It was eerily quiet, with the occasional wind passing through the courtyard and the muffled hiss of unknown monsters lurking in the darkness. Everyone froze in place. The shock in his heart was like a stormy wave, rushing Ruyi staggered slightly, subconsciously covered his slightly open mouth, and choked the exclamation that was almost gushing out.

The infant child has thin limbs but a large belly, and the whole abdomen is tinged with a strange blue-blue color. What's even more terrifying is that the child's body has two characteristics, a man and a woman.

The emperor's hands trembled in fright, and almost instinctively pushed the child out. Fortunately, Wang Qin caught it firmly, and he was also afraid, and his hands trembled and he didn't know what to do with the child in his hands. The queen also saw it clearly for a while, and she was so shocked that she let out a low cry, her face was pale, and she was greatly frightened, and she tightly grasped the sleeve of the emperor's dragon robe. Ruyi didn't know if her face was as ugly as the queen, she only felt her heart beating violently, as if she couldn't bear what she was seeing. She has been bound by the royal family for many years, although she also knows that it is often difficult for the harem to give birth to children, and many children die young, but in the hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been such a terrible thing!

The child clearly had a face that was no different from that of other babies, with a small flushed face and a smile of satisfaction. His body squirmed in swaddling clothes, not feeling so different from the child next to him. But he didn't distinguish between male and female, shocking the world.

The tired voice of a woman waking up from a coma sounded faintly: "Child, where is my child?" ”

The emperor's body shook violently, as if he had suffered some unbearable force, and there was only a pair of frightened and sad eyes on his dead face, and the sorrow in those eyes was like the cold frost between the green tiles of the cold snow because it touched the child's face, and it was covered in an instant, leaving only a piercing cold horror and disgust.

The woman's voice sounded again inside, with anticipation and hope: "Bring the child to me to see......"

There was silence, and no one dared to answer.

The queen reacted quickly, with a cold determination. She turned her head, and the tassel hairpin with a silver phoenix hanging beads between her hair buns flashed with a cold star-like light, cutting through the dark blue to the blackened sky, and disappeared in an instant. There was no softness or hesitation in her tone, and she said resolutely: "Your Majesty, this is an evil obstacle, an ominous monster, and it must not be left!" ”

The emperor was slightly stunned, nodded blankly, and the queen immediately looked at Wang Qin and spit out word by word: "You go and arrange it, tell everyone that Mei Gui gave birth to a stillborn baby, and the stillborn baby is ominous, so bury it immediately!" When she said the word "it", she was indifferent and without any emotion, as if the child was a little animal worth not caring about, ready to take away his fresh life.

Ruyi was really a little unbearable, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there are no other problems with this child, just more...... Why don't you ask the doctor to see if you can get rid of the extra ......"

The emperor looked at the child's pink face, and he was a little shaken for a while. The queen immediately turned her face and slapped Ruyi's face. The slap came so fast that people almost couldn't react, Ruyi suffered this slap hard, only to feel that her face was hot, better than all the pain. The queen looked at her coldly, her eyes were like a pair of black pebbles raised in the cold ice of clear water, looking clear and black, but there was a chill that made people feel chilled all over her body: "Concubine Xian, if you do something wrong or say anything wrong, this palace will not blame you." But this slap, you have to remember that this child is an ominous demon fetus. If you let others know that it is spread to harm the auspiciousness of the Holy Reputation and the Qing Dynasty, it is not too much for this palace to kill you. ”

The pain on the face is pressed to the depths of the texture little by little, and after a long time, the face on the other side of the face that has not been beaten has a strange cold touch, as if the icicles under the dripping eaves are melting into water little by little and sliding on the cheeks, and the cold hairs stand on end, and the cold is piercing. She understood that the child could not be saved, and she didn't dare to cover her face, so she had to bend her knees: "The concubine lost her words, please forgive the queen." ”

The queen raised her face and motioned for her to get up. The emperor settled his mind, as if he had found a wisp of the soul of the main heart, and asked calmly: "In this case, what does the empress mean ......?"

The queen bowed slightly, and her tone was gentle and calm: "The noble lady Mei is unfortunate, she gave birth to a stillborn child, and she is not blessed to extend the heir for the emperor, and please mourn the emperor." I hope that the noble people will be blessed in the future, and they can also spread the branches and leaves for the royal family, and then renew the incense. The queen glanced at the child in Wang Qin's arms: "Since it is a stillborn child, let's deal with it well." Wang Qin, no one else is allowed to know about this matter. As for the people who already know, except for the palace, the emperor and the concubine, it's you. ”

Wang Qin was stunned and immediately agreed: "Yes." The minions understood. ”

Ruyi watched him turn around and leave, and knew in her heart that this child would not survive if he was cut off.

The emperor waved his hand tiredly: "Empress, you and Concubine Xian go to comfort the noble lady, I'm tired." ”

The queen knew that the emperor did not want to meet Mei Guiren at this time, and perhaps after that, the emperor would not want to see her again, so she gently persuaded: "The emperor is tired all night, and he must be tired." It's better to go to the palace of the concubine to rest for a while, the concubine prepared some Wuren ginseng soup, which was originally reserved for herself to drink to calm the nerves, and the emperor hurried to drink a bowl to calm his mind. ”

The emperor's gaze swept over Ruyi's face and he was a little apologetic: "Then I will go to the queen's palace first." ”

Ruyi also knows that the emperor must feel uncomfortable tonight, the queen is as stable as Mount Tai, and it is also a good thing for the emperor to be with her. So she owed her body to send her off: "The emperor rests in peace, and the concubines will have a good time with the queen to comfort the noble Mei." ”

The Emperor nodded, and turned to leave. The queen glanced at Ruyi, reached out and gently stroked her cheek, and asked Wen Yan, "Does it hurt?" ”

Ruyi's body shrank slightly, with some irrepressible fear, and hurriedly said: "Queen Xie cares, Fang is the concubine is speechless." ”

The queen sighed and said, "In that case, this child can't be left behind. In case the emperor is reluctant to give up, and it is difficult to make a decision for a while, wouldn't he be even more troubled when he sees that evil obstacle in the future. And once the matter spreads, what kind of humiliation will this demon who is neither male nor female cause the royal family? It's better to cut through the mess quickly. ”

Ruyi's heart was blocked, as if someone had stuffed a handful of hemp seeds, her throat was sore and swollen, but her tone tried her best to maintain peace and calmness: "Yes, the concubine is taught, but the concubine is confused." ”

The crying in the dormitory of Yonghe Palace became more and more poignant, and it was the anxiety and anxiety of Mei Guiren, who was anxious to see her child but no one coped with it. The queen sighed: "Let's go, how to persuade her, this is our business." ”

Ruyi followed the queen to push the door in, and the exquisitely and elegantly arranged dormitory was quite quiet with piano and books, as if under the hustle and bustle of grace, Rui Ji also had her own freshness and elegance, winning the emperor's eyes. But at this moment, the smell of lily incense deposited in the temple was mixed with a rich and unrelenting smell of blood and a damp smell of sweating from the top of the mother's head, which was out of place in this season.

As soon as the queen and Ruyifu entered the palace, they saw the Mei nobles panicked and broke free of the support of the palace people, fell down from the bed, and fell at the queen's feet with tears on their faces, crying: "Queen Mother, they don't let the concubines see the children!" They all stopped their concubines! Her panic and uneasiness were unmistakably written on her delicate face. Queen Mother, you told the concubine, is the child not very good? The queen's brief silence made her a little flustered, "It doesn't matter if it's ugly, as long as it's all, it's all." Queen Mother, the child won't lack anything, right? ”

How can it be missing? It's clearly a little bit more than that's right.

The queen stretched out her hands to support her, and said slowly: "Noble Mei, you have to mourn." She glanced at Ruyi, Ruyi understood, and had to say: "The child was born a stillbirth." The emperor instructed that the child should be sent immediately...... Went back. ”

Mei Guiren shook her whole body, as if a thunderbolt had run over her head mercilessly, and she trembled all over. She collapsed to the ground, crying, "No, no!" When the child was born, I still heard his cry, how could it be a stillborn? ”

"Lady Mei, you really misheard. A child is born without breath, how can he cry? The queen looked at her with pity, and then slowly looked at the people in the palace, "You were all by Mei Guiren's side at the time, tell Mei Guiren, is the child born silent?" ”

The queen's gaze was as gentle as before, but as far as the eye could see, no one dared not kneel, bowed her head and lowered her eyebrows: "Yes, the queen's mother is right, and please mourn the nobles." ”

Ruyi said in a low voice: "If you are sad, it is better to ask the master of Baohua Hall to chant and pray for blessings, so that you can send your child to Bliss early." ”

Mei Guiren woke up in tears in his eyes: "Please tell the queen mother to tell the concubine, whether this child is a man or a woman......"

The queen was slightly stunned, and glanced at Ruyi with some embarrassment, Ruyi hesitated and said, "It's a ......."

The queen immediately said: "It's a little princess, so don't be too sad." Concubine Xian is right, she wants to ask the master of Baohua Hall to chant for the little princess. The queen ordered everyone in a deep voice: "These days, Mei Guiren should be confined to nourish her body, she is not allowed to move around to see the wind, only the master of Baohua Hall is allowed to enter the side hall to pray for blessings and chanting, and no one else is allowed to disturb Mei Guiren to recuperate." ”

As soon as Ruyi heard it, she knew that the queen had placed Mei Guiren under house arrest. She looked helplessly at the noble rose, who was immersed in grief, and left with the queen's steps.

The cold winter night turned into ice, Ruyi listened to the heart-rending cry from the dormitory from afar, and the slight coolness in her heart was like the vast snow field reflected by the moonlight, cold and bright cold. She reached out from the big haul to catch the cold snowflakes that fell from the endless dark night sky. Such a cold and small snowflake fell in the brightly lit courtyard, accompanied by the helpless and sad cry of the rose nobles, and the chill of the winter night invaded the bones silently.

Mei Guiren suddenly lost her daughter, not only was the palace surprised, but even the queen mother was quite sad. The hearts of the people in the palace are floating, and Concubine Hui is also whispering behind her back, and the noble people are too arrogant and happy, so they fold the child's longevity. The rumors are boiling, but fortunately, as the queen said, outsiders are not allowed to enter and leave the Yonghe Palace, so that the Mei nobles are not disturbed and can recuperate with peace of mind. But the Mei nobles were so sad, but the emperor never set foot in Yonghe Palace to visit and comfort him. The Queen Mother wanted to ask the emperor about the stillbirth of the noble Mei several times, but the emperor only vaguely said a few words, and then passed.