Rong Ruo knew that when his cousin had an accident in the palace, he was in a private house with Shen Wan, and his cronies sent a message, not for the sake of Juezen nobles, they didn't know that there was an old relationship between the two, but because something like this happened among the guards, they felt the need to tell Rong Ruo.

And Rong Ruo heard that it was about her cousin, so she ran out without thinking about it, when Shen Wan sat on the kang with the child in her arms and watched him rush out like the wind, the coldness in her heart at that moment made her feel that every word she said to Juechan in the Mulan paddock turned into a slap and slapped her in the face.

At this time, Rong Ruo entered the palace, and happened to see Concubine De Niangniang in the Qianqing Palace, Lan Qi shook his head slightly when he saw him, as if he felt that he should not come, and passed by after treating each other politely, Gonggong Li asked Concubine De Niangniang to rest elsewhere for a while, and sat like that for most of the hour.

When she was so bored that she was sleepy and wanted to take a nap, Xuan Ye's familiar footsteps woke her up, but when she saw the emperor striding in, she just glared at her angrily, and then stood firmly in place and opened her hand, Lan Qi was stunned and hurriedly came up to serve a change of clothes, put on his usual shirt, and sat down lazily waiting to change his boots, but when he really saw Lan Qi squatting down and preparing to take off his shoes, he reluctantly pulled her aside and said: "These things The little eunuch will do, who wants you to be blind and diligent." ”

Lan Qi didn't insist or talk back, and when Xuan Ye changed into light clothes, it was already time to set the meal, Gonggong Li led the people in the imperial dining room to spread out one by one, Xuan Ye was impatient after looking at it for a long time, pointed to Lan Qi and said, "You pick a few things and put them on the kang table to eat." ”

Lan Qi knew how much his mood was affected, so everything followed him, picked up a few of his favorite foods and brought them in, stood aside and handed the chopsticks and bowls to serve the meal, but Xuan Ye pointed to the other side and said, "Sit down and eat together, aren't you hungry?" ”

"The emperor has a tiger face, which one can eat, and he is scared." Lan Qi muttered a word, and was gently pushed by Xuan Ye, "Sit honestly, you make these things, I can't talk about you anymore?" ”

The two sat opposite each other, Lan Qi hung his head and didn't speak, only saw Xuan Ye's chopsticks moving between dishes from time to time, thinking that he had a good appetite, and he wasn't really angry with himself, it seemed that Nalan Rong didn't make the emperor unhappy, maybe people were in a hurry to enter the palace, not for the sake of Juechan's affairs, he also wronged others.

But just before she thought so, Xuan Ye said, "That guard is dead." Lan Qi was suddenly startled, her eyes widened and she looked at the emperor, Xuan Ye glanced at her, "What, keep him talking nonsense?" ”

The emperor is so ruthless between life and death, which also reminds Lan Qi's heavenly family not to offend, even if Xuan Ye loves her and loves her, he is the emperor after all.

Xuan Ye said again: "You taught her those words of the imperial concubine?" Good end, who can't prove the innocence of the Jue Chan clan and wants you to come forward? You just think I can listen to what you say, so I'm in a hurry to take care of myself, Wu Ya Lanqi, are you too self-righteous? ”

This is very unpleasant, Lan Qi is called by Xuan Ye by name every time, very few are tired of crooked sweet words, most of them are angry and scolded her like this, anyway, she is used to it, she settled down and slowly told him the whole story, she didn't say something that shouldn't be mentioned, about the imperial concubine's ideas, Lan Qi said: "Niangniang just explained to the concubine to do this, whether it was Niangniang's own idea, or Wen Guifei's idea, the concubine doesn't know." ”

Lan Qi didn't deliberately involve Concubine Wen, what the two of them said in private Lan Qi didn't know, and the imperial concubine asked her to come forward to prove the words of the Jue Chan clan, and she didn't say whose idea it was, Lan Qi didn't dare to speculate at will whose scheming it was, so she let the emperor judge it himself.

"It's really not you?" Xuan Ye obviously didn't believe it.

Lan Qi nodded solemnly and said, "You said that the guards are all dead, what are the concubines still hiding from you?" This matter does not have anything to do with the concubine, but since someone uses the concubine as a disguise, the imperial concubine Niangniang said that it will be wrong, the important thing is to calm the matter, don't make more jokes, and don't embarrass you in front of the minister. ”

The chopsticks in Xuan Ye's hand stopped, and he tasted a little bit of wine, there was no important festival, he was usually not greedy for a cup, a sip of wine was enough, but after tasting it today, he drank it all, Lan Qi looked at the empty one, and after being by his side for so many years, he knew that the emperor was not happy.

"You promised the imperial concubine to come forward, just for her to calm down?" Xuan Ye's tone was heavy.

"The concubine also thinks that the noble person of Juezen is pitiful." Lan Qi wanted to dodge and say something insincere, but the more she said under Xuan Ye's interrogation, the more embarrassed she became, it was better to say what she really thought in her heart in order to be open, so she calmly told him, "Don't say that Niangniang is willing to let the concubines help the concubines like this, that is, they give up the nobles of Juezen, and the concubines also plan to go to you or the Empress Dowager to save her life." ”

"So righteous?" Xuan Ye frowned.

"It's not a righteous act, and it's not that the concubine is self-righteous, just because it's a human life." Lan Qi replied firmly, facing Xuan Ye without fear, "Your Majesty, concubines can't live alone in the harem, and it's almost impossible to be alone in the harem, you understand this better than your concubines." Whether it is to obey the arrangement of the imperial concubine Niangniang, or to stand out for the sake of the noble people, it is because of this reason. ”

Xuan Ye looked at her quietly, his eyes did not show the slightest strangeness, but he sighed: "You have a long mind, I noticed it early on, and I also like your intelligence and wisdom, but I suddenly found that the imperial concubine also had a calculation, and I was very surprised." ”

Lan Qi thought to herself that the imperial concubine's scheming was there when she was young, she once wanted to win herself over and her companion, and she once threatened Bu Guiren to attack herself, not to mention those things that tortured herself, whether it was her constriction of light and pretending to be stupid in the Chengqian Palace in the past few years, or being influenced by Yinzhen to have more motherly states of mind in her body, the imperial concubine has never been stupid, but the emperor himself underestimated this cousin.

"Maybe it's Concubine Wen's idea?" Lan Qi said this casually, and said, "There is one more thing, the imperial concubine must mention it when the concubine asks her concubine to come to see you." ”

Xuan Ye moved his chopsticks again and asked nonchalantly, "What's the matter?" ”

Lan Qi immediately said, "You can summon the nobles to sleep." ”

Xuan Ye choked on a mouthful of food, coughed again and again, alarmed Gonggong Li outside in a panic and brought people in to see the scene, and was scolded by the emperor angrily, glaring at Lan Qi angrily: "She told you to die, are you going to die too?" ”

Lan Qi has long been scolded by Xuan Ye, they are not tired of being together every day, occasionally the emperor is in a bad mood because of government affairs, he will look at her left and right, or there is a disagreement on something, Lan Qi occasionally has the audacity to twist with him, Xuan Ye will scold people angrily, so these few sentences can't hurt her at all, and people still say with a serious face: "If the emperor was as fair to the noble people as everyone else, there would be no such things, although it is not your fault, but now that things have become like this, only you can solve it." ”

Xuan Ye said Lan Qi so fiercely, but there is no estrangement between the two, there is no need to be careful when he speaks, and his heart is not so hot when he says a word of anger, whether he deliberately snubbed Xiao Hesheri, Xuan Ye himself knows best, and there are some things that can't be said to Lan Qi, and there is no need to say it to her.

"I see." Xuan Ye finally responded, but glared at Lan Qi and said, "Don't be a microphone in the future, the imperial concubine wants to say, just let her say it herself, I don't let you be used by them." ”

Lan Qi smiled and agreed: "Just this time, I won't take it as an example." Then he asked, "When will the emperor arrange for the nobles to sleep?" The imperial concubine said that after the servant went to bed, she would be promoted to a higher position and let the noble people move to live elsewhere. ”

Xuan Ye annoyed her: "Just say it's not an example, you ask so much, make so many requests, which one do you think?" You let the imperial concubine ask me herself. ”

Lan Qi immediately stopped talking, but the look on his face seemed to Xuan Ye that if you didn't agree, you would agree, and he wouldn't really scold, just shook his head and said, "In the end, the old husband and wife, now you even have to ask which attendant I have called, and you still say it so smoothly, you don't feel uncomfortable in your heart?" You don't feel bad, I still feel bad. ”

Lan Qi smiled softly: "How can you not feel uncomfortable, but the husband of the concubine is the emperor, thinking of this, I can let go of everything." ”

"Emperor." Xuan Ye repeated this word gently, and occasionally he would feel that this word was very unfamiliar, and it was because of these two words that many helpless things became natural and ruthless.

"Nalan Rongruo, have you seen it?" Xuan Ye suddenly talked about this stubble, and Lan Qi nodded, "Just take a picture." ”

Xuan Ye said: "He came just for this matter, to tell me that the guard is dead, and he died a really happy death, this is the most neat thing I have ever seen him, and it is also the most ruthless thing." Although he can be literate and martial, he has a more literati temperament, and he is often indecisive when encountering things, which is his biggest shortcoming, and Mingzhu often says that he is difficult to take on a big job, but this time, he has no scruples and allows the guard to commit suicide. ”

The word "suicide", Xuan Ye said it very seriously, Lan Qi understood that the death of the guard was definitely not suicide but his killing, could it be Nalan Rongruo's hand? His posture is equivalent to cutting first and then playing, if it is a little for the emperor's face, but most of the reason must be for the sake of the nobles of Juezen.

"He didn't even care about Suo Etu, and directly executed this matter, saying that he would not overstep, in short, it was embarrassing." Xuan Ye snorted, "It's okay, give Suo Etu a slap in the face and make him sober and sober, but unfortunately in front of Mingzhu, it will be difficult for his son to explain, Mingzhu will definitely be very angry." ”

"What the emperor is saying now, it seems that the concubines shouldn't listen to it?" Lan Qi felt that the topic was gradually drifting away, and she was not suitable for always listening to Xuan Ye talk about things in the court.

Xuan Ye didn't care, leaned back comfortably, and said with a slight smile: "It's one thing to be in politics, it's another thing to understand the situation in the imperial court, and you can use it to teach Yinzuo in the future." ”

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