She has not suffered such days. Jun's grace flows eastward like water, and he is favored and worried. The women in the palace, day after day, have not been subjected to this way.

Xi Yue took a step closer, and said nothing: "But how did I hear that the emperor ordered the master of the Baohua Hall to chant in the Yonghe Palace for a month to pray for blessings, because the child born by Mei Gui is a demon!" ”

Ruyi hurriedly signaled for silence, her expression was flat and unfazed: "Concubine Niangniang, the palace is not as good as elsewhere, such words cannot be said or transmitted." ”

Xi Yue restrained her smile and sneered coldly: "In this case, it's not just the main palace, it's all over the palace!" Now I'm afraid that Mei Guiren will stay at home, and sooner or later he will have to know. ”

Ruyi's heart sank: "It's all rumored in the palace? ”

Xi Yue sneered: "Isn't it? If you don't believe who you think can hide from whom, listen to it yourself. Xi Yue said that, called the palace maid and left together.

There has always been more gossip in the palace than snakes, insects, rats and ants scurrying around in the dark corners. Hidden in the corners under the red walls and green tiles of the palace, noisy and stealing, sneaky, and ready to move. Like the rats in the stove room, like the grass on the wall swaying left and right, one ear bites the other, good words are relying, all gritting their teeth, licking their tongues, chewing and spitting out. There is only oil and vinegar, and there are no short words and sentences.

This is the gossip of the harem, which has not been cut off for a day, but is like an endless spring grass, growing endlessly. The one who threw a shocking boulder into the ups and downs of this gossip was the self-hanging of the noble man.

The gates of Yonghe Palace, which had been closed for more than a month, were reopened. When Ruyi learned the news, it was already time to wake up from a nap and drink tea and snacks. When Ah Ji came to say goodbye, Ruyi was so shocked that she spilled a cup of tea in her hand, and hurriedly helped Ah Ji and Xinxin's hands to Yonghe Palace.

When Ruyi arrived, the emperor and empress were already there. She asked Ann and sat down in a chair next to her. Mei Guiren was held down by the queen's close Su Xin and Lian Xin and sat on the bed, whimpering and crying. The emperor couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he was angry, but his tone was very stern: "It is a big crime for the concubines in the palace to commit suicide, what can't you think of, you dare to hang yourself in the Forbidden City, and you are not afraid of adding bad luck to the palace!" ”

Mei Guiren only wore a plain white shirt embroidered with silver silk branches to welcome spring, and a stone blue carved silk gray squirrel was draped outside, the verdant plain white background, the more it seemed that the face was bloodless, only the snow-white neck left a deep purple strangulation mark, Chu Chu pitifully told the world that she had just been dragged back from the ghost gate.

Mei Guiren whimpered and cried: "The concubine is originally an unlucky person, what else is there to say." The emperor forgave the concubine, and the concubine died. ”

The emperor was so angry that he couldn't help but be angry: "Even if you don't have a family to take care of, you are not afraid to sit together." But what does the emperor not love you, you are so contemptuous and self-deprecating, and easily ruin your own life, don't you live up to the emperor's heart for you? ”

Mei Guiren cried more and more sadly: "Only the concubines themselves can't live with the emperor." The concubines have nothing to say, and they have no shame to serve the emperor anymore! ”

The queen looked at the palace people who were kneeling all over the ground and said: "You too, if you don't serve Mei Guiren well, why she is so sad and troublesome, this palace will deal with you severely." ”

Those palace people were so frightened that they kowtowed desperately and said, "The queen mother forgives her sins!" The Queen Mother forgives her sins! The minions don't know what happened, and the nobleman's emotions will be so excited! One of the leading palace maids cried and said: "The noble little lord has been in a state of flux for the past few days, and he has been dreaming at night, and he has not slept well!" This afternoon, the little master was going to take a nap, but the little master did not let the slaves and maids serve, and sent them all out. The slave and maid listened to it outside and was not very relieved, and heard the sound of the stool falling to the ground, afraid that something would happen, but when she broke in, she saw that the noble little master actually hung herself on the beam! ”

Ruyi hurriedly asked, "Then why can't your little master think about it?" But for the sake of the children? ”

The palace maid shook her head timidly, and bowed her head again.

The emperor was so angry that he asked again and again: "If there is anything you can't figure out, you can tell me and the empress, otherwise, Concubine Xian is so close to you, you can also tell her." ”

Mei Guiren cried and said, "Isn't the emperor afraid that his concubines will talk to others, and what do you know?" Therefore, the queen also locked her concubines in this Yonghe Palace and was not allowed to see anyone. The concubine knows that she is soft-spoken and her life is as thin as paper, so what else can she do except hang herself on the beam? ”

The emperor slammed the teacup in his hand: "Ridiculous! ”

Ruyi hurriedly took the teacup and blew it: "The teacup is too hot, and the emperor's hands hurt carefully." ”

The emperor bowed slightly, and was about to speak, but he saw the apricot-red clothes at the door of the dormitory flashing, but it was Concubine Hui and Tingting standing there. She took off her cloak by the palace maid, and her voice was cold: "If the concubine is a noble person, she can't think about it if she hears about those gossip." A good child, even if he dies, he will be rumored to be a demon who is one and the same, and he can't distinguish between male and female. There are a few mothers in this world who can stand it. ”

The emperor's expression changed greatly, and he frowned: "Where did you hear all this nonsense, and you still came here to talk about it?" ”

Concubine Hui was not afraid, Ying Ying gave a salute and said: "Where did the concubine hear that there is no one in the palace who is not spreading it like this." ”

Mei Guiren screamed and cried bitterly, struggled to get up from the bed, walked to the emperor on his knees, hugged the corner of his dragon robe and said: "Your Majesty, I ask you to tell the concubine the truth, is the concubine's child a demon, is it not even a brother or a princess?" Therefore, the emperor will be disgusted with the concubines so far, and he will not want to come to see the concubines for more than a month! ”

The emperor reluctantly squeezed a smile and said, "Don't listen to the gossip outside!" I don't come to see you, it's also for you to take care of your body with peace of mind! ”

Mei Guiren wept and said, "Where can the concubine still take care of her body? Even if the concubine lives in the Yonghe Palace, she can hear the discussion outside the palace wall. No wonder the emperor didn't even let the concubine take a look at the child and sent it away, it turned out that the concubine was really a demon! ”

The emperor was a little irritated and shouted, "Wang Qin! ”

Wang Qin hurriedly came in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, the slave is here." ”

The emperor said coldly: "You go to the palace to thoroughly investigate, who is spreading rumors, saying that Mei Gui was born a demon." Once it is found, no matter which palace it is, it will be immediately sent to the Prudential Criminal Division and will not be allowed to come out for life. Although the emperor's tone was cold, his eyes were even sharper, and he only patrolled Wang Qin's face, forcing him to ooze a cold sweat, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor can rest assured, there will never be such a person spreading rumors around the minion, let alone anyone who has heard this kind of rumor, and the slave will immediately investigate." ”

The emperor said lightly "um" and said: "Noble Mei, it doesn't matter if others have such speculation and rumors, but you are the biological mother of the child, if you have such suspicions, and you have to die for this, wouldn't it be that even you yourself are speculating about your own child like this." I don't have anything else to say, I just tell you, you have to find a short-term vision, no one can save you, and you can't replace that child! ”

The emperor didn't say a word, got up and left, and walked into the courtyard, but saw Concubine Hui following closely and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has a word, I don't know if to say it?" ”

The emperor said, "If you have something to say, say it." ”

Concubine Hui gave a salute and said, "The concubine thinks about something, no matter what kind of child Mei Gui gives birth to, even if it is a stillbirth, it is unlucky. And the noble people are looking for death and life like this, I am afraid that they will collide with something. Now that Yi Guiren is pregnant and lives behind Yonghe Palace, if he is affected by this unlucky person and thing, and then involves the fetus in the womb, it will not be good. ”

The emperor said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Hui Guifei said: "The emperor has many children, everyone is fine, only the children of Mei Guiren have something, that is the ominous Mei Guiren." Instead of leaving such an ominous person in the palace, it is better to ask the noble people to move to the palace outside the palace and stop living in the Forbidden City. ”

The emperor let out a faint "oh": "Is this the only way?" My original intention was to invite a few mages to overtake and then be able to relieve the confinement of the Mei nobles. ”

Concubine Hui shook her head and said: "The concubine doesn't dare to say anything else, no matter whether the Mei Guiren is born a stillborn child or a demon, the heir is the best, if it is contaminated with her bad luck, there is another child like that in the palace, how can it be good?" The Qing Dynasty has a hundred years of national glory and auspiciousness, is it possible that it will be lost in her hands? ”

Ruyi was following the queen out, and when she heard this, she unconsciously stepped forward. The queen held her hand and shook her head slowly. Ruyi was worried in her heart, and when she looked back, Mei Guiren was still crying depressedly in the depths of the dormitory.

The emperor was still silent: "Don't say half of the words, just spit them out." ”

"Mei Guiren is ominous, the grace of heaven will give birth to such a child, such a yin owl's calamity is broken. The concubine thought, anyway, the Mei nobles couldn't think of hanging themselves, so it was better to fulfill her and let her accompany the child, which could be regarded as accumulating yin virtue. Concubine Hui held the emperor's arm, looked at the emperor's expression carefully, and said meaningfully, "What is that child like, the emperor has seen it with his own eyes." There must not be a second child like this in the palace. ”

The Emperor's body shook slightly, as if deeply touched by her words, and he immediately fell into a deeper silence.