When his son finally told him about Prince Yu, Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, was more patient than ever, pulled his son to sit down and said, "Yinzhen, you speak slowly, E-niang listen." ”

The fourth elder brother looked at his mother strangely, and suddenly smiled: "E-niang, what are you nervous about?" ”

Lan Qi was stunned for a moment, touched her cheek, saw her son smiling, knew that he was deliberate, she was ashamed and angry, and reached out to pat him: "You will only bully me." ”

The fourth elder brother was not in a bad mood, so he took his mother's hand and said, "E-niang's angry appearance is the best." ”

The mother and son were not serious, although Lan Qi was happy, but there was something important at the moment, so she settled down and asked, "What are you asking the eldest aunt?" ”

Yin Zhen said: "Eniang, what will happen to me in the future, if Yuxi comes to you to cry, you must blast her out, don't let her in at the door of the Forbidden City, don't let her lose this face." ”

"You mean?" Lan Qi was stunned, she guessed that her son was distressed by her uncle, and she was worried that her son would not understand what his father was doing, why did she take a detour to Yuxi about this, and what did it have to do with Yuxi?

Yinzhen ate half a piece of golden silk jujube mud cake, and said with the sweet smell of jujube paste in his mouth: "Uncle didn't say a word outside Chaoyang Gate that day, and accepted the punishment generously and calmly, but when he turned around, his aunt came to the imperial grandmother to cry, which really embarrassed his uncle, and his uncle was so heroic, and his aunt should stand strong behind him." He stuffed down the whole piece of jujube mud cake and said inarticulately, "In the future, Yuxi will follow me, and I will tell him that he must stay with me whenever and wherever he wants, and that she doesn't have to worry about my affairs and doesn't need her to come out, she just needs to wait for me at home." ”

Lan Qi looked at her son, she believed in the inheritance of the bloodline, the little guy in front of her was the same as his old man, he didn't eat jujube paste and said a mouthful of sweet words, dip some honey and eat some dates, and it could coax others to be dizzy, she herself was decided, look at this situation, the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law must be a good person, in the future, she still bothered to hurt her daughter-in-law more, otherwise it would be pitiful just to see her stupid and dizzy by her husband.

Seeing that her mother was silent, Yinzhen swallowed the food in her mouth and asked, "Why doesn't E-Niang speak?" ”

Lan Qi asked solemnly: "What do you think of Huang Ama's punishment of his uncle?" E-Niang is worried that you will be unhappy these days, and she wants to ask but she doesn't dare to ask, what do you say between brothers? ”

The fourth elder brother said: "The Taifu said to the second brother, this is the emperor's spirit, and the prince will be like this in the future. ”

Lan Qi frowned slightly: "You heard those words, so you think so too?" ”

Yin Zhen shook his head: "Before hearing these words, Erchen thought so, my father is not a ruthless person, Galdan did run away, and Huang Ama did not wronged his uncle." ”

Lan Qi was a little surprised, and the son continued: "I also feel sorry for my uncle, but the government and the country are more important than everything, Eniang, you think, if you exterminate Galdan this time, the court will have decades of peace and quiet, but Galdan ran away, he is so ambitious, he will inevitably commit it again in a few years, the court has to prepare for war at any time, and the military consumption is the blood and sweat of the common people, but originally all this can be avoided, it is indeed the uncle's negligence." ”

"What do you think?" Lan Qi asked blankly, her son already has such a mind? It always seems that he will feel uncomfortable for some trivial things, and he has enlightened him a lot of things for more than a year, but he is so rational and cold in this matter, and he already has his own ideas, above the main rights and wrongs, and there is no ambiguity at all.

Yin Zhen asked rhetorically: "E-Niang thinks it's wrong for me to think like this?" ”

"It's not wrong, it's that Eniang was a little surprised." Lan Qi smiled to hide her true emotions, she couldn't say that she was unhappy, but there was no reason, and there was really nothing to be happy about, maybe it was her son's sudden growth that caught her off guard, but she should understand that her son would leave one day, and she could no longer interfere with her son's mind across the high walls of the imperial city. That's sooner or later.

Yin Zhen said again: "But after all, my aunt is a woman, and there are always things that I can't take into account, and it would be good if my mother had the opportunity to enlighten and persuade her." ”

Seeing that her son was serious, Lan Qi was disgusted: "What's wrong with the female streamers? Naturally, this is a joke, she diverted the conversation as she spoke, she didn't want to continue this topic with her son, if she talked too much, she would talk about the government, she originally wanted to enlighten her son on this matter, and the idea was a little arrogant.

After that, Lan Qi only mentioned a few words to Huanchun, and Huanchun persuaded her with a smile: "At this time next year, the fourth elder brother will probably have a family, so let the fourth elder brother grow up by himself." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "Where is it so easy to let go, the child is a debt owed in the previous life." ”

After that, the weather became colder and colder, three or five days of violent storms and snowstorms in November, the Forbidden City was dark day and night, and the news came from outside the palace on a snowy day, the neighboring towns were affected by the snow disaster, and the emperor allocated funds for disaster relief so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and at the end of the month, he took people to personally inspect the disaster outside Beijing.

In the winter snow disaster and in the summer, there will be floods, and now the imperial court is urging post-disaster relief, and on the other hand, it is necessary to guard against floods after the spring flowers bloom, and the emperor has to go out this time, although he is only near the capital, there are three or four days when he is not in the palace. As a result, he was infected with the wind and cold outside, and the holy driver went directly to Changchun Garden to recuperate, sent someone to the palace to take care of Concubine De, and stayed in Changchun Garden until Layue before returning to the palace.

What kind of situation the two imperial concubines are in the garden, the people in the palace can't see or guess, but seeing the emperor in full bloom, and the concubines are full of spring when they return to the palace, it is enough for them to be jealous. What the women sighed among them was that there was still such a person in the emperor's heart, no matter how young and fresh she was, she couldn't compare to her.

Lan Qi knew that she had committed such a crime and attracted the eyes of the six palaces, but she was no longer the little constant she used to be, she didn't have to care about those gossips, let alone look at people's faces, everything was as usual after returning to the palace, as if nothing had happened.

And said that when she was not in the palace, it was Concubine Duan and Bu Guiren who took care of the children for her in Yonghe Palace, and when she came back, Bu Guiren unceremoniously blamed her: "You are happy in the garden, Sister Duan and I are tired, a few little things are looking for my mother, the first two days are better, and then I don't see you come back, crying one by one, we can't coax it well, and I'm afraid that the child will be blamed by the Queen Mother, and he is not a person inside and outside." ”

Lan Qi naturally coaxed a few sisters and thanked them for their hard work, and when the sisters sat down to gossip, Duan Concubine said: "It's a shame that you are back, if you stay for a few more days, I am afraid that the little Chang in Qixiang Palace will be tortured." This concubine, I really don't know what to say about her, why is her eyelids so shallow. ”

Lan Qi listened to the chatter of Concubine Duan and Sister Bu, and realized that she was not in the palace these days, Wang Changzai was bullied by the concubines a lot, and was once punished by the concubines to kneel outside the gate of Qixiang Palace, kneeling on the stiff floor tiles in the cold weather, it is said that Concubine Hui was the last to come forward, so that the concubines could take a leisurely time and not make trouble, so as to save Wang Changzai's life.

Lan Qi felt incredible: "Isn't the concubine afraid that Wang Chang is complaining to the emperor?" ”

Duan Concubine snorted: "She probably thinks that the emperor only called you to serve the sick, and this king often fell out of favor, so he fell into the well." That's why she said that she was shallow-eyed, and after a few days, the emperor would think about the Wang family again, and it would be enough for her to bear it. ”

Bu Guiren said: "It's strange that the emperor is strange, since he likes the Wang family, why did he send her to Qixiang Palace, when did she stop there." ”

Sure enough, everyone was surprised by the emperor's decision, but no one would be "kind" to help the Wang family, after the sisters dispersed, Lan Qi and Huanchun talked about it, and they were also embarrassed, Huanchun stayed in the palace to take care of Princess Brother, and did not go to Changchun Garden with the master, she knew everything in the palace, and the news from the palace maid and eunuch said: "The concubine Niangniang is not unreasonable to toss Wang Changzai, it means that the two in the backyard promise and Wang Changzai can't get by, always dig a pit and wait for Wang Changzai to jump, she made a mistake and broke the rules, The concubine did things according to the rules and took the palace rules to pressure her, after all, she was a person from Qixiang Palace, and the concubine could do whatever she wanted, and Wang Chang couldn't resist at all. ”

Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "She is smart, according to the rules, Wang Changzai doesn't even have the confidence to sue, but why is the Wang family so stupid, she doesn't know how to protect herself at all, she is not afraid of being tortured to death?" ”

Huan Chun said helplessly: "Wang Changzai's maiden family is far away in Jiangnan, and even Lord Cao, who is close to his family, and Master Li, who is close to his family, has his family working in Jiangnan, and there is not even a single relative in the capital, let alone in the palace." The master was held in the palm of the queen mother's hand at that time, who can compare with you? Isn't the concubine Niangniang just bullying Wang Chang and helpless? ”

Lan Qi felt tired: "It's all the same people, why bother to force each other." ”

Huanchun said: "In the past, those people still bullied the nobles of Juechan, but now they all know that the nobles of Juechan are friendly with you, who dare to touch her fingers?" Even if Zhang agrees, Concubine Yi is more or less a dependent, no matter whether others promise to have a bad relationship with you, for the sake of Concubine Yi's face, they don't dare to bully her. This king is always there, but she has nothing to rely on, once the emperor leaves her alone, she is a lamb to be slaughtered. ”

Lan Qi sighed lightly: "It's not likely, I'll let her rely on her, I don't have such a good heart." ”

Huan Chun smiled: "The slave also knows that the mother is not so kind. ”

"You're getting more and more presumptuous." Lan Qi was disgusted, and urged her to prepare fragrant soup for bathing, so that she could relieve her fatigue. She is really not as beautiful as the people in the palace think, and she is naturally warm and charming, but the people who were sick in the first few days tossed her a lot, and the most difficult thing to serve was the master.

Everything was ready, Huanchun waited for the master to change clothes and take a bath, and saw that Lan Qi had red marks on his neck, and there were some marks on his waist and legs, Lan Qi himself seemed to have forgotten, and when he soaked in the fragrant soup and suddenly remembered, he saw Huanchun lowering his eyebrows and pursing his lips to endure a smile, and took a handful of hot water and pounced on her, and said urgently: "What are you laughing at, don't laugh." ”

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