Chapter 124(1/3)
Concubine Yun glanced at Ji Baolin for the last time, stood up, bowed slightly to Emperor Yong, and said softly,
"Your Majesty, you have heard Ji Baolin's words just now. In order to make Ji Baolin give up, I would like to ask the emperor to lend it to Eunuch Zhang."
"Accurate." Emperor Yong took back his hand to tease the little prince and looked at Concubine Yun, but suddenly realized that even he could not see through what was hidden under Concubine Yun's smile.
Emperor Yong's expression became dark. It seems that Ji Baolin had fallen into trouble today, no matter what the truth is. Well, she has indeed lived long enough. As early as when Ayan miscarried that day, she should have accompanied the child.
Concubine Yun could feel the complicated emotions of Emperor Yong, but she didn't care at all. What does the emperor feel like? As long as it doesn't hinder her, what does it have to do with her?
While Zhang Jin went to Xianyun Palace, Ji Baolin was worried and nervously waited for the result, but Concubine Yun casually stripped the longan in front of him, a small, white one, gently placed in front of Chu Yanzi.
Chu Yanzi opened her mouth and couldn't see any movements. However, after a while, she spit out the longan core, and Bai Hua, who was beside her, then retreated behind her without saying a word.
Looking at the actions of the two, Emperor Yong suddenly frowned, looked at Concubine Yun with a bad expression, and then said, "Ayan, why is it so quiet today?"
Chu Yanzi seemed to have a smile on her face, hidden in the clouds and mists, looming. After looking closely, she realized that it was just an illusion. Her voice was extremely light and soft, as if she was still acting coquettish.
"The little prince's full moon gift was disturbed. What should I say?"
Emperor Yong paused and looked at Chu Yanzi carefully before realizing that there might be a noise outside the door. Ayan felt depressed, but she didn't show it, and she didn't notice it. Emperor Yong was slightly stunned. He had no other way in the hall, so he had to instruct the palace servants around him.
"Put a plate of pineapple for Concubine Zhen."
Chu Yanzi trembled his eyelashes and finally looked up at Emperor Yong. He did not complain, but explained, "The little prince's three-legged rituals were not held because of his injury. Now, his full moon ceremony is unwilling to disturb his blessings."
But Emperor Yong looked at Chu Yanzi's calm expression, but gave up other thoughts, leaving only a trace of guilt, "Okay, I understand."
Chu Yanzi smiled with a smile, with true feelings, and even her eyebrows were soft and soft, and the bottom was quiet, but Chu Yanzi handed the longan in her hand to Emperor Yong, with a hint of cuteness in her eyes, as if she was isolated from the miserable two people below, and she became two worlds.
This time it was a state banquet, and in public, flirting was indecent. Chu Yanzi had to put the longan in the bowl, so that the palace servants behind him and Emperor Yong, and Concubine Yun's expression flashed, but she didn't say anything.
Soon, Zhang Jin brought the people back. Seeing the palace servant behind Zhang Jin holding a tray in his hand, Ji Baolin's eyes lit up, hoping that the things there could give her hope.
"When I returned to the emperor, I didn't find anything like itchy powder in Xianyun Palace, but a jade bracelet was found inside the head of Yun Fei's bed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Concubine Yun stood up a little out of control and angrily scolded, "Who told you to move that bracelet!"
Zhang Jin and others were stunned and fell to the ground one after another. They never thought that Concubine Yun, who could be calm even when Ji Baolin accused her of murdering the eldest prince, would be furious at this time. What does this bracelet represent?
A trace of surprise flashed in Emperor Yong's eyes. He glanced at Concubine Yun slightly, narrowed his eyes, and said to Zhang Jin, "Come on and see it."
"no!
Before Concubine Yun could say anything, she was interrupted by Chu Yanzi directly, "Sister!"
Concubine Yun paused and turned her head to look at Chu Yanzi, but saw Chu Yanzi's face soft, and she couldn't see any strange smile at her, and said in a gentle voice,
"Sister, no matter what it is, let the emperor see it and relieve everyone's suspicion."
Chu Yanzi heard the meaning of comfort in his voice, but Concubine Yun still wet her eyes slightly. This was the first time she had lost her composure in front of everyone. Even if she didn't know what was inside, Chu Yanzi guessed something. However, Emperor Yong would not allow others to refuse if he wanted to see it!
He raised his hand and pulled Concubine La Yun. Concubine Yun finally sat down with her force. She also understood this truth, but she couldn't help it. She didn't want Emperor Yong to touch anything that belonged to him, and he was not worthy!
"Please give me some advice."
Concubine Yun's voice was a little misty. I don't know what emotion he fell into, but the depression made Chu Yanzi's heart beat.
When Emperor Yong heard Concubine Yun's words, he didn't know what he felt. He took the jade bracelet handed over by Zhang Jin and took a rough look, but did not find any difference. Until he saw the word "dust" engraved inside the jade bracelet, Emperor Yong seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and his hand holding the jade bracelet couldn't help but tremble.
"Your Majesty has read it carefully? Does this have anything to do with the eldest prince? If there is no problem, the emperor should give the bracelet back to me."
Just as Emperor Yong recalled the past, Concubine Yun suddenly remembered that she seemed to have returned to her usual appearance, still smiling as soft as the wind, but under her slightly red eyes, she seemed so powerless.
Concubine Yun saw the guilt and stunned emotions on Emperor Yong's face. She looked at him as if she wanted to recall the past and interrupted him directly. Why should he think about it? From the moment her child dyed the red pepper palace gate, Emperor Yong was no longer worthy of thinking about her child!
Does anyone know her pain? The eldest princess was only five years old back then! How could Emperor Yong believe Mu Lianyi's words? I believe that the eldest princess pushed Mu Lianyi into the water? How could he bear to give the order "Let her taste this too"? How could he think that he fainted from pain and pretended to be pitiful?... How could he block all the news about that child!
Her child! She hasn't seen the world yet! A child that no one remembers except herself!
In order to cover up her mistakes, Emperor Yong destroyed the mouths of all those who knew about her miscarriage in the name of Mu Lianyi falling into the water, so that her child seemed to have never appeared in this world!
It seemed that he understood the meaning of Concubine Yun, Emperor Yong's expression changed again and again, but he finally suppressed his emotions and ordered Zhang Jin to beside him.
"Return the bracelet to Concubine Yun."
Zhang Jin obeyed the order. When Zhang Jin approached, Concubine Yun grabbed the jade bracelet and closed her eyes tightly, not thinking about anything. The jade bracelet was made of the blood in front of the Jiaofang Hall. The dark red paint inside was all her children. How could Emperor Yong dare to touch it?
The concubines below looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. The concubine Yun, who was always in a good manner, actually cried?
Chu Yanzi seemed to be able to feel the pain of Concubine Yun, but she was helpless. She couldn't help Concubine Yun, and she couldn't even help her relieve her depression. She could only be relieved by herself, but how could Concubine Yun let it go?
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, no one spoke for a while, and it was silent. Ji Baolin below was not stupid. Seeing Concubine Yun's abnormal behavior, especially Emperor Yong, who actually endured Concubine Yun's disrespect, she suddenly realized that the emperor felt guilty towards Concubine Yun, but why? Why did the emperor feel guilty towards Concubine Yun?
Gwallowed all her questions and watched Emperor Yong look at her, as if she knew what would happen next. Ji Baolin suddenly breathed shallowly, looked at Emperor Yong calmly, waiting for him to speak. After being Baolin for more than a year, she had forgotten the pride of being the queen, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of Ji Baolin's mouth.
"Ji Baolin, without permission, escaped from the cold palace, disturbed the prince's banquet, slandered the superiors, and committed it knowingly, and the crime was even higher." Emperor Yong looked at Ji Baolin indifferently, saw the bitter smile on her face, and seemed to remember that when she first married into the royal palace, they had a sweet life, but it took too long, and they all changed.
"Take your own three-foot white silk."
Emperor Yong suddenly felt a little tired, and he rubbed his temples. At this point, the people he had once loved, loved, and respected were gone. Suddenly, he felt a pair of warmth on his forehead pulled down. Emperor Yong was slightly stunned. When he opened his eyes, he saw Chu Yanzi standing behind him naturally, pressing the acupoints for him.
Emperor Yong suddenly felt warm in his heart. All the emotions just now disappeared. He held Chu Yanzi's hand in his hand and held it. Why did he forget that he still had Ayan, and Ayan was enough. Emperor Yong curled his lips and smiled, and returned to his past peace. He watched Ji Baolin calmly accept the order and retreat.
The banquet could not continue any longer. Emperor Yong returned to Yangxin Hall to handle political affairs. Chu Yanzi took the little prince back to Jujiu Hall alone, but he didn't want to return the ceremonial guard before he could take a few steps. Chu Yanzi frowned slightly, lifted the curtain and looked at it, but saw Fu Yan standing aside.
Chu Yanzi's expression remained unchanged, but he frowned in his heart because of his actions, "Doctor Fu?" As soon as he said this, Chu Yanzi chuckled and gently patted his mouth as if he was wrong.
"Look at my memory, I should be called Lord Fu now."
"I'm going to see Concubine Zhen, it's auspicious!" Fu Yan didn't care about her name, and looked at her as usual, but there was a hint of greed in his eyes. This emotion made Chu Yanzi calm his eyebrows and asked with a chuckling.
"Sir Fu shouldn't have left the palace? Why is it here?"
"Weichen originally planned to leave the palace, but the emperor asked me to pass on the message and asked me to go to Yangxin Palace." Because I haven't seen her for too long, Fu Yan wanted to divide it into two sentences at this time.
But Chu Yanzi had no intention of wasting time with him here. He bounced the cheek of the little prince in his arms and was about to speak. Yu Guang saw another ceremonial guard stop beside his ceremonial guard.
Chu Yanzi looked over and saw Concubine Yun leaning against the soft couch in a green brocade dress, lifting the curtain close to him, poking her head out, looking at Chu Yanzi, and then putting her eyes on Fu Yan.
"Why is Mr. Fu here?"
Fu Yan lowered his head slightly and did not look at Concubine Yun directly, "Emperor Xuan Weichen went to the Yangxin Palace."
"Since that's the case, then Lord Fu, go quickly, don't let the emperor wait." Concubine Yun's eyes looked deeper, and she seemed to say with a deep meaning.
Fu Yan's expression changed, but people did not notice it, "Yes! I'm leaving!"
After saying this, Fu Yan turned around and left without looking at Chu Yanzi more.
After he left, Chu Yanzi looked at Concubine Yun, and the smile on her lips remained unchanged, "It seems that this is not the way my sister returns to the palace?"
"I just saw Concubine Zhen stop and was curious about what happened, so I came over and took a look." Concubine Yun was not surprised when she changed from time to time, and this was no exception.
Chu Yanzi didn't say it was believed, or he still didn't believe it, "Then I will go back to the palace first, so sister should go back early, the eldest princess is alone in Xianyun Palace, I'm afraid she's a little lonely."
"Concubine Zhen will go first."
Waiting for Chu Yanzi's ceremonial guard to leave, Concubine Yun glanced at the direction of the Yangxin Palace, and a deep meaning flashed in her eyes. When she just came over, she would definitely not misjudgment the feelings in Fu Yan's eyes. Concubine Yun sneered. She didn't expect that just being an imperial physician for Concubine Zhen for a while, Fu Yan's courage was so great!
Thinking of what Yan Lianyu said before, Fu Yan and Chu Yanzi had a relationship, Concubine Yun tightened her hands, and the smile on her face became colder and more severe.
Lian Yun, who was next to the ceremonial guard, waited for a long time, but still couldn't see her empress calling back to the palace. She raised some voices and asked in confusion, "Empress?"
Concubine Yun was awakened by Lianyun, and her lips curled up in a flash. She seemed to have thought of something, and said casually, "Go back to the palace."
Time flies. After the little prince's full moon ceremony, the harem was really quiet for a while. The concubines who were favored in the palace, such as Mu Lianyi, Luo Yi and others, have all died. Now, if Emperor Yong enters the harem, he will basically go to Jujiu Palace. Occasionally once or twice, he will also go to Shen Ronghua's palace.
As the end of the year approaches, the harem becomes more and more calm. On this day, Chu Yanzi took Bai Hua to Cihui Palace, but after arriving at Cihui Palace, the nanny told them that the Queen Mother occasionally felt the cold and today's greeting was spared.
Concubine Yun walked in front of Chu Yanzi, wearing a palace outfit with a litmus red skirt, with a fluttering look, which looked like a fairy. Chu Yanzi looked at her from behind, feeling a little lucky. With Concubine Yun's appearance and demeanor, as well as her own methods, if she was determined to compete for favor, it would be even more difficult for her to complete the task.
Concubine Yun glanced at Chu Yanzi, but saw her looking at her distracted, and couldn't help but laugh, "What are Ayan thinking?"
Chu Yanzi came back to his senses and said, "Sister is beautiful, but my sister is fascinated by the sight."
Regardless of whether she was true or not, her flattery obviously pleased Concubine Yun. The two walked to the Imperial Garden together, "Did Ayan wipe her honey before going out today?"
"Ayan said the truth. If your sister doesn't believe it, then you should think that Ayan hasn't said it?"
"Hey, I've said it, but I still want to take it back?"
"Puchi--" Chu Yanzi covered her mouth and smiled, and stopped talking about this topic.
"The Queen Mother's health has become worse and worse recently." When she said this, Chu Yanzi didn't know what kind of mood she was holding. Since she entered the palace, the Queen Mother has never felt sorry for her. She even felt a little guilty about her because of her injuries, pregnancy, etc. It can be said that in this harem, except for Concubine Yan, the Queen Mother is the best for her.
But the empress dowager is older after all. In the past six months, she has hired imperial physicians many times. In the past, at least she did not delay the time to ask for peace. Now, even the greeting has been dismissed. I don’t know what happened to the empress dowager?
Concubine Yun picked a peony, picked one of the petals, sprinkled it on the ground, pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't raise it much deeper. She glanced at Chu Yanzi's clear and dark expression before she spoke,
"I heard that the Empress Dowager seems to be in a serious condition. She almost couldn't get up yesterday."
Chu Yanzi frowned, looked at Concubine Yun deeply, and his voice unconsciously lowered, "In my sister's opinion, how is the Empress Dowager's condition?"
"I am not an imperial physician, why did Ayan ask me?" Yun Fei did not answer her immediately, but instead asked back.
Chu Yanzi smiled without saying a word, and pushed the tea in front of him, thrusting at Yun Fei's hand, waiting for her answer. She asked naturally not the answers the imperial physician said. What she had to know was whether the Queen Mother's illness was coincidental or artificial.
Concubine Yun picked up the tea hand and looked softly at the beauty walking over, almost touching her red lips.
"Whether artificial or coincidence, we shouldn't be involved."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Chu Yanzi could think of something, Concubine Yun continued, "Okay, stop talking about this, someone is here."
Chu Yanzi paused, turned around and looked over. When he saw the visitor, he raised his eyebrows slightly. Shen Ronghua? It's such a coincidence that whenever she and Concubine Yun visited the imperial garden, she always met some people. Thinking about this, Chu Yanzi couldn't help but smile and waited for Shen Ronghua to come.
To be continued...