Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

The emperor nodded slightly, with suspicion in his eyes, as well as unbearable and faint hope.

Ruyi thanked En and got up, turned her head to look at the calm A Ruo, and suddenly asked with a smile: "A Ruo is my dowry maid and has served me for many years. Most of the sisters here have known me since they lived in the hidden residence. Let me tell you, who are the people who have always served by Bengong's side?"

"Since the concubines have known the imperial concubine, they have served the most with their hearts and zithers." Hailan blurted out.

The pure concubine pondered for a moment, and then whispered: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Ah Ruo much since I entered the palace. I only heard that she was a dowry of a noble concubine, and Ama was appreciated by the emperor. She often bullied other court ladies in the palace. It can be seen that Ah Ruo's character is not good, otherwise, how could she have accused the imperial concubine of being surly?"

The weather outside the window is obviously good at the end of March, the sun is as bright as clear gold, shining on the emerald painting screen in the hall, the streamer turns into golden splendor.There is a tall magnolia tree in the atrium, the dark purple flower buds are in full bloom like a dark flame.A Ruo's complexion turned pale, and her heart felt cold again and again, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to speak easily to show her timidity.

"Ah Ruo's misbehavior is the fault of my concubine's lack of strict discipline." Ruyi nodded and said, the topic changed abruptly, "Let me ask, if my concubine really wants to do such a thing, he should have the confidence of a trusted confidant or Yizheng, why did you bring A Ruo who has long been out of use? Besides, what kind of person is A Ruo, the emperor can go to Yikun Palace and ask her to see if what she said is trustworthy."

"A Ruo is your dowry maid, is it possible that she will still wrong you?" Concubine Gao said coldly, "Why didn't I know that Concubine Xian also has such a flattering side!"

A Ruo also came back to her senses and kowtowed again and again: "Everything I said is true..."

"A Ruo claims that everything she said is true, but when the emperor thinks about it carefully, he knows that what she said is illogical." Ruyi cut off her words and said leisurely: "This concubine has four elder brothers under her knees, and she is also raising the eldest elder brother. Pet, why would you take the risk of attacking the children of two nobles who don't even know the gender? Even if it succeeds, what will the concubine get?"

The queen nodded slightly, and respectfully said to the emperor: "The concubine also feels that one person's words are not credible. A Ruo mentioned Xiaoluzi just now. Why don't the emperor send Xiaoluzi to come in and ask?"

The emperor agreed, Su Xin turned and led two young eunuchs in, obviously they had just come out of the Punishment Department, and they had some slight wounds on their faces, which didn't look serious.The queen took the bag of fish food and threw it in front of Xiao Luzi, saying, "Tell me, who ordered you to feed those fish and shrimps cinnabar?"

Xiao Luzi sneaked a glance at Ruyi, but said firmly, "I don't know, I really don't know!"

"I don't know?" Queen Sen said coldly, "You were recruited as soon as you were sentenced in the Punishment Department, and now you want to withdraw your confession. I don't care about you, just send it back to the Punishment Department immediately."

When Xiao Luzi heard the word "Punishment Division", he trembled with fright, kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy, "The Empress, please forgive me, and the Empress, please forgive me. It was the Imperial Concubine Xian who ordered this servant to do this. I really dare not refuse to listen to her. The servant said that as long as the servant dares to be obedient, he must find a reason to kill the servant's younger brother, Xiao Fuzi. The servant has only one younger brother, Xiao Fuzi, and they have depended on each other since childhood, so I dare not disobey the words of the noble concubine Xian!"

Hai Lan raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Xiao Luzi closely and said, "This is even more unreasonable! Xiao Fuzi was enlisted in the Punishment Department because of his unclean hands and feet a long time ago, which means he is more angry than a dead person. Are you willing to do things for Concubine Xian? Not to mention that Concubine Xian has never seen you, even if she really knows that you are in the imperial dining room, she should be wary of you for fear that you will bear her grudge, why would she entrust you with such an important matter?"

Xiao Luzi was left speechless by her question, Suxin quickly kicked another little eunuch, Xiao Anzi, who immediately cried and said: "Ms. Xian, noble concubine, you went to the House of Internal Affairs to find the servant that day, and asked the servant to do some adultery The cinnabar candle was delivered to your palace. After the slave sent it, you rewarded the slave with 30 taels of silver. The slave only thought that you were playing for yourself, and really didn’t know that you were going to harm others!"

"As we talked, we came back to the old question, where did this bag of cinnabar come from?" Ruyi spread her hands and said, "A Ruo said that the cinnabar was collected from Baohua Palace more than once by a concubine, then she There should always be some clues left on the body, and the emperor will know when he checks."

"Li Yu, go to Yikun Palace and ask about what's going on in A Ruo's dormitory." The emperor finally spoke, and said: "Search A Ruo's room again to see if there is anything dirty."

Li Yu, who had already taken Wang Qin's position, hurriedly responded, and brought back a few palace servants from Yikun Palace after a while. After further questioning, they all said that Ah Ruo was of bad character and was not reused, and often expressed resentment. Ci, and Concubine Yunxian relied heavily on it on a daily basis, only Song Xin and Yizheng.

Li Yu took another mahogany tray with a maid's clothes and a locked lacquer box on it, and reported in detail: "The slave was ordered to search A Ruo's room and found this change of clothes, which also had It smells like honeydew incense. The servant also found a secret compartment in A Ruo's closet, in which there is this lacquer box with some residual cinnabar powder on it. The powder also smells like honeydew incense. The servant has already locked the lock Pry it open, please the emperor have a look."

The emperor waved his hand, and Li Yu immediately stepped forward and opened the lacquer box. Inside was a thick stack of silver bills, no less than several thousand taels.Ah Ruo suddenly collapsed to the ground, his face suddenly pale.

"Ah Ruo, you are just a court lady, where did you get these banknotes? Yikun Palace is talking about honey fragrance, not even a little spice, where does the honey fragrance on your body come from?" Hailan said in a sentence. Sharp and loud.

"If the palace says that there is a lot of silver, but the banknotes are rarely used, in the final analysis, it must have come in from the outside. So many banknotes, which bank, bank, who and when to exchange them, it is natural to find out. They can all be found out, and there is no rush." ​​Ruyi said lightly, "But both cinnabar and A Ruo are related to honey and incense, and I have no choice but to ask the emperor to ask Concubine Gao."

The gelatinous atmosphere was almost suffocating, the emperor squinted his eyes slightly, and there was a kind of cold light piercing sharply from the bottom of his eyes like a needle point, he endured it for a moment, eased his breath and said: "Gao Guifei, what do you have?" Easy to say?"

Concubine Gao said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to Concubine Xian's one-sided words! If the concubine wants to harm the nobleman, why let her live in Xianfu Palace? If something happens to her, wouldn't the concubine be the first concubine?" One will be suspected?" She looked directly at Ruyi angrily, "A Ruo is your dowry maid, if she can tell lies, then who in your palace can be trusted? Maybe you let A Ruo Stealing Ben Gong’s honey fragrance, trying to frame Ben Gong!”

Ruyi looked back at the past without fear, her voice already cold: "Gao Guifei said that no one in the Yikun Palace can be trusted, so a little Luzi who has enmity with the palace because of his younger brother, and a little brother who rewarded him for 30 taels of silver." Xiao Anzi who dared to make poisonous cinnabar incense candles, the words of the two of them can be trusted? Honey Hexiang was bestowed by the emperor, and Gao Guifei was stolen so easily? Be careful, thousands of taels of silver are also stolen casually?" She paused, then looked up at the emperor, "Mr. Cinnabar was found here. A Ruo reported the concubine, his words were illogical, and the words of the two little eunuchs were also flashing, and the concubine had to speculate whether this was someone who murdered the emperor's heir first, and then bought A Ruo to deliberately frame the concubine .”

Hai Lan also said bluntly: "Speaking of Mrs. Yi's moving to Xianfu Palace, my concubine also felt strange. Even if it was the time of the waking of stings when the Jingyang Palace encountered a snake, what kind of place is it in the palace? Why did the snake enter by chance? Lady Yi’s sleeping hall?” She looked at Concubine Gao, and said every word to her heart: “The concubine remembered that day when she went to Xianfu Palace to visit Lady Yi, and saw the eunuch Shuangxi of Xianfu Palace playing with the third princess with the palace people, and the princess quarreled. Let Shuangxi play with the snake and show her. After thinking about it carefully, the minister is really terrified."

Concubine Gao was almost furious, a pair of jade rings ringing in her ears, "What a glib concubine Xian! What a glib concubine! How dare you bite back and say that I was the one who murdered the emperor's heir!"

"Gao Guifei's words are wrong. This palace only said that someone framed her, and did not mention Gao Guifei in a single word. Concubine Yu has always been timid, and she is just telling what she knows for the emperor to decide." Ruyi said neither humble nor overbearing, "Gao Guifei already has too many things to explain clearly today, it seems that I have to wait until the origin of the bank note is found out, and then let the emperor make a decision."

The emperor's eyes were only on Ruyi, and he was relieved for a moment: "Ruyi, get up, I will give you justice." He glanced at Li Yu, and his voice was as cold as ice: "Ah Ruo, Xiao Luzi, Xiao Anzi and Xianfu Palace eunuch Shuangxi were taken to the Punishment Department, where they were tortured and interrogated. Then go and check their whereabouts in the past few months to see if anyone saw them in contact with any palace people in the palace."

Xiao Luzi still wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by Li Yu, who had quick eyes and quick hands, and took him away in a hurry.Ruyi got up with the hand that moved the zither, and blessed the emperor again: "The concubine can distinguish herself, so I don't dare to ask for justice. The concubine only asks the emperor and the queen to give me justice to the nobles Mei and Yi." , but also justice to the two heirs who passed away unjustly."

Concubine Gao continued to cry, and looked at the emperor obsessively: "I beg the emperor to investigate clearly! This concubine has never done these things... This concubine has not... This concubine doesn't know anything..."

The emperor didn't look at her, but said: "Your Majesty Huang will move back to Jingyang Palace today. Concubine Gao is suspected of murdering the emperor's heir. She is forbidden to enter and leave Xianfu Palace without permission. We will deal with it after we find out the truth."

The development of the matter took a turn for the worse, even the queen could not plead for Concubine Gao face to face.She can only be thankful that there is no testimony from A Ruo and others, it is just a suspicion, otherwise, if a charge of murdering the emperor's heir is charged, how could Concubine Gao be grounded?

After all, Concubine Gao Gui was dragged down and locked in the Xianfu Palace with no entry or exit.The Changchun Palace was in a mess, the empress failed in her plan and instead lost her wife and soldiers, while the emperor was really afraid and cared for his two children.

In the midst of anxiety, Ruyi suddenly saw the corners of Jiagui's mouth raised proudly, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, only she can tell whether Concubine Gao has done anything to murder the dragon fetus. It's just a concubine..." She pressed the button Holding her lower abdomen, she said joyfully: "The concubine has been pregnant for a month, and it is really difficult to get along with someone like Concubine Gao. The emperor put her under house arrest, so the concubine dared to raise her baby in the palace with peace of mind."

All the sadness and anger of the emperor were melted away by her smile in an instant. He stepped forward, held Jiagui's hand tightly and said, "Is what you said true?"

"The concubine dare not speak nonsense. It's just that something like this happened in the palace, and the concubine dare not speak out." The nobleman smiled smugly, took the emperor's hand, and said Yiyi: "Your Majesty, the concubine is really afraid of being hurt by others." I also ask the emperor to allow Xu Chenqie to live in the Zhenxiang Pavilion behind the Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation, so as to use the emperor's righteousness to drive away evil spirits and protect the dragon fetus."

In the emperor's happy smile, he naturally agreed with everything.Jiagui's child, just rightly dispelled the haze of the first two leaving.In such joy and joy, no one would care about the situation of Concubine Gao in Xianfu Palace.

In the end, Yigui didn't have time to wait for the truth. Her death happened three days after the accident in Changchun Palace. Because of the excessive depression and the incomplete removal of the remains of the child in her womb, the residual safflower and achyranthes soup caused her body to Unable to bear it any longer, he let go.

It is said that when she died, she didn't even close her eyes, but looked at the sky speechlessly with bloodshot eyes.Her death caused the harem, which had been a little calm, to boil again.

The news was conveyed by Mrs. Mei personally at Yikun Palace.On that day, she was wearing plain clothes, and told about the affairs of nobleman Yi with a blank face: "...the emperor has ordered that nobleman Yi be concubine Yi. make arrangements for."

"Concubine Yi is here, and it's a year without holidays." Hailan sighed, "Unfortunately, although Shuangxi admits that she can drive snakes away, she categorically denies that he was responsible for the snake encounter in Jingyang Palace. Xiao Luzi and Xiao Anzi were both killed It was found that he had contact with the people of Xianfu Palace, and it was found that the bank note from A Ruo was handled by Concubine Gao's uncle and brother, but whether to deal with it and how to deal with it depends on the emperor's will."

"The concubine doesn't understand!" Mei Guiren exclaimed in surprise, "Gao Guifei murdered the emperor's heir, the evidence is solid, does the emperor still want to show favoritism?"

Ruyi waved her hand to signal her to sit down safely, and said calmly: "If Ah Ruo insists that he did it alone and has nothing to do with Concubine Gao, and Concubine Gao is only willing to admit to buying A Ruo, but has no time to order her to do anything in the future, then Your Majesty has no other choice. That bag of cinnabar is dead after all, and Ah Ruo's desire to solicit charges is just a matter of words."

Mrs. Mei heard it, and leaned on the chair slumped, "So, my child died in vain?"

"It's not important whether the emperor disposes of Concubine Gao or not. What's important is that Concubine Gao has lost her sacred heart, and it's hard to get back." Ruyi took a sip of tea calmly, "Think back on what happened that day, it's the first time you hurt your child. Two people, can you guess who they are?"

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and it was a three-spring day, but everyone in the palace knew clearly and distinctly that there had never been a real spring in the Forbidden City.