Xuan Ye bowed his head, hugged the prince, wiped the tears on his face, and gently coaxed him: "When you see the emperor's mother, be happy." The prince nodded weakly and did not speak, and fell on his father's shoulder. The father and son went into the inner hall, but Concubine Wen did not follow, and when she saw Lan Qi turn around to leave, she called out to her, "The noble man is going back?" ”

Lan Qi hurriedly turned around and responded: "The concubine is still boiling medicine in the pantry, I want to take a look." ”

Concubine Wen came out with her, and the two slowly walked to the pantry, and took all the little palace maids away, accompanied by the gurgling sound in the medicine jar, Concubine Wen asked very softly: "My sister, is it not better?" ”

"Niangniang......" Lan Qi hurriedly stopped, "These words can't be said." ”

Concubine Wen shook her head: "Everyone understands in their hearts, I'm afraid the emperor also understands, why should we hide it." ”

Lan Qi also knows that no one is optimistic about the queen's illness at the moment, when she served Bu Guiren in the Hades Palace, she thought that Bu Guiren's illness was very dangerous, but now after seeing the queen, she understands what the real danger is, how could Lan Qi not think so in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it.

"My sister has been in the palace for more than ten years, and I am not as close to her as you think, although she loves me and I like her, but we don't often accompany each other, I don't know what my sister likes, or what wishes are unfulfilled." Concubine Wen's nose was red, tears were falling, she covered her mouth and cried for a while, before she eased up and said, "Virtuous person, who should I ask?" I want her last days to be better. ”

Lan Qi was sad, everything in the past didn't matter in the face of life and death, but she didn't know the queen either, so she could only say: "Maybe Dongyun knows something, or...... It's the emperor. ”

"Your Majesty?"

"The concubine thinks that the emperor must know Niangniang." Lan Qi said this, her eyes involuntarily looked out, inside the dormitory, I don't know what they are talking about now.

In the dormitory, the prince knelt beside the queen, the queen rubbed and comforted him, and told him with a slow and mixed breathing voice to eat well, study hard, and tell him one by one, and then Xuan Ye saw that the mother and son were about to cry, so he asked the nurse to take the prince away.

The queen reluctantly watched the prince leave, Xuan Ye looked back at her like this, and couldn't help but say, "It's only been a month or two, and you can already treat it like yourself?" ”

The queen nodded, but didn't speak, she didn't have much strength to speak, just in front of the prince, she was just holding on, and Xuan Ye said: "Since this is the case, then raise it well and raise the prince for me." ”

"I'm afraid the concubine can't." The queen smiled sadly, her eyes were slightly crystalline, but she couldn't stop coughing, everyone came to serve Shunqi and put the spittoon on her, pushing the emperor far away, only waiting for the queen to calm down for a long time, and then let the queen come forward again, and the queen said, "The emperor's dragon body is valuable, and the dormitory is not clean, you go back quickly." ”

Xuan Ye didn't care about this, just looked at the queen, and said again for a while: "I am not a doctor, I can't cure your illness, but I hope you can be well, you can live in good health, you are not only the mother of the Qing Dynasty, nor is it just the queen of this harem, you are still my wife, the mother of the crown prince, and the granddaughter-in-law of the imperial grandmother." ”

The queen looked at her stupidly, tears poured out of her eyes, and her heart repeated over and over again: Xuan Ye, do you know the preciousness of this sentence.

Xuan Ye didn't dislike her sick body, and approached without scruples, reaching out to hold the queen's thin hand, "In the past, we were all too young, it was I who wronged you and wronged you, you get better quickly, let me compensate you, the imperial grandmother often said that there are no stumbles between husband and wife, don't keep it in mind, the days to come are still long, long." ”

"Concubine ......" The queen cried so much that she couldn't speak at all, and then she coughed, the palace maid and eunuch couldn't help but say that the emperor was asked to leave, they served the queen, Xuan Ye stood in front of the door and watched her painful convulsions, and it was calm for a long time, but Dongyun came to beg the emperor, "Long live the lord, the imperial doctor instructed, Niangniang can't say too much, Niangniang's phoenix body is out of harmony, and the emperor's dragon body should also take care." ”

The queen reluctantly took her eyes off Xuan Ye, and seemed to signal the emperor not to come over, and after a stalemate, Xuan Ye finally left, and the queen looked out of the door again, and her mind was entangled.

Xuan Ye came out of the dormitory, and saw Lan Qi and Concubine Wen leading the palace maid to bring medicine, and when the two saw that the saint was leaving, they came around from under the corridor and stood by the roadside, he sighed deeply: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Concubine Wen burst into tears, sobbed and said, "Please also ask the emperor to come and see Niangniang often." The second half of the sentence should be "Niangniang doesn't have many days." But she couldn't say it, and she didn't dare to say it, and then she said that she was going to serve the queen with medicine, and she took a step first.

Lan Qi was still standing in place, Xuan Ye saw that her ruddy face had lost a lot of weight a few days ago, and she couldn't help but feel distressed, "There are always palace maids and eunuchs to do trivial things, don't let yourself work too hard, the queen ......" He sank his heart and said frankly to people for the first time, "The queen is just these days, just let her spend it well, don't put your body on it." ”

"?" Lan Qi choked up, was held by Xuan Ye's hand, reached out to wipe away her tears, and said helplessly, "Are you emotional?" She used to do that to you, and you don't care anymore? ”

Lan Qi shook her head, the queen is not a wicked person, but a woman who cares about gains and losses, who has not yet been angry and bloody, not to mention that he does not remember the evil of others, and now he is watching the fresh life disappear from his eyes, out of instinctive distress and pity, listening to Xuan Ye's words at this moment, he is even more sad, and he bows his head and chokes up: "The emperor is free, and he often comes to see Niangniang." ”

"I understand." As soon as Xuan Ye's words fell, someone came in front of the door, Concubine Tong came here for some reason, and when she entered the door, she saw the emperor and the noble people in the courtyard holding hands opposite each other, sneering in her heart, swaying to the front, but after saluting, she just asked: "Has the emperor seen Niangniang?" The concubine was worried about Niangniang's body, so she wanted to take a look. ”

Xuan Ye had already let go of his hand and said indifferently to the concubine: "The queen needs to rest, don't go in, the noble people will bring your heart to the queen." Saying that, he motioned to Lan Qi, "Go in, there must be someone to serve the queen." ”

Lan Qi also didn't want to deal with Concubine Tong Guifei, so she saluted and left quickly, and the emperor here also wanted to leave, because the emperor ordered her to go back, Concubine Tong was not good at disobeying, and followed out of the door of Kunning Palace, and after sending off Xuan Ye, she returned to Chengqian Palace angrily, and she didn't care about scruples in front of Qinglian, and said sourly: "This Wu Yashi is really shameless, she dares to make eyebrows with the emperor in Kunning Palace, there are such heavy patients in it, she is not afraid of taboos, she is really cheap." ”

Qinglian didn't say anything, but halfway through the walk, she saw a minister waiting in front of her, and reminded her master to take a look, Concubine Tong recognized it as her father Tong Guowei at once, walked a few steps to the front, and asked after her father saluted: "Why is Ama waiting here?" ”

Tong Guowei said that he was going to ask the empress dowager to say goodbye, and he was going to see the emperor, I heard that the concubine was coming from the front, so he immediately waited for a moment to greet the concubine, these scenes were polite, of course Tong Guifei was too lazy to think about it, but the father and daughter gradually walked, and Qinglian was not far behind, only to hear Tong Guowei whisper: "If you meet in the Chengqian Palace, I am afraid that people will be suspicious, the minister will say a few words to Niangniang at this moment, and Niangniang just listen." ”

Concubine Tong frowned slightly, and responded gently: "Ama just say." ”

Tong Guowei said softly: "The queen's phoenix body is not in harmony, and the minister has inquired from the Tai Hospital many times, it turns out that the Tai Hospital has already complained to the emperor, the queen's body can't last too long, she was seriously ill in the past, and her body was already exhausted. ”

Concubine Tong also vaguely guessed something, but when she heard that the hospital had given up, she couldn't help but feel even heavier, and sighed: "She has no blessings." ”

Tong Guowei said: "Niangniang, since then, the Niu Hulu clan has lost the pillar of the harem, they must take action, Concubine Wen is already in the palace, in order to support Concubine Wen, it is natural to suppress you, the concubine, and please be careful in everything, don't fall into the trap of the Niu Hulu clan." ”

The father and daughter stopped, and the Qinglian people behind them didn't dare to approach, Concubine Tong's eyebrows twisted, and she said hatefully: "That little Concubine Wen, Wenwen is weak and silent, how can she become a climate, I don't deceive her, they are going to worry about me again?" It's okay, when the queen dies, I'll go to be the master of the middle palace and see how they suppress it. ”

Tong Guowei was shocked, and persuaded repeatedly: "Niangniang must not have this thought, have you forgotten that the minister once told you that after the death of Empress Hesheri, the Niu Hulu clan was anxious for quick success, and the emperor was so annoyed that he almost wanted to oppose them?" Even if the relationship between the queen and the emperor today cannot be compared with the queen of Hesheri, but the emperor is a person who values love and righteousness, and must not seek the position of the middle palace at that juncture, the future of the mother is naturally the future of the minister and the family. ”

Concubine Tong's heart was suppressed by her father's words, and she said calmly for a while: "Naturally, it depends on Ama to be thoughtful, I am now stared at by the Empress Dowager inside and out, she is not able to make decisions for herself for a day, and I also ask Ama to understand my difficulties in the palace." There is another ......" She paused and laughed disdainfully, "I don't plan to raise any prince, even if I become a middle palace in the future, I don't want it, this child's life is too hard, whoever is his mother will be killed." ”

Tong Guowei shook his head helplessly: "The minister understands." ”

The prince's life is hard, his biological mother gave birth and died, Queen Niu Hulu held him for only a month or two, and he suffered this catastrophe, not that Concubine Tong spoke meanly, inside and outside the palace, these words were all legendary, even Cining Palace heard these words, and discussed with Su Mala in private, don't let people hold the prince in the future, the prince is obviously extremely expensive, and will suppress the blessings of others, how can the concubines compete with the future son of heaven.

In the days that followed, Xuan Ye couldn't let go of the affairs of the previous dynasty, but occasionally he would come to see the queen when he was free, Lan Qi went back and forth between Zhongcui Palace and Kunning Palace every day, and the nobles were weak, but they were tired and sick in seven or eight days, but Lan Qi was very energetic, in order to have enough strength to take care of the queen's affairs, she ate more meals every day than before.

Unconsciously, it has passed the middle of February, although the queen has lasted a few more days than the imperial doctor thought, but there has never been any improvement, it seems that it is just relying on Ganoderma lucidum and old ginseng to continue her life, but the queen cherishes this period of time, the emperor will laugh with him when he comes, calm down and be in a slightly better spirit, and will also let Concubine Wen take a needle and thread to her, and want to make a spring gown for the prince to wear, naturally every time she can't move a few stitches, she has no strength, but Concubine Wen is not dissuaded, almost whatever she wants to do, can be satisfied.

Then Rong Concubine and Hui Concubine will come to visit and report on the palace every few days, and the queen will also mention a few words and tell them the middle way, as if she foresaw that she was about to die, and did not want her to maintain the prosperity of the palace for several years, after her death, Rong Concubine and Hui Concubine listened devoutly, and often discussed with her how to deal with it.

On this day, Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui came again, and the queen heard that the summer in the palace was already thoughtful, and praised Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui for being capable and careful, and even blamed herself and said: "Blame me for being strong and competitive, if I had let you share some of the burden for me earlier, I wouldn't have today." ”

The two didn't dare to say sad words, a few words of relief, and soon saw that the queen was not in good spirits, so she quit and withdrew, Lan Qi has been standing outside, saw the two come out, stepped forward to send each other, but heard Hui Concubine whisper: "The queen mother is now commensurate with us" you and me ". ”

Lan Qi also knows that she has been serving in front of the queen these days, and she has not heard her call herself "this palace" for a long time, and she is like this to herself, Concubine Wen and Dong Yun, and she heard Concubine Hui say Concubine Rong, "You are not in good spirits today." ”

Concubine Rong said tiredly: "In those few days, my lower abdomen hurt badly. ”

After the two muttered this, they said a few more words to Lan Qi, and then they left, but Lan Qi stood in front of the door in a daze, and couldn't help but reach out and put her hand on her lower abdomen, Rong Concubine didn't say that in those days, she forgot that she hadn't come to the monthly letter for a month, and she was busy with the queen's affairs here these days, and she forgot all about it, and the monthly letter didn't come, and the pregnancy should be no worse.

My heart was pounding, and I said secretly in my heart: Good boy, you stay in Eniang's belly obediently, let Eniang take care of the queen for a few last days, and don't let your emperor Ama leave regrets.

Turning around to go back to the queen, I heard a panic inside, a little palace maid hurriedly ran out to call the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor who had been waiting in the side hall immediately ran over, Lan Qi arrived in the palace to know that it was the queen who fainted, and the imperial doctor rescued her several times, and the queen slowly woke up, but after this time, her body became heavier and heavier.

At the end of February, the climate that should be getting warmer, but two days of rare heavy rain, and then so cold that people have to wear the cotton clothes of the deep winter, on the 26th, the rain stopped the night before, but from this morning began to snow, the wind is not strong, the snow is like cotton wool in the air swirling, the snow falls to the snow, in the afternoon, the imperial city sees the snow-covered scene again, making people forget that it has been in the early spring season.

The queen is in good spirits today, the earth dragon in Kunning Palace burns very warm every day, and it doesn't matter if it rains or snows outside, but when she hears that it's snowing, the queen wants to lie crooked under the open window on the warm kang, so that she can take a look at the snow through the paper window.

Concubine Wen said: "It's better for my sister to dress thicker, let them carry the bamboo sedan chair in, and carry you to the door to take a look, the yard is covered with snow, and there are no footprints in the snow." ”

The queen was overjoyed, Dongyun and several people came to dress her, and for a while Concubine Wen rose up again, and gave the queen all the head and face of the Tianzi to wear, and only wore bed clothes for several days, but now she put on the clothes of the past, only to realize that she was thin, and the clothes that originally fit were hanging on her body empty, which made people feel distressed.

When it was cleaned up, the little eunuch outside carried the bamboo sedan chair in, and everyone carried the queen into the sedan chair, she was now so thin that she had no weight, Lan Qi saw that when the little eunuch picked up the queen, she obviously intended to use her strength, but when she got to the lightness, she almost flashed her waist, Lan Qi's heart was heavy, and for the first time since she was sick, she felt that the queen's life was really going to die.

When the queen sat firmly on the sedan chair, Dongyun put the big coat on her, and put on a hood, and then slowly carried her out of the dormitory. ”

The prince was brought from the east side hall, the queen is now unable to afford to scabies, should have sent him away, but the queen mother and the emperor are willing to keep the prince in the middle palace, but after all, he is seriously ill, and he does not dare to let the delicate child get closer, at this moment the mother and son are looking at each other from afar, the nurse leads the prince to play in the snow under the porch, and soon there is a palace maid with a white ball of white things on a vermilion lacquer plate, and it is sent to the queen, it is a chubby snow rabbit, the palace maid said that the prince pinched it, and let the queen mother play with it.

"The prince is so smart." The queen was overjoyed, stretched out her hand to touch the snow rabbit, the cold feeling made her more energetic, and she couldn't put it down, everyone should have worried that she would catch a cold, but Concubine Wen had an order early in the morning, and the queen wanted to do anything, don't stop it, so according to her wishes, she dug up a lot of snow and piled it up in a big bowl, put the snow rabbit in it, and brought it back to the dormitory together.

After freezing outside, and then returning to the dormitory, the queen's spirit was obviously tired, but she refused to let her take off her head and face, and refused to take off her phoenix robe, so she leaned on the warm kang and asked them to open the window, and put the big bowl containing the snow rabbit under the window to let the cold wind blow, and she herself was wrapped in a big bag, just like outside the house.

"Go put on a jacket, open the window and be careful of catching a cold." The queen saw Lan Qi in front of her, wearing her usual clothes, and she had the heart to mention something, and Huan Chun had already come in from outside with a jacket, knowing that the windows in the house were open for ventilation, and she was afraid that the master would be thinly dressed.

After Huanchun retreated, the queen smiled and said: "She is very loyal, I remember that when An Guiren asked you for trouble, Huanchun also spoke against it, at that time I thought, how did I choose you to be such a frizzy palace maid, now look, it should be found in line with your temperament, and the temperament of the master and servant can last for a long time." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "The concubine has a bad temperament, and Huanchun is very considerate and patient. ”

The queen was in poor spirits, but her eyes were inexplicably bright, she stared at Lan Qi for a long time, and suddenly said, "Shouldn't you have good news?" ”

"I don't know yet, but the Lantern Festival has been sleeping so far, and the concubine has not received a letter from the moon." Lan Qi said frankly, "I don't dare to ask the imperial doctor to see it now, my mother once said that I was very stingy in the first few months, just be careful, there is no need to let everyone know." ”

The queen nodded weakly, and said weakly: "Yes, what your mother said is very right." Looking at Lan Qi's inconspicuous waist and abdomen, he seemed to be muttering to himself, "This child, I'm afraid it's not simple." ”

Lan Qi didn't really hear it, seeing that the queen's body was slipping down, she came up and took the pillow to raise her more comfortably, and when she held the queen's arm, the arm that was not held was almost no longer fleshy, she was so uncomfortable for a while, and tears welled up.

"What are you crying about?" After the queen sat down, she gasped a few more times to calm down, and when she saw that there were tears in Lan Qi's eyes, she smiled weakly and asked, "Is it for me?" ”

Lan Qi shook her head and took a few steps back.

"It's rare that you can still serve me like this." The queen said, and today she has not coughed much, and her breath is smooth, as if she was in such a spirit when she went out just now and blew a cold wind, and she wanted to speak even more when she was in good spirits, and there was a smile on her haggard and withered face, and she said slowly, "I used to treat you like that, I wish you were dead, and in the end you will live as much as possible, and when I am about to wither, it will be you who will take care of you, probably, this is called the present world." ”

"Niangniang, don't say that, the past is over." Lan Qi choked up, trying to suppress her crying.

The queen turned her face out of the window, and when she opened the window, she could clearly see the snowflakes flying, the wind was not strong, and the snowflakes were floating in the air, falling slowly and slowly in a circle, wonderful and peaceful.

"More than ten years ago, my aunt said to me, you want to be the queen of the middle palace. After the emperor's election that year, the only Niu Hulu clan was the most noble, and you know the nobles? Ao Bai said that the Hesheri family is a member of the Eight Banners, and the Queen Hesheri is the daughter of a descendant, although the emperor hates Ao Bai and hates my family, but no matter at that time, or more than ten years later, I still think so. ”

The queen raised her chin slightly, and in her withered life, she still insisted on the dignity of the bloodline, and said with a sad smile: "The dignity of my Niu Hulu clan can be matched by the Hesheri clan, but the emperor does not choose me, shouldn't the most noble woman sit in the most noble position next to him?" Why didn't he choose me, I am the most honorable woman in Eight Banners. ”

Lan Qi stood quietly on the side and listened, there were only her and the queen in the dormitory at the moment, the queen seemed to be tired, sighed heavily, and said: "Later, I realized that the emperor did not choose me, not because he hated my family, nor because he hated the worship close to us, he just liked Queen Hesheri, he liked that woman more than me, he chose the woman he liked as his wife." ”

Tears rolled down the queen's cheeks, but she smiled from the tears and continued: "But the emperor said to me, I am his wife, a noble man, do you know how precious this sentence is? You said the emperor, did you start to like me too? ”

Lan Qi was speechless, and the queen's tears also occupied her heart, and she was sure that the woman in front of her, who had been proud for more than ten years, must love her husband as an emperor as much as she did.

At this time, the big bell in the dormitory rang, striking the heart one by one, but the queen looked at the bell happily, and said with a smile: "The emperor likes the Western bell the most, when he gave it to me, I couldn't sleep for several nights, and I would get up in the middle of the night and wait for him to ring, any zither and pipa are not as good as his voice, but after a long time, I can't hear the emperor's voice, I can only guard this bell, but even so, I still like this sound, there is no such good sound in the world." ”

Lan Qi was already in tears, covering her mouth so hard that she didn't dare to cry.

"De Guiren, my sister is too weak and young." The queen spoke again, motioning for Lan Qi to approach her, "I used to look forward to my sister entering the palace and giving birth to an heir for me, but now that I am about to leave, I regret letting her enter the palace, but it is too late to regret it, and she can only rely on herself in the future life, a noble person, only as a request of a dying person, take care of her, don't let people bully her, okay?" ”

Lan Qi nodded vigorously, and the queen's thin hand grabbed her hand, as if holding it tightly with all her strength, and said, "Also, you tell the emperor for me, saying that I said, 'Xuan Ye, in the next life, we don't want to see each other again.'" ’”

Lan Qi shook her head, the queen laughed, both of them were full of tears, no one was better looking than the other, and Lan Qi seemed to want to seize the last moments of her life more, and the queen had already looked down on everything, she smiled very easily: "It doesn't matter if you don't say it, I told you, there are no regrets, noble people, thank you." ”

Lan Qi sobbed, the queen let go of her hand, found a clean handkerchief beside her and handed it to her, Lan Ye did not dislike it, wiped away her tears, settled down, and said to herself: "You take care of your illness, I'm afraid the snow outside will melt in a few days, and when you are well, take the prince to build a snowman." ”

The queen smiled with satisfaction and pointed to the big bowl at the window, "Noble De, go and take a look, the snow rabbit that the prince gave me is okay?" ”

Lan Qi agreed, climbed onto the kang, climbed to the window, leaned over to look at the scene in the big bowl, and suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and the snow rabbit disappeared. After all, he couldn't resist the warmth of the earth dragon in the house, and a whole bowl of snow melted, and the snowflakes floated in and landed in the bowl, floating on the water for a fleeting moment.

"Niangniang, the snow rabbit is still in the ......" Lan Qi tried to laugh, turned to look at the queen, and wanted to say something to make her happy, but before she finished speaking, she saw a woman leaning on a big pillow, a neatly dressed phoenix hairpin, and slowly closed her eyes with a smile, and the hand that was originally touching Dongzhu on her chest slipped heavily, and this slip never lifted again.

"Niangniang......" Lan Qi was tense, she couldn't suppress her crying anymore, she cried, the people outside heard the sound and rushed in, and called the imperial doctor in a panic, after a period of chaos, the imperial doctor bent his knees and cried and said that the queen was gone, Concubine Wen fainted when she heard the words, Dongyun cried, and the female eunuchs in the womb in a room cried loudly, Lan Qi's crying was covered, the noisy cries and shouts came one after another, and a cold wind poured in from the window, she only felt dizzy on her head, and her body fell down as soon as she was crooked.

On February 26, the seventeenth year of Kangxi, Empress Niu Hulu was the queen of the palace.

Xuan Ye dropped out of the dynasty for five days and ignored the government, after nearly four years, his second queen died, for the young emperor, it was a heavy blow, and now the national fortune is prosperous, the three feudatories will be determined, it is the period when he wants to make great plans to establish a prosperous dynasty, the two queens died one after another, for him, for the court, and even for the people of Li is a great misfortune.

In March, just as the early summer did not flourish, this year's spring has not entered the palace, and the imperial city of Susu seems to be still in the harsh winter. Empress Niu Hulu was the closest to the Queen Mother in front of her, the Queen Mother was so sad that she fell ill, Concubine Wen lost her sister and turned her spirit, and she was also sick and sick, but fortunately, the Queen Mother was still healthy, and Xuan Ye was a little relieved.

That day, Lan Qi was sent back to Zhong Cui Palace, because everyone was busy with the affairs of Kunning Palace, and then Concubine Wen fainted, Zhong Cui Palace could not even find a doctor, when Lan Qi slowly woke up, after crying in Huanchun's arms, she asked them not to ask for a doctor, she guessed that she was pregnant, since she woke up and was not unwell, and she did not see red, she didn't want to add to the chaos at this moment, and now it is not appropriate to be happy, she said such a good thing, and it will not change anything.

Throughout March, mourning the weeping spirit, kneeling and offering incense, Lan Qi followed the other concubines, nothing fell, and the people in the palace didn't seem to be relieved, even if some people thought that the queen would not live long, but she was really gone, and she was still a little confused, even if many people got together.

Not everyone in this world is happy to change, and as soon as the queen leaves, the situation in the harem of the court will inevitably change, and it will be easy to settle down for a while, and it will cause unpredictable turmoil.

At the end of March, the emperor personally moved the Niu Hulu Empress Zi Palace to Gonghua City, and the concubines of the harem led the princess of the palace, the county lord and the women of the second rank or above to kneel in Desheng Gate, and the concubines were headed by Tong Guifei, and Concubine Wen also came to see each other off when she was sick, and the crying was until the Niu Hulu Queen Zigong left, and the concubine dismissed everyone.

Lan Qi went back to Cining Palace after the Empress Dowager asked her to see her off, so she left Bu Guiren and went alone, who expected that she met Concubine Tong's sedan chair that had already gone first stopped in the middle of the way, and thought that she was waiting for herself, but when she got closer, she saw Concubine Wen's sedan chair behind, and was shocked to find that Concubine Wen was kneeling on the ground.

Concubine Tong's voice came, and she said sharply: "If you want to be big in front of me, let the emperor also make you a concubine and an imperial concubine, it is better to directly enter the Kunning Palace and replace your sister as the new queen." ”

"Master, let's wait." Huan Chun grabbed Lan Qi, and now in her opinion, nothing is more important than the master's pregnancy, pulling Lan Qi to retreat to the side of the road, and whispered, "The concubine will not treat Concubine Wen Niangniang like this, maybe there is some contradiction and misunderstanding, it will not help you in the past, or wait for the concubine to leave." ”

Lan Qi said in a deep voice: "The queen once asked me to take care of Concubine Wen, I was emotional at that time, and I nodded without thinking about it, but she didn't want to think about it, for example, at this moment, what can I do to help her or take care of her, the queen also said well, Concubine Wen will have to rely on herself in the future." ”

Huanchun didn't say much, and when she heard the movement, the person in front seemed to be gone, and then she walked over with her master, and saw Dongyun helping Concubine Wen up, and now she followed Concubine Wen, and when she saw Lan Qi coming, Concubine Wen just cried.

Only then did I hear Dongyun say that Concubine Wen couldn't get used to the impatient appearance of Concubine Tong and everyone kneeling to the Empress Zi Palace, and at this moment she saw her hair in a red bun, and she couldn't help but argue in front of her when she was angry, so she was ordered by Concubine Tong to kneel on the ground, and pressed her with the respect of the concubine, so that she could judge the situation.

Concubine Wen hated: "Isn't she afraid of the retribution of the present world?" ”

Lan Qi's heart was shocked, on the day the queen died, she said that her own situation was the report of the present world.

"Dongyun, Niangniang's body is too weak, send Niangniang back to Xianfu Palace to rest." Lan Qi only instructed Dong Yun like this, and when she helped Concubine Wen into the sedan chair, she pulled her and whispered, "Avoid it in the future, it's best not to see each other if you can, Concubine Tong's temper is like that, the queen mother is gone, you have to take care of her sister for the queen mother." ”

Dongyun tearfully agreed, and even bent his knees and said: "The slave and maid have not thanked the noble man, thank you for taking care of the master so much." ”

Lan Qi sighed softly, Huanchun pulled her up, and asked her to send Concubine Wen back to Xianfu Palace quickly, and they immediately relaxed their minds before returning to Cining Palace.

In the entire imperial city, only Cining Palace and Ningshou Palace are not obedient, coming here from the world of Susu, as if returning to the world, the sadness in Lan Qi's heart has already faded a lot, and a new life is being conceived in her body, for her, a relationship with Queen Niu Hulu has ended since then, and she has done it so that Xuan Ye and the queen have no regrets, it is enough.

The same is true of the Empress Dowager, since she knew that the Empress could not last a few days, she was prepared in her heart, after three dynasties to see too much life and death, in the eyes of the old man, the future of the court and the royal family is more important, than the Empress Dowager is so sad that she falls ill, as the pillar of the royal family and the harem, before her own life comes to an end, she must not easily fall for these things.

Lan Qi came to see the Empress Dowager a few days ago, and the old man's calmness also affected her, and when she saw her again today, the Empress Dowager personally picked off the white beaded flowers on Lan Qi's sideburns and told her: "You don't have to dress so plain anymore, you still have to serve the emperor." ”

"The concubine knows." Lan Qi agreed, was pulled by the Empress Dowager to sit beside her, and asked her, "When I heard Su Mala say today, I remembered that you were the last person to follow Empress Daxing, what did she say to you before she died?" ”

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, Lan Qi remembered the events of the day again, although she was no longer sad, but it was as clear as yesterday, and she mentioned it little by little at this moment, speaking of the queen entrusting her to take care of Concubine Wen, she said by the way what she had just met on the road, maybe for her, the so-called care can only be the authority of the empress dowager.

Sure enough, I heard the old man say: "That child can't become a climate, but I won't let people bully her easily, if the people of the Niu Hulu clan outside know that she is being bullied in the palace, they will still lose the face of the harem." ”

After hesitating for a long time, Lan Qi still told the Queen Mother about Queen Niu Hulu's words, and when she said "Xuan Ye, in the next life, we don't see each other again", she felt heartache, don't, she must never say such a thing to Xuan Ye, whether it is said on behalf of others or not, she must never say such cruel words to him, and as for herself, not only in the next life, but also in the next life, she will be with Xuan Ye again.

"You said this to the emperor?" The Empress Dowager frowned, but when she saw Lan Qi shaking her head, she breathed a sigh of relief, seemed to be slightly displeased, and sighed and said, "That child still doesn't understand the way to be a wife after all, so why bother." Then he took Lan Qi's hand and said, "This sentence has been forgotten since then, and you are not allowed to mention it again, if you dare to say to Xuan Ye, see if I spare you, as for the rest, you can consider it yourself." ”

"The concubine understands." Lan Qi lowered her head and agreed, and said very softly, "The concubines will forget this sentence cleanly, and the concubines don't want the emperor to have any knots in his heart, and he will have a stalk for the rest of his life." ”

The Empress Dowager looked at her and was very comforted, sighed and said: "Everyone is gone, and it's not interesting to mention the past." ”

As she was talking, a palace maid sent the empress dowager's tonic medicine, Lan Qi took over as in the past, and then lifted the lid of the medicine jar, and a smell rushed into her nose.

Huanchun hurriedly followed, the palace maid of Cining Palace was also frightened, Su Mala Mama happened to come out of the pantry, seeing this scene, her heart moved, and she helped Lan Qi to wash and come back, but she smelled the residual smell of medicine and was uncomfortable, the Empress Dowager and Su Mala looked at each other, and Mama asked Xuan Taiyi.

"But there's one?" The Empress Dowager was happy and nervous, but she pinched her fingers to count the days, and couldn't help frowning and asking, "What happened on the night of the Lantern Festival?" ”

Lan Qi nodded suddenly, lowered her head and blushed and said, "I haven't slept since then, and Yuexin hasn't come for two months." ”

Mama was shocked and asked her, "Do you know that you have it?" ”

"Know, know......" Lan Qi saw that there was anger in Mama's eyes, and was frightened, and then saw that the Queen Mother was also angry, and just as she was about to speak, she was twisted in the face by the Queen Mother, and she was disgusted, "Nonsense, you girl is really angry with me, you are pregnant, what kind of illness are you going to serve, blame me, you should pay more attention." ”

Mama also blamed herself, and angrily twisted Huanchun's ears: "Little hooves are bold, you know it, why don't you report it?" ”

Lan Qi felt sorry for Huanchun being scolded, and came to stop her and said: "Don't be angry with the Queen Mother and Mama, the concubine knows that she is fine, so she will go to serve the sick, and Eniang once said to the concubine that if you know that you are pregnant, be careful in the first few months, and say that the child is stingy, don't make it known to the world, so ......"

The Empress Dowager smiled and sighed: "Isn't it, when I was pregnant with the first emperor, I didn't know that I had ridden with Taizong in the first few months, and it was fine, but now I have been cautious, and it is a reward and a celebration, and the blessings of the child are broken." What's more, if you send the queen away, she is grateful to you and will bless the child, and you yourself will accumulate virtue for the child. ”

Lan Qi was relieved, and coaxed the Empress Dowager well, promising that she would have a safe fetus after that, and soon the imperial doctor came, and confirmed that the noble person was pregnant, and the Empress Dowager told her to keep it secret for the time being, and sent Su Mala to repair the book and send it to Gonghua City to inform the emperor.

After Xuan Ye arrived in Gonghua City, he first went to pay tribute to Queen Hesheri, Empress Niu Hulu's Zi Palace will not be moved into the palace until three days later, he will have to return to the palace in a few days, and he will return to the palace after paying tribute to his wife, he heard that the Empress Dowager sent an urgent letter, Xuan Ye was worried about his grandmother's body, and hurriedly opened the letter to see, but his brows gradually stretched, and his lips were happy. ”

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