"Niangniang, do you know her?" Huanchun was surprised, and her master had already walked in, and asked the people inside with great momentum, "What's the matter?" ”

And here in Yingtai, there are not many people who have seen the true faces of the emperor and Concubine De, and they are all stunned there, Huan Chunsheng is afraid that his master will suffer, so he hurriedly followed and scolded them: "When you see Concubine De, still don't you salute?" ”

Everyone was really frightened, how could they have thought that Concubine De could come to such a place, this is the place responsible for all the carpets, curtains, mats and other heavy things in the pulp washing table, the clothes on the master's head, it is not their turn to touch, I heard that the person who came is Concubine De Niangniang, and they all fell on the ground and kowtowed.

Lan Qi walked straight to the most embarrassed palace maid, she was poured a few buckets of water on her head, her whole body was wet, the water didn't seem to be clean, and when she got closer, she had a bad smell and pungent smell.

"You're an apricot, aren't you?" Lan Qi asked, "Is it the palace maid who cleaned the back of the Hanyuan Hall in the past?" ”

The palace maid on the ground looked at Concubine De in disbelief, and she was almost about to cry with tears in her eyes, but she immediately crawled back, afraid that she would be too dirty and stain Concubine De's clothes.

"When you say you want to take a whip, do you want to beat her?" Lan Qi turned around and asked, "What did she do wrong to whip her?" Do you think she can withstand a few blows like this, and if someone dies, which one of you will bear it? ”

A woman of some age on the ground said: "She hasn't washed the blanket sent in the morning, waiting for it to dry and need to use it, it has been raining a lot in the past few days, maybe it will rain tonight, and she will use it outside the Hanyuan Palace." ”

Lan Qi sounded that the emperor lost his temper last night and thought that the rain was too noisy, and those people panicked and spread blankets outside to catch the rain, and they felt that it was too tossy at that time. Looking at these women, none of them are serious workers, so many heavy carpets, all of them have to be washed by Xing'er alone, and they can't finish washing until tomorrow.

"This girl is lazy and doesn't work, the slaves and maids reprimanded a few words, and she also splashed dirty water on the slaves and maids, mother, look." The woman straightened up, and sure enough, she was soaking wet.

"Since it's a girl with no rules, I'll take her back to teach the rules well, so many of you must be able to wash these blankets in time, and when I take this girl back to teach a lesson, I'll see if I want to send it back." Lan Qi is not angry with them, no matter what she scolds, at most they will speak ill of each other behind their backs, if a few words can be calmed, it is enough for them to touch their conscience.

"Get up quickly, Niangniang wants to take you back to teach the rules, how can you girl make a move on the housekeeper and palace maid, she deserves to be punished." Huanchun echoed his master and shouted to Xing'er to go. She struggled to get up, obviously tired, standing up straight, her legs and stomach trembled, Huanchun deliberately scolded her, "Is this not full?" In the future, remember to eat enough to work, so let's go. ”

Lan Qi glanced back at her, turned her back on those vicious mothers-in-law and smiled at her, Xing'er's tears fell by the tick, but she stubbornly raised her hand to wipe it off, straightened her spine and followed Concubine De out of this place where she did not see the light of day.

Lan Qi returned to the residence, and asked the people below to help Xing'er clean up, and invited Gonggong Li to talk about it, Lan Qi said politely: "It just so happens that Yonghe Palace has sent away a few palace maids because of the epidemic, and the Jingshifang has been thinking about adding people to me, I still have a fate with this girl, and my father-in-law said for me and the steward of Yingtai, can I succeed this girl?" ”

Gonggong Li said with a smile: "Niangniang is really a slave, you want a palace maid and specially tell the slave, so that the emperor knows, and think that the slave is not attentive." ”

"The emperor is around his father-in-law who is taking care of everything, where can I trouble you." Lan Qi smiled and asked Huanchun to send Grandpa Li out, and went back to the house to change his clothes, and soon Lu Zhu came in and said that the apricot had been cleaned up and was waiting outside, and Lu Zhu helped her out and said, "Where did the master pick up the poor girl, her clothes were taken off and she was skinny and skinny, and the clothes of the slave maid were put on for her, and they hung there like a rice bag." ”

Lan Qi said: "Four years ago, we came to Yingtai, do you remember the two girls who jumped into the water to play that night? She is one of them, and later I met her in Hanyuan Palace, and I remembered her name, she said that she came to Yingtai when the apricot blossoms bloomed, and the person in charge here called her Xing'er, because of this, I remembered. ”

Luzhu also remembered, and Huanchun sent Gonggong Li back, heard the master say this, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for four years, it's hard for you to remember, although the slave doesn't know the name, she should always recognize the face, but after watching it for a long time, I didn't remember it, or the master has a good memory." ”

Lan Qi remembered that the last time they saw only the two of them, Xing'er returned the emerald earrings she picked up to the concubine Niangniang at that time, and Lan Qi also took off a pair of jadeites from her ears and gave them to her.

In the hall outside, Xing'er, who had cleaned up, was kneeling on the ground, and there were still five finger prints on her face that had not receded, Lan Qi asked her to get up and speak, and seeing that she was unstable, she simply asked her to sit down, Xing'er didn't dare to sit, so she cried directly.

"Don't cry, silly girl, the master can bring you to Gonggong Li, go back to the palace with us, and then be on an errand in Yonghe Palace." Lu Zhu came up to coax her, and said with a smile, "In Yonghe Palace, as long as you coax Sister Huanchun well, no one dares to bully you." ”

"Little hoof, you're talking nonsense again." Huanchun scolded with a smile, came over and touched Xing'er's body, and said pitifully, "I'll take you to eat in a while, and take care of it, our mother can't see others pitiful." ”

Lan Qi remembered that Xing'er Yuan was also a decent palace maid, although she only cleaned behind the Hanyuan Palace, it was not like this, so she naturally had to ask her what was going on.

Xing'er said that the big palace maid who originally took her died of illness two years ago, and she was suppressed by the big palace maid on weekdays, so she came to squeeze these little palace maids they left behind, and reassigned them to other people's hands, when Xing'er was searched for luggage, the pair of jadeite that Concubine De gave her back then was touched, no matter how she explained, she insisted that her hands and feet were not clean, and after being beaten, she was thrown to the dry pulp to wash the work, she was not afraid of hardship, but the mother-in-law there bullied her, and she was beaten and hungry every day, and she didn't know if she could live tomorrow every day.

The more the little girl talked, the more sad she became, and when she heard it, Lu Zhu was angry and scolded: "The people in charge of the palace haven't seen them so vicious, it can be seen that the masters here in Yingtai don't come much, so they all regard themselves as masters." ”

Lan Qi asked Xing'er to stand in front of her, and said distressedly: "The past is over, in the future, I will be on an errand in Yonghe Palace, Huanchun and they are all good, no one will bully you anymore, so don't want to be a pair of jade, go back and give you a better one." In fact, there are things about palace maids and eunuchs being bullied anywhere, and I can't control it, since I have a fate with you, follow me in the future. ”

Xing'er looked at Concubine De Niangniang with tears in her eyes, she listened to those mothers-in-law nagging every day, and also knew that Concubine De was without the sixth elder brother, thinking about it, she knew how sad and sad Concubine De should be, but she still helped herself, in fact, today she planned to fight with those mothers-in-law to break the net, horizontal and vertical is death, I didn't expect God to give up on her, and Concubine De Niangniang didn't give up on her.

"You girl, why are you more sad the more you cry?" Huanchun saw Xing'er crying silently, worried that she would bring out her master's tears, so she quickly let the green beads go down.

It didn't take long for Hanyuan Hall to come to pass the meal again, Lan Qi complained that the emperor couldn't eat by himself, and when he arrived, he also said truthfully, Xuan Ye said angrily: "The imperial grandmother sends people to ask you every day if you are okay, as if I am afraid that I will bully you, and now you are still nagging you for a long time to coax you to eat a few mouthfuls of food, it is better to go back to the palace to save the imperial grandmother from worrying." ”

The two haven't been arguing like this for a long time, last night's * Wen Cun brought the distance between each other invisibly closer, Lan Qi didn't want the emperor to look at her sad appearance every day, and smiled gently and pulled people to sit down to eat, Xuan Ye naturally liked it when he saw her like this. I came here to make her happy, and what kind of imperial posture did she put on, and she was just an ordinary couple behind closed doors.

After talking about Lan Qi asking for a palace maid, Xuan Ye didn't care, but promised her that she would let people rectify the evil slaves and bullies here, and she would see the minister after dinner, and Lan Qi just had a meal together.

The palace people fantasize that the emperor and Concubine De are singing in Yingtai night and night, the emperor just changed places to deal with the government, and Concubine De came to relax and recuperate, but the people in the palace will not believe it, on the one hand, they are jealous that Concubine De is so favored, and on the other hand, they can't figure out what the emperor likes about her.

At this moment, in Yikun Palace, Concubine Yi looked at her waist in the mirror that was not yet slimmed, and scolded Taohong with hatred: "Tell you not to give me food, why don't you listen?" ”

Taohong didn't say anything, but just urged: "Concubine Hui is still waiting outside." ”

When they packed up, Concubine Hui asked with a smile: "Why take a bath at this hour, not early or late." ”

Concubine Yi was a little proud, and said triumphantly: "I was holding the eleventh elder brother just now, and I was urinated on by that little guy, so don't you have to wash it quickly?" This little guy is much more naughty than Yinyu. ”

Concubine Hui knew that she was showing off that she had a son, thinking that Concubine Yi should indeed be proud, now she has three children in the palace alone, and all three are sons, this blessing is to count up, there are few emperors and concubines in all dynasties, no wonder people in the palace say that since her sister is gone, Yikun Palace has been running from time to time.

But lack of people's hearts is the norm in this deep palace, Concubine Yi sighed and said in a blink of an eye: "When will the emperor come back, is it for Concubine De to no longer enter the harem?" What are we? ”

Concubine Hui has long been dead to grace, she doesn't care about these at all, she said a few perfunctory words, speaking of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, the Queen Mother intends to be more lively, so as to rush the sad atmosphere in the palace, but Concubine Rong fell ill because of too hard work some time ago, Concubine Hui didn't want to carry the burden alone, so she came to woo Concubine Yi, "You should also take care of the affairs in the palace, the emperor went back to the palace to ask, and you also have your credit." ”

Concubine Yi agreed on her face, she had other calculations in her heart, discussed trivial matters, and sent Peach Red down, closed the door and left only their sisters to speak, Concubine Yi asked quietly: "What does my sister know about the sixth elder brother?" ”

Concubine Hui frowned slightly, deliberately shook her head and pretended to be confused, Concubine Yi lowered her voice and said: "Although it is said that he died of a sudden illness to the outside world, everyone in the palace understands what is going on, and those ministers outside the palace are not unable to see clearly, I heard a few gossips, saying that Lord Mingzhu is playing tricks behind his back, and without the prince, you can focus on your eldest brother to ascend to the throne." ”

"Nonsense!" Concubine Hui rushed out these four words out of a faux puff, Concubine Yi really still had the problem of being young, and she spoke openly, so she said it to her face-to-face, how could Concubine Hui herself not hear these rumors, and even suspected Mingzhu for a while, but the words passed in by Mrs. Mingzhu did not mention killing the prince, not to mention such a big crime, if it is revealed, I am afraid that even she will not be able to live, why would Mingzhu take such a big risk?

Concubine Yi's eyes rolled slightly, she sneered in her heart, and continued to pretend to be confused on her face: "Sister, these days, you have to guard against these rumors, and you may not be able to believe it, and come to find trouble with you and the eldest brother." ”

Concubine Hui suppressed her anger, feeling that Concubine Yi was deliberately embarrassing her, she had three sons under her knees, and she did not need to rely on herself as much as before, and it was clear that the emperor was good to Concubine Yi in order to balance the harem, she is now smarter, she knows current affairs better than Concubine Wen, there is something, there is no foolishness, of course the emperor does not hate her.

"Let's not talk about whether the emperor will find trouble for me, I am innocent and there is nothing to fear, but you should know that since the emperor announced to the public that the sixth elder brother died of a sudden illness, he can't allow the people in the palace to chew his tongue. Concubine Hui was polite and tried her best to take the topic away, and the two reluctantly talked for a while without a match, and dispersed early.

Concubine Yi stood in front of the palace door blowing the cold wind, watched Taohong send the guests back, and said coldly: "Concubine Hui will come in the future, you don't have to go back to see you, this time the incident happened, I have to guard against her." In the past, I only knew how to fight for favor, and the death of the sixth elder brother, I was really cold-lipped, and everyone had to take precautions in the future, let alone let Concubine Hui treat me as a fool. ”

Taohong asked puzzledly: "Didn't Niangniang just want to organize this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet with Concubine Hui?" ”

Concubine Yi sneered: "In a few days, she will say that I am sick, who cares about her?" But when this sentence came out, her heart couldn't help but tighten, she reached out and touched her belly, she was most worried about whether she could give birth in the future, the doctor said that she had good qi and blood, and she might not be able to get pregnant.

Luck and blessing, has always been to do their best to obey the destiny of heaven, the emperor and Concubine De returned from Yingtai before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a few days later the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was placed in Ningshou Palace, the Empress Dowager came to join in the fun, but this night Concubine De was not seen for a long time.

Everyone thought that she couldn't see the lively scene, and was sad alone in Yonghe Palace, and even the Queen Mother was worried about whether she should hold a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to make the palace more lively, and sent Su Mala to Yonghe Palace to take a look, and half an hour later, she saw that Mama came back with a happy face.

In Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi sat quietly on the bed alone, looking down at her stomach blankly, the surprise of the new life aroused her thoughts about Yinzuo, and hoped that Yinzuo would come to her again to be her mother, at this moment I heard the footsteps in a hurry, and when I looked up, I saw the emperor running in, a person in his thirties, and showed the excitement and joy of being a father for the first time, which made people look at the heartwarm.

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