Qinglian said with concern: "Niangniang, it's better to go to Ningshou Palace tomorrow, you look very bad." While speaking, he let the warm sedan chair behind him follow, and wanted to help Tong Guifei sit in the sedan chair, but the concubine stretched out her hand to stop it, and after calming down, she looked around a few times, "Come to Cining Palace in the future, don't take this road, Qinglian, you remember it for me, and it doesn't matter if you go far away, in short, I don't want to pass through here again." ”

"The slave remembers." Qinglian agreed, and then walked all the way to Ningshou Palace, but saw two warm sedan chairs parked outside, the palace door opened, Rong Concubine and Duan Concubine just came out, the two sides met, the two hurriedly came over to salute, Tong Guifei Suxi and they had no contact, only because Rong Concubine and Hui Concubine are now in charge of the trivial matters of the six palaces, so they have to meet occasionally, as for Duan Concubine, just remembered the original incident, and at this moment I felt even more uncomfortable, maybe I could have said hello well, but at this time I raised my chin and walked to the palace gate.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan looked at each other, Concubine Duan had an old hatred for the concubine, and cursed in a low voice: "Raising her head like a pheasant, isn't she afraid of twisting her neck?" ”

"Say less." Although Concubine Rong didn't understand what the two of them had offended the concubine, she thought that she couldn't afford to hide, and she was too lazy to care about it so much, so she said that she wanted to go to Zhongcui Palace to see Lan Qi, and the two warm sedan chairs turned back to Zhongcui Palace leisurely, and when she arrived at the door, it was snowing in the sky, and Concubine Rong smiled, "It's only been a few days of snow, and this one is down, I don't know how many more days." ”

"Sister, go in and sit, it's inconvenient to go back after a while." Concubine Duan's mood improved, and she pulled her into the door, and Concubine Rong asked, "A few days ago, everyone was afraid of coming to meet the emperor, as if they were deliberately coming to show their faces, and Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi told me that they didn't dare to come, but they didn't see the emperor come up, why didn't the emperor come to see her?" ”

Duan Concubine and smiled: "She doesn't feel good in her heart, but she doesn't show it, let's not mention it, I don't know what the emperor thinks, every day there are eunuchs and palace maids from the Qianqing Palace to greet her, but I don't come in person, but Long live Lord has always been different from her, I have been here for a long time, and I am used to it." ”

The speaking kung fu has arrived in front of the door of the east side hall, and it is like a quarrel, and the palace maid opens a thick curtain of cotton, and listens to the cloth nobleman say: "If you dare to hang, I will go to find the grandmother and tie it up for you strongly." ”

The two hurried in, and saw the noble man kneeling on the kang, holding scissors in one hand and lifting up the clothes with the other, she wanted to cut the girdle tied to the waist and abdomen, tears swirled in her eyes, her face was red, and the noble man did not follow and said: "If you loosen your stomach, you can't take it back, you are obedient, just tie it for a few more days, and if your stomach is loose in the future, the emperor will not be tired of it?" ”

As soon as she said this, the little nobleman's tears fell like broken threads, kneeling on the kang and crying, Concubine Rong hurriedly came up and took down the scissors in her hand, touched the girdle on her waist, it was indeed tighter, smiled and coaxed her to straighten up again, and re-tied it with her own hands, loosened it a lot, and Lan Qi's face was better.

Huanchun fetched water to wipe her face, and brought tea and moved chairs, a room of people sitting, Lan Qi leaned softly to the side and lowered her head without speaking, Rong Concubine sat over and took her hand, touched her waist and abdomen, and said proudly: "Look at my waist, it doesn't look like I have given birth to many children, right?" ”

Lan Qi touched it in his hand, and sure enough, his waist was as slender as a willow, his muscles and bones were tight and there was no fat, he nodded in a daze, and Concubine Rong smiled: "It's good to eat hard, we are all pampered, and there are people to serve you in the bath, just rest and rest every day, and the meat of the whole body will grow out, if you refuse to suffer some more after giving birth, the loose belly will not be able to be taken back, you are younger than me, do you want to become pot-bellied in the future?" ”

Duan Concubine came to pull Rong Concubine's sleeve and made her eyes, but Rong Concubine laughed back: "You just coax her, don't tell everything in your heart, she will be suffocated sooner or later." He turned around and asked Lan Qi, "Do you want a child, or do you want the emperor?" ”

Lan Qi's cheeks were crimson, and she shook her head: "It's nothing, Niangniang makes fun of the concubine." ”

"Who made fun of you, all three of us have experienced it here, how did you persuade the nobles back then, have you forgotten those words?" Concubine Rong was like a sister, holding Lan Qi's hand and saying, "I don't have to compare with you, but now that the child is raised in Cining Palace, you can often see it when you are out of confinement, the emperor sends people to ask you if you are okay three times a day, we are not so blessed at that time, if you are not satisfied, you can only end up so uncomfortable now, I remember the noble people of Zhongcui Palace, there is only a flower-like smile on her face, and the Queen Mother loves her like that." ”

Lan Qi herself didn't understand what's wrong, and the little brother didn't see this after he went to Cining Palace, but he heard that the prince recovered, I heard that Xuan Ye went to see his son, and I heard that the queen mother asked her to recuperate for another half a month, and her spirit began to get worse and worse.

According to her temper, she will never be like this, how can she be depressed to this point by herself when she is content and happy on her lips, but these days it is getting worse and worse, and today she is full of discomfort.

"The concubines don't know what's wrong, and they always feel uncomfortable." Lan Qi tried to smile, but her eyes rolled down, and Bu Guiren could only smile bitterly and coax her, "I won't persuade you anymore, you can eat as much as you like, anyway, the emperor always thinks you're thin, it's better to be fat, don't cry." ”

Lan Qi is not unreasonable, she has been loved by Xuan Ye all these years, spoiled by the queen of heaven, and taken care of by the nobles and concubines, she is becoming more and more like an emperor's woman, and she can no longer compare to the forbearance when she was a slave, not to mention that what she had to endure at that time was only to be bullied, and now what she has to endure is all kinds of colors*, people's hearts are so big, and no one can afford it.

"Sister, it's better to take care of me." The little nobleman finally relieved his spirit, smiled softly, Rong Concubine and Duan Concubine were overjoyed, the four of them sat and told jokes, Rong Concubine taught her how to tie herself, and then called those old grandmothers to take care of Don't die Lile, and then rushed back before dark, when the snow was already flying like goose feathers, a few inches of snow in the palace, she got off the warm sedan chair and walked into the house, and a layer of snow fell on her body.

Ji Xin didn't go out with him, taking care of the elder brother and the princess at home, and when he saw the master coming back, he came over to serve the change of clothes and wash, and handed it to the master with a warm hand stove, and said: "When it snowed, Concubine Hui Niangniang led Juezen to promise to come, I heard that you and Duan Concubine Niangniang went to Ningshou Palace, so I said no, I probably went to Yikun Palace." ”

Rong Concubine came to the children's house with a handstove, Rong Xian was writing, she didn't bother, her son didn't wake up from a nap, she looked at it twice before turning back to the pavilion, and said lazily: "Jue Chan's appearance is indeed outstanding, the longer the better, just look at the noble people are beautiful, but if they are put in one place, the noble people will be compared, no wonder the concubine refuses to let go, and leads her face everywhere, and she is not afraid of jealousy." ”

Ji Xin handed her the hot tea, stood on the side and said, "Concubine Wen is not jealous, but she should guard against some noble concubines." ”

Concubine Rong drank tea, played with the lid of the tea bowl, and said disdainfully: "She hates the eldest brother in her heart, and the two in Yikun Palace are not fuel-efficient lamps, anyway, what was launched is Juezen promised, and she has a face in front of the long-lived lord, she is so energetic, if she doesn't like to recruit the concubine like this, it is Juechan who suffers and suffers, and it has nothing to do with her. ”

Ji Xin said: "Slave and maid look, Concubine Hui is quite sympathetic to her master. ”

Concubine Rong handed her the tea bowl, found a comfortable posture and rested crookedly, and said meaningfully: "I don't care if she cares about me or not, anyway, except for Duan Concubine, there is no one in this palace who I can talk to." Rubbing the corners of her forehead, she said softly, "What kind of little promise did she go to great lengths to cultivate, and the ready-made good person was not in front of her?" ”

Ji Xin knew that the master was talking about the noble people, but he didn't answer, but he understood in his heart that Concubine Rong was now taking care of the Queen Mother, and she was getting close to the noble people, for the sake of the future of Princess Brother. has been with her for more than ten years, and knows that if the master does not have this magnanimity and self-cultivation, how can she be valued by the emperor even when Queen Hesheri was in the past.

But speaking of the noble people, Ji Xin has led her way from the time to the present, and he has a little bit of his own opinion when he looks at it coldly, and he said to Concubine Rong at this time: "The slave also thinks that the noble people are very easy to get along with, and the master should get closer to the noble people, and the noble people have no desires and no desires." ”

Concubine Rong laughed at her: "Didn't you see her appearance today, she looks coquettish, but in fact, what is burning in your heart?" Don't you want to see the emperor and raise a child? The milk doll gave him coptis chinensis, and he could swallow it in his stomach, why could he eat it, he hadn't tasted the sweetness, everyone was the same, who could taste the sweetness, and then turn back to continue to suffer in peace? She is the same, the more favored she is, the easier it is to get lost, no wonder Concubine Hui said, I really want to see when she has us today. ”

"In this way, the master doesn't want to get close to the nobles?" Ji Xin was confused, and she never caught up with Concubine Rong's thoughts.

Concubine Rong turned over and changed to a more comfortable position, closed her eyes to take a nap, and murmured: "She is indeed the best person to get along with, how warm is the charcoal stove in winter, but do you dare to stick it on the fire?" It's not going to burn your flesh and skin. ”

This snow, it fell for three or four days, on the day of Laba, Tong Guifei led the porridge banquet in Chengqian Palace to invite the palace concubines, the Empress Dowager also gave the Laba porridge of Yong'an Temple, Duan Concubine and Bu Guiren had to lead the princess to Chengqian Palace to join in the fun, Pan Xia was left by Lan Qi, after everyone left, she called her into the house, and gave her her her share of the Laba porridge of Yong'an Temple that the Empress Dowager had rewarded.

"In the past, you always said that you wanted to eat Laba porridge in Yong'an Temple, blame those old monks for not doing more, but now they can do more, knowing that there are many ladies in the palace, and they are afraid of fighting." Lan Qi was in a good mood to sit with Pan Xia, Pan Xia was not polite, ate porridge in a big gulp, and let her eat a few bites, it happened that Huan Chun took the reward from Chengqian Palace, and saw them hiding here, deliberately coquettish and said that Lan Qi was eccentric, Lan Qi asked her to eat too, but Huan Chun said that Tong Guifei had eaten it.

"All the palaces have gone?" Lan Qi looked out the window, she didn't like to go to Chengqian Palace, and she didn't like Concubine Tong very much, but for people who couldn't see Xuan Ye or children, and were locked up for dozens of days, they really didn't dare to think about the yearning for the lively place before.

Huanchun opened the box, and a box full of all kinds of dim sum was saved, saying that Concubine Tong specially asked the imperial dining room to develop new tricks, and each palace sent a box, and several concubines and maidens got an extra string of incense beads.

Pan Xia swallowed a mouth full of porridge, saw Lan Qi grabbed a piece of dim sum for her, said that she was full and put it back, and asked curiously: "Concubine Wen is also here?" ”

Lan Qi's eyes flickered, but she heard Huanchun say: "I only sent Dongyun to say that I was sick and didn't get out of bed." She thought for a while and sighed, "I can't be sick all the time, to be honest, I'm embarrassed to see you in the future." ”

Pan Xia didn't know what happened that time, Huanchun knew a little bit about it, seeing Pan Xia curiously asked, he opened his mouth and said perfunctory, and soon Pan Xia left to go back to the palace to look at the stove, after Huanchun packed up his things, he sat down next to Lan Qi and said: "A few days ago, I went to the Internal Affairs Office to get something, I met Dongyun on the way, and I gossiped a few words, only to know that before Lord Alinga entered the palace, he was ridiculed by Concubine Wen and thrown out. ”

Lan Qi's eyes widened, and Huan Chun continued: "Neither Concubine Niangniang nor Concubine Wen Niangniang are good masters, your mind can't be compared, let's stay away in the future." ”

The voice fell, and suddenly heard someone shouting outside, asking if there was anyone in the East Side Palace, the stage was set up in the Chengqian Palace in front, and several people from Yukui followed to join in the fun, Huanchun hurried out, but saw the little apprentice of Gonggong Li of the Qianqing Palace in front of the door, saw Huanchun was polite, and said with a smile: "Sister hurry up to pick up the nobles for the De Guiren, the sedan chair is parked outside the slave, and the Lord is waiting to pick up the nobles to go to the front." ”

Huanchun was so surprised, saying that it was not yet the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and the Empress Dowager was not allowed to go out, and the little father-in-law smiled and said: "Long live the lord, can you not ask for grace from above and come to pick up people again?" My sister hurriedly dressed up the nobles, and the servants were waiting at the door, and now all the palaces were gathering in the Chengqian Palace, and they were afraid of piercing their eyes after waiting for a long time. ”

Huanchun asked him to drink hot tea under the porch, and called Panxia to come over to help, and Lan Qi heard it at the window, and she was so happy that she couldn't help but be happy, and when Huanchun came in, she had already turned out the new jacket and gown that she hadn't worn yet, and looked at the two of them with a smile: "You guys lock me up again." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Huanchun was also happy, and Panxia helped Lan Qi dress up neatly, didn't comb her hair for a few days, and shouted Shen when she wore an extra hairpin, and the two of them didn't pay attention to her, dressed up according to the rules, wore their clothes and hoods tightly, and walked out of the door, Lan Qi walked several times on the road in this courtyard, but she hadn't set foot on the road outside the gate of Zhong Cui Palace for dozens of days.

"It's real." Lan Qi stood at the gate of the palace, heard the noise of gongs and drums in front of her, and sighed comfortably, "This is down-to-earth, when the spring flowers bloom, I have to step on the mud with my bare feet." ”

Without waiting for her to sigh again, the little father-in-law got on the warm sedan chair, and then went all the way forward, Lan Qi didn't ask where to go, thinking that the left was just Qianqing Palace or Cining Palace, and she was now even willing to go to Chengqian Palace, as long as she could go out.

Since the farce on her birthday, Chengqian Palace has not been so lively for a long time, and no one under the seat is willing to come, but Tong Guifei is now the harem is dominant, like the deputy queen, and it is one thing to secretly disdain to provoke. And Concubine Tong has always been generous, and she came to her to watch the play and drink tea, which was more luxurious and enjoyable than the usual specifications in the palace.

At this time, the little palace maid of the Cuigong Palace came to tell the concubine about the nobles going out, and the concubine was so surprised, but when she heard that the emperor picked her up, she also understood the importance in her heart, and turned around and asked Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong what was wrong with her, and when she heard that Lan Qi was picked up by the emperor, Concubine Hui's face was gloomy for a while, but she immediately smiled strongly: "It's different, let's just watch the play." ”

But before her voice fell, someone sat down and sighed, but saw that Nala was often frowning, covering her huge belly and shouting uncomfortable, she was a person who was going to give birth in February, and she could not come today, but Guo Guiren did not come, she had to come to show her face, and now it was uncomfortable, and she was carried away by her hands and feet, and sure enough, the concubine's face was very bad, and she said coldly to everyone: "All the things here today have been checked by the people in the Tai Hospital, you can eat with confidence, but don't eat it and turn around and feel uncomfortable, and rely on the palace to poison you." ”

Everyone bent their knees to appease the concubine, she was still very unhappy, and watched the play perfunctorily, and then the atmosphere took a sharp turn, and the concubines and concubines all smiled bitterly when they sat down, why can't you hold back until the last moment, you have been fine today, and they all thought that Concubine Tong had changed sex, but it was not.

After Nala was often helped out, Qinglian kindly followed out, let the warm sedan chair carry back, a few little eunuchs walked a short way to her residence, while someone else went to ask for a doctor, this side was in a hurry, and Lan Qi walked slowly, before and after the moment, so coincidentally met at the fork in the distance, both sides have to walk a road, the little father-in-law from the Qianqing Palace heard that it was a constant presence, and he was anxious and didn't think about which one, so he scolded sharply: "The sedan chair sent by the emperor to pick up the noble people, are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?" The eyeless dog minion let it go. ”

couldn't help but say that he carried Lan Qi forward, Lan Qi heard the scolding, so he asked what was the matter, the little father-in-law and Yan Yuese said that they met a few eunuchs and palace maids blocking the way, Lan Qi didn't care much, just waited to see Xuanye.

And here the sedan chair stopped and waited, Nala often heard it in the sedan chair, her stomach hurt tightly, but people also cursed her to rush to reincarnate, so angry that her face was red and green, and her stomach became more and more uncomfortable, and then hurriedly sent back to the palace, fortunately, there was no big problem, but this hatred was in my heart.

The noble people who were unaware of this were carried all the way south by a sedan chair, but they didn't stop for a long time, and they saw the Taihe Palace when they opened the curtains, and they didn't go to the Qianqing Palace, and thought that the emperor was going to take her to see the snow in front of the Taihe Palace, but this time even the Taihe Palace was over, and then the Jinshui River was crossed, but it was at noon.

Sure enough, when Lan Qi was almost fainted by the sedan chair, she finally stopped under the noon gate, and the noble man was helped to get off the sedan chair, feeling uneasy, and asked the little father-in-law cautiously: "If you go outside, you will be out of the palace." ”

The little father-in-law smiled: "Long live the Lord is waiting for you in the city tower, Long Live the Lord on New Year's Day is going to announce victory here, today several princes came to investigate together, at this moment the princes are scattered, long live the Lord is waiting for you to take a look." ”

Lan Qi was relieved, and was led up the stairs by her little father-in-law to climb the city tower, she didn't move for a long time, and she was so tired that she was panting after climbing a few stairs, and it was easy to get to the top, and she heard Xuan Ye, who had been absent for a long time, talking to her: "So useless? ”

Lan Qi stood still, and saw that the emperor was dressed in white and white, and the wind was strong on the city tower, and he blew up his clothes, revealing a bright yellow dragon robe inside, and he felt dazzling when the sun was shining. She looked at it in a trance, and she didn't have time to look at his face before she was about to approach him, and her knees were weak as soon as her feet were weak, but fortunately, the people around her supported her, and Xuan Ye soon came over to pick her up, frowned and said, "What's the matter?" I can't walk this way. ”

Waiting to put down in a sheltered place, helping her to stand firmly, the little eunuch over there moved the stool, Lan Qi pushed her hand and said no, took a few steps back to stabilize her body Zhou Zhou Zheng saluted Xuan Ye, Xuan Ye was impatient, and couldn't wait to pull her up personally, muttering: "I am not rare to receive your gifts." ”

Lan Qi smiled very happily, looking at the scenery of the imperial city from afar, feeling intuitively comfortable, and when he looked at Xuan Ye again, he said: "But concubines are rare, and it is a supreme glory to give you a salute here." But he was hugged tightly by others, probably he didn't hear what he said, only a warm breath came to his face, Xuan Ye said to her gently: "I miss you, I think about you very much." ”

The little nobleman pouted slightly, and said helplessly: "The door of Zhongcui Palace is open every day, you just don't come, and you still want to?" The concubine cried several times when she thought about it, and she knew it was useless, but she couldn't help it. ”

Xuan Ye was pleased and asked her, "Really?" ”

"Fake?" The little nobleman was coquettish, but he struggled to get out of Xuan Ye's arms again, and said solemnly, "This is a solemn place, and the concubines and the emperor have a good talk." ”

Xuan Ye was very happy, pulled her forward, pointed to the scenery of the imperial city to her, and told her that the three feudal domains were originally decided, and the first day was to be here with the imperial grandmother to announce victory to the whole world, and the emperor was proud of the world, but he turned around and said softly to Lan Qi: "I have something to be happy about, I want to make the people I like happy, here I can't bring you here on a critical day, don't worry about it on weekdays, and the imperial grandmother will also respond." Lan Qi, do you know that on the day you gave birth to your little brother, the south won a big victory? ”

The little nobleman shook his head blankly, coldly heard the baby's babbling, looked back and looked for it, and saw that the nurse was also wrapped in clothes, and the swaddling little brother came out, with two palace maids around to support her, she held the child and bowed down slowly and said that the little brother asked the emperor Ama and Eniang to say goodbye, Lan Qi was overjoyed, Xuan Ye gently pushed her, "Go and bring my son to me." ”

Seeing the child, her legs climbing the stairs were no longer sore, Lan Qi ran all the way to the nurse, and the bottom of the flower pot was trampling on the gold bricks, but she was advised by the nurse: "Be careful, but hold steady." ”

She smiled happily, held her son in her arms steadily, and went to the emperor's side under the escort of the nursing mother and palace maid, only to give her son to Xuan Ye, the nursing mothers retreated, Xuan Ye hugged her little son, turned around and let him look at the scenery of the imperial city, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and grow up, so that Ama can leave the palace and open a house for you as soon as possible." ”

Lan Qi didn't pay attention to these words, just stood on the side with a smile and watched, but looking at it, she remembered the dream she had for no reason, when the little brother was still in her stomach, and she dreamed of the prince...... Pointing to his stomach and crying.

"What's the fuss?" Xuan Ye saw that she was distracted and asked with a smile.

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