace, Mama Su is an example! ”

Everyone resoundingly agreed. Qin Li stood aside, looking frightened, and finally couldn't hold back and knelt down, begging: "Concubine Xian Niangniang's life, Concubine Xian's life!" ”

Ruyi sneered: "Your dog's life palace doesn't want it yet!" How to do it, you can do it yourself! ”

Qin Li was so frightened that he fell to the ground in a cold sweat and couldn't get up, Hailan smiled approvingly, and whispered in her ear: "I like to see my sister like this, looking at my sister, I am not afraid of anything." ”

That night, the palace people packed up the east side hall and came out for the eldest brother to stay. Ruyi went to see it in person, and the three spacious rooms were bright and bright, and the orientation was good. Because it's a boy's house, it's very sparsely packed. A bedroom, a study, a place to rest and play. If the daily meal is not used in the study room where the study is studied, it will follow Ruyi. The people who served the eldest brother were all newly picked, and Ruyi checked them one by one before she was allowed to take care of them. It's been so busy for most of the day, and everything is inappropriate. The people of Yanxi Palace also got a new elder brother, and the emperor continued to reward him, knowing that it was time to operate, he was as happy as a festival.

In the evening, Ruyi accompanied Yonghuang to dinner, all of which were new dishes made in the kitchen, because Yonghuang was changing his teeth, and they were cooked extra softly. And because Yonghuang was half hungry and half full for a long time, in order to nourish his appetite, he only drank extremely thick japonica porridge. Yonghuang has an excellent appetite, and when he is full, Ruyi makes Yixin measure the size of the clothes, and like a mother who dotes on her child, she personally scrubs Yonghuang and coaxes him to sleep.

Yi Xin was choosing the materials to make clothes for Yonghuang next to him, Ruyi patted Yonghuang gently, and when she saw a horse, she was picky about one horse, and she couldn't help but smile and said: "Little master, you don't care so much about choosing materials for yourself." ”

Ruyi looked at Yonghuang lovingly: "I thought I just wanted to find someone to rely on." But as soon as he called my mother, my heart softened, as if he were my child, and my heart ......."

Yi Xin chose another piece of material and handed it to Ruyi, and said in a low voice: "For the sake of the eldest brother, the little master has spent many months of thought. arranged for the slave maid to take care of the eldest brother in private, and told the emperor how the people of the elder brother treated the eldest brother through Li Yu's mouth, and took the emperor to see it. The slave maid thought that the emperor didn't care about the eldest brother, so she kept quiet......"

Ruyi looked at Yonghuang's sleeping face and said in a low voice: "Although Concubine Zhe is gone, the emperor has some affection for her, and she is her own child." ”

He sighed and said, "The little master has a big brother, and he also has a comfort." ”

Ruyi turned sideways and picked up a few materials: "It's getting hot, make a few more summer clothes for the eldest brother, and choose one that is breathable and not stuffy." Summer in the capital is short, and autumn is here in a flash, so autumn clothes must be prepared. There are also winter clothes, Brother can't have any winter clothes last year, and the new cotton is thick and thick. There is also Yonghuang's diet and daily life, the grandmothers are newcomers, you have to be more vigilant and watch, don't make any mistakes. ”

Ruyi was talking, and suddenly noticed a long shadow falling on the ground, turned around, and saw the emperor standing under the curtain, with a faint smile, looking at her deeply.

Ruyi suddenly saw the emperor coming, and she wanted to laugh, but the smile condensed into three points of sourness, and even her actions were slow. She was about to get up, when the emperor came over and held her down: "I just came, listening to these words of your heart, I really look like a loving mother." ”

Ruyi was a little embarrassed: "The concubine has no experience as a mother, so she nags." Let the emperor laugh. ”

When he saw the emperor coming in, he closed the door and quietly retired. The emperor put her fingers one by one into the palm of his hand: "I haven't come to see you for so many days, I know that you have been wronged." ”

Ruyi's eyes couldn't help but have sour moisture, and she said in a low voice: "It turns out that the emperor knows." The concubines understood that the emperor was complaining that the concubines were self-righteous and self-righteous. ”

There was a thin smile on the emperor's handsome face, which was supposed to be warm, but with a faint sadness, like a thin frost that suddenly flew down in the cold dew of autumn: "I thought that your words that day had poked my heart, and I didn't want to pay attention to it." But somehow, when I thought about it, I didn't know it yet. Only by doing this, give the Li family a little name, a little honor, even if you don't say anything, I can sleep more peacefully at night. He looked into Ruyi's eyes, and his slow tone was like the damp moisture after the rain stopped outside, "I have been holding back these words to tell you, do you think I am too stupid?" ”

Ruyi pressed his lips knowingly: "It was the concubine who said something that embarrassed the emperor, which made the emperor upset." ”

There was a deep affection in the emperor's eyes: "But such a difficult thing, only you will say to me." There is no one else but you. ”

Ruyi was quite apologetic: "That day was also a reckless concubine." There was infinite tenderness in her heart, rippling like soft waves, "But the concubine thought that the emperor of all things in the world is there, don't leave any regrets." A little lack in perfection will become a big loss. ”

The emperor's eyes were a little damp, and after looking at it for a long time, he could only see Ruyi's clear face: "I know that you are making up for my shortcomings." I have always understood, but I dare not come to see you. First, as the old people said, it is probably the cowardice of homesickness. The other is because ......"

Before the emperor finished speaking, Ruyi smiled, as if a white gardenia was sparsely spread in the warm and humid wind: "Because the concubine is idle, you can raise the eldest brother." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "I have remembered my words. I thought, you don't lack anything, it's just that the matter of the heir depends on fate, and I can only give you an adopted son first to make up for your shortcomings temporarily. ”

Ruyi lowered her head, half emotionally and half expectantly: "The concubine also wants to have a child of her own." But now Yonghuang is with it, and it's good. ”

The emperor put his arm around her shoulders and looked at Yonghuang, who was smiling soundly in his sleep: "This child sleeps soundly in your place." ”

Ruyi stretched out her hand to fold the quilt for Yonghuang, smiled stupidly, and held the emperor's hand with her backhand: "How many times have the concubines dreamed of it, looking forward to it, when we have our children, there are three in the family, and they will stay together quietly like this." ”

The emperor smiled and kissed her: "Yes, don't worry." ”

The red candle was bright, and the halo swayed on the thin gold tent, illuminating the figures of the two in pairs. Ruyi looked back and smiled, giving birth to infinite affection, as if she had found the hope of a lifetime, holding the emperor's hand tightly, and was unwilling to let go.