"Take the tea given by Mrs. Qi yesterday, and I and the noble people of Juezen will taste it." Lan Qi instructed Huanchun to serve tea, let the nurses take care of the children, and come forward by themselves, Jue Chan was already waiting in the hall, and when he saw that she was thin, he smiled and said, "Jiangnan feels that it is not colder than our north, but when there is no sun, it is cold in the bones, don't be careless." ”

Juechan thanked him, and after saluting, he sat up and down, and Lan Qi asked again: "How is Xianghe, it's not a joke to fall into the water at this time, do you have a fever?" ”

"She's in good health, she's fine after a night's sleep, the concubine will pay more attention, and she has been taught not to be so reckless." Jue Chan lowered his face and pursed his lips after saying this, obviously he had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it.

Huanchun served tea, Lan Qi glanced at her, Huanchun took everyone down, and she said: "If Xianghe's body is not good, you can't have no one around you, I have a lot of people here, you can pick one." ”

Juechan hurriedly said: "The concubines are all right, Xianghe is fine, and the joke like that last night has already embarrassed the emperor and the ladies, in the end, she lives in the minister's mansion, it's too unusual." ”

Lan Qi lowered her head and smiled: "The little girl is playful, no one will laugh at her, but something else, so that people with a heart will see it, and they don't know what to say." ”

Juechan raised his head suddenly, staring at Concubine De's eyes tightly, as if he wanted to see something in her eyes, but the people calmly and calmly did not reveal anything, she finally had no choice, and said: "Niangniang, last night the concubine met with Lord Nalan by chance, nothing happened, and she didn't even say anything, and the matter of Xianghe was even more accidental." ”

"I thought you had a heart like water." Lan Qi smiled indifferently and comforted her, "How you are this year, I have always watched in my eyes, I can't control your heart, but no one can find fault with your words and deeds, I know that you will never do anything to disgrace the emperor." ”

Juechan shook his head: "The concubine is dead in the past, but the person is alive, the concubine can't be treated as if he doesn't exist, even if last night's incident is nothing, it may make him disgusted by the emperor, Niangniang, it's not worth it." ”

"If Nalan Rong can be civil and martial, and he is the same age as the emperor, if he is really close to the concubine, the emperor will not allow him, but the wind and shadows will not shake the emperor's heart of cherishing talents, you can rest assured." Lan Qi's face was not shocked, but in contrast, Jue Chan was very out of shape.

"The concubine is dead, in the days to come, you will live well for yourself, you saw through the concubine a few years ago, and she is a cowardly person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Jue Chan smiled coldly, "But if you make any more waves for the sake of something that didn't happen at all last night, the concubine will really feel that if she comes to this world, it will be a punishment from heaven at all." ”

Lan Qi shook her head slightly, sighing that the Chan clan was not dead at all, but she didn't want to break it again, so she just said gently: "I shouldn't have heard you say these things at all, and I don't like to hear them, I can't allow the people around the emperor to have different intentions, especially for you." But since you are willing to live a good life, and live with dignity and spirit as you did in the palace before, I should also be kind to others. The emperor didn't pay attention to last night's incident, Lord Nalan will not be affected, and you just need to continue to live well and avoid some things that shouldn't be touched. ”

Juechan's whole body was relieved, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face, and he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly left his seat and bent his knees to thank Lan Qi, Lan Qi only smiled: "You continue to live well for yourself, it is to repay the emperor's kindness, I just told you a few words, it is not me who is in charge of life and death." I want to accompany the emperor on a trip this evening, let's drive generously, dress up beautifully and decently, and let people see, not only Jiangnan women are unparalleled. ”

Suzhou a few days in a flash, on the first day of November, the holy drive to Jiangning, with concubines, princes, princesses and important ministers to climb the rain flower platform, view the city Guo mountains and rivers, stationed in Jiangning weaving mansion. On the second day of the first month, the princes paid homage to the tomb of Taizu and made a congratulatory text. After the Ming Imperial Palace, for a long time, the "Jinling Theory" is to "take the traces of the previous generation's abolition, and increase the vigilance", and make the local officials more intentional to repair the Ming Taizu Mausoleum.

When he returned that day, the sixth elder brother was already so tired that he fell asleep on the road, and was carried into the door by the eunuch, and when the little guy woke up, he pestered Eniang and asked, "Does Yinzuo have a riding costume?" ”

Lan Qi smiled: "Yes, yes, but what are you doing when you wear it, tomorrow you just need to obediently watch the big brother and them ride and shoot, don't run indiscriminately, otherwise E-Niang won't let you go." ”

It turned out that tomorrow the emperor would take the princes to the Jiangning Church to watch the generals, deputy commanders, general soldiers, ministers, guards, etc., Yin Zuo pestered his mother to ask him if he had any clothes to wear on horseback, but he was only a little old, even if the foal was riding, it made people look panicked, Lan Qi didn't plan to let him go.

"Niangniang, the fourth elder brother is here." Outside the green beads smiled, brought in the radiant Yinzhen, a newly made riding costume on his body, the small body was also heroic, proudly showing off to his younger brother, "Eniang prepared for me, Huang Ama said that tomorrow as long as I can pull the big bow, I will be rewarded with a foal, and I can also go on the field for a run." ”

"Yinzuo also wants a foal." Seeing that his brother was so beautiful, the sixth elder brother was very unconvinced, so he pestered Lan Qi to ask for it, Huanchun went to turn out the sixth elder brother's riding costume and dressed him neatly, the little guy became happy, and jumped around his brother and said, "I have it too, and I also want a foal for the fourth brother." ”

Yinzhen said seriously: "You are so small that you can't ride a horse, you can just watch from the side." ”

Huanchun coaxed the sixth elder brother and said: "In a few years, the sixth elder brother will grow as tall as the fourth elder brother, and the emperor will definitely give the sixth elder brother a foal." ”

"I don't want it, I want it now, Huanchun you lie." Yinzuo lost his temper, shouting and screaming, so that Huanchun didn't know how to deal with it, Lan Qi came over and glared at his son, Yinzuo was quiet for a moment, although he was a little scared, but he still opened his throat and cried that he wanted to be the same as his brother.

Lan Qi picked him up and put him on the table, and said with a cold face, "You just cry here, when you finish crying, come down, don't worry about any foals, you are not allowed to go anywhere tomorrow." ”

Huanchun wanted to persuade him, but was scolded by Lan Qi: "You are used to making him sick one by one, you are just watching him here, don't let him fall down, don't coax or persuade, since he likes to cry, let him cry enough." So everyone didn't dare to talk much, the sixth elder brother was ignorant, seeing that Eniang was angry and scared and aggrieved, crying to get off the table, but no one came to hug him, and the high table scared him even more.

"Yinzhen, Concubine De will send you back, my brother is disobedient, and I will play with you when he is obedient." Lan Qi smiled at Yinzhen with a soft face, took his hand and walked out, the youngest son cried heartbreakingly, she just turned a deaf ear, the two walked to the door, the fourth elder brother suddenly withdrew his hand, and said to Lan Qi timidly, "Yinzuo is still young, don't be angry, I will talk to my brother well, Niangniang, will you let him go to school tomorrow?" I will take care of my brother, my foal will be ridden for him, and there will be a man who will watch over him, and he will not let him fall off, and he will not cause trouble for Huang Amma. ”

Lan Qi looked at him helplessly, the little guy saw that Concubine De did not object, turned around and ran inside, Yinzuo's crying gradually became smaller, he could hear him shouting brother, and when Lan Qi walked in again, he saw the nurse hugging Yinzuo off the table, and the brother hugged his younger brother to coax him not to cry, and Yinzuo finally became quieter.

When I got closer, I heard Yinzhen say: "Tomorrow I will definitely pull the big bow away, so that the emperor Ama will reward me with a foal, which is mine, and I will give it to you, okay?" ”

Lan Qi squatted aside, her eyes were red inexplicably, Yinzhen knew that his younger brother was different from other younger brothers, so he loved him like this, he was not so intimate with the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother, and they only respected the eldest brother, only with Yinzuo could they stick together and dote on their younger brother like an adult.

"Yinzuo, you must be obedient when you go to the school tomorrow, if you also mess with Huang Ama and your brother like just now, Eniang will definitely beat your ass when you come back, remember?" Lan Qi said on the side, Yinzuo hid in his brother's arms and wanted to cry, but under the guidance of his brother, he nodded and agreed, and when he saw Eniang open his arms, he threw himself into his arms, whimpering and coquettish, in the end, he was still young, and he couldn't understand reason, so he could only murder him.

The next day, the emperor led his sons to the school, and the concubines stayed in the palace to watch the play for fun, and the imperial concubine complained: "In the past, we were all brought with us for hunting in the paddock, but today we are not taken there, and we are tired of watching dramas in Suzhou, so there is no other fun here in Jiangning?" ”

Concubine Rong and Lan Qi smiled and said nothing, the paddock and the school field are different after all, the latter is an important place for marching and fighting national defense, how can the emperor easily bring his female dependents there, they also feel that it is boring to stay in the mansion, but they don't dare to go to the school field to join in the fun. Fortunately, Jiangning is the last stop of this southern tour, and I will leave to return to Beijing in a few days, and I will take different routes back to Beijing, and there are still scenery to see in various places.

At this moment, in the school field, the horse's hooves are already flying in a hurry, the princes and princes are all gearing up, the mountains in the shooting range are shouting long live, the emperor is about to shoot the bow and arrow in person, and then everyone will end the competition. But seeing that Xuan Ye's momentum was like a rainbow, his eyes were like an eagle, and he shot with a bow and arrows, and the applause shook the sky for a while, showing the atmosphere of heaven.

After that, the prince shot arrows, Xuan Ye sat on the head, and saw the prince standing with a bow in the field, and the child who was by his side every day tomorrow suddenly felt that he had grown up at this moment. The prince's eyebrows are more like his mother Queen Hesheri than himself, but although Xuan Ye will feel that the mother and son are similar, it really makes him think about the face of Queen Hesheri, which has become blurred in his memory, and he can still remember the outline of the queen's face, but many things are not so clear.

Unconsciously fell into this faint sadness, the prince shot three arrows in a row Xuan Ye came back to look at him, but unfortunately these three arrows failed to hit the bull's-eye, this distance is not too far, maybe it is nervous, or tired from the journey for months, the prince shot the fourth arrow, still failed.

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