The room was quiet for a moment, Xuan Ye waited for Lan Qi's response, thinking that she would be afraid of war and worried, but people asked with a smile: "This time, will the emperor bring the fourth elder brother?" ”

Xuan Ye loosened the strings in his heart and said with a smile: "It depends on the situation, I am still choosing people, now I will prepare grain and grass first, and marry Ke Jing next year, which is also to further consolidate the relationship between the imperial court and Mobei, they have always hoped to marry with the Qing Dynasty, I have not nodded for a long time, just waiting for this day." As long as there is enough food, grass, soldiers and horses, I am not afraid of generals who do not lead troops, not to mention that I will drive the expedition in person. ”

Lan Qi said with a smile: "The armor of that year is still in Yonghe Palace, but I am afraid that I have been a little lucky in the past two years and I can't wear it." ”

Xuan Ye looked down at himself and muttered, "I'm fat? ”

Lan Qi said unceremoniously: "The emperor is blindly diligent and uncertain, and his body is empty, and he doesn't know how to maintain it at the root, even if he rides a horse every day to practice boxing, it's useless, but it's golden." ”

"You're too presumptuous." Xuan Ye was disgusted.

"When I entered the door and fell into my arms, I still dream of being scared into a cold sweat." Lan Qi added the roasted matsutake mushroom to his bowl, and still said unceremoniously, "Since you have come to the garden, why don't the emperor maintain his health with his concubines, not seek great supplements, but only ask for a fixed number of daily living and diet, and regulate a strong body, so that next year will be a majestic and majestic expedition, majestic and triumphant, so that the concubines can see your heroic momentum." ”

Xuan Ye was speechless to refute, and ate the food in the bowl, Lan Qi sent a bowl of soup to his hand, and asked with a soft smile: "Angry?" ”

"Aren't you angry?" Xuan Ye looked displeased, "I just didn't want to be embarrassed by getting sick back then, so I wanted to drive the expedition again, but what did you say about it, and you said it, and you changed it to someone else......"

Seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, Lan Qi smiled: "It's what the concubine said, and the concubine said it, and others naturally didn't dare to say it." He said solemnly, "Jokes are jokes, Your Majesty, the body is fundamental, and there is always a replacement for other things, only the body depends on itself." This kind of talk is annoying to many people, and the concubines are all they say, and if we talk about it in the future, we will hurt our feelings. ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "Don't talk about it in the future?" But I love to listen to you. ”

Lan Qi said: "In the past two months, I suddenly feel that my spirit is not as good as before, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold this face in a few years, who is willing to look at an old woman with a wrinkled face nagging?" ”

Xuan Ye stretched out his hand to hold her, and the two looked at each other speechlessly.

Obviously he had something on his mind and didn't say it, Lan Qi saw that the emperor hesitated, and he didn't know how to speak, so he only smiled faintly: "The emperor has a good meal, tomorrow and tomorrow, let's start tonight, okay?" When you return to the Forbidden City, you will be shocked to see your radiant face, so that everyone in the palace will be shocked, so that they will not criticize the concubine and trick you into coming to Changchun Garden to enjoy yourself alone. ”

"I listen to you." Xuan Ye let go of his hand, ate seriously, took a walk with her after the meal, read a few more excerpts, Lan Qi pinched the hour to urge him to sleep, Xuan Ye did not refuse.

But people who are used to staying up late to manage politics, how can they sleep when they lie down so early, they wanted to talk to Lan Qi, but she didn't sleep when she spoke, and lay quietly for a long time, Xuan Ye felt Lan Qi sit up, quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, the people around her seemed to look at themselves and look at them, she laughed softly, tucked the quilt for herself, and got up and left.

Xuan Ye heard Lan Qi talking in front of the door, asked Huan Chun what breakfast he would prepare for the emperor tomorrow, and asked Wen Chen if he recognized the bed, and after a long time, he heard the sound of footsteps coming in and out, and the room was quiet, and she seemed to have left. The emperor turned over and sat up, the room was really empty, he wanted to get up, and he didn't know what to do when he got up, and then he lay down boredly, remembering what his daughter said to him today, thinking about Lan Qi's words and smiles in the evening, he really couldn't see that she was still crying in Yonghe Palace yesterday.

When he was thinking wildly, there was movement in front of the door again, probably because Lan Qi came back after going to see her daughter, Xuan Ye pretended to be asleep, and someone next to the bed came closer with a candle, but the candlelight was quickly extinguished. He thought that Lan Qi would lie down beside him, but he heard the footsteps far away, and his side was still empty for a long time, Xuan Ye couldn't help but turn his head to look, in the dim candlelight outside the tent, the slender figure stopped in front of the window, her hands seemed to be folded in front of her, and she could hear the words in her mouth, but Xuan Ye couldn't really hear it, and under curiosity, she couldn't help but speak: "What are you doing?" ”

Lan Qi's body was shocked, and she turned back and asked, "Did the concubine wake you up?" ”

Xuan Ye shook his head, held her hand, and walked around outside to get cold, so he took her into his arms and warmed her with a quilt, and responded: "I can't sleep, I'm afraid that you will be angry, so I pretend to sleep, but you are dangling, and I am curious about what you are doing." ”

Lan Qi was disgusted: "The emperor pretended to be really like, and the concubine thought you were asleep." On the other hand, he pressed Xuan Ye down and coaxed him like a child, "Let's talk, and we'll be sleepy when we talk." It's a concubine who is not good, knowing that you are not used to going to bed so early, so you are not even allowed to speak. ”

Xuan Ye muttered lazily: "Only you dare to do this." ”

Lan Qi nestled in the crook of his arm and said softly: "Then holding someone, will you be able to sleep in peace?" While pushing his dishonest hand away, "Only hold, don't touch." ”

The atmosphere in the tent was charming and warm, and Lan Qi wholeheartedly coaxed Xuan Ye to fall asleep early, but coldly, people suddenly asked: "Do you have something on your mind, why did you cry yesterday, have you secretly shed tears these days?" ”

In her ears was the powerful heartbeat in Xuan Ye's chest, and the emperor's simple questions lingered in her ears over and over again, but she never answered, and Xuan Ye did not urge, and each other could hear the sound of each other's breathing.

After waiting for each other for a long time, they almost wanted to sleep with each other hugging each other like this, but Xuan Ye was still waiting for Lan Qi's reply, and he was reluctant to urge her, for fear that half a word of urgency would make her misunderstand her mind.

After a long time, Lan Qi asked softly, "Are you asleep?" ”

"Nope."

"Did my daughter say that?"

"Don't blame her, she feels sorry for you."

Lan Qi drilled into Xuan Ye's arms again, smothered in his chest and said: "I'm afraid that I will be misunderstood by you, I'm afraid that you will think I'm scheming, I'm afraid that if it wasn't for the Queen Mother by my side that day, I would have been strangled to death like Wang Changzai." Although the concubine would never go to that kind of place alone, but the thing has happened, she will be cranky. has always been cautious to avoid everything related to the prince, who would have thought that this entanglement would probably be a lifetime. Emperor...... Xuan Ye, will you protect me? ”

Xuan Ye said calmly: "Sure enough, this is the case. ”

Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "The emperor is disappointed? ”

"It's never been you who I'm disappointed." Xuan Ye's breath became heavier and heavier, but he said, "But those words I don't want to say to you, they are all complaints and helpless words, why should I come at you." ”

"Yes." Lan Qi answered, for some reason she was a little disappointed in her heart, probably the sentence she asked just now, Xuan Ye seemed to avoid it and did not answer.

But the answer she wanted soon sounded in her ears, and Xuan Ye put it into her heart word by word: "In this world, only I can protect you, even the prince can't hurt you, don't be afraid, I am by your side for everything." ”

Lan Qi's body trembled, and Xuan Ye continued: "If you die in his hands that day, I will definitely rebel and never ......" Before the words were finished, someone covered her mouth with her hand, Lan Qi said in a panic, "The concubine is messing around, how can the emperor also mess around?" I can't say that, it's just my thoughts. ”

Xuan Ye's starry eyes were extremely firm, and his words could not be refuted: "Chrysostom Yuyan, why are you messing around?" ”

Lan Qi's momentum weakened instantly, she couldn't figure out her situation, she had been scared for so long, and she was forced to maintain everything in the palace calmly, but every time she thought of the appearance of the prince that day, whether it was the viciousness of strangling the Wang family, or the embarrassment of holding the queen mother's howl, it made her tremble.

The crown prince is becoming an adult, and Xuan Ye used to let her read so many books, and the royal family changes and court tragedies of the past dynasties made her always vigilant now, and the harem of the court is no longer what it used to be.

Xuan Ye said again: "Even if you are ruthless to the whole world, there is always a room to store your and my feelings, you are afraid that I will misunderstand your scheming city, why am I not afraid that you will misunderstand me cold-blooded and ruthless, you can secretly shed tears, so what should I do?" ”

"How so?" Lan Qi put her hand against his heart, and finally smiled, "We haven't talked like this for a few days, but this explanation, people's hearts are very happy, even if the face is aging, I dare to be presumptuous in front of you." ”

"That's all nonsense." Xuan Ye said this, but in his heart, he was willing to do anything by her, but the person in his arms said, "Whether it is the crown prince, or other princes, or even our Yinzhen and Yinyu, the concubines will always stand behind the emperor, and nothing will be shaken." ”

"I never doubted it." Xuan Ye lowered his head and kissed her, and said gently, "If you have such a thing in your heart in the future, you have to tell me that I can guess your heart, but I can guess it any way back." ”

Lan Qi shook his head: "The emperor thinks simply, but you are different from your concubines and concubines. ”

Xuan Ye didn't understand, Lan Qi compared the most simple and vulgar example and said: "If a flower beauty enters the palace, the emperor will fall in love with each other at first sight, at least the emperor liked the concubine at the beginning, you couldn't have imagined it a few years ago, so maybe there will be the same thing in the future." ”

Xuan Ye was very helpless: "I can't wait to give you my heart, is it that even if I become a white-haired old man, are you still worried that I will be taken away by young beauties?" ”

Lan Qi said: "The emperor doesn't blame the concubine for being suspicious, everything about the concubine today is all based on your affection, this is the only reliance of the concubine." ”

"It's really infuriating." Xuan Ye impatiently pinched her waist, and in a few strokes he pressed the person under him, he frowned and roared angrily: "All of them are younger than my daughters, which one of them fell in love with them at first sight?" ”

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