Luzhu and the others were taken aback, and they couldn't help but panic, and they even forgot the number of etiquette they should have, but Lan Qi was very calm, took them to the door, and saluted in front of the concubine, and didn't ask her why she came, just said goodbye.

And the concubine really went straight to her bedroom, and said with a smile in her mouth: "This palace has never been to your bedroom, and I heard that it is like Zhuang Yuanlang's house, it is all books and pen and ink. Lan Qi followed not far away, and the concubine suddenly stopped, as if she heard that Zhong Cui Palace was unusually quiet, and looked around and asked, "Only you?" ”

"Duan Concubine Niangniang and Bu Guiren went to Rong Concubine Niangniang's place for a small gathering, and it rained for a few days, and the children were suffocated." Lan Qi responded, but after saying that, her heart tightened, she was so dignified, and she mentioned the word "child".

There was a smile between the concubine's eyebrows, and she pointed to the green beads and asked, "Why isn't Huanchun who follows you here?" ”

"Huanchun ......" Lan Qi beat a little drum in her heart, she didn't want to mention that Concubine Wen had a happy thing, but she was afraid that Huanchun came back halfway, and the concubine asked her whether Huanchun either told the truth, or also had the intention to hide it but it was different from what she said, it was all trouble, so she confessed, "Huanchun went to Xianfu Palace to send congratulatory gifts to the concubine, and congratulated Concubine Wen that she was pregnant." ”

"yes, congratulations." The concubine's face was really not good-looking, and she turned around and asked Qinglian, "Have we congratulated each other?" ”

Qinglian said that the master did not let her go to congratulate, curtsied and said that she was guilty of negligence, and the concubine smiled: "Go, now go and prepare decent things, hurry up and send it over for the palace, don't be rude in front of others, others should be narrow-minded in the palace, and I can't see Concubine Wen." ”

"Slave, slave...... Here it goes. Qinglian frowned, obviously the concubine deliberately sent her away, but she couldn't understand what the master was going to say to the nobles, if it was impossible to harm the fetus in her belly, she guessed well, the concubine was worried about this child.

Qinglian left, Lan Qi had introduced the concubine into the east side hall and asked them to serve tea, but the green beads, Ziyu and Yukui did not move, and sent the most timid Xiangyue to get some tea, and the three of them seemed to be determined to not leave their master an inch, in case the concubine would embarrass her at any time.

Waiting for Xiangyue to serve tea, the concubine had already seen through the thoughts of several of them, drank the tea and sneered: "Let's all go down, you are standing here one by one like candles, how can this palace talk to your master, we talk to ourselves, I don't want you to hear, the people in this palace have withdrawn, why don't you leave?" ”

Yu Kui responded: "The slaves and maids serve the tea of the mother and the nobles, and they dare not slack off." ”

"I've had enough of it." The concubine glared at them coldly, and glanced at the noble man again, "I haven't heard that you are a person with sharp teeth, how can you train the palace maid, you love to talk back so much, the palace just asked them to wait outside, this can't be shouted?" ”

Lan Qi apologized and gently instructed her people, "Go, you don't need to be here here." ”

"Master......" Lu Zhu was anxious, Lan Qi looked at them deeply, turned around and only faced the concubine, and after all, they didn't dare to insist too much, and left uneasily.

The door of the palace was closed, and the sound of crackling rain outside was much lighter, before Lan Qi entered the door, there were still a few dead leaves on the trees in the courtyard that did not fall to the ground, and at this moment there was still the scene of the dead leaves swaying and struggling in the rain, and for some reason there was a smile in his heart, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"The noble people are in a very good mood." The concubine said quietly, "I just saw you standing under the eaves looking at the rain and concentrating, no wonder the emperor likes you, it's really beautiful, it's rare that you have such a big belly, and you haven't seen fat and ugly." ”

Lan Qi owed: "The mother praises falsely, and the concubine doesn't dare to be it." ”

"When was it born?" The concubine suddenly asked this without warning, and looked straight at Lan Qi, "I heard that the imperial doctor is watching, it should be a male fetus." ”

Lan Qi's heart trembled slightly, and she tried to answer calmly on her face, and when she said that late October was the day of her birth, the concubine smiled: "The birthday of this palace is in October." ”

"Congratulations to the mother." Lan Qi hung her head, afraid that she would see her slightly distorted eyebrows.

"What congratulatory gift does the noble man plan to send to this palace?" The concubine held her face with one hand, her smile was full of intimidating intimidation, and the corners of her eyes were full of pride that could not be refused, and she asked Lan Qi one after another, "This palace thinks of one, but I am afraid that there is no better gift than that." ”

Lan Qi said in her heart, do you mean children? And she felt that Concubine Tong was not the worst like this, and she made it clear straightforwardly, even if she asked herself face-to-face if she wanted a child, it was better than the viciousness of the tricks behind her back, and swallowed the discomfort in her throat, "What congratulatory gift does Niangniang want?" I don't know if the concubine is within her power. ”

"Ahh The concubine stretched out her slender jade fingers, her red nails were dazzling, Lan Qi looked at her in a trance and pointed to her stomach and said, "This child, this palace wants this child." ”

The concubine withdrew her fingers, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said freely: "You should understand that your status is not enough to raise the heir by yourself, with your origin, the emperor will seal you in the noble person is already a special favor, and then promote the concubine, the ministers of the previous dynasty may not agree, count the days, the next time the palace is sealed, I don't know when, where can you rest assured where the children have been raised over the years, it is better for us to live in front and back, put the children in the Chengqian Palace, it is easy for you to come and take a look, you see?" ”

Lan Qi remembered that earlier, Concubine Tong stopped her halfway, half-coaxed and half-threatened to let herself stand with her, and after refusing, she was warned that she was not allowed and could not help Concubine Zhao at that time, but she didn't expect that after so long, Concubine Tong's temperament still hasn't changed at all, but she came to ask herself so directly to have a child, which can be regarded as frank.

"Don't want to?" The concubine was cold, her eyes were cold, she had obviously finished the most polite words, once she was rejected at this moment, she didn't know what cruel words she would say later.

Lan Qi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Niangniang forgives sins, not concubines......"

The concubine interrupted her sharply and said abruptly: "Aren't you the last person to stay by Queen Niu Hulu's side, she didn't say anything to you?" But Empress Niu Hulu said to the palace, saying that the emperor had already discussed with her, and when there was a newly-born princess in the palace, she would let the palace choose one to raise in the Chengqian Palace, so coincidentally, it was your child. ”

Lan Qi frowned, she also remembered what Xuan Ye said to herself, he said that he didn't want to suffer that grievance, it seems that the queen didn't lie to the concubine, and Xuan Ye didn't forget it, so he reassured himself early? In this case, Lan Qi turned her heart and said directly: "Niangniang's forgiveness, it's not that the concubines are unwilling, it's just that the emperor promised early in the morning that he would send this child to Cining Palace to be raised, and the empress dowager also knew it, just waiting for the day of delivery, Niangniang's kindness, and the concubines were grateful." ”

Concubine Tong sat stunned when she heard this, the emperor thought so thoughtfully for this woman, it can be seen that Niu Hulu really didn't lie to himself, Xuan Ye must have been thinking about this matter, so he hurriedly agreed to the whereabouts of the child, and knew the sound of Suo Suo in her heart, as if something was broken, and the stinging pain for no reason was also stuck there, she held her chest, and slowly gasped for a long time before she asked again: "What did you just say?" ”

Lan Qi looked at her squarely, and said clearly word by word: "The concubine can't meet the wishes of the mother, this child will be sent to Cining Palace when she lands, and the concubine doesn't even have the qualifications to promise you, and she asks the mother to forgive her sins." ”

After speaking, he got up, Zhou Zhou saluted solemnly, even if his stomach was high and he was unable to move, he still knelt down reverently, the humiliation under his knees was nothing at all, his status was originally under the concubine, and the grievances of kneeling down were insignificant compared to the pain of losing a child.

"Really? Wu Ya Lanqi, do you know the sin of lying about the Holy Decree? Concubine Tong suppressed the anger in her heart, and slowly stood up, the kneeling Lan Qi was much shorter, she had a bit of a condescending taste, and suddenly pounced over and reached out to pinch Lan Qi's chin, her long eyebrows were fierce and her eyes were fierce, and she also asked clearly word by word, "Wu Yashi, you have thought about it, this palace will go to Cining Palace to ask the Empress Dowager, if there is no such thing, you will have good fruits to eat." ”

Lan Qi was indeed panicked, she only told Mama Su Mala about this matter, and Mama made her believe Xuan Ye, so she didn't mention it to the Empress Dowager again, if Concubine Tong really rushed over to ask, if Mama Su Mala was not on the side......

"Come on, go to Cining Palace!" Without waiting for Lan Qi to think about it, Concubine Tong shook off her chin, and the strength was so great that Lan Qi knelt backwards and sat down, and quickly held her stomach and didn't dare to move, she heard the noisy footsteps outside, and after a commotion, it was quiet, and several people who were kneeling outside the door immediately rushed in, and they were so frightened when they saw that the master was also kneeling on the ground, and they helped her to the warm kang in the inner hall, and asked if she wanted to be the imperial doctor.

Lan Qi's heart was pounding, and she couldn't predict what the outcome would be in Cining Palace, Xuan Ye did promise, she didn't lie about the holy decree, but the Empress Dowager already knew, it was really she who said it casually and impulsively, Concubine Tong was determined to make a scene, she didn't care how to make trouble, what she cared about was whether she could achieve the result of her wish.

"I'm fine, Huanchun hasn't come back yet?"

Yukui said: "Probably left by Concubine Wen." ”

Lan Qi gasped and instructed her: "You go to Xianfu Palace to find her, whether it is left for Concubine Wen or not, let her go directly to Cining Palace, she should know what to do when she goes." Yukui didn't dare to delay, leaving everyone to take care of the master, and went out with an umbrella.

Lan Qi leaned on the kang to protect her belly, and the child moved slightly in her abdomen, as if to let her mother understand that he was okay, and she was not impetuous with her mother's mood, and she did not suffer half of the discomfort.

Time passed bit by bit, the rain outside kept falling, and suddenly a gust of wind destroyed the flowers and plants, only to hear the whistling of the branches dancing in the air, a wet dead leaf fell from the window in the wind, Ziyu immediately came to clean up, and when she was about to close the window, Lan Qi stopped her, slowly moved to the window, and looked up at the tree, the few dead leaves that were still left before have completely withered at the moment, and the clean branches pointed to the sky, not only did not see the desolation and loneliness, but it was more proud than when the branches and leaves were flourishing.

Her heart was inexplicably settled.

Yukui came back soon, saying that she met Huanchun halfway, she had already gone to Cining Palace, and she mentioned the fact that the concubine was coming, and Huanchun seemed to understand.

Lan Qi was silent, and when she gradually calmed down, she actually told Luzhu to get her snacks to eat, she didn't know what would happen later, and she had enough energy to eat and have the strength to deal with everything with the child.

After more than half an hour, Huanchun finally came back, walking in a hurry on the road, the skirt, shoes and socks were soaked, and he couldn't wait to replace him, so he came to his life first, and told the master proudly: "The concubine Niangniang is angry and left, the slave and maid waited until the grandmother asked, and the slave only let the slave and the maid say to you, please rest assured." ”

But Ziyu asked on the side: "On the way back, didn't you meet the concubine?" ”

Huan Chun frowned and nodded, thinking: "I really didn't meet it, did the concubine leave in a hurry, or did she go elsewhere?" ”

"There's no movement ahead, I haven't come back, I should have gone somewhere else." Ziyu said and asked Lan Qi, "Will Niangniang go to the emperor?" ”

Lan Qi was already calm, leaned down as if relieved, and said softly: "If she goes to the emperor, I will feel more at ease." After that, he turned his head to look at the rain curtain outside the window and instructed them, "When the rain stops, send me to Cining Palace, and if the concubine and sister come back, they will say that I am asleep, and now I want to rest for a while." ”

She was very tired, although she and Concubine Tong Guifei had no verbal excitation, but she really tested the Empress Dowager's love for herself, maybe Mama had already conveyed her words, or the Empress Dowager naturally helped herself, but she pushed the old man out of front without scruples, what would the Empress Dowager think?

Only then calmed down, and was entangled in this matter, and fell asleep in a groggy sleep, just waiting for the rain to stop and go to Cining Palace in person, as for Concubine Tong, after she came out of Cining Palace in a hurry, she went straight to Qianqing Palace, but Xuan Ye didn't see her, but was discussing important matters with the princes and ministers, and Gonggong Li didn't let her in to see her anyway.

The concubine tossed from Zhongcui Palace to Cining Palace, and rushed to Qianqing Palace to see, but how many eyes and mouths in the palace have long been spread all over the corners, Rong Concubine here A few people gathered to talk, Bu Guiren heard that Concubine Tong had been to Zhongcui Palace, for fear that Lan Qi would be wronged, and then fidgeted, Rong Concubine simply let her and Duan Concubine go back first, and when they left, she said to Hui Concubine: "The concubine's mind, it seems that since entering the palace, it has not changed." ”

Hui Concubine peeled a bag of grapefruit in her hand, deftly took out the whole piece of flesh, put it into the fruit bowl plump and crystalline, and broke off a bag to continue, hearing Rong Concubine ask like this, she didn't raise her eyebrows, only hummed: "What do you think, the emperor makes her get used to her for everything, what will happen over time?" Isn't that the current situation, we are different, step by step, when no one hurts and no one cares, can you dare to go to the palace to cry? ”

"She went to find the noble people, eighty percent for the sake of the child."

"This is also why she is so arrogant, and the emperor does not theorize." Concubine Hui peeled off the complete crystal flesh in her hand, then put it down, wiped her hands with a handkerchief and said, "In my opinion, she is not as good as us, a toothless tiger, the emperor just knew that she would not really hurt anyone, so he put it in the harem and let her roar and scare people." ”

Concubine Rong glanced at her, she had a sense of proportion in her heart, since the last time she made a scene in Brother, she had a guard against Concubine Hui in her heart, this woman's heart is different from herself and Concubine Duan, she has Mingzhu Mansion behind her, and the future of Mingzhu Mansion is not so simple.

"I can't give birth to a child, and I don't have the ability to schem, what did Tong Guowei send this daughter in for?" Concubine Hui has always had a hatred for Concubine Tong Guifei, even if she didn't let Concubine Tong succeed, she would have been in her heart for the rest of her life, and I don't know if she was defenseless against Concubine Rong, and she didn't hide her hatred and disdain in her heart, "Queen Niu Hulu took her head to hit the pillar, and only then did she change to the future future, whether she had such a hard forehead, I am afraid that no matter whether her forehead is hard or not, she doesn't have the ability and courage at all." ”

"Don't show this hatred in front of people." Concubine Rong kindly advised, "A toothless tiger is still a beast after all, and it can't bite a person's throat, but with a slap in the face, even the belt and flesh are cut off, sometimes death is not terrible, and it is the most terrible not to die or live." ”

Concubine Hui closed her eyes and sank her breath, and said calmly: "As soon as she mentioned that she was going to rob Wu Ya's child, I remembered the cry of the eldest brother of the sky, the emperor did that, it really broke my heart, but I can't hate the emperor, I can only hate this woman." ”

"The child has returned, you have a stalk in your heart, only your own pain." Rong Concubine persuaded each other.

"It's not that you have to keep it in your heart, Sister Rong, let's ...... But it's the end of it. Concubine Hui's eyes were crystal clear, and she smiled with tears, "I really want to see Wu Yashi, when will we have this day, so that I can be more balanced and comfortable." We always persuade each other to open, there are always new people in the palace, and the emperor always has new favorites, but we are really left out, this is ......"

"We still have children." Concubine Rong can say that this is the only thing to appease each other at the moment.

The rain of this day, until the evening did not stop, the sun set when the sun cleared, the sky at the moment was brighter than the day, Lan Qi rested for a while, got up and dressed and washed, Duan Concubine heard that she was going to Cining Palace, kindly let her sit in her own soft sedan chair, Lan Qi did not shirk, followed by two groups of little eunuchs, for fear that there would be a mistake on the road, to be safe and steady to Cining Palace, the little eunuch in front of the door said diligently: "The Queen Mother is in the big Buddha hall behind, Su Mala Mama said, you come directly to carry the sedan chair over." ”

"I'll go over and go to the Big Buddha Hall to take a sedan chair." Lan Qi responded, holding Huanchun's hand, and when she got closer, she saw Mama sitting outside the door, and when she came over, she got up to greet her, and said gently, "The master is chanting." ”

"I'll wait." Lan Qi said, but Mama helped her to the door and whispered, "Others can't see it, but the master is here to wait for you." ”

Lan Qi was worried in her heart, sure enough, she came to the right place, calmed her emotions, and followed her grandmother to the Buddha hall respectfully, the sandalwood in the Buddha hall was quiet and far-reaching, and her heart was also peaceful, the Empress Dowager sat cross-legged in front of the Buddha shrine, and placed a futon behind her, heard the footsteps, and said gently: "Sit down carefully, you don't have to stick to how to sit with your stomach up, just be comfortable." ”

Mama Su Mala helped Lan Qi to sit on the futon, and then quietly retreated, and the door of the Buddhist hall slowly closed, and with a bang, it seemed to isolate the realm of red dust.

Lan Qi turned her head to look, and when she came back, she saw the Empress Dowager getting up slowly, although she was old, her movements were still steady, and she personally put on a stick of incense, turning Buddha beads between her fingers, and the slight friction sound also affected her heartbeat, Lan Qi was about to calm down, so she heard the Empress Dowager say: "What will I do in the future?" One day I'm gone, what are you going to do? ”

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