Competing in the morning and evening

After a few days, there was another concubine Hui in the palace of the Southern Dynasty. It was said that she was the cousin of General Rongwei of the current dynasty. In this way, there were three noble concubines in the womb.As soon as this Concubine Hui appeared, she was very beautiful, and immediately took away the favor of Concubine Yuan.Some people say that when the emperor proposed the title of Concubine Hui, he did not name Concubine Hui but Concubine Concubine. However, Concubine Hui was not happy when she saw it, she pouted and said: "The emperor bullies others, why is the original Concubine a Concubine? Concubine, isn't this a section shorter than the original sister for no reason?"

The emperor was not annoyed when he heard this, he even scratched Concubine Hui's nose, and scolded with a smile: "You are the only one who has many tricks." Of course, this little girl sat on the imperial concubine's throne overnight.

Others were all amazed at this bandit girl's ability to charm the emperor, but she would have sealed a big red envelope to all the eunuchs and maids in the palace as soon as she made a move.Those who have good grades are a piece of silver, and the little eunuchs and maids who are not good grades also have a piece of silver. It costs at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the result of this spending is that everyone will complain to Concubine Hui Praise, say that Concubine Hui is generous and decent, she is more like a lady than this famous lady.

In fact, Concubine Hui wore men's clothes for eight out of ten days, but these men's clothes were all gorgeously made and used some high-quality satin materials, but the emperor liked to see them, so why should the servants say that Make irresponsible remarks.In such a comparison, the Yuan noble concubine who was always silent, did not make demands, and did not speak, would inevitably suffer from the evil of others.The eunuchs and maids gloated a little at seeing this former noble concubine fall out of favor, and many people even said that they had already concluded that this former noble concubine would not be popular for a few days.

This concubine Hui was unbridled, so naturally the queen couldn't look down on her, and someone wanted to mention Concubine Hui to the Changyang Palace to give a lecture, and Concubine Hui led people into the Changyang Palace in a mighty manner.No one knew exactly what happened afterwards, only that Concubine Hui not only failed to accept the lecture, but also smashed the Changyang Palace, so angry that the queen almost fainted on the spot.In the end, the emperor dealt with the matter, and Concubine Hui was fined and banned for a month to settle the matter.On the surface, it seemed that Concubine Hui had been punished, but in the end, she was only fined for a month of grounding for her offense against the queen. The palace people who were good at observing words and expressions naturally smelled something inside.Concubine Hui established her prestige in the palace with just this one battle. She is both tough and practical, and suddenly became very popular in the palace, even the queen was suppressed by her.

The empress had nothing to do with this concubine Hui, and naturally the concubine Yuan was no longer in the eyes of the servants.At first, the Emperor didn't come, and Yongning Palace was fine, but after two months, the Emperor never set foot in Yongning Palace again, so it became different.The little maids of Yongning Palace went to the dining room to get some monthly offerings, but they were ordinary things like tremella and sweet dates. The polite eunuchs in the past gradually became indifferent. The supplements in the bag were packed, and then they said that there was not enough, and asked them to go back and wait, and let them come and get them when they had time.

Seeing the eunuch flattering the people in Concubine Hui's palace, but staring coldly at them, the little maid was so angry that her lungs exploded, and she came back empty-handed with red eye circles.Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped into Yongning Palace, everyone in the palace was happy, and then they knew that the emperor who hadn't seen him for two months had come again.

"Stop dawdling, you're still waiting for the dessert." Eunuch Wu winked at the little maids.

The court ladies naturally understood, and made some desserts for Concubine Yuan with the leftover tremella fragments, and sent them in. Just like in the past, only the emperor was eating at the dining table.He arrived suddenly, and the meals were of course sent by the palace to the former imperial concubine, it may not be good, but compared to the fine workmanship before, it is of course far from it.Not to mention the ice cubes used to cool off the heat in midsummer, those were brought by the respect room in a hurry after hearing that the emperor had arrived at Yongning Palace.

The original imperial concubine was sitting against the wall with her legs crossed, and the little palace maids said, "My lord, the dessert is here," but she didn't respond.

The dessert was naturally placed on the dining table. Eunuch Wu, the chief eunuch in the palace, was also a veteran in the palace. He had seen many open and secret fights in the palace, so he still had some experience in how to sue him.Unexpectedly, the emperor just glanced at the sweet soup made of crushed white fungus, and there was no more to say, and he didn't intend to support the original noble concubine at all. .

He couldn't help sighing inwardly, this former imperial concubine was too ignorant, seeing that the emperor would not come for two months, she still didn't know what to do, but after finally coming, she was still the same, with a look of refusal The appearance of thousands of miles away.

Frankly speaking, although this former imperial concubine is not very good at getting things done, she never seeks trouble from anyone, basically she doesn't send someone to serve her if she can do it herself, and she never wipes her body in the bath with someone else's hands.On the contrary, sometimes when the palace maids are inconvenient, they even help out. Eunuch Wu knows that this can be regarded as a talkative master.

The palace is more dangerous than anywhere else in the world. No matter how high the positions of servants like them are, the master will kill them if they say so. A good master can always live longer, but the good people in the palace have always been— That was unliveable.

Eunuch Wu was in a state of agitation, and when he turned off the lights and quietly stood outside the door listening for a while, he was relieved to see that there was no big movement coming from inside.I hope the emperor can see that the former noble concubine looks good, and can be more tolerant, but looking back, thinking about the women who came into the palace, who is not good-looking, Eunuch Wu sighed.

Chu Yin got up on the fourth watch. He stood by the bed and slowly put on his belt, looked at the person lying on the bed and said coldly: "Ziqing, you are just an ordinary person with no strength to restrain yourself. Girl, if an ordinary woman wants to live a good life, she must know how to win her husband's love - you are no exception. If I don't come for two months, they dare to give you some broken tremella. If I don't come for two years, Believe it or not, this Yongning Palace might not even come to the ordinary rice grains."

After he finished speaking, Yuan Xizheng sat up suddenly, and Chu Yin frowned, watching Yuan Xizheng get up and walk in front of him, stretching out his slender fingers to buckle his belt.Chu Yin was a little stunned at that moment, he pressed Yuan Xizheng's cold fingers with his hand, hesitantly appeared in his eyes, and said, "Why, figured it out?"

Yuan Xizheng broke away from Chu Yin's hand slightly, continued to fasten his belt, and said with slightly trembling hands: "I know that I am just an unarmed person now, not to mention the vast world outside, I am afraid it is the Yongning Palace." I can't live without your care. Before... I just didn't get used to it."

There was a trace of pain in Chu Yin's eyes, and he seemed to return to normal in just a moment, and said lightly: "Really?"

Yuan Xizheng slightly lowered her head, smiled hoarsely, and said, "What else can I do, do I really want to go to the cold palace to spend the rest of my life?"

Chu Yin finally laughed. Although he didn't quite believe that Yuan Xizheng would succumb completely, he also believed in the power in the palace. No one could maintain his individuality under its pressure. cannot!

He hugged Yuan Xizheng into his arms with his backhand, and whispered in his ear: "You have thought it over a long time ago, how can I let you suffer the slightest grievance. Wan Yang prescribed the medicine, and you will know how to take it on time in the future?"

Yuan Xizheng nodded slightly, and Chu Yin said with a smile: "Okay, you don't want to be stubborn anymore, you're good to everyone." He hugged Yuan Xizheng and put him on the couch. She checked her hand and said, "Aren't you... you still have to go to court early."

Chu Yin pressed Yuan Xizheng's hands on the quilt, and said with a smile, "Let them wait." As he said that, he bowed his head, from Yuan Xizheng's neck all the way down, he had to close his eyes and use his whole body It takes a lot of strength to stop myself from trembling.

Chu Yin was in a good mood today. He praised several ministers in a row and retreated. Wan Yang was already waiting for him in the side hall.

"I took the pulse of Concubine Yuan yesterday, how do you feel?"

"Yuan Guifei...did not take her medicine on time."

Chu Yin smiled and said, "I already knew, and she won't be able to do so in the future."

Wan Yang nodded slightly, then hesitated for a while before saying: "Yesterday, a Western doctor came, who was invited by Princess Rui'an to treat the body of the former noble concubine, and found that he..."

"Speak directly." Chu Yin frowned.

"The Western doctor said that according to their medical skills, he used a knife, the original imperial concubine..."

When Chu Yin heard Wan Yang's words, he remained silent for a long time. After a long time, he said, "What will happen then?"

"...There is hope to recover the male body."

Wan Yang lowered his head, Chu Yin was silent for a long time, and then said: "Then what if I want to do the opposite."

"Again... the way..." Wan Yang was taken aback.

Chu Yin said: "Since he can turn Ziqing into a man, why can't he... turn him into a woman?"

Wan Yang was startled, raised his eyes to meet Chu Yin's, then quickly lowered his head and said in a panic: "Yes, maybe, it's okay..."

Chu Yin said: "You go and do it, the sooner it is done, the sooner he will return to his heart, and his body will naturally get better."

Wan Yang could only bow his head and say yes.

The little eunuch hurried in at the door, Chu Yin said angrily: "Didn't you see that I was talking to someone? Who let you in?"

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Hui, Concubine Hui is clamoring to come in."

The anger on Chu Yin's face relaxed, he waved his hand helplessly, and said, "Let her in."

Wan Yang took advantage of the opportunity to exit the side hall, and just before going out, he saw Concubine Hui in men's attire waving a fan and crossed the threshold. Wan Yang was stunned by that appearance. Cai Ji is like a shadow, the boy who has the antidote.

Concubine Hui entered the side hall, saw Chu Yin's face was sombre, so she put away her fan wisely, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty..."

Chu Yin opened a booklet and still ignored it. Concubine Hui walked over, knelt under his knees, hugged Chu Yin's leg and shook, "Brother-in-law..."

Chu Yin seemed angry and funny, and said, "Yuan Wanru, you are really getting bolder!"

Yuan Wanru pursed her lips and said, "This palace is suffocating. I missed you since you didn't come to see me yesterday."

Chu Yin's eyes widened slightly, and he said calmly, "Busy? I think you should be very busy. Didn't you come to save Ziqing and then enter the palace?"

Yuan Wanru was taken aback, and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, what kind of joke are you making? Ziqing is married to you as a concubine now. Where can I save him? Who will want him? Besides , now his family is gone, his martial arts are gone, he looks beautiful, and he won't let people eat him when he goes out..."

Chu Yin snorted coldly, and said: "It's good that you know in your heart, Yuan Xizheng can't leave the palace unless he dies. No, listen to me, even if he dies, he won't be able to leave the palace."

Yuan Wanru apologized and said with a smile: "I know, I know, anyway, if Ziqing is going to be eaten by others, it's better to make it easier for my brother-in-law."

Chu Yin said angrily: "What do you mean by taking advantage of your brother-in-law? There are really no rules."

Yuan Wanru looked affectionately, scratched Chu Yin's palm and said, "Because my brother-in-law is the second most beautiful man I've ever seen."

Chu Yin was emotionally provoked by her, took her hand, let her sit on his lap, and scolded with a smile: "What is the second most beautiful man, maybe you have seen the first one."

"Yes...Brother Ziqing, brother-in-law, do you dare to say that you are as beautiful as him?"

Chu Yin sighed lightly, and joked: "It seems that if the real Yuan Xi hadn't fought to the death, I'm afraid I wouldn't be ranked."

Yuan Wanru sat on Chu Yin's lap and said with a smile: "That's not true, they look exactly the same, but they are completely different."

Chu Yin smiled slightly and said, "Is that so... I think you all liked that cousin Yuan Xizheng when you were young!"

Yuan Wanru played with Chu Yin's collar, sniffed and said, "If you want to say you like it, of course you do, but we can only play with Nalan, and brother Ziqing can't play with us. Even if brother Ziqing It was because he said a few more words to us unintentionally, Chu Yu would have wished to vomit a liter of blood, and everyone would know about it."

"Oh..." Chu Yin said with a smile, "I don't believe you are the only one who can suffer."

"My girl...Of course this imperial concubine will not suffer, but Brother Ziqing only has Chu Yu in his heart. He said he won't play with us if he doesn't want to play with us. There is no need to discuss it. Don't think they look exactly the same. Temperament is not the same."

"How to say?" Chu Yin seemed quite interested.

"Ziqing is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. He looks easy-going, but he is actually very stubborn, and he does things in a strict manner. Nalan is tough on the outside and soft on the inside. He looks cold, but he is actually the most kind and free and easy, so he is much easier to talk about."

Chu Yin seemed to be thinking, and then smiled slightly: "I'm afraid you really want to see Ziqing, so why hide it, go and persuade your brother for me, and tell him that as long as he is willing to go Look at me, with my relationship with him, I will never treat him badly."

Yuan Wanru smiled and said, "It's on me."

The two were chatting and laughing when the little eunuch came in again with a troubled expression on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, the empress is begging to see you."

Yuan Wanru jumped up from Chu Yin's lap in fright, and said, "I don't want to see her. Once I see her, nothing good will happen." She didn't care whether Chu Yin agreed or not, and got into Chu Yin's table under.Chu Yin lowered his head and saw that Yuan Wanru raised a finger to cover his mouth, not like a concubine, but like a little girl playing hide-and-seek at home, Chu Yin shook his head helplessly, and had to let her go.

Zeng Chuyu walked in slowly, Wan Fu saluted and called the emperor.

Chu Yin said gently, "What is rushing to the side hall?"

Zeng Chuyu lowered his head and whispered: "When the emperor enters the palace, he will inevitably go to the palace of a certain concubine. If the concubine calls for him, it will inevitably cause displeasure to the other sisters."

Chu Yin smiled slightly, and said, "You are the queen, the lord of the six palaces, and naturally you have the final say in the six palaces, so why gossip like this?"

Zeng Chuyu still said softly: "Chu Yu made a note."

"Tell me, why did you come to me?"

"Chu Yu heard... Concubine Hui came to see the emperor?"

Chu Yin glanced under the table, nodded, and said, "Not bad."

"Is she going to see Ziqing?"

Chu Yin hesitated for a moment, and said, "You are of the same clan, so it's okay for her to meet you."

Zeng Chuyu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, absolutely not. Ziqing...has been interested in Concubine Hui, and his heart has just settled down. If you let them meet now, I'm afraid there will be more troubles..." She bowed her head and said, "My lord The concubine didn't intend to tell the Holy Majesty at first, but the concubine was worried that Concubine Hui would enter the palace for some other purpose... If you want Ziqing to stay in the palace forever, the best way is not to let him come into contact with anyone, especially Hui Concubine."

Before Chu Yin could answer, Yuan Wanru suddenly rushed out from under the table, pointed at Zeng Chuyu and gritted his teeth and said, "You poisonous woman, you haven't hurt brother Ziqing enough, you still want the emperor to imprison him."

Seeing Yuan Wanru rushing out suddenly, Zeng Chuyu was already stunned. Who would have thought that she would swear indiscriminately?

This slap was fierce and fierce, and it hit Yuan Wan like a jump of three feet. He grabbed Zeng Chuyu's complicated and elegant hair, dragged Zeng Chuyu to the ground, and cursed: "You are right, you are not as long as I am!" She's pretty, and she's not more capable than me. I'm just more likable than you. You were jealous when you were young, but you still want to harm me now. You, an ungrateful and vicious woman, have been so annoying since childhood! "

In terms of scheming, Zeng Chuyu is naturally not inferior to Yuan Wanru, but in terms of scolding and fighting skills, he can't even catch up with Yuan Wanru, who has been traveling with Yuan Xuan since he was a child.Chu Yin was stunned on the side. He always pays attention to a kind of tepid, decisive victory. There is no need to tear his face face to face. The only one he has ever seen is Yuan Xi fighting for his hands. It is really like flowing clouds and flowing water, with chic and graceful movements. .Chu Yin never thought that there would be a scene like a shrew fighting in his side hall, and it would be played by his queen and concubine himself.Zeng Chuyu was crushed and beaten by Yuan Wanru, she was so angry that she burst into tears, she finally broke free from Yuan Wanru's hand, and shouted: "Your Majesty!"

Only then did Chu Yin wake up, he slapped the table and shouted, "Stop it all."

Yuan Wanru let go of Zeng Chuyu bitterly, and said viciously: "It's cheap for you."

Chu Yin pointed at Yuan Wanru, so angry that he couldn't even speak fully, and said, "You, you, do you think that Xuan really won't kill you?!"

Yuan Wanru immediately got up from the ground and walked out, Chu Yin was taken aback, and shouted: "Come back, where are you going?"

Yuan Wanru held his head up and said: "Just now the emperor told me to go and see brother Ziqing, but now he says he wants to kill me, the emperor dare not disobey, I will go and see brother Ziqing and come back to die."

Chu Yin couldn't help but hesitate, and saw that the hat on Yuan Wanru's forehead had been pulled off, revealing a scar on his forehead.Although she survived back then, there was an extra wound on her forehead, and neither Ryan nor Yuan Wanru had thought of many ways to heal that wound. The scars are not shallow, so Yuan Wanru always likes to wear hats and forehead protectors.

When Chu Yin saw the scar, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and seeing Yuan Wanru's neck was stuck, but tears were hanging on his face, he couldn't help waving his hands weakly, and said, "Get out of here."

Yuan Wanru's neck was so stiff that he ran away, Zeng Chuyu sobbed and said, "Your Majesty, if Yuan Wanru is not punished..."

Seeing that Zeng Chuyu's hair was disheveled and his usual gentle and dignified appearance, Chu Yin was annoyed at first, and said angrily, "Get out of here too."

Zeng Chuyu was taken aback. Chu Yin had always been gentle and polite to herself, and had never spoken so honestly before. She was flustered and angry, and ran out with her face caressed.

As soon as Yuan Wanru came out of the side hall, he wiped the tears off his face, took the new hats handed to him by the maids, got on his own ride in a dignified manner and said: "Go to Yongning Palace."

With her order, a group of people headed towards Yongning Palace.Before she got close to Yongning Palace, she found that Yongning Palace was heavily guarded. From a distance, she saw a group of guards patrolling, seemingly casually passing by, but Yuan Wanruo knew that these guards were actually only patrolling around Yongning Palace.When she got off the frame, she found that many eunuchs in Yongning Palace seemed to be quite agile, and they seemed to have martial arts.

As soon as Concubine Hui's men approached, guards stopped them immediately, and said embarrassingly: "Empress Hui, the empress has an order, and no one in the palace can enter Yongning Palace without the warrant of the middle palace."

Yuan Wanru smiled and said: "There are so many people guarding this Yongning Palace, those who know it know that it is the residence of a noble concubine, and those who don't know think it is a prison cell."

The captain of the guard also looked quite embarrassed, and said: "Yongning Palace has always been like this, please forgive me, Concubine Hui, this matter... the emperor also knows about it."

Yuan Wanru sneered, and said: "So you still have the emperor in your heart, and I still think that there is only the empress in this palace."

The captain of the guard said repeatedly: "The villain dare not, the villain dare not."

"It's good if you have it!" Yuan Wanru shouted: "The emperor ordered me to come and see the original noble concubine, do you want the emperor to ask the queen for a warrant?!"

The captain of the guard immediately knelt down and said: "The villain doesn't know that the empress came here for orders, please forgive me."

Yuan Wanru said indifferently: "Okay, then you kneel here for me, you are not allowed to get up without my order, just kneel here and think about it, who has the final say in this palace!"

Concubine Hui picked up a captain of the guards before she arrived at Yongning Palace. Naturally, the people behind got winks, and Yuan Wanru came to Yongning Palace without hindrance.

"I would like to report to Concubine Hui Hui, our lady is not feeling well, and she is still resting at the moment." Eunuch Wu apologized all the way with a smile.

Yuan Wanru said gently: "I'll come and have a look too, don't disturb her." As she spoke, she waved her hand, and the maid at the back brought a plate, Yuan Wanru took a heavy brocade bag from the plate with a smile, and smiled He said: "These are some pieces of silver. You have worked hard to serve the original imperial concubine. Take it, and I will reward you."

Eunuch Wu looked at the heavy brocade bag and thought that there were at least three or forty taels of silver in it, and he couldn't help being overjoyed. Although Yongning Palace is good, there is almost no money.I don't know what the emperor thinks, and it doesn't mean that he doesn't like the original imperial concubine. There is nothing short of food and clothing, but he has never rewarded gold, silver and jewelry, and even the original imperial concubine's allowance has been cancelled.Eunuch Wu was even sure that this former noble concubine might be a little poorer than himself, so how could he expect to get some money from her.Yuan Wanru was rewarded with 40 taels of silver as soon as he made a move, which was already a big windfall for Eunuch Wu.

Eunuch Wu who got the money was naturally more attentive, and Yuan Wanru was accompanied by him all the way to the inner palace.There are many gauze curtains in the inner palace of Yongning Palace, layered on top of each other, adding a bit of ethereal air to this huge palace.The smell of agarwood burning in the palace made people drowsy, Yuan Wanru frowned.

When she walked to Yuan Xizheng's side, she realized that the sleeping Yuan Xizheng seemed to be having a nightmare. She was struggling non-stop, but no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't seem to wake up from the nightmare.Several maids stirred the ice cubes in the barrel, making the temperature inside the palace much lower than outside, while the maids serving in front of the bed stood blankly aside, only Yuan Xizheng When the thin quilt slipped to the side due to struggle, they stepped forward to pull the quilt back up again.They silently watched the person on the bed struggling painfully in the nightmare, unable to escape.

"What's going on?!" Yuan Wanru trembled.

Eunuch Wu lowered his head and said: "This is the incense sent by Mr. Wanyang. Your Majesty doesn't sleep much, so she said it can make your Majesty sleep more."

Yuan Wanru shouted: "Bring it out to me, take this damn incense out to me."

Eunuch Wu hesitated for a while, Yuan Wanru had already stepped forward and kicked the incense burner over, so scared that Eunuch Wu hurriedly called the maid to carry the incense burner out.

Yuan Wanru ordered them to fetch some ice water, then wiped the sweat on Yuan Xizheng's forehead with a white sweat towel, and said, "Wake up, Ziqing, wake up."

Yuan Xizheng slowly opened his eyes, those eyes looked empty and lifeless, not like the Yuan Xizheng who was always in high spirits and arrogant.Yuan Wanru hugged Yuan Xizheng, and burst into tears at the top of his lungs, as if to forget their carefree years, the happiness they mistakenly thought would never disappear, those old friends who always thought they would never change, all the past I cried.