Su Xin smiled: "She doesn't dare, and she can't." Even if she has her father's backer, doesn't Niangniang also have the support of Lord Zhang Tingyu, an old minister of the Three Dynasties. It was the womb of the sea nobleman, and the slave quietly asked. For some reason, was it discovered or what, Wen Si'er, the little eunuch who dispensed medicinal materials in the Tai Hospital, said that now he wants to add those appetizing medicinal materials to the medicine of Haiguiren, but he can't. ”

The queen frowned slightly: "Could it be that she was discovered?" She immediately calmed down: "That's okay. The left and right are just appetizing medicines, and the little eunuchs are mistaken. Pregnant, it should have been appetizing. What's more, Hai Guiren has gained so much weight, and the things that should grow on his body have also grown, and it is nothing if he doesn't eat it. She suddenly stopped, and saw something vaguely from the bronze mirror, Huo Ran turned her head and said in a deep voice with a hint of panic: "Hejing, what are you doing standing there?" What about the people who follow you? ”

The third princess stood behind the beaded silk curtain with some fear, slowly moved out, and called: "Eniang." ”

The queen smiled slightly: "How many times have I told you, you want to call me the emperor's mother, because I am not only your mother, but also the queen." ”

The third princess is ten years old, very beautiful and lovely, with a faint pride on her face, like a rose raised in the deep boudoir, she does not know the wind and frost, and she is delicate and beautiful.

When she saw the queen, the arrogance on her face disappeared, just a timid little daughter, and she kept the rules and said, "Yes." Erchen got it. Her voice became lower and lower: "Erchen didn't mean to eavesdrop on Huang Eniang and Aunt Su Xin, but just wanted to say hello to Huang Eniang before Huang Eniang went to bed and talk to you alone." ”

The queen put her mind at ease and changed her gentle tone calmly: "So, what do you want to say to the emperor's mother?" ”

"Not anymore." The third princess shook her head slightly, raised her immature face, and looked at the queen, "Huang Eniang, what did you just say, what did you give to Hai Guiren?" ”

The queen raised her face, signaled Su Xin to go out, hugged the third princess Zhengse and said: "No matter who the emperor has given or what she has done to whom, it is all for you and for the emperor herself." In this palace, there are too many people who want to harm us, and what the emperor does is to protect herself. She kissed the third princess's face, and said softly with tears: "Hejing, your second brother is dead." Huang Eniang has no son to rely on, only on herself. ”

The third princess was greatly touched, stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears for the queen, and said firmly: "The emperor's mother, the sons and ministers all understand." The second brother is gone, and although Erchen is a daughter, it will not be useless. Erchen will definitely help the emperor's mother. Whoever the emperor doesn't like, the ministers don't like. ”

The queen smiled on her face, but she couldn't help but feel sad. Her husband's second elder brother Yonglian has Princess Hejing, so she has never regarded this daughter as important. Even after Yonglian's death, she had to use this only daughter to win the emperor's heart, and she had never been so close. But I don't want to, but this daughter, so considerate and understanding her mind, has really become her little padded jacket.

This night, I think many people couldn't sleep on their pillows. Ruyi listened to the sound of snow outside the window, and occasionally the snow on the dead branches fell to the ground with a soft "snapping" sound, mixed with the crisp sound of the thin branches breaking, and the copper leakage in the corner of the hall. It was a long night.

When Ruyi woke up, she saw that there was a circle of black green under her eyes, and she had to cover it up with some fat powder. He smiled and said: "The little master doesn't have to cover it, when you look at the little lord today, aren't they all like this." ”

Ruyi sneered lightly, took Tong Dai and drew her eyebrows in the mirror: "I'm afraid that when I see the emperor, the emperor will do the same." ”

As he was talking, he saw Li Yu come in, respectfully asked for peace, and said, "Concubine Xian Niang Wanfu, the emperor invites you to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace after breakfast." ”

When Ruyi rushed to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, it was the little eunuch Jinzhong who led her to the ear room behind the palace and said, "The emperor is waiting for the little master." ”

Ruyi pushed the door into the ear room, but saw the emperor sitting cross-legged on the couch with a solemn expression. Ah Zhen changed into a dull skirt and knelt on the ground, the beads on his head and the precious jewelry on his body were stripped clean, only a few grass velvet flowers were left, and his face was already full of tears, and when he saw Ruyi coming in, he just wanted to show a look of disgust, but when he glanced at the emperor's face, he was busy and restrained, and only knelt side by side with her maid Xinyan.

The emperor took Ruyi's hand, handed her a flat gold enamel hand stove, and said in a harmonious voice: "It's frozen all the way, right?" Warm up and sit next to me. ”

Ruyi smiled and sat down side by side with the emperor, but heard the emperor say to Ah Zhen: "Yesterday, I kept your face, didn't splash water on you and woke you up and forced you, and allowed you to stay in the ear room for one night." Now that only I and Concubine Xian are here, what can I say, right? ”

Ruyi glanced at Li Yu, who was guarding on the side, and said, "The cinnabar that the palace ordered to prepare yesterday, if she doesn't tell the truth, she will want her to swallow it little by little." What about those cinnabars? ”

Li Yu pointed to a large pot of cinnabar in the corner of the ear room: "According to Concubine Xian's instructions, everything has been prepared." ”

Ah Zhen knew that he couldn't argue anymore, so he had to say: "The emperor forgives the sin, it was the slave who wronged the concubine back then." ”

The emperor took a cup of tea, slowly blew the floating end and said, "I know this." ”

Ah Ji said again: "It was the slave maid who stole the cinnabar and mixed it into the charcoal fire and candles of Concubine Yi Niangniang, and it was also the slave maid who took the cinnabar and dyed the smell of agarwood incense, and when Su Xin wanted to search the dormitory, he secretly stuffed it under the dressing table drawer...... Xiao Luzi was also instructed by others, but she was not a concubine. ”

The emperor was a little impatient: "I know all this. ”

Ruyi frowned and said, "It's almost all that should be taken on yourself." This palace also wants to know, you can mix in the things of Yi Concubine, but you can't often mix in the Mei Concubine Palace, who instructed you? ”

The emperor sipped his tea, bowed his head as if he hadn't heard it. Ah Zhen looked at the emperor with wide eyes and confusion, and the emperor only did not see him. Ruyi said slowly: "It's up to you whether to say it or not." Anyway, you have to take care of everything, and no one can stop you. Originally, this palace could have left a life for you, but if you have to admit the sin of murdering the emperor's heir, the nine clans, this palace will also be up to you. ”

Ah Zhen bit his lower lip tightly, almost blood was dripping from his lips, and he trembled his throat and said, "Queen, Concubine Hui, ...... Hui"

A hint of suspicion flashed in the emperor's dark eyes, and he said slowly: "The queen and the concubine have always been merciful, and if you want to ask them, you can't." It's better to think more about your family. ”

Xin Yan hurriedly said: "Little master, little master, don't be confused. Now that it's come to this point, it doesn't work to ask anyone, just recruit yourself what you do, don't bother others in vain. It's a slave, and it's just serving you, and you don't know a lot of things before. ”

The emperor immediately woke up: "Don't know what happened before? So how much do you know about the current situation? For example, I have always wanted to know, who gave arsenic to Concubine Xian's diet in the cold palace? ”

Ah Huo raised his head: "Your Majesty, it's really not a slave!" It's true! ”

The emperor looked at Xin Yan and said, "You say." ”

"The slave and maid dare not hide it from the emperor, and the slave and maid really don't know." Xin Yan hurriedly kowtowed, glanced at Ah Ji timidly, and said hesitantly, "But the slave maid has indeed heard that the little master hates Concubine Xian Niangniang, especially the fire in the Chongyang Cold Palace, after the emperor saw Concubine Xian Niangniang, the little master was very afraid that Concubine Xian Niangniang would come out of the cold palace, and mentioned it in front of the slave maid several times, and he must let Concubine Xian Niangniang die in the cold palace, and it will be over if she doesn't come out." The rest of the slaves and maids don't know. ”

Ah Jiu's face became whiter and whiter, and finally became a transparent piece of paper, he raised his face suddenly, his eyes fixed on Ruyi, and he couldn't wait to dig out two big holes, and said, "Concubine Xian!" I hate you, I am smart and clever, and I think about you in everything, but you press me and bully me in everything! You can clearly see that the emperor likes me, but you must remove me as a thorn in my eye and point me out of marriage. Isn't it good for me to be spoiled by you, you also have an extra foil. Why do you have to cut off my way? ”

"The emperor likes you?" Ruyi couldn't help but chuckle, "Now that the emperor is also here, can you ask him, do you like you?" If it's inconvenient, this palace can be avoided! ”

Ruyi was about to get up, but the emperor stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "No need." I told her the truth. ”

Ah Jiu's eyes were clouded with tears, and he gasped: "Concubine Xian, why are you so pretending!" I know the emperor doesn't like me anymore! Otherwise he wouldn't have treated me like that! She crawled two steps, grabbed the corner of Ruyi's skirt, and sneered: "Don't you really want to know how the emperor treats me?" I'll tell you. Since the first time I went to bed, every time the emperor turned over my sign, I was not allowed to touch him, but I was allowed to kneel on the ground next to the bed naked and clothed in a thin blanket, and serve like a slave. During the day, I am the little lord and receive the emperor's reward. But when I came to the emperor's side, when I was alone, I was still a lowly slave, not even as good as an official woman who was just a bedwoman! But even so, in the eyes of others, I was still pampered, so I had to endure their jealousy and bullying! Concubine Xian, do you think that your days in the cold palace are sad, and my days outside are better? Every day, under the treatment of the emperor's polarity, I am at a loss and trembling! How can I not hate? How can you not be afraid? ”

Ruyi listened to her accusations, but she didn't realize that her three years of grace were so unbearable, and she was shocked to the extreme. After a long time, the emperor said slowly: "Do you feel unwilling now?" Well, I'm telling you, it's all self-inflicted. You want to be my favorite concubine, I have allowed you. But you can taste the warmth and coldness behind it. If it weren't for the sake of keeping your life to this day, or for you to taste the pain under the scenery, I wouldn't have to spend this thought. He looked at Ruyi and said slowly: "Now, you should understand, right?" ”

Ah Zhen collapsed to the ground, looked at the emperor in disbelief, his face was full of sorrow, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, you treat your concubines like this to your heart!" ”

The emperor smiled calmly: "Your heart for me is a calculating heart, why can't I?" ”

Ah Zhen shed tears in a daze: "The emperor thinks that the concubine is calculating to you, so who in the harem is not like this?" Why are the concubines so suppressed by the emperor? ”

"Suppression?" The Emperor sat sideways under the window, letting the light of the sky reflect his figure in a bright and handsome silhouette, "I believe that many people have calculated me, and I have calculated others, but I have never seen someone like you who betrays his lord for glory and secretly kills himself." ”

Ruyi sat beside the emperor, only to feel that his face was already unfamiliar in his memory, and even the words he said made people feel cold and helpless. She only felt a little tired, and said lightly: "So, did you do everything?" ”

Ah Zhen was extremely sad and nodded blankly: "It's all me, it's all me." Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi were harmed by me, and Concubine Xian was what I wanted to kill! Everything is me! Okay? ”

Ruyi suddenly remembered something: "Ah Zhen, I remember that you are very afraid of snakes?" ”

Ah Zhen was immersed in deep despair, but Xinyan answered for her: "Back to Concubine Xian's words, the little master is very afraid of snakes. ”

The emperor looked tired and said softly: "Ruyi, are you tired?" You go to the warm pavilion first, and I'll come later. With that, Li Yu came over and helped Ruyi leave. When the emperor saw her go out, Fang stared at Ah Zhen, with a deep sense of urgency in his eyes, and asked, "You just said that it was the queen and the concubine who presided over it, is it true?" ”

When the emperor returned to the warm pavilion, Ruyi was waiting behind the green jade yarn embroidered screen, her eyes fixed on the ambergris rising in the space gap of the three-layer five-legged silver incense burner on one side of the screen, and listened to the withered branches of three or two yellow leaves outside the window Scratching the window paper, the cold snow turned into cold rain, and the window was knocked on the window. Ruyi watched the emperor walk in slowly, sitting on the edge of the couch, and the clothes were spread out in an elegant arc behind him. The emperor took her hand: "Is it uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable when your hands are so cold?" ”

Ruyi nodded, just silently. The emperor said slowly: "Ah Ji has already recruited." Although I already knew what she wanted to confess, I couldn't help but wronged you in the cold palace for three years. The events of the year are confusing, if I don't give an explanation to the people in the harem, I don't know what terrible things will happen to you. I always thought that the cold palace could keep you safe for the time being. ”

Ruyi slowly raised her eyes: "The concubine doesn't know that the emperor has treated Ah Ji like this all these years." ”

The emperor gently hugged her: "Now that I know, will I feel terrible?" ”

The emperor was so frank, Ruyi didn't know what to say, and after a long time, Fang said: "The emperor's mind is not something that concubines can speculate. ”

He calmly looked at each other with a gentle look: "What you can't guess, I will tell you everything." Because you are Ruyi, the most honest and straightforward Ruyi who has never said anything to me. And I have another thing to tell you, I left Ah Ji back then, one is to ask her to relax her guard, but also because I am afraid that someone who really has the mastermind will kill her; Second, at that time, the matter of water control required her Ama to help, and others could not help. So it has been delayed until today. Ruyi, you have to understand me, I am first the monarch of the previous dynasty, and then the monarch of the harem. ”

His words are so frank that they can't be overstated. Ruyi endured the shock in her heart, for so many years, the emperor told her everything she had wronged and minded. What else could she say? The emperor treated Ah Ji like that for several years, which was a relief to her. So she asked softly: "Does the emperor really believe that there is no one to make Ah Ji?" ”

The emperor's gaze was calm and uninteresting: "She recognized it alone, and you heard it." If you climb on others, you will only become more and more confused. So I also want you to understand that until Ah Jiu, there will be no one else. ”

She had already vaguely guessed a few points of such an answer. Since she also thought about who it would be, why did she need an affirmative answer from the emperor. Ruyi's heart was slightly relieved, and she finally relaxed herself and leaned on the emperor's arms: "The emperor has a heart." ”

The emperor kissed her lightly on the forehead: "Since you came out of the cold palace, I have not summoned you, and I rarely see you." It is only when the day that the truth comes out, and the doubts in your heart are gone, so that I can really get along with you calmly and without barriers. ”

The morning snow was as faint as mist, reflecting the bright paper on the windows, overlapping the shadows swept away from them. After being separated for all these years, Ruyi also has a glimmer of hope that maybe the emperor can embrace her like this without barriers for a long time.

The emperor hugged her and said, "Now, is your heart better?" ”

Ruyi bowed her head slightly, and looked at the emperor affectionately: "The emperor's intentions, the concubines know it." ”

The emperor's posture was different, with his back against the background of the Zhulan colored sill and gold lacquer painting, and let the quiet wind that accidentally leaked in blow the thin sleeves of his cool shirt, he said gently: "I really want to make you a noble concubine, so that you will no longer be subservient." But the sudden promotion is not perfect, and I don't want the harem to be too alarmed. But I let you live in Yikun Palace, why Yikun, you should understand. ”

Kun is the supreme woman in the world, and Yi is the assistant Xiangzan. She knew that the emperor was implying that she was second only to the empress. Her heart was slightly warm, and it was cold again, thinking of what happened to Ah Zhen, she was a little cold. I hope that the emperor treats her without calculation.

Then, it can be regarded as this growth.