That box of precious jewelry, because it was a special reward from the Empress Dowager, Lan Qi didn't want to be too ostentatious, and did not indicate on the gift list that it was the Empress Dowager's things, only as her own things for her daughter-in-law, and even sent Huanchun to inquire about Concubine Rong's purchase.

The two palaces married their daughter-in-law together, and the lintel of the daughter-in-law was equal, Lan Qi didn't want Concubine Rong to feel that she was superior, so she had to overpower her in the daughter-in-law's bride price, otherwise don't say that Concubine Rong is unhappy, but I'm afraid that Fujin's mother's family is not happy. In this way, after Lan Qi added the queen mother's box of things, she gave less of it, anyway, in the future, her daughter-in-law will enter the palace, if she likes it, she can give her things at any time.

In the blink of an eye, on the first day of the ninth month, it was the first day of the third elder brother, and on the second day of the new year, Lan Ying came into the palace with the child in her arms, beaming with joy, sitting on the side to see her sister's love for her son, she smiled and said: "When I marry my daughter-in-law in the future, will my sister give my nephew and daughter-in-law a bride price?" ”

Lan Qi glanced at her and said, "Do you have the ability to ask your brother-in-law if he is going, and he always gangs up to bully me, and he is embarrassed to ask me for something?" ”

"What's embarrassing about my sister, if my sister is really stingy, I dare to ask the emperor for it." The sister-in-law is getting more and more powerful now, while joking, remembering last night's incident, she said, "I saw Yuxi yesterday, the little girl is in good spirits, I asked her Eniang, and said that the illness has been cured, in fact, it has not been a major symptom, it is just a small fight." ”

Lan Qi listened seriously and said with concern: "When she enters the palace, I will also help her recuperate, if she doesn't lay a good foundation at a young age, what will she do in the future." ”

Lan Ying said: "My mother's family can not be more dedicated than my sister, my sister should not look back and care too much, but make the child feel uncomfortable." It's better to let her go, you can ask again when you're really sick, otherwise you will keep mentioning her body if you are fine, and Yuxi herself will be afraid. ”

This is what Lan Qi didn't expect, and praised her sister again and again: "It's grown, it's more thoughtful than I thought." ”

Lan Ying smiled: "How many concubines and sisters-in-law are in Niu Hulu's family, they are not as reserved as the mothers in the palace, there are any suspicions and contradictions, and there are a lot of fights, I am in charge of such a big family, can I not grow up." ”

Lan Qi knew that although it was troublesome in the palace, because of the strict rules, most people were still self-made, but it was different outside, and in those big families, there were all kinds of strange things. The sisters said these words, Lan Ying saw that her son fell asleep in her sister's arms, so she was going to Xianfu Palace to visit the concubine, Lan Qi would accompany her sister to go together, but since she knew that the emperor drugged the concubine and caused her to be demented now, she was reluctant to get closer, and only told Huan Chun to accompany her, not to let Dongyun say what she shouldn't say.

Not long after her sister left, Lan Qi couldn't put it down and looked at her sleeping little nephew, and Lu Zhu quietly came in, leaned on the edge of the kang and said, "Master, Xianghe sent something for the noble Juezen, saying that he wanted to ask the mother to hand it over to the fourth elder brother, so that the fourth elder brother could give it to the eighth elder brother." ”

"Where's the stuff?"

"The slave and maid are waiting for your instructions, but they haven't answered yet, and they don't see that it's a big object."

Lan Qi thought for a moment, nodded and agreed: "Take it in." ”

Lu Zhu led the order to go out, and after a short time came in again, holding a cloth bag that was not too big or small, and unfolded it in front of the master, which contained only a few pairs of socks and a pair of sleeves, all for winter. Needless to say, the craftsmanship of the Juezen nobles is needless to say, the stitches are fine and neat, the embroidery is delicate and simple, she seems to have tried to cover up her skills that are superior to ordinary people, but the discerning people can know at a glance that they are from the hands of a famous artist, although they may not be able to see that this famous artist is the Juezen nobles of Yanxi Palace.

"Socks are fine, if the eighth elder brother uses this sleeve to let Concubine Hui see it, she is such a shrewd person, she will definitely be suspicious." When my sister and Huanchun came back from Xianfu Palace, Lan Qi showed them and said helplessly, "It seems that the noble people of Juezen are also aware of this, looking at the style and embroidery, how simple it is, but look at this stitch again, what good things have Concubine Hui not seen?" ”

Lan Ying flipped over and said: "Sister can only see it if she has a heart, I just look at it as something more delicate, nothing special." Don't you often say that she is smart and calm, and you can think of what she can't think of? It's their mother's and son's business, and my sister is just a preacher, so don't worry about it. ”

Lan Qi looked at her sister with a smile and said, "You should often come to the palace to accompany me, I am changing this problem of having to worry about everything, with you reminding me, I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." ”

My sister pretended to be pitiful and said: "My sister just said that she refused to give even the bride price of her nephew and daughter-in-law, but now she wants to bother me to be a female Zhuge . ”

Lan Qi was happy: "You are the same as your brother-in-law, you love to make me angry, and you like it so much when you see me staring and pouting." ”

My sister Monkey came up and said, "Only the emperor likes it, right?" ”

The sisters are affectionate, because the emperor likes Lan Ying very much, every time she enters the palace, she will send someone to say don't stick to the rules, and it is not too late to leave the palace after Concubine De has fun, and it is the same today, Lan Ying stayed until the evening when the fourth elder brother came to ask for peace.

Yinzhen heard that her aunt had seen Yuxi, and knew that Yuxi was well, and the smile on her face made people's hearts warm when she looked at it. But when Lan Qi handed over the things of the Juezen nobleman to him, he heard the child say: "She obviously doesn't like the eighth brother, so why bother doing this." Eniang, if the noble man of Juezen calculates what the eighth brother is, will the eighth brother even hold a grudge against me in the future? ”

Lan Qi could only persuade: "Maybe you were wrong that day, maybe there may be such a thing?" You should think it's good to help E-Niang, not to mention that the eighth elder brother himself cares a lot about whether he can be cared about by his mother-in-law, E-niang knows that this matter shouldn't always embarrass you, it's all E-niang's bad. ”

Yin Zhen said sullenly: "I'm not embarrassed, but I pity the eighth brother, what's wrong with him?" I just don't understand, how can a mother not like her own children. ”

How did his son know the entanglement between Chan and Nalan Rongruo and Concubine Hui back then, Lan Qi couldn't explain it to his son, but he just coaxed Yinzhen not to be angry, and the fourth elder brother also loved his mother, so he still helped pass these things to Yinzhen, and under the pretext of letting him come to Chengqian Palace to take the book back to read, he handed these things to him together.

The eighth elder brother was overjoyed at that time, and the imperial elder brother, who was dressed in fine clothes and jade food, saw a few pairs of socks as if he had seen a rare treasure, and said even more enviously: "Fourth brother, you wear the clothes made by my mother, when the eldest brother is married, your auspicious clothes are made by my mother, right?" ”

Yin Zhen had long forgotten about these things, remembering that it was indeed the noble Juechan who tailored himself in the Chengqian Palace at that time, but he didn't expect that such a careless thing would be remembered so deeply by the eighth elder brother.

"Fourth brother, can you keep these socks for me?" But Yinxi said such things again, carefully wrapped the things, reluctantly put them down, and stood up with his hands in his hands and said, "I can't take these things back to Changchun Palace, and I can't let Concubine Hui see it, she doesn't like me to have dealings with Eniang." ”

This surprised Yinzhen, and Yinzhen said calmly: "When I grow up in the future and can have the final say, I will naturally be able to communicate with Eniang in an upright manner. You also know these things in the palace, Fourth Brother, I don't want my mother to be bullied, Baoyun said that she used to be bullied often, and now she is taken care of by Concubine De so that no one dares to bully her, Fourth Brother, I am very grateful to Concubine De, and I am grateful to you. ”

Yinzhen looked at his younger brother with a solemn expression, his younger brother is so sincere and filial piety, but the nobles of Juezen have been disappointed, why is there such a ruthless mother in the world, since she hates her brother, she is still rushing to care about her, there must be another purpose, Yinzhen is in Yuqing Palace, and he has learned these people subtly, and the prince and side Fujin he sees in his eyes are very hypocritical, and this Juezen nobleman seems to be similar.

So much so that the fourth elder brother later met his mother, and after hesitating again and again, he said to Lan Qi: "Why does E-Niang have to associate with the noble people of Juezen? ”

Lan Qi was helpless, so she could only say to her son: "If you have to be burdened by human affection, this is the first thing, there are too many helpless things in this world, and in the future, you will encounter many more helpless things than this when you are around the courtiers and clansmen." ”

Saying this, Yinzhen accepted it instead, and said to his mother: "Ama said, apart from honoring you, there is nothing bigger than the family and the country, and these are indeed nothing." ”

Lan Qi was surprised: "How is it more important to honor Eniang?" ”

Yin Zhen smiled: "It was Huang Ama who said it." ”

Although these words made Lan Qi happy, but the emperor since the Mid-Autumn Festival still favored a few young beauties, it was annoying, before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lai in the Yonghe Palace with her turned the clouds and rain, in order to satisfy the hunger on August 16 that day was busy until the middle of the night and rushed to come, Lan Qi was as satisfied as possible to him, but after the people were hungry and left, most of the month was gone, the two Jiangnan people took turns to wander around the Qianqing Palace, no matter how generous Lan Qi was, his heart was not a taste.

But what is surprising is that, as before, because Wang Changzai and Yuan promised to enter and leave the Qianqing Palace too diligently, the Queen Mother, as an elder, had to call them to admonish them, asking them to persuade the emperor to cherish their bodies, but it turned out that in the past half a month, neither of them has been touched by the emperor, and the sisters have always hidden from each other, until they were reprimanded by the Queen Mother on this day, they all told the truth, and the Queen Mother transferred the files of the Internal Affairs Office, and it was true.

The Queen Mother told Lan Qi in private that she wanted her not to be jealous, of course Lan Qi was happy, but the Queen Mother was worried: "It's strange for the emperor to do this, these two people can bear it, but now I accidentally let them know that each other doesn't have those good things, do you think it will cause trouble to the emperor?" ”

Lan Qi hurriedly said: "When will you cause trouble to the emperor, if you think so, the emperor should complain that the concubine did not serve you well, this is unspeakable, are you not for the emperor's good?" Let him do this, the emperor also knows that it is not to cherish the body. ”

Because the matter between the emperor and the concubines was a secret in the palace, and Wang Changzai and Yuan promised to be very favored, this matter was not publicized in the palace, Lan Qi watched coldly as the emperor continued to "pamper" them, and didn't know what Xuan Ye planned to do.

The days passed day by day, September 15 was the first day of the fourth elder brother, but on that day, Yuxi was sick again, and in the middle of the night, Zhang Luo, who had been lively all day, stopped in the house, and felt that Luo came to the boudoir to see his daughter.

Yuxi was sitting on the bed with the brocade quilt in her arms, looking carefully at the jewelry sent by Concubine De, and when she saw Eniang, she said very unhappily: "You let Ama talk to the uncle, the aunts and aunts are really broken-mouthed, and what to say about Concubine De's stinginess is really angry." ”

Jue Luo smiled: "It's really rare, there is a daughter-in-law who speaks for her mother-in-law." While sitting down, he whispered to his daughter, "This is not given by Concubine De, this is left to you by the Empress Dowager in front of her." ”

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