"Utilization?" Lan Qi thought about Xuan Ye's words, and sure enough, the concubines intensified their bullying of Wang Changzai, that is, the days when they went to the garden, maybe in their opinion, the emperor couldn't think of those new loves at a critical moment, which meant that they were not important to the emperor. The concubine tried to bully the Wang family, but the emperor did not react, she naturally had no fear, and Wang Chang became a lamb to be slaughtered.

Xuan Ye continued: "The letters she exchanged with Cao Yin were all about the secrets of the palace that should not be told to outsiders, as well as about me. She was bold enough to exchange letters with her family generously, at first I didn't care, understanding her homesickness, but one day I accidentally found that Cao Yin's excerpts were too courteous, and I felt that he didn't look like a person far away in Jiangnan at all, as if he was still staying in the forbidden palace all the time. I checked the guards and eunuchs around me, but found no one related to him, remembering that the Wang family often exchanged letters with the family, and only intercepted them once, and found that she was secretly doing those things, although she was not plotting against me, but she helped Cao Yin and Li Xu to spy on my privacy, which is also a capital crime. ”

Lan Qi listened with her mouth half open, it was incredible, she couldn't imagine that Wang's seemingly smart person would do such a stupid thing, and she still remembered that when she and Yuan promised to come to show goodwill to her, she said that her family wanted them to get closer to Concubine De Niangniang, saying that in the palace in the future, Concubine De Niangniang was someone who could be relied on. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately she had never been close to the Wang family and the Yuan family, otherwise wouldn't even any situation in the Yonghe Palace be passed on to Jiangnan by Wang Changzai?

"Behind them is Jiangnan, it is the Han people, I will end up distrusting the Han people, but I am angry, and I don't want to say anything to her, in order to let her know what the life in this palace will be like if it is not good, I will stuff her to Qixiang Palace, I know ......" Xuan Ye paused, with a bit of self-deprecation and said, "I did this, it was really not the husband's doing. ”

Lan Qi chuckled in her heart, and there was a faint voice in her heart saying to herself what she didn't want to hear, but she was entangled for a long time, and still timidly asked: "The emperor actually likes Wang Chang presence, right?" ”

Xuan Ye looked at her, his eyes were full of tenderness, and with a little guilt, he stretched out his hand to signal Lan Qi into his arms, but the person in front of him knelt and sat still, lowered his eyes and said: "I know, when it comes to this, the concubine can't be reluctant, whether she is dead or alive, what does it have to do with the concubine." ”

Xuan Ye took the initiative to step forward and take her into his arms, but before he could speak, Lan Qi said: "Your Majesty, don't say nice things to coax people, the concubines want to be sad for a while." ”

"What's that called?" Xuan Ye smiled helplessly, rubbed her arm and said, "I'm not good, it's always ...... when I see young and beautiful."

Lan Qi struggled to dodge for a while, and said uncomfortably: "Don't say such things, I really can't afford it, let's talk about something else, okay?" Suddenly aggrieved, Chu Chu asked Xuan Ye pitifully, "Your Majesty, are the concubines really old?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled slightly, kissed her in the corner of her eyes, and said gently, "Are you afraid of wrinkles here?" I kiss you more, and there will be no more. Don't be upset, you know my heart, and you know my bad things. ”

Lan Qi laughed out loud, her crying and smiling face was cute, and she was held in her arms by Xuan Ye and asked her what she was laughing at, and people said: "The concubine thinks of her son, the emperor doesn't look at the fourth elder brother when he was serious, he is a little slippery head in private, that mouth is sweet, no wonder Queen Xiaoyi was coaxed by him." Now I occasionally talk to my concubine about Yuxi, I already have the posture of a big man, and the concubine always thinks, if you say a few words, the concubine will forget who she is, and the daughter-in-law will be coaxed into dizziness in the future, our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are really strange and pitiful. ”

Xuan Ye laughed loudly: "In the end, it's my son." ”

Sweet words, in addition to comforting each other's words, serious things can't be ignored, no matter how reluctant Lan Qi is, she also has to hold her dignity and responsibility as a concubine, after both of them were in a good mood, Lan Qi took the initiative to say: "Let the concubine come forward in this matter, let the concubine go and explain to Wang Changzai that she is a smart person, and she will understand how to go in the future." But the concubine also put the words down, if the Wang family has any dissenting intentions and does anything to betray the emperor, the emperor should not blame the concubine for being ruthless, such a person cannot be tolerated in the harem. ”

Xuan Ye said with relief: "I know that this matter will end with you, so I have always kept it in my heart. ”

Lan Qi lowered his eyes and said, "Then the emperor will like her less in the future." ”

Xuan Ye sighed, and said deliberately: "Anyway, there will be new people coming to the draft in two years, and I will choose more beautiful young ones, and I will put her down." ”

The words made the face of the person in front of him change, knowing that Xuan Ye deliberately teased her, Lan Qi was still uncomfortable, turned around and grabbed the bulging money bag and hid it in her arms, and lowered her head and muttered: "It's better to have silver." ”

Xuan Ye looked at her with a smile: "I can't make up for what I owe you, but you can give as much as you want, as long as you open your mouth." ”

"The concubine also wants a bottle with azure glaze." Lan Qi really opened her mouth unceremoniously, Xuan Ye had no choice but to promise her, and she didn't even ask, what did she do with so many bottles.

On that day, the emperor left Yonghe Palace with his front foot, and Concubine Rong hurried over, and asked Lan Qi if she had said anything about Wang Chang's presence, and said worriedly: "She hasn't eaten rice and water these days, and the concubine doesn't toss her, but she doesn't want to live when she looks at it." ”

Lan Qi sighed: "I'll go to Qixiang Palace tomorrow and say what I need to say, I can't stop her if she really wants to die, but Sister Rong, she can't die, it's difficult for the emperor to do it if she dies." ”

The words are contradictory, and the mood is also entangled, but she has to clean up this mess for Xuan Ye, the two of them seem to have been born to make up for each other, she came to Xuan Ye's unfair things, she made a mess, Xuan Ye came to end it, and occasionally thought about it, it seemed quite fair.

The next day was still snowing heavily, when Lan Qi's warm sedan chair went to Qixiang Palace, the top of the sedan chair was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the concubines hugged Da Yu and waited in front of the door with two backyard promises, several people's faces were red from the cold, Lan Qi smiled: "It's such a cold day, what are you doing outside, if you are so polite, I won't come in the future." ”

Everyone saluted respectfully and surrounded Concubine De Niangniang to enter the door, but when she walked into the courtyard, Lan Qi said unceremoniously: "The tea in the concubine's house is not in a hurry to drink, I heard that Wang Chang is not good on her, I want to go and see her." ”

The concubine was embarrassed and defended herself: "She hasn't eaten rice and water for a few days, and the concubine is so worn out that it's useless." ”

"You are naturally hard, she is young and cautious, and she is not easy to discipline." Lan Qi smiled slightly, lifted the big and turned around and walked to the east side hall, the layout of the palace is mostly the same, although she set foot in the Qixiang Palace for the first time, she will not go in the wrong direction, and a few people in the Huanchun Green Beads are clustered, and gradually the people in the Qixiang Palace are left behind.

When Concubine De Niangniang entered the palace where Wang Chang was there, Lu Zhu went out and smiled and said to the concubines and others who wanted to follow the door: "Niangniang wants to talk to Wang Changzai, please wait for the concubine Niangniang in the main hall, and Niangniang will come to drink tea and gossip with you in a while." ”

They were stopped at the door, the momentum of the green beads completely overshadowed the people of Qixiang Palace, and sure enough, the slaves who favored the concubines were like half masters, and the concubines had no confidence, and they were about to retreat to the main hall, and one of them agreed to say: "Concubine Rong and Concubine De have come to take care of this Wang family one after another, Niangniang, are we going too far, in case the emperor likes her again, she will ......"

"Shut up." The concubine scolded angrily, her face flushed, "A Han woman, what else can she do?" ”

In the east side hall, Lan Qi untied the big hat, warmed up with a hand stove, and walked around a few steps in Wang's room, Wang Changzai was supported by the palace maids and left the couch, and the weak and weak people trembled and came over to salute, Lan Qi saw her so haggard, and couldn't bear it, but when she thought of the ridiculous things she did, and Xuan Ye was not worth it, she turned around and sat on the warm kang, and Wang was supported by the palace maids and knelt in front of her.

Lan Qi has always been reluctant for people to grovel to her too much, even if the people from the Internal Affairs Office go to Yonghe Palace on errands, most of them are standing. She feels that often seeing others kneeling will give birth to arrogance, her dignity does not need to rely on other people's knees to maintain, such a condescending thing to watch the Wang family kneeling on the ground like today is very rare in Yonghe Palace.

"You're here, have you reflected?" After retiring the idle palace maids, leaving a ring in the house, with green beads and jade kui guarding the door, Lan Qi said straight to the point, "You sent news to the family privately, there was no malice, did you?" ”

Wang looked at Lan Qi in amazement, and asked in a voice like a mosquito: "Niangniang knows?" Emperor...... Tell the mother? ”

Lan Qi looked down at her proudly: "Now I'm asking you and answering me." ”

Wang suddenly burst into tears, and collapsed limply on the ground, crying and saying that what she had done was unintentional, and that she really didn't know that it would be such a great sin.

But Lan Qi was unmoved, and said coldly: "If you don't want to tell the truth, I can't help you, if you have to insist on your last bit of dignity, then wait for Xiangxiao Yu to die in this palace, do you think in your heart that the emperor will not kill you, or even dare to kill you?" ”

Wang looked at the people in the seat blankly, Lan Qi's eyes were like blades, and she forced her straight to say: "There are so many people in Jiangnan, what are you?" ”

"Mother?"

"You're unintentional?" Lan Qi asked again.

"No, it's not...... Wang suddenly collapsed, fell to the ground and cried, "The concubine is guilty, but Niangniang begs you to believe the concubine, the concubine has no bad intentions, no malice, the concubine is just ......"

"What's the use of explaining now?" Lan Qi motioned to Huanchun to pull Wang up, dragged a chair to put the soft person up, Wang held on to the armrest, and said silently, "Niangniang save the concubine, the concubine can't live happily in Qixiang Palace, and the concubine Niangniang can't wait to strangle the concubine." ”

Lan Qi glanced at Huanchun, Huanchun bent her knees and lifted the hem of Wang Changzai's skirt, and rolled up her trousers, but seeing Wang's fair and slender legs, the two purple-red and black knees were very scary, and sure enough, it was rumored that she was punished by the concubine to kneel.

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