"Juezen is always there, it is indeed beautiful, the slave maid has not seen such a posture in the palace for many years, and if Concubine Dong E was there, she was also compared." Su Mala said, "I was still a girl when I saw it before, but I have changed like this for a few years without paying attention. ”

The Empress Dowager was disdainful: "Dong E's is a sick man, what kind of beauty can he be, my sister is a beauty, but now I look at it, it is not as good as her." When he spoke, his eyes still fell on Juechan's body, and he took it back for a long time before he retracted and said, "Too beautiful women are like poisonous flowers, the more bewitching they are, the more they harbor evil intentions, you send someone to keep an eye on her, and she is not allowed to seduce Xuan Ye." ”

Although Mama Su Mala agreed, she still persuaded: "The emperor has his own plans, if an insignificant constant presence can reverse or calm the storm of jealousy and jealousy in the palace, why wouldn't the emperor do it, don't you say?" ”

The old man's brows loosened slightly, and he sighed: "No, my Xuan Ye is no longer a young man." ”

After these few words, in the end, it was a lively festival, the Queen Mother did not show her face, and together with the Queen Mother, for Juechan's pregnancy, she rewarded some things, and took care of Rong Concubine and Hui Concubine to pay more attention, after all, it is a low-level palace concubine who is not favored at the moment, and she is not as good as others.

The six palaces are all there, although Guo Guiren is still grounded, Yi Concubine has already been free, and since her sister offended the emperor, she is more cautious, and the emperor is not too cold to her, but it is not as beautiful as before, but Yi Concubine can endure it, and the patience cultivated by Concubine Zhao in the early years has finally come in handy.

Concubine Tong's side, Concubine Wen was sitting next to her, and when the opera was lively, she pointed to the Juechan clan in the distance and said: "Concubine Niangniang should be careful, you once beat her badly, not everyone can repay grievances with virtue like Wu Ya's family, be careful that she seduced the emperor to stumble on you." ”

"You don't go out of the gate of Xianfu Palace every day, and you know the things in the palace very clearly, but you don't need to care about this palace." Concubine Tong squinted coldly at Jue Chan's family, so stunningly beautiful, anyone who saw it would be jealous, and said hatefully, "There is no room for fox spirits to make waves in the Forbidden City, and my sister is worried about it." ”

Concubine Wen smiled: "The news of her pregnancy only came out at noon, and Ah Ling'a came to ask the concubine to say goodbye in the afternoon, and asked the concubine to persuade the emperor that if the Juechan family was a boy, she would be brought into the Xianfu Palace to raise." Her beautiful eyes flowed, and she smiled, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her, and said to the concubine very affectionately, "Dai Chang let me keep an eye on the first child, but unfortunately the seventh elder brother was disabled, so they asked the concubine not to bother to wait later." Niangniang, you said, we can't give birth to it ourselves, are we blessed or not? ”

The concubine's face turned blue when she said this, and she stared at Concubine Wen in a daze, if it weren't for the banquet, she would have had a seizure a long time ago, and she swallowed hard at this time, knowing that Concubine Wen was uncomfortable and had to drag someone into the water, if she was really angry, it wasn't her mind, so she smiled angrily and said: "If my sister is rare, this palace will speak for you, but let Alinga remember to wrap a big red envelope for this palace as a thank you gift, now the silver is too troublesome, the silver ticket is good, hundreds and thousands of taels of the palace are not rare, let him give a large amount." ”

Concubine Wen said with a smile: "The furniture of Tongfu is well known to everyone in the world, and Niangniang will rarely have Ah Ling's red envelopes?" ”

Concubine Tong returned the words to her, and said with a smile: "Having a son is naturally different, after more than ten years, he left the palace to open a mansion and build a tooth, and he didn't buy more money for his mother, and he went out of the palace to drink the northwest wind?" It's hard to understand that you don't have children. ”

The two were talking, seeing Concubine De leave the table and go up, and the Empress Dowager said something, after the old man nodded, she took the palace maid away, and when she left the seat, she looked at the emperor when she left the seat, and the two of them smiled gently, only to see that Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen were silent, and it took a long time to hear Concubine Wen say faintly: "Ah Ling'a said that it would be good if she wanted to get the sixth elder brother, but unfortunately she didn't have time...... The concubine does not have the blessing of the mother. ”

Concubine Tong pretended not to hear it, but her heart was tense, Wu Ya's words seemed to be ringing in her ears again that day, and she couldn't figure out whether she was blessed or not.

Today, all the princes and princesses who can go to the banquet are here, but the sixth elder brother has been excited in Cining Palace for a day, and when he wants to come to the banquet at night, he is asleep, Lan Qi asked the nurse to take the child back, and she did not come to join in the fun at night, and she must go back to see the child when she leaves.

Everyone didn't care when Concubine De left the table, but soon after Juechan left the table under the pretext of leaving the table, at that time, the gongs and drums were noisy and crowded, and everyone was applauding for Wusheng even somersault, as if no one noticed her leaving,

Xianghe followed behind, Ningshou Palace is not more spacious than the specifications of the East and West Six Palaces, the palace is more spacious, the master and servant walked for a while, the drum music behind them could not be heard, and when they came to the door outside the palace, Xianghe followed and said: "The slave and maid look carefully, no one is coming, but the master, you really want to see Lord Nalan, in case someone ...... it"

"It's okay, I'm not sneaky, whoever likes to see will see." Jue Chan was perfunctory, and went straight out again, she just asked Xianghe to pass the word to Rong Ruo to wait for her outside Ningshou Palace at night, but she didn't say anything about the hour or where, but she knew in her heart that he would definitely come and wait, and sure enough, she walked out of the palace gate and turned forward and saw no one, and when she turned back, she saw Nalan Rongruo coming head-on, and she suddenly made up her mind.

Just because they know each other, sneaking up will cause trouble, it is better to "meet" outside the gate of Ningshou Palace, Nalan Rongruo was originally here to protect the emperor and strengthen the guards, it is inevitable to meet concubines, everything seems logical.

"I heard that Chang Zai is pregnant, congratulations." The two stood looking at each other not far away, Xianghe followed behind to check the movements around him, Rong Ruo did not follow the guards, it seemed that he let go of the guards and left them alone, or patrolled the customs alone, and bowed to Juechan at this moment, "I hope to take care of your body, you have always been weak, and the hardships of pregnancy should not be underestimated." ”

Jue Chan smiled sadly: "Little sons are good, I heard that my sister-in-law is pregnant again?" ”

Rong Ruo's body shook slightly, as if he had the same thoughts as the person in front of him, lowered his head and said, "It's the concubine Yan who has a body." ”

"My cousin has always been very fond of Yan." Jue Chan smiled and called his cousin unconsciously, Nalan Rongruo was shocked, hurriedly raised his head, and saw her poignant smile, and felt heartache.

"My cousin doesn't have many heirs under his knees, and the old lady has always remembered it, so you need to spread more branches and leaves for the family." Jue Chan smiled and took a few more steps closer to him affectionately, because past Nalan Rongruo's shoulder, she had already seen Concubine De turn back with someone.

Lan Qi went back to Yonghe Palace here to see Yinzuo, and then went out again, the Empress Dowager must have left the table early, she had to wait to be sent back to Cining Palace, and Huan Chun said and laughed and walked over, but saw a man and a woman standing in front of him, and thought that the prince and Fujin were going to leave the palace, but when they got closer, they suddenly saw the woman in front of the man falling, and the man firmly held her, but the woman's face emerged from his side, and there were also bright lanterns shining there.

The two didn't know what to say, the man gradually let go, and after Jue Chan stood firmly, he bypassed him and walked towards him, Lan Qi fixed his eyes and saw the man turn around, it was really Nalan Rongruo, and there was immediately a nameless anger in her heart, looking at the beautiful woman walking towards her, she really hated it.

"The concubine sees the concubine." Jue Chan's etiquette was upright, and after Fu was back, he stood up and said, "The concubine is not very well, and she is about to go back, Niang Niang is here, and Princess Duanjing is looking for you not long after you leave." ”

Nalan Rongruo couldn't pretend to be nothing, and also came up and curtsied, Lan Qi looked at them, and said to Rong Ruo: "Adults must also circumvent the forbidden palace etiquette law when they inspect the customs and defenses, and adults have been doing errands by the side of Long Live Lord for a long time, and there are some things that I don't need to say more." ”

Rong Ruo frowned, worried about whether Concubine De had misunderstood him and his cousin, and was about to explain, but Concubine De had left quickly with someone, without saying a word to his cousin, and he didn't want to listen to any explanation. Both of them stayed for a while, and Rong Ruocai turned around and asked his cousin: "Concubine De, are you still misunderstanding?" ”

Jue Chan looked at Rong Ruo, saw his ruddy complexion and face full of jade, his heart was very comfortable, as long as he was doing well, it didn't matter what he was, when he heard this sentence at this moment, he asked with a smile: "Is it a misunderstanding?" Actually, she didn't misunderstand, right? Cousin, everything at the moment is not my willing, what happened in May, I didn't arrive first will become like that, I just want to leave Yikun Palace, I want to take revenge on Guo Guiren's insult to you......"

Rong Ruo took a step back in horror, looked left and right to see that there was no one else, and hurriedly saluted and said, "The minister still has important things to do." After speaking, he turned around and left, but his cousin's words kept lingering in his ears like a spell, and then he felt that he couldn't stay in the deep palace, so he found a reason to hand over the errand to others, and left the forbidden palace in a hurry without waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in Ningshou Palace to end.

Rong Ruo was afraid that if he stayed more, he would bring trouble to his cousin, so in order not to let his father send someone to secretly embarrass his cousin, he restrained and forbeared, and was attentive to his wife and concubine, and repeatedly invited outsiders to stay away from the capital.

And Jue Chan naturally went back to his residence, thinking back to that short encounter, knowing that he did not misunderstand his change of mind, knowing that he was doing well at home, the original empty body without heart and soul gradually became flesh and blood, but she touched her belly, looked at the gifts that had only been piled up in the room for half a day, and laughed disdainfully and contemptuously, and had no expectations for whether the child in her womb could grow up.

In fact, she doesn't care where this child goes, but she must not let the child call Hui Concubine Eniang, the nightmare that night generally haunted her, Hui Concubine deliberately dressed herself up, deliberately sent to the emperor, the emperor was confused that night, almost didn't know who he was entangled with, she didn't blame the emperor for ruining her life, the culprit was Hui Concubine, but unfortunately it was too long, even if you want to expose her to the emperor, it's too late.

Xianghe brought hot water to wash her face, and said nervously on the side: "The slave is really stupid, the master said that he asked Concubine De Niangniang not to let Concubine Hui Niangniang snatch your child, but why do you have to let Concubine De Niangniang bump into it tonight, the slave maid knows that you and Lord Nalan have nothing to do, just cousins and sisters talking, but what if Concubine De Niangniang thinks wrong, in case she goes to Cining Palace or the emperor to say a few words, you will be miserable." ”

"* What is the heaviest punishment for the sins of the palace? Kill the head, punish the nine clans, or what? Jue Chan smiled coldly, covered his face with a hot towel and lay down, and made a muffled voice from under the towel, "Don't say that I have nothing to do with Lord Nalan, if there is really anything, Concubine De will not go around to publicize it, there is no one in this palace who cares more about the emperor than her, in order to save the emperor's face, she will definitely choose to swallow it herself." The concubine fornicated with the palace concubine, how big a green hat was buckled on the emperor's head, and the fornicator died cleanly, but the emperor wanted to continue to live with this name, that is, the shame of being the emperor for a lifetime. ”

Xianghe heard it on the side, how did she know that her master and Nalan Rongruo were constantly untidy and chaotic emotional entanglements, only to see Jue Chan uncover the towel and hand it to her, and said with a smile: "Fool, don't think about it, Concubine De Niangniang should come to me in a few days, if she doesn't come to me, I naturally have other ways." ”

Xianghe stuck out her tongue helplessly: "Anyway, it's still early, you won't give birth until February next year, and there is a time before you are born." If it's a princess, I'm afraid that Concubine Hui won't worry about it. ”

Jue Chan clutched his stomach sadly and said: "My mother's first child is a son, I don't know if I will be like her, if it is a princess, the prince is the trouble, the best is ......" She shook the thought of life and death in her heart, and sweated on her back, she couldn't kill this child, she couldn't resist this palace openly, she couldn't do anything too dazzling, and she couldn't let the emperor detect her dissent...... Can't, can't, too much, too much, you can't, you can only live honestly, and you have to live well.

Jue Chan involuntarily grabbed the sheets, closed her eyes in pain, and the appearance of Rong Ruo appeared in front of her, how much she wished that she was Yan, and how much she hoped that the child in her belly was born for him.

On this side, the drum music in Ningshou Palace stopped, Lan Qi was supposed to wait for the Empress Dowager to return to Cining Palace, but she suddenly said that she was uncomfortable, and begged Concubine Duan and Bu Guiren to send the Empress Dowager back, of course everyone was willing to serve, she didn't go to the old man to take leave, and the Empress Dowager couldn't shout in public to ask her what was wrong, and Xuan Ye and several princes and nobles still had something to say, after everyone sent the Empress Dowager away, she didn't wait for the concubine and Concubine Wen to go first, and left with Huanchun.

When Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen were ascending the sedan chair in front of the door, they heard someone among the concubines who were waiting for the ceremony: "Concubine De Niangniang also takes herself too seriously, and Concubine Wen and Concubine Wen haven't left yet." ”

Someone laughed: "Probably because I was worried that the emperor would go to Yonghe Palace tonight, so I went back early to prepare." ”

Concubine Tong sat in the soft sedan chair, but she didn't hear it, and left after the order to get up the sedan chair, but Concubine Wen stayed, and sent someone to ask Gonggong Li where the emperor went tonight, but he said to go to Yikun Palace, everyone looked at Yi Concubine for a while, which made her very embarrassed, smiled and said goodbye, and hurriedly went back to prepare.

It is said that in order to avoid the tendency of the post-establishment, Xuan Ye did not give any speculation to the courtiers outside, and the two places of Pingsu Chengqian Palace and Xianfu Palace were stable, and he would not go to any of the two palaces during the big festival, and after a long time, Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen were used to it, but after all, it was a rare good day, and wherever the emperor went, he was favored and valued in that place, and the concubine was good to shirk it, and everyone didn't believe that she was uncomfortable, and said that she pretended to be a good person.

Lan Qi couldn't hear these ugly and mean words, she hurried back to Yonghe Palace, saw that Yinzuo was well, washed and changed clothes and went to bed early, Huanchun really thought she was uncomfortable at first, and asked back and forth several times, and calculated whether there would be good news, but Lan Qi finally told her the truth, saying that she had something in her heart that she couldn't let go, and she had to think about it calmly.

But Rao is empty hall there is no sound, Lan Qi tossed and turned still can't be calm, today the scene of Juechan falling into Nalan Rongruo's arms seems to be engraved in her heart, don't say goodbye even if there are bursts of laughter at the banquet, even if the opera gongs and drums are boiling to the sky, it still fails to attract her attention, from time to time she will go to look at the empty seat of the Juezen clan, inexplicably worried about whether she will still be with Nalan Rongruo, and from time to time staring at the people who left the table, for fear that they will also bump into each other outside, and stay up until the banquet is over, I really don't have the energy to serve the Empress Dowager anymore, she must be seen through by the old man if she is so abnormal, but she doesn't want to say it, let alone say it, if the Jue Chan clan sits on the fornication, she doesn't matter if she dies, if Nalan Rong dies, there will be other capable ministers, but for Xuan Ye......

"No, no." Lan Qi covered her head and rolled on the bed, solemnly warning herself, "Don't think about it anymore, you don't see anything, nothing happens." ”

However, after Xuan Ye said goodbye to several princes and nobles, he did not go to Yikun Palace, he wanted to go to Yonghe Palace to see what Lan Qi was uncomfortable with, and Gonggong Li persuaded the emperor to do this would make Yi Concubine hate Concubine De, Xuan Ye gave up, and sent someone to tell Yi Concubine that he would go back in a few days, and then went back to Qianqing Palace by himself, but after sitting and sobering up and resting for half an hour, he still felt strange in his heart, and called Manager Li to ask him: "Where is she uncomfortable?" Why don't you ask for a doctor, is there one? ”

Manager Li hurriedly said that he had sent someone to greet him, saying that it was good to rest, probably because the wine was too strong tonight, but as he spoke, he said embarrassedly: "There is another thing, I don't know if it has anything to do with the discomfort of the concubine Niangniang, the little eunuch under the slave said, I saw the concubine Niangniang meeting Juechan Chang outside the Ningshou Palace, long live the lord, you said...... Isn't she jealous? ”

Gonggong Li actually knew that there was another person, but he deliberately didn't mention it for fear of trouble, but the emperor was very careful and knew the concubine best, shook his head and said, "She is not such a person, has she met someone else?" ”

"It seems to be ......" Manager Li's heart fluttered, although he didn't know about the old things, but it was not good for the concubine and the minister of the guard to talk in private, but seeing Xuan Ye's posture of breaking the sand pot and asking to the end, he still said, "It seems that Lord Nalan was patrolling and passing by at that time, and if there is anyone else, the slave doesn't know." ”

Xuan Ye sighed nonchalantly: "Rong Ruo and Juechan are cousins, Mingzhu has already come to tell me, saying that the two of them were childhood sweethearts when they were young, and Mingzhu is a careful person for ten thousand years, I am afraid that someone will make irresponsible remarks about this, and I only turned over the brand twice in the summer, and he went on the secret fold, which made me cry and laugh, this little thing, as for the last secret fold?" ”

Manager Li's heart was relieved, the emperor didn't care about the most important thing, once the emperor investigated and asked, more or less people in the palace had to follow the bad luck, and the concubine's fornication was a great sin, since the emperor thought it was a cousin...... Thinking like this, suddenly a spirit, Gonggong Li, who has seen all the ways of the world, also has the wisdom accumulated in this deep palace, and hurriedly reminded Xuan Ye: "Long live the lord, you said, Niangniang, could she be misunderstood that Jue Chan is often with Lord Nalan, and she can't get along with herself?" ”

The emperor's brows shook slightly, he really hadn't thought about these things, but they were not roundworms in Lan Qi's stomach, what she didn't guess was what she thought, Xuan Ye unbuttoned his robe and prepared to sleep, and at the same time instructed Gonggong Li: "Tomorrow's business time is together, I will leave the evening time to see Lan Qi." But Gonggong Li turned around and was about to leave, and Xuan Ye ordered again, "Before evening, let Rong Ruo enter the palace." ”

In the blink of an eye, the next day, Concubine De also took leave today and couldn't go to Cining Palace to serve, the Empress Dowager saw it in her eyes, and sent someone to Qianqing Palace to ask Xuan Ye, knowing that they didn't make trouble with each other, so she threw her to Xuan Ye, and let the palace people hug Yinzuo, saying that since she was uncomfortable, she was not suitable for taking care of the child for the time being.

Even so, Lan Qi didn't care too much, she didn't sleep well all night, her head was groggy, she didn't react when she saw Yinzuo being taken away, she curled up in a daze under the window all morning, she warned herself not to think too much last night, but she thought about it all night, and now she still can't shake Nalan Rongruo's appearance of holding Juechan in her arms. Huanchun should also see that scene, but she asked Huanchun, but Huanchun didn't remember anything, it can be seen that only people with a heart will remember these things, Huanchun has no heart, of course he won't pay attention.

And her appearance, there are rumors outside that Concubine De is pregnant, thinking that she has been occupying the emperor almost every day since she returned to the palace, maybe there is good news, the Queen Mother in Ningshou Palace was kind enough to send the imperial doctor to show her, for fear that she would be uncomfortable in Ningshou Palace last night, but the rumors were wiped out, where did Concubine De come from to be pregnant, but she had a sleepless night and had a pulse disorder, and was said by the imperial doctor to become a disease from overwork, so that she could rest well.

These words will also be transmitted to the Qianqing Palace, Xuan Ye has no distractions, and has been dealing with official business all day, until the evening, Mingzhu withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and met his son with a sign to come in, because he had never heard the emperor call, he naturally wanted to come forward to interrogate, Rong Ruo didn't know what the emperor was looking for him, and when he left, Mingzhu angrily ordered him: "After listening to the errand, I will go home immediately, I haven't asked you to settle the account last night, what are you doing fooling around outside Ningshou Palace?" Bastard stuff. ”

Rong Ruo hung his head and was silent, the emperor was waiting to be summoned, and his father would not embarrass him at the moment, and he didn't feel anything unpleasant in his heart, only waiting for his father to leave, he went straight to the Qianqing Palace, but he met the prince to send the homework of the post, the father and son said filial piety for a while, and then waited for the prince to leave, Rong Ruo entered the study.

When Xuan Ye saw him, he was as amiable as usual, saying that he had something to tell him, but on the other hand, he called Manager Li to come in and change his clothes, and said very casually: "There has been no major progress in the floods in the south of the Yangtze River so far, and there have been several heavy rains in August, and the houses have been destroyed and the people have been displaced. The Qing Dynasty has a population of tens of millions, and it doesn't matter if some people die. ”

"The minister is terrified." The emperor said calmly, but Nalan Rongruo knelt down in horror and explained, "The emperor doesn't have to care, the people in the south of the Yangtze River are not happy, and the officials are struggling to relieve the disaster. ”

Xuan Ye rolled his cuffs and smiled coldly: "Isn't it perfunctory for you to say these nice words to appease me?" ”

Rong Ruo was confused, and said with sincere fear: "The minister doesn't know about the south, the minister just said that the scene he saw, those grain trucks were sent to the south, and the officials and officials along the way sent troops to protect and prevent robbery, and the minister also helped escort a certain way." ”

"You get up." Xuan Ye said, waved his hand to signal the left and right to go down, let Rong Ruo follow him to the desk, threw a map to him, and pointed to the place where he drew a circle with Zhu Pi, "There is a hard-hit area, tens of thousands of people have been moved out to wait for resettlement, and more than a dozen towns and cities around have also been affected, but they still have the ability to resettle the victims, but for the benefit of the locals, the city gates are blocked, and the plague is raging outside, and in the long run, the vicious circle will be wiped out, and the former rich land will be wiped out." ”

Rong Ruo frowned and looked at the map, showing the picture of what the emperor said in his mind, and felt a chill in his heart, and heard Xuan Ye say: "It must be that I lost my morality, so I angered the heavens and sent disasters, the Gyeonggi earthquake in the old year, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River this year, and I don't know where I will suffer in winter, and I can't sleep and eat every day." ”

"Yao Shun Mingjun also suffered from nine rivers and seven droughts, how can it be the emperor's fault." Rong Ruo pinched the map in his hand, the young man was enthusiastic, and he bent his knees and said, "The minister is willing to send down the Jiangnan River to control the water for Qin." ”

Xuan Ye smiled and stretched out his hand to help him up: "Mingzhu can't figure this out, how can you know how to control the water, but I still have to send you down to resettle the victims for me, and the water will be returned to the field after three and five years, where there is the most fertile land, and I still need the people to take root again and revitalize agriculture." Tomorrow you will go, someone will take over the errand in the capital, you have gone through the north, this time you go to the south for a walk, and in two years when I tour the south, I will also reuse you. ”

Rong Ruo bent his knees to receive the order, and when he was about to get up, he suddenly heard the emperor say: "Your cousin is very good in the palace, Mingzhu said that you are childhood sweethearts, I am not a stingy person, my son's brother and daughter, who doesn't have a childhood playmate?" ”

"Your Majesty......" Rong Ruo's body stiffened, stopped in the middle, I don't know whether to kneel or get up, Xuan Ye gently pulled him, patted his shoulder and said, "Go on an errand with peace of mind, didn't you say that I am Mingjun?" ”

Rong Ruozhi felt that his heart stopped beating, and he didn't realize how to get out of the Qianqing Palace later, until he got out of the gate of the Forbidden City, and he was still holding the map that the emperor gave him, and he remembered that Ama had mentioned that no one was willing to take over the matter of resettlement of disaster victims in the south, and told him that this was a thankless messenger who endured hardships, and asked him to speak carefully in front of the emperor, but he ...... Bowing his head and pinching the map, Rong Ruo looked back at the majestic palace surrounded by high walls, he had no choice but to do a good job, just for the emperor's sentence "Not stingy." ”

In the Qianqing Palace, Xuan Ye was about to go out after changing his clothes, so he naturally went to Yonghe Palace, but the little eunuch who went to deliver the decree hurriedly came back and told Gonggong Li that he and Concubine Niangniang were on the front and back, and Niangniang had already gone to see Juezen Chang.

When the words reached Xuan Ye, the emperor was helpless and ordered: "Don't get in the way, I will wait for her to come back." ”

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