Xuan Ye smiled warmly and glanced at Lan Qi: "It's still the emperor's grandmother who is fair, some people are more than ten years old, and they are still as stupid and stupid as before, so it's good to worry about how much people have to worry about." ”

Lan Qi snorted: "The emperor has to compare who is with you, but it's not interesting, everyone in this world will hold his breath if he loses, only to lose to the emperor, which one is not convinced?" ”

Xuan Ye raised his hand and slapped her on the door: "In front of the imperial grandmother, what are you doing?" ”

But this back and forth flirting and scolding made the Empress Dowager very happy, and she laughed a little out of breath, so she pulled Xuan Ye with one hand and held Lan Qi with the other, and gently put their hands together. Lan Qi's hand appeared more slender and white in the emperor's palm, and there was not even any puffiness of a pregnant woman.

The Empress Dowager shook Xuan Ye's hand and Lan Qi's hand, and held them in the palm of her hand with both hands, smiling so that her eyebrows were crooked and her face was full of kindness, and her voice was very soft, but the words were clear: "Xuan Ye ended the tragedy of losing my husband and son, and let me continue to live gloriously for twenty-six years, and Lan Qi gave me a happy old age, thirteen years, you spent all your best youth on me, how others ruined you and humiliated you, I know your good in my heart." ”

Lan Qi's eyes were moist, and she tried to smile: "The concubine is just better than others, you don't dislike the concubine for being stupid, it's a blessing for the concubine." ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head, "It's commendable, you have been consistent for thirteen years." In the future, there will be more ups and downs in life, Lan Qi, you have to remember my words, when you are wronged, Xuan Ye must bear more grievances than you, and when he is powerless to protect you, his heart is already broken. My grandson is a man who values love and righteousness, and if he could give up the affection engraved in his heart, the world would have changed a long time ago. ”

These words, there is no head and no brain, Lan Qi doesn't understand it a little, and she doesn't have time to think about it for a while, anyway, she listens to and remembers what the Queen Mother says, and it doesn't matter if you think about it slowly in the future.

Xuan Ye was sad in his heart, and said gently: "You are tired, take a rest, you are tired of accompanying the children just now." ”

The Empress Dowager paused, as if she was recalling the scene just now, and said with a smile: "The children are really cute, our fourth elder brother is the most likable, he is like Xuan Ye when he was a child, he is just like touching." ”

Lan Qi didn't say anything, but Xuan Ye repeated: "Imperial Grandmother, you are tired, take a rest." ”

The Empress Dowager looked at Xuan Ye meaningfully, and then smiled lightly: "You, ......"

After this sound, she didn't say anything more, as if there was some tacit understanding between their ancestors and grandchildren, at that moment Lan Qi felt that she couldn't get in, but she didn't care about this, she didn't take it to heart at all.

The two have been accompanying the Queen Mother, the old man wakes up from sleep, occasionally closes her eyes, thinking that she is asleep, but she suddenly wakes up again, and she can't leave people around for a while. Xuan Ye is now putting some court affairs back, and the courtiers also understand the importance of the Empress Dowager to the emperor and even to the entire Qing Dynasty.

Concubine De was repeatedly ordered to go back to Yonghe Palace to recuperate, and after that, Xuan Ye no longer forced her, her grandmother was happy when she saw her, and she didn't want to leave her grandmother.

There has never been a year when the moon is so heavy as this year, and the palace and outside the palace don't even know if the Empress Dowager is still alive on Chinese New Year's Eve, whether they still want to celebrate, whether the emperor wants to sacrifice heaven and earth, all people and everything are waiting for the moment when the Empress Dowager swallows her breath before they can decide or start, but the emperor's heart is to hope that his grandmother can live longer.

Before the young year, Xuan Ye personally led the princes and ministers to walk to the Temple of Heaven, praying to the heavens, asking for the loss of his life and the extension of his grandmother's life.

"Remembering from a weak age, early misestimation, tending to inherit my grandmother's knees, more than 30 years, bowing and teaching, and even success. Without a grandmother, the Empress Dowager, it would never be possible to have the foundation today, and the kindness of the same pole will be difficult to repay in your lifetime...... If you are big or poor, you are willing to reduce the age of the ministers, hoping to increase the life of the empress dowager by several years. ”

Zhu Wen passed into the palace by word of mouth, and the concubines were all embarrassed, Concubine Rong and Duan Concubine were pointed out to the emperor by the Empress Dowager back then, and they could have today's glory, all of which were given by the Empress Dowager. Burning incense and worshiping the Buddha together hopes to reduce their own longevity and add blessings to the empress dowager and the emperor, they are sincere, but they can be known by others, and they compete to follow suit, and the result is more and more intense, and it has become a joke in the harem.

Xuan Ye was naturally furious, and brought Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan to question the reason, asking why people inside and outside the palace were laughing at the concubine for doing these things hypocritically, how innocent the two of them were, and they didn't know how to face the questioning, Lan Qi didn't dare to speak for them casually, and when she was embarrassed, she simply moved out of the Queen Mother, saying that the old man wanted to see Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan.

The emperor sent them away coldly, Lan Qi took them to the dormitory, and then quietly told the truth, Concubine Rong said with tears: "The emperor is in a hurry now, we don't care what he said, but those women are really hateful, aren't you afraid that they will really lose their lives?" ”

Lan Qi persuaded a few words, and when she arrived at the Empress Dowager, the old man opened her eyes and saw Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan, she didn't know about those messy things, and she didn't know that Xuan Ye was angry, but it was so coincidental, she actually smiled and said, "It's good, I just want to see you two." ”

Lan Qi saw that the Empress Dowager had something to say to Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan, so she avoided retreating, standing in front of the door and seeing someone hurrying to the emperor's house, there was nothing strange about it, but she had seen someone running to see the emperor like this countless times today, what was important, that is, the major events of the court, it seemed to be too frequent.

At this moment, in Yuqing Palace, the prince is changing clothes in the house, preparing to come to Cining Palace to greet the Empress Dowager for a while. He opened his arms and was dressed by the palace maid and eunuch, and he didn't move, through the screen, Suo Etu stood outside, and only waited for the prince to be dressed neatly before he retreated from everyone.

The prince tied the jade pendant on his waist on the one hand, and his eyes were still staring at the book on the table, Suo Etu came up and stretched out his hand to turn the book over, and said softly: "Why doesn't the prince often go to Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager, if the minister doesn't come to ask for peace today, won't you go to Cining Palace today?" ”

"There are many people in Cining Palace, and I went just to respond to the scene, which is very fake, and I have those efforts to show others, why don't I prepare for the lecture of the New Year?" The prince disdained, turned the book over again, silently remembered the last sentence, and wanted to call the eunuch to put a hat on him.

But Suo Etu stopped him and persuaded the prince: "The emperor is the most important filial piety, you are so indifferent to the affairs of the queen mother, it will make the emperor unhappy, it is still too late, in the next few days, you have to go to Cining Palace every day, three or four times a day is not too much." ”

The prince suddenly looked at his uncle and grandfather, the young man's face was already a little heroic, no longer the immature gaze, and gradually there was a little indistinct profundity, and a sneer crossed his lips: "You are not afraid of my diaphragm, if it weren't for that incident, the Empress Dowager would probably still be able to play cards and chess with the Emperor Ama at this moment, didn't the imperial doctor also say that it was the fright that scared her soul away?" ”

Suo Etu swallowed his saliva and said heavily: "Prince, you understand that the Empress Dowager is in one day, and the glory of a certain person is increasing day by day, and the son under her knees ......"

"I have so many brothers, which one will be there next?" The crown prince smiled coldly, and actually reached out and patted his uncle and grandfather on the shoulder, "You know that Huang Ama is monitoring my every move, it is better to enter the palace less in the future, you are running here in such a hurry, let's say a few words here, it is estimated that Amma's side can know." ”

Suo Etu was embarrassed and hurriedly said: "There is always something that the emperor can't see, it's not that the minister instigates the relationship between the prince and the emperor, since ancient times, there has been no shortage of emperors who are afraid of the prince, and there are brothers eyeing each other, and the minister is just thinking about the prince's future." ”

Yinren was about to go out, and while calling the eunuch to put on a snow hat and a windbreaker for him, he smiled at his uncle and grandfather: "I know, otherwise, I wouldn't have talked to you." ”

When he walked out of Yuqing Palace, he glanced back at the building that the emperor specially built for his son, and felt heavy for no reason, he knew that the emperor was no longer the prince who was in love when he built this palace in the past, but how could he feel that he had always been unable to control this young prince?

In Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan didn't know what to say, and when they came out, they all cried tears, Lan Qi persuaded a few words to let the palace maid send the two away, and they had just gone out not long ago, and they said that the prince had arrived.

After Yinren entered the door, he first went to his father's house to say hello, Lan Qi thought that the prince was coming over, and he planned to avoid it, but now that the prince is of marriageable age, they are still young concubines to know how to be measured, but when they saw the emperor and his son coming over, Xuan Ye said: "Before, the imperial grandmother waited for Yinren to come over and say a few words, you go and help it, so that the imperial grandmother can speak smoothly." ”

What kind of strength can Lan Qi use to support a pregnant woman, the emperor's meaning is not to let Lan Qi leave, I don't know what to say, I have to listen to her. When the grandparents met, the Empress Dowager's breath was weak, but she just said something to tell the prince to work hard and take care, the young man was moved after all, but he was afraid of displeasing his father, and bit his lip with tears to prevent himself from crying.

The Empress Dowager talked for a while, very hard, rested for a long time, and when she thought she was going to fall asleep again, the old man suddenly opened his eyes again, and said clearly: "Xuanye, Taizong's mausoleum has been in peace for a long time, don't move it for me, I can't bear your father and son in my heart, so I will choose a place to bury me near your Ama's filial piety mausoleum." ”

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