The fall of favor from Concubine Mei seems to be a foregone conclusion. Because she gave birth to such an ominous "stillborn", the prenatal honor and favor were almost gone after she gave birth. Without any comfort, without a visit, the Yonghe Palace, which has always been full of flowers, fell silent, and no one stepped foot. Even the most virtuous queen retreated and stopped going.

In order to be afraid of meeting and hurtfulness, the queen still refused to allow Concubine Mei to leave Yonghe Palace half a step away. After the moon came out, even the mage who was praying for blessings in the side palace retreated back to Baohua Palace. Only the lonely wind and snow echoed, accompanied by Concubine Mei, who was also lonely and sad.

It was a rare sunny weather for several days. On another tenth day, the concubines went to Cining Palace with the emperor and empress to pay their respects. When the empress dowager saw Yingying and Yanyan sitting in the hall, she smiled a little. Zhi Yi smiled and said with a smile: "The rain and snow have been going on a few days ago, so I have spared you from communion. Today, the emperor and the empress are intent and bring you here."

Everyone said, "It is the honor of my concubines to be able to pay tribute to the Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Yesterday, Fujia accompanied Ai's family to the Imperial Garden and said she was enjoying the sunny red plums. In fact, the red plums are in full bloom, and they are not as good as your flowers blooming. Not only the Ai family, but the emperor is also pleasing to the eyes when he sees them. Emperor, do you think so?"

The emperor smiled and said, "My mother said yes."

The Empress Dowager sorted out the hanging beads on the collar and said slowly: "A hundred flowers are blooming, and at first glance, it seems that no one is missing. But those who are familiar with the flowers know that no one is considered a spring scenery. The emperor just pretends that Ai's family is always talking, and the noble Mei has already left the moon, why haven't she seen her go out to pay tribute to Ai's family?"

The emperor looked a little sad and gloomy. The queen hurriedly smiled respectfully and said, "Mr. Mei was sad and frustrated, which was the intention of her minister, and she wanted her to take more rest."

"It's not that it's not the one who is too sad." The empress dowager sighed, and then said with a serious look, "For concubines, children are important, but serving the emperor is even more important. This is also the reason why the ancestors rule that you should give the children you gave birth to to the prince or the concubines who are of high status. I am afraid that you will only focus on the children and neglect the emperor." She glanced at the emperor and said with great concern: "My nobleman Mei has no blessing to give birth to the emperor, so don't be too sad for the emperor. You are still young, and your concubines are still young. Even if Mei is nobleman, you have the opportunity to rebirth. Don't be too sad for a while and hurt the dragon body."

The emperor quickly stood up: "Son, thank you for your care."

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "The Emperor's Mother is also a verbal care, but you still have to relax your heart. The Ai family has seen that you have lost a lot of weight these days and are black under your eyes. You are so depressed, the Ai family is also anxious to see you." The Empress Dowager was slightly dissatisfied with her tone: "Empress, I heard that you have been with the Emperor these days, why haven't you been able to relieve yourself and comfort your holy heart? You are the lord of the six palaces. Although trivial matters in the palace are of course important, but everything about the Emperor is even more important. Don't be irrelevant!"

This sentence is quite serious, and the queen looked a little nervous: "The emperor's mother forgives her crimes, and her sons are incompetent, so she cannot make the emperor happy. Therefore, she has arranged for concubines from each palace to accompany her these days. Concubine Xian and Concubine Hui are also accompanied by her. If the emperor's mother does not believe it, she can order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send a file to check it."

Ruyi and Xiyue hurriedly stood up and said, "I respectfully ask the Empress Dowager for peace. I have indeed served the Emperor on the order of the Empress."

The Empress Dowager stroked a handful of purple jade and Ruyi and sighed: "After the emperor ascended the throne, he established several new people, but the only one who won the most holy heart is Concubine Mei. In fact, what if he gave birth to a stillbirth? After he was well, he would soon have children, so the emperor could feel at ease."

The emperor and the queen looked at each other, then looked at Ruyi again, and lowered their heads. The queen leaned down and said with a smile: "Actually, my son has always arranged several concubines to accompany the emperor, and this is the plan." She smiled and said to the Queen Mother and the Emperor: "Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Emperor. After Mei Guiren, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother. After Mei Guiren, Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Congratulations to the Queen Mother has been pregnant for more than a month."

The emperor was shocked and was overjoyed. He held the queen's hand and helped her up and said, "Does the queen take what she said seriously?"

The queen's smile was as warm as spring breeze: "The child is truly in the belly of noble Yi, how dare I speak nonsense? Moreover, I have checked the archives of Jingshifang, and it was indeed the one who was pregnant more than a month ago. God arranged this way, so I must know that the loss of the east corner was lost, so I specially let noble Yi conceive the dragon fetus."

The nobleman Yi blushed and stood up and said, "I am deeply blessed by the emperor and the queen. In order to avoid making mistakes, the queen specially invited three or four imperial physicians to take the pulse. I am indeed already possessed a dragon descendant."

Ruyi felt very sad from the bottom of her mouth tongue. However, the sorrow spread out completely regardless of her feelings, and crawled into her internal organs. Ruyi subconsciously pressed her lower abdomen. It was so flat that she was still so unlucky and had no children of her own. Or, she had never had it before. What was even more uncomfortable might be the nobleman Mei in Yonghe Palace. The pain of her deceased daughter was deeply rooted, but she had to watch as Yi enjoy the joy of pregnancy and experience her past hopes and joys one by one.

The emperor was so happy that he looked at the empress dowager and said, "Emperor Mother, Emperor Mother..."

The queen mother's smile was still faint, like the moon and the birds were hazy, with a thin and soft cloud on her top. There was always a blurry shade, which made people unable to see the real meaning behind the smile: "This is of course a good thing. Moreover, the nobleman Yi used to be a serving queen, and there was no better thing than this." The queen mother stood up with Aunt Fu's hand and said: "I've been tired all morning and went in to rest first. You can sit and let them part."

Everyone watched the Empress Dowager enter the bedroom.

The queen looked at the belly of nobleman Yi and was extremely happy: "The important thing in the harem that has overwhelmed the sky is to spread branches and leaves for the royal family and bring blessings for thousands of years. Our generations are not in other places, but in your belly. If we can all be like nobleman Yi, I can wake up from a smile even if I dream." She turned her head with a smile and told: "Su Xin, Lian Xin, pack up my things tonight. I will go to Baohua Palace to incense and pray, and thank God for the kindness."

The emperor patted the queen's hand with relief and said gently: "I'm here to go."

"Why did the emperor say that?" the queen smiled and said, "The concubines gave birth to children. Although they are the biological mothers of the children, they are also mothers. This happiness is for them and for themselves."

The emperor was quite moved, and a hint of moistness flashed in his eyes: "The queen is virtuous."

The queen looked around her seat: "I have something I always want to report back to the emperor. In fact, among the concubines, Concubine Hui and Concubine Xian have the highest ranks, and they have served the emperor for a long time..."

When Ruyi heard the mention of herself, she shook unconsciously and looked at the queen. When she looked up, she was hitting the gaze of Concubine Hui. She touched each other and then turned her head, showing an extremely decent smile.

The queen looked at them with a smile, her eyes full of warm concern: "In fact, not only the imperial concubine and the concubine Xian, but also the noble man Hai and the noble man Jia have not given birth. I think it is better to ask the Imperial Hospital to prescribe some prescriptions for urinating pregnancy and let the concubines in each palace drink it, so that they will be pregnant early and the palace will be more lively."

The emperor said with relief: "In this way, the queen is determined."

After a few gossips, everyone dispersed. The emperor attached great importance to Concubine Yi's pregnancy, so he asked the queen to personally send her back to Jingyang Palace and to Yangxin Palace himself.

Ruyi and Xiyue walked out of the Cining Palace. Xiyue smiled mockingly, rarely without hostility, and said lonely: "The nobleman Yi has never had much favor. The emperor only went to her place once a month, and he was pregnant. And you, the palace and Concubine Xian, have fallen to the point where you want to ask the queen to prepare a baby medicine to seek a child."

Ruyi was also quite sad. The silver gilt rice bead armor on her little finger was cold and hard on her palm. She forced her to smile and said, "I don't have any luck. No matter how much the emperor comes, we will be unlucky."

Xiyue smiled sadly: "When I was in Qiandi, your family background was better than my palace and more favors than me. Now that I have arrived in the palace, everyone has lost all this. Even if I don't like you, I have to admit that in terms of offspring, I am as difficult as you, and I am lonely and lonely." She changed her subject and suddenly said: "It's fine if I have no children in my knees, but when Mei Guiren was pregnant, everyone said that she was healthy. Even if she had a little illness or a little pain, it was just a small matter like ulcers on her mouth. The imperial physician also said that she was pregnant with a male baby, and not to mention how she was born into a princess, she also became a stillborn. She was stillborn, but the emperor still had a grudge and hadn't seen her once a month!"

Ruyi smiled faintly and said, "The emperor's holy wish is not something my sister and I can guess."

Xiyue smiled secretly and waved her hand to signal the palace servants following her to retreat, and said in Ruyi's ear: "I heard that Concubine Mei's child is not just a stillbirth. You were also in Yonghe Palace that night. Didn't you notice anything unusual?"

Ruyi's heart was slightly cold, but there was a proper smile on the corner of her lips: "What's wrong with it? It's just that the emperor has seen the child with his own eyes, so he's just sad."

"No matter how sad it is, time passes, it can dilute everything. With the old love, the emperor will not be so irresistible to noble Mei. There must be any other reason in the middle, right?"

The sunny sunshine rolled up gold-like dust, and a trace of it fell on its body, which was also stained with a bright halo, but Ruyi didn't feel warm at all. The coolness that spread from the depths of her body was everywhere. She slowly said: "What else can there be for me? My old love is sad, and I am pregnant again. After the emperor's empathy, I am only neglected."

What Ruyi said is true. Her Yanxi Palace is right in front of the Yonghe Palace. Whenever she passes by, she sees the neglect of the door and is almost deserted. She can imagine how difficult it is to be when the lonely and lonely time inside is inch by inch.

She has not been able to suffer such a life. Her kindness flows eastward like water, and she is favored and worried about losing favor. Isn’t it not like this that the women in the palace have been suffered every day after day?

Xiyue took a step closer and said nothing: "But how did I hear that the emperor ordered the master of Baohua Palace to recite sutras and pray for blessings in Yonghe Palace for one month because the child born by Concubine Mei was a monster!"

Ruyi quickly signaled to silence, her expression was calm and calm: "The Imperial Concubine, the palace is no better than other places. Such words cannot be said or passed on."

Xiyue curled her smile and snorted coldly: "In this case, it's not just this palace, but it's all over the palace! Now I'm afraid that Concubine Mei will not leave her home, so I'll know sooner or later."

Ruyi's heart was shaking: "It's spreading all over the palace?"

Xiyue sneered and said, "No? I thought I could hide it from anyone. If you don't believe it, you will know it." After Xiyue said that, she called the palace maids and left together.

There are always more gossip in the palace than snakes, insects, rats and ants running around in dark corners. They are hiding in corners under the red walls and green tiles of the palace garden, noisy, sneaky, whispering, and ready to move. They are like the rustling of rats in the kitchen, like the swaying grass on the wall, one ear bites the other, and they are all gritting their teeth and licking their tongues, chewing and spitting in and out. There are only oil and vinegar, and there are no short words and sentences.

This is the gossip in the harem. It has not been cut off for a day, but it is like endless spring grass growing endlessly. The one who threw a huge rock into the ups and downs of the gossip was the self-hanging of Concubine Mei.

The gate of Yonghe Palace, which had been closed for more than a month, opened again. When Ruyi learned the news, it was already time to wake up from a nap and drink tea and use snacks. When A Ruo came to report, Ruyi was so shocked that she almost poured out a cup of tea in her hand and hurriedly helped A Ruo and Yo-xin's hands to Yonghe Palace.

When Ruyi arrived, the emperor and the queen were already there. She asked An and sat down on the chair next to her. Concubine Mei was pressed by the queen's close-fitting Su Xin and Lian Xin and sat on the bed, crying. The emperor was angry and couldn't help feeling a little sad, but his tone was very stern: "It is a serious crime for the concubines in the palace to commit suicide. What can you do that? You dare to hang yourself in the Forbidden City, and you are not afraid of adding bad luck to the palace!"

Concubine Mei only wore a plain white shirt embroidered with silver silk and branches to welcome the spring, and was wearing a stone-green gray squirrel cloak. The green and green background made her look bloodless, and there was only a dark purple mark on her snow-white neck, which pitifully told the world that she had just been pulled back from the gate of hell.

Concubine Mei sobbed and cried: "I am a bad person, what else can I say? The emperor forgives me and let me die."

The emperor was so angry that he turned his head away, and the queen couldn't help but feel angry: "Even if you don't have family members to take care of, you are not afraid of being in a row. But what does the emperor don't love you? You are so self-deprecating and easily destroying your life. Wouldn't it be a disappointment to the emperor's always wish for you?"

Guiren Mei cried even more sadly: "Only I am sorry to the emperor. I have nothing to say and have no face to serve the emperor anymore!"

The queen looked at the palace servant kneeling all over the ground and said, "So, you don't serve Guiren Mei well, so she can make such a sad and mess with you. I will deal with you hard."

The palace people were so scared that they kowtowed desperately: "Empress, forgive me! Empress, forgive me! I don't know what happened, but the noble man's emotions would be so excited!" One of the leading palace maids cried: "The noble man has been in a state of uneasy these days, and he was also shocked and dreaming at night. He didn't sleep well! This afternoon, the little master was going to take a nap, but the little master didn't let the servants serve him, and sent him out. I was not relieved when I was outside, and I heard the sound of the stool falling to the ground, afraid that something would happen, but when I broke in, I saw that the noble man actually hung himself on the beam!"

Ruyi hurriedly asked, "So why is your little master unable to think about it? But for the sake of the child?"

The palace maid shook her head timidly and bowed down.

The emperor was so angry that he asked repeatedly: "If you can't figure out anything, please tell me and the queen. Otherwise, Concubine Xian is so close to you, you can tell her."

Concubine Mei cried and said, "Isn't the emperor afraid that I will know anything when I talk to others? So the empress also locked me up in this Yonghe Palace and was not allowed to see anyone. I know that my own people are gentle and have a thin life as paper. What else can I do besides hanging myself on the beam?"

The emperor smashed the teacup in his hand hard: "Absurd!"

Ruyi hurriedly took the teacup and blew it and said, "The teacup is too hot, the emperor's hands are hurting carefully."

The emperor nodded slightly and was about to speak, but he saw a red dress in red at the door of the bedroom flashing, but Concubine Hui stood there gracefully. She let the palace maid take off her cloak, and her voice was cold: "If I were noble Mei, I would be unable to think about it after hearing those gossips. A good child, it would be fine if he died, but he would be said to be a monster of one twin, and the male and female were not distinguished. There are a few mothers in this world who can stand it."

The emperor's expression changed drastically, and he frowned and said, "Where did you hear these nonsense and come here to say it?"

Concubine Hui was not afraid, Yingying gave a tribute and said, "Where do I have to go from? Who is not spreading this in the palace in private?"

Concubine Mei screamed and cried, struggled from the bed, walked to the emperor's knees, held the corner of his dragon robe and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me the truth. Is my child a monster? Do you not even know whether it is a prince or a princess? So the emperor will be disgusted with me and will not want to see me for more than a month!"

The emperor forced a smile and said, "Don't listen to gossip outside! I don't come to see you, it's just for you to take care of your health!"

Concubine Mei cried and said, "How can I still maintain my health? Even if I live in Yonghe Palace, I can hear the discussion outside the palace wall. No wonder the emperor didn't even let me take a look at the child and sent him away. It turned out that I was born a monster!"

The emperor was a little irritated and shouted: "Wang Qin!"

Wang Qin hurried in from outside and said, "Master, the slave is here."

The emperor said coldly: "You go to the palace to investigate thoroughly. Who is spreading rumors? It is said that Mei Guiren was born a monster. Once it is found out, no matter which palace it is from, he will be sent to the Shenxing Department immediately and will not come out for life." Although the emperor's tone was cold, his eyes were even sharper. He only stumbled on Wang Qin's face, forcing him to sweat a cold face. He kowtowed and said: "Don't worry, Master, there will be no one around me who spread rumors like this, and there will be no one who has heard of such rumors. I will investigate immediately."

The emperor said softly, "My Concubine Mei, it doesn't matter if others have such speculations and rumors, but you are the child's biological mother. If you have such suspicion and want to die for it, wouldn't you even speculate on your child like this? I have nothing else to tell you, and you will be looking for a short-sighted view. No one can save you, and you will not be able to replace that child!"

The emperor stood up and left, and walked into the courtyard. He saw Concubine Hui following closely and said, "Your Majesty, I have a word, don't you know whether to say it or not?"

The emperor said, "If you have something to say."

Concubine Hui gave a bow and said, "I am thinking about something. No matter what the child Mei gave birth to, it is unlucky even if she is stillborn. Moreover, Mei is seeking death like this, so I may have bumped into something. Now that Guiren Yi is pregnant and lives behind Yonghe Palace, it would be bad if she is affected by this unlucky person and matter and is involved in the fetus in her belly."

The emperor said, "What do you mean?"

Concubine Hui said: "The emperor has many children, and everyone has nothing to do. Only when Mei Guiren's children have something to do, that is the ominousness of Mei Guiren. Instead of leaving such an ominous person in the palace, it is better to ask Mei Guiren to move to a villa outside the palace and not to live in the Forbidden City."

The emperor said lightly, "Is there only such a way? My original intention is to ask a few mages to save you, and then you can relieve the confinement of Concubine Mei."

Concubine Hui shook her head and said seriously: "I dare not say anything else. No matter whether the dear child Mei gave birth to a stillbirth or a monster, the offspring is the best. If it is infected with her bad luck, what should I do if there is another child like that in the palace? Is the auspiciousness of the Qing Dynasty for a hundred years? Will the success be ruined in her hands?"

Ruyi was following the queen, and when she heard this, she took a step forward. The queen held her hand and slowly shook her head. Ruyi was worried and looked back and saw that Concubine Mei was still crying in the depths of the bedroom.

The emperor remained silent: "Don't say a word, just spit it out."

"Mr. Mei is not good, but she will give birth to such a child. Such sinister disasters are absolutely unstoppable. I think that Mei is too impressed to hang herself anyway. It would be better to fulfill her and let her accompany that child with her. It is also considered to have accumulated good deeds." Concubine Hui held the emperor's arm, carefully looked at the emperor's expression, and said meaningfully, "The emperor has seen what the child looks like with his own eyes. There must be no such child in the palace."
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