The Yonghe Palace was not peaceful that night. It was a whole night of trouble. I didn't know what was going on. The imperial physician went to one group after another, but it was not released. Everyone in the Six Palaces was surprised. They asked privately but couldn't find anything. They only knew that the lights in Yonghe Palace were on all night, but the door was closed and there was no sound.

When I got up in the morning, I didn’t know what happened in Yonghe’s palace. Ruyi was thinking about going to Changchun Palace to pay her respects. She washed up early and sent her sedan chair to go out.

Xiang Yan was the sedan chair that the concubines were passing away. However, it was still cool in the morning of early summer. Ruyi helped Yangxin and A Ruo's hands slowly out. She crossed the long street and watched Chuyang clear as gold, and the golden sunlight fell on the glazed tiles, as if a pool of golden waves were floating. Ruyi looked at the color of the sun and walked a few steps, but saw Concubine Hui also in front of her. She stood respectfully on the side of the road to welcome her. Seeing her approaching, she was blessed with blessings.

Concubine Hui looked at her with a smile and said, "I haven't seen Concubine Xian for a few days, and her complexion is getting better. Did the emperor rest at your place yesterday, so people feel refreshed when they are happy?"

A Ruo smiled sweetly on her face, but said, "It's common for the emperor to come. Can this be considered a happy event?"

Ruyi was angry that A Ruo's mouth was so fast that she had not yet glared at her. Concubine Hui just smiled as usual, and reached out to stroke a cold green jade pearl hairpin on her new hairpin on her hair, and said lightly: "It's also my palace that I forgot it. Yesterday, the emperor seemed to be resting in Yonghe Palace. I thought my sister's spring scenery would last forever and never leave for a day."

Ruyi did not want to talk to her, so she just lowered her face quietly and looked at the thin tassels on her pine silk.

Concubine Hui thought she was discouraged, and there was a little more peachy color on the corners of her eyes. She was about to say a few more sarcastic words, but she saw a sedan chair crossing through the slant and almost hit Concubine Hui. She staggered under her feet, and the bottom of the flower pot was slanted, and she almost fell out. Fortunately, Caizhu and Caiyue were holding it quickly. Although the person was fine, the jade hairpin on her hair slipped down and fell to pieces.

The sedan chair hit the person, and it was all done nothing. It turned to the corner gate and ignored who it hit, and it was not heavy.

Cai Yue said "Oh", and hurriedly squatted down and picked up the jade hairpin, and said anxiously: "This is the new reward from the emperor, it's just broken..."

Before he finished speaking, Cai Yue had already been slapped heavily on her face. Concubine Hui said angrily: "See clearly who that person is?"

Cai Yue covered her face and didn't dare to cry. Instead, Mo said in her heart: "The back seems to be Mei always there, but her clothes don't look very similar."

Concubine Hui scolded, "Is there little reward from the emperor? Is it a petty man?" After that, she left Ruyi and hurried to Changchun Palace.

When Ruyi saw her leaving, she felt a little annoyed and said to A Ruo: "If you are so quick to speak, don't come out with me again!"

A Ruo muttered, "What are you afraid of when she does? We have the eldest prince, and the favor of Yanxi Palace is no less than that of the imperial concubine!"

Seeing that she was not kind, Ruyi said angrily: "Even so, why bother to provoke her? Now that the eldest brother is by my side, how many people are looking at you, you are still unwilling to take a closer look!"

A Ruo wanted to say something else, but in the end she endured it and helped Ruyi's hand to Changchun Palace.

Ruyi was already there by then. She followed Concubine Hui in and sat down according to the position. The queen smiled and said to the Concubine: "What's wrong with you today? Her hair was a little loose and her face was not very good."

Concubine Hui gave a wink, and Mo Xin hurriedly said, "Just come from the long street just now, our little master was rushed out and touched by someone's sedan chair. The person almost twisted, and even the jade hairpin that the emperor praised was broken."

Concubine Hui hurriedly stood up and said, "I am afraid that I will miss the time to pay my respects, so I would like to ask the Queen for forgiveness."

The queen said gently: "What's the point? You're okay? Didn't the person who followed him see clearly who bumped into him?"

Mo Xin said, "I look at it and it's always Mei."

Rui Ji was not surprised, but just smiled like a lotus dew: "I just reckless and almost hit the imperial concubine. I am really disrespectful."

Concubine Hui looked unhappy and said coldly: "I only know that I have bumped into this palace, how could I escape like a gust of wind just now?"

Rui Ji Ying smiled and stroked her cheeks and said, "I originally wanted to stop and apologize to you to the Imperial Concubine. However, I have an important matter that I have to report back and forth to the Empress, so I have to let the Imperial Concubine down. As for the jade hairpin given by the emperor, you can choose whatever you like. It doesn't matter if you compensate you for two or three."

When Concubine Hui heard that she was so arrogant, her pink face, which looked like a lotus, couldn't help but feel a little angry: "I was fussing for the Yonghe Palace last night, and today I'm rude. Even if the emperor spoiled you, I can't help but act like this!"

Rui Ji sideways her face, the curve of the corners of her lips is like a crescent moon, and she stands up and respectfully blesses the queen: "Reply to the Queen's words, I have suffered from abdominal pain last night. The emperor passed the imperial physician to see it, and only then did I realize that I am pregnant and it has been two months since I was pregnant!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Ruyi subconsciously pressed her lower abdomen, and felt a little sad. She immediately realized that this was not the time for her to be sad, so she hurriedly held the smile on her face and did not allow it to scatter. She also congratulated everyone: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the queen, congratulations to Mei Changzai."

The queen was calm, her smile on her face as if she could not cover the leaking spring light: "Is that right? But since she is pregnant, how can she have abdominal pain?"

Rui Ji was slightly sarcastic: "The imperial physician said that I was cold in constitution, the fetus was hot, and there was some collision. In addition, it was the first child, so I had to report back to the queen for this matter, so I didn't dare to stay after hitting the concubine." After she said that, she wanted to bow to the concubine and salute to the concubine, "I would also like to ask the concubine to forgive me for this."

Although Rui Ji wanted to bend her knees, her movements were extremely slow. The imperial concubine knew what she meant, so she had to stop Mo Xin and said, "Just be careful when she is pregnant. If you bump into it, you will lose this blessing carefully."

Rui Ji's eyes were slightly provocative, and she looked at the imperial concubine and said, "How could this blessing that I finally got was lost? With the protection of the imperial concubine, the concubine's blessing will grow."

The queen hurriedly said, "You are the first child, you have to be extra careful. I will send a few more people to serve you later. If you want whatever you lack, please tell me that you have to be pregnant for ten months, it will be hard." She smiled Ning He and looked at the imperial concubine and Ruyi and said, "But this hard work is also a blessing. I also hope that you two will have children."

Mei Chang swayed slightly in her eyes, looking at Concubine Hui, and said in a voice: "Yes, ten months are hard. I have tried my best to see Concubine Xian take care of the eldest prince. It's not like this, but if it's not your own, how hard it would be for your own child? Concubine Hui is more blessed. People who have not given birth look younger than their actual age and are less old."

Concubine Hui was so angry that her whole body was trembling, and she was about to have an attack. The queen looked at her comfortably, but she didn't notice it. Su Xin nodded quietly, handed over a bowl of tea, touched the Concubine's elbow, and signaled her to calm down.

The queen looked around everyone and said slowly: "Those who have children are happy, and those who don't have to worry. The emperor has always been kind and cared for in the harem, and sooner or later he will have his own children." She paused and said slowly, "By the way, I happen to have a happy event to tell you today, and it is also a big happy event in the palace." She called out, "Lianxin."

Lianxin stood there all morning, like a clay-worn carving man. When she heard the queen's call, she trembled violently, and couldn't help but kneel down and said, "I'm here."

The queen pointed at her, her tone as gentle as spring breeze: "Among the girls in the palace, the one that I love the most is Lianxin. Now Lianxin is too big. I want to point her to marry a good family, but she is unwilling to leave the palace to marry far away. Following my loyal people, naturally, I can't feel wronged, so I discussed with the emperor and pointed the Lianxin to Wang Qin, the eunuch, the deputy general manager of the Yangxin Palace, and married on August 16."

Lian Xin was shocked, her face turned pale, and she bent down and begged: "Empress, I... I really don't want to get married, I just want to serve you all the time."

The queen smiled very kindly, as if she was whispering to her daughter: "I know your loyalty, but women must not marry anyone. You are the person I trust the most, so you must marry well. Wang Qin is only in his early thirties and will accompany you for a long time. I will give you your dowry more thickly." The queen's tone slightly sank, "Wang Qin likes you for a long time, and this marriage is a good marriage that cannot be asked for. Don't let the court down and the emperor give you the kindness you cherish."

Lianxin knelt there tremblingly, feeling sobbing. Su Xin hurriedly helped her and said, "The Queen is kind, Lianxin is not happy yet. She must be so happy." After that, she helped Lianxin down.

Ruyi and Hailan looked at each other, and they were both silent, and they only followed everyone and said, "The Queen is kind and kind."

Concubine Hui even said: "Wang Qin is a big celebrity in front of the emperor. This marriage is worthy of Lianxin. If someone else wants to change it, it is because the Empress has a big face."

The queen smiled unabated: "Okay. These are all gossips." She looked at Rui Ji and said, "The most important thing now is Mei Changzai's fetus. You have to take it well and don't take it lightly."

Rui Ji bowed and agreed. Everyone congratulated her a few times and left.

When the queen waited for the quiet in the hall, she looked at Su Xin and said lightly: "Go and see Lian Xin. For such a big happy event, don't shed tears, it's bad luck!"

Su Xin quickly smiled and advised: "Don't worry, Empress, Lian Xin was just confused for a moment and hadn't figured it out yet."

The queen took a loquat and peeled it into a hanging lotus, and then ate it slowly: "What else does she not understand! In the entire Changchun Palace, either after thirty or being too young, he is too young to see it. Fortunately, Wang Qin likes her and repeatedly mentioned it to me. She is my confidant, so I am willing to praise her. If you want her to remember it carefully, marry over and over, and win over Wang Qin, it is equivalent to win over the emperor's thoughts and steps. This palace will definitely not allow her to ruin the big things in my palace!"

Su Xin knew the importance of it, so she quickly peeled a loquat for the queen and handed it over, saying, "We all know the Queen's painstaking efforts. It's just that the Queen has the princess, the power of the central palace and the care of the emperor. What are we afraid of?"

The queen looked up at the sunlight that was splashing with gold in the sky, reached out to explore the iceberg in the cloisonné basin, and said with a deep slight : "Don't I want to rest assured? But the empress dowager is involved in the affairs of the harem more and more. You see, Mei Changzai knows that the emperor's concubines and descendants will only increase, while the palace will only become more and more old and yellow, and her color will become weak and slackened." Her eyes lit up, as if a little black fireworks flashed, "So everything must be more precautions."

Su Xin sighed, "The wise must have a thousand worries. The Empress has to worry."

Mei Changzai's pregnancy was the first child after the emperor ascended the throne. Although the emperor had children for a long time, he seemed particularly happy. Although he was worried about the water affairs in the south of the Yangtze River for several days, the emperor stayed in Yonghe Palace to ask about his well-being.

It was rare that Mei Changchang never pestered the emperor this night, so the emperor came to Yanxi Palace. After asking about Yonghuang’s homework, he stayed in Ruyi Pavilion for dinner.

Ruyi picked up chopsticks for the emperor and said, "Do you know that the Empress wants to give Lianxin a marriage and food?"

The emperor smiled and said, "Why did you ask about this?"

Ruyi frowned: "I just think it's a pity that my daughter has married a eunuch in her family."

The emperor said: "The queen said this, there are too many eunuchs and maids in the palace, and they cannot be released. If there are too many foolish men and women, it is better to give them the right food to comfort each other. The queen has good intentions, so I will agree."

When Ruyi heard this, she didn't have much to say, so she poured a glass of wine into the Emperor's Cup. The cherry-colored jade liquid condensed into the white jade cup, like the best red jade, shining brightly.

The emperor smiled and said, "The color of this wine looks very festive."

Ruyi looked at the emperor's expression and was also happy: "The emperor is in a good mood, so naturally everything is festive."

"Do you think I'm in a good mood?"

Ruyi smiled and reached out to stroke his eyebrows, thick black as ink. Looking at him at him like this, even his eyebrows were so beautiful. "The face was full of smile patterns, and they couldn't hide them. There were also eyebrows, and their eyebrows were flying." She endured the sourness in her heart and chuckled, "My Changzai is pregnant, the emperor is so happy."

The emperor smiled and shook her hand, feeling that her hand was as cold as a piece of Hetian jade. After holding it for a long time, it gradually became moist. He said loudly: "No matter how happy the things in the harem are, it is a trivial matter. If something happy happened to the previous dynasty, I will be truly happy."

Ruyi poured a cup of wine to the emperor and toasted it: "The emperor is happy, but I am happy. In order to govern the previous dynasty, the emperor is worried day and night, and the mind he spent on is not something others can understand by looking at it. So I respect the emperor for this cup."

The emperor took it but did not drink it. He said with great interest: "Why are you happy if you don't ask me?"

Ruyi lowered her head slightly: "It's like a farmer farming, he has his efforts and has his harvest. This is happiness. I am in the harem and shouldn't ask, and I can't ask."

The emperor took the wine and raised his neck to drink. His eyes were filled with crystal-clear smiles. He clung to Ruyi's hand and said softly: "This is your benefit. If it were Concubine Hui, she must chase me and ask what a happy thing."

Ruyi's calm smile slightly lowered: "Concubine Hui naturally has the benefits of Concubine Hui. But the emperor..." She paused, with a hint of stubbornness in her soft voice, "Prince, here, let's not talk about others."

The emperor was stunned and smiled unconsciously: "I didn't see that you still have a small mind."

Ruyi's smile was as clear as the water of the moon, clear: "The emperor's heart was divided into two halves, half of it was the previous dynasty, and half of it was the harem. The harem half gave to the empress dowager, princess, and sisters. In this small half, the queen took a big head, and the concubines each shared the emperor's heart, and not many left it to me. Then when this little petal heart came to me, if the emperor gave it to others, I would not be able to take up even the sesame seeds."

The emperor sighed and reached out to put his hand over Ruyi's shoulder: "Although you said this with a smile, I know your grievance and discomfort. I am still young and can't take care of the affairs of the previous dynasty. The ministers are all old ministers who follow the former emperor, and they are all qualified to put them there. If I don't take care of one by one, what will happen to them will be embarrassing me. For this matter, I have less entry into the harem, and for the etiquette of filial piety and the dignity of the main palace, I have to spend more time with the queen mother and the queen. I have a clear idea. The time I spend with you is no longer as good as when I was in the secret residence."

Ruyi leaned on the emperor's shoulder, and the golden thread of the five-claw dragon pattern of the golden thread hit the cheeks in fine detail. After being hurt for a long time, she felt a hint of roughness and stiffness. She said softly: "I dare not resent, but I don't understand the difficulties of the emperor. I also hope that the emperor will come, but in my heart, it is best if the emperor comes, I will not leave. But I know that my husband can be the husband of one person, but the emperor is the emperor of the world. So I hope that the emperor will come, but I dare not hope that the emperor will come."

The emperor was quiet for a moment, stroked Ruyi's hair, and said calmly: "This is the truth. When I walked into the harem, there was the queen, the virtuous wife, the gentleness of Concubine Hui, the considerate concubine, the charm of noble concubine Jia, even the nobleman Yi, the nobleman Hai and Wan agreed, and the honesty of theirs. But the only thing I have is that none of them have."

Ruyi was curious: "What is it?"

The emperor kissed her forehead and said quietly: "It's a straightforward feeling. This straightforward feeling is for me. It has never changed since you entered the residence until today."

Ruyi was stunned for a moment, feeling in her heart, but she said hard: "Straightforwardness is not considered the virtue of a concubine, it is not a benefit."

The emperor sighed lightly and said with a smile: "There is no benefit among the concubines, it is between husband and wife."

It seemed as if the softest part of her heart was gently brushed by someone's hand, Ruyi almost burst into tears. She lowered her head and tried her best to hold back her tears: "Ruyi thanks the emperor, you can understand this way."

The emperor was moved and said, "I understand, cherish it more. So Ruyi, although you are not my wife or the one who has been with me for the longest time, your good deeds are all in my heart. I also hope you understand that no matter how many times I have come to Yanxi Palace, you are always in my heart, not just in this palace."

The moonlight is white, wandering leisurely in the sky, like a pool of clear water flowing down from the broken ice. The wind in the distance brings the fragrance of flowers and trees. Such a good moonlight looks out through the half-open gap of the window, as if the whole palace is as white as ice and snow. Such a good moon is to reflect such a pair of people. Ruyi never felt that the full moon in the Forbidden City was so perfect.

In this peaceful time, Ruyi really felt that she was going to sleep. If she woke up in one sleep, she would still be like this, and the moon would be full.

But the knock on the door outside rang twice. She had originally closed her eyes and ignored her, but it rang twice outside. Ruyi sighed, and saw that the dishes on the table were almost cold. She knew that it was the palace maid who came in to deliver the dishes, so she had to sigh: "Come in."

The emperor knew her thoughts, and shook her hand, smiled and said nothing. Ruyi's face turned red, but when she heard the "creaking" sound of the palace gate, a figure flashed in lightly, followed by a little palace maid holding a plate of yellow wood with a square pattern of yellow wood, and walked in steadily. The person coming was A Ruo. She bowed lightly, said "Full blessings", nodded gently, and the palace maid holding the plate walked up. A Ruo brought out the dishes one by one, and said in her mouth: "This quatrain water."

The crystal stew is the emperor's favorite. The little master ordered the kitchen to watch it and it was done half a minute. This dish of steamed duck breast is specially used for duck breast meat that is neither fat nor thin. The duck loves living water, so it is cold and removes the fire. The little master specially instructed the emperor to prepare it for the emperor to resolve the tiring heat of the complaint. This sweet and sour mandarin fish is sweet and sour, and it is best to eat and drink. There is also a dish of green and glutinous lotus root with a sweet taste, which symbolizes the natural success of the emperor and the little master's partner, and mix oil in honey."

The emperor smiled and said, "Every dish is the thought of your little master, but she herself refuses to say it. If you say it from your mouth, this thought will come alive."

A Ruo made a gesture and patted her face gently: "It's me that I'm talking too much. But our Empress is a solid person, and I can't say it when she thinks about the emperor's heart. If I don't tell her for the little master, I'm afraid that no one will know about the little master's infatuation."

The emperor smiled lightly, patted Ruyi's back of his hand and said, "Actually, you are a talking person. Unexpectedly, the girls trained by his subordinates are smart. I remember that A Ruo has been with you for several years."
To be continued...