Chapter 40: Private Affairs
Zhuang Xin'er in the Butterfly Palace stood up excitedly and asked the palace maid who replied to her, "What?!" Are you telling the truth? Sumire moved to the Splendid Palace? ”
"It's true, the slave maid heard that it was the concubine Yu who personally invited her!" The little palace maid didn't dare to look at her eyes, and lowered her head to tell the truth.
Zhuang Xin'er was stunned, and slowly sat down, feeling depressed in her heart. Sister Yu really treats her, I have been friends with her for many days and have never mentioned letting me live with her, but now I am so good to a person born as a palace maid, in the end I am not as good as her! Cousin is like this, and so is Sister Yu! Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard the voice of the servant: "The emperor has arrived!" Busy with his mind, he got up and drove indifferently!
Chu Sheng saw the slender figure of Ying Ying standing there, and smiled faintly: "Hurry up!" He didn't know why he was so attracted to this woman who was as faint as a wisp of smoke, he didn't particularly care about it before, but he could see surprises from her from time to time after knowing that she was full of wealth. Xu is the harem, everyone stammers herself, but this indifferent woman can make herself completely relaxed.
Xin'er got up, smiled and asked, "Why is the emperor here at this time?" ”
"Well, come and see you, are you okay?"
"Well, I have a good appetite and eat more than before." Xin'er sat on the chair next to the emperor and replied.
"That's natural, now you're the bread of two!"
When Xin'er heard him say this, her face was slightly red and she stroked her lower abdomen with one hand: "Sometimes concubines feel that they are in a dream, but they really have children in their wombs?" ”
When the emperor saw her like this, he laughed out loud: "Naturally, it's true, isn't the child growing in your body!" ”
Xin'er raised her head and smiled: "Jin Cainu and the concubine are pregnant at the same time, I don't know whose child was born first, if she gives birth to a princess and concubine, the emperor can't be partial." ”
Seeing that she was rarely coquettish, the emperor replied with a smile: "They are all my children, and I will naturally not be partial." ”
"The emperor's words have to count!"
"That's natural, I'm afraid I'll like you more then!" Saying that, Chu Sheng reached out to hold her hand, and Zhuang Xin'er also leaned into his arms.
It was night, Zhuang Xin'er looked at Chu Sheng, who was sleeping beside her, and secretly wondered, Your Majesty~ Why do you even want to give half of your heart to that slut, why do you even want us to conceive a child at the same time!
Since Xia Lin moved to the Splendid Palace, Xu is still a little restrained when she first came, and she had to salute and greet the two Situ sisters every day, and Yu'er persuaded her many times not to do this, so she was more comfortable. In the morning, Imperial Physician Zhou came to ask for Ping'anmai, and it happened that Xia Lin was also by Yu'er's side, and the two of them looked at each other as if they were separated from each other. The little palace maid who used to be well-behaved and clever has really flown up the branches and become a phoenix!
Yu'er saw that the two of them coughed so softly, and Imperial Doctor Zhou knelt down to say goodbye.
"Imperial Physician Zhou doesn't have to be polite, Jin Cainu is naturally a person from my Splendid Palace now that she has moved to my palace, and the dragon fetus in her belly will be taken care of by Imperial Doctor Lao!"
"Yes! Wechen must be attentive! ”
"Well, I'm naturally relieved that you do things!"
After taking the pulse, Yu'er said: "You go back with the Sumire maid to take a good look at her, she has suffered a lot in the past, and now she is pregnant, you have to put more effort into it!" ”
"Yes, Weichen will go!"
In the side hall, Zhou Mingli gently put his hand on Xia Lin's veins, pressed his beating heart, carefully considered it, and finally spoke: "The little master is in good health, and the old diseases in the past are now all healed, just meditate and cultivate!" ”
Xia Lin leaned over slightly, and couldn't bear to look directly at Zhou Mingli's burning eyes, if she hadn't chosen this path before, now ...... She suddenly chuckled, the road was chosen by herself, and what was there to regret. Thinking of this, she turned around, looked directly at Zhou Mingli, said lightly, and said, "There is Doctor Lao Zhou, and I will look at Mrs. Zhou in the future!" As he spoke, he asked the palace maid to take out a gold ingot and hand it to Zhou Mingli. Imperial Physician Zhou was slightly stunned, stretched out his hand to take it, knelt down and said, "Thank you for the reward, Weichen should be exhausted!" ”
After speaking, they got up and said goodbye, sometimes the best protection is to let each other go!
Since Chen Lixin was beaten into the cold palace, Li Xiyue has always been a little uneasy, but fortunately, the emperor has not been angry with her and still goes to her palace every once in a while. Since entering the palace, the parents have given high hopes, and the queen mother has hinted at the phoenix position five times! Although the emperor also spoils himself, he always feels that his heart is so far away.
Li Xiyue always felt a little powerless when she was alone, how should she go forward? Since the one in the Splendid Palace entered the palace, this sense of powerlessness has become stronger and stronger, she is really afraid that one day the emperor's heart will no longer be on herself, if this is the case, even if it is on the phoenix throne, what is the point? It's been six years since I entered the palace, and I've been pampered all the time, why is my stomach just not angry? If there is a son and a half daughter, will the emperor's heart be closer!
Now that two more people in the palace are pregnant, the Queen Mother is already a little unable to sit still, she is really afraid that her mother will abandon herself, the three-year draft is coming, and then they will select the talented and beautiful daughter of the Li family to enter the palace, so what should she do? was secretly hurting himself, Xianping suddenly came in, and said on his knees: "Niangniang, the slave maid got a message." ”
"What?" Li Xiyue sat up straight and asked.
"Back to Niangniang, it turns out that Zhou Mingli from the Tai Hospital actually has a personal affair with Xi Ronghua!"
"What?" Li Xiyue stood up in shock, and continued: "You can't talk nonsense, where did you get the news?" ”
"Niangniang, the slave didn't talk nonsense, Qiu Ju of the Splendid Palace heard what their little master said!"
"Qiu Ju, there has been no movement for so long, why is there news at this time!" Li Xiyue sat down again and groaned.
"The two of them in the Splendid Palace have been on guard, maybe they accidentally leaked their mouths this time!" Slim flat loop.
Li Xiyue thought for a while, then opened her mouth and ordered, "You go and ask me if the two of them had anything to do with each other in the past, remember not to make people suspicious!" ”
"Yes! Slave and maid, go now! ”
Zhuang Xin'er~ Who told you to get close to her, if that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless!
In the evening, Xianping returned to the palace, dismissed the people who were waiting, and talked to Li Xiyue alone in the main hall for a while, and came out with a proud face, as if he had gained some great benefit.
On this day, Xin'er was reading a book in the palace, and suddenly a little palace maid came to pass the word, saying that Yu Guifei and Li Jieyu were taking a walk in the imperial garden and asked them to go over and relax together. When I came to the Imperial Garden, I didn't see the two of them for half a circle, and I was about to return to the palace, but I saw Zhou Mingli walking towards me from afar. When he approached, Xin'er asked, "Why are you here?" But Sister Yu is not feeling well? Zhou Mingli looked puzzled when she asked, and replied: "Didn't the little lord call Weichen to come?" Say you have something important to tell you! When Xin'er heard him say this, she said, "I called you?" Then he realized that he must have been deceived, and at this moment he was afraid that he had fallen into the trap of others, so he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and turned around in a hurry to leave. Who knew that his mind was in a trance, one was not paying attention, and his foot was about to fall, but Zhou Mingli saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to support him. Just when it was difficult to distinguish, I suddenly heard someone chuckle: "Why can't we see enough every day?" ”
The two were so shocked that they immediately separated, and turned to see the smiling and smiling Concubine Yue and the angry emperor!
Zhuang Xin'er and Zhou Mingli immediately knelt down, Xin'er took the lead in kowtowing, and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine and Imperial Doctor Zhou are not what you see, today someone designed us to meet in the Imperial Garden, Emperor Mingjian!" ”
Zhou Mingli also kowtowed, and then said: "Your Majesty, what the little lord said is exact!" Wechen will never do that hurtful thing! ”
"You're saying someone framed you?" The emperor asked with a dark face.
"Exactly!" The two of them kowtowed again and replied in unison.
In the main hall of Fengyang Palace, the emperor and queen sat on the top. On the left side of the lower head sit from top to bottom are Concubine Shu, Concubine Yu, Li Jieyu, and Rou Zhaoyi, and on the right are Concubine De, Concubine Yue, Concubine Wanxiuyi, and Jin Cainu. Kneeling in the middle were Zhuang Xin'er and Zhou Mingli. The atmosphere in the hall was treacherous, and everyone didn't know why, but they saw that the emperor's face was not good, and when they saw the two people kneeling in the middle, they guessed a little in their hearts. Yu'er squeezed the handkerchief in her hand tightly, although she already knew a thing or two, she still didn't believe that Xin'er would do such an outrageous thing, and Zhou Mingli was now considered his confidant, he would never be so confused!
The queen sat down and said solemnly: "Xi Ronghua, do you have anything else to say about today's affairs?" ”
Zhuang Xin'er kowtowed, straightened her back and spoke indifferently, and replied: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the concubine and Imperial Doctor Zhou have no selfish relationship, and today's facts are framed!" ”
The queen smiled and then asked, "You said someone framed her?" Who might have done it? ”
"Back to Niangniang, the slave maid was reading in her palace, and a little palace maid came to spread the word that it was Sister Yu who sent the concubine to the imperial garden to relax, and the concubine went, who knew that she had not seen Sister Yu after walking around in the imperial garden for a long time, and she was about to go back to the palace when she met Imperial Doctor Zhou, and the little palace maid and concubine who passed the word did not know."
Li Xiyue didn't wait for the queen to reply, and hurriedly said: "It's just your one-sided words, just now you and Imperial Doctor Zhou hugged each other in the imperial garden, but the emperor saw it with his own eyes!" Li Xiyue bit the words very hard, and the four words hugging and hugging reached Chu Sheng's ears, making his already dark and cloudy face even more gloomy.
When Zhou Mingli heard her say this, he also kowtowed heavily and said: "Emperor Mingjian, Weichen just saw that the little master fell, and the doctor couldn't bear to hurt her before he stepped forward to support her, and he didn't think about it at all!" ”
"Imperial Doctor Zhou is kind!" Concubine Shu sneered, and when everyone saw her suddenly speak, they knew that she must have something to say, and their eyes were on her face for a while! Sure enough, Concubine Shu's gaze slid over Yu'er's face intentionally or unintentionally, and continued: "This palace has heard that Imperial Doctor Zhou is your cousin!" ”
Yu'er gasped in her heart, it seems that this matter is not accidental, they have already thought of a later move, Xin'er is only afraid of more evil and less auspicious this time! It's just that when did Concubine Shu and Li Xiyue get together! Thinking of this, he hurriedly gathered his thoughts, got up and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, according to the concubine, it seems that it is not a big deal to meet by chance in the imperial garden, let alone any cousin and sister, the concubine and Li Jieyu's cousin were also in the palace before, and if we also encounter a disaster in the imperial garden, we must also say that we have a personal relationship?" ”
After listening to Yu'er, the queen lightly buttoned her fingers with armor on the small table next to her, making a "tuk-tuk" sound, Yu'er only felt that this sound was buckled on her heart, and a thin layer of sweat had already appeared behind her! Xin'er stared at Yu'er with a grateful face, Yu'er felt her gaze and nodded invisibly! Seeing this, Xin'er only felt that her heart was a little calmer!
"You get up first!" The Emperor, who was silent for a while, suddenly spoke.
Yu'er hurriedly got up to thank her, and as soon as she sat down, Su'er also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, and concubines don't believe that Sister Xi is such a person!" Now that Sister Xi is pregnant, Imperial Doctor Zhou has to go to her palace every day to ask for a pulse, if the two of them really have anything, how can they hide it from everyone, it is better to call the people from the Dieqi Palace to ask, don't wronged your sister! ”
The queen turned her head to look at the emperor and asked, "What does the emperor think?" ”
Chu Sheng nodded slightly: "According to what Li Jieyu said, I will pass on Xi Ronghua's personal palace maid!" ”
Not long after, two palace maids knelt in the main hall, and Yu'er was secretly relieved in her heart.
"You two lift up your heads, and see that the man kneeling before you is your master?" The queen asked with a frown.
The two of them looked up at the order and bowed down and replied: "Hui Niangniang, yes!" ”
"Do you know the man who kneel beside him?" The queen then asked.
"Hui Niangniang, I recognize that it is Imperial Doctor Zhou who comes to ask for the pulse of the little master every day." One of them hastened to reply.
"Then what did the two of them do in the palace?" As she spoke, the queen took a sip of the milky white teacup, as if she was talking about an innocuous trivial.
"Back to Niangniang, the slave maid doesn't know, but whenever Imperial Doctor Zhou comes to ask for a pulse, the little master won't let us leave Sister Zijuan alone to serve!" The little palace maid was already trembling with fright, and replied intermittently!
"That's weird, why did the imperial doctor send everyone out when he came to ask for a pulse?" Hearing this, Li Xiyue fiddled with the jade earrings between her ears twice, and asked with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Zijuan, come on!" Concubine Shu said sharply.
Yu'er recognized that this palace maid named Zijuan was the personal maid who entered the palace with Xin'er. I saw her speak slowly, neither humble nor arrogant, and replied: "The slave maid Butterfly Habitat Palace maid Zijuan has grown up with the little master since she was a child. Imperial Doctor Zhou is our little master's cousin, the two of them are indeed childhood sweethearts, and the slaves dare not deceive the emperor and the mother! When Xin'er heard this, she felt that she was splashed with a basin of cold water on her head and face, and she was almost out of breath. She turned around suddenly, her eyes seemed to be about to dig a hole in Zijuan's body, and she asked slowly in a trembling voice: "Zijuan~ Why are you hurting me like this?" ”
Zijuan also raised her head and looked at Xin'er calmly, and replied: "Little master, although you are the master of the slave maid, but now that we have entered the palace, the queen is the master of the harem, and the slave and maid really dare not speak falsely!" ”
Things took a turn for the worse, Yu'er closed her eyes slightly, and it seemed that Xin'er could not escape this fate. This palace maid named Zijuan is afraid that she has been bought.
"Is it just a childhood sweetheart? What do they have to do with entering the palace? Concubine Shu didn't look at the two of them, and asked loudly.
"After entering the palace, the little lord was obsessed with Imperial Doctor Zhou, and he was depressed and had no personal relationship, until a few days ago, the two of them got closer and closer for some reason, and the little lord became happy."
"Oh? But after Xi Ronghua is pregnant? Concubine Shu's voice was cold, like a poisonous snake slowly crawling through everyone's hearts. What she said was to imply that the son of Xin'er's womb might not be the emperor.
Yu'er couldn't sit still when she heard this, and knelt down again: "The emperor, Niangniang, just what a servant girl said really can't convince the public, according to the concubine's opinion, this is really suspicious, as a personal maidservant, she can betray her master, and her mind is really vicious!" ”
Concubine Shu glanced at the emperor and queen above, and the corners of her mouth smiled and slowly said: "Concubine Yu's words are wrong, and Zijuan also said that the lord of the harem is the queen, and now she is just telling the truth!" ”
"Niangniang Mingjian, it's just her one-sided words, how can they be taken as the truth!" Yu'er replied hurriedly, knowing that this would be regarded as offending Concubine Shu, but she couldn't control it so much at the moment!
When Li Xiyue heard this, she said lightly to Zijuan: "What evidence do you have?" "The demeanor is demure, and the aggressive appearance of Fang Cai is like two people.
"Back to Niangniang, the slave maid used to often see the little master in front of a letter, just see if this letter was written by Imperial Doctor Zhou!" Zijuan still looked calm.
"Search the palace!" Chu Sheng gave an order, and Li Fu went out.
After a short time, an attendant presented a letter to the emperor. The Emperor glanced at it and slapped it on the table with a snap. The green scripture on his forehead jumped violently, and he rebuked loudly: "What else do you have to say? Chu Sheng is extremely angry, no wonder she has always been so indifferent to herself, it turns out that there is someone in her heart!
Zhuang Xin'er raised her head to meet the emperor's angry eyes, her expression was cold, and she only said four words lightly: "The concubine is wronged!" Zhou Mingli, who was on the side, thumped his head and shouted: "The minister has never written any letters, Emperor Mingjian!" ”
"Zhou Mingli, as a imperial doctor, has left a lot of ink in the palace, and you can know it with a prescription!" Wan Xiuyi, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.
Hearing this, the queen instructed the pick-up star beside her, "You go find one." ”
"Yes!" Jinxin said yes and hurried out.
After a while, he came in and replied: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, I have ordered someone to check it carefully, and this letter is indeed written by Imperial Doctor Zhou himself!" ”
The emperor was about to attack, and Concubine De, who was sitting in the first place, sneered and said with a disdainful expression: "Why is it difficult to imitate a person's handwriting? Fang Cai Wan Xiuyi also said that Imperial Physician Zhou was waiting in the palace and wanted to find his handwriting, it was really easy, if the emperor didn't believe the concubine, he could copy a copy of it for you now! ”
Everyone was silent for a while, and Chu Sheng's face was uncertain, as if he was thinking carefully but didn't seem to think about anything! After a long time, he spoke: "Pass on my message, from now on, Xironghua of Dieqi Palace will be grounded, and you will not be allowed to go out without Zhao!" Zhou Mingli was imprisoned and detained! ”
The two kneeling on the ground kowtowed, Zhuang Xin'er got up and stared at Li Xiyue, her eyes were like snow in the cold winter, shining brightly. Li Xiyue was not afraid, and looked at her with a just right smile!
After the two were taken away, the emperor took the lead with a cold face! Seeing this, the queen admonished a few words and asked everyone to return to the palace.