Concubine Hui looked up, saw Concubine Rong enter the door, turned around and took the dim sum box from Ji Xin's hand, she sat down on the edge of the kang, opened the box, there were all kinds of delicate dim sum, there were palace maids to serve tea, and when she saw it, she said: "Our mother has no appetite for several days, or Concubine Rong has a heart." ”

"It's all made by Jixin, you taste it." Concubine Rong took a piece of peach blossom and handed it over, the corners of Concubine Hui's lips were slightly raised, she didn't look at it at all, lowered her head and continued to embroider the things in her hand, and said lukewarmly, "Everything in Changchun Palace is the same, there is no shortage of snacks to eat, and you look down on me too much." ”

Concubine Rong said: "I naturally know that you don't lack anything, but you just came empty-handed, and I don't know how to talk to you." ”

Concubine Hui raised her face, with hatred in her eyes, and sneered: "Why did you come to see me?" The third elder brother did that kind of thing, what else do we have to say between us, and no one else is it, but it's your son. No matter how bad I am, our decades of love are so desperate? ”

Concubine Rong's face was dark, and she said coldly: "Do you think my third elder brother will be better, from now on, what future can he have?" ”

Concubine Hui was stunned, but if she thought about it, isn't it, a person who reports his eldest brother, if the emperor doesn't value him in the future, which of the other ministers dares to trust him and support him, not to mention that Concubine Rong has been like this for the rest of her life, there is no backer in and out of the palace, and the third elder brother has lost to other brothers since he was born, and now he has no fight.

"I'm not much better than you, I came to see you, just because of these decades of love." Concubine Rong put the dim sum back in the box, and when she closed the box, she said sadly, "We used to say at that time, waiting to see the day when she will be replaced by others in the future, waiting for the day when she will be the same as us in the future, but in this life, I am afraid we can't wait." ”

Concubine Hui knew who she was talking about, and couldn't help teasing: "Why do you bother to say this kind of thing in front of me, you and her are not sisters and sisters are very affectionate?" ”

Concubine Rong's fingers stroked the patterns on the lacquer box, as if the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes could not be concealed, and she said with a heavy gaze: "Where is the intimacy of sisters and sisters, it's just that I have been stammering her and relying on her." She knew in her heart that her kindness had pitied me for so many years. ”

"So what, what should I say to you after hearing your words?" The hatred in Concubine Hui's eyes was unabated.

Concubine Rong's eyes were moist, and she said softly: "We are all old, if you and I are not blessed to walk in front of the emperor, in the future she will be the queen mother, I will beg her to treat you well, no matter how bad you and I are, we were also the emperor's pillows." ”

A "pillow man" softened Concubine Hui's sharpness, the past is vivid, she was also young, she was also beautiful, but at this moment, she could only sneer: "What kind of pillow person, what kind of pillow person are we?" As he spoke, he covered his eyes that were almost moist, and said coldly, "She is the queen mother?" I want to live hard to see if she has this blessing, I heard that the emperor wants the ministers to elect a new prince? ”

Concubine Rong bowed her head and said, "The door of your Changchun Palace is closed so tightly, and the news is still very well-informed. ”

Concubine Hui said: "Look at it, where is this to set up a new prince, the emperor has put the responsibility for the prince's madness and depravity on my Yinyu, since it has been abolished, what are you doing with so many things?" The emperor never said half a word, you wait and see, tomorrow's court meeting, who the minister chooses, who is unlucky. ”

Concubine Rong was stunned and said softly: "Now in this posture, I am afraid that the fourth elder brother will be chosen, and only Yonghe Palace can eat in front of the emperor." ”

Concubine Hui gloated and said, "If this is the case, it is also her Wu Ya Lanqi who is exhausted." ”

The next day, the emperor still listened to the government in the Qingxi Book House in Changchun Garden, and after the people's livelihood and national defense, it was the election of the important heir to the prince, except for the eldest brother and the crown prince, all the adult and minor princes under the third elder brother were present. Brother Jiu's eyes rolled slightly, wanting to see from the faces of the ministers, who they were looking for, and those officials who have always supported the Eighth Elder Brother got their words yesterday, and they must not rashly participate in today's affairs, let alone recommend the Eighth Elder Brother to the emperor.

Xuan Ye sat on the top, and after reading a book of excerpts, he asked the people from the Ministry of Industry to handle it, and took the tea handed over by Liang Gonggong, and when he drank it, he said casually: "Yesterday I said that the new prince was elected, do you all have ideas?" ”

There was silence below, the emperor drank tea, and just put down the tea bowl, he saw Shun Anyan stand up, clasped his fists and bowed down: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

Tong Guowei, who was standing at the head of the group of ministers, was shocked, and stared at his grandson nervously, last night their ancestors and grandsons clearly said that they would remain neutral in this matter and not say anything, Shun Anyan would come out of nowhere, what were you going to do?

The emperor raised his hand to signal Shun Anyan to speak, and he bowed calmly and said, "The minister recommended the eighth elder brother as the new prince." ”

The ministers immediately exchanged heads, but because of the current situation of the holy driver, they didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and they calmed down again, and the eighth elder brother on the side was already wide-eyed, looking at Shun Anyan in disbelief.

The emperor's face was calm, and he said lightly: "You recommend Eighth Elder Brother?" ”

"Your Majesty." But another voice sounded, Fucha Maqi was also standing at the head of the group of ministers, and at this moment he took a step ahead and said, "The eighth elder brother is virtuous and virtuous, praised by the government and the opposition, since entering the court, he has been repeatedly praised by the emperor, and he is the best among the princes. ”

Xuan Ye coughed lightly, picked up the tea bowl again, glanced at the ministers, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

I saw Ah Ling'a step forward and said almost the same thing as Ma Qi, he was still a little trembling when he said it, and it seemed that he suddenly felt strange, why did everyone say the same thing, and then Xu, Oro Dai, and Wang Hongxu all played to protect the eighth elder brother as the prince.

Several powerful families all promoted the eighth elder brother, and those officials who did not stand on the side followed the direction of the wind, which had nothing to do with them, but at this moment, they all followed suit and said that they were promoting the eighth elder brother, so that those who had the intention to promote the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother didn't even dare to speak.

The princes have different expressions, and the eighth elder brother is even more upside down in his heart, at this moment, it is really difficult to choose whether he stepped forward to humbly resign or wait for the emperor's idea. Humility, if my father chooses him, won't he miss the opportunity? But if he didn't shirk and waited for his father's decision, if a group of ministers rebelled against the emperor's wishes, he would be unlucky.

After a period of hustle and bustle, the hall calmed down again, Manager Liang replaced the cold tea and served a bowl of warm honey tea, Xuan Ye didn't know, he was stunned when he entered the mouth, this taste could only come from Lan Qi's hand, and he couldn't help but smile on his lips.

This gentle and comfortable smile almost made the eighth elder brother below misunderstand that he had hope, but the emperor drank tea and said: "The matter of establishing the prince is very important, have you thought about it?" The eighth elder brother is young, he has never changed things, and he has recently been convicted, and the embezzled silver shocked the government and the opposition, which is a royal shame, and his mother Concubine Liang is from a criminal background, how can it be compared with Queen Hesheri? It's very inappropriate to be the prince, so you can think about it when you go back. ”

The atmosphere in the hall was awkward and tense, and the eighth elder brother's heart simply fell from the clouds to the bottom, and when he heard the words "royal shame" and "the good concubine is born from a crime", he trembled all over, if it weren't for the ninth elder brother supporting him on the side, he was afraid that he would not be able to stand steadily, or other irrelevant elder brothers, who heard it coldly.

At this time, in Ruijingxuan, Concubine Tong, concubines, and concubines were tailoring clothes with Lan Qi, preparing to make auspicious clothes for the New Year. Lan Qi asked the people of the Internal Affairs Office if a few ladies in the palace had gone to serve, and she was relieved when she heard that it had been prepared. Now living in two places, and because of the impact of the events in the court on the harem, Lan Qi is most afraid that someone will do things that fall into the well, and he doesn't want to treat those people badly.

As soon as the people from the Internal Affairs Office withdrew, the little eunuch of Qingxi Book House came to spread the word, saying that the emperor's court meeting had dispersed, and he would come to Ruijingxuan to rest for a while, and Concubine Tong stopped and asked: "Yesterday I said that the election of the new prince will have a result today?" ”

The little eunuch said: "There is no result yet, the servants just heard that the ministers all chose the eighth elder brother, and the emperor seems to be not very happy." ”

Concubine Tong shrugged her eyebrows, waved her hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

He Concubine got up and said: "Long live the Lord is coming, Niang Niang and the concubine go to the courtyard of the concubine sister to sit down, the concubine sister got up early and stewed bird's nest and pear, saying that the concubine will be rewarded for eating it." ”

Lan Qi couldn't help but gently push the concubine, and was disgusted: "Why don't you sit and drink tea with Long Live Lord?" ”

and the concubine laughed: "Niangniang, the little eunuch said that the long live Lord is not happy, the concubine will not make the emperor happy, and the concubine Niangniang will not either." ”

They laughed and left, the room was suddenly clean, Huan Chun ordered the little palace maid to come in and pack up her things, and just spread out a lot of silk cloud brocade, afraid that the thread would fall on the kang, Lan Qi stood aside and watched them busy, the smile on her face gradually converged, and she said to herself: "I don't know if he is really unhappy." ”

But unexpectedly, the palace maids were in a hurry to work, but the emperor didn't come, and Manager Liang personally came to Ruijingxuan to invite Lan Qi, saying that the emperor was waiting for the mother by the lake, Lan Qi didn't dare to delay, and quickly changed her clothes and prepared to go out.

was pulling his hair together, looked up and saw Huan Chun hugging a coral red robe, and said with a smile: "You are messing around again, I don't want to wear such a color again, making people look at jokes." ”

Huan Chun lowered his head and touched the robe and said, "The slave maid has heard the emperor say that there is snow in the garden, and the bright clothes are lined to look good." ”

Lan Qi got up and took off the homely robe on his body, and said, "He has been watching me for decades, no matter how much you think about it, it's not new, don't make people gossip." ”

Huan Chun looked at her with a smile, holding the robe but not letting go.

On the shore of the lake in the garden, there was snow from last night on the reef on the shore, Xuan Ye asked the people around him, when would it freeze, and wanted to serve the Queen Mother to see the ice play, and someone said when he spoke: "Long live the lord, Concubine De is here." ”

Xuan Ye followed the sound and looked over, Lan Qi came with a big coat, and the wind blew up the robe, revealing the coral red robe underneath, bright and eye-catching, his heart was relieved, and he smiled.

Lan Qi walked up to him, saw his ambiguous eyes, and asked softly, "What are you laughing at, it's not good-looking?" ”

Xuan Ye gently picked up her clothes, pulled her white and warm hand from the sleeve cage and said, "It's good-looking, but people are more beautiful than clothes." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "It's not serious, I'm going to be fifty years old, and I'm still fifteen years old?" ”

Xuan Ye took her along the lakeside, wanting to take her to see the scenery over there, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "But I always remember what you looked like when you were fifteen years old, and I have never forgotten it." ”

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