Outside of the imperial concubine, no one in the palace seems to like to play the piano, and the emperor rarely listens to the piano outside the Chengqian Palace.

"I heard you've studied?" The imperial concubine asked.

Lan Qi said lightly: "Many years ago, the concubines almost forgot about it, and they haven't even touched the strings all these years, so they must have forgotten it." ”

The imperial concubine smiled weakly: "Try it?" I may remember it in my bones, and when my hand touches the strings, I will naturally remember it. ”

Lan Qi didn't want her to be disappointed, smiled and sat upright on the piano bench, slightly adjusted the posture and distance, and sure enough, as the imperial concubine said, she didn't feel strange at all when she sat down.

Raising his hand, he stroked the strings with his slender jade fingers, but only heard a muffled sound, Lan Qi was stunned, and the imperial concubine was also stunned, she didn't dare to touch the strings again, and the imperial concubine smiled bitterly for a while: "The strings are loose, and they are out of tune." ”

The imperial concubine doesn't remember when she stopped playing the piano, at least she has been seriously ill for two years, and she hasn't touched it, and now she no longer needs to do anything to please the emperor, but now, she can't do anything.

"After all, the emperor likes to listen to the piano, but when he listens to me playing the piano, there is always a little bit of a changed taste, he understands it in his heart, and I understand it even more." The imperial concubine took a breath and said slowly, "If you don't dislike it, this piano will be given to you, and I will be absent in the future, so you can play the piano for him." ”

"After the concubine learned the piano that year, she sank the guqin rewarded by the Empress Dowager into the lake and decided not to play the piano again." Lan Qi said calmly, "Your qin, the concubine is willing to collect it, and it is an honor for the concubine." But there may be someone in this palace who will play the qin for the emperor in the future, but they must not be concubines. ”

The imperial concubine smiled bitterly: "Why bother? I'm gone. ”

Lan Qi looked at her reverently, with tears in her eyes: "But why did you leave?" ”

Childish as a child's words, it is her heartfelt mantra, the hatred and resentment of the past, the imperial concubine's dedication to Yinzhen over the years, the dedication to the emperor, and even all kinds of help to Lan Qi are enough to make her life cherished, and it is not that a person has paid what to whom is worthy of being cherished, but that she herself has worked hard to live, and everyone can see it.

But God is jealous of the red face, such a beautiful and proud woman, is about to disappear into this red dust.

"My Ama and my brothers, will continue to support Yinzhen in the future, you don't have to worry about this, even if I am gone, I can't erase the fact that he once had a happy life under my knees, the fourth elder brother has been the adopted son of the imperial concubine all his life, and now people will remember it for a lifetime, and it will be recorded in history in the future, and people from generation to generation will look at him like this." The imperial concubine said a long sentence slowly, calmed down for a while, and continued, "It's a pity that I can't give him an adoptive mother who is the queen, your background can't be changed, but I can obviously give him more, but it's too late, I can't do it." ”

Lan Qi said quietly: "The fourth elder brother himself will fight for his breath." ”

There was silence in the room for a while, I don't know if the imperial concubine was tired and couldn't move, or the two looked at each other speechlessly, Lan Qi thought about whether to let someone find a pianist to tune the strings, and when she looked down at the piano carefully, the imperial concubine suddenly said: "In the future, even if you can't stand on the side of the child, don't pull his hind legs, if he doesn't fight, he is useless, if he wants to fight, you can't be partial." You still have thirteen or fourteen, and you must not be as wholehearted as I have for him, and it will be my last word, and if you can hear it, you must obey it. ”

Lan Qi looked at her, not knowing what to say, the imperial concubine still didn't give up at this moment, was she too important to Yinzhen and his future, or the pride in her bones couldn't allow her to give up on this, but the person she was about to leave said these things, she couldn't say it herself, how could she keep saying that she supported her son to fight in the future?

The imperial concubine turned her face to look at Lan Qi, her terminally ill face was pale and bloodless, and Qinglian painted a faint rouge in the morning, but the makeup seemed to float on the surface, but it showed her haggard even more exaggeratedly, and at this moment her long eyebrows were frowning and her eyes were staring, waiting for Lan Qi's answer.

Lan Qi's hand unconsciously pressed on the strings, and after a dull hum, she finally heard her voice say, "The concubine has written it down." ”

The imperial concubine's eyes finally showed a little relief, and she repeated as if she was not at ease: "Don't be partial to your youngest son, he doesn't lack anyone to love him, but Yinzhen has too many shortcomings, doesn't it look like having two mothers is so good, do you understand?" ”

The imperial concubine's paranoid love for the fourth elder brother once made Lan Qi worry that if the love was too deep, it would be extremely counterproductive, but now nothing similar has happened, she will die soon, but at this moment, a sentence still makes her worry. She really can't treat Yinzhen as attentively as the imperial concubine, there are still many things in her life that many people occupy her heart, but for the imperial concubine, the fourth elder brother seems to be all.

For a moment, she would think sinfully, if the imperial concubine lived a healthy and healthy life, would it really be a good thing for the fourth elder brother?

At this time, Concubine Tong came in, the delicate person was also tired and sick a few days ago, and was sent back to Chuxiu Palace by the imperial concubine to recuperate.

"Why did my sister remember to play the piano?" Concubine Tong said with a smile, she had been in the deep palace for several years, and her face still had the immature breath of the past, and she took her sister's hand and said, "Do you want to hear it?" I'll play it to you, but I haven't touched it in years, so I don't know if it's good or not. ”

Lan Qi smiled: "The strings are loose, I will ask the musician to tune it, my sister's skills must be stronger than mine, and when the strings are adjusted, you can play it for my mother." ”

Concubine Tong smiled and nodded in agreement: "I'm tired of you." ”

Lan Qi got up and called the palace maid to move the piano out, and then find the Yuefu pianist to adjust the strings, those things have her own people to do, and she has to deal with the trivial matters of the six palaces, and she will come to see the imperial concubine in her spare time, or accompanied by Concubine Tong, or accompanied by the fourth elder brother, unlike in the past, none of them are sad.

Even if Concubine Tong is not in good spirits, since she cried a few days ago, she has always been by her sister's side with a smile recently, she is stronger than ever, Lan Qi asked in private, turned her back on her sister, and said with red eyes as a sister: "She looks at me and laughs, so she can leave with peace of mind." ”

Unlike eleven years ago, the imperial concubine did not pester Lan Qi and said that she couldn't rest assured of her sister, except for telling the fourth elder brother over and over again, she did not entrust herself too much to take care of her sister, and Concubine Tong was not like Concubine Wen's carelessness back then, she usually looked at her weak and heartless sister, but now she knows very well what she wants to do.

Lan Qi thought, was Queen Niu Hulu disappointed in her family that she felt that her sister had nothing to rely on in the future? The imperial concubine still confidently told herself that her father and brothers would continue to support the fourth elder brother, and if this is true for the fourth elder brother, it is indeed for Concubine Tong that she will have a family to rely on in the future, and she really does not need Lan Qi and these concubines to take care of her.

In the next two days, the imperial concubine was sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious, and the imperial doctor gradually told the people of Chengqian Palace that they did not need to boil the decoction, and the imperial concubine could no longer send any soup and food, but still maintained a breath, as if life was the last nostalgia for the world. Uncle Guo's family members have all visited the palace, and Lan Qi didn't go to see the sad scene, she couldn't see the white-haired people sending black-haired people, and she didn't want to remember the pain of sending Yinzuo away in the past.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Lan Qi knew what was going to happen, and Xuanye had made up his mind with her a few days earlier, because even if the emperor insisted on going his own way, it was not something that could be done casually, so he hurried to announce it today, but Lan Qi was not in Chengqian Palace or Yonghe Palace, so he summoned his sister who had not entered the palace for a long time for no reason, and visited Concubine Wen in Xianfu Palace with her.

Concubine Wen is now a carefree "child", from the initial madness and uncontrollable, to now she is really like a child, although the adult's body carries the child's mind and mind looks a little crazy, but she relies on Dong Yun, listening to Dong Yun's words, even Dong Yun said that it is very worry-free now, as if it is not as good as fighting every day earlier, Guifei seems to have really returned to her childhood, and she is very easy to take care of.

Lan Ying brought exquisite snacks from outside the palace, where did she get to give things to the concubine to eat in the past, but I was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to enter the door of Xianfu Palace, but now child-like people will happily say thank you, holding the dim sum box and snuggling with Dong Yun, picking a few pieces of what she likes and sharing them with her, and then sitting quietly and eating by herself.

Dong Yun dressed up Concubine Wen neatly and neatly, and her simple clothes were not extravagant, and when she sat quietly, she couldn't see that she was a stupid person at all.

At this time, the eunuch on errand in the Xianfu Palace came back from listening to the excitement from outside, and told Concubine De Niangniang and Fujin as if offering treasures: "Niangniang, the emperor just announced in the early dynasty that he would canonize the imperial concubine Niangniang as the queen. ”

Lan Qi remembered that a few days ago, the imperial concubine blamed herself for not having time to give Yinzhen an adoptive mother to be the queen, at that time she didn't dare to reveal the emperor's decision without authorization, but now she is delirious, but she has really become the queen.

On that day, the emperor's edict to the Ministry of Rites, in accordance with the Empress Dowager's mercy, the imperial concubine's filial piety and respect, Shuyi's writings, bowing to raise all sons, and preparing for extreme grace. Now that he is sick and endangered, he is deeply sorry for him, and he should be established as the queen to show his favor.

As soon as the news came out, the former dynasty and the harem were in an uproar, and the emperor refused to establish a new queen for more than ten years, but at this juncture, he rushed to the last breath of the imperial concubine to canonize the queen, everyone knows that even this great happy event can not pull back the life of the imperial concubine, is it really as the holy oracle said, just to show favor?

Even if no one in the harem can compete with the imperial concubine for the position of the middle palace, but if the position is vacant, there will be no problem, and now there is a master suddenly, for the harem for the princes, it is a complete earth-shaking change, overnight, the fourth elder brother has become a concubine?

The identity of this sister-in-law is somewhat embarrassing, others don't want to admit it, but the emperor won't deny it in particular, how should it be counted if it is not recognized or denied?

On the ninth day of the first month, under the holy decree, the emperor and concubine were established, and the emperor sent officials to sacrifice heaven and earth, Taimiao, and issued an edict to the world. In the harem, the six palaces gathered in Chengqian Palace in court clothes, and knelt down to worship the new queen across the inner hall.

The concubine was absent from illness, the fourth concubine led the six palaces, Lan Qi and Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi and Concubine Rong stood side by side, and when the ceremony was over, I suddenly heard Concubine Yi say coldly: "In this way, has the fourth elder brother become the prince?" ”

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