Chapter 069 Chapter 69
[Chapter 69]
Seeing the calmness on Ruan Yunjiao's face, Concubine Ji softened her tone, "But don't worry too much, Sister Ying. If she runs away, the palace servants will find her. Just... don't go to Miaoranju."
The more Jipin said this, the more Ruan Yun felt something was wrong.
Everything was fine, why did Lady Du suddenly go crazy?
When I came to the palace, I met Concubine Du on the road. At that time, Concubine Du was a little abnormal, but she seemed to know something.
Could it be that there are other people who, like her, have the same idea of wanting to serve Du Xuan?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Ruan Yun immediately understood why there were so many obstacles ahead.
If this is true, it would be interesting.
Ruan Yun looked at Jipin with a bit of suspicion in her eyes. Jipin just put down the teacup and asked with a chuckle, "But what's on my face?"
Shaking his head slightly, Ruan Yun knocked on the table and asked, "How did you know about Concubine Du?"
Concubine Ji was very gentle, her expression did not change, but what she said was not quite consistent with what she had experienced, "Yesterday I wanted to walk around the palace and lost my way for a while. I didn't expect to hear Concubine Du's crazy talk when I walked near Miaoran Residence. Yicui went to ask the maids guarding the door, and the maids talked about Concubine Du with gloomy faces. Then I knew about it."
Ruan Yun frowned slightly, "She didn't hurt you, did she?"
Concubine Ji smiled more and said, "Don't worry, Sister Ying. I was at the door at that time. I'm afraid Concubine Du didn't even see my face."
Crazy people are always the most likely to do crazy things. Even if they really do something, it will always be easily brushed off by others with the word "crazy".
Seeing that Ruan Yun's face was not good, Jipin did not stay for long. She stood up, said goodbye and left Shuohan Pavilion.
Yingning and Tingxu were standing beside the queen. Seeing her absentmindedly stirring her teacup, they asked, "Would the queen like to sleep a little longer?"
Ruan Jun put down the tea lid in her hand and uttered one word, "No."
Standing up and sitting in front of the dressing table, Ruan Yun said softly but firmly, "Let's go to Miaoranju to take a look."
As soon as Tingxu heard this, she wanted to stop Ruan Yun. "What Concubine Ji said just now doesn't sound false to me. If Your Majesty goes, what will happen if she gets hurt?"
Ruan Yun slowly grasped the pearl hairpin in her hand and said, "I will always be worried if I don't go there in person."
Besides, how could she just drive Lady Du crazy? She wanted to make Lady Du return to her and Tingxu intact for everything she had done to her!
Yingning touched Tingxu's arm. Tingxu saw the restraining look in Yingning's eyes and could only put on makeup for the empress in silence.
Ruan Yun never liked to use perfume, so she just placed flowers in the bedroom, opened the window a little, and let a little fragrance out.
After coming out of Shuohan Pavilion, the other palace maids wanted to follow, but Yingning said, "The queen wants to go out for a walk, there is no need to follow."
Without any ceremonial procession, Ruan Jun took Yingning, Tingxu and Chunqing towards Miaoranju.
Just as I stood at the door, I heard a woman's crazy scream from inside, and the obscene words she spoke made me nauseous.
Ying Ning asked in a low voice: "Should I go and ask?"
Ruan Yun raised her hand to stop Ying Ning's movements, "There's no need to alarm the people guarding outside."
Yingning understood what the Empress meant, and she and Tingxu protected the Empress on both sides as they left Miaoranju.
The palace was not small, and Ruan Yun did not want to stay in the bedroom all day, so she walked to a rockery, fanning herself with a round fan.
Suddenly a kite fell from the sky. Ruan Jun looked at the long-tailed kite that looked like a flying bird on the ground. She didn't intend to let anyone pick it up, but no one came to look for it for a long time.
With a wink, Chun Qing ran over, picked it up, held it in both hands and placed it under Ruan Yun's eyes.
Ruan Jun looked at the kite and there was indeed nothing wrong with it. It was just an ordinary kite.
I wanted to put it back so that someone could pick it up, but before I could finish my words, I heard footsteps and a voice said coquettishly, "That's my kite."
Ruan Yun turned around in surprise. The woman in front of her was delicate and good-looking. Judging from the way she was dressed, she must be a daughter of an official.
Chunqing waved his hand holding the round fan slightly and immediately walked over to return the kite to the girl.
But the girl in front of him didn't appreciate it at all. She looked at the kite with disgust and swept the kite from Chunqing's hand. "I don't want a kite that you guys have touched."
Chun Qing felt a little embarrassed at being humiliated in front of others, and Ruan Jun's face turned cold instantly.
Chunqing is a servant in her palace, and it is not the business of outsiders to discipline him. This girl seems to be disliking Fengzheng, but in fact, she is probably mocking her in both open and covert ways.
Ruan Yun's face, which was as beautiful as a crabapple, sank. Her red lips were tightly pursed together, and her scallion-like fingertips clenched the handle of the nanmu fan in her hand.
When the girl saw her like this, she became a little flustered for a moment. She looked around and found that she was only accompanied by a maid, unlike Ruan Yun, who was guarded by an imperial eunuch.
She took a step back, her face pale with fear, "You! What are you doing! My father is the Doctor Yinqing Guanglu! You are just a little concubine. If you dare to touch me, the Emperor will punish you!"
Ruan Jun raised her eyebrows slightly. She was dressed simply today when she went out. She was wearing a green skirt that looked particularly plain and elegant. She only used a few hairpins carved from gold and jade to tie up her long black hair, and she did not ask anyone to carry her with her.
It seemed that the girl in front of her mistook her for an unfavored concubine, and she probably wanted to use her father's identity to suppress her.
Ruan Yun's eyes were filled with disdain. The girl became even more angry when she saw Ruan Yun looking at her like that. "What kind of look is that?"
Ting Xu chuckled, "You are young, but you have learned how to bully others. You didn't even show courtesy to my queen, and you even dared to yell."
The girl blushed and couldn't help saying, "Madam? How do I know if you are pretending? You took my things and let the eunuch touch them. I'm already doing you a favor by not causing trouble for you."
Just as the girl finished speaking, two people accidentally came in from behind the rockery.
Ruan Yun took a closer look and saw that they were Concubine Su and Xu Baolin, who were selected to enter the palace. Although the emperor did not visit them much in recent days, he would always visit them once a month. The two of them had never been involved in any gossip, and thus they had reached their current positions.
Concubine Su and Xu Baolin paid their respects to Ruan Yun. Seeing the scene before them, Concubine Su said, "Why did the queen come out? We concubines thought that the queen was too embarrassed to see anyone after what happened last night."
Only then did Ruan Yun understand what Jipin meant when she said that the news had spread throughout the palace.
It seems that everyone knows today that the emperor left Shuohan Pavilion last night and offended her in public. She thought that she had displeased the emperor and lost his favor, and he was rushing to step on her.
Ruan Yun waved her fan slowly, "Why? Lady Su thinks that if you do this, the emperor will look at you more?"
The one who is most favored and favored in the harem is none other than Ying Chongrong.
Concubine Su bowed slightly and said softly, "I dare not. I dare not guess what the emperor wants. But I know that without the emperor's grace, I will not have any authority to speak in this harem."
After saying that, Lady Su and Xu Baolin turned around and were about to leave. Tingxu looked at her queen and found that she had no intention of stopping them, so she let them leave.
Ruan Yun didn't want to waste her breath on someone who had nothing to do with her. She looked at the kite on the ground and said in a commanding tone, "Pick it up."
These words were spoken to the girl in front of him. The girl did not move. Ruan Yun's almond-shaped eyes were no longer as gentle as before. She looked at the maid behind her with a smile gone from her face.
The maid was frightened by Ruan Yun's momentum, so she had to squat down and pick up the kite, then retreat to Miss Lu's side.
Miss Lu was furious and was about to scold the maid, but Ruan Yun said, "Throw it into the water."
Miss Lu was immediately annoyed when she heard this and shouted, "What do you mean! You are just a concubine who has lost the emperor's favor. Why do you throw my things?"
Ruan Yun waited for Miss Lu to finish her argument. Seeing her face flush with anger, she no longer cared about her noble image and smiled with contempt, "Didn't you just say you didn't want this kite? Why do you want it now?"
The maidservant beside Miss Lu didn't move for a long time. Chun Qing went forward and snatched the kite away. Ruan Yun touched the gemstone armor in her hand and said, "Tear it into pieces and throw it into the pond for me."
She looked at Miss Lu with clear eyes, "Since it's Miss Lu's kite, Miss Lu, go into the water and pick it up yourself. I won't argue with you. If you don't go, don't blame me for asking someone to help you."
Miss Lu was frightened by Ruan Yun's aura and burst into tears. She bit her upper lip tightly and dared not let out a single sound.
It took him a long while to adjust his mood and said, "Is it okay if I don't want it anymore?"
However, Ruan Yun didn't have time to waste time talking to Miss Lu. She looked straight at Miss Lu. Today she wanted to let Miss Lu know what respect and order meant.
The maidservant beside Miss Lu tugged at her skirt, her voice trembling, "How about... Miss, please apologize and let her let us go."
Miss Lu turned around and slapped the maid, "What a useless thing! Who is she? Didn't you hear me just now? She is a concubine who has lost favor. Why does she treat me like this?"
This was the scene that Fourth Miss Wen saw when she arrived.
Her mother is the elder sister of Miss Lu's mother, and she has a good relationship with Miss Lu.
The weather was nice today, with a slight breeze and not too strong a sun. I thought of flying a kite, but unexpectedly the kite string suddenly broke.
Miss Lu said she would go and pick it up, but she didn't come back for a long time. Miss Wen went to look for her anxiously, but she heard her noisy voice before she even got there.
Not to mention, the person standing in front of Miss Lu was none other than Empress Ying Chongrong.
Fourth Miss Wen just felt that she was so unlucky, otherwise how could she meet Ying Chongrong whenever something happened? She saw how much the emperor doted on Ying Chongrong last time.
When Miss Wen Si heard what Miss Lu said just now, she almost fainted.
Miss Wen hurried down and grabbed Miss Lu, saying, "Huihui! What's wrong?"
Looking at Ruan Yun, Fourth Miss Wen looked embarrassed, "Is Ying Chongrong okay?"
She stepped forward a little, blocking Miss Lu, and said, "Please forgive me, Miss Lu... is my cousin. She was young and ignorant and offended the queen."
After Miss Wen Si finished speaking, Miss Lu quickly grabbed her and said, "Cousin! Just now someone said that she has lost the emperor's favor! Why are you being so polite to her?"
"Look, she ordered people to tear my kite into pieces and throw it into the pond, and then asked me to go down and pick it up myself. How could such bullying happen in the world?"
As Miss Lu spoke, she felt so aggrieved that tears started to fall from her eyes.
Miss Wen Si scolded her, "What are you talking about?"
If she had not seen with her own eyes that Ruan Yun was favored, she would have believed Miss Lu's words a long time ago. However, she had seen it with her own eyes, so she wanted to stop Miss Lu now.
I leaned over to look into the pond and saw the torn kite.
Fourth Miss Wen gritted her teeth and bowed to Ruan Yun, saying, "I apologize to the Majesty on behalf of Miss Lu. She is ignorant and doesn't know the Majesty. When I return, I will report this to my uncle and aunt and ask them to discipline Huihui properly."
Ruan Yun fanned herself and said, "Miss Wen, can you pick up the kite instead of Miss Lu? Is that okay?"
She would not swallow her anger. Miss Lu was clearly trying to humiliate her. If she really let Miss Lu bully her, or let Miss Lu go easily, I'm afraid the whole palace would laugh their heads off, and the emperor would also lose face.
For a moment, this place was particularly quiet.
Yan Shiyu stood on a high place with his hands behind his back, his face calm, only his black eyes were fixed on the arrogant woman below.
Meng Guiren was standing behind the emperor. Seeing Ying Chongrong in such a state, she used a lot of effort to restrain herself from laughing out loud. If she was seen by the emperor in such a flamboyant manner, she would probably make him dislike her sooner or later.
Wei Maoyuan remained calm and glanced at the emperor from time to time.
Having been with the emperor for a long time, Wei Maoyuan could tell at a glance whether the emperor was really angry or not, and at this moment the emperor certainly was not.
Ruan Yun did not notice that the emperor and Meng Guiren were up high, and she kept waving her round fan, bringing waves of coolness.
Miss Wen Si knew that Ying Chongrong was not joking, so she softened her tone and asked, "We don't know how deep the pond is. Miss Lu and I can't float. Can the Queen let us use the bamboo pole to pull us out?"
Ruan Yun nodded, and Fourth Miss Wen looked at the several bamboo poles placed on the shore, which should be used by the palace maids to sweep the water and support the boat.
Miss Lu tightly grasped Miss Wen's sleeves. Miss Wen gritted her teeth and said, "If you don't go, I will tell my uncle when I go back today. Let's see if my uncle will punish you."
When her father was mentioned, Miss Lu was a little panicked, "Cousin..."
Fourth Miss Wen glanced at the pond and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Now Ying Chongrong has agreed to my request. What if she sees that we are slow to move and really wants us to get into the pond?"
Miss Lu was obviously frightened by the water in the pool. With red eyes, she walked to the edge of the pool with Miss Wen Si.
It was a hot summer day, and it would be fine if she just stood in the shade of the tree, but such movement was very tiring. After a while, Miss Lu felt dizzy from the sun, and Miss Wen had no choice but to persevere.
The broken kite was quickly picked up by the two of them. Fourth Miss Wen grabbed the unhappy Miss Lu and said, "Hurry!"
Miss Lu bowed in front of Ruan Yun and said reluctantly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have offended you."
After saying this, Miss Lu burst into tears and ran away crying.
Miss Wen Si cannot leave. Miss Lu can say that she is young and ignorant, but how can she explain it?
Ruan Jun straightened up a little and looked at the kite on the ground. "Now that it's all lifted up, you can go now."
Miss Wen bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
With her maid, she hurriedly chased in the direction where Miss Lu had left, but after going around the rockery, Miss Wen suddenly stopped and looked back at the emperor wearing a bright yellow five-clawed dragon robe on the rockery.
She was too far away to see the emperor's expression clearly. The only thing she could see was Zhang Yang's dragon claws being blown up by the wind, making the emperor look majestic, tall, heroic and handsome.
Yan Shiyu did not stay long and turned around and left.
Seeing this, Lady Meng also wanted to leave with the emperor at first, but she suddenly changed her mind and said in a charming voice, "Your Majesty, wait for me."
The noise also startled Ruan Jun who was sitting below. Yingning and Tingxu looked at each other in surprise.
He quickly stood up from the stone and looked towards the rockery, but he could no longer see the emperor.
There was some doubt in Ruan Yun's eyes. Was the emperor standing here and watching everything just now?
The emperor himself knows best why he left Shuohan Pavilion last night.
Ruan Yun raised her eyebrows in surprise, and Ting Xu asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, will the Emperor blame you?"
Ruan Yun chuckled and said softly, "Nothing to do. Let's make a pot of soup to cool down. We'll go to the front."
The person who was with the emperor just now should be Mr. Meng.
Ruan Yun calculated the time and went to Jingqi Palace. When she arrived, the eunuch in front of her looked embarrassed and said, "Ying Chongrong, Meng Guiren is in there."
I didn’t see Wei Maoyuan, nor did I see Xiao Muzi.
Ruan Yun was a little surprised. The emperor should be handling state affairs at this time, but he actually kept Meng Guiren.
She had a faint smile on her lips and looked very easy to talk to. "Eunuch, please tell the emperor that if he does not want to see me, I will leave."
The eunuch walked in with a bitter face. Mr. Meng was standing in front of the table grinding ink for the emperor. When he saw the eunuch come in, he washed his hands with a handkerchief and said, "What's wrong? Didn't you say not to come in unless you have something to do?"
The eunuch didn't know what to do. Standing inside the palace was the emperor's most beloved concubine, and outside was the most gracious empress. He couldn't afford to offend either of them, so he could only lower his head, wishing he could bury it in the ground. "Your Majesty, Ying Chongrong is outside seeking an audience."
Yan Shiyu stopped moving his hands, and ink dripped slowly onto the paper, leaving a large ink stain.
Meng Guiren bit her teeth and said in a coquettish voice: "The words written by the emperor have been destroyed."
Wei Maoyuan hurried forward and moved away the paper on which the emperor was practicing calligraphy. He moved very gently and did not dare to look at the emperor's expression.
Yan Shiyu asked coldly, "Did she say anything?"
The eunuch shook his head, "Ying Chongrong, only brought a food box, and said she wanted to see the emperor."
Meng Guiren thought about what happened in the past, and spoke at the right time, softly and lovingly, "It's hot outside, Your Majesty, please let Sister Ying come in. I will go back first, and there is nothing to worry about."
Yan Shiyu put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. Seeing this, Meng Guiren hurried forward to take over the emperor's action.
He took a sip of ginseng tea and said coldly, "Let her go back! Tell her! If she doesn't finish writing ten words this afternoon, she won't be allowed to have dinner!"
The eunuch turned around and was about to leave, but Yan Shiyu grabbed the table tightly and changed the subject, "Five!"
This time the eunuch really did not delay at all and told Ying Chongrong what the emperor had said.
Tingxu and Yingning looked unhappy, but Ruan Yun was exceptionally calm and ordered, "Please send it in for me, eunuch."
Yingning put a piece of silver in the eunuch's hand, and the eunuch was naturally happy.
Ruan Yun asked again, "Eunuch Wei, is he also in there?"
The eunuch was rewarded with silver and was willing to talk to Ying Chongrong more. "Eunuch Wei is serving inside. Lady Meng came to Jingqi Palace this morning and has been accompanying the emperor."
Ruan Yun smiled and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Lao."
Turning around and leaving, Ruan Yun walked back to Shuohan Pavilion and said in a low voice, "Put out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."
The emperor had obviously seen what happened today, and because of what happened last night, he was probably still angry. Now all she could do was to follow the emperor's wishes.
Since Noble Meng had arrived at Jingqi Palace early in the morning, she didn't know what he said, but it was obvious that the emperor was not that annoyed with her.
Sitting at the table, Ruan Yun originally wanted Ying Ning to find a book about saints and sages, but when she saw the storybook on the small table, she raised her chin and said, "Go, bring the storybook over."
Ying Ning, who was always calm, felt that something was wrong and advised the queen, "My queen, this script... is not good."
Turning the page, the man was seen talking to someone else by the woman. She left feeling jealous. When she returned, the man stopped the woman's carriage.
The woman was so angry that she said everything in her heart.
Because she cares, she is sad.
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