Ruyi was stunned and immediately recognized the figure that was like fishing out of water. Ruyi quickly asked several little palace maids to help her into her room. Luhen happened to boil the hot water in, and quickly poured the water into the cypress bathtub. He stripped her soaked clothes with Ruyi and moved her whole body into the bathtub to soak.

A Ruo felt the hot water around her and woke up moaning. When she saw Ruyi beside her, her tears immediately fell and she called out, "Little Master." Ruyi ordered Luhen to add blood-activating and cold-relieving ginger slices, acorus granulated and yellow wine to the water. Yibi reached into the water and rubbed her arms, and said, "Don't it take six hours? Why are you back so soon?"

A Ruo could no longer tell whether it was water or tears on her face, and she cried, "It was said that the emperor went to the Queen's place for dinner. When she saw that I was kneeling there and felt pitiful, she mentioned to the Queen. The Queen only then gave me kindness and let me go back."

Ruyi said, "Don't cry for now. Hurry up and warm up, I'll put some medicine on your legs. After kneeling for so long, my legs must be very painful." She got up and returned to the hall, silently lit up the wick. Listening to the rain and wind outside, but after a long time, she saw Wangxin pushing the door in, she was a little surprised: "Why are you back?"

Wang Xin was a little embarrassed and said for a moment: "Concubine Hui read the "Buddha Mother Sutra" copied by the little master, saying that the little master was perfunctory and did not write carefully, and it was not because he was sincerely punished."

Ruyi sighed: "What's going to do?"

Wang Xin held his breath and calmed down: "Concubine Hui said that she would copy the little master a hundred times again, and send it to Xianfu Palace before going to Changchun Palace to pay his respects tomorrow." Ruyi concentrated slightly and said, "It's okay, I'll copy it a hundred times again."

Wang Xin looked at Ruyi's expression and said softly: "Actually, Concubine Hui hasn't translated the Buddhist scriptures copied by the little master at all. She won't be satisfied no matter how much the little master is copied. It is obvious that she is deliberately making things difficult for the little master."

Ruyi smiled indifferently: "Isn't that what she wants? Isn't it the Buddhist scriptures? It's just that I work hard and exhausted."

After saying that, she stopped talking, got up and arrived at the desk, took the pen and dipped it ink, and copied it one by one: "She has become much angry for the pregnancy of Guiren Mei. If I don't obey her, I will lose her words."

Wang Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "But the imperial concubine is indeed too much."

Ruyi smiled a little and said lightly: "A Ruo has no sense of duty, she wants to discipline A Ruo. If she loses her sense of duty, I will let her know what it means to be within the sense of duty."

Wang Xin saw her pick up the pen and immediately wrote it, and was surprised: "Didn't the little master want to copy Buddhist scriptures? Why did he write a poem by someone else?"

Ruyi said, "Copying Buddhist scriptures is just a small matter, this is the most important thing." She whispered a few words with her ears, and smiled knowingly: "I obey the order."

As the two were talking, Sanbao had already brought Doctor Xu over. A Ruo also changed into clean clothes and was helped by the green scars and came over tremblingly. Ruyi said, "I'm sorry, I'll let Doctor Xu, take a look at this girl for me."

Doctor Xu agreed and asked A Ruo for his pulse, and quickly said, "The girl was in a heavy rain and had a cold wind. She is now a little fever and needs careful care. The most important thing now is to prevent high fever from occurring, so as not to burn the body. Wei Chen will prescribe a good prescription and send medicine. Please ask the people in the little master's palace to decoct the medicine for the girl and take it."

"That knee injury?"

Doctor Xu respectfully said: "It's just an external injury, so it's okay to apply some medicine." As he said that, he took two bottles of powder from the medicine box, "It will be better if you take it internally and externally."

Ruyi thanked him and ordered Sanbao Haosheng to send Doctor Xu out and took the medicine he left behind. His tone was calm: "Roll up your trouser legs."

A Ruo rolled up her trouser legs, revealing her green and purple knees. The most serious part was broken and her skin was exposed, and bright red blood was oozing. Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief and applied medicine powder to her. A Ruo couldn't help but whimper: "My little master, I feel so wronged!"

Ruyi slowly sprinkled medicine powder on the wound and said lightly: "What's wrong with me?"

A Ruo cried, "Concubine Hui tortured me so much to destroy the face of the little master. It doesn't matter if my servant is wronged, but the little master..."

Ruyi put the medicine bottle on the table: "It doesn't matter if you suffer any grievances, because you suffer all your grievances and deserve them!"

A Ruo was stunned for a moment, as if she was disbelief, and cried out loudly: "Why do you think I am a servant? In the past, Lian Xin offended her and contradicted her several times. She was not yin or yang. I have been looking down on her for a long time. Yesterday, she pointed out that she was glorious in marriage, but today she was tortured. I am happy for the servant, but she avenged her and ridiculed her a few words!"

It seemed like a ball of wildfire was spreading on his heart. Ruyi scolded with a calm face: "Avenge me, or dig a hole for me to jump down? I have repeatedly warned you that the palace is not as arrogant and willful as you are, and you are so arrogant and willful, and you are talking nonsense. This is the harem. If you say a mistake in one sentence, you will be beaten to death. How many tongues do you have to fill your own life!"

A Ruo looked at Ruyi tremblingly and cried, "Even if I have it, I am still loyal to the little master!"

Ruyi was so angry that she couldn't say anything. Wang Xin hurriedly said, "Sister A Ruo, the little master was repeatedly embarrassed by the imperial concubine to plead for you. It was not enough to copy the "Buddha Mother Sutra" a hundred times, and he had to copy it a hundred times."

A Ruo said timidly: "I just don't accept it. I don't accept it. When I was in the secret residence, I was both a concubine. Why do you have to step on the little master in everything? Isn't it impossible for me to compete with her?"

Ruyi's face turned red with anger, and the armor on her hand hit the red sandalwood table, making a dull sound. She said angrily: "You only know how to fight for everything, you only know how to stand out! But you never thought that everything should be done in time, and you can advance and retreat! You want to fight, but you can't fight for others, and you fill in yourself!"

A Ruo cried in dismay. Seeing that he was embarrassed for a few seconds, he brought a bowl of ginger soup to A Ruo: "Sister is not doing well, so drink the ginger soup and let it go."

A Ruo was about to drink with her heart's hand, but Ruyi became more and more unhappy: "Let her drink it by herself!" A Ruo flattened her mouth and didn't dare to cry anymore, so she had to take it by herself.

Ruyi said sternly: "I'll take the medicine and go to bed well. This is the last time. Next time I have to speak without saying anything and show off my strength in everything. I can't protect you."

A Ruo hung her eyes and went out silently sobbing.

Ruyi was in a state of dismay, so she pulled a tube of tortoiseshell purple brush and began to copy Buddhist scriptures. She said carefully: "Young master should be hungry, so why not pass on dinner!"

Ruyi didn't raise her head: "I'm full of breath, so there's no need."

This life was filled with sulking for a night. Ruyi copied Buddhist scriptures late, and at night she heard the cool rain rustling all night, mixed with the sound of rain hitting banana leaves. She felt particularly sad, and she didn't sleep well that night no matter what.

Ruyi felt depressed when she got up, copied the remaining Buddhist scriptures last night and handed them over to Huang Xin, and said, "Go."

Seeing that the rain stopped outside, Yongxin took Yonghuang to Shangshu Room first. Bypassing Shangshu Room, he arrived at Chang Street. Early in the morning, he knew that the emperor was resting at Mei Guiren last night, so he walked around outside Yonghe Palace. Sure enough, under the dim sky, the sound of eunuchs slashing on bluestone brick boards came from afar. A row of palace lanterns were like stars, surrounded by the bright yellow chariot, followed by countless ceremonial guards, and walked slowly from the quiet palace walls.

Wang Xin just thought that he was walking down and beat the emperor to walk. The eunuch who guided him in front scolded him: "Who? Didn't you see the imperial guard here?"

Junxin was so scared that she knelt down and said, "I, the palace maid of Yanxi Palace, Junxin, has no intention of offending the Holy Lord. Please forgive me."

The emperor was still kind: "Are you just sent Yonghuang to the prince's office at this time?"

Wang said in his heart: "Yes. I originally wanted to go outside the Yonghe Palace Gate to welcome the emperor."

The emperor said, "What's the matter?"

Wang's heart lowered his head and said respectfully: "Empress Xian said that today is the tide viewing day on August 18th. The emperor once told the young master that he yearned for the beautiful scenery of Haining to watch the tide, but he regretted that he could not leave. The young master specifically asked me to hand over something to the emperor."

The emperor nodded, and Wang Qin went up to take it from Wang Xin's hand, holding it with both hands to the emperor. When the emperor opened it, he saw a few lines of small calligraphy on a jade plate: "The waves in August roared and the head was several feet high and touched the mountain. After a moment, he entered the sea gate and rolled up sand like snow piles." It was Liu Yuxi's "Langtaosha", which wrote about the spectacular scene of the Qiantang River Tide on August 18.

The Emperor Ming Ruhanxing had a warm and clear smile in his eyes. This was what he had told Ruyi that he yearned for Qianjiang's crazy craze. But she remembered that on the morning of August 18, she wrote the Manjiang Waves to him one by one. There was also an article "The Buddha Mother Sutra" on the lower part of the paper. The emperor said gently: "How come there is a "The Buddha Mother Sutra"?"

Wang Xin said, "The little master said that although the Qianjiang River tide is galloping and its momentum is incomparable, it will inevitably cause some harm to the people. I often hear that someone is being swept into the river. Therefore, the little master specially copied the "Buddha Mother Sutra" to rely on the Buddha Mother's compassion and favor the people."

The emperor was very happy and said, "In this way, I will accept it. Wang Qin offered the "Buddha Mother Sutra" copied by Concubine Xian in front of the shrine of the Yangxin Temple. There is no need to take it down this month."

Wang Qin agreed, and Wang Xin knelt sideways on the edge of the corridor, looking at Yu Jie's winding away respectfully, before showing a hint of pleasant smile.

When Wang Xin returned to the palace, Ruyi had already invited An from Changchun Palace and leaned under the long window to pick up the newly sent white chrysanthemum buds. The buds had not yet bloomed, with a faint green color, as if they were condensed jade. Ruyi was choosing one by one, letting the quiet fragrance spread between her fingers.

Wang Xin smiled and said, "What are you busy with?"

Ruyi smiled, as if she was blooming in a faint white chrysanthemum: "Pick some white chrysanthemum buds to make a pillow for Yonghuang to pillow, so that she can see and be clear."

Wang Xin moved Xiao Wuzi and sat next to Ruyi, helping to choose: "Why did the little master suddenly have this interest?"

"I came back from Changchun Palace and Guifei Hui didn't say anything to me. I just knew that you've done the work."

Wang Xin lowered her eyebrows and said respectfully: "Yes. The emperor offered the little master's "Buddha Mother Sutra" in front of the shrine of the Yangxin Hall. I only mentioned it in front of the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine stopped talking. Although she was angry, she still asked me to send all the Buddhist scriptures to Baohua Hall and burn it."

Ruyi showed an unexpected smile and said, "Everything the emperor likes, can she still be picky?"

Wang said in his heart: "The little master did not tell the emperor and concubine that made things difficult for you, he was already showing mercy."

"I just want to wake her up and don't want to be at strife with her. I'll say the same thing, stop at the right time." She put the selected white chrysanthemum into the blue-gold soft pillow and asked, "How was A Ruo last night? Did it burn so badly?"

Wang Xin thought for a while and said, "I took the medicine prescribed by Doctor Xu. I had a severe fever in the first half of the night and kept asking for water to drink it. It became much quieter in the second half of the night."

Ruyi concentrated for a moment and sighed with joy: "Yanxin, have I spoiled A Ruo over the years?"

Wangxin carefully considered the words and said slowly: "Sister A Ruo is the dowry of the young master, and it is worthy of the young master's love for her."

Ruyi rubbed the white chrysanthemums with her fingertips slowly, and the fragrant juice was stained with thin white fingers. She pondered: "A Ruo is also at the age of marriage, I'm thinking..."

Xu Xin smiled sweetly: "Sister A Ruo is so lucky."

Ruyi sighed and said decisively: "It's not that I don't want to keep her, but A Ruo's temperament is completely unwilling tolerate it in the palace. Why not take advantage of her youth and send her out of the palace to send her a favor." She thought for a while, "A Ruo has been with me for so many years, and she must be concerned about her marriage and cannot commit evil. When my mother enters the palace, I have to entrust her to go outside to inquire and arrange a good family for A Ruo."

Wang Xin was a little surprised: "Don't you want to give A Ruo a guard who serves as a former officer?"

Ruyi felt relieved and shook her head and said, "I originally planned that it was the best to be a guard who worked in the palace. Even if it was a second-class shrimp, third-class shrimp, there would be a day to make a comeback, and I would like her to be with me for a long time. But if her temperament is still involved in the palace, it will be troublesome."

Wang Xin said knowingly: "The little master is going to plan for Sister A Ruo. If he marrys an official who is about to be released, even if he suffers for a few years, he will be the title of a wife after all, and he will inevitably be rich."

Ruyi nodded slightly and glanced at Yexin with praise: "You are right."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a clang at the door of the palace. A green figure walked around the rosewood carved magnolia flower and gauze cabinet and went straight in and said, "Little master, please don't let me go out. I don't want to get married, I don't want to leave the little master!"

Ruyi was not careful that A Ruo was sick, but she was shocked when she listened outside, and she lowered her face and said, "It's getting more and more unruly!"

A Ruo knelt down with tears in her eyes and said sadly: "I forgive my fault. I didn't intend to eavesdrop on the words of the little master. I just felt better, so I got up to pay my respects to the little master and wanted to serve her." She was sick, her face was pale and bloodless, and there was a windproof cloth wrapped around her forehead, looking very haggard.

Ruyi was a little reluctant and said, "You get up first. I'm just a stubborn saying, "I'm going to send you out immediately, and I have to choose someone."

A Ruo cried and she was filled with rain: "I know that if I leave the Forbidden City, I will be nothing. If the little master really wants to let me go out, please leave me for a few more years so that I can serve the little master well. I promise that no matter what, I will never talk too much and cause trouble for the little master."

Ruyi felt a little pitiful when she saw her sincere. After all, since she was twelve years old, A Ruo was by her side, watching her from the arrogant princess's house to the favored and unrestrained concubine, and became one of the increasingly quiet concubines in the palace. A Ruo's arrogance faintly brought some of her former shadow, so sharp-tongued, tit-for-tat, and unwilling to forgive others easily. Ruyi thought in a daze, then, was she the same arrogant A Ruo now, or the ignorant self she used to be?

Such thoughts scared herself in just a moment. Thinking about this, A Ruo’s mistakes were also her own faults. So, how could she blame A Ruo?

Ruyi stretched out her hand and helped her up pity: "The ground is cold, get up."

A Ruo cried sadly and begged: "If the little master doesn't agree, I will not get up again."

Ruyi had to smile and said, "The palace maids are twenty-five years old when they leave the palace. As long as you want, stay until they are twenty-five years old before leaving."

A light flashed in A Ruo's eyes: "Really? Thank you, Master." She was so panicked that she wanted to thank him again. Ruyi held her hand and said gently: "Go, go and take good care of your body."

A Ruo took a rare gentle and humble smile and left. But at the moment she turned around, she secretly bit the smile into a mark on her lips that she refused to fade.

The autumn coolness of the Forbidden City always seems a little short-lived. The autumn wind blew yellow the green leaves on the branches, and then took them to the ground mercilessly, falling into mud and dust. The winter cold accompanied by the increasingly bare branches invading quietly, and the Forbidden City began to enter a long winter.

The air is always immersed in the dry and light cold air, so the large daffodils raised in clear water are particularly pleasing, and they are so fragrant that they are about to die, emitting a moist and tender smell. The temperature in the palace is always warmer and affectionate than the outdoors, as if the warm spring has never left. But such warmth is also lonely, making people unable to leave and reluctant to go far. In this loneliness, the unexpected winter snow makes people feel particularly gentle. Even the clear edges and angular, stiff and harsh palace walls, and the sharp and curling eaves, are less majestic and sparse, and produce a rare tranquility and tranquility covered by snow.

The weather is getting colder. Except for the morning and evening that you have to go to every day, Ruyi is not out too much. She just vaguely heard that the Yonghe Palace is not peaceful, so she also went with everyone to see Mei Guiren several times. Because she was the first child, Mei Guiren's reaction in the first three months was particularly strong, and she almost didn't want to eat. Even the empress dowager was alarmed and would give bird's nest soup every three or five days. After three months, she gradually became lazy, but her appetite became better and better. In addition to the imperial kitchen, the concubines also gave some special dishes from the kitchen.

The sent to show the concerns between the concubines and also please the emperor. The imperial physician always reminds Concubine Mei to eat more fish, shrimps and shellfish, so that she can give birth to smart and healthy children, and she will accept it happily. Every food must be like this. It’s okay for others, so Ruyi suffers a little. It’s just because her Yanxi Palace is closest to the corridor where people come in and out of the palace to transport miscellaneous goods, fresh fish and shrimp are sent out from the Cangzhen Gate and Zhaohua Gate to Yonghe Palace, and they must pass through her Yanxi Palace. For a while, the fish and shrimp smell endlessly.

Ruyi didn't dare to say much, but asked the palace people to burn more incense or provide daffodils with the smell. Although the nobleman Mei had a good appetite, the corners of her mouth were blisters due to heat and sore teeth. The emperor felt very distressed and had to visit her every other day, and the imperial physicians also kept coming and going, which was so lively that it was so lively that it was full of excitement.

On this day, Ruyi and Hailan and Lu Yun made an appointment to visit Mei Guiren. She was covering her teeth and crying. The fire on the corner of her mouth swelled up. The two of them were sprayed with mint powder to reduce the swelling. When she saw the three of them coming, she told them one by one about how they had insomnia, dreams, dizziness, headaches, and tremors. She also complained that the imperial physician was incompetent, but she couldn't cure her illness. He heard that several imperial physicians who were waiting on the side had a cold sweat and hurriedly wiped them: "The various symptoms of noble people are caused by pregnancy, so there is no need to be anxious. When the melon is ripe, it will naturally be cured."

Lu Yun was a person who had given birth, so she smiled and advised: "It's uncomfortable to be pregnant, and you're the first child. I heard you say this just now. These discomforts are mostly caused by physical heat, so maybe they are a male child."

Guiren Mei then turned angry and said with a smile: "Don't Concubine Chun lie to concubine?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "It's okay if someone else says it. Chunpin has given birth to a prince himself, so it's impossible to be wrong."

Hailan also said: "I remember that when Concubine Chun was pregnant with the third prince, she was always uncomfortable, but the child became strong."

Everyone comforted Concubine Mei and said goodbye. When they went out, Chunpin thought that today was the first day of the junior high school, so he invited Ruyi and Hailan to visit the third prince Yongzhang where the prince was to see. Ruyi thought that it was just the time to pick up Yonghuang from school, so she refused.

When you go to Shangshu Room, you have to take a shortcut to pass the Imperial Garden. In summer, there are only a few veins and dead leaves in the lotus pond with green duckweeds, and they are lonely and quiet.

Notes:

1 Second-class shrimp, third-class shrimp: refers to second-class guards, third-class guards.
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