With the Emperor's words, Cheng Yujin shut herself in the following days and stayed in Ciqing Palace all day to nurture the fetus. Lian Qiao came in to deliver snacks to Cheng Yujin. Seeing Cheng Yujin sitting in front of the window and writing, she couldn't help but sigh.
She put the snacks on the table and said softly, "Crown Princess, you've been looking at this all day. Take a break."
Cheng Yujin didn't even lift her head and only nodded. It looked like she didn't hear it. Lian Qiao sighed, "I don't know when His Highness the Crown Prince will return. It's because the Crown Prince isn't here that these people dare to be so rampant. If His Highness was in the palace, why would the Crown Princess stay in Ciqing Palace all day and not take a single step out? "
Cheng Yujin put down her pen and said, "Isn't this pretty good? Living a quiet life, living a life of luxury and not having to worry about anything. You can do whatever you want and don't have to spend energy dealing with others. When I was young, I wanted to live this kind of life the most. "
Lian Qiao naturally understood that during pregnancy, living a quiet life like Cheng Yujin was the best. However, she still couldn't calm down, "But the Crown Princess hasn't even left the main door for a few days. Being alone in the palace with no one to talk to the Crown Princess is too hard."
Cheng Yujin laughed when she heard this and looked up at Lian Qiao, "You're not human?"
Lian Qiao pouted, "Crown Princess, you know this servant doesn't mean that."
Cheng Yujin only smiled and continued to look down at the posts. She didn't respond. After a while, she said, "I don't feel bored. This is good."
Lian Qiao still pouted and muttered in a low voice, "If only His Highness the Crown Prince came back earlier."
After Lian Qiao said this, she knew that her words were inappropriate. It was a servant's taboo to talk about their master. However, Lian Qiao sneaked a peek at Cheng Yujin's face and found that the Crown Princess didn't reprimand her. She looked calm as if she hadn't heard anything.
Lian Qiao had a plan in her heart. Sure enough, even though Cheng Yujin liked to be quiet, doing everything alone was different from having someone to accompany her. The Crown Princess must be looking forward to the Crown Prince's return.
Lian Qiao put down the plate and quietly left. After the study quieted down, Cheng Yujin looked at the dense ink in front of her and sighed softly in her heart.
Li Seung-kyung had requested to set off in July. It was now the end of August. He wondered how the flood and plague had been dealt with.
Two days later, it rained near dawn. When they woke up early in the morning, the Forbidden City was wet everywhere. The stone pavement had been washed clean, and the leaves seemed to have become more verdant.
Empress Dowager Yang had been sick for a month and hadn't recovered yet. Today, a nun was invited to perform a ritual. Cheng Yujin had always been too lazy to care about this kind of thing. Besides, she was "ordered to take care of the fetus". With the Emperor's personal pardon, she didn't even have to pay respects. She didn't have to attend such a messy occasion. However, after today's ritual, there was a rumor in the palace that the reason why the Empress Dowager hadn't recovered was that her element was restrained by the element of metal.
In the words of the nun, "Metal is sharp. Although it's rich, it's fierce and sharp. Moreover, the element of metal is too strong and will hinder other elements. If one element is strong, it's not good for the whole. Especially since metal restrains wood, wood is the most affected. Wood is responsible for longevity, so it's not good for the elderly in the family. "
In the end, the nun calculated and pointed out that the child in Crown Princess's womb was born in the royal family. Moreover, he was the eldest son of the Crown Prince. He was blessed and born with a strong element of metal. Empress Dowager Yang had lived through two dynasties, but she relied on her long accumulation of good fortune and was nourished by earth and wood. If the element of metal was too strong, it would restrain Empress Dowager Yang, causing Empress Dowager Yang to be unable to gather essence and be sick for a long time.
As for how to solve this problem, naturally, it was to let the people of metal and Empress Dowager Yang move to two different places to avoid collision. Naturally, Empress Dowager Yang's illness would be cured.
It was obvious who Empress Dowager Yang was targeting with this statement. Dou Xiyin was grounded because of Cheng Yujin and became the laughingstock of the capital. Li Seung-kyung ran to Jiangnan and publicly tore down Yang Shoufu's stage. If Empress Dowager Yang could endure this, she wouldn't be the unbridled and insufferably arrogant Empress Dowager Yang for many years.
When Cheng Yujin heard the so-called "evil spirit" and "ominous", she was so angry that her hands turned cold. It was ominous again. Empress Dowager Yang persecuted Li Seung-kyung in the past. Now, she was using the same slander to harm her child?
Empress Dowager Yang's seniority was high and her status was noble. Of course, she couldn't take the initiative to move. Obviously, she could only let Cheng Yujin hide outside the palace. Cheng Yujin was now seven months pregnant. If she hid outside, who knew if she would encounter a natural disaster and lose three lives?
However, the palace maids and eunuchs at the bottom of the harem were very superstitious. There were also many concubines who believed in ghosts and gods. Moreover, even if you knew that the other party was using the hands of ghosts and gods for their own personal benefit, so what? Back then, Empress Dowager Yang said that Li Seung-kyung was born on the fifth day of the fifth month, an evil day, which was unfavorable to the country. Didn't the emperor know that Empress Dowager Yang was persecuting Empress Zhong and the eldest son?
Of course, the emperor knew, but so what? Empress Dowager Yang was the noble empress dowager. She insisted that it was ominous. Could the emperor bear the accusation of being unfilial and let the younger generation harm the empress dowager? In the end, the emperor was forced to send Li Seung-kyung to Qingxuan Temple to recuperate. He wanted to temporarily avoid the limelight. But who would have thought that it would almost be a parting of their lives?
Now, the same thing happened to Li Seung-kyung's child.
Empress Dowager Yang didn't care. She relied on her status as the empress dowager and was praised for a long time. More and more, she felt that she was a god who could wantonly manipulate the fate of others. At that time, Li Seung-kyung was forced to leave the palace. After leaving the palace, he encountered a flood and no one in the entire temple survived. Now, Empress Dowager Yang wanted to use the same method to deal with Cheng Yujin and the child in her belly.
The Dugeaux and Lian Qiao trembled with anger when they heard the rumors. Lian Qiao scolded several palace maids who gossiped. When she came back, her face was red with anger.
She angrily scolded a few words and looked expectantly at Cheng Yujin. "Crown Princess, these people dare to say this about the little master. It's too much. What should we do? "
"Do what you need to do."
"Crown Princess?"
Cheng Yujin cut off the old branches and leaves on the potted plant. She leisurely said, "The most important thing for a flower is to prune it. If you don't cut off the crooked and rotten branches in time, these parts will steal the nutrients of the whole plant. In the long run, the meritorious person will become the sinner who causes the whole plant to wither. "
As Cheng Yujin spoke, she precisely cut off a branch. "So, you must make a decision quickly. Once you make a move, you can't go back on it. Otherwise, if you don't cut it, or if you cut it but it doesn't fall off, it's better not to make a move. "
Lian Qiao didn't really understand. Cheng Yujin had already put down the scissors and washed her hands in the silver basin. Along with the crisp sound of splashing water, Cheng Yujin's voice was so soft that it couldn't be heard. "When the time is right, you must make a decision. When the time isn't right … then endure."
The rumors in the outside world became more and more intense. Many people were waiting to see Cheng Yujin's reaction. However, they waited for a long time, but Cheng Yujin … didn't respond. No matter what outsiders said, Cheng Yujin just stayed in the Palace of Ci Qing. She didn't leave the main door or take a step out. Every day, she read, wrote, raised flowers, and went for walks. She was self-sufficient and very calm.
In the end, it was the Yang Family who couldn't hold it in anymore. In the middle of September, Empress Dowager Yang's illness suddenly took a turn for the worse. She suddenly became so ill that she couldn't get out of bed. Empress Yang urgently summoned all the relatives to the palace to attend to the sick. Even Dou Xiyin came out.
Although the Emperor didn't inform Cheng Yujin, in this situation, Cheng Yujin would be criticized for being unfilial if she continued to be a coward. Her reputation was absolutely impeccable. Therefore, she deliberately made a big fuss and had people carry soft cushions, a sedan, first-aid medicine, and many other things. The only thing missing was the beating of gongs and drums. She rushed to the Palace of Ci Ning to attend to the sick.
When Cheng Yujin entered the palace hall, her team almost took up half of the palace hall. Cheng Yujin was already more than seven months pregnant. An ordinary seven-month pregnant woman's belly was very impressive, not to mention that Cheng Yujin was a twin. After she entered the palace hall with difficulty, everyone who saw her wiped their sweat. They wanted nothing more than to bring her a chair so that she could quickly sit down and not move around.
However, Cheng Yujin didn't. She just had to be filial and squeeze in front of Empress Dowager Yang to attend to the sick. Cheng Yujin casually took something, and the people on both sides were scared witless. They all snatched it and took it over. In the end, it didn't look like Cheng Yujin was attending to the sick empress dowager. It was clearly them who were attending to Cheng Yujin.
Empress Dowager Yang looked at them and didn't say anything. Empress Dowager Yang's face was still dispirited as usual. It wasn't clear if her illness had worsened, but it didn't look like it was getting better. They had been here for a long time when word came from outside that the nun of Fa Ling Temple had arrived.
Fa Ling Temple was the nunnery where Empress Dowager Yang's fortune was told. When everyone heard this, they all moved aside. Cheng Yujin also raised her hand and had the Dugeaux help her up.
After the nun of Fa Ling Temple entered the palace, she first gave her greetings to the emperor and empress. Then she put her hands together and gave her greetings to the imperial family. Empress Dowager Yang had an anxious expression as she said, "Nun, don't pay attention to these empty courtesies. Quickly come and see the Empress Dowager."
"This poor nun obeys." The old nun bowed to the empress and then went forward to pinch her fingers for Empress Dowager Yang to calculate. The old nun pinched for a while before carefully looking at Empress Dowager Yang's face. In the end, she put her hands together and sighed, "This poor nun is powerless."
Everyone was shocked. Empress Dowager Yang asked with a frown, "Nun, what do you mean by this? The last time you were here, everything was fine. It's only been a few days. How can you say that you are powerless? "
The old nun narrowed her eyes and looked indifferent and compassionate. "The last time this poor nun came, although the Empress Dowager was sick and weak, the wood element was connected and still had vitality. Now this poor nun saw that the wood element had been cut off from the root by the sharp metal element. Only the root was left. If we delay for a few more days, the wood element in the Forbidden City will be suppressed to death. Without the natural wood element to nourish the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid it will be more difficult for her to recover. "
Everyone looked at each other and no one spoke for a while. Empress Dowager Yang slightly glanced at Cheng Yujin and asked, "Nun, how do you think we can bring the dead back to life and turn the tide?"
"This poor nun said last time that the five elements reinforce and restrain each other. If the metal element is too strong, it will restrain the wood element. When the wood element is exhausted, one of the five elements will be missing, and the whole cycle can't continue. If you want to solve the Empress Dowager's disaster, you only need to let the people with strong metal element stay out of the palace temporarily. When the wood element gathers the energy of heaven and earth and slowly recovers, the five elements will circulate normally. The Empress Dowager's body will naturally recover. At that time, you can let the people with metal element come back. "
This nun's words were self-justifying, and the cycle of cause and effect was intertwined. People on both sides nodded repeatedly and felt that it was very reasonable. Therefore, some people who were not good at holding back their anger quietly raised their eyes to look at Cheng Yujin.
There had been rumors in the palace for a long time that the little master in Cheng Yujin's belly was reincarnated to the position of the legitimate head of the Eastern Palace. He was too noble and restrained the Empress Dowager. He also hindered the luck of others. Combined with Cheng Yujin's performance during this period and Empress Dowager Yang's increasingly serious illness, it seemed to be very consistent with what the old nun said.
Cheng Yujin noticed that many people were looking at her, but there was no fear on her face. She still stood calmly. She appeared to be fearless, but she couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in her heart.
She wasn't afraid of conspiracies and overt plots, and she wasn't even afraid of being stabbed in the back. However, she really didn't know how to prove herself with this kind of groundless "ominous" that was said with certainty.
She heard that there were villagers who burned people they thought were ominous with fire. She didn't expect that in the palace, such a ridiculous and sad thing couldn't be spared. She could prove that she was innocent and could prove that she was capable, but how could she prove that the child in her belly wasn't ominous?
This kind of thing was illusory, but as long as the witchcraft's leader said something and someone deliberately incited it, it could force a person to death without any reason.
At this moment, the Emperor was also silent. In fact, he somewhat believed it. Because during this period of time, his health wasn't good.
Water, fire, earth, wood, and metal, the five elements reinforced and restrained each other. If the wood element in the palace was restrained to the point of dying, then he had found a reason to be inexplicably sick recently.
Cheng Yujin looked at the Emperor. When she found that the Emperor also didn't speak, her heart was completely cold. The Emperor could naturally say that if she gave birth to two boys, she would drown one. How could she expect the Emperor to protect Cheng Yujin's interests from her point of view? Cheng Yujin's heart sank deeper and deeper. She was about to speak to save herself when a sharp voice suddenly came from outside the palace. "The Crown Prince has arrived."
The Crown Prince? Everyone looked outside in surprise. The Crown Prince had returned?
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