After running around all day, the Empress Dowager sent the emperor to rest early, but Lan Qi refused to leave first, and wanted to take care of her to rest, joking that she had always left at that hour, and she had nothing to do to go back early today, for fear that people would be suspicious if they saw it.

The Empress Dowager said: "Look at it, it is because of this thing that you will feel empty-hearted, if I tell you to go back earlier on weekdays, where will you worry about others looking strange and suspicious?" So don't easily stand in a passive position, you have a ghost in your heart, and everyone is a ghost. ”

Lan Qi was very useful, but she didn't want the Queen Mother to worry about her, and she said that she had promised them to go out this time, and she couldn't blame them, so she put it down after pestering her for a while.

When she was about to leave at night, Lan Qi stood under the eaves and waited for Huanchun to bring her clothes, Su Mala's grandmother saw that she was going to catch a cold like this, but fortunately, Huanchun came over soon, and Mama personally wrapped Lan Qi, and when she saw that there were no outsiders on the side, she asked her softly: "Does that matter have anything to do with the concubine?" ”

Lan Qi shook her head and smiled a little helplessly: "I don't know, the emperor asked Alinga to continue to investigate, but how can anyone check his own family's family, I know that the emperor wants to let them go." For the emperor, Lan Ying's child, where is more important than the stability of the court, I don't blame him. ”

Mama simply wrapped herself in a cloak, accompanied Lan Qi all the way out, listened carefully to some of the relevance, and sighed: "Think about it, why is the concubine so stupid, if something happens to her after eating something she sent, after all, the finger is pointed at her, why should she drug the concubine in a grand manner." ”

"But what if she gets everyone's minds right? Since normal people think that this will not work, she will do the opposite, since this is considered unreasonable, then no one will be serious about it, on the one hand, it is impossible for someone to pass saffron to the concubine Niangniang, on the other hand, it is believed that this porridge is sent from the palace and has nothing to do with herself, there is no tangible evidence on both sides, it is irrelevant, even if we can think of this trick now, there is no way to deal with them. Lan Qi frowned, secretly hating in her heart, only they are smart in this world?

Mama Su Mala thought for a moment and asked, "Niangniang thinks it's the concubine's idea?" ”

Lan Qi nodded: "She wanted to ruin Lan Ying's innocence before, but fortunately, I repeatedly told my family to take good care of Lan Ying, so I waited safely until the wedding day, I don't know what the concubine hates about me, but now Wen Guifei is not the same person as before, and now she will still do stupid things, but every stupid thing is very vicious." Mama, is she really hysterical, is her head not clear? ”

Mama sneered: "If you are not sober, how can you plan so many things?" Unless it's really all about her. ”

Lan Qi sighed and said: "Now I am also in a dilemma, I don't want to cause trouble to the emperor, and I am afraid that I will force the concubine and offend Ah Ling." If this destroys the relationship between Ying'er and his wife, it is better to swallow this breath, but Mama, there are one and two, if it is really the concubine's doing, who knows if Ying'er will die in her hands next time. I was carefully protected by the Empress Dowager in the palace, she couldn't hurt me, but Ying'er was in Niu Hulu's house, and she could be assassinated anytime and anywhere, and when such a tragedy really happened, I was afraid that my relationship with the emperor would come to an end. ”

"The light of the two disadvantages is balanced, and the weight of the two benefits is taken seriously, and the mother should really weigh it clearly." Mama Su Mala gently instructed, "The relationship between the husband and wife is not harmonious, it's a big deal, but if something big happens, no one is even there, what kind of feelings are you talking about, what days are you going to talk about?" ”

Lan Qi's eyes lit up, and he nodded heavily: "This matter must not be casually forgotten, even if it is not a concubine, it must always be investigated, and now this result is not painful, but it is not the answer I want, whether it is the concubine Niangniang, or Fakasu and his Fujin, someone must pay the price." Ying'er still has to live in Niu Hulu's house for the rest of her life, she can't always be bullied, and now she is still young, no matter how smart and capable she is, she can't beat those old foxes. ”

Mama sighed with emotion: "For the sake of the second miss, you can really be more serious, how can you say that you swallowed the grievances you suffered in the past?" ”

"I've gotten so much happiness that it seems that God wants to balance this kind of life and let me go through those pains." Lan Qi tightened the clothes on her body, having said that, she still felt cold when she mentioned it, "But Ying'er is different, her life is already for the fulfillment of me, I can't let her be hurt anymore, people always have selfishness and always have a bottom line, don't you say?" ”

Su Mala Mama naturally stood on Lan Qi's side, carefully instructed her, and waited for the warm sedan chair to come, and saw her on the sedan chair to feel at ease, to turn back and take off her clothes and bake the fire by the charcoal stove, seeing that there was a little palace maid who said that the Empress Dowager invited Mama over, Mama Su Mala wondered why the Empress Dowager woke up again, and when she got closer, she knew that she was not asleep at all, and instructed her: "You send someone to investigate, whether the matter of Laba porridge has anything to do with the concubine, if it is really her idea, cut off her way back, tell the Queen Mother, From now on, the concubine is not allowed to interact with her family. She has the ability to harm the Lanqi sisters now, and she will have the ability to harm others in the future, and the prince will not be able to appear by his side if he does not have the care of his mother. ”

Mama agreed, but she didn't mention Lanqi's words, she also wanted to give Concubine De a chance to let her try how deep the water in this palace was.

However, without waiting for Lan Qi to plan how to get the truth out of the concubine, the other person couldn't sit still first, because of the marriage between the two mansions, because of Lan Ying's incident this time, seeing that this Yonghe Palace and the Niu Hulu family are getting closer and closer, putting aside the embarrassing relationship between the concubine, the entire family of the Niu Hulu family is biased towards Concubine De, which is by no means a good thing for the imperial concubine, not to mention that the concubine has ten elder brothers, and now Concubine De herself has thirteen elder brothers, who knows if anything happens in the future, whether this mother can stand by the side of her own son.

Early the next morning, Lan Qi was still combing her hair in front of the mirror, squinting and dozing off listening to the baby's occasional cry, Ziyu came from the door and said with an inexplicable face: "The fourth elder brother went to the study." ”

Lan Qi nodded, closed her eyes and said, "It's this hour, what's wrong?" ”

Ziyu frowned and said, "But someone came to pass the word immediately, and the imperial concubine asked you to come over and say that there was something to talk about." ”

Lan Qi opened her eyes, calculating in her heart what she wanted to do in the past few days, the imperial concubine asked her, she couldn't figure it out, and looked at Huanchun and said, "Could it be that she knows about me going out with the emperor yesterday?" ”

Huan Chun smiled: "It's useless to know, you've been there, it's a big deal to listen to a few chatters from the imperial concubine, but those few words, I'm used to it." ”

In this way, Lan Qi didn't care much, after dressing neatly, she took a few sips of honey tea, and hurried to Chengqian Palace, but she didn't want the imperial concubine to sit on the top of the main hall, and she talked in the warm pavilion when she had something to do on weekdays, what serious thing is this going to say today?

Lan Qi entered the palace, only to salute respectfully, the door of the hall behind him was closed, the sky was already dark in the morning, the door of the palace was closed, there were no candles lit, almost couldn't see anything clearly, and the chance of light under the window just fell on the imperial concubine, Lan Qi stood in the dark, and could see the serious face of the imperial concubine.

"...... What do you command? Lan Qi didn't know the bottom of her heart.

"What I said to you when I came to Yonghe Palace in the past, what you said to me, do you remember?" The imperial concubine spoke coldly, but without waiting for Lan Qi to answer, she sneered at her, "You are just a person who puts interests first, who doesn't want to choose high branches, I shouldn't blame you, but what about the fourth elder brother?" Now are you going to go and join the Niu Hulu clan and leave me and the fourth elder brother behind? You once promised me that we would secretly join forces to seek a future for the fourth elder brother. ”

Lan Qi was stunned when she heard it, and the words of joining forces were there, because Concubine Tong was too arrogant and domineering, everyone poured dirty water on her when she encountered something, although she did no less evil things, but she also did not carry the black pot, she gradually felt that she was alone, and ran to Yonghe Palace in person to say that she wanted to join forces with Lan Qi. I don't ask for anything else, but I ask for something in the future, for the sake of the fourth elder brother, Lan Qi can help her speak, but she really didn't mention anything about the future of the fourth elder brother, when will this matter be added?

Lan Qi couldn't be allowed to argue, the imperial concubine had already gotten up and walked in front of her, obviously unable to hold back and said angrily: "You just give me a happy one, are you going to walk with Niu Hulu's family, you know that there are so many big families, and every family is incompatible, you have to go away, don't blame me for turning my face back, and not letting the fourth elder brother recognize you as a pro-mother." ”

"Their family caused the concubine's sister to have a miscarriage, and even had a lifelong infertility, Niangniang, do you think the concubine will walk with them?" Lan Qi couldn't help but be annoyed, tried to suppress her temper, and said calmly, "If Lan Ying hadn't become a member of their family, the concubines would never have had anything to do with them in their lives, and you also love Concubine Tong, even if you often have a straight face and strict discipline for Concubine Tong, you still protect her openly and secretly." The concubine's heart for her sister is the same as yours, not to mention that the concubine hasn't worked with her sister yet, if she didn't want Lan Ying to be good in Niu Hulu's house, how could the concubine be willing to get close to this family. ”

These words calmed the imperial concubine, and Lan Qi looked at her, and there were words that could not be said in her sharp eyes, the imperial concubine treated her in the past, if it weren't for the fourth elder brother, she would never have to deal with someone like the imperial concubine, since she used the imperial concubine, and she also treated the fourth elder brother well, what can be passed will pass, but the younger sister's life is still going on, Niu Hulu's family, she is afraid that she will have to deal with it for the rest of her life.

The imperial concubine was a little unconfident, and said embarrassedly: "I'm just afraid that you will go too far and forget the fourth elder brother, there are more and more elder brothers in the palace, do you know what their thoughts are in their hearts?" We have to protect Yinzhen more wholeheartedly than before, and protect him all the way to grow up enough to protect ourselves, this is the responsibility of motherhood. ”

The fire in Lan Qi's heart gradually extinguished, and she was not qualified to lose her temper at the imperial concubine, but listening to the imperial concubine's soft tone, she suddenly felt a stirring in her heart, looked up at the imperial concubine, and squirmed her red lips slightly, "Niangniang, can you also help the concubine once?" ”

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