"Mother and rest assured, the Queen Mother is not angry, saying that children always play together, just want to ask the reason." Mama Su Mala was very polite, appeased Concubine Hui, and brought in all the people who accompanied the prince and the eldest brother, and asked with a cold face for a long time, only to know that it was for the death of the sixth elder brother. I don't know what kind of conflict there was between the prince and the eldest brother, the eldest brother said that the prince even wanted to kill him, and the prince was rarely in a hurry, so the brothers scuffled.

"What about the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother?" Mama Su Mala asked again.

The little eunuch who replied said, "It's like telling the people around them to pull away, and the minions didn't pay attention." ”

Mama glanced at Concubine Hui on the side, she looked fixed and didn't know what she was thinking, so she smiled and said: "Since you have figured out the reason, the slave maid wants to go back to Cining Palace to resume her life, Niangniang, you see?" ”

Concubine Hui came back to her senses and said busily: "I'll leave too, it's not good to stay in the study for a long time." ”

When the two came out, the eldest brother was still sitting under the porch basking in the sun, and he ignored the mother's persuasion, so he went by their mother and son, and went straight back to Cining Palace. At this time, the Empress Dowager and Concubine De have been relieved of a period of sadness, Concubine De Niangniang is waiting for the old man to wipe her face, Mama told the things in the study, and the Empress Dowager sighed: "When the emperor comes back from Shengjing, let's tell their brothers to separate, and the other elder brothers will fight Let's teach a few words, but to do it with the prince, it can be big or small, and more is better than less." ”

Lan Qi served the Queen Mother, sat aside to wash her face and make up, in order to make herself more energetic before going out, she put grease and powder on her face, just hugged the Queen Mother and cried, her face was spent, and she washed all the lead at this time, and her face was clear and transparent, and the haggard under her eyes was clearly visible. ”

The Empress Dowager asked on the side: "Did the fourth elder brother fight?" ”

Lan Qi was shocked in her heart, and only heard her grandmother say no, saying that she was pulled away by the people around her, and she was not involved in the conflict between the prince and the eldest brother, and the queen mother really asked Lan Qi: "These days, has Yinzhen come to see you?" ”

Lan Qi sat back beside the Empress Dowager, shook her head and said, "The concubine doesn't remember, she is confused every day, and she doesn't remember many things." As she spoke, Mama called Huanchun to her and asked if she had ever come, and the old man couldn't help but sigh, "What does the imperial concubine think, the child doesn't understand, she should also be considerate, she does a good job, others will only praise her, she is so stingy, and people don't squeeze her?" ”

Lan Qi lowered her head and was silent, and Mama asked, "It's better to let Princess Wenxian go back to Yonghe Palace, you will be in a better mood if you take care of the little princess." ”

Lan Qi still shook her head and said softly: "The Queen Mother likes Wen Xian very much, the fifth elder brother is going to the study, Ningshou Palace will inevitably be deserted, and the Queen Mother will be happier with Wen Xian as the companion of the imperial grandmother." ”

Mama said again: "Do you want to let the fourth elder brother ......?"

Lan Qi shook her head very quickly, and smiled faintly as if she was grateful for her kindness, but now her smile is only distressing no matter how you look at it. And the Empress Dowager had already agreed with the emperor that she could not send the fourth elder brother back, but at this moment she said: "If you want to go back to the fourth elder brother, there is always something to discuss, isn't that what is always pregnant, and when she is born, she will be hugged to the imperial concubine, and she will not be treated badly." ”

The Empress Dowager understands that she can't take it back if she says this, but she believes that Lan Qi will not nod, and she hopes that she can feel that she is being cared for and favored, so as to warm her cold heart.

Sure enough, Lan Qi said: "The sadness in the concubine's heart, I don't know when it will be a head, so don't add any sad people to the palace." The fourth elder brother is the lifeblood of the imperial concubine, if you want to leave the fourth elder brother, the imperial concubine will not be good, the concubine can't do such a thing, and the fourth elder brother will blame the concubine for being too selfish. Even if people return to Yonghe Palace, their hearts are still on the imperial concubine Niangniang, and now that he is in Chengqian Palace, he still has a few concubines in his heart, and the concubines are satisfied. ”

"Poor boy, it's hard for you to be so broad-minded." The Empress Dowager pulled her to her side.

Lan Qi really wanted to cry again, but she held back and said softly: "It was the concubine who sent him away, and the concubine should bear everything herself." ”

However, after all, the Empress Dowager is still sick and weak, and it is only when she sees Lan Qi's spirit that she is better, and Lan Qi is better than being young and can still hold up a little spirit, and her body has long been hollowed out. Mama persuaded her to go back and rest earlier, and the Empress Dowager asked Mama to send someone to send Concubine De back carefully, and told her: "You will come to see me again after you are raised, and I will let go of my heart when you have eased up." ”

Lan Qi asked the Empress Dowager to take care of her life, and she was sent back to Yonghe Palace by the people of Cining Palace, she sat on her shoulder tiredly, and looked at the scene on the road with her eyes slightly open, this familiar road, she had held her son's hand countless times, Yinzuo was lively and active, always loved to run crazy for a while and then pounced back to be coquettish, occasionally ran and fell down, just lay on the ground and cried, she had to be hugged by Eniang herself, and several times she hugged the little fat dun back to Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi was so tired that she couldn't lift her hands......

Now, sweet and beautiful memories have become the most painful existence, every time she thinks of something, her heart is like being dug out, she also wants to be relieved, and she also wants to get rid of this pain, but the sadness that can't be hoped for is tormenting her day and night.

Lan Qi slowly wiped the tears from her cheeks, and before she could look up, she heard the child's voice say, "See Concubine De." ”

Looking up, it was the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother standing on the side of the road with the eunuchs they served, counting the hours, just coming back from the study, the two children hung their heads slightly, as if they didn't dare to look at Lan Qi, and when Lan Qi saw the fourth elder brother, his eyes stopped on him and couldn't move away, how hypocritical the words he said to the Empress Dowager were, only she herself understood. Just because she knew that everything was impossible, she would say these words to convince herself and others, and she said them unconsciously, as if she was already the instinct to survive in this deep palace.

met the fourth elder brother so coincidentally, and without waiting for Lan Qi to react, Huanchun asked people to put down their shoulders, and took the initiative to help the master get up, as if he wanted her to say a few words to the fourth elder brother, but the master and servant approached the children slightly, the third elder brother was nothing, but Yinzhen took a step back.

Yinzhi is also sensible, knowing the matter between Concubine De Niangniang and the fourth brother, he looked at Lan Qi with a very good look, and led his people to walk away first, Yinzhen was obviously a little at a loss, and he wanted to leave his brother but couldn't speak, so he simply saluted and prepared to leave, and he turned around slightly, Lan Qi called: "Fourth elder brother." ”

Yin Zhen's body froze, her head slowly and slowly drooped, Lan Qi slowly walked around to him, squatted down on her knees, looked up at his face, but saw a tear fall suddenly, which made her feel shocked.

"Yinzhen, don't cry." Lan Qi persuaded weakly.

The child raised his hand to wipe away his tears, still hanging his head, but finally spoke: "If I don't let Yinzuo eat snacks, it would be good, if I eat first, Yinzuo won't die, it's all my bad ......"

"No, why think that?" Lan Qi's heart was heartbroken, and she involuntarily grabbed the fourth elder brother's arm and said, "None of you can leave, you can't replace Yinzuo, Yinzuo is not a substitute for you, how can it be your fault, Yinzhen, don't think nonsense, the imperial concubine will be worried, and I will ...... Fourth brother, I will worry about you too. ”

Yin Zhen looked up at Lan Qi, pursed her lips tightly as if she was hesitating something, and Lan Qi said again: "Brother has to be good, brother will be at ease." ”

"My brother is gone." As soon as Yinzhen mentioned his younger brother, he couldn't help sobbing, but he tried to restrain himself, the contradictory and tangled appearance was very distressing, he choked up and said, "My brother is gone, I will take care of you for my younger brother in the future, but I can't leave Eniang, and Eniang can't leave Yinzhen." ”

Lan Qi's heart hurts, but the child is right, she can only nod and say with tears: "De Niangniang will take care of herself, Yinzhen don't worry, De Niangniang will live well for her younger brother." ”

"Hmm." Yin Zhen wiped away her tears, looked at Lan Qi deeply, and still didn't show a tangled expression, I don't know what else was thinking about in this child's little head, but she didn't say anything to Lan Qi again, turned around and called Xiao Hezi, and left in a hurry.

The child walked away, Huanchun came to support the master, Lan Qi almost had no strength to stand up on his own, it was easy to rely on Huanchun to stand firm, and was about to sit back on his shoulder, one of the eunuchs suddenly fell, everyone was shocked, and the people on the side gathered around to see, saying that it was heat stroke, Huanchun asked them to send people to rest, and replaced the little eunuch to send the master back to the palace.

The nobles in Yonghe Palace have been waiting for Lan Qi to come back, taking care of her washing and taking medicine, and when she settles down, the sisters sat and talked, Lan Qi said that she had caused trouble to her sister, and said that the emperor came to see Lan Qi last night, which made her cry happily, let her vent her grievances, and the Bu nobles persuaded her to cheer up as soon as possible, so that when the emperor came back from Shengjing, she could see Lan Qi who had recovered as before, and when it came to the emperor, Bu Guiren said: "I heard that Lord Nalan, who has been following the emperor, died of illness, really suddenly, the emperor has not been happy recently, Not less. ”

"Nalan Rongruo?" Lan Qi didn't believe it, but Bu Guiren was sure, and she muttered in a daze, "How come? ”

In this way, when Concubine De, who was silent in grief, knew the news of Nalan Rongruo's death, it had already spread throughout the palace, and Concubine Wen in Xianfu Palace had been hesitant to go to see Juechan's family, seeing that it was dark, she sent someone to ask Xianghe, only saying that her master was still asleep after suffering from heat stroke. After a whole night, I didn't hear any movement in the hall, two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the noble people of Juezen had been "recuperating" in their own rooms, and Concubine Wen endured it for two days, and finally decided to come to see her, but something happened in the palace.

In fact, it is not so much that there is an accident in the palace, but that there is an accident in the whole capital, and I don't know what caused the epidemic to spread in the capital, most of the sick people have a high fever that does not go away, and medicine is useless, and the lucky people can get through it, and the unfortunate people will not escape the doom, and some people die one after another, which makes people panic.

In the process of tracing the cause and treatment of the epidemic, it was found that the eldest prince of Mingzhu Mansion, who had only recently died, died of the epidemic, but it had not spread widely at that time, only when he was sick, and now looking at the situation of his illness, it can be concluded that he was also harmed by the epidemic.

In the palace, many eunuchs and palace maids had the same symptoms, and some people died because of this, the empress dowager issued a strict order that the palaces should not enter and leave at will, and the Forbidden City could only enter and exit in the future, and once a sick person was found, he would be sent out of the palace immediately. And because the news was bound to be transmitted to the emperor, the empress dowager issued an edict ordering the emperor to wait in Shengjing, and not to come back until the epidemic in the capital had passed.

Fortunately, the epidemic did not worsen further, and the number of new cases in the next few days was greatly reduced compared with the previous two days, and a relatively effective treatment was found to reduce the deaths as much as possible, but unfortunately, in the deep palace, the fourth elder brother fell ill.

According to the will of the Empress Dowager, all sick people must be sent out of the Forbidden City quickly, and two of the concubines have promised to be sent out for recuperation.

Lan Qi heard that the fourth elder brother was sick, as if she was relieved to see the dazzling sunlight that day, and felt that she was still alive in the pain of her eyes, and the anxious restlessness at the moment also made her feel alive again, almost jumping up from the bed, and rushing out without putting on her shoes, Huanchun Luzhu stopped her and said that no one could go out if the Empress Dowager had a decree, Lan Qi cried and said: "Huanchun, I don't have Yinzuo anymore." ”

And at this moment, the world is also in chaos in the Chengqian Palace, someone is coming to pick up the fourth elder brother from the palace, the imperial concubine does not let them move, and even does not hesitate to force each other to death, when Lan Qi broke in, both sides were stunned for a moment, and the imperial concubine suddenly pounced and pulled Lan Qi and said: "Can't let them take Yinzhen, can't let them take the child away." ”

"Imperial concubine, you can't delay any longer."

"Get out of ......," said the imperial concubine, who glared at them and stopped in front of her son's house, "or take me with you." ”

At this time, Cining Palace finally issued an order again, agreeing that the fourth elder brother would recuperate in the palace, but even if the fourth elder brother recovered, before the epidemic passed, Chengqian Palace could only enter and leave, and no one could leave here again.

The imperial concubine knew that her son finally didn't have to be taken away, her body was soft, she had been in poor health, she was worried about the fourth elder brother a while ago, in fact, it was worse than the demented Concubine De, it was easy to slow down for a few days, but the fourth elder brother suffered this difficulty, and with such a fierce toss just now, there was no strength at all.

"...... Niangniang ...... "The imperial concubine directly lost consciousness, was carried away by her hands and feet, the gate of the Chengqian Palace was about to be locked, someone came to urge Concubine De Niangniang to leave if she didn't leave, Lan Qi watched the imperial concubine being carried in, and went to Yinzhen's house without thinking about it, Huanchun knew that her mind could not be shaken, so she only said to those people, "Lock it, Niangniang, she wants to take care of the fourth elder brother here." ”

Lan Qi entered the house, the child on the sickbed was burned red and short of breath, she had no heart to be sad, according to what the doctors said, she reduced the fever and dissipated heat for the child, fed medicine and water, and stayed by his side every step of the way, occasionally stopping, only to look at her son carefully, and then whispered to the child: "E-niang won't let anyone take you away, Yinzhen, didn't you promise me to take care of me for my brother?" ”

In the main hall, the imperial concubine woke up and was about to go to see the fourth elder brother, Qinglian said that Concubine De was there, begging her to stop torturing her body, crying and saying: "If you toss yourself to the end, the fourth elder brother is fine, who will take care of him in the future?" ”

"Don't curse me." The imperial concubine still had the heart to scold Qinglian, but she knew that her body, she really couldn't even sit up, and now she knew that Concubine De was by the child's side, and she had a reassurance in her heart that she didn't want to admit it, and there was undisguised unbelief and jealousy on her face, and she said after a little spirit, "I can take care of Yinzhen without her, Yinzhen is fine, I have to take good precautions, don't let her invite credit, and take the opportunity to take the child back." ”

Qinglian knew that their master was this temper, and the peace in the world was the most important thing at the moment, who would care about her few words of temper, and then boiled it day by day, and in the blink of an eye, two days passed, the fever of the fourth elder brother has not subsided, and the imperial concubine is anxious that she can't get better, only Concubine De, who is guarding the child's side, is still calm.

This night, she continued to dissipate heat and reduce fever for the child according to what the doctor said, and everyone was surprised to find that the fourth elder brother's face had eased, Lan Qi touched the child's head and felt a lot milder, and she couldn't help but burst into tears, holding her son's hand and saying, "If Yinzuo knew, he would definitely worship his brother even more." ”

All night, Lan Qi stayed by her son's side, touching his more and more gentle body, listening to his more and more gentle breathing, the tired Lan Qi fell asleep at the end of the bed, and when she became conscious, she felt a hand touching her forehead, opened her eyes in a daze, and saw Yinzhen in front of her, she couldn't tell whether it was a dream or a wake-up, but the child said: "Concubine De Niangniang, you sweat a lot." ”

"Yinzhen, are you awake?" Lan Qi was completely sober, she made a sound, and the people outside followed up to see, and they were going out to report the good news to the imperial concubine, the door of Chengqian Palace suddenly opened, and the emperor's figure appeared in the morning light, and the eunuchs and palace maids did not return to salute, and the emperor ran straight to Yinzhen's house.

Xuan Ye rushed into the door and saw Lan Qi hugging Yinzhen, Yinzhen said a little uncomfortably: "De Niangniang, you hugged it too tightly, my arm hurts so much." ”

Lan Qi cried and said, "Yinzhen is a good ......"

Xuan Ye's long-hanging heart finally let go, and Yinzhen also saw his father and shouted "Huang Ama".

Lan Qi let go of the child, turned around in shock, and saw that Xuan Ye was really in front of him, and couldn't help asking, "Why did the emperor come back?" The Empress Dowager wants you to wait in Shengjing. ”

"Yinzhen is sick, I must come back." When Xuan Ye said these words, his eyes completely stopped on Lan Qi's body, and the person in front of him was still so haggard, but she came back to life, and the former Wuya Lan Qi was in front of her again.

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