This made people sad to hear, Lan Qi said: "The queen mother's meaning, let you continue to stay in Yuqing Palace, as long as you take care of each other and take care of the children, everything else will be decided when the emperor comes back." ”

She wanted to say that even if the crown prince is no longer the prince, he is still the emperor's second elder brother, they are the daughters-in-law of the royal family, and they have their own dignity, and the queen mother and she will not let others easily bully the people of Yuqing Palace. But these words were not said after all, and when they were said at this moment, no matter how good their hearts were, they were afraid that they would change their taste.

Someone behind the crown princess couldn't help crying, but she covered her mouth as soon as she spoke, the princess was obviously unhappy, Lan Qi just pretended not to hear it, and explained this sentence, she didn't have to stay for a long time, the princess personally sent her out of the door of Yuqing Palace.

There was still no light in the sky, as if the morning of this day had been delayed, Lan Qi stood in the night wind, looked at the dark sky, looked at the silent Qianqing Palace in the distance, and thought in her heart: "Xuanye, when will you come back?" ”

She hurried back to Ningshou Palace and told the queen mother everything about the crown princess, the old man sighed, and sighed: "The emperor has never picked the wrong person, it can be seen that she was also chosen for the queen, but she didn't have this life." ”

Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui listened below, and Concubine Yi secretly rubbed and said to them: "This is fate, the queen mother does not have the ability to be a queen, but she has the life to be a queen, and the princess can't blame others, only her life is not good." ”

Concubine Hui didn't speak, but Concubine Rong kindly reminded her: "Why don't you change this mouth, do you still want to be locked up by the emperor to recite Buddha?" ”

At this time, the Queen Mother spoke at the top and ordered everyone: "You each go back and restrain the people in your palace, don't let them mess up, and don't chew your tongue and don't belittle the people in Yuqing Palace, otherwise the servants at the bottom are cheap, and you don't want the face of being the master, I will never tolerate it." ”

The concubines said yes, and the queen mother ordered Concubine Rong to inform the nobles below to promise to wait, and after a while, everyone dispersed, and Lan Qi accompanied the queen mother to wait in Ningshou Palace, and waited for the second elder brother to enter the city after dawn, and someone would always come to tell him, and the queen mother was also worried about whether he would see the second elder brother, in the end, she watched her grandson grow up, and she was afraid that she would not be able to hold the scene.

On this day, the long-delayed dawn finally came, the prince and the eldest brother and his party just entered the city before noon, the elder brother waited at the gate of the city, all of them looked serious, the prince did not show up in the car, the eldest brother saw everyone and said: "The will of the emperor Ama, the second elder brother can no longer live in Yuqing Palace, and ordered to set up a felt curtain next to the courtyard to let him live temporarily, and I and the fourth elder brother take turns to guard, and the others perform their duties as usual, the emperor Ama said, the world is not chaotic." ”

All the elder brothers accepted the order one after another, let them aside, the fourth elder brother came forward to listen to the eldest elder brother's dispatch, and Yinhe said to him: "Thirteen was locked up by Huang Ama, although he didn't come back with us, but he was still locked up when I left the Mulan paddock, you can see for yourself, do you want to say something to Concubine De Niangniang." ”

Yinzhen's face changed suddenly, he didn't understand why Yinxiang was locked up, seeing that the eldest brother was triumphant, he knew that he had been waiting for the prince to fall for a long time, and now he was looking forward to the emperor's final ruling on all this, so as to choose another East Palace and set up another heir, his eldest son had been aggrieved for thirty-five years, and he couldn't help it for a long time.

After sending the prince into the palace, as the emperor said, a felt curtain was set up next to the courtyard to detain the prince, Yinzhen was temporarily guarded, and the eldest brother went to Ningshou Palace alone to resume his life. He didn't dare to show a smug aura in front of the Queen Mother, and pretended to cry bitterly and said that he didn't know what was going on, saying that he was pitiful that the prince had angered Tianyan and caused such a big disaster.

After the eldest brother left, the Queen Mother said to Lan Qi: "The courtyard is a place to raise livestock, the emperor is too ruthless to do this, he must be angry, I can't wait to kill to relieve my hatred, but everyone in the world is watching, how can the dignified prince go to live with the animals." When the emperor comes back, if you can speak, you can persuade him. ”

Lan Qi agreed, but it didn't take long for news to come from outside, saying that the crown princess went to the courtyard with the fine soft, and the rest of the Fujin and the imperial grandchildren stayed in Yuqing Palace and waited for the arrangement, Lan Qi asked the queen mother if she wanted to dissuade her, and the queen mother said: "This is what a wife should do, you let her go." He also instructed his subordinates, "Since you have changed your name to Second Elder Brother, don't call other people the crown princess anymore, for fear of causing trouble to the people of Yuqing Palace." ”

Now that this matter has been settled, Lan Qi finally doesn't have to accompany the Queen Mother anymore, everyone got up before dawn, the Queen Mother was already very tired, she couldn't bear such hard work, returned to Yonghe Palace for a long time, simply ate a few mouthfuls of vegetable porridge, and finally waited for Yinzhen to come over and talk back to her in the afternoon.

Hearing that Yinxiang was locked up by Xuan Ye, Lan Qi was shocked, Xuan Ye once told her that Yinxiang inadvertently bumped into the emperor in the elder brother's house and told Su Mala that he had chosen a new heir, and he promised his father that he would never reveal half a word to the fourth elder brother, and Yinzhen didn't look like he knew that he was already the established candidate, no matter what, it shouldn't be that there was a mistake in this matter.

Yin Zhen said: "The eldest brother was silent, I later asked other guards, only to know that it was the night the second elder brother was arrested, he and the eldest brother fought outside the imperial tent, and the emperor Ama was angry and locked up the thirteenth, and he has not been sent down so far, and he has not let the eldest brother bring it back first." ”

Lan Qi asked her son: "What about Yinyu, what did Yinyu do?" ”

Yin Zhen shook his head: "Erchen also asked, I don't know what the fourteenth elder brother did, anyway, he was not in front of the emperor on the night of the second elder brother's accident, and he came later." Some people said that he went to the border to inspect it, but anyway, he had nothing to do, and he still followed Huang Ama. Now that the eldest brother is back, Thirteen has been imprisoned, and all the safety of Huang Ama depends on him. ”

Lan Qi covered the door of her heart, just hoping that Xuan Ye would come back quickly, and after a while, she calmed down and instructed her son: "Luck is high and luck is low, no one knows what their fate will be in the next moment, in this scene, you don't want to fall into the well, let alone be self-righteous, or Eniang's words, be an upright person, you can straighten your waist at any time." This time, don't get yourself involved, no matter what mistake Yinxiang makes, let Eniang intercede, don't rush ahead. ”

Yin Zhen nodded in agreement, pursed his lips, looked outside, and saw that there were no idle people, so he said to his mother: "Eniang, since the last time I concealed the attack on the prince and reported to Huang Ama, I have been helping Huang Ama secretly investigate the eldest elder brother, second elder brother, and third elder brother...... Check whether all the princes are corrupt and bend the law, the second elder brother has done something wrong, it is really enough for the emperor Ama to abolish him, and the accounts on the old eight and nine are even more difficult to write, you don't know how much money they have collected. Eniang, son, thank you for restraining me all these years, no matter what, I can straighten my waist and say to Huang Ama that my hands are clean. ”

Lan Qi's heart was surging, but she didn't dare to show her excitement, and after calming down, she said: "Go, take good care of the second elder brother, remember Eniang's words, this country belongs to your emperor Ama alone, and you are just his son and his courtier." ”

Yin Zhen agreed, bowed deeply to her mother and left, Lan Qi breathed a long sigh of relief, but her heart suddenly trembled, and she thought of her little son uneasily. The rampaging little bison has always had him everywhere, why did he have such a big thing this time, but he was fine?

At this moment, although the palace is under the majesty of the queen mother, and everything is peaceful under the control of the palace mothers, but outside the palace in the capital, there has long been a uproar for this matter, in the Babeile Mansion, Bafujin knelt in front of the gods and Buddhas to make a vow, and finally waited until the day when the prince fell off the horse, and asked the gods and Buddhas to bless Babel all the best, he is really worthy of the throne of the people, at this time, the next person came to announce, saying that the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother arrived, and the eight beyler disciples also gathered in the study.

Ba Fujin clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and ordered: "Let the ladies stay in the house separately, be careful not to bump into outsiders, and send the appropriate people to serve the tea in the study." ”

In this compartment, the ninth elder brother jumped up and down, happy to close his mouth, they were originally instigating the fourteenth to go to the eldest brother and the prince, and I don't know what the fourteenth did, how did the prince get off the horse, I heard that the prince was arrested when he was wearing a night coat with a short knife, lying outside the emperor's tent to snoop, the ninth elder brother shouted: "The second brother is sick in the brain, what does he want to do, so tossed, it is better to hang himself clean with three feet of white silk." ”

The tenth elder brother laughed beside him, but Yinxi's face was iron-blue, and he said in a deep voice: "Are you so proud?" Zhang Mingde's matter is not over yet, he is a man with his tail between his legs, and he will wait for Huang Ama to come back. So he left the two brothers and went to discuss the current situation with the guests, and the tenth elder brother asked the ninth brother privately: "Is the starling a little timid." ”

Yin Yu frowned and said, "We will do it, and we can't let the starling miss the opportunity." ”

And said that the emperor returned to Gyeonggi in mid-September, and the emperor entered the city and entered the palace in the middle of the night, quietly did not alarm anyone, Lan Qi waited for the emperor to advance to the Forbidden City, before getting the news, Liang sent someone to ask Niangniang to prepare, and the emperor entered the inner palace to change the sedan chair, and went directly to Yonghe Palace.

Lan Qi waited in front of the door, watching the sedan chair slowly fall, his heart fluttered, it had been more than thirty years, and it was the first time that he was so eager to see Xuan Ye and afraid to see him.

The surrounding lanterns illuminated the front of Yonghe Palace, and when she saw Xuan Ye's haggard face, she was distressed and forgot everything, and she didn't care about the eunuchs and palace maids around her, so she personally stepped forward to support the emperor, and said softly: "Prepare hot water, the concubines will serve you to take a bath, and then sleep steadily." ”

Xuan Ye didn't say a word, as Lan Qi entered Yonghe Palace, Yonghe Palace has been his home for so many years; For so many years, after the last time the royal driver was sick, he was looking forward to returning to this home as soon as possible.

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