The concubines in the palace are not allowed to easily meet with their families, such as Zhao Guifei, Concubine Tong, etc., the family background is naturally different, and Lan Qi and Bu Chang are like them, if it is not for the emperor's grace, it is almost impossible to see, plus many concubines and concubines are distributed all over the country outside Beijing, and it is not easy to come and go.

Lan Qi wrote a New Year's greeting letter to Ama Eniang a few years ago, and she has been waiting for a reply, but she can't look forward to it, so she wonders if they dare not reply to the letter to cause trouble for themselves, who knows, they can see it so closely.

"When the decree arrived at home that day, you Ama and I were so frightened that we thought something had happened to you in the palace. Since I heard that you were beaten by the Empress Dowager, I have never been more down-to-earth in my heart, and then I heard that you are doing well in the palace, and I am worried that it will happen again that year, even if the emperor's grace is now that we meet, Eniang's heart ......"

"Don't say these depressing words, you woman." Lan Qi's Ama's mighty Lord scolded his wife, "The emperor's grace is mighty, how can Wu Chang suffer bad luck again?" ”

Ama is a serious person, but Lan Qi remembers clearly, there were tears in the corners of Amma's eyes when they met, Lan Qi grew up with his mother since he was a child, and he was not close to his father, but the last time he saw tears in the corners of his eyes, it was the day when he was going to leave home and enter the palace, his father just said: "Serve the masters well, and when you leave the palace, Ama will find you a good family." ”

But who would have thought that his good family is the royal family, and his good person is the emperor.

Huanchun and a few people soon came to serve tea, politely and respectfully, Mrs. Wu Ya brought a lot of things to give them, and looked at them carefully, and said to her daughter in private: "They are all good people with kind faces." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "My daughter is so good, but they take care of it, E-Niang rest assured, although my daughter has been bumpy since she entered the palace, her life is far better than ordinary people, and the people she met are all good people. ”

Mrs. Wuya sighed: "I love you, and I want to beat you with such a dead hand?" When I heard this, I cried for days before I came to my end, and my poor child ...... "Speaking of this, the mother couldn't help but cry."

Lan Qi pulled her and whispered the reason, Mrs. Wuya couldn't believe it, Lan Qi took her hand and whispered, "E-Niang still doesn't know her daughter?" Can I still make others toss with my temperament? Just ignore it, even if I am favored now, what if I am left out in the cold, what if I am left out in the future, there is nothing to be satisfied with such a good life in the palace. E-Niang only takes care of Ama and her younger siblings at home, and does not have to worry about her daughter. ”

The mother and daughter said a lot of thoughtful words, and Mrs. Wu Ya was at ease, and then the mighty lord said that it was not appropriate to stay in the palace for a long time, and the father and daughter, mother and daughter said goodbye, Lan Qi was sent to the palace gate, and she was going to send it again, but Ama said that it was too ostentatious, and Wangwu was often cautious, so she didn't dare to go forward, and she stood in front of the door and couldn't wait to see her parents, so she burst into tears.

Bu Changben avoided in the West Side Palace, and only came out at this moment, saw Lan Qi shed tears, pulled her back to the house, and coaxed and said: "There is always a parting when you meet, you are so angry, and if you sit in the concubine position in the future, there will be more opportunities to meet." ”

Lan Qi came to her senses and comforted her sister: "When my sister sees me like this, do you also miss your family?" ”

Bu Changzai smiled: "It's useless if I miss it, even if the emperor is sympathetic, the family is outside Beijing, it's not easy to come once, I don't want to toss them, don't I have a good sister like you in the palace?" ”

Lan Qi's mood gradually improved, thinking that the emperor asked her parents to enter the palace to see her to be happy, what was the meaning of being sad and sad, and this night the Qianqing Palace turned over the sign of Wu Chang again, Xuan Ye asked Lan Qi how to thank him, Xiao Chang was delicate and soft, and had a happy night.

In the blink of an eye, halfway through the first month, at the Lantern Festival night banquet, Concubine Tong, who had been in the Chengqian Palace for a long time, finally appeared, dressed in a luxurious and grand dress, almost overpowering the light of Concubine Zhao, but the concubine sat with the emperor at the table, she could only sit under the table, only at the head of the concubines.

Everyone thought that Concubine Tong's comeback would be more domineering than before, and she didn't want her temperament to change drastically, although Jifu was luxurious and graceful, her words and deeds were modest and gentle, and her voice could often be heard on occasions like this in the past, but now she has become less talkative, sitting there quietly, but the more contrasting it is, the more eye-catching it is.

Everyone knows that the Lantern Festival night is the night of the emperor and Wu Chang in love, now Wu Ya's limelight is stronger than before, no one cares about which brand the emperor will turn this night, but this night it is the comeback Concubine Tong welcomed the emperor into the Chengqian Palace, the excitement of the night banquet dispersed, and the melodious guqin sound of the Chengqian Palace floated into the Zhongcui Palace, Lan Qi sat cross-legged under the window and listened with her head up, Huanchun put a dress on her from behind her head, and asked softly: "The master is unhappy?" ”

"There are some." Lan Qi was very frank, but also smiled, "Actually, I like to listen to Concubine Tong play the piano, the palace is good and happy, the emperor has less troubles is the most important, anyway, she doesn't like me and I don't like her, we just don't get along." ”

Huan Chun smiled and helped her back to bed, "You think about everything for Long Live Lord first." ”

Lan Qi was lazy, saying that his feet were numb and he couldn't move, and he refused to walk on the kang, Huanchun called Yu Kui to help him together, Yu Kui smiled and said: "The master can go by himself, the slaves and maids have no strength, where can they carry you like Long Live Lord." ”

Xiao Chang was shy, the master and servant laughed a few words, and dispersed the unhappiness in her heart, she lay down and was tucked into the quilt and said: "In February, the emperor wants to go to Nanyuan, the three armies, and has promised the empress dowager to take us too, I am now looking forward to the emperor beating venison for me to eat, and I don't want anything else." ”

I heard Yukui say outside the tent: "The emperor must also drink deer blood wine, and our master will have to work hard again." ”

Lan Qi, who had already experienced people, couldn't understand the meaning of these words now, she was so ashamed that she was so hot that she wrapped the quilt on her body tightly and ignored them anymore.

After those few days, the emperor often lingered in the Chengqian Palace, but the Internal Affairs Office did not have a record, and they all guessed that the emperor cared for Concubine Tong's body better, but it was just to accompany him, or every time he turned over the brand of Zhongcui Palace, Xiao Chang was favored in Duchenghuan, even if the days of Concubine Tong's comeback to serve were greatly reduced than before, it was better than other palaces, if it was not for the limitations of his background, and there was nothing to come out of, he felt that Wu Ya's family would not only reign in Chang for a long time.

At the end of the month, the palace was preparing for the emperor's trip to Nanyuan, talking about who accompanied the harem, Zhao Guifei said that the first one would not go, saying that the Rong nobles would have to give birth, and the queen mother was not in good health and wanted people to serve in front of her, Concubine Tong said that she was still weak and did not go, and the Hui nobles did not want to go because the Rong nobles were about to give birth, and the Empress Dowager said that the emperor could not be taken care of without reliable people, so the Hui nobles and Duan nobles all traveled with Hu, and Wu Chang was not here to serve the emperor, and the Empress Dowager had already ordered her to follow her.

So this trip, I said that I wanted all palaces to serve the Empress Dowager together, but because Concubine Zhao and Concubine Tong did not go, the nobles who wanted to go did not dare to come forward, and hesitated to wait for them to wake up.

At the beginning of February, the mighty team set off from the Forbidden City, the emperor's big parade, because the victory of the three feudatories is in sight, the momentum is like a rainbow, so in addition to the military generals and guards and other services left and right, the ministers of the interior, scholars and other ministers are also accompanied by armor, although the harem is very little, but the grandeur of this trip, more than the year before, the young emperor also wants to show the national prestige, and then the queen mother and the queen mother go with the young prince and princess, and see the prosperity of the royal family.

After going out early in the morning and arriving at Nanyuan after noon, the Empress Dowager was naturally overwhelmed by the hard work of the carriages and horses, and after accepting the bows of the ministers, Lan Qi and Su Mala took care of her to eat and rest, and Su Mala was also old, but Lan Qi repeatedly urged her, and also went back to her tent to rest.

Lan Qi hurriedly paused, and Bu Chang came to Hui Guiren, this trip brought the eldest brother, the prince, Chunxi, Rong Xian and Duanjing several children, although there were people from the elder brother to accompany the service, the Empress Dowager still assigned Hui Gui and Duan Guiren to take care of it, the emperor was in front of Yi Guiren at the moment, Lan Qi knew that Bu Chang was thinking about seeing Duan Jing, so he took her over first.

A few children chattered together very lively, not long ago someone invited Hui Guiren to go to the emperor to serve, but Hui Guiren smiled and pushed Lan Qi and said, "You should go." ”

Lan Qi smiled leisurely: "The concubine is here to serve the Empress Dowager, Gonggong Li understands it." ”

Jokes are always jokes, Hui Guiren didn't dare to delay, and asked the sisters to take a good look at the children, so they went to the emperor, and Lan Qi didn't sit for long, and the queen mother also came to look for her, because there were not many things over there, so she simply left Bu Chang to take care of the children and hurried back by herself.

Halfway through, I saw Rong Ruo, the eldest son of the Mingzhu family, coming here, because he was a first-class guard walking in front of the palace, Lan Qi occasionally saw it in the palace, it was not surprising, Rong Ruo saluted, Lan Qi smiled: "My lord came to greet Hui Guiren?" Hui nobles can go to the emperor's side. ”

Rong Ruo's face flashed with a hint of embarrassment, and he lowered his head and smiled: "Thank you Wu Chang for being here, Weichen originally sent some things to Hui Guiren for his father." ”

"Duanguiren, they are here, you can leave something." Lan Qi said that, and left generously with the people.

Rong Ruo waited until Wu Chang was walking away, then straightened his waist, and turned around to see someone standing in front of Hui Guiren's tent looking here, and the two looked at each other very unnaturally, and the people over there hurriedly went back.

The attendant behind him reminded: "Son, let's go back to the emperor, and hand over the things to the Hui nobles." ”

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