"Who are they, does the master know?" Huanchun smiled weakly, Lan Qi leaned down softly, and nodded equally weakly, "Yes, I don't even know who they are, what can I do?" ”

Huanchun smiled: "Let's be careful everywhere, leave other things to the emperor, the emperor will protect the mother, and the slaves and maids will pay more attention to everything." ”

"It's the only way to do it now, wait until I give birth to this child and raise my body." Lan Qi sighed, but cheered up again, patted Huanchun and said, "Just when I hurt you once, can you sleep next to me?" The emperor won't come, I'm not in good health, it's not convenient for him to come here to rest, and the war ahead is at the most critical time, he waits for news from Yunnan every day. ”

"Then the slave will sleep." Huanchun was very tired, she didn't have the strength to oppose anything, she stayed in that dark place for a few days, although she was a palace maid, but she had lived a good life for a long time, where could she afford to eat that kind of hardship, she had already tossed half her life without being beaten, and she was even more pitiful.

Lan Qi watched Huanchun slowly fall asleep, and then lay down with peace of mind, her body she understood, the third pregnancy, weaker than the previous two times, the lower abdomen always felt cold, she was worried every day that the child would be gone when she opened her eyes, when she was pregnant with Yinzhen, she was still serving Queen Niu Hulu, and when she was pregnant with Yinzuo, she found that it had been three or four months, and this baby was known from the beginning, was it really because it was unstable? Every day before going to sleep, she would silently say to the fetus in her womb: "Good child, E-Niang is waiting for you to come, and E-Niang will be able to see you in June next year." ”

In the next few days, the masters and slaves in Yonghe Palace all raised their bodies, fortunately, they were all young, and they recovered their spirits after resting for two days in Huanchun, but they were beaten by Luzhu Xiangyue, although Xiangyue loved to be coquettish, humming and chirping very exaggeratedly, but the injuries on the buttocks were really frightening, and naturally they didn't have to do their daily work, only until the end of the month, the palace maids of Cining Palace withdrew a bunch.

The end of the month is the third birthday of the fourth elder brother, although the palace was in turmoil because of the drugging of the concubine, but the good news in Yunnan is frequent, the government and the opposition have been a very festive atmosphere from the summer to the present, Tong Guifei and canonized the imperial concubine is imminent, the birthday of the fourth elder brother is very lively, when he was first one year old, only the emperor and the concubine were invited, this time the concubine took her own silver to hold a banquet, Chengqian Palace sang for three days in a row, and the congratulatory gifts sent by the palace were to be placed outside the gate of Chengqian Palace, which was full of scenery.

Lan Qi prepared a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone to give to her son, which was also given to her by Xuan Ye in the past, she looked at the good things and saved them, and the green beads said that the master was too stingy, and the concubines and concubines gave Yu Ruyi, but the things of the mother were so worthless, Lan Qi did not reason with them, her expectations and intentions for her son, she just understood them.

The return gift of the Chengqian Palace is also very rich, the longevity peach bag is eighteen, the silver silk Jing hangs twenty catties, and the five grains and ten lilies all over the place, which is considered to be the fourth elder brother's filial piety to the mothers of each palace, and the concubines of the six palaces, and then the palace of the ministers of civil and military affairs of the emperor's relatives, Tong Guifei alone spent at least eight hundred or thousands of taels of silver in return, and Lian Chun couldn't help but sigh: "The concubine Niangniang's shot is magnanimous, and the return gift is becoming more and more stingy." ”

Lan Qi didn't care, just ate noodles and drank eight-treasure porridge, and happily enjoyed the blessing of her son's filial piety. But I thought that she would not see Yinzhen before she went out with a safe baby, but unexpectedly, on the day of the fourth elder brother's birthday, Concubine Tong took him to Cining Palace early in the morning to ask An to kowtow, and went to see the emperor come back, but did not enter the door of Chengqian Palace, and was led by the nurse directly, and the little guy saluted the concubine Niangniang decently, and then said delicately: "Yinzhen wants to take my brother to play for a day." ”

Lan Qi can see him on his son's birthday, three years ago and today's pain really can't be remembered, looking at him sturdy, strong and smart and cute, his heart is warm and reassuring, asked a few words, soon Yinzuo came, the brothers went out hand in hand, a big and a small cute back, straight Lan Qi looked stupid.

Huanchun sent away the little brothers and came back, and also sighed that Tong Guifei is different now, "The concubine didn't give you a look before, but I didn't expect that now I can let the fourth elder brother come to greet you on his birthday." ”

"She raised her son for me, and now she can treat me generously as a mother, I am very grateful, and it is no longer interesting to hold grudges about those things in the past. Two or three years is enough to change a person, we were too young in the past, she was young, and I didn't know much about it. Lan Qi is very happy, as long as Yinzhen can be good, she can ignore the past grievances, maybe in the eyes of others, this is happiness with sour helplessness after all, but she is satisfied.

After the birthday of the fourth elder brother, the weather in the capital is getting colder and colder, and it snowed for a few days in early November, Lan Qi's body is very weak, the fetus is still crumbling, and the imperial doctor has changed two batches and has not improved, but it is not bad to shake it, she herself carefully cares, and is looking forward to seeing this child.

But the imperial doctor said to the Empress Dowager in private that if you want to care about the body of the concubine, it may be best to get rid of this fetus now, and it will not be easy to have a fetus in a few months, but no one knows what will happen after that, if the body of the concubine has not improved, every day before giving birth is very dangerous.

The Empress Dowager is devout and believes in Buddhism, how can she easily agree to abandon a small life, but Lan Qi's body she can't care less, the nightmare of Empress Hesheri who died in childbirth has had a profound impact on Xuan Ye so far, and the only thing that can't be hidden in this matter is the emperor.

But as if it is God's blessing, in mid-November, the body of the concubine gradually improved, the complexion on the face is becoming more and more ruddy day by day, and the person is also fatter, the doctor asks for the pulse every day, and the pulse is much more stable than before, the state of the doctor's worries has not appeared, from the beginning of the month to suggest that the concubine have a fetus, and then in mid-November, the two palaces have been reported, and the mother and son of the concubine are safe.

This is something that makes Xuan Ye extremely happy, and on the night of the Taiyi recital, when Xuan Ye was talking to Lan Qi in Yonghe Palace, the eight hundred miles of urgent recital was sent into the palace, and the emperor opened the fold in front of him, and every word made him extremely happy, Lan Qi saw that he was full of pride, knowing that Yunnan was pacified, and sat on the bed to congratulate, Xuan Ye happily hugged her and kissed her, and said excitedly over and over again: "Wu Shifan committed suicide, Prince An swept away the last forces of the rebels, eight years, Lan Qi ......"

Lan Qi was rubbed by him and couldn't stand it, pushed away and smiled: "The emperor is going to Cining Palace to report the good news, the hardest thing is the queen mother, how much pressure did you withstand from the court back then, you should go and kowtow to the old grandmother to thank you, what are you doing with your concubine?" ”

Xuan Ye kissed her again, then turned around and put on his clothes to go to Cining Palace, and ordered the news to be spread to the palace and outside the palace overnight, the Forbidden City became lively, outside the imperial city, there were more people set off fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate, although Xuan Ye had already announced victory at noon, and celebrated more in July, but the remnants were always a hidden danger in his heart, and finally before the end of the year, Prince An sent good news.

At the beginning of December, the emperor personally went to Lugou Bridge to greet the victorious returning general, and the eldest brother and the crown prince were all accompanied.

Prince An Yue Le is nearly sixty years old, still literary and martial, and now the royal family is young and has no war experience, Fuquan Changning has no experience in big wars, although Prince An helped the Empress Dowager to support Xuanye to ascend the throne, but because of the Shunzhi Emperor's sin and edict to overturn all the previous achievements, so that it was excluded and fell silent. It was not until Xuan Ye ordered the withdrawal of the feudal domain and the rebellion of the three feudatories that the brave and good at fighting and resourceful Prince An was used again, and half a hundred people led the army to march for more than five years, and returned to the dynasty in triumph to be welcomed by the emperor in person.

After the eldest brother and the prince drove back to the palace, they came to Cining Palace to ask for peace, and asked about what they had seen and heard today, the eldest brother was very excited, and said to the great grandmother again and again that he would also lead the troops to fight in the future, and defend the territory for the emperor Amma, and the prince was faint, the queen mother asked him how he felt, and the prince said calmly: "The grandson is the future emperor, the emperor should strategize, if there is a war, there is a big brother to charge into battle." ”

Although these words are reasonable, it is inevitable that people will listen to the blood of fewer men, but it is only a seven or eight-year-old child, and the empress dowager can't be too demanding, and then a few words of small talk were scattered, and the hospital came to tell the body of the concubine, and heard that the mother and son were safe, and the old man was very happy, and sent someone to inform the emperor that he didn't have to come to Cining Palace again, so that he could go to see Lan Qi.

However, Xuan Ye was busy receiving many soldiers here, and he couldn't take care of the harem at all, Lan Qi didn't care, but the concubines of the other palaces, except for Concubine Tong who had often seen the emperor before, and Concubine Wen occasionally served, Yi Concubine and everyone still didn't see the sky.

At present, the wax moon, on the one hand, is preparing for the festival, on the other hand, it is a great happy event for the three feudatories to settle the sky, and then the six palaces will be sealed, so that the emperor is busy and does not enter the harem, and the women start to wait from the summer, and the New Year will be celebrated in a flash. Yi Concubine was rewarded by the emperor or sent greetings from time to time, and she was a little patient, and the hearts of others were already cold.

After the day of Laba, everyone gathered in Cining Palace to congratulate An, the palaces dispersed, Rong Concubine Duan Concubine several people accompanied to Yonghe Palace to accompany Lan Qi for the festival, not long after coming out of Cining Palace, but met a relative who entered the palace to ask for peace on the palace road, and strangely saw Mrs. Tong and Mrs. Mingzhu walking, Mrs. Mingzhu changed her previous arrogant attitude, and Mrs. Tong talked and laughed, and saw several palace concubines also treated each other with courtesy, but Changchun Palace and Chengqian Palace are separated from each other, and Mrs. Mingzhu left alone.

Soon after Hui Concubine returned to Changchun Palace, she was informed that Mrs. Mingzhu asked to see her, and let her meet in the warm pavilion, Mrs. Mingzhu returned to the palace to send gold and silver to Hui Concubine, and the same is true today, after a few words of greeting, Hui Concubine asked if the previous matter of De Concubine's drug was found out, Mrs. Mingzhu shook her head and said: "I heard the lord say, the emperor did not let him and Rong Ruo interfere in this matter, I don't know who is investigating, it is mysterious, and there are many major events in the court recently, and no one in the harem asks about it and no one dares to mention it." ”

Concubine Hui sighed: "Speaking of the eldest brother's previous incident of eating poisonous moon cakes, the Empress Dowager and the emperor both said that they wanted to give me an explanation, but I haven't heard half a sentence so far. ”

These few things have not been settled, Hui Concubine is very upset, fortunately, the eldest brother is becoming more and more competitive, not only is he good at riding and archery, far better than the prince, but he also studies harder than before, Mrs. Mingzhu comforted Hui Concubine: "Young and naughty, as he grows older, there is a comparison between brothers, and he understands how to improve." What's more, the emperor does not hesitate to praise the eldest brother whenever he sees that the eldest brother is performing well, and the children eat the sweetness, so they are naturally more attentive. ”

Hui Concubine was full of joy and smiled happily: "I don't have any ability myself, but my son has a future, the day before yesterday, I drove with me to pick up Prince An and returned to the court, and I saw the momentum of the three armies, this child was not excited, and I turned around and said to the Queen Mother that he would be a general in the future, and I was really happy to hear it." My sister-in-law went home to bring a message for me, and in the future, I asked my cousin to look for more talents, so that I could introduce them to the emperor as a teacher for my eldest brother, my son must be better than his brothers. ”

Mrs. Mingzhu said yes again and again, and then talked about the family affairs, mentioning Rong Ruo, Mrs. Mingzhu sighed and said: "I only learned a few days ago that the concubine outside Rong Ruo is pregnant, according to my mind, it is the flesh and blood of the Nalan family, I want to take it home to take care of, but the daughter-in-law at home is pitiful, and I can't bear to make her sad." For most of the past half a year, Rong Ruo is almost not at home, he spends every day outside, and their father and son used to quarrel when they met and said only a few words, but now they are okay, and they are safe and sound if they don't meet. It's just that I, who is a wife and a mother, am not a person inside and out. ”

Hui Concubine smiled: "You can't take care of your son when he's older, and my sister-in-law is also a little old, just live in peace, I also know in my heart that the eldest brother will not be able to control me in the future." She didn't care about Shen Wan and Rong Ruo at all, but when she talked about her wife and concubines, she said to Mrs. Mingzhu, "Sister-in-law will show me that in the various houses outside, there are any daughters who are the same age as our eldest brother, I am idle all day, and I also think about the future daughter-in-law, who must be born in a famous family, to be worthy of our emperor's eldest son." ”

Mrs. Mingzhu said with a smile: "This day is really fast, the concubine still remembers that when the eldest brother was born, the concubine entered the palace to congratulate the mother, and in a blink of an eye, you are thinking about your daughter-in-law." ”

Indeed, time flies, the situation of Lan Qi meeting Rong nobles in the past is still clear in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, Lan Qi has already had her third child, and she is the emperor's favorite concubine at the moment. Concubine Rong used to be favored, and she was the woman who gave birth to the most in this palace, although only Princess Rongxian and the third elder brother were left now, and they were also blessed people, but everyone felt that Lan Qi's blessing was even worse, and today's Laba Festival, naturally they all came to ask her for a bowl of porridge to drink.

The sisters were sitting in the hall, Lan Qi stingily blamed them for coming here to make trouble when they were full of food in Cining Palace, but Huanchun diligently prepared it early, and sent exquisite porridge, knowing that the ladies couldn't eat it, and took a delicate and small bowl, but only tasted a few bites, Duan Concubine smiled and said: "You are such a good blessing, naturally you want to share some of us, Yinzuo knows that the delicious food should be given to Duan Niangniang to eat, you are really stingy." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Qianqing Palace came to send something, saying that it was the Laba porridge of Yong'an Temple, and the emperor was afraid that Yonghe Palace would not have time to prepare, so he took it to let the concubine Niangniang entertain the guests, and the concubine hurriedly let the spring equinox be around, Lan Qi smiled and shouted: "Leave some for me." Just said this, and suddenly felt a tightness in the lower abdomen, the whole person softened, and everyone lost their smiling faces for a while, and hurriedly took care of Doctor Xuan.

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