Lan Qi hurriedly greeted the door, and the concubines in the main hall also came out to greet them, only the Bu nobles were sick, and Pan Xia came to salute and ask for peace, saying that her master was sick and asked Concubine Wen to forgive, Concubine Wen was naturally good-natured, and told her to go back to take care of the Bu Guiren, and saw that the concubine was in front of her, and hesitated to go to the main hall to sit, and finally spoke: "This palace wants to talk to the noble people for a while, and the concubines will sit here after a while." ”

Duan Concubine immediately smiled and said, "The concubine is waiting for you to cook tea, Niangniang please." He stood on one side and asked Lan Qi to serve Concubine Wen to sit in the East Side Palace, and Huanchun walked a few steps quickly to get some tea on the seat, but Concubine Wen entered the door, but pushed her hand and asked them all to go out, "This palace and your master are talking about themselves, I just ate tea from Ningshou Palace, no need." ”

Everyone withdrew, put down the curtain and covered the door, Concubine Wen looked around, since entering the palace, she still came back to Zhongcui Palace for the first time, there is little difference between the buildings between the palaces and pavilions, and the decoration inside varies from person to person, her Xianfu Palace used to be decorated and arranged magnificently under the auspices of her sister, which is very inconsistent with her own preferences, and now she wants to add or subtract some, but every time she sees things, she thinks that it is her sister's hard work, and the brother in the family says that she must support the nobility of the Niu Hulu family in the palace, so as not to change everything original. At this time, I saw that Lan Qi's palace was simple, not luxurious or too simple, and it looked like a place where people lived their lives.

Lan Qi and Concubine Wen don't have much contact, they were sick in Kunning Palace that day, and the two didn't talk much, as for the queen entrusting herself to take care of Concubine Wen, except for the Empress Dowager and Su Mala, as well as Huanchun, no one else knows, even Xuan Ye She didn't mention it, I'm afraid even Concubine Wen herself couldn't think that she was entrusted to someone else by her sister, so she suddenly came today, Lan Qi always felt unusual.

"Niangniang's health is better?" Lan Qi asked, leading her to a seat, there was a warm date tea on the table, poured a bowl and served it to her, Concubine Wen sat down and tasted it, and asked with a smile, "Is this the date tea that the Queen Mother likes?" ”

Lan Qi smiled and nodded, "Niang Niang also knows?" ”

"Everyone in the palace knows it." Concubine Wen said with a smile, motioned for Lan Qi to sit down too, seemed to like it, and drank half a bowl of tea before speaking, "Dongyun told me, because the Empress Dowager likes to drink the tea you make, what tea do you make in Cining Palace, what tea does it take to drink in the palace, the emperor likes you to read and write, and the Internal Affairs Office has added more pen, ink, paper and inkstone accounts in recent years than in previous years, in order to ask for all palaces, and then what you wear, and pay attention to it in the sewing room, there are always some small promises that are often following the example, I heard that even the palace maids are changing their ways to follow suit, It's a pity that they are all just Dong Shi Xiaofeng, the tea they make is not authentic, and they are disgusted with reading and writing within a few days, as for dressing, if the emperor does not look at it properly, it is useless to bother. ”

Lan Qi listened silently, the people in the palace said that Concubine Wen was as gentle and quiet as her name, and there were not many words with Concubine Wen during those days in Kunning Palace, at most once I probably asked myself if the queen was not good in the pantry, and then I always cried when I saw her open her mouth, a little like the Bu Guiren in the past, but that day I saw that she dared to argue with Tong Guifei in person, I knew that it was not the same as Bu Guiren, and when I heard her words at this moment, I thought in my heart that it was the sister of Queen Niu Hulu and the daughter carefully cultivated by the Niu Hulu family.

"Noble man, the emperor likes you very much." Concubine Wen said very directly, "It's just that I know that the emperor likes you, so I want to come and ask you for something." ”

From the moment the door was closed, Concubine Wen was called "you and me" behind the person, which was considered a kind of affinity, at least just now to the concubine, the young Concubine Wen also called herself the palace, Lan Qi sighed for no reason, and asked respectfully: "What do you have to say, how can you mention the word 'ask', the concubine should serve you." ”

Concubine Wen smiled: "You are the one who serves the Empress Dowager and the emperor, not to mention that I am young and I don't need to be served." She lowered her head and hesitated for a moment, then raised her face that seemed to be deliberately painted to show her dignity, and said, "Noble person, can you tell me in front of the emperor, the affairs of the six palaces cannot be left uncharged, and now Rong Concubine and Hui Concubine are still stable, but it is not a long-term solution, there must always be someone to preside, even if they still share everyone's duties, there must be a person who speaks and counts." ”

Lan Qi's face was silent, and she asked herself in her heart, could it be that Concubine Wen at a young age wants to monopolize the power of the Six Palaces?

Sure enough, I heard Concubine Wen speak, but she said: "This palace knows that it is not capable of being in charge of the harem like my sister, but I think that Concubine Tong is the most suitable person, and now there are rumors in the palace that I want to compete with Concubine Tong for this position, and I am too lazy to care about the words that chew the root of the tongue, but if it is passed on for a long time, the former dynasty and the harem will be affected, and we are concubines, and it is the greatest credit not to cause chaos to the emperor, isn't it?" ”

This result surprised Lan Qi, she thought that Xiao Niu Hulu wanted to take over from her sister to take over the phoenix seal, but she actually came to ask herself to ask Xuan Ye to push this incomparably glorious power to Concubine Tong.

Concubine Wen looked at Lan Qi with a smile and continued: "I don't want you to do anything, it's just that the emperor often comes to see you, if you mention it, just say a word or two." ”

"Concubine...... What to say? Lan Qi wanted to shirk it, the last time the third elder brother mattered, Xuan Ye lost her temper, if she mentioned this kind of thing again, I was afraid that Xuan Ye would scold her again, she didn't have to be well-behaved in front of the emperor, but this kind of thing shouldn't have been involved in her.

"Just say what I just said." Concubine Wen looked at Lan Qi with a smile, "Then if the emperor asks me next time, I will say that I have discussed it with you." ”

"Niangniang, this is ......" Lan Qi was surprised, but looking at Concubine Wen's kind and innocent face, she couldn't say anything, she was not sympathizing with this pitiful face, but felt a terrible feeling from the bottom of her heart, Bu Guiren always said, Concubine Tong has everything on her face to deal with, it is difficult for the queen to be silent, and the deceased does not say anything, but this little Niu Hulu in front of her, in her weak body, there is a momentum that she has never felt on Queen Daxing.

She heard the Empress Dowager say that it was difficult for that child to become a climate; She heard Empress Niu Hulu say that my sister is too weak; She saw that Concubine Tong Guifei was domineering and forced Concubine Wen to kneel on the palace road, and all the harsh words were directed at her......

Could it be that the Concubine Wen she saw and the Concubine Wen seen by the world are not the same person?

"Deguiren, I will only rely on myself in the future." Concubine Wen got up with a smile, "I still have to go to Concubine Duan to sit down, you have a good rest." ”

Lan Qi also got up, watching Concubine Wen walk out, Lan Qi's heart turned upside down, just when she was about to lift the curtain by herself, she called out to Concubine Wen, the little person turned to look at her, Lan Qi blessed and said, "The queen mother hopes that you can live a good life in the palace." ”

Concubine Wen's eyelashes fluttered, and she said with a smile on her lips: "I know, but I can't help myself, the daughter of our Niu Hulu family is not worthy of a good life." ”

"Mother's ......"

"Deguiren, I won't harm you, if you treat my sister like that, I will remember it for the rest of my life." Concubine Wen's smile showed a bit of sadness, the momentum that scared Lan Qi just now was gone, it turned out that she was just a pawn under the huge family after all.

The curtain was lifted, the delicate shadow left, the flower perfume poured in, and the dry and quiet in the house was very inappropriate, Huanchun followed in, saw the master standing with a solemn expression, worried for a while, helped let sit down, gently stroked the back and persuaded her: "What is important, why is the master like this, you can be good, Yukui Xiangyue slave maid can still hold it, green beads and purple jade slave maid can not look at it, the queen mother let them help take care of it, but don't you want to watch your affairs here all the time?" ”

Lan Qi looked at her in a trance: "Green beads and purple jade, are they here to spy on me?" ”

"That's not what slave means." Huanchun blamed himself and explained, "But the Empress Dowager wants to know your movements all the time, and the two of them will inevitably report the current matter, the Empress Dowager is most afraid that you will bother to move the fetus, so don't let the old man worry." ”

Even though Huanchun explained a lot, Lan Qi still wanted to understand in her heart, even if there were no green beads and purple jade, in this palace, there was no place that Cining Palace could not see, today Concubine Wen came to talk to her in private, the Empress Dowager must also be aware of it, whether she will tell her afterwards depends on how she chooses, the Empress Dowager loves her, but she can't forget what her identity is, and she can't forget what is most important in the eyes of the most noble woman in the Great Qing Kingdom who has gone through three dynasties.

"I thought that I was hiding in the palace to raise the fetus, and I couldn't get involved in anything." Lan Qi let out a long sigh, lowered her head and touched her stomach, "Good boy, what should E-Niang do?" ”

In the days that followed, Xuan Ye would occasionally come to Zhong Cui Palace to sit, but not as often as before, and now there are more concubines, many inconveniences, Lan Qi is not good to move around casually, the imperial doctor plans to give birth in October, the Queen Mother let her go out to prepare for production after the summer, and in the previous days, she was only trapped in Zhong Cui Palace, and she couldn't even go to Qianqing Palace, and the number of times she saw Xuan Ye became less and less, others thought that it should be her time to add sorrow, but the little nobleman felt relieved, because she didn't see Xuan Ye, and those words didn't have to be said.

But this matter, Wu Ya Lanqi was not the only one who was instructed by Concubine Wen, she came that day and went to see Duan Concubine, almost the same thing was said again, and then traveled to Hui Concubine and Rong Concubine everywhere, and I also hope that they can be with themselves, to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to recommend Tong Guifei to hold the phoenix seal on behalf of the emperor, there are more people, there are many right and wrong, and Cining Palace has heard about it early.

On this day, the queen mother asked for peace, there was no one else in the palace, the queen mother mentioned this matter, the queen mother confessed that Concubine Wen had discussed with her, saying that she was young and incompetent, and did not want to get involved in the trivial matters of the six palaces, the queen mother said that the child was sincere, and the queen mother did not mention it on her face, and when she left, she said to Su Mala: "I always said that the child is not a climate, and now it seems that I have to look at it with a pair of eyes, compared to her sister's arrogance, she is willing to get close to the harem, show weakness and modesty, it is very different, I thought it would be a person who was divided in Xianfu Palace, It seems that Aling, they have put a lot of effort into training girls. ”

Mama said: "The master doesn't have to worry too much, the queen and the concubine competed at the beginning, didn't they come step by step, and now the Niu Hulu family wants to stabilize the status of the former dynasty of the harem, only in Concubine Wen's mother, the mother is also involuntarily, so if you can balance with the concubine, it is also a good thing." Presumably all this, the emperor knows it very well. ”

The Empress Dowager turned her eyes around the Buddha beads, I don't know what she remembered, and said: "It's still the most real woman from our Mongolian steppe, but it's a pity that she was ...... by Fulin."

Mama didn't answer this, for fear of arousing the sorrow of the master, the empress dowager was silent for a long time before she said again: "Lan Qi's child's fetus is okay?" ”

"The imperial doctor said that after years of conditioning, the foundation is thick, and the noble person is cheerful, there is nothing bad, so you can wait for your great-grandson with peace of mind." Mama finally said something happy, but who knew that the Empress Dowager said something else, "You have seen the prince these days?" ”

The mother was puzzled, and the master continued: "What is the child frightened by, he doesn't see the nature of a child at a young age, and he only sees better with the queen during the New Year, and now he has changed back." The four-year-old little doll will already tremble when she sees Xuan Ye, and she will not be as coquettish as she used to be when she sees me. ”

Mama was silent, the atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and it took a long time to hear the Queen Mother sigh very lightly: "It's still wrong to set up a prince too early......

This sentence was said very lightly, and Mama only heard a few words, so she didn't dare to speculate, and then she got down to business and talked to the master about the affairs of the six palaces, since Concubine Wen showed weakness everywhere and shirked it, it was not appropriate to impose it on her, but the Empress Dowager didn't like Concubine Tong Guifei, and now Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui joined forces to take care of everything, and the palace also saw An Sheng, so he simply did this first, and it was not too late to wait for the emperor to ease up some strength before he discussed.

And when it came to Wu Sangui's claim to be the emperor, the Empress Dowager also sighed: "When Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shilin were killed, the emperor was really ruthless, Su Mala, do you think that our Xuanye is more like an emperor than Taizong and Fulin?" You look at the way he spoils Lan Qi, who can imagine his ruthlessness in killing and decisiveness, but Xuan Ye's ruthlessness is mostly used in major rights and wrongs, but Fu Lin is too arbitrary, and he doesn't know what he did at Xuan Ye's age. ”

"Today, why do you always mention the first emperor." Su Mala's heart was empty, lest the master be sad again, and called the first emperor like "Fulin" one by one, which made people sad to hear, and changed the topic with a smile, "But I haven't seen the emperor for many days, are you worried?" It's good for the slave to send someone to invite you to dine with you, no matter how busy the previous dynasty was, the emperor always has to eat. ”

The Empress Dowager seemed to miss her grandson and nodded in agreement, but when Mama was about to turn around, she said again: "Don't bother him, when he wants to come, he will always come." ”

I didn't want the words to fall, so the Qianqing Palace came to deliver something, saying that the emperor was going to come to dinner tonight, and I was annoyed that Su Mala Mama made a few dishes that the emperor loved to eat, and Mama couldn't help but be overjoyed, holding the master and coaxing her: "Look, in the end, it is brought up with one hand, and the heart is connected to the heart." ”

The Empress Dowager was inexplicably sad, looking up at the twilight outside the window, the orange soft light fell on her face, hiding the kind and friendly wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and the old man said for no reason, "I really don't want to care about the idle affairs of the harem anymore, the sunset on the Horqin grassland is the most beautiful." ”

Mama felt sour in her heart, and then went to Zhang Luo to eat a few dishes that the emperor loved, waited for the holy car at night, and personally greeted the door in front of the door, talking about the things that the Empress Dowager felt, Xuan Ye blamed herself for not being filial piety in front of her grandmother, but Mama said: "In the past, the noble people were talking and laughing in front of them, and the Empress Dowager didn't have the heart to think about these. ”

"But the imperial grandmother didn't let her come, and she couldn't even go to the Qianqing Palace if I wanted her to sit down, and she always said that it was important to have a safe baby." Xuan Ye smiled helplessly, but then turned around and instructed Gonggong Li, "Send someone to pick up the noble people." ”

Mama was also happy, and rushed to let people carry their sedan chairs, Xuan Ye quietly went to see his grandmother first, and after talking for a while, he was going to go to the dining room together, and saw Lan Qi being surrounded by the door, a plump and mellow little pregnant woman, who saluted the two of them in the spring breeze, and was affectionately tired of the queen mother's side, and the old man laughed: "Why are you here, didn't you ask you to have a baby in the house?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "Grandson called her here, knowing that she was stuffy in the house, and if she didn't let her out for a walk, Huanchun was going to be tortured to death by her, and I was afraid that you would worry about it when I went elsewhere, so you can rest assured when you come here." ”

When she entered the door, Mama said everything she should say to Lan Qi, the emperor said this, of course she agreed, laughing and coquettish for a long time, and sure enough, she swept away the loneliness of the Empress Dowager, the old man who had lost his appetite in the past few days, and ate half a bowl of rice at night, and then the three of them took a walk to eat, listened to Xuan Ye talk about the previous dynasty, and listened to Lan Qi tell how she tossed Huanchun, until the Empress Dowager was tired, and then Lan Qi accompanied Mama to personally serve the bed, sat on the side and said a few words, and waited until the Empress Dowager fell asleep before exiting the dormitory.

came out and saw that Xuan Ye was still there, Mama asked why he didn't leave, everyone knew that the emperor was busy, and he had waited so long tonight, Xuan Ye smiled and said that he was afraid that someone would inform him if he left, and it aroused the loneliness of his grandmother, so when they came out and left, the little nobleman himself asked proudly: "The emperor wants to wait for the concubines to go together, right?" ”

was immediately twisted by Xuan Ye's mouth, Mama was overjoyed, sent the two out all the way, and said to Xuan Ye: "The slave should not have said those words, but the master is old, and it is inevitable that he will be lonely and sad. ”

Xuan Ye understands that her grandmother is old, and one more day with her will be one less day, and she can't help but be moved when she thinks about it, Lan Qi saw that the tip of her grandmother's nose was also red, and she was busy interrupting the topic, Xuan Ye said that she would send her back, and now the late spring season is the coolest and most comfortable, Lan Qi also said that she had eaten at night, so it was good to take a walk.

I don't remember the last time I walked hand in hand in the night like this, Xuan Ye was getting busier and busier, the days in the palace alternated year after year, Lan Qi was often in a trance, as if time had not passed, but over and over again, and at this moment the two of them walked on the road where they had walked hand in hand, which made her feel this even more.

"Wu Sangui is seriously ill." Walking slowly, Xuan Ye said happily, "That old fox won't live long, and when the three feudatories are settled, I will go out on patrol and take a good walk through my country." ”

Lan Qi looked at him and asked, "The emperor didn't tell the Empress Dowager the good news just now, because he didn't want to mention life and death in front of the Empress Dowager?" ”

Xuan Ye was pleased, raised his hand and kissed it lightly on the back of his hand, the breath of his skin was so familiar, he couldn't help but kiss it again, Lan Qi shyly withdrew his hand, "On the palace road, the bright lights are shining, and whoever comes from a distance can see it at a glance." ”

"Isn't it unsightly for me to kiss my own wife?" Xuan Ye sneered, but didn't embarrass her, holding hands and continuing to walk forward, but she didn't know the vibration in Lan Qi's heart, she was thinking, Xuan Ye's "wife", was it a momentary emotional slip of the tongue, or ......

"Lan Qi, I thought, when you give birth to the child, whether it is a little brother or a little princess, is it okay to raise it in Cining Palace?" Xuan Ye said this, which made Lan Qi's heart even hotter, and the emperor continued, "The imperial grandmother once said that she was unwilling to take care of the children for me, I knew that she was afraid that there would be a difference between the high and low between the elder brother and the princess, after all, the children raised in the Cining Palace could not be looked up to, but the grandmother was right, although the imperial grandmother was old, the more idle she was, the more cranky she became, put your children under her knees and raise them, and you often came to serve, you can do your filial piety for me, and you can also take care of the children." ”

When Xuan Ye spoke, he looked back at her, but saw that there were tears in her eyes, and called the little eunuch to take a lantern to illuminate her face, but they didn't rub their eyes.

"What's wrong?" Xuan Ye asked.

"The concubine is happy." Lan Qi responded.

"Happy ......" Xuan Ye wanted to ask again, but before he finished speaking, he already had an answer in his heart, and couldn't help but hold Lan Qi beside him and said, "That grievance, I don't want you to bear it, even if you don't say it, I understand what you want." ”

The joy in Lan Qi's heart was indescribable, she didn't feel that she could enjoy the emperor's favor, but decided that only if she was good could she live up to Xuan Ye's love for her like this.

Xuan Ye smiled and said: "Your little caution is too insignificant compared to the imperial court, if I can't even satisfy these things, how can I take on the family and the country?" I can't help but think of Lan Qi saying to herself that day, the dignified emperor can afford the country, what is it to carry a black cauldron, the smile in his eyes is even stronger, he wanted to hug Lan Qi, but was held by her bulging belly, he was startled and hurriedly let go, and touched it happily, "Why is it so big, you are swaying in your clothes, and you can't see clearly." ”

"It's not too big, Bu Guiren couldn't bend his waist for a few months after that." The two continued to walk forward, the night breeze was very pleasant, the two talked and laughed and walked to Zhongcui Palace, just when they were about to approach, there was also a group of people in front of them, both sides were lit up and each other could not see clearly, the people on the emperor's side had stepped forward to scold, and when the people over there came to the front, the lanterns were gathered and could be seen clearly on both sides, it was Concubine Wen who took Dongyun and a few people here, Xianfu Palace was in the west, how Concubine Wen was dangling, she should not come here.

But I heard her say: "The concubine had dinner with Duan Concubine and Bu Guiren in Zhongcui Palace, and was about to go back, but I didn't expect to meet the emperor and the noble people." ”

Lan Qi couldn't say anything in her heart, and saluted her with dignity and humility, while Xuan Ye said, "It's late at night, you should go back early in the future." ”

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