Chapter 080 Chapter 80
[Chapter 80]
Wen Baolin's face turned red after hearing what Ruan Yun said. Most women are gentle, virtuous and not jealous, but Ying Chongrong humiliated her to the extreme, and implicitly said that she was unfaithful to her husband.
"Ying Chongrong said this, aren't you afraid that the emperor will find out and punish you?"
As Wen Baolin said this through gritted teeth, tears welled up in his eyes, his face felt hot and he could hardly stand.
Ruan Yun gave a light laugh that was quite contemptuous. She looked Wen Baolin up and down. She didn't say anything, but her eyes were extremely insulting. "Sister Wen, you are wrong. If you want to file a complaint against me, you have to see the emperor."
Everyone in front of the emperor stood very far away, looking at each other, and no one dared to say anything wrong about Ying Chongrong. Everyone saw how much the emperor doted on Ying Chongrong, and it was magnanimous of Ying Chongrong not to punish Wen Baolin for what he said.
Wen Baolin's face turned pale. How could she not understand the meaning of Ruan Yun's words?
Ruan Yun walked into the inner hall and left a message to Chun Qing, "Watch her and don't let her leave."
Chun Qing agreed to Ying Chongrong's words, and when he looked at Wen Baolin again, he was speechless.
Wen Baolin was so angry that his body was shaking. He turned around and was about to leave. Chun Qing stood behind Wen Baolin, blocking his way, "My lady, my queen didn't let you go."
"Where I am going, what does it have to do with her?"
Wen Baolin squeezed out this sentence and glared at Chunqing fiercely, "This is Jingqi Palace. Could it be that Yingchongrong is bigger than the emperor's?"
Chunqing lowered his eyebrows and said, "I dare not, but didn't the young lady just say that my wife should speak to the emperor on your behalf? If the emperor summons you later and you are not here, what should we do? To take the throne by deceiving others, young lady... this is violating palace rules."
Wen Baolin turned around and quickly pointed a finger at Chunqing. Chunqing cleverly took a step back and stopped blocking Wen Baolin's way, allowing Wen Baolin to make his own choice.
After what Chun Qing said just now, Wen Baolin couldn't leave even if he wanted to.
She wiped away the tears from her face and stared at the inner hall. Her beautiful eyes were filled with resentment and longing for the emperor.
Ruan Jun walked to the inner hall and sat down on the couch. The emperor's deep voice could be heard from time to time.
After a while, there was the sound of a memorial falling to the ground and the palace door opening.
Ruan Yun took the ice cup and placed the cold tea on the other side of the couch, and Wei Maoyuan also opened the door to the side hall.
After telling the emperor that Ying Chongrong had arrived, Wei Maoyuan naturally also mentioned to the emperor in a vague way that Wen Baolin was still standing outside.
The emperor frowned and scolded her: "If she wants to come, let her wait!"
Wei Maoyuan said no more and followed the emperor into the inner hall.
As soon as she stepped into the inner hall, the sweet fragrance of rose dew filled her arms. The jade pendant on Ruan Yun's head swayed slightly, making her face look delicate. There was no other beauty like her in the world.
Yan Shiyu pulled down Ruan Yun's hand and looked at the people behind him with a stern face. Wei Maoyuan quickly came to his senses and closed the door of the inner hall.
Ruan Jun smiled and took the initiative to put her hand in the emperor's palm.
The refreshing tea was right next to Yan Shiyu's hand, and Ruan Jun was fanning the emperor, creating a cool breeze.
Yan Shiyu drank a sip of cold tea, glanced at Ruan Yun, and said indifferently: "Isn't there an ice cube in the inner hall?"
Ruan Yun was exposed, but she was not embarrassed. She sat next to the emperor and asked, "Does the emperor like the cool tea?"
Yan Shiyu put down the teacup. The woman had added flower petals into it. It was a good cup of tea, but she had made it so weird.
Ruan Yun fanned the emperor in a flattering manner, but Yan Shiyu grabbed the handle of the fan and put it aside. "Tell me, what do you want to see me about?"
Ruan Yun bit her lower lip, smiled, and snuggled into the emperor's body, sighing faintly, "I have to go back to the palace soon, and I can't bear to leave."
Yan Shiyu's long fingers slid across her black hair, and the soft touch quickly disappeared. He placed his hand a little on her back.
Seeing that the emperor did not speak, Ruan Yun continued, "The palace has beautiful mountains and rivers, and I can see the emperor all the time. It's not like in the palace, where I have to follow the rules all the time."
Yan Shiyu narrowed his eyes slightly and said teasingly: "I do have a way."
Ruan Jun quickly raised her face, but her almond-shaped eyes met the emperor's black eyes at this moment, and she saw the misery in the emperor's eyes without any bias.
"How about being a maid of honor and staying by my side?"
Ruan Yun pushed the emperor's chest. Just thinking about that scene, especially the emperor's words, made her blush, "I was originally a palace maid, and I don't even want to see the emperor..."
Yan Shiyu sneered and didn't respond to Ruan Yun's words.
His black eyes occasionally cast a glance at the fullness in front of her, the soft snow color peeking out from the light gauze and satin, making people's eyes filled with that hint of whiteness.
She didn't know that she always stood behind others with her head down. She looked like a flower demon sucking people's essence and blood in her indigo palace dress. She appeared in his dreams every night and disturbed him. If he had really put her by his side, he would be afraid...
Ruan Yun really didn't dare to say any more on this topic, for fear that she might accidentally arouse the emperor's interest.
"I heard that the Queen Mother will return to the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Ruan Yun's eyebrows were filled with distress. She didn't care whether the emperor could see through her little thoughts or not. She just felt that it was very difficult to deal with.
Yan Shiyu's eyes fell back on her little face, "Are you here just for this?"
Ruan Yun nodded slightly, "When I entered the palace, the Empress Dowager had already gone to Mount Putuo. I have never met the Empress Dowager."
Yan Shiyu didn't take it seriously and said, "There are so many concubines in the palace, can my mother remember them all?"
Ruan Yun whispered, "The Emperor dotes on me, but I'm afraid... the Empress Dowager doesn't like it."
Yan Shiyu paused in his movements, not expecting that she was talking about this. "No, my mother is not that kind of person."
Ruan Jun finally smiled a little more, "Really?"
Yan Shiyu didn't say anything, but Ruan Jun understood the emperor's meaning from his eyes.
The heavy stone weighing on her heart finally fell. Ruan Yun breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to stand up from the emperor's side, but Yan Shiyu pulled her into his arms:
"Xiaoxiao's abilities are really improving now."
Ruan Jun smiled awkwardly, "I was just thinking that the emperor still had political affairs to attend to."
Political affairs are important, but beauty is equally important.
"Grind ink for me."
Ruan Jun's face was filled with sorrow. She sighed and had to resign herself to her fate and follow the emperor.
When I walked to the outer hall, I remembered that there was someone standing outside. Her figure was vaguely visible on the glazed window, but the door of the hall was closed. I could occasionally hear a few cicadas chirping, but no other sounds.
Ruan Jun had no intention of speaking for Wen Baolin, and naturally had no intention of letting Wen Baolin in.
Everything now is Wen Baolin's own choice, so he can't blame anyone else.
Outside Jingqi Hall
Wen Baolin's face was abnormally red from being exposed to the sun. Tao Chu supported the young lady with concern, while Wei Maoyuan just stood quietly by, pretending he saw nothing.
"Eunuch Wei, please go in and pass the message on behalf of this master."
Wen Baolin's words were strong, and Wei Maoyuan's smile became even less. He glanced into the inner hall and saw nothing moving inside, and the emperor didn't say a word. If he went in now, he would definitely displease the emperor:
"My lord, please wait a little longer."
Tao Chu was so anxious that she almost cried, "My young lady has always been weak, and she fell into the water a few days ago. If anything goes wrong, Eunuch Wei will not be able to bear the consequences."
Wei Maoyuan's voice became much colder and harder. "If you can't bear it, just go back to the palace. Ying Chongrong is gentle and will not argue with you."
Wen Baolin sneered silently, with a gentle temperament? Who? Ying Chongrong?
Just as he was about to speak, he could no longer bear the humiliation, his eyes went dark and he passed out.
Little Muzi was startled, but he saw his master calmly straightening his sleeves and said, "Have someone send Wen Baolin back to Yueying Cottage and find an imperial physician to see Wen Baolin."
Xiao Muzi followed Wei Maoyuan's instructions and then asked, "Master, do you want to tell the emperor?"
Wei Maoyuan shook his head, finally figuring out what Wansui Ye meant.
Since the daughter of the Wen family wants to enter the palace so much, the emperor should let her enter. However, no one can predict what the scene will be like after she enters the palace.
If Lord Wen has anything else to say, he cannot interfere in the affairs of the Emperor's harem.
The emperor's move was too cruel for Wen Baolin.
…
The dust on the pipe was stirred up by the sound of horseshoes.
The ice-cold wire in the frame was not hot at all, but Ruan Jun felt very uncomfortable.
He leaned weakly on Tingxu's body, feeling dizzy and as if he was going to vomit any moment.
Ying Ning worriedly said, "Your Highness didn't eat much for breakfast, and she vomited up everything she ate for lunch. She still has three or four days to go. How can she bear it if it continues like this?"
Ruan Yun was dizzy and naturally couldn't hear what Ying Ning was saying.
Tingxu pressed an ice towel against Ruan Yun's face and whispered, "The medicine prescribed by the imperial physician is of no use."
Yingning sighed, took the handkerchief from Tingxu's hand and wiped the empress's hands, "I have asked, fortunately we will have to stay overnight in the farm ahead, and then we can ask the imperial physician to come and take a look."
The carriage stopped and all the concubines were helped down by palace maids.
Ruan Jun felt very uncomfortable. Her feet felt light and fluttery, and the ground had no sense of solidity. After entering the room, she fell powerlessly on the bed.
Ying Ning was just about to send someone out to call for the imperial physician, but unexpectedly someone arrived in the chamber first.
The queen walked in with a frown on her face, and Ran Xia took off her cloak and held it in her hand.
Although Ruan Yun was upset, she was still somewhat conscious. When she saw the Queen coming in, she wanted to stand up and salute, but the Queen stepped forward first, gently held Ruan Yun down, and said in a soft and distressed voice, "Why are you like this?"
"Has the imperial physician come to see you?"
Ying Ning replied on behalf of her own queen, "The imperial physician came to see her earlier and prescribed a prescription for motion sickness. She felt better after drinking it, but she vomited it all out after a while."
Ruan Yun smiled weakly and said, "I'm sorry to have caused your Majesty some worry."
The queen patted the back of her hand gently, as if to coax her. "It's okay. You should take good care of yourself. If you still feel uncomfortable later, send someone to find me and see what the imperial physician says. Is there any other good way?"
Ruan Yun nodded, but before she could say anything, the eunuch's voice came in:
"The Emperor has arrived."
The queen stood up and saluted Yan Shiyu. Ruan Jun, who was sitting on the couch, was also about to stand up. Yan Shiyu's dark eyes darkened and he strode over to hold her down. "You are not feeling well. Why are you moving?"
Then Yan Shiyu glanced at the empress and said, "The empress is here too."
The Queen smiled and said gently, "I heard that Ying Chongrong was not feeling well, so I came to see her. Now that the Emperor has arrived, I will go back first."
Ruan Jun wanted to get up, but she dared not move due to the emperor's power and could only watch the empress leave.
Fortunately, the Empress was magnanimous and never argued with her about these things, otherwise she would have been resented by the Empress countless times for what happened today.
Yingning brought the medicine bowl over. Now that they were not in the carriage, Ruan Jun was much better than before, and let Tingxu feed her the medicine.
It was so bitter that she could not swallow it after drinking only two spoonfuls. Seeing her distress, Yan Shiyu said coldly, "Send the doctor over."
Wei Maoyuan already knew which imperial physician to seek for this matter. Imperial Physician Sun could not help but complain in his heart. After all, he was the chief of the Imperial Physician Institute and he only checked the emperor's pulse every day. Ever since Ying Chongrong became the empress, any disturbance would make his old bones suffer.
However, Doctor Sun could only think about it in his heart and did not dare to say it out loud.
After examining Ying Chongrong's pulse, Imperial Physician Sun replied, "Your Majesty, Ying Chongrong's pulse seems stable. She is just carsick. I will prescribe some medicine for you. You can boil it in water and drink it, and you will feel better."
Yan Shiyu's eyes flashed with some unknown emotion, and he asked, "Is it because of something else?"
Doctor Sun was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "The queen is indeed suffering from motion sickness."
Yan Shiyu looked back at Ruan Yun lying on the bed and said, "Go get the medicine."
Doctor Sun did not dare to delay and went out immediately. He carefully recalled what the emperor had just asked in his mind, then sighed and shook his head before going to get the medicine.
Ruan Yun pulled Yan Shiyu's sleeve and said pitifully, "I feel very uncomfortable. I was not like this before."
Yan Shiyu pressed her shoulders to stop Ruan Jun from getting up, "I know."
Ruan Jun had nothing to do when she came here. At most, she had been in the carriage for too long and felt a little bored.
Yingning brought the dinner over. Ruan Jun felt a little disgusted when she saw it and shook her head, unwilling to eat.
Yan Shiyu personally picked up Ruan Yun and stroked her long black hair, saying, "I asked someone to bring some sour plums. You can eat some. If you really can't eat more, forget it."
Originally, she didn't have any other emotions, but when she heard the emperor say this, Ruan Jun's eyes blinked and tears suddenly fell.
For the first time, Yan Shiyu was at a loss because of her tears. He wiped away her tears with his fingertips and his deep voice became even softer, "Are you feeling very uncomfortable?"
Ruan Yun rested her head on the emperor's shoulder, shook her head and said, "No, I just thought of someone."
Yan Shiyu's barely perceptible voice was mixed with a hint of coldness as it came towards Ruan Jun.
Ruan Yun realized something was wrong after she said it. She bit her lower lip and didn't want to say anything. But seeing that the emperor was waiting for her to speak, she could only muffled and said, "My...father."
Yan Shiyu was so angry that his eyebrows twitched and his face turned pale, "Ruan Yun!"
She was so embarrassed that she could say such words. If he was really her father, wouldn't the relationship between them be...
"You keep talking nonsense every day! I think you read too many storybooks! You have lost your temper!"
The area between his eyebrows was twisted uncontrollably, his face was as black as hot pot ash, and Ruan Yun didn't dare to look up.
I could only whisper, "Your Majesty, you must ask."
At this time, Wei Maoyuan took the sour plums and put them in the blue disk. "My queen, please try it."
Ruan Jun picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. The nausea was indeed relieved a lot, but the plum was too sour. She couldn't eat it anymore after just one bite.
After barely eating a few mouthfuls of porridge, Yan Shiyu had no appetite for other meals, so he finally asked someone to take the food away.
We were staying at the cottage tonight, and the bathtub was exceptionally small.
It happened that Yan Shiyu insisted on taking a bath with Ruan Yun. Ruan Yun curled up in the bathtub, into a small ball, but she still inevitably bumped into the emperor, so she had to move herself carefully.
Something under her feet gradually became wrong. Ruan Yun was particularly embarrassed. After being picked up by the emperor and placed on the bed, Yan Shiyu personally extinguished the candlelight and said, "Go to sleep."
Ruan Jun pulled up the quilt a little, her little face flushed red. Thinking of what she had just felt, Ruan Jun looked at the emperor lying on the pillow from time to time, but she found that the emperor really didn't seem to intend to do anything tonight.
She fell asleep peacefully. Although she was drowsy in the carriage, she was not really asleep after all. Now that she lay down, her breathing gradually became normal.
The moon was hidden by clouds, and the branches and leaves of the trees in the courtyard were clearly visible in the light of the candles. The colors of the flowers were dim, and the shadows of the tassels of the curtains in the night gradually became shorter as the shadow of the moon moved outside the window.
Behind the curtains, Yan Shiyu's dark eyes gradually opened, and he looked at Ruan Jun in the moonlight. He gently touched Ruan Jun's cheek with his fingertips and slightly smoothed her tightly furrowed brows.
…
On the second day in the carriage, Ruan Yun took the medicine given by Doctor Sun, but it had no effect. Instead, she vomited even more violently than before.
When Yan Shiyu opened the car curtain, what he saw was Ruan Jun's pale face.
Ying Ning happened to have prepared the medicine and wanted to feed it to Ruan Yun. Yan Shiyu reached out and took it, "Here."
Holding the bowl, Yingning hesitated for a moment, and under the emperor's gradually cold gaze, she said softly, "Your Majesty, the queen is taking medicine, and it's a little difficult to feed her."
Yan Shiyu kept a calm face and fed Ruan Jun the liquid one spoonful at a time.
Ruan Yun hadn't reacted when she drank the first spoonful. She was unwilling to drink the medicine afterwards. She shook her head and tried to avoid the medicine handed to her by the emperor. "I won't drink it."
She pushed Yan Shiyu's chest, not caring that the person in front of her was the emperor. Her eyebrows were tightly knitted together, and her little face was full of pain. "Your Majesty, please get down quickly."
I covered my lips with my hands, but I couldn't tell the feeling of vomiting. I had vomited out everything I had for breakfast. Now, if I vomited again, it would only be the medicine I had just taken.
Yan Shiyu's eyes were deep, and he embraced Ruan Jun, "I'm here with you."
Ruan Yun's voice was filled with tears, "It was like this last time, I didn't want to..."
She was half asleep and half awake that time, and was not fully awake. Now that she was awake, she naturally had some concerns in her mind.
Yan Shiyu held Ruan Yun's arm and said in a heavier tone, "Your health is important."
He said to the palace maid kneeling below him, "Go and invite Imperial Physician Sun."
Doctor Sun rushed over and took out a silver needle to give Ruan Yun acupuncture. Seeing Ying Chongrong's frown was more relaxed than before, he trembled and said, "Your Majesty, I am useless. Your Majesty's symptoms can only be alleviated by taking medicine."
Yan Shiyu touched Ruan Yun's sweaty forehead and felt a chill on his cheeks. There was only one ice basin in the carriage, but Ruan Yun's hands were all cold.
Seeing this, Yan Shiyu directly picked up Ruan Yun and went outside.
Ruan Jun leaned on the emperor's shoulder, not knowing what the emperor was going to do, until she smelled a faint scent of ambergris, and then she weakly opened her eyes.
When she saw the luxurious brass ornaments in the carriage, she realized that it was the emperor who carried her into the palace.
Ruan Yun tried to sit up, but Yan Shiyu held her shoulders and looked at her with burning eyes.
"This... doesn't make sense."
Yan Shiyu said calmly: "I am the emperor, how can it be inappropriate?"
These words left Ruan Jun speechless. She could only lie on the couch and watch the white smoke slowly rising from the incense burner on the table.
There were quite a few memorials on the case, and Ruan Yun then realized that she must have delayed a lot of the emperor's affairs of state.
But now that I'm here, what can I do?
Wen Baolin watched Tao Chu get on the carriage with red eyes. Before Tao Chu could speak, he couldn't help asking, "Why did the carriage stop?"
Tao Chu hesitated for a long time before saying, "Ying Chongrong is not feeling well, so the emperor brought Ying Chongrong to the palace."
The teacup in Wen Baolin's hand suddenly fell to the ground.
She fainted outside the Jingqi Palace. The emperor ignored her and didn't even come out to take a look at her.
It was obviously Ying Chongrong who made her stand in the scorching heat, but the emperor did not blame her at all. Even when she woke up, Ying Chongrong was still accompanying him in Jingqi Palace.
She was humiliated by Ying Chongrong and did not dare to go out for many days, for fear that she would meet some concubine who would ridicule her. She could only stay in Yueying Cottage, and the originally quiet place became extremely scary.
Without the emperor, Yueying House was as cold as a cold palace.
Wen Baolin cried silently. Tao Chu knelt in front of him and asked, "My lord, what should we do now?"
"Ying Chongrong is arrogant and domineering, and doesn't care about anyone. Otherwise...or else you can go and ask Concubine Xian for help. Since she promised to help you enter the palace, she will definitely be willing to help you now."
Wen Baolin was still thinking about his father's instructions before entering the palace. His father's words made sense. Empress Xianfei had a prince by her side, so how could she be willing to help her sincerely?
Thinking of this, Wen Baolin buried her face in her knees and cried bitterly. Why? She originally thought that she would be favored by the emperor when she entered the palace, but why did the emperor treat her like this? When she was in the palace, the emperor didn't even praise her or ask her name.
Wen Baolin wiped his tears and said to Tao Chu in a hoarse voice:
"Go and prepare something for me."
"Remember, be careful not to be discovered by others."
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