"She came with her family yesterday and will come back this afternoon." Lan Qi responded, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had arrived at Xianfu Palace, although there were people coming in and out of the Tai Hospital, it was still desolate and deserted.

Lan Qi led Yuxi to the chaise lonier's couch, the concubine was already dying, half-unconscious, unable to speak or recognize people, she had only seen her like this in the past few days, the decoction could not be delivered, just waiting for her life to disappear.

Lan Qi instructed Yuxi: "You are young, you don't have to take care of the affairs here, go to Ningshou Palace to accompany the Queen Mother, it will probably be a few days, and it will be troublesome to go back and forth, so just stay and wait in Ningshou Palace." ”

Yuxi agreed, and after blessing the unconscious concubine on the couch, he took someone away, and the people of Xianfu Palace asked Concubine De Niangniang to rest outside, Lan Qi asked where Dong Yun was, and the little palace maid said that Aunt Dong Yun was boiling medicine for the concubine.

"The decoction can't be delivered, and the doctor said that there is no need to prepare, but my aunt said that if the concubine wakes up, she can still take medicine, and she will get better if she takes medicine." The little palace maid lowered her head and said helplessly, "Concubine De, the slaves and maids seem to be a little demented and scared when they look at Aunt Dongyun these days. ”

Huanchun on the side reproached them: "What nonsense, your aunt is reluctant to serve the concubine and wants to serve her wholeheartedly, you should also help her." ”

Lan Qi didn't say anything, after the palace maids retreated, others came to visit the concubine one after another, naturally not everyone could see the concubine, but they all came to pay tribute in front of Concubine De. Before noon, when a few people often agreed to come together, and when they came to see Concubine De, Lan Qi saw Xiao Wang standing at the end, this cold day, everyone else had thick clothes to wear, but she was a single one, and the tip of her nose was red from the cold, which was very pitiful.

At that time, Lan Qi was silent, and only after the people left did she ask Huanchun to send someone to inquire, and then it was said that the Internal Affairs Office had not had time to make the winter clothes of the prince's official women, and she was still in the sewing room, so she came out in her autumn clothes. As for why the Internal Affairs Office didn't have time, it is said that Wang Chang was not satisfied with the needlework of the new clothes, and always asked them to change it again and again, and this trouble was delayed.

Lan Qi said strangely: "Even so, it was winter when she entered Beijing, why didn't she have a few winter clothes to protect against the cold?" ”

Huanchun thought for a while and said: "Maybe the things outside the palace can't be brought in, or for some other reason, those clothes are gone, the slave maid feels that the cold day is like this, if you deliberately don't dress neatly and pretend to be pitiful in front of people, in case you turn around and get sick and make a dangerous fuss, it will be too much to lose, naturally this is just the slave's idea." ”

Lan Qi bowed her head and instructed her: "You send someone to take a look again, if there is really nothing to keep out the cold, you can send some from Yonghe Palace to her, and the clothes and charcoal are all ready." ”

Huan Chun said softly: "Niang Niang is doing this, but I'm afraid that others will ......"

Lan Qi opened the hand stove and looked at the stars in her eyes, and said disdainfully, "What are you afraid of?" Bullies are not afraid, what else do we have to fear, since I am in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, I can't watch anyone freeze to death. In the end, the jealousy between the palace concubines is a matter of closing the door, and causing people to die is to disgrace the emperor. If you are afraid that she has no scheming to use me, then you can see through a person, and you don't have to worry about life or death in the future. ”

Huanchun stopped talking, and went to arrange according to the master's instructions, and in the afternoon Ying Fujin entered the palace again, and the sisters accompanied each other in Xianfu Palace, Concubine Rong came from time to time, and Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi did not dare to take it seriously, so it took another day, and in the evening of the next day, the breath of the concubine was getting weaker and weaker.

"Go to the Qianqing Palace to spread the word and ask the emperor to come up." At sunset, after the four concubines discussed outside the door, they finally decided to invite the emperor to see them for the last time.

Half an hour later, the saint drove to the door, Xuan Ye entered the concubine's house, Lan Qi and the others followed behind, the concubine on the couch only waited to swallow her last breath, and she didn't react to everything in the outside world.

The palace maid put a stool on the side of the couch, Xuan Ye sat down, staring at the concubine who was already too sick to look good, for some reason, at this moment, she couldn't remember what she used to look like, and she couldn't remember what she had done, but what she remembered was the appearance of Queen Xiaozhao when she was dying that year.

Among the concubines, Concubine Yi rushed to the front, a few steps away from the emperor, squeezing Lan Qirong, Concubine Hui and so on behind her, fortunately, no one would care about her, and now she rarely saw the emperor once, Lan Qi was happy to stand behind people, and she could quietly look at everything in front of her.

Concubine Yi pretended to be sad and said: "Probably the concubine is still thinking about the emperor, and she has been hanging her breath and not going down." ”

The emperor turned to look at her, and there was no expression of joy and anger on his face, but Concubine Yi felt embarrassed, and smiled astringently. But Xuan Ye nodded and said, "It should be, I neglected to care about the concubine, and I have always blamed myself in my heart." ”

As he spoke, Xuan Ye found Lan Qi from the crowd, the two looked at each other, Lan Qi smiled at him, Xuan Ye settled down, then turned around and stretched out his hand, held the skinny hand of the concubine in the palm of his hand, and said gently: "I have come to see you." ”

Everyone saw with their own eyes that the person on the sickbed twitched, and then the closed eyes overflowed with tears, flowing down her cheeks, Xuan Ye frowned tightly, holding her hand and did not move, but felt that the concubine's fingers were moving, and the fingertips lightly scratched a few times in his palm, but soon there was no movement.

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Yi exclaimed, Xuan Ye turned around and asked what was wrong, Concubine Yi pointed to the concubine on the couch and said, "Niangniang, she ...... It seems to be out of breath. ”

Xuan Ye turned around to look again, the anger on the concubine's face was dissipating little by little, no wonder there was no movement after a few fingers in the palm just now, just now, she had passed away?

The imperial doctor rushed forward to check the pulse of the concubine, and immediately fell to the ground and cried: "The emperor mourns, the concubine Niangniang Niang Niang has passed away." ”

The words fell, followed by the sound of porcelain breaking, everyone couldn't wait for sadness and was taken aback first, and turned around to see Dongyun standing in front of the door, she seemed to be holding the decoction just now, and now the fragments were scattered all over the ground, and the decoction was also spilled.

Gonggong Liang has already brought someone to ask the emperor to leave, and Lan Qi and the others also know the rules, kneel down and ask the emperor to return to the Qianqing Palace, everything in the internal affairs office has been arranged, and they will take care of the affairs here.

For a time, the Xianfu Palace was vegetarian, and the concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards came to wait for the funeral, and there were always rules for funerals in the palace, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. After the four concubines changed their vegetarian food under the service of the palace maid, the concubine has been accepted and enshrined in the Zi Palace, suspended in the Xianfu Palace in accordance with the emperor's will, and the main hall of the palace is set up to offer incense, and the concubines and concubines are invited to bow and cry here.

Because it is getting deeper and deeper at night, it is inevitable that there is negligence in the defense of the imperial city, and it is not appropriate to let people outside the palace come to mourn at this moment, and other matters will be discussed tomorrow morning. Concubine Rong helped Lan Qi and said, "You go to rest first, you have been staring at it for the past few days, tomorrow the prince Fujin or something, it is not too late for you to come again." ”

Lan Qi nodded, but before she could speak, she suddenly heard the screams of the palace maid, and everyone was startled, Lan Qi panicked in her heart, and seemed to realize what was happening, since the emperor left Xianfu Palace, she had not seen Dongyun again.

"Mother, mother...... Mother, Dongyun hanged. "A eunuch who went to see the movement ran out of the backyard of Xianfu Palace with a rolling belt, rolling on the ground and shivering.

Everyone sighed for a while, and some people were busy going to the back to cook, only to hear someone among the concubines say: "This Dongyun followed Queen Xiaozhao and then the concubine, and now he is martyred for his master, and he is loyal, and there are few such servants in these years." ”

Some people also said: "Why die, live well and follow the tenth elder brother out in the future, which is also a filial piety." ”

At this time, the imperial doctor who went back and forth to say that he was not saved, Lan Qi's heart sank, Xuan Ye promised her not to force Dong Yun to be martyred, but Dong Yun found his own death, she did not suspect that Xuan Ye had deceived herself, if you want to deceive this matter, why bother to tell her first, yesterday the palace maids said that Dong Yun has been demented for a few days, and she has been here for a few days and has seen it in her eyes, Dong Yun is probably really loveless.

"You guys go back first." Concubine Rong came forward to urge Lan Qi to leave, she was really tired and didn't want to stay, but told Sister Rong that she promised Lan Ying to give Dongyun a good place to go, but now that she hanged herself, then don't send her to a mass grave like other palace maids and eunuchs, and let her family come to take her back and bury her back in her hometown.

Concubine Rong agreed one by one, and Lan Qi left with peace of mind, but her warm sedan chair fell in front of the gate of Yonghe Palace, and someone rushed forward to say, "Song Gege in the fourth elder brother's mansion was born prematurely, and I don't know if she was born yet." ”

"It's always been good, how can it be born prematurely? Where is Sifujin? Lan Qi was anxious, and only then did she remember that Yuxi was accompanying the Queen Mother in Ningshou Palace, thinking that she would be alarmed at this time, and even the Queen Mother would be worried, but she was just a concubine and gave birth, so why make a fuss, the last time she went back to Yuqing Palace, Wen Fujin had already frightened the Queen Mother.

When she returned to the house and sat and waited for the news, the eunuch in front of her came to tell her again, saying that the fourth elder brother and the other elder brothers had accompanied the emperor to the Yinghua Palace, and the news could not be transmitted, and the fourth elder brother could not go back to the house to cook for a while.

Huanchun comforted the master: "Qinglian is here, and the nurse is also there, they are all experienced people, and the doctors in the house are complete, so it will be fine." Niangniang, you can rest in peace and wake up from a good sleep. ”

Lan Qi closed her eyes heavily, and sighed deeply: "This is Yinzhen's first child, no matter who gave birth to it, it is his blood and blood after all, my grandson, I didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and no one can take care of it." You said that God easily rewarded Yinzhen with a child, but none of us can pay attention to it. ”

Huanchun comforted in every way: "Niangniang, this can only be a coincidence, who knows that it will be in time at this juncture." ”

Lan Qi got up and went to the small Buddha hall, put incense in front of the Buddha, knelt on the futon and prayed for Yinzhen's poor little life and Song's life. Finally waited for the news that Yinzhen had returned home, and the exhausted Lan Qi fell asleep in a daze, and then waited for the news of Song's birth, the sky was slightly cool, and she heard Xiangyue's voice in a hazy way: "Niangniang, Song Gege gave birth to a little county lord, and the mother and daughter are safe." ”

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