"In the past, I always told you that I didn't know how to be a good father, but now I have gradually figured out the doorway and am no longer confused, but you are worried about being a mother-in-law and a mother-in-law." Xuan Ye smiled, "It can be seen that you can't leave me, and I will have to rely on me to explain you a lot in the future." ”

Lan Qi looked confident and said unconvinced: "The concubine is a mother-in-law, but even the queen mother praises it, anyway, the emperor can't be a mother-in-law in his life, what are you compared to the concubine?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled and rubbed her cheeks: "Only the kung fu of talking back is the most powerful." ”

The two joked and brought these troubles aside, Lan Qi knew that Xuan Ye came to her to find a moment of comfort, although she had always taken care of him by herself, but whenever she had anything, Xuan Ye was on the tip of her heart, and often she didn't have to worry about it, everything would go smoothly, so she was even more reluctant to disturb him with troublesome things, and when she saw him smile comfortably, she was satisfied.

But after carrying Xuan Ye and outsiders, Lan Qi will still worry about these troubles in front of her eyes, if Yuxi is an ordinary daughter-in-law, it is just a child who has grown up with Queen Xiaoyi and subtly planted ambitions in her heart, but lofty ambitions have now become a burden, she guessed in her heart that the reason why Yuxi is so obsessed with her heirs must be that she hides the will instilled in her by the queen in her heart. But at the moment, all this can't be mentioned, even if she guesses her thoughts, Lan Qi can't say it, so there is no way to consol, and no matter how much she says, she can't get to the point.

A few days later, Yinzhen entered the palace to ask for peace once or twice, the mother and son gossiped, Lan Qi didn't ask about his family, and his son didn't say anything, which was a tacit understanding between mother and son. Wen Xian and Wen Chen were taken to the fourth elder brother's mansion to play once, and the two girls came back to chatter about how the little niece was, and they didn't mention anything strange in their brother's mansion, and the news sent in by Qinglian recently was also peaceful, Lan Qi told them not to talk too much in front of Fu Jin, and gradually put their hearts down.

In the blink of an eye, it was already half of July, and I should have been worried about how to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, but suddenly a holy decree came down and shocked everyone. Who would have thought that since the spring was peaceful, the scorching heat had just passed, and the emperor suddenly announced that he would conquer Galdan again. This time, not only will the royal drive will be in person, but also will take several adult princes to go on the expedition together, except for the prince who stayed in Beijing to supervise the country, from the eldest brother to the eighth elder brother, all the princes who have left the palace as adults will lead the flag this time. Under the holy decree that day, the fourth elder brother was leading the red flag camp, and when his son came to Yonghe Palace to tell his mother, he saw that he was full of spirit, Lan Qi looked at the adult child, thinking about the past ten years, full of emotion and didn't know where to start, only took his son's hand and said: "Be careful." ”

All the princes have to lead the flag to go out, and their ladies are naturally the most excited, and the palace has been lively for a while, and they have gone to Ningshou Palace to say hello to the queen mother, saying that the grandchildren have grown up. In such a situation, only the atmosphere in Yuqing Palace was dull, seeing that the brothers were going to the battlefield with their father, but the prince had to stay alone in the capital, it was when Twenty Lang was strong in blood, he had never been lazy in riding and shooting since he was a child, and he had read countless books and tactics, but there was no place to show it, the title of the prince, while giving the second elder brother glory, also restrained everything in him.

On the same day, Suo Etu retired from the Qianqing Palace and asked to see the prince, and happened to see the princess with a pair of imperial grandsons to go to Ningshou Palace to ask the queen mother for peace, met in front of the door, the princess looked arrogant and ignored it, Suo Etu did not care about it, but he was secretly shocked in his heart, the emperor assigned this marriage, is not to curb the expansion of the prince's wings. The external hostility has overwhelmed him, and now there is another side of the power of the princess's relatives, and the external position is still different and contradictory, if there is a dispute inside, it is impossible to distinguish the right and wrong position, how to deal with it?

When I saw the prince in the study, I looked depressed, and Suo Etu was relieved: "You are the prince of a country, when Mingzhu's henchmen deceived you to the front-line camp, the emperor was furious, for your safety, the emperor went on an expedition to leave Beijing, if there is a case outside, it is better to have you stabilize the dynasty in Beijing, and you can succeed to the throne immediately as a last resort, the country cannot be without a king for a day, this is the most important thing." ”

The prince sneered: "When the brothers return from the war, I have no strengths as the prince, uncle and grandfather, do you know what I have done all these years?" Let's just say that this year, I went out several times, but every time I went everywhere, what I did was nothing more than to take a group of officials to burn incense and worship, Sheji, Taimiao, gods and Buddhas, ancestors, and even ancient and modern saints, what I, the prince, would do the most, is to put a stick of incense in my mouth and talk to the gods, and nothing else, what do you say is the difference between me and the shaman in the palace? ”

Suo Etu's face was gloomy, he understood the prince's words, and he also saw it in his eyes, the princes of previous dynasties, because of their respective fathers and different national conditions, their circumstances were different, but there was one thing in common, that is, the embarrassment of being a prince. They do too well, they will be suspected of coveting the throne, they do it plainly, and they will be criticized for being mediocre and incompetent, constantly looking for a suitable position between what they can and can't, the more they look, the more confused they are, the longer the prince's reign, the narrower his mind and vision, Yinren has been a prince for more than 20 years.

Suo Etu must be sure to say: "The ministers are foolish, the elder brothers are new to the court politics, above the court, there are many meritorious and elderly civil and military ministers, and the elder brothers are just because of the status of the prince, they are on an equal footing with them at a young age, and the emperor is now taking the elder brothers out to fight, but he just wants to increase their experience and each person is plated with a layer of gold. As for how this battle will be fought, those who have not been there will not see it, and those who have gone will not talk nonsense when they come back, and what the emperor says is what it is. But the minister returned from a trip to Mobei at the beginning of the year, and knew it clearly, the emperor took all the elder brothers to go out together, and said that it was not good, and he used a knife to kill chickens. ”

"Kill chickens with a knife?" Yinren frowned.

"Yes, this expedition, there is no need for such a battle, and now Galdan is already desperate and not afraid." Suo Etu smiled coldly, "It's a big deal that the emperor is going to the north of the desert to promote the prestige of our country, and plotting against Alabutan is also a trouble, and now he is obedient to the court, and the emperor is inconvenient to make difficulties, but it is difficult to ensure that he is ambitious in the future, and the emperor plays chess, and every step is always calculated for the overall situation." ”

But the more the prince listened, the more depressed he became: "In the end, it's better to give them credit, what about me?" At present, it can be said that it is gilded, but in the future, it will be hard work, accumulating year by year, watching them grow into big trees, but I still have to hide under the wings of Huang Ama? ”

Suo Etu said: "In any case, the crown prince has a high status, and the elder brothers are just courtiers, and no amount of credit can be compared with you." ”

Yinren looked at his uncle and grandfather with deep meaning: "Now I am just unhappy, I should be afraid of them in the future, do I want to fall to the point where the position of the crown prince is precarious?" ”

Suo Etu chuckled: "When that day comes, their qi will be exhausted." ”

Outside the palace at this moment, without waiting for the fourth elder brother to return to the mansion, the news that he was going to lead the flag to go out had been passed back home, Yuxi was dressed neatly and waited in the door, because Song Gege was in a hurry to come to congratulate the fourth elder brother, Yuxi also found Li Fangfujin together, Yinzhen entered the door and saw his wife and concubine waiting for him, and his heart was naturally happy, but his wife and concubine were there, and some words were not easy to say. After Li Fangfujin and Song Gege left, he said to Yuxi: "You see that this day is still here, and I will tell you at that time, and then Huang Ama did not go to the expedition in person, and you still laugh at me and think too much." ”

Yuxi happily said to him: "The fourth elder brother is wise, the concubine is dull, and the fourth elder brother is invited to return triumphantly as soon as possible, and the concubine must prepare wine and food for you to celebrate and wash the dust." ”

"This is natural, when the palace celebrates, you also have to go and drink a glass of wine." Yin Zhen hugged Yuxi and said, "Wait for me to come back at home, you don't have to worry too much about Eniang, just take care of yourself." ”

Yuxi nodded and agreed, but thinking that the thing he had said before couldn't be done for a while, and it was not appropriate to mention it at this moment to make Yinzhen feel blocked, so he pressed his mind, and waited for him to return triumphantly before it was too late, and at that time he couldn't shirk it anymore, Yinzhen agreed to her.

After that, Yuxi prepared the outfit for Yinzhen, and the armor he went out to make in time was very busy until the days before the expedition, and other trivial matters were put aside.

At the beginning of August, the emperor led the princes and the generals of the Eight Banners to go out to crusade against Galdan, and the mighty team trampled the land of the capital to the ground, and the concubines in the palace and the princes outside the palace Fujin were all hanging in their hearts, looking forward to their early return. They did not have the same insight into the magnitude of the battle as the ministers, and in their opinion, fighting was a terrible thing, and they still have lingering palpitations when they thought about it when they were beaten all the way to Ulan Butong by Galdan in the past.

But it is undeniable that after the emperor and his brothers left, the entire Forbidden City seemed to be half empty, and the things that were tense and worried about day and night on weekdays suddenly did not have to worry about it, Lan Qi loosened the strings, and wanted to take this opportunity to calm down and recuperate, and the things in the palace could be left behind, that is, the Mid-Autumn Festival in August and a half, and it was good to congratulate the Empress Dowager of Ningshou Palace.

But such a comfortable and quiet day only three or two days later, there is trouble to poke in front of him, that day the concubine took the little brother to the concubine to visit the door, plus the emperor left Beijing for a few days, Qixiang Palace for a while The door is not strict, Yuan promised not to know if he seized this opportunity, but he made a few good promises to go to Qixiang Palace to ask for peace to the secret nobles.

Due to the refusal of the secret nobles to see the guests, they had a conflict with the palace maids of the secret nobles in the Qixiang Palace, and when the concubines rushed back to deal with it, it was already ugly. Although they won't do anything, the word will spread in the future, after all, it is very strange that the Mi nobles are always missing, and she has not participated in the big and small festivals in the palace this year, and it is not easy for those curious women to endure until now.

When the news reached Lan Qi, Concubine Rong, Concubine Duan, and Bu Guiren were all talking and laughing together, and the good atmosphere was destroyed, although these people were also curious about the current situation of the nobles, but they would not do anything to disobey the emperor, at this time Yuan promised to make such a thing, Concubine Rong just sneered: "Send her back to Changchun Palace, Concubine Hui will deal with her." ”

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