Chapter 15 Hongyan Ningxiang(1/2)
Ruyi stroked her chest, and after thinking about it, she was still worried: "Hailan has always been meticulous. Why would she make mistakes when taking care of Yongqi? But when Yongqi is sick, Shu Fei is also uneasy. Although it is common for pregnant women to have weak kidney qi, her hair loss is also a little worse."
Rui Sui'er said, "When that slave comes back, he will remind you to invite a few more imperial physicians to take a look."
Ruyi reminded: "Shu Fei's birth is not easy, be careful."
It is not very safe to fall asleep with such thoughts. Ruyi fell asleep in a drowsy way. Sometimes she dreamed of Yanwan's long sleeves, sometimes she dreamed of Yongqi's red face and Hailan's anxious expression, sometimes she had lots of black hair scattered, and Yihuan's panicked face.
Ruyi tossed and turned around with difficulty, and suddenly a cold behind her back woke up. She woke up and found that the cold sweat was soaking Luo Shan's sleeping clothes. Rong Pei slept on the ground. After hearing the movement, she quickly stood up and held the candle, illuminating Ruyi's uneasy face.
Rong Pei carefully wiped Ruyi's sweat and brought tea again: "Is the empress a nightmare?"
Ruyi took a few sips of tea to moisten her dry heart and lungs: "I always dream of uneasy things in my heart, especially Shu Fei and Yongqi."
Rong Pei advised: "My lady, don't worry, it's common for women to lose their hair when they are pregnant. In the past, my wife's mother was pregnant with her sister. As for the fifth prince, she will not get bad if she takes care of her mother."
Ruyi hesitated for a moment, sat up suddenly, and raised the red gold table on her wrist and whispered: "No! No matter what, I still have to let Jiang and Bin go back!"
Ruyi told the emperor truthfully about Yongqi and Shufei. At that time, Yuyan, Yanwan and Yingluo were also with him. The emperor was very anxious and immediately called Jiang Yubin and told him to go back. Jiang Yubin immediately rushed back to Beijing without daring to delay for a moment. In order to avoid the slow waterway, he specially rushed to the inn and went to the station to rest at night. In this way, Ruyi felt relieved.
When the emperor left Hangzhou, the emperor had already promoted Lu Yingluo to Qingpin, and shared the spring scenery with Yan Wan. Both of them were very grateful.
When he left Hangzhou, the emperor still sighed: "I was unable to leave Hangzhou, and half of it was this lake." He also said, "The sunny lake is not as good as the rain lake, the rain lake is not as good as the moon lake, and the moon lake is not as good as the snow lake." He regretted that he could not look at the snow pavilion like Zhang Dai.
Ruyi smiled and said, "That day, the sister of Concubine Ling danced like a red plum in the snow. Can't the emperor have a glimpse of the beauty of the snowy night in West Lake?"
The emperor smiled and said, "The little woman is just a trick, how can she compare to the snowy scenery in the sky?"
This is naturally unbearable for Ruyi. She is good at embroidery. When she returns to Beijing, she has already been worshipped in the emperor's Heart Hall, which is enough to make him savor the beauty of West Lake in the snow.
After leaving Hangzhou, the imperial guards detoured from Jiangning to worship the Ming Taizu Tomb, and paraded in front of the Taizu Tomb. In order to relieve the depressed Empress Dowager, the emperor personally accompanied the Empress Dowager to Jiangning to watch weaving. He ordered Jiangning to weaving fabrics for the Empress Dowager's 60th birthday to please the Empress Dowager.
The style of Huaiyang, Jiangning was originally the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. At that time, the royal spirit of Jinling had been reduced, which added a little bit of Qinhuai's charm, which attracted the emperor to stop for many days.
Just after lunch that day, the emperor accompanied the officials from Jiangning to enjoy Xuanwu Lake and Mochou Lake, and left a group of concubines to rest in the palace.
Yan Wan received dozens of precious brocades from Jiangning Weaving Mansion, and was happy. The little maid sent by the Weaving Mansion was eloquent and pointed at one by one: "This is Luanzhang brocade, with patterns like phoenixes flying; this is Yunkun brocade, with patterns like clouds coming out of the mountains; this is Ming brocade, with patterns like candles; this is Plum Blossom Brocade, with patterns like rosary flowers, rich and auspicious; this is scattered flower silk, with patterns all flowers, many different. There are also the most precious mixed bead brocade, with patterns paired with pendant beads, and the best weaving mother uses the finest and brightest rice beads to press the pattern, which is luxurious and light, and is the most suitable for placing them to Concubine Ling. These are all the wishes of our adults. Please accept them with a smile, which is the glory of our adults."
Yan Wan was so happy that she grabbed a handful of golden seeds and put them in her hand. She sent them out. She asked Chunchan to pick up several of the most expensive miscellaneous pearl brocades and personally sent them to Ruyi's palace.
At that time, the scenery was beautiful and the palace was stationed on Qixia Mountain. The beautiful scenery was awesome. Yan Wan sat on the chariot, looking at the nine-single red gold dragon beard bracelet on her wrist, and said, "The color of this bracelet is not very bright, so I can take it to fry it if I have time." She frowned again, "Forget it, it's old after it's fried. There are so many bracelets in the box, which is not a rare thing." She handed it to Chunchan: "I'll give you some advice."
Chunchan took it with great gratitude. Yan Wan flew over the water-red Gongsha Yunsle sleeves, leaned on the chariot and stroked her nails like a green onion tube: "Wait until dinner to ask the imperial kitchen if there is any fresh food. A few days ago, they praised their ducks well, and they were all ducks every meal, including the Shenshang roast duck, Babao duck, salted duck, stewed duck, and water-soaked duck, which made the palace smell like duck, and everything they ate was the same."
Chunchan smiled and said, "It's not because of the little master's words that they can be like the Yuzhi Lunyin. The brother flattered us. Although the little master Qing is favored, he can't be like the little master. Even if it's the thing that Jiangning weaved in private, we are three times more than other palaces."
Yanwan smiled proudly: "Just know, don't blame me on my lips."
Chunchan responded to "yes" and said, "The little master is so favored now, why are he still so attentive to go to the Queen? He didn't even keep the best pearl brocade by himself, but gave it to the emperor instead."
Yan Wan sneered: I had to have that last time, because I borrowed the Empress Dowager from raising the power of Concubine Qing and Concubine Mei. Otherwise, it would not be so smooth. It was just that even this was fine. I borrowed the Empress Dowager's east wind. The Queen didn't know in advance, but I was afraid that the two palaces would be a little more mumbling, so I seemed attentive and careful, so I should not be too proud and fall into the wrong place.
Chunchan smiled and said, "Although I borrowed the east wind, I am still young and beautiful. Otherwise, if you look at Meipin, you will be too old and ugly, no matter how the empress dowager arranges it, it will be ineffective."
Yanwan's slender fingers gently stroked her cheeks and asked delicately: "Chunchan, everyone says that this palace and the queen look like each other, do you think it looks like each other?"
Chunchan heard that everything was normal when she spoke, but she did not dare to be more careful: "It's a bit similar, but the little master is much younger and more beautiful than the Queen."
Yan Wan put down her hand, twisted the peach-colored double-jewel silk in her hand, and said lightly: "The emperor likes the queen, so my face is also cheap. As long as I want to be more favored than the queen, it depends on how she is favored every day, and it is also to turn the queen's shortcomings into my own strengths."
Chunchan was slightly surprised: "Does the queen have any shortcomings?"
Yan Wan's lips raised a graceful curve: "It's people who always have shortcomings. Now that love is good, the shortcomings also show their strengths; if the love is shallow that day, the shortcomings will become unbearable mistakes. Only by doing what the queen does not have can we stand firm!"
Yan Wan smiled and was just talking funny. When Brigtou saw Ling Yunche leading the guards by and bowed to her, "Miss Ling Jin Fu Wan'an."
Yan Wan's face turned a little uncomfortable, and she nodded slightly, saying, "Mr. Ling is polite. At this time, why don't Lord Ling stay with the emperor?"
Ling Yunche said briefly: "Eunuch Li was afraid that the emperor would not have enough staff outsiders, so he specially sent the empress to the palace to send more people." He bowed and said, "Since Hangzhou, he has never congratulated the young master on his honor for his promotion."
Yan Wan felt proud at this moment, and a pink smile appeared on the corners of her eyes: "Mr. Ling is intent. It is rarer to be able to congratulate Master Ling in this life."
Ling Yunche had an unnecessary expression on his face: "Congratulations to the little master for getting what he wants, and many unnecessary clever thoughts and strategies can be put away in the future."
Yan Wan's face suddenly changed, as if she was frost, but there were so many people there, how could she have an attack? She had to try her best to maintain a reserved smile: "Smartness grows in her bones and can't be removed. As for the strategy, I can't understand what the adults are saying." Her face became colder, "I want to visit the Empress, so it won't hinder the adults' official duties."
Ling Yunche left. Yan Wan twisted the silk in her hand as if she was cruel and said in a deep voice: "When she saw Ling Yunche, she remembered the unhappiness in the past. He was working with the emperor every day, and it was hard to guarantee that she would not say anything that day." A hint of disgust and fear flashed in her eyes, "Fang Quan's plan is better than him in front of the emperor."
Chunchan smiled and said, "The little master's wisdom is enough to win thousands of miles away. Are you still afraid of a small guard in front of you? It's naturally a breeze."
Yan Wan came to Ruyi's palace. At that time, Ruyi was in a deep dream of fragrance and was lying quietly on the long couch in the warm pavilion. Yan Wan calculated that Ruyi was about to wake up from her nap, so she waited aside and embroidered a picture of "Looking at the Snow on the Pavilion in the Lake" embroidered by Ruyi. But after a stick of incense, Ruyi woke up and saw her side, she was a little surprised: "Why is Concubine Ling coming?"
Yan Wan hurriedly put the embroidery needle in her hand and stood up and said, "I want to come to pay my respects to the Empress. If the Empress is taking a nap, she waited for the Empress aside." She pointed to the picture "Looking at the Snow in the Lake Pavilion" on the embroidery rack and smiled, "How come the Empress embroider this all day long? This picture is not difficult, but it is all made of silver, snow and jade white silk threads melt into the color of the snow scene. It will be terrible to hurt your eyes after watching it for a long time."
Ruyi stood up with Yunzhi's hands, rinsed her mouth and washed her hands, and said, "The left and right are just passing the time. It's boring for a long time, and it's embroidered and played with it."
Yan Wan smiled and said, "The emperor always comes to see the Empress every day. The Empress says it's boring for a long time. What else can we say?"
Ruyi took the lotus seed soup brought by Lingzhi and slowly drank it. Before looking at her, she looked at her and said, "Concubine Ling is the most favored now, so she naturally would not say such things as boring for a long time." When Yan Wan was about to say something, Ruyi laughed first, "Come on, let me see what my sister did when I was asleep and was not prepared."
Yan Wan suddenly shook her head and pointed to the embroidery cloth and said, "What can I do? It's just what the Empress embroidered, and what I embroidered behind me." Her eyes were as clear as water, and she seemed to have infinite sincerity. "The Empress is both my sister and my master, so I will naturally follow her step by step and follow her."
Ruyi smiled slightly: "Okay, it's tiring to sit and talk. Lingzhi brought the lotus seed soup from this palace to Concubine Ling a bowl."
Yan Wan stood up and thanked: "I have obtained some new brocade. I think this thing is expensive and dare not be good at it, so I specially gave it to the Empress. Only the Empress can deserve such luxurious brocade."
Ruyi glanced at the satin that Chunchan held in and said disrespectfully: "Sister is intent. Rong Pei, please accept it."
When Yan Wan saw Ruyi as usual, she breathed a sigh of relief. She picked up some of Jiangning's customs and culture and talked about it one by one with Ruyi. As they were talking, they saw Rui Sui'er hit Qian'er in.
Ruyi didn't want Ruisui'er to speak in front of Yan Wan. But seeing Ruisui'er's expression on her face, she felt a little uneasy and asked, "What's wrong?"
Rui Sui'er said: "When returning to the Empress, Doctor Jiang rushed back to Beijing with the emperor's will. However, when he arrived in Shandong, he was not sure whether it was because of his fatigue or his careless diet, but the group had diarrhea and his legs were shaking, so he could not walk at all."
Ruyi was surprised: "Doctor Jiang is an imperial physician himself. Can't he treat himself well?"
Rui Sui'er wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Doctor Jiang wanted to treat him, but he was too sick and the people who followed him were not spared. The land was very remote and lacked medical treatment. It took a day for the postmaster of the post station to drive him out to buy medicine. It was delayed after a while."
Rong Pei said suspiciously: "This is strange. Why don't you get sick early or late? It's just because it's wrong in those remote areas."
Yan Wan pursed a smile on the corner of her lips in time and said anxiously: "It's so pitiful. The emperor asked him to go back to see the fifth prince and Shufei's sister. If you can delay anything else, the matter of the emperor's heir cannot be delayed!" She looked at Ruyi, "Sister, why not send someone to see Doctor Jiang again."
Ruyi pondered for a moment and said, "The far water cannot save the near fire. Doctor Jiang can save people, so he will be able to save himself. Let's see his own." She asked Rui Sui'er again: "What's wrong with the fifth prince and Shufei?"
Rui Sui'er said: "Everything is good. The fifth prince's illness is slow. The little master Shufei has no other discomfort except losing some hair."
Ruyi felt a little relieved, and Yan Wan comforted: "The left and right Shandong is not too far from the capital. Doctor Jiang and other people are sick for at most ten days and half a month. Since it doesn't matter if the fifth prince and Shufei sister, it's good to relax your heart." Yan Wan called Chunchan: "I heard that there is a Qixia Temple on Qixia Mountain where our palace is located, a thousand-year-old temple, which is very effective. You will accompany the palace to Qixia Temple to pray for the fifth prince and Shufei sister."
Chunchan hurriedly agreed, "The little master always worrys about the fifth prince and Shufei's little master. Instead of doing this, I'd better go and worship and ask the Bodhisattva for blessings, so I feel at ease."
Ruyi said, "What? Are you the young master always hanging the fifth prince and Shufei?"
Chunchan said, "I don't say anything to the Queen, but I always remember it in my heart. When I was in Hangzhou, I asked my servants to go to various famous temples to send a name to the fifth prince to ask for peace for the fifth prince."
Yan Wan's face was sincere: "Empress, I have no children. When I see the Empress raising the fifth prince, I love her very much. I have always been intimate with Concubine Yu and Empress, and I only hope that the fifth prince will be safe and healthy."
Ruyi was moved to her tone, and her tone was much calmer: "You are still young, and sooner or later you will have your own children."
Yan Wan lowered her eyes darkly, stretched out her hand to touch a pot of roses from a few new tributes, and the dark red branches and leaves lingered from her with a soft smell. "How early it was, how late it was, but I was just looking forward to it in my heart, and the empress didn't need to comfort her." She sighed lightly, "It's the favor in front of her. The empress may feel that I have tried my best to fight for it, but what I want to fight for is just a child who can depend on each other in the future, not a desire for wealth and honor."
Ruyi turned her face away and sighed softly: "Drink lotus seed soup, lotus seeds, lotus seeds, it's always good to have a wish."
After Yan Wan exchanged greetings, she also left. She walked out of the palace and saw Rong Pei bringing two little palace maids to open the warehouse door and move the mixed beads in. But the moment the crack of the door was opened and closed, Yan Wan was shocked by the piles of mixed beads in the warehouse. As soon as a small palace maid retreated, Yan Wan smiled and said, "It turns out that the Empress has so many mixed beads and brocades. I have sent them here, but it has occupied your place in vain."
The little palace maid clapped her hands and smiled, "Jiangning Weaver Original will also be sent, but the Empress said that the emperor has already given so much in private, and even the most precious marmoset Wanjinjin Jin Emperor gave all the honors, so she told Jiangning Weaver that there is no need to worry about it."
The so-called shark-text Wanjin Brocade was originally the favorite of the two sisters Feiyan and Hede, who were favored by Emperor Cheng of Han. In the early years, the emperor accidentally read the "Flying Swallows" and told Jiangning and Jiangnan to compete to restore the brocade. However, Jiangning Weaving Really made it, and the emperor rewarded the queen all the money, but she didn't know at all.
Yan Wan slowly walked out of Ruyi's courtyard, and a cold smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth. It turned out that the so many honors and favors she was so vulnerable than Ruyi's Queen. A whirlwind thought suddenly flashed in her heart. When will she also enjoy such honor and favor, it would be better to be in the phoenix position of the world.
In just a moment, even she was shocked and unconsciously broke out in cold sweat. Standing on the wind in the corridor, her body felt cold.
Chunchan hurriedly said, "My master, your intention has been in control. Isn't it just this intention we want to show to the Queen? For the rest, how many good things the Queen has, what does it have to do with us?"
Yan Wan smiled faintly, and the smile hung on her lips like a cloudy sun. Chunchan looked a little scared and said without saying anything: "Don't worry, little master, with Lan Cui in the palace, everything is fine."
Yan Wan smiled faintly: "I naturally know that if she is a person who can't do it, I won't keep her."
The two were talking, and watching Yuyan sitting on the sedan chair, wearing a long garland with a silver satin dress, passing by in a bright and radiant manner.
Yan Wan lowered her face and said, "A few days after leaving this palace, Concubine Qing and the Queen, is Concubine Jia the most with the emperor?"
Chunchan spat and said, "No? I'm so old and dressed so charmingly. I just can't stand her!"
Yanwan smiled softly: "Do you really don't like her?"
Chunchan glanced at Yanwan in confusion and lowered her head.
The spring night was particularly quiet, and the emperor turned it into Yuyan's brand. In the long night, Ruyi sat quietly under the window with a volume of "Little Hill Ci". Occasionally, the sound of falling flowers passing by gently outside the window, as if someone's whispering. Ruyi turned her head and asked, "Rong Pei, what kind of flowers fell?"
Rong Pei pushed open the long vermilion window, looked at it and smiled, "The Empress has such a good ear strength, it's the magnolia outside the window."
Ruyi said, "I am not good at hearing strength, but the long night is as quiet as it is." She chanted softly, "Thousands of stamens, flowers without leaves, can be called jade trees when they are in full bloom. It is a pity that such clean flowers wither."
Rong Pei smiled and said, "When it comes to magnolia flowers, I met Lord Ling yesterday, and he also said that it would be a pity for such flowers to fall into the dirty and greasy place."
Ruyi smiled and said, "He is such a man, and he is so pitiful to flowers and grass, and is sad about spring and autumn?"
Rong Pei said seriously: "Yes, so Lord Ling said, it's better to make a magnolia soup and fried magnolia slices and so on, and eat them all in your stomach."
Ruyi couldn't hold back and smiled, "It turns out that after talking for a long time, I'm just going to be a man's heart."
Rong Pei said: "A man is open-minded and smiled and passed by. But today, Concubine Ling comes. Is the Empress trustworthy what she said?"
Ruyi said lightly: "Believe it or not, since she wants to say it, I will listen, just keep a little face for each other."
To be continued...