In this way, the sun was warm and the days when Lan Xiezhu shook, the light and shadow became more and more sparse in her dreams throughout her life, and the spring scenery was flowing. When she suddenly woke up, the wet nurse was carrying Yongqi, who had woken up from her nap, and came to find her.

The cry of the child aroused Ruyi's mother's heart, and then she laughed and felt that her trance was inexplicable. Ruyi reached out to hug her beloved son and listened to him to learn: "Mom, Mom." After a moment, she smiled and grinned, "Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother."

Yongqi has always treated this young brother very kindly, like a compatriot, and when he has time, he will come to see him. When Ruyi heard Yongqi's call, she called Sanbao and asked, "The fifth prince hasn't been here in the past two days, where have he been?"

Sanbao hurriedly said, "Return to the Queen's words, the fifth prince accompanied the Queen Mother to copy the Buddhist scriptures."

Ruyi coaxed Yongqi in her arms and asked casually: "Does the fifth prince often accompany the empress dowager these days?"

The Three Treasures said: "It's not often, it's just occasionally. The Queen Mother often asks the princes to accompany the Cining Palace to speak, or copy Buddhist scriptures. Either the fifth prince or the sixth prince."

The Empress Dowager likes the son born to Concubine Su Lujun, and everyone knows that the Sixth Prince is very lively and very popular. Ruyi smiled with a gratitude, and now the Empress Dowager can see other princes in her eyes.

Ruyi asked, "Isn't it conspicuous?"

Sanbao hurriedly lowered his voice: "Inconspicuous. The little prince Yu and the fifth prince were both neglected by the emperor, and no one paid attention to the movements in Yanxi Palace."

Rong Pei was stunned: "Why is the Queen Mother who is now attracted to the fifth prince? In the past, because the fifth prince was the adopted son of the Empress, the Queen Mother didn't pay much attention to it."

Ruyi glanced at her: "I don't think about it anymore, just think about it yourself."

Rong Pei thought about it and then, her eyes lit up, "Oh! I understand. The fifth prince was thinking about Princess Duanshu that day. Although he was guilty of the emperor, he was very fond of the empress dowager!"

Ruyi gently patted Yongqi in her arms and said, "Princess Duanshu is the eldest daughter of the empress dowager. Although the empress dowager does not care about Dawaqi, she always cares about Princess Duanshu's face and situation. The emperor treats Che Ling well, and Dawaqi is furious, so he will naturally not give Princess Duanshu a good look. With Yongqi's thoughtful words, even if he is scolded by the emperor, the empress dowager will definitely think of Yongqi's goodness."

Rong Pei said: "In the past few years, there is no prince who is in front of the emperor, but he is not as good as the fourth prince. It is of course good to be able to find another way to get the queen mother. However, although the queen mother is filial to the emperor, she ignores the affairs of the government. Even if the queen mother loves it, what if she does?"

Ruyi smiled without saying a word, just looking at the child's smiling face, focusing and joyful.

This is the power of the empress dowager. She has been with the late emperor for many years and has known most of the old ministers in the court, so she would not have any use at all. But she was so calm and uncontested, as if she was ignoring the world. Ruyi knew that even the emperor's harem had to be without the empress dowager. Yuyan and Yongshang looked at the emperor alone but ignored the empress dowager, which was short-sighted and very wrong.

A few days later, several newly domesticated wild horses were raised in Mulan's yard to be raised into the imperial garden for the palace to enjoy. The emperor was quite excited and took his concubines and princes to enjoy. The golden wind started to rise, the maple leaves were red, and as fierce as fire. The snow-white horses were raised in cages, reflecting the red leaves in the garden, which was very beautiful. They were all strange environments in the palace. The horses were wild and untamed. They did not listen to the horse trainer, shook their heads and tails, and from time to time, and twitched the sand with their front hooves, which seemed very uneasy.

The sound of horse hooves kicking the iron railing was particularly harsh. Concubine Xin snuggled beside the emperor, with a little cowardly on her face, but her bright eyes were full of curiosity, and she smiled and said, "These horse trainers are really useless! The beasts that are used to being tamed cannot calm them down." Her eyes were clear, and she was patrolling several princes behind the emperor, smiling. "I heard that all the princes are good at hunting. If wild horses are not tamed, they will be shot to death with one arrow. Isn't it?"

Although Yongfeng was not scolded by the emperor, he also felt the emperor's alienation from him. Moreover, the emperor favored Xinpin and did not go to Yuyan Palace these days. He was inevitably worried about his mother, so he said loudly: "Xin's words are bad. These horses are very tamed. If they are shot with one arrow, how can there be more fun supply to the palace?"

Xinpin was only a few years older than Yongshen, and he was also a proud person. He was a little dissatisfied and said, "Fourth Prince's opinion, can he tame these wild horses?"

Yongfeng chuckled, and didn't look at her. He rolled up his sleeves and walked to the cage for a while. Unexpectedly, the wild horses seemed to like Yongfeng very much, and they stopped being irritated for a moment, and obediently lowered their heads and sniffed twice.

Seeing this, Yuyan couldn't help but feel proud and pulled the eighth prince Yongxuan beside her. Yongxuan immediately understood and immediately clapped her hands and smiled, "Fourth brother, it's so awesome! So awesome!"

Seeing Yongfeng proud, Xinpin curled his lips disdainfully, "The trick of the devil. How can the emperor have the ability to tame the world and pacify the world!"

When the emperor saw Xinpin angry, he looked like a childish expression, and he didn't feel funny: "Yongshu, those wild horses listen to you!"

At this time, Ling Yunche accompanied the emperor and immediately flattered with a smile: "The emperor said that every year when the autumn storm of Mulan paddocks, the fourth prince would personally feed the horses tamed in the paddocks. Because of this, the fourth prince would ride the best every year in autumn storm."

Yongqi suddenly realized: "No wonder the fourth brother went to feed the horses in the yard and didn't take Erchen there. It turned out that there was such a reason, and he was afraid that Erchen would take away the title of Fourth Brother!"

The emperor's smile hanging from the corner of his mouth slightly retracted, as if he said inadvertently: "Ling Yunche, do you mean that the Fourth Prince is close to these wild horses every year when he comes to the yard?"

Ling Yunche looked very kind: "I have been on duty in Mulan Equinox for two years and saw him. Later, he hunted with the emperor and saw him several times." He looked full of envy, "The Fourth Prince is talented and it is hard for ordinary people to reach."

The emperor saw the horse trainers outside the iron cage helplessly, but Yongqiu took licorice and fed the horses. He was very comfortable, and there was an extra suspicious look in his eyes. He didn't say much at the moment, just talking and making fun.

That night, the emperor did not want to summon other concubines, but came to Yikun Palace alone to stay with Ruyi. The red candle was swaying, and the emperor's sleeping expression was not peaceful. Ruyi lay on his side in his arms, watching his eyebrows locked in his eyebrows and muttering, and was faintly frightened, and could not fall into his dream. He only listened to the drizzle drizzle in the middle of the night and knocked on the window frame. After a long time, the sound of the rain became more and more intense, hitting the glazed tiles on the eaves, hitting the vast banana leaves in the atrium, hitting the petals that were about to be blown by the autumn wind, and the sounds became clearer.

As my heart tides fluctuate, it is the time when the wind and dew are slightly cool.

The night was unbreakable. The emperor sat up from his dream, carrying a wet and cold sweat, shouting: "Come! Come!"

Immediately, the palace maid who was watching the night came forward to knock on the door when he heard the sound. Ruyi hurriedly sat up, held the emperor's palm, and said to the outsider: "It's nothing! Get out!"

On the rainy night in early September, it was already a little cool. The evening breeze blew in through the window covered with crimson gauze. The jade silver light was shining with a bright light under the glimmer of red pillars. Ruyi took the cloak beside the bed and put it on the emperor, got up and handed a cup of hot tea in the emperor's hand, and said softly: "Is the emperor a nightmare again?"

The emperor drank the hot tea in the cup in one go, as if he had seized the warmth from the tea to calm down a little. "Ruyi, although I am ruled by the world, I dreamed of the loneliness and sorrow that no one cared for when I was young. My biological mother died early, and the emperor despised my origin and rarely cared for. Even if I am rich today and alone, I am always afraid that I will return to the days when I was young without anything."

Ruyi held the emperor's hand tightly: "How could it be? The emperor has concubines, emperor's mother, so many concubines, princesses, how could he have nothing?"

The emperor's expression was helpless and confused, as if the autumn leaves were wet by the rain and dew, thin and crisp. "I have a mother, but she is the queen mother, not my mother. I have so many concubines, but they are by my side, for honor, for family, for myself, and even for the queen mother, how many people are sincere for me? My sons grow up day by day, and I am not only a father but a king, but also a person who is eyeing them on the throne that is hindering them from reaching the sky. As for my women, I love them, but one day when I want to give up their love and marriage for my own country, will they resent me? If my father and daughter are in a relationship, how can I feel at ease?"

Under the green bamboo window, the shadows of the red gauze were shining. Ruyi's heart was slightly cool, as if the slanting wind and drizzle had also floated to her heart. "What about me? How do you think of me?"

The emperor's voice was a little tired, and he closed his eyes and said, "Ruyi, have you ever planned on me? Have you ever?"

Ruyi's heartbeat suddenly fell a beat. She looked at the emperor, glad that he closed his eyes at this moment. Because even she herself didn't know how ugly her expression would be. Only she understood how she had plotted against the emperor over the years, but the emperor had never treated her sincerely as she expected. He promised her that the queen would be glorious, she gave birth to children for him, and became a conscientious queen. In the end, she just ended up being suspicious of plotting against each other.

Well, it’s better not to look at it. Ruyi looked at the gilded silver phoenix hook in the bed curtain like a crescent moon, and the golden leaves and tassels hanging from the tent hook, refracting the yellow light in pieces, poking her eyes like needles. She was silent for a moment and smiled bitterly: "How the emperor treats me, how I treat me. I just agree with each other."

The wind blew, and three or two bamboo branches were thin, whirling across the window screen, the wind and rain were bleak, and the night stuttered. The emperor's breath was a little calm. He opened his eyes, but there was a deep sadness and fear in his eyes: "Ruyi, I just dreamed of Yonghuang, my first son. I dreamed that he died with my eyes and asked me why I refused to make him the crown prince? Then there was Yongshang, the son I loved and admired over the years. I dreamed that I returned to the day when I chased the wild horse and entered the forest alone. Who were the two cold arrows that shot at me? Who wanted my life?"

The emperor's suspicious answer was about to come out, and Ruyi was in panic and slowly vomited out: "Is the emperor suspicious about Yong's? Yong's is the emperor's parent-child!"

The emperor turned his head sadly: "So what about parent-child? How tragic was the nine sons fighting for the throne in his later years. The throne was above, and there was no father-son relationship." His expression was sad and tired. "Today I realized that Yong-Chi was good at attracting wild horses, and I never knew... And that day, it was a wild horse that led me into the forest..." He sighed, "And I accidentally heard Ling Yunche say that when he came to save me that day, he clearly saw Yong-Chi riding a horse tightly behind him, and immediately became like a forest. For some reason, he did not come to save me first. Instead, he looked quite at it. Until my life was hanging a thread, he took action to save me."

It was already autumn, and laurels bloomed quietly in the palace, like thin buds. At this moment, the rain sensation, the fragrance was clear and soft, eased the treacherous atmosphere of the clouds in the palace.

Ruyi's voice came out from under her mouthpiece: "Does the emperor really doubt eternal?"

"I don't know my son. How enthusiastic about Concubine Jia was at the beginning, how enthusiastic about the position of the crown prince. I also know Concubine Jia's intention. Only when she has a noble status and a noble son's status can her mother clan firmly depend on the Qing Dynasty and have a more stable status." The emperor calmed down, "But Ling Yunche cannot believe all the words. Although I know that he was punished to work hard in Mulan paddocks, he saved me by chance, is there really such a coincidence? So I sent someone to Chengde overnight to investigate Yongsheng's whereabouts that day, whether it was really as Ling Yunche said. If Yongsheng really won favor with my safety..." A trace of cruel darkness flashed in his eyes, "Then he is not worthy of being my son!"

The bedroom was very quiet. At the moment, the endless rain was decorated with a huge rain curtain, covering the sky and the earth, surrounding the entire deep palace. The room was filled with the sound of rain. Ruyi was relieved for a moment and suddenly became frightened. The emperor treated Yongqi and Yongqi like this. So, will he treat himself Yongqi and Yongqi like this in the future?

Has it been a more dangerous situation for her sons to plan for everything step by step? She can't think about it, nor can she tolerate it. As long as she changes her mind, she will think of the unbearable years of imprisonment and cold palace. She has also shown mercy to others, but she ends up in a state of immortality. She told herself countless times that once she finds the gap between the enemy, she will not leave any mercy.

If you ascend the throne in the future and become the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother, you can only have a delusion to spend the rest of your life with your mother, Empress Dowager.

It was like drifting on the rain lake in the dark, only a small boat carried me and the men around me. They were also deeply afraid of the future and felt unsure of it. They could only row the oars hard, even if they could row further, it was good.

In such a late night, there is no difference between them and a poor couple who are worried that night rain will pour the roof and worry that there will be no corn to fill their hunger tomorrow.

The cold rain outside the window, and the dense rain made people feel sad, and they wanted to find a support. The emperor extended his arms to hold her: "Ruyi, sometimes I am glad that I was born in the imperial family to get the glory of today. But sometimes, I also regret that I was born in the imperial family, and that my family and love between husband and wife cannot be preserved!"

Ruyi knew that what the emperor said was not necessarily directed at her. Maybe it was about Empress Xiaoxian, or the Imperial Concubine Huixian, or maybe any concubine in the palace. But she couldn't help but shiver. If one day, their plans were revealed, was the so-called emperor and empress, the so-called husband and wife, also to a state of falling apart and not being safe?

In the end, they are all alone and alone!

The rain became heavier. The rain dripped on the bamboo leaves, and the sound of the wind was sobbing like a message. The rain line seemed to be countless messy silks sprinkled from the sky, shattered and entangled between the sky and the earth. Ruyi suddenly saw the huge irreparable void in her heart, covering the sky and the earth full of fear and loneliness.

They were wearing bright yellow bedding clothes of the same color, and their long sleeves were as thin as wings in the candlelight, rustling with coolness.

She was the descendant of a country and her mother was in power. He was the king of a dynasty and was in power.

But after all, she is just a woman, and she is just a man. On the rainy night in early autumn, she shed all her glory and glory, but she is just a couple who are lonely and can't be warm to each other.

Late at night, they lay down again, sleeping with their heads and heads as before. His hair was against her black hair, and they were entangled with each other, as if they were knotted, but they were back to back, with their own unspeakable thoughts, and could not fall asleep.

The rain was dark and the night was quiet. Ruyi gently tucked the quilt for him, wrapped herself tightly, and closed her eyes tightly. She only hoped that in the dream, there would be a bright and warm situation for each other to comfort the untouchable coldness of reality.

The secret envoy who returned from Chengde brought back an ambiguous answer. Someone did see Yongshu riding a horse on that day, but he didn't know if the emperor was going to go.

All decisions and the future of eternal sacrificing are within the emperor's thoughts, or whether the emperor's suspicion will be greater than the family affection of father and son.

What Ruyi can do and what Ling Yunche can arrange is only this. If the answer is too clear, it will only make the emperor go in other directions and doubts. At this time, what she does not want or dares.

Ruyi and even the emperor's hesitation and displeasure, prepared some snacks and hugged Jing Yi to visit the palace of Yangxin, hoping to use his daughter's innocent smile to comfort the emperor's irritability and confusion when it was difficult to make decisions. What's more important is that only the young girl in her arms is ignorant of the world can make the adult prince more ambitious and have ulterior motives.

Stepping up to the layers of jade steps of the Yangxin Palace, what greeted her was Li Yu's smiling face. But under the smile, there were obvious anxiety and worries that could not be concealed; "Empress, the emperor does not want to see anyone, and even the little master of Concubine Ling and Concubine Xin came to pay their respects, were blocked outside the door."

Ruyi frowned slightly: "It's not just for the Fourth Prince's business, right?"

Li Yu said: "The Empress is wise, and it is troublesome to the Fourth Prince inside, and it is the matter of the previous dynasty outside. The servant vaguely heard it, it is the matter of Junggar. This afternoon, the emperor met two groups of ministers to discuss it together. Now, the person has just left and is rushing to read the memorial again."

Ruyi concentrated for a moment, and Wen Ran said: "The emperor has been tired for half a day. I have prepared rock sugar lily horse hoof soup. You can send it to the emperor." Li Yu bowed and took it. Ruyi nodded and signaled her to carry Jing Yi to step forward: "The fifth princess misses the emperor, you can bring the princess in. Concubine Chun will also send someone to send the fourth princess over here and accompany the emperor together."

Li Yu patted his forehead and smiled, "Yes. When I got up early, the emperor asked about the fifth princess, or was the queen thinking about it, so he sent the princess first."

Ruyi glanced at Li Yu deeply, and her eyes seemed to pass by Ling Yunche who was standing in the corridor accidentally, touching Jing's pink and jade-carved face: "I'll send the princess back later."

She took Rong Pei's hand and laid down the steps. When she saw Lu Yun personally sending the fourth princess to come, she saw Ruyi from afar, and said respectfully: "The Empress is blessed with great blessings."

Ruyi hurriedly supported her. Seeing Concubine Chun wearing a rose-purple two-color gold and silver thread shirt, a light jade silver mud flying cloud collar, a thick cloud bun, a shaking cloud, wearing a jade phoenix hairpin and a pair of newly folded deep purple roses, it was obvious that she had dressed up intentionally. Ruyi smiled and said, "Concubine Chun is so polite? The emperor is waiting for the two princesses, send the princess in quickly."

Lu Yun signaled the wet nurse to carry the fourth princess into the hall, and tried her best to lower her voice, but she couldn't suppress her joy: "Somehow, the emperor is willing to worry about me now, and sent two groups of people to send things to me and Yongzhang. Yongyan, both of them are the new tributes this year. For many years, the emperor has not given such a generous reward. I heard that the same is true for Concubine Yu."

The wind blew on his face and was slightly cool. Ruyi tightened the jade-colored brocade cloak on her body, and the silky satin refracted soft ripples under the autumn sunshine. The embroidered dark gold sunflower pattern on it was also low-key and gorgeous.

"The emperor loves you, this is a good thing. It's the same to think about children, just to think about you."

There was a thin tear at the corner of Lu Yun's eyes and she sighed: "Empress, I know that I cannot compare with the young favorite concubines. As long as the emperor loves my children, don't forget them, I will be satisfied."

Her words are not the deepest hope of a mother.

Ruyi's hand swept across the back of Lu Yun's hand as if comforting, as if it was a promise and comfort: "Good peace of mind, Yongzhang and Yongyan have opportunities."
Chapter completed!