Losing another child who never saw the light of day, Xuan Ye didn't quite understand what kind of state of mind he was in. The pain of losing a child had already formed a layer of scab in his heart, which would no longer peel off easily. The child in front of him was...
He cherished each one, but he couldn't bear the pain of those he had never seen before. But he had to show his sadness, but instead of being sad, he was more worried about two things at the moment. He was worried that Lan Qi's child would not be saved.
She was also worried about how unbalanced Concubine Wen's heart would be if she was saved, and whether the drug addiction would happen again.
The miserable crying inside gradually stopped, probably because the woman who had lost her son fell asleep. Not long after, the imperial doctor came back to speak. They all seemed to be panicking, fearing that the emperor would be punished and angered. Fortunately, the emperor was very calm and just told them: "Be well."
Take care of the imperial concubine’s health.” He then told Eunuch Liang, “In three days’ time, the imperial concubine’s mother will be invited to the palace to accompany her. She can stay for only two days, that’s fine.”
Eunuch Liang agreed, but asked the emperor: "Where is my long-lived master now?"
Xuan Ye really thought about it, clenched his fists slightly under the fluffy hair on his sleeves, and said: "Show the Yonghe Palace."
Everyone hurriedly gathered the emperor to leave Xianfu Palace and hurried to the residence of Concubine De, while Eunuch Liang rushed to Cining Palace. Ningshou Palace reported the loss of Concubine Wen's son, but the other emperors ignored it.
The eunuch was about to go out to find the emperor. When he saw the holy chariot coming, he greeted him at the door. As soon as he got off the sedan, he came up and said, "Don't worry, long live my lord. Concubine De's fetus is very stable. The doctor said it's not hurt. I'm just afraid there will be 10,000 deaths."
First, ask the empress to lie down and not move around, Huan Chun and the others will take turns serving her."
Xuan Ye's heart dropped into his stomach as he listened, and he strode into the bedroom. He saw Yinzuo lying beside the bed, rubbing his mother's arm and kissing her, babbling and not knowing what to say. Lan Qi's face was full of tenderness when she saw him.
, when little Yinzuo saw Emperor Ama, he rushed forward to give her a hug and acted coquettishly. Lan Qi smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, Your Majesty. Yinzuo doesn't know that he has to bow before seeing Ama. I don't have time to teach him right now."
Xuan Ye smiled: "I blame you for what you did. You are not smart yourself. If you bother to teach your son, you will become even more stupid and stupid."
When Lan Qi heard this, she glared at the emperor angrily and stopped talking, but Xuan Ye coaxed his son and asked the wet nurse to take him away. Huan Chun led the others to retreat, the palace door closed, and Xuan Ye sat down.
When he came to Lan Qi, he looked at her carefully and looked at her carefully. He put his hands on his face and said, "Let's make fun of each other and make each other happy. Lan Qi, you scared me. I shouldn't be fooling around. You don't go to the banquet."
That's good, now the Imperial Grandmother is not happy at all, she even gave a false alarm, and..."
Seeing that the emperor's face was slightly gloomy, Lan Qi asked worriedly: "Did the Empress Dowager get hurt from the fall?"
Xuan Ye responded: "The emperor's grandmother is very good. She even enjoyed the banquet with me until the end."
Lan Qi's heart was filled with excitement. She remembered how she had fallen down after the fireworks, and asked in a panic: "How is Concubine Wen?"
"Concubine Wen's child is gone." The emperor said with a look of helplessness on his face, "I'm not very sad, but I have to be sad, but you are obviously fine, and it's too late for me to be happy... It's hard to be a human being;
The emperor is even more difficult."
Lan Qi knew what was bothering him and gently advised him: "Your Majesty, don't think too much, just think about how painful it is for a mother to have no child. Don't think about Concubine Wen, don't think about the people in her family, just pity and sympathize with her."
Is it better to be a mother?"
Xuan Ye nodded, picked up her hand and kissed it: "You must be well." He then asked if he should stay in this position and lie there all night, feeling distressed in every way. In front of Lan Qi, Xuan Ye could show his emotions without any effort.
and emotions, everything was so real and simple. But every time he set foot in Xianfu Palace and faced Concubine Wen's enthusiasm, he always had to think about it before doing anything. Even every word he said was thought over and over again in his heart.
, now even after losing his child, he has to consider how to be "sad".
News that completely different things happened between Xianfu Palace and Yonghe Palace reached the Sixth Palace. Many people thought that there was a miscommunication between the two parties. On the day when the concubines below the concubine's rank came to Yonghe Palace to congratulate and salute, they were separated by the tulle on the screen.
Everyone can see that Concubine De is weak and haggard. In comparison, Concubine Wen does not look like a sick person at all. However, she is noisy every day. This time she is cured. The weakest one can safely save the child, while the latter has been unable to survive overnight.
They lost the flesh and blood that they had gained so easily.
Concubine Wen didn't know all this until she woke up the next day. When she learned that Concubine De's child was still in her belly, her eyes stared at Dongyun sharply, as if she wanted to turn into a knife and cut her out. Dongyun trembled.
He explained: "The imperial doctor said that Concubine De's fetus is already three months old and can withstand a fall. Your concubine is too young and the fall was too heavy, so she can't survive the fall."
"Nonsense, you're talking nonsense!" Concubine Wen cried loudly, throwing everything she could throw out of bed, crying heartbreakingly, "Give me back the child, you guys give me back the child."
When she tried her best and could no longer cry out, she lay softly on the pillow and kept twitching, making the pillow wet. Dongyun came to persuade her, and she gasped and asked: "The Emperor didn't come last night
Look at me?"
"Long live the Lord is here, and you haven't even entered the house yet..." Dongyun said awkwardly, "The house is not clean, and the Emperor cannot come in again. He ordered the slaves to take good care of you, and also asked his wife to come into the palace to take care of the empress in the future.
, and then left."
"Where have you gone?" Concubine Wen asked, and then she answered herself, "It must be Yonghe Palace." Dongyun didn't say anything anymore. Seeing her like this, he knew it was true. Concubine Wen cried sadly again, and Dongyun vaguely heard it.
He said he didn't care at all and he wouldn't come back again.
But at this moment, the eighth prince's loud cry came without any warning. Concubine Wen, who was weak on the bed, trembled all over, stood up and asked: "Child? Is it my child? Dongyun, is my little prince."
Cried."
Dongyun said hurriedly: "Madam, it's Brother Eight who is crying."
Concubine Wen was stunned, then lay down weakly, and kept chanting: "Eighth elder brother? It's not my child, it's eighth elder brother?" However, the eighth elder brother's crying continued, and Concubine Wen gradually got tired of it.
Gradually, she became irritable and finally couldn't bear it anymore, pointing at Dongyun and scolding them, asking them not to make the child cry again.
But after that day, even the imperial doctor came to see him several times. The eighth prince was not in any bad health, but he cried all day long, during the day, and at night. Occasionally, Concubine Wen finally fell asleep peacefully for a while, but was killed again less than half an hour later.
The eighth elder brother woke up from crying. Even Dongyun felt irritable after hearing this. He came to ask the wet nurse in person what was going on. The wet nurse said tremblingly that she didn't know either. She calmed the child down in front of Dongyun and waited until Dongyun left.
, he reached into the swaddling clothes and pinched the little brother’s buttocks hard.
In the next few days, Xianfu Palace was in chaos every day, but there was only one place that seemed to be otherworldly. No matter how much Concubine Wen cried and fussed, no matter how much the Eighth Prince kept crying, Master Juechan was like a stranger in his bedroom.
She was quietly nursing her cold, which she contracted only that night when she prayed for a safe delivery for Rong Ruo's child under the moonlight.
On this day, Mrs. Niu Hulu finally entered the palace. It was a rare day for Xianfu Palace to be clean. However, the cry of Eighth Prince still sounded from time to time, but compared with the previous few days, it was much better. The palace maids and eunuchs could finally rest for a long time. The fragrance here was
He brought the master's medicine, watched the noble drink it, and whispered softly: "It's best that the lady doesn't leave, otherwise Concubine Wen will make a fuss a few more times, and the slave girl will think that Aunt Dongyun will fall ill herself. She is so thin."
My cotton-padded jacket has become loose, and it looks like it’s swinging around a lot.”
Jue Chan ignored it, drank the medicine and handed the bowl to Xiang He. She wiped her mouth and lay down again. There was a volume of "Zhong Xiang Ci" beside her pillow. She almost tore through some pages in it.
Xianghe couldn't help but said: "Master, your health is much better and you can go out. Why don't you go and see the eighth elder brother? The eighth elder brother is so pitiful. He cried until his voice became hoarse, but he still cried every day.
,Such a small person..."
"Xianghe." Mrs. Juechan interrupted her. Xianghe lowered his head helplessly and said, "I know, I don't want to mention the eighth prince's matter."
But Jue Chan asked: "Did the emperor punish anyone regarding the fireworks this time?"
Xianghe sighed, her master no longer even cared about what she said about Eighth Prince, and responded: "The Emperor said that for the sake of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the child in the belly of Empress Dowager De, it is not appropriate to ask for punishment during the New Year.
, forget it."
Jue Chan actually smiled slightly: "That's good, the emperor is very kind after all."
Xianghe smiled: "There is kindness, but for the sake of Concubine De, I will make an exception for anything. Your Majesty really likes Concubine De." He looked at his master again, and his appearance was gradually improving these days.
, couldn't help but sigh, "Master, you are so beautiful, the emperor should have liked you very much."
But Master Jue Chan still couldn't hear it. He was busy reading a book. He didn't even know when Xianghe left. He just muttered in his mouth: "The branches are connected to each other and there is no chance of marriage. When you look at the moon in the sky alone, it will be full again and again."
One day she suddenly realized that a strange woman like Shen Wan, who could follow Rongruo far away from home and settle down in the snobbish, power-driven world of the capital, living in a private house with no name and status, must be deeply in love with Rongruo.
Where does the sorrow come from? But every word of mourning and every sentence of melancholy in her poems may not be written by herself, but by Rong Ruo? It is Rong Ruo who has not forgotten her feelings after all, even if
The beauty is by your side, but I still pretend to be myself in my heart.
All of this was the result of Jue Chan's sudden enlightenment. There is no way of knowing whether it is true or not, but she took this comfort and no longer felt lifeless. Even though she was trapped in a corner of this deep palace, her heart was still free and still completely her own.
.
After the Xianfu Palace was clean for two days, Mrs. Niu Hulu finally left because she could not stay in the palace for a long time. But as soon as the lady left, Concubine Wen, who had lost her support, became emotionally unstable again. The palace maids and eunuchs mustered up their spirits.
The eighth prince, who had only been recovering for two days after serving her, began to cry non-stop again. The poor child cried so hard that his voice became hoarse. From the sharpness at the beginning to the dryness now, it was so hard to hear that there were bursts of tears in the throat.
bloody pain.
On this day, the imperial doctor finally said that Concubine Jue Chan had recovered from her illness. All the illnesses of the concubines were recorded in the register. Concubine Jue Chan did not have to pretend to be ill and linger on the bed. Since she was cured, she had to visit Concubine Wen. Xiang He advised her to wait for a few days.
It doesn't matter, but Mrs. Juechan said: "I'll see you sooner or later if I delay. If I see her today and don't want to see me again, I will be free."
Dressed like this, all the way to Concubine Wen's bedroom, the eighth prince started crying halfway. The voice sounded like his throat was being torn apart. Xianghe kept chattering, but Jue Chan remained unmoved and stared straight ahead.
Come to Concubine Wen.
Concubine Wen, who had just lost her temper because the medicine was too bitter, suddenly heard crying again, and was angrily throwing the pillows on the bed to the ground. When Jue Chan came in, a pillow fell under her knees, and she quietly leaned over to pick it up.
He got up, walked inside to the window, knelt down and saluted, saying, "I wish you well, my concubine."
Concubine Wen looked at her blankly and asked as if she suddenly woke up: "Where have you been these days? Why haven't I seen you?"
Master Juechan stood up and said, "I have contracted the cold and have been kept in the house. I have not been able to come to pay my respects to you. Please forgive me."
"Are you sick?" Concubine Wen looked at her strangely. She didn't know what she was thinking. Suddenly, the eighth prince's cry came again, which made her tremble all over. Gradually, her eyes became straighter and straighter, and her hands became tighter.
He grabbed the mattress.
At this moment, after the emperor had left the court, he and several ministers from the Ministry of Industry were inspecting the repair of the leaking roof in Yinghua Palace. The portraits of ancestors were enshrined here, so the emperor must have paid attention to it and came to inspect the project in person. After everything was in order, he was about to go back to Qianqing Palace.
, I met a young eunuch running hurriedly on the way. Eunuch Li, who was accompanying him, listened to a few words, frowned and came back and said: "Your Majesty, there is some trouble in Xianfu Palace, it's just ahead. Why don't you go and take a look?
?”
Xuan Ye was accompanied by Nalan Rongruo, who also came to see the construction of Yinghua Hall. After that, the two of them had to go back to the study room of Qianqing Palace to discuss the eastward tour of the mausoleum. The emperor didn't think much about it for a moment, as he was worried about Wen Wen.
The imperial concubine plotted against Lan Qi for neglecting her. Now that she was on her way, even if she was unwilling, she still passed.
But when the emperor and his entourage got closer, they heard the noise in Xianfu Palace. Xuan Ye only knew that Concubine Wen was losing her temper and crying again. Who knew that there would be something like this, and he actually saw a concubine almost being thrown out.
After entering the gate of Xianfu Palace, she saw the disheveled Concubine Wen throwing various things on her. After that, the wet nurse was pushed out with the child in her arms. Concubine Wen shouted crazily: "Get out, you all, get out, yes"
You killed my child, get out..."
The child in Xianfu Palace is the eighth prince, and the biological mother of the eighth prince is the noble Jue Chan. There is no need to get closer and take a closer look. The emperor and his entourage, including Nalan Rongruo, all know who the concubine who was pushed to the ground and humiliated is.
Rong Ruo's blood was rushing all over her body, she clenched her fists tightly to endure, and followed the emperor with her head lowered.
But Xuan Ye suddenly stopped and said to Eunuch Li in a cold voice: "I don't have to go there. You go over and ask what's going on and come back and report." After the emperor finished speaking, he left without looking back.
Lan Rongruo followed closely, but couldn't help but look back and saw her cousin looking here. The two looked at each other hastily from a distance.