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Chapter 9 No way

Guiren Mei couldn't help but kneel on the ground and hugged the emperor's legs and said, "Emperor, my aunt, I was pregnant for eight months and suddenly gave birth to such a child, but gave birth to such a child, which was rejected by the emperor. I have never dared to blame the world, and I just thought it was my misfortune. Now that I think about it carefully, it turned out that someone had secretly arranged to murder my concubine and the emperor's children. Emperor, our child died so pitifully. He never even called a 'emother' at birth, and he didn't even open his eyes to take a look, and he was ruined for no reason. Emperor, even if I recite the "Mantra of Rebirth" thousands of times in Yuhua Pavilion, the child died so unjustly, and he would not go to the Pure Land!"

Guiren Mei was heartbroken and everyone present felt sorry for him. Guiren Yi also turned her back and bit the Juanzi and cried continuously.

Doctor Zhao said: "Don't be sad. According to Weichen and Doctor Xu, this person who is a vital person who is very cautious in taking medicine at the beginning and almost took medicine slowly, so the empress would delay the child until August to give birth to such a child. However, for the nobleman Yi, the person seemed to be assured and bold, and the medicine was more fierce, so it would cause the nobleman Yi to die in the womb for four months."

Guiren Yi finally couldn't help crying and said, "Since the Empress has found so many, please tell me, who is trying to kill my child?"

The queen looked at the gloomy emperor and said calmly: "Not only you, but I also want to know what I want to do if there are such a vicious person in the harem, crazy and murdering the dragon fetus? So when I invited all of you to come, I had asked Su Xin to take people to check all of your bedrooms. I think there will be news soon."

Before the queen finished speaking, Su Xin had already brought someone in hurriedly, and Fu Yifu said, "The Queen has already done all the servants whom the Queen has told her. Sure enough, a pack of cinnabar was found under the dressing table of one of the little masters, and asked the Queen to take a look."

The queen handed the bag of cinnabar to the emperor: "The emperor smells it, what does this bag of cinnabar smell like?"

The emperor took a sniff and sniffed it gently, and the pupils in his eyes suddenly shrank. The sharp color merged into a sharp long needle, which could be used to cone. He said in a lost voice: "It's the smell of the fragrance of water! Xian, you are the only one in the palace who uses the fragrance of water!"

Ruyi was shocked. Seeing that the emperor was only staring at him, she couldn't help but kneel down and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't know, and I don't know when this pack of cinnabar will be found in the dressing table!"

The queen closed her eyes and sighed: "Su Xin, tell me the truth."

Su Xin said, "What the emperor said is right. I found this bag of cinnabar under the dressing table of Empress Xian in Yanxi Palace. At that time, Empress Xian's maid A Ruo still obstructed her from left to right and did not allow me to search. It seems that A Ruo is also aware of the matter, so I brought her here."

The queen said coldly: "No need to spread the word "A Ruo and Concubine Xian for now, let's look at the person who comes in now, but do you know?"

Ruyi looked back and saw two little eunuchs following Su Xin. It was obvious that they had just come out of Shen Xingshi, and they had some minor injuries on their faces, which was not very serious.

Ruyi shook her head and said, "I don't know you."

The queen's smile was condensed on the corner of her mouth: "You don't know them, but they all know you. Xiao Luzi from the imperial kitchen is the brother of Xiao Fuzi in your palace, who is responsible for feeding fish and shrimps for pregnant concubines."

Ruyi said calmly: "I know that Xiao Fuzi has an older brother, but this is the first time I have seen him today and I have never known each other before."

The queen took the bag of fish food and threw it in front of Xiao Luzi and said, "Who instructed you to feed the fish and shrimps cinnabar?"

Xiao Luzi glanced at Ruyi, but said hard: "I don't know, but I really don't know!"

"I don't know?" Queen Mori said coldly, "You have been recruited as soon as the Shenxing Department of Justice was tortured. You still want to revise your confession at this moment. I don't care about you, so I will send it back to Shenxing Department of Justice immediately."

When Xiao Luzi heard the three words "Shenzhengsi", he was so scared that he trembled all over and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The Empress, spare your life, the Empress, spare your life. It was Empress Xian who ordered the slave to do this. The slave really dared not to listen. She told the slave that as long as the slave dared not be obedient, he would find an excuse to kill the slave's younger brother Xiao Fuzi. The slave only had Xiao Fuzi, a younger brother, who had been dependent on each other since childhood, and he really dared not to listen to Empress Xian!"

Ruyi stared at him and said, "Xiao Luzi, think about it carefully. I have never seen you before, so how could I threaten you with your brother's life?"

Xiao Luzi said with a bitter face: "Empress Xian, I was in the corridor outside the imperial kitchen that day. This was clearly what you said. You said that you are not pregnant yet, why did you have the humble noble Mei and Yi? It was so funny that the ancestors of the Ulanara clan laughed at you! You said you must let out this breath, and you also said that you would not do it. After you killed Xiao Fuzi, you could still find someone else to do it. The slave agreed with it with helplessness."

Another young eunuch, Xiao Anzi, also cried and said, "Empress Xian, you went to the Interior Office to find a slave that day and asked him to make some candles mixed with cinnabar to send to your palace. After the slave sent him, you rewarded him with thirty taels of silver. The slave only thought you were doing your own thing, and I really didn't know that you were harming others!"

Ruyi was so angry that she was stunned, and her heart felt cold, as if she had fallen into a bottomless black abyss. She felt that the surroundings were getting colder, but she didn't know where she was going to finish.

Concubine Hui chuckled and said, "No wonder! What do I say about this palace? I felt strange since the day when Concubine Yi met a snake on Jingzhe. Why did you accidentally encounter a snake and you were rescued by Concubine Xian when she met a snake. Concubine Yi was so grateful that she went to your Yanxi Palace to live with. Isn't this just a move? Is everything convenient?"

Ruyi looked at her angrily and said, "Concubine Hui is careful. If everything is done by me, then the further away from the noble Yi, the better, so that it will not be easily discovered. Why would she be so stupid to take her to live with Yanxi Palace, which makes people suspicious?"

"Suspicious?" Concubine Hui sneered, with bright jade rings hanging in her ears, "If you look like an accident with Mei Guiren, who would be suspicious? You just think that Yi Guiren is in short life and cannot keep the children. The so-called wealth and honor are seeking in danger. If you don't do any military action, you can keep the noble Yi by your side, how can you be so candles, charcoal, and diet so well? Isn't Mei Guiren just because you are far away from you, so you are slowly poisoned and you will lose your child until eight months old. I think you are empty in your belly, and you are getting bigger and bigger, and you are becoming more and more intolerable!"

Ruyi was almost angry, and tried her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and said coldly: "Concubine Hui is also empty in her belly. Do you have to express her thoughts like this?"

Concubine Hui hated people the most in her life that she said she had nothing to do, but she changed her face without realizing it, and said with hatred: "You..."

The gelling atmosphere was almost suffocating. The emperor squinted his eyes slightly, and a fine cold light pierced sharply in the bottom of his eyes like a needle. He endured for a moment and eased his breath and said, "Okay, don't argue. The testimony of the queen, Xiao Luzi alone is not counted."

The queen nodded gently and said respectfully: "What the emperor said is very much. I also think that one-sided words should not be trusted, so I asked Su Xin to bring A Ruo over. The emperor still remembers that Su Xin said that A Ruo was just stopping the search? Then this girl must be aware of the information. According to me, I should still ask carefully." She turned to look at Su Xin: "Did A Ruo bring it?"

Su Xin said, "I'm already waiting outside the hall."

Ruyi looked at A Ruo walking in with a humble expression, without any nervousness, and felt relieved. After all, A Ruo was following A Ruo for many years, and she had never done anything she had. Naturally, there was no need to panic. What should she worry about? Perhaps her obstacles were also because of a bit of pride in nature. How could others allow others to insult her easily? However, deep in her heart, Ruyi still felt deeply uneasy. Who made a mistake in Yanxi Palace and put this pack of cinnabar into her dressing table.

Others don’t know, but she herself knows that the smell of the scent of water is quite light. If this pack of cinnabar is stained with odor, it must have been left in her temple for a long time. So who can do it so well without anyone noticing?

Her mood was complicated and messy. Before she could tell clearly, A Ruo had already walked into the hall and knelt down calmly and said, "The emperor has thousands of blessings, the queen has thousands of blessings, and all the little masters have thousands of blessings."

The queen said, "I won't talk about these false rituals today. I only ask you, why did you stop me when Su Xin was going to search the Yanxi Palace? You are not allowed to search the bedroom."

A faint sadness flashed across A Ruo's face, and she just said, "I have to serve the little master, and I have to do everything for the little master."

“What to do?”

The sadness on A Ruo's face became stronger and he suddenly turned around and kowtowed three times to Ruyi and said, "Little Master, I have been serving you for eight years. I have been doing my best for the past eight years. However, after the little master entered the palace, his temperament became increasingly perverted. He always forced me to do something that I didn't want to do. I knew that you were my master, and I could only do it for you. But I felt uncomfortable when I did these things. Today, since the matter was shaken, I couldn't do it anymore. I could only say whatever I knew."

The more Ruyi listened, the more ominous he felt: "A Ruo, what do you mean by saying this?"

A Ruo turned around and refused to look at her, and said to the emperor and the queen: "I know what the emperor and the queen are asking, and I said it together. Since Concubine Mei was pregnant, the young master was often sad and moody and impermanent. He often regretted that although he raised the eldest prince, he did not have his own child. Concubine Mei was favored after concealment, and the young master was even more angry and bleeded his eyes. One day, he finally asked me to go to Baohua Palace to collect some cinnabar and come back."

Concubine Hui said, "Concubine Xian suddenly asked you to ask for cinnabar, are you not suspicious?"

A Ruo shook her head and said, "I He Cheng thought of this. At that time, the little master just said that he would use cinnabar to copy scriptures and pray for blessings, so that he could have his own children earlier. Once, when the little master took me to visit Mei Guiren, he quietly sprinkled some cinnabar in Mei Guiren's charcoal basin, because the color of the cinnabar is similar to that of the red charcoal, and the particles are small, almost no one noticed it. But every time he went, she would do this while the person was unprepared. A few times later, I felt strange. A few days later, the little master suddenly wanted to go to the imperial kitchen, so he took me to let the wind in the corridor outside the imperial kitchen. I vaguely heard the little master order Xiao Luzi of the imperial kitchen to feed cinnabar and mix it in fish food. I also mentioned Xiao Fuzi, and Xiao Luzi immediately agreed. I was startled and asked the little master what to do with cinnabar. The little master did not allow me to ask more questions, and asked me to continue to search in Baohua Palace."

Outside the window, it was clearly a good weather in the end of March, and the sun was as bright as gold. It shone on the jade painting screen in the hall, and the flowing light turned into golden colors. A tall magnolia tree in the atrium, and the deep purple buds were blooming like dark flames. Ruyi felt a sense of shock after a while, as if hundreds of cat claws were scratching hard. Her face must be pale and ugly, and she didn't believe that A Ruo would say these words so calmly.

A Ruo continued: "Since the stillbirth of Concubine Mei, although the little master did not say anything, the servant served the little master for many years, and it can be seen that she was very happy. Later, Concubine Yi became pregnant again. Concubine Yi was not very familiar with Concubine Yi, and she could not go to Jingyang Palace like she often went to see Concubine Mei. But she was always unhappy, saying that even Concubine Yi had children, but she didn't. That day, when she went to see Concubine Yi met the snake, the little master was just right.

He went with the flow to save Concubine Yi. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to go to Jingyang Palace more, but the emperor happened to let Concubine Yi live in Yanxi Palace, so he felt the little master's heart. Concubine Yi was pregnant, and the emperor would visit Concubine Yi every day when he came to Concubine Yi. The little master was angry but he was very ruthless. Concubine Yi's red charcoal was prepared in the corridor, and they were all mixed with cinnabar in advance. Even the cinnabar ordered to Xiao Luzi was much more than usual."

Wang Xin was so angry that she trembled all over and shouted angrily: "A Ruo, the little master treats you very well. Who has benefited you? He actually said such words to frame the little master without conscience?"

A Ruo looked at her coldly: "It is precisely because I still have a conscience that I can't stand the condemnation in my heart and say it out. Even if the little master treats me well, I can't lose my conscience."

Wang Xin said angrily: "Okay! OK! Even if you are not saying unintentional words, I will serve the little master together with you. Why don't I know what you said? If you look at it in detail, I will serve the little master more on weekdays."

A Ruo said contemptuously: "You are serving the little master more. But I am the little master's dowry. I will tell me what you know first. What can you know? And does this cruel thing mean to everyone know?" She looked at Ruyi without fear: "Little master, you have done such a thing yourself and don't know? Could it be that I will wrongly accuse you of me?"

Ruyi's eyes closed, she held back the tears in her eyes, opened her eyes and said, "Very good, very good, I don't know who you have conspired with to create this game to harm me. It's really perfect, and the answers are flowing."

A Ruo bowed and said, "If the little master wants to blame me, I will not be able to do so. Since I learned about this, I feel uneasy day and night. I saw that nobleman Yi died of birth and had nightmares every night. At that time, I followed the feelings of the master and servant, but I dared not say that I knew about it. Now that the matter is happening, it is God's will, and I have to say it. The little director is punished and he will obey all the respects."

After A Ruo finished speaking, he suddenly glanced at Xiao Luzi. Xiao Luzi rushed up and said, "Empress Xian, I know I'm sorry for you, but I don't want to harm the two emperors in vain. I...I..." He stammered, suddenly struggled to get up, and hit a huge copper eight-legged dragon inflatable in the main hall. Blood splattered three feet away, and he died. The concubines screamed in fear.

Without saying a word, Concubine Mei rushed up to Ruyi's face and slapped twice. She wanted to slap again, but was pulled tightly by the palace maid who followed her. She still cursed herself: "You are so cruel. You dare to say that someone is wronged. Can Xiao Luzi use his life to wrong you? You are so cruel that you will not let the child in my belly go, and you want him to die so miserably!"

Ruyi was dizzy, her head was buzzing, and a hot liquid flowed out of her face, and a stream of hot liquid flowed out of the corner of her mouth. She stretched out her hand and realized that there was a scarlet red on her hand. It turned out that Concubine Mei was too heavy and she had blood. But she didn't feel the pain, but just watched the blood slowly dripping from the big incense pot, falling drop after drop. Xiao Luzi, whose head shell was broken, was dragged out. In such a warm weather, she actually felt a bone-broken chill.

There is no evidence for death, but there is no evidence for death!

A Ruo's face was pale and said to Ruyi: "If the little master is dissatisfied with me and what I said today, I will not live. I will definitely hit me and die here like Xiao Luzi. It is also considered to have received the little master's kindness for many years." After she said that, she was about to crash into the incense furnace.

Concubine Hui was quick-eyed and grabbed her and said, "One of them has died, and another one is dead, isn't it true that there is no evidence to die?" She walked forward and said, "The sisters in the harem have understood what happened today. Concubine Xian is trying to murder the emperor and the robbery of the emperor and the robbery of the emperor and the robbery of the emperor and the emperor has no way to deny it. I ask the emperor and the empress to give the emperor and the nobleman Mei and the nobleman Yi to a fair, and the two emperors who were unjustly abandoned the world."

Hailan hurriedly knelt down and said anxiously: "Emperor, Empress, I am living with Empress Xian. I know that the Empress has no intention of harming others. For this reason, please let the Emperor and Empress take a closer look."

Chunpin also said: "Emperor, Empress, I have been with Empress Xian for many years. She is indeed not like this. Please ask the Emperor and Empress to observe clearly."

The queen sighed and said, "This happened in the harem. It was because I didn't notice it. Everyone had evidence and physical evidence, so I couldn't deny it. However, after all, I served the emperor for many years. How should the emperor investigate and deal with it? I will obey the order."

The emperor's eyes were only staring at the blood flowing from the incense burner, and his voice was as cold as ice: "A Ruo, are you going to use your life to fill the sins of Concubine Xian, right?"

A Ruo said with tears in his eyes: "I know that I have received the emperor's kindness, so that Ama can serve the court outside, but loyalty and filial piety are hard to achieve. I can only apologize for death."

There was gelatinous stagnation and depression in the air. The fragrance of flowers in the courtyard wrapped around her body lightly and thinly. After smelling it for a long time, it was almost like a binding suffocation. I don’t know if there were bees buzzing with their wings in the distance, as if the sharp bee needles were also pushing into their bodies bit by bit, causing pain in waves. Ruyi knelt on the black gold tiles, her knees were so painful that she could hardly stand up. She wanted to argue, but she felt that she was trapped in a carefully woven net of heaven and earth, her mouth was dry and tongue was weak, and she could only get cold sweat down, wetting her face.

After a long time, she raised her face and looked at the emperor in a daze: "Emperor, everyone has evidence and physical evidence, and I can't argue with you. But the emperor, I only have one sentence until my death, and I have never done it."

The emperor did not look at her, but said, "You also know that evidence is as strong as a mountain. No matter how unwilling I believe, I can only believe it." There was a deep pain and sadness on his face: "I have seen the death of the two dragon fetuses with my own eyes and will never forget it in my life. Ruyi, even if you don't have children, I have always loved you. What are your shortcomings? You must not let go of the children who are still in the mother's womb." He raised his face, burned the tears in his eyes with anger, and turned into a cold tone: "Transfer to my oral order, and Empress Xian Ulanara, and was ruthless, and was demoted to noble people, imprisoned in Yanxi Palace, and she would not be allowed to enter and exit."

Ruyi collapsed on the ground in despair, her eyes filled with tears: "The emperor has always told me to rest assured. Now I have no choice but to defend myself. I only ask the emperor to be able to be clear and to return my innocence."

The emperor did not look at her, but said, "The nobleman Huang, Yi, moved back to Jingyang Palace today, and the nobleman Bai, Mei, moved back to Yonghe Palace, everything is as usual. As for A Ruo..." The emperor's face looked a little gentle: "I have been willing to you for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to tell him. You have something to do with this matter. Don't look for a shortcoming, and stay with me in the future to serve you."

A Ruo was overjoyed and looked at the queen and Concubine Hui with some fear.

The queen sighed: "It is no big deal to know that mistakes can be corrected. Moreover, for this incident, Concubine Xian is the culprit. A Ruo was just not allowed to say it clearly because of her friendship. The emperor wanted to keep her by her side to repay her merits, and I also think it is right."

Ruyi stared at A Ruo's shy face in a daze, feeling that the sky spirit cap was cut open and penetrated into the bone-bone ice. She was so cold that she could not accept it at all, but she could only let the cold ice beads pass through her body with edges and corners. It hurt so much that it was bone-bone, but she was still awake.

Before A Ruo's smile could be gone, the corner of Jia's mouth raised proudly, Yingran stood up and said, "Emperor, she has done nothing to do to murder the dragon fetus. She is just me..." She pressed her lower abdomen and said happily: "I have been pregnant for a month, and it is really hard to live with someone like Xian. Only after the emperor imprisoned her, I dared to take care of the baby in the palace."

All the emperor's sadness and anger were instantly transformed by her smile. He stepped forward and held Guiren Jia's hand tightly and said, "What you said is true?"

"I dare not speak nonsense. It's just that such a thing happened in the palace, and I dare not say it out." Concubine Jia smiled proudly, held the emperor's hand, and said voluntarily, "Emperor, I am afraid of being harmed by others, so I ask the emperor to allow me to live in Zhenxiang Pavilion behind the Emperor's Palace of Yangxin, so as to use the emperor's righteousness to drive away evil spirits and protect the dragon's fetus."

The emperor's happy smile was naturally all allowed. The children of Concubine Jia just dispelled the haze of the first two departures. But in such joy, no one would care about Ruyi's despair and helplessness.
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