Lan Qi pretended to be surprised, walked to the empty corner of the wall and said, "Yes, where is the oil painting?" Turning around, she saw Xuan Ye looking at her, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "The concubine remembered, because she knew that the concubine was also pregnant, and now she and the concubine could not serve the emperor, and the palace had to choose a few young and beautiful people, so the concubine wrapped the painting, ready to see which one the emperor liked, and sent it to the palace when she turned around. ”

As she spoke, she walked towards Xuan Ye, she was full of pride and wanted to see Xuan Ye being responded to by herself, and wanted to see him gritting his teeth and being angry and funny, but the emperor smiled leisurely, strode forward and hugged her by the waist, Lan Qi panicked, the emperor leaned under the cheek and kissed her deeply, kissing her on the left chin impartially, and the momentum almost sucked her in, and when she struggled to push Xuan Ye away, she only felt that her jaw was hot, and it happened that someone outside hurriedly came to report: "Long live Lord, Lord Yu has arrived at the gate of the palace." ”

"Swing." Xuan Ye raised his big hand, turned around and walked towards the door, the curtain in front of the door was lifted, and the palace maids and eunuchs rushed up to put on the emperor's clothes and snow hats, he looked sideways at Lan Qi who was covering his face, and pointed to his left chin narrowly, with a deep smile in his eyes, and after a while, he cleaned up and disappeared into the night.

The people outside were sent all the way to the door, and the people of Yonghe Palace did not see their master come out, if they hadn't seen the emperor in a very good mood, they were worried that the emperor and concubine had quarreled, and when Huanchun ran back to see, he saw Niangniang sitting in front of the mirror and shining left and right, Lan Qi saw her coming, and hurriedly greeted her, pointed to a red mark on her chin with faint tooth marks, frowned and said, "Can this fade tomorrow?" ”

Huanchun asked narrowly: "Niangniang, how did you get this?" ”

was slapped heavily by Lan Qi and scolded: "Knowingly asked." While looking in the mirror anxiously, he was so anxious, "I have to see people every day these days, did I say that I let mosquitoes bite?" In the New Year's month, who believes. ”

Huan Chun smiled: "You don't have to explain, just pretend to be fine, don't you know it at a glance, isn't this just a kiss." ”

Lan Qi was furious: "Huanchun! ”

The laughter in Yonghe Palace continued, and the emperor also went to Qianqing Palace with a thick smile, but I don't know if the wind and snow were too cold, or he didn't want to show a smile in front of his sons, the warm sedan car slowly approached Qianqing Palace, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

All the elder brothers were wearing clothes and waiting in the wind and snow, when the warm sedan chair arrived, the prince who arrived halfway stood under the sedan chair to help his father down, Xuan Ye just put his hand and let go, not far away a lantern came in a hurry, and when he came to the front, he saw a figure kneeling in the snow, speaking with a heavy breath, it was Yu Chengchan who came day and night.

"Prepare ginseng soup for Lord Yu to ward off the cold, and go to the study to talk in a moment." Xuan Ye ordered to go down, go to the palace gate, and by the way, motioned to the elder brothers, "You come with me." ”

Today, all the brothers gathered, except for the prince and the eldest brother, the fourth brother and the fifth brother needless to say, the third brother and the eighth brother, who were grounded for reflection, and did not even see the third brother and eight brothers on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, also came, until the tenth brother, the nine princes stood the study room full, and their faces were white from the cold, and when they entered the warm study room, they looked tired and tired as if they were going to melt away, and the emperor inadvertently glanced at it and asked coldly: "If you are sleepy, and then blow the wind outside?" ”

The elder brothers were in high spirits and did not dare to make another attempt, and the prince asked: "The emperor Ama summoned his sons and others overnight, but there is something important to discuss?" ”

Xuan Ye nodded, threw out a few folds and asked them to circulate them, and Yu Chengchan is an important minister of river engineering, so he should know that it is related to water control without guessing, and when they see it, Yu Jackie Chan also packed up his dignity and came over, and the monarch and the prince discussed the governance of river engineering together, and when it came to serious matters, the brothers expressed their opinions, which gradually alleviated the embarrassing atmosphere.

After talking about these few things, the emperor asked Yu Chengchan to step back first, take a closer look at the princes, and stay in the warm study for a while.

Xuan Ye suddenly said: "Yinzhi Yinxi, have you reflected on it?" ”

The third elder brother and the eighth elder brother were both stunned, and hurriedly stood up and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, claiming to be guilty, and the third elder brother even cried as he spoke, so he was not sad.

The emperor didn't move, but just sighed: "Big man, what are you crying about." ”

The third elder brother whimpered: "Erchen reflects on himself every day, remembers Huang Ama's childhood teachings, and hates himself for being ridiculous and ignorant, and he has failed Huang Ama's hard work. The eighth elder brother knelt on the side and did not speak, but the third elder brother kowtowed and he also kowtowed, his face was tense and his face was righteous.

The emperor looked at them, and then glanced at the son who was standing aside, fortunately, no one was gloating at this moment, the eldest elder brother and the prince were expressionless, and the fourth elder brother looked disgusted with his brother crying bitterly, but the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother looked at their starling brother very anxiously, Xuan Ye smiled in his heart, and said, "Get up." He handed the string of lapis lazuli beads on his wrist to Yinzhi, "I heard that I have been chanting every day recently?" Take it. ”

The third elder brother trembled forward and held it with both hands, and kowtowed to the ground to thank him, but Xuan Ye didn't take another look, his eyes seemed to look through the row of sons standing on the city wall, looking at the deep dark night outside the door, and said: "The ministers are corrupt and bribery, I can't manage it, the country is so big, I can't even walk to every inch of land in my life, where can I manage so many people?" But you are my sons, just stay under the root of the imperial city, right under my nose, if I can't even manage you, why should the civil and military officials submit to me? ”

The prince took the lead in kneeling down, and everyone followed, and it was difficult for the third elder brother to get up and lie down again, they lowered their heads one by one, Xuan Ye could no longer see their faces, but the momentum evaporating from each of them was really different.

"I'm tired of compliments, coaxing, and swearing." Xuan Ye's voice was deep and cold, and he had almost completely withdrawn the relationship between father and son, "Listen, the years to come will be longer, and you will handle more and more errands, and there is no courtier more trustworthy than my son." But if you have the courage to do those dirty things, don't let me find out if you have the ability, otherwise one catches one, and two makes a pair, you are the fruit of my big tree, and I don't need rotten fruit. Even if you have the ability to rot in your heart and not let me find out, don't forget, if one day it rots on the surface, that fruit will be completely rotten. ”

The atmosphere in the study was condensed to the extreme, and the emperor put down this sentence, feeling tired all over, and finally raised his hand and said, "Stand down." ”

The prince was the leader, after all the elder brothers bowed to the ground, they retreated from the study, and when the cold wind blew outside, all the bodies trembled, gritted their teeth and walked until they walked outside the palace gate, and only then did their respective minions hold their clothes to meet them, and the elder brothers sent the prince back to Yuqing Palace, and then they went out of the imperial city together. What is the filial piety of the minions? ”

Yinxi was on the side, signaling him to shut up, but he didn't stop the tenth elder brother, he actually walked in front of the fourth elder brother and said: "Huang Ama is taking care of Concubine De Niangniang, just now he is also from Yonghe Palace, the fourth brother has to talk to Niangniang, the cold tonic should be careful, you see Huang Ama is so angry tonight, what did Concubine De Niangniang give Huang Ama to eat?" ”

Yin Zhen frowned, and he didn't know how to respond to this, if he scolded the tenth elder brother with the respect of his brother, it was not impossible, but in the middle of the night, he really didn't want to speak, so he avoided him with a cold face and walked away, but fortunately, the eighth elder brother grabbed his younger brother in time, and scolded in a low voice with a tiger face: "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

The princes left the imperial city in a hurry, the Qianqing Palace prepared a warm sedan chair again, Xuan Ye still missed the night and returned to Yonghe Palace, the bed in the dormitory of Yonghe Palace could make him sit back and relax, but before leaving first, Lan Qi was annoyed, and it took a long time for people to let him hold his arms and hug half of his body, but in this way he was satisfied, and he had said everything that his sons should say, and from now on he could completely treat them as ministers, and he felt relaxed as if he had put down some burden in his heart.

Things in the Qianqing Palace, Lan Qi listened to him say a few words, she didn't ask much and didn't bother to mention it, when she sent him out the next morning, she touched her chin and said with a smile: "This red plum is so beautiful." ”

It happened that Xiao Chen'er came to greet Huang Ama, she got up earlier than her sister and Nian Tong, and when she met Ama to be early, she came to say hello, but as soon as she entered the door, she saw Huang Ama pinching Eniang's chin, and she couldn't help but sigh.

Lan Qi couldn't help but blush when she saw this scene by her daughter, but Xuan Ye held her daughter on the tip of her heart and felt pain, where did she care about this, she pretended to ignore Xiao Chen'er and hugged Xiao Chen'er, and the father and daughter talked and laughed and went out the door. In front of the door, the little girl stood on tiptoe to tie the strap on the collar of Huang Amma's coat, Xuan Ye smiled happily, and then didn't look at Lan Qi, and got into the sedan chair and left.

Wen Chen watched the holy car move away, turned around to talk to Eniang, and suddenly saw a team of people walking by in the distance, and his heart was feverish, and he forgot all what he was going to say to Eniang, but he turned into a begging: "The imperial grandmother said that she wants to put two bottles of plum blossoms in the house and give a reward, and when you have breakfast, your son will lead her sister to the garden to fold plums?" ”

Lan Qi saw that what her daughter said was serious, and it didn't seem like she was deliberately laughing at what Xuan Ye said to herself just now, so she agreed.

During breakfast, Nian Tong also got up, she clinged to her aunts all day long, and when she was eating, she heard that her aunt was going to fold plums, and she had to follow her together, and she kept chattering, and asked coldly: "Auntie, are we going to wait under the big tree today?" ”

Lan Qi sounded strange, so she asked Wen Chen, "What are you waiting for?" ”

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