Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 65: Pregnant Dragon Heir (2)
Then she comforted Mrs. Liu Guo and said: "Sister, haven't you heard it? Love is deeply responsible. Although the emperor is the emperor, he is also the father of the eldest prince. Naturally, this father has higher expectations for his son, so he usually Naturally, it is stricter, so don't worry too much, sister."

Mrs. Liu Guo seemed to have taken a reassurance.Her face was moved, and she shook Ouyang Ruo's hand and said: "My sister can talk, and my sister's heart knots have been opened, and I can sleep peacefully when I go back."

Ouyang Ruo comforted her a few more words, coaxing her face like a spring flower and smiling very happily.She sat for a long time before reluctantly leaving.

After seeing her off, Ouyang Ruogong looked at the teacup on the table and couldn't help smiling.She asked Liu Shi, "What happened next?..." Did such a beautiful encounter have a beautiful ending?

Mrs. Liu replied: "Later? Then he naturally treated me very well..."

But in her panic, she took the wrong teacup.After all, you can't lie to your own heart!Ouyang Ruo sighed quietly.

Mrs. Liu Guo came over that time, but she didn't bring any gifts, she just came empty-handed and left empty-handed.Wan Hui asked strangely: "Isn't Mrs. Liu Guo generous and generous? Why didn't she bring a gift this time?"

Ouyang Ruo smiled slightly, but didn't answer.Naturally, she didn't dare to bring things here, if she did, Ouyang Ruo would tell Chu Huotian the benefits of being the eldest prince, and with Chu Huotian's temperament, she would naturally be suspicious.This is counterproductive.

If Ouyang Ruo turned back and sued Liu Shi, but she came here just to admire the plum blossoms and chat, without any possessions, no one would believe that she was here to form a gang.Sure enough, it was well planned.

After a few days, Chu Huotian came to Yunxiang Palace to have a rest, played chess with Ouyang Ruo, and suddenly asked, "Did Mrs. Liu come here?"

Ouyang Ruo said with a smile: "Yes, Mrs. Liu Guo said that she was bored that day, so she came here for a walk, and by the way admired the white plums in the concubine's garden."

Chu Huotian frowned and asked, "What did she say?"

Ouyang Ruo calmed down, looked at Chu Huotian with a half-smile and said, "Yes, she said a lot, and she even told an allusion about Baimei, and the concubines were fascinated by it."

Chu Huotian asked suspiciously: "What is the allusion about Baimei?"

Ouyang Ruosu held the white piece in his hand, and said slowly: "It is said that there is a rich merchant's daughter, who is talented and beautiful, but in her plum grove, she fell in love with a martial artist who sneaked out from the banquet to read a book. At a glance, she is desperate to marry him, even if she becomes a concubine, she is willing. The story is probably like this. Your Majesty, do you think that woman is stupid."

Chu Huotian was stunned for a long time, he couldn't even play chess anymore, he came back to his senses and said awkwardly: "It's stupid... I thought it was strange back then..."

Ouyang Ruo sighed, sat beside him, smoothed the wrinkles between his brows and said: "The concubine is not speaking for Mrs. Liu Guo, but the emperor treats the eldest prince too harshly, even if he is dull, he can The people below are all looking at the emperor's face. The bowl of water in the emperor's hand must be leveled."

Chu Huotian nodded and shook her hand silently.

Ouyang Ruo sighed in his heart, Mrs. Liu Guo, that's all I can do to help you, look at your son's fortune, even if you know you are using me.But maybe it was because of the stubborn girl in the white plum forest, looking at him from a distance like this, her heart was thrown into the wind like this, and she could never get it back.

After hearing Ouyang Ruo's words, Chu Huotian went to Mrs. Liu Guo's place several times in the middle of this month, and although he didn't appreciate the eldest prince much, at least he was much more amiable.Mrs. Liu Guo was so happy that she almost wanted to cry, she was full of sincere gratitude every time she saw Ouyang Ruo.But Ouyang Ruo became more and more decent and courteous.

Spring has come quietly, and the snow is melting day by day.As if overnight, bracts covered with hard shells appeared on the tree.Chu Huo Tianxia gave a sacred metaphor, saying that the election of the crown prince neither selects the elder nor the heir, but only selects the sage to live there.Only then did the wave of Li Chu's wind be completely suppressed.

Ouyang Ruo saw that the cold winter was finally over, and she was happy. It was finally over, and the sky was still bitingly chilly, but she couldn't help but want to turn out last year's spring shirt.But I turned it over and over, but I didn't find it, only some thin shirts.She looked at the clothes in the room and was startled suddenly. It turned out that it was the end of spring when she arrived in Chudi, so naturally there were no spring clothes.She actually forgot that it was more than a year since Huaguo City was broken that day.The heart is astringent, things are different from people, and things are different from people.This year has passed like this, and it has passed so quickly and it seems as long as several lifetimes have passed.

Wanhui came in and reported, "Master Yuchonghua is here." Ouyang Ruo looked sleepy, waved his hands and said, "Got it." Then she went out without putting on her makeup.

Yuchonghua and Li Yinghong were more than four months pregnant, her belly was protruding, and the clothes seemed tight on her body.Seeing her coming, Ouyang Ruo smiled and said, "Why is Sister Li free to come over today?" She usually goes to visit her, but it is rare for her to come to see her in person.

Li Yinghong smiled, sat down slightly and said, "The concubine really has something to do with her sister this time." Ouyang Ruo nodded, and went into the inner room with her.

Li Yinghong frowned and said: "This time is tricky. I told my parents what my sister taught me, and they found Concubine Xu's father. I didn't expect it to be smooth sailing, and they hit it off right away. But Concubine Xu How is the empress coming out now?"

Ouyang Ruo didn't hesitate to laugh and said, "Could it be that Sister Li's parents are willing to give up the future of the child in their womb?"

Li Yinghong smiled and said, "It's not that I'm reluctant, but the Zhao family has always been at odds with our Li family. Even if this child is a girl, I can't give it to her. If it's a boy, I can't give it to her."

Ouyang Ruo didn't ask any further questions, but nodded and said, "So that's what I said. I just understood today."

Later, when Li Yinghong explained the reason in detail, Ouyang Ruo listened quietly, and only then did she really understand.It turns out that there are many conflicts among the clans in Chu State. For example, the emperor rewarded a family with land, and the other clans watched with red eyes. Moreover, secret encroachment of land among clans is also very popular, and it is often you My family circled my land, and then the two families fought endlessly for several fields.Li Yinghong's family and the queen's Zhao family had always been a bit inconsistent, and now that the Li family had a young master and was pregnant with a dragon fetus, naturally they absolutely refused to give the child to the Zhao family to make wedding dresses for them.Besides, if the one born is the prince, then with the power of the Li family, it is very possible to surpass the Zhao family in one leap.

Only then did Ouyang Ruo understand why Li Yinghong reacted so violently when she realized that the queen wanted to adopt her child under her knees.It seems that the queen is also in a hurry, otherwise she would not want to snatch her child regardless of family disputes.

"Sister Ouyang, you see that Concubine Xu is going to be out of the cold palace, but what should I do?" Li Yinghong was straightforward, and only urged Ouyang Ruo to find a way quickly.

Ouyang Ruo said with a smile: "It's not so easy. It's Leng Gong, and she committed such a big thing, it's really not so easy to handle." As he spoke, he turned the tea cup, and the tea leaves fluctuated in the water, as if Life is average.It's really not easy to stay in the top position forever.

"Then what should I do? My sister sees that I'm already four months pregnant, so it won't be too bad if she doesn't come out again." Li Yinghong said anxiously.

Ouyang Ruo looked at the melting snow outside the house, and suddenly said: "It's the time of spring and flowers bloom again, just bear with it. This cold spring is even colder than midwinter." She said, listening to Li Yinghong Say a few words in your ear.

Li Yinghong nodded after hearing this, and finally said: "Sister Ouyang is the best, she is very accurate."

Ouyang Ruo smiled and said: "Stop praising me. Although the emperor looks serious, his heart is actually the softest. It's just that after helping you with this matter, how can you repay my sister?" She said the last sentence casually, like a joke words.

Unexpectedly, Li Yinghong left her seat and gave a big gift. She said solemnly: "Sister, don't worry, I, Li Yinghong, am a straightforward person. My sister helped me like this today. If my sister has something to do in the future, I will definitely do my best."

Ouyang Ruo hurriedly helped her up, and sighed with a smile: "It's all a joke, what does my sister really do, as long as my sister is good, I will be good. My sister will rely on her in the future."

Li Yinghong smiled and said: "I won't talk too much, I have to find a way to send the method my sister said to my parents."

Ouyang Ruo nodded, and suddenly said: "Tell your parents that this is what we discussed and thought about together. Don't say that I did it all by myself. Next, we will see how Concubine Xu's father will act. I can I'm going to stand by and watch."

She said with a smile, that's all she can do, there is nothing she can do if there is too much.

Li Yinghong nodded with a smile, and then left.

Wan Hui sent her out, and then came to Ouyang Ruo and asked, "It's no good for your mother to help them like this. If you offend that taboo, we will have a hard time."

Ouyang Ruo supported his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "Then what should I do? Auntie, don't worry, I've kept this matter secret, and if it's someone else's hands, that person wouldn't expect it to be me."

After more than ten days, I suddenly heard that Xu's mother was seriously ill. Xu's father, Xu Zhenglin, Minister of the Ministry of War, begged to see Chu Huotian alone after the early court, crying bitterly. The only last wish in Dao's wife's life is to see her daughter again, please the emperor Long En , ordered Xu to go out of the palace.Poor Xu Zhenglin was old, with graying hair and tears, kneeling in front of Chu Huotian's imperial study for an entire hour, until she fainted before being carried back to the mansion.

Chu Huotian naturally couldn't agree, not to mention that Mrs. Xu committed a serious crime, even if she didn't make any mistakes, it would not be easy for the concubines in the harem to leave the palace.It's just that Xu Zhenglin has been on sick leave since she fainted in front of the imperial study. At this time, it was a sensitive period of the border dispute between Qin and Chu. A lot of border defense arrangements and official orders for dispatching troops and generals were piled up in the Ministry of War.It was really time for Xu Zhenglin to fall ill.Chu Huotian was so busy that he was dizzy again, so he hurriedly mobilized a few servants of the Ministry of War to assist them, and only then managed to maintain the normal operation of the Ministry of War.

Seeing that Chu Huotian was tired, Ouyang Ruo often made nourishing soup and went to the imperial study to serve the pen and ink.Chu Huotian was naturally willing to see her. The other palaces were envious and envious when they saw her. They would often bring pastries they made, but they were stopped by Li Jingcai as soon as they arrived at the imperial study.

What kind of person is Li Jing?Chu Huotian's personal servant, even the queen respects him three points, not to mention these little concubines.Zhang Jieyu in the harem is also an old man who came out of the Hou's mansion, and she has a three-pointed temper. On that day, she thought that Chu Huotian hadn't been in her palace for a month or two, so she brought a food box, and Tingting curled up Come to the Royal Study Room.Naturally, she was stopped by Li Jingcai, but she was quite sensible, and returned angrily. After walking a few steps, she suddenly saw Ouyang Ruo in a simple and elegant suit, and was welcomed in by Li Jingcai.

She flared up for a moment and turned around again.Pointing at Li Jingcai and angrily scolding: "You have no eyes, slave, why should she go in to serve the emperor, but I can't?" Immediately, five paw prints were imprinted on his fair face.

Li Jingcai was not angry, just smiled and said: "Miss Jieyu misunderstood, the emperor summoned Mistress Rou Fangyi to come and serve her, and the slaves also obeyed orders."

Seeing that she offended him impulsively, Zhang Jieyu regretted so much that her intestines were green, so she hurried back to her palace. In less than an hour, the emperor sent someone to pass on the holy metaphor, saying that she described it as insolent and punished her. She was grounded for a month and her case was halved.At this point, the harem realized that there are two people who cannot be provoked now, the first is Ouyang Ruo who is getting more and more favored, and the second is the humble Li Jingcai.

Although Ouyang Ruo's favor made everyone in the harem pay attention to her, she was the same as before, neither coquettish nor irritable, she was the first to come to the empress every day to greet her and serve her, and she had to make good friends with all the concubines.Needless to say, Liu Shi, Lin Shi and Li Shi, the other concubines also got along well.And she is not the kind of ignorant woman who bullys the emperor all day long, but because after she served the emperor's pen and ink, she mentioned a few words to Chu Huotian, what is the birthday of the empress of that palace, and the empress of that palace has a headache and brain fever, Chu Huotian Huo Tian would ask them one by one.This trick makes people unable to say anything wrong.So she turned a blind eye and let her enjoy the honor of serving the emperor in the imperial study.

It is said that a few days after Xu's father fell ill, Xu, who was in the cold palace, did not know where he heard the news. He stabbed his finger and wrote ten thousand words of blood, and sent it to Emperor Chen. She also said that she was eager to beg for a son, and she went sideways and failed the emperor's love for her. Now she is guilty of the crime and dare not ask for anything else. She only hopes that the emperor will let her see her parents and die immediately to thank the emperor.

Chu Huotian was deeply moved by that letter written in bright red blood.He knew that Mrs. Xu had a strong temper, and it was more difficult to ask her to bow her head and admit her mistakes. Now that she wrote such a bloody and tearful swearing-in, of course she really changed her past.

When Chu Huotian read the letter of blood presented by the Yongxiang Palace, Ouyang Ruo was studying ink for him.Seeing the changing expression on Chu Huotian's handsome face, she sighed softly: "Presumably Concubine Xu must be suffering a lot."

Chu Huotian didn't speak when he heard the words, he just put the blood aside and read the memorial as before.If he didn't speak, Ouyang Ruo would naturally not say a word.

Three days later, one morning, Ouyang Ruo woke up and felt unwell, so she asked Wanhui to go to the empress's side to ask for leave, and asked Qin Zhi to take her pulse.The inner hall is as warm as spring, and the cigarettes in the copper beast cauldron are misty, but the damp and cold air of spring has gone.Ouyang Ruo half leaned on the bed of the beauty, and stretched out her bright wrist for Qin Zhi to diagnose the pulse.Qin Zhi came quickly, Wan Hui sent someone to invite him, and he arrived in half an hour.

He cleaned his hands first, wiped them with a soft white flannel cloth, and then concentrated on taking the pulse.Ouyang Ruo looked at him without urging, after a while, Qin Zhi showed a strange expression, turned his head to the side and cut the pulse carefully.After a while, I went to clean my hands again and cut again.

Seeing him repeating this, Ouyang Ruo smiled and said, "What's the matter, what did Qin Yu doctor diagnose?"

Qin Zhi hesitated to speak, and suddenly asked, "How's your appetite recently?"

Before Ouyang Ruo answered, Wan Hui took over the conversation and said, "Your Majesty has lost her appetite in the past few days, but she is tired. Could it be that she is suffering from spring sleepiness?"

Qin Zhi nodded, cut again carefully, and then cupped his hands at Ouyang Ruo and said, "I'm not a good minister, my lady's pulse is probably happy pulse."

"Happy pulse?!" Ouyang Ruo straightened up in surprise, Wan Hui was stunned, surprised and laughed again: "It's really happy pulse?!"

Ouyang Ruo calmed down, and said to Qin Zhi solemnly with complicated emotions: "Doctor Qin Yu really cut out the joy pulse?!"

Qin Zhi nodded, and said: "From the humble minister's point of view, it is indeed a happy pulse, but the sign of this pulse is weak. I think it is only half a month after conception, so the pulse is not obvious."

Ouyang Ruo nodded, thought about it carefully, and it was right to check the date.She frowned slightly and said to him, "If you're not sure, it's just a waste of joy. Is there any way for Doctor Qin to be sure?"

Qin Zhi thought for a while, then bowed and said: "Go back to your mother, then I can only ask the old doctors from the imperial hospital to consult together, that is more accurate."

consultation?That battle was too big.Ouyang Ruo couldn't help hesitating.

"What's wrong with you, Ruo'er?" At this moment, the beaded curtain in the inner hall lifted, and Chu Huotian strode in in a bright yellow dragon robe.It turned out that he didn't see Ouyang Ruo coming to the court today, but when he asked the palace servants, they said that she was unwell and could not come.

Seeing Ouyang Ruo sitting on the bedside of a beauty, with an imperial doctor standing beside her, he thought she had some illness, so he took her hand and frowned, "Caught a cold? It's been extraordinarily cold these days. It's my negligence. You are serving my pen and ink in the imperial study."

Ouyang Ruo shook his head with a smile and said: "No, it is..." Halfway through the words, his face was pink and shy.

Wan Hui happily stepped forward to bow down and said, "It's a joy to report to the emperor! Your majesty, your empress is very happy."

Chu Huotian was taken aback for a moment, looked at Ouyang Ruo's face, and then asked doubtfully, "Really?"

Ouyang Ruo nodded, and said again: "But Qin Yuyi said the pulse condition is not obvious." Before she finished speaking, Chu Huotian hugged her up and laughed loudly: "Great, great! Haha... "

Ouyang Ruo was taken aback by him, seeing that the palace people were still there, she quickly said: "The emperor quickly let go of the concubines..."

Chu Huotian ignored her and carried her around for a few times before putting her down.In a slight dizziness, his smiling face magnified in front of her, magnified, and rushed towards her with an aura of happiness.Heart suddenly drunk.

The two looked at each other affectionately as if no one was around.How did Qin Zhi see such a scene, he had to cough lightly, and then blushed and said: "This...Ms. Fangyi's pulse needs to be diagnosed by several imperial physicians. I am afraid that I may make a mistake."

Chu Huotian heard the words and Long Yan said: "Could it be that your diagnosis is wrong, and you can't count?"

Qin Zhi was dripping with cold sweat, and he almost knelt down and said, "This is the way to do it according to the rules, my minister... I just follow the rules."

Chu Huotian was still waiting to be reprimanded, Ouyang Ruo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please don't embarrass Qin Yuyi. He is right."

Only then did Chu Huotian order the old doctors from the Imperial Hospital to consult together.

The entire Yunxiang Palace was filled with joyful atmosphere because of this unexpected good news.Several old doctors came in a file.After carefully cutting the pulse, he congratulated: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Empress Rou Fangyi is happy, but it's only been more than half a month, and the sign of the pulse is not obvious. In the next few days, the old ministers will come every day to ask for the pulse to make sure it is correct." .”

Chu Huotian liked it, put his arms around Ouyang Ruo's slender waist and said, "I just said, I can definitely conceive. It's really good now." He laughed again after speaking.

After Chu Huotian laughed out loud, he ordered people to give him a big reward, and everyone in Yunxiang Palace got a share, and those imperial physicians who diagnosed the pulse were even more generous gifts.Because of Qin Zhi's medical skills, Chu Huotian ordered him to be Ouyang Ruo's chief physician to adjust Ouyang Ruo's diet.Qin Zhi quickly accepted the order.Everyone is happy.

Ouyang Ruo's heart was full of ups and downs, child, she finally had him and her child again.

(End of this chapter)