Yinzhen held her hand and said seriously: "Even if I have never met you, I will still feel regretful." After a moment of pause, he said: "Ruo'er, I have never asked for help in this life.
, this time, just think of it as me begging you to live well."
"I don't want you. Without the emperor, my life is no longer complete. Such a life, even if it can be continued reluctantly, is just suffering. If you say you love me, then you can't bear to leave me alone to suffer in this world."
That kind of pain?"
Yinzhen said with some difficulty: "Just think of me as selfish for once, Ruo'er, I believe that time can dilute all sadness, and I believe that Hongli will definitely be filial to you. I don't want to worry about your safety until my death, okay?
?”
Facing his eyes, Ling Ruo nodded slowly, "Okay, I promise you, I will live a good life and watch these magnificent rivers and mountains on your behalf."
"Okay! Okay!" Her words made Yinzhen very happy. He relaxed his brows and nodded.
While talking, Sixi brought the medicine in. In order to avoid Yinzhen vomiting it out after drinking it, Ling Ruo fed her very slowly this time. A bowl of medicine took enough time to feed a stick of incense.
After Sixi took down the medicine bowl, he said: "My Lady, you have been guarding me all night. Go and rest for a while. There will be slaves here to guard you."
Ling Ruo shook his head and said, "I'm not tired. I want to stay with the emperor for a while longer."
Seeing that she couldn't talk to her, Si Xi had to give up. Yinzhen glanced at the sky outside and said softly: "One night... In other words, it is already August 16th."
After Ling Ruo nodded, he said with some guilt: "I asked you to hold the family banquet. I wanted to make the palace lively and make up for the regret of New Year's Eve. I didn't expect that I would end up like this because of my poor health. Even the mooncakes
I don’t even have a chance to eat with you.”
Listening to the regret revealed in Yinzhen's words, Ling Ruo smiled slightly and said: "I heard that in some places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 16th instead of the 15th, so speaking of it, the Mid-Autumn Festival has not passed yet. In the evening, I will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."
I’ll invite everyone from last night’s banquet, and let’s eat mooncakes together so that we can be reunited. I know that this is also the emperor’s greatest wish.”
"Okay!" Yinzhen nodded happily, "No one knows me better than you, Ruo'er."
Ling Ruo tucked the brocade quilt for Yinzhen and said warmly: "It's still a long time before evening. Your Majesty, please rest for a while while I go out and get ready."
"Go." After watching Ling Ruo leave, Yinzhen sighed deeply and said to Sixi who was waiting at the side: "Go get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the imperial seal as well."
Si Xi was startled and asked boldly: "Your Majesty, do you want to issue an edict?"
"Don't ask too much, just go and get it as I say." Faced with Yinzhen's words, Sixi didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurriedly went to get the things, and then helped Yinzhen sit on the bedside as ordered.
Yinzhen glanced at the palace servants standing on both sides, waved his hands and said: "You all go down." After the palace servants left, he ordered Sixi to grind ink and lay paper.
Because Yinzhen was too weak to get out of bed, Sixi found a small red sandalwood stick specially placed on the bed so that Yinzhen could write.
Yinzhen labored hard and wrote slowly on the paper. Because of his weak condition, he had to stop and rest several times. After barely finishing the last word, Yinzhen could no longer hold the pen, and he could not hold the pen anymore.
The pen fell to the ground and he said with difficulty: "Sixi, seal me."
Si Xi stared blankly at the imperial edict and didn't hear what Yinzhen said. It wasn't until Yinzhen said it a second time that she came back to her senses. She quickly picked up the imperial seal and stamped "Yongzheng Yujian Zhibao" on the lower left corner of the imperial edict.
”.
Yinzhen nodded slightly and said: "Sixi, you have been with me since Li Dequan left. It has been more than ten years. Su Peisheng was originally with you, but it is a pity that he was harmed by his greed and ruined himself.
life."
Si Xi didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned Su Peisheng and said cautiously: "This slave has always been loyal to the emperor and has no second thoughts."
"I know, so..." Yinzhen stared at the imperial edict that had dried ink on the small teapot and said, "Fram it and seal it, and then keep it safely. Once I pass away, you can take out this imperial edict."
"This slave obeys the decree!" Si Xi slapped her a thousand times and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, didn't the imperial concubine have already promised you that she would not commit suicide? Why do you still issue such an imperial edict?"
Deep sadness flashed across Yinzhen's eyes, "She did say it, but I don't believe it. My intuition tells me that those words...she was just perfunctory with me. Once that moment comes, she will definitely go with me."
, this is something I absolutely don’t want to see.”
Si Xi wiped away her tears and said, "The Emperor is really very affectionate towards the Imperial Concubine."
"Okay, I'm not dead yet. What's wrong with me? Let's get it done quickly. Remember, you can make mistakes in anything, but you must not make mistakes in this matter. Do you remember that?"
Si Xi quickly clapped her sleeves and knelt down, saying, "Even if I forget my own name, I will never forget the emperor's orders."
"Just remember it and take it away." Under Yinzhen's instructions, Sixi quickly put away the imperial edict he had written, and then took the things down and put them away.
After Si Xi left, Yinzhen stared at the hollow silver ball hanging from the ceiling, wondering what he was thinking.
After nightfall, Ling Ruo walked into the Yangxin Hall again, but with empty hands. Yinzhen had already woken up and said with some surprise: "Ruo'er, didn't you say you wanted to eat mooncakes together tonight? Why?
You’re the only one, and where are the mooncakes?”
Ling Ruo pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I have not forgotten this matter, but when I went back and told Concubine Cheng, Hongli and the others, they promised to make mooncakes for the emperor with their own hands. I can't stop this concubine.
We can only let them live."
Yinzhen was startled and signaled Si Xifu to sit up quickly and said: "Concubine Cheng and Concubine Yu are very good at making moon cakes. It is not difficult for them to make moon cakes, but can Hongli and Hong Zhou do this?"
"This concubine doesn't know, but each of them said that they would make it by themselves without help from others. I hope that the mooncakes they will bring out later will not be hard for the emperor to swallow."
Yinzhen smiled and shook his head, then said, "What about yours? Could it be that someone else did it, so you're just going to lie down?"
Listening to Yinzhen's joking words, Ling Ruo smiled and said: "I don't dare to waste this time. It's already been done, but please forgive me and tell the emperor later." As she said that, she looked at Yin carefully.
Zhen glanced at him and said, "After a day's rest, the emperor seems to be in much better spirits. Moreover, Hongli has ordered people to put up an imperial list and invite famous doctors and elixirs from all over the world for the emperor. Maybe the emperor's illness can really be cured!"
Yinzhen smiled and said nothing to discourage him. There was not much time left, so why bother thinking about bad things and making himself and the people around him unhappy?