Nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, although the concubine has often let the two children play together recently, but she herself has not shown up, today Tete came to Yonghe Palace presumably to wait for herself to meet, and now with the fourth elder brother, she can have an excuse to come and go freely.

"In the future, when I am not there, if the concubine comes to see the sixth elder brother, you can just serve on the side, don't be rude in a panic, the concubine is not a flood beast." Lan Qi smiled and told Ziyu and the others, she understood that she was calm, and her subordinates would be at ease, and then she entered the house without hurrying, and heard Yin Zhen's laughter, and the sound of "brother" was sweet to hear, and he already knew that it was not only "sister".

Walking into Yinzuo's house, I saw Tong Guifei sitting sideways on the side of the kang, Yinzuo lying on the kang clumsily and couldn't move, Yinzhen circled around him, leaning over to talk to him from time to time, the little brother babbled a few times, occasionally moved her lotus-like arms, and the concubine smiled and clapped her hands to guide: "Yinzuo come here, Yinzuo come to me, oops!" Yinzhen, you can't push it, be careful of hurting your brother, he's still young, you have to coax him, you want to tease him with a cloth tiger, talk to your brother quickly. ”

Such a peaceful and beautiful scene, but Lan Qi was conflicted in her heart, the concubine would obviously teach Yinzhen not to "hurt" her younger brother, why did the prince say that Yinzhen robbed other people's things? remembered that last night Xuan Ye hugged himself and said dimly: "Don't worry, Yinzhen is not a bad boy." ”

"The master is back." The nurse found out that Lan Qi had returned, and the other palace maids came up to salute, and Lan Qi herself came to the concubine before she had to bend her knees, and the concubine said "no courtesy" without being salty.

But then he hugged Yinzhen and asked him to come down to salute Concubine De, the little guy was probably taught, no longer as tough and stubborn as before, and kowtowed decently, but when he got up, he hid in the arms of the concubine, and he was still indifferent to his biological mother.

The concubine took her son back to the kang and let him play by himself, straightened his clothes and said slowly: "This palace has something to tell you, here, or go elsewhere?" ”

"The concubine got a pot of good tea during the Mid-Autumn Festival, do you want to taste it?" Lan Qi said without waiting for the concubine to answer, so she instructed Huanchun, "Serve tea in the main hall and use the spring water of the Gulian Spring." ”

Concubine Tong stood up proudly and glanced at her with disdain, "Concubine De Niangniang is expensive, and the jade spring water used in Chengqian Palace is still used, you have traveled thousands of miles from Lushan to get the Valley Curtain Spring, will the specifications of Yonghe Palace catch up with Kunning Palace in the future?" ”

Lan Qi didn't care, and led the way to invite the concubine to go to the main hall, while explaining in response to this: "These valley curtain spring water is used for tribute, Cining Palace, Ningshou Palace and Qianqing Palace, the concubine has a few jars here, and the emperor asked Gonggong Li to send it, so that it is convenient for the emperor to come up to drink tea on weekdays. ”

Concubine Tong sneered: "The co-author is for the palace to drink the rest?" ”

Lan Qi replied calmly: "It's not the rest, if the emperor comes today, he will also use this half of the spring water, only because the noble concubines dare to use it for you, if you don't come, the concubines will not dare to use it either." ”

The concubine can't be picky anymore, she wants to have something to say to Wu Ya's family, and it's not easy to say anything after being picky and stiff, and when she sits in the palace, Huanchun doesn't boil the water so quickly, so the concubine simply told them not to worry, let the palace door be closed, and she can talk to the concubine.

Lan Qi also came prepared, went to close the door in person, and when she turned around, she saw a fruit bowl on the table, brought it and put it in front of the concubine, and took the initiative to ask: "Niang Niang wants to come and tell the concubine about last night?" ”

Concubine Tong lowered her head and rubbed a gold bracelet inlaid with treasure on her wrist, and said without raising her head: "You are smart, then tell me about this palace, what have you heard in Cining Palace?" ”

Lan Qi replied lightly: "Concubine Hui came here, and after the Empress Dowager appeased her a few words, she promised to find out the results within two days." ”

"Two days? Isn't it too rushed? The concubine didn't believe it, raised her eyes and looked at Lan Qi suspiciously, even more strange, "Why did you obey the words of this palace, what this palace asked you, you answered?" ”

"The concubine just said the truth, since the mother asked, of course the concubine had to answer." Lan Qi took a few steps back and sat down on the side by herself, the two of them sat not far away, she calmly waited for the concubine to continue to ask questions.

But Concubine Tong didn't ask about the things in Cining Palace again, and finally stopped going around the bend, and said straight to the point: "Yinzhen was born to you after all, you must not want your son to be bad, right?" ”

Lan Qi nodded, but did not speak, while the concubine continued: "Although he was born to you, but now this palace is his mother, and from now on, only this palace will share his honor and disgrace with him, if there is anything wrong in this palace, he will naturally not be happy, right?" ”

"That's right." Lan Qi looked at the concubine squarely, and she had already guessed what she wanted to say.

"This palace once stopped you halfway, at that time your identity was so low, but this palace pulled you to stand together, but you categorically refused, at that time you thought about the emperor, thought about the queen mother, thought about being a virtuous person, now you must not be able to let go of these thoughts, but you can't let go, shouldn't it be a child?" The concubine was a little proud, as if she was winning, "Now this palace will come to you again, for the sake of Yinzhen's future, for his future not to have any mistakes, let's get along well, what is there to take care of each other, not for anything else, just for the child, how about it?" ”

Sure enough, these words, from the moment Ziyu and the others told her at the intersection that the concubine was coming, Lan Qi was thinking in her heart what the concubine was going to do with her, guessing that it should be to avoid something similar to last night, maybe she also hoped that there would be left and right hands in this palace, and someone could come out to say something for her at a critical moment, after all, the power of the mother's family behind her is great, and the distant water can't save the near fire, if something important really happens in the palace, wait for the family outside to know and then come back, everything will be too late.

"What does Niangniang want her concubine to do?" Lan Qi pretended to be stupid.

The concubine snorted lightly, with a strong sour feeling in her arrogance, and said: "Naturally, because you can eat well in the palace, Qianqing Palace and Cining Palace go in and out like your own home, the Empress Dowager trusts you in every way, and the emperor is probably obedient to you." I don't study much in this palace, but I watch a lot of dramas, what is a favorite concubine, this palace can also understand that the favorite concubine of our Kangxi Dynasty harem so far, isn't it your only concubine? That's why we are expected to get along harmoniously, if someone is worried about poisoning the Chengqian Palace in the future to let the palace carry the black pot, Concubine De Hello stand up in front of the two palaces This palace is comprehensive, you are thoughtful about this palace, that is, you are thoughtful of the fourth elder brother. ”

Lan Qi said solemnly after hearing this: "The concubine doesn't dare to call herself a favorite concubine, if the concubine thinks like this, then the concubine will not be qualified to be her mother for the rest of her life even if she gives birth to the fourth elder brother, the concubine is just diligent with her hands and feet, and those who have been palace maids will serve the master." As for Niangniang said that she was afraid of carrying the black cauldron, I believe that Long Live Lord and the Empress Dowager are the most holy, if something like that really happens, they will definitely give Niangniang innocence, and it is insignificant for the concubine to say a few words. Besides, I want to get along with you, please forgive the concubine's offensive, do you think the concubine dares not to get along with you? ”

Concubine Tong is not stupid, this sounds very clear, people just refused, and couldn't help but feel indignant, glaring at Lan Qi and saying: "When Concubine Wen harmed the palace, didn't you stand up and speak for the palace?" In Xianfu Palace, the emperor and the queen mother both believe in you, you can in the past, why can't you in the future? ”

Lan Qi replied calmly: "Those are the facts, the concubine is telling the truth, Concubine Wen herself has confessed her guilt, the queen mother and the emperor can't talk about whether they believe or not believe in the concubine, and the concubine has already told you that the concubine is not to help you, but no one can be allowed to do evil." ”

The concubine was surrounded by herself, her head was full of inexplicability, she frowned and thought for a long time, before she snorted angrily: "Your mouth is really powerful, those things you know the truth, of course you will stand up and tell the truth, and you want this palace to remind you?" Isn't it just like last night, no one knows what happened, at this time, I want you to speak, I want you to go to the emperor and the queen mother to say a few words for me, you go and say, they will remember to take care of the fourth elder brother, and they will not wronged Chengqian Palace. Aren't you smart? Can't you understand what Hongu says? ”

Of course Lan Qi understood, she just thought that it would be good if she could go around and let the concubine give up this idea, she once joked with the Queen Mother, saying that others would think that she was attached to the concubine, and she would not bully in the future, but she didn't really plan to attach to any concubine, but people came to the door, or the second time to "invite" her, this time ruthlessly refused, and the fourth elder brother probably couldn't play with the sixth elder brother in the future, Lan Qi felt a little dilemma.

But Concubine Tong seemed to be determined to win, and took a step back and said: "It's not for the palace, it's for the fourth elder brother, you have to think about it for Yinzhen." ”

Lan Qi looked at this woman helplessly, didn't she remember what she had done to others? Doesn't she think that letting others stand barefoot in the cold ground and suffer humiliation may plant hatred in people's hearts? Concubine Tong is really much simpler than Sister Niu Hulu, it seems that in her consciousness, there is no right and wrong, nothing worth it or not, only what she wants to do and what she doesn't want to do.

Lan Qi sighed in her heart: How would she teach Yinzhen?

And Concubine Tong Guifei saw that she was silent, so she stood up anxiously and said, "You can give me a word, who has the energy to grind with you." ”

Lan Qi had a plan in her heart, stood up and bowed slightly, and told her clearly word by word: "Niangniang's words are understood by the concubines, if there is anything in the future, the concubines will think that the fourth elder brother will be thoughtful in front of the empress dowager and the emperor." But today, you can no longer say to a third person, if people outside know that you and your concubines have a tacit understanding, why should the emperor and the empress dowager believe in your concubines. You said that the concubine is a favorite concubine, but do you remember what you said that day? In this case, for the sake of long-term planning, every word you and your concubines say today cannot be said to a third person, including Lord Tong and Mrs. Tong, otherwise you told others that from that moment on, it is not that the concubines will no longer help you, but that they will no longer be able to help. ”

Concubine Tong was most annoyed to listen to such a tirade, and she didn't want to show that she hadn't turned her brain, frowning and thinking hard, Lan Qi saw her like this, sighed in her heart, and explained: "Only people outside think that you and the concubine are still incompatible, and the concubine's words can have weight, as if the last time Concubine Wen wanted to harm you, who would have thought that the concubine could stand up and speak for you?" ”

"...... like this" Concubine Tong suddenly realized, and felt embarrassed and embarrassed, coughed dryly twice, glanced at Lan Qi disdainfully and said, "That's good, it's good if you agree, this palace is not only for yourself, but also for Yinzhen." The son is more precious than the mother, and if something falls in the palace, he will bear the unbearable stain of his adoptive mother. ”

These few sentences really moved Lan Qi, the concubine was more or less thinking about the child, she coaxed Yinzuo so gently just now, she has her own soft place, but Lan Qi is not blessed.

Concubine Tong was in a good mood, her face was bright, and she was completely different from her angry appearance just now, but she didn't want to show it to Lan Qi, so she said lukewarmly that she was leaving, but she didn't want the nurse to come to tell the fourth elder brother and the sixth elder brother that they fell asleep together, Tong Guifei said generously: "Wait for Yinzhen to wake up and bring it back, the palace will go back first." ”

Lan Qi sent the concubine away, the person who went was relaxed and proud, Lian Chun could see that the concubine seemed to be very happy, and came to ask Lan Qi what was wrong, but Lan Qi herself also had to fulfill her promise well, and prevaricated about the matter of Cining Palace, and then came over to see the two children, and saw that Yinzhen and Yinzuo were lying together on the kang, one big and one small snuggled together, and the scene that I wanted to see in a dream was really real in front of me, and I was sad and crying, and I was very distressed to see the nursing mother and palace maids on the side.

"Don't be sad, the fourth elder brother hurts the sixth elder brother, and I think about coming to see my brother every day." But it was Yinzhen's nurse who came to comfort Lan Qi, "The elder brothers wake up for a while, you play with them for a while, just say that the fourth elder brother is still asleep, and the slave maid will take the fourth elder brother back later, and the concubine will not care." ”

Lan Qi thought that the nurse was now on an errand in the Chengqian Palace after all, and she still had to be cautious in her words and deeds, and said with a smile that it didn't matter, and she was going to take the sixth elder brother to Cining Palace in the evening, so she couldn't delay the hour, and Yinzhen's nurse didn't dare to force it, and then retreated outside with the others, leaving only the mother and son.

The two children slept for more than two hours, Lan Qi sat on the side and watched for two hours, it was all the meat that fell from her body, no matter how she saw it, she couldn't see enough, and then her brother woke up first, and suddenly woke up in a strange place, Yinzhen didn't come back to his senses, he was about to cry with his mouth, Lan Qi immediately hugged him, and he was relieved when he saw Yinzuo, it seemed that he knew that he was with his brother, so he was not afraid.

Yinzuo also woke up soon, the milk doll was difficult to serve, Lan Qi couldn't take care of one or the other, only let the nurse lead the fourth elder brother back to Chengqian Palace, but this time looking at the figure of her son leaving, she didn't feel heartache for the first time, as if she understood that her son was always hers, and after she grew up and became sensible in the future, she would definitely be able to hear a sincere "Eniang".

After spending a quiet and warm afternoon, Lan Qi took Yinzuo to Cining Palace, and the soft sedan chair stopped halfway, someone outside was talking, and then moved forward again, because Huanchun stared at her and was not afraid of similar things in the past, only waiting to get off the sedan chair in front of Cining Palace, and then stopped saying that she had met Juechan's party, and it was also a soft sedan chair over there, and there were many eunuchs and palace maids who took the baggage box, saying that they were helping to send Juezen Changzai to Xianfu Palace.

Lan Qi remembered and said: "I don't remember to tell you what was decided after lunch, this Juezen is always there, and it is strange and interesting, how many places she wants to live here." When he spoke, a spirit was excited, muttering to himself: "Xianfu Palace and Yikun Palace seem to be not far away." ”

Naturally, she shouldn't worry about these things, here the Jue Chan clan came to Xianfu Palace, Concubine Wen actually let people open the West Side Hall for her to live, Jue Chan didn't dare to be, people smiled and said: "I heard that the Bu Guiren was still a promise when he was alone in the Zhongcui Palace a long time ago, and he also lived in the West Side Palace, you are always here now, why can't you live?" When Concubine De lived in the east side hall of Zhongcui Palace, she also said that Wu Chang was there, right? I heard that you have been in the palace for a longer time than me, but I know no less than you. ”

Juechan remembered that when she first arrived at Yikun Palace, Concubine Yi and Guo Guiren were also very kind, she would not forget her sense of proportion or be proud because of Concubine Wen's politeness, and she dealt with her words and deeds cautiously, but after all, she couldn't resist Concubine Wen's kindness and stayed in the Xibei Palace.

"You are really good-looking, that day at the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone was compared, and the concubine lost her brilliance." The more Concubine Wen said these seemingly affectionate words, the more uncomfortable Juechan became, but she didn't have to choose to stay by herself, she only hoped that she would not have more contact with Concubine Wen in the future, and it would be best if she could be stuffy in the house and no one would take care of her.

But Concubine Wen was wandering around her room again, looking around, commanding the palace maid to add some decorations, and said in a very good mood: "It's good that you're here, my Xianfu Palace is so deserted that the crows don't want to fly over, except for the emperor who comes for a few days a month, I look at Dongyun and them every day, and I can see that there is an extra fold on their faces." After that, he suddenly asked Jue Chan, "Why did you say the emperor sent you over?" ”

Jue Chan's heart was frizzy by her questioning, and the joy was serious, so he vomited first without waiting for an answer, which frightened Concubine Wen to retreat to the door, and asked from time to time: "Are you better?" ”

Jue Chan pushed Xianghe, Xianghe understood, and came out embarrassedly and said: "Niangniang, I am often about to sleep, can I say anything when I ask you to say goodbye?" ”

Concubine Wen is not strong, and told her to open her mouth if she lacks anything, so she left happily, Xianghe breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door and ran back to the master and said: "This Concubine Wen is really verbose, no wonder the people in the palace say that she is strange, I don't know if she will be like Guo Guiren and them in the future?" After all, the emperor will still be lucky to you, if the emperor doesn't care about you, why should he move you here, in this way, Concubine Wen will be jealous sooner or later. ”

Before Xianghe's words fell, the door was suddenly slammed, she hurried to answer the door, it was Concubine Wen who took Dongyun and turned back, she ran in with a smile on her face and said, "I asked you just now, why did the emperor send you?" ”

Juechan looked dazed and shook his head: "The concubine doesn't know. ”

Concubine Wen smiled: "I deliberately asked you, I know why." She pointed to Juechan's stomach and said, "The Empress Dowager has made an order, when this child is born in your belly, whether it is a brother or a princess, it will stay in Xianfu Palace from now on, and it will be my child." ”

"Really?" Juezen couldn't believe it.

Concubine Wen asked, "What, you're not happy, aren't you?" But you must know that the emperor arranged it this way because he cherished you, otherwise you would not be able to meet if you hugged your brother or went somewhere else. ”

How could Juechan not be happy, as long as the woman who raised the child was not a concubine, even if it was given to a palace maid, she was willing, she didn't care if she could see the child, let alone whether Concubine Wen could take care of the child, she was rarely happy, and said to Concubine Wen: "The concubine is too willing, the concubine thank you Niangniang." ”

"That's good, I don't want to be evil, raising your children will be cursed by you behind your back." Concubine Wen seemed to be the one who breathed a sigh of relief, so she told her to rest well and left.

Xianghe turned back after sending off the guests, but saw that the master was full of red light, and congratulated her on getting what she wanted, no matter what the future of Xianfu Palace was, at least the child's going and staying was decided, Xianghe asked more curiously: "Do you say that it will be the concubine Niangniang's intercession?" We met Concubine De Niangniang just now, and she is going to Cining Palace again. ”

Jue Chan was afraid: "It doesn't matter if it's her or not, I only have this one wish." ”

There is not much movement in the six palaces on this matter, the emperor has always been Concubine Wen of Tong Guifei, except for the difference in grade, everything else is the same, and the grace of the Jue Chan clan has been too faint since June, after all, it is not as good as the sensation caused by sending the fourth elder brother of the concubine to the Chengqian Palace.

Three or four days later, the matter of the eldest brother's poisoning also came to a conclusion, and several negligent cooks and eunuchs in charge of purchasing in the imperial dining room paid for it, saying that it was a misuse of poisonous mushrooms, which seemed perfunctory but was handled cleanly at a glance. After this incident, Xuan Ye issued a strict decree that all rooms, departments and offices need to have clear responsibilities and be managed by the Internal Affairs Office in a unified manner, such as the imperial dining room, sewing room and other places, and no other errands are allowed outside the sub-cases, and the concubines and concubines in the harem also need to report and issue matters at all levels, and they are not allowed to trespass, so as to eliminate the hidden dangers of the palace.

The matter of poisonous mushrooms was calmed down inside and outside the palace, but Lan Qi and Hui Concubine knew that the emperor was actually continuing to investigate, Lan Qi didn't know what Hui Concubine was thinking, and she had always been curious about who was poisoning, maybe it was a woman who was a mother and wanted to better protect her son, or maybe it was the words of Su Mala in the pantry that day that affected her, which was a mystery in her heart, and she couldn't figure it out.

And in the days after August, most of Xuan Ye was in Yonghe Palace, and occasionally went around elsewhere, all of which were countable days, Concubine Tong said to her face that Lan Qi was a favorite concubine, but in fact, Lan Qi was self-aware, so she was more humble and low-key, so she didn't let people point fingers behind her.

At the end of the year, the court was very busy, and the palace was tightly set up for the New Year's Festival, and under the peace and excitement, another year passed unconsciously, and it entered the 20th year of Kangxi in the blink of an eye, and the first lively thing at the beginning of the year was that the prince was Fu, and everyone was talking about the two Han teachers selected by the emperor for the prince, Zhang Yingshangke, a scholar, and another Li Guangdi's reputation was not very good.

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