C39 (2/2)
”The empress dowager has ordered that we know why Young Lord Rong is here. The old ancestor told us that we can't meet him, and that she's being taken care of by Aunt Su. There shouldn't be any problems, so the young master can be at ease.”
Rong'er was so anxious that tears were already flowing out of his eyes. He called out to the gatekeeper, ”Let me in, let me beg the empress dowager. Let me go in and tell the empress dowager personally, let me see Rui'er.”
The gatekeeping eunuch sighed and said, ”Little Lord, it's better if you go back. The empress dowager's words are already very clear. Please don't make things difficult for the servants.”
When Xiaoqing and Qiaoyun saw this scene, they supported Gai Rong'er and said, ”Master, let's go back first and think of a way later.” Helpless, he could only go back.
When he returned to the room, Rong'er's tears fell uncontrollably. She didn't know how to meet Cheng Rui, but Xuan Ye arrived shortly afterwards.
Rong'er had been worried that she wouldn't be able to think of a way out, but upon seeing Xuan Ye arrive, she immediately knelt down and cried out, ”I beg for your Majesty to allow Rong'er to see Rui'er.”
Seeing Rong'er kneeling down, Xuan Ye hurriedly supported him and said, ”Rong'er, what are you doing?”
”Your majesty, Rong'er wants to see Rui'er. He wants to take care of her.” Rong'er grabbed the emperor's arm and cried out.
”Rong'er, don't be agitated. Sit down and talk.” Xuan Ye pulled Rong'er to the table. Without waiting for Rong'er to open her mouth, she rushed to say, ”Rui Er is fine, what are you so anxious to see him for?”
With red eyes, Gai Rong'er asked, ”If there really is nothing wrong, why did you have to be quarantined to the Second South?”
Xuan Ye shook his head and smiled, ”Because the ancestor's palace is not safe, so I sent Lama Su to take care of it. Just now, when you went to find her, I couldn't let you enter the palace, so she didn't see you.
”Is what the Emperor said true?” When Rong'er heard that Cheng Rui was fine, he calmed down and asked Xuan Ye.
”Of course it's true. Imperial Physician has seen it, there's no problem with the diagnosis.” Xuan Ye dotingly used his hand to wipe away the tears that were still hanging on Rong'er's face. ”Look at you, don't ask anymore. Just let your imagination run wild and you're still crying like this. What will you do if you ruin your body by crying?”
Hearing the emperor's words, Gai Rong'er felt embarrassed. His face reddened. ”Rong'er is also worried about Rui'er. If something happens to Rui'er, chenqie won't know what to do.”
”Rest assured, Rui Er is my precious baby. Rui Er is very smart and smart, but I have high hopes for him. How could I not care about him?” Xuan Ye said with a smile.
Three days later, at the twelfth of the fourth month, news came from the Tzu Ning Palace that the doctor's treatment had failed and that he had returned to the West in the early morning. The empress dowager was extremely saddened. After all, she was her distant niece. Who would have thought that she would pass away so soon after arriving in the capital? In her grief, she requested that the imperial concubine be buried properly. He also asked the Emperor to grant him the title of consort.
On the sixth day after his death, Xuan Ye received news from the South Second Office that Cheng Rui had become very hot, which made him extremely worried. He went to visit his that day, but the imperial physician said that he was afraid that he was infected with smallpox. Xuan Ye was in deep grief. He ordered the imperial physicians to treat the prince, and no matter what they did, they had to treat him. His heart was in great pain, and he didn't know if he should tell Rong'er or not. The empress dowager was also very sad. She blamed herself for not letting Aruna live in the palace. Her grandmother had done it unintentionally, so how could Xuan Ye blame her? Xuan Ye knew that there was no cure for smallpox. Whether they could cure it or not depended entirely on their own fortune. He only prayed that the gods would protect Cheng Rui and let him be as lucky as he was in the past and come back from this sickness.
His favorite son, the eldest son, Cheng Rui, was so clever, and he liked him very much. Cheng Rui was the child of him and Rong'er, and in his heart, he had thought of taking care of him, and had even thought of giving him the authority to do so. He had really placed great hopes on this son, and as he listened to the news that Cheng Rui was getting more and more serious, his heart began to ache, and he didn't want to tell Rong'er about this pain.
As for the promotion that Ma and Yi had agreed to, Yue Tong wrote that they were thinking about a problem. One of them would enter the palace as a slave and the other would enter the palace as a master or be given to other imperial relatives. The difference between the two was that the daughter would be born with a status lower than that of a concubine, and the rank of a concubine would be fourth rank. If the father of the person who entered the palace was fourth rank, then he would be promoted to a higher rank than the father of the imperial court.” In addition, regardless of whether it was the palace elites or the female elites, they were both very strict. Therefore, the disparity in their looks shouldn't be too great compared to the female elites. Yue Tong did not find any information regarding how these people were dealt with in the first place, so she deduced this. After all, ascending from a palace maid to a master's son, regardless of whether it was seen or not, was a form of imperial grace.