half life slave

Chapter 56 Undercurrent is turbulent

Shen Hui's sympathy is not only in words, but also in practice.Before dawn the next day, the Qianqing Palace sent a servant to pass the message, only Dao Rongyu had to work hard all the way, temporarily exempting him from the errand before today's imperial appointment, and allowing him to cultivate in the room.

After washing up and preparing to accompany the emperor to court in the morning, Rong Yu felt relieved immediately after hearing this, and thanked him quickly.After seeing off the maid, he regained his sleepy eyes in an instant, took off his coat and lay down on the bed, and fell into a good sleep.

Ever since he started serving Shen Hui, lazy sleep has become a luxury. Now that he enjoys it, it makes people feel comfortable physically and mentally, and even dreams become extraordinarily soft.

It was almost noon after waking up, and after tidying up, he still decided to pay Shen Hui a greeting.A person who has always been cautious understands that the emperor's willingness to take a holiday is considered benevolent and righteous, but he cannot take it too seriously.You have to make a statement, the palace already has a lot of people talking, and the big hat of favoring and arrogance is put on, even if you don't care about it now, it's hard to guarantee that there will be a day to settle accounts after the fall.

Just before going out, Wu Bao, the servant of the Qianqing Palace, was leading a group of people out, and saw him busy bowing and saluting, with a smile on his face, "Is the palm print going to see the emperor? You have the right to wait a moment. Xiefang Hall. Early this morning, Concubine Hui felt a little dizzy and nauseous, so she passed the imperial doctor's pulse, and it happened that she was three months pregnant. Such a big happy event happened in the palace, and Long Live Lord was very happy. After the court is over, I will go to see Concubine Hui first, and say that I want to have lunch with me, and I will not come back."

Hey, it really was another happy event, Rong Yu couldn't help joking around, and when Wu Bao and the others left, he murmured to himself, there are many gynecologists in the palace, why it took three months to be diagnosed come out?There is some reason behind Baobuqi, I'm afraid it's intentional to hide it, and now he's catching up with the queen again, so he's so happy and irritable. Hearing the news must make him even more depressed.

Thinking about Shen Hui again, he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, but he was extremely efficient. He had one wife and two concubines, and now two of them were married. Shen Huisu loved Concubine Hui more in Japan, no wonder he was so happy.

The trust in his head was reining, and he couldn't stop for a moment, even thinking about what Shen Hui would look like when he was with a woman.Originally a tough and stern man, when he laughed, his brows and eyes were three points frivolous, seven points unruly.In terms of handsome and romantic, it should be the type that women are fascinated by.

Even that cold temperament seems to have changed in the past two years.Maybe he is just poorly related to his parents. In terms of the relationship between husband and wife, Wei Shi is not a person who is blessed with good fortune.

It is a happy event for a concubine to become pregnant, and it is even more important. As the imperial seal, one must also take care of the Xiefang Palace, give advice to the servants, etc., and be extra careful in terms of food and clothing.

Maybe it was because he was willing to take care of her, so Concubine Hui didn't feel that he was helping the queen. Not long after, people from Xiefang Palace came to him to express their gratitude.

Yunluo, the big palace maid next to Concubine Hui, came out in person, stood in the porch, smiled and said, "The palm print is hard work, the empress specially ordered me to thank you. Our Highness Xiefang took care of the palm seal, and everything was properly arranged. Dang. Your Majesty originally said that you were the chief steward of the Long Live Lord, how dare you take care of her, she doesn't want to be so thorough with your palm prints, it can be seen that in this palace, it would be impossible without you for a moment."

Rong Yu smiled modestly and said, "I don't dare to do it. Your Majesty is the master. It's my duty to serve the master well. How dare I accept a word of thanks from your Majesty."

Seeing that he was so polite, Yunluo was even more pleased, and said with a smile, "The palm print is true to the master, and the master understands it. Therefore, I thought that one guest would not bother the two masters, and I ordered me to come today, and I still want to talk to you." You ask for a second painting, but you don’t know if the palm print can be fulfilled with your heart?”

Rong Yu asked in bewilderment, "Your Majesty wants my painting?"

"I wanted a picture of lotus flowers, just because the lotus flowers in Taiye Pond bloomed very well this year, but for some reason, I offended the empress, saying that there were frogs hidden under the leaves, and the frogs were making noise at night. People pulled it all out overnight. The empress is the lord of the six palaces, and the empress has no way to say it. It's just that the empress loves the lotus the most, and she has only admired it for a few days. The characters are so vivid that they look like they look in a mirror, so the empress would like to ask you to take care to restore the sparkling pool, which is the right consolation."

Rong Yu's heart moved, but he still said with a smile on his face, "Meng Niangniang likes it, so I am willing to help. If so, let me think about how to write, and when the painting is finished, I will send it to the empress myself."

"I won't work on you anymore," Yunluo rolled her eyes and waved her hands with a smile, "You can draw later, just send someone to tell me, and I'll come and pick it up. Palm prints are always busy people. Can't do without, don't dare to delay the business because of this."

Having said that, Rong Yu didn't insist anymore, turned around and went back to the room, and sat on the chair to think.It happened that Lin Sheng came in to pour tea, and when he asked about what happened just now, he explained it to him in a concise and concise manner, and then he was puzzled, "There are so many painters in the palace, why bother to find me, this matter is very strange, How does Concubine Hui know that I am good at fine brushwork, after all these years, I haven't painted a few pictures in total."

The most recent time was when Fantine got married, he went back in time and gradually realized something was wrong, "I remember that Yunluo was in the Shangshan Prison, and she was not brought here by Concubine Hui from her mother's house. The female officer in charge of Xiefang Palace?"

Lin Sheng is the most familiar with the anecdotes in the palace, and replied with a smile, "Could it be that because he worked as a clerk in the Shangshan Department, he would make good crispy cheese and put it into the taste of Concubine Hui. Passing all the servants in the past, it can be regarded as a coincidence."

Is it a coincidence or an ulterior motive?It's hard to say right now, Concubine Hui is arrogant and indulgent, relying on herself to be favored and has long had quarrels with the empress, and now the concubine and concubine are pregnant, although it is uncertain who will win in the future, but the undercurrent is inevitable.

When the storm is on the cusp, everything should be cautious.Rong Yu wanted to stop picking up the pen and finish it overnight, then sealed the letter and told Lin Sheng to hand it over to Wei Yan as soon as possible, he was anxiously waiting for news.

Even though it felt abrupt, he still had to do what he promised Concubine Hui. This day he had some free time, so he laid out the drawing paper and planned to outline the lotus in the pool, but the inner palace supervisor sent a few wet nurses for him to choose.Counting the days, Zhong Gong has been pregnant for nearly six months at this time, according to the rules, it is time to choose a wet nurse for the prince who is about to be born.

The inner palace inspector led five young women in at once, "These are all pacifiers carefully selected by the ceremonial room, and I will bring them here today, please see which one is useful, and return to the Ming Dynasty with the Long Live God and the Empress as soon as possible." , just settle it, come in now, and there are a bunch of rules waiting to be learned."

Let’s introduce the background of these five people. Choosing a wet nurse is a big deal in the palace. After all, the prince and princess are fed by a wet nurse at birth. The closest person before they are sensible is also a wet nurse. Therefore, the wet nurse is also the mother and the servant, which can make the children feel intimacy and love, so the temperament and appearance of the wet nurse naturally become the key to the selection.

Rong Yu saw that one of the women surnamed Tan was fair and clean, with beautiful features, resembling Qin Ruozhen, so he asked her a few more questions.Thinking that if she is chosen, the future Highness will also have the opportunity to spend more time with people who look like mothers.So temporarily ordered this Tan family, and only waited to return to Shen Hui to make a decision.

The efficiency of Wei Yan in that chamber was also quite high, and he sent back a letter very quickly, and it turned out that Yunluo's family had frequent contacts with the housekeeper of Qin's house recently—as expected, Concubine Hui was indeed someone who had already placed a queen in front of her.It is unknown when this battle of concubines will be on the verge of breaking out.Reminiscent of Yunluo asking for a painting from herself, Rong Yu couldn't help but be very careful.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, the Inner Palace Supervisor came to him again and complained face to face, "No way, then Mrs. Tan was rejected by the Empress. I just want to talk about it, but the Empress just won't do it."

Rong Yu was slightly surprised, "Your Majesty, what do you think is wrong with Mrs. Tan?"

He snorted, "There is no reason. The empress found one by herself. She said that the ceremonial house was chosen by poor households in the suburbs of Beijing. Such a woman can't read a single word, so she didn't have to mislead His Highness, so let the Qin family choose another one." The woman surnamed Zhang. What the empress means is that she is reliable only when she is in the eye. What do you think is all this? The queen empress is very good, and she is making us feel free."

Rong Yu smiled, but half of his heart was relieved. Although the matter was troublesome, he was not worried about the person Qin Ruozhen chose. After all, His Highness is her flesh and blood, so she will naturally love it with all her heart.What is worrying is that there is no precedent in the palace rules, even if he wants to sell favors, he has to find a suitable excuse.

Don't want to wait for him to meet the queen to explain the solution, but Qin Ruozhen took the first step to challenge him.Later in the afternoon, after finishing his errands at the yamen of the Sili Supervisor, he opened the curtain and entered the Nuan Pavilion, but saw Qin Ruozhen sitting alone in front of the imperial case, meditating.

Rong Yu greeted her, she raised her head with a look of hesitation, "Father has something important to report, the emperor has gone to the Tai Chi Hall now."

Rong Yu nodded, and bid her farewell when he had nothing to say for a while, but she suddenly stopped him and smiled meaningfully, "What does the factory owner think about the wet nurse I have chosen? won't come down?"

After Liao Tong's case, Xichang became famous, and outsiders began to know that it was originally a privileged institution directly under the emperor, and also served as his admiral, Xichang. A factory official.

Hearing the Queen's yelling at this moment, Rong Yu immediately became vigilant, "Your Majesty has betrayed the evil minister, how dare you be my Majesty's boss. I have been away on business for the past few days, and I haven't had time to report to the Emperor for the time being. When I return to Ming Dynasty, I will meet you." Give the empress an explanation as soon as possible. It’s just that the empress said bluntly that there was no precedent for the harem to personally select the wet nurses. The inner court also set up a pacifier room. The wet nurses in it are carefully selected, and there will be no mistakes. Ma'am, you can rest assured."

Qin Ruozhen pouted and sneered, "After talking so much, are you going to use palace rules to suppress me?"

Rong and bowed his hands, "I don't dare, I just give the empress a suggestion. Of course, if the empress does not agree, everything should follow your orders. After all, the empress is the master of the harem."

"Suggestion? The so-called suggestion is unreasonable!" Qin Ruozhen scolded, "Why do you need a group of irrelevant people to pick the prince's wet nurse? It's still a group of servants! A serious master doesn't even have a place to talk, this palace is cold-hearted Look, this rule should be changed."

Rong Yu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I also feel that the rules are not static. Then please let me see the person you have chosen. If there is nothing wrong, I can formally recommend it to the emperor as soon as possible."

Qin Ruozhen stared at him, and smiled softly, "The factory official really has a lot of face, whoever you recommend to the emperor will always succeed. But I don't know, how do you want to meet my person? Do you want to interrogate her? Or Like the housekeeper who inspected Liao Tong, show the power of your inner self?"

Rong He suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, and smiled calmly, "I didn't mean that, I just acted according to the rules. If the empress feels uneasy, you can ask your superiors, the supervisor of ceremonies, the chief of the internal affairs office, and others, to accompany the minister to see her. That's it."

Qin Ruozhen didn't speak, her eyes lingered on him for a long time, she probably felt that his attitude was respectful and didn't mean to offend her, so she slowly looked away.

When she spoke again, she was no longer aggressive, "I just want to do something for my children. I am different from those concubines. I have always thought of changing sons and raising them in order to prevent the influence of foreign relatives and the harem from interfering in politics. The trick is to deprive the mother and the child of the first and most sincere love. Now that the Qin family is an extremely human minister, what other schemes are there? I can only spend my life in the palace, which can make me unhappy. I feel lonely, maybe there is only a moment with my children. In order to get closer to them, I always want to make more efforts. After all, I am their mother. Although I can’t empathize with a mother’s wishes and expectations, I believe that I will always Do you understand?"

Rao Shi Rongyu's nerves were tense at the moment, and he was full of vigilance. After hearing these words, he couldn't help feeling a little bit more compassionate, "I will do my best, and I hope I can help your mother achieve her wish."

Qin Ruozhen nodded slightly, his expression softened, and he whispered two words after a while, "Thank you." After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at him and picked up a book on the imperial case.

Knowing that she didn't have anything else to say, she bowed her body, ready to leave without a sound, raised her head, and casually glanced at the book in her hand, which was exactly the Spring and Autumn Fanlu that Shen Hui nearly read every day.

Suddenly her eyebrows twitched twice, and then she saw her take out a piece of paper from the pages of the book, looked at it carefully, and slowly frowned after seeing it.

Rong Yu knew at a glance that what was written on that piece of paper was exactly the long lovesickness he wrote a few days ago.Sure enough, Qin Ruozhen asked curiously, "Did the emperor do this?"

However, she only hesitated for a moment, and Qin Ruozhen became suspicious. Her eyes suddenly sharpened, and she sneered shortly, "Concubine Hui did it?"

Looking at this expression, I am afraid that he is already enjoying himself, remembering that she has already placed a man in front of Concubine Hui, Rong Yu simply replied with a little embarrassment, "It's just a courtier's play, let the empress laugh."

Qin Ruozhen raised her head suddenly, her eyes brightened, and she asked suspiciously, "What did you do? Why is what you wrote in the emperor's book?"

Rong Yu also wanted to know the answer to the question. He thought that this piece of paper had been discarded by Shen Hui a long time ago, but he couldn't understand it. He only heard Qin Ruozhen ask, "Do your majesty and you often get along like this in poetry?"

How is that possible?Rong Yu hurriedly said no, "The emperor woke up that day and ordered the minister to have a long lovesickness. The minister also felt strange at the time, but other than that, it has never happened before."

Qin Ruozhen was noncommittal, seemed relieved, looked at the paper again, stared at it for a long time, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "This is the emperor's word, how did you get it so resembling?"

Serving as a close servant for many years, he often writes for Shen Hui to write memorials, and he can imitate his handwriting. The emperor's words."

Qin Ruozhen drew a long voice, and said slowly, "The factory minister is really versatile."

Judging from the tone of voice, it seemed to be mixed with some subtle meanings.

"I remember now." She took a breath suddenly, her face stunned, "You have the ability, usually the emperor is lazy to personally approve the papers, but don't they all tell you what to write and ask you to approve them for him?" How could I forget this, I’m so confused.”

Rong Yu smiled approvingly, and while she was speechless at the moment, hurriedly saluted her and bid farewell.Qin Ruozhen didn't look at him, but nodded her head very lightly, her eyes wandering, as if thinking.

About to leave the warm pavilion, Rong Yuzheng secretly relieved his breath, and suddenly heard her voice that was almost talking to herself, but was very clear, "Some things, I should have thought of it a long time ago. It is easy to learn a person's words, and a person's accent. It's not too difficult."