Lan Qi raised her hand and touched her cheek, confident that her skin was full and radiant, and she lowered her head and continued to eat sullenly, Xuan Ye said to Huanchun beside him: "I asked Prince Yu to send another twenty sea cucumbers, you stew them for her every day, they said that it was the most beautiful thing." ”

Huan Chun said with a smile: "The emperor still has a heart, the master is tired of eating bird's nest every day, and he is afraid that it is not suitable to stay in the face when he stops, and it is very hard to eat as medicine." This sea cucumber is fat and thick, and the slave maid changes the trick to make different flavors, so as to coax the mother to eat some. ”

When Xuan Ye heard these words, he ignored Huanchun being on the side, lowered his head and leaned on Lan Qi's face and said, "No wonder it's always smooth, but how much bird's nest can you share in the house, and have you taken it to eat bird's nest?" ”

Lan Qi muttered: "How much money does my son spend before and after he gets married, where is there any money to eat bird's nest, and the charcoal for the winter will not be used." ”

Huan Chun hurriedly smiled at the emperor and said: "Long live the lord, you can tell Niangniang everything, don't mention money, you give Niangniang a mountain of gold and silver, and she is not too much." ”

Xuan Ye laughed, Lan Qi glared at Huanchun fiercely, and Huanchun also brought her shredded matsutake chicken soup, begging for mercy: "How good it is for you to smile like Long Live Lord, and the food you eat is easy to digest." ”

Bombed away Huanchun, Lan Qi blamed Xuan Ye for not giving her face and asked Liang Gonggong to pass on such words, but Xuan Ye asked: "In the early years, someone asked Li Gonggong to pass a message to me, saying that she was not idle and panicked, but she was full of food, do you remember?" ”

Of course she remembered, she didn't dare to speak for a while, Xuan Ye smiled: "These few people who follow closely are like shadows, how many private things do you know about Huan Chun?" We can't meet every day across the Yonghe Palace of the Qianqing Palace, so if you can send someone to spread the word, I can't tease you? The abacus in your heart, when you dial it to outsiders, and always calculate me carefully, you will be in the nest. ”

Unexpectedly, Lan Qi became proud and said, "If the concubine can really calculate the emperor, will other people in the world still take it seriously?" ”

This was said very proudly, listening to others, Concubine De Niangniang was a little carried away, but the emperor knew best in his heart, whether Lan Qi reached out to ask for silver, or wanted him to take care of him, she would express her wishes frankly and straightforwardly, she didn't really calculate what she was, and it didn't matter if these things were calculated, but there were many people in the world, calculating his dragon chair and calculating the rights in his hands and this majestic country, I couldn't help but feel blocked when I thought about it, and I lost my appetite for a while.

The two of them left the dining table, each dressed in a big hat and walked outside, Lan Qi's hand was warmly pinched in his palm, and he walked around Yonghe Palace several times, and after seeing Wen Chen and seeing thirteen or fourteen, it snowed in the sky.

The dark night color, the dense snowflakes under the soft light of the lanterns, directly make people anxious. Lan Qi saw that the original smile on the emperor's face was gone, and somehow frowned again, so he said softly: "The wind is urgent, the emperor should go back to the house to rest, I know that you are coming at night, and I only opened the window in the evening for ventilation, and the room is refreshing." ”

Xuan Ye sighed, the two snuggled back to the house, sure enough, it was different when it was windy and snowy outside, there were two seasons inside and outside the door, the heavy clothes were taken off layer by layer, and the emperor's expression gradually relaxed, probably seeing the traces of Lan Qi's daily life in the house, his heart warmed.

"I wanted to ask, why are you so happy today, and I'm still messing around." Lan Qi pushed him to lie down on the hot kang that was burning warm, ironed his limbs well, knelt down on his side to relax his muscles and bones, and said slowly, "But you are suddenly unhappy again, how many things are in the emperor's heart, let's put down some when you come to Yonghe Palace, let's eat and sleep well, and only after we have enough energy to go outside to face those troubles?" ”

Xuan Ye suddenly got up and sat face to face with her, and asked solemnly, "I'm still young, right?" ”

Lan Qi looked at him blankly, and Xuan Ye asked again: "I'm not old yet, am I?" ”

"How many years are there until the age of not being confused, why are you old?" Lan Qi coaxed him softly, "Even if you go to the year of the Mandate of Heaven, you are not old, and the emperor is in the prime of life." ”

Xuan Ye was like a child, lowered his eyes and said, "You coax me." ”

Lan Qi couldn't figure it out in her heart, so she got closer and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?" Can you tell your concubines? ”

She thought, isn't it that the emperor is staying in the Qianqing Palace for a while, and he can't do enough to recruit those young concubines, so he feels that he is old, which is a very bad and important thing, but after thinking about it, he is obviously full of majesty in his own room, and he almost melts her, how can he ......

Sure enough, Lan Qi thought too much, and Xuan Ye actually said: "Today, I summoned the eldest brother and the prince, and called Yinzhi and Yinzhen too, and in a blink of an eye, the four children stood in front of me, thinking that they were all married, I was in a trance in my heart, and I couldn't describe that feeling." In the past, I was hoping that they would grow up soon, so that I could be my arms for me, but when I saw them standing there in a row, they all became big children, and there was only one thought left, that is, I was old. ”

This subtle and indescribable feeling, Lan Qi also understands, is that no matter how stingy she is, she doesn't feel sorry for the cost of maintaining her appearance, she wants to be beautiful and radiant every day, not only to be young, but also to look young, and now she and Xuan Ye are meeting less and less, and if they suddenly meet once in ten days and half a month, if the emperor feels that he is getting older and older every time, it will be bad.

"The concubines are waiting for you tonight, and the emperor will see if he is old?" Lan Qi came up ambiguously, bit this sentence lightly in his ear, drilled into his arms and said, "It is a blessing that people live longer as the days increase." ”

Xuan Ye was picked out by her, and her tone gradually became warmer, it was not a big deal, but she couldn't turn around in her heart, and she couldn't help but joke with her at this time: "Try it later?" ”

The two laughed together, but they were not in a hurry to go together*, the emperor always wanted to read books or criticize at night, and it was just an eye-catching thing to change his mood between laughter and seriousness. Lan Qi stood at the table and sorted out the folds for him, stacked them neatly, Xuan Ye suddenly said, "Don't you want to ask me what I am so happy about?" ”

Lan Qi forgot about it herself, and responded casually, but heard Xuan Ye say: "If I say it, you must be very disdainful in your heart, and there are many disdainful people in the court, I know, I just need to be happy." ”

"That's right?" Lan Qi was puzzled, but looked at him seriously.

Xuan Ye put down the things in his hand and said a little unconfidently: "Do you know how much more Jiangnan tax and silver this year is than in previous years?" ”

Hearing this, he knew where the emperor was not confident, and couldn't help laughing: "Could it be that the emperor thinks ......"

"Don't say it, you're smart?" Xuan Yehu was unhappy with his face, and said solemnly, "This year is twice as much as in previous years, do you know what the number is, next year there will be another disaster in the Yellow River Valley, in addition to disaster relief, I can have abundant silver to prevent disasters." The silver allocated every year is enough to help the people, how many years have I said to control the water, but there is no shortage of silver, but my rivers and mountains are not only the Yellow River Valley, but also the vast grassland, I only fought Galdan last year, and it is impossible for me to use all the national strength to control the water. ”

The emperor said a bunch of words, Lan Qi smiled, spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't ask you for money." ”

Xuan Ye was stunned for a moment, and immediately broke the gong, annoyed that she was not serious, but he expressed the resentment in his heart: "Those old things who eat and drink people's fat and ointment, but they still dare to fan the flames and say that I used women to exchange silver from Jiangnan." I am close to the Wang family, but I am just giving Jiangnan a reassuring pill to eat, what are they, can they become silver? I don't count the sympathy I have for those literati and scholars, and the preferential treatment I have for those who are very wealthy, but I have only taken a share of them. With that silver, to govern the country and the people, is it not for them to profit? I and you are just a little human being, can you eat the whole world? ”

People stood aside with a smile, and she didn't put some words related to the government in her heart, and said: "Doubling the tax and silver is the blood and sweat of the local people for a year, and the emperor uses it to govern the world, what's wrong?" Those old things love to have broken mouths, why don't you see them spending money to enrich the treasury, the emperor doesn't care about your generosity, when I really don't know what to do, just those flowers and plants in their house are not clean, so I'm not afraid that you will even serve the pot? ”

Xuan Ye couldn't cry or laugh: "You are very domineering." ”

Lan Qi smiled and asked: "In the emperor's heart, it's a good thing after all." ”

Xuan Ye was full of spirits: "I still look forward to getting better and better every year." ”

Lan Qi looked at him gently, suppressed the sourness in her heart, and said softly: "For the Empress Dowager and Empress Xiaoyi, the emperor has not been drafted for several years. ”

Xuan Ye didn't expect these things at all, Lan Qi suddenly talked about the draft and newcomers, which made him stunned, and joked: "Do you feel uncomfortable when you say this?" ”

Lan Qi said: "There must be a variety of ways to envelop Jiangnan, since Wang Chang is somewhat helpful to them, Jiangnan is so big, Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou are the three major weavings, you can't just appease one place, the emperor tries to level out a bowl of water, anyway, the newcomer comes in, and the concubines will take good care of you." ”

"Don't talk about it, it's so dignified, how can you talk about this." Xuan Ye couldn't bear it, pulled her into his arms and said, "I can't bear to say these things. ”

Lan Qi looked at him aggrievedly, leaned over and kissed Xuan Ye on the forehead, and said with red eyes: "As long as you can still come and talk to me about these words in the next few decades, I am not afraid of more newcomers." ”

The hot kiss reached his heart, and Xuan Ye hugged her whole body into his arms and said gently, "Besides you, who else can make me open my heart?" ”

The wind and snow outside are dashing, but the house is gradually overflowing like spring warmth, the next day the snow is sunny, the emperor left the Yonghe Palace in good spirits, Concubine De Niangniang and rare did not get up in front of the emperor, and when Huanchun opened the hot water to enter the door to serve, Brother suddenly someone ran over, and Huanchun bit his ear, heard Huanchun was surprised and happy, ran into the door and said to the sleepy-eyed master sitting on the couch: "Niangniang, great joy, the fourth elder brother and Fujin had a round room last night." ”

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