Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 59: Yunxiang Palace (1)
Ouyang Ruo nodded, told Dexuan and the others to follow closely, then stepped on his shoulders and followed them.

Sure enough, it was the road to Yunxiang Palace, and after turning two or three turns, I saw these three small seal characters painted in gold and hanging in front of the palace gate.Stepping down his shoulders, Ouyang Ruo approached all the way, only to see pavilions, winding corridors, and rock gardens. What's rare is that the pavilion gardens in this palace also have a three-point flavor of Huadi gardens. Ouyang Ruo was very happy when he saw it.No wonder when the empress allocated this palace to her, the faces of the concubines were filled with jealousy, it really is a good place.After passing through several corridors, I suddenly saw maids walking around in the Nuan Pavilion in front of me.Ouyang Ruo was puzzled, and helped De Xuan to go to see it.

Seeing her coming, the maid in the palace knelt down to pay her respects.The fire in the Warm Pavilion was strong, and the heat wave was coming, and there was a fresh fragrance, as if someone lived here.Didn't it mean that Yunxiang Palace is currently uninhabited?how come…

Ouyang Ruo became more and more confused about the situation, so she had to go in, only to see a person in front of the window wearing a very light blue robe, holding a book, looking at her with a smile.

"Your Majesty..." Ouyang Ruo couldn't help exclaiming, and behind him Dexuan had already knelt down with the palace servants.

"Haha, Ruo'er was taken aback by me." Chu Huotian laughed, strode forward and pulled her to sit down.The palace servants below offered hot water towels and handkerchiefs and retreated.

Seeing that it was a false alarm, Ouyang Ruo said with a slight annoyance on her face: "Isn't the emperor very busy, how come he has time to scare his concubines?"

Chu Huotian hugged her with a smile, helped her take off the cloak on her body, and said: "I have been busy with the ancestor worship ceremony these days, and I haven't seen you for a long time. Fortunately, you are willing to move to the palace, so I chose this one." The palace will give it to you, and ask the queen to come forward and call it to you, so that others will have nothing to say."

Ouyang Ruo was moved in his heart, but said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, so why are you afraid of being criticized by others?"

But Chu Huotian frowned and said: "I don't pay much attention to the harem, I'm afraid that those old antiques in front will not be convinced. If I dote on you, I don't know if I will send a few more women to the harem. After all, I can't I can only give up if I spoil you alone. This year has just begun, and many courtiers have asked me to accept the harem and follow the dragon's veins, and they have all been severely criticized by me."

Ouyang Ruo sighed in his heart, if someone like Chu Huotian also had a headache, it might not be easy.She had heard that the aristocratic clan of the Chu State was so powerful and deeply connected that many children from poor families had no hope of career.She is just a subjugated concubine, if Chu Huotian really favored her alone, how many people in the former court would be able to jump.

Ouyang Ruo raised his head and saw that there were fine lines at the corners of his eyes, and dark shadows could be seen faintly under the eyelids.Knowing that he must be extremely tired these few days, she bowed silently on his chest without saying a word.

Chu Huotian also hugged her, and after a while of silence, he said with a smile: "You came all the way, do you think this Yunxiang Palace is still eye-catching?"

Ouyang Ruo said with a smile: "Going back to the emperor, my concubine likes it very much." How could she not like it? She is used to seeing the high pavilions in the Chu Palace compound, and suddenly seeing the small pavilions and pavilions in Huadi, she would wake up with a smile in her dreams , The homesickness is also slightly comforted.

Chu Huotian helped her walk to the window, opened the window and pointed to some scenery with a smile: "It's winter now, if it comes to spring and summer, there will be green trees, red flowers, small bridges and flowing water here, which is quite different. scenery."

Ouyang Ruo's eyes followed his fingers, as if he could see the shade of willows covering the sun, and the shadows of flowers floating. Thinking about it, his eyes became wet, and he smiled after a while: "The emperor has really spent a lot of thought, and the concubines don't even know it. What to say."

Chu Huotian looked at her, and sighed softly: "If I don't take care of you, what will you do if you are alone in the palace? But this time the queen is easy to talk, and she won't use any big reason to fool me."

Ouyang Ruo's heart moved, the queen sold such a big favor to Chu Huotian, and she might not know when she would get the favor back.While thinking about it, he asked with a light smile: "This concubine wants to thank the empress for putting so much effort into this concubine."

Chu Huotian nodded her forehead and said with a smile, "Don't you thank me?" He didn't allow her to speak, and kissed her deeply.This kiss was lingering and tossing, his lips and tongue were tightly entangled with her, not letting go of every inch of her fragrance.Ouyang Ruo was caught off guard, and fell into his tenderness with a groan.He seemed to sigh softly, hugged her and turned behind the screen.

After some lingering, both of them didn't want to talk, they just hugged each other quietly.He kissed her temple lightly, and suddenly said: "Give me a child. I will raise it in Yunxiang Palace, which is also close to my Qiande Palace."

Ouyang Ruo nodded, put his arms around his neck, his beautiful eyes flowed, like the long spring water in the south of the Yangtze River, rippling and rippling.Chu Huotian's usually cold and serious eyebrows melted away, and he stroked her eyebrows and breathed a sigh of relief: "Only by your side can I relax for a while, but I can't accompany you more, and the harem is unconscious about everything. Xin, now the land of Qin is about to move again, it seems that the little yellow-haired boy has taken over the power. He is so young, but he has such courage, and he will definitely be the enemy of our Chu country in the future."

Ouyang Ruoyi listened to him talking about the troubles in his heart in detail as in the past, and occasionally responded a few times.The warm pavilion was as warm as spring, she finally couldn't hold back her tiredness, and gradually fell into a deep sleep.Chu Huotian looked at her pure sleeping face, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

Yes, he can't forget that it was him who sent a hundred thousand troops to invade the luxurious and magnificent Huaguo palace, destroying her country and destroying her home; he can't forget that it was him who brought her out of the palace. The beautiful and magnificent land of fish and rice came to the land of Chu, where the north wind is fierce.

But she never resented or even complained about all of this.A frown and a smile are calm and gentle, and when they are gentle and lingering, they are like water.Even though she is so docile, he finds that he doesn't understand her more and more. She is like the toughest cattail grass, standing in the harem of Chu State with her frail body, growing silently and waiting silently.

Chu Huotian and Ouyang Ruo slept until evening, only to be awakened softly by the palace servants, saying that the time for the evening banquet is approaching.Chu Huotian got up to wash and wash, while Ouyang Ruo also waited on him.

While the two were chatting and laughing, suddenly a palace official ran into the pavilion with sweat profusely, knelt down with a plop and said, "Your Majesty...it's not good...Yu Chongrong accidentally fell down, and the imperial doctor said that he had a fetal gas! The queen has already rushed over, so she asked her servants to come over and invite the emperor to go and have a look."

Ouyang Ruo was combing Chu Huotian's hair, when he heard the news, the jade comb in his hand shook, fell to the ground and broke in two.

Chu Huotian also stood up in shock, slapped the table and said angrily: "How do you serve, how can a good person fall down?"

Ouyang Ruo also lost her voice: "What's the situation now, can you see red?"

When did the little servant see Chu Huotian's aura, and he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak clearly: "I don't know... Please forgive me, the emperor and the empress... The queen asked the servant to come over and ask the emperor to take a look."

Ouyang Ruo hurriedly said to Chu Huotian: "Your Majesty, hurry up and take a look. Your Majesty's blessings will surely save Yu Chonghua from danger."

Chu Huotian had already calmed down, frowned and said: "Of course I'm going. By the way," he pointed to the servant who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You, go to the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital again, and spread a few more, and send them The courtyard is also called together. Let's drive!"

After he finished speaking, a team of maids outside the door hurried up to change his clothes and freshen up.Chu Huotian's face sank like water, and he let the palace servants serve him.Ouyang Ruo was also worried, she was on good terms with Yu Chonghua on weekdays, and liked her straightforwardness very much, but now that she was busy, she had to go and see her no matter what.

"Your Majesty, my concubines also want to visit." Ouyang Ruo said.

Chu Huotian nodded: "Forget it, you go with me."

When she arrived at Jinhua Palace, the queen was very worried.

After seeing the ceremony, Ouyang Ruo sat on one side. The palace people looked nervous and came and went. Ouyang Ruo felt a little relieved when he saw that the washbasin brought out was bloodless.

At this time, the curtain of the inner hall was lifted, and several old doctors came out with sad faces, and knelt down and said, "I would like to report to the emperor and empress, the humble ministers have tried their best, but the young master Chonghua is too nervous and keeps crying for pain. I'm afraid... I can't keep it..."

All the concubines who rushed over exclaimed in unison.Ouyang Ruo's heart skipped a beat and she looked up in surprise.Chu Huotian's complexion was ashen, and his knuckles were gradually turning white with his fingers on the armrest of the chair.The queen's complexion was also snowy, and she only asked softly: "Is it really impossible to keep it? I saw blood on the first day of the Chinese New Year, but it is very unlucky!" After she finished speaking, she sighed deeply, her face full of regret and disappointment. color.

After she finished speaking, the concubines below were also whispering.Mrs. Liu Guo frowned and said: "It's a pity, or I will be able to hold two dragon sons this year." She took a handkerchief and lightly pressed the powder on the face.

Chu Huotian remained silent, and suddenly stood up and turned into the inner hall to visit Yu Chonghua, only then did the cries of pain inside stop.After a while, Chu Huotian turned around and said to the imperial physician: "I have already persuaded her, you should think about how to keep the dragon fetus, this matter is very important, it must be done!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the sky, turned his head and said to the queen: "The queen has worked hard, and wait here to see how the situation is. Wait, there is still a banquet, I will go to it first, Ruyu will go with me, and the others If you have nothing to do, go back to the palace, too many people will add to the chaos."

After he finished speaking, the empress and all the concubines bowed to him. Ouyang Ruo hesitated for a while, and went forward and said, "Please allow your majesty to be with Yu Chonghua and help take care of him."

Chu Huotian's expression was mild, and he gently shook her hand before turning around and leaving.

Everyone knelt down to send them off respectfully, Ouyang Ruo waited for Chu Huotian to leave, and then said to the queen: "Empress, my concubine wants to go in and visit Sister Li."

The queen nodded and agreed.Ouyang Ruo turned around and entered the inner hall, and saw Yu Chonghua lying on the couch with a face like dirt, and several maids and nuns were cleaning her body and wiping her sweat.

Ouyang Ruo hurried to her side, and quickly asked the palace man next to her, "How is Yu Chonghua doing now?"

An older nanny said in a low voice: "Ms. Hui Rou, I saw blood when I came back, but she is better now, but the little master was frightened and kept complaining of abdominal pain, and just now she cried again..."

When Ouyang Ruo heard this, a look of worry appeared on her clear face.At this time, Yu Chonghua heard Ouyang Ruo's voice, opened his eyes and just called out: "Sister Ouyang..." Tears rolled down.

Ouyang Ruo hurriedly said: "Why are you crying, the baby is still in your stomach. Why are you so careless, you just fell down and it doesn't matter."

Yu Chonghua stopped his tears when he heard this, and asked with his eyes open: "Is it really okay? But it's bleeding, and the imperial doctor said it can't be saved." After speaking, he burst into tears.

Seeing her childish nature, Ouyang Ruo coaxed her: "The imperial doctor saw that you were screaming in pain, so he could only say that you couldn't keep it. Hold on, and if you don't bleed after today, you can keep it."

Yu Chonghua opened his teary eyes and asked, "Really?! Sister Ouyang, don't fool me."

In fact, she was only a [-]-year-old girl when she entered the palace. She was always apprehensive when she was pregnant for the first time, but now she accidentally fell, and she was overly nervous about the fetus.

Ouyang Ruo saw her smile, and her heart was only half relieved. At this time, the palace man brought the soup, Ouyang Ruo took it, and was about to feed Yu Chonghua, when suddenly she changed her mind and said: "Yu Chonghua is afraid of hardship, you go and get some Candied fruit here. Also, call Dexuan who is waiting outside the palace, I have something to order."

After she finished speaking, she instructed several palace servants in the house to go out one by one, and Dexuan came in. Seeing that there were no palace people around, Ouyang Ruo hurriedly said, "Taste this medicine, right?" medicine.

Dexuan took a sip from the silver spoon, thought carefully before saying: "The taste is right, and it's all safe for miscarriage. It's just that the servants are not familiar enough with the medicine, so I'm afraid..."

Ouyang Ruo also had a difficult time, and wanted to feed Yu Chonghua but was afraid it would be wrong.After thinking about it, he asked, "When you came in just now, did you see the Empress?"

Dexuan said: "The Empress moved to the Nuan Pavilion of the side hall to rest."

Ouyang Ruo pondered and said: "It can't be helped, I have to ask for an imperial physician to come over, so I can rest assured." Then he said to Yu Chonghua, "Don't worry, sister Li, I will ask for an appropriate imperial physician. Come here. This medicine..." She paused.

Yu Chonghua also said quickly: "It's not too late to drink later." Ouyang Ruo nodded, turned and went out.Dexuan then said to Yu Chonghua: "Little master, please rest first. The servant is outside the door. If you have any orders, just speak up." Then he quietly retreated.

Yu Chonghua saw that he was advancing and retreating at a certain pace, so he couldn't help nodding secretly, and sighed in his heart why he didn't have a capable servant by his side.

Ouyang Ruo went to the side hall and saw the queen leaning on the beauty's bed to rest her mind. Ouyang Ruo stepped forward carefully, and after paying respects, she carefully considered the words and said: "I want to report to the empress, Yu Chonghua still feels unbearable abdominal pain. The concubine has already Persuaded, but the effect is very little..." She said, looking at the Queen's expression.

Hearing what she said, the queen frowned and sighed: "Is it really impossible to keep it? Alas..." Ouyang Ruo saw that her worry did not seem to be fake, so she said cautiously: "The concubine is bold, and I want to invite you to often The Imperial Physician Qin who asked for Wan Zhaoyi's pulse came to have a look. I heard from Wan Zhaoyi that Qin Imperial Medicine is good at medicine, so..."

After hearing this, the queen asked doubtfully: "Prince Qin? Is there such a person in the imperial hospital? Why haven't I heard of it?" Ouyang Ruo hurriedly said: "The concubine is wrong. He is a doctor. According to theory, he cannot enter the palace. However, Wan Zhaoyi admired his medical skills very much. So the concubine thought that since this is the case, it would be better to invite Qin imperial physician to come and have a look. Maybe there will be some strange prescriptions."

The queen was silent after hearing this, Ouyang Ruo didn't dare to say any more, and just knelt quietly on the ground to peek at her expression.After a cup of tea, the queen suddenly realized that she was still kneeling, so she hurriedly ordered her to get up, and asked someone to bring her a soft stool.

The queen pondered and said: "I have seen several old imperial physicians, and they all said that I can only do my best and obey the destiny. How can that Qin imperial physician be better than these old imperial physicians? Forget it, since you are so confident, I will follow you. But if he wants to prescribe a prescription, he needs the consent of several imperial physicians."

After hearing this, Ouyang Ruo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My concubine, thank the empress for her kindness."

The queen looked at her meaningfully, took a sip of tea from the coffee table and said with a smile: "Concubine Rou is indeed virtuous, no wonder the emperor likes you so much. You can visit Yunxiang Palace, are you satisfied?"

Ouyang Ruo felt a 'thud' in his heart, she knew that she had only gone to Yunxiang Palace today, and the queen knew about it, so he must have known that Chu Huotian had also gone.The palace does not know how many of them are eyeliners laid by the queen.

She thought about it and quickly knelt down and said: "Go back to the empress, my concubine went to see it this afternoon, Yunxiang Palace is very beautiful."

Empress Ouyang Ruo ordered someone to invite the Qin imperial physician.It was already dinner time, Ouyang Ruo had no intention of eating, and only waited on the queen for a while before leaving to go out to accompany Yu Chonghua.

After entering the inner hall, seeing Dexuan accompanying Imperial Physician Qin to take needles, he felt a little relieved.

Doctor Qin gave the needle quickly and accurately, gave Yu Chonghua the needle and prescribed a prescription. The old doctor outside the curtain was somewhat angry, but after reading the prescription, he said hello.Only then did Ouyang Ruo put his heart in his stomach.Yu Chonghua finished acupuncture and took medicine before falling into a deep sleep.Seeing that she had stabilized, the queen praised Imperial Physician Qin a few words, rewarded her with some gifts, and returned to the palace.Ouyang Ruo felt hungry at this moment, and ordered Chun Yan, the maid next to Yu Chonghua, to return to the palace.Out of the corner of her eyes, she suddenly saw a wooden clog kicked under the bed, with water stains on it and some mud.

After being busy for a long time, Yu Chonghua didn't notice the shoe under the bed because he was nervous.

Her heart moved, and she asked Chunyan to take the shoe out of the hall, and looked at it carefully by the candlelight, and sure enough... Ouyang Ruo snorted coldly in her heart: How dare you play such a trick!
As soon as her beautiful eyes turned, there was piercing sharpness, which pierced Chun Yan in front of her uneasy.

Ouyang Ruo snorted coldly, shunned the palace people in the inner hall, and sat on the main seat: "Tell me, what's going on. You are Yu Chonghua's personal palace lady, and she wants everything Pass your hand, if there is something wrong with the person lying inside, you will be the first to escape the responsibility."

Chunyan was trembling with fright, the shoe lying in front of her looked like a monster.Yes, these are just a pair of extremely ordinary embroidered palace shoes, because the court ladies in the Chu Palace like to wear this kind of embroidered shoes with cork soles on snowy days. The soles are carved with deep patterns, so they will not slip in the snow. Gradually, many concubines gradually began to wear this kind of shoes.

But the pattern on the sole of the shoe in front of him was deliberately worn backwards, not to mention walking on a snowy track that has been trampled on for two days, even on a flat road, it may slip.

"Tell me. Who puts away your master's clothes and who keeps them? If you don't understand clearly, I will report it to you, and all of you slaves will be arrested and tortured in the Internal Criminal Division!" Ouyang Ruo raised his eyebrows coldly. Cold and authentic.

Chunyan was so frightened that she kowtowed and cried, "Ma'am, please forgive me. It's not the servants who keep it, but Chunling... The young master's clothes are all kept by her. The servants only serve the young master's daily meals, and don't pay much attention to the rest. Slaves are punished with death..." After she finished speaking, she wanted to cry again.

Ouyang Ruo yelled softly: "Stop crying, do you want to wake up your master if you cry again?" She covered her mouth and sobbed softly.

Seeing her crying miserably, Ouyang Ruo said: "This evening, I will not pursue it for the time being. You should think about who is behaving strangely around Yu Chonghua. I will come over tomorrow morning, and I will come tonight Ask Aunt Wanhui to watch over here, you can do it yourself, don't disturb others, if you find out who that person is, you will naturally let you go, if you can't find out, you can figure it out."

Chunyan hurriedly responded: "Your servant dare not, because your servant followed the young master into the palace, if there is anything wrong with your young master, this servant should apologise with death."

Ouyang Ruo nodded, and said coldly: "Since you entered the palace with your young master, you naturally know that she is good, and you will have a good future as servants. If one of her is not good, you don't even want to escape." God. I won't say too much if there are too many things. You take care of your master yourself." Chunyan nodded quickly in agreement.

Only then did Ouyang Ruo help De Xuan back to the palace, leaving Wan Hui to take care of Yu Chonghua.

Early the next morning, the queen went to visit Yu Chonghua, and Ouyang Ruo also followed.When they arrived at the "Jinhua Palace", Wan Hui came forward with a happy face and said, "I want to report to the empress, the young master Yuchonghua slept very peacefully last night, and I didn't see red again when I woke up this morning."

The queen was overjoyed, and after chanting the Buddha's name, she said: "That's all right, turning bad luck into good luck, this is the blessing of my Great Chu ancestor."

(End of this chapter)