Lan Qi looked at Xuan Ye in a daze, he said this and walked out, and suddenly found that Lan Qi didn't follow, so he quickly turned back and said, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Don't be afraid, what are you afraid of?" Lan Qi shook her head and stretched out her hand, Xuan Ye held her hand firmly in the palm of her hand without thinking about it, she lowered her eyes and whispered, "I'm not afraid of big things, as long as you and the children come back safely." No matter what happens, think about it, I'm still waiting for you at home. ”

Xuan Ye said: "You also have to take care." ”

If the emperor still has to sit on his shoulders and leave, Lan Qi waited for the palanquin of Yonghe Palace to come over, but the palace maid of Qixiang Palace came out and said: "Concubine De Niangniang, my master asks you to stay, and I still have a few words to say." ”

Lan Qi turned back to Xiao Eighteen's room, and the concubine stayed by the sickbed, and when she saw Lan Qi coming again, she hurriedly got up to greet her. Her face was haggard and her body was emaciated, Lan Qi helped her sit down and said: "If you have anything to say, you just have to say it, why don't you say it, you know the mind of Long Live Lord, if you have something, we won't disagree." ”

Unexpectedly, what the concubine said was not about Xiao Eighteen's illness, she withdrew from the palace maid, took out things from the cabinet in her son's room, and said to Lan Qi: "Long live the Lord occasionally comes to Qixiang Palace, and the concubines don't dare to put these things in their own rooms." Niangniang, these things were secretly sent by the prince in the past two years, and the concubine did not accept it, and the prince said that he repented of the injury and injury of my cousin. ”

Lan Qi was stunned, opened the box, and opened it, all of which were women's things, not uncommon but also exquisite. If the prince clearly sends things to the emperor's concubines, it can be said that he is filial to his mother, but it is really difficult to talk about such a sneaky and unsightly stuff into Qixiang Palace, fortunately, the concubines are reliable, and what the prince did in the past is not his turn to have affection for the "Wang family".

"Niangniang, the fifteen-sixteen elder brother will grow up soon, and there will be a few more such things, if they bump into them, how can the concubine explain it clearly." The concubine said to Lan Qi worriedly, "The concubine really doesn't dare to say this to the emperor, but only the emperor can stop this matter, and please tell me on your behalf, if the emperor is angry, it will naturally be the concubine to receive the punishment, and dare not drag you down." ”

Lan Qi sighed lightly: "It's okay, what does the emperor blame you and me?" But ......"

"But?" The concubine was nervous.

Lan Qi smiled faintly: "But the emperor is about to go out on patrol, and it just so happens that the prince is also going out, so he won't come to disturb you for a while, you can wait for the emperor to come back, and I will talk about it for you." In fact, she wanted to say, maybe there will be no prince to bother her in the future, and her heart trembled while thinking about it, Xuan Ye said that he would not kill his son, but what if things get into trouble, what if the prince is forced to die? They are just the right age, but Xuan Ye is old......

In the days that followed, Lan Qi always had one thing hanging in her heart, the emperor had gone out countless times over the years, and she had never been so nervous as this time, shouting her sons to the front of her ears and asking them to protect the emperor.

This time he went out on patrol with Hu, in addition to the prince, the eldest brother, the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers, the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth elder brothers, the emperor brought the two eldest, and brought a few of the youngest, naturally the thirteenth and fourteenth could already be on their own, but the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, and the eighth elder brother in the middle, who were already prestigious in the court, did not follow the prince.

Naturally, the fourth elder brother has always seemed to be idle, but he is busy and doesn't know what he is doing, and the eighth elder brother is ordered to investigate the corruption case, they perform their own duties, and they naturally can't get out, in short, this trip is the same as any before, no one thought that there would be any difference.

All the way to the outside of the plug, smooth and safe, but on the road, Fourteen ran to ask the thirteenth elder brother a few times, what did he do with the fourth brother recently, Yinxiang had a promise to his father in his heart, and he would do his best to support the fourth brother to succeed to the throne, even if he had nothing to do with the fourteenth, he must not tell him a little thing, and he was perfunctory, and finally brought out Eniang's words and said: "Eniang wants us to protect the emperor Ama thoroughly, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Fourteen's curiosity was immediately lifted, and he said in a loud voice: "I'm also strange, E-Niang's usual words are almost the same, but this time I was very nervous, she dragged my arm, and it hurt me." ”

Yinxiang said: "It should be that you were injured by the people who plotted Alabutan last time, Eniang has palpitations, in short, don't worry about those who don't have it, we concentrate on protecting the emperor Ama is, the eldest brother and the prince are in their thirties, where can we compare to our young and agile." ”

Fourteen looked arrogant and smiled disdainfully: "The eldest brother always claims to be the military exploits of the year, it was all about Chen Sesame and rotten grain many years ago, and the military exploits at that time were also the emperor's uncles and uncles, he just followed behind to pick up the cheap and deceived us as fools, I now know everything." ”

Yinxiang saw that Fourteen was no longer staring at him, so he asked him what he knew about the grassland for a while, Fourteen was like a few treasures, but there was nothing that he couldn't tell his brother, so he passed the time all the way, and perfunctory the things he did with the fourth elder brother.

The team set up camp outside the Saiwai, and the emperor had to meet with the tribal prince Taiji and others everywhere he went, or led the royal children and Mongol children and warriors to hunt and besiege, at first everything was fine, and the emperor was also in high spirits, until that day, for a few words, the emperor's face was clouded.

This is also a good thing, after everyone went out hunting, the prince harvested a lot that day, and entertained his brothers to drink in his camp tent, Xuan Ye was also there when he said this, he took advantage of the opportunity to say that he couldn't drink with his sons now for fun, the prince was happy, and he hurriedly invited his father to attend, and he went back to his camp early to do something.

When everything was right, the eldest elder brother and the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brother had arrived, and the prince was going to invite his father by himself, but the eldest brother said: "These two boys are quick to talk and likable, why don't you let them invite them." So he sent his two younger brothers to the big tent to ask the emperor.

The prince happily touched the wine jug on the table, set the chopsticks again, and wiped the position of the emperor again, the eldest brother looked disdainful, and said quietly: "Prince, there are some things, you don't know yet, right?" ”

The prince looked at him blankly: "What? ”

On this side, Xuan Ye really casually said that he was going to drink at that time, but he didn't want to go anymore, the two younger sons came to invite him, Xuan Ye joked more frankly: "I promised your mother, don't drink when you go out, but she planted eyeliner next to me, I drank so much that I was scared, and I would be complained by her when I went back, how boring, you can't eat and walk around." ”

Fourteen Han smiled: "Huang Ama made fun of it again, how dare Eniang do such an unruly thing, and put eyeliner next to you, it's too rebellious." If you don't go now, the prince will look back and think that we are stumbling, it is rare that everyone is happy, Huang Ama, you drink a few cups, it's a big deal to go back and I will drink for you with the thirteenth brother. ”

Couldn't spare the invitation of the two sons, Xuan Ye was in a good mood today, so he went to the prince's tent with them, but it was a little strange in front of the door, I don't know what was busy inside, the people who were waiting in front of the door were removed, Yinyu and Yinxiang didn't think much about it, they opened the curtain and wanted to help Huang Ama to go in, but they heard behind the screen, the eldest brother was saying to the prince: "That Zhang Mingde is quite prestigious in the dojo, and he is a one-handed hexagram, and the eighth family is now adding a child, and one of his concubines who received the house is pregnant again, all of them are counted in the hands of this Zhang Mingde, and they are scared to death." ”

The prince said: "It's a good thing to have children, and it's not easy for the eighth child." ”

The eldest brother said: "It's a good thing to have children, but what about another thing? That Zhang Mingde told the hexagram and said that Yinxi's face was rich and noble, and he would ascend to the pole in the future. Prince, if the eighth child's calculation is accurate, I am afraid that the location of Yuqing Palace will also be counted on the eighth child. Their husband and wife are now offering this Mingde as a grandfather, and all the expenses in the Taoist temple are taken from the Babeile Mansion, obviously to worship the gods, but secretly? Prince, be careful. ”

The faces of the people in front of the door changed suddenly when they heard this, and they were excited to rush in to question the eldest brother, but they were stopped by Yinxiang, and then said coldly: "Prince, the emperor has arrived." ”

There was a hurried sound from inside, the eldest brother and the prince ran out of the screen in a panic, Xu was in a hurry, they all knelt on the ground to meet the driver, Xuan Ye's face was dark, and he asked the eldest son: "Where did you hear those words?" ”

The eldest brother kowtowed to the ground and said in a panic: "Huang Ama, it has been spread all over the streets and alleys of the market, and the common people know that the Taoist temple is very spiritual, and the son is also because of the restlessness of the house, and several concubines are noisy, and he went to ask for a few charms and stick them to the town house, and then he heard these words......"

Xuan Ye's breath was short, and he asked fiercely: "Say that Yinye wants to replace the prince?" ”

Fourteen immediately said loudly: "Huang Ama, the starling brother has never said such a thing in front of me. ”

But Yinxiang dragged Fourteen out, Fourteen was not convinced, Yinxiang pulled his collar and said: "In front of Huang Ama and the crown prince, do we have a part in talking?" ”

But not long after, his father came out and went to the big tent angrily, and Thirteen and Fourteen hurried to follow, and repeatedly told him: "Don't anger Huang Ama again, don't provoke him anymore." ”

In the prince's tent, the eldest brother and he collapsed to the ground like mud, the two gasped for breath for a long time, and the plan was achieved, and the two were relieved. The eldest brother finally laughed and said: "The eighth kid deserves it, who told him to mess with a bull-nosed old Taoist is not light, he de......serves it" turned his head to the prince and said, "Get rid of the eighth child, the burden on your shoulders will be light." ”

The prince blushed, as if he didn't know what to say, but the eldest brother sat up, took out a few charms from his arms, handed them to the prince, and said: "Zhang Mingde is a two-faced thing, whoever gives him silver, who does things for him, prince, when you go back to find an auspicious time, bury these things under your tent, and bury them with your own hands, and keep your position in the East Palace will not be shaken." ”

The prince was skeptical, and the eldest brother stuffed things into his arms, panting and said, "Believe it or not, if I hurt you, you will shake me out." ”

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