Liu Ruyan closed her eyes and shed tears: "What a pity...Since ancient times, love has always been full of regrets. The emperor is no longer the emperor of the past."
The corners of Lu Yun's mouth twitched.
Lu Yun felt that Concubine Mei had a serious mental illness. The cold wind was howling, making Lu Yun shiver. She simply didn't want to stay with Liu Ruyan.
"Pour me a cup of hot tea." Lu Yun rolled her eyes and called to the palace maid Xuemei who was serving beside her.
Xuemei bent down, picked up the kettle and poured tea.
The air is filled with hot steam.
The tea was warm, not hot. Xuemei held the small white jade teacup and handed it to Lu Yun. Lu Yun pretended to reach out for the tea, but deliberately let go.
Crash——
The teacup fell to the ground, and the tea wet Lu Yun's silver winter clothes. Lu Yun was surprised and stood up quickly: "Ouch, my clothes are wet. Madam Mei Fei, I will go back to Changxin Palace to change clothes and enjoy the plum blossoms with you another day."
Xuemei froze in place in shock. She had seen clearly that it was Lu Yun who knocked over the teacup on purpose.
Liu Ruyan's face turned slightly cold, and she said to Lu Yun, "You go back first. The Imperial Palace invites you to appreciate the plum blossoms tomorrow."
Lu Yun was waiting for these words, and pretended to be reluctant to leave.
Snow flakes fluttered down, and only Liu Ruyan and the snow-white plums were left in the pavilion of the Plum Garden.
Liu Ruyan looked unhappy.
When she met Lu Yun today, Liu Ruyan felt quite happy as if she had found a soulmate. The concubines in the palace were all so vulgar that they did not appreciate the noble plum blossoms. Instead, they gathered in the warm room on snowy days to play mahjong, embroider, read storybooks, and make tea and eat melon seeds with the little princesses, having a great time.
Liu Ruyan couldn't stand their behavior. They were concubines, but they acted like a group of shrews from the street.
Extremely vulgar.
It was a rare opportunity to meet someone with the same personality as Lu Yun. Before Liu Ruyan could discuss poetry with Lu Yun, Xuemei made a mistake in pouring tea, causing Lu Yun to leave the table early.
"Xuemei, you always make mistakes recently." Liu Ruyan showed a rare stern look and looked at Xuemei with disappointment in her beautiful eyes.
Xuemei opened her mouth and tried to explain: "Master, it was Miss Lu who knocked over the teacup on purpose."
Liu Ruyan said disappointedly, "You are still lying? Miss Lu is a calm person, why would she deliberately embarrass you? It's obvious that you were distracted and knocked over the teacup, and you are still trying to make excuses."
Since entering the palace, Liu Ruyan has always been depressed and has not been strict with her subordinates. Liu Ruyan would never treat the palace maids in Yuxiu Palace harshly, nor would she treat them well.
Xuemei was a personal maid she personally selected. She used to be very efficient, but recently her attitude became more and more perfunctory, and she would even contradict Liu Ruyan occasionally.
Liu Ruyan was very dissatisfied and felt that her dignity was offended.
Liu Ruyan lowered her voice and said calmly, "I have been too kind to you, and you have forgotten your duty as a servant. Kneel under the red plum tree for an hour and reflect on yourself."
Xuemei suddenly felt panicky.
If she knelt in the snow for an hour, even if she had a body of iron, she would not be able to endure it and her legs would definitely be broken. Xuemei knelt down, tears streaming down her face: "Master, I know I was wrong."
Liu Ruyan said calmly, "Since you know you are wrong, then just kneel down. It's only an hour, which is not too long."
The cold wind howled, causing the charcoal fire in the pavilion to crack and produce bright red sparks.
Xuemei's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. She looked at the snow all over the ground, her heart almost frozen and numb.
Palace maids who are 25 years old or above can leave the palace. Xuemei thought that she might not be able to wait until the beginning of next spring.
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Night falls.
After dinner, Li Yuanjing enthusiastically pulled Shen Wei to play Go together. Shen Wei was not interested in Go and refused again and again, but in the end, Li Yuanjing pushed her onto the Arhat bed and placed the Go board on her.
The house is warm and the copper stove is filled with the fragrance of plum blossoms. Shen Wei blatantly stole chess pieces and changed the game, but still lost miserably two games in a row.
She put down the chess piece and said she didn't want to play chess anymore.
Li Yuanjing smiled and said, "Playing chess requires a calm mind."
Shen Wei confidently made an excuse: "It's so cold, how can I calm down."
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the house, and Cai Lian came in to report to Shen Wei: "Master, Princess Nanzhi wants to see you, it seems that there is something urgent."
Shen Wei just had an excuse to give up playing chess, and immediately said, "Let her in."
Soon, Li Nanzhi came in crying, with a lot of snow on her body.
Her eyes were red from crying and her body was dirty from falling. When Li Nanzhi saw Chen Wei, she immediately rushed over crying, "Madam Chen, help me! Save Aunt Xuemei, she is dying."
Shen Wei stuffed a hot soup bottle into Li Nanzhi's hand and said patiently, "Don't cry, what happened?"
Li Nanzhi didn't notice that there was a father in the room, and he told Chen Wei the whole story while sobbing.
She returned to Yuxiu Palace from Cining Palace today and did not see Aunt Xuemei. After asking the palace maids, I learned that Xuemei was punished and made to kneel in the snow. The snow was cold and Xuemei felt dizzy. She didn't know what truth she had said that irritated Liu Ruyan and made her furious.
Xuemei fainted in the snow and was almost frozen to death.
Xuemei was taken back to Yuxiu Palace by the palace servants. She was unconscious and her breathing was getting weaker. But Liu Ruyan ordered that no imperial physician should be found for Xuemei.
Li Nanzhi has deep feelings for Xuemei. Xuemei accompanied Li Nanzhi through countless nights without maternal love.
Li Nanzhi couldn't bear to see Xuemei die of illness. She pleaded with Liu Ruyan in vain, so she braved the snow and went to Yongning Palace to seek help from Chen Wei.
"Empress Chen, please save Aunt Xuemei. Aunt Xuemei is very good to me, she cannot die..." Li Nanzhi burst into tears, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Shen Wei wiped her tears and said gently: "Don't cry, dear child, I will help you."
Chen Wei instructed Cai Lian, "Go to the Imperial Hospital immediately and ask Imperial Doctor Mo to go to Yuxiu Palace. If Concubine Mei stops you, ignore her."
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