Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Mourning Jade

There was a long silence, and the only smell in the hall was the difficult and turbid breath of fish in a dry marsh.There were long clear tears rolling down silently from Yuyan's cheeks.She was in a daze, as if asking herself: "Your prince? Your son? No, it won't be your son! My son!" She grabbed Ruyi's wrist, as if she was terrified, and asked softly, "Then, Who am I? Where did I come from? Am I Kim Ok-yeon? Who am I?" Ruyi put aside her dead branch-like hand, and said calmly, "I don't know." Yuyan hugged herself tightly, as if she was extremely afraid of the cold, curled up, curled up, leaving only a lonely shadow on the gray bed curtain.After a while, she glared at the sky, and screamed in a hoarse voice: "My lord, my lord, why do you treat me like this? I'm not dead yet, so you just think I'm dead?"

Yuyan sobbed softly, but the sound was more tearing her heart and lungs than crying.Ruyi caressed her stomach, shook her head with a sneer, and said, "The world is hot and cold, that's how it is. I don't know how your eldest son entrusted you with high hopes before leaving, but I think he entrusted Mrs. Song in the same way now. You It's really not worth it to sacrifice your whole life for such a cold son and mother. In the end, who are you doing it for?" Yuyan was almost insane, her eyes were crazy and powerless.Ruyi approached her a little closer and stared at her: "I have come to tell you so much today, just to hear the truth from you. Did you kill the fifth princess of this palace?"

Yuyan's black eyes are like two black stone beads, rolling Lingling.She sneered: "Your fifth princess is dead, and Concubine Xin's sixth princess is also dead. Everyone blames me, and I admit it. But empress, I won't live long, tell me the truth, Did you instigate Yongqi to do mine with Xuanjuan?" Ruyi's tears instantly scorched her eyes, she clenched her hands, and said forcefully: "No! This sentence not only guarantees Ulanara Ruyi, but also guarantees Ke Liet Hailan and Aixinjue Luo Yongqi !" Yuyan froze for a moment, stuck her neck stubbornly, and said sharply: "Then I didn't hurt your daughter, nor Concubine Xin's daughter! I also swear, 'Fuguier', 'Fuguier' bit your daughter , shocked Concubine Xin's fetal gas, I definitely didn't instigate and instigate it!" Her teeth were white, and she bit on the dark purple lips, biting a row of deep blood marks, her eyes were like awl, piercing. An awl pierced Ruyi's body hard, "To the end of my life, I didn't understand how my 'fuguier' could sneak out of Qixiang Palace and got a biting mad dog. At that time, all my thoughts were I can't care about anything about Yongxuan's injury..."

It was as if a boulder was thrown into the heart lake, and the huge and surging waves made Ruyi's heart ache.Her Jing Si, the lively and lovely Jing Si, can no longer laugh happily under her knees, and call her "Er Niang" one after another. There was a long silence.The soreness in the throat rose from the bottom of my heart, and the clear voice was like weeping blood: "It's not you? Who else would hate me so much, and my child so much?" "There are too many people who are going to harm you, who knows?" Yu Yan's gaze was glued to her body, and she gradually lost her burning breath, becoming cold and lost.She hung down wearily: "But empress, even if you swear, I still don't believe you, not at all! Not only don't I believe you, I don't believe anyone. You all want to harm me and my child. Now, I'm about to die, and the emperor doesn't want the fourth elder brother anymore, and your wishes are finally fulfilled."

Ruyi's eyes were slightly red, and she said patiently, "I don't believe you either. But my wish was never to harm your child!" Yuyan is a very weak person, the blue veins on her neck are abruptly stalked, and her withered and yellow face is reflected, like a dead leaf in the mud: "Queen, you are different from Empress Xiaoxian. Empress Xiaoxian lives For the whole life, she has lived a false life. For the virtual shell of a queen, she hides everything and endures it. Could it be that after becoming a queen, everyone has become a virtual Bodhisattva, and what she says makes people listen It's disgusting." She smiled "hey", glanced at Ruyi and said, "But, it turns out that it's the same when you're a queen. Our emperor's temperament, when he was a concubine, everyone was fine, and he was arrogant and straightforward. Good natured. But if he becomes a queen and stands beside him, he will pay attention to everything and become suspicious every step of the way. So this queen, is it really boring?"

Ruyi looked at her quietly and said, "Is it interesting? You haven't been a queen for a day, so you don't have to worry about this palace. Back then, you instructed Su Xin around Empress Xiaoxian to coax her into thinking that it was for the sake of it." Empress Xiaoxian is dedicated. She has done all kinds of harm in the name of Empress Xiaoxian, right?" Yuyan glanced at Ruyi mockingly, brushed her grass-like hair, and smiled charmingly: "Why, the emperor suspected that Su Xin's death was done by a pure noble concubine, so he even beat up the elder brother who detested her." And the third elder brother, they have cut off their way to be the crown prince, and the empress has become suspicious of me."

Ruyi's face was as gloomy as the sky that was about to rain, "The emperor once checked Su Xin's home after her death, but apart from some money from the palace, there was really nothing to see. It could be an extra reward from the queen, or The suspicion was bought by Concubine Chun. It’s just that this palace was really worried, and ordered someone to check carefully the pawn shop Su Xin went to when she left the palace, only to find that among the things she pawned was a bracelet that you once wore. This is Is it undeniable?" She concentrated for a moment, took out a small paper bag from her sleeve, handed it to Yu Yan and opened it, "You can always recognize this thing yourself, right?"

Yuyan's brows twitched violently, she turned her face away and said, "You found this? I still think you put everything on the heads of the two scapegoats, Empress Xiaoxian and Imperial Concubine Huixian?" Ruyi fiddled with the snakeberry fruit and mercury cinnabar powder in the paper bag with the pointed armor, and threw it in front of Yuyan: "Shuangxi, who is in front of the imperial concubine Huixian, can drive away snakes, so why use snakeberry fruit?" Did the juice attract vipers in the Palace of Concubine Yi? Even when the emperor tortured Shuangxi, the things he confessed did not harm Concubine Yi. I also thought that it was Empress Xiaoxian who did it, but thinking about it later, I don’t think so. Even when I was in the cold palace, Empress Xiaoxian and Imperial Concubine Huixian ordered people to use cold things to make me and my heart suffer from rheumatism. I also noticed that, in fact, Empress Xiaoxian I don't understand the properties of food and medicine. In this way, the rumors that the noble concubine Zhemin was murdered by Empress Xiaoxian is questionable." The hatred in Ruyi's eyes became even stronger, "Until Yonghuang's death, this Only then did the palace learn that it was originally told that the noble concubine Zhemin died of eating the same food for a long time, and even clearly explained what she ate on a daily basis. So besides killing the noble concubine Zhemin and marrying Who else is the person who troubled the queen?"

Yuyan lowered her head and thought for a moment, then smiled wryly: "That day, I missed a slip of the tongue, and you actually heard the clues. Well, that's it, so what?" Ruyi only felt that her teeth were really tight, and her teeth were almost broken: "I can't figure out why you want to get rid of these people one by one. Until you make the son of the pure noble concubine cut off the way of the crown prince." Bengong couldn't understand that Yonghuang lost his biological mother, so he couldn't fight other princes anymore. Yongzhang was spoiled and raised, and he didn't like the emperor. And you were not pregnant at that time, Meifei and Yifei lost one after another Child, so your Yongxie was the first child of the emperor after he ascended the throne, and he was so beloved by the emperor."

Yuyan pouted inadvertently, and wiped the drool on her lips with a silk cloth: "I came all the way from Li Dynasty. Although I am favored, I am not safe and sound. Does Empress Xiaoxian give birth to a son?" The method, she herself is very concerned about the prince's affairs, she really has nowhere to start, so she has to plan in the future. Besides, although she has no intention of killing you, once she has selfish motives, and there is a push to use it in the dark, she can't It's not difficult. You two are fighting each other, and the emperor suspects her to do many things. After a long time, he can always pull her down. Besides, her sons are so short-lived, they all died one by one, which saves me time. In this way Excluding those sluts who want to give birth to children before me, Yongxuan will naturally be liked by the emperor."

"Your calculation is indeed good! The imperial concubine Huixian was betrothed by Empress Xiaoxian, but Empress Xiaoxian is your scapegoat, even the pure imperial concubine. If they didn't fall down one by one, you have hidden the truth for so long You can't show it either. From the time you set up a deadlock and wronged Bengong and Master Anji Bosang for having an affair, I knew that the previous ones were all over, and those who really harmed Bengong had to jump out by themselves. , Empress Xiaoxian refused to admit that she used A Ruo to put her in the cold palace until she died. I think you were the one who instigated it behind the scenes. But you yourself had a hard time getting along with A Ruo, and it made people clear that it was you who encouraged Su Xin I went to find A Ruo. You don’t have to deny that this happened after Song Xin married someone. Occasionally, I met A Ruo’s Ama Guiduo, and then I realized that Gui Duo actually knew about this person. She is closely related, and when you think about the close relationship between Su Xin and you, it is not difficult to know." Yuyan listened to her quietly, with a calm and peaceful expression: "You've already figured it out so clearly, yet you're still asking me what I'm doing." With a wisp of tears on her lips, "I won't tell you, I just refuse to admit it. No matter how suspicious you are, you will always be entangled and uncomfortable without my answer. This way, I am the happiest." Ruyi's eyes were flushed with anger, she tried her best to endure and said: "You and Bengong have earned a lifetime, and we haven't had a few good words with each other. Maybe it's more ugly, it's not that Bengong hates you and hates you." It's been two days, but I never wanted you to die." Yuyan stared at her and sneered: "It's natural. How happy it is to die, you naturally have to watch me live or die. Living is more uncomfortable than dying, so you are happy!" Ruyi smiled: "You are really smart, talking to you is a joy!" Ruyi watched her chest heaving violently, and her expression became calmer, "I heard from the imperial physician that you won't take medicine or heal you. Seeing you like this again, I know that you have given up on yourself. But after all, you are a mother, not for others. If your children see you like this, wouldn’t it hurt their hearts? Of course you are because The emperor's angry words were humiliated, so why don't they also bear the same humiliation. At this time, if you, a mother, don't comfort them well, and still play with your temper and humiliate yourself, then you really don't love yourself." Yuyan raised her face, stared blankly at the dusty lianzhu tent, and said dejectedly: "Queen, you are also a mother. Let me ask you, if you and your child were drowned in the water, would you be willing to drown by yourself?" Sinking, or pulling them down together? This is the situation I am in now. Our royal family of the Li Dynasty is precarious, and we have always attached to the Qing Dynasty, praying for the protection of the Qing Dynasty. I..." Yuyan suddenly opened her eyes wide, and her breath became rapid, " I have been Li Chao's glory all my life, but in the end, I have become Li Chao's disgrace! They want to dump me like a broken shoe, they! They!" She didn't know what to think, her eyes jumped suddenly, "My son You must have given up on me, so you deliberately let go, it must be! No! I don’t! I don’t! Prince, don’t give up on me! I’m still alive, I still have my child, I’m Li Chaoren, I am! I am..." Before she finished speaking, a mouthful of phlegm suddenly came up, her eyes were straightened, her hands grabbed the void, and she fell straight backwards. Ruyi was surprised when she saw this, and hurriedly said, "Rong Pei, quickly help the imperial concubine to lie down." Seeing that Yuyan's bedding was greasy and blackened, Rong Pei was afraid to do anything for a moment.Ruyi frowned, ignoring her own stomach, stretched out her hand and pressed Yuyan to lie down, and took a soft pillow to cushion her.Rong Pei hurriedly went to pour tea, only to find that even the tea set on the table was dirty, and there was not even a drop of water in the teapot, so he said angrily: "Those who can breathe outside, bring water quickly!" When Rong Pei drank, immediately a palace servant came in to serve the clean tea, and then hurriedly withdrew his eyebrows and walked out.Rong Pei poured a cup and found that it was just ordinary tea, so she couldn't care less for a moment, so she hurriedly brought it to Yu Yan's lips.Yuyan drank two cups in a row before she regained her composure. Yuyan was lying on the pillow, with her face up as if staring at an unknown distant place, she slowly shook her head and said: "It's useless, I know myself, I want to be too strong, but now I can't do it. I knew I was no more than It's a tribute, but it's just a piece of tattered clothes and a pair of rotten shoes that can be thrown away at any time. Why did you fight for the position of queen with you back then, and gave birth to a prince so desperately? So much effort, but in the end it was just a burden Innocent children are nothing but nothing. Your Majesty...I have seen through it. I have been lying for a lifetime, and I always thought that there was some sincerity, but it was just like that..." She sighed, and suddenly struggled to grab her loose clothes. long hair.Probably hasn't been washed for a long time, her hair is like dry autumn grass, she didn't realize it, she just struggled to braid her hair with trembling hands, and laughed slowly, "Back then, my hair was so black, so bright, and so beautiful. I am in the Li Dynasty, although I am a daughter of a small clan, but I am so young, I can look forward to everything, and start everything from the beginning. I can marry into the palace and become the prince's concubine, guarding his gentle Smiling for a lifetime. Forget it, it’s the same as here, and I still have to fight for a lifetime. But, they don’t want me anymore, they don’t even let me be a Li Chaoren, let me die. A helpless lonely ghost. If I could start from the beginning, I would choose a beloved Arirang. I would never have to fight or grab him for the rest of my life. She must be the most respected wife in the family and get the care and respect of my husband. I can have many, many children During the New Year, we play rice cakes and dance spring dances with them. I...I..." Yuyan suddenly couldn't continue speaking, her throat seemed to be stiff, she panted stiffly, two turbid tears slowly dripped from the corners of her eyes, but her face was full of hope.Longing for a smile, as if there is endless satisfaction, only immersed in his own world. Ruyi's heart suddenly became empty. After hating for so long, at the end of her life, seeing that she was about to die, she was not happy, but infinitely sad.She quietly raised Rong Pei's hand, and slowly walked outside the door. The snow light outside was so bright that Ruyi could barely open her eyes.There was a twinge of pain, and for some reason, she felt that tears were about to burst out of her eyes.Enduring and enduring, when she opened her eyes, Ruyi was as dignified and solemn as usual.She looked at the palace servants all over the courtyard, and only left one sentence: "Serve Concubine Jia well, and send her to die with all my heart." Her words fell softly, scattered like fine snow.There is a faint and long sound of Kunqu opera crawling through the palace courtyard, like a melodious singing voice, clear and tireless, accompanied by snowflakes flying like cherry blossoms, prolonging the mourning of the pear blossoms locked in the deep courtyard. "The cold wind blows through the ice, and the incense burner is too lazy to burn. A trace of blood is on the tip of the brow, and the rouge is tender. The lonely shadow is timid, the weak soul is floating, and the spring silk is alive. The building is full of frost and moonlight. Ruyi vaguely remembered that it was Li Xiangjun's libretto.The long bridge is blocked by frozen clouds and snow, and there are few tourists in the closed red building.The railings are low, and the curtains are hung with ice strips: the charcoal is cold and the fragrance disappears, and the evening wind is chilly when people are thin.Those who used to spend the moon and the spring breeze are gone from now on. Back in the palace, Ruyi just kept silent.As usual, the emperor came to eat with her.They talked to each other about the harem, but didn't mention Yuyan, as if they didn't know that she was seriously ill.Ruyi simply mentioned: "This morning, my concubine went to see Concubine Jia." The emperor gave a faint "oh", without paying any attention to it, but gently warned: "Ruyi, you are about to give birth, and you are pregnant with the auspicious fetus that Qin Tianjian said. Our eternal self She is very smart and cute, and your baby, Qin Tianjian, is extremely dignified, this child will become a great weapon in the future, so you should not go to these unclean places again." Ruyi lowered her gentle side face, leaned her waist and said, "I understand. But Concubine Jia is about to die, and this concubine is a queen, so I should take a look." Her brows were stained with melancholy. Mo Se, "What's more, when a person is about to die, there are many things to say, and it is really hard for my concubine to feel at ease if I don't ask them to understand." There was a moment of silence, only the emperor's breathing became slow and long, but soon, he just said as usual: "Will she speak?" Ruyi bit her lip and shook her head slightly: "She has her hatred and her resentment, but she refuses to express it until she dies." She took a deep breath and pressed down the resentment that was churning in her chest, "Jia Guifei said, She knows it, she won't say it, she won't admit it, and the concubine will be worried every night, and it will be hard!" He sneered, the corners of his thin lips twitched, and there was scorching disgust in his eyes: "If she said it, wouldn't it implicate Li Chao, the mother clan she misses the most?" He put the silver chopsticks in his hand heavily, and put The thin silver chain that was hanging made a trembling sound, "I read the booklet this afternoon, and there is one more ridiculous thing. Li Chao wrote it. It was found out that Jin Yuyan was indeed an adopted daughter. Li Chao's concubine It is clearly even worse than our dynasty. The son of a concubine has become a servant, let alone a wild species brought from nowhere? The couple who raised Jin Yuyan have been exiled by the king of the Li Dynasty. He also said that Jin Yuyan does not know where his blood is, Even if it is Li Chaoren's family, it is difficult to tell, so I have to ask my Qing Dynasty to judge." The emperor said it like a joke, Ruyi was supposed to relieve her hatred, and she should be happy, but when the words fell in her ears, she just felt like a heavy hammer fell, and her heart was instantly awe-inspiring.It was clearly the inner hall that was as warm as three springs, and she was wearing heavy Chinese clothes, but her back felt chilly and she was sweating thinly. So cool!It turns out that the so-called game of power, she, or the whole harem of women's mind and tricks.Not even one ten-thousandth of those people! Jin Yuyan was certainly at fault, but she devoted her whole life for the honor of her mother clan, but in the end, she was just a useless abandoned child who was easily abandoned, so completely thrown away that there was no chance of turning over. It turns out that no matter how colorful their life is, taking up all the spring scenery, they cannot escape the fate of falling red and withering, and crushing their bodies in dust and mud. It was the emperor's voice that recalled Ruyi's soul: "What does the empress think about this matter?" The light and shadow in the hall were faint, and the emperor slowly stroked the chrysoprase red gold finger on his thumb, "If the empress thinks that the matter of Jin's family is right?" If there is any relationship that cannot be cleared up, then I will definitely hold it accountable, so as to make the empress understand." Ruyi tried her best to hold herself back, and when she stared at her eyes, it was clearly his extremely serious expression, but in that seriousness, there was always a meaning that she couldn't fathom or touch. If you really want to make it clear to her, why ask, naturally you can't wait to do it.If you want to ask, you are hesitant and unwilling to find out. There was a cold light in her eyes for a moment, and the smile on her lips became deeper and deeper: "Concubine Jia has fallen into such a state, Li Chao naturally wished to get rid of it, and send beauties and newcomers to show his favor. But what Concubine Jia has done all her life Only Li Chao, without Li Chao's careful training, it wouldn't be here." She stopped, and clearly saw the emperor's pupils constrict slightly. She smiled bitterly in her heart, but her lips changed into a more tactful tone: "It's just that Concubine Jia's blood is not Li Chao, and she is in the Qing Dynasty. Even if Li Chao wants to be the envoy, she can't do anything. And Li Chao belongs to herself Great Qing has always respected Shangbang. It would be disrespectful to our great country to ask a teacher for a mere woman. Moreover, the noble concubine Jia is not from the Li Dynasty. , lie a lot." The emperor's eyes were slightly squinted, and under the reflection of the soft and beautiful sun, there was a hazy and flickering smile in his gaze.He put her hands together in his palms, and said emotionally: "The empress can let go of her own feelings and focus on the stability of my country. My heart is very comforting." She lowered her head and leaned against his side, feeling the warmth of his palm holding her fingers.I can't tell whether it's his palm that's cooler, or my own skin that's cooler.Maybe it's just the weather, his and her hands are generally cool.For a moment, the despair in her heart overflowed violently, as if she couldn't suppress it.Even such a skin-to-skin relationship, with a union of blood, turns out to be so close, and the distance cannot be covered by that step. A branch of red plum blossoms outside the window was in full bloom. The emperor stared for a moment, his eyes were like a frozen lake, except for the bone-chilling chill, there was no trace of emotion: "Life and death, flowers bloom and fall, are fate. She has a vicious heart and killed me. Jing Si and the sixth princess. Even if you think about it, God will not bless you!" The emperor paused, slowly sipping a bowl of sour bamboo shoot soup with pheasants, and said calmly, "If the imperial concubine is really dying, call the housekeeper The government should prepare for the funeral. Don't mess up all of a sudden, there is nowhere to go." Ruyi also acted as if nothing had happened: "Concubine Jia's funeral affairs can be ordered by the concubines to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The people on the left and right don't know what Concubine Jia has done, and the funeral must take care of face, or give her honor after death, don't call me Others have made unnecessary speculations." There was a slight shadow between the emperor's brows: "You are pregnant, don't get involved in more irrelevant and obscure matters. When I have a plan, I will leave it to Concubine Chun and Concubine Yu to take care of it." Ruyi concentrated, smiled softly, and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Jia is so sick, it won't work if her two elder brothers are always kept in elder brother's house, they have to be taken care of by someone else. Especially Yongxuan, There is an injury on the leg, no matter how careful the nuns are, they may not take care of it well enough." The emperor said casually: "The unfilial son of Yongxuan has already gone out, Yongxuan's legs and feet are inconvenient, and Yongxuan is young, so he should have a foster mother to take care of him. The empress means..." Ruyi said: "My elder brother's affairs have always been taken care of by Wanpin. Wanpin is old and childless, and she is also careful and docile. It's good to let her take care of it. Besides..." The emperor nodded and said: "That's fine. Their biological mothers are vicious and not disciplined, and the adoptive mothers should be extraordinarily quiet. Although the concubine is good, she is still in the harem after all. What I mean is that I want to hand it over to the concubine of Shoukang Palace." Let Yongxing listen to the Buddha's Zen words every day, so that he can cultivate a good mind." The emperor said that, naturally he didn't want to see Yongxing often in the palace, so he moved it to the concubines who didn't have to see each other on weekdays.Ruyi knew that the emperor hated Jin Yuyan to the extreme, so it was inconvenient to refute, so she only said that she would make arrangements.After sporadically speaking a few more words about the princes studying, the emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to handle government affairs.Ruyi's month was getting older, and it was very inconvenient to sit up and down, so she just sent the emperor to the gate of the hall.Because of her usual routine, Ruyi only wore a silver fox pipa breasted vest with Yongzi wool edge. The emperor smiled and tightened the slightly loose neckline for her, and said gently: "Tonight is the night of the full fifteenth month, and I will come to accompany you again." , and accompany our children." Ruyi didn't have much appetite for this meal, after finishing the meal, she slowly sipped the tea and watched the maids pack up the meals. Rong Pei saw that all the palace people who had been tidied up had gone out, and said just now: "It's what you deserve! The emperor should have ignored Concubine Jia this long ago, and saved her a vicious and vicious heart. I feel so happy to see the slave card!" Ruyi said with a hint of pleasure: "Wait to see or not, it was originally on the emperor's mind." She was stunned, and the red gold armor jingled on the copper hand stove, "Rong Pei, will this palace also have that?" What about a day?" After speaking, even she herself was shocked.Rong Pei's face turned pale, and she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? You are a queen, how can you be like them!" Ruyi was a little dazed, staring in bewilderment, and blurted out: "The empress is also a woman, and she is just one of the emperor's women. What I want to see today may also have a day I don't want to see." Rong Pei was so frightened that he quickly covered her mouth, and anxiously said with red eyebrows and white eyes: "Empress Empress, you are the most honorable woman, so you don't like talking nonsense like this." Ruyi was sad for a moment, quietly looking at the suddenly dark sky outside the window: "It's getting dark." Lead clouds hung low, secretly pressing down on the city, and there was a rustling sound hitting the eaves.Rong Pei took a few glances, then said: "Your Majesty, it's snowing." It was only then that Ruyi felt a little chilly, shrank slightly and said, "Yes! It's November, and it's time for snow." Rong Pei said quickly: "My maidservant, go and replace the empress with a novice stove to keep warm, and add two more charcoal basins." Ruyi nodded, listening to the sound of snow rustling outside, she was very worried: "Go to read the building and see, is Yongqi studying? If so, ask someone to add some winter clothes and a hand stove for him. Yongqi only cares about reading If you don't pay attention to these things, the servants who serve you may be inconsiderate." Rong Pei agreed to go.Sitting there, Ruyi felt that her whole body was drenched in cold, so she took a nap with a few little maids.