"Don't be sad, the Empress Dowager is fine right now." For the Empress Dowager's body to weaken, Huanchun followed Lan Qi for all to see, at this moment there is only this sentence to appease, and there is also helplessness about the aging of life.

Lan Qi said a few words, gradually calmed down, put away her sad face, puffed up her chest and said: "I can't be sad and sad, in the future, the Empress Dowager will be gone, I have to live a wonderful life, don't let those people think that I can't do without Cining Palace, the days ahead are still very long, palace life is destined to be unpeaceful, I still have to take care of the affairs of the six palaces, let's take our time." ”

In the next few days, Lan Qi went back and forth to Cining Palace as usual, and gradually it was rumored in the palace that the child promised by Zhang would be raised by Yonghe Palace in the future, plus the fact that she said that she could not give birth to a son, there were many people in the palace who were unhappy about this. On the one hand, he ridiculed Concubine De for not being able to give birth to a son, and on the other hand, she was jealous that she wanted to be windy and rainy in front of the emperor, and it was so easy to even want an elder brother if she had no son.

And because the emperor was in Yonghe Palace for a few days in a row, although Concubine De was busy taking care of the Empress Dowager, she still had the same affection with the emperor before, and there were rumors in the palace that Concubine De knew how to charm the soul, but this time she didn't say it, and another surprising thing quickly wandered around the Sixth Palace. The news from the Tai Hospital said that Concubine De secretly asked the Tai Doctor to prepare contraceptive pills for her, and she was so favored but took contraceptive pills, which was obviously not normal, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false for a while.

Another person said that Concubine De has given birth repeatedly, and a woman has the most hurtful child, in order to maintain her youth forever, it makes sense that she doesn't want to raise again, and now it is rumored that Zhang promised to raise Concubine De if she gives birth, then she can indeed care about whether she has an adopted son or not, even if this one dies in the future, at most there are other lives, and then hold it to her.

In the final analysis, the one in Yonghe Palace is a favorite concubine, and anything incredible about her is commonplace.

For so many years, no matter what was rumored in the palace, Lan Qi did not allow Yonghe and the people in the palace to go out to argue with others, she didn't care about her heart from the beginning, and now she can feel calm and light, but this time she cares, she cares about what those people in the palace think of her.

On this day in Cining Palace, Lan Qi sewed the cotton robe that the Queen Mother would wear in winter, the old man was getting thinner and thinner year by year, and the size of the clothes was changing year by year, although she was not very good at needlework, but the Queen Mother no longer wore clothes made by others, so she had to bother.

Ben Gao happily brought it to the Empress Dowager to try it on, but saw her face stiff, and Mama Su Mala also stood aside with a solemn expression, and when she saw Concubine De coming, she came up and took the clothes, and bowed to the Empress Dowager, Lan Qi approached, and was reprimanded: "Kneel." ”

She was shocked, but guessed that it should be a contraceptive pill, so she decided not to kneel, and asked with a smile: "Did you hear those words too?" ”

The Empress Dowager frowned and glared at her, and said angrily: "Since it is a rumor, how can I believe it, but Su Mala sent someone to ask, is there really such a thing, these days you always go back and forth twice to say that you will go back and take medicine, and you will not let you take it to Cining Palace, just because you are eating this thing?" You are so bold, I haven't told Xuan Ye yet, I'm afraid he only thinks the rumors don't care, how sad should he be if he knows? He cares so much about your children. ”

The old man said, calmed down and said: "I also know that you should take care of your body, no longer giving birth is indeed the most reliable method, but you are not stupid, you just be careful, why do you have to take medicine?" If you hurt your body, how can you fulfill your promise to me and take care of Xuan Ye for me for the rest of my life? ”

Lan Qi smiled and sat behind the Queen Mother, although she was disgusted who wanted to be hippie with her, she still smiled and explained things clearly.

In front of the Empress Dowager, she said that she wanted to take care of her body, and in her heart she wanted the Empress Dowager to do her best in her last days, so that she could no longer take care of her because of childbirth, and after that night with Xuan Ye*, she did have the idea of contraception, and even wanted to take medicine the next day to avoid the possible consequences of a night of lingering, but for the importance of life, she couldn't really do such a cruel thing because she had lost her child, so she gave up in the end.

But this thought made her think more. She has to start thinking about herself, she has been drugged when she was pregnant, this time she wants to hold the child that Zhang promised, and people in the palace and outside the palace will think that Concubine De is really bent on asking for a child, in order to cut off her future, I don't know who will secretly attack her, instead of giving others the opportunity to strangle the little life she may get, it is better to let out her own words, let everyone know that Concubine Yonghe Gong De does not plan to raise again.

"The concubine won't take those medicines, she's not afraid of anything else, and she's not afraid of making you angry?" Lan Qi said with a smile, coaxing the Empress Dowager and said, "After the sixth elder brother is gone, there is a lot of gossip in the palace and outside the palace, and no one sympathizes with the poor concubine, but there are countless people who secretly applaud, and they are still worried about the concubine and ask the son to regain his position. Don't worry, the concubine will never hurt her body and make these rumors, but she just wants to make a show for others. ”

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, Lan Qi said this, in fact, she understood two or three sentences, this child began to calculate, began to really guard against others, the wrinkles between his eyebrows gradually loosened, but his lips showed kind smile lines, and asked her: "Lan Qi, do you think that I am dying, and I am starting to plan for my future?" ”

Lan Qi panicked, hurriedly bent her knees to the ground, and said continuously: "The Empress Dowager, the concubine didn't mean that, yes, yes......" She didn't have confidence after all, because that's what she thought, although she didn't have malicious intentions, but how hurtful these words were, the old man was still alive, and she was worried about the future.

"Silly boy." In exchange, it was the Empress Dowager who laughed, she leaned over and pulled Lan Qi's hand, Lan Qi was afraid that she would work too hard to take the initiative to stand up and sit back beside her, only to hear the Empress Dowager say, "I know that you rely on me, and I have been worried that after I leave, you will be at a loss, you will not know how to live in the future, what to do in a hurry, even if Su Mala can live a few more years, she is a slave after all, now it's okay, you can do this like this, I am at ease." ”

"The Empress Dowager."

"Lan Qi, I feel that my body is not as good as before, and now I am just beating my spirit, and I feel that it is hard. But I am happy to live, to see my children and grandchildren full of children, and to see you happy, I am nostalgic for this world. The Empress Dowager smiled kindly, her already old hand gently rubbed the back of Lan Qi's delicate jade-like hand, and said happily, "No matter how long I can live, a year or two years, no matter how hard you work, accompany me more." ”

A woman who has experienced three dynasties, looked at the world, stepped into the Forbidden City with the flames of war, faced hundreds of civil and military officials, and assisted two generations of emperors with weak arms, at this moment, she took her hand and said to accompany her more.

Borzigit Bumubutai's life is coming to an end, she doesn't care about the glorious glory, she doesn't want to live the stormy days, her grandchildren are enough to support the world, her great-grandchildren are enough to prolong the heirs, she has completed the responsibility of her life, and now she just wants to spend her old age in comfort.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Next year, Changchun Garden will be completed and opened, Xuan Ye said that he would take me over to live, I think, the concubines must also go to join in the fun, there are too many people to be interesting, but I will not let them go first, and I want to talk a lot." Tell Xuan Ye that he will take the harem to live for a while, and when they have had enough, I will go over for a summer, of course, if I can live until next summer. ”

"Let's say okay, the concubine will accompany you well, but you can't say this kind of thing again, whether it is next summer or the winter after next, the concubine will accompany you, let's just live every day well, for a long time." Lan Qi said with a smile, but cried as she spoke, and gradually choked up and sobbed, and leaned on the shoulder of the Empress Dowager and said, "Lan Qi is reluctant to you." ”

Outside the door, Su Mala, who had just gone to put the cotton robe, stood still, standing next to her was the emperor who had just come over, it seemed that it was also for the use of contraceptive pills in the Yonghe Palace, and she was angry when she came, but she could stand with her and listen to the emperor's grandmother and Lan Qi, the anger on the emperor's body gradually dissipated, leaving only a touch of sadness at this moment, which made people look very distressed.

Xuan Ye didn't go in again, turned around and walked out, stood still under the eaves again, raised his head and didn't know why, Mama saw that the emperor's eyes were wide open, as if he wanted to hold back his tears, and calmed down a little, before he smiled with her: "Since she has an idea, you don't have to ask, you also persuade the imperial grandmother, don't worry about Lan Qi." Mama, the things in the harem, if you can pass it on to Cining Palace, you just have to tell the imperial grandmother what she is happy about, and the imperial grandmother is in good spirits, let the princess and brother accompany her, whether it is the prince or other elder brothers, they will really tell the study, as long as Cining Palace is called, anything can be stopped. ”

"The slave knows, you can teach these things to Concubine De, and you will be happy to coax the Empress Dowager every day." Mama smiled, but she also said very realistic words cruelly, and persuaded the emperor, "Long live Lord must have a preparation in his heart, and there may be some movement in the court at that time, so you should keep an eye on it early." ”

Xuan Ye nodded heavily in response, "I understand." ”

The emperor came and went in a hurry, Lan Qi waited for the mother to tell her, only to know that the emperor had come, talking about the birth control pill, Lan Qi, who had recovered her mood, stuck out her tongue mischievously, pestered her mother and said: "In fact, even the queen mother and the emperor are in a hurry, I have calculated it, they are in a hurry, and people outside will believe it more, anyway, as long as those people are assured that I will not raise again, there will be less trouble." ”

But Mama asked, "What if there is?" ”

Lan Qi smiled proudly: "I want to take care of the Empress Dowager wholeheartedly, and the emperor has no shortage of people to serve him, I am not worried or jealous here, and the emperor is still happy." ”

Naturally, this is a joke, Xuan Ye pestered her, she herself will be more careful, and the emperor also knows the severity and knows what the situation is, in the days after that, the time to stay in Yonghe Palace at night is limited, because she often finds time to accompany the imperial grandmother, the two often see each other in Cining Palace.

Wait for the autumn wind gusting, August passed, the sky in September really began to be cold, in July the Qing army besieged the city of Yaksa, stalemate for two months, Tsarist Russia finally surrendered, Tsar Peter I came to write to sue for peace, the court was excited, because the Mid-Autumn Festival in August was not celebrated, the emperor planned to set up a state banquet at the end of the month to celebrate and reward the three armies, the harem concubines can all attend, the empress dowager did not recklessly this time, generously said that the body could not withstand the toss of the banquet, did not participate.

The palace was lively for a long time, because the concubine let Concubine Rong leave the silver to support the front line, although the emperor did not ask for this silver, he was happy in the dragon's heart, and issued an order to praise the imperial concubine's support for the army, the imperial concubine was very proud of the light on her face, and the women of the six palaces and the women of the clan gathered in the Chengqian Palace to speak, but seeing the imperial concubine's high spirits, the women privately speculated that the imperial concubine would be close to good things, and the door of Kunning Palace should also be opened for her.

Here, Lan Qi accompanied the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace, only Bu Guiren led a few princesses over, Chunxi Duanjing is now a big girl, quietly accompanying her grandmother to have fun, Lan Qi sisters sat and picked a few stitches of embroidery and whispered, compared to a few lively places in the palace, it was quiet here, until Wen Xian was sent and shouted all the way into the door, which broke the peace of the room.

The Empress Dowager squinted at Wen Xian running from behind her presbyopia, Chunxi stopped the little girl halfway, hugged her grandmother with great difficulty, patted her buttocks and asked her to salute, but the little girl was disobedient, and climbed straight to the kang and stuck to her grandmother, and said softly: "Grandmother, fireworks are set off at night, do you want to go?" ”

"It's so noisy, my grandmother has a headache when she hears it." The Empress Dowager smiled, rubbed her and said, "Ask the nurse to cover your ears for you, don't be scared and cry." ”

Lan Qi came over and taught her daughter to be polite, the little girl just smiled sweetly, and asked coldly: "Eniang, why doesn't Sister Yuxi enter the palace, I can see Sister Yuxi every time it's lively, I see Sister Kejing with a sister I don't recognize, they say it's the eldest brother's Fujin, what about my fourth brother's Fujin?" ”

Lan Qi and the Empress Dowager glanced at each other, and the Empress Dowager smiled: "Tong Yan is unscrupulous, it is not in the way, it can be done as it should be." ”

Everyone did not avoid mentioning the young lady of the Wulanala family, Lan Qi casually found an excuse to perfunctory her daughter, but the mother sat and talked, but Duan Jing said: "Erchen saw the young lady of the Hubu Shangshu family in Jingyang Palace this morning, and she asked Concubine Rong to say goodbye, and gave a gift to Sister Rongxian, and when she saw Erchen there, she said that she would send Erchen's gift to Zhongcui Palace in the future, and she was a very kind person, that is, ......"

The little girl stopped halfway through speaking, looked at her grandmother, and then looked at her Eniang and Concubine De, and asked her what she wanted to say, and Princess Duanjing smiled: "It's just that he doesn't look very good-looking, how handsome our eldest brother is, it's a little bit of a mismatch." ”

Bu Guiren hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense about children. They asked them to take Wen Xian elsewhere to play, and a few girls walked away, and the Empress Dowager said, "I haven't seen it yet, why don't you bring it to me to take a look?" ”

Lan Qi explained to Concubine Hui: "The emperor said that it was not your summons, and the Sixth Palace could not come to disturb your rest, if you want to see it, how dare Concubine Hui slack off." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "Since you are in the palace today, you can bring it, where are you now?" ”

Bu Guiren said that she went to look for it, and then left, Lan Qi gave the Empress Dowager a little makeup, looked at the spirit of the spirit, and said with a smile: "If you don't give a meeting gift for a while, the eldest great-grandson and daughter-in-law will naturally have more, but don't treat us badly in the future." ”

It didn't take long for Concubine Hui to lead her prospective daughter-in-law to come in a hurry, because there was already a holy decree, Concubine Hui is now generous, but she doesn't see the imperial concubine swaggering to lead a little girl doll everywhere, but at this moment, I saw a beautiful lady follow Concubine Hui into the door, and she couldn't see her face clearly with her head down, but her demeanor was generous and generous, and she was a good child.

The Empress Dowager let the child raise her head, and her appearance was really mediocre, although she had been carefully dressed, she was used to seeing the palace concubines and concubines, and she was used to seeing the princesses beautiful and cute. But although it is not very good-looking, it is still kind to look at, since the holy decree has been issued, it is half of the great-grandson's daughter-in-law, the queen mother does not like Concubine Hui, she has always loved the eldest brother, and Aiwu and Wu also have a good impression of this child, and she asked a few words by her side, and the little girl was generous, and she was really a child from a noble family, very educated.

After the princesses took people away, Concubine Hui stayed to listen to the Empress Dowager's instructions, and talked about the mansion outside the palace of the eldest brother, the Empress Dowager advised: "Yinlu is the eldest son of the emperor, the mansion can't be too shabby, but there is no title, don't be too extravagant, you can't go out of the palace to cook for him, everything must be told to the daughter-in-law to do, they are young and ignorant, you have to watch for them." Yinhe often followed me when he was a child, although he didn't see him much now, I still hurt him in my heart, let him live a good life, my generation of great-great-grandsons in the royal family is there, but in the end it is not Xuanye's grandson, I look forward to Yinhe giving me a fight. ”

Concubine Hui was very emotional, deeply bowed to the thanksgiving, and soon withdrew, Lan Qixiang sent it to the door, they didn't speak for a while, Concubine Hui said at the moment: "Say a big disrespectful word, I haven't seen the old man for a long time, and today I was scared to see it, how can I get older and older." ”

Lan Qi smiled faintly: "People will get old." ”

Concubine Hui glanced at her, the two were silent with each other, and then waited for the prospective daughter-in-law to come back from the princesses, and then left together, Lan Qi called Sister Bu and said, "I still don't want to go to the dinner, looking at the excitement over there, thinking that the Queen Mother is lonely here, I don't feel good." Sister lead the children to go, Wen Xian is on a rampage, don't get into trouble again. ”

This night, the Qianqing Palace held a banquet, grand and lively, the prince led the princes, princesses and concubines of the six palaces to embrace the queen mother to attend, only Concubine De accompanied the queen mother did not come, and then there was the big-bellied Zhang promised, now it is the time to give birth, dare not let her move indiscriminately.

When the wine banquet was lively in front, the harem seemed very quiet, and a shadow suddenly passed in front of the door of Jingyang Palace, but seeing that Xiaoyu came back from nowhere, he ran back to Zhang Promise and said: "Master, the slave maid has inquired, do you really want to go?" ”

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