"The emperor is here?" Lan Qi was very surprised, look at this hour, the sky is almost dark, it should be the time for dinner in the Qianqing Palace, I didn't hear that she was going to come over, so she rushed out at dusk, and while hurrying back, she asked, "Does the emperor know where I went?" ”

The little eunuch hurriedly said that he knew, but the emperor did not let people urge Concubine De to return to Yonghe Palace, it was Gonggong Li who privately sent someone to invite him, probably because he was afraid of waiting for a long time, and said that he had already let the meal be passed on and sent to Yonghe Palace for use.

When Lan Qi entered the door, she was already setting up the meal, and she heard the sound of the baby babbling, and Yinzuo also came back from Cining Palace, but when she saw Xiangyue coming up, she handed over a hand towel to wipe her hands, and led Lan Qi to the sixth elder brother's house, and said happily: "Long live the Lord is playing with the sixth elder brother, and the long live master sent someone to Cining Palace to bring the sixth elder brother back." ”

Lan Qi was in a very good mood, and when she entered the door, she saw Xuan Ye standing by the cradle, teasing her son one by one in his hand, guessing that he didn't dare to hold the child, every time he wanted him to hug him, he was so nervous that he was at a loss, and his appearance was clumsy and cute, which was not easily seen by outsiders.

"Coming back?" Xuan Ye heard the movement, and saw Lan Qi with a happy smile on her face when she came in, and she was sure in her heart, so she stretched out her hand without waiting for her to salute, "Come and see my son." ”

Lan Qi simply didn't salute, and was hugged by Xuan Ye when he came to his side, pointed at Yinzuo and said, "Look at him is getting more and more like you, his eyes and nose are all there." ”

The little guy in the cradle babbled, as if he recognized Lan Qi as Eniang, he grinned when he saw it, and the pink meat on his face was squeezed into a pile, where could he see who his eyes and nose looked like, Xuan Ye couldn't help but reach out and pinch his son's cheek and sneer at him: "Who made you laugh, let your Eniang take a closer look." ”

With this pinch, the milk doll immediately cried, Xuan Ye was at a loss, Lan Qi hurriedly asked the nurse to coax, pulled the emperor out and said: "The emperor will bully the weak, bully the concubines, and bully the sixth elder brother." ”

Dinner has been arranged, Lan Qi is going to change clothes and wash her hands, Xuan Ye insists on following her, the two of them are tired of frolicking for a while, no one mentioned anything else, and when they were about to come out to eat, Gonggong Li came outside: "Your Majesty, the prince has arrived." ”

Lan Qi was a little surprised, but Xuan Ye said: "The prince has a bad appetite these days, I saw that he didn't eat anything at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet yesterday, the imperial doctor said that the summer cold has weakened the spleen and stomach, I think it's probably too boring to eat alone, I also feel bored on weekdays and I don't bother to move chopsticks, it's rare to be free today, call him to come and eat together, and go back after eating, don't mind." ”

Lan Qi knew that the concubines in the palace were unwilling to take care of the prince, saying that she had killed two queens, because the queen mother and the emperor both loved the prince, although such words only dared to be rumored in private, but the emperor obviously also heard a thing or two, and the few words just now were afraid that she would have something taboo, although Lan Qi didn't care about this kind of legend in her heart, but she felt even more sorry for Xuan Ye's helplessness.

The prince soon came in and saluted his father and concubine, Xuan Ye asked him if he hadn't eaten yet, and asked him to sit beside him, Lan Qi personally gave him vegetables, thinking that he was gossiping with Xuan Ye at dinner, but at this time it was their father and son who talked a lot, and she arranged a meal for the two of them on the side, and occasionally said a few words together, but they were also happy.

But the prince's appetite is really not good, and he coaxes him to eat in different ways, but he has little interest, but it is very appetizing to eat the duck porridge made by Huanchun, and he still wants it after eating a bowl, but Xuan Ye is afraid that he will eat it and will not let him add more, so Lan Qi coaxed him: "Let Huanchun make it early tomorrow morning and send it to Yuqing Palace to make breakfast for the prince, okay?" ”

The prince nodded happily, put in a small plate of vegetables and vegetables, put down the chopsticks and said that he was full, stood up and asked his father: "Erchen wants to go and see the sixth elder brother, okay?" ”

Xuan Ye readily agreed, asked Mama to lead him away, and added a bowl of porridge himself, Huan Chun said with a smile: "The slave maid saw that Niangniang was not in good spirits today, and she was afraid that her appetite would not be good, so she boiled porridge and prepared for dinner at night, but I didn't expect the emperor and the prince to like it." ”

Lan Qi smiled and pushed her and said, "What do you want the emperor to reward you?" ”

"Of course I want to reward it, it's rare to make the prince appetizing, and the imperial dining room is not satisfied." Xuan Ye ate the porridge by himself, and felt that his spleen and stomach were mild and comfortable, so he called Gonggong Li and asked him to reward Huanchun silver ingots.

The two of them ate a meal to their heart's content, Lan Qi herself was in a trance and didn't eat much all day, at this time, a bowl of porridge recovered a lot, her face gradually became ruddy, and her smile became more and more charming, Xuan Ye looked at it for a while, then stood up and said, "Go out and take a walk." ”

The two of them walked along the corridor under the eaves, there were still many empty rooms in the Yonghe Palace, Xuan Ye suddenly said: "In the next ten or twenty years, there will be more and more concubines in the palace, and I probably can't let you live alone. ”

Lan Qi smiled and asked, "Why is the emperor cherishing it?" But she was glanced at ambiguously, she turned her face and didn't dare to ask again, but she heard Xuan Ye ask her: "I wasn't feeling well last night and today, why did you go out in the evening, did you go to see Jue Chan?" ”

After all, this matter was brought up, Lan Qi answered softly, and the emperor continued to ask: "Are you uncomfortable, because I was kind to her before, and you are jealous?" ”

"If the concubine says that she is jealous, will the emperor coax the concubine?" She let go of the burden in her heart, of course she didn't care about it again, she had the intention to joke, "I'm afraid that people outside are waiting to see the concubine's jokes, what does the concubine do to make people laugh?" That's why I generously went to see that Juechan was always there, congratulated her on being pregnant, and wished her to give birth to a little brother to the emperor safely. ”

"Really?" Xuan Ye asked, seemingly smiling and gentle, but there seemed to be another deep meaning in his eyes.

But the light was dim, Lan Qi didn't look at Xuan Ye's eyes carefully, and replied without thinking: "Of course it's true, does the emperor think that the concubine is so stingy?" Although it's a little stingy, and it makes it unstable to sleep all night, but during the day, it's more annoying to be pointed at by others watching jokes behind your back than being jealous of pantothenic acid, so even if you pretend to be generous, you have to be worthy of the dignity of the lord of Yonghe Palace. ”

Xuan Ye laughed, and Lan Qi asked anxiously, "What did the concubine say wrong?" But his waist was hugged heavily, and in the darkness of the night, they pressed their cheeks and said, "You asked me if I would coax you, but which one did I not coax you first?" ”

Lan Qi smiled and pushed Xuan Ye's body away, and said proudly: "It's a pity, this time the concubine doesn't want the emperor to coax, and the concubine is not jealous and unhappy." ”

Xuan Ye immediately let go of his hand and walked forward, Lan Qi was stunned and hurriedly caught up, pestering others as if he was cheating, Xuan Ye also frolicked with her, and both of them were in a good mood.

In Xuan Ye's opinion, no matter what Lan Qi is entangled in her heart, she has figured it out or let it go, there is no need for her to pursue it, as for Nalan Rongruo and Juechan Clan, there is no reason to pursue the past, but in the future, he has a sense of proportion.

The two walked hand in hand, hesitating whether to leave Yonghe Palace, and suddenly heard Yinzuo's loud cry, only to remember that the prince was still there, and turned back to see together, and saw that the nurse was holding Yinzuo and coaxing, and the prince was standing on the side with his back hand, still holding Yinzuo's toy in his hand.

"Yinren, what's wrong?" Xuan Ye asked, the prince was stunned when he heard the sound, turned around and saw his father coming, and immediately ran over to explain, "Erchen wanted to play with his younger brother, but he suddenly cried, Erchen didn't mean to make him cry." ”

Lan Qi saw that the prince was so nervous, but she felt distressed, and squatted down to coax him: "The sixth elder brother has teeth, and he has to cry several times a day, of course it wasn't the prince who made him cry." ”

The prince listened suspiciously, but asked her, "Does the fourth elder brother also have teeth?" Lan Qi was puzzled, and the prince continued, "Last night, my younger brothers and sisters played together, and the fourth elder brother always cried inexplicably, and the concubine Niangniang also scolded the eldest sister and Duan Jing. He stretched out his hand to Lan Qi and lifted his sleeve to reveal a long scar, "Yinzhen scratched my arm." ”

Lan Qi was shocked and looked at Xuan Ye in dismay, Xuan Ye didn't even know, the people who were waiting on the side were so frightened that they knelt down and pleaded guilty, saying that the prince didn't let them tell him, Lan Qi saw that the wound had scabbed over, and it didn't seem to be very deep, but he still took the prince to look carefully under the lamp, only the larger part of the wound was slightly red and swollen, and there was nothing else to do before he breathed a sigh of relief.

The prince said seriously: "Yinzhen always grabs things, he also wants Yinzhi's things, I don't let him take them, he grabs my arm, but I don't blame him, because he is a younger brother." ”

Lan Qi trembled in her heart when she heard this, she didn't know if this child understood whose child the fourth elder brother was, but he didn't let the grandmothers tell it, but now he said it, if Yinzuo didn't cry for a while, would he say it? What is going on in the head of this little child?

And Xuan Ye didn't pursue the fault of the palace maids too much, only admonished them to tell everything in the future, and then came over to look at the prince's wound, and asked him a little seriously: "Yinzhen scratched you, does the concubine Niangniang know?" ”

Yinren shook his head: "Erchen won't cry like his younger brother, no one on the side knows, Mama also waited for Erchen to take a bath before she saw it, Huang Ama, don't blame Yinzhen, Erchen thinks that as long as he changes his temper, he won't be so nonsense in the future." ”

The two adults looked at each other, and then Xuan Ye reached out and touched his head, and said gently: "When you grow up a little more, when Yinzhen and Yinzuo grow up, you can teach your younger brother as an elder brother, and Huang Ama believes that you will be a good brother." ”

Yinren nodded seriously: "Erchen will be a good brother, please rest assured." ”

Xuan Ye smiled unnaturally, but he still praised the prince, and said that it was too late for people to send him back to Yuqing Palace.

"What did the prince do to the sixth elder brother just now?"

Lan Qi suddenly heard this, startled, turned around and saw Xuan Ye walking to the nurse, the nurse was also stunned, Lan Qi followed, and gently repeated the emperor's meaning, and the nurse trembled and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the prince has not done anything, the prince has been talking to the sixth elder brother, letting the sixth elder brother grow up quickly or something, and then the slave maid brought toys and asked the prince to tease the sixth elder brother, and the sixth elder brother probably thought that his things were taken away, so he cried." ”

Lan Qi handed over the child to the nurse, helped Xuan Ye out, and avoided asking people, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Xuan Ye shook his head silently, and after entering the house, he sat cross-legged on the kang, saying that he wanted to drink tea, Lan Qi knew that he wanted to be alone for a while, so he went to the pantry to cook tea in person, and did not let Huanchun and them disturb.

In the pantry opened an urn of grain curtain spring water, and when he was about to boil water, he saw Yinzuo's nurse coming, saying that she was coming to get water for the sixth elder brother to drink, but she inadvertently came to Lan Qi's side, Lan Qi understood, and after the spring water was cooked, she went to the door with her, avoiding others, and listened to the nurse say: "Niangniang, when the emperor asked, the slave maid had a few words that were not true. ”

Lan Qi frowned, of course the mother was nervous, and asked softly, "Did the prince bully Yinzuo?" ”

"No, no." But the nurse denied it repeatedly, "The slave didn't dare to say a few words that the prince said to the sixth elder brother, and the prince actually said, 'Yinzuo, when you grow up, you can't be like the eldest brother, the father doesn't like him, he is too skinny, your fourth brother is not good, so young is so domineering, Yinzuo, you have to be like me'......" The nurse said quieter and quieter, holding her heart and saying at the door, "The slave really doesn't dare to say these words to the emperor, Niangniang, did the slave do wrong?" ”

Lan Qi's heart was heavy, reassuring the nurse that it was okay, telling her that she didn't say it was right, so she asked her to go back, and she came back to continue boiling water, and when she finished making tea and brought it back, she went out to see Gonggong Li coming back, he went into the inner hall to report to the emperor, but Lan Qi walked to the door and didn't see him come out, guessing what he was saying, after a long time, Gonggong Li came out again, and saw Concubine De waiting at the door, and apologized: "Niangniang has been waiting for a long time?" ”

Lan Qi was indifferent: "It is important for you to talk to the emperor, is there anything else?" ”

"It's okay, the slave replied a few words about the prince." Gonggong Li laughed very embarrassedly, and immediately asked Lan Qi to come in, she held the tea herself, and did not let others follow, when she came in, she saw that Xuan Ye was no longer sitting on the kang, but standing in front of the bookshelf and reading something casually, looking back at her, he said casually: "I want to drink ginseng tea, but I didn't have time to tell you." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "It's ginseng tea." ”

The simple heart has a soul, so that Xuan Ye has a little more smile on his face, come over and sit down to drink tea together, the warm tea with a refreshing ginseng taste into the body, Xuan Ye breathed a sigh of relief and was slightly lazy, stretched out his hand towards Lan Qi, pulled her in his arms and leaned against her, Lan Qi heard the pounding heartbeat in his chest, and was about to speak, Xuan Ye had already said: "Yinren is naughty, but his temperament is not bad, if he is guided by time, he can always focus on his homework, but I always don't understand what Yinren is thinking, this child looks so old and heavy, I sometimes feel mad when I look at him. On the one hand, I hope that the eldest can be stable and have the demeanor of a brother, why do I feel bad when I see the prince like this? Lanqi, am I thinking too much? ”

Lan Qi remembered the nurse's words, she didn't doubt whether the nurse was lying, because the same thing the prince said to her personally, that day outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace, the prince said solemnly that he would not bear his father's anger like the eldest brother, and every time she saw the prince, she felt uncomfortable.

But there are some things she can't say, no matter how much Xuan Ye likes himself, he is still the emperor after all, so he sat up and looked at him, smiled and reached out to rub his temples to stretch his nerves, and said slowly: "The children are still young, the emperor has too high expectations, so he will feel uncomfortable looking at the children, if you are really confused, the queen mother can see the most clearly, teaching children, the concubines are not as good as you." ”

Xuan Ye snorted, and said to her that he would go to see the imperial grandmother tomorrow, and was about to say something else to distract his thoughts, when there were hurried footsteps outside, Manager Li panicked and said: "Long live the lord, the news from the elder brother said that the eldest brother ate something unclean, and it seems that he was poisoned." ”

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