"Nantianmen is right in front of you." Xuan Ye pointed the dragon staff in his hand slightly towards the sky, and then propped it firmly on the stone steps, grabbed Lan Qi's hand tightly, and smiled confidently, "As you said, step by step, you can always go up." ”

At this time, there were guards and eunuchs who sent clothes to the emperor and Lan Qi respectively, the height is not cold, the cold will make people's physical strength drop rapidly, Lan Qi just walked with fever and didn't care about keeping warm, and when she got here, she would suddenly lose her strength and fatigue, Xuan Ye tied the tie tightly for her with her own hands, and said gently, "I will go with you, step by step." ”

Lan Qi pursed her lips and nodded, as if she was afraid that speaking would also consume her physical strength, so she shook Xuan Ye's hand tightly, and then didn't look back at the way she came, gritted her teeth, and walked up step by step.

"Tight Eighteen Plates" nearly 500 steps, steep and steep and physically exhausted, every step was hard, every step Lan Qi felt that she couldn't go on, but Xuan Ye never let go of her hand, step after step, even if they walked slower and slower, they didn't stop.

When climbing the last step of the steps, the South Heavenly Gate stands in front of you, and the side couplets of the door are clearly visible, and it says: "The door opens the nine heavens and steps up for three days." He said: "The steps are ten thousand and the thousand peaks are overlooking the wonders of a thousand mountains." ”

Lan Qi read softly in her mouth, not knowing where her thoughts had gone, Xuan Ye was about to talk to her, but saw her tearful eyes and said: "If it weren't for the emperor coming here, even if the concubine came, she wouldn't know all the words on this couplet, and she worked hard to climb up, but she didn't know what it was, what was the point?" ”

Xuan Ye was moved when he heard this, and remembered that on the first night in the Qianqing Palace, he wrote the name Wu Ya Lanqi with her hand, taught her to write and teach her to read, and the lingering love was mature and precious and indestructible in this stroke and word.

"Your Majesty." Lan Qi's face was already embarrassed, not only could she not stop crying at this moment, but she also bloomed the most brilliant smile in her tears, crying and laughing and saying, "We have arrived, Your Majesty, we have come up." ”

Xuan Ye nodded, and pulled her into the Nantian Gate steadily, although there is still a way from the Nantian Gate to the top of Mount Tai and the Jade Emperor, compared to the steepness and steepness of the eighteen plates, it can really be described as a flat river here, and the steps under her feet are immediately different, Lan Qi feels that her whole person is relaxed, and her steps are involuntarily light and relaxed.

Seeing that she suddenly regained her spirits, Xuan Ye shook his head incredulously: "I still remember seeing your head emerging from the mountain road at Zhongtianmen, do you know how happy I was at that time?" Although I forced you to follow me later, I still don't think it's real that you did. ”

Lan Qi didn't care about the tired embarrassment, raised her eyebrows proudly and smiled, and said proudly to the emperor: "Don't think it's unreal, the emperor has to look carefully, the concubine is here." In short, this time I went back, the concubines told the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager must also admire the concubines, but what do you want to say when you go back is not true, won't the concubines become liars? ”

How did she say how Xuan Ye liked it, and then drank water and ate to rest for a while, and waited for the arrangements here, the two of them first went to Bixia Lingyou Palace to pay homage to incense, and the main hall of Bixia Lingyou Palace was dedicated to the goddess of Mount Tai Bixia Yuanjun, and the east and west side halls were dedicated to sending children and eyes to Niangniang, Lan Qi prayed sincerely with Xuanye, and Visionary Niangniang could bless her health, Lan Qi naturally asked for more blessings for Xuan Ye and the Empress Dowager.

Out of Bixia Lingyou Palace, the emperor and his entourage wanted to go straight to the top of the Jade Emperor, and the people behind him also followed at this moment, but they didn't see the prince and the eldest brother. The news that Xuan Ye finally got was that all the princesses of Elder Brother had gone down the mountain the same way, and the mountain road was too steep and dangerous, and the children couldn't get up.

In this way, this trip followed the emperor to the top of Mount Tai, except for the generals and guards and eunuchs, there was only Concubine De, and even a palace maid did not follow.

Fortunately, there are several sturdy women on the side of Nantianmen, who are arranged by the local yamen to take care of Princess Niangniang, they just feel that the people from the palace have no ability to climb the mountain, and they are afraid that if someone climbs up, at least there will be a woman to take care of them, but they didn't expect that a Niangniang really came up.

At this moment, Lan Qi felt that she was incredible, what she was thinking about all the way was to keep up with Xuan Ye and be by his side, at that time, every step under her feet was a pain in her heart, but with Xuan Ye holding her hand, she would never give up.

After going all the way to the top of the Jade Emperor, the emperor and Concubine De will stay in the Jade Emperor Temple, and stay at the top of the Jade Emperor, it is already twilight.

As the sun sets, the red clouds on the horizon are like peaks, and the golden light penetrates the clouds and fog; The mountains and clouds are glowing with a faint golden light, like a rare treasure, splendid and colorful, magnificent.

Lan Qi followed Xuan Ye overlooking the magnificent mountains and rivers, her heart was surging, as if she had entered the realm of self-forgetfulness, Xuan Ye looked back at her, but saw that the golden light of the sunset was shining a layer of soft mist on her face, and she hid her tired face, such a peaceful and pious look, and the viewer was at peace.

"Sunset, one of the four wonders of Mount Tai." Xuan Ye smiled slightly, took Lan Qi's hand and shook it gently, "Early tomorrow morning, follow me to watch the sunrise over Mount Tai." ”

"Sunrise?" Lan Qi pursed her lips, she wanted to see it, but she felt that she was so tired, she couldn't sleep this night, and it was unknown if she could wake up, at this moment, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't you think the emperor thinks the sunrise and sunset, sometimes it looks almost the same?" Let's stop here and not watch the sun set, which is pretty much the same at sunrise. ”

Xuan Ye frowned and shook his head: "How can it be the same?" But he immediately showed a happy smile, "Watching the sunset together, some people will feel that it is inevitable to be sad, but I think that we can watch the sunset together, that is, we can walk together for a lifetime." Do you remember my eight-character imperial order? ”

Lan Qi lowered her eyes and saw that Xuan Ye was holding her hand, the top of the mountain was extremely cold, but her big palm was warm to protect herself, warmer than the charcoal-burning hand stove, she smiled calmly: "Hold the hand of the son, grow old with the son." ”

That night, the emperor and Concubine De stayed in the meditation room of the Jade Emperor Temple, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that Princess Ah Ge and her concubines had arrived safely at the foot of the mountain to settle down. Lan Qi still blamed herself, saying that she had completely neglected the children, just waiting for the woman who took care of her to laugh and say: "Niang Niang sighed like this, didn't Long Live Lord also climb the mountain by himself, and didn't care about the princess behind him?" ”

Although the woman spoke straight, Lan Qi had an epiphany that Xuan Ye should not feel embarrassed, and the things that were originally happy were not disrupted, so she no longer blamed herself, and her heart was much more stable. On this night, the extremely tired person slept dark and sweet, but he couldn't open his eyes at all the next day, so he was forcibly invited by the women, and she was served and groomed, and pushed out to accompany the emperor to watch the sunrise.

But Lan Qi didn't watch the whole sunrise process with sleepy eyes, and then for this matter, she was nagged by Xuan Ye for a while, saying that she climbed the mountain so hard, but she didn't cherish the beautiful sunrise.

Lan Qi didn't dare to talk back on her face, but she didn't care in her heart, the world is so big, where can't you watch the sunrise? Of course, she dared to mumble in her heart.

The holy car went down the mountain on the evening of the 11th, and then set off again, passing through Xintai and Mengyin, and joined the imperial concubine and his party, and stationed in Yizhou on the 15th.

All the way in a hurry, Concubine Rong didn't talk to Lan Qi well, and now she settled down to stay for two nights, so she found a chance to come over, and they all knew that she climbed Mount Tai on foot, and she didn't even sit in a sedan chair, and they all admired it so much, Concubine Rong reminded Lan Qi: "Niang Niang is very unhappy there, this vinegar smells big, and a few carriages are sour." ”

The imperial concubine is indeed unhappy here, to say that she is not jealous of Concubine De, she admires it in her heart by virtue of her real ability to climb the mountain. But I just feel that for the fourth elder brother, my mother is so hard and brave, but she is like a sick cat and avoids it far away, and in the future in his son's heart, he will naturally be shorter, so he is angry, and others look at it as if he is jealous of Wu Ya's family.

And the imperial concubine is not happy, the fourth elder brother is the most keen, this day with his father to inspect and observe the grain relief, come back at night to ask his mother for peace, see that Eniang is still not in good spirits, ask her if her body has not been well, I heard that she has recovered, and asked why she is not happy, she is eager and careful at a young age, and her mother's heart is soft.

"Yinzhen, do you look down on Eniang in your heart? Concubine De Niangniang, she was so brave to climb Mount Tai with Huang Ama, but Eniang was sick and didn't even go to the foot of the mountain. The imperial concubine hugged her son, coquettishly with the little person, Yinzhen struggled twice in her arms, and Eniang hugged her tighter, so he laughed, "Erchen will not look down on Eniang, and Erchen himself has not climbed up." Besides, if you admire Concubine De Niangniang, you don't necessarily have to look down on Eniang, but Erchen admires Huang Ama every day, do you also have to look down on Eniang every day? ”

The imperial concubine may not be an easy person to coax, but there are two people who can coax her with just a few words, one is the emperor, it depends on whether people are in the mood to coax, and the other is her fourth elder brother, but her son is always precious to himself.

And no matter how strong the imperial concubine is, it is not as big as those in the palace, Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi have lost the opportunity to tour the south with Hu by mistake, and they are even more unwilling than others who have no chance to go at all.

Concubine Yi woke up a few days after the emperor left the palace, and the emperor "liked" her during that time, because he didn't care if she would be pregnant and couldn't accompany her, on the contrary, he was careful to almost never touch the Yonghe Palace, in order to let people go out with him. Now that it is said that Concubine De accompanied the emperor to the top of Mount Tai alone, when Concubine Yi talked to Concubine Hui in private, she gritted her teeth fiercely: "If I don't have this child, what's so difficult about climbing Mount Tai?" ”

Concubine Hui always advised her: "The southern tour is not more than a month, what can I do?" We are in this palace for a lifetime, and having multiple sons is the real blessing and guarantee, so you can raise the baby with peace of mind. ”

But Concubine Yi has a lively brain, this matter has just been figured out, and she can immediately think of other things, she is jealous of Wu Ya Lanqi, and she admires it a little in her heart, but this time she suddenly rushed out and forcibly followed the Jue Chan clan, such a beautiful woman went to Jiangnan, it was really the icing on the cake, but if the emperor was tempted, it would definitely be different if he came back.

even reminded Concubine Hui and said: "Sister take a good look at the eighth elder brother, don't wait for the Jue Chan clan to be coquettish in front of the emperor, the child you have raised for so long will go back." ”

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