Ruyi crouched on the table, and the eight-treasure beast tablecloth embroidered with a pretty lotus pod pierced her face hard and thorny. She stretched out her hand and rubbed blankly: "There is also a pure concubine, her grace has faded in this life, but she doesn't have to be afraid of anything." Both children are complete, and they can still tease their grandchildren in the future. The person who lives the most freely and safely in the palace is her. ”

Rong Pei had never seen Ruyi so sad, so she had to put on a crimson gold bead for her: "Niangniang, you are the queen, no matter whose child it is, you are the mother-in-law; Their children and grandchildren are also your children. ”

Ruyi shook her head sadly: "Rong Pei, that's different." People shed the same blood, and they are close relatives of flesh and blood. And you, on the other hand, are nothing more than a statue of a god in the temple, worshiped by incense, but all perfunctory. ”

Rong Pei really couldn't, so she had to say: "Niangniang, you still have a fifth elder brother." The fifth elder brother is more competitive, he has been trained by you to be both civil and military, and he has learned Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese at a young age, and the emperor doesn't know how much he likes him! If the fifth elder brother is valued by the emperor in the coming day, you are of course the queen mother, and Concubine Yu is the queen mother, and the family is very good together. ”

Ruyi's tearful face showed a pale delicacy under the bright and burning candlelight, like a white Youtan at night, blooming alone with clear dew: "Yongqi is naturally a good boy who is filial." But Rong Pei, after every hope, the palace hated it very much. hated that he was so stupid and dull back then, and he didn't know it when he was calculated for many years; hated Empress Xiaoxian's vicious mind. Therefore, Bengong has no regrets at all, how others hurt Bengong to lose hope for an heir, and Bengong will also destroy all her hopes. But Rong Pei, no matter what, the children in this palace can't come! ”

In the misty tears in the eyes, Yikun Palace is so lively, the newly sealed queen, the life carefully depicted by gold powder, no matter how you look at it, it is all purple and red, and it is prosperous all the way. But only Ruyi herself knows how lonely she is after those love and glory. After the night was quiet, she was the only one left in the palace. The large rosewood lotus carved bed is covered with a pair of soft pillows with fragrant flower clusters pattern, and on top of it are golden-red and silver-green two-bed Su-weaving Huasi phoenix-perched sycamore quilts. When the emperor is there, it is naturally a joy like a pair. But in the absence of the emperor, she clearly realized that that was her real day in the future. She will be old, she will fall out of favor, and there will be a day when "the red face is not old and the grace is broken first, and she will sit in the smoke cage until tomorrow". In the loneliness of those days, she didn't even have any blood and bones to rely on and sustenance. I can only smell the old and precious old utensils emitting the lush dark fragrance of aging, faintly, like old silk yellowed in water, wrapped around myself one by one, until I am old, until I die.

That is her future, the future of a queen, and there is no difference between a promise and a constant presence.

Rong Pei knew that she couldn't be persuaded, she could only let Ruyi vent the grief and pain that she had never been willing to declare like this, and let the wine pour into her guts one by one, instead of all the words and actions to comfort her.

After a while, Yun Zhi came in and whispered, "Sister Rong, the little concubine is here, and I want to see the queen mother." ”

Rong Pei looked at Ruyi, who was drunk and unconscious, with some embarrassment, and said softly: "Niangniang is drunk, I'm afraid I won't be able to see people." In this way, you go to Haosheng and return to the little master of the concubine, please go back first. ”

Yun Zhi agreed to go outside, and when she saw Yan Wan, she said: "Concubine Ling, the queen mother has just come back from Chuxiu Palace, and she is drunk at the moment, I am afraid that I will not be able to see the little master." ”

Yin Wan glanced in the direction of Nuan Pavilion and said, "I just saw that Niangniang was a little drunk when she came back from Chuxiu Palace, so she deliberately went back to the palace to get some sobering soup." Why are you drunk at this moment? ”

Yunzhi smiled: "Niangniang came back and drank some wine." It's a great time to drink! ”

Yan Wan's heart suddenly burst into action, and she quickly smiled: "Yes." Concubine Shu is happy, and Niangniang is friendly with Concubine Shu, so she is naturally happy, so the wine is good! ”

As he was talking, he saw Lingzhi walking outside the hall with a bowl of sobering soup, Rong Pei opened the door and said: "Niangniang is so drunk that she vomits all over her body, go and bring hot water, I'll feed Niangniang to drink the sobering soup!" ”

Lingzhi hurriedly agreed. Yan Wan saw it for a while, and said unconsciously: "The queen mother is really drunk, this palace will not hinder you from serving, take good care of it." ”

Yun Zhi respectfully sent Yinwan out. Chunchan waited outside the Yimen, and when she saw Yanwan coming out so quickly, she was surprised and said: "The little master came out so quickly, did the queen mother sleep?" ”

Lan Cuiben followed Yin Wan in, and said quickly: "What is sleeping, you are drunk." ”

Chunchan quipped: "Ouch! It's okay if the concubine is drunk, why is the queen also drunk! ”

A sneer fell on the corner of Yinwan's mouth, and said, "Whether the concubine is drunk or the queen is drunk, it's just sad." The palace thought that the queen was so graceful and generous, and reminded Concubine Shu of the fetal pills, but it turned out that she still couldn't pass the level of a woman, and she was just jealous and cautious. ”

Chunchan smiled: "The little master is right. A woman is a woman, and even a queen is not exempt from vulgarity. ”

Yan Wan's long eyelashes were lightly raised, and her lacquered eyes turned faintly: "So, even if something happens to Concubine Shu's fetus in the future, it will be the sin of the careful-eyed people, and it has nothing to do with us." ”

Chunchan smiled heartily and helped Yinwan to return to the palace leisurely.

In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, the previous dynasty was quiet, and the riots in Tibet had long been calmed down. In the first month, the emperor visited his mother on the grounds of understanding the people's suffering, and toured Jiangsu and Zhejiang for the first time.

At first, there were quite a few officials from the DPRK and China, thinking that the southern tour of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, a journey of thousands of miles, alarmed the officials and people along the way, and tended to greet them, which was a waste of money. The emperor was a little displeased: "Now you all call the world stable and rich, and this stability and wealth I have seen it in the folds, and I have never seen it." The Holy Ancestor Kangxi also toured the south, went down to the south of the Yangtze River to have fun with the officials and the people, and understood the people's livelihood and suffering. As a descendant of the Holy Ancestors, I should follow suit. ”

In this way, no one dares to admonish again. When he returned to the palace, the emperor saw that Ruyi was already waiting for him to go down to court in the warm pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the smile unconsciously overflowed from his lips, shining his eyebrows and eyes.

Ruyi couldn't help laughing: "Although the emperor loves the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, he doesn't have to be so happy." ”

The emperor took her hand, leaned over her ear and whispered, "You have been to Suzhou when you were young, and every time you talk to me, you are very eager to go again. I was only a prince that day, and I can't take you out of Beijing without permission. Now, I will work with you to fulfill my wish and go to the place we want to go the most. There was a bright light in his eyes, like stars shining like diamonds in the inky blue night sky, "I promise you, not only this time, but we will have many days to come, and I will always accompany you to the mountains and rivers." ”

The warm color at the bottom of her heart is like a peach blossom with brocade condensation, blooming to the extreme in the spring breeze, so light and fragrant, filling her heart. She snuggled on the emperor's chest and said politely: "As long as it is the place where the emperor wants to go, the concubines must accompany her and never leave lightly." ”

Outside the window, there was still a thin layer of flying snow fluttering like catkins, and between his eyes and hers, there was only infinite joy and peace.

According to the meaning of the queen mother, because it was a place of smoke and softness in the south of the Yangtze River, the accompanying concubines were accompanied by pure concubines, rose concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, Qing nobles and Jia Guifei from the Li Dynasty who were born in the Han military banner.

The emperor was very satisfied with the arrangement of the queen mother, so he entrusted the affairs of the six palaces to Concubine Yu Hailan to take care of. Before leaving, Ruyi went to visit Yihuan again. At that time, Yihuan was already more than five months pregnant, and her gradually bulging abdomen showed that she had a special roundness and happiness as a first-time mother. Ruyi stroked her stomach with a smile and said, "Is everything okay?" ”

The light blue magnolia pattern mattress under him was as soft as a pile of cotton, and he put his hand on his abdomen with affection: "Everything is fine." It's just that it always feels like it's in a dream, and it's not real. ”

Ruyi couldn't help but tease: "Your belly is so big, the child will kick you, is it always like in a dream?" ”

The snow light outside the window reflected the whole hall through the bright paper, and Yi Huan's flushed face had an indescribable softness, as if there was infinite affection: "Does Niang Niang know? The first time the concubines saw the emperor was a year before they entered the palace. When the emperor came back from the mausoleum, the street was crowded with onlookers, and the concubines followed Ama to watch the excitement in the teahouse. After such a distance, the concubines could actually see the emperor's face clearly. Prior to this, the concubine as an alternative show girl had also read the emperor's imperial poems, but the concubine never thought that this person would have such a good-looking face. Since then, this person has been rooted in the heart of the concubine. Knowing that when the emperor was not drafted that year, the concubines cried very sadly, but they didn't expect to be selected by the queen mother to serve in the palace. In the days when she followed the queen mother, the queen mother treated her concubines very well, and she told her concubines that the emperor liked Hanmo, poetry, and painting. We are full of people and horses to win the world, but the emperor is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Athenian taste, there is almost nothing he can't do. Sometimes the emperor came to Cining Palace, and the concubines hid behind the screen and quietly glanced at him. At that time, the concubine was really happy, it turned out that I had been a human being all my life, and I was familiar with poetry and books, all in order to go to this person. ”

Ruyi saw that she was despotically happy, but there was a faint but inexplicable sorrow hovering in her heart, she had to smile and said: "My sister should be happy now that she has a child again." ”

There was a bright brilliance in Yi Huan's eyes, as if the sky was full of Milky Way and could not pour out the joy and happiness in her heart: "The concubine has always felt that being by the emperor's side is the greatest blessing. Because this blessing was too great, it damaged the heirs of the concubines. Queen Mother, they won't understand this to anyone the concubines say, but Niangniang will definitely understand. There are so many people in the palace, they look at the emperor's eyes, and their smiles are all naked desires. Only the queen mother is the same as the concubine, and the eyes you look at the emperor are the same as the concubines. ”

Is it really the same? She thought to herself. In fact, even she herself doubted that the so-called sincerity at the beginning, after years of rough frustration, how much was left? The more she saw and heard, the more she questioned and distrusted. That kind of pure love may be the biggest reason why she cherishes Yihuan and is willing to associate with it. That's because the Yihuan she saw was suddenly the lost former self. But what can you get from such a self and such a joy?

Such thoughts ran through her mind uncontrollably, until He Xi stepped forward to persuade her worriedly: "The little lord has always been very happy, and now, he still vomits badly when he smells something." I've said so much at this time, and I'm going to be uncomfortable again. ”

Ru Yiqiang pressed down on his complicated thoughts and said with concern: "You are the first child, and it is inevitable that you will have a hard time getting pregnant." However, this palace has also heard that the more joyful it is, the smarter the child in the womb will be in the future. You can rest assured. After that, he instructed the waiter to cherish what things should not be touched or smelled, and even the tea should be extra careful.

He Xi smiled: "The queen mother has instructed many times, and the slave will definitely be careful." ”

Ruyi sighed: "It's not that the palace is not at ease, Jiang Youbin should have been kept to serve you, but now he has a lot of qualifications in the Tai Hospital, and he has the trust of the emperor, so he has to follow the southern tour all the way, so you have to be extra careful here." ”

Yi Huan bowed his head and said: "The queen's mother's concern for the concubine's birth, the concubine is very emotional. Fortunately, Sister Concubine Yu is careful, and with her here, the queen can rest assured. ”

Ruyi said with a smile: "No, this palace is happy to see that you are pregnant, so you can't let go of the left and can't let go of the right." But then again, this palace followed the emperor on his southern tour this time, Yongqi was too young to take it with him, and Hailan had to take care of Yongqi and take care of the affairs of the harem, so I was afraid that it would be difficult. Be careful in everything. ”

Laughing and worried, he carefully protected his lower abdomen: "Not to mention the previous dynasty, it is today, from the matter of Concubine Yi and Concubine Mei's children, as well as the danger of Concubine Yu's childbirth, don't concubines know to be vigilant?" This child is a testimony of the love between the concubine and the emperor for many years, and the concubine must take good care of him, and no one will be allowed to hurt him in the slightest! ”