The castration was too violent, and Meizhuang and I both fell forward, like a waterfall sliding down the cliff. www. The sudden imbalance made me suddenly panic. Huanbi, who was accompanying me, saw that it was not good and blocked the exit of the sedan chair, holding on tightly.
He resisted my body that was about to fall. At the same time, the inner guards who were carrying the sedan chair quickly stood firm. Seeing that Meizhuang and I were frightened, they knelt down in panic and said: "The slaves are guilty."
I saw that Mei Zhuang's face turned pale next to me, so I couldn't get angry and said hurriedly: "Sister, how are you doing?" I looked down and saw her holding my arms firmly with both hands and blocking her whole body in front of me. My heart felt warm.
He said hurriedly: "I'm fine."
Meizhuang was so shocked that he was almost stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses and let out a long breath, "It's so dangerous!"
My eyes heated up and I said distressedly: "You are standing in front of me like this. If I fall, it will fall on you. How can you say that I am in danger?"
Meizhuang said calmly: "That's how it is. What if you get hurt if you really fall? You are a healthy person."
There was a warmth like a bright light in her heart, and with tears in her eyes, she said: "My child is important, but my sister's body is not important?" Turning around, I saw Huanbi falling to block the sedan chair, pressing against the door of the sedan chair with all her strength, the translucent green
There were several thick blue and purple marks clearly visible on the arm under the gauze, and he quickly asked with concern: "Huanbi, how are you?"
Huanbi shook her head quickly, with an anxious look on her face, "It's okay, Miss." After saying that, she turned around and yelled, "How can a bunch of stupid people carry this sedan? There are two ladies sitting on top, are you doing things so carelessly? Be careful.
I’ll ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to chop off your heads!”
If the sedan chariot just capsized, even if there was Meizhuang... I can hardly imagine it. This child is everything to me!
I couldn't help but burst into anger at the thought. I suppressed the panic in my heart, slapped my palm hard, and yelled: "Damn it!" I have always been kind and gentle since I returned to the palace. When everyone saw that I was angry, they had already knelt down in panic and were frightened.
Kowtowing desperately.
Mei Zhuang suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Why did you stumble and fall? Can't you walk?"
The leading eunuch had cold sweat on his face and kowtowed hurriedly: "This gravel road was originally paved with six-sided stones, making it very stable to walk on. But today, for some reason, there were a few pebbles mixed in, so the slaves slipped.
"
I lowered my head to look, and sure enough, the path paved with various hexagonal stones was mixed with a few cobblestones of similar colors, polished to be very smooth and round, and there was also a layer of greasy dark green moss. The moss was still very fresh.
I could almost squeeze out water with one pinch. My heart moved slightly, I already understood, and I glanced at little Yunzi behind me. Little Yunzi understood, and when no one was paying attention, he reached out and picked up a few sleeves and put them in his arms. Huanbi was furious.
, said in his mouth: "It's full of nonsense. You can't go anywhere. You have to take this road. Is it the closest to go back to Weiyang Palace? Just look at me!"
The eunuch said with a mournful face: "How dare you deceive Miss Bi? This road is not the shortest, but it is the coldest road in the summer. The slaves thought that the queen was afraid of the heat and went here. Who knows what happened?
Such a thing happened. Fortunately, the two ladies are fine, otherwise the slaves would not be able to chop off a hundred heads."
I saw thick shade hanging down all around me, towering trees with dense branches and leaves, not a single sliver of sunlight coming in. It was really cool and quiet. I looked around and whispered: "What is this place?"
Meizhuang looked around and said with a slightly cool voice, "Further forward, you will find Xu Jieyu's Yuzhao Palace."
I looked forward in astonishment, and sure enough there was a small palace, with three big characters "Yuzhao Palace" painted in gold powder on the plaque. I didn't take it to heart for the moment, only thinking about what I had just done. The internal prison officer carried it out
When concubines walk, they usually go back the same way they came from if they don't have special instructions. In addition, the weather is hot, so it is inevitable to take this road with thick shade. So some people pay attention.
There was a slight sneer on the corner of my mouth. It was only the second day after I returned to the palace, but some people couldn't wait any longer. They didn't say much at the moment, and just said: "I'll spare you for now. I'll find out what's wrong with you later when I get back, and take a close look at your skin."
Meizhuang said nothing, only stared at Yuzhao Palace in trance, and said for a moment: "I will accompany you back to avoid any mistakes on the way."
Returning to the Rouyi Hall, Jin Xi came up to greet her and said, "The emperor has just been here. I heard that the empress went to pay her respects to the queen mother and said she would come back in the evening."
I nodded and said, "I understand."
Meizhuang said warmly: "I was frightened just now, so I'd better ask Wen Shichu to come and take a look, so that I can rest assured."
I shook my head, "Nothing was hurt, so don't bother." I called Pin'er again, "Huanbi hurt her hand. You go and apply medicine carefully for her."
Jin Xi was shocked and confused after hearing this, and hurriedly closed the door and said, "But what happened? Both ladies look so bad."
Meizhuang said solemnly: "Finally, someone couldn't bear it any longer." She recounted what had just happened in detail, but she was still frightened when she said it, "The sedan chair was carried by eight people, and they were all carried on their shoulders.
, if he really fell from such a height and still fell on the gravel road, the child would definitely not be able to survive."
Jinxi thought deeply: "The stones to be paved in the palace have been carefully selected and will never be mixed with cobblestones. It seems that someone... deliberately. The only ones who are pregnant in the palace are the empress and Xu Jieyu. Xu Jieyu
Since I have been grounded, only the empress is left."
Meizhuang sneered and said: "When it comes to who did it, isn't it the one from Zhaoyang Palace who bears the brunt? Besides her, who else has the most serious thoughts?"
I leaned on Concubine Yang's couch with purple velvet embroidered cushions and said calmly: "If it's for the sake of the emperor's heir, she naturally has this idea, but others may not have it as well. If it's because of jealousy that I returned to the palace, then it's even more so.
Many people have something to do with it. For example, Hu Zhaoyi watched us go back just now. If she wanted to send someone else, she would have had time." After I finished speaking, I felt a chill in my body, as if I had fallen into an ice cellar.
If you think about it this way, everyone in the palace will be suspected, and enemies will surround you. How can you guard against it?
Mei Zhuang held his breath for a moment and said slowly, "I suspect the Queen of course has my reasons. Do you remember where the accident happened just now?"
I muttered, "It's near Yuzhao Palace."
Mei Zhuang nodded slightly and stared at me, "You should know why Xu Jieyu was banned."
"Weiyueyan rushes to the moon." I pondered for a moment, almost took a breath of cold air, and instantly understood, "If something happens to me in front of her palace, it can be said that Xu Jieyu rushed me to cause the accident. And the queen mother of Yuezhu
With the Queen, if something happens to me, it will be a sign of the Lord's Moon. The Queen is alive and well, and it would be disrespectful for me to have a sign of the Lord's Moon. Not to mention the Queen Mother, even the Emperor cannot tolerate me. This is the second one; the third is
Xu Jieyu has already clashed with the Queen Mother and the Empress. If she threatens me and my unborn child again, it will be a disaster to the Emperor's heirs. Then the Emperor will never tolerate her again. Even if she does something good, the child will be despised by the Emperor. Such an arrow
The matter of the three eagles…”
Meizhuang said: "Who else but the Queen's palace can think of killing three birds with one stone."
Jin Xi worriedly said: "If there is a first time, there will be a second time, and a third time. If the empress is still pregnant, they will keep attacking. We cannot prevent it by being on guard day and night. Since the emperor is coming tonight
, Your Majesty, it would be best if you tell the Emperor about this."
I thought for a moment, then raised my voice and called Xiao Yunzi in, saying, "Where are the pebbles you picked up just now?"
Xiao Yunzi took it out from her sleeve, carefully placed it on the table and said, "Here it is."
I said, "Go to the flower room and find a reliable craftsman, and ask him to take a closer look at the moss on the pebbles to find out what's weird. I don't think it looks like ordinary moss." Xiao Yunzi knew that it was an important thing, so she quickly put it away.
Went.
I smiled coldly, my heart as hard as pig iron, and firmly protected my lower abdomen, saying: "No matter who it is, if you can do it, don't blame me for not being able to tolerate her!"
Meizhuang said: "Please take care of yourself. I will go back to Tangli Palace first, lest the emperor comes and wants to meet him." I knew that Meizhuang could not avoid Xuan Ling, so I personally sent her out and returned to the palace.
Go to bed with your clothes on.
But when it was time to have a cup of tea, an announcement came from outside, "The Emperor has arrived——"
I pretended not to hear, so I simply covered my head and pretended to be asleep. I could vaguely hear Jin Xi leading everyone out to welcome her, "Your Majesty, may you be blessed, your Majesty is not feeling well and is sleeping in the inner hall."
Xuan Ling came in a little hurriedly, walking from side to side and saying, "Why is the queen feeling unhappy? Have you called the imperial doctor to see you? Why didn't you come and tell me earlier?" Before he finished speaking, someone had already arrived, and he opened the quilt anxiously.
He said: "It's fine, why are you feeling uncomfortable?"
The inner hall was dark. Due to Xuan Ling's intrusion, the palace people quickly lit the red candles on the gilded candlesticks. The candles in Rouyi Hall were very good, and no smoke came out when they were lit. I
The face with loose hair on the sideburns from sleeping suddenly appeared in front of Xuan Ling, together with my loose and tangled rose pink silver thread Huansha pajamas. Rose pink is a very delicate color, and it makes it even more delicate when used as pajamas.
, I slept disheveled, and several pipa buttons under my neck were loosened, exposing my cool collarbone. Xuan Ling's throat moved, signaling Jin Xi and others to go out. However, the moment I raised my head, Xuan Ling felt distressed.
Because of this delicate rose pink, it made my face even more frightened and pale, like a stamen floating in panic among the petals of a beautiful flower. He sat down by the bed and said in a low voice: "But have you been wronged by your mother?"
I immediately denied it, "The Queen Mother always treats her concubines very well."
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as my mother treats you well." His tone softened and he held me in his arms, "Why are you feeling so uncomfortable? Your face looks so ugly."
I curled up on his chest and whispered: "Your Majesty, can you just hold my concubine like this?"
He put his cheek against my forehead, pondered for a moment, then called Huanbi in and said, "You are the dowry of the empress, come and tell me."
Huanbi glanced at me hesitantly, then lowered her head in a hurry. Seeing her expression, Xuan Ling became more suspicious and said, "Just say it, no one dares to blame you."
Huanbi knelt down with a plop and sobbed: "In the evening, the young lady and Hui Gui's concubine came back from the Queen Mother and almost fell off the sedan chair, so the young lady was frightened."
Xuan Ling stood up in shock, "How could such a good person fall off the carriage?"
Huanbi lowered her head, "It was the eunuchs carrying the sedan who were not careful and slipped on the pebbles."
"Where did you skate?"
"The six-sided stone road near Yuzhao Palace."
Xuan Ling closed his eyes for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Six-sided stones are the most non-slip, so why are there cobblestones? This matter cannot be solved by punishing the servant who carries the sedan chair." He said softly: "Huan Huan, you are suspicious.
Someone wants to harm you, right?"
I hurriedly shook my head and said in fear: "How could it be? I don't dare to think like this." I lowered my face and cried in a deep voice, "I just feel that my fate is not good, although I am able to serve you again thanks to the emperor's mercy.
But if you walk around casually, you'll slip and fall, and I'm afraid you won't be lucky enough to keep this child after all."
There was a rebuke in Xuan Ling's tone, and the rebuke was as gentle as the breeze blowing on his face, "Nonsense, our child is the most blessed child, how can we not keep it? What happened today is not only that those slaves are ignorant, I'm afraid
Someone did it deliberately because they couldn't see that I dote on you." He raised his voice and called Li Chang in, and ordered with a stern face: "Go and beat the eunuchs who carried Concubine Guan's sedan chair to thirty boards today, and then give them to you after they're done.
I will interrogate you carefully. I will not spare anyone who dares to touch me!"
Li Chang bowed in agreement and was about to go out. I called out hurriedly: "Your Majesty -" I stood up, grabbed Xuan Ling's robe and said sadly: "I beg the Emperor not to make this matter public."
He looked back at me, quite puzzled, "Why? This is obviously someone who wants to deliberately embarrass you. If I don't punish you, what will happen if something like this happens again in the future?"
I sobbed in a low voice, "Even if someone really wants to embarrass me, please believe that this is an unintentional mistake like me. I don't want to upset the harem and upset the emperor for the sake of my own life. After all, I
I’m safe and sound too.”
His eyes were full of deep pity, "Huan Huan, I feel sorry for you too, and I'm afraid that something like this will happen to you again."
I begged softly, "No one has fault. If the emperor publicizes this matter and pursues it vigorously, it will make that person jump over the wall and cause trouble again. It is better to cover it up quietly and let her reflect on herself. Besides, the Queen Mother and the Empress
I'm all feeling unwell, and so many things happened to me as soon as I returned to the palace. Even if the concubines don't complain, I'm afraid the Queen Mother will also accuse me of being pretentious."
Xuan Ling said: "I will not be punished for my mistakes, and this matter concerns the emperor's heir. I always feel uncomfortable in my heart."
The wind blew, and the flowers and trees trembled and swayed, and the mottled marks were faintly reflected on the ice silk window screen, like fingers that were about to stretch out. I took his hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, treat me as your concubine and your belly."
Let the children here accumulate good fortune. You should also give that person a chance to turn back. If there is a next time, he will be punished together. Also, those internal guards who carried the sedan chair and chariot were also unintentional. They were more afraid of something happening than anyone else.
The emperor also spared it, okay?"
The hall was extremely quiet, as if there was no one there. The only thing that could be heard was the chirping of cicadas in the distance, singing feebly one after another after the exhaustion of the day. The rustling sound of the evening wind through the leaves was like a hazy rain, and
With the cool atmosphere in the hall, it seems like it is still late spring. The hall is full of candlelight, and under the soft light of the red candles, soft and red candle tears slowly slide down, dripping on the gilt flower candlesticks, meandering into coral
colorful shapes.
Xuan Ling hugged my shoulders and praised softly, "Huan Huan, you are always willing to be considerate."
I leaned on him meekly and said, "I am not generous, I just don't want to bother the emperor because of what happened to me. The government affairs of the previous dynasty were enough to worry the emperor. After returning to the harem, the emperor should relax even more. Otherwise, how can he have the energy to deal with it?"
What about state affairs?" I said softly in a coquettish tone: "I just asked you, my concubine, can you comply with it, your Majesty?"
Xuan Ling lost a lot of anger and said: "In this case, I will spare them this time." He said with a solemn face, "If there is another time, I will definitely punish them severely."
The jade curtain was lightly rolled, and Huanbi quietly stepped back. Xuan Ling pinched my chin and chuckled: "Just now Huan Huan said that I should relax when I get to the harem, so how do you think I should relax?"
I took his hand and led him to lie down on the couch, scooped a spoonful of white sandalwood and added it to the blue and white incense burner. The scattered incense scattered into the burner like white snowflakes, and the delicate smoke was like layers of veil.
, falling softly one after another among the heavy brocade curtains, filling the air like light catkins. The whole hall seemed like a pool of deep and still water, and it fell silently.
I personally brought a cup of sour plum soup to his mouth and said softly: "It has been cold for a long time. The emperor drank it to relieve the greasy taste of the evening meal."
The corners of Xuan Ling's eyes were flying, and he said: "It's just a cup of sour plum soup, are you just here to deal with me?"
I chuckled and said, "How dare you deal with the emperor? This sour plum is soaked in osmanthus honey, and added with licorice, tangerine peel and cinnamon. Didn't the emperor cough a few times in the past two days? This is the best thing to drink.
.Knowing that the emperor was coming, I poured ice water on him early in the big flower vat with blue tiles."
There was harmonious warmth in Xuan Ling's eyes, "It's hard for you to be so careful even though you're pregnant. Hu Zhaoyi asked me today why I love you so much - how can others know your good points?"
I answered with a smile: "Did sister Yunrong say that? I even ran into her and Emperor Hemu at the Queen Mother's place today."
Xuan Ling said "Oh" and said, "She didn't tell you anything, right? Yunrong is young, and sometimes it is inevitable that she will be inconsistent in what she says and does."
I said, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? I think Hu Zhaoyi is a very smart and handsome person."
Xuan Ling changed into a comfortable position and lay down, and said softly: "Although Yunrong's temper is a bit arrogant, she is a good person."
I picked up a feather fan, shook it gently and said, "Your Majesty is tired, why not take a nap first before going to the other concubines." I smiled in embarrassment, "I'm afraid I can't serve the Emperor."
Xuan Ling yawned, with a glimmer of light in his unfocused eyes, and said, "I'm not going anywhere. Even if it's inconvenient for you to sleep with me, I will sleep with you."
I said apologetically: "How can the emperor do this for my concubine?"
He smiled and took my hand, pulled down the curtain and said softly: "As long as I am willing."
The night was deep, and the starlight from the sky outside the window filtered in at a few points, and was softened by the red silk-like candlelight.