This night was half asleep and half awake, and I didn't sleep very well. At the fourth watch, the emperor got up, and Ruyi also woke up. The emperor was angry in the morning, and his face was gloomy, like a haggard halo under his eyes. The palace people served extremely carefully, and they still inevitably received a few reprimands. Ruyi thought that she couldn't sleep, so she got up and personally served the emperor to change clothes and wash. After everything stopped, Li Yu clapped his hands twice and called Jinzhong to come in with a bowl of white fungus soup.

This bowl of white fungus soup is the emperor must drink every morning, just for the sweet entrance, prolonging life, the practice is just to stew with rock sugar, boil soft, melt in the mouth.

The same is true for this day. After using up the white fungus soup, there is still some Chenguang from the previous dynasty, and the emperor is still a little depressed. Ruyi saw that the emperor's combed braids were a little hairy, thinking that it would be good if the emperor didn't see it, and once he saw it, the eunuch who combed his hair would probably be beaten to death. It just so happened that Li Yu also saw it, but he didn't dare to make a sound, and his face was sweating in a hurry.

Ruyi had an idea, and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine hasn't grated your hair for a long time." The hour is still early, the concubine will grate it for you, and spread it out. ”

The emperor didn't sleep well at night, and he was a little drowsy, so he said: "Just use mint pine needles to grate it." ”

The emperor has always been meticulous about food and clothing, and the grate used is also carved into a pattern of pine cranes prolonging the year with ivory, and the handshake is made of a piece of fine glutinous jadeite from an old pit, which is warm and moist to the touch, and is very handy. Ruyi untied the emperor's braided hair, dipped it in some mint pine needle water, and quietly combed the emperor's hair.

However, when everything was about to be completed, she was completely stunned.

Between the emperor's black and thick hair, a silver-white hair jumped out, piercing Ruyi's eyes vividly. She thought again and again that the emperor was only forty-one years old, and he actually had white hair.

She subconsciously wanted to cover up the past. It cannot be plucked, otherwise the emperor will definitely find out. But if you don't pull it out, sooner or later you will be discovered by the emperor. After such a momentary hesitation, the emperor was already keenly aware of it, and immediately asked, "What? ”

Ruyi knew that she couldn't hide it, so she simply plucked out the white hair, and said lightly: "The concubine is thinking, the concubine's Ama had gray hair when she was thirty years old, why did the emperor only grow the first one now." ”

This sentence greatly eased the emperor's nervous face, he took the white hair in Ruyi's hand and glanced at it, held it tightly in his palm and said, "This is my first white hair." ”

Ruyi saw that the emperor was not angry, and half of his heart was put down: "When the Holy Ancestor Kangxi was alive, he liked to drink Shouwu mulberry tea, and the concubines also wanted to ask the hospital to make some, would the emperor be willing to taste it with the concubines?" ”

The emperor glanced at her and his expression relaxed slightly: "If the queen likes it, I will accompany the queen." ”

Ruyi braided the emperor's hair as if nothing happened, and the emperor said in a low voice: "No more, right?" ”

The emperor's tone was slightly cool and damp, Ruyi nodded, and said gently: "Where did you get so many, just one." The concubine thought that if the concubine and the emperor had white hair, it would be considered to be white-headed and old. ”

The Emperor smiled, sighed silently, and closed his eyes.

And no wonder. The emperor has always attached great importance to the way of health maintenance, every morning must drink a bowl of white fungus soup, come back in the morning to play a set of five-shaped boxing in the courtyard to relax the muscles and bones, after the afternoon nap is a bowl of thick wolfberry black bean tea, after dinner must contain ginseng tablets to refresh the mind for a while, to go to bed is a bowl of bird's nest to calm the mind and sleep. Ruyi has followed the emperor for many years and learned most of these rules. In addition to not knowing how to box, it is also the same maintenance in the morning and evening. In addition, the emperor even paid special attention to a drink and a meal, drinking must not drink much, let alone drunk, at most drink some of the turtle age wine and pine age Taiping spring wine prepared by the Tai Hospital and the imperial diet, which can invigorate the blood and calm the nerves, and benefit the qi and fitness. Aphrodisiac venison is the most common thing in the diet, in addition to this, it is a very light fresh vegetable.

The emperor is so carefully maintained, and he hates himself the most for seeing old age. At this time, when I saw my own Huafa secretly, and remembered last night's failure, how could I not be angry and sad. Although Ruyi had the heart to explain, she could only be speechless. After being silent like this, she felt a little disgusted again, so she had to endure it and said, "Your Majesty, it's not too early, the concubine will send you off early." ”

In the next few days, Ruyi rarely saw the emperor again, and when she checked the records of the respectful room, she realized that the emperor had time to be with a few young concubines these days, either drinking and having fun, or singing and dancing. And the one who went the most was in the Yanwan Palace.

Rong Peishen said mysteriously: "Recently, Concubine Jia has been busy selecting nurses for the dragon fetus in her womb, and I heard that Concubine Ling has quietly selected a few in the palace. ”

Ruyi was applying fat powder to the mirror, and when she heard the words, she stopped unconsciously and wondered: "For no reason, what does she want to choose a nurse for?" ”

Rong Pei saw that there was no one else around, so she lowered her voice and said: "I heard that the emperor has been resting in Concubine Ling's palace for the past few days, and every day Concubine Ling ordered the nurse to milk and milk tea for the emperor to drink. ”

Ruyi felt uncomfortable in her ears, a nausea, and an unspeakable suffocation in her chest, and she couldn't help bending over and vomiting out a few mouthfuls of water.

Rong Pei was so frightened that she hurriedly handed her a silk to wipe it: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?" Your complexion is not looking good these days. ”

Ruyi shook her head and said, "This palace is too disgusting to listen to." ”

Rong Pei hurriedly said: "Niangniang has been feeling chest tightness and discomfort these days, so the slave maid should go and ask a doctor to take a look." ”

Ruyi shook his head and said: "Yi Xin just gave birth to a child and is in confinement, Jiang Youbin has been busy taking care of Xin Xin since two months ago, so the palace simply sent him back to rest for three months and then return to the palace on an errand." In addition to him, this palace is not worried that others will come to ask for a pulse. That is, disgusting, not tight. ”

Rong Pei guessed hesitantly: "Niangniang won't be happy, right?" The slave maid saw that the letter had not arrived for two months, and Concubine Jia was happy, it was so disgusting, disgusting. ”

Ruyi disagreed: "It would be good if this palace could really have children in this life, but I am afraid that I will not be able to dream of it." That month's letter...... This palace has always had something and didn't, and I'm used to it. She put aside the words and asked again, "Have those people drunk the emperor?" ”

Rong Pei was a little afraid to say: "In order to prolong life and stay young, of course the emperor will drink it." Concubine Ling also drank with her, and she also mixed pearl powder, which did not fall every day. ”

Ruyi only felt like a river and a sea in her chest, but she didn't spit it out again. She remembered that the way Lu Yun looked at her a few days ago was so ambiguous and speculative, but she tacitly hinted to each other that the emperor's body was abnormal.

And the news from the Tai Hospital was even more shocking, in addition to taking a large number of tonic and strengthening medicines, the emperor had begun to drink fresh deer blood wine every day.

Ruyi knows the effect of deer blood, which is mainly impotence, beneficial to sperm and blood, relieves low back pain, greatly compensates for weakness, and has better effect after drinking. There are 100 red deer and sika deer in the imperial garden, which are ready to be used for the blood between the horns of the thorns of the thorns of the thorns in the palace, and the wine to drink. When the first emperor was addicted to pills in his later years, he also took a large amount of deer blood, and even when he was young, because he accidentally drank deer blood in the Rehe Palace, he hurriedly survived the emperor's rough-looking biological mother Li Jingui in a stupor, and was deeply ashamed, so that the emperor was depressed and did not pay attention to it when he was young.

Rong Pei said worriedly: "The emperor has taken so much deer blood wine, and he is already full of yang energy, if he is fortunate again, I am afraid that it will hurt his body." ”

In this case, only Ruyi and the Queen Mother can be persuaded in the palace. However, the emperor may not like the Queen Mother to know. Ruyi wanted to persuade, but she couldn't speak, and she muttered for a long time before saying, "Rong Pei, go stew a bowl of mung bean lotus heart soup." ”

Rong Pei was surprised: "Queen Mother, it's already autumn, it's not the time to drink mung bean lotus heart soup!" ”

Ruyi flicked her sleeves and got up, and said, "This palace doesn't know that it's out of place." However, it can only be out of place once. ”

When Ruyi entered the courtyard of Yongshou Palace, the palace people trembled one by one as if they were facing a great enemy. Wang Chan, the eunuch who was waiting for Yinwan, came out of the inner hall with an empty boxwood square plate, and when he saw Ruyi just about to shout, Rong Pei's eyes were quick, and he slapped him in the face, and said in a low voice: "In front of the queen's mother, don't move your tongue indiscriminately." ”

Rong Pei looked at the plate he was holding and there were still a few drops of blood on it, stretched out his finger and dipped it in a sniff, and replied to Ruyi: "It's deer blood wine." She turned her face and asked Wang Chan: "How many bowls did you send in?" If there is a sentence that is not true, immediately drag it out and kill it! ”

Wang Chan knew that he was afraid, and said honestly: "Four bowls." ”

There was a faint sound of a woman's loud laughter coming out of it, which sounded particularly unrestrained and bewitching in the daytime. Ruyi listened for a quarter of an hour, and the voice inside gradually quieted down, and then she said calmly: "Who is inside?" Please come out. ”

Wang Chan went in in a panic. Not long after, the door squeaked open, and several women in glamorous makeup rushed out.

Ruyi originally thought that there was only Yinwan in the Yongshou Palace, but what she didn't want to come out of was usual, usual, Xiu, and Jin concubines, all of them were there, and her sideburns were frizzy, and the hairpin ring was loose. Especially Concubine Jin, a woven gold satin jade piece buckle was still loosely unfastened, but she didn't notice it herself.

If Yi saw them like this, he could imagine how the emperor in the dormitory drank bowls of deer blood wine. Her face became more and more ugly, almost bursting, and she shouted coldly, "Kneel." ”

How could a young woman bear such a look and words? The three of them knelt down first, and although Concubine Jin was a little reluctant, she didn't dare to stand alone, so she had to kneel down as well.

Ruyi disdained to talk to them, and only said with a cold face: "Think about it, where is your mistake." ”

The other three turned red, bowed their heads and were silent, and they were so embarrassed that they were about to cry. But Concubine Jin twisted the silk and muttered, "What's wrong?" It's just serving the emperor. ”

Ruyi raised the corners of her lips and smiled, but her eyes were as clear as ice: "When Empress Xiaoxian was alive, she paid the most attention to rules and restrained the harem. You must know that after her death, the women of her clan, the Fucha clan, served the emperor so unscrupulously, it was really a shame under Jiuquan. ”

Concubine Jin relied on these days to be favored, and said angrily: "The concubines serve the emperor, and the emperor is also willing to serve the concubines, what is there to be ashamed of?" The queen mother can't serve in front of the emperor to please the emperor, so she spills her anger on the concubines, right? ”