Concubine De was pregnant, Qinglian didn't dare to work her, asked the mother to wait in front of the door for a while, Lan Qi looked at the people inside busy, the cotton that stopped bleeding was dyed red, stopped for a long time, and was busy changing clothes and bedding for the imperial concubine, and finally when she got close, the first thing the weak imperial concubine said was: "Don't tell Yinzhen." ”

Lan Qi was sad, the imperial concubine's affection for the child, even she sighed to herself, and said that the thirteenth elder brother who was raised by her side, she thought that she was taking good care of Xuanye's children, and she thought that she would not disappoint Xing'er's dedication to her, so far she could not subjectively determine that the love for the thirteenth elder brother was like a mother and son, but on the imperial concubine's side, the fourth elder brother had long been her flesh and blood.

"Is the Imperial Doctor Xuan?" Lan Qi asked Qinglian, Qinglian shook her head, "It's the same when the imperial doctor comes, every time he says those few words, the doctor invited by the family also comes to the palace to take a look, and always prescribes some prescriptions for the mother to take medicine, and then talks about recuperation." The slave maid thought, probably after returning to the palace, she was busy socializing, and the mother was tired again. ”

"What's wrong with it?" Lan Qi asked again.

"What are you doing so much?" But the imperial concubine was impatient, she glanced at Lan Qi coldly, closed her eyes to recuperate, her pale lips squirmed slightly, "Do you think that I am sick and can't take care of Yinzhen, so you can take the child back?" ”

Maybe it was a pregnant woman who was angry with her child, Lan Qi was robbed of her white by the imperial concubine like this in the past, she laughed it off, and today all kinds of emotions are entangled together, and then she heard the imperial concubine say this, and immediately retorted without any dignity: "What does it mean for Niang Niang to say such things, it's been more than ten years, and you still don't trust the concubine?" Even if it's just for the sake of the fourth elder brother, the concubine also hopes that you will live a long and healthy life, what is wrong with you, how sad the fourth elder brother will be. ”

The room was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder, if the imperial concubine was in good spirits, who would dare to refute her face to face like this, it was not a suicide, but now the imperial concubine has no strength to argue with others, and more importantly, every sentence of Concubine De poked at the weakness in her heart.

"I don't need you to lecture me, get out." The imperial concubine had no confidence or strength, so she coldly put down this sentence and waved her hand to call Qinglian, "Send off, I don't want to see her again these days, and no one is allowed to enter the door of Chengqian Palace." ”

Lan Qi got up slowly, saying that she would go by herself, protecting her stomach and blessing the imperial concubine, and finally persuaded calmly and patiently: "If the concubine is rude, please forgive me." The concubines are all heartfelt, the trivial matters in the palace are taken care of by the concubines, and the queen mother and the queen mother do not have to serve the mother every day, the emperor values the mother in his heart, and the fourth elder brother is more irreplaceable in his heart, and please take care of herself, you can rest assured that you can take care of your body in the Chengqian Palace. ”

The imperial concubine closed her eyes with her face sideways, hiding her tears, but Rao couldn't hold back the tears pouring out of her eyes tightly, so she couldn't hold back and didn't make a sound for Concubine De to notice, and only waited for her to leave the room before she let out a long sigh of relief, covering her face and crying.

Qinglian couldn't persuade her, but in the end, the master grabbed her hand and said: "Qinglian, if I really can't get better, for the sake of our love for so many years, don't you leave Yinzhen and continue to take care of him by his side, okay?" ”

Qinglian knew in her heart that if the imperial concubine was not desperate herself, she would never be able to say such a thing, and she watched her master weaken day by day, and understood the weight of these words better than anyone else, her eyes were misty with tears for a while, and she nodded and agreed: "The slave will follow the fourth elder brother for the rest of her life, don't worry, don't think about it, take care of your body." ”

The imperial concubine took her hand, trembling from crying, and asked Qinglian over and over again if she had done too much evil, and it took a long time to calm down before she could listen to Qinglian's persuasion, whether it was retribution or punishment, the only thing she could do at the moment was to take care of her body and live one more day, even if it was one less day for the fourth elder brother to lose her pain.

On the side of the study, Xiao Hezi came back from Chengqian Palace, just now he went back for the master to remind the imperial concubine to take medicine on time, but he didn't want to hear the dispute between the imperial concubine and Concubine De outside the door, I thought it was a big deal, but when I heard it, my eyes were red, and I came back listless at this time, the brothers just got out of class, and the fourth elder brother stood under the corridor to relax his muscles, and saw him come in with his head drooping, and couldn't help frowning.

Xiao Hezi didn't know whether to say those things or not, and the fourth elder brother repeatedly attacked him, so he told those things in the Chengqian Palace with a little crying, and Yinzhen was stunned when he heard it. Thinking of his adoptive mother treating him wholeheartedly, and his biological mother never neglected to take care of him for a moment, he was a blessed child who could get the love of two mothers, but right now, half of the blessing seemed to be coming to an end.

Yinzhen is very smart, and has long noticed that her adoptive mother is not in good health, it is not a small problem of headache and brain fever, but her mother is still in her best years, but she is not as energetic as a day.

"Fourth elder brother, Niangniang is most afraid that you will not be able to concentrate on your homework for him, if you are praised by the Taifu and rewarded by the emperor, the imperial concubine Niangniang will be happy, you must not let Niangniang down." Xiao Hezi follows his master every day, and he also learns a little bit of the truth of how to behave in the world, these words are very good, Yinzhen nodded and promised him, "I understand." ”

But even if the child is calm, he can't get rid of the sadness in his heart for his mother's weakening, this evening after school back to Chengqian Palace, standing in front of the door of the dormitory before entering the door, the fourth elder brother, who has always been calm and strong, actually cried uncontrollably.

The imperial concubine saw the child crying, thinking that Yinzhen was being bullied in the study, and asked the child for a long time without saying a word, she gradually understood what it was for, although her heart was sad, she was more filled with her son's love, coaxed him to laugh and said: "Men don't flick when they have tears, your emperor Ama doesn't like to see boys crying, Eniang will always accompany you." ”

The faint sadness in the Chengqian Palace has spread to the Yonghe Palace, when she was humiliated and abused by the imperial concubine in the past, how could she think of today's situation, Lan Qi is full of hope that the imperial concubine can live a long and healthy life, such an emotion even Xuan Ye was infected, and the days after that often went in and out of the Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine was meticulously comforted and cared for by her husband and son, and her body really improved, and the fourth elder brother could gradually see a smile on his face.

In the blink of an eye, it was October, the thirteenth elder brother turned one year old, the day of the catch week was very lively, the little guy held the ruby panlong saber in one hand, and dragged the big grab pen of the Xiangfei bamboo pen tube in the other hand, the saber and the big grab pen are as big as his own body, the little guy even if he can't lift it and refuses to let go, anxious to ask someone to lift it up for him, crying and laughing to make the elders very happy.

But these lively things have nothing to do with the biological mother of the thirteenth elder brother in Yikun Palace, Concubine De has returned to the palace so far, both sides have avoided seeing each other, although everyone is looking forward to seeing the scene of the two fighting, but think about Zhang Jia's just a promise, what qualifications can he have in front of Concubine De.

This will be the children gathered in the Yifei Hall to sit, saying that a few days ago the thirteenth elder brother caught the excitement of the week, Zhang promised to be full of longing, heard the tears in her eyes, everyone persuaded her to look away, people hung their heads and sobbed and complained: "Concubine De Niangniang didn't even let the concubine take a look, Niangniang returned to the palace so far, the concubine wanted to go to ask for peace was refused, even Concubine Yi's face was not given, is it possible to be afraid that the thirteenth elder brother will see his mother, don't you want to adopt his mother?" ”

These words of complaint, as the women spread from the Yikun Palace to the East and West Sixth Palaces, Lan Qi only sighed when she heard it, sighing that it was not easy for Xing'er, and she didn't know how long such days would last. Recently, Concubine Hui said that she was not very ill and interacted with people, and they couldn't catch any tricks, and Lan Qi had insight into the intensification of the impeachment of Mingzhu in the previous dynasty, and she didn't dare to make any major events affecting the emperor in the harem, Mingzhu was the enemy who killed her sixth elder brother, and if the emperor could bring him to justice this time, it would be a real bad breath.

But Liang's father-in-law sent news that Lan Qi didn't want to hear, these days in the womb was too quiet and quiet, and there was something she didn't want to see happening under her nose. Liang's father-in-law told Niangniang very clearly that Concubine Hui had secretly met with the noble Juechan twice in private, although each time it was Concubine Hui waiting for the noble Juechan, but the noble did not turn around and left, and both times accompanied him and talked for a while.

Concubine Hui has been recuperating these days under the pretext of not going out, and occasionally going out once, just to wait for the noble person of Juezen, if the first time is a coincidence, the second time seems to be an appointment.

Lan Qi knew that the former did not go out because he was sick, and the latter had always not gone out much, and occasionally the two would meet and talk when they went out, which had to make people suspect that something was going on. She believed in the Juechan clan's hatred for Concubine Hui, but in such a situation, she couldn't help but have a little doubt, a smart and courageous person like the Juechan clan, even if he couldn't stand behind her, he would never be hostile.

What made Lan Qi even more vigilant was that she realized the big event in the court right now. Juechan hated Concubine Hui, but now that the emperor wants to shake Mingzhu's power, there is no doubt that the entire Mingzhu Mansion will be implicated, if it is a big crime, the whole family will suffer, although Nalan Rongruo died young, but his wife and children are still there, Juechan can watch Nalan Rongruo's flesh and blood become slaves and maids in the future, and can watch his wife and concubine become slaves and suffer humiliation?

Lan Qi only knew from the mouth of the Juechan clan that there was a minister who wanted to impeach Mingzhu, and she showed her determination not to interfere in the government's affairs, if the Juechan clan wanted to plan something to save Nalan Rongruo's wife, children and mother, she couldn't get through here, and it was not strange to turn to Concubine Hui for help, and for Concubine Hui, this was the best thing.

But how can the two of them be able to influence the court?

Since the appearance of the bowl of poison in Rui Jingxuan, everything she has experienced has made Lan Qi understand more deeply the connection between the palace and the imperial court, she realized that she has been too well cared for by the Empress Dowager for more than ten years, and she seems to be smart and capable, but in fact she is incapable of dealing with everything in the palace, kindness is meaningless in this world, and weakness will only bring failure.

That day, Jue Chan went to see Concubine Hui for the third time, and returned to Yanxi Palace at dusk, and was surprised to see Concubine De waiting for her in the East Side Palace.

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