Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 66
She seemed to have thought of something, raised her head from his embrace, and begged a little: "Your Majesty, this concubine wants to ask the Emperor for a merciless favor."

"What is it? Tell me, what do you want? I will give you everything I can do." Chu Huotian smiled.

"Your Majesty, I heard people say that doing good deeds can accumulate blessings for the next generation, so my concubine dared to ask the emperor to release Concubine Xu and let her go out of the palace to visit her parents who are sick. Please grant the emperor's permission. The children who are born will accumulate blessings." Ouyang Ruo said carefully looking at his expression.

"Besides, the concubine looks at that Concubine Xu and really feels remorse, otherwise she wouldn't have stabbed the blood..." Ouyang Ruo sighed softly when he saw that he was silent.

Chu Huotian held her in his arms and remained silent, the cigarettes in the copper tripod curled up, like a person's wandering thoughts.

Ouyang Ruo took his big hand again and stroked her flat belly and said: "Concubine Xu is also a poor person. I heard from some sisters that she became like this because she has no children."

Chu Huotian was shocked, Ouyang Ruo saw that his words had an effect, so he stopped talking.

Sure enough, after a long time, Chu Huotian squeezed his forehead with a headache: "It's not that I won't let her out, but she is too confused and has violated the taboo in the palace, but several veterans of the Ministry of War have also come to me in recent days. Pleading, it makes Xu Zhenglin seem to be going west. Hmph, I don’t know about others, but I don’t know about him. It’s just a trick. Forget it, he is also eager to love his daughter... In a few days Just let her out, and just drop her status."

Ouyang Ruo was overjoyed and said: "The emperor is merciful!"

Chu Huotian pinched her nose with a smile and said, "You are the only one who knows how to be a human being. You can do all the good people, and I can only be a bad person."

Ouyang Ruo got his consent, she was happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "It's not right for the emperor to say that. The concubine is a good person who does it without leaving a name. The emperor also knows that Concubine Xu has always had some festivals with the concubine. When the time comes, I will know that the concubine is begging." She let her go after the emperor, she must have a pimple in her heart. What a good person like my concubine did was wronged."

Chu Huotian couldn't help laughing when he heard the words.

Ouyang Ruo's pregnancy really shocked Chu Palace again. Now she is already a holy favor, and being pregnant is the icing on the cake.Every palace sent congratulatory gifts, and there was an endless stream of congratulatory people.Sometimes some royal family members also brought gifts.The entire Yunxiang Palace was very lively.Wanhui is extremely busy every day, but she has a cheerful face. Fortunately, there is another capable maid beside her—Ming Juan, who was renamed by Ouyang Ruo, and is the first class in Yunxiang Palace like Mingying The Grand Palace Maid is in charge of dealing with money and property.She is meticulous and well-organized, Ouyang Ruo sees that she is a down-to-earth person, even though she is a newcomer, she feels relieved and entrusts her to take care of the entire palace's money.Aunt Wan Hui concentrated on serving Ouyang Ruo's daily life and food, and promoted Xiang Ling to be a second-class court lady, who also served her on weekdays.

Five days later, Chu Huotian issued another imperial decree to release Concubine Xu who had been thinking about it in Yongxiang. This was a major event after Ouyang Ruo became pregnant.Chu Huotian's imperial decree said that Concubine Xu's death penalty can be forgiven, and living crime is inevitable. Thinking of her serving the saint for a long time, and thinking about her sincerity in Yongxiang, she was reduced to a third-rank noble concubine, and her duty was reduced. Half.She was also specially allowed to go out of the palace to visit her sick parents and return to the palace after a day.With this imperial decree, Xu, who had been imprisoned in Yongxiang for nearly half a year, was finally released.It's just that the people who came out of Yongxiang had shed several layers of skin, and many people were secretly curious about how Mrs. Xu has survived this winter, and they don't know what he has become.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this servant has seen it, I have seen it!" Mingying brought a few little palace maids and ran in with flushed faces.Aunt Wan Hui, who was serving Ouyang Ruo for lunch, gave her a glance, and said slightly annoyed: "I don't even look at why you are yelling like this now that my mother is pregnant, what if I disturb my mother to see you! "

Mingying stuck out her pink tongue, saluted hurriedly, leaned against Ouyang Ruo and said, "Madam, after waiting for more than half an hour, I finally saw Concubine Xu, oh no, Concubine Xu came out of Yongxiang." Tsk tsk..." She seemed to think of that look, still speechless.

"What's the matter, what did you see?" Ouyang Ruo asked with a smile after taking a sip of hot soup.

"My maidservant saw that Xu Guipin has lost a lot of weight, but she is still very beautiful....Ah, no, she is even more beautiful than before." Ming Ying was still thinking about it.In the past, Mrs. Xu always frowned, with an unkind expression on her face, and everyone hated her, so Mingying naturally felt unattractive.

But today she was dressed in plain clothes, spotless, with peaceful eyebrows and eyes, showing her true colors.

"Beautiful? Is it more beautiful than our mother? You really can't talk, girl." Wan Hui joked.Mingying pouted her lips and hummed twice: "Girls love to fight against slaves. When it comes to the palace, the most beautiful ones are our maids. Those ladies are not as beautiful as theirs. But... this Xu Guifei was imprisoned." It's been half a year, but I don't see it being as miserable as other court ladies said. Everyone else has said that the people who come out of Yongxiang are neither human nor ghost..."

Ming Ying was still waiting to say anything, but Wan Hui suddenly said: "Wait until the imperial doctor Qin is about to come over to take your mother's pulse, you should hurry up and tidy up, if he comes early, you can entertain him with tea for a while."

Ming Ying blushed now, since Ouyang Ruo intentionally betrothed her to Qin Zhi, she couldn't stop blushing when she saw him, and finally taught others to see the clue.Those little maids always like to laugh at her about it.Sure enough, the little maid behind her saw her running away and followed her with a smile.

Ouyang Ruo watched Ming Ying run away as if fleeing, and said with a smile: "The emperor really paid off. This Xu family is still a person who can be carved."

Wan Hui carefully picked out the bone of the chicken, put the chicken into her bowl, and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that she will turn her face and deny you when she comes out? This servant is worried that she won't listen to us. How much does Xu have?" Very tough."

Ouyang Ruo tapped the ivory chopsticks in his hand towards the middle of the bowl, and smiled indifferently: "We don't want anything from her, the worst thing is to go back to the beginning, but she is different, now she has hatred in her heart, and she is alone People can't beat Liu Shi and the others. I guess, someone secretly manipulated her to make her infertile back then, and the queen also acquiesced. Otherwise, how could she tolerate her until now with her scheming? It is clear that she knew in her heart that Xu Shi would no longer have children It's possible."

Wan Hui couldn't help trembling when she heard the words: "Then according to what your empress said, the empress probably hides the deepest and most terrifying in this palace."

Ouyang Ruo said nothing, and after a moment of silence, said: "Maybe."

After lunch, Qin Zhi's dull face finally showed joy after he checked Ouyang Ruo's pulse: "Congratulations, Ma'am, the baby's happy pulse is becoming more and more obvious, and the fetus in the womb is very healthy."

Ouyang Ruo was also happy, and said with a smile: "I feel good too, I feel like I'm awake every day, and I don't even have a dream." Qin Zhi also laughed, and went down to prescribe the medicinal prescription for anti-pregnancy .

After a little while, Ouyang Ruo took the prescription in his hand, looked at it for a while, and suddenly saw Ming Ying bringing tea in with a blushing face, and asked Qin Zhi with a smile: "I don't know if there is a Gaotang in Qin Yuyi's family. Is there a marriage?"

Qin Zhi was concentrating on how to prepare the medicine, when he heard Ouyang Ruo ask for a while, he said: "My parents passed away, and I have a first wife, alas...she..." He couldn't help shaking his head, with a desolate expression on his face.

Ouyang Ruo was also moved, half-covered his face and sighed: "I think Qin Yuyi is also a poor person. It's my fault." As he spoke, he suddenly saw a small piece of his official uniform hem scratched by something, and his heart sank. With care.

Qin Zhi was still standing there, when Ouyang Ruo suddenly sighed again: "There is no woman in the family, it is troublesome, see if Qin Yuyi's official uniform is torn and no one sews it, Mingying, you take Qin Yuyi down to give it to him Sew it."

Mingying's delicate face turned red again, and seeing Qin Zhi panicked, he repeatedly said that it was no trouble.

Ouyang Ruo looked at the embarrassed two, and couldn't help laughing: "What's the matter, if the official uniform is not in order and outsiders see it, they will be criticized by other officials. Doctor Qin should tidy up before going out."

Qin Zhi had no choice but to go out with Mingying.

Although Mingying was twitchy, she also sympathized with him.When he went outside, he found an empty pavilion, and asked him to take off his clothes first, and then throw out the official uniform.Qin Zhi's original wife is terminally ill and needs to be taken care of in bed every day.He is a big man, and naturally his clothes are often worn out when they are torn.Ming Ying fixed it with a few quick movements of her hands and feet.Qin Zhi quickly put it on, looked at the time, quickly tidied up the medicine box, thanked Mingying repeatedly, and was about to leave the palace.

At this moment, Mingying stopped coddling and just smiled and said, "If Doctor Qin's clothes are torn, the servants can help to mend them."

Qin Zhi turned his head, but saw her smiling face, burning like a peach blossom, he was stunned for a moment.When he came back to his senses, he hurriedly blushed and left.

After Mrs. Xu went out of the palace to visit her parents who were seriously ill, she went into the palace again to thank the emperor for her kindness and greet the queen.She insisted on not wearing gold hairpins, but wearing only thorn hairpins, and only wearing coarse clothes on her body, claiming that she was wearing a sinful body and dared not forget her appearance.

She moved out of the main hall of the original Shufu Palace, and only moved to the side hall to settle down. She also rejected the palace servants sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and only brought a personal maid and a nun to serve around.Her actions like this made the empress who knew her well, the Liu family and others confused for a while, and if they started chatting, they could only say: She has really enlightened herself.

Ouyang Ruo's malaise gradually became apparent, and she often vomited in the morning. Seeing her like this, Qin Zhi prescribed a lot of medicinal food that could cure nausea, and explained in detail how Wan Hui cooked it.The warbler often listens to it.The two looked really well matched.Seeing her like this, Chu Huotian saved her from going to the queen to pay her respects every day, and had to be taken care of by many people.After another half a month, Ouyang Ruo felt a little refreshed.

One day the weather was fine, although it was still expected to be chilly and cold in spring, it was already March weather, she was bored in the palace for a few days, so she wanted to go out for a walk.Walking around casually, I saw that the entire imperial garden was full of vitality, and the willow trees sprouted buds, which seemed to be covered with a layer of green gauze from a distance, very beautiful.All kinds of flowers and plants have also grown fresh branches and leaves.What she breathes through her nose is the fresh fragrance of the leaves, and the boredom she had suffered from being pregnant for a few days has been greatly reduced.Suddenly someone was talking in front of him, Ouyang Ruo glanced over, but was taken aback.The thin, white figure in the green bushes was Xu Shi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Wan Hui who was beside Ouyang Ruo also saw her. Seeing Ouyang Ruo staring at Mrs. Xu, she said in a low voice: "Madam, do you want to avoid it? After all..."

A slight smile suddenly appeared on Ouyang Ruo's beautiful face, he waved his hands, and walked towards Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Xu also saw her, she was stunned for a moment, then turned around, watching her approach without blinking.

Ouyang Ruo walked slowly, with a smile on his face, and walked over step by step.Seeing Xu Shi again after six months, I didn't expect her to be so reborn.The thick and beautiful makeup on her face was swept away, and she only applied a little white powder on her face, which was very natural. Her facial features were originally very beautiful, but now that the heavy makeup has faded, her true colors are immediately apparent, and she looks like a three-point dust.

She was wearing a long snow satin dress embroidered with dark patterns and lotus patterns. The whole body was not suitable for rings, and only a wishful knot woven with very light green silk ribbons hung down from her waist.The whole person looked very fresh and elegant.

She wore a half updo on her head, with only a jade hairpin on her head.The hosta and the green Ruyi at the waist complement each other, which is very pleasing to the eye.What has changed the most is her eyes. The love and hatred of the past have all disappeared in today's phoenix eyes, leaving only the calmness like stagnant water.

The more Ouyang Ruo looked at it, the more he sighed in his heart.Mrs. Xu stood still, watching Ouyang Ruo approach step by step.They both saw what the other wanted to know.

Ouyang Ruo approached and gave a soft blessing: "My concubine respectfully asks Xu Gui's concubine to be safe."

Mrs. Xu waited until she finished giving the salute before smiling lightly: "Rou Fangyi is being polite, I haven't congratulated you yet, may the ancestors bless Rou Fangyi to get a man in one fell swoop."

Ouyang Ruo got up and said with a smile, "Thank you for your kind words, my concubine."

The two spoke calmly, but the palace people around them were extremely nervous, and no one could guarantee what would happen when the former enemies met now.He was secretly relieved to see that the two of them got along well.

Ouyang Ruo looked at the spring in the garden, and suddenly said with a smile: "This spring is full of flowers, it is indeed refreshing, like a new life." Her smile is very comfortable, her beautiful eyes are fixed on Mrs. Xu, and she smiles like a pool of spring water. Spring in the garden.

Xu's clean fingernails lightly brushed a clump of trees with tender green branches and leaves beside him, and suddenly smiled coldly: "Yes, it's like a new life. Spring is the beginning of a year. Isn't there an old saying that the plan of a year lies in Spring, I have to go back to the palace and think about what to do this year. Don't you think so, Rou Fangyi?" She spoke so softly that Ouyang Ruo could barely hear it if she didn't pay attention.

Ouyang Ruo pursed his lips and smiled, bowed again and then retreated.

Ouyang Ruo gradually walked away, and when she turned her head occasionally, she saw that Mrs. Xu was standing in the green bushes full of vitality, looking as if she was a fairy, but Ouyang Ruo knew that her heart had long been crushed by desperate revenge. Filled, this vibrant spring can only make her colder and colder.

Xu's change made some people feel uneasy.Mrs. Liu came to visit Ouyang Ruo after two days. After chatting for a while, she suddenly hesitated and said, "Sister Ouyang, do you think that Concubine Xu Gui is crazy? Why does she look like a different person?"

Ouyang Ruo was surprised when she heard the words: "No, the concubine met Xu Guibi in the Imperial Garden a few days ago, and she was still very organized in her conversation. How can you say she is crazy?"

Mrs. Liu sighed, and suddenly laughed and said: "I used to see her arrogant and domineering appearance before, but now seeing her quiet appearance is really awkward, man, it's so strange, I wished she could change her temper before, Now she has really changed, but she is not used to it."

After she finished speaking, there was a look of worry on her brows.Ouyang Ruo looked at her expression, lowered her head and gently blew the hot tea in her hand, it wasn't that people had become scary, but there was a ghost in her heart, so she must have become more scared.

Chu Huotian was also surprised. In the middle of the night, Ouyang Ruo was falling asleep when Wanhui came into the room to shake her awake, and the Dao Emperor came up.Just as he finished speaking, he saw Chu Huotian enter the room with a gloomy expression on his face.

Ouyang Ruo hurriedly got up and asked, "Why is the emperor here?" Chu Huotian took off his cloak, and said with a hint of anger on his face: "It's not that Xu Ningshuang, I wanted to visit her palace tonight, by the way She is missing something, and she didn't want to stay overnight with her, but she said a few words to me, saying that I want to take care of the dragon's body, and drove me out."

Hearing this, Ouyang Ruo laughed and said: "The emperor is angry because of this, Xu Guifei has such a temperament, maybe it will be better in a few days."

But Chu Huotian sighed and said: "Looking at her heart like a dry well, I know that the fate of husband and wife with her is over."

Ouyang Ruo was taken aback for a moment, but this time he really didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Xu's gourd.

Although Chu Huotian said that he and Xu's marriage might end, he did not alienate her, but rewarded her a lot.Ouyang Ruo knew that Chu Huotian did this to appease Xu Shangshu behind Xu.

The spring rain has been pattering down for more than half a month, and the sudden change in the weather immediately caused many people in the palace to catch a cold.The eldest prince of the Liu family also caught a cold. He had a high fever all of a sudden. His face was red and his ears were red and he couldn't stop talking nonsense. Liu was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. He invited all the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital to her Yanxi Palace to guard him day and night. , even Ouyang Ruo's pulse-seeking imperial doctor Qin Zhi was invited there, and he was not released for several days.

Seeing that the Liu family is so domineering, Wanhui couldn't help complaining: "It's just a small wind-cold disease that requires such a big fight? This servant thinks that Mrs. Liu Guo is too outrageous, and the emperor doesn't care about it."

Ouyang Ruo said with a smile: "The emperor can't stop her from crying and fussing. Now, no one knows that she is in a hurry to go to the doctor. No one can persuade her. No wonder she has such a son, and she doesn't love him like a jewel? "

(End of this chapter)