Xuan Ye smiled, stretched out his hand and pinched her face, "The mouth is crooked like this, if I really accept a few Mongolian Gege into the palace, the basin of water just now is not for washing hands, it will be buckled on my head, right?" ”

Lan Qi asked seriously, her eyes were full of vinegar, and she muttered: "If the concubine dares to do that, the Empress Dowager must screw my head off, people talk well, does the emperor really want to accept Monggege?" The palace is talking. ”

"Nothing, nonsense." Xuan Ye said perfunctorily, turned around and walked to the dining table, but was dragged by the person behind him, chased after him and asked, "The emperor is lying." ”

Xuan Ye pinched her waist with his backhand, Lan Qi couldn't stand the itch and let go of his hand, but Xuan Ye no longer perfunctory her, immediately patted her head, and said with a smile: "This vinegar is strong, if Huanchun comes with buns in a while, there is no need to prepare vinegar dishes." ”

"Isn't that that?"

"I will definitely have to take one or two Mongolian gege, but not now, you will keep this vinegar and eat it later, there is really nothing to do now." Xuan Ye smiled, seeing that Huan Chun had brought someone in to arrange the tableware, he pulled Lan Qi back into the inner hall, hugged her and said, "Political marriage, the various departments of the grassland are my most natural barriers, blocking the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia, but if I don't handle it properly, they will become pawns of Tsarist Russia, and in turn take a knife at me, although you casually mentioned that they should come to Beijing to make the imperial grandmother happy, but I have been thinking about it for a long time, and naturally there are other important things to discuss with them." ”

Lan Qi didn't understand much, and asked half-understandingly: "According to what the emperor said, wouldn't it be better to leave one or two Gege in the palace?" ”

Xuan Ye said with a smile: "The imperial grandmother and the imperial mother are all well, the two most noble women in the Qing Dynasty are from Mongolia, what is the urgency here?" It's okay to leave a few Gege to marry the sons of Baylor, but now I can't be busy in the palace, and there is a vinegar jar of yours, so I will leave others down and bully you? ”

I don't know if it's a serious joke or a joke, anyway, the vinegar on Lan Qi's face has faded, and she proudly pulled Xuan Ye out for supper, Huan Chun saw it and asked: "Niang Niang, why are you so happy, your eyes are squinted with a smile." ”

Xuan Ye sat down and moved his chopsticks, and said casually: "Your master is stupid, it's not that you don't know." ”

Huan Chun said with a smile: "Don't be deceived by your mother, you always like to pretend to be stupid, and she knows better than anyone else in her heart." ”

"Not bad." Xuan Ye praised Huanchun, "You still know her, Ming'er will tell Manager Li that I will reward you with silver ingots." ”

Lan Qi watched them sing on the side with a tiger face, Huan Chun ran away with a smile, and also pushed the others, Xuan Ye pushed her, "Don't serve me?" Give me a bowl of porridge. ”

"Then the emperor will also reward his concubines with some things." Lan Qi stretched out his hand and said with a blank look, "Every time you come back, you have a supper, but it is all counted as the account of Yonghe Palace, and the annual expenses of the concubines are not enough." ”

Xuan Ye couldn't cry or laugh, so he took off the jade wrench and stuffed it into her hand, so that people were happy to put it away and serve porridge, Xuan Ye hated: "Where did you learn the problem, why do you always cry with me?" I know that the imperial grandmother rewards you with a lot of things every month, and gives you real money, where does your money go? ”

Lan Qi sent the porridge over, picked up a plate of side dishes and put it aside, and said with a smile: "The concubine is saving, first, for Yinzuo to grow up, and secondly, if there is a girl in the future, Eniang will always save a dowry, and the emperor will return to the emperor, and the concubine will be dedicated to Eniang." ”

While listening, Xuan Ye had already eaten most of the bowl of porridge with an excellent appetite, and asked with a smile: "Then why don't you reward you with jewelry and jade, those are valuable things." ”

Lan Qi added a small dish to him, and smiled brightly in his eyes, "Those things are good for the Empress Dowager to reward, the concubines have saved a lot, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone of the emperor's reward for the concubines are the only ones in the palace, which is different." ”

Xuan Ye put down his chopsticks and stretched out his hand: "Give me back the jade wrench, don't you want it?" ”

Lan Qi turned sideways to protect her, and said stingily: "This is what the concubine begged for, not for you." ”

Xuan Ye bit her lip lightly, looking at her with a smile on her face, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of heart-warming joy, and she couldn't help but pull people to her side and said, "Then I can't give it for nothing, don't you say that you want to have a girl to save a dowry?" ”

Lan Qi pinched the wrench with one hand, picked up Xuan Ye's chopsticks and gave it to him with the other hand, and said with a trembling heart: "The concubine has invited the emperor to eat supper." ”

"But I don't want to eat these......" The hot breath wandered around Lan Qi's neck, the weather was warm, and she wore less, half of her white and tender neck was exposed, and her mutton fat jade was shiny, faint and fragrant, which made people can't help but want to get close, and Xuan Ye, who spoke, was already entangled, and even held Lan Qi's waist with one hand, and unconsciously hugged her light body into her arms.

Lan Qi didn't dare to resist, she was already being teased and hot, and the two of them lingered unhappily, and gradually went inside, and the table of supper almost didn't move.

And outside Huanchun was still waiting to clean up, suddenly I couldn't hear the movement on the dining table, and a bold little palace maid probed my brain in, and sure enough, I didn't see the emperor and my master, so I hurriedly came back and whispered to Huanchun if I wanted to clean up, the little girl was so shy that her face flushed, and Huanchun scolded with a smile: "Of course don't go in, you all go to sleep, there's no need here." ”

Aside from the others, Huanchun quietly came over to cover the door of the palace, and the Liang Gonggong who came with the emperor also rested for a while and continued to come over to be on duty, and when he saw the closed palace door, he knew that it was resting, and he was afraid of calling people again, so he waited outside the door not far away, Huanchun saw this and came to talk with him, and said with a smile: "Gonggong Li is gradually getting older, and now you are the most powerful apprentice by his side, and the position of the head of the palace in the future is none other than Gonggong Liang." ”

Liang Gonggong hurriedly smiled and said: "That Huanchun girl wants to say more good things to me, there are many apprentices under the master, I don't dare to expect that position, as long as I serve the master, it will be my turn." ”

"What you said can follow the emperor to Yonghe Palace, what are you humble?" Huan Chun smiled and took out a packet of preserved fruits from his arms and asked him to be sweet, and said jokingly, "Let's concubine Niangniang, and please serve the emperor well." ”

Liang's father-in-law is a very discerning person, and smiled politely: "How dare you ask the mother to please, the slave is naturally good to serve, follow the master for all these years, I can't learn anything else, how to look at the situation in the palace, I can learn it, the girl can rest assured, let's talk like this in the future, I can't count the opportunities." ”

But just after saying these words, the door of Yonghe Palace was suddenly knocked, the two looked at each other, stretched their necks to look at the situation ahead, and soon a little eunuch in front of the door came to tell the two, saying that someone from Xianfu Palace came to spread the word.

After all, it was Concubine Wen's business, Liang Gonggong and Huanchun didn't dare to slack off easily, and hurried to the door, only to see the little eunuch who came trembling and said: "The eighth elder brother's nurse missed and fell the eighth elder brother from his arms to the ground, the little elder brother fell not lightly, the imperial doctor has already invited, Niangniang asked the slave to come to tell the emperor, I am afraid that the eighth elder brother will have something wrong." ”

It is about the life and death of the prince, Liang Gonggong and Huanchun dare not report it, but depending on the situation, the emperor and the concubine don't know what to do in it, and they have disturbed the emperor's good deeds, who knows if the emperor will turn his face, but if the eighth elder brother is really a little life, the emperor is in Yonghe Palace, and others will not dare to say that the emperor is not good in the future, but the sin must all fall on the head of the concubine.

"Father-in-law Liang, if you don't dare, the slave and maid will be called." Huanchun's heart also jumped suddenly, the two lingered in front of the door for a long time, Liang Gonggong finally became bold, went in with Huanchun, stood in the outer hall and shouted, "Long live Lord, the slave has something to tell." ”

There was some movement inside, but it was quiet, Liang's father-in-law was sweating, and he shouted again, but Concubine De asked first: "What's the matter?" Immediately after there was movement inside, Gonggong Liang hurriedly finished speaking, only to hear the emperor ask, "Has the imperial doctor gone?" ”

Gonggong Liang trembled and said: "The imperial doctor went, but he was afraid that the eighth elder brother would make a mistake, so he came to tell the emperor, long live the lord...... Are you going? ”

"Of course I go, prepare the sedan chair." Xuan Ye immediately responded, and added, "Don't make too much noise, don't disturb the imperial grandmother." ”

Liang Gonggong hurriedly went out to do something, Huanchun heard the master shouting her to fetch water, and when she came in with water, she saw that the clothes on the master's body were scattered, and he was tiptoeing to button the emperor, and then he skillfully pulled the emperor's hair, and his hands and feet were neat, and he cleaned up in a moment's effort, but she was not well dressed and went outside, and the emperor only left a sentence "rest earlier" and left.

Lan Qi stood under the window, and only turned around when she heard no movement outside, but thinking about what happened just now, she suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, Huan Chun had been stretching on the side, seeing the master laughing, she couldn't help it, the master and servant laughed, Lan Qi pushed her and said, "Quickly pour me a bowl of herbal tea." ”

Only waiting for a bowl of herbal tea to be poured down, and his body was a little more relaxed, Lan Qi then remembered the matter of the eighth elder brother, and sighed: "If the eighth elder brother really has something, how can it be good, and he has to deal with the sadness of the queen mother, the old man can't afford such a thing now." ”

Huanchun also said: "Why is the nurse so unsatisfied, is this to take the whole family together?" ”

Lan Qi felt tired, and told them all to rest, just let the people who went to the night stare at the news, and blew out the candles in the hall and lay down again, but to be honest, it was not right all over her body, and she was secretly funny, she was still like this, what could Xuan Ye do.

But the emperor is really nothing, he is in a hurry to come to see the eighth elder brother, half of it is to care about his son, and the other half is also to show others, he knows that no one dares to arrange the emperor, but if the rumors go to Lan Qi, it will be very boring, the child's life is important, and Lan Qi's reputation is not bad.

This time the child came in a hurry, the lights in the Xianfu Palace were really bright, and when I entered the door, I heard the child's loud cry, so I was relieved, the child still had the strength to cry, it can be seen that the fall was not heavy, it must be Concubine Wen who made a fuss.

When she arrived at the eighth elder brother's house, Concubine Wen was nervously watching the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, and she couldn't help crying when she saw the emperor coming, Xuan Ye comforted her a few words, and then came to ask the imperial doctor how it was, and the imperial doctor checked the little elder brother up and down, and said embarrassedly: "The old minister checks it, the eighth elder brother is fine, but sometimes he can't see what he hurts immediately, and he has to take care of it tonight, and the old minister is ready to stay with other imperial doctors and continue to check." ”

"It looks like it's okay, he's crying so energetically." Xuan Ye looked at the child, but he was very calm, and squinted at the nurse and several palace maids kneeling on the side, all of them were lying on the ground trembling, this is a mortal sin, maybe the whole family will take it. Although Xuan Ye was angry, he was still calm, and ordered: "If the eighth elder brother is fine, you should only accumulate blessings for him, and you can avoid the death penalty and the living crime, and continue to take care of the eighth elder brother in the future." But if the eighth elder brother has any mistakes, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

Everyone kowtowed and thanked them, and Concubine Wen came to Xuan Ye's side and sobbed: "The concubine is also guilty, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”

Xuan Ye gently comforted her: "What is your sin? You are not taking care of the child, go back and rest, the doctor is here to stay, and it is inconvenient for you to stay for a long time. ”

Concubine Wen raised her eyes to look at the emperor, her tearful eyes were pitiful, and she whispered softly: "The concubine is afraid...... The Emperor ......"

Xuan Ye frowned slightly, his heart sank, he sighed secretly, and said, "I stayed with you, and I also waited for the news of the eighth elder brother." ”

Soon after, the emperor and Concubine Wen rested in the dormitory, the cry of the eighth elder brother also stopped, the little prince fell asleep very peacefully, and the lights of Xianfu Palace were gradually extinguished. ”

Juezen often said lazily: "Awake, the eighth elder brother is crying like that, how can I sleep." ”

Xianghe crouched beside the bed and said, "But master, you are not in a hurry at all?" The eighth elder brother almost fell to his death. ”

Jue Chan said coldly: "With the imperial doctor here, what's the use of me being anxious?" ”

"Master, that's your child."

"Xianghe, Eighth Elder Brother is the son of Concubine Wen."

Xianghe was stunned for a long time, she has always been very strange about her master's completely indifferent attitude towards the eighth elder brother, where is the mother will treat the child like this, the seventh elder brother has a disability, Dai Changzai is a treasure or something, every few days I will ask the order to go to the elder brother's house to see, her own master is so convenient under one roof, he never takes the initiative to take a look, or Concubine Wen often brings it to her, as if she has never given birth to it.

Xianghe continued helplessly: "The emperor is here, he has already rested in Concubine Wen's house, it would be nice if you went over just now, you haven't seen Banzai Ye for a long time." ”

In the dark, I only heard Jue Chan Shi say: "I'm tired, you can go to sleep too, Long Live Lord is here to see Concubine Wen, what am I going to do?" Don't think that Concubine Wen has a good temper and dares to think about it, how did Guo Guiren torture us in the past, have you forgotten? ”

Xianghe didn't dare to say anything anymore, she retreated stupidly, she just didn't understand, why her master was willing to be silent, how could such a beautiful woman have such a cold heart? She obviously has extraordinary courage and wisdom, and she really wants to compete with other girls for favor, who can calculate her? But this can only be thought about, how can she, a palace maid, influence the master's thoughts.

The next day, the emperor left from Xianfu Palace to go to the court, the imperial doctor stayed overnight, and the eighth elder brother cried in the morning because he was hungry, but the nurse was scared and the milk was gone all night, and he still invited the nurse of the seventh elder brother from the elder brother to feed him, although Xuan Ye was a little irritable in his heart, but he did not show his face, and went all the way to Qianqingmen, and his mood gradually calmed down, and then he was busy with court affairs, and he was busy until noon, almost forgetting about it.

At noon, I went to the study to see the homework of the eldest brother and the prince, only to come out and feel a little hungry, and asked Gonggong Li if he had set up a meal in the Qing Palace, and wanted to go to Yonghe Palace to sit if he was not prepared, but Gonggong Li said: "The Empress Dowager sent someone to ask you to go to Cining Palace for lunch, and I am already waiting." ”

Xuan Ye guessed that his grandmother had something to say to him because of last night's incident, so he rushed straight to Cining Palace, and Mama Su Mala had already prepared porridge and side dishes, knowing that he was tired and not suitable for meat, so he persuaded him to eat some, and the Empress Dowager left him to speak.

Speaking of the matter of the eighth elder brother, Xuan Ye comforted his grandmother and said that the child was fine, but the queen mother asked him to wait, and after a while, Su Mala came in and brought the imperial doctor who treated the eighth elder brother last night.

"Say what you said to me again, and tell the emperor again." The Empress Dowager commanded, shook her head slightly and sighed, slowly turned the Buddha beads between her fingers, and only listened to the imperial physician bend her knees to the emperor, "The emperor forgives the sin, the minister has some words to say, last night the eighth elder brother said that he was injured, and the minister rushed over with other imperial doctors, but the minister has been practicing medicine for many years, and he really can't see that the eighth elder brother has fallen any signs, if it is not broken, there are also yes, but the minister saw a bruise on the inner thigh of the eighth elder brother, as if he was pinched with his hand, and he cried when he touched the eighth elder brother lightly, and it must be very painful." Chen dared to speculate, but he was afraid that the eighth elder brother did not fall to the ground last night, and he should have been pinched by someone, so he howled and cried. ”

Xuan Ye was stunned when he heard this, looked at the imperial grandmother, and then looked at the imperial doctor, what do you mean? Of course he understood what he meant, Concubine Wen deceived the king.

"Who else knows about this?" The emperor came back to his senses and asked in a deep tone.

The imperial doctor hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't dare to talk nonsense, this is just the minister's inference, except for the courage to tell the saint and the empress dowager, no one else knows, after all, it is about whether Concubine Wen is suspected of deceiving the saint." ”

In this palace, in addition to the palace maids and eunuchs who serve their masters, they are the imperial doctors who shuttle between the palaces, and they have the most insight into the secrets of the palace. They are the most trustworthy and the most worthy of guard, this is understood by the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye, and the Tai Doctor is also well versed in this, and will not easily push himself to the forefront, Xuan Ye knows that this Tai Yi must be completely sure that the child did not fall, and he is a person who is loyal to the imperial grandmother, otherwise he would not say these words.

"I understand, just pretend that I haven't heard anything, kneel down." Xuan Ye commanded, and only waited for the grandmother to lead the imperial doctor to leave, and then said to his grandmother guiltily, "It's all the grandson's negligence that makes such a joke in the palace, and the imperial grandmother sees it, is Concubine Wen not suitable to raise the eighth elder brother again?" ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head: "The child is pitiful, what you send him here and there will be a joke in the future, no matter who the biological mother is, who the adoptive mother is, it is your son, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, don't count the women's affairs on the children." I called you here to remind you, you have been snub to Concubine Wen for a while, don't blame her for making such trouble, she finally woke up and wanted to get rid of the family, do you want to force her to lean back again? Alingah: They're just afraid that their hearts will be on fire when they wait. Xuan Ye, I'm not a very annoying person, what about your perfunctory? ”

Xuan Ye was helpless, he didn't understand these truths in his heart, and smiled bitterly: "Imperial grandmother, the palace is like this right now, and the grandson is already feeling irritable, it can be seen that it is not good to leave any Mongolian Gege into the palace, the grandson has no such idea at the moment, I am afraid that you are worried, just now I will talk to you." ”

The Empress Dowager was very open-minded, and said with her head bowed: "Your Emperor Ama was a while, we have only entered the customs for a short time, and I forced your Emperor Ama to establish the queen of the Borzigit clan again, in order to stabilize the country of Aixin Jueluo, not for my mother's family." Now that you are here, you are no longer relying on them, but you want them to surrender honestly, just give grace and power, and don't have to worry too much, not to mention that the Queen Mother and I are all fine, and there is no need to keep young children. ”

Xuan Ye was pleased, "The imperial grandmother doesn't care, and the grandson is relieved, I thought you wanted to keep a few people in the palace." ”

The Empress Dowager showed a bit of sadness, and sighed lightly: "I can't go back myself, how can I bear to leave the children here again?" ”

Xuan Ye was afraid of arousing his grandmother's homesickness, so he stopped mentioning these words, and joked a few words with him, talking about Lan Qi's money, the Empress Dowager became happy, and said with a smile: "It turns out that she is so weird, no wonder she always sells me to make me happy, so she waits for me to give her good things?" I won't give it again next time, I'll cold her for two months, and see if she dares to ask me for it. ”

In this way, he only waited for his grandmother to feel better, and Xuan Ye left Cining Palace, but when he went out, he remembered the words of the imperial doctor, and also remembered the fact that Concubine Wen ran to Chengqian Palace to climb trees before, and there were all kinds of women around him, can't you guess this thought? Annoyed to angry, Xuan Ye also understood that if he didn't level the two bowls of water in Xianfu Palace and Chengqian Palace like before, Concubine Wen might have to connect with Ah Ling'a and them again, the emperor's grandmother's words were good, instead of letting them re-partner to calculate the emperor, it was better to be perfunctory and perfunctory, so that Concubine Wen felt at ease.

He called Gonggong Li and said: "Go to Xianfu Palace to pass the decree, I will accompany Concubine Wen tonight, I am afraid that the eighth elder brother will feel uncomfortable again, so let her wait for me to go with peace of mind." ”

Gonggong Li received the order, turned around when he left, and asked the emperor: "You left Yonghe Palace last night, do you want the slave to inform Concubine De Niangniang, don't let Niangniang worry or misunderstand something." ”

Xuan Ye was disdainful, and said very confidently: "What are you blind and courteous, will she misunderstand?" I didn't even think about it. If even she wants me to worry about it like this, this harem should be dispersed as soon as possible. ”

As soon as Gonggong Li left, Concubine Wen ran to the dormitory of the Juechan clan alone, opened the fragrant lotus and pulled her and said, "You are so smart, the emperor is coming again tonight, how can you calculate." ”

Jue Chan didn't dare to say that she had calculated it, it was a matter involving the government, so she could only appease Concubine Wen: "The emperor has always cared about the princes, didn't you say that no matter how the emperor came, as long as he came, would it be fine?" ”

Concubine Wen nodded again and again, and Jue Chan reminded her: "It's hard to guarantee that no imperial doctor can see what happened last night, Niangniang must understand in her heart, what if the emperor finds out?" ”

"It's time to notice, it's time to notice." Concubine Wen's eyes were fixed, "No matter why he came, it's good to come and see me, you are so good, you gave birth to my eighth elder brother, and taught me how to invite the emperor to come up." ”

Jue Chan's heart was also a little unsteady, and repeatedly told her: "Niangniang must not be said to be a concubine, the concubine has something to eat here for a lifetime, you admire the long live lord, but the concubine is just in awe, and she doesn't even dare to look at the face of the long live lord." ”

"I understand." Concubine Wen laughed straightly, "What am I doing to push my man to another woman?" ”

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