"Scared?" Lan Qi was very curious, but asked Wang Changzai and Yuan to agree, "Could it be that the place where you live is haunted?" Those old grandmothers scared you, didn't they, they always fooled people like this, the nobles of the heavenly family, where can there be demons and monsters. ”

Yuan promised to wave his hand and said: "It's not that I'm afraid of ghosts, I'm afraid of people, and the concubines are afraid of the nobles." ”

In fact, what are they afraid of, Lan Qi knows very well in her heart, but when she says that, when she hears them say it at this moment, she just asks ordinarily: "Have you seen the Ping noble?" ”

"Not yet." The two of them spoke in unison, looked at each other again, and Wang Changzai said softly, "Everyone in the palace said that the noble people were very powerful, and the grandmothers in the palace of the concubines also said that it was better not to provoke the noble people." But they are all in the Forbidden City, they don't look up and don't look down, and they meet one day, and the two concubines don't know how to deal with themselves, and they don't know what to do, so as not to offend the nobles. ”

Lan Qi smiled: "Your position is lower than her, greet you when you meet, and then talk less, what do you answer when the noble person asks, what can she do to you without fault for you, not to mention that there are no rules for nobles to discipline palace concubines in the palace, as long as you are safe and secure, there will be nothing." ”

The two of them were very uneasy to hear, and Yuan promised to ask in a low voice: "Niangniang, is this enough, but I heard that this noble man of Ping had abused and beaten the pregnant Zhang Promise before." ”

"It was all a misunderstanding." Lan Qi didn't care, "They are all concubines who serve the emperor, why did they become flood beasts in your mouths?" ”

The two were slightly nervous, speechless for a while, Lan Qi's face was also serious, and he said with a bit of majesty in his tone: "Ping Guiren used to be young and anxious, and it is understandable to make some small mistakes, since he is a person who serves the emperor, as long as the emperor likes it, it is enough, no matter what others say, they all look like they are jealous, and the emperor doesn't like such a woman." ”

Wang Chang frowned on his pretty face, and replied tremblingly, "Yes." ”

Lan Qi said: "It's only because I have heard the rumors of the Ping nobles that I say these words to you, I also hope that the sisters will live in harmony, not to accuse the Ping nobles." ”

The two of them didn't understand very well, but when they heard Concubine De Niangniang call the palace maid to see off the guests, their hearts were tight, and Concubine De Niangniang continued to say to them: "Don't run so straight next time to say something similar, you see I can't help you this time, if I say something I haven't heard next time, what will I think of you?" I and Concubine Rong Niangniang are co-managing the affairs of the Six Palaces, and we must be fair and just to everyone, and nothing has happened at the moment, and the noble people of Ping have been sued by you for being jealous and deceitful, what do you say I should do? ”

Both of them are a little disgraced, compared to those concubines who were drafted into the palace, all of them have learned the way of survival in the palace at home since childhood, they generally grow up to this age, and they are suddenly used by their families to send them to the emperor, and they are uprooted from their hometowns and compete for a husband with a group of women in the Forbidden City without relatives, it is inevitable that they will be confused and panicked, not to mention that it will take a year or two of hard work to be polished into a woman suitable for survival in this world.

"The grandmother in your courtyard looks like she has a broken mouth, and she has to change to a proper one in the future." Lan Qi said casually, and Yu Kui and Lu Zhu came to invite the two of them to go out, and when they heard Niang Niang say this, Yu Kui cleverly stepped forward to support Yuan and promised, "Where will the slave and maid follow Niang Niang in Zhong Cui Palace, there is an old lady in Zhong Cui Palace who said that the days in this palace are the same, and it is all up to me whether I am doing well or not, promise you to say it?" ”

"Lots of mouths, lots of tongues." Lan Qi didn't want to be angry, so she sent them away.

Yukui and Luzhu sent the guests to the door, Wang Changzai and Yuan promised that they were still reluctant to leave, lingering in front of the palace gate for a while, before reluctantly walking away, Luzhu saw that the two of them had been talking to each other, and ran back to tell the master that he knew, Lan Qi sighed: "It's hard for them, pass the word to Liang's father-in-law for me, and let him send more people to follow, now that the emperor is taking care of both ends, they will be ugly to fight." Don't look at the two of them as soft and weak, they are really unwilling to suffer if there is anything, otherwise they will come to me to do something, they also have their abacus, but they are new to the city, and they are not flexible. ”

Later, when facing Huanchun, Lan Qi lost his temper without any scruples, snorted angrily and couldn't get along with himself, and complained to Huanchun: "Aren't I here to take care of firewood, rice, oil and salt, why do you even have to help him take care of women's affairs, and can he manage his own women?" ”

Losing his temper like this, it's not once or twice, Huanchun listened quietly every time, and then teased the master: "You are more and more like the way the imperial concubine speaks, the slave always feels that it depends on the fate of the fourth elder brother, maybe you and the imperial concubine are still sisters in the last life." ”

"It's really not a good family to know the price of firewood and rice, it's a shame that Sister Rong can manage it for so many years, I used to hear her say that there is a lot of promise to break her mouth, I thought it was a great thing, but now I come to make a few troubles every three or five times, I really admire her, how can she be so calm." Lan Qi turned her back on people, as if she was still sheltered by the Empress Dowager back then, and she was unhappy, not because she felt that these things were troublesome, but every time she came back, she couldn't escape the jealousy, it was tantamount to watching these women compete for Xuan Ye in front of her, that kind of torment was really unimaginable in the past.

Or Huanchun understands his master, and coaxes her half-jokingly and half-seriously with such words, especially the Qianqing Palace has always known everything about the affairs in Yonghe Palace, and when he comes back to make trouble with a concubine, there will be a little eunuch who will soon send the emperor's greetings or a thing, Lan Qi is generous in front of the person, and the queen pesters Huanchun and says: "Look, he has a weak heart, isn't he?" ”

Huan Chun always said with a smile: "Long live if you don't care about Niangniang, what do you do with all this effort, why don't you send things to Jingyang Palace every now and then?" The mother lost her temper, and she also cared about the emperor. ”

Every time this happens, Lan Qi has nothing to say, and will helplessly rub the little things sent by Xuan Ye, and say to herself: "Actually, what is the difference between me and them, that's why I look down on myself." ”

After that, the palace was unexpectedly very calm, because the imperial concubine's illness seemed to be stable, and even the fourth elder brother went back to the study to go to class, as for the Ping nobles, although they were still so ostentatious in the market, they were not as good as before to provoke anyone, and they no longer calculated which lady they wanted to make friends with when they were attached to Concubine Hui, but every few days they went back and forth to the Qianqing Palace, the emperor treated her well, she was smug, but she was finally at ease.

On the other side, Wang Chang is here, and he is a person who will not cause trouble, and the peaceful nobles are said to have never met so far, Concubine Rong privately said to Lan Qi that it must be the emperor himself who leveled the two bowls of water, Lan Qi didn't care on her face, she was still unhappy with her back, even if Xuan Ye leveled the three palaces and six courtyards, it had nothing to do with her, what she wanted was that there were not so many bowls of water at all, but that was unrealistic.

That day, the saint drove to Yonghe Palace after a long absence, because it was Xuan Ye's temporary intention, he didn't let people pass the word, and when he arrived at the door, he knew that Lan Qi was accompanying him in Ningshou Palace, he waited for a moment and fell asleep on the couch, and only when he heard the sound of water did he open his eyes, and saw Lan Qi twisting the veil, and the warm handkerchief was wiped on his forehead and neck, and Xuan Ye muttered: "On a hot day, the cold water is comfortable." ”

Lan Qi said impatiently: "I am always greedy for cold, and when I look back, I get sick, have a headache and brain fever, and I am abrasive and serving." Just as he was about to turn around, he was stopped by Xuan Ye's hand, and said sleepily, "You weren't like this before." ”

"What was it like in the past?" Lan Qi broke free of his hand, put down the handkerchief, washed his hands again, instructed Ziyu to send two bowls of lily soup, took a fan and sat next to Xuan Ye, gently shook the fan and frowned, and said, "Just lie down like this, how good it is to take off your coat and cover your belly with a blanket, and lie down easily, and you won't sweat from sleep." ”

Xuan Ye was lazy, just took her hand and said, "You can't even use ice in your house." ”

Lan Qi glanced at him, some words were left in her heart and not said, she had always been prepared for Xuan Ye to come, always afraid that he would come over in a hot sweat and get cold when he entered the house, although recently because Wang Chang was favored by peace and nobles, the emperor did not enter the harem for a long time, and only went to Chengqian Palace to visit the imperial concubine, and there was no trace of him on the threshold of Yonghe Palace, but she still asked people to prepare these small things every day, even if she was hotter, she did not use ice in the house.

"I'm not Yinyu Yinxiang, you used to be a delicate person, you would only be coquettish in my arms, but now you always teach people in reverse, you are used to teaching your sons, aren't you?" Xuan Ye frowned, obviously his eyes were full of smiles and peace of mind, but he pretended to be displeased, and muttered lazily, "I won't come in the future, how can I have an extra mother for no reason." ”

Lan Qi slammed him on the shoulder, turned around to leave, but was pulled hard and fell into his arms, the couch was quite spacious, enough to accommodate two people, Lan Qi struggled a few times and said that it was too hot and greasy, but Xuan Ye greedily hugged and said: "You are cold and fragrant, let me hold you for a while." ”

She said very softly: "I hold a younger, more fragrant and softer person, and throw all the mess to others, in the past, I was the grandson and daughter-in-law of the Empress Dowager Chenghuan's knees, and I am also the person in the eyes of the people's hearts, now no one hurts, and I do trivial things every day, and I am older, no matter how I look at it, I look like an old mother, right?" ”

The waist was gently pinched, Lan Qi's body trembled, Xuan Ye sighed beside her, and said ambiguously: "Do you want to try it, have you really become an old mother?" ”

"The concubine is still young." Lan Qi struggled to leave, but she was hugged tighter, she couldn't last long with that little breath, and soon surrendered in someone's arms, and said aggrievedly: "I just miss you." ”

"I know." Xuan Ye smiled lightly, hugged her with peace of mind, the two didn't speak, not long after Xuan Ye fell asleep again, Lan Qi knew that he was tired, he was reluctant to wake up, and stiffened his body to take a nap with him, the emperor has always slept for a short time, and he woke up again quickly.

The two sat opposite each other with lily soup, Xuan Ye liked the light taste in Yonghe Palace, gossiped, and asked Lan Qi what he was doing in Ningshou Palace, Lan Qi responded: "Prince An Lao Fujin took his daughters-in-law into the palace to invite the Queen Mother, and the concubines went to accompany him, and Lao Fujin's spirit is much better." ”

Lan Qi paused and said: "The ministers and concubines can't interfere in the affairs of the court, but this is also a family matter in the clan, and the concubines don't ask the emperor why, so I want to ask you to show you, what kind of attitude is good towards Prince An's mansion?" ”

Xuan Ye didn't speak for a while, he knew in his heart that Prince An didn't have it in February, he was still in Jiangnan at that time, and he didn't care about Prince An's future, and everyone in the clan watched it.

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