The Queen Mother's original intention was not to accuse Da Fujin of being ignorant, but to worry that she was young and that the young couple had a good relationship, and that she was reluctant to send the eldest brother to fight for a while. At this moment, it was just a reminder to Concubine Hui, but Concubine Hui felt embarrassed, after all, everyone knew that her daughter-in-law in Changchun Palace did not obey her mother-in-law's discipline.

"Okay, you all step aside, don't make trouble in the past few months, I turn a blind eye on weekdays, you only treat me with mercy, but the rules of the palace and the family law of the ancestors have never been merciful." The Queen Mother put down this sentence majestically, and dismissed the concubines, leaving Lan Qi alone, she smiled tiredly, "In the past, I followed the emperor to do these things, and I didn't feel tired if I didn't care, but now I know that it is not easy to be the master of the house." Speaking of which, I have never felt like this in the years I have been the queen, at that time I would only be cautious and hide under the wings of the emperor to seek refuge, the first emperor to me, he did not hate me, I was content. ”

Lan Qi hung her head and didn't dare to say much, she didn't know how the Queen Mother said about this matter, probably resentful in her heart after all.

The Queen Mother became more and more energetic, took Lan Qi's hand and walked to the inner hall, and said slowly: "I always think, if filial piety does not die and the fourth elder brother grows up, then first, if the first emperor dies of serious illness in that year, he will inevitably make an edict to let the fourth elder brother ascend the throne, then Dong E is the Queen Mother, and she will also be on an equal footing with me, with her ability, there is nothing for me in this palace, and I can enjoy Qingfu for a lifetime." ”

Lan Qi listened quietly, helped the Queen Mother to sit down, and went to get a fan to shake the heat gently, the Queen Mother waved her hand and said: "I am old, I have no blood on my body, and I am not afraid of heat at all." ”

"You're in good shape, but there's more ice in the house." Lan Qi put down the fan and took the tea from the palace maid in front of the door and brought it to her.

The Queen Mother didn't take the tea, but looked at one place fixedly, and said: "But Dong E's is a good person, and the first emperor can't tolerate other people, even me, because he likes her, that's the first emperor's fault, not her fault." In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, the first emperor wanted to abolish me, at that time, the fourth elder brother was just gone, and the first emperor was in great pain, and blamed all the faults on us, believing that we cursed Dong E's family behind our backs, and he almost made a fuss with the mother and son of the empress dowager to abolish me, so as to put his beloved woman on the throne. He rushed to Kunning Palace for no reason to accuse me of humiliating me, I was so frightened that I couldn't say anything, and finally it was Dong E's who chased him to Kunning Palace and knelt down to beg him not to do this, and he reluctantly stopped. Now that I think about it, the first emperor's vicious eyes and words, and his gentle care for Dong E's family, still make me feel cold. ”

Lan Qi saw tears in the eyes of the Queen Mother, she had not done anything wrong in her life, but she had become the biggest mistake in the eyes of others, and it was not her fault that Queen Xiaoxian was loved by the first emperor, but everyone in the world said that she was a red face and a curse, and they all accused her of seducing the Lord, and even viciously thought that her short life was also due to her own guilt.

But who can marry into the royal family, who is not involuntarily, and whose fault is it for all this?

The Queen Mother raised her eyes to look at Lan Qi, and said with a smile: "After the Lantern Festival back then, the emperor led you to Ningshou Palace to ask for peace, I looked at you in a trance as if I saw Dong E's family, not that you look alike, but the emperor's eyes when he looked at you, making me feel familiar." I thought to myself, they are father and son after all, and they even look at the women they like. But year after year, I realized that you are by no means Dong E's, she is not like you, you can meet an emperor who understands how to truly protect the woman you love, so many years, not so much that the Empress Dowager protects you, in the end it is the emperor who protects you, right? ”

Lan Qi bowed: "The concubine cherishes the blessings." ”

The Queen Mother took the tea in her hand and smiled: "That day, Concubine Rong talked about the new concubine of the Korean State, let's wait and see if this new concubine who came to power by playing with power can have a good result." Thinking of something, he suddenly looked up and asked Lan Qi, "What about you, do you want to be a queen?" ”

Lan Qi was shocked, and immediately bent her knees and said: "The queen mother said that she laughed, how dare the concubine dare to think of wrongdoing, the concubine is already content in this life, but she wants to have no merit and no fault, and die in peace." ”

The Queen Mother knew that she was scared of Lan Qi, put down the tea bowl and pulled her up and said, "Silly child, I just said casually, scared you?" If I don't mention it, I will never mention it again. ”

Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile that it was okay, but the Queen Mother said: "Your life will be peaceful, you have the wisest emperor to protect you and love you, so your body is destined not to be plain." ”

Until she left Ningshou Palace, Lan Qi didn't understand the intention of the Queen Mother's words, maybe the Queen Mother didn't have any purpose to say, just because she was close to herself, and she poured out the past when she remembered it, but these words really upset Lan Qi's heartstrings, making her feel uncomfortable, upset, and unable to calm down for a long time.

After that day, the six palaces were more harmonious and peaceful, and the concubines knew that no matter how much trouble they had, at this time, several senior people had experienced a long battle of the three feudatories, and the newcomers only heard about the hard work in the past, and now they encountered the war, and they knew how tormenting the days under the shadow of the war were. Everyone is not smiling, and even afraid of saying something unlucky wrong, which is more restrained and depressing than the days of mourning for the Empress Dowager.

And said that the queen mother had asked Concubine Hui to summon Dafujin into the palace to teach the rules in public that day, but as expected, Dafujin still refused to enter the palace on the grounds of illness, and it was impossible for Concubine Hui to rush out to arrest people, and the eldest brother was busy with the affairs of the court, and there was no one on both sides, only the mother-in-law of Concubine Hui made people laugh. In contrast, the crown prince's side Fujin waited for the queen mother in Ningshou Palace every morning and dusk, coaxing the old man to like it very much, and everyone felt that Concubine Hui was really picking the wrong person.

At the end of June, the emperor ordered Prince Yu Fuquan to be the general of Fuyuan, and the eldest brother Yinhe was the deputy general and entourage, leaving Gubeikou; Prince Gong Changning is the general of Anbei, Prince Jian Yabu and Xinjun Wang Eza are the deputy generals, and they go out of Xifengkou; The ministers of the interior, Tong Guogang, Tong Guowei, Suo Etu, Mingzhu, and Amida, the commanders of Sunu, Lakda, Peng Chun, Asitan, and Nomai, the commanders of the escort army, Miao Zina and Yang Dai, and the forward commanders of Bandar Shah and Maidhu Counsellor of military affairs, followed the holy car to command the battle in the rear line.

When the news came to the harem, Lan Qi was secretly relieved to learn that the emperor would not rush ahead, she was a little naïve and simply thought that if the emperor drove the expedition in person, the emperor would ride his horse and whip himself to take the lead, she heard that Tsarist Russia supported the Galdan shotgun, that thing was much more powerful than arrows, and her heart had been hanging in her throat since Xuan Ye personally told her that she was going to go on the expedition.

At dinner, Lan Qi was coaxing thirteen or fourteen to eat, the fourth elder brother came to ask for peace, the summer days are long, the sun has just set and it is still very hot, he ran a sweat, grabbed the herbal tea and poured it down, Lan Qi said: "Qinglian said that you didn't come back from the study, where did you go?" ”

The fourth elder brother said excitedly: "Let's go to practice for the eldest brother, the third brother gave the treasure knife that Huang Ama gave him to the eldest brother, saying that the eldest brother killed the wolf with his knife that time, this time take his knife and let the eldest brother kill the enemy." ”

Lan Qi saw that their brothers could still have such good affection, in the end, it was comforting, no matter what it would become in the future, maybe when they themselves looked back, they could still experience the purity of brotherhood to some extent.

"Eniang, can I look as tall as the eldest brother? How do I feel that in the past few years, I will not grow any longer. Yin Zhen touched his head and pulled the thirteenth elder brother to compare with him, the little thirteen looked at the elder brother and said adoringly, "Fourth brother, you are tall." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "Eniang's height is taller than Concubine Hui's Niangniang, probably you can look like the eldest brother, the eldest brother is almost so tall when you are here, what are you anxious about, are you still young?" ”

Yinzhen sat down and said with a smile: "E-Niang wants me to marry next year, why are you still young?" ”

Lan Qi glared at him: "What are you talking about?" The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, it's just Eniang's thoughts. ”

Yin Zhen nodded and smiled, his eyes were shining, and he was very excited to look at it. In the end, he is still young, he thinks that the country is prosperous, and he doesn't understand how powerful and difficult the opponent is, and when he sees his brother in high spirits, he feels envious and yearning, even if he calms down and can understand many things, the impulse of this teenager and frivolity can't be concealed after all.

However, the fourth elder brother's personality is a little calmer, and after sitting and chatting with his mother for a long time about the father and brother going on the expedition, he is no longer as excited as when he entered the door just now, calmed down and suddenly remembered something, and said softly: "I heard that the eldest brother went to Changchun Palace to ask Concubine Hui to say goodbye, and a few of our brothers ran to Changchun Palace to wait after getting out of the study, but when they entered the door, they heard Concubine Hui's angry reprimand, which scared the ten brothers." ”

Lan Qi wondered: "What's the matter, why did you lose your temper at the eldest brother at this time?" ”

Yin Zhen thought for a while and said: "I didn't hear the specific words, so I heard Concubine Hui Niangniang say, 'You go back and tell her that you have the ability not to enter this door for the rest of your life', Eniang, Concubine Hui is talking about the eldest sister-in-law?" ”

Lan Qi felt a little embarrassed, and said perfunctorily: "It's not something you should be in charge of, the child's family." ”

Yinzhen said: "Eniang, don't worry, Yuxi will definitely be very filial to you in the future, she is a very filial person." ”

Lan Qi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly gave birth to a little jealousy that her son was snatched away, Queen Xiaoyi sent her son by herself, not to mention robbing, but now Yuxi has not entered the door, her son is full of future daughters-in-law, isn't it Yuxi who snatched it? Naturally, this is a good thing, Lan Qi is very happy, but the happiness is mixed with a little helplessness and sadness, probably only a mother can understand what it is like.

"You, fool." Lan Qi patted his son's head, laughing that he didn't understand yet, and suddenly heard movement outside, the fourth elder brother ran to the door to take a look, turned around and said, "Eniang, it's Huang Ama who is here." ”

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