The emperor wanted to hurry back to the Forbidden City, and without much time to explain, he just said that you are waiting for me to come, and then handed Lan Qi over to his trusted inner guard, who respectfully invited Niangniang to get into the car, and the carriage left Changchun Garden with the holy car, but it didn't take long for them to separate on the road.

Lan Qi was the only one with Huanchun, and the master and servant didn't know where they were going, and when the carriage finally stopped, they heard someone outside: "Madam, we're here." ”

Mrs. should be called her outside the palace, although Lan Qi is still young, after all, she is not a teenage girl, and her temperament is different, she can no longer pretend to be a little girl when she goes out of the palace in private clothes like before, and she is wearing brocade that is not what ordinary people can get, and her gestures are full of luxury.

"Madame, please, the other guests are gone, the best room has been cleaned for you, the quilts and mattresses on the bed are all up to date, and the teacups and utensils on the table have not been used, madam, be careful of the steps." It seemed that the middle-aged man in the store was very attentive, but she was about to get close to Lan Qi, and the guard wearing ordinary clothes next to her stopped her, "My wife has someone to serve her, so you don't need to bother." ”

Lan Qi smiled silently, and followed into the door, a huge spacious inn, with more than a dozen tables of eight immortals under the hall, and I don't know what kind of situation it is when the guests are full of guests, it is empty at the moment, and there is an echo in the speech.

The inn is three floors high, according to the store, the second and third floors are guest rooms, and there are only two first-class rooms on the third floor. ”

The shopkeeper's face clearly showed a little pride, and he was humble with his fists: "Don't dare to be, it's all the old customers who love it, but it's the first time that Mrs. has seen it, and it doesn't sound like it's from other places, you are from Beijing, right?" ”

As a result, the guard scolded the shopkeeper again: "Ask what to do like this, our lady is tired on the road, so she has to rest, so she quickly opened the room, and then went down neatly, we gave the silver, and I made it clear before, I don't want you to dangle in front of you." ”

Lan Qi didn't want to trouble the guards, and didn't want to lose his dignity, so he ignored the shopkeeper anymore, and waited into the spacious guest room, which was really a heroic inn, and a door went in to set three rooms, and the innermost bedroom was as big as the two rooms where Lan Qi lived in Ruijingxuan.

At this time, the store retreated, and the guard explained to Concubine De that the man was not the boss, this shop was opened by a relative of Cao Yin's family of Lord Cao, and Lord Cao was also famous, so it was all business in the officialdom, and there was no shortage of dignitaries and nobles on weekdays, so that person was bold and high-eyed, please don't care about Concubine De.

Of course, Lan Qi didn't care about these things, even if the whole inn was empty all the way, she knew that something was really going on, and someone might be able to come out to protect her within ten steps, since it was Xuan Ye who sent her here, the emperor must have arranged it a long time ago.

"Is the emperor going to come directly at night?" Lan Qi asked, but she was embarrassed to open her mouth to the guards, so she just waited to see Xuan Ye at night, and asked him if the Empress Dowager knew that they ran out to play.

After that, no one came to disturb the master and servant, the room was empty, everything was complete, but in the end it was just a guest room, and it was not new to walk around twice, Lan Qi sat under the window and looked at the lively scene outside the two streets, and said coyly: "Why send me here in the morning, just sit and wait for a day, what's the point of being locked up here, he just wants to come out of it." ”

Huan Chun sat at the table and cut a plate of fruit, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that you can't go out for a walk, otherwise it will be very lively outside, and the slave maid hasn't been out of the palace for a long time." ”

If it was a few years earlier, Lan Qi would have excitedly followed Huanchun and said that it was better for them to go shopping on the street first, anyway, there must be guards within ten steps, and she was not afraid of being abducted, but now she is the mother of several children, and she has long lost her impulsive and reckless nature, even if she wants to go out and have a look, she doesn't dare to do more such things, don't say anything about causing trouble to the guards, something really happened, Xuan Ye didn't demolish this inn.

"It's boring." Lan Qi sat lazily at the table, although the melons and fruits were fresh, but she hadn't eaten anything good now, so she naturally didn't care, she didn't eat a piece of melon casually, got up and dangled in front of the window, still complaining: "It's boring, it's boring, I'm still thinking about the Queen Mother, what if the old man doesn't know that I'm coming out?" ”

Huan Chunle hehe, she felt that the Queen Mother should know, just outside someone knocked on the door, so she wiped her hands and went out to be obedient, and soon came in with a bright smile and said: "Ask Niangniang if she is resting, the emperor instructed the guards to arrange for Niangniang to go to the Chenghuang Temple to burn incense before noon, there are many people, today because it is not the fifteenth day of the new year, I can also go, only invite Niangniang can not go around, we will come back immediately after burning incense and worshiping the Buddha." ”

"It was arranged by the emperor?" Lan Qi was relieved now, quickly threw away the melon in her hand, asked Huanchun to wash her hands and change her clothes, stood in front of the mirror and saw that she was dressed in cloud brocade, and said with a smile, "It is a place where ordinary people often go, and it is not good to dress like this." ”

Huanchun didn't prepare any plain clothes when he went out, who would have thought that it was a private visit from Weifu, but not long after, someone knocked on the door, saying that they forgot to give the clothes to the mother.

Two cloth clothes were sent in, the master and servant were changed from head to toe, the headdress on the bun was all replaced, Lan Qi only inserted a silver and jade hairpin on the hair, and the person in the mirror changed his face, Lan Qi smiled excitedly: "If the emperor sees me like this at night, he will not recognize it." ”

After going out, the shopkeeper saw the two of them changing their clothes downstairs, half-open their mouths and didn't know what to say, but the guards around Lan Qi were too domineering, and they couldn't talk too much, the carriage outside had already been prepared, and the group walked through the streets and alleys to the City God Temple, Lan Qi and Huanchun were no strangers to these, they were ordinary people before entering the palace, and they would also burn incense and worship Buddha on the street, and they all entered the palace in their teens, and they began to feel that the outside of the palace had become another world close in front of them but out of reach.

Today's first tenth, compared to the fifteenth day of the first fifteenth day of the lively, although there are a lot of people, not yet difficult to move an inch, the two of them entered the City God Temple very smoothly, Huanchun helped a donation of incense after the incense, Lan Qi then invited three incense sticks into the hall, saluted the city god lord, Huanchun will invite three incense sticks to the incense case, Lan Qi knelt on the futon, folded his hands and prayed sincerely, and so Huanchun incense returned, and saw that the master who was still smiling was crying silently.

They didn't stay in the City God Temple for too long, the carriage and horses quickly sent the master and servant back to the inn, all the way silent, back to the inn again, Huan Chun asked if he wanted to change his clothes, Lan Qi was a little energetic, and said with a smile: "Just now I heard the women next to me in the City God Temple saying that there is a night market tonight, I want to go shopping and see if I can wait until the emperor comes back." ”

Huanchun saw that she was in a better mood, so she asked, "Why did Niangniang cry just now, do you miss the sixth elder brother again?" ”

Lan Qi bowed her head, and there was still a little sadness in the corners of her eyes: "Lord Chenghuang is in charge of the affairs of the underworld, I naturally ask for a blessing for Yinzuo, in fact, thinking about it, it is just to comfort myself." ”

"The emperor asked you to go to the City God Temple, is this also for this?" Huanchun seemed to understand, and comforted the master, "For the sake of the emperor being so careful, don't be sad, the slave maid is still very confused, there are many big temples in the capital, why do you go to the City God Temple, there are many people there, and it is not very convenient." ”

"No matter what the emperor thinks, I'm already very content." She turned to look out the window, although it was high and had a wide field of vision, she couldn't see the Forbidden City, which was invisibly relaxing her body and mind, even if she had lived in Changchun Garden for several days, the shackles of the Forbidden City had been more than ten years after all.

At this moment, in the Forbidden City, the prince's lecture has just ended, and all the elder brothers who have gone to the study are standing in a row in the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor is sitting at the table looking through the words they have written these days, except for the fifth elder brother, they have made great progress, but the imperial grandmother told him not to be too demanding of the fifth elder brother, and he just briefly mentioned it.

At this time, the emperor looked up in a very good mood, and saw a row of children in front of him, the youngest seventh elder brother standing beside the fifth elder brother, he was born with a defect, no matter how well the people in the palace were raised, they looked thin after all, Xuan Ye looked over one by one, and between Yinqi and Yinyou, a piece of his heart was suddenly missing.

If Yinzuo is still there, what will he look like now, after two years of studying in the study, he should no longer be so naughty and mischievous, or his temperament is difficult to accept, and he will not be honest in the study, so Lan Qi will definitely lose his temper with his son, and he may have to coax her for the sake of the child in two years, but those happy burdens, God took them back before he had time to give him, is he afraid that the burden on his shoulders is heavy enough, or is he not qualified to do this Amma?

He admitted that although they are all his own children, whether it is the crown prince born to the queen or the elder brother who promised to be born forever, Xuan Ye cherishes every child, but people's hearts are born with deviations, and he is not exempt from vulgarity. In addition to loving a few of these children too much, he also tried his best to raise other children, in the future, they will all be ministers of the imperial court, the prince of the royal family, Baylor, the branches and leaves of Aixin Jueluo stretch out from the Forbidden City, and they must rely on them to support the powerful royal family, and the inheritance of the Manchurian family has only really started from his generation.

At this time, Gonggong Li came in from outside and said that the eighth elder brother was waiting, Xuan Ye let his son enter the door, but when he saw Yinxi walking in respectfully, after bowing to his father, he saw the brothers again. Xuan Ye has always heard that the eighth elder brother has a gentle temperament, and he is indeed a sensible and intelligent child who sees him on weekdays, and when I see him again today, I feel that he has suddenly grown up a lot, but going to the study is a serious and solemn thing, and at this moment the emperor also said solemnly: "I met with your master in the afternoon, and I will go to the study from tomorrow, the rules in the study are big, and your imperial brothers are doing a good job, I hope you can also concentrate on studying like them, and we must thoroughly understand the knowledge of the Han people, so as to be in charge of the world." ”

The eighth elder brother promised one by one, and then the emperor asked a few more things, and then had lunch with the elder brothers, and in the afternoon, the eighth elder brother went to the study to see the end of the ceremony, and watched the sons' riding and shooting together, until sunset and dusk to prepare to leave the palace.

In the harem, everyone looked forward to which palace the emperor could go to sit and sit, but the emperor didn't see anyone except for sending someone to greet the imperial concubine, and even the imperial concubine was looking forward to seeing the emperor, but only waited for Gonggong Li's greetings, she naturally wouldn't be rude in front of people, and Gonggong Li complained to Qinglian after leaving: "Come and go in a hurry, what is hooking him in the garden?" ”

Qinglian said: "The Empress Dowager is taking care of her body, and the emperor is afraid that she is not at ease." ”

The imperial concubine sneered: "Have you heard the rumors in the palace, it is said that the little promise that went out of Yonghe Palace has now coaxed the emperor very happy, I see her come back, I am afraid that it is not uncommon for a noble person to be a nobleman." ”

But it's not that there is something in Changchun Garden that hooks the emperor, the person who hooks his heart is hiding in the well of Beijing City at the moment, Lan Qi spends a day boring in the inn, she, a person who is busy every day, suddenly quiets down, and does not feel leisurely, but inexplicably gives birth to emptiness and worry, always feels uneasy not to do something, Huanchun laughed at her hard work, and people said proudly: "Isn't it a capable person who works more?" ”

Fortunately, accompanied by Huanchun, when the sunset gradually faded from the west, I finally heard the movement outside, there were three rooms here, and I couldn't really hear it, Lan Qi ran to the door, and when the familiar footsteps were near, he opened the door suddenly, and Xuan Ye was outside.

The emperor was wearing an ordinary brown robe, and when he saw Lan Qi opening the door at first glance, he was dressed as a common woman, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but then both of them laughed, and Lan Qi said coquettishly: "After waiting for a whole day, I will suffocate to death, it's really boring to come out like this, I'm going back, right?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "The interesting thing has just begun, I asked them to find a reason to hold a market tonight, let's go shopping." ”

Lan Qi remembered that several women in the City God Temple today told each other if they could come out for a stroll at night, and she also told Huan Chun that she was going to join in the fun, but she didn't expect Xuan Ye to take the initiative to tell her to go out, even this night market rally was also asked by the emperor to run it in the place, and when the carriage and horses passed by, Lan Qi asked Xuan Ye in a low voice: "The emperor wants to exchange his daughter for a beautiful smile?" ”

Xuan Ye looked at her leisurely, and said with satisfaction: "I always saw that you were unhappy a few days ago, I know that no matter how clean the garden is, there are things that make you annoyed, and it is not really free there, even if it is a day or two, I want to take you out for a walk." ”

Although the emperor didn't say it explicitly, Lan Qi guessed that he was a vague promise, and the emperor had promised a lot of favors to Zhang recently, and there were rumors in the garden, and he was probably afraid that he would be unhappy. can change the position, it is very common for the emperor to favor concubines, and if there is no chapter to promise, there will be Li to promise the king's promise, and now the emperor can feel guilty in his heart and specially take her out to relax, Lan Qi is content after all.

The night market is very lively, although it is not the first time I have seen a new thing, but in the palace for more than ten years, all this has long been only an impression, and I only remember the fatigue of the journey after the southern tour, and many things can not even be remembered now. At this moment, she melted into the crowd of ordinary people, Lan Qi said to Xuan Ye who stepped on the soil on the ground: "At this moment, I have the feeling of being down-to-earth in the world, and I am in the palace ......" was shocked and speechless, she was busy covering her mouth, and then smiled brightly, "At home, I always feel like I am on the clouds every day." ”

Xuan Ye smiled happily: "Your husband is at the top of the world, you are staying on the clouds with him, what is so strange?" ”

As he spoke, he called Huanchun to him, took the money bag from the guard's hand and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "If I want to buy something in a while, you just have to pay the money quickly, don't let your wife touch the money bag, she has to hide half of it, and the other half will be taken out and spent for two cents." ”

Lan Qi was so angry that her cheeks bulged, she hummed and twisted around and drilled into the pile, and was quickly grabbed by Xuan Ye's arm and pulled out, and said with a tiger face: "Bastard, this is the place where you walk around?" Follow me honestly. ”

Huanchun covered her mouth and smiled, and saw that the emperor was holding hands with his wife without scruples, and felt warm in her heart, and followed her diligently, she had not experienced the joy of spending money for a long time, and followed the emperor and the concubine around, and it didn't take long for the "little guys" who followed behind her to have big bags and small bags in their hands.

At this time, the two stopped in front of a shop, the shop sold all kinds of candied snacks, some looked very rough and some were more fine than the palace, Lan Qi said that she wanted to pick some back for the old grandmother, and pulled Xuan Ye to taste it, how could the emperor be interested in this kind of thing, and waited for her impatiently. Lan Qi ate a kind of preserved fruit that she had never seen before, tore a little bit and ran to find Huanchun, just stuffed it into her mouth and asked if it was delicious, there was a sudden commotion on the street, and I don't know what happened not far away, and many people suddenly began to run and be restless.

Although there were many guards around the emperor and concubine, they couldn't resist the surging flow of people from the people, I don't know what happened in front of them, everyone ran this way, and the shop was soon crowded with people who were evading, Xuan Ye and Lan Qi Huanchun were separated in an instant, and the flow of people became more and more, shouting and crying, and the source of restlessness gradually burst into flames.

Huanchun held the master's hand tightly for fear of separating again, but the restless flow of people kept rushing over, and when they came back to their senses, they had been squeezed away from Fang Cai's shop, and there was no familiar face around them, but they were afraid that there were guards around, and they would not be able to recognize which one was Concubine De.

When the crowd was no longer crowded, the master and servant had no idea where they were, and the brightly lit streets had been extinguished because of an inexplicable restlessness, and the common people were familiar with each other's ways to rush home, and these two people, who had not been on the street for more than ten years, did not know where to go except standing in place.

"Niangniang, what should I do, is the emperor coming back to us?" Huanchun was nervous, and one hand was still holding the master tightly, as if she was afraid that she would fall.

"Let's not walk around, we can't find it when we walk around, where were we squeezed from just now?" Lan Qi looked around at the black hole road, the crowd had almost dispersed, only the mess and a few people were busy packing up their things, although it was not desolate and uninhabited, but who should they ask?

Huan Chun asked anxiously: "Niangniang, what is the name of that inn?" Do you remember? ”

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