At the beginning of November, there was a heavy snowfall, and since the Empress Daxing was in her clothes, the palace was pale again. In the warm pavilion of Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi is hugging Jin to teach Yinxiang to read and write, the thirteenth elder brother is cute and very sticky, Lan Qi likes this child more and more, and he is more worried about his own mother, and is preparing to take the child to Xing'er in a few days, and even wants Xing'er to move to the lively palace.

A faint gust of cold wind poured in, it should be someone outside, after a whispering movement, I saw Huanchun come in with the curtain again, and went to the side of the kang and said to her: "Lord Suo Etu is back, and the prince is also back from Changchun Garden." ”

Lan Qi bowed his head and said, "It's the end of the year, and the prince should come back." He sighed again, "But as soon as New Year's Day passes, the emperor is probably going to go to the garden, and Queen Daxing wanted to go before she fell ill, but unfortunately the queen is too sick to move." ”

Huanchun asked, "Shall we go?" ”

Lan Qi shook his head and said, "Let's see how the emperor arranges." ”

Huan Chun smiled: "Long Live Lord must want you to go, where will Long Live Lord not take you?" ”

Yinxiang said in his arms: "Huang Ama will take Eniang to go." ”

Lan Qi kissed him happily, but thought in her heart that the children had grown up unconsciously again, and it would be better to be more careful when talking in front of them in the future, so she didn't say anything to Huanchun, and then the nurse came to take the thirteenth elder brother away, and then said to her: "The queen mother is in mourning, the queen is in mourning, the emperor has not been close to the harem in the past two years, and the sadness in anyone's heart is limited, not to mention that he has to continue to bear the world." He always has to go to relax, and now they are all newcomers who are being pampered and served, what do I do with the past, do they have to look at my face when they do something? ”

Huan Chun said with a smile: "It's okay for others to say this, Niang Niang can't say it, the emperor can't compare to you." ”

"You're being frivolous." Lan Qi blamed her, "I'm thirty years old, it's not as fresh and lovely as my teens and twenties, he is in his prime, and he can have one or two good servants, I don't have to worry about it, right?" ”

Huan Chun smiled and said: "Niangniang's heart is really big, and I can't get over it when I look back, what are you polite to the slave?" ”

Lan Qi smiled: "You are not too young, and you always make trouble with me with these words." She sighed deeply, as if she was sad about the life of Empress Xiaoyi, and sighed: "Probably because I have experienced too much life and death, but the work at the end of the year and the end of the year, I feel that I have inexplicably lost a little bit of my former temperament." Although he still doesn't want to have a new love and new favorite next to him, he can't be so disgusted as before, but now he opens his eyes every day and thinks about whether his body is good, whether there is anything important in this palace, whether the children are crying, and sure enough, the beauty is to be raised on the clouds, once it is contaminated with fireworks, it will be different. ”

Huanchun also felt that compared with other concubines and concubines, her master stuffed too many things in her heart, she did everything wholeheartedly, whether it was trivial matters in the six palaces, or the daily life of the princesses, she never slacked off her concern for the emperor and the queen mother, and she was stuffed full every day, she really gave her time to be jealous, and she would rather sleep crookedly with the soft little brother and princess, it was too hard.

"The Queen Mother said that I want you to leave the affairs of the palace alone for these two months and take good care of your body." Huanchun walked and opened the window a little for ventilation, and when he felt a little cold, he quickly closed it again, and came back to move another pot of charcoal in front of the master, and advised, "The emperor sends people to ask you if you are okay three times a day, the slaves and maids are annoyed, and the emperor is not annoyed there." ”

Lan Qi lazily crooked and said: "What is he bothering about, it is the father-in-law under him who is attentive, ready for him to ask anytime and anywhere, I guess he will not want to know all the time, at most he remembers, and asks casually." ”

Huanchun waved his hand and smiled: "Niangniang can't say this, the slave maid asked them, saying that Long Live Lord really asks three times a day." ”

Lan Qi snorted hypocritically: "He has me in his heart, I know." ”

At this time, it seemed that someone was coming from outside, Huan Chunying went out to be obedient, and Xu Yu came in with a strange look on his face and said: "Changchun Palace just went to Ningshou Palace to report the good news, saying that the concubine in the eldest brother's mansion is pregnant, as if she wants to ask the queen mother for a favor and give the concubine a special title." ”

Lan Qi knew that the side Fujin in the elder brother's mansion was also a noble existence, most of them came from famous families, and the prince's side Fujin was personally selected by the empress dowager, so the girl in the eldest brother's mansion who was favored was at most given a qualified name, and it was impossible for the side Fujin to be given. But if the concubine can give birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, the son may have a better future depending on his mother's guiding, but in this way, according to Concubine Hui's preferences, the emperor will give birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor, and the future days of Dafu Jin will be even more sad.

"It's just a concubine, and when she really gives birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, it's not too late to say goodbye." Lan Qi instructed Huanchun, and thought of the pot-bellied man in the palace again, and then advised, "Let people go and see Yuan, she will give birth in another month." ”

In Changchun Palace, Concubine Hui returned in a warm sedan chair, took off the thick coat when she entered the door, stood by the stove to roast the fire, Yan Zhu brought hot tea to her to drink, but she pushed her hand away, her face was unpretentious, and she frowned and said: "Even giving birth to two daughters, I will wait for her to take care of her body and have good news in a few days, but I didn't expect to be taken by a concubine, she is also powerful, she has helped hide it for so long, and now she is three months pregnant." ”

Yan Zhu stood aside with the tea, lowered her head and waited to be scolded, and sure enough, she heard Concubine Hui reproach her: "Didn't you let you send someone to keep an eye on Brother A's Mansion, why did you not know until now?" ”

Yan Zhu said in a low voice: "Niangniang doesn't know, Da Fu Jin seems to be guarding against you, she tried her best to replace the people in Brother's Mansion with her people, little by little, and when the slave and maid came back to their senses, there was no one in the house who could speak, and she had been preparing to stuff people into the mansion these days." ”

"This little slut is really capable." Concubine Hui was angry, kicked on the stove in a gaffe, and sat down on the side with a snort, "Does she think that I really can't do anything about her, does she think that I am really rare for her daughter-in-law, without her, there will be others, what is she?" ”

Yan Zhu put down the tea bowl and persuaded him: "Niangniang must calm down, if you take Dafujin at this time, it happens to be in the queen's funeral, even if you choose the new Fujin, you can't catch up with the prince's side Fujin to enter the palace." ”

Concubine Hui frowned and said nothing, and then heard Yan Zhu say softly: "After all, it is the royal bloodline, if it is really the eldest grandson of the emperor, it is a happy event after all, and many noble daughters are just a qualified identity in the palace Baylor Mansion, not to mention that there will be a chance to become a side fortune in the future." ”

Concubine Hui frowned and said: "You don't understand the difference here, it's nothing to be a concubine, what matters is the origin of your mother." She raised her hand and pointed to the east, "If she hadn't been from too humble background, she would probably have been in the position of a noble concubine or even an imperial concubine, this is the difference." ”

Yan Zhu sneered: "So it's doomed, she can't get past you for the rest of her life." ”

"What if you can't go over?" Concubine Hui snorted coldly, and didn't say the sad words in her heart, thinking that if it weren't for the eldest brother's struggle, she would probably not even be able to make a promise, but then she thought again, maybe this is her life, she is destined to share wealth with these women, as if the emperor owed her in his previous life, even if she didn't like her anymore, she would not be treated with a son.

"It's a pity that the Lord still doesn't have any real power now, and Lord Suo Etu is back." Yan Zhu sighed softly and reminded the master, "Our eldest brother has occupied the scenery in the past few months, and the prince has shrunk in Changchun Garden and has not been revealed. ”

Vicious thoughts flashed in Concubine Hui's mind, and she whispered to Yan Zhu: "He has been in the garden alone for so long, doesn't he make some trouble?" ”

Yan Zhu was stunned for a moment, remembering that the concubine in the eldest brother's mansion had been pregnant for so long, and immediately understood the master's thoughts, and there was a cold smile between his eyebrows: "The slave and maid understand." ”

Three or five days later, because the prince came back from Changchun Garden, the emperor took the prince to lecture with the elder brothers in the upper study, and selected the masters of the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother on that day.

The same princesses have also grown up, Princess Chunxi is almost twenty years old, and she has not been married so far, and there are quite a few complaints in the clan, but the emperor's daughter is of course the emperor's final say, and the courtiers know that the emperor is waiting for the best opportunity to make peace.

The lecture of the day was not over until the afternoon, Lan Qi did not let Huanchun and them inquire about the situation in the study, but in the evening, many things were sent before, and the accompanying little father-in-law diligently kowtowed to Concubine De Niangniang to say goodbye, saying that the fourth elder brother won the first place today, these are the emperor's rewards, and the fourth elder brother asked them to send them all to Yonghe Palace, so that Concubine De Niangniang could choose some favorite ones to stay.

Everyone was happy for Lan Qi, although Lan Qi was also happy, but she didn't know what was wrong in her heart, she chose a few things at random, and asked them to send them to Chengqian Palace, and after a while, the fourth elder brother himself came back and asked his mother to say goodbye in the warm pavilion.

Lan Qi asked a few words about today's events, the little guy was full of spirits, he was no longer heartbroken for Queen Xiaoyi, Lan Qi was very relieved, but this child has been studying more and more hard recently, and she can't care about it across the two palaces, but often listen to Xiao Hezi say that the fourth elder brother has stayed up for half a night to read and write, thinking that he can get the first name today, and it is not just casually.

It is a good thing for a child to work hard, and Queen Xiaoyi will be comforted if she has knowledge, but Lan Qi is already a person who has been thoroughly infiltrated by the sophistication of the harem, and the thoughts that pop up in her heart are big moves.

"Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind." Lan Qi made up her mind, now that there is no Empress Xiaoyi, she must bravely protect her son, she can't always be afraid that he will be disgusted with her, and she can't be too cautious, so she seriously warned him at this moment, "You are an elder brother, and you don't want the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother to surpass you, right?" In the same way, what will the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother think? Yinzhen, you are not children anymore. ”

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