C39

Long trek to the capital, Meng Fei infected disease on the way;

How could Long Si escape from a contagious organism as if his father was the one who escaped this calamity?

In the early spring of the ninth year of Kangxi's reign, the Emperor held great power, and there were no more important princes or ministers' daughters on the list, so the Empress Dowager agreed that the Emperor would not elect a beautiful woman to the palace this year. She only said that she would take the daughter of his distant relative, Aluana, who was a descendant of Genghis Khan and was a Gold Family of Mongolia. Xuan Ye did not raise any doubts about this.

Rong's father was the Minister of Rites' Minister of the Han Dynasty, who had previously held a rank of sixth rank palace, but was now promoted to the rank of fifth rank. Rong-er's Ama and Eldest Mother had once again been granted a visit to the palace to visit Rong's son. Their daughter had fought hard and had given birth to the eldest son of the emperor, while Aunt Ama was very happy and told Rong to serve the emperor well. Since Ama had been promoted to the rank of official, Rong'er was naturally happy. Seeing her parents healthy, Rong'er felt very happy.

Although the Emperor had not chosen a talent, due to the adjustment of grade, there were two more women in the palace who agreed, namely Yi and Ma, Yi agreed to be called Yi Er's father, Yi Er was named Ma Che's father, Ma Che'er was named Ma Ke, the father was named Ma Che, the Minister of Household was named Ma, according to the adjustment of grade, the number outside the official was changed from the original fifth rank to fourth rank. They were selected as palace maids last year, but due to the promotion of their father's rank, they were not allowed to continue to be slaves in the palace, and since there was no suitable marriage, they were directly promoted, this was also one of the imperial family's methods of rallying together. The two of them agreed to be placed in the Imperial Concubine Zhao's Zodiac Palace. At the same time, his father, Saul, also received benefits from this adjustment. Her father was a Manchu, originally a fourth rank official, but now a third rank official. Last year, Ming Zhu, a powerful official who helped the emperor remove his claws, was promoted to the history of the left capital last year. Now, with the change in rank, he was also promoted to the rank of Grand Scholar, which was also one of the Emperor's rewards for those who had rendered meritorious service.

At the beginning of April, when he arrived at the capital, the empress dowager summoned the imperial doctors to treat his. The imperial doctors claimed that it was due to the cold, so the empress dowager placed her in his own quarters for day and night to take care of his and avoid the greetings from the various palaces. However, three days later, there was a red blotch on her body. The empress dowager was shocked because Xuan Ye had suffered smallpox when he was young and had a similar red shift on her body, so she was afraid that it was smallpox. She hurriedly called for the imperial physician, who saw red patches on her body. Shocked, the empress dowager quickly ordered Uncle Su to take Cheng Rui and his wet nurse to South Two to be quarantined and looked after. The rest of the entourage who had entered the palace with her were sent outside the Forbidden City to isolate her in secret.

On this day, Jia Rong'er was in his room. Seeing Xiao Qing and Qiao Yun whispering to each other, he smiled and asked, "What are you two girls talking about? It's so mysterious."

Xiaoqing hesitated and looked at Qiao Yun without saying anything.

The more she saw Xiaoqing acting this way, the more Gai Rong'er felt that it was strange. Xiaoqing could not hide her words, so why did she say it today? She said: "Xiaoqing, if you have something to say, just say it."

Xiaoqing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mistress, you should know about the matter of Mistress Mongolian who just entered the palace getting sick."

Rong'er looked at her in amusement and said, "You, girl, are really strange. Who doesn't know about this? Didn't you say that the road was cold? "

"Mm …" This... "Little Qing heard that …" Xiaoqing said hesitantly.

"What did you hear? Quickly tell me! You're not such a slow personality." Seeing Xiaoqing act like this, Rong'er couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Then this servant will say." Xiaoqing seemed to have made up her mind, "Actually, Xiaoqing also felt that Master should know about this matter." Xiao Qing paused for a moment before continuing, "I heard that the master had caught smallpox and had been quarantined. The First Prince has been sent to the Second South Division and is being quarantined and taken care of by Aunt Su."

How could he have smallpox? He hurriedly said, "No, I have to go see Rui'er." As he spoke, he got up and prepared to leave.

Xiao Qing and Qiao Yun immediately pulled Rong'er back. Xiao Qing said, "Master, you can't go to the Second South Court. That's in front. You can't go without permission from the imperial harem."

"Then what should we do? Xiaoqing, I'm going to take care of Rui Er. What should we do?" Then, he thought of begging the empress dowager and ordered, "Come, follow me to see the empress dowager. I beg her to allow me to take care of Rui'er." As he spoke, Gai Rong'er left the room.

Arriving at the palace, he suffered from the closed door. The gate was tightly shut, and the gatekeeping eunuch inside said, "Right now, you are no longer allowed to enter or leave the palace. Young Master, please return."

Rong'er's heart tensed up as he hurriedly said to his father-in-law, "Eunuch, please pass on a message saying that no matter what happens today, Rong'er must see the empress dowager today."

"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.