The queen waited for the hall to be quiet, Fang looked at Su Xin, and said lightly: "Go and see Lianxin, such a big happy event, don't shed tears, bad luck!" ”

Su Xin hurriedly smiled and persuaded: "Don't worry, the queen mother, Lianxin is just confused for a while, and she hasn't figured it out yet." ”

The queen took a loquat and peeled it into the shape of an inverted weeping lotus, and Fang ate it slowly: "What else does she not understand!" In the entire Changchun Palace, you are either over thirty like you, or you are too young to be seen. Fortunately, Wang Qin liked her, and repeatedly mentioned it to Bengong, and she was Bengong's henchman, so Bengong was willing to promote her. You want her to remember it well, marry obediently, and entrap Wang Qin, which is equivalent to enveloping the emperor's thoughts and steps. This palace can't tolerate her ruining the big things of this palace! ”

Su Xin knew the severity, so she hurriedly peeled a loquat for the queen and handed it over, saying: "We all know Niangniang's hard work, but Niangniang has an elder brother and a princess, and she has the authority of the middle palace and the emperor's care, what are we afraid of?" ”

The queen raised her eyes to look at the golden sunlight in the clear sky, stretched out her hand to explore the icebergs offered in the cloisonne basin, and said, "Why don't you want to sit back and relax?" But the queen mother is getting more and more involved in the affairs of the harem, and you can see that Mei Chang is here that there will only be more and more concubines and heirs of the emperor, and the palace will only become more and more old. Her eyes lit up, as if a little black fireworks flashed, "So everything can't be more than a layer of prevention." ”

Su Xin sighed: "A wise man must have a thousand thoughts. The mother bothered. ”

Mei Changzai's pregnancy was the emperor's first child after he ascended the throne, and although the emperor had already had children, he was also very happy. Although he was worried about the water affairs in the south of the Yangtze River for a few days, the emperor had to stay in the Yonghe Palace to ask for warmth.

This night, it was rare that Mei Chang did not pester the emperor anymore, so the emperor went to Yanxi Palace, asked Yonghuang about his homework, and stayed in Ruyi Pavilion to eat together.

Ruyi took a chopstick dish for the emperor and said: "Does the emperor know that the queen mother wants to give marriage to the lotus heart?" ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Why did you ask about this?" ”

Ruyi frowned: "The concubine just thinks that it is a pity that a good daughter's family marries a eunuch." ”

The emperor said: "The queen said this, there are many eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and they can't all be released, and there are too many crazy men and women, so it is better to make do with the right food, and comfort each other." The queen had good intentions, and I agreed. ”

Ruyi heard this, and it was not easy to say much, so she poured a glass of wine in the emperor's cup, and the cherry-colored qiong liquid condensed in the white jade wine cup, like a fine red jade, full of brilliance.

The emperor smiled and said, "The color of this wine looks very festive. ”

Ruyi looked at the emperor's expression, and was also happy: "The emperor is in a good mood, so naturally everything is festive." ”

"Do you think I'm in a good mood?"

Ruyi smiled and reached out to stroke his eyebrows, which were as black as ink. Looking at him so closely, even the eyebrows are so good-looking. "My face is full of laugh lines, and I can't hide it. And the eyebrows, the eyebrows are flying. She endured the sourness in her heart and chuckled, "Mei Changzai is pregnant, and the emperor is really happy." ”

The emperor smiled and shook her hand, only to feel that her hand was as cold as a piece of Hetian jade. He said loudly: "No matter how happy things in the harem are, it's a trivial matter, and when there are happy things in the previous dynasty, I am truly happy in my heart." ”

Ruyi poured a glass of wine and saluted to the emperor: "The emperor is happy in his heart, that is, the concubine is happy in his heart." In order to govern the previous dynasty, the emperor worried day and night, and the attention he spent was not something that others could understand by looking at it. So this cup, the concubines pay tribute to the emperor. ”

The emperor took it but didn't drink it, and said with great interest: "You don't ask me, why are you happy?" ”

Ruyi bowed her head slightly: "Just like a farmer farming, there is a pay, there is a harvest." That's joy. Others, the concubines are in the harem, so they shouldn't ask, and they can't ask. ”

The emperor took the wine and drank it with his neck tilted, his eyes were full of smiling shadows, he held Ruyi's hand, and said softly: "This is your benefit." If it was Concubine Hui, she would have to chase me and ask what she was happy about. ”

The faint smile on Ruyi's lips narrowed slightly: "Hui Guifei naturally has the benefits of Hui Guifei." But the emperor ......" she paused, with a bit of stubbornness in her soft voice, "Your Majesty, here, let's not talk about others." ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and smiled unconsciously: "I don't see it, you still have a careful time." ”

Ruyi's smile is like the water reflecting the moon, clear and distinct: "The emperor's heart is divided into two halves, half is the former dynasty and half is the harem." Half of the heart of the harem, most of it was given to the queen mother and princesses, and the younger half was given to the concubines and sisters. In this small half, the queen occupies a large share, and the concubines each share a little of the emperor's heart, and there is not much left for the concubines. So when this small petal heart comes to the concubine, if the emperor gives it to someone else, the concubine can't even occupy the size of a sesame seed. ”

The emperor sighed and stretched out his hand to put his hand around Ruyi's shoulder: "Although you said this with a smile, I know the grievances and discomfort in your heart. I am still young, I can't take care of the affairs of the previous dynasty, and the ministers are all old ministers who follow the first emperor, and they are all qualified to be there. If I don't take care of them one by one, I will be embarrassed by any of them. For this reason, I entered the harem less, and for the sake of filial piety and the prestige of the main palace, I had to accompany the queen mother and the queen more. I have counted, and the time I spend with you is no better than when I was in the Hidden Mansion. ”

Ruyi leaned on the emperor's shoulder, the pattern of the golden thread Tengyun five-clawed dragon pattern was finely on her cheeks, and after a long time, she also felt a trace of rough stiffness, she said in a low voice: "The concubine doesn't dare to complain, if she complains, she doesn't understand the emperor's difficulties." The concubines are also looking forward to the emperor coming up, and in their private hearts, it is best that the emperor will not leave when he comes. But the concubine knows that the husband can be the husband of one person, but the emperor is the emperor of the world. Therefore, the concubines hoped that the emperor would come up, but they did not dare to hope that the emperor would come up. ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, stroked Ruyi's sideburns, and said firmly: "This is the truth." When I walked into the harem, there was the queen, a good wife, and the gentleness of Hui Guifei, the pure concubine and considerate, the charming Jia nobles, and even the Yi nobles, the Hai nobles and the graceful promises, and they also had their honest duties. But there is only one thing, you have, none of them have. ”

Ruyi was curious: "What is it?" ”

The emperor kissed her forehead and said quietly, "It's straightforward." This straightforwardness is against me, and it hasn't changed since you entered the dive mansion to today. ”

Ruyi was stunned, feeling nostalgic in her heart, but her mouth was hard: "Straightforwardness is not the virtue of the concubine, it is not a benefit." ”

The emperor sighed lightly and said with a smile: "This benefit is not among the concubines, it is between husband and wife." ”

As if the softest place in her heart was gently brushed by someone's hand, Ruyi was almost about to cry, she lowered her head and tried her best to hold back her tears: "Ruyi Xie Emperor, you can understand it like this." ”

The emperor said movingly: "I understand, and I cherish it even more." So Ruyi, although you are not my wife, nor are you the person who has been with me for the longest time, your good is in my heart. I also want you to understand that no matter how much I come to this Yanxi Palace, you are always in my heart, not only in this palace. ”

The moonlight is white, leisurely spreading across the sky, like a pool of clear water flowing down from the ice break. The wind in the distance brings the fragrance of flowers and trees. Such a good moonlight, looking out through the half-open gap in the window, seemed to make the entire palace as white as frost. Such a good month is to reflect such a pair of people. Ruyi never felt that the sixteen full moons in the Forbidden City were so perfect.

With such a peaceful time, Ruyi really felt that she was going to sleep. If you wake up from a sleep, it would be nice to be like this and the moon is two full.

It's just that there was a knock on the door outside, and she closed her eyes and didn't want to pay attention to it, but it rang twice outside. Ruyi sighed, saw that the dishes on the table were almost cold, and knew that it was the palace maid who sent the dishes in, so she had to sigh: "Come in." ”

The emperor knew what she was thinking, shook her hand, smiled and did not speak. Ruyi's face turned red, but she heard a soft "squeak" from the palace door, and a figure flashed in briskly, followed by a little palace maid holding a yellow wood square pattern plate, and walked in steadily. The person who came was Ah Zhen, she bowed lightly, said "ten thousand blessings", bowed her head slightly, and the palace maid who was holding the plate stepped forward. Ah Zhen brought out the dishes one by one, and said in his mouth: "This quail crystal is the emperor's favorite, the little master ordered the small kitchen to stare at it early in the morning, and it can't be made with half a point; This lotus steamed duck breast is a special duck breast meat that is not fat or thin, ducks love living water, so the sex is cool and goes to the fire, and the little lord specially instructed the emperor to prepare it to relieve the fatigue of the excerpts; This sweet and sour mandarin fish is sweet and sour, and it is best enjoyed with a meal and drink; There is also a sweet taste of glutinous lotus root, which symbolizes the natural combination of the emperor and the little lord, and the honey is oily. ”

The emperor smiled: "Every dish is your little master's mind, but she herself refuses to say it." When it comes out of your mouth, the mind comes alive. ”

Ah Ji lightly patted his face: "It's the slave who has a lot of mouths." But our mother is a solid person, and she can't say it when she thinks about the emperor's heart. If the slave doesn't speak out for the little master, I'm afraid that the little master's infatuation will not be known. ”

The emperor smiled briskly, patted the back of Ruyi's hand and said, "Actually, you are also a talker, but I didn't expect the girls trained by your subordinates to be clever and clever." I remember, Ah Ji has been with you for several years. ”

Ruyi said: "Ah Ji is the concubine's maid, and she married with the concubine." After serving the concubine for a long time, the words refused to squat under his tongue. ”

The emperor was quite happy: "Since I entered the palace, the queen's rules are big, and the servants in the palace are taught to be more dumb than the other, and I can't wait to have no tongue." I think it's better to talk and laugh like Ah Zhen, and it's much more fun for you to live behind closed doors. ”

Ruyi listened to Ah Jiu's praise, and her heart was also quite happy, so she said: "Since the emperor has promoted you so much, leave the cloth vegetables to serve." Just the same, don't be so complacent that you don't have the rules. ”

Ah Zhen was blessed, and said with a smile: "Niangniang's instructions, when did the slave and maid not remember it?" With that, he waited quietly on the side, waiting for the two to eat.

The emperor took a piece of sweet lotus root and ate it slowly, and said with a smile: "Originally, I didn't want to go to court in advance." But when I saw this lotus root, my heart became happy again. The floods in the south of the Yangtze River have been disasters year after year, and in the summer, floods destroyed 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the victims were displaced, which has always been a major problem for the imperial court. The first emperor wanted to control the water every year, so he allocated money to build a dike, but the dike was softer than tofu and could not prevent floods. When I ascended the throne, the officials I sent to Jiangnan to govern the two Huai provinces made an excerpt, saying that this year's embankment was built well, and no matter how big the water was, it did not wash down, and the people finally lived in peace for a year. Especially the section of Huaiyin Zhixian Guanxiu, it really used all the silver sent by the imperial court, and the embankment was harder than iron pulp. In previous years, Huaiyin was the most vulnerable to disasters, but this year's magistrate can manage things and control the water, and I have praised him. ”

Ruyi took another chopstick lotus root for the emperor, and looked at him with a smile: "The person who can share the emperor's worries should be rewarded, but I don't know what the name of this Huaiyin Zhixian is?" ”

The emperor pondered for a while: "It seems that his name is Gui Duo, Suo Yulun's clan, and he was born in a red flag coat, but he is a very capable person." I was thinking that if he could actually repair the levee, he would be a useful person. I will look at him for a while, and if he uses it, I can reward him as a prefect. ”

Before the emperor could finish speaking, he heard Ah Lisuo kneel down and kowtow, and he was so excited that he burst into tears: "Slave and maid thank the emperor for his reward, thank the emperor for his favor." ”

The emperor said curiously: "I reward the officials under me, what kind of favor are you anxious to thank?" ”

Ruyi looked at Ah Ji with a smile and said, "Gui Duo is Ah Zhen's Amma. ”

The emperor also showed a little smile: "It turns out that I have been boasting for a long time, and my daughter is here." He said to Ah Zhen, "You Ama is doing your best for me outside, you can serve well in the harem, and you can make a good appearance." ”

Ah Zhen was overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed to thank him. Ruyi saw that the timing was right, so he said: "The emperor means that he can point out a good family for Ah Ji, and the concubine will thank the emperor for Ah Ji first." ”

The emperor sandwiched a mandarin fish with chopsticks in Ruyi's bowl: "Whether Ah Ji has this creation depends on her own." ”

Seeing that the emperor took the hot hand towel on the side and wiped his hands, Ah Ji hurriedly stood up, poured a cup of tea and handed it to the emperor: "This is the newly prepared Lu'an tea, which is the best to remove dirt and greasy and stagnation." The emperor tasted it. ”

The emperor took a sip and smiled a little: "In terms of being careful and thoughtful, Concubine Xian, you are first-class here." ”

Ruyi lowered her eyebrows and smiled gently: "Careful and thoughtful is right." The emperor felt it, and this intention arrived. ”