Ling Ruo raised her long eyebrows lightly, and with this question in mind, she stepped forward and bowed and said, "I would like to pay my respects to the Queen. I wish you good luck. I wonder what the purpose of your visit at night is?"
Nala stopped and looked at her with a half-smile and said, "Can't you come and sit here with Concubine Xi if you have nothing to do?"
Ling Ruo's lips curved, and she said neither humble nor arrogantly: "How dare I, my concubine, it's just that the empress came suddenly, and I was not prepared, for fear of neglecting the empress."
"We sisters don't need to be so open to each other." Nala smiled slightly, her expression as gentle as the soft moonlight scattered on her body, but Lingruo knew that hidden under this gentleness was a lot of scheming, and that many men were not as good as
ruthless and deceitful tactics.
Nala was not in a hurry to go in, but stood in the atrium and smiled and said: "I also happened to see that the moonlight tonight is very beautiful, comparable to that of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, so I suddenly thought of asking my sister to come to enjoy the moon together.
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Ling Ruo smiled and said nothing. She would never believe Nala's remarks, but she couldn't guess her purpose of coming for a while.
"Sister, tell me..." Nala's words suddenly changed as she smiled sweetly, "Is the moon in Tongzhou as round as here?"
"I think they are all the same." Ling Ruo lowered his eyes and stared at the Yunnan jade carved into the shape of a swallow on his shoe. Unexpectedly, one side of the swallow's wing was broken.
Nala sat down on the rosewood chair brought by Shuixiu, stroked her skirt and said calmly: "That's not what I heard. I heard that the weather in Tongzhou is still very bad. There are strong winds and showers from time to time, and it is as cold as
It's a severe winter, and the air is shrouded in dust and mist, so you can't see the blue sky and white sun at all, let alone the bright moonlight."
"If your Majesty has something to say, you might as well say it directly." Ling Ruo glanced at her coldly, her heart full of disgust; if she hadn't induced Yilan to reveal her relationship with Rong Yuan, why would Yinzhen be so suspicious of herself?
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Nala pretended to be distressed and said: "What can I say? I'm just worried about Imperial Physician Xu. Alas, I don't know if he, a frail scholar, will go to such a cold and harsh place where the plague is raging. I don't know if he can survive."
Having said that, I heard that the reason why Imperial Doctor Xu entered the palace as an imperial doctor was because of my sister. This deep affection is really admirable, and even I am very envious of it."
"Although my concubine and Dr. Xu have known each other since childhood, they have not done anything that goes beyond the rules of etiquette. He is an imperial doctor not because he is my concubine. On the contrary, the empress does everything possible for this matter, even my concubine's."
My sister is taking advantage of her." She sneered, her expression as clear as autumn frost and snow.
Nala said nonchalantly: "If nothing happens, why should you be afraid of being taken advantage of? Always..." She raised her head lightly, and the pearls hanging down her cheeks flashed with brilliance, "My sister is at fault."
When she said this, she seemed to have remembered something, and she stroked her forehead and said with relief, "Look at me, I came here to enjoy the moon with my sister. What are you talking about for no reason? It's really disappointing."
Ling Ruo looked at her coldly, how could she believe that Nala came here to admire the moon and talked about such a lot, there must be a purpose.
Suddenly a gust of night wind blew, the wind was a bit strong, blowing the clothes and hair of the two people. Nala raised his sleeves to cover the night wind, not wanting the silk in his hand to be blown away by the wind, and the jade he was going to pick up.
, Nala said: "Let it go, it's just a piece of silk on the left and right."
After the night wind passed, Nala suddenly said: "By the way, there is one thing that my sister doesn't know yet, right?" She narrowed her eyes slightly, leaned forward and said: "The victims of Tongzhou have not been relieved of the plague for a long time.
People began to gather to make trouble, and just now Tongzhou sent an urgent report, saying that the food and water brought by Imperial Physician Xu and others had been robbed by the victims."
While saying these words, her eyes kept falling on Ling Ruo. Seeing her expression change slightly, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth. Her gentle face looked a little unreal under the moonlight, as if it was covered with a layer of lightness.
She asked, "Sister, do you want to know what the emperor did after he learned about this matter?" Her words were like throwing a ball, waiting for someone to pick it up, and what was waiting for this person was probably a trap.
"How to deal with it?" Ling Ruo knew very well, but it was a matter of life and death for Rong Yuan, and she couldn't ignore it. Even though she knew the trap, she had to jump.
Nala was very satisfied with Ling Ruo's attitude. He covered his mouth and said softly: "The people of Tongzhou are causing trouble, and Imperial Physician Xu and others cannot cure the plague. Once those victims run out uncontrollably, the plague will spread from Tongzhou as its source."
Come, the consequences will be disastrous. For the sake of the overall situation, the emperor decided to abandon the entire Tongzhou Prefecture, which means... everyone in Tongzhou Prefecture will die!"
The early spring night was still a bit cold, but Ling Ruo broke out in a cold sweat. Yinzhen wanted to abandon the entire Tongzhou Prefecture, which meant that both the victims and the imperial doctors who went to treat him would die there, including Rong Yuan.
Nala stood up, came close to Ling Ruo's ear, and said word by word in the warm breath: "In the past, Imperial Physician Xu entered the palace for his sister, and today he died tragically for his sister. This whole life has been ruined at the hands of my sister.
It’s so pitiful.”
Ling Ruo stood there expressionlessly. Only the clenched hands in her sleeves revealed her inner uneasiness. In the cold silence, she raised her head and faced the Nala family who was close at hand. "The surviving people of Tongzhou
Hundreds and thousands of them are all citizens of the Qing Dynasty. The emperor is kind-hearted, how can he abandon them?"
"Do you think I am lying to you?" Nala took a step back and said calmly: "The emperor has summoned various officials to the palace at this moment, and there should be a decree issued tonight. If my sister doesn't believe it, just wait and see."
At this point, she lowered her voice and said: "In other words, even if the emperor pities the people of Tongzhou, what about Imperial Physician Xu? Doesn't my sister think that after the emperor knows what happened between you and Imperial Physician Xu, he can still pretend that nothing happened?
Let’s get over it?!”
Without waiting for Ling Ruo to speak, she flexed her sleeves and said, "Okay, it's getting late, I should go back, and my sister should rest early."
Nala held Jade's hand and turned around to leave. The sound of her flowerpot-soled shoes stepping on the bluestone floor was extremely clear in the quiet night. The bright moon was shining brightly behind her...
"Master..." After Nala disappeared, Shui Xiufang called Ling Ruo, who had been silent since just now, worriedly.
In the long wind, Ling Ruo slowly let out the turbid air held in her chest, looked at the direction where Nala was leaving and said in a solemn voice: "Queen, she is indeed the queen."
Shui Xiu didn't understand why she suddenly said such a sentence, but she just said with relief: "Master, please don't listen to the queen's sensational words. Maybe Dr. Xu has now solved the epidemic in Tongzhou and is on his way back."
Ling Ruo smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I'm afraid this is 100% true." Even so, she still felt a bit of luck in her heart. She called Yang Hai and ordered him to go to the south study room to inquire.