Gonggong Li looked at the emperor's back, and his old face was full of sadness.

In the past, Empress Hesheri died in childbirth, and the emperor did not want to see the newborn child for a few days, believing that it was the second elder brother who took the queen's life, and would rather not have this son than keep the queen. But when he calmed down and understood that the deceased was gone, he poured all his love for the queen into the prince, and for more than ten years, the prince got a deeper father's love than any prince and princess, but the father and son were unconsciously drifting apart.

Gonggong Li is well versed in the way of the palace and understands that between the emperor and the crown prince, it only seems to be a small crack at the moment, but as time goes by, if the crack cannot be filled, what awaits their father and son in the future will be an unbridgeable chasm.

"Deliver the message to Yonghe Palace, I will go over tonight." After a long time, Xuan Ye breathed a sigh of relief, ordered this sentence and sat back on the table to review the fold, as if only by putting himself in the busy state affairs or going to Yonghe Palace could he let go of the depression in his heart.

On this day, because the emperor was going to Yonghe Palace, the Empress Dowager sent Lan Qi back early to rest, but Lan Qi returned to the palace and played with the children for a long time, and did not see the emperor coming. ”

Lan Qi was shocked, but quickly reminded herself not to always worry about this matter, it may not be the prince, before finding out the truth, she can't arbitrarily identify it as the prince, she is always so startled, it will make Xuan Ye uneasy.

In Yuqing Palace, the emperor did not let people inform him that he was coming, but the prince soon got the news and greeted him in front of the door, which made his father feel very uncomfortable, and originally wanted to look at him quietly for a while, but then he just asked him how he lived and ate, and told him to go to Cining Palace to greet the Empress Dowager, and left.

didn't let anyone inform the emperor that he had arrived, and Xuan Ye drove straight into Yonghe Palace, but Concubine De was not in the dormitory, and was beside a pair of children. Yinxiang and the little princess nested in her arms left and right, there was a high bulging belly under the brocade quilt, Xuan Ye stood on the edge of the couch and watched for a while, Yinxiang didn't know what he dreamed of, and suddenly woke up crying from the dream, waking up the young lady and Eniang.

The two little dolls cried together, Lan Qi was a little overwhelmed, Xuan Ye picked up Yinxiang with his own hands, the one-year-old child lay on his father's shoulder softly, he was frightened in a dream, and after being gently patted by his father, he quickly fell asleep, and the little princess stopped crying, the two of them hugged their son and their daughter, their eyes met with a warm look, Lan Qi smiled softly: "The emperor is now finally able to hold the child." ”

The nursing mother and palace maid came to take care of the child, Xuan Ye helped Lan Qi to walk back to their house slowly, one used some supper, one washed and changed, quietly doing very ordinary things, just waiting to lie down, Huan Chun blew out the candles in the dormitory one by one, Lan Qi suddenly felt Xuan Ye grab her hand, as the room became darker and darker, the strength of the palm became more and more powerful.

"Your Majesty, it hurts." Lan Qi's hands are slender and soft, how can he withstand Xuan Ye's pinching like that, he almost used the strength of the beads to crush Lan Qi's hands during the day, he really wanted to crush her bones, hearing Lan Qi cry out in pain, he hurriedly picked up his hand and stroked it gently, kissed the back of his hand gently, and said guiltily, "I'm not good." ”

Lan Qi smiled and said that it was okay, at this moment there were only a few candles in the room, and it was even darker through the curtain, she couldn't see Xuan Ye's face clearly, and stretched out her hand to touch his cheek to let him rest earlier, but the skin on Xuan Ye's face was wet, and she was so shocked that she withdrew her hand, and both of them were immersed for a long time, only to hear the emperor sniff and cough dryly, and patted her palm lightly: "Who told you to touch it?" ”

Xuan Ye spoke, Lan Qi became bolder, stretched out his hands and gently brushed every inch of skin on his face, when the wet feeling gradually disappeared in the palm of his hand, but heard Xuan Ye smile: "My face is going to be dark." ”

Before she said this, Lan Qi's soft cheeks suddenly came up, as if she wanted to gently rub the moisturizing fat on her face on Xuan Ye's face, the emperor was amused by her clumsy actions, and the depressed and dull atmosphere between each other was finally broken, and he pushed her face away in disgust, hugged the person in his arms, and said angrily: "Don't you panic your stomach?" ”

The person in her arms didn't speak, it seemed that what Xuan Ye thought was funny was not worth being happy at all in Lan Qi's opinion, she really felt sorry for the people around her and all his things.

The emperor gradually calmed down, whether it was sadness or joy, when he calmed down, he had a lot of things to say, and the first thing he asked for a long time was: "Lan Qi, is the imperial grandmother going to leave me?" ”

The person in his arms trembled, and after a long time, the response was: "The concubine will always accompany the emperor." ”

"Really?"

"Even if it's just one more day, I won't leave you behind."

Xuan Ye smiled helplessly: "I am a dignified son of heaven, but I want a woman to say such a thing, shouldn't it be, you let me not leave you?" ”

Lan Qi's voice was already choked: "The dignified son of heaven should be able to fulfill all the wishes of a woman, Wuya Lanqi doesn't want the world to be famous in history, she wants to accompany her man for the rest of her life, and never leave him." ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "But I have so many women, every one of them is fulfilled, when will it be your turn?" ”

Lan Qi rubbed in his arms and said: "That's your business with them, the concubines only know about the two of us, don't talk about those concubines don't like to hear." ”

The emperor's laughter came out of the dormitory, the kind of pleasure that came out of nowhere, so that the people who followed outside were relieved, although the emperor did not show it, but the people who followed day and night understood the temper of the saint, whether it was the emperor worried about the body of the empress dowager, or worried about the affairs of the court, the emperor had not given anyone a good face in the past few days, and now he can laugh, and he silently recites Amitabha.

The next day, the emperor went to the morning court from Yonghe Palace, and he was refreshed in the morning, and Concubine De was still able to serve the emperor with seven or eight months of pregnancy, and the people on the side could hardly intervene in any hands, and the tacit eye and language exchanges between the emperors and concubines made people's hearts warm. The Emperor had come last night with a gloomy aura, and had left this morning, and the clouds had already cleared.

And today there is another happy thing, the emperor has not forgotten to choose the side Fujin for the prince after the eldest brother got married, because the crown princess is a pivotal position, whether it is the side Fujin who is now supported as the crown princess in the future, or he chooses another excellent girl in the future, there are many reasons why it is not suitable to set up the crown princess at present, so that the courtiers have no objections, and there is no position in the clan to point fingers on this matter.

The girls who should be selected today were sent to the palace, because it was not an official draft of the imperial court, many of the complicated links were eliminated, and from the very beginning, the imperial concubine and several clan relatives were selected in the list sent by the emperor.

Thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls, all like flowers and jade, their fate is slightly different from other peers, at this age should be on the round of next year's court election, the woman who entered the palace to be the emperor, because of fate will be a year earlier, although this time is only a side of the Fujin, in the future may have the opportunity to become the main room, so that is the future queen of the Qing Dynasty, once the bird screen is selected, the fate will be very different from the woman who entered the palace to be the emperor.

The emperor's original intention was decided by the Empress Dowager, except for the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine, Concubine De sat on the side with her stomach up, and the other three of the four concubines were not qualified to come.

The Empress Dowager is in good spirits, she has seen more than a dozen girls one by one, asked some simple words, listened to the conversation and manners, and seemed to be very satisfied. ”

Because it is a happy event, everyone is happy, and the imperial concubine is even more joking, saying that such a good girl is fortunately going to be chosen for the prince, if she keeps it for the next year's election to enter the palace, her vinegar will not be finished. And the imperial concubine finally made the queen mother look at her with admiration because of her love for the fourth elder brother, and the old and young were much closer than before, and the queen mother also said with a smile: "No wonder they all say that the one that has entered the palace over the years is not as good as one session, it turns out that you are in the way, and the good-looking ones can't get to the emperor?" ”

Everyone was happy, and the imperial concubine even smiled and said: "Don't tell the emperor, what if the emperor is serious?" ”

Lan Qi only laughed on the side, not interfering in which one to choose, she knew the possible fate of the selected girl in the future, and now every word will have an impact on the future, plus now she has a fear of Yuqing Palace, and she doesn't want to let the Hesheri family have any complaints about her, and it is not her intention to attend today, since she can't shirk, it's best not to speak.

After that, the news went back and forth several times in the Qianqing Palace and Cining Palace, and finally settled in the evening, and chose Li Jiashi, the daughter of Shuerdeku, the commander of the light car, as the prince's side Fujin, and chose an auspicious day to salute and enter the Yuqing Palace.

The news came out from Cining Palace, and everyone was a little surprised, Li Jia's background is neither high nor low, compared to the eldest brother's Fujin background, it seems that the daughter of the Wulanala family who was decided by the imperial concubine early in the morning, it seems that this small side Fujin is not qualified to be corrected in the future. invisibly revealed another news, that is, the royal family will officially select the crown princess for the crown prince in the future, which will be the most important thing in the next few years.

However, the person was chosen, when to enter the palace but there was no certainty, the main reason is that the queen mother is not stable, even if the emperor is reluctant, but also understands what to prepare, the court has secretly for the queen mother Zhang Luo's future, in case the old man suddenly leaves one day, it can be regarded as the emperor's death, the court will hold the most solemn funeral.

And on this day, the side Fujin was selected for the prince, and the body of the queen mother was repeated at night.

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