Maybe I was worried about it some time ago, but my illness has not improved much. The days are long, and I don’t leave the house, just arranging flowers and doing embroidery every day to pass the time.
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the heat has not subsided. The foxtail lilies blooming in the shade have become more and more beautiful. I especially love the pink stamens. I often pick some flowers. The buds I collected in the morning
It will bloom in the evening, and the cool breeze will blow, and the palace will be filled with fragrance. Hua Yi said: "Yuan Yu is really thoughtful. The empress mentioned it that day. She actually picked foxtail lilies early in the morning and sent them to her. The imperial doctor saw that
It's okay to live with those buds, I heard that Concubine Oriole likes them too."
"She will never mention that I taught her."
"How could it be? She only wants to be filial to Concubine Li. Besides, Concubine Li has never allowed her to talk too much."
I fiddled with a bunch of blue-purple iris flowers in my hand, "I feel sorry for that girl. Originally, it wasn't a bad thing to have someone around to hold the emperor back for her. It's just that Concubine Li's own foundation is not stable, so how can she tolerate being favored by others around her? No wonder she wants to
Suppress Kite Yu."
"However," Hua Yi said, "I heard that the emperor is often elsewhere recently, and Concubine Li is a little unhappy."
I have also heard about this. In order to relieve An Lirong's depression during pregnancy, I often persuaded Xuan Ling to accompany her. As a result, the palaces were inevitably left out. It happened to be Qinggui's birthday a few days ago, and the concubines were in her presence.
There was a lot of excitement in the palace, so Xuan Ling couldn't help but stay with her for two more days. Then Mrs. Zhuang Min said she felt dizzy and weak, so Xuan Ling also stayed for a few more days.
I smiled and shook my head, "That's all. Look, it's Concubine Li's birthday in a few days. The emperor will definitely go to accompany her. Why should we worry about it? But Yuan Yu will have a lot of things on that day. Just prepare Lily and let her go."
You can just get it by yourself by the water, you don’t have to ask her to bother choosing. Besides, Concubine Oriole definitely doesn’t like her interacting with people from other palaces.”
On the first day of September, Xuan Ling went to Jingchun Palace as expected. Concubine Li did not invite the concubines to congratulate her, and the concubines were too happy to go, so they just sent gifts to each other, leaving Xuan Ling alone with her.
Alone. At this time, the month of Anli was already in May, and logically even if Xuan Ling wanted to spend the night, it would be okay. So in the Jingchun Palace, shengsing, song and swallows danced, and the soft and downcast chants of silk and bamboo could be heard from a distance. With a soft sound, the people in the harem were stirred up for no reason.
The ebb and flow of jealousy.
On this day, Concubine De accompanied Longyue to my palace early in the morning. Longyue was almost seven years old at this time, and the little person got closer to me. I taught her how to write words step by step in front of the window. Longyue is new.
She was very serious about learning to write. Although each stroke was immature, the strokes were very powerful, which showed that there was something deep in her heart. Concubine De was embroidering aside, and occasionally gazed at the dim moon tenderly. Such a peaceful time lasted until night
.
The weather was particularly hot that night, so Concubine De was too lazy to move around, so she stayed in Rouyi Hall with Longyue. This night, the crescent moon was the same as nothing, and the stars were sinking in the night. I risked my life. The palace maid opened the doors and windows to let in the wind and cool off.
.
It was already one o'clock when I heard the noise of people running outside. I woke up in a hazy state, pushed Concubine De next to me, who was sleeping soundly with her arms in her arms, and called softly: "Sister, listen, there is something like this outside.
What happened!"
Concubine De suddenly woke up and was about to put on her clothes and go out with me. But Xiao Yunzi came in in a panic and said, "My dear two concubines, something is not right. Concubine Li has had a miscarriage."
Concubine De's expression changed and she scolded: "Miscarriage is a miscarriage, why are you panicking!"
Xiao Yunzi's face turned pale, "Replying to Concubine De, it was the Emperor who caused Concubine Li's miscarriage... The Emperor himself was also shocked. It's not good."
Concubine De and I suddenly changed our expressions when we heard that Xuan Ling was not good. Concubine De ordered Hanzhu to look after Wuyue, and hurriedly changed clothes with me and went to Jingchun Palace.
At this moment, the Jingchun Palace was in a mess. When I stepped into the inner hall, even though I was prepared, I was shocked. The hall was filled with the smell of blood, and the orioles and cuckoos were weeping sadly, and they were crying all over the wall.
The wall called "Empress" and wiped Oriur's pale and blue face with hot water. Oriur lay curled up on a nine-foot-wide agarwood carved bed dripping with water. The plain cloud satin mattress under her body was soaked with blood, and even the bed was soaked with blood.
The hung azure dark woven pomegranate tape gauze was also stained with blood. She was lying in a pool of blood. An apricot red translucent cloud gauze dress was half-tied and half-covered, revealing a mark on her shoulder.
There was blood all over her clothes. Concubine De was so shocked that she hid her face and did not dare to look back.
It was late at night and the moon was pale, and the inner palace was filled with the rich smell of blood and herbs. The people in the palace came and went in a hurry with frightened expressions. The wind stirred up by their skirts made the candlelight in the palace as bright as day drift dimly and erratically. Countless figures fell to the ground, like
It’s like countless gloomy ghosts floating around.
I hurriedly said: "How can the imperial doctor diagnose and treat Concubine Li when she is dressed like this, and she is not even wearing a dress for the empress?"
This situation is not much different from when Mei Zhuang passed away. The only difference is that Mei Zhuang has no sound anymore, and Li Rong, she still made one or two moans due to pain while she was in a coma. I forced
After calming down his mind, he pulled over Dr. Xu and asked, "How is your Majesty?"
Doctor Xu's hands were all bright red and bloody, and there were still blood drops falling from his fingertips. He was sweating profusely, and there was a cry in his voice, "The emperor was like this when he woke up. There was also blood on the emperor's body. At this moment, he was already
I went to the side hall to change my clothes. But the emperor was quite frightened when he saw this scene!"
I asked: "Where is Concubine Oriole?"
Doctor Xu pointed at the blood on the bed and said: "My queen has shed so much blood, the baby will definitely not be saved. You must not have violent sexual intercourse during pregnancy. How can the queen and the emperor not help themselves! What's more, the queen..." He kept silent and hurried to get treatment.
Concubine Oriole.
I turned around and saw that there were still several plates of unfinished exquisite dishes on the small round table made of golden sandalwood. There was some amber-colored osmanthus wine left in the white jade goblet, and there was just some honey in the other glass. The colorful ice plums on one side of the round table
There are several bouquets of foxtail lilies in the butterfly-patterned porcelain vase. The flowers have been blooming for a day and are already a little old. There are a few dark yellow marks on the snow-white petals. Perhaps to keep the flowers fresh, there are still water drops sprinkled on them.
There were traces of pink pollen stained on the petals and leaf tips. I frowned and sighed: "When the flower is broken, the person is also damaged. Wouldn't Concubine Ori be sad when she wakes up and sees this broken flower? Go and throw it away."
Alright."
I hurried to the side hall of Jingchun Palace, where the queen was already guarding Xuan Ling. I think she came late at night, and the queen's usually neat temples were a little frizzy. Xuan Ling wore a bright yellow Sihai Yunlong cloak and sat there, holding a
A bowl of hot tea and a sallow complexion.
When the queen saw me arriving with Concubine De, she couldn't help but ask: "Have you visited Concubine Oriu? What did the imperial doctor say?"
Concubine De and I looked at each other and wondered: "The person is still in a coma, and the imperial doctor said that the child will definitely not be saved."
The queen was not too surprised, just regretful, "How could this happen if everything is so good?"
Half of Xuan Ling's face fell in the shadow of the candlelight, and he said sadly: "It's my fault. It's all my fault...the child is gone."
His eyes were as dim as the scattered stars in the sky, and as lifeless as fish eyes. His lips trembled slightly, and his fingertips stretched out towards me, "Huan Huan, Huan Huan, I don't have a child again. I thought it was over.
For so many years, you and Yan Yi gave birth to children for me, Yunrong gave birth to me, Meizhuang gave birth to me, and I thought God had forgiven me. But... But, Rong'er didn't have children because of me.
It's me...it's me myself..." He grabbed his hair in pain and lowered his face feebly.
I approached Xuan Ling one step faster than the queen, held his painful face in my arms, and comforted him softly: "It's okay. It's okay. Your Majesty, the emperor and the emperor have been born safely so many times, how can it be that God refuses to forgive?"
Your Majesty? Perhaps what happened today was just an accident."
"It's not an accident..." He shook his head sadly, Xu Xu said, "I shouldn't be drinking with Rong'er so late. I drank some wine and was alone with her. I knew she..."
Seeing Xuan Ling like this, Concubine De couldn't help but became anxious and advised: "Actually, Concubine Li has been pregnant for five months, and the imperial doctor has always said that her fetus is stable, even if..." Her face turned red, and she said tactfully: "I think it's okay to come.
.”
The queen couldn't help but blush, and said gently: "Although the emperor loves Concubine Li, she is pregnant, so she should restrain herself a little."
Xuan Ling shook his head, with a look of shame on his face, "I know too. It's just that I can't help but have feelings for Concubine Li when we are alone. The last few times I was worried that she was pregnant, but nothing happened. Today, maybe I drank wine..." His face
The article gradually showed a hint of shock and pain, "When I woke up in the middle of the night, I felt that my side was soaked. When I touched it, it was covered with blood. Rong'er had already fainted from the pain."
Thinking of the scene she just saw, Concubine De couldn't help but hide her face again and grabbed the queen who was about to visit Concubine Li, "The queen can't go. Concubine Li's place... the bed is full of blood, it's really scary."
Just as he was about to say it, he saw Aunt Sun marching in. After asking twice, she said: "The Queen Mother has been alarmed. The Emperor is not calm at the moment. Please ask the Emperor to rest in the Queen Mother's palace for a while. There is an imperial doctor for the matter of Concubine Li.
Take care of her." She looked at Xuan Ling, and her tactful tone was a bit solemn, "The Queen Mother said that no matter how important Concubine Li is, she is not as important as the government. The emperor should sort out the priorities, and don't miss the morning meeting tomorrow." After that, she called Li.
Chief, help Xuanling to Yining Palace together.
What An Lirong lost was not only a five-month-old baby boy, but also permanent fertility. She did not cry bitterly when she learned the news.
At that time, the shadows of the flowers were sparse, and the first ray of autumn light had stopped on the willow treetops of Jingchun Hall. Let the light and shadow outside the window flicker in the deep eyes, and there was no trace of emotion on her face. She just held the brocade quilt tightly with both hands.
.This miscarriage greatly damaged her health. She was so thin that she couldn’t bear to hold her hand, her face was as pale as a ghost, and her whole body was like a piece of fluff in the spring breeze, weak and helpless.^ I heard the imperial doctor say this to her.
She reported, then stopped outside the carved window, and did not go in again. She stretched out a thin hand like a withered vine and slowly closed the low hanging curtain. The moment she turned around, she seemed to see clearly outside the window.
The person is me.
The imperial doctor had already withdrawn, and there was no one in the inner hall. She said softly: "I am tired and very sleepy. My sister has come in to see me."
The vermilion balustrades on the corridor are carved, and the sunlight falling gently through the gaps between the branches and leaves has an old golden gray color, heavy, and has the darkness of the past. I smiled faintly, and the endless resentment in my heart turned into a wisp on my lips.
He chuckled lightly, "That's fine. I just came to tell my sister a piece of good news - the imperial doctor reported back that my brother's mind has gradually become clearer and he can remember many things from the past." I paused and said, "We are old friends, sister.
You must be very happy too."
"Really?" Her body was shaken, like a rock falling into water, but for just a moment, her skinny back regained its composure and said in a calm tone: "Congratulations."
I calmly looked at her dim back hidden behind the gauze curtain, and said quietly: "Of course it is joyful, but it can also be scary."
"Really? If sister thinks that the person she is afraid of is me, I'm afraid she will be disappointed."
I held the ivy vines on the wall that had been dried up by the autumn sun, and said, "My sister has the emperor's three thousand favors on her. How could she be afraid?" I smiled, "My sister just lost her child and is not in good health. Please have a good rest.
Get off."
"Sister", she held my hand as I slowly left with her infinitely hollow and dry voice, "Compared with how much you have, I have lost another thing. What do I have to be afraid of? Compared with you,
I originally had nothing." The curtain swayed slightly, like the gentle ripples of a lake, and she lay down silently, as if she had sunk in the heart of the waves, never looking back at me again.
This news was nothing less than a heavy blow to Xuan Ling. Even if he ordered the queen to prepare abortion pills, even if he ordered someone to prepare Huanyixiang, and even if he had many children lose their lives in the mother's womb, there was no
It's even more terrifying than using his own body to kill a child!
In those few days, what he said to me the most was, "Huan Huan, I will never forget that the bed was covered in blood when I woke up. I killed this child..." When he said this, he held his hand
Teacup's hand trembled slightly, and the warm tea leaked from between his fingers drop by drop, gradually becoming colder. I was speechless and could only hug him for a long time.
His guilt made him shameless to face Li Rong; his guilt made him give Li Rong generous rewards, and he planned to follow the queen's advice, give her the position of a first-class lady, and allow her the honor of being on par with Hu Yunrong; his
Guilt made him blame himself and feel hesitant during his spare time, which made it difficult for him to extricate himself. It also made his concubines in the harem worry a lot.
In order to forgive the Queen Mother, the concubines who had children often brought their children to the Queen Mother's knees, especially Concubine Xin and Mrs. Zhuang Min. That morning, the autumn wind started to pick up, and my health had improved a little. I specially took Run'er to pay my respects to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother's face looked a little tired. It was obvious that she was also troubled by Li Rong's miscarriage. Although she did not value Li Rong and did not necessarily attach much importance to her child, Xuan Ling was her only son.
She had to worry about his self-blame.
Concubine Xin was cheerful and straightforward, and she was the biological mother of Shuhe Diji. She had always been favored by the Queen Mother. In addition, she was not as good as before in front of Xuan Ling, so she was particularly filial in front of the Queen Mother. At this time, she was wearing a hazy silver dress with flower embroidery.
She is wearing a silk gauze gown, with only a silver phoenix-engraved hairpin slanted on her smooth bun. She is holding a small pink and white bone chrysanthemum pendant strung from the bun, standing under the long window with red lacquer lattice.
, carefully sprinkled a handful of incense powder into the blue crane porcelain nine-turn top furnace. The Queen Mother looked at her and smiled and said: "I have just been promoted to the concubine, why are you dressed so simply, not even a gemstone and bead flower is worthy of it, just one
Use some plain silverware."
Concubine Xin was speechless and shook her head: "How dare you?! Yesterday, Mu Liangyuan was dressed more festively. In fact, she only had a few ruby flowers on her hair and wore a pink floral skirt. The emperor felt uncomfortable when he saw it.
He scolded Mu Liangyuan for being heartless. There had just been a child in the palace, and Concubine Li was still ill. Who could she show her in all her fancy clothes? Mu Liangyuan was ashamed and angry, so she hid in her palace and cried for most of the night. Today, her eyesight
It’s still red.”
The Queen Mother was leaning on the soft couch, frowned slightly when she heard the words, and then said calmly: "Nonsense. There are many concubines in the palace who have had miscarriages, and Concubine Li is not the first one. She is not blessed, so why should the emperor do this?
To express anger at others, should everyone in the palace mourn for this unlucky child? Mu Liangyuan must have accidentally offended the emperor."
Concubine Xin smiled and pointed at me, Concubine Duan, Concubine Feng De and Madam Zhuang Min, saying: "Everyone else can just pay it back. The Queen Mother will know how angry the Emperor is when she sees that several high-ranking empresses are also dressed so plainly.
"
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and said softly: "I really don't dare to make the emperor angry."
The Queen Mother's sigh was almost indistinguishable in the picturesque autumn light, "How long will it take for the commotion to settle down? It's no wonder that the emperor felt sad. He saw the child was gone, and it was his own fault..." She didn't
As he continues to talk, countless deep and shallow sorrows seem to have been frozen by time in the chrysanthemum-like wrinkles on his forehead, and he is just staring at the faint wisp of white smoke escaping from the crane's mouth in trance.
Concubine Xin saw the silence in the palace and everyone had their own thoughts, so she couldn't help but joked: "Why does the Queen Mother seem to be calming down looking at the incense? It shows that the fragrance is good." After saying that, she smiled and said to me, "As expected, Concubine Shu's filial piety, bring it
Everything that honors the Queen Mother is good."
I turned the silver double-buckle bracelet on my wrist and said with a smile, "That requires Sister Xinfei's incense-burning skills."
The Queen Mother heard us talking, and she reluctantly smiled and asked: "This fragrance is good, sweet and moisturizing for the lungs, and very soothing. What is it called?"
I quickly stood up and said, "It's the incense in the pear tent."
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, adjusted her lotus green satin robe embroidered with gold thread, and said casually: "This fragrance is very good. Tomorrow