Xie Ying called for water, and carried Zhu Yi to the sapphire pond in the clean room. After the trip to Wengquan Palace, Zhu Yi no longer avoided Xie Ying, and let him mess around in the water again, and finally Xie Ying cleaned her up and sent her back to the palace. The dream was so real, it was as real as what happened, and she stood by and watched what happened. Gu Nanci also suspected that she was suffering from hysteria, but the doctor couldn't help herself, so she asked Tao Shan to come over.
Tao Fan watched her and felt her pulse, and asked her some questions, but found nothing wrong. This made Gu Nanci more and more uneasy.
On this day, it happened that Rong Xiao went to the princess mansion to find Rong Ting again, so Gu Nanci invited Rong Xiao to the Chuihuamen.
Rong Xiao thought it was Gu Nanci who wanted to ask him to do something, but the other party caught him by surprise and asked, "Master Rong is Princess Simu Xizhen?"
Rong Xiao was startled at first, his fair face turned red quickly, and after a while he stammered: "Nan, what is Miss Nanci talking about, I naturally only have the loyalty of a courtier to the king to the princess, and I have no other thoughts."
Although Rong Xiao denied it out of love for Zhu Yi's boudoir, his reaction made Gu Nanci understand that Rong Xiao really liked Zhu Yi as in her dream. If Rong Xiao's paragraph is true, what about the others? Are the crown prince and Prince Jinghai's relationship with Zhu Yi unusual? If Zhu Yi was surrounded by so many men, then she would be somewhat sincere towards Xie Ying.
It's just that Gu Nanci doesn't understand, since Zhu Yi is the prince's sister in name, why in the dream... Could it be that in this world, the prince, as a righteous brother, actually misses this sister? How much does Xie Ying know about Zhu Yi's relationship with these men
Gu Nanci only guessed on her own, so naturally she didn't have an answer. After finishing the acupuncture for Zhu Ning, she found someone to contact Xie Shao and asked him to meet.
Xie Shao and Gu Nanci are both people who don't talk much, so they naturally talk less when they are together, and they can't talk about being very warm when they meet. But Xie Shao has always been grateful to Gu Nanci for saving his life, and the two have always been in contact.
Sitting in the elegant room of the tea house arranged by Xie Shao, after drinking a cup of clear and green Tianmu Qingding, Gu Nanci said: "Xie Shao, I came to you... to ask about Princess Xizhen."
Xie Shao heard the words, slowly put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "Princess Xizhen? Nanci asked her what?"
"I want to know, but both the crown prince and Prince Jinghai are interested in this princess?"
Rao Xie Shao knew that Gu Nanci could hardly make a detour when he spoke, so he was really surprised by her question: "Where did Nanci know that, why do you ask?"
Gu Nanci said casually: "It seems that there is indeed something to do." If there is nothing to do, Xie Shao will directly deny it.
In this way, it is indeed difficult for Xie Shao to deny it.
Gu Nanci thought to himself, from this point of view, half of the things in this dream are true, and half are false, could it be a dream? At that time, most people believed in the existence of ghost dreams, and ghosts and gods entered the dream, and they could predict the good and bad fortune of their loved ones and give them warnings. But what exactly is this warning of
Xie Shao looked at Gu Nanci and frowned slightly.
The atmosphere in the palace is very treacherous now.
The emperor lost several sons, and he was in such a bad mood that the people around him seemed to be waiting on him at any time.
Because Zhu Chuo's elder brother Zhu Xiujing also died in the underground palace, Concubine Shu shed her face with tears for several days, Zhu Chuo was not in good spirits while comforting her mother while feeling sad.
Right now, the most proud person is Concubine Tong. The empress passed away, and she was the most respected among the concubines. Now she is in charge of the affairs of the harem, and she is the only one who has a prince. Concubine Tong's status has risen like never before. The only thing that dissatisfied her was probably Zhen Xi.
Now the emperor's rain and dew can be said to be all given to Zhen Xi alone. The emperor was in a low mood, so he relied on drunkenness with Zhen Xi to find comfort, and he always stared at Zhen Xi's stomach, and asked the imperial physician to come over every two days to give Zhen Xi a pulse. It stands to reason that based on the number of times the emperor visited Zhenxi, he should be pregnant, but there was no movement.
But no matter what, no matter how gloomy the palace is, the New Year's Day still has to be celebrated. After all, it is necessary to draw a good omen for the coming year, and the palace pays most attention to the word omen.
The New Year's Eve was approaching day by day, and the preparations for the harem celebrations were all arranged by Concubine Tong. When she was too busy, Zhu Yi would help. Therefore, Zhu Yi spends most of his time in the front hall of Liji Palace these days. At night, Xie Ying would always come to see her no matter how early or late.
Zhu Yi knew that Xie Ying liked to hear her tell what she did during the day, whether she thought about him, and what she thought, so she told him one by one.
But Xie Ying is always dissatisfied with how she "thinks about him", and feels that she doesn't think enough about him. He took her white and tender little hand to play with, gently rubbing the pink nails on the tip of her finger. When he left, he pulled it to his lips and kissed the back of her hand.
Just this simple kiss before leaving was enough to make Zhu Yi fall asleep happily.
On the second day, another major event happened in the palace.
The emperor had previously told Zhu Yi to let her do a few things for him, but because of the frequent changes in the current situation, there was no next move. Just when Zhu Yi thought the emperor had forgotten about it, he was called to the South Study Room.
The emperor looked at Zhu Yi with complicated emotions. Not long ago, he used his son Zhu Xiuli to coerce Zhu Yi into submission, but now he only had Zhu Xiuli, an intact son. If the harem never adds new members, most likely they can only pass the throne to Zhu Xiuli.
Zhu Yi anxiously waited for the emperor to speak, but the other party just said: "I heard that Xizhen is sharing the worries of your mother and concubine. It's very good."
Zhu Yi said, "Father, this is what a daughter should do."
The emperor said again: "You should care more about Ali, he likes you the most."
Zhu Yi replied again: "Yes."
"I have decided to confer the title of imperial concubine on your mother and concubine, and canonize Ali as crown prince."
The emperor's tone was flat, and when Zhu Yi realized what the other party had said, he couldn't help being startled. It was unheard of for a new crown prince to be appointed so quickly.
"What's wrong? Xizhen is not happy to hear the news?" The emperor looked at her with hard eyes.
"Happy." Zhu Yi smiled and said, "My daughter is just too happy, so she didn't react."
The emperor smiled and said, "That's good, just step down."
Zhu Yi was really happy, but besides being happy, he was also sensitively disturbed.
On that day, these two news spread throughout Hegong, and the lintel of Liji Palace was almost broken.
Concubine Tong was so happy that everyone was a few years younger, and she didn't care so much whether the emperor hugged Zhen Xi every day or not. Of course, some people are happy and some people are worried.
When Zhu Yi and his sisters were in the Empress Dowager's palace, they could feel the complicated gaze from Zhu Dai from time to time, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Zhu Dai is only now gradually realizing the situation Zhu Yi and Zhu Jing used to be in, but Zhu Yi and Zhu Jing have been used to it since they were young, but Zhu Dai has grown from being loved by thousands of people to having nothing to rely on overnight. One can imagine.
The Empress Dowager's eyes wandered over several princesses, all of them were embroidered shirts and gold-thread skirts, with colorful buns and jade long 璁, Jiaojiao who had been raised by rich clothes and good food. But these princesses are the ones who don't understand the situation the most. They are in the center of the vortex of imperial power, but there is always a layer of tulle between them and the darkest and most dangerous power game.
And Gu Nanci had that strange dream again.
She dreamed that after Zhu Yi politely rejected Rong Xiao, she left from the garden first.
Passing by a corner of the garden, Zhu Yiyin walked in a hurry and bumped into Xie Ying who suddenly appeared from the pavilion.
Xie Ying grabbed Zhu Yi's receding body and pressed hard against his chest. Zhu Yi trembled violently and struggled twice without success, so he stayed in the opponent's arms and did not move again.
Xie Ying's personality is already domineering, not to mention he has secured the most honorable position in the world, and the influence of power has made him used to controlling everything. He didn't say much, just said: "I want to take you into the palace, you go back and pack up, only bring your favorite things, things you don't want to lose."
Zhu Yi was startled, understood what it meant to bring her into the palace, and quickly said, "I don't want to go."
"Don't want to go?" Xie Ying raised her chin to face him: "Why? Because of Rong Xiao?"
Zhu Yi was shrouded in the shadow brought by the man's approach, and the other's breathing made her a little dazed. She stared at Xie Ying for a moment, turned her head to avoid the other's hand pinching her chin, and nodded.
Xie Ying stared at Zhu Yi's face for a long time, and sneered coldly: "I don't have the hobby of forcing others to be difficult. If you don't want to enter the palace, then forget it. If you want to marry Rong Xiao, I will give you a marriage, okay?"
Zhu Yi looked at him in surprise, twisted her skirt tightly with her fingers, and replied softly, "Okay."
Xie Ying, who hadn't been too emotional for a long time, smiled after being sullen, and said slowly: "Zhu Yi, who gave you such courage, even dare to play tricks on me. Who do you think I am yours?"