Ruyi took her hand and entered the courtyard of Xianfu Palace, only to see Princess Hejing playing with Double Happiness and Caiyue. He Jing was a little tired as he ran, and said angrily: "Don't play, don't play!" What kind of eagle catches chickens, it's better to play with those snakes last time. Ruyi was stepping into the courtyard, unconsciously stunned, glanced at Xinxin, and stood still. He Jing turned his head and saw Ruyi, so he stopped laughing and gave a light salute: "Xian Niangniang is blessed." Ruyi smiled and replied: "The princess is polite, this palace sees that you and Shuangxi are having fun." He Jing pursed his lips and said reservedly: "What is it that you can't play, I'm a princess, I have to abide by the rules, where can I play all day long." Ruyi saw that she insisted on making an adult, and she didn't feel funny: "No, what's fun with these eunuchs and palace maids." Yesterday, the palace also heard from the three treasures, and there was a Persian snake player on the chessboard street outside, and the python was playing well. I heard that the snake was thicker than a pillar, but in the hands of the snake player, it was very well-behaved. He Jing smiled disappreciably: "Xian Niangniang just has little knowledge, and the things on the chessboard street can also be regarded as a thing?" If you want to talk about playing with snakes, ready-made double happiness is a powerful one, why bother talking about those unsightly things on the chessboard street. When Shuangxi heard the princess say this, she was frightened, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Where can I see the slaves?" The princess is just a slave. He Jing listened to the double happiness excuse, and he couldn't hold his face: "I'm humble at this time, Hui Niangniang and Jia Niangniang praised you in the past." You've got a lot of snakes outside the fire, and you can get them to swim around obediently, but they won't listen to you? One day, I will show Xian Niangniang, so that she doesn't have to envy the outside. With that, she went to the nurse and went to play alone.

When Shuangxi heard this, he couldn't wait to shrink behind Caiyue. Ruyi didn't care: "Okay, now that the concubine is sick, don't say these scared words anymore." This palace sees that the concubine is sick, and I don't care about you. By the way, what about the concubine? Cai Yue hurriedly said: "The little master is resting inside." The queen is talking to the little master. Ruyi said: "That's fine, I thought that the concubine and Bengong had the same disease, and I wanted to come and see her." Caiyue, there is a Buddhist scripture copied by the master of Baohuadian himself in this palace, and it is very soothing to read every day. You can transfer it to the concubine for the palace. Cai Yue hurriedly thanked her: "Concubine Xian Niangniang is really a charcoal in the snow, our little master has this, maybe he can feel at ease." Ruyi smiled, took a deep look at Shuangxi, turned around and left.

At night, Xi Yue took the tranquilizing soup and fell asleep, but her brows were tightly locked, her mouth was full of nonsense, and there were beads of sweat the size of beans on her forehead. Mo Xin stayed aside, and hurriedly called: "Little master, wake up, wake up!" Xiyue woke up from a frightened dream, and when she touched her body, her plain bedclothes were drenched in sweat. Mo Xin said: "Little master, you didn't sleep well after the queen left, and the slave saw that you were working so hard, so I had to wake you up." Mo Xin said, and handed over a bowl of white fungus soup: "White fungus soup is calm, the little master can drink some." Xiyue's lips were burnt, she barely took a sip, looked up and saw that the incense ball was still hanging up, and she was surprised: "Didn't the queen say that the benzoin in it is strange?" Why is it used again? Mo Xin hurriedly comforted: "Fang Cai sent it back from the imperial doctor who diagnosed your pulse for the little master, saying that benzoin is okay and can continue to be used." Xiyue nodded, grabbed Mo Xin in trepidation and said, "I dreamed of Ah Ji again!" Moxin! I'm dreaming of her again! Mo Xin said in a panic: "Little master, don't say it!" Slaves and maids will wait for you to bathe and change your clothes. I'm afraid it's uncomfortable when I'm so wet. Xiyue bowed her head with difficulty and raised her voice: "Double happiness! Ask someone to prepare hot water! It was Caizhu who came in, and she blessed her blessing and said, "Little master, what do you command?" Xi Yue was surprised: "What about double happiness? Where did it go? Caizhu was a little embarrassed, I didn't know whether to say it or not, hesitated for a moment and said: "Shuangxi was called away by Gonggong Li next to the emperor." said that his hands and feet were not clean, and he didn't know what he had touched when he went to the Heart Cultivation Hall to deliver things, and he hadn't come back yet. Xiyue was angry: "Double happiness was taken away by Li Yu?" How did Hongu not know? Caizhu said: "The little master has just fallen asleep." Gonggong Li said that he should not alarm the little master. Mo Xin said tightly: "Shuangxi has been serving the little master for so long, even if there is anything, can the little master beg the emperor to spare him this time." He knows a lot about us. Xi Yue's face was already thin and thin, her cheekbones were high and protruding, and she was even more white and terrifying at the moment, she leaned back against the bed and gasped: "Help me up, I'll go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to take a look." Mo Xin hurriedly persuaded: "But little master, it's dark outside." Even...... I'm afraid it's ......" Although her words were not spoken, her expression had already reminded Xiyue.

Xi Yue trembled with fright, her eyes looked around, and she couldn't care about double happiness, so she shrank at the foot of the bed and said in a trembling voice: "Then I, I'll go tomorrow." The next day, taking advantage of the bright sun, Xiyue couldn't take care of her body, and rushed to the Heart Cultivation Hall early in the morning. Li Yu waited under the dripping eaves, very respectfully: "Guifei Niangniang, let's go back first." Double happiness, I'm afraid it's useless to ask for it. How did Xiyue touch such a soft nail, and said unhappily at the moment: "What did Shuangxi do, and even the words of this palace are useless?" Li Yu smiled and said: "Back to the words of the concubine, Shuangxi's hands and feet are not clean, when you ordered to come to the Heart Cultivation Hall to send something, he took a piece of jade pendant used by the first emperor, and yesterday the slave pulled him into the Shen Punishment Division, and only after receiving twelve punishments, he recruited them all." According to the emperor's will, he has been beaten to death with a stick. Xi Yue's lips trembled with anger: "What jade pendant, why don't you know this palace?" Li Yu bent down and said with a smile: "The concubine is sick and in good spirits, so naturally she doesn't need to know anything, so as not to hurt herself." The emperor also said that everything has nothing to do with you, you just go back and rest. The emperor is free, so he will naturally come to see you. Xi Yue took two steps closer and said hurriedly: "What did Shuangxi do before he died?" Li Yupi didn't smile, raised the dust and said, "What can you recruit?" What you do is what you recruit. Concubine Niangniang, it's windy here, go back. He was sure and smiled, "No matter how big the matter of the minions is, it can't get into the eyes of the master, and the concubine doesn't have to worry about it, and then pick the good ones to serve." It's like ......" he paused, smiling brightly, "Xiao Zhangzi and Xiao Linzi, who were serving in front of the emperor, were also beaten to death with sticks early this morning. If nothing else, just set up a rule that they are not allowed to hand out messages indiscriminately. Naturally, these are all slaves, and the emperor can't be blamed. You, so self-cherished. Xi Yue listened to this and was obviously comforting, but there were a lot of hidden things in her own house, she was in a big mess for a while, her face was blue and white for a while, and the Venus in front of her was chaotic, and she barely helped the palace maid's hand and walked a few steps, her body shook, and she fainted.

Ruyi listened to the movement outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, took a cup of apricot dew lotus seed soup to the emperor, and said politely: "Since the concubine suddenly fainted, the emperor might as well let people move to the side hall to rest first." The Emperor replied, "I don't want to see her." He took the apricot dew lotus seed soup, glanced at it and said, "Is it the acocot dew lotus seed soup?" Good and decent, why did you prepare this for me? Ruyi glanced at him, and smiled warmly: "The lotus heart is bitter and cold, it hurts the body too much, the concubine has been cleaned, and only the effect of clearing the fire remains." The apricot dew is sweet in the mouth, just moisturizing and soothing. The concubine thought that the emperor's mood at this time was the best to drink this. The emperor's face was as cold as a piece of ice that could not be dissolved: "The double happiness that should be vomited has been vomited clean." Related to the Gao family, I listened to it. No matter how related to others, Shuangxi is vague and doesn't know very clearly, so I don't need to check it out. Ruyi was silent for a moment, and said softly: "There are rumors in the palace that the concubine has severely punished Ah Zhen, although you can't be afraid. But Gao was also alarmed by the rumors and was so afraid that he was sick, and the emperor already felt that she was suspicious, so he never went to see her properly. The emperor snorted coldly: "The Gao family is afraid of being like that, and I will know that she and Ah Ji have something unseemly." Ruyi stood beside the emperor, and it seemed that such a close approach could make her feel at ease to express the doubts in her heart: "When the concubine was in the cold palace, she was surrounded by a group of snakes, and Shuangxi had already recruited the Gao family's mastermind. The nest of snakes in the fire was also found. It's just that the concubine doesn't understand, why is Concubine Yi surprised by a pit viper when she is pregnant, but she is happy until she dies? If you have recognized one, will you refuse to recognize the second? The emperor scoffed: "Those minions have always been cunning, it is good to be afraid of one less thing, and I think I can punish less!" Since they are all snakes, even if he didn't do it, where can they get rid of it! Left and right are also dead! Ruyi had to silently not mention it, and said: "As for the poisoning of the dragon fetus with cinnabar mercury, Shuangxi only knows that it was the Gao family who won over Ah Zhen and participated in it, and he didn't know if the Gao family was the one who made the idea. The emperor, like his concubines, vaguely knew that although the Gao family was ruthless, he might not have such a thoughtful resource. The emperor quietly listened to Ruyi's words, took her hand and sat down on the couch, and said comfortingly: "I know that if the matter is not investigated, I have wronged you." But you see, many things are so intertwined that if you make it too clear, you will reach a point where even I can't control it. It has only been these years since I ascended the throne, and there must be no thing that shakes the foundation of the country, lest people's hearts fluctuate and the country is uneasy. Ruyi lowered her head and lay on the emperor's shoulder, her eyes were like cotton, and she was charming, but there was a needle hidden in the cotton: "The emperor's heart has all generations, but the concubine's heart is only the emperor." Therefore, the concubines listen to the emperor. It's just that the Gao family brutalized the emperor's heir and tried to kill the concubine many times, and the concubine is really ......" The emperor's hand was on her shoulder, and a warm breath slowly penetrated from his palm through the thin spring shirt: "The Gao family has been by my side for many years, always gentle as water, but I don't want to be like this behind my back." In my lifetime, I don't want to see such a poisonous woman again. But Ruyi, her father Gao Bin is not very wrong, and he is a usable person in the court. I can't be angry with my daughter for his mistakes. Therefore, I will not give any punishment to the Gao family, and she will still be my only concubine. Ruyi's slender fingers climbed up the emperor's chest little by little, and there was a hot heartbeat under the thin clothes, bringing her a little stability in the chaos: "The concubine doesn't care about the name, she only cares about the emperor's intentions." "The spring is blooming outside, like a splendid picture, blooming at the beginning. The emperor hugged her gently in the shadow of the morning sun: "What I can promise you is my heart." I know that you like children, but Concubine Yu's body is bad like that, and since your body is better, tomorrow I will let someone bring Yongqi to you to raise. Ruyi's smile contained a thin layer of joy: "Thank you for the emperor's compassion." The emperor sighed: "Actually, no matter how much you like Yongqi, he is not born to me and you." I have always wanted to have my own children with you, so it is my intention to have the best place to land. "The spring light of February is a little tender green bud on the branches, green and tender star by star, as if countless budding thoughts, quietly growing. She knelt down in the emperor's heart, listened to his heavy heartbeat, and seemed to close her eyes peacefully, feeling a little moved. After so many years in the deep palace, what she prayed for was actually no different from that of ordinary women. The love and love of the husband and the joy of the children are just like the desire of every woman in this world. If there is a difference, maybe she understood it earlier, maybe when she first married a wife, she clearly knew that she could never have the wholeheartedness of her husband. Zhong Mingding's princely mansion, the official residence of Zhumen embroidered households, even if it is just a rich farmer with a few acres of land, will think of asking for a concubine. Three wives and four concubines, old love and new love, with her family background, no matter where she marries, she can't get rid of such a fate.

Although she has no children, although she longs for children so much, the emperor is fulfilling her and comforting her in another way. Ruyi replied in a soft voice: "Then, the concubine also played a song with her heart to repay the emperor, how about it?" "The emperor is elegant and good at instrumental music, and there is a good Song Qin "Dragon Yin" in the warm pavilion of the Heart Palace. The sound of the piano is like a spring rain breaking a pool of spring water, gradually playing higher and higher, and the sound of the piano gradually soothed, getting lower and lower, like a woman whispering under the flower tree, smiling at each other.

The emperor closed his eyes for a moment and said softly: "It's Li Zhiyi's "Fortune Operator". "Yes." Ruyi's hands are lightly raised, and the ups and downs of the sleeves are like three feet of clear water, fluttering like a promise. Accompanied by the murmuring of the piano, she chanted softly: "I live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the end of the Yangtze River." Every day, I don't see you, and I drink the water of the Yangtze River. When will this water stop, and when will this hatred end? I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my love. The emperor opened his deep eyes and looked at her with pity: "I am not separated from you, why do you think about you every day and don't see you?" "The long eyelashes hang down like a shallow shadow of a fan, covering the unspeakable thoughts. Ruyi said in a low voice: "It doesn't matter what is in front of you, the concubine only cares about one sentence." She condensed slightly, and was about to speak, but the emperor also said at the same time: "I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my love." This moment of heart-to-heart communication made her a little comforted: "The concubine knows that the emperor has too many people and too many things, and the concubine doesn't dare to be greedy, just ask for this sentence." There was deep affection in the emperor's eyes, like the warmest spring water, drowning people in it: "I may be glad that you are not the most, that is because I am the emperor, and I cannot do the most or the best." But Ruyi, I hope to go on with you for a long time, that is what I really live up to your lovesickness. "The sound of the piano is curling, and the affection that comes to my heart is also curling. After the emperor finished speaking, the sound of the zhengzheng qin had already played. Her hands wandered between the strings, slender and clean fingers, knuckles and bones, slowly playing and chanting: "The car is far away, the horse is longing." Jun travels to the east and east of Shandong, and Ande flies to chase the west wind. May I be like the stars and the moon, and the night will be bright and clean. The moon is temporarily obscure, and the stars are always bright. Leave the light to wait for the month to return, and the three or five will be profitable. [From Fan Chengda's "Che Yaoyao Chapter" in the Song Dynasty, writing that husband and wife are like stars and moons, and they are beautiful couples. He chanted repeatedly between his lips and teeth, looking for a vaguely known warmth, so as to settle his wavering heart. She threw herself into his arms, and there was a warm warmth in her eyes: "May I be like the stars and the moon, and the night will be bright and clean." "Back in the palace is already the third watch, the tiredness after the servant has not been eliminated, such as Yi soaking in a rose-soaked boxwood bath, with warm water to evacuate the fatigue of the body and mind. Yixin added hot water to her spoonful by spoonful, and Ruyi closed her eyes and said quietly: "Xinxin, thank you for your hard work." The slender fingers picked up the red rose petals, repeatedly pressed the snow-white shoulder for Ruyi, and said: "The slave is just pretending to be a ghost, where can it be compared to the little master's hard work." Ruyi soaked her body deeper, letting the hot water flood her jaw, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "My hard work is just to find someone's weakness." Gao Xiyue cares most about identity and grace, but now that grace is cut off, her identity has only become an empty title. She has been arrogant all her life, but she is also very timid. Ever since I was scared by you, I haven't had any peace of mind. "The little master is looking for her weakness, and the slave and maid are just beating her weakness. The ghost fire in the dormitory of Xianfu Palace, the Xingxu phosphorus powder is mixed with the candle, every night in the middle of the night, when the candle burns half of the phosphorus powder in it, it will also burn up, no need for slaves to pretend to be ghosts, they also believe that it is the ghost of Ah Jiu who has gone to Gao Xiyue's bedroom. There are also those ghost fires when slaves and maids pretend to be ghosts, they are all burned with a little phosphorus powder and hidden in the sleeves of slaves and maids in the hand stove, and they are just sprinkled when they are used. He pursed his lips and smiled, with a little smugness, "And the slave maid first made a fool of himself in our own palace, only when the little master was scared and sick, then what is it, people can't suspect that the little master who is also frightened and sick." It's also a shame that the little master arranged for Sanbao to sprinkle phosphorus powder in Ah Zhen's coffin early in the morning to cause trouble, so that all the rumors were pointed directly at our palace, which was cleaned up. "If you want to take it first, you must give it first." If you don't pull yourself in troubled waters, it's not good to be alone. Ruyi seemed to think of something, "I heard that the queen once thought that the benzoin in the palace of the concubine was different, and she specially took some to check?" He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling: "Who would be stupid enough to do anything in those benzoin, wouldn't it be troublesome?" The slave and maid carefully grinded and sewed into her sleeping pillow the herbs that disturbed her mind and made the concubine sleepless, and no one would suspect it. Who told the concubine to do so many bad things, and she deserved her night terrors! Ruyi patted the back of her hand approvingly, but smiled silently. The dense water vapor fluttered up, steaming Ruyi's face as red as the sun, but her eyebrows gradually locked into the word "Sichuan", she said suspiciously: "Heart, although the emperor has disposed of double happiness, but there is always a doubt in my heart, why when Yi Concubine was pregnant, the oil paint of Jingyang Palace where she lived was mixed with snakeberry juice that would attract snakes?" Since Double Happiness will drive away snakes, wouldn't it be more than enough to do so? I thought about it for a long time: "Double happiness will drive snakes, if you understand this, it makes sense." Ruyi stretched out her three-inch-long shallot-like nails, scratched the boxwood bath bucket, and the slight touch sound was like her uncalm state of mind: "I remember that when Yi Concubine lived in Yanxi Palace to have a baby, Gao Xiyue wanted Yi Concubine to move to her palace in order to compete for favor. If Concubine Yi was alarmed by the snake and the fetal gas was caused by her to do it, she asked Concubine Yi to go to her palace to have a baby, if there was any mistake, wouldn't it be asking for trouble? I listened to it and thought hard: "Is it a little strange, the little lord thinks that the matter at that time was the queen's mastermind?" In fact, this time, the little master can let the slave go to Changchun Palace again to scare the queen. If you can get rid of the queen......" Ruyi turned her head and glanced at her, shook her head and said: "The queen is the mother of the country, and she was personally selected by the emperor to the emperor, and her status in the emperor's heart is definitely different from that of the Gao family." And the queen is no weaker and timid than the Gao family, if she can't be scared, but let her see through it, it will be bad. He paused again and again, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that this time the double happiness can't be provided to the queen, otherwise it would be better." The warm water relieved the tense heart, and Ruyi said casually: "Shuangxi is just a slave of the Gao family, how can he know about the queen." If you really want to find evidence that can shake the queen's position in the emperor's heart, only the person who has really conspired with the queen can say it. He pondered and said, "What does the little master mean...... Gao Xiyue? Ruyi picked up a little water and sprinkled it on her arm, and said loudly: "Yes." It's a pity that it's not the time yet, and what Gao Xiyue said at this time, the emperor will definitely not believe it. We'll have to wait. He said unwillingly: "How long will it take?" Ruyi looked at the jumping candlelight in the palace and said with a smile: "When a person is about to die, his words are also good, so he can be deafening." ”