"What did I say to you when I sent Yinzhen to Chengqian Palace?" Xuan Ye looked at the concubine, her eyes were in a trance, as if she was looking for forgotten memories, but the emperor didn't wait for her to react, he said, "I promised you that the fourth elder brother would not be taken away by anyone, don't dwell on the same question repeatedly, in short, you think about it yourself." ”

"The Emperor's ......"

The concubine was about to speak again, the emperor had turned to leave, she stood in front of the door and watched his back disappear into the night, the sound of Yinzhen crying suddenly sounded in her ears, a voice of Eniang urged her heart and liver, turned around and ran into her son's house, the little guy saw her and opened his hand to hug, threw himself in his arms and whimpered, the concubine coaxed him for a long time before he quieted down, his son was in his arms, but he still felt uneasy, and involuntarily raised his eyes to look in the direction of Yonghe Palace outside the window, and asked himself in his heart: "She really doesn't want to snatch it back?" ”

Xuan Ye left the Chengqian Palace, but stopped at the place where he walked ten steps away, and stayed in a daze for a while, when Manager Li came up uneasily and asked, "Where are you going to go?" ”

Xuan Ye moved his eyes at this time, turned around and walked through the brightly lit Chengqian Palace, until he stopped in front of the gate of Yonghe Palace, which was already quiet, raised his hand and instructed the people around him: "Knock on the door quietly, maybe you have already slept." ”

Gonggong Li personally went up and knocked on the door knocker, the door opened a crack, and the little eunuch on duty at night saw that it was Manager Li who was really frightened, and Manager Li asked: "Is Concubine De asleep?" ”

"It's rested." The little eunuch opened the door, and saw the emperor outside the door, and was about to shout, but was covered by Gonggong Li's slap, pushed to the side, and greeted the emperor into the door. ”

"I'll look at her." Xuan Ye took the candlestick in Lu Zhu's hand, and walked into the door by himself, walking in one door after another, approaching the couch familiarly, but saw Lan Qi lying on her side, and the petite baby on the side also slept peacefully.

It was the first time he had seen such a scene, and he had never seen a mother and son sleeping together, and when the thin Lan Qi protected the more petite children around her as a mother, she no longer looked so weak and couldn't help the wind, and her slender arms seemed to have endless strength, enough to hold up the sky for the children around her.

The candlelight was in a trance, the woman who was a mother was very vigilant, Lan Qi opened her eyes and looked at the child first, and thought that she was sleeping and confused and didn't know Yinzuo crying, thinking that it was Huanchun Nursing Mother who came in, but when she saw her son sleeping peacefully, she was puzzled, and looked up along the light source, and saw the most familiar figure, her heart was hot, and she blurted out: "Your Majesty?" ”

"Be quiet." Xuan Ye booed and put down the candlestick on the side, Lan Qi had climbed down from the bed lightly, wearing only thin bedclothes, Xuan Ye was afraid that she would be cold, so he took the clothes on the side and wrapped her in them, and the two sat elsewhere, Lan Qi asked: "Why is the emperor here, do you want to sleep here?" The concubine asked the nurse to take Yinzuo away. ”

Xuan Ye shook his head: "I just want to come to see you, if you don't wake up, I'll leave, but I still woke you up." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "There is a little doll beside me, and the concubines will wake up when they hum in their dreams, not the emperor." "But a spirit, who clearly remembered that Xuan Ye went to Chengqian Palace, why did he come in the middle of the night, could it be that he was unhappy with the concubine? I couldn't help but raise my suspicious gaze, in the dim light, neither of them could see each other's expressions clearly, but I heard Xuan Ye smile bitterly, "I really don't want to leave, but Yinzuo sleeps so well, I can't ......give up."

Before Xuan Ye's words were finished, Lan Qi had already gotten up and gone out, and not long after, another palace maid came in with candles, Huan Chun and the nurse simply dressed in clothes, knowing that the emperor was there, they didn't dare to come over to salute, so they hurriedly took the sixth elder brother away, and the little baby slept deeply, and was not awakened.

After a while, the dormitory quieted down again, and the other palace maids sent washing things, Lan Qi pulled Xuan Ye over, and personally served him to wash and change clothes, and pushed him to the couch after everything was in order, and he went to wash his hands again, and then brought a bowl of almond milk, before he walked to the bed, and saw that the person he was leaning on had slept peacefully.

Turned around and put down the things, came back and sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xuan Ye, his eyes closed were very similar to Yinzhen, although it had been a long time since he had seen the fourth elder brother asleep, but the bits and pieces of the past were all remembered in her heart, and her son also had the same long and thick eyelashes as his Amma, she remembered that when she was in the Qianqing Palace, she always liked to reach out and touch Xuan Ye's eyelashes when she was asleep, and then she had such a thought again, and reached out to touch his eyes, but her fingertips didn't touch anything, so she was grabbed and pulled onto the bed.

The body fell heavily into it, and before he came back to his senses, Xuan Ye had already hugged himself and calmed down, and he said very softly: "I'm tired." ”

Lan Qi responded carefully: "The emperor should go to bed early." ”

But he hugged himself tightly, and he didn't know if he could fall asleep like this, so he finally said: "I want to bring Yinzhen back to you, Lan Qi, why are you so ruthless?" ”

After this sentence, no one spoke in the dormitory all night, Lan Qi was stunned for a long time, and only after hearing the steady and slight snoring of the man in his arms, did he let go of his limbs because he knew that he was asleep, and the sentence just now made her tense all over, and even her breathing seemed to have a short pause, Xuan Ye couldn't understand her after all? Or is he blaming himself for all this? Maybe he won't remember what he said tonight when he gets up tomorrow, and he will only make everyone feel uneasy.

fell asleep in a daze, and it was a light sleep of vigilance, and the next day the sound of shouting outside sounded, Lan Qi turned over, and the people around her were still asleep, so she was reluctant to wake him up, but the royal gate couldn't slack off in listening to the government, and she was measured.

And Xuan Ye slept soundly, he could wake up immediately after being woken up, he slept here last night, stable and steady, he felt a hundred times more energetic when he got up in the morning, and his whole body was comfortable, but the person who was busy combing his hair and changing clothes had a pair of black eyes, Xuan Ye looked at her for a long time, and suddenly remembered the words he said before falling asleep last night, regardless of the eunuch and palace maid on the side, he grabbed Lan Qi's hand and asked, "I scared you last night?" ”

Seeing this, the palace maids and eunuchs all retreated and avoided it, Lan Qi saw that Xuan Ye looked concerned, and how could she repay the words of last night, and said with a smile: "The concubine didn't hear what the emperor said, she came in with hot milk, and you are already asleep." ”

"Don't coax me, although you must be unhappy to hear, but that's what I mean." Xuan Ye did not shy away from it, and continued, "I still regret it, maybe I will always regret it, what I can do is to take care of my son for you, I will raise him with my heart and raise our son." ”

There are mixed feelings in her heart, last night only three times the people in the Wushen Palace are not allowed to mention the matter of the fourth elder brother, the emperor said something "our son" early in the morning, Lan Qi was grateful and moved, but she still had a firmer belief in her heart, lowered her head and thought about it, and then raised her tired but resolute eyes and said: "Your Majesty, the fourth elder brother is the son of the concubine, you and the concubine must firmly believe this, so that the people in the palace will feel that the concubine is pitiful, and will let go of some jealousy of the concubine, so that they will not extend their claws to our children." The concubines and you have been with you for a long time, the children have been by their side for only ten or twenty years, they always have to grow up to stand on their own, and the concubines care more about whether they can be by your side for a lifetime, which is also the responsibility entrusted by the Empress Dowager to the concubines. ”

Xuan Ye's eyes were sluggish, he thought that Lan Qi would hope that he would give her this sense of security, but she was still so ruthless and repeatedly denied the existence of the fourth elder brother, obviously more painful than anyone else, but he had to be strong in the face of himself, he couldn't understand, but he cared about the words he heard now, the young chick was going to leave the nest eventually, and he should have seen further.

Lan Qi said these words, in fact, the more he went back, the more he had no confidence, relying on the favor of not choosing to speak, and sending any big truth to the emperor, people were full of enthusiasm to appease their injured hearts, obviously hurt a thousand holes, and still holding on to the cold-blooded and ruthless mask, they would also be panicked and uneasy, for fear of angering him and brushing his sleeves away, just like he left from Chengqian Palace last night.

But the warm palm squeezed his hand again, and Xuan Ye said gently: "I know, I will be measured, and I will not ruin the hard work you have put in." ”

But at this moment, Wu Ya Lanqi had the urge to cry, when God would favor her, the person who once lived only for food and clothing and stability can no longer be separated from his understanding and care, and it is impossible to imagine that if one day he will also lose color, he will no longer have himself in his heart, and will he have the courage to continue to live. All of Wu Ya Lanqi's pride, self-confidence and even ruthlessness come from Xuan Ye's love and cherishment of her, everything she seems to be low-key and humble is actually more radiant than any arrogance, she doesn't blame others for being jealous of her and hating her, she understands better than anyone else in her heart.

"I'm leaving, I'll come to see you when I'm free, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the Yonghe Palace is also dressed up in festive fashion." Xuan Ye smiled, stretched out his hand to pat her forehead and said, "I am gone, you can sleep for a while, and it is not good for the imperial grandmother to see it with black circles under your eyes, and when I am busy, I expect you to take care of the imperial grandmother." ”

Lan Qi agreed, and happily sent Xuan Ye to the door, because she didn't have time to change out of the clothes, she didn't send it outside, and after the holy car walked a long way, Huanchun and a few people came to ask her if she still had a break.

Seeing that the hour was still early, Lan Qi didn't shirk it, went back and lay down peacefully, and rested for another hour before getting up to wash, and when she was letting the nurse bring Yinzuo to take a look, there was movement outside and it seemed that a lot of people had come, and she saw a little palace maid panicking and said: "Master, the concubine is here." ”

The concubine arrived? Lan Qi has entered Yonghe Palace, there are many guests, the concubine lives next to each other but has never set foot once, naturally she has her dignity, no one wants her to come, but early in the morning suddenly came to come, last night the emperor left the Chengqian Palace and came here, thinking that many years ago he was just walking with the emperor, at that time Concubine Tong broke into the Zhongcui Palace and shouted, hit the spring jade kui, and let her kneel in the courtyard for a long time, the past is vivid, Lan Qi will inevitably be nervous.

"You take good care of the sixth elder brother." After Lan Qi instructed the nurse, she helped her hair bun and greeted her outside the door, the concubine had already entered, and she was still holding Yinzhen, who was swaying and almost being dragged away, but the little guy did not resist or cry, although he couldn't keep up with the concubine's steps, he still staggered silently, but this step shook the appearance, Lan Qi was very distressed.

A group of people stepped forward to salute, the concubine's face was not good-looking, it seemed that she hadn't slept well all night, and she also had a pair of blue eyes, but the heavy makeup was still there, and she never lost half of her dignity in front of people, looking at De Concubine on her knees, she smiled coldly, pushed the fourth elder brother forward and said: "Yinzhen, this is De Concubine Niangniang, salute quickly." ”

How can a little old child understand what the adults say every time, just now I was a little tired from following the concubine all the way to hurry, and now I was confused, and after being pushed away by the concubine, I ran back and hugged her legs and babbled, but the concubine pushed him forward again, and said very seriously: "Hurry up and salute the concubine, Yinzhen, you have to be obedient, otherwise Huang Ama will be angry and will take you away from Eniang." ”

Lan Qi raised his head suddenly, watching the fourth elder brother pestering the concubine, but the concubine pushed him out ruthlessly, back and forth a few times The little guy finally couldn't hold back, opened his mouth and cried, when everything was quiet in the morning, his cry shook everyone awake, followed by the cry of Yinzuo in the house, the little baby was obviously frightened.

It's just that Yinzuo cried, but Yinzhen stopped, his eyes were dripping and listening to the sound, and his face with tears was still hanging around, and he turned his head and pulled the hem of the concubine's clothes and said: "Sister, Eniang is looking for it, sister ......"

Yin Zhen saw Ke Jing in swaddling clothes, and thought that the voice of the little baby was her sister, Lan Qi was sad, their own brothers had never met before, so she heard the concubine say: "Where is the sixth elder brother, let us meet the fourth elder brother." ”

Lan Qi helped Huan Chun to stand up, asked the concubine to go inside, she personally picked up Yinzhen and walked to the door, the child lay on the shoulders of Eniang, and saw Lan Qi following behind, still a tearful person, wiped away her tears, and didn't look at Lan Qi a few times, still as strange as last night.

When everyone entered the house, the nurse was holding the sixth elder brother and coaxing, and when she saw the concubine and the concubine coming in, she couldn't help but be nervously stunned there, only to see the concubine put down the fourth elder brother, and the little guy ran over to look at him, pointing and saying, "Sister, sister." ”

Lan Qi finally spoke and instructed the nurse: "Let the fourth elder brother take a look at the sixth elder brother." ”

The nurse hurriedly held the child and knelt on the ground, so that the fourth elder brother, who was only a little older, could see it clearly, and involuntarily corrected: "It's the younger brother, the fourth elder brother, this is the little brother, not the younger sister." ”

Yinzhen didn't understand, and looked at the nurse blankly, but he seemed to like children by nature, and he liked Ke Jing very much when he saw it before, and now he looked at his younger brother who was also carved in pink, and he didn't remember crying just now, he smiled and was happy, lowered his head and kissed Yinzuo heavily. And the sixth elder brother, who was just quiet, also looked at his brother with novelty, but suddenly seemed to be frightened by such a kiss, and suddenly cried, which frightened Yinzhen, and immediately ran back to the concubine to hug.

But the concubine didn't hug him, and pushed him in front of Lan Qi again, forcefully pressed him to the ground, and said solemnly: "Hurry up and ask Concubine De to say goodbye, don't you remember what Eniang taught you?" ”

Yin Zhen tried his best to resist, maybe he didn't understand the meaning of resistance, and he didn't understand what was right or wrong, but he didn't want to do anything that made him uncomfortable, he fell to the ground and tried to get up, pestering the concubine and crying, refusing to salute Lan Qi.

The two children in the room were crying, everyone frowned tightly, and the concubine bent her knees and glared at Yinzhen and asked, "Don't you want Eniang?" ”

The little guy was stunned, hugged the concubine's neck tightly, and shouted in a motherly manner, Lan Qi was numb in pain on the side, the concubine finally stopped stalemate, and asked the nurse to take the fourth elder brother back, but the child refused to leave her, and was entangled for a while before leaving, the sixth elder brother was also taken to another room by the nurse, and the concubine herself sat down on the side generously, glanced at the palace people beside Lan Qi and said: "Why, Yonghe Palace has no rules for hospitality, the palace has been here for a long time, and there is no tea?" ”

Only then did everyone relieve, and the idle people waited to withdraw, and Huanchun also withdrew with interest after bringing people to serve tea, otherwise they would be sneered at by the concubine, which was boring.

"Sit down, you can't sit in your room yet, and people will talk about the viciousness of the palace when you go out." The concubine drank the tea while speaking, took a breath of relief and looked at the room carefully, and sneered, "The tea you have here is really fragrant, no wonder the emperor still thinks about coming over in the middle of the night to take a sip, it is really convenient for us to live close, and you don't need to run all the way to seduce the emperor." The heart said that the emperor knew that we were not in harmony, why did he put you in Yonghe Palace, but he didn't expect this, otherwise there were many empty places in the West Sixth Palace, and it would be good to separate us from afar. ”

Lan Qi didn't hear the harsh words, hung his head and didn't sit down, and then listened to the concubine again: "You also saw it just now, the fourth elder brother is very close to the palace, and in his eyes, the palace is Eniang, maybe in a few years, if a person who talks a lot will mention any pro-Eniang, he will not believe it." ”

Lan Qi finally said: "The concubine has warned the people in the palace not to talk too much, please rest assured." ”

"You are more good at being a man, and if the words of admonition are passed on to the emperor another day, he will sympathize with you more in his heart." The concubine snorted lightly, "Aren't you thinking in your heart that you want to snatch the fourth elder brother back?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare."

"Don't dare?" The concubine suddenly came over, aggressive, and almost reached out to grab Lan Qi's collar, and said hatefully, "You are the woman who can seduce the emperor the most in this palace, coaxing everyone up and down to be happy, everyone speaks for you, what else do you dare not do?" The emperor left me in the middle of the night to come to you, and it is not the first time, even if you are not seduced by leaning on the door with a smile, but you don't accept it openly, when did you have respect and humility in your heart, and when did you have duty? ”

Lan Qi took half a step back, straightened her spine and stood, and listened to the concubine continue to be mean: "You also had a part in the matter of the eldest brother back then, and so far the palace has not asked you to settle the account, but I haven't forgotten it." I always felt that you were pitiful, and the child was taken away by me, so I didn't want to say some things clearly, but you repeatedly instigated the emperor and the palace not to get along, and you didn't deserve sympathy at all. Wu Yalanqi, listen well, the fourth elder brother is my son, if you dare to have the idea of asking him to come back, don't talk about the fourth elder brother, you don't want to raise the sixth elder brother. ”

"How do you think the fourth elder brother went to Chengqian Palace?" Lan Qi raised her head and looked at her, there was no fear in her eyes, "If the concubine wants to go back to the fourth elder brother, you don't have time to say these words to the concubine, you don't have to intimidate the concubine, the fourth elder brother can enter the Chengqian Palace, the concubine will not plan to come back, and if the concubine wants, he will not come to you at all." ”

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