Huan Chun went around behind him to take care of the master's hair, and laughed softly: "It's really different now, the emperor took you away generously, and it was always sneaky in the past." ”

Recalling the past, Lan Qi was also full of emotion, nestled in the warm bath water and said lazily: "To be honest, I have a better life than every one of them, but I will still be dissatisfied in my heart, people's * and greed are really terrible, do you know Huanchun?" ”

"The slave knows." Huanchun smiled and said, "But don't worry, no matter how big you are, the emperor will also meet you." ”

The room was quiet, and then I heard the sound of the water, I don't know what the master and servant were making trouble, only laughter was heard outside, and when Luzhu and a few people came in to serve, Huanchun's clothes were soaked, and the ground was a mess. Lan Qi wrapped her clothes and got up, and urged her to change into a clean one and not catch a cold, and when Huanchun turned back again, she heard Ziyu saying: "On the day of Laba, the Queen Mother will hold a banquet in Ningshou Palace, and invite a few Fujin in the palace, Prince Yu and Prince Gong's mansion will also come, the Queen Mother will ask Niangniang to take care of it, let you accompany Prince Yu Fujin, don't let other Niangniang come into contact, otherwise saying something that should not be said will be right and wrong in and out of the palace." ”

Lan Qi responded, seeing that Huanchun was coming, she withdrew a few green beads, and the traces left by intimacy with Xuan Ye on her neck and waist and legs were unsightly, and Lan Qi paid great attention to maintaining her figure and skin, and she had to take care of every inch carefully. The climate is dry in winter now, and if she is a little negligent, her face will be clumsy as soon as the wind blows, and she doesn't want Xuan Ye to get up and touch herself, and her hands will be rough and rough.

The coagulation used by Lan Qi to moisturize the skin is all hand-made by Su Mala's grandmother, Lan Qi has been using these for many years, and the unique aroma also makes Xuan Ye greedy, it is a unique one in the palace, and others can't ask for it. But the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has good things, but, although the things sent by Jiangnan are good, the climate in Jiangnan is warm and moist, and the winter is also wet, and the women over there do not have these needs in winter, and the anti-freezing and anti-corruption are better made in the north, but the concubines in the palace all believe that the flowers and water in Jiangnan are beautiful, and they are superstitious about the things sent there.

After cleaning up, Lan Qi stood in front of the big standing mirror, only silver silk bedclothes, the house was burning with a dragon warm like spring, her face was red and fluttering, revealing the freshness of no makeup, there was less ink pen between her eyes and eyebrows, and her expression and temperament were much softer, she tightened the clothes on her waist, touched her waist and said: "In the end, it can't be compared to when you were younger, eat two more bites with a little greed, and immediately show the color, and you will get less delicious food for me in the future." ”

Huanchun brought her a dress to drape, looked at the master in the mirror and said, "I don't know what the emperor thinks, the slave and maid look at you who have washed up the lead, and always feel that it is no different from more than ten years ago." ”

Lan Qi leaned in front of the mirror, asked Huan Chun to send a candle to illuminate, and carefully looked at the skin at the corners of her eyes and mouth, and sure enough, she could still find faint lines, she couldn't help but be melancholy: "I have been with the emperor for the past few days, and when I look at his face on a blind date, the wrinkles at the corners of my eyes have deepened a lot, in comparison, I really haven't changed much, but can I survive another ten years?" When I look old, will he take me out for a few days like this? ”

"Niangniang, you see how well the Queen Mother is well maintained, as long as you are willing to work hard, we can fight with the years." Huan Chun pulled her to sit down and comb her hair, wrapped a thick handful of green silk around her hand, and said with emotion, "Niangniang's hair is so dense, and she won't look old in another ten years." ”

Lan Qi looked at herself in the mirror and muttered: "In another ten years, what will always promise?" There is no end to such days. ”

Huanchun didn't understand why the master was so good and melancholy, she didn't understand the love between men and women, but she knew the helplessness in the deep palace, so she wanted the master to calm down, and didn't say anything more. Instead, after combing her hair, Lan Qi instructed her: "It's just about to be a holiday, you send someone to buy good rouge gouache outside the palace, which is suitable for winter, and everyone in each palace and courtyard will send a copy, which is my reward on Laba." ”

Huanchun raised his hand and compared the money: "Niangniang, this will cost a pair of silver." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "The wool is out of the sheep, I will go to their master to get the money back." ”

Huanchun saw that the master was in a good mood again, and he was happy to coax her to be happy, and then he found someone to go out of the palace to buy things, and counted the names of each palace and each courtyard.

Counting up, the favored Concubine De seems to be so generous for the first time, even the emperor was alarmed, Liang Gonggong was sent to ask Concubine De why she did this, Lan Qi smiled and Liang Zongguan: "You go back and tell the Lord of Long Live that I spent one hundred and eighty taels of silver here, and the Lord of Long Live will make up a whole number and reward me with one hundred taels of silver, and I will tell him why." ”

Lan Qi is in the concubine position, and the silver is only three hundred taels of silver a year, and she asked Xuan Ye for a reward of one hundred taels when she opened her mouth, and she did it, Liang Gonggong begged Concubine De Niangniang not to give him a problem, and Huanchun smiled when he sent Liang Gonggong out: "You go back and tell the emperor, what Niangniang means is to go back and explain it yourself, and it is not a big deal." ”

Liang Gonggong sighed and said: "Long live the Lord and Niangniang, and others are different, I have to look at people to do things here, and I always put the 'rules' of Niangniang here on others when I am negligent, and occasionally make jokes, which makes me embarrassed." ”

Huanchun smiled: "Why is it different?" ”

Liang Gonggong tsk, disgusted Huanchun confused: "Long live what Lord said to Niangniang, which sentence is perfunctory, we have to do everything with all our hearts, right?" But most of what Long Live Lord said to other people is perfunctory, I often don't have a good grasp here, if it's all perfunctory, who knows which sentence will be true one day. You see that Wang is always there, he likes it when he likes it, and he says to leave it down. ”

Huan Chun said tentatively: "Speaking of which, does Long Live Lord know that Wang Chang is being bullied by his concubines?" You weren't in the palace for a few days, and the little apprentice under your hand told you, and the concubines bullied people ruthlessly. ”

Gonggong Liang snorted: "Isn't it obvious that the emperor sent her there?" ”

Huan Chun was shocked, she was used to the emperor's tenderness for her master, and she was used to the care of her master being held in the palm of the emperor's hand.

Liang Gonggong shook off the dust and was about to leave, and sighed with a smile: "Huanchun, you are with a master like Concubine De, what a blessing." ”

The next day is Laba, Ningshou Palace is very lively, a year of time has passed, although there is nothing new in each year's festival, but it is precisely because of the healthy life, in order to repeat these same things, will make people feel good to live. In a sense, there are so many frequent festivals throughout the year, perhaps to remind people to live well.

During the lunar holidays, the ladies are all dressed up with auspicious words, and they are all happy to get together, and the mustard estrangement on weekdays can also be temporarily put down, what they are best at is that these polite faces, all of them are well maintained their dignity and royal decency.

Lan Qi was instructed by the Queen Mother to accompany Prince Yu Fujin to the same table, and Fujin re-entered the palace today, and his complexion was much better. In this snow disaster, the emperor used Prince Yu again, and he inspected the affected places and went with his brother, and the rumors of the tense atmosphere of the brothers were self-defeating, in the final analysis, the emperor was impartial, the fault was wrong, and the brotherhood was still the brotherhood.

This made Lan Qi also breathe a sigh of relief, when talking and laughing with the crowd during the banquet, his eyes swept over the women present, but he didn't see the beautiful Wang Chang there, Huan Chun looked at it from the side, and whispered to the master when he was free: "Concubine Rong said to Concubine Rong in the morning that Wang Chang was infected with wind and cold and was recuperating in Qixiang Palace." ”

Lan Qi asked, "Why didn't you see Yuan agree?" ”

Sure enough, her eyes were careful, the women only cared about being happy, and didn't care about who was more or less at the table, Yuan promised to live alone, and didn't need to report to anyone, so she quietly left the table while it was lively, and she was uncomfortable with the people of Ningshou Palace, and she was able to leave. At this moment, she is walking along the palace wall step by step to the West Sixth Palace, although she has been in the palace for nearly two years, but on weekdays, she is not qualified to be able to travel freely in the palace like those girls, there are many places in the Forbidden City, and she has never been there.

Groping forward, the wind blew the nose red, and finally found the gate of Qixiang Palace, the eunuch guarding in front of the door saw a strange face at first glance, a little hesitant, and waited for Yuan to promise to accompany the palace maid to report to the door, and said that he came to visit Wang Chang, the eunuch in front of the door only pretended to be respectful, and introduced Yuan promised to enter the door.

But as soon as the Yuan family entered the door, he was frightened, when there was a palace maid kneeling in the courtyard, it was Wang Chang's person, she was so frightened that she stopped, and the eunuch who led the way said nonchalantly: "It's rare today's good day, she didn't serve Wang Chang Zheng well, so that Chang Zai was infected with the wind and cold and couldn't go to the Queen Mother to congratulate the festival, and the concubine Niangniang punished her, just kneel for another hour." ”

Yuan promised to be so frightened that he couldn't speak, and he regretted a little in his heart, maybe he shouldn't have come today, and when he got to Wang Chang's house, a palace maid with a strange face came out, and smiled lukewarmly: "Is Yuan promised to come?" ”

Later, the Yuan family realized that except for the one kneeling in the courtyard, Wang Changzai's former palace maids were replaced by concubines, and now her every move in the house is under the noses of concubines, and she is a good person, but she lives a prisoner-like life when she comes to Qixiang Palace.

Standing in front of the couch and looking at the sick and weak Wang Changzai, Yuan promised and couldn't help but tears in her eyes, she always thought that Sister Wang was favored, she always thought that Sister Wang, who was favored, abandoned her, and always thought that she had betrayed the agreement between the sisters first, how could she have thought that Wang Changzai, who seemed to be beautiful, had such a hard time carrying people.

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