Lan Qi learned from the crying Concubine Tong that Xuan Ye's uncle and her uncle Tong Guogang had been killed, probably because she was afraid of shaking the army's heart and did not publicize it.

Tong Guogang is a fierce general of the Qing army, and has made countless achievements in his life, setting a brilliant record of the emperor's grandfather's family that is proud of other noble families, and is the pillar of the Tong Jia family.

But Concubine Tong told Lan Qi that her father Tong Guowei wanted her to deal with the Ping nobles, not just recently, as early as the return of the Ping nobles, after the death of Empress Xiaoyi, her father repeatedly said that she wanted her to deal with the Ping nobles, the nobles and the concubines are only one step away, she can't let the Ping nobles come from behind and surpass themselves, each other are of similar origin, and the emperor's favor to Tong Concubine has always been, and Tong Concubine herself has no intention of favoring the Sacred Heart, since she can't think about the emperor, she can only curb the little Hesheri clan.

"Then why, you only started dealing with her these days?" Lan Qi was puzzled.

"She's pregnant, Amma said that fornication is the easiest thing to do and very hurtful, he is pregnant, some things are even more unclear, I want to make her house unclean first, and then make follow-up plans when Amma comes back." Concubine Tong lowered her head and said with a sob, "And she really came to bully me, no matter how weak I am, she will definitely get worse." ”

Lan Qi said softly: "According to what you say, do you want to dispose of the child in the belly of the noble man Ping at the same time?" ”

Concubine Tong raised her head with tears in her eyes, her teeth bit her red lips and trembled slightly, she let go of her teeth and cried: "Niangniang, Ama said that my eldest uncle was killed by Suo Etu, and their family killed my eldest uncle." ”

Lan Qi's heart trembled, the hatred in Concubine Tong's eyes made her tremble, she reached out and hugged Concubine Tong in her arms, and waited for her to calm down before she persuaded: "Good sister, if you treat me as a sister, can you listen to me?" ”

Concubine Tong nodded silently, Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "You are not a person who can do these things, this road is not suitable for you to walk, maybe you can go down, but this road is doomed to be doomed, and it is destined to have no good results." Fighting evil with evil is not a long-term way, not to mention that the evil you force out will only eat your own heart in the end, and one day you will collapse first. Good sister, stop it, don't be at the mercy of the family, that's what you can't do, and it's something the emperor doesn't want to see. ”

Lan Qi gently pushed Concubine Tong away, wiped away the tears on her face, and said with a solemn expression: "Unless it is something that the emperor asks you to do, if not, don't easily let yourself embark on such a twisted path, the life of the harem is destined to be unpeaceful, but it is not difficult to find a pure world for yourself." Sister, although the queen mother has never entrusted me, but I treat you differently than others, I will take good care of you, let's not take the wrong path, let's go on the right path for a long time, okay? ”

Concubine Tong cried and convulsed, the pain of losing her sister has not dissipated from her body, the emperor's feelings for her are not enough to make up for the pain, although her sister has always been strict and harsh to her and even not close, but she knows that it is another kind of love for her sister, only sisters can understand each other, no matter what, sister is her biggest support in the palace, at this moment she collapsed, crying and said: "Niangniang, I don't want to do these things, I really don't want to......"

The person in her arms cried for a while before she calmed down, Lan Qi summoned the imperial doctor to prescribe a calming medicine for her to take, and after taking care of her to fall asleep, it was already late at night, and it was rumored that the eunuch palace maid escorted herself back to Yonghe Palace all the way, and as soon as she entered the house, she was so tired that she didn't want to move, she leaned softly on the kang, Huanchun brought hot water to wash her, and she also waved her hand and said: "I don't want to move, let me be quiet." ”

What Lan Qi is thinking about is not the entanglement between women, but thinking that the Tong family is still supporting the fourth elder brother, and Yinzhen will occasionally come to tell him what the grandfathers said, regardless of whether they will always support the fourth elder brother, the Tong family is the emperor's maternal grandfather after all, and it is the biggest relative in the imperial court at the moment, but if one day the crown prince ascends the throne, the Hesheri family will become the new most powerful relative, and the benefits brought by the replacement are not something Lan Qi can imagine.

At that time, the new emperor, instigated by his relatives, must not be able to tolerate the former glorious Tong Jia clan, waiting for them must be the building will fall, and now Tong Guogang is dead, and one of the pillars of the roof collapsed.

Lan Qi's eyebrows stirred uncontrollably, making her very uncomfortable, obviously saying those righteous words to Concubine Tong, but there were a lot of distractions in her heart that she couldn't see clearly, and she stayed quietly like this for two hours, midnight passed, the candles in the house were extinguished one after another, and the people outside didn't seem to dare to disturb and light the candles again, the room became darker and darker, but Lan Qi's heart was bright.

She knew that she was worried about the future of the fourth elder brother, and what disturbed her heartstrings the most this time was the words hinted at by the Queen Mother, which were the words that Concubine Hui said in Concubine Rong's Buddhist Hall. What the Empress Dowager said repeatedly in the past, she remembered it in her heart, even if Xuanye returned triumphantly this time, the prince and the elder brothers were safe, but ten or twenty years later, the brother wall was inevitable, one day, she would face the saddest thing in the royal family, and her son would definitely be involved in the turmoil.

But all of this is not like she persuaded Concubine Tong to stop today, she can be stopped by her, she can guide her sons not to go astray, but in the future, the general trend of the times, her sons' vision of life is something she can't imagine and speculate about now, and even in her heart, there are thoughts that can't be said to anyone.

Naturally, there is a person who talks about everything early on, and in the eyes of Empress Xiaoyi, their son is going to be the emperor in the future.

When Huanchun came in, he saw that the master was holding his heart tightly at the door, and asked her worriedly if she was uncomfortable, but Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a long sigh: "Let's talk about the future." ”

A headless sentence, Huanchun couldn't understand, but after that, the master's expression eased, she was finally relieved, a night of peace, and the next day with Concubine Rong Niangniang dealt with the matter in the courtyard of the Ping nobles, and then because of the tight war ahead, there was frightening news every day, and the palace finally continued to be peaceful and tranquil, and no one dared to make a mistake.

But unexpectedly, at the end of July, the prince and the third elder brother suddenly returned to Beijing, and it was naturally a good thing that they retreated, but with the return of the prince, some unpleasant rumors also dispersed into the palace, and the people in the palace were rumored that the emperor was angry for some reason, and after angrily reprimanding the prince, he was driven back to the capital.

In this matter, even Concubine Rong said to Lan Qi: "Yinzhi told me that the emperor and the crown prince did have a conflict, and the emperor sent someone to send them back the next day." ”

Lan Qi didn't care about these things, she kept asking everyone again: "What about the emperor's illness?" Okay? ”

But Concubine Rong was also the same as others, shook her head and said: "Yinzhi said that he only saw the emperor once, and his face was very bad, and there is no accurate explanation of what the disease is." ”

Since the prince returned to Beijing, he has been closed in Yuqing Palace, and even the fourth elder brother is not allowed to accompany him, so he has to return to the study to continue to be with his brothers, listening to what the third elder brother says from time to time, and occasionally coming back to tell Lan Qi.

In the blink of an eye, it was August, the heat had long since dissipated, and after a gloomy autumn rain in early August, when the rain had passed, as the golden sun sprinkled into the Forbidden City, an exciting good news finally reached the court, Prince Yu won the battle, and Galdan was defeated and fled.

On this day, the fourth elder brother got out of the study, ran back happily, and said with a high momentum and excitement: "Do you know, E-Niang? After the defeat of Uzhumuqin, Huang Ama urgently ordered Emperor Changning to meet with Huang Bo to concentrate his troops, and ordered Prince Kang Jieshu to lead troops from Sunit to enter Guihua City, cutting off Galdan's retreat. After Galdan went deep into Ulan Butong, he found that the terrain where he was unsuitable for fighting was uncovered, so he had to lie on the ground with thousands of camels tied to four feet at the foot of the Great Red Mountain, and put a box on the back of the camel, wrapped it in a wet felt blanket, and laid it out in a long camel city. They shot arrows and guns in the middle of the stack to stop our army from attacking. ”

The more the fourth elder brother spoke, the more energetic he became, grabbed a bowl of tea and drank it all, and continued: "But we have artillery, Emperor Fuquan used artillery muskets to target a section of the camel city to bombard, the cannon rumbled, the sound shook the earth, and the camel city was quickly opened a gap. Our infantry and cavalry rushed over together, and the emperor sent troops to go around the mountain and attack with Prince Kang, killing the rebels in all directions, and they all lost their camps and fled. Eniang, just listening to what the third brother said, my blood boiled. ”

Lan Qi had already learned the news of the victory of the army, and now when he heard Yinzhen say it vividly, he couldn't help laughing at him: "What kind of cannon rumble so earth-shattering, have you seen it, heard it?" ”

Yinzhen's face showed a naïve attitude that only in front of his mother, sat down beside her affectionately, and said excitedly: "Eniang, it's a pity that Galdan was not exterminated this time, so he let him run away." Eniang, you wait, Huang Ama will definitely not let him go, and next time I will go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and bring back the thief's head to Huang Amma. ”

"Don't shout and kill, the world is peaceful, E-Niang doesn't understand, I just hope that you Ama and my sons are safe." Lan Qi said softly, the joy in her heart was indescribable, she heard that the holy driver was already on her way back to Beijing, and what she was looking forward to was to see the emperor one day earlier.

Five days later, the emperor took the lead in returning triumphantly, Prince Yu Prince Gong still stayed in Ulan Butong, the holy car entered the palace in the early morning, because he knew that the emperor was outside the capital, Lan Qi waited for the news to sleep all night, and sure enough, Xuan Ye entered the city overnight and entered the palace early in the morning.

At this moment, Huan Chunzheng said: "Long live the Lord must go to report to the Queen Mother first, it is better for the mother to go to Ningshou Palace and wait, so that she can see the emperor earlier." ”

I didn't want Huanchun's voice to fall, the little eunuch at the door rushed in to report, saying that the holy car was coming to Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi ignored the sleepless haggardness, and immediately greeted the door, but at first glance, when she saw Xuan Ye, her husband's emaciated figure surprised her, and when she stepped forward to salute, Xuan Ye suddenly approached, put his hands on her shoulders and said, "Lan Qi, I'm back." ”

"Your Majesty...... Xuan Ye! ”

But Lan Qi saw Xuan Ye rushing towards her, but instead of hugging, Xuan Ye's whole person fell towards her, although she lost a lot of weight, her still tall body was not the weight she could bear, and the two of them fell down together, she felt that Xuan Ye lost consciousness, and the surroundings were also in a panic.

...

...