What the Queen Mother said to Lan Qi, the Queen Mother also mentioned it to Xuan Ye here, after all, it is the wax moon in a blink of an eye, and as soon as the wax moon is over and the spring is over, there should at least be an explanation for the draft, although there is no rush to return to the palace to have a result, but the queen mother mentioned it, so that the emperor has a concern in his heart, and he is not afraid that he will make a decision too hastily after that.

Xuan Ye was actually not very happy, speaking of Queen Hesheri's own sister, she was still very young, although she was at the age of the draft, Xuan Ye didn't know how to get along with her after she came. After all, the former queen never sought anything for the family, and only assisted him wholeheartedly, but what will happen to this sister, and whether she can also be as peaceful as Concubine Tong, I don't know.

"You and the queen have a deep relationship, I know that the queen is still in pain in your heart, for the sake of affection, just take a little care of her." The Empress Dowager persuaded, "Those who are going to come sooner or later, come early, and we can still slowly adjust." I heard that she is a weak girl at home, and she should not be far behind. ”

Xuan Ye shook his head: "The same is true for the concubine in the boudoir." ”

Speaking of Concubine Wen, the Empress Dowager asked the emperor if he had seen the changes in her, saying that Concubine Wen had been living well in the past two months, and she was also radiant when she came to ask for peace yesterday, and persuaded the emperor not to deliberately snub again, and not to make people's hearts that are so easy to warm up cold again.

"My grandson understands." Xuan Ye also has a sense of proportion in his heart, many things are too much, if Concubine Wen Guifei's awakening can last a long time, it will be a good thing, but if he turns it upside down like before, he will be impatient anymore.

And for the change of the concubine, the other person also felt incredible, Jue Chan was ready to come back on the way back to Beijing and continue to face the sick and chattering concubine, so at first glance I saw that people were full of energy, I was very surprised, thinking that what had happened in the past two months could make her wake up.

At this time, the concubine was listening to her in her room to tell what she had seen and heard all the way, and heard that Jue Chan had not been close to the emperor's body for a day, and she was happy and regretful, which was a little bit of her former appearance, and Jue Chan found that she had just become beautiful and spiritual, and her personality had not changed much, and it was difficult to change her personality, but it was always a good thing to see her better than before.

Concubine Wen was curious about everything, and asked again: "I heard that Concubine De followed the emperor to climb Mount Tai, I haven't been to Mount Tai, is it really difficult to climb, even you haven't climbed up?" ”

Jue Chan accompanied Concubine Tong that day, Concubine Tong couldn't climb anymore, of course she couldn't continue to climb alone, and she didn't know if she could finally reach the top, at least the scenery halfway up the mountain was also pleasing to the eye, and there was nothing to regret.

And the journey was tired, Juechan was in urgent need of rest, Concubine Wen pestered her for a long time, and was finally taken away by the cry of the tenth elder brother, so that she could take a breath. The body was lying softly on the couch, and Xianghe couldn't help but say when she came in: "The concubine is too good at grinding, and the slave and maid are not sitting or sitting outside, and they are really tired to death." ”

Jue Chan knew that she was working hard, and taught her to go down and rest, and suddenly remembered something, and called Xianghe and said: "What happened in the garden of Suzhou Weaving Mansion, don't mention it to others, the concubine is asking you, and you are also pretending to be stupid." ”

Although Xianghe didn't understand what the master was afraid of, it was about her recklessness in making a fool of herself in someone's house, and at best no one mentioned it, so she agreed, and then she was busy packing up her things, and the master and servant were so tired that they didn't want to move.

The emperor's trip this time was a full two months, plus the days of the front station, Nalan Rongruo had been away from home for more than half a year, and the people at home were used to him often leaving Beijing by order, but Shen Wan might not be able to bear such a day of gathering less and leaving more, so as soon as Rong Ruo arrived in the capital, he explained the affairs of the emperor's side, and rode to the private house.

stopped at the door of the house, but saw the sedan chair in the mansion stopped in front of the door, Rong Ruo frowned and dismounted, and the little maid in front of the door greeted him and said: "Ye Ke is back, you have worked hard all the way, and the young grandmother is sending the little one to pick you up at the gate of the palace." ”

"Is the young grandmother here?" Rong Ruo asked.

The little guy replied: "I've been here for a long time, I know that you are coming back today, come and wait with Miss Shen." ”

Rong Ruo listened while walking inside, there was already a girl who reported in, the young lady came out, Rong Ruo saw that she was dressed in a cloud brocade red robe, very rich and graceful, but when she entered the door, she saw Shen Wan, who was standing calmly in the door, and her body was just a blue and white jacket and she was simple, for some reason, such a huge difference made Rong Ruo unhappy for no reason.

Shen Wan was obviously not happy, it was easy to wait for Rong Ruo to return, wanted to take care of him to rest, and wanted to listen to him tell him what he had seen and heard along the way, but the young lady came early in the morning, and even said to her with righteousness: "I know that Rong Ruo will definitely come to see you first, but the old lady at home is not very good, and Eniang and the children also miss him very much, so I came here to wait for him and take him back." You must be unhappy in your heart, just look at Fusen's face, E-Niang has never come to embarrass you, you should also be grateful, right? ”

The young lady is not a sharp-toothed person, but she is a lady in the main room, she has a famous and hard waist, she is a woman who has no name and keeps in a private house, she can't say such a thing in her life, and she wants to come back easily today, don't make an unpleasant scene, so she has been silently patient until this moment.

"E-Niang guessed that you would come to see Miss Shen, you should indeed take more care of her alone, but the old lady is not very good, and the children miss you too, E-Niang asked me to wait for you so that I can take you home." Rong Ruo, you sit down for a while and have a sip of tea and let's go, now it's getting dark quickly, let's go back early. The young lady said these words to her husband gently and generously, naturally she was also prepared to be rejected in her heart, she came only after her weak heart was fully armed, no matter what Rong Ruo said, she had to stick to the end, and threw a look at Shen Wan, and said with a smile, "Miss Shen also means this, right?" ”

Shen Wan glanced at her indifferently, turned his face away and said without emotion: "Since the old lady is not very good, let you go home first." ”

Rong Ruo replied lightly: "I know." ”

Although he has been busy in the past two months, seeing his cousin follow the team to play in the mountains and rivers seems to be the most lively and relaxed period of time he has ever had, and even forgot the home in the capital, whether it is a mansion or a private house, he has forgotten everything.

"You go first, I'll come out right away and just have a few words with Wan'er." Rong Ruo understands that if he persists, it will only embarrass everyone, anyway, Shen Wan will not be happy, then he will still go well.

The young lady was overjoyed and urged him: "You come out early, I will wait for you in the sedan chair, come in a big sedan chair, don't ride a horse if you are tired, let's go back in a sedan chair together." “

Rong Ruo silently agreed, and the young lady walked outside without Shen Wan, only waiting for her figure to disappear, Rong Ruo asked Shen Wan: "Why are you dressed so plainly?" Why don't you bring the brocade I brought back to you from Suzhou? ”

Shen Wan smiled bitterly: "How can I be rare in Suzhou's brocade silk, you don't remember where I am from, silk and silk have never been worn, I thought you would send me something else." ”

Rong Ruo was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone?" I brought it back. ”

"There are also new poetry collections and essays, and ......"

"I've brought them all back, I know you like it." Rong Ruo said with a smile, but when he turned around and wanted to order his subordinates to bring it, he remembered that he had come alone, and those luggage had probably been sent back to Nalan Mansion directly.

Shen Wan really smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about things, don't you yourself can't come back?" Let's go, the young lady is waiting for you outside, let her come in again to urge, but it will be embarrassing, I have watched her all day, and I am very tired. ”

"Wan'er ......"

"Come back when you're free, I can't afford to mess with your family, otherwise they will be angry and will take the child away." Shen Wan's face was gloomy, and she smiled at Rong Ruo without saltiness, and then turned around and went in, her son was looking for his mother.

Rong Ruoli stood in place for a long time, what's wrong? But Shen Wan didn't come out again, and there was a little guy outside who asked the uncle tactfully when he would leave, and he smiled bitterly after all, saying that in a bound life, how could he control it? Without looking back, he strode outside the door, and Shen Wan in the room heard the movement and bit his lip tightly in pain.

Outside the house, the young lady waited in front of the sedan chair, and the oncoming people were dusty and full of resentment, her heart sank, but she still tried to smile, and said happily: "Take the sedan chair, haven't you ridden a horse all the way?" E-Niang asked me to take a big sedan chair to pick you up. ”

Rong Ruo was full of displeasure, but seeing his wife's generous and quiet smile, how could a person with such a temper and temperament speak ill of his wife, but politely refused to say that he didn't want to sit in a sedan chair, and he was about to leave after riding a horse, and the young lady hurriedly sat back in the sedan chair to let him follow, for her, bringing her husband back smoothly was a win.

They walked a long way, Shen Wan came to the door alone, only a few vague figures could be seen in the dim sky, she had never felt that Rong Ruo was so far away from her, but even if she had reached face to face today, she still felt that the gap between herself and Rong Ruo was getting deeper and wider, he was a person in that noble world after all, and she, Shen Wan, would never be able to enter that world.

After a gust of wind, snow began to fall in the sky, Shen Wan shivered, and a girl behind her brought her a coat to drape her, and asked: "It's the moon, will the girl make wine this year?" ”

Shen Wan blurted out for no reason: "It's not brewed, and no one will drink it if it's brewed." ”

After the wind is getting stronger and stronger, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, it seems that it is afraid of disturbing the emperor's holy drive back to Beijing, this year's blizzard has been held back until the wax moon, and finally the Forbidden City has entered the wax moon in a white expanse, all the tired people who have traveled have been sleeping soundly after a night's sleep, and at first glance they have seen the world covered in silver, and their spirits are lifted.

After entering the wax moon, I have to be busy with the New Year's things, and the same thing is repeated every year, Concubine Rong has already begun to plan on the way back, fortunately, Concubine Hui is not lazy and waits for her to come back and then take care of it, everything that should be prepared has been spread out in the early days, and Concubine Rong will not be too hard after all.

Concubine Hui even went to Jingyang Palace to apologize for the fact that the eldest brother fell off the horse in the Jiangning campus, after all, after more than ten years of love, even if they are no longer as close as before, they don't want to misunderstand each other or even make enemies for anything.

Concubine Rong also had the same idea in her heart, and said to Lan Qi at that time that fortunately, it was not the third elder brother who injured the eldest brother, for her, it was not easy to maintain this relationship, and Concubine Rong did not have any backing behind her, although the trust and years of seniority of the two palaces were enough for her to gain a foothold in the harem, but if Concubine Hui was missing, there would be one less channel to know and grasp the affairs inside and outside the palace, which was not a good thing for her. Now that Concubine Hui has come to apologize, how could she put on a shelf.

After explaining the things in the palace to each other, they talked about next year's draft, and Concubine Hui has not yet received any news, only one thing is clear, that is, Queen Hesheri's sister has also reached the age of entering the palace.

Concubine Rong sighed: "I was still a milk doll back then, and I was about to enter the palace in the blink of an eye." Thinking of the fact that Queen Hesheri had treated them well, Concubine Rong said, "No matter what, the queen mother is so good to us, and the young sister has entered the palace, so we should take care of her." ”

Concubine Hui was also taken care of by the queen, everything was so simple at that time, except for Concubine Zhao, who was tall and arrogant, there was really a sisterly relationship between the others, but when it came to the position that came in, she crossed her fingers and said: "Either put it in the concubine position, or just like Concubine Tong, but after all, she is the queen's own sister, Xiao Niu Hulu is the concubine as soon as she enters the door, and the emperor will not favor one over the other, but it is unreasonable to be so young and directly put on the concubine position." ”

Concubine Rong thought to herself, are you still worried about the vacant concubine? But he just said: "Concubine Tong didn't guess for a while, and this time it's not sure what will happen, let's see." ”

A few days later, the matter of the draft gradually spread in the palace, and finally on the day of Laba, the emperor decreed that the nobles of the Eight Banners would select and send the right age show girls, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother would choose to stay in the palace in February next year.

On this day, Lan Qi responded in Cining Palace, coping with the people who were sent to usher, and only took a breath in the afternoon by the side of the Queen Mother, and the old man taught Yinzuo to play chess freely, this child jumped around every day, and couldn't sit still like a long needle on his buttocks, but he fascinated him by playing chess, and followed his grandmother quietly all day long.

In the evening, the emperor came over, and his son proudly showed off that he could play chess, and then he was going to wait for the fourth brother to get out of school, Xuan Ye didn't stop him, and let Liang Gonggong and a few people follow behind, and here he counted the remaining chess pieces of his son and continued with his grandmother, Lan Qi brought tea and said with a smile: "The empress dowager has been pestered by Yinzuo for a day, and the emperor is not distressed, saying that the imperial grandmother will rest?" ”

The Empress Dowager smiled: "You feel sorry for the emperor and tired, right?" I have someone here pinching his back and beating his legs, what are you tired of? ”

Speaking of jokes, I won't play chess, the three of them are still together for the first time since the holy drive returned to Beijing, Xuan Ye finally had the opportunity to tell his grandmother about Lan Qi's big and small oolong things along the way, the Empress Dowager and Su Mala both laughed from ear to ear, Lan Qi was shy and anxious, it can be seen that the old man is happy, and he is happy to coax them to laugh.

But Xuan Ye not only remembered Lan Qi's jokes, but also said how dignified and atmospheric she was outside, how to make those sour and self-righteous Jiangnan scholars admire, and talked about the memorial ceremony of the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Xuan Ye praised Lan Qi in person for the first time, and asked her curiously: "How do you understand what is going on here?" ”

Lan Qi became proud at this time, and said very confidently: "The emperor doesn't remember? In the past, when you bullied people, you got some esoteric and difficult books for the concubines to read, and the books given by the emperor, the concubines did not put dust on them, although the days were a little slower, and they were all read one by one. Before this trip, I knew that I was going to Qufu to perform the funeral ceremony, and I did my homework before I went out, and then the fourth elder brother always liked to listen to the concubine tell stories along the way, and when she was idle on the road, the concubine read a lot of books. ”

"My Lan Qi is just capable." The Empress Dowager was very happy, and praised her for being intentional and smart, but when it came to Weifu's private visit, she really told Xuan Ye, "If you have a chance to go out again, don't put her alone in the pile, who knows what will happen, and then it will be too late to regret it." ”

Only then did Xuan Ye know that Lan Qi didn't lie to her, and the imperial grandmother really had these advices, but if she could find flowers and ask about Liu, Xuan Ye didn't have the courage to confirm with her grandmother, and Lan Qi was sure that the emperor would not ask the empress dowager about such a thing, so she dared to make up a decree casually that day.

When Xuan Ye and Lan Qi left, the Empress Dowager said to Su Mala in private: "In the past, the imperial concubine hated her so much and tortured her, but now she has surrendered. I always think about how she could have been ruthless in sending the fourth elder brother to Chengqian Palace, but now I feel that it is probably fate, God guides her. ”

asked where the emperor rested these days, and learned that Xianfu Palace had been to a trip, and nothing unhappy happened, and they all said that Concubine Wen had really changed, but the empress dowager told her grandmother: "You still have to be careful, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change." ”

The night is getting deeper, the lights of Xianfu Palace have been extinguished a lot, the palace of the noble people of Juezen has been darkened early, she seems to have not eased the fatigue of the journey, she rarely goes out these days, Concubine Wen has no time to take care of her, every day is ready for the emperor to come, but today is busy waiting for a night, the holy car still went to Yonghe Palace.

Dong Yun thought that the master should be lost and desperate again, but Concubine Wen ordered lightly: "Close the palace door, and go and rest." ”

After washing and changing clothes, when Dongyun packed up to extinguish the candle, he saw the master crawling onto the kang in his bedclothes, opening the box with a lock, and opening a paper bag layer by layer, and there were many smaller paper bags scattered in the paper bag.

"Mother, what is this?"

Dong Yun asked, but Wen Guifei didn't answer, opened her mouth to lick some and ate it, frowning and seemed a little uncomfortable, gradually Dong Yun saw that her face was getting redder and redder, her eyes were misty and tender, and her body was so soft that she couldn't sit still.

"Mother, you?" Dongyun was so frightened that she shouted loudly, Wen Guifei came back to her senses, hurriedly packed up those things, threw herself on the window lattice and pushed the window open, the cold wind poured in with snow particles, and finally calmed her hot body a little.

"Master?"

"Don't ask." Concubine Wen was blowing a cold wind, and she couldn't see any expression on her face in the dark, she could only hear it, "You can't eat the dead." ”

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