The pale envelope shrouded the palace, and the Forbidden City in early summer was like a cold winter wax moon.

In May of the thirteenth year of Kangxi, Empress Hesheri died in childbirth.

Three days later, in Zhongcui Palace, Mama Wang, who was dressed in vegetarian clothes, ran out of the delivery room with a sweat on her head, shouting: "I gave birth, I promised to give birth." The little eunuch outside the door hurriedly stopped her and reminded her in a low voice, "Mama, don't dare to laugh." ”

Mama Wang's face tightened when she heard this, she covered her mouth, and looked back to see the palace maid Lan Qi coming out of the house with a blood-red basin of water, and was about to change the clean hot water, so she raised her hand and shouted: "You go to the Qianqing Palace." ”

"Slave?" During the questioning, Mama Wang had already taken the basin in Lan Qi's hand, pulled it in front of her to take a closer look, and saw that the plain clothes were clean and not stained, so she said, "Go to the Qianqing Palace to tell Gonggong Li that Bu promised to give birth to a little princess, and the mother and daughter are safe." ”

"But ......"

"What are you talking about, hurry up." Mama Wang pushed Lan Qi outward, "You must be careful when you speak, don't say the wrong thing and agree." ”

"Yes."

Walking out of Zhongcui Palace, Lan Qi smelled the damp breath in the wind, looked up at the sky, the east was really dark and dark, and the long palace road was full of white lanterns, and she was not familiar with the road to Qianqing Palace.

At present, the whole country is mourning, and it is a happy event to promise to give birth to a daughter, but the great joy cannot offset the sadness of the queen's death, I heard that the emperor has not entered the rice water for three days, and he will go to the Qianqing Palace at this time, even if it is a happy event to tell the emperor that he has added another daughter, he will inevitably be blamed by Gonggong Li.

Walking in the general direction, the palace road is long and complicated, and there are layers of high walls blocking the view, Lan Qi is still lost in the end, and she already doesn't know where she is.

"What should I do...... was anxious, but he saw a step in the distance, and he couldn't help but bump into the master of the palace, so he had to kneel to the side first.

Walking slowly, Lan Qi's heart tightened when he heard a "stop", and sure enough, he heard and asked, "Why are you wandering around here alone, where are you a palace maid?" ”

Lan Qi raised her head slightly, and saw that the pale-faced woman was sitting on top of the chariot, it was the Rong noble person she recognized. Hurriedly kowtowed to say goodbye, timidly said the reason, then listened to Rong Guiren sighed lightly, and immediately instructed the palace maid beside him: "Take her to Qianqing Palace, point out the direction and stay away, don't have to come forward." It seemed to say to herself: "Even the people of the elder brother can't take care of it, but it's also her blessing to be able to stay with the child for a while." ”

Lan Qi didn't dare to raise her head again, and after a short time, she walked away, and the palace maid who stayed behind said to her: "Get up quickly, I'll lead you there, why are you walking indiscriminately, it's in the wrong direction here." ”

"Yes, slave and maid are stupid." Lan Qi got up and walked behind the palace maid, couldn't help but look back at the back of Rong Guiren, and sighed that she lost her son at the beginning of the year, and gave birth to the prince two months ago but died on the same day, and was envied by everyone in the harem last year, and lost everything in a blink of an eye.

"Look, let's go, it's going to rain." The palace maid was so impatient, Lan Qi didn't dare to slack off, bowed her head and followed her all the way, and finally approached the Qianqing Palace.

"You go by yourself, I can't go." The palace maid put down this sentence, turned around and left.

Lan Qi didn't dare to stop it, but she muttered in her heart that she might not know the way back. But now I have to go and tell the promise of giving birth first, take a deep breath, and walk timidly to the door of the Qianqing Palace.

"Where did the palace maid come from, so ignorant of the rules?" The little eunuch in front of the door scolded him when he saw him.

Lan Qi hurriedly said: "The slave maid is the palace maid of Zhongcui Palace, and the cloth promised that she had just given birth to a little princess, and the mother and daughter were safe." Wang's father-in-law bowed to Mr. Li. ”

Before her words fell, there was a sudden thunderstorm in the sky, which frightened everyone, but before the little eunuch in front of the door went to pass the word, many eunuchs and palace maids came out at once, Lan Qi was pushed to the bottom of the steps, and I heard those people say: "Hurry up, the emperor is driving." ”

But at this moment, the sky was instantly dark, the wind was blowing and the rain was pouring down, the lightning on the black and oppressive sky was hideous, and the rumbling thunder was endless.

"Long live you, you can't get drenched in the rain, long live you, let the minions hold an umbrella for you......"

With Gonggong Li's anxious voice, if no one next to Xuan Ye walked out of the Qianqing Palace, raised his eyes to the dark sky, and let the rain fall on his face, Gonggong Li came with an umbrella, and was waved away by his big hand, and scolded: "Get out!" ”

"Your Majesty." Gonggong Li knelt in the rain, crying and begging, "Thinking of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, you must take care of the dragon body!" ”

Xuan Ye clenched his fists, his face could no longer distinguish between rain and tears, and the words were heavy: "But I can no longer hear the queen say this, I can no longer hear ......" He resolutely walked into the rain and walked towards the palace where the queen's Zi Palace was parked.

Gonggong Li followed closely all the way, and no longer dared to open an umbrella for the emperor, the palace maids and eunuchs followed each other in the rain, and everyone dispersed in front of the Qianqing Palace, and no one realized that in the corner under the steps, Wu Yalanqi was already soaked.

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