Lan Qi couldn't help but hang her face, and secretly sighed in her heart that the Empress Dowager was discerning, and when she came back to her senses, she pretended to laugh casually, and was already disgusted by the Empress Dowager: "How many of you think I'm dazzled and deaf, so I really just giggle and laugh every day?" ”

Lan Qi stood up to her and said without confidence: "You are joking again, how dare the concubine." But it's really nothing, the emperor is not very happy, and yesterday he said that this year's harvest in various places is excellent, and it is a big harvest year. ”

The Empress Dowager ignored her and sighed: "My ears and eyes are not good now, so some things that don't matter, I don't listen to or watch, but I can see at a glance that there is something in your hearts, and the more you hide it, the more I know the severity." ”

Lan Qi looked at the Empress Dowager, her old wrinkled eyes were shining at the moment, just like the gaze she saw when she first saw her, so majestic and sacred, so wise and wise, she couldn't help but tremble in her heart, she understood the importance of this matter too well, and hurriedly said to the Empress Dowager: "The emperor doesn't know the concubine's thoughts, and the concubines don't know the emperor's thoughts, and the concubines should have communicated with the emperor without concealing it, but the Empress Dowager, can you promise the concubines about this matter, don't mention it to the emperor?" ”

In fact, Lan Qi regretted it after saying this, why did she need to remind the Queen Mother, who else can understand the pros and cons better than the old man?

When the Empress Dowager heard that the concubine was brought from Xianfu Palace all the way to Cining Palace that day, the only way to make people on the road unaware was to stuff her into the prince's warm sedan chair, although this was only a suspicion, and if it was really the prince's doing, they probably ignored that no one else was sitting in a sedan chair that day, or perhaps, as always, the evildoers understood that what they did was inconceivable and unquestionable in the eyes of ordinary people, so they would be unscrupulous.

On the contrary, ordinary people with good hearts, with a little bad intentions, are worried that everyone will find that they are trembling and restless all day long, and most of them will not be able to endure this pain, so they will try to make up for their sins in order to liberate their souls.

Having said that, I don't know if it was the crown prince's doing, whether this experience tortured him or drove him to the road of no return.

"Maybe it's not the prince, but now it's just a possibility, don't be sad, the concubine thinks that the prince won't want to hurt you no matter what." Lan Qi gently stroked the Empress Dowager's chest, wanting to smooth her down, but the Empress Dowager grabbed her hand and said, "What I was most worried about still happened, and what I was most worried about after I left what you couldn't face, let me see it." ”

"The Empress Dowager ......"

The old man frowned deeply, his thin and old hand grabbed Lan Qi very hard, and solemnly told her word by word, "The royal inheritance can never be pinned on one person, the crown prince is just a symbol of inheritance, and he is not the emperor yet." ”

The weight of these two sentences was so heavy that Lan Qi seemed to be overwhelmed, but the Empress Dowager continued: "Remember what I said to you before, no matter what happens, you must stand behind Xuan Ye, no matter what the situation of the royal family and the court is in the future, you must stand behind Xuan Ye." ”

Lan Qi's voice trembled, but she answered firmly, and the Empress Dowager continued: "Now he is young, and he is majestic in the face of the world, but when he is old in the future, the current love between grandparents and grandchildren, brothers, and even fathers and sons will be far away from him, and he is just a lonely emperor." My grandson is very pitiful, and he will not be cared for by family when he comes into the world, so don't let him leave alone when he is gone. ”

"The concubine remembers." Lan Qi nodded vigorously.

"Keep it in your heart and engrave it in your bones." The Empress Dowager's eyes were as sharp as blades.

"Remember it in your heart, and engrave it in your bones." Lan Qi repeated her words, and after saying this, the Empress Dowager's compelling momentum suddenly dissipated, and the old man seemed to have exhausted his last bit of strength, slumped softly on the pillow, and smiled with satisfaction, "In the future, when you are old, will you also say such things to the children, I really want to see what you look like then, I really want to see what you ...... look like then?"

Lan Qi tried to say something light, and said with a smile: "The emperor said that he saw that the concubine would not be able to teach his daughter-in-law in the future, let alone his son, and the emperor asked the concubine to be a rich idler in the future, just follow him stupidly every day." ”

The Empress Dowager really smiled, but said meaningfully: "The daughter-in-law must be taught, not to ask them anything, but to show them the cruelty of reality, they are all golden branches and jade leaves in the courtyard of the deep house, when do you know the suffering of the world, but if you want to do something with your husband, you must go through wind and rain." ”

Lan Qi smiled and responded: "The concubine listens to you." ”

The Empress Dowager glanced at her and smiled kindly: "Don't learn from Concubine Hui, what kind of tricks she has done, I am disgusted for her." ”

Lan Qi could only reassure: "Don't think about those things. ”

But the Empress Dowager looked at her lightly, so that Lan Qi was unprepared and said: "How to cultivate a mother of the country, not only grace and power, you have to make the child feel happy, and happy people will have a mind that is open enough to accommodate the world, just like you." ”

Lan Qi looked at the Empress Dowager blankly, but the Empress Dowager patted her forehead with a smile, then turned her face away and closed her eyes to recuperate, and never spoke again.

After staying in front of the Empress Dowager for a while, Lan Qi felt that some words seemed to exceed the weight she could bear, and after making many trade-offs, she decided not to think about it too much and not to delve into it.

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and recuperated not long after, she fell asleep, a rare moment of sleep, Lan Qi ordered the credible palace maid to serve in front of her, and then came to Su Mala's house, the old lady fell to the ground with the Empress Dowager that day, flashed her waist and still can't get out of bed and move.

When Mama saw Concubine De coming, she said distressedly: "Seeing you walking around with your stomach up, the slave's heart has been hanging, good mother, can you take a rest and let the slave and maid live in peace for a long time?" ”

Lan Qi smiled and said: "This little doll is very well-behaved, she messed with me every day when she was free a while ago, and she may know that E-Niang is going to be busy these days, and she is very well-behaved." The doctor said that the child and I are fine, the pulse is strong and steady, don't worry, and I am so active, it is easy to give birth. ”

In the past, the little woman who was born for the first time and didn't know anything died in the company of Su Mala's grandmother, and Lan Qi has always remembered that kindness, Su Mala's mother now thinks about it, and she feels that it was just yesterday, but now Concubine De is already very capable, and giving birth to children is no longer worth her fear.

"Looking forward to being a little brother, the master must be happy." Su Mala lightly touched Lan Qi's belly, and she didn't dare to touch it hard, Concubine De was a month old, and she was afraid that too much stroking would stimulate the fetus and cause premature birth. In fact, Mama really had such a thought in her heart, she hoped that Concubine De could give birth earlier, and she was faintly afraid in her heart, afraid that the Empress Dowager would not be able to wait for that day.

The two gossiped and mentioned that Concubine Hui was seriously ill for a while, but Da Fu Jin was stunned and did not enter the palace to serve, and no matter what happened in the palace, she did not participate in the illness, it was obvious that the daughter-in-law was avoiding her mother-in-law, because Concubine Hui could not go out of the palace at will, and Da Fu Jin would be able to avoid her for a lifetime if she hid outside.

"It's so ugly to get to this point." Mama Su Mala sighed and said casually, "The emperor has selected a few candidates for the crown prince, and this time it will be shelved, the empress dowager could have looked forward to it." ”

Speaking of the crown prince, Lan Qi's heart trembled, but she didn't want to say it again to Su Mala, so she silently pressed her thoughts.

At this time in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor was standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands, listening to Gonggong Li trembling and saying a few things, the emperor was holding a string of beads in his hand, and at this moment the beads seemed to be rubbed very hard, and the gurgling sound made Gonggong Li's heart tremble, and the old man didn't dare to say a word, for fear that the emperor would be angry and cut off his head.

"Who else will know about this?" But the emperor still asked out loud.

"The slave thinks it......" Gonggong Li swallowed his saliva and mustered up the courage to say, "The slave feels that even if someone knows, he doesn't dare to publicize it, the matter is big, the palace and the ministers outside the palace, all of them are smart people, and they all look at the emperor's face and act." ”

The strength in Xuan Ye's hand almost crushed a string of beads, and he vented the hatred in his heart into these strengths little by little, and his face did not change except for the redness caused by excessive force. He understands that as long as he doesn't keep quiet, others will not dare to act rashly, but if he shows a little dissatisfaction, someone will definitely point the finger at Yuqing Palace.

The prince's biggest support is not how strong the Hesheri clan is, not how good and capable he is, the prince's biggest support is his father and Xuan Ye himself. Once the emperor wants to abandon the crown prince, no one can help him.

"You're old, I'm afraid your days in the palace won't be long." Xuan Ye said coldly.

"Yes, the minion should have retired a long time ago." Gonggong Li was calm at this time, and said calmly, "The servant has agreed with the Empress Dowager that he will be the mausoleum keeper for the Empress Dowager in the future, so that she can tell her about you and the world from time to time." ”

"Before becoming a mausoleum keeper who has no quarrel with the world, I will select and train a few capable people for me." The emperor's voice, as if coming from the abyss, was dull and oppressive, making people feel suffocating and afraid, and Gonggong Li listened nervously to him and said, "Those few people must be completely reliable, and from now on, the prince's every word and deed will be secretly reported to me to know." ”

"Yes......"

The beads still gurgled and gurgled, but the emperor's words were harsher than this shrill voice, "I will arrange for someone else to supervise them, and if they have different intentions, they will die anytime and anywhere." ”

Gonggong Li felt that his heartbeat was about to stop, but suddenly he heard the emperor's words with deep helplessness and sadness.

"I'm cold."

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