The Empress Dowager summoned the six palaces, headed by Concubine Tong, down to the promised and official women, etc., standing in the main hall in a majestic manner, and the Empress Dowager also sat on the top. I thought that I was going to warn the Sixth Palace about the drugging of the concubine, but when the Empress Dowager arrived, she knelt down and listened to the training, but the old man actually started from Taizu Taizong, chattering for most of the hour, and a group of people knelt straight to the point that their knees were numb and their backs were sore, and a few slightly weaker ones fell down directly.

Seeing that someone fell, the Empress Dowager sneered: "It's really delicate, I can't hold it if I say a few words?" ”

Concubine Tong gritted her teeth and endured it, and kowtowed: "After that, the concubine will admonish her, and ask the empress dowager to calm her anger." ”

"The concubine is becoming more and more stable now, she was too young in the past, recently the queen mother and the emperor often praise you in front of me, and today I see that it is really not the same, so, I also feel at ease to let the emperor deliver the phoenix seal to you."

As soon as the Empress Dowager said this, there was an uproar, Concubine Tong was also very nervous, but the old man said the second half of the sentence leisurely: "In December, the emperor wants to seal the six palaces, and I have discussed with the emperor to make you the imperial concubine." The imperial concubine is the same as the deputy queen, is the supreme position in the harem, in the future, you will be in charge of the phoenix seal, but you have to take care of the six palaces for the emperor, such as the concubine was drugged this time, but there can be no more, the imperial heir is the lifeblood of the royal family, continuous and prosperous, and the Qing Dynasty can be passed on from generation to generation. ”

"Congratulations to the Imperial Concubine ......"

The concubines congratulated one after another, but a trace of disappointment quickly crossed in Concubine Tong's eyes, Ama They didn't win the highest glory for her after all, why didn't the emperor let her be the queen, and the biological mother's clan produced an upright queen, isn't it? Is she not virtuous enough, or has she not really given birth to children, so she is not worthy of being a queen?

But these are meaningless, the Empress Dowager announced in public, equivalent to a holy decree, she will be the imperial concubine in the future, although they share the word "emperor", the queen and the imperial concubine are the difference between a wife and a concubine after all, and now there are congratulatory voices all around, she can only barely cheer up and accept it with a smile, and kowtow to thank the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and such a lively, the dull and embarrassing atmosphere of Fang Cai has also been broken.

The Queen Mother sat down with the Queen Mother, she gradually got used to saying some things to the concubines, and was smiling gently: "The holy decree has not yet been issued, and the canonization ceremony has not been carried out, you are still better to be called a concubine." Everyone said yes, and the Queen Mother continued, "Naturally, the happy event is not only Concubine Tong, and there will be a holy decree promulgated soon, and you will congratulate each other at that time, but you will be busy." ”

Everyone was happy, but the Queen Mother immediately said about the spring draft next year, and it became blurred again as to how many people should be in the position of the four concubines. And when it came to the arrival of a newcomer in the palace, the Empress Dowager talked about the matter of the concubine again, and she smiled a little and said with a cold face: "You are the emperor's concubines, for the peace and tranquility of the harem, you should work together. This time it's her, and next time you don't know who will suffer, and each of you should reflect on yourself, and then for the next three days, you will all think about it behind closed doors in your respective quarters, and don't go out again. ”

The atmosphere in the hall became serious again, and the Empress Dowager got up to leave, but she left another sentence, "It's warm here, you stay for another half an hour, and think about what I just said." The only one pointed to Concubine Tong and said, "Concubine Guifei comes with me, and I still have a few words to explain to you." ”

Concubine Tong hurriedly got up, but after kneeling for so long, her legs were already weak, and she almost turned upside down in front of everyone's eyes, and staggered to follow the Queen Mother, leaving a room of women kneeling there, looking at each other, knowing that the Queen Mother intended to punish her, she didn't dare to say it, but after the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother left, someone whispered: "Since the concubine Niangniang has been crowned the imperial concubine, Concubine Wen Niangniang should be crowned the concubine." ”

Concubine Wen knelt there, and when she heard her mentioned, she turned to everyone and smiled indifferently: "If it is as the sisters said, when the time comes, there will be a three-day flowing water banquet in the Xianfu Palace, and everyone will come to join in the fun." ”

And on this side, the concubine came in with the Empress Dowager, but the old man had nothing to say to her, or the Empress Dowager led her in another room, asked if her legs and feet mattered, and after a few words of concern, she asked her to go back to the Chengqian Palace first, and the concubine had to ask: "The Empress Dowager said that she had a few words to explain to the concubine." ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "Just because you are noble, how can you kneel with them and go back." ”

"But ......" the concubine wanted to ask again, but the queen mother had already turned away, she rubbed her knees and withdrew, Qinglian outside was already waiting, helping her around the hall, and saw that there were many kneeling women inside, and only two people were not there at the moment, one was herself, and the other was Wu Yashi, who was having a baby.

"Didn't Concubine De's child be saved, what kind of anger was the Queen Mother?" Concubine Tong also could see that the Empress Dowager intended to punish the Sixth Palace, but thinking about it just for the sake of a Wu Ya clan, Concubine Tong was still very unconvinced, but fortunately she did not ignore her dignity and did not confuse her with other concubines.

When Concubine Tong returned to the palace, several palace maids were busy massaging hot compresses, and when her pain was reduced, she rested for a while, but it was more than an hour before she heard that Cining Palace was scattered, Qinglian said back and forth: "We left less than half an hour later, the Empress Dowager ordered to add charcoal basins to the main hall, and later said don't waste it, wait for those pots of charcoal to burn the embers and then disperse, so that it is a full hour, plus the Empress Dowager spoke for most of the hour, the ladies can't stand up, and many of them are recited by their slaves, The Empress Dowager is also too ruthless. ”

Concubine Tong frowned when she heard this, and said incomprehensibly: "The Empress Dowager is not afraid of making enemies for Concubine De by doing this?" For her to be drugged and harmed, all the people accompanied the punishment to kneel and reflect, and the emperor also made a big move to search the Six Palaces, they pushed the concubine to the forefront, aren't you afraid that this time it will be a drug, and the next time it will be poison? ”

Her words are not unreasonable, the Queen Mother also asked her mother-in-law in private, and she even felt that the search of the Sixth Palace was too much, but the Queen Mother said: "Someone provokes the majesty of the emperor, if Xuan Ye swallows it again, those people should be even more proud." Only by dealing with the killing of chickens and monkeys head-on can we shock those people, the emperor is in the light, they are in the dark, it is not that they are advantageous, but they can't see the light of day, how can they be small, how can they last long? ”

Let's say that the Empress Dowager let the concubines and concubines think about it behind closed doors for three days, but in fact, there is no such order, and no one will wander around the palace in the next three days, and the pampered women have been kneeling for nearly two hours, and their kneecaps are about to break. Naturally, no matter how busy you are elsewhere, you can't neglect Yonghe Palace, and the imperial doctor sent the medicine on time, and after several tests, it was sent to the mouth of the concubine.

Lan Qi was most afraid of taking medicine, Xuan Ye sent a lot of candy and candied fruit to coax her, at this time the palace maid sent the medicine to her mouth, she frowned and drank it, quickly stuffed a piece of sugar, and smiled bitterly: "When I was a palace maid in the early days, where was it so delicate, even if I had a fever, I just lay down for one night, but I became a concubine, and I boiled medicine at every turn, and this body was used to being weak." ”

The people who are serving her at the moment are all temporarily transferred from Cining Palace, and Lan Qi can be regarded as all of them, but they don't like to joke very much, and they are all on this juncture, and they keep a straight face all day long, and when they hear Lan Qi say this, someone will talk about today's lecture of the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace, saying that the ladies of each palace have been kneeling for nearly two hours, and the doctors are busy, no wonder today's medicine was sent half a moment late.

Lan Qi was surprised when she heard this, and asked repeatedly, "Everyone, really kneeling for two hours?" ”

The palace maid responded: "The concubine Niangniang left first, and everyone below Concubine Wen Niangniang knelt in Cining Palace for nearly two hours, and the Empress Dowager ordered to think about it again after three days." ”

"For what?" Lan Qi asked, but she thought about it and figured it out, what else could she do at this time? I felt uneasy, and even the concubines and concubines knelt down, Sister Bu and Dai Changzai also knelt, everyone cried so much, just for her alone, how will she get along with others in the sixth palace in the future?

"Concubine De, you should lie down." The palace maids came up and took away the big pillow behind Lan Qi, and asked her to continue to lie down and lie quietly, Lan Qi felt that it was difficult for them to get close, but she wanted to talk to someone now, and her heart was very fragile, so she couldn't help crying and asked them, "When will Huanchun come back, how long will they stay in the Shen Penal Division, Xiangyue can't stand the beating, you help me go and beg the Queen Mother, can you let them come back?" ”

As soon as Lan Qi cried, the palace maids knelt on the ground to ask for guilt, making her helpless and embarrassed, covering her mouth and not daring to cry again, but she was too aggrieved in her heart, and finally couldn't bear it after two days, and all the medicine that should have been taken on this day was pushed and sprinkled on the ground by her, and the palace maid knelt on the ground She was indifferent, and finally made Xuan Ye from the Qianqing Palace, and wanted to reprimand her, but people cried as soon as they met, which made the emperor flustered.

Lan Qi has never liked to cry, let alone cry at Xuan Ye, the last time she cried so sadly, it was Yinzhen who was bullied by the concubine on her first birthday, and she was heartbroken by the concubine on her first birthday. People who are helpless about everything at the moment, and still drag the delicate and sick body of the fetus that can't be saved at any time, no wonder Lan Qi can't hold on, Xuan Ye finally relented, and immediately promised her to let Huanchun and the others back.

"Don't cry anymore, if you cry again, I'll give them all to death." Xuan Ye said solemnly, but then coaxed her, "I have already sent Gonggong Li to Ningshou Palace to bring Yinzuo back, there is no unclean thing in Yonghe Palace, you can keep your son by your side with peace of mind." ”

Lan Qi calmed down, but she still sobbed slightly, took Xuan Ye's hand and didn't speak, only listened to the emperor tell her over and over again to be careful with her body, and was stunned for a long time before she asked about the Empress Dowager's punishment of the Sixth Palace, and asked the emperor how she should deal with herself in the Sixth Palace in the future. On the one hand, she is grateful to the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye for pampering her, but on the other hand, she thinks that they have done something inappropriate, and the contradictions in her heart have never been resolved.

Xuan Ye smiled bitterly: "How to deal with yourself?" Do you see how Concubine Tong has always handled herself? ”

Lan Qi looked at him blankly, and Xuan Ye pinched her cheek helplessly: "I give you dignity, just to make you proud of others, why do you have to be low-key and humble to yourself?" Although Concubine Tong is arrogant and domineering in the eyes of others, she is in a high position, and what she does depends on the eyes of others, and you will be the same in the future. ”

Seeing that she didn't seem to understand, Xuan Ye smiled and said, "What do I like about you?" How do you say this and still don't understand? ”

Lan Qi showed arrogance and said unconvinced: "The concubine understands, although she understands it later." As long as the concubines don't hurt others, don't lose their self-esteem. Otherwise, if you don't hold up your dignity well, this kind of thing will still happen, and Huanchun will still suffer, right? ”

Xuan Ye patted her forehead and said with a sigh of relief: "I spoiled you, I should throw you into the harem for a few years, and get injured before you can grind out a suit of armor to protect yourself." But looking at the person in front of him, he was soft in his heart, and he laughed at himself helplessly, "I am reluctant to do anything, I would rather bother to protect you, and I am willing to trouble you." ”

Lan Qi finally smiled, she didn't know how many years this kind of care would last, but she was greedy for everything in front of her, just like Xuan Ye said why she had to be low-key and humble herself, why didn't she enjoy Xuan Ye's love, softly fell into the emperor's arms, and gradually felt at ease under his caresse.

Not long after, the Huanchun people returned from the Shen Penal Division, from her down, Yu Kui Xiangyue Green Pearl Ziyu and a few palace maids and eunuchs in the small kitchen, more than a dozen people were taken away, all of them have suffered enough in the past few days, and the emperor also reprimanded them with a cold face, saying that they did not serve their masters wholeheartedly and deserved to be punished, and then let Lan Qi dispose of it by herself, and told her a few words before leaving.

As soon as the emperor left, a few girls dared to cry, and Xiangyue even came over to cry on the side of Lan Qi's couch, saying that she had been beaten a lot of boards and couldn't sit on her buttocks, but Luzhu said on the side: "Master, don't listen to her nonsense, as soon as she is beaten, she cries and howls wolves, which makes those eunuchs upset, so she doesn't beat her much, just beats a few of us." As she spoke, she shed tears, cried and laughed, and Lan Qi was so distressed that she couldn't do it.

I was not in a hurry to ask, so I quickly sent them to wash and rest, and when Huanchun cleaned up and came back, I was about to say a word to my master, so she pulled her on the bed and sat together, because there were no outsiders, and Huanchun had no strength, so she snuggled together obediently. Lan Qi groped her arms and shoulders and asked worriedly, "They also beat you, right, show me, and I'll let the Imperial Doctor give you medicine." ”

Huanchun smiled weakly: "The slave maid has earned face in the palace for so many years, Xiangyue Luzhu and a few of them were beaten with a hard mouth, and the slave and maid didn't suffer at all, but they didn't see the light of day there, and they were tired of tossing." ”

"I'm the one who hurt you." Lan Qi's eyes were moist as she spoke, but Huanchun actually cried and comforted her, "How can you say such a thing, if it's not a drug or a poison, you will go, and the slaves and maids will not live." You are good in the house, the decoction is through the hands of the slaves and maids, and it is naturally our responsibility. ”

"At the end of the day, it's those people's fault." Lan Qi's crystal eyes flashed with a sharp light, and her expression became serious and strong, "Don't think about it, they don't want to bully me anymore." ”

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