"How did the news get here?" Lan Qi suddenly realized that it might not be too late to curb the spread in Changchun Garden, and she was in a hurry to get off the kang and had to go to Concubine Rong to discuss.

Huanchun said: "It's too late for Niangniang, a few palace maids in Wuyi Zhai were scared and ran out, shouting dead people everywhere, although they have been taken, but the garden has long been spread." ”

"How so?" Lan Qi sat down heavily, "Yesterday, Yinzhen came to tell me that the rules of Wuyizhai are comparable to Yuqing Palace, how could such things happen one after another?" ”

Huan Chun leaned over and whispered: "The slave heard some words, but I didn't dare to say it for fear that you would be angry." ”

Lan Qi frowned and looked at her, and Huan Chun said softly: "It was passed on privately by the slaves, saying that the prince had a tyrannical personality and occasionally abused the palace maids and eunuchs, but the affairs in the Yuqing Palace could not be spread to the outside world, so it was never reported, and the slaves and maids did not dare to mention it when they heard it." ”

"How so?" Lan Qi covered her heart and said, "It may not be true that it can be spread like this, but now that there are accidents one after another in Wuyizhai, it may all be exposed." ”

At this time, it was rumored outside the door that the noble Juechan had arrived, and the Juechan clan also came with this matter freshly, sat down and said: "The concubine originally thought that Concubine Hui was a hindrance, but now that things are like this, if she is too radical, it is really not worth it to anger the emperor, she is indeed not so ignorant and impulsive." ”

Lan Qi sighed: "The emperor must have started to investigate, if Concubine Hui makes a ghost, she will dig her own grave, and I don't think she will be so stupid." ”

It can be seen that this incident must be inseparable from the prince, at the end of last year, he lost to the fourth elder brother in the first school examination, and it is estimated that the emperor did not give him a good face, every time he thinks about it, Lan Qi is worried that his son will be targeted by them.

Juechan also reminded Lan Qi: "Although the Uncle Mansion will still support the fourth elder brother, but Queen Xiaoyi is not there after all, Niang Niang has to plan for the long term, and the most important thing at the moment is not to let them instigate the relationship between the fourth elder brother and the prince, for them, clearing an obstacle will make the road smooth." ”

Lan Qi is grateful for Jue Chan's kindness, but these words can't be said easily, or Jue Chan is by no means the one who talks about these things, just like she treats her relationship with Xuan Ye, this is a problem that she must face by herself, but she didn't resolutely express her disgust, and she perfunctory the past without saying a word, Jue Chan is a very smart person, and if she understands Concubine De's attitude, she knows her own proportion.

Not long after Concubine Rong arrived, it was inconvenient for Jue Chan to listen to their discussion in front of them, so he went with Huanchun to prepare lunch, and when the dining table was set, someone suddenly came to Qingxi Library, saying that the emperor invited Concubine De Niangniang to come over.

Lan Qi let Sister Rong and Juezen nobles take care of themselves, changed their clothes and hurried over in a warm sedan chair, because there are often ministers in and out of Qingxi Study, although Changchun Garden has no division of the harem, but the concubines almost do not come here, and when she gets off the sedan chair in front of Qingxi Study, she is very unfamiliar with everything here.

In front of the door, Liang Gonggong was waiting, and Lan Qi asked when he saw him, "Where is the prince?" ”

Liang's father-in-law hurriedly said softly: "The prince has gone back to Wuyizhai." ”

Lan Qi frowned slightly, Liang's father-in-law had learned very smartly, and without waiting for Concubine De Niangniang to ask, he had already prayed: "The emperor came to the prince, he was talking about the matter of Na Fang Fujin in April, and the palace maid asked a few words, and the prince said that the emperor would believe it, and the father and son did not have an unpleasant quarrel." ”

Hearing these words, Lan Qi adjusted her mind and walked into the study, when she entered the door, Xuan Ye was standing in front of the bookshelf flipping through the books, with a pair of Western glasses on the bridge of her nose, seeing Lan Qi come in, she took off her glasses and rubbed her eyebrows and said, "You haven't had lunch yet, have you?" ”

"When it's done, you send someone to find it." Lan Qi stood far away and asked casually, "Why does the emperor use glasses?" ”

"It's going to be sent to the emperor's mother, I wore it and played with it, and I really felt dizzy." Xuan Ye said, handing the glasses to Lan Qi, "When will you go to Ning Chun Hall and give them to the emperor's mother for me." "Let's call people to the outside and let them pass the meal.

"The emperor is looking for a concubine to eat?" Lan Qi asked.

"I saw you last night that I had an appetite, and today I am afraid that I will not have the appetite to eat, but if I don't eat, where do I have the spirit to deal with these messy things, I want to find you to eat together." The emperor said seemingly positive words in his mouth, but his face was so depressed that it made people feel distressed, Lan Qi didn't ask more, and sat down in the dining room with him, full of imperial meals in front of her, she was most afraid of serving this kind of imperial meal with dozens of dishes, and she had no appetite just by looking at it.

The eunuchs brought up two hot pots and put them at the end of the table, if the emperor wanted to use it, he had to have a eunuch to shabu the meat and then send it over, think about last night in Ruijingxuan, a small table and a copper stove, a few dishes and two pairs of chopsticks, all the food was in front of the door, and the emperor was sitting at the table stupidly, in fact, what was sent to his mouth, he couldn't even see what it looked like.

Xuan Ye waved his hand at Liang Gonggong, Liang Gonggong immediately understood, beckoned all the palace maids and eunuchs to go down, and Lan Qi was left in the room to accompany him, seeing this posture, he got up and took the dishes and chopsticks, walked to the table and sandwiched the dishes, and gave him a bite first, and then put it in the bowl in front of Xuan Ye, the emperor raised his eyes and asked her: "Why did you eat it yourself?" ”

Lan Qi was frightened by his momentum, and said timidly: "The eunuch who tested the poison also went down." ”

"Poison test?"

"Yes."

"I ate at Ruijingxuan last night, did you test the poison? What are you doing with such hypocrisy? "The emperor is obviously unreasonable, even if Lan Qi listens to it, he can understand his resentment that he has nowhere to vent at the moment, so many people in the garden, just because he is the tip of his heart, he was found to be angry, although no one wants to be angry, but if he is not considerate of him, who else is considerate of him?

The two were in a stalemate, the hot pot at the end of the table was boiling, but the other dishes were about to cool, and Lan Qi still had the salty taste of the sauce and meat in his mouth, and he especially wanted to drink a sip of hot tea to dilute it.

"I've always bullied you like this." Xuan Ye picked up the chopsticks and stuffed all the dishes in the bowl into his mouth, chewing for a long time was obviously difficult to swallow, Lan Qi hurriedly went to the side to bring a spittoon for him to spit it out, and rinsed his mouth with tea, turned his back and secretly drank half a bowl of tea to rinse his mouth.

Before he put down the tea bowl to take a breath, he heard Xuan Ye say: "When the imperial grandmother is here, I can still have someone to rely on when I encounter these things, and if I say something that is embarrassing to anyone, it doesn't matter to the imperial grandmother." I can be an emperor, but I still can't learn how to be a father, how can I keep them from learning badly, why do I spend so much effort to teach, but this kind of thing still happens. One or two are like this, those little futures, will they also line up to anger me one by one? ”

"Can the concubine say a few words?" Lan Qi finally spoke.

Xuan Ye glanced at him and said impatiently, "When do I want you to shut up?" ”

Lan Qi didn't care if he said something bad, walked to the dining table, served him a bowl of soup, and said slowly: "The emperor always looks at himself and thinks about his children, which is a little unfair." When the concubines followed the Empress Dowager, Prince Yu and Prince Gong Fujin entered the palace to gossip, and listened to them count the princess and do disgusting things, that is, the sky blue glaze vase you gave to the concubine yesterday, the concubine heard for the first time, and it was also Prince Yu Fujin said that the prince lost his temper at home and dropped a good bottle, which was the escort of Fujin's mother's family, he was afraid that Fujin would be unhappy, and made the rain over the impersonation of azure glaze, Fujin knew it at a glance, but it was not debunked, but it was just a complaint in front of the Empress Dowager. ”

When the soup was delivered to him, Lan Qi really took a sip first, Xuan Ye was impatient, but he still drank it in his hand, and said, "What are you doing talking about these things?" ”

"The concubine hasn't finished yet." Lan Qi relaxed a little, not as scared as she was just now, and also served herself soup, and continued, "Every time the Fujin come to complain, the Empress Dowager will happily talk about the princes when they were young, it turns out that in addition to the emperor, the princes are also not worry-free, the empress dowager seems to support the emperor to grow up, but in fact, her brothers and sisters are also fathers and mothers, and they are often so angry that they don't know what to do, exactly the same as you are now." ”

Lan Qi sat next to Xuan Ye, saw that he drank a whole bowl of soup, simply handed him his own, and comforted: "If the emperor is angry, it's not good, it's okay, they are disobedient, or beaten or scolded, the lesson is, you are angry with yourself, how can it be over?" ”

"What about the prince?" Xuan Ye said coldly, holding Lan Qi's bowl of soup and didn't move again, his face seemed to suddenly become gloomy, "Can the prince beat or scold, and teach him a lesson?" If Chang Ning Fuquan is a brother, shouldn't the prince be me? ”

Lan Qi lowered her face, her heart jumped suddenly, and she said softly: "Hasn't the emperor been reprimanded by the empress dowager?" ”

Xuan Ye glared at her and said, "I wouldn't do such a ridiculous thing, do you know what he did?" I let him study quietly in Changchun Garden, do you know what he did? ”

Lan Qi couldn't say anything more, and sure enough, Xuan Ye couldn't help but tell her about the prince, but she must put herself in the right position now, and she must not interfere in the prince's affairs, otherwise how could the Hesheri family let themselves go, and the Pearl Mansion would definitely applaud and prepare to watch a good show. Like today, when everyone was waiting for the emperor to be furious, the emperor brought her, and it was enough to pierce the eyes.

"I am so obedient and obedient in front of me, but I have been tyrannical and cruel in front of others, my heart is cold, how can I teach this?" Xuan Ye was really angry, Lan Qi saw that his face was not good, he got up and stood beside him and stroked his back and said, "The emperor is angry, how can he be angry and his body is good, the prince is still ...... young"

"Still young? He's sixteen! ”

"You can't, go back to sulking yourself, why don't you get angry at the prince?" Lan Qi was also impulsive, and said bluntly, "The eldest brother made a small mistake, and you beat and scolded him and never cared about his face, who doesn't know that the eldest brother was beaten by you and grew up, but what about the prince?" Could it be that the crown prince has never made a mistake, and doesn't the emperor think that you treat children differently? What's wrong with the prince, the prince is not your child anymore? ”

After saying these words, Lan Qi bent her knees to the ground, Xuan Ye was anxious, she was also anxious, and she really regretted it in her heart, why did she say this, and bowed her head and pleaded: "The concubine lost her words." ”

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