As Lan Qi wondered, the general Wang of Yinyu is not a prince in the real sense, nor is he just a general, as if he is an existence outside the official position of the prince, and will go on the expedition with the specifications of the Son of Heaven.

At the same time, the seventh elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the twelfth elder brother were appointed to take care of the affairs of the three banners of Zhenghuang, Zhengbai, and Zhenglan, Manchu, Meng, and Han respectively, and the emperor sealed the harem, such as the seventh elder brother's biological mother became a concubine, and was promoted to a concubine, and the twelfth elder brother's biological mother was a nobleman, and the seventeenth elder brother's biological mother was a noble person, and was promoted to a fixed concubine and a diligent concubine respectively.

Although the concubine Guerjia has no heirs, but the emperor is more favored and assists the concubine and the concubine to take care of the affairs of the palace, and is also promoted to the concubine, the specifications of the four concubines in the palace were broken as early as the year of Tong Guifei, and later there are good concubines.

But Tong Guifei or the original four concubines, they didn't get any benefits in this big sealing harem, I thought that the emperor loved Yonghe Palace so much, so he would give a concubine position, and Tong Guifei would be like her own sister, at least in the imperial concubine position, the queen was not counting on it, but as a result, there was no hope.

Lan Qi didn't care about this, Concubine Tong didn't care about it, Xuan Ye said to Lan Qi in private: "After a hundred years, the concubines who have served me can live a better life in the harem if they have a more noble status, and they have given birth to children for me. ”

Lan Qi could hear this, but Xuan Ye just said: "You and Concubine Tong, there will always be a son to take care of in the future, I don't have to worry." Let your son do it. As a result, Lan Qi stared at him for a long time, and he had to apologize with a wry smile, "If you don't say it in the future, you can't do it?" You, a few years younger, can bully me, an old man. ”

Lan Qi snuggled up to him and said, "Don't mention anything about the future, don't talk about life and death, let's live a year is a year, and if you are happy today, don't worry about tomorrow, okay?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled leisurely, gently stroked the back of her hand, and resolutely agreed: "I will listen to you." ”

In the late autumn of that year, Yinyu gave the commander of the division of the Western Expedition and marched to Qinghai, and the emperor held a grand ceremony for him. With the king's prince Baylor and others, all dressed in military uniforms, gathered in front of the Taihe Palace. The prince Baylor and the ministers above the second rank who did not go out of the expedition gathered outside the noon gate in python costumes. The general Wang Yinyu knelt to receive the seal, thanked him for the salute, and rode out directly from the Desheng Gate. The princes, Baylor, Beizi, princes, etc., and the ministers above the second rank were sent to the soldiers, and the emperor stood in the city to send each other, and Yinyu gave the horse to look at the que, and bowed, and marched in a solemn manner.

The horse's hooves rumbled, raising the dust in the sky, the sound seemed to shake the capital, and in the Yonghe Palace in the depths of the Forbidden City, Lan Qi was chanting and praying in the Buddhist hall.

Last night, Yinyu went to the inner palace to bid farewell to her mother, Lan Qi clearly remembered her mood when she sent Xuan Ye on the expedition, and now she wants to send her youngest son to the battlefield. Even though she was full of heroism and pride, it was difficult to offset the reluctance of being a mother, but she tried not to show it in front of her son, and happily wished him a triumphant return, but as soon as her son walked out of the door of Yonghe Palace, he immediately burst into tears.

Xuan Ye once said that parting between the past and the present is the last time their father and son will see each other, Lan Qi feels that it may not be the last time their mother and son will meet, she is going to follow Xuan Ye in life and death, but what about her son? On the day he returns, how should he deal with a different world, should he take his last breath and give his son an explanation?

But people outside, but don't think so, the fourteenth elder brother to the specifications of the royal drive to go on the expedition, the princes and ministers are all lined up to see each other, this is the founding of the country no prince and prince has been treated, the emperor personally stood in the city to send off, the former meritorious and hard-working Prince An, has never had such an honor.

Before the army set out, the emperor had issued a decree to the Mongolian princes of Qinghai, saying: "The great general Wang is the prince of China, and he is indeed a good general, leading the army, and he knows that he has the ability to lead the army, so he orders the master to kill and kill." You should follow the instructions of the great general and the king in all military affairs, or in matters of great importance, and if you can work hard, it will be no different from my face-to-face instructions. You should only be in harmony, one body and mind, and strive to do so. "Moreover, the handsome flag of the fourteenth elder brother is made with the specifications of the emperor's yellow flag, and the air is high and high, and everything is as if the emperor is there in person.

Not to mention that the morale of the three armies has been greatly boosted, and the large army has not completely left the capital, there are already rumors circulating that the emperor has selected the fourteenth elder brother as the new monarch to succeed him, and this time let him go to fight the delusional Alabutan, which is to lay the most solid and powerful foundation for him to reign in the world in the future.

And Yinyu will receive such a high standard of treatment, the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother did not expect that now the tenth elder brother is in charge of flag affairs, and his status and treatment are much higher than those of the eighth and ninth elder brothers, although he is still humble and honest in front of his brother, but Yinyu and Yinyu look at him differently. The three brothers are not so angry, but Yinyu realized that the tenth elder brother has the protection of his cousin Niu Hulu, even if something happens in the future, the end will not be too miserable, the emperor clearly hit him and Yinyu, but blindly raised the tenth elder brother, I am afraid that he is deliberately doing it for the world to show them, and the future of him and Yinyu may be even worse than now.

Looking back, Yinxi didn't know when he embarked on this road of no return, woke up in a trance, and was already standing in a world opposed to the emperor's imperial power, he once asked himself, what he wanted to prove, and the saddest thing at the moment was that he wanted to prove that he wanted to prove that he was by no means the blood of the Nalan family.

In fact, even though the rumors of Concubine Liang's fornication with others were once popular, there was no specific direction, and almost no one mentioned Nalan Rongruo, but even if it was spread all over the world, as long as the emperor didn't believe it, Yinxi wouldn't struggle, but he didn't know whether his father believed it or not, and all the attitudes his father gave him seemed to be despising and disgusting his own bloodline. has struggled so far, it seems that he is only trying to get his father's approval.

Maybe Yinxi will regret it, the day before his mother died, why did he chase to the cemetery of the Nalan family, why did he listen to her most painful past, and now he himself is difficult to convince himself, as if he only waits for one day to rule the world, in order to prove that he is a child of the Aixin Jueluo family. This twisted, lingering strange thought, growing and deteriorating in his heart, was devouring everything he had little by little.

The New Year is approaching, in the middle of winter, after the division of the Western Expedition left Beijing, the Forbidden City fell into a quiet that had not been seen for a long time, the emperor was going to enter the spring before moving back to Changchun Garden, Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were celebrated in the palace, but if he did not stay in the Qianqing Palace, he would not go out in the Yonghe Palace, year after year, the topic that has not faded in the palace is what the Defei Wuya clan has the ability to firmly encircle the emperor around, and now they are both white-haired old women, how can they still stick together.

This day is clear, Concubine Rong got up, was facing the gray self in the mirror and sighed the years, Ji Xin led the little palace maid to come in to serve and comb her hair, even she was an old mother, just standing aside to direct the palace maid how to do, the master and servant said a few words from time to time, this time Ji Xin seemed to see someone looking for her outside, went out for a while, and when she came back, Concubine Rong asked her: "The third family has something to do again?" ”

Ji Xin smiled: "Where can I be, the third elder brother's family, isn't it good now?" Yes......" She paused slightly, sent the little palace maid down, took a comb to comb Concubine Rong's hair, and said softly, "It's Changchun Palace that is sick, they ask the imperial doctor, and the hospital doesn't care, saying that Chuxiu Palace and Concubine Niangniang are also sick, which side to keep an eye on, where to go to Changchun Palace to take care of." It seems that he is not lightly ill, otherwise he would not have come to us, master, you see? ”

Concubine Rong sighed: "Why should those slaves be like this, after all, they are also the emperor's former pillow people, and the emperor didn't treat her well, they were squeezed out first, not to mention the old woman who was already over sixty years old, they were not afraid of blessings if they did this." ”

Ji Xin persuaded the master not to be angry, knowing that she was cold lips and teeth, and she was more likely to be emotional and angry when she got older, and appeased Concubine Rong, so she had to go to the Tai Hospital in person, but she didn't expect to come back after half an hour, but she said: "Don't wait for the slave to go to the front of the Tai Hospital, the Tai Hospital has already sent someone, guess who sent it?" ”

Concubine Rong frowned slightly, but soon smiled bitterly: "Yonghe Palace? ”

Sure enough, it was Concubine De who sent someone to treat the Changchun Palace, she didn't know that Concubine Hui was sick, but when she was concerned about Concubine He's condition, she heard a few gossips, and after verification, it was really Concubine Hui who was very sick with a fever, so she immediately sent someone to the hospital to ask for someone, and even more so that she couldn't tolerate the slaves there to snub any lady in the palace, that is, the palace woman, and the emperor's pillow person, how could they be allowed to despise it. In this way, I am afraid that no one will dare to slack off in the future.

Concubine Rong asked Ji Xin to prepare some things, she was going to visit Changchun Palace, and sighed: "People say that she pretends to be a good person, but you say that a person has to pretend to be a lifetime, how can it be so easy?" It can be seen that she is like this in her bones, even though her grievances and hatreds are clear, she is more upright. ”

When Concubine Rong sat in a warm sedan chair and swayed to Changchun Palace, the imperial doctor had just come out of the examination and saluted Concubine Rong in front of the door, and she asked, "How is Concubine Hui?" Since you ask for peace every day, why do you just know that you are sick now? ”

The imperial doctor didn't dare to quibble, but pleaded guilty and said that they were derelict in their duties, explained Concubine Hui's condition, and walked away. I learned that Concubine Hui was an old illness caused by a cold, although the fever was not too heavy, but it looked scary when she was old, and at this age, there was always some pain.

Concubine Rong slowly walked into the door, she didn't come to Changchun Palace for a long time, this place is still the same as it used to be, and she thought that the door here was closed, and the days must be very bitter, even though the atmosphere was cold and desolate, she didn't think Concubine Hui was miserable.

When she entered the door, Concubine Hui was drinking water from the hands of the palace maid, coughed a few times and chatted, and saw Concubine Rong, who had not been seen for a long time, come in, and said with a wry smile: "You come to see me, are you dead?" ”

Concubine Rong sat down and looked at a few palace maids who were waiting for Concubine Hui, all of them had fresh faces, but they were meticulous and thoughtful, and couldn't help but say: "It's rare that you have such a good person here." ”

Concubine Hui smiled coldly: "It's only a few years since I came here, and it's your Concubine De Niangniang who specially arranged for me." ”

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