Article 445



When the sky was slightly bright, Qingyi was already sitting in front of the mirror and combing the characters, still as usual, with long hair lightly, hosta bundled hair, a dark long skirt, a white robe, a phoenix pendant tied around her waist, a light cinnabar between her eyebrows, Zhu Dan in her mouth, and red lips lightly.

After a while, Xiao Tong took a pair of gold-threaded embroidered shoes and put them on for Qingyi, and got into the car in reserve, and went all the way to the 'Si Du Palace'.

But when the car was passing through the plum blossom forest in the Imperial Garden, Qingyi actually asked him to turn around, pointed to the 'Chongyang Palace' not far from the 'Sidui Palace', and said softly: "Let's visit Ouyang Chongrong first, she has not recovered from her illness for a long time, which is really worrying."

Xiao Tong was slightly stunned, although he didn't know the reason, but he acted according to his fate, and hurriedly turned the car around and went to the 'Chongyang Palace'.

In the face of Qingyi's sudden visit, Ouyang Hongyu was stunned for a while, her pale and bloodless face looked even paler, she did not apply fat powder, her long hair was simply pulled up, only tied into three buns, except for a few jade embellishments, even the jewelry was not worn, and the whole person looked sickly, with almost no strength.

It is rumored that since that night after playing chess with the emperor, she was depressed, so that she was sick, although none of the doctors dared to slacken, but the long-term treatment was fruitless, since the emperor's favor has increased unabated, so the queen also came here to make a will, to the pressure of women's virtue, until the illness is cured can not be slept.

"Why is Concubine De here? Cheap concubine" Ouyang Hongyu twisted her eyebrows lightly, got up and saluted Qingyi, but Qingyi took a step first, gently hugged her arms with her bare hands, and said: "I am sick for a long time, there is no need to make this big gift", said, turned to Xiao Tong and said: "Xiao Tong, when the palace is married, can there be medicinal materials to marry?" ”

Since ancient times, the daughter of the official who has reached the third grade or more has been married, and it is necessary to have precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, showing that there is no disease and no worries in life. But Ouyang Hongyu is the daughter of a concubine, and I am afraid that when she gets married, the dowry is pitiful.

When Xiao Tong heard this, she was immediately a little embarrassed, so she leaned towards Qingyi's ear and said: "Niangniang, the ginseng given by the general is a thousand-year-old ginseng, you see", she said, she deliberately and was in a dilemma, and her eyebrows were lightly locked.

Qingyi smiled, appreciating Xiao Tong's performance, but said angrily: "You girl is bold, why don't you go to the 'Ning Xue Palace' to present the medicinal materials to Chongrong Niangniang."

Xiao Tong looked frightened, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "The slave and maid should die, the slave and maid will go back to the palace to get it immediately", as he said, Xiao Tong hurriedly walked out of the palace with his skirt and ran in the direction of 'Ningxue Palace'

Looking at Xiao Tong's distant blue petite figure, Ouyang Hongyu was puzzled for a while, and Qinglan, who was standing beside her, looked at Qingyi, who had a kind face and a half-hidden veil, and her vigilant expression suddenly rose. She was extremely unnaturally supporting Ouyang Hongyu's side, and whispered to remind her to guard against fraud.

Ran Qingyi didn't say much, and when Xiao Tong came, he said goodbye, and after leaving the thousand-year-old ginseng contained in the brocade box, he said with a smile: "Since there is nothing to do, then the palace will go to visit several other mothers", after that, he walked out of the door and whispered to Xiao Tong: "The queen's palace is behind the 'Sidui Palace', so let's go and visit the concubine by the way."

Xiao Tong nodded and agreed, helped Qingyi get into the car, looked back and blessed Ouyang Hongyu, and then ordered the car to move forward.

The car moved forward slowly, Ouyang Hongyu stood up weakly, wearing a juan red robe but still failed to set off her pale face to be ruddy in the slightest, the lotus step moved slightly, walked to the front of the hall, stared at Qingyi's car, coughed lightly, Qinglan hurriedly stepped forward and patted her back.

"Niangniang, be careful of catching a cold", a thick fur robe wrapped Ouyang Hongyu, Qinglan's eyes were full of sadness, and she said a little unevenly: "I didn't expect that Concubine Nade would have a recurrence of the old disease a few days ago, I don't want to be so healthy today, it's really unfair."

Ouyang Hongyu shook her head, but her eyes were still staring at the direction in which Qingyi disappeared, she was stunned for a long time, and then sighed for a while: "Xiao Tong should have been the wife of the third prince, but she has no choice but to have a lover and difficult dependents, presumably, she is also extremely unwilling to serve the emperor, otherwise how can she get an old illness?" ”

When Qinglan heard this, she was very puzzled, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang means that Concubine De is not sick at all?" This is the crime of deceiving the king, and he wants to destroy his family.

Ouyang Hongyu smiled bitterly, but shook her head again and said: "Xiao Tong's body is indeed extremely weak, you can see that her breath is still unstable, it can be seen that she is indeed not lightly ill, but" Ouyang Hongyu suddenly paused, and then said: "The harem concubines must have a physical examination before entering the palace, and write down everything to the female official, but in Xiao Tong's record, there is no old disease."

Qinglan raised her eyebrows, her face was happy, but she was puzzled, if she said that there was no old disease, how could this Xiao Tong get sick if she wanted to? Moreover, it is true that the doctor could not diagnose the diagnosis. Thinking about it, Qinglan looked at Ouyang Hongyu again.

And Ouyang Hongyu smiled lightly, and only said: "Xiao Tong is incomparably smart, it seems that this harem will not be peaceful for a few days", as he spoke, he sighed and closed his eyes, and quietly breathed the cold fragrance of plum blossoms

At the door of the 'Sidui Palace', Qingyi got out of the car lightly, and Shangguan Wan'er also greeted her early, still with that gentle smile, the green jade hand held Qingyi's plain hand, and the soft voice was like a willow catkins breeze, rippling people's hearts.

And Xiao Tong looked at Gonggong Zhao, who had disappeared behind the palace, his cold eyes flashed, but he bowed his head and said nothing.

On the way here, she had already seen a thin figure in a blue-brown embroidered red-crowned crane court dress, but she didn't expect him to be so loyal to Concubine Xian, she thought that the hosta incident that day had made Concubine Xian lose trust in him.

Qingyi and Shangguan Wan'er exchanged two words of greeting, and also talked about some irrelevant words, and when the palace maid served tea, Qingyi was slightly nervous.

"Sister, this is the emperor's reward for the best Biluochun, I don't want to drink it", Shangguan Wan'er smiled like a flower, and her stunning face was even more captivating, she personally handed the tea on the plate of the palace maid to Qingyi, and smiled softly: "Sister taste, the emperor only rewarded me this morning, I haven't had time to taste it, fortunately, my sister is here, hehe"

Qingyi's eyebrows moved, but she just lowered her head and smiled. Thinking that Yu Haoxuan had indeed achieved the word 'good husband', he didn't find out about the fact that he was resting in the 'Ning Xue Palace' last night, otherwise Shangguan Wan'er would not have shown off the emperor's reward to herself like this.

"It is the emperor's blessing to be able to marry such a virtuous and beautiful concubine as my sister, how can I not reward my sister with good things" Qingyi gently pulled the silk handkerchief, covered her mouth and chuckled, and held the tea bowl with her bare hands, but said regretfully: "Only my sister is shallow and doesn't know the tea ceremony, this good tea, into the mouth of my sister, but it's a pity"

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, although she didn't think it was true, she was also proud, she was modest, and said straightly: "Sister Xiao Tong's name as the first talented woman in the imperial capital can be shaken, and my sister is envious."

After a few words, Qingyi also drank tea, but when he opened the lid, he sprinkled all the arsenic in his nails into the tea, and then took a sip, his eyes were cold, and he swallowed it, and when he put down the tea bowl, he said with a smile: "Good tea, smell fragrant, sweet in the mouth, and cool to drink"

But Qingyi's words raised Xiao Tong's heart to her throat, and she nervously picked up the silk handkerchief and pulled it lightly in her hand. But he didn't dare to stare at Qingyi's face blatantly.

After drinking the tea, Qingyi got up to say goodbye, and left a few precious gifts for Shangguan Wan'er, and then took Xiao Tong out of the hall of the 'Sidusk Palace', however, when he stepped down the last staircase, Qingyi suddenly fell to the ground

"Miss," Xiao Tong exclaimed loudly.

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned for a moment, but saw Xiao Tong said in a panic: "Quick, quickly pass on the imperial doctor, the mother vomited blood"

At noon, the 'Ningxue Palace' was solemn, the Queen Mother stood on top of the Chaoen Hall in a luxurious gold silk embroidered phoenix robe, the string of jade Buddha beads on the chest shone with a cold light, and the jewels on the silver silk bundle hair were still there, but they were a lot darker. ]

In the Huarong side hall, the bachelors of the Tai Hospital went back and forth, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on their foreheads, while several palace concubines standing behind the Queen Mother were talking in a whisper, exchanging eyes, and wondering each other about the 'poison of arsenic' in the mouth of the imperial doctor.

Outside the main hall, the belated queen and Ouyang Hongyu were also pale, especially Ouyang Hongyu, she didn't expect that Xiao Tong was fine a moment ago, and the next moment, such a thing happened in Concubine Xian's 'Sidui Palace', and she couldn't figure it out after thinking about it.

After all, as we all know, Concubine Shangguan Wan'er is a powerful and intelligent character, even if she really hates Xiao Tong, she will not do such a thing to the 'Concubine De' appointed by the emperor in her palace, so even if the other palace concubines think that Shangguan Wan'er poisoned Concubine De out of jealousy, but Ouyang Hongyu, who has fought with her countless times, does not believe that she is so stupid.

And the queen's face was also extremely embarrassed, although she very much wanted to get rid of Shangguan Wan'er, a tumor that was pierced in her heart, but before entering the 'Ningxue Palace', Ouyang Hongyu's mention made her panic, just because, Xiao Tong had said in front of the 'Chongyang Palace' that she wanted to visit the 'Fengqi Palace', and going to the 'Siwei Palace' was just a journey.

In this way, Xiao Tong took off the possibility of marrying the blame, because when he settled in the 'Chongyang Palace', Xiao Tong ordered his personal palace maid to go back to the 'Ningxue Palace' to get ginseng, which shows that it is not intended to be prepared in advance, plus Xiao Tong's 'visit to Concubine Xian' by the way, he can completely get rid of all suspicions.

The Queen Mother was a little unsteady under the support of Gonggong Zhao, and when she saw the queen and Ouyang Hongyu coming, she said in an unhappy tone: "Why is the queen here now?" Then he glanced at Ouyang Hongyu, who was pale, and said, "Isn't it just convenient to fill the body, how can the queen drag on as the lord of the six palaces?" ”

When the queen mother heard that the queen mother spoke to herself in such a stern tone, she panicked for a while, and hurriedly laughed and said: "Auntie, Qingran is late because she went to the 'Chongyang Palace' to pick up the red jade."

The Queen Mother sighed, but she didn't break it, but her tone was still cold and serious: "That's it, the feelings of your two sisters are so compatible, very good, very good"

The Queen Mother's profound words made the queen's heart tremble, but she nodded yes later, but Ouyang Hongyu just smiled self-deprecatingly, bowed her head indifferently, and stood quietly aside, with Qinglan standing aside and waiting.

As soon as Xiao Tong had an accident, Xiao Tong stuffed a few taels of silver into the palace maids passing by according to Qingyi's plan arranged in advance, crying and begging them to invite the emperor quickly, so when Qingyi was sent back to the 'Ningxue Palace' for treatment, the emperor had already arrived with him, and he was currently in Qingyi's bedroom.

Concubine Xian was confined to the 'Chongyang Palace' because she was too frightened, but a few hours ago, Ah Shang was still calm, but at noon, she suddenly asked the palace maid to enter the 'Ningxue Palace' to 'ask for help' from the emperor, so she was angry with the queen mother and ordered her to think for half a month.

In the bedroom, Yu Haoxuan stood in front of the window with a solemn face, and the golden silk yellow python robe swished in the cold wind. After a while, he stretched out his hand to close the window, slowly turned to look at Qingyi, who had already woken up, stepped forward, and his deep voice was extremely gentle: "What does Concubine Ai think?" ”

Qingyi's head was dizzy for a while, and when his vision gradually became clear, he saw Yu Haoxuan's eyes full of worry, his heart sank, his thoughts turned around, and when everything returned to his mind, he closed his eyes suddenly.

She did so without leaving any room for it, her hands clenched into fists, and a little sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Aifei, what's wrong? Are you still uncomfortable? A trace of doubt flashed in Yu Haoxuan's eyes, but when he saw the thin sweat on Qingyi's forehead, his eyebrows twisted, and he hurriedly turned his head to call the imperial doctor. But Qingyi reached out to stop it.

What kind of role is Yu Haoxuan, Qingyi can see it clearly these days, she smiled euphemistically, but said confusedly: "The concubine had a dream just now, but she didn't expect to see the emperor as soon as she opened her eyes", she said, her eyes stared at Yu Haoxuan with an indifferent face, although she didn't have a trace of certainty in her heart, but she planned to continue the play.

A nightmare? Yu Haoxuan's thick eyebrows moved, but he smiled softly, and said softly: "What kind of nightmare did Concubine Ai have?" Could it be related to me, otherwise why did Concubine Ai open her eyes and see me busy closing them? As he spoke, his big hand stroked the hair on Qingyi's forehead, and his slender fingers swept across the plain cheeks, and then paused on the veil, sighing as if nothing.

Qingyi looked at Yu Haoxuan's expression, her eyes dodged slightly, his gentleness was so realistic, but it made her feel cold to the bone, and she lowered her long eyelashes, and then said weakly: "That dream, the concubine forgot, the only thing I remember is that the concubine shouted the emperor everywhere, and then woke up, but I didn't expect to really see the emperor as soon as I opened my eyes."

As he spoke, Qingyi's eyes showed tranquility, and his white hand lightly held Yu Haoxuan's big hand on his forehead, and his red lips smiled, as if he had found a lifelong support.

Yu Xuanxuan's cold hand stiffened when it touched Qingyi's warmth, but gradually relaxed when he caught a glimpse of Qingyi's clear eyes without Shen Fu, and finally held it gently, staring at the fair-skinned hand that was very different from his skin color with deep cold eyes, and pulled it to his lips and kissed it gently.

Maybe Qingyi didn't expect this action, so her heart skipped a paddle, and a pair of innocent eyes looked at the corners of Yu Haoxuan's mouth with a faint smile, but she heard him say: "If Concubine Ai is really as difficult as she said just now, then I will definitely be a good husband."

The heart is suddenly cold, a pun on a word.

Qingyi's long eyelashes stirred twice, but he just smiled, nodded silently, and said nothing more

At dusk, the queen mother and the queen left in a hurry, and the emperor in order to appease everyone, he signaled the queen to ask the queen mother to set up a dinner in the 'Kunning Palace', gathering all the concubines in the palace above the third grade to have a meal, and he personally accompanied the banquet in order to calm down the turmoil.

The smarter concubines knew the emperor's intentions as soon as they heard it, dry for the sky, Kun for the earth, the emperor for the sky, the concubine for the earth, 'Kunning Palace' set up a banquet, which means that the harem is peaceful, but most of the concubines don't care, after all, this harem is not their world, only the lady who is a noble product can have the right.

Qingyi resigned from the banquet due to illness, and Concubine Xian was also grounded in thinking about the corruption of her morality and poisoning, and in the Buddhist hall in the inner hall of the 'Kunning Palace', there was only a wall between the banquet and the banquet.

After everyone left, the 'Ningxue Palace' also restored the peace of the two, and only the scholars of the Tai Hospital took turns to guard the gate of the Chaoen Hall due to the emperor's decree, just in case