Chapter 15 Mourning Jade
There was a long period of silence, and only the difficult and turbid breathing in the hall was heard like a fish in the dry pond. Long clear tears rolled silently from Yuyan's cheeks. She was stunned, as if she asked herself: "Criminal? Prince? No, it wouldn't be the prince! My prince!" She grabbed Ruyi's wrist, as if she was very scared, and asked softly: "Who am I? Where did I come from? Am I Jin Yuyan? Who am I?"
Ruyi left her dead branch-like hand and said lightly: "I don't know."
Yuyan hugged herself tightly, as if she was afraid of the cold, curled up, curled up, leaving only a lonely shadow on the gray bed tent. After a moment, she glared at the sky and whistled with a hoarse throat: "Criminal, Prince, why do you treat me like this? I am not dead yet, do you just think I am dead?"
Yuyan sobbed softly, but the voice was even more heart-wrenching than crying. Ruyi stroked her belly, sneered and shook her head, "The world is cold, that's it. I don't know how your prince gave you high hopes and sincere instructions before leaving, but I think it's the same for the Song family. It's really not worth it for you to pay for your life for such a cold prince and mother. At the end of the day, who are you doing?"
Yuyan was almost crazy, her eyes were crazy and powerless. Ruyi approached a little and forced herself to look at her: "I came to tell you so much today, just want to hear the truth from you. Did you kill the fifth princess in this palace?"
Yuyan's black eyes were like two balls of ink-colored stone beads, and Lingling rolled. She sneered: "Your fifth princess is dead, and Xinfei's sixth princess is also dead. Everyone counts on me, I recognize it. But Empress, I won't live long. Give me a truth, did you instruct Yongqi to do it with my use of Xuan fallen horse?"
Ruyi's tears instantly heated his eyes, he clenched his hands and said hard: "No! This sentence not only guarantees Ulanara Ruyi, but also guarantees Keliyetehailan and Aisin Jueluo Yongqi!"
Yuyan was stunned for a moment, stubbornly stubbornly stifled her neck, and said sternly: "Then I didn't harm your daughter, Xin Fei's daughter! I also swear, "Fuguier', "Fuguier" bit your daughter, shocked Xin Fei's fetal aura. It was definitely not my instigation!" Her teeth were white, and she bit her deep blood marks on Danzi's lips, her eyes were like cones, and one awl and one awl pierced on Ruyi. "I don't understand until my death, how could my 'Fuguier' sneak out of Qixiang Palace and get the mad dog disease that bites people. At that time, I was all concerned about Yongxuan's injuries, and I couldn't care about anything..."
It seemed as if a huge rock was thrown into the heart lake, and the huge and surging waves made Ruyi's heart hurt. Her
Jing Yi, the lively and cute Jing Yi, could no longer laugh under her knees, calling her "mother" one by one.
After a long period of silence, the sore throat in my throat rose from the bottom of my heart, and Ruyi's voice was like crying blood: "It's not you? Who else would hate me very much, hate my children very much?"
"There are too many people who want to harm you, who knows?" Yuyan's eyes were stuck on her, and gradually lost the scorching breath, becoming cold and lost. She lowered her body tiredly: "But Empress, even if you swear, I still don't believe you, I don't believe at all! Not only do I believe you, I don't believe anyone. You all want to harm me and my child. Now, I am about to die, and the emperor doesn't want the Fourth Prince anymore, and finally fulfill your wish."
Ruyi's eyes were slightly red, and she said patiently: "I don't believe you either. But my wish is never to harm your child!"
Yuyan is a person who is weak, with the blue veins on her neck suddenly stammering, reflecting her yellow face, as if she was dead leaves in the mud: "Empress, you are originally different from Empress Xiaoxian. Empress Xiaoxian has lived all her life and lived in vain. For the sake of the empress's empty shell, she hid and endured everything. Could it be that when she became a queen, they all became the empty Bodhisattvas who offered sacrifices, and what they said sounded disgusting." She smiled "hey" and glanced at Ruyi and said, "But it turns out that it is the same as being a queen. Our emperor's temperament is nothing to do when she is a concubine, and they are arrogant and straightforward. But if she becomes a queen and stands side by side with him, he is paying attention to everything and suspicious step by step. So this queen is really boring, right?"
Ruyi looked at her quietly and said, "Is it interesting? If you have not been the queen for a day, you don't have to worry about this for me. Back then, you instructed Su Xin by Empress Xiaoxian to coax her to think she was doing her best for Empress Xiaoxian.
I did all the harming things under the name of Empress Xiaoxian, right?"
Yuyan glanced at Ruyi with a sarcastic look on her face, holding her hair like a sarcastic hair, and smiled charmingly: "Why, the emperor suspected that Su Xin's death was done by Concubine Chun, so she even beat the eldest and third princes who had disliked her, and she lost their way to the prince. The Empress suspected me."
Ruyi's face was as gloomy as the sky was about to come. "The emperor once checked Su Xin's house after she died, but she couldn't see anything except the silver in the palace. She could not tell anything. She could not help but suspect that it was bribed by Concubine Chun. But I was really worried and ordered someone to check the pawnshop that Su Xin had been to when she left the palace. Only then did she find that there was a bracelet you wore in the things she had worked for. This was irrefutable, right?" She focused her mind for a moment, took out a small paper bag from her sleeve, handed it to Yuyan and opened it, "You can always recognize this thing yourself, right?"
Yuyan's eyebrows hopped violently, and she said, "Have you found this? I think you counted everything on the two scapegoats, Empress Xiaoxian and Empress Huixian Concubine?"
Ruyi used pointed armor to tamper the snakeberry fruit and mercury cinnabar powder in the paper bag, and threw it to Yuyan: "The double joy in front of the imperial concubine Huixian can drive away snakes, why should we use the juice of the snakeberry to attract vipers in Yipin Palace? Even when the emperor tortured Shuangxi, there was no harm to Yipin in the things he admitted. This palace once thought it was done by Empress Xiaoxian, and there was something wrong with thinking about it. Even when the palace was in the cold palace, Empress Xiaoxian and Empress Huixian instructed people to use cold things to harm our palace and the heart of the palace and the heart of the palace.
The palace also noticed that Empress Xiaoxian did not understand the medicinal properties of food. In this way, the rumored Emperor Zhemin was harmed by Empress Xiaoxian is worth discussing. "Ruyi's eyes were even more hatred. "It was not until Yonghuang died that I learned that I told him that Empress Zhemin died of food that had been ate incompatible food for a long time, and even said clearly what she ate for a vegetarian life. So who else would be the one who killed Empress Zhemin and blamed the Empress?"
Yuyan lowered her head and thought for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "That day, I was silent for a while, but you actually heard clues. Okay, that's it, so what?"
Ruyi felt that her teeth were really tight and she was almost broken: "I can't figure out what you are doing, and I want to get rid of these people one by one. Until you caused Concubine Chun to cut off the path to the crown prince, I could not understand it again. Yonghuang lost his biological mother and could no longer fight against other princes. Yongzhang was spoiled and could not be liked by the emperor. At that time, you were not pregnant, and Meipin and Yipin lost their children one after another, so your Yongzhang was the first child after the emperor ascended the throne, and he was so loved by the emperor."
Yuyan inadvertently angrily, rubbed the drooling drool on her lips with silk and wiped the drooling of her lips: "I came from the Li Dynasty thousands of miles away. Although I am favored, it is not safe. There is no way for Empress Xiaoxian to give birth to a legitimate son. She is also very concerned about the prince's affairs and has nowhere to do it, so she has to plan again in the future. Moreover, although she has no intention of taking your life, it is not difficult for anyone to use it in the dark. You two tigers fight each other, and the emperor suspects that she does many things, and she can always pull her down over time. Moreover, her son is so short-lived that they all have to save me the effort. In this way, except for those who want to give birth to a child in front of me, Yongsheng will naturally be liked by the emperor."
"Your plan is indeed good! Concubine Huixian was attracted by Empress Xiaoxian, but Empress Xiaoxian was your scapegoat, even Concubine Chun was not revealed. If they hadn't fallen one by one, the true form you had been hiding for so long would not have been revealed. From the time when you set up a death plan and wrongly accused me of being absent from Master Anji Bosang, I knew that the people in front of me had to jump out by themselves. In this way, Empress Xiaoxian refused to accept profit until her death.
I think you were encouraged by the back of using A Ruo to cause this palace to enter the cold palace. But you couldn't get along with A Ruo openly and secretly, so you told people to clear it up that you encouraged Su Xin to find A Ruo. You don't have to deny it. This was also because Wang Xin got married later. When he saw A Ruo's Ama Guiduo, he realized that Guiduo actually knew about Wang Xin. A Ruo's fortune was closely related to her. When he remembered Su Xin was close to you, it was not difficult to know."
Yuyan listened quietly to her, with a calm and peaceful expression: "You have already figured it out so well, and I'm still asking me what I'm doing." She held a slight slight hint on her lips, "I won't tell you, I won't admit it. No matter how suspicious you are, you will always feel entangled and uncomfortable without my answer. In this way, I'm the happiest."
Ruyi's eyes were flushed with anger. She said patiently: "You and I have worked hard for a lifetime, and we have never said a few good things to each other. Maybe it's a bit ugly. I have been sick of you and hate you for a day or two, but I have never thought of wanting you to die."
Yuyan stared at her and sneered, "This is natural. How happy it is to die? You naturally have to watch me not die. Living is even more uncomfortable than dying, so you can feel happy!"
Ruyi smiled and said, "You are so smart, you can talk to you happily!" Ruyi looked at her chest fluctuating violently, and her expression became calmer. "I heard from the imperial physician that you are unwilling to take medicine and healing you. Today, I saw you like this again and knew that you were self-destructive. But you are a mother, not others. If your children see you like this, wouldn't it hurt their hearts? You are naturally humiliated because of the emperor's angry words, and they are also suffering the same humiliation. At this time, if you, a mother, don't comfort them well and are still pretending to be yourself, you really don't love yourself."
Yuyan raised her face, looked at the dust-stacked tent without any fear, and said dejectedly: "Empress, you are also a mother. Let me ask you, if you and your children are drowned in the water, are you willing to sink yourself or pull them down together? This is my current situation. Our royal family of the Li Dynasty is in turmoil and has always been dependent on the Qing Dynasty and praying for the Qing Dynasty's blessing. I..." Yuyan suddenly opened her eyes wide and her breath became rapid, "I have been the glory of the Li Dynasty all my life, but in the end,
But it became a shame for Li Chao! They wanted to throw me like they were thrown into pieces, they! They!" She didn't know what she thought of, and her eyes suddenly jumped, "The prince must have given up on me, so she deliberately left it clear, it must be! No! I don't! I don't! Prince, don't give up on me! I'm still alive, I still have my children, I am from Li Chao, I am! I am..." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a mouthful of phlegm surged up, her eyes straightened, and her hands grabbed the void, and fell straight backwards.
Seeing this, Ruyi was not surprised and hurriedly said, "Rong Pei, hurry up and help the imperial concubine lie down."
Seeing that Yuyan's quilt was greasy and black, Rong Pei was afraid to take action for a moment. Ruyi frowned and didn't care about thrusting her stomach. She reached out and pressed Yuyan down, and took a soft pillow to cushion her. Rong Pei hurriedly poured tea, but found that even the tea set on the table was dirty, and there was no drop of water in the teapot. She said angrily: "People who can breathe outside, hurry up and bring water!"
Rong Pei shouted, and immediately a palace servant served the clean tea in, and quickly lowered his eyebrows and left with a plea. Rong Pei poured out a cup and found that it was also ordinary tea. He didn't care about anything for a while, so he quickly sent it to Yuyan's lips. Yuyan drank two cups in a row before he calmed down.
Yuyan lay on the pillow, raised her face and stared at an unknown distant place, slowly shook her head and said, "It's useless. I know that I'm too strong-willed, and now I can't. I had known that I was just a tribute, just a torn dress and a pair of bad shoes that could be thrown away at any time. Why did you have to compete with you for the position of queen and give birth to a prince like this? So hard work, in the end it was just a nuisance that has been implicated by innocent children, and it's all the time. The emperor... I can see through it, I've been pretending to be false all my life, and I always thought I'm still a little sincere, but I'm just like this when I'm done..." She sighed and suddenly struggled to pull her long hair. Maybe it's been combed for a long time, her hair was like dry autumn grass. She didn't realize it, but she just shivered and wrinkled her braids with difficulty, and laughed slowly.
In 2018, my hair was so black, so bright, so beautiful. Although I was a little royal daughter in the Li Dynasty, I was so young, I could expect anything and start from scratch. I could marry into the palace, become the concubine of the prince, and live my life with such a gentle smile. Forget it, that would be the same as here, and I still have to fight for the rest of my life. However, they didn’t want me anymore. They didn’t even let me do it. They were helpless and lonely ghosts when they let me die. If I could start from scratch, I would choose my beloved Arirang, and I would not fight for it for the rest of my life. I must be the most respected wife in my family, and I will receive the care and respect of my husband. I can have many children, and during the New Year, I will play rice cakes and dance spring dance with them. I…I…”
Yuyan suddenly couldn't speak anymore, her throat felt like it was hard, and she was panting stiffly. Two drops of turbid tears slowly flowed from the corners of her eyes, but her face was filled with hope. The longing smile seemed to have endless satisfaction, and she was immersed in her own world.
Ruyi's heart suddenly fell empty, and she hated her for so long. When she reached the end of her life, she saw that if she was about to die, she was not happy, but infinite sadness. She quietly helped Rong Pei's hand up and walked slowly outside the door.
The snow outside was so bright that Ruyi could hardly open her eyes. There was a moment of stinging pain. For some reason, she felt a surging tears in her eyes about to burst out. She endured it and then, when she opened her eyes, Ruyi was as dignified and solemn as usual. She looked at the palace servants serving the yard, leaving only one sentence: "Serve Concubine Jia well, and be sure to do her best to send her to the end of her life."
Her words fell softly, like fine snow. There was a quiet Kunqu opera crawling through the palace and the Chongyuan Garden, as if it was Yan Wan's singing, clear and tireless, accompanied by the flying snowflakes like falling cherry blossoms, which stretched the deep sorrow of the pear blossoms locked in the courtyard.
"The cold wind is shining through the ice silk, and the incense burner is lazy to burn. A strand of blood marks is on the tip of the eyebrows, and the red rouge makes the delicate. The lonely shadow is timid, the weak soul floats, and the spring silk is a life. The frost on the floor is far away from the moonlit night, and the sky is dawning."
Ruyi vaguely remembers that it was Li Xiangjun's lyrics in "Peach Blossom Fan". The frozen clouds and snow block the long bridge, and the Red Mansions are closed and there are few tourists. The railings are low, and the words of geese are hung on the curtains: the cold charcoal is gone, and the fragrance of people is thin, and the wind is steep in the evening. Those who used to be the flowers and moon are in the spring breeze have stopped from now on.
When he returned to the palace, Ruyi just silently. The emperor came to accompany her for dinner as usual. He told each other about the harem, but did not mention Yu Yan, as if he had no idea that she was seriously ill. Ruyi simply mentioned: "This morning, I have visited Concubine Jia."
The emperor said "Oh" lightly, without any concern, but gentle reminder: "Ruyi, your birth date is approaching, and you are pregnant with the auspicious fetus mentioned in the Imperial Heavenly Prison. Our Yongyan is already very smart and cute. Your child is extremely noble in the Imperial Heavenly Prison. This child will become a great man in the future, so don't go to these unclean places again."
Ruyi lowered her gentle face and supported her waist and said, "I understand. But Concubine Jia is almost out of reach. I am the queen, so I should take a look at it in terms of emotion and reason." Her eyebrows were stained with a dark ink color, "What's more, people are about to die, and I can't feel at ease if I don't ask for a lot of things."
There was a moment of silence, and only the emperor's breathing became slow and long, but soon, he just said as usual: "Will she say it?"
Ruyi bit her lip and tilted her head slightly: "She has her hatred, but she refuses to speak until she dies." She took a deep breath and pressed down the resentment that was rumbling in her chest. "Concubine Jia said that she knew, and she would not say it, and she would not recognize it. I will not be able to live a happy life every night!"
He sneered, his thin lips curled, and his eyes were filled with a burning disgust: "If she said that, wouldn't it affect the Li Chao, the mother clan she missed the most?" He put the silver chopsticks in his hand heavily, and the thin silver chains on his head made a trembling silence, "There is something even more ridiculous to read the memorials this afternoon. Li Chao wrote a letter to tell that Jin Yuyan was indeed the adopted daughter. The legitimate and illegitimate Li Dynasty was obviously even more serious than our dynasty. The son of the illegitimate son has become a servant and maid, let alone a wild breeder who was brought to him. The couple who adopted Jin Yuyan had been exiled by the Li Dynasty monarch. He also said that Jin Yuyan didn't know where the blood was, and it was difficult to tell whether they were Li Dynasty people. He had to ask me to make a judgment on the Qing Dynasty."
The emperor said it like a joke. Ruyi should have relieved her hatred and should be more happy and happy, but every word fell into her ears. She felt like a heavy hammer knocking down, and her heart was suddenly filled with awesomeness. It was obviously a warm inner hall, wearing a gorgeous robe, but her back felt cold and a thin sweat came out.
Liang Bo is so! It turns out that the so-called game power tricks, she, or the whole harem women, are not one ten thousandth of those people!
Although Jin Yuyan was wrong, she tried her best to be the honor of her mother's family for the sake of her grandfather's honor, but in the end she was just a useless abandoned son, easily abandoned by others, so completely that she had no chance to turn things around.
It turns out that their lives are colorful and colorful, and they can only occupy all the spring scenery, but they cannot escape the fate of falling red and withering and crushing into dust.
It was the emperor's voice that called back to Ruyi's soul: "What do the queen thinks about this matter?" The light and shadow in the hall were faint, and the emperor slowly stroked the green chalcedony red gold ring on his thumb, "If the queen thinks that Li Chao is inseparable from the matter of Jin, I will definitely hold him accountable in order to return the queen to understand."
Ruyi tried her best to hold on to herself. The look of her gazing was clearly his extremely serious expression, but in that seriousness always had the meaning that she could not reach or touch.
If she really wants to give her a clear idea, why do she need to ask? She naturally can't wait to do it. If she wants to ask, she has hesitation and unwilling to explore.
There was a flash of cold light in her eyes, and the smile on her lips became deeper and deeper: "As Concubine Jia ended up like this, Li Chao naturally wanted to leave it clean and send a new beauties to show her goodwill. But the Concubine Jia only did Li Chao in her life. If it were not for Li Chao's careful training, it would not be like this." She stopped and clearly saw that the emperor's pupils were slightly tightened.
She smiled bitterly in her heart, but her lips changed into a more graceful tone: "It's just that the blood relationship between Concubine Jia is not Li, and she is in the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Li Dynasty wants to be in charge, she can't do anything. Moreover, since the Li Dynasty belongs to the Qing Dynasty, she has always respected the country. If she raises troops to punish a woman, she will lose her demeanor. Moreover, Concubine Jia is not a member of the Li Dynasty. If the matter of confusing bloodlines and entering the palace as a concubine is spread, the common people will be ignorant and do not know how to speculate, and they often make false statements."
The emperor's eyes were slightly narrowed, and his eyes were filled with a hazy and flickering smile under the light of the beautiful sun. He put her hands in his palm and said emotionally: "The queen can put down her feelings and put my country's stability first. I feel very comforted."
She lowered her head and snuggled beside him, feeling the temperature of his palm holding his fingers. She couldn't tell whether it was his palm cooler or his skin cooler. Perhaps it was just because of the weather that he and her hands were as cold as they were. For a moment, her heart was indestructible and could not be suppressed, and it was like rushing overflowing. Even with such a blind date, with the combination of blood, it turned out that it was a place of distance that could not be taken.
A red plum blossom outside the window was blooming in full bloom. The emperor stared for a moment, and his eyes were like a frozen lake. Except for the bone-chilling coldness, there was no trace of moving expression: "Life and death, flowers bloom and fall, are all fate. Her heart is cruel, and Jing Yi and the Sixth Princess who killed me. I think God will not protect me!" The emperor stopped and slowly sipped a bowl of pheasant and cub-sucking soup, saying slowly, "If Concubine Jia is really not good, then ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare for the funeral. Don't get in a mess for a while, there is no place to go."
Ruyi also seemed to be fine: "The concubine of Concubine Jia can instruct the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do it. The people on the left and right do not know what Concubine Jia did, and the funeral must be taken into consideration after her death. She must be mourned and honored after her death. Don't let others make unnecessary guesses about life."
There was a faint gloom between the emperor's eyebrows: "You are pregnant, don't get involved in the more irrelevant and obscene things. When I have plans, I will give it to Concubine Chun and Concubine Yu to treat it."
Ruyi concentrates her mind, smiles gently, and says, "Your Majesty, Concubine Jia is sick like this, and her two princes will not be able to keep her in the prince's house. She must be taken care of by someone. Especially Yongxuan, she has injured her leg. No matter how careful the nannies are, they are afraid they will not take good care of them."
The emperor casually said: "Yong's unfilial son has gone out. Yongxuan has difficulty in legs and feet. Yong's young age should have a foster mother to take care of. The queen means..."
Ruyi said: "The prince's affairs have always been done by Wanpin. Wanpin is old and has no children, and is also careful and docile, so it is better to leave it to her to take care of. Besides..."
The emperor nodded and said, "Okay. Their biological mother is vicious and unspeakable. The adoptive mother must be extra scrupulous. Although Wanpin is good, she is still in this harem. What I mean is that I want to be raised by the concubines of Shoukang Palace, so that Yongyan can listen to Buddhist music and Zen words every day and cultivate a good mind."
The emperor said this, so he naturally did not want to see Yong Yan in the palace, so he moved the concubines whom he had never had to meet every day. Ruyi knew that the emperor was extremely disgusted with Jin Yuyan, so he was not convenient to refute, so he only said that he would make arrangements. After a few more words about the princes' study, the emperor went back to Yangxin Palace to handle government affairs. Ruyi became older and it was extremely inconvenient to sit up, so he only sent the emperor to the door of the hall. Because of family matters, Ruyi only wore a piece of Yongzi hair edge.
The silver fox pipa collar **, the emperor smiled and tightened the slightly loose collar for her, and said warmly: "Tonight is the full moon night of the fifteenth month. I will come here to accompany you again and accompany our children."
Ruyi had no appetite for this meal. After using it, she slowly sucked the tea and watched the palace maids pack up their meals.
Seeing that all the palace people who had been cleaned up had gone out, Rong Pei said: "I deserve it! The emperor should have been so reluctant to see Concubine Jia, so she would not have a charming and vicious heart. I feel so happy when I see it!"
Ruyi held a hint of pleasure: "I like you or not, it was just a matter of thought." She was stunned for a moment, and the red gold armor hit the copper hand stove and jingled, "Rong Pei, will this palace have that day?"
After saying that, even she was shocked. Rong Pei's face turned pale and she hurriedly said, "Empress, what are you talking about? You are the queen, how could you be like them!"
Ruyi was a little confused, and she was confused and blurted out: "The queen is also a woman, but she is just one of the emperor's women. What I like today may be unwelcome to you."
Rong Pei was so scared that he quickly covered her mouth, and rolled his eyes with a rush, "Empress, you are the most noble woman, don't talk nonsense like this."
Ruyi was sad for a moment and quietly looked at the suddenly dark sky outside the window: "It's getting dark."
The lead clouds were low and they were secretly slamming the city, with a rustling sound hitting the eaves. Rong Pei looked at it for a few times and said, "Empress, it's snowing."
Ruyi felt a little chilled and shivered slightly, "Yes! It's November, it's time to snow."
Rong Pei said, "I will go and change the novice stove to warm up for the Queen, and add two charcoal basins to come in."
Ruyi nodded, listening to the rustling snow outside, she was worried: "You go to Yueshilou to see, is Yongqi studying? If it is there, please give him some winter clothes and hand stove. Yongqi only cares about studying and does not pay attention to these things, and the servants who serve him may be inadequate."
Chapter completed!