There was silence in the room, Lan Qi looked at the Empress Dowager uneasily, she closed her eyes so peacefully, she couldn't help but hesitate in her heart, only to feel that her body was getting stiffer and stiffer, and finally saw the Empress Dowager's chest rise and fall, and finally heard her slight gasp, her whole body suddenly loosened, how afraid the Empress Dowager was that after saying the sentence just now, she was going to leave her.

"Grandson obeys." Xuan Ye solemnly promised his grandmother, "The grandson will make proper arrangements and will not disturb Taizong." ”

The father and son left not long after, when Lan Qi was sent to the door, the child in her belly throbbed, Xuan Ye could no longer tolerate her recklessness, even if she did not want to return to Yonghe Palace, let her arrange to rest in the side hall of Cining Palace, and warned her that if she made any mistakes, how could the imperial grandmother be at ease.

Lan Qi saw that Xuan Ye was serious, and she didn't dare to resist the order, An Ansheng was sent to rest, she was really tired, and fell asleep with a slight tilt on the kang, but it was only deep for a moment, and then she brought the world's disturbances into a dream, and woke up suddenly, just in time to see Su Mala's grandmother building a blanket for her.

"Mama, I'm not cold, I'm sweating." Lan Qi smiled and shifted slightly to let Mama sit beside her.

There was a dragon burning in the house, warm as spring, and Mama Su Mala was just a single coat on her body, and she took a handkerchief to wipe Lan Qi, who was sweating, and brought tea to drink with her, as kind as her own grandmother.

Mama leaned on the edge of the kang and did not sit side by side with Lan Qi, first, it was not in accordance with the rules, and secondly, the Queen Mother asked her to come and see Concubine De Niangniang, and she was going back immediately, and asked with a smile: "Niangniang won't sleep a little longer?" It's rare to be able to sleep, and in a few days I won't be able to sleep even more. Don't walk around, but when you look back, the child suddenly comes out, and it's too scared to do anything. ”

Lan Qi looked down at her stomach and patted the child gently through her belly: "Can you come out quickly?" E-Niang wants to see you. ”

Su Mala's heart was sour when she heard this, she knew that Concubine De wanted the Empress Dowager to see the child earlier, and Concubine De smiled with her: "Mama went back and told the emperor that he is a big man who doesn't understand childbirth, you tell her, the more you have to move more in the future to give birth, don't let the emperor lock me up here, the way he spoke was too scary, I didn't dare to say more than half a word." ”

"You just follow the emperor, how many things can the emperor do these days?" Mama smiled, but persuaded Lan Qi, "All along, the emperor has handed over your grandmother to you to take care of, so that you can be filial in front of him instead, if you have anything, the emperor will feel that he has tired you, how to let go in the future?" You take it easy in everything, you have accompanied the Queen Mother for more than ten years, and you are still a moment and a half away. ”

Lan Qi smiled on her face, but as soon as she spoke, tears fell down her face, she was fine just now, but suddenly she couldn't cry, "Mama, I'm afraid that I will accompany one day less, I'm afraid it will be too late......"

Mama sat in a little bit, hugged Lan Qi to coax her to calm down, Lan Qi sobbed and talked about Fang Cai, saying that the Empress Dowager didn't want the emperor to move Taizong's mausoleum, and asked Xuan Ye to choose a place near the tomb of the first emperor to bury him, saying that she wanted to be closer to Xuan Ye and the children, and said that she was reluctant to Xuan Ye.

Mama Su Mala sighed softly: "This is a matter that has been decided a long time ago, master, she never thought that after being posthumously crowned as the queen in the future, she would be in the same cave with Taizong, and after death, who would she do to see it?" Since it is just a vision, since it is a promise to be a husband and wife in the next life, then in the heart of the master, it can be avoided. ”

"Mama?" Lan Qi couldn't understand, why did she think the meaning of Mama's words, the Empress Dowager couldn't leave the emperor's family in her life, but she longed to leave here after death?

There were tears in the corners of Su Mala's eyes, she was also old, and she understood that the young children wanted to keep their hearts, but they were so old that they couldn't do it physically and mentally, and it was actually very hard to live. The Empress Dowager's happiness in her old age, after the three feudatories were settled, the country and the people were safe for more than ten years, except for the entanglements between the harem women, she hardly bothered about it, and now she is gone, but she has no regrets.

But the Empress Dowager was also young, and she also had a youthful time, during that time, she had a vigorous love, self-righteousness, impulsiveness and recklessness, and she used to have all the problems of young people. It's just that from the grassland all the way into this huge Forbidden City, all the edges and corners have been polished, but she has lost the sharp edges and corners, and she has won the glory of the world.

"From the carefree princess of the steppe to the side of the Great Khan, the empress dowager also hides many secrets in her heart that cannot be told to people." Mama Su Mala thought back to the past years, there was deep regret in her eyes, and sighed lightly, "The master knows that the emperor will not disobey her wishes, and will definitely resist the pressure of all parties to complete her wishes, she is unwilling to be in the same cave with Taizong, even if she can't be sent back to the grassland after death, she also hopes that she can be free after death." ”

"The Empress Dowager, she ......" Lan Qi knew a little about some rumors about the palace, but she couldn't understand Mama's words, where did the freedom that the Empress Dowager wanted come from?

Mama Su Mala smiled indifferently, wiped away Lan Qi's tears, and said kindly: "Why do you bother thinking about these things, even if you know, can you unravel the Empress Dowager's heart?" The people in this world who can untie the knot in her heart are long gone, and even slaves and maids can't do it. It is the responsibility of the emperor and you to let her realize her wish that can be done, I am afraid that after the emperor's decree, there will be courtiers who oppose it, and you must support and remind the emperor at that time, don't go against your grandmother's wishes. ”

Lan Qi nodded heavily, and asked again: "Although I have been by the Empress Dowager's side for a long time, except for her longing for her hometown, I have never seen the Empress Dowager have any other memories in her heart, and I hope to fulfill all her wishes, but she doesn't say it, I really don't know." ”

Mama smiled: "Not only does the mother not know, the emperor also doesn't know, even the slave and maid can't see through her heart." The master is a person who has been hurt, and since then she has locked up her heart, and since then she understands her identity and status, and understands what she should do, so for more than ten years, the master has taught you the same, she doesn't want you to hide too many things in your heart, but she is afraid that one day she will be like her, and understand that those things cannot be said to anyone, and you can only hold back the pain in your heart for the rest of your life. ”

"I remember." Lan Qi choked up, thinking about the companionship of more than ten years, although it was she who relieved the boredom of the Empress Dowager, but the years in the deep palace were so lonely, she went from a constant to the current status, and others watched the emperor tirelessly favor her, but in fact, it was just that the emperor took a little time out of the busy government to give her, not to mention that there were other women, she couldn't fight and didn't bother to fight, it was someone who spoke around the Empress Dowager all day long, so that she didn't feel that the days in the palace were long and couldn't see the end.

In the next two days, the Empress Dowager's spirit was much better than at the beginning of the month, and no matter what people outside guessed, Lan Qi only accompanied her wholeheartedly. And the people who came to take care of it fell down wave by wave, the queen mother fell ill a few days ago, the palace maids and eunuchs of Cining Palace also couldn't bear it, Su Mala Mama didn't get well after falling down before, God knows where a pregnant woman who is about to give birth, where does the spirit come from to support day by day.

Gradually, the women in the palace who were jealous of Concubine De's single-handed control of Cining Palace also secretly sighed for Concubine De's sincerity and filial piety, and changed to others, but I was afraid that few people could do this.

In the Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine's body has not been very good since the winter, although there is no dangerous serious illness, but the face that looks like a withered face every day really does not dare to make people expect her to go to Cining Palace to have a scene. Fortunately, the emperor knew that she was weak, not only did not force her to go to her grandmother to fulfill her filial piety, but also occasionally came to see her.

In addition to sending Xiao Hezi to greet Eniang three or four times a day, the fourth elder brother accompanies his mother every day after school, and even memorizes and writes in her room, which often makes the imperial concubine cry and laugh, but he refuses to drive him away, her husband and son are so considerate, the imperial concubine's heart is warm, and her body is getting better day by day, she also hopes that she can help Xuan Ye share some things after the queen mother returns to the west.

On this day, when Qinglian was serving the imperial concubine with medicine, she said that Concubine De almost fainted in Cining Palace, and the emperor sent someone to send Niangniang back to Yonghe Palace, but Niangniang refused to leave, and the emperor had no choice. ”

The imperial concubine drank the medicine and picked a piece of plum in her mouth, which was the fourth elder brother asked the little eunuch to go out of the palace to buy her the most fashionable candied fruit in the capital, which was more delicious and delicious than the regular ones in the palace, because she took more medicine than she ate every day, and her son was afraid that he would be bitter all day long, and he was tired of the things in the palace, so he took his own money to buy these for her.

Thinking that Concubine De took care of the Empress Dowager wholeheartedly, and then thinking about Yinzhen's meticulous love for herself, the Imperial Concubine suddenly felt that the child would really inherit the qualities of her parents, and Concubine De had all the advantages of Yinzhen, and she could have a son who loved herself like this, which was all due to Concubine De's pregnancy in October, but in the past ten years, she didn't think about herself for more than half a sentence.

"You send someone to the study to tell Xiao Hezi that the fourth elder brother doesn't have to rush back after school, Concubine De is not in good health in Cining Palace, let him go and greet him, just say it's my meaning, he won't be disobedient." The imperial concubine picked another piece of dried apricots, tore it and put it in her mouth, and calmly instructed Qinglian, "You stew another cup of bird's nest and send it to Cining Palace, whether she eats it or not, it is my heart." ”

Qinglian agreed, and hurriedly sent people to work separately, and when the study got out of school in the evening, the fourth elder brother took the people around him to Cining Palace, and when the palace maid reported to the inner hall, Lan Qi was sitting on the side of the queen mother's couch and turned over the flower rope to show her.

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