The hall was silent for a while, Yi Concubine and Hui Concubine seemed to be thinking about Juechan's words, but Juechan was a little relaxed about his retirement, and sat calmly on the side, and only heard Yi Concubine speak: "If it is said that investigating corruption and bribery in the palace is a mouse, it is the most unreliable to spend time on the prince." The emperor's attention to the prince, the servants in the Yuqing Palace serve him, if there is a mistake, they are all sitting, a mistake is punished by everyone, let's go and intervene, in case there is any life, naturally I don't mean the prince, but the injustice is too great, inappropriate. ”

Jue Chan glanced sideways at Yi Concubine, and secretly thought in her heart, if it was Guo Guiren who was sitting at the moment, she would definitely have the courage to do what she said, if their sisters could get along well, why should she be allowed to give advice, but her sisters were not in harmony, but they were plotting with outsiders.

Concubine Hui also said: "It's true that it's a good way to make the emperor remember you and me, but the price is too great, if you don't succeed, you may not be able to figure it out if you catch yourself, the prince can't touch it, and now he is still a child, if he has grown up, it's another story." ”

Jue Chan's heart was excited, and then she looked at Concubine Hui carefully, her eyes seemed to hide a huge *, because * was too sheng, and would jump out from time to time, but she also restrained herself well, and seemed to be waiting, as she said, waiting for the prince's adulthood.

"My sister bothered, it's good for you to go back and think about it, think of some ways not to make a big fuss, let's write down these two things, if you really want to do it later, I will discuss with you." Concubine Hui said politely, it was better to be aggressive in the Xianfu Palace yesterday, and asked Concubine Yi if she had anything else to ask, so she said that it was not appropriate to stay too long, and asked the palace maid to invite the Juechan clan back.

Jue Chan walked away, and Yi Concubine muttered to herself: "Why did she change her appearance like this, did Concubine Wen abuse her?" In the past, when we were in Yikun Palace, we were still fairy-like beauties, which is a pity. ”

"A woman is a person who pleases herself, she has no intention of favor, what do you want to do with a beautiful face?" Concubine Hui said quietly, took the tea in front of her to drink, and said to Concubine Yi with a smile, "What she said just now, my sister forgot it when she went out, we don't have to worry about doing these things." ”

"Forgot? My sister also thinks it's inappropriate? Yi Concubine didn't understand.

"It doesn't matter if it's proper or not, calling her to sit like this is my purpose, no matter what method she comes up with, I may not adopt it, why bother with that effort?" Concubine Hui sneered, "What is the situation in my eyes, I know best in my own heart, Changchun Palace is the closest to Cining Palace, and before the Juechan clan returns to Xianfu Palace, the Empress Dowager will know everything here." ”

Yi Concubine was uneasy in her heart, looking around, as if she was going to find a pair of peeking eyes from the corner, and asked in a panic, "Didn't my sister branch Baoyun away?" ”

"A treasure cloud is suppressing me openly, who knows who else is in secret?" Hui Concubine spoke in a very soft voice, and the sound of the tea bowl resting also shook Yi Concubine, and she said, "Just you and I have been so enthusiastic a few times, and the Jue Chan clan is here again, and the top will know what we are calculating." Just doing this is enough to attract the attention of the Lord Banzai, and if you wait for two days, the emperor will definitely come to see you. ”

Yi Concubine still didn't understand, but Hui Concubine smiled and said: "The emperor may still like Concubine Tong a little, after all, she is a cousin who has often met since childhood, and her affection is different from you and me." But how could the emperor like Concubine Wen, she is the sister of Queen Niu Hulu, what the emperor hates the most is the Niu Hulu family, Concubine Wen was not born to fall into the country and the city, and she is not full of poems and books, what does the emperor like about her? ”

"What do you mean, sister?" Concubine Yi has a kinship, she seems to understand.

Concubine Hui approached her and said indifferently: "If you have to pursue any affection with the emperor, then I can't help you, but I know the emperor no matter what, for the peace of the harem, in order for his sweetheart not to be criticized and accused, he will do something to balance everything in the six palaces, Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen have been like this all these years, and they must be to you, if you want to be sad about this, then you don't have to ask for any grace to pay attention to, in short, if you go to Yikun Palace, you will serve with all your heart, so that he will not be disgusted when he sees you, if he doesn't come, you will only have to wait for your life, It's just that we're in a hurry now, let's make some small moves and let the emperor know that he was negligent. ”

Yi Concubine's body trembled slightly, and her voice was like a mosquito moaning: "Sister is calculating the emperor?" ”

"Or else? Silly sister, it's useless to calculate any woman in this palace, the same will be old and decaying, calculate this and then calculate the newcomer, will you be tired for the rest of your life? Concubine Hui was full of cunning wisdom, as well as the cold-blooded ruthlessness stained by the ups and downs of this deep palace, and snorted, "The important thing is how to grasp the emperor, now you are still young and can give birth and raise, what about more than ten years later?" Are you still planning to compare this body with the younger? At that time, it was time to seek a future for the children. Rao is that you have been in the palace for a few years, and you are still tender, let's sisters take your time. ”

Yi Concubine was stunned for a while before she said sadly: "According to my sister, the emperor really has no affection for me?" ”

Concubine Hui sighed, annoyed that she couldn't see clearly, but it was inconvenient to speak too hard, so she only comforted: "Maybe there is, the emperor treats you well, my sister doesn't mean that Long Live Lord is ruthless to you, but that if you blindly pursue affection, it won't be fruitful, and I can't help you, don't you understand?" ”

"I understand." Yi Concubine smiled bitterly, "Actually, I have long understood in my heart, as his pillow person, I know best what kind of emotions the person sleeping next to me is." What was the situation when my sister was driving? ”

This asked Hui Concubine, she only remembered the good times when she was still a Hui noble, when Yingying Yanyan laughed and laughed, she was also happy, but how many years have it been, her body is not old and young, and she has not been touched for a long time.

"When the emperor came up, he rarely talked to me, and when he first entered the palace, he was quite fresh, and he often asked me about what I saw and heard outside the palace, and then gradually he talked less and less, and every time he met, a few polite words were the same, and I could recite them. It's just those things on the bed......" Speaking of the secret words of the bed, Yi Concubine blushed in the end, shook her head and said, "I don't want to, I listen to my sister, go back and wait for two days, if the emperor doesn't come, let's discuss it again." ”

"It's fine." Hui Concubine didn't stay as a guest, and seeing that Yi Concubine left a little depressed, she sneered in her heart and said it clearly, when Yi Concubine got up to rest after she left, but saw her henchman palace maid happily come in and said, "The news came from the front, long live the eldest brother and the prince and several children of the family to shoot arrows, our eldest brother took the first place, and the prince was also jumped over by several children of the family, I heard that the emperor's face is very bad." ”

Concubine Hui was very happy, chanted Buddha in her heart, and said: "Prepare some Yinyu likes to eat and send it to Brother's office, so that he doesn't work too himself." ”

For a long time, the prince is studious and smart, suppressing his brother everywhere, the eldest brother has no talent for studying, and he can't force it, but this child is born powerful, likes to learn martial arts, riding and shooting, and is full of people who are on horseback to win the world, and Hui Concubine knows that his strength will not be buried in books. The emperor has planned to go to Lugou Bridge in person to welcome Prince An, who pacified the three feudatories, to return to the dynasty in triumph, so it can be seen that what can shock the world in the future is to lead the troops to fight. It is enough to have Mingzhu in the court to give advice, and his son must be a general and hold the power of the army.

And such news also spread into Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was holding a small pair of scissors to cut flower branches, listening to Su Mala Mama talking one by one, and said with a smile: "Seven or eight-year-old children, you can see what is short and long, if Concubine Hui is complacent because of this, she will be stupid, Xuan Ye must be unhappy today because of the prince's poor performance, where can you be happy because Yinyu is good?" She should keep a low profile. ”

But Mama talked about the fact that Juechan was often going to Changchun Palace today, and Hui Concubine and Yi Concubine were there, and the Empress Dowager's subordinates clicked and cut off the flower branches, frowning and looking at Mama: "How many of them are together, what good can they do?" That Jue Chan clan is really annoying, you send someone to keep an eye on it, if she dares to make waves, there is no need to tolerate it. ”

The empress dowager sat back on the kang, remembered something again, and retired the palace maid who was waiting to wash her hands, and said to the empress: "You take the time to go to Ningshou Palace in person, and tell the queen mother that she is not good at sinology, although the prince's enlightenment is very important, but there is no need to let her bother herself or find someone to teach the fifth elder brother to read and write. ”

Mama was puzzled: "I'm just afraid that the long live master will not agree." ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said slowly: "The emperor has more and more heirs, how much more can he care?" When he can't take care of it, I should watch it for him. Fu Lin and Xuan Ye were not treated by their biological fathers when they were young, but they both became emperors, so don't those children who are not treated by their fathers have to be more careful? ”

Su Mala has nothing to say, the Empress Dowager lives in Cining Palace, but the outside world is in her heart bit by bit, she often laughs at herself for not being able to keep up with young people, but often a casual sentence will stop people and make people have nothing to say. But the women in the palace often try to challenge her wisdom, four or two thousand pounds is an excellent sentence, but how many can really do it?

Speaking of heirs, now only Concubine De is pregnant in the palace, a few days ago, the Empress Dowager told her to send someone to carefully everything in the Yonghe Palace, it is inevitable that some women are jealous and hateful, and now there are more princesses in the palace, and they have no scruples, and Lan Qi's fetus has been unstable from the beginning, and any mistakes may occur, and no one must be allowed to take advantage of the loophole.

On this side, Xuan Ye led the eldest brother and the prince back to the palace, rewarded the eldest brother for his excellent performance, and did not hesitate to reproach the prince, punishing him to think about it behind closed doors in Yuqing Palace, thinking about why the riding and shooting were so poor, so that the emperor naturally did not have a good face to show people, and even the eldest brother did not dare to be very happy, so he received the reward and left quietly.

Gonggong Li waited outside the study for a long time before he heard the emperor call someone, and when he came in, he asked, "Has the imperial doctor seen Lan Qi's body today?" ”

"Look, the Empress Dowager instructed two times a day, the doctors are all waiting for it, today the newspaper said that the concubine's health is improving, this baby should be saved, but don't go out for three or four months, these days are the best in bed." Gonggong Li carefully told him that he had handed over other things to his apprentices to keep an eye on, and he kept all the movements in Yonghe Palace in mind, ready for the emperor to ask him at any time, and sure enough.

Xuan Ye was in a better mood, put down the pen in his hand, and asked if there were any ministers who had received a sign to meet him, so he changed his clothes and went to Yonghe Palace.

When Xuan Ye entered the door, he was listening to Lu Zhu complaining about Yu Kui, saying why he changed the black charcoal again, Yu Kui said angrily: "The master does not allow the use of red charcoal, and it is not good for the guests to see it, the use in the Yonghe Palace is too extravagant, and the people outside should gossip nonsense." ”

Xuan Ye listened interestingly, and when the two of them suddenly saw the emperor coming, they were also so frightened that they hurriedly silenced him, and Xuan Ye asked, "The charcoal in Yonghe Palace is not enough?" ”

Yu Kui hurriedly said: "Niangniang has always been thrifty, and there is no time when it is not enough, but there are many more, the slaves and maids feel that they are also put, and the mother is now pregnant, and the charcoal in the house should be used well, and there will be less fireworks, but Niangniang blames the slaves and maids for being too extravagant." ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "You are very powerful, dare to speak ill of her behind your master's back?" ”

Yu Kui hurriedly blamed herself, and Xuan Ye smiled: "Just use good charcoal, since you saved it, are you afraid of what others will say?" Don't pay attention to her, it's not her who does the work, and if she embarrasses you, she will say that I mean it. ”

The people in the room had already heard the movement, the thick curtain in front of the door was propped up, Lan Qi stood against the door, her face was flushed, she was very happy to see Xuan Ye, and she didn't care what they were talking about, and asked with a smile: "Why didn't the emperor come in?" ”

Since returning from Yingtai, Lan Qi has not seen each other for a few days since he was sick, and it has been a few days, and he planned not to meet in October, but Xuan Ye couldn't hold back after all, seeing Lan Qi's complexion at this time, he was really relieved, and walked up to shake his hand, but the tentacles were cold and made him unhappy, Lan Qi knew that he was going to be scolded, and immediately said: "I am writing, and my hands are naturally cold." ”

Xuan Ye came in with her, a table of paper was spread on the kang, Huanchun hurriedly wanted to clean it up, but the emperor picked it up with great interest, but saw Lan Qi walking around and busy, remembering that Gonggong Li said that the imperial doctor asked her to lie still, so he glared at her with a tiger face, pointed to the kang to let her rest, and the people climbed up clumsily and slowly, gently covered his stomach with one hand and said: "It's not so delicate, don't make a fuss about it." ”

Xuan Ye sat down and said worriedly: "Why isn't it delicate, it is dangerous for a woman to give birth anytime and anywhere, and I want to hang my heart for a year." If you are considerate, you will obediently listen to the words of the imperial doctor, and they will serve you wholeheartedly, and you should not always bully them, so that I can feel at ease. ”

Lan Qi smiled so much that her eyebrows were crooked, and Xuan Ye gently patted her head and said, "What are you laughing at stupidly?" ”

I only heard her say: "The emperor is all these words back and forth, people will know what to say after listening to the first word, it is better to take a good look at the emperor, whether he has been fat or thin recently." ”

Xuan Ye ignored her, and wrote a few words with Lan Qi's pen and ink, she leaned over and asked, "Has the emperor recently gotten good ink, and will he also reward his concubines with a few pieces." ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "I got a few good pieces, but I will waste them for you, and I will save them for Yinzuo." ”

At this moment, Huanchun and Ziyu brought refreshments, and heard Gonggong Li say that Long Live Lord didn't eat anything for a day, so he also brought a cup of candied date bird's nest for the master, but Xuanye didn't want to eat sweet things, and wanted to wait for Huanchun to get a bowl of noodles, Lan Qi sat on the side and slowly ate the cup of bird's nest, saying that the queen mother rewarded her official swallow, and it would be wasted if she didn't eat it.

Xuan Ye laughed at her for becoming more and more stingy now, Lan Qi said that she wanted to teach by word and deed, so that Yinzuo would develop the problem of indiscriminate profligacy in the future, these words also made sense, Xuan Ye only advised her not to detain herself too much. Not long after, Huanchun hurriedly sent a bowl of fish noodle soup, the fish soup was stewed for Lan Qi to eat at night, seeing that the emperor ate well, Lan Qi, who had eaten sweets, was greedy, and asked Huanchun to make a bowl of soup for her to drink.

Xuan Ye was happy to see that she had a good appetite and teased her to take a sip in her bowl. Lan Qi rushed over, but when he approached the mouth of the bowl, he suddenly felt that his head was in chaos, and he opened his mouth to say something to Xuan Ye, but he felt that his body was heavy and his vision was getting blurred and blurred, and then his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

And Xuan Ye was holding the bowl, waiting for Lan Qi to come over and feed her the soup, watching her body soften, and falling into his arms with a muffled sound, at that moment his heart seemed to stop beating, and Xuan Ye felt the fear of the word "loss" that he had never felt before.

Huanchun went out to serve a bowl of soup, Yonghe Palace fell into chaos, the little eunuchs ran to call the imperial doctor, and could not scare the queen mother, Gonggong Li went to Cining Palace to report, the people outside the house only knew that the concubine Niangniang fainted, the imperial doctor came one by one, the emperor has been pacing back and forth in the main hall, from time to time to see the imperial doctor to the front of the resumption, all of them are frightened.

Mama Su Mala came, and left after half an hour of entering the door, probably to go to the Empress Dowager to return her life, and the people up and down the Yonghe Palace, including a few Huanchun green beads, were ordered not to leave, and there was no news coming out, and I don't know whether Concubine De fell ill or ate something that she didn't dare to eat.

When Lan Qi woke up, it was already dark, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Xuan Ye sitting opposite, he was looking at the excerpt without distraction, Lan Qi only felt that he had slept well, but he slept too heavily and his body was tired, and his head was also tense, but when he calmed down and remembered what happened before he "fell asleep", he couldn't help but panic and heartbeat, she didn't seem to be asleep, was she sick, or was she drugged?

The body moved slightly, Xuan Ye heard it, and immediately put down the things in his hand and came over, and as soon as the emperor moved, the palace maids and eunuchs outside were about to rush in, but Xuan Ye waved their hands to let them out, and he looked at Lan Qi alone and asked, "Is there anything uncomfortable?" Tell me. ”

"Headache, heavy body." Lan Qi responded softly and said, "Your Majesty, thirsty." ”

Xuan Ye turned around to get the warm water on the side, picked up his weak body, personally delivered it to her mouth, fed her most of the cup, and the person who drank the water gradually recovered his complexion, leaned on the pillow and saw the emperor busy back and forth, and couldn't help but say, "The emperor let Huanchun do it." ”

But the emperor said coldly: "Huanchun, they have all been sent to the Shen Criminal Division." ”

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