Lan Qi was relieved and said, "My sister can see it, so I can rest assured." ”

Bu Guiren sighed: "When I was seriously ill after I was born Duanjing, I thought that I was about to die like that, but I unknowingly lived to the present, and I was forty years old when I came back to my senses. Over the years, my family has gained some benefits because of me and Duanjing, and I myself have a comfortable life in the palace, so I feel that there is nothing bad about living. Maybe others look at me as a favorite concubine who was snubbed by the emperor very pitiful, but I really don't feel pitiful, I can't live a life with food and clothes to stretch my hands without any ability, it must be because I have accumulated virtue in my previous life. ”

Lan Qi said with a smile: "I still remember that in the month of Layue, I was lying with Panxia in the gluttonous palace with Laba porridge, and my mind was so simple at that time. ”

Bu Guiren smiled and said, "Your life is precious, and these should be yours now." After a pause, he said, "People from the Internal Affairs Office have come to Zhongcui Palace, and I and Concubine Duan are going to stop the brand, and you?" ”

Lan Qi nodded, no matter how calmly she was, she couldn't hide the sentimentality of the hurried years in her eyes: "In the end, it's not an ordinary people's house, everything in the palace is according to the rules, and we can't avoid it. ”

In this way, after the canonization ceremony of Concubine Tong and the harem, Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui led the concubines in the palace by year to the batch of drafts of the nobles who entered the palace, and all of them stopped the green head card of the Internal Affairs Office according to the rules, which caused a lot of waves in the palace, but the older ones were mostly stable and quiet, and they were the flamboyant concubines in the past, and now they will not be disgusted. But the non-stop signs, as if it were just a formality, and then the emperor stayed in the Yonghe Palace for three consecutive days, which attracted a lot of gossip.

Lan Qi didn't expect Xuan Ye to do this, how the three days passed was not for outsiders, but she had a good chance of persuading Xuan Ye to leave, but she didn't have a problem if people didn't leave. Three days later, the emperor swaggered and led the princes and ministers to the suburbs of Beijing to inspect the Yongding River, and then he had to travel to Nanyuan to inspect the princes' riding and shooting, and he was afraid that he would not be able to come back for four or five days, so that Lan Qi could take a breath.

And this time the riding and archery competition in Nanyuan really means that the growth of the sons under the emperor's knees was always the most heroic and mighty of the eldest brother in the past, but now he is compared to Yinxiang and Yinyu, who are more than ten years younger. The fourteenth elder brother is only twelve or thirteen years old, not to mention the size, and the strength is also very great, compared to the eldest elder brother at this age, who is only capable of riding and archery but cannot read well, the fourteenth elder brother can be literate and martial, and the thirteenth elder brother, who is similar to his age, is now also impressive.

Although the half-brothers in Yonghe Palace have been together since childhood, the thirteenth elder brother seems to have always been the foil of his younger brother, he is not as good as him in reading and shooting, and his personality is introverted and gentle, not as flamboyant as the fourteenth elder brother, wherever the brothers go, they will always be the most conspicuous brother of the younger brother.

But over the years, Yinxiang has been working very hard, last year's violent death of Concubine Min made him suffer the biggest setback in his life, but the child is more and more frustrated and brave, how hard and diligent he has been in the eyes of the emperor and the palace people for more than half a year, and sure enough, this time in Nanyuan to test the riding and shooting, he has been able to compete with the fourteenth elder brother, and he has thrown the brothers away.

Everyone only sighed and sighed that the young brothers had also grown up, and suddenly came back to their senses and remembered that the thirteen and fourteen elder brothers were all sons of Yonghe Palace, and now the thirteenth elder brother of Concubine Min is completely under the virtue of Concubine De, although she lost the sixth elder brother who was deeply favored by the empress dowager and the emperor in the past, but time flies, she still has three excellent princes under her knees, and she has always been alarmist that Yonghe Palace cannot be despised and now Yonghe Palace is really not to be underestimated.

But Concubine De has been the same for decades, no matter what the occasion, she is dignified and steady, she does not interact with the ministers in private, and her mother's family is guarding the house to live a dull life, except for the brother-in-law's house, there is no place for anyone to catch the handle. She never relies on any forces outside the palace, in other words, the changes in the current situation outside, ups and downs, will not have any impact on her, this is the way of life taught to her by the Empress Dowager for more than ten years, the world in the eyes of a person who can go through three dynasties, is really very imaginable.

For Lan Qi, she had thought about how her experience would be passed on to Yuxi bit by bit, but if she thought about it, she was not the Empress Dowager after all, and Yuxi was not herself.

Nowadays, most of the concubines who gave birth to princes in the palace now have daughters-in-law, and the way of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has gradually become a lively topic in the palace. At present, Changchun Palace has lost its eldest daughter-in-law, and the eighth elder brother Fujin has only had a miscarriage, and she always feels that Concubine Hui is very uncomfortable with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but her son is the eldest son of the emperor after all, and the main house of the Zhijun Mansion cannot be vacant, and the people inside and outside the palace are waiting to see which woman will take over Dafujin, and wait to see if Concubine Hui can get along with her daughter-in-law this time.

Just two days after the emperor returned from Nanyuan, Lan Qi was invited to Ningshou Palace by the Queen Mother early in the morning, saying that last night the emperor sent someone to ask her about the continuation of the eldest brother's succession, saying that the daughter of the chief military officer Zhang Haoshang's family was age. Because the most difficult thing in the world is to be a stepmother, and the future Dafujin must be a broad-minded talent. The daughter of the military general's family should be more transparent than the weak daughter in the courtyard of the deep house, the queen mother's meaning is good, let Concubine Hui think about it again.

The Queen Mother said bluntly: "Now that you are all old, I don't care who is thick-skinned and thin-skinned, we don't hide what we should say." Concubine Hui, you have a daughter-in-law again this time, you can't do the same thing as before, the third daughter-in-law of Concubine Rong's family is too, in short, you all have to control your children, you are all grandmothers, don't always focus on how to please the emperor, really want to please him, and do your internal affairs well. ”

Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui are not good-looking on their faces, but this is the case, and then they talked about the daughter of the chief military officer Zhang Da's family, and the Internal Affairs Office sent a portrait, which is really good at a cursory look, Concubine Hui knew that the emperor must have been selected, and it was too late to find Mingzhu to discuss and inquire about the child's family history, so she hurried to coax the emperor and the queen mother to be happy, so she immediately agreed.

But the queen mother said: "The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother are also married, if the young husband and wife are harmonious, they will be able to add the emperor and grandson in a year or two, then the eighth elder brother is not like this in the mansion now, as long as there is no concubine in his house, and the eight blessings are not in good health, they don't expect to spread the branches?" ”

Concubine Hui smiled embarrassedly: "The concubine has persuaded her, it seems that Yinxi is wholeheartedly on his wife, and he is not willing to accept a concubine to accept the house, and the harmony between husband and wife is a good thing, that is, the heir is ......."

The Queen Mother smiled: "Master Zhang still has the daughter of the hall in his house, and it just so happens that the eighth elder brother is also your son, so he will be overjoyed and marry the girl in their hall to Yinxi." It's just that I heard that the family has already been a little down, but it's just guarding the ancestral shade to live, so let's make a name for it. ”

Concubine Hui bent her knees to thank the two children, and it was naturally difficult to interject if others were irrelevant, and when the group dispersed from Ningshou Palace, Concubine Yi said openly: "Long live Lord is doing things vigorously and resolutely now, looking at the strange bluffing, what is the emperor's plan to do?" If I don't go out for three or two days, I won't be able to keep up with what my sisters are saying. ”

Concubine Rong was disgusted: "What do you care about the emperor, the emperor is in charge of national affairs every day, and I haven't seen you worry about it, what are you doing here?" ”

Concubine Yi was not convinced, and glanced at a few people, and now among the four of them, Concubine Yi is the only one left who has not stopped the brand, but she can't be proud, all because there is a certain person who has stopped the sign in front of the door, and now it is in the emperor's heart.

Thinking of the Queen Mother's words, Concubine Yi couldn't help but laugh: "The Queen Mother wants us not to worry about pleasing the emperor, some people should be self-respecting, and now they are not too old, but in a few years, we should be careful to be said by the juniors to be disrespectful and ashamed." He even smiled at Lan Qi, "Sister Concubine De, did you say that?" ”

Lan Qi smiled lightly and responded indifferently: "The Queen Mother wants us not to take care of one or the other, but not to please the emperor, the emperor is your husband and I for life, and it is a blessing to be able to grow old with your husband." ”

Concubine Yi stared, and saw Concubine De and Concubine Rong walking away side by side, they lived in the East Sixth Palace, and they could be reached by walking a few steps, the palanquins of Changchun Palace and Yikun Palace slowly fell and waited, Concubine Hui patted Concubine Yi's shoulder before she walked and said: "You can't compare to others, everyone can see it, why bother to show off your brains and can't compare to others, what do you have to confess that you are useless?" ”

Everyone dispersed, leaving Concubine Yi standing in place with seven points of smoke, Taohong really couldn't stand it, and walked away with her own mother.

In Yonghe Palace, because the thirteenth and fourteenth are going to come over for dinner at noon today, since they moved away, the mother and son have not been close for a long time, Lan Qi specially urged Huanchun to prepare the dishes that his sons love to eat, but unfortunately he hugged Xiao Chen'er and Dun Ke until noon, seeing that the sun shadow was about to pass the lunch time, only a slave hurriedly ran from the study, saying that the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brother went to ride a horse in the afternoon and would not come today.

Lan Qi's loss is self-evident, these two children are now getting better and better in the mouths of others, but she can no longer see it clearly, there is always an unspeakable uneasiness in her heart, and she has always wanted to keep them by her side.

Xiao Chen'er saw that Eniang was unhappy, and tried her best to coax her to smile, and finally the mother and daughter had a quiet meal, and in the afternoon, the good concubine of Yanxi Palace came over in person and asked Princess Dunke's summer clothes if she wanted her to cut them. Lan Qi knew that most of Dunke's usual clothes were sewn by Xing'er and Juechan, as long as the child was happy.

When he was busy with these trivial things, he reported to Bafujin in front of the door to ask for a meeting, Lan Qi and the good concubine glanced at each other, and soon saw the little woman who was full of energy coming into the door, and she had raised the haggard of the slippery tire for the rest of the month, and said with a smile on her face: "I want to go to Yanxi Palace to ask the good concubine Niangniang, but the lady is in Yonghe Palace, so I will also come to greet Concubine De Niangniang, so I can tell you that the concubine is well." ”

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