Chapter 242: Concubine Lan
After diagnosing Old Madam Li's pulse, Lan Tingxuan originally wanted to prescribe medicine, but the old lady not only didn't let go, but even grabbed his hand more tightly, and her originally happy eyes became frightened and uneasy because of his struggle.
In desperation, he could only continue to sit in front of the bed and accompany the old man, Jiang Liuli saw this, so he could only stay by his side, in case he was too bored, cough, in fact, she felt bored.
"Ruolan, are you blaming your mother, that's why you haven't come to see your mother for so long?" The old lady grabbed his hand and said apologetically.
"I don't blame you." Lan Tingxuan responded to her helplessly, if she didn't answer her question, she would cry sadly and desperately.
"No, you should blame your mother, if your mother insisted on not letting you marry into the palace, there would be no future." The old lady said sadly.
Lan Tingxuan and Jiang Liuli were all shocked when they heard this, could it be that the girl of the Li family was a certain lady in the palace? Li Ergongzi said that their aunt had passed away for more than 20 years, and that was the concubine of the former emperor.
"When you insisted on marrying the emperor, your father and I were 10,000 unwilling, but you were determined to be with the emperor, even if he had 3,000 beauties in the harem, you had to enter the palace to accompany him." The old lady said to herself, and the remorse in her eyes couldn't be more obvious.
Although this is a private matter of the Li family, they should not ask about it, but this is related to the old lady's condition, if you want to completely cure the old lady's illness, you can only understand the ins and outs of the matter.
After thinking about it again, Jiang Liuli left the main house and was about to go to find Li Ergongzi, but saw him standing under the plum tree in the courtyard.
Seeing her come out, he saluted her, and his gentle appearance was very similar to Lan Tingxuan, both in appearance and temperament.
Jiang Liuli returned the salute and walked towards him, although the two looked very similar, she would not admit her mistake, there were similarities, and naturally there were differences.
"Mrs. Lan, how is the old man?" Li Ergongzi has always been worried about the old lady, so he has been waiting here.
In the entire Li Mansion, he is most like his late aunt, so he is very favored in the Li family, and when the old lady was not weak enough to be so weak before, she also loved him very much.
Later, after he became seriously ill, he was bedridden, and when he saw him, he would treat him as an aunt like today, and for the sake of his grandmother's happiness, he would also let Lan Tingxuan admit her mistakes like this.
"I'm in a good mood." She looked Li Ergongzi up and down playfully, and her naked eyes made him uncomfortable.
"Mrs. Lan, what do you mean?" Li Ergongzi was seen by her, and his hair stood on end, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Are you willing to make sacrifices for your grandmother?" She smiled treacherously, since Lan Tingxuan would be mistaken by the old lady, then Li Ergongzi must have been mistaken often, if he was allowed to wear women's clothes, could he confuse the real with the fake?
Listening to her question, the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger, but for the sake of his grandmother, he was willing to sacrifice even a big sacrifice.
"Mrs. Lan, what do you think, but it doesn't hurt to say it." He took a deep breath and said with a firm face that he would accept whatever he was asked to do.
In fact, he had already guessed what Jiang Liuli wanted him to do, and someone had such an idea before, but he rejected it, and now seeing that his grandmother's health is getting worse and worse, he can only give it a go.
"Before that, let's talk about your aunt first." She was very curious about the affairs of the Li family's aunt and wanted to know it thoroughly.
Li Ergongzi was stunned for a moment, and then he understood her intention to do this, but the story was too long, and he couldn't stand and talk, so he greeted her and came to the pavilion on the side, although it was very cold to sit here in winter, but the two of them could only sit here, so that they would not be gossiped about.
"Mrs. Lan, do you want to add another piece of clothing?" Li Ergongzi saw that she was wearing a little thin, and kindly reminded her.
Although there is no cold wind blowing around the pavilion, and even a little sunlight can be basked, it still feels a little cold, he wears a lot of it and is not in the way, but she is even thinner than him.
"No, you can say it." She indifferently refused, since Lan Tingxuan knew that she had deep internal skills and didn't need to wear so many clothes, he no longer insisted on letting her add clothes, but would often hold her hand to see if her hand was hot.
Since there is no need to show his weak appearance in front of Lan Tingxuan, he wears less clothes, although he doesn't need to do housework, he still feels a little slow to move when he wears too much.
Li Ergongzi frowned when he saw this, since she said so herself, he didn't need to interfere more, but he felt cold when he looked at it, she was not cold, she was really a strange woman.
"My grandfather and grandmother had three sons and a daughter when they were young, and my aunt was the youngest child. Li Ergongzi first told the details of the Li family.
"My aunt, who grew up in love since she was a child, is not only gentle and generous, but also very intelligent, and knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially the piano." When mentioning his late aunt, Li Ergongzi's face was full of respect.
"My aunt became famous in Shengjing when she was fifteen years old, and almost everyone knew that Prime Minister Li Cheng's daughter was a talented person, and those who wanted to ask for relatives even broke through the threshold, but my aunt refused all, and others thought that she was arrogant and unwilling to marry these ordinary people." He smiled mockingly at the mention of this.
"Your grandfather was a former prime minister?" Jiang Liuli looked at him in surprise, there was no left and right prime minister more than 20 years ago, there was only one prime minister in the entire court, and Master Li turned out to be the prime minister Li Cheng who was praised back then, this news was too shocking.
"Yes." Li Ergongzi nodded gently, and did not feel that he was superior because of his grandfather's identity.
"Because your grandfather is the prime minister, the emperor often goes to the prime minister's mansion, and over time he got to know your aunt, and then the two have feelings for each other, your aunt has reached the point where she will not marry for the emperor, am I right?" She asked, guessingly.
"Yes." Li Ergongzi looked at her in shock, but he didn't expect her to guess the whole thing so thoroughly.
Jiang Liuli smiled coldly, she has seen too many such dramas in modern times.
"Go on." Although he had already guessed the result, it was up to him to say that he hoped to hear a different result.
"My grandfather and grandmother can't resist my aunt, so I can only send her into the palace, although the emperor also loves my aunt very much, but as an emperor, no matter how much I love a woman, I also have to take care of the overall situation, so while pampering her, I also have to spoil other concubines, and over time, my aunt's heart is naturally hurt more and more, but despite this, she never thought of leaving the emperor." Li Ergongzi said distressedly.
The aunt of the Li family gave all her sincerity to the emperor, even though she knew that she would not get the happiness she wanted when she was with him, she still gave up a lot for him, including freedom.
"Two years after entering the palace, my aunt changed from Concubine Lan to Concubine Lan, and the result of favoring the harem was to make countless enemies, but nothing happened under the protection of the emperor." At this point, he suddenly stopped, and he didn't have to guess that something must have happened after that.
"Although my aunt has been in the palace for two years, she has never been pregnant, and then she finally got pregnant, and the emperor was so happy that he loved her even more, almost to the point of giving her all the good things in the world." Li Ergongzi said faintly.
"The emperor must go to the autumn of the royal family every year, but that year my aunt did not go with me because she was pregnant, and when the emperor came back from hunting, he found that his aunt's Yilan Palace had been burned to ashes, and my aunt and unborn child also died in the fire." When Li Ergongzi said this, he closed his eyes sadly, although he was young at the time and didn't know these things, but when he heard his father mention it later, he could fully understand the sad feeling.
"Is it artificial? Or was it an accident? Jiang Liuli's first reaction after hearing this was that it was very likely to be artificial, after all, there were too many people who wanted to get rid of her, and when she had an accident, it happened that the emperor was not in the palace, which was easy to make people suspicious.
"The emperor also thought so, so he investigated the matter, but the result was an accident." Li Ergongzi said with a sigh.
Jiang Liuli looked thoughtful after hearing this, although so many years have passed since this incident, she always feels that something is wrong.
"When my grandmother learned of her aunt's death, she couldn't bear the blow for a while and fainted, and when she woke up, she had a serious illness, and then her body was very weak, and over time she became depressed." After saying everything, he felt like he was blocked by a big rock, and it was so heavy that he could hardly breathe.
"And then?" She shifted her gaze to him again, and if she guessed correctly, as she grew older, the old lady found that he looked more and more like her daughter, and her love and longing for her were transferred to him.
"Later, my grandmother found out that I looked very much like my aunt when I was a child, so she transferred all her thoughts to me, and my health gradually improved." Li Ergongzi was very embarrassed by her, but he still answered her question truthfully.
Jiang Liuli smiled knowingly, as she guessed, but in the dead of night, the old lady would still miss her daughter, and after a long time, she began to get sick again, and slowly changed from a small illness to a serious illness, so that she became what she is now.
"Now the old lady's health is getting worse and worse, even drugs may not make her better, and now the only way is to bring your aunt back to life." She looked him up and down, wondering if he would make such a sacrifice for his grandmother.
"Bring my aunt back to life?" He didn't understand the meaning of her words at first, but after thinking for a while, he knew what she wanted to do, and looked at her with an embarrassed expression.
"Do you have to do it?" He asked reluctantly, it was really difficult to make a man make such a sacrifice.
"For your grandmother's sake." She shrugged her shoulders indifferently, she wasn't her grandmother anyway, and life and death had nothing to do with her.
Li Ergongzi looked at her with a frown, if he was asked to do other things, he would definitely agree without hesitation, but this thing really couldn't be done.