Li Dequan personally sent Ling Ruo to the outside of Zhongcui Palace. From a distance, Ling Ruo saw someone standing outside the palace gate, looking around. He was still wondering why there was someone outside so late at night and it was snowing. When he got closer, Fang discovered that the person was actually Qiu Ci.
Qiu Ci also saw Ling Ruo, and she could finally let go of her long-hanging heart. She hurried up to meet her, "Where did my sister go? Why did she come back so late?"
Seeing Qiu Ci caring about her so much, Ling Ruo was moved. He shook her hand that was still as cold as iron and said, "I'm just going for a walk with nothing to do. I don't want to worry my sister. I really shouldn't." .”
"It's okay." Qiu Ci let out a long breath. Only then did he notice an old eunuch standing behind Ling Ruo, and said in surprise: "This is..."
Li Dequan took a step forward and said, "Slave Li Dequan, I would like to send my greetings to my little master."
Li Dequan?! This name made Qiu Ci stunned. Wasn't he the emperor's personal eunuch? He was also the chief eunuch in the palace. After entering the palace, she specifically asked why he was here and with Ling Ruo?
"It's snowing outside. You two young masters, please go in quickly." Li Dequan handed the umbrella in his hand to Ling Ruo, bowed and said with a smile: "My master, if you have no other instructions, I will go back and report my orders to the emperor."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Ling Ruo was about to salute, but Li Dequan was so panicked that he hurriedly supported her and said hurriedly: "You are going to kill this slave, you must not do it."
Li Dequan has been with Kangxi for decades and has never seen anything. After what happened tonight, it is almost certain that Niu Hulu Lingruo will enter the palace. He will be a serious master in the future. How can he dare to accept the gift?
Ling Ruo smiled, understanding his scruples, and didn't force it at the moment. After he left behind and walked towards the palace courtyard with Qiu Ci, "How does sister know that I'm not in the house?"
Qiu Ci sighed and said: "It's not because of that Guo Luoluo. I was afraid that she would be angry with you again, so I wanted to come and have a look. I didn't know that you were not there until I got there. It was dark and snowy, and I was afraid that you would be in the palace if something happened. I'll wait for you to come back at the door." At this point, he changed the topic and said with a half-smile: "I didn't expect that I would see Eunuch Li personally send you back. Sister, shouldn't you have something to say to me?"
Regarding Qiu Ci, Ling Ruo would not hide anything, so she told everything about what happened just now.
After listening to Ling Ruo's narration, Qiu Ci was surprised at first, and then smiled sincerely, "I didn't expect that before the draft, my sister had already met the emperor, and it sounds like the emperor had a very good impression of my sister, otherwise he wouldn't have I rewarded you with the jade flute. If other beautiful ladies knew about it, I don’t know how envious they would be."
Lowering his head and stroking the warm body of the flute, Ling Ruo was not as happy as others, but rather a little disappointed, "I don't know whether this is good or bad."
Qiu Ci brushed away the fine snow that had fallen on her hair, and said warmly: "Did you think of Mr. Xu again?" Seeing Ling Ruo lowering his head and not answering, she sighed and comforted: "Sister, even if you think about it again, you can still do it. How about it? From the moment you choose this path, you and him are people from two different worlds. If you worry about him again, what else can you do besides increasing your sorrow? All you have to do now is to hold on to the emperor firmly. Only he can Help you restore the glory of the Niu Hulu family, only he can help you solve all your problems."
Ling Ruo twisted the tassels on her jade flute in silence, and after a long while she said in a low voice: "I understand what sister said, but I can't let it go completely. Maybe it will be better after a while."
"I understand, but you must not let others know about this, otherwise it will be harmful to you but not beneficial." Qiu Ci said solemnly.
Ling Ruo nodded and looked deeply into the dark night, "I will remember that my destination is in the Forbidden City. I will remember it forever."
She said these words not only to Qiu Ci, but also to herself, so that she could always remember them and never forget them.
In the next two days, the weather started to clear up and the snow gradually melted away. Looking at this trend, there should be good weather for the draft ceremony on the eighth day of December.
Yonghe Palace, one of the Six Eastern Palaces, was designated as the residence of Yi concubines who had just entered the Jin Dynasty in the 16th year of Kangxi. It has been more than 20 years ago.
Concubine Yi is now almost forty years old, but because she is well cared for, she looks like she is in her thirties, and there is no hint that she has had several children.
"Is she really that extreme?" Yi Fei frowned and asked Mu Yue sitting aside, with a hint of anger in her.
Mu Yue curled her lips with an aggrieved look, "How dare I deceive my sister? From the time she entered the palace to now, she has always put her eyes on her because of her beauty. She doesn't put other beautiful girls in her eyes at all. I often do this too."
She was angry with her, so one time she poured boiling tea on me, sister, look." She rolled up her sleeves to reveal her white arms, and there was a red mark there that looked like it had been scalded by water.
Concubine Yi was already angry, but seeing Mu Yue injured now, she couldn't hold it back. She slammed the glazed tea cup on the table and said angrily: "This Niu Hulu Lingruo is so angry, you are my sister, she
You dare to do this, it shows your arrogance
To what extent." After saying that, he carefully looked at the wound on Mu Yue's arm and said, "Fortunately, there are no blisters. As long as the red mark disappears, it will be fine. Send Qiu, go back to the emperor to reward me for my health.
Bring me the muscle removal ointment."
After Ji Qiu left, Mu Yue bit her lower lip and said, "It would be fine if she was just targeting me, but the more she said, the more she went too far. In the end, she even ignored you, sister, and said..." She looked down upon her.
Concubine Yi glanced at her, looking hesitant.
Concubine Yi said coldly: "Just say it, I would like to hear what she said."
Mu Yue heard this and said cautiously: "She said that my sister is just lucky to have her current status. In fact, she is useless at all. If she enters the palace, she will take her sister's place."
"Okay! Okay! What a Niu Hulu clan. She just has a small heart for rituals, but her thoughts are really big. Before she even entered the palace, she already wanted to take my place and replace her." Concubine Yi laughed angrily.
, but this cold smile makes people tremble from the bottom of their hearts. Anyone who knows Yi Fei knows that she is really angry.
"Master, please calm down. The Niu Hulu family has been in decline for many years. Logically speaking, this Niu Hulu Lingruo shouldn't be so bold and a genius. Maybe there is some misunderstanding." Ji Qiu took some muscle-promoting ointment and listened.
When Concubine Yi spoke softly, her eyes swept over Mu Yue's face intentionally or unintentionally, as if she wanted to see something from it.
How could Mu Yue not understand the meaning of her words? She raised her eyebrows and shouted, "What do you mean by this? Do you mean that I am lying to my sister?"
"I don't dare. I'm afraid that someone will use your mother and mistress to achieve their own ulterior motives." Jiqiu said he didn't dare, but he was clearly referring to her. Mu Yue was so angry that her teeth were itching but she couldn't get angry.
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Concubine Yi has been in the palace for many years and is well versed in fighting for favor and power. She was angry for a moment before, and Mu Yue is her biological sister, so she never suspected it. Now that she has calmed down, she no longer feels that there is something wrong.
But she didn't criticize her. She took the ointment that Ji Qiu brought and gently applied it on Mu Yue's arm. She looked at her meaningfully and said, "Do you think she is a threat to you?
"
Mu Yue's heart skipped a beat, knowing that her sister had seen through her plan, but it was impossible to change her words at this point, not to mention that her sister had clearly moved her mind by asking such a question, so she raised her heart and said in a deep voice.
: "Not to Yue'er, but to my sister.
"Oh?" Yi Fei responded casually, retracting her finger, only to see that in addition to the transparent ointment, there was a faint red color on her fingertips. Her eyes tightened, and the other finger wearing a gold armor was embroidered with
The flowery tablecloth was lightly scratched, and when it was lifted up, a thin invisible silk thread was hooked on it, and it seemed that it would break with a little force.
"If sister had seen her, she would believe Yue'er's words." Although Mu Yue was very reluctant to admit it, Ling Ruo was indeed proud of her beauty and was better than her.
Concubine Yi silently stood up and went to the palace gate, staring at the eighteen bachelors who had just been sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this morning. It was the best camellia in the world. There were eighteen flowers on one plant, and the petals were layered on top of each other to form a hexagonal tower-shaped corolla.
, the flowers are of different colors, the red ones are all red, the pink ones are all pink, they bloom together, they are very beautiful.
For such a treasure, even though the Ministry of Internal Affairs carefully cultivated only a few of them, they gave them to the most favored empresses in the palace, and Concubine Yi was one of them; the other concubines could only envy them.
Seeing that Concubine Yi had not spoken for a long time, Mu Yue's originally confident heart gradually sank. Could it be that her sister was unwilling to take action against Niu Hulu Lingruo? If so, wouldn't her plan be in vain?
Just when she was uneasy, Concubine Yi moved. She turned around and said to Ji Qiu: "Go to the warehouse and take the white jade Guanyin that was delivered a few days ago. Let's go to Jingren Palace."
Jingren Palace is the residence of Concubine Rong, and Concubine Yi is going there now, and her intention is very clear. Mu Yue was overjoyed, and when she was about to speak, Concubine Yi had already moved to her, stroking the tassel hanging on her temples.
Qing said: "Human, being smart is a good thing, but don't think that you are the only smart person in the world and treat others as fools, otherwise you will only suffer the consequences, Yue'er, are you right?"
Mu Yue shuddered, knowing that Concubine Yi was talking about herself. She and her biological sister had been together less and less often. She was not yet born when Concubine Yi entered the palace. Later, she would only accompany E Niang to the palace during New Years and holidays.
Zhong spent a day or two with Concubine Yi. In her heart, she did not have much affection for Concubine Yi, but more of using her and even coveting her.
However, when she saw the gentle and sharp look in Concubine Yi's eyes, she realized that she was completely wrong. This sister was far more powerful than she thought, and was far beyond her ability to deal with and control, at least not now.
After figuring this out, Mu Yue no longer hesitated. She suppressed all her sharp and unfair thoughts and said as meekly as a kitten, "Yue'er understands."
"I hope you really understand." Concubine Yi smiled faintly, her fierce look gradually faded away, replaced by warmth and affection, "Yue'er, you are my sister, as long as you don't make big mistakes, I will definitely
I will protect you."
That's it for the rest of the story.
After Ji Qiu fetched the white jade Guanyin, Concubine Yi took a carriage to the Jingren Palace where Concubine Rong was staying, with Mu Yue and Ji Qiu accompanying her.