Chapter 020 3

Back to the Shang Pharmaceutical Bureau, I tried to smooth out my messy hair and went straight to the room. I sat in front of the mirror and took a comb and found an envelope on the mirror table with my name in beautiful handwriting. I was surprised. I put down the comb and opened the envelope. Inside was a piece of paper, which said, "Doctor Zuo Mo Xiran of Shang Pharmaceutical Bureau, is familiar with pharmacologicals and has a way to distinguish it. He is awarded the doctor of Shang Pharmaceutical Bureau."

The crown princess is right. Song Fengyu proposed that I was promoted to a doctor in six provinces of the palace.

Although this is a good thing, thinking about what the Crown Princess said, I am very ashamed of this promotion list. A figure was printed on the window, and Song Yi's voice came from the door: "When you see the light is on, come and have a look."

I took the comb and smoothed my hair randomly. When I opened the door, I saw Song Yiyang smile, "Have you seen the envelope in your room?"

I nodded and turned around to pour him tea. Song Yi strode to the table with his hands behind his back and sat down, raising a cup of tea. I quietly reached out and stroked my cheek. The crescent marks on my face were still there, a little lighter. Fortunately, the light was not as bright as the day. Song Yi saw that I was distracted and asked, "Why did you come back so late today?"

I came to my senses and said, "I talked a few words with Qinger of Chengqian Hall. I didn't expect it to be too late." Qinger met me in Chengqian Hall, and she is also serving Princess Qin. I can often say a few words with her.

With doubt in Song Yi's eyes, he got up and walked in to look at me. I hurriedly retreated a few steps but was pulled by him. His eyes stared at my left cheek, and his eyes ignited with anger and quiet calm, and there was a trace of pity. He asked me with dark eyes, "Can you stand it?"

I grabbed the belt, clenched my fist under my sleeve, did not shake my head or nod, lowered my eyes and bit my lower lip tightly. There was a smell of medicine on the tip of his nose, and Song Yi had held me in his arms. I was about to struggle with my hand, and his warm comfort came to my ear: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

A stream of heat suddenly appeared in my eyes, and I rolled into tears against his shoulder. He patted me on the back, and the more he comforted my heart, the more irresistible it became. Finally, I reached out and clenched his shirt, tried to lower my voice, and cried on his shoulder.

Song Yi always appears when I am most vulnerable, as if it were a warm morning glow and a peaceful harbor. I came back from outside in a hurry, but the weather was not cold, but it was cold to the palm of my hand, but he was very warm, and there was a comfortable warmth spreading on him. Perhaps it was this long-lost warmth that I finally broke the dike with my fear and grievance in front of him.

For a long time, my cheeks felt cold. It turned out that I wet his clothes. I reached out to wipe the tears on my face and looked up to apologize. Tears were not dry. Looking at his outline, his eyes were even more blurred. He looked at me and stroked my eyes. I gently closed my eyes and felt his fingers stroke my eyelashes and stop at the corners of my eyes. With a sigh, the smell of medicine in his nose drifted away. When he opened his eyes, Song Yi was no longer in the room.

The weather is hot, and a rain in the afternoon brings a slight coolness.

In the evening, I sorted out the newly arrived medicinal materials. Tian Shiyu's doctor strode in and wrote a prescription on the paper and handed it to Song Yi. I heard him say to Song Yi, "Your Majesty is really blessed. Zhang Jieyu is pregnant, and she has been very happy recently!"

Song Yi smiled faintly, gave the prescription to Nian'er, and told her to prepare the fetal medicine for Zhang Meiyi from tomorrow. After listening to their words, Nian'er quietly came over and said happily, "Meiyi finally won."

I smiled and continued to take care of the medicinal herbs, but I couldn't feel at ease. Zhang Meiyi is pregnant, and it is naturally a good thing to have a child as a backer in the future, but... I'm still afraid after hearing too many rumors of the story in this palace. Rumor has it that women's mourning and children's crying can often be heard from under the acacia in Houyuan every night. They said that a pregnant maid was poisoned and buried under the big locust tree.

I didn't curse Zhang Meiyi, and I didn't hear mourning or crying in person. And such rumors show that the pregnancy of women in the palace does not make everyone happy as much as the people. If you are lucky enough to give birth to a dragon, raise it, and repay your kindness, it will be endless; if it is unfortunate, it will give endless sorrow and even life. The emperor was naturally happy to hear that Zhang Meiyi was pregnant, and naturally protected her in all ways, but the woman in the harem may not. The open gun can't avoid the secret fight. There are too many things that the emperor doesn't know. The quieter the wind is, the more he can faintly smell the slowly spreading blood. The emperor's favor is enough to kill that woman.

In the past few days, Zhang Meiyi has given a lot of rewards, and she often sees a row of people going to the pavilion with a small red table. Nian'er said that after three days of going to the pavilion, she saw the emperor four times.

This day, as soon as I came out of Chengqian Hall, I saw two maids coming outside the door. I know them. They are the people who serve in Yin Defei's palace. When they come to me, I will go to Yin Defei.

When Yin Defei saw me, she said angrily, "How dare you disobey my order!"

I don't know what it said, and said, "I don't know what my mother is doing."

"Kneel down!" Yin Defei gave an order, and the two maids next to her came forward and knelt me on the ground. Yin Defei was so angry that she shook her fingers and said to me, "Why is Zhang Jieyu pregnant?"

My arms were pressed behind by the two maids of honor. I gasped and said, "The emperor has favored Zhang Jieyu more recently. It's natural to be pregnant."

There was a hot sting on her left cheek, and Yin Defei came forward and slapped me. Didn't I ask you to send a basket of fruit? What? Did that woman lose it?

I suddenly woke up. Zhang Jieyu's sudden pregnancy will be exciting for Yin Defei, but this stimulation is obviously because it is too unexpected. This unexpected thing made me suddenly see through all kinds of indivisible tricks between her and Zhang Jieyu.

I endured the fire pain on my cheek and said, "Mother, Zhang Jieyu did not leave the fruit you gave, but gave it to the eunuch of honor in the open pavilion to taste the mother's kindness together. The maidservant didn't think it was a bad thing, which made the people in the pavilion extremely grateful to the Empress and Zhang Jieyu.

Yin Defei's eyes widened: "I don't want their gratitude. I don't want that woman to get pregnant!"

She muttered a few words to herself, her eyes gradually calmed down and her face was still pale. She regained her plain look and looked at me deeply for a while. Her eyes pierced my body like thousands of ice, which made me tremble. She waved her hand, and the two maids behind her let me go. She actually asked me to leave.

Tonight, peace.

And I toss and turn and can't fall asleep.

There must be something wrong with the fruit Yin Defei sent me that day. It's not poison, but a pregnancy pill. Zhang Meiyi is spoiling at this time, and if she is poisoned to death, it will inevitably cause an uproar. In the harem, whoever has a child first is the winner, so if you want to secretly let Zhang Meiyi conceive a child, then Yin Defei will have enough time to create an opportunity to be favored again and walk alone in the sky again.

Thinking of Zhang Meiyi, I couldn't help sighing. That day, she said that the fruit she got was brought by Yin Defei to show off, and she would be shocked if she knew the truth. Women in the harem will never guess what she wants to do. Sometimes you think too deeply, and sometimes you think too shallowly. They are the fireflies in the night. They can't figure out what they are going to the black forest.

Today, Yin Defei's behavior really puzzled me. I only felt that an overwhelming conspiracy was gradually approaching Zhang Meiyi.

There was a chill, and I couldn't help but reach out and pull up the bedding.

Two days later, Yin Defei fell ill.

"The mood is too low, which makes my heart chill." When Tian Shi's doctor said this, he couldn't help sighing and shaking his head.

Princes Qin no longer needed to take the fetal medicine. I told Song Yi and Tian Shi's imperial doctor and went to Chengqian Hall. As I was walking, there was a crisp sound from the road next to me. There were three maids standing on the road, with a piece of porcelain broken at their feet.

"If you broke Yin Defei's flower bottle, why don't you plead guilty to Yin Defei with me!" The maid shouted. It turned out that she was the maid of Yin Defei.

The other two maids of honor were not surprised and afraid that she moved out of Yin Defei, but raised their heads and said, "Zhang Jieyu is about to give birth to a dragon son soon. Do you still want to offend my master?"

Yin Defei's maid is unwilling to show weakness: "Jieyu is finally a Jieyu. How can she be as noble as Yin Defei? Do you all want to bully her!"

The maid of honor in the pavilion put her hands on her waist and said, "Now whoever is favored is noble. Yin Defei has long been out of favor and is still so arrogant. What kind of master has such a dog! Now even God doesn't help her. In my opinion, you should be the next one!"

"You!" Yin Defei's maid stamped her feet angrily and suddenly squatted down to pick up the porcelain pieces on the ground and turned them to the two maids. The two maids were so proud that they suddenly couldn't dodge her. One had a long cut on her face, and the other saw it and immediately rushed up and fought.

I hurried forward, and the maid with a cut on her face covered her face and burst into tears. I covered her wound with a veil and pulled away the two people who had been wrestled. They all recognized me and stood on both sides of me and stared straight at each other.

I said to the maid of honor in Kaiden Pavilion, "Go to the Shang Pharmacy to find some ointments, otherwise you will leave a scar."

Hearing my words, the scratched maid's face was shocked and she quickly went in the direction of Shang Pharmacy. The other one had to follow her.

Only Yin Defei's maid of honor was left. She looked at me and squatted down to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground with tears. I took her hand and said, "Don't have to pick it up. Someone will clean it later." I remembered what the maid of honor said just now and asked, "What's the matter with the fact that God didn't help Yin Defei?"

Hearing this, the maid couldn't help trembling. She came to my ear and whispered, "Recently, there has always been no maid in the hall for no reason." She sobbed slightly, "The Empress Defei got sick, and this strange thing happened again. Now the Guanwa Palace is really terrible."

Is the palace missing for no reason? I also wanted to ask a few questions. Suddenly, someone called me in front of me. I looked up and saw that it was Li Jiancheng.