The days of Ruyi's grounding began on this sunny afternoon. The wide vermilion palace door squeaked and closed tightly from behind, and it was the sound of chains locking up. Even she didn't know when it would be opened again. The palace people in Yanxi Palace were so panicked that tears came down, and they knelt on the ground in a hurry, but they didn't know who to kneel to. Hailan was also alarmed in the apse, and ran over in a panic and said, "Sister, what happened?" Why lock the gates of Yanxi Palace? ”

Ruyi stood in the courtyard, slowly picking up the steps, the sunlight sifting through the smooth branches of the trees that had fallen all the green leaves. The cold sunlight poured down from the sky, and when you looked up, you could see the glazed blue tiles of the Nine-Fold Palace shining as white as ice and snow in the sun.

That kind of light is really far away from her.

Ruyi whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm just grounded." The corner gate of Yanxi Palace can still be entered and exited, and it is reserved for you. ”

Hailan had thin tears in her eyes, and said uneasily: "Sister, it's been quiet all these times, is our life so sad?" ”

Ruyi looked at the palace in the distance, the glazed tiles were full of light, and her expression was as calm as ice and snow under the sun: "Sometimes quiet days do not mean sad. You can rest assured. ”

The time of the grounding is lonely and unbearable, isolating access and exit, and all you can see every day is a small square blue sky. What Ruyi used to pass the time was just to ask Xin Xin and Ah Ji to sort out all the colorful silk threads in the warehouse one by one.

This is a very laborious task, each silk thread is divided into different types and boiled in boiling water wrung with the juice of various flowers. Rose juice with rose red, azalea juice with azalea red, hibiscus flower juice with hibiscus powder, delphinium juice boiled for a long time is a faint bright blue, gardenia juice with a touch of apricot white, lemon balm with mint with blue-purple, all of them are painstaking. Even the yellow silk threads to be embroidered as stamens are boiled one by one with lemon grass juice and saffron juice, which brings a fresh atmosphere. And the green is even more troublesome, with herbs such as Huoxiang, Du Heng, Li, Cinnamon, Rosemary, Thyme, Mountain Peach Grass, etc., boiled into a fragrant green and bright.

When Hailan came to see her, she couldn't help but sigh: "My sister still has the heart to do these things, my sister has gone out these days, and when she saw Wang Qin tracking down those minions who spread rumors, she spat out one by one, saying that she heard it from Yanxi Palace." If this continues, I am afraid that the emperor will not only be grounded, but will be tortured and interrogated one by one in Yanxi Palace. ”

Ruyi smiled and handed her a handful of turquoise green silk thread: "You smell this, I put three kinds of herbs, Fangzhi, Mugen, and Lanyi, is there a different kind of grass and wood, as if spring has come?" ”

Hailan reluctantly took it, but she didn't sniff it as Yi said, and said with a sad face: "My sister is looking forward to spring, but my sister looks as if this winter can't be over." She was worried: "What should I do if it is confirmed that the rumors have been spread by my sister and damaged the reputation of the royal family?" ”

Ruyi raised her head and said, "How many people has Wang Qin found?" ”

"There must be a dozen."

Ruyi smiled lightly like a faint cloud shadow: "More than a dozen people, it's enough to kill me." But guess how many people are enough to put Wang Qin to death? ”

A deep doubt appeared in Hailan's eyes: "What does my sister mean ......"

Ruyi looked at the inky sky outside the window: "What can I mean?" By the way, who accompanies the emperor these days? Hailan said: "There are rumors in the palace, and the emperor rarely summons the queen, most of them are accompanied by Jia Guiren and Hui Guifei." Now that Yi Guiren is pregnant, the concubines in the palace often visit Yi Guiren, and I heard that Hui Guifei also goes very diligently. ”

Ruyi said: "The mothers in the palace often say that if you drink the fetal medicine, you need to be stained with the pregnancy of the pregnant body." Concubine Hui is looking forward to her son and will definitely go. ”

Hailan looked at the silk threads wrapped in front of her, and said worriedly: "That's it, every time Concubine Hui deliberately passes by our Yanxi Palace from Jingyang Palace, she has to stand for a long time, and she sighs that her sister is in a bleak situation." To me, she was just gloating. ”

Ruyi smiled slightly, not impressed: "If she likes it, let her go." But she sighed outside, and I couldn't hear it inside, and even if I did, it was just when the wind blew. ”

When Hailan saw her like this, she could only be silent. The two faced each other in silence, listening to the wind outside the window, and the sound of laughter came from afar, Hailan sighed: "Yanxi Palace is grounded, Yonghe Palace people go to the empty building, and only Jingyang Palace continues to be favored. The wind sent the palace concubines to laugh and talk, probably only if we are so quiet here, can we hear it clearly. ”

Ruyi smiled faintly, and the thousands of threads in her hands were constantly shuttling, and she only explained slowly: "These silk threads are boiled and dyed with aroma, you will be able to dry them many times when you take them to the sun tomorrow, and then take them in and cook them after the sun sets, and you have to cook them many times, so that I can embroider the fragrant "Hundred Flowers Spring Intention". ”

He agreed, and came up to add a few more candles, and was quietly facing each other, when suddenly there was a loud noise outside, mixed with the screams of women, the scolding of the palace people, and the muffled words of the eunuchs.

Hailan immediately became alert: "Sister, what voice are you listening to?" ”

I listened carefully for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "It seems to be the voice of Concubine Hui." ”

Hailan was stunned, and immediately stood up, but she didn't know whether to take a look.

Ruyi smiled faintly: "I was grounded, but you didn't." Hailan, you go outside and take a look, if something happens to Concubine Hui in front of our palace, it won't be good. ”

Hailan hurriedly went out and ordered the guards guarding the door to open the gate. Ruyi put on the plain twig-wrapped flower gray squirrel sent by her heart, and followed closely. The guards guarding the door saw her come out, and hurriedly blocked her and said, "Concubine Xian, the emperor has an order, you can't go out of the gate of Yanxi Palace." ”

Ruyi said lightly: "Don't worry! This palace will not teach you to be embarrassed. The main palace is only watching here, and will never step out of this palace gate. ”

The guards were visibly relieved and bowed to the side. There was chaos outside, and the footsteps of the palace guards hurried over, obviously alarmed by the sound of Fang Cai. Dozens of palace lamps illuminated the front of Yanxi Palace at night, and Concubine Hui was surrounded by the palace maids in the middle, and a delicate face like a lotus petal was filled with anger and anger, losing her beautiful color in the past, and she was obviously greatly frightened.

The eunuch guards carried a brightly dressed eunuch with their hands and feet, and pressed his whole face into the dust.

Concubine Hui's sideburns were messy, her bun was loose, and a few white jade and red ruyi beads fell obliquely to her ears, looking like she was about to fall. There was an unconcealable anger and horror under her fierce reprimand, and shouted: "Drag this thing that doesn't know whether to live or die to the emperor immediately, and explain it clearly to the palace!" ”

Ruyi whispered to the guard guarding the door: "What happened to such a mess?" ”

The guard said: "Back to Concubine Xian's words, that person is the emperor and the former deputy chief eunuch Wang Qingong, I don't know if he was drunk or what, just before Concubine Hui passed by with the palace people, he rushed up like crazy, words and deeds were reckless, and disturbed the concubine Niangniang." ”

Hai Lanqi said: "It's not that Wang Qin doesn't know Concubine Hui, how can he offend Concubine Hui?" ”

The guard said: "The minions were ordered to guard the Yanxi Palace, and they couldn't take a step away, so they could only watch." However, the prince was indeed like a madman, and when he saw the concubine, he pounced on him without a head. ”

Ruyi saw that Concubine Hui was a little relieved, so she said loudly: "Concubine Xian of Yanxi Palace see Concubine Niangniang, may Concubine Niangniang be blessed and safe." ”

Hailan saw Ruyi saluting, and she was busy following the salute.

Hui Guifei covered her chest with one hand, and said hatefully: "It's you? How did you get out? ”

Ruyi said with a smile: "My sister didn't come out, but I heard the noise outside, but I didn't mean that the concubine was here, so I came over to take a look, is the lady okay?" ”

Concubine Hui said angrily: "There is nothing to do in this palace, so you don't have to care." ”

Ruyi smiled respectfully and said softly: "My sister doesn't want to care too much, it's just that this matter is in front of my sister's palace, and my sister can't take a second look at it." ”

Concubine Hui was so angry that she smiled with a smile: "Okay! Good! I actually came to see the excitement of this main palace! The palace also wants to know if someone deliberately instructed Wang Qin to suddenly offend the palace outside the Yanxi Palace! ”

The two were in a stalemate, but when they saw the bright and yellow royal chariot coming not far away, Shuangxi hurriedly invited An to step forward and said: "Back to the concubine, the emperor is in Jingyang Palace, and the slave has invited the emperor to come over." ”

Before the imperial chariot stopped, Concubine Hui was already full of tears, and fell to the ground: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your concubines." The concubines have served the emperor since they were around, and they have never been humiliated like this. Emperor! ”

The emperor's imperial chariot was stable, and when he saw her like this, he was both pity and anxious, so he said: "Li Yu, don't help Concubine Hui up quickly." ”

Concubine Hui was still crying to herself, like a pear blossom with spring rain, and the emperor frowned slightly and said, "Okay." There are so many people, what are you crying and crying like? If you have something to say, you just have it. ”

Ruyi led Hailan to ask the emperor for a double peace, and said: "Your Majesty, the noble concubine is sad, and Wang Qin is still muttering nonsense. According to the concubines, no matter what, it is not appropriate to publicize it, it is better to splash water on Wang Qin first, and then ask a good question. ”

The emperor hasn't seen Ruyi for a few days, and at this time he saw her wearing a plain coat, Yingying stood in the wind, as if she didn't hold it, and the mouth was good, and the sentences were reasonable, and the mustard of the past few days was also a little relieved, so he said: "The wind on the long street is strong, don't stand on the tuyere." ”

Ruyi Yingying said: "The concubines thank the emperor for their care." It's just that this matter is sudden, and it is outside the gate of Yanxi Palace. It is inevitable that if the emperor and the concubine want to ask anything, it is better to move to the Yanxi Palace first. The concubines retreated from everyone, and the emperor and the concubine slowly disposed of it. ”

The emperor saw that Wang Qin was pressed to the ground, his face was flushed, as if he was drunk, and it was inconvenient to drag him to another place, so he said: "Then I will borrow your Yanxi Palace for use." ”

Ruyi replied "yes", turned sideways and let the emperor and Concubine Hui in, and Xinxin, Ah Ji and Sanbao hurriedly cleaned up, and served tea.