"Ten years ago, I went with you to the ends of the earth, but now it's not the same." The Empress Dowager smiled kindly, raised her hand to touch the neatly ironed sideburns, the white hair was hard to see the green silk, the old man said lightly, "I can't disobey the old, but also be grateful to God for the longevity, can't be tossed blindly, if I am greedy to play with you, the carriage and horses are bumpy, this old bone will be scattered." ”

Xuan Ye was inevitably sad about his grandmother's aging, but he comforted her with a smile on his face: "That grandson will bring you letters and things everywhere you go, and you can enjoy the scenery of various places at home." ”

"Delicious and fun, remember to ask someone to send it back, what calligraphy, painting, antique jewelry, I am not rare." The Empress Dowager happily agreed, beckoned Lan Qi to pinch her shoulder, and said, "You have to serve the emperor well on the road, but the fragrance of wild flowers outside, you can get it with one eye and one eye closed, so you have to follow the group, beware of bee stings." ”

These words were extremely explicit and ambiguous, Lan Qi smiled coquettishly: "Are you not giving face to your concubines, or not to give face to the emperor?" Saying this, the concubines don't know how to deal with themselves, and when they look back, the emperor doesn't care about the fragrance of flowers outside, and the concubines are just nervous. ”

Xuan Ye was also a little embarrassed by his grandmother's words, but it was Lan Qi in front of him, he didn't have anything to lose face, but when he heard Lan Qi's hypocrisy, he glared at him fiercely, but they said, "The emperor is right?" The look made him even more angry.

"The grandson knows his own proportions, the imperial grandmother doesn't have to worry, this southern tour is to observe the people's sentiments and customs, how dare there be those ridiculous things." In the end, it is a child who has been raised for twenty or thirty years, Xuan Ye is always obedient in front of his grandmother, as when he was young, he seriously promised not to mess with flowers and grass outside, Lan Qi listened to it and lowered his head and smiled secretly.

When the Empress Dowager rested, the emperor wanted to go back to the Qianqing Palace, and specially asked Lan Qi to send her to the door, when Lan Qi tiptoed to tie his clothes belt, he was blocked by someone with a coat, and pinched him heavily on his waist, itching and hurting, she didn't dare to call in front of people, and looked at Xuan Ye with wide eyes, Xuan Ye smiled narrowly: "You were proud just now, you deserve it." ”

"The Empress Dowager is right, the Jiangnan woman is really stunning, and the emperor really doesn't want to kiss Fang Ze on his southern tour?" Lan Qi muttered unconvinced, and was afraid that Xuan Ye would scratch her, so she had already retreated, but she was still caught by Xuan Ye, but she said seriously, "I know that it is very boring for you to accompany the imperial grandmother when you are young, but for me, the imperial grandmother is the most important in my heart, I only rest assured that you are by your side, I know that you are ......."

"The emperor said boring words again." Lan Qi interrupted Xuan Ye, stretched out his hand to help Zhou Zheng with his collar, and said gently, "When the concubine sees that the sky is in Cining Palace, no one can bully the concubine, how good is it?" What's more, it's not boring at all, the emperor is really distressed, so he rewards the concubines with more silver and fights with the queen mother, don't feel distressed if you lose, and the concubines can make more money to supplement the expenses in the Yonghe Palace. ”

"Money obsessed with the mind." Xuan Ye scolded with a smile, and said to her, "Although the matter of the southern tour has not been officially announced, a little rumor has been revealed, this time the patrol is going to bring the harem, but there is no accurate number of which ones to bring or not, others come to ask you, you just pretend to be stupid, don't anyone come to beg you to do it, you are in a dilemma." The affairs in the palace are not in your hands, so don't touch your hands, and live quietly for a few more years. ”

Lan Qi smiled calmly and repeated the words sent by Gonggong Li that day: "Yes, the concubine is honest." ”

The emperor left in a very good mood, Lan Qi saw the royal car away before turning back, and went straight to Su Mala's house, just saw the little palace maid waiting to take medicine, she took it with her own hands, and wiped the soup at the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and handed over a plate of candied fruit, Mama pushed her hand and said that it was not necessary: "That medicine is not bitter, it is not a cure, just nourish your body, the slave and maid are fine, and the queen mother is nervous." ”

"Can the Empress Dowager not be nervous, you are her dependence." Lan Qi smiled and put a pillow on Mama, Mama blindly asked her to stop moving, Lan Qi deliberately said that the emperor wanted her to take care of her, Mama did not refuse, an old man and a young man sat and said that he was about to tour the south, saying that just now the Empress Dowager taught the emperor not to mess with flowers and grass when he went out, but he told himself to open one eye and close one eye, and then said to Mama in his heart: "It is difficult to ensure that the local yamen is not blind and diligent, and the emperor may also have emotional times. But I'm sour just talking about it now, and if I follow him all the way and watch him go picking wildflowers, I'm not so generous. ”

Mama knows that Concubine De's generosity and stinginess are reasonable, so she is coquettish in private, and always thinks from the perspective of the emperor, no wonder she is likable, whether such a mind is congenital or deliberately learned later, who doesn't like to be with people who are easy to get along with.

"Mama, the imperial concubine will also go, I think there is the imperial concubine Niangniang, the emperor will not dare to pick flowers and grass, Niangniang is in a hurry and does not crush those little wildflowers, I can imagine the appearance of the mother's eyebrows." Lan Qi's eyes lit up, and she said with a radiant expression, "If the imperial concubine goes, the fourth elder brother may follow, so that Yinzuo will have a companion." ”

Mama smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, and she pulled Lan Qi and said: "You are so jealous that people love and hate it, how can you arrange the emperor behind your back like this, since the emperor is accompanied by the harem, there must be no such things, are those local officials blind?" In the future, the emperor will always have a time to go out on patrol alone, and then you will eat dry vinegar in the palace. ”

Lan Qi sighed and smiled helplessly: "The Empress Dowager doesn't allow me to say such things, so I will say it to Mama." Don't say that when you go out to pick wildflowers, it's that the emperor has been turning over the cards every day for most of the month, and my heart is sour. ”

Mama laughed softly: "Niangniang is not afraid that if there is, she can't go out?" You are also considerate and considerate, long live the Lord. ”

Lan Qi was smiling shyly, and the palace maid who was waiting for Mama came in, held two big boxes and said, "The tonic sent by the noble concubine Niangniang, saying that she knew that Mama was not in good health, and sent these things to greet you." ”

Mama frowned slightly, told them to put their things away, and muttered softly: "Is this difficult to thank you?" ”

Lan Qi persuaded her: "The emperor wants everyone to respect you as an elder, what kind of grace do you thank, the emperor sent something to you, and he won't let you kneel to accept it, just let it." ”

Mama said: "Long live the lord to give face to the slave and maid is love, the slave and maid can't be bad and the etiquette is not respected, the slave and the maid themselves don't go, and they should send a palace maid to say hello." ”

Lan Qi arranged for her to let the palace maid of Cining Palace go to Xianfu Palace to thank her, and when it came to Concubine Wen's recent experience, Mama said unceremoniously: "It's good for Niangniang to stay away from her, she can't make the climate alone, but once she hooks up with the people in the family again, it's hard to say." Niu Hulu's family's eyeliner minions in this harem are pervasive, you must be careful. ”

Seeing that Lan Qi's face changed when she heard this, Mama said more seriously: "It's not just the Niu Hulu family, the prince's ancestor, the uncle of the country's mansion, and even Mingzhu is in charge of the internal affairs house, they exist in every corner of this palace, and it's okay when they don't harm people, if you want to have evil thoughts, you can't prevent it." ”

"It's like the last time I put drugs in what I ate, even the Yonghe Palace was unclean, I said how did the emperor change a few people from me, but he didn't say it to me, and I didn't dare to ask." Lan Qi's face was gloomy, and there was no bright smiling face, no matter how she smiled at the wind and clouds, the sinister deep palace would not change, and Mama's beating made her lax defense tighten again.

Mama sneered: "Don't say Yonghe Palace, there is also such a thing in Cining Palace, you know how important the Empress Dowager is to the emperor and to the court, a few years ago, there were still people who wanted to poison the master, thanks to the heavens to protect the Empress Dowager and save the day." ”

Lan Qi was shocked, but immediately calmed down again, she has been cooking trivial things in Cining Palace for so many years and serving the Empress Dowager, and she doesn't feel anything when she is used to doing many things, but she does compare it with the outside, everything in Cining Palace is special, tea and diet are all in hand, even the tea she makes, and someone has to taste it first.

"The slave maid said this not to scare you, but she thinks that Concubine Wen is making trouble this time, and the empress dowager has no reason to force the emperor to be good to her, so she has no hope, and she will probably have to lean on the family." Mama said worriedly, "What's more, there are ten elder brothers, the Niu Hulu family is straighter than ever, and the original Queen Niu Hulu has been waiting for more than ten years, and now the ten elder brothers, isn't it their lifeline?" ”

Su Mala's words are good, after Concubine Wen won the man in one fell swoop, the situation outside has changed, Kunning Palace is empty after all, it doesn't mean that the emperor doesn't want to establish a queen, the ministers don't care, who knows that the emperor will set up a queen again on a whim, no matter how hard and long it is, it must be clenched and can't let go.

And the matter of the emperor's southern tour, sure enough, because all the preparations are on the agenda, although it has not yet been officially announced, people inside and outside almost know it. It is rumored that this time I took the concubine out on patrol, and the women who were bored in the Forbidden City didn't want to follow her, but in the end, they went far away, unlike going to the Mulan enclosure or going to Yuquan Mountain, etc., there must be very few people who could accompany them.

Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day passed in a flash, Kangxi twenty-three years, the new year began again, the emperor originally planned to go out on patrol in March, who expected that before the first month had passed, the old Mao Zi of Tsarist Russia did not let the Qing court live in peace, invaded the area of Heilongjiang Aihui to kill, burn and loot, the emperor was furious, sent General Sabusu to Yaksa, severely attacked the Russian army, burned all its strongholds, and made Yaksa an isolated city.

In this way, the matter of the southern tour was put on hold, and the officials who were sent out before also returned the same way to wait for the time to go south, and Nalan Rongruo, who set off after the New Year, also returned to the capital with his wife and concubine. ”

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