Zhuo Qihua

Concubine Xi picked up the piece of paper and unfolded it. There were a few words on the paper. Looking at the handwriting and the way it was written, she knew it was written by Zhuo Ji.

——I don’t know if Xiaohui’s words can make your empress look good?Your Majesty is worried that you will be frightened and hurt your body, but I think you are not that fragile.Am I right?

Concubine Xi covered her mouth with one hand, and cried silently, while holding the paper tightly with the other hand.Ruyi stepped forward worriedly: "Master..."

Concubine Xi shook her head, telling Ruyi not to ask anything.After crying for a long time, Concubine Xi took her hand away to hold back her tears.After burning this piece of paper, Concubine Xi wiped away her tears, stood up, and said in a cold voice: "Except for Shi Fangyun's personal maids and eunuchs, all the other palace servants in Shi Fangyun's palace will be punished with fifty sticks, sent to Ye Ting, and the protection of the lord is ineffective. , Death is not a pity. Please order the imperial concubine to send new palace servants there, and send Nanny Chen over there, and then withdraw after Shi Fangyun gives birth safely."

"Yes!"

Part of the reason for Concubine Xi's weakness is that she once lost the favor of the emperor, and part of the reason is that among the few real noble masters in the harem, she is the only one who has no children now, so she inevitably lacks confidence.Zhuo Ji's piece of paper revealed several meanings to her.One, the emperor believed in her and cared about her.One, Zhuo Ji is on his side.The last one, she is a noble concubine, the head of concubines, how can she scare all the dead (noble) cats (humans) into panic.

Shi Fangyun was terrified when he got the news.Cui Xiang and Cui Fen, who had escaped, were so scared that their legs went limp.Seeing that the name is to protect her, but in fact, I don't know if it is a nanny sent by a noble concubine, a nanny sent by a queen mother, a nanny sent by a royal concubine, Shi Fangyun wants to cry but has no tears .The Wu Temple she wanted didn't come, but three terrible nuns came instead.Not only that, Liu Yanling, Jing Lanzhen, Yuan Susu and other newcomers who were also pregnant were also sent by the empress to avoid similar incidents from happening again.For a while, the low-ranking concubines who were pregnant in the harem complained, scolding the person behind the scenes who caused the trouble.

Compared with the resentment of Shi Fangyun and others, the fact that Shunxi quarreled with His Majesty again, smashed things in the palace, and forced His Majesty to give in with tears is even more shocking.People who don't know the truth only think that this Shunxi is too much, and they are simply too arrogant. Why can His Majesty tolerate the existence of such people!The noble concubine and the others were as dumbfounded as Concubine Xi, would Zhuo Ji cry?Will smash things?The Golden Crow probably didn't rise from the west and set from the west!Huang Guixie and Deguixie didn't believe it at all, but Mingyu was skeptical.It was rare for His Majesty to stay in Xiangfu Palace for a day, and he was almost cut off, and he would be angry if asked.After hearing this, the Queen Mother laughed out loud.

But Zhuo Ji, who was said to have quarreled with the emperor, smashed the house, and cried, was in the studio. According to the request of a certain emperor, he painted the ceremony scene that should have belonged to the emperor's canonization as the emperor's canonization harem. scene.In order to complete this painting, His Majesty the Emperor condescended to accompany Zhuo Ji to eat a bowl of Korean cold noodles in the studio, oh no, this His Majesty ate three bowls.Zhuo Ji didn't put down his pen until it was almost dark, and finally finished the painting.

Emperor Yong'an looked at this "great" painting that gradually appeared before his eyes, and was quite satisfied.That's how oil paintings are made.

"When I am free, I will also learn this oil painting."

"No." Zhuo Ji refused without thinking.

Emperor Yong'an was not happy: "Why, I can't learn?"

Zhuo Ji: "You are His Majesty of the Mata country, your paintings are national treasures, why waste time learning the painting style of foreigners. I only learned oil painting before, and now I don't have the time and energy to learn Chinese painting. But I still like your Majesty's Chinese paintings and brush calligraphy."

Emperor Yong'an was happy: "Then, shall I draw a picture for you?"

Zhuo Ji: "Just draw, Your Majesty, the scene on the day you saw me, and change night into day."

"Okay. On your birthday next year, I will give this painting as your birthday present."

"My Majesty, the plaque of Xiangfu Palace, also wants to write the inscription by myself."

"Okay, I'll wait for your birthday next year, and I'll change it for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron~"

Emperor Yong'an passed on the meal, and after the meal, the two went to Yuqing Lake.It is said that in order to appease Shunxi, His Majesty specially gave him Yuqing Pond.Except for those few people, everyone didn't understand why His Majesty was interested in Zhuo Ji. The other party was so unreasonable, and even gave Yuqingchi to appease him? !Isn't it just that you can draw a few strange pictures!

Huang Guixie ate a spoonful of donkey-hide gelatin cake and rinsed his mouth with water.Chang'an came in and reported: "Master, the imperial concubine is here."

The imperial concubine looked in the direction of the door, and after a while, noble concubine Xi came in.

"I'm really sorry that the concubine disturbed the imperial concubine at such a late hour."

"Why are you being polite to me, sit down."

Concubine Xi sat down across the kang table, Chang'an brought clean water and then retreated.Concubine Xi is taking medicine and has not drunk tea for a long time.Only then did Concubine Xi say: "Cui, the concubine is usually too weak, so that there are always problems with the concubine. This incident is also a wake-up call for the concubine, and the concubine can no longer be cowardly."

Huangguixie looked at Concubine Xigui and said: "Of course my palace is for you, Guixie, Shunxie, Mingxie, we are all old people, so naturally we are all towards you. But if you still can't stand up The noble concubine's majesty will be framed and calculated sooner or later. Concubine, your situation is much better now than before. Even I, I never thought that one day you and I could sit down and talk calmly like this. This Dan Yang In the palace, there will only be one Shunxi. Those people don't care if you are a concubine or a woman."

Concubine Xi: "The concubine knows she's wrong."

Huang Guixie: "I also have a thorough understanding with you. No one can compete with Shunxi in this Danyang Palace. This is the confidence of you and me. Shunxi often says that you must be on guard against others. You I have been in this palace for so long, do I still need to teach you?"

Concubine Xi nodded, and tightly clenched the handkerchief in her hand.

"Bengong has already acted for you once, and next time, I won't take care of it anymore."

Concubine Xi smiled: "I am grateful for the concubine who is willing to act once for the concubine. If the concubine is pregnant, the concubine will stop bothering her."

"it is good."

Concubine Xi left, and Changan walked in: "Master, the Shoukang Palace called the imperial physician again, saying that Shi Guiren's stomach hurts again."

Huang Guixie: "Take the sign of my palace and ask Doctor Hu Pengju to go there in person. You tell Doctor Hu that Shi Fangyun cried a lot today and was frightened. This child might make a fuss."

"Yes."

Hu Pengju is a special existence in the Imperial Medical Office. He is not responsible for seeing the concubines in the harem. He is only responsible for medical research and is only responsible to the Holy Majesty.In Danyang Palace, only the Queen Mother and Huang Guixie are qualified to invite him to come forward.

In Yuqing Pool, Emperor Yong'an is pressing down on Zhuo Ji without any shame.Zhang Xian yelled softly outside, and Shi Fangyun had a stomachache again.However, Mrs. Huang Gui asked Hu Peng to move over.Emperor Yong'an only said that he knew, and continued to press Zhuo Ji without shame.Until Zhuo Ji was made so soft that his whole body was like a pool of water, Emperor Yong'an went to soak in the pool for a while, and asked Zhang Xian to wipe his body and dress him.

Zhuo Ji, who was limp all over, with medicine jade stuffed in his back core, was lazily carried back to Xiangfu Palace, and Emperor Yong'an went to Shoukang Palace.When Emperor Yong'an went, Shi Fangyun's stomach pain was gone. Hu Pengju's female disciple gave her an injection, and Hu Pengju personally prescribed an anti-fetal medicine for her.Tell her that it is best to stay in bed for a month, and she must not have any more emotional ups and downs, and she must not cry anymore.

Shi Fangyun needs to stay in bed for confinement, so it is naturally impossible for Emperor Yong'an to stay overnight, and this is the Shoukang Palace, so it is not appropriate for Emperor Yong'an to stay here on his concubine's bed.After pacifying Shi Fangyun and giving him some body-replenishing items and silk, Emperor Yong'an left.Hu Pengju left a female doctor in Shoukang Palace to take care of him for two days, and he left with His Majesty.

After leaving the Shoukang Palace, Emperor Yong'an asked Hu Pengju in a low voice, "Is Shi Fangyun's birth a boy or a girl?"

Hu Pengju lowered his voice: "According to Chen's investigation, he seems to be a princess."

Emperor Yong'an nodded: "Just pretend you don't know."

"Yes."

Zhuo Ji can see a doctor, but in modern medicine, even old Chinese doctors don't use pulse signals to check the gender of the fetus, and a B-ultrasound is enough.So Zhuo Ji himself did not have the ability to find out the gender by taking a pulse.But in this regard, Hu Pengju, who was born as an aborigine, really has this ability.

Emperor Yong'an left, and Hu Peng returned to the Imperial Medical Office.If it hadn't been for Huangguixie's personal eunuch to invite him with Huangguixie's sign, Hu Pengju would never have come to see a concubine who was pregnant in the harem.For Hu Pengju, the pregnancy and illness of the concubines in the harem are trivial matters, which cannot be compared with the importance of each medical topic he is currently leading the Imperial Medical Office to study - there is no need to explain who said the word.According to Hu Pengju, Shi Fangyun should be careful when she is pregnant, no matter how scared she is, she should not cry like this all the time.The medical department had no idea about the previous topics, and now they have to study how to make alcohol and hydrogen peroxide in large quantities and extract iodine from seafood. Isn't Shi Fangyun just looking for trouble and delaying his time?

As soon as she heard that she needed a miscarriage, if she continued to cry, she was afraid that the baby would be lost, so Shi Fangyun stopped crying.She could only watch the emperor leave aggrievedly.Now that she lives in Shoukang Palace, she may be safe, but she didn't get what she wanted, and instead put herself in a situation where she couldn't be free.For this reason, Shi Fangyun hated the one from Xiangfu Palace.That person clearly knew that she was pregnant, and that she had a stomachache, and even snatched His Majesty away from her. He was already so favored, so why should he compete with her, a little nobleman, for favor.

Emperor Yong'an didn't return to Xiangfu Palace, Zhuo Ji had already fallen asleep, he would wake him up if he went back now.Emperor Yong'an went to Yuxian Palace. From outsiders, it seemed that the emperor was going to question the imperial concubine, but in fact it was...

"A little noble person can climb on top of you. I don't care if she was murdered or something else. What happened to Yuxian Palace is obviously aimed at you. You even protect yourself Can't help it, when you give birth to an emperor's heir in the future, how can you protect him? Do you let the emperor's concubine, your concubine, Shunxi and Mingxi protect him for you?" Can Emperor Yong'an not be annoyed.It was rare for him to have time to spend a day with Zhuo Ji, and he was interrupted one after another.

Kneeling in front of the emperor, Xi Guifei did not defend herself, this is her problem.Emperor Yong'an: "You guys are close, don't fight or rob, and I am very pleased that Chen and Chen are brothers. In the future, when Huang Guixie, Guixie, Mingyu and your children are born, I also hope to see Until you are still close, the children are still brotherly. You can't protect yourself. If something big happens, even if I want to protect you, I can't protect you. This is Danyang Palace! I don't want to change the concubine, I don't want to change A woman who doesn't know the details is sitting on the position of imperial concubine!"

Concubine Xi's tears flowed, and she raised her head: "Your Majesty, this concubine made a mistake, which disappointed His Majesty. From now on, this concubine will not be like this."

Emperor Yong'an stretched out his hand, and Concubine Xi cried and held the emperor's hand and stood up.Emperor Yong'an pulled Concubine Xi to sit beside him, and said, "Even if something like this happens in the future, you can't let people look down on you as a noble concubine. The imperial concubine is in charge of the central palace, but you are the head of concubines! Send Concubine and Concubine Xiao back to the main palace, you should train them well so that no one can use them. As for Wu Shi (formerly Concubine Yao), she is a fool, you should decide for yourself."

Concubine Xi was surprised, and Emperor Yong'an said lightly: "I'm tired of them, but they are old people after all, you can use them more easily than those newcomers. Originally, I wanted to pick a few sensible ones from the newcomers and promote them." I can help you in the future, but now it seems that there is still too much difference. As long as Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao don’t act like monsters and don’t target Zhuo Ji everywhere, I will give them both the respect they deserve.”

Concubine Xi got up and then knelt down: "My concubine, on behalf of Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao, thank Your Majesty for His grace!"

Emperor Yong'an: "Get up. I'm tired, so I rest here with you."

"Yes."

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His Majesty stayed (read: speed) at Yuxian Palace for one night (read: rotten), and the next day ordered Wen Concubine and Xiao Concubine to move back to the main palaces of Lianyi Palace and Bixiu Palace.After receiving the emperor's imperial decree, the two went to Yuxian Palace to kowtow to thank them.Concubine Xiao and Concubine Wen are regretting their mistakes now, especially Concubine Wen, the third princess is deaf in one ear, and now she is unable to move. She regrets so many times that she wants to slap herself a few times.The two were relegated to concubines and moved to the side palace. There was no hope in their life. Who would have thought that once something happened to Yuxian Palace, they would be moved back to live in the main palace by the order of the emperor, restoring their status as the masters of the first palace!

Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao's first thought was that the imperial concubine would intercede with them.The two knelt in front of Concubine Xi, weeping uncontrollably.Concubine Xi didn't ask them to get up, nor did she try to dissuade them, she didn't ask them to get up until they were almost crying.After Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao sat down, Concubine Xi asked the palace people to go out. Seeing this, Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao restrained their emotions.

Concubine Xi Gui: "You have also been implicated by this palace regarding the mumps disease."

Concubine Xiao: "Your Majesty, it's us who are ignorant."

Concubine Wen's tears flowed out, she regretted it the most.Concubine Xi: "Your Majesty is sympathetic, and is willing to give me a chance to correct my mistakes. You are all old people who have been following me. What happened to Yuxian Palace, isn't it because some people bully me and no one can use it. I am in front of your majesty. Bringing you two up again is to make up for the two of you. This time, His Majesty was really annoyed, and I asked you two to help me train my concubines, and His Majesty agreed."

"Your Majesty is so kind, I can't repay you..."

Concubine Xi: "In these days, there are some things that you should see clearly."

Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao nodded, cherishing the imperial concubine: "No matter how much Shunxi is favored, he will not stop His Majesty from getting the rain and dew. His Majesty also said that Shunxi is not in good health and cannot conceive dragon heirs. Your Majesty loves Shunxi, But it didn't make the Zhuo family flourish because of it. In contrast, the new concubines and servants are our biggest threat."

Concubine Xiao: "Your Majesty is right. Concubine Wen and I were also blinded by jealousy."

Concubine Wen nodded with tears, choked with sobs: "I just hope that Xin'er can walk normally."

Concubine Xi: "The rehabilitation treatment adopted by the Imperial Medical Office for the three princesses was given by Shunxi. We should be thankful that Shunxi is generous."

Concubine Wen: "Wei's medical order said that if it wasn't for the rehabilitation treatment, Xin'er would have to lie in bed for the rest of her life."

Concubine Xi made contact with Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao in Yuxian Palace, and beat them indirectly.The new concubines who entered the palace were definitely not in a good mood. Shi Fangyun didn't expect that something happened to her, which made the Holy Majesty notice the two concubines who had been neglected for a long time.Shi Fangyun panicked, she was not sure what the Holy Spirit meant.

Within two days, news spread from Danyang Palace.Shi Guiren was assassinated, His Majesty was furious, thinking that Concubine Xi Gui was not effective in controlling the East Eighth Palace.Due to this, the noble concubine suggested to the sage that Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao should take over the First Palace again.There are always accidents with concubines, and it is also directly related to the fact that there is no one in the hands of Concubine Xi.Concubine Qiong and the former concubine Yao, who will be a nobleman, Wu, do not have a sacred heart, and their abilities are indeed limited, and the new concubines who have entered the palace are still in need of training.After consideration, the Holy Majesty agreed to Huang Guixie's proposal to let Concubine Wen and Concubine Xiao return to the main palace, but because the two had really annoyed the Majesty before, the Majesty did not restore their positions.

The matter in the harem was false and true, and after this incident, Concubine Xi realized that the Holy Majesty would not allow someone who would pose a threat to Zhuo Ji to sit in a high position in the harem.Concubine Xi Gui may still not understand why the emperor loves Zhuo Ji so much, but she can no longer feel jealous or disgusted with Zhuo Ji.