The legend of the ancient bird, and now it is compared to the phoenix among the people in the middle palace, and the concubine said these words to listen, and the imperial concubine did not understand.

It's just strange in my heart, Wu Ya Lanqi has never talked much about the rights and wrongs in the palace, and the matter of the emperor's imminent establishment has always been just a rumor, although it was her, she also understood that the throne belonged to her, but for some reason, she no longer valued it as much as before. Back then, he was opposite to Niu Hulu's edge, and he also had a bit of a competitive heart for Kunning Palace, and then he also cared about the idea that the imperial concubine was not the queen after all, but now that he has come over year by year, he gradually doesn't care, and gradually fades away.

Recalling that in recent years, every time the emperor encounters a major celebration, he takes her by his side, also known as Zhengyanshun in charge of the phoenix seal, without the respect of the queen but with the power of the queen, and then in the first month of this year, the eldest brother got married, and the emperor took her to receive the gift together, which is the dignity that only the mother has, but Xuanye gave it to her.

As a woman, who doesn't want to be a wife, who is willing to be a concubine, the imperial concubine asked herself why she doesn't care so much now, whether it's the family or the relationship, the only one who can make her float in her heart immediately is the fourth elder brother. There has never been a person who can make the imperial concubine pour all her feelings and get the same or even more in return, the family's giving to her is accompanied by endless restraints and requirements, and the emperor's feelings for her imperial concubine herself knows best.

There is only the fourth elder brother, the more she loves the child, the more the child will repay her, even if he knows who is the biological mother, he has not reduced his love for himself in the slightest, this child loves himself so sincerely, it is the greatest gift given by God in this deep palace, in her helpless fate.

A gust of wind passed, the heat wave hit the pergola and became extremely cool, Lan Qi and the imperial concubine were a little energetic on their faces, the wind blew the rings on the buns of the two, Lan Qi raised her hand to hold the sound, and then heard the imperial concubine finally speak: "The rumors in the palace, do you believe it?" Or, what did the emperor reveal to you? You must not be convinced in your heart that I sit in that position, you should have the same heart as other women, unless the emperor himself says something to you, you will be convinced. ”

Lan Qi bowed slightly, and said softly: "Although the saint did not say it explicitly, the concubine is obedient and obedient. ”

"You don't have to tell me these words." The imperial concubine snorted, turned her face to show a somewhat disdainful expression, and said coldly, "Come to please me?" It is not necessary, it is enough for you and I to continue to maintain the current tacit understanding in the future. You can't compete for my background and my family background in your life, and I also understand that you can't compete for your position in the emperor's heart in your life. ”

Lan Qi didn't care, and smiled indifferently: "The concubine is thinking, on that day, the concubine will definitely congratulate the happy lady from the bottom of her heart, but before that, no one knows what will happen in the palace." The dazzling under the glory will make people unable to open their eyes but can't see everything around them clearly, and the concubine hopes that at this time, she can protect the children more carefully with her mother. ”

The imperial concubine's expression was shocked, as if she was immediately energetic, and she frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this, is someone trying to harm the fourth elder brother?" ”

Lan Qi lowered her eyes and said calmly: "In February, the concubine was ill, someone took the opportunity to put arsenic in the concubine's medicine, Wen Xian rampaged and knocked over the decoction, the queen mother rewarded Wen Xian's puppy and died on the spot after licking it, the emperor promised to let the concubine check it herself, but it was not made public, I believe that the murderer behind the scenes is in the palace, so there is no movement in the Forbidden City, after all, it has spread, and it is not beneficial to that person." ”

The imperial concubine listened to the cold on her back and asked, "Will they attack the fourth elder brother next time?" But without waiting for Lan Qi to respond, she even called Qinglian loudly, asking her to send someone back to the Forbidden City, the people around the fourth elder brother, be careful about his diet, everything must be checked again and again before it can enter the mouth of the fourth elder brother, and the food outside the Chengqian Palace is not allowed to be entered, so cloudy, Qinglian was confused when she heard it, and looked at Concubine De Niangniang, only to see her nodding with a smile.

After the imperial concubine was excited for a while, she woke up and looked at Lan Qi, and asked slightly embarrassedly, "Are you okay?" ”

Lan Qi smiled: "Arsenic is highly poisonous, if the concubine has something, she will be separated from you by yin and yang." ”

"You'd better not have anything to do, the fourth elder brother also has you in his heart, in the end you are his biological mother." The imperial concubine glanced at her, turned her eyes to see the wormwood decorated on the roof of the pergola swaying slightly, and asked coldly, "What are you here to say?" ”

"The concubine is thinking, you will one day be canonized as the queen, the fourth elder brother is valued as his mother, even if it is not your biological son, it seems that he also has the respect of the concubine, whether it is genuine or not, there is always this saying, the identity of the fourth elder brother will inevitably change." Lan Qi's face dispersed a light smile, and at this moment he was a little serious, and said seriously, "Once the identity of the fourth elder brother is different, the threats around him will emerge in an endless stream, and you also know that the original emperor's concubine is only the crown prince." ”

The imperial concubine frowned and pondered, and then said after a while: "Although the fourth elder brother was not born to me, it is not necessarily that if I am not a queen, he can be my son, and if I become a queen, he will not be a son." I agree with this statement in my heart, but for outsiders, unless the emperor makes it clear, otherwise others will have different opinions, and you and I can't influence it, after all, he was not born by me. ”

"Approve or disapprove, there will be people who regard the fourth elder brother as an enemy." Lan Qi's eyes shone brightly, and she was the most powerful aura as a mother, and said slowly, "The concubine is saying something that is not repugnant, but it is also a fact. If you become the queen one day, Yuqing Palace will inevitably regard the fourth elder brother as a threat, and the people who are staring at Yuqing Palace will definitely think that there is more of a stumbling block for the fourth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother will be attacked by the enemy, if he does not go on a blind date with either party, he will inevitably be isolated between the brothers, which is the most important thing. ”

Lan Qi suddenly got up and left her seat and bent her knees in front of the imperial concubine, which surprised her, and complained repeatedly: "You are pregnant with a child, don't make any mistakes, I can't afford it." ”

Lan Qi said: "This time the emperor agreed to let the concubines track down the murderer behind the poisoning, and the concubines will no longer have to work on the emperor like saffron in the end, this time the concubines are imperative, and if there is anything offensive to the mother in what they say and do, please also ask the mother for the sake of the fourth elder brother, don't worry about the concubine." ”

The imperial concubine asked her to get up and speak, and said strangely: "So you didn't come to ask me for help?" ”

Lan Qiwaner: "The concubine just wants to explain this matter to the mother, worried that you will be instigated by the villain in the future and misunderstand the concubine's intentions, I want to ask the mother to rest assured, the concubine will stand on the side of the fourth elder brother at any time, and it must be on your side." For the fourth elder brother, the concubine will never be proud of her biological mother, the fourth elder brother can have today, it is all your credit, and the concubine understands better than anyone else. But Niangniang, the fourth elder brother is the flesh and blood of the concubine, please let the concubine protect him from afar, let the concubine work with you to resist the wind and rain for him, the concubine will not invite credit and will not rob your scenery, just want to do her best to her son. ”

The imperial concubine listened quietly, and when she saw Lan Qi stopping, she asked, "If the sixth elder brother is still here, will you have this thought?" ”

Lan Qi nodded, she could say a lot of things to prove her piety, but she didn't bother to say much, as for the only thing that couldn't be said, it was the reason why the fourth elder brother came to Chengqian Palace in the first place. She can't destroy the emperor's care and love for her in the imperial concubine's heart, but Lanqi herself is firm, Yinzhen is the child she wants to protect with her life, no matter whether Yinzuo is still there or not, no matter how many children she will have, it will not change.

"Over the years, I have paid attention to my words and deeds, everything is important to Yinzhen, and when I gradually realized that the emperor had the heart to stand up, I began to worry about whether I would bring trouble to the child, I understand what you said, you are willing to pay silently for the child, I am also pleased." The imperial concubine seemed to compare her momentum with Lan Qi as a mother, and said with a serious expression, "I also have a sentence to tell you, if I am the queen in the future, Yinzhenzi will be a mother, rather than being suspicious and hostile to her embarrassing identity, it is better to let go and fight, as a mother, I will definitely go all out to pave the way for my son's future, some of the things you are worried about, I have already taken into account." ”

Lan Qi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang misunderstood, the concubine didn't mean this, the concubine just said ......"

"So you and I are not all the way after all, you just want to seek stability for your son, but you are too naïve." A sneer flashed across the imperial concubine's face, but this coldness was not for Lan Qi, but for being in an aristocratic family, seeing through the coldness of this world, she snorted lightly, "Where does the stability in the royal family come from, behind the stability, there is loneliness and no interest, but your son is willing to live a mediocre life?" He's so studious, you know what the future looks like? You love Yinzhen, but do you know him, all year round, how many words can you talk to your son? ”

Lan Qi was stunned and didn't say a word, the imperial concubine looked at each other coldly, and said solemnly: "Since you are determined to open your arms for him, don't be tepid." What we are doing is to clear the obstacles on the road of life for him, instead of moving the big stone to a place and waiting for him to face it himself in the future. ”

Lan Qi was very conflicted in her heart, she felt that the imperial concubine didn't seem to understand what she meant, but it seemed that she understood, but the imperial concubine could say such domineering and clear words, which really impressed Lan Qi.

"This time, if you find out who is behind the scenes, let her never recover." The imperial concubine stood up proudly and sneered, "In the next three years and three years, how many young women will come in, and it is also appropriate to vacate some space in the palace, what are you doing in the way?" ”

Lan Qi didn't say anything, but in fact, she had been thinking about what to do if she found out the murderer behind the scenes, whether to break into the cold palace or kill her? These are not difficult, as long as the evidence is conclusive, as long as their sins can be proven, they will definitely be doomed, but Lan Qi always feels that this is not the best way.

Jue Chan once said that he wanted to see Concubine Hui's life worse than death, Lan Qi didn't think so, but thought that if those people could contain each other, how good it would be to take advantage of the fisherman in exchange for themselves, and now she understands why the emperor wants to use all conditions to balance the minister, but she doesn't know how to get to that point, and she is groping every step now.

"Why are you in a daze?" The imperial concubine suddenly spoke, Lan Qi came back to her senses, and the imperial concubine said coldly, "You are also one of the four concubines, one of the few noble women in the Qing Dynasty, kindness and gentleness are your temperament, but don't always hang on your face, people don't stare at you and bully?" I also know that I am domineering, but because of this, do those people in the palace dare to bully me? Bullying the soft and being afraid of the hard is a common disease of people, you have to be a soft persimmon, don't complain about others picking it up. ”

"Concubines remember." Lan Qi doesn't care about talking to the imperial concubine, and it is very rare to have something to say like her.

At this moment, someone hurriedly ran in front of Jifengxuan, and the people here stepped forward to stop him, and when they saw that it was the palace maid next to Concubine De, they brought it in.

It was Xiangyue who came, her face was flustered, she didn't dare to look at the imperial concubine, she timidly moved to her master's side, whispered a few words, Lan Qi frowned instantly, cheered up and said to the imperial concubine that she wanted to leave, seeing that her eyes were full of curiosity, she still said frankly: "The empress dowager is not in good health, and the concubine is going to Ningchun Hall." ”

The imperial concubine was also worried in her heart, and when Lan Qi turned around to leave, she couldn't help but say: "I'm afraid that one day will be less, you have to be prepared in your heart, those people have endured long enough." ”

Even the imperial concubine understands that once the empress dowager dies, Concubine De will inevitably become the target of public criticism, those people hinder the empress dowager and dare not do anything to her, the future will be different, how can the emperor be by her side every day, and at a certain moment, he will not give birth to a black hand from the shadows, and he can drag her into the abyss of no return.

The Empress Dowager is not sick, but she is old and unable to do a lot of things, she will be uncomfortable if she takes more bites, her life disappears little by little, her ears are deaf and her eyes are spent, and she is slowly aging very normally. It's just that the people who guard her are reluctant, and if she wants to eat more one day, she will excitedly forget the weakness of the old man's body, and involuntarily want to satisfy her.

Lan Qi waited in Ning Chun Hall for three days, and Xuan Ye also came to accompany her for several hours every day, and the Empress Dowager finally relieved herself for a while, but the imperial doctor quietly told Lan Qi that she was afraid that the old man's body would not be able to withstand a few more tosses.

And in those few days, Liang Gonggong and Huanchun conspired and did something against Concubine De's original intentions, Lan Qi has always asked them to take care of the palace maid, but because this little girl is ambiguous, she can't be sure whether it was one of the two eunuchs who were related to Mingzhu Mansion who was looking for her that day, Liang Gonggong boldly asked Huanchun for help, put this girl away, and put it in the garden to be a bait, expecting that the evildoer would want to kill people.

Ben just gave it a go, and was ready to be blamed by the mother for returning in vain, but unexpectedly, the day after the little palace maid was transferred elsewhere, the person who was secretly sent by Liang Gonggong to keep an eye on the movement captured a eunuch who wanted to hurt the girl, as expected, it was one of the two eunuchs.

When Lan Qi learned all this, she was not angry at Liang Gonggong and Huanchun's self-assertion, but she didn't feel happy either, and said worriedly: "I'm just afraid of startling the snake." "We've been investigating for so long to get this little clue, and now it's not strange that someone suddenly ran out and was easily caught by you?" ”

Liang Gonggong was puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

Lan Qi thought for a while, sorted out the clue and said: "This matter has dragged on for a long time, and the person who wants to harm me has either not received a response, or has already understood everything here, no matter what the situation, when we deal with her, she must be also calculating us." I have to think about it a little more, now that a eunuch suddenly appeared to attack that child, could it be that someone deliberately lured us to this clue, after all, we have been investigating for so long, and our patience is limited, and it is very easy to see a little hope and go all out. So we have to be calmer than before, and we must not rush things, and you must understand that it is they who are in a hurry, not us. ”

Liang Gonggong felt reasonable, and said: "The slave has let people look at that thing, and he must not be allowed to die, there is no interrogation at this time, do you want to interrogate it yourself?" ”

Lan Qi shook her head and smiled calmly: "Don't judge him, in case he is anxious to tell us something, what he says now must not be true." I don't believe that there is a person who is not afraid of death, let him stay for a few days and don't know whether he will live or die after that, forcing him to despair, I am not afraid that he will not speak the truth. If he is really not afraid of death, it is a big deal to fulfill him. ”

Huan Chun smiled: "I'm really afraid that you will be angry, but the slave maid thinks that this matter is reliable, it is that you have been serving the Queen Mother for a few days, and I really dare not distract you." ”

"It's better to discuss it with me next time, if we can't get it clear between us, we won't be able to understand what is going on outside." Lan Qi smiled, and suddenly thought about it again, and instructed Liang Gong to be fair, "Let me go out, and I will say that a eunuch sneaked into Ruijingxuan at night to tease my palace maid and was killed as an assassin, I expect them to refuse to believe it, but the truth is enough for them to consider for a few days." ”

As Lan Qi expected, sure enough, there was any disturbance in Ruijingxuan, Changchun Garden had not yet become lively, and it had already spread all over the Forbidden City, and there were rumors in the palace that a eunuch was killed in Ruijingxuan.

In recent days, Mingzhu has been aware that some officials are trying to impeach him for buying and selling official positions, and are tightening their forces to destroy evidence, so she has no time to take care of the affairs in her palace, so that this matter has not been resolved. Now I don't know if it was too carefully arranged, or the people on Concubine De's side were too stupid, she didn't want to wait any longer, so she threatened the two people in the garden to cut off the matter first, and then she thought again, but she didn't expect to wait for this result.

But Concubine Hui didn't want to poison Lan Qi this time, she knew the rules of Yonghe Palace at the moment, presumably when she arrived at Changchun Garden, Ruijingxuan would not be negligent, she just wanted to drag Concubine Yi into the water, and wanted to add all the evidence of the crime to her.

Concubine Yi has always only moved her lips, she has a vicious heart but no malicious courage, she always wants to provoke her to do something, Concubine Hui is unwilling to let her sit back and enjoy her success, and she has three princes under her knees, and she will have to guard against her in the future, so she has to be involved in it, and she wants to make her really hostile to Concubine De and withdraw herself from the cusp of contradictions.

But after all, there are two places apart, Concubine Hui has no place to work, and now things are becoming more and more blurred, as if she wants to get into it, she is anxious to urge Mingzhu to think about it day by day.

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