Qinglian said with concern: "My Majesty, why don't you go to Ningshou Palace tomorrow? You look very bad." As she said that, she let the warm sedan chair follow her and wanted to help Concubine Tong sit in the sedan chair, but the concubine stretched out her hand to stop her.
After calming down, he looked around a few times and said, "Don't take this road when you come to Cining Palace in the future. Qinglian, please remember this for me. It doesn't matter if you take a long detour. Anyway, I don't want to pass by here again."
"I will remember it, my slave." Qinglian agreed repeatedly, and then walked all the way to Ningshou Palace, only to see two warm sedans parked outside. The palace door opened, and Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan happened to come out. They met each other, and the two
Come over quickly to salute. Concubine Tong has not interacted with them in the past. It is only because Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui are in charge of the trivial affairs of the Sixth Palace that they have to meet occasionally. As for Concubine Duan, she remembered what happened just now, and she is even more unhappy now.
At ease, maybe I could have said hello properly, but now I raised my chin and walked towards the palace gate.
Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan looked at each other in confusion. Concubine Duan had an old grudge against the imperial concubine and cursed in a low voice: "With her head raised like a pheasant, isn't she afraid of twisting her neck?"
"Say less." Although Concubine Rong didn't understand why they had offended the imperial concubine, she thought that she couldn't afford to offend the imperial concubine, so she didn't bother to worry about it so much. She said she wanted to go to Zhongcui Palace to see Lan Qi, and the two of them took a warm sedan chair.
She leisurely turned back to Zhongcui Palace, and when she arrived in front of the door, there was snow falling in the sky. Concubine Rong smiled, "It has only stopped snowing for a few days. I don't know how many more days it will take for this one to come down."
"Sister, please go in and sit down. It will be late and snowy soon, so it won't be convenient to go back." Duan Concubine's mood improved, and she pulled her in. Concubine Rong asked, "A few days ago, everyone was afraid of meeting the emperor when he came here, and it seemed that he came here deliberately to show his face.
Yes, Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi told me that they dare not come, but even though I waited and waited, I didn’t see the Emperor coming. Why doesn’t the Emperor come to see her?”
Duanbi smiled and said: "She feels bad too, but she doesn't want to show it, so let's not mention it. I don't know what the emperor has in mind. Every day, the eunuchs and maids of Qianqing Palace come to greet me, but they don't come in person, but long live it.
I've always treated her differently, I've been here for a long time and I'm used to it."
While talking, they had already arrived in front of the East Wing Hall. There was a quarrel going on inside. The palace maid opened the thick cotton curtain, and heard the cloth noble say: "You dare to hang me, I will go find the nanny and tie the knot for you right away."
Tie it up firmly."
The two hurried in and saw the noble lady kneeling on the kang, holding scissors in one hand and lifting up her clothes with the other. She wanted to cut off the corset tied around her waist and abdomen. Tears were rolling in her eyes and her face was red from holding back.
, but the nobleman refused and said: "If your belly is loose, you can't take it back. Just be obedient and tie it up for a few more days. In the future, your belly will be loose and the emperor will not be disgusted when he sees it?"
With these words, the little noble's tears fell down like broken threads. She knelt down on the kang and just cried. Concubine Rong quickly came up and took the scissors from her hand, and touched the corset at her waist. It was indeed a little tight.
, smiled and coaxed her to straighten up again, and tied it up again with her own hands. It became looser, and Lan Qi's face became more energetic.
Huan Chun and others came to fetch water for her to wipe her face, and brought tea and brought chairs. Everyone in the room sat down. Lan Qi leaned softly on one side and lowered her head without saying anything. Concubine Rong sat over and held her hand, moving towards her.
He touched his waist and abdomen and said proudly: "Look at my waist, it doesn't look like someone who has given birth to many children, right?"
Lan Qi touched it in her hand. Sure enough, her waist was as slim as a willow, her muscles and bones were firm and without any fat. She nodded blankly. Concubine Rong smiled and said, "It's good to be able to endure hardship. We are all pampered, and there are people taking baths."
Just take care of me. Just rest and rest every day. The flesh will grow all over your body. If you don’t endure some hardships after giving birth, you will never be able to get your loose belly back. You are younger than me. Do you think you will become paunchy in the future?
?”
Duan Bin came to tug Rong Bin's sleeves and winked, but Rong Bin smiled back: "You just coax her and don't tell her what's on your mind, sooner or later she will be upset." She turned around and asked Lan Qi, "
Do you want the child or the emperor?"
Lan Qi's cheeks turned red and she shook her head in surprise: "It's okay, I'm making fun of you."
"Who is making fun of you? The three of us here have all experienced it. How did you persuade Bu Guiren back then? Have you forgotten those words?" Rong Pin held Lan Qi's hand like a sister and said, "I don't have to be with you.
Compare, but now the child is raised in Cining Palace. You can see it often after confinement. The emperor sends people three times a day to ask if you are okay. We were not so lucky at that time. If you don’t know
If you are not satisfied, you can only end up in this uncomfortable situation. I remember that the noble lady from Zhongcui Palace only had a flower-like smile on her face, and the Empress Dowager loved her so much."
Lan Qi herself didn't understand what was going on. Her younger brother had not seen anything like this since he went to Cining Palace. However, he heard that the prince had recovered, that Xuan Ye had visited his son, and that the empress dowager had asked her to rest for another half month.
, the spirit began to become worse and worse.
According to her temper, she would never be like this. How could a person who always talks about being content and happy allow herself to be depressed to this extent? But these days are getting worse and worse. Today, she feels very uncomfortable. After hearing this
Bu Guiren kept asking her to eat less and tighten her waist, which made her feel angry all of a sudden, and this is what the concubine Duan saw.
"I don't know what's wrong, I always feel bad." Lan Qi tried her best to smile, but her eyes rolled down. Bu Guiren could only coax her with a wry smile, "If I don't advise you anymore, you can eat whatever you like.
Ducheng, the emperor always thinks you are thin anyway, it’s better to gain some weight, but don’t cry.”
Lan Qi is not unreasonable. Over the years, she has been loved by Xuan Ye, pampered by the Emperor and Empress, and taken care of by nobles and concubines. She has become more and more like an emperor's woman. She can no longer be compared to the forbearance of a slave.
, not to mention that at that time, all we had to endure was being bullied, but now we have to endure all kinds of violence. People’s hearts are only so big, and there are times when no one can bear it.
"Sister, you'd better take care of me." The little noble finally calmed down and smiled softly. Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan were both happy. The four of them sat and chatted with each other. Concubine Rong taught her how to tie herself up and then tied her up.
The old ladies called and warned them not to kill themselves, and then hurried back before dark. By that time, the falling snow was already flying like goose feathers, and there were several inches of snow everywhere in the palace. She got off the sedan and walked into the house.
Just a layer of snow fell.
Ji Xin did not go out and took care of her elder brother and princess at home. When she saw her master coming back, she came over to help her change clothes and wash herself. She held a warm hand stove and handed it to her master, saying: "When it snows, Empress Hui will take care of the princess."
Zhu Juechan promised to come, and when he heard that you and Empress Duan were going to Ningshou Palace, he said that he would not wait and would probably go to Yikun Palace."
Concubine Rong came to her children's room with a stove in hand. She did not disturb Rong Xian while he was writing. Her son had not yet woken up from his nap. She took a look at her son before returning to the Nuan Pavilion and said lazily: "Jue Chan's appearance is indeed outstanding.
, the longer it is, the more beautiful it is. Just looking at the noble lady is a beauty, but if they are put together, the noble lady will be inferior to her. No wonder the concubine Hui refuses to let go, leading her to show her face everywhere, and she is not afraid of the jealousy of those above.
"
Ji Xin handed her the hot tea, stood aside and said, "It's impossible for Concubine Wen to be jealous, but she should be on guard against Concubine Wen."
Concubine Rong drank the tea, played with the lid of the teacup, and said disdainfully: "She hates the eldest brother in her heart, and the two people in Yikun Palace are not fuel-efficient lamps. Anyway, what she pushed out was Jue Chan's promise, in front of Long Live Lord
It's embarrassing for her, so she can work hard. If she doesn't attract the crowd like the imperial concubine instead, the one who suffers is Jue Chan's promise, which has nothing to do with her. Hui Gui has always been the best at planning."
Ji Xin said: "My slave, look at it, Empress Hui is quite caring to her master."
Concubine Rong handed her the teacup, and she found a comfortable position to rest, saying meaningfully: "I don't care whether she cares about me or not. Anyway, except for Concubine Duan, there is no one in this palace that I can be very sympathetic to."
He rubbed his forehead and said softly, "What kind of little promise has she spent all her efforts to cultivate, but the ready-made one is right in front of her?"
Ji Xin knew that her master was talking about noble people, so she didn't answer her words, but she understood in her heart that Concubine Rong was currently taking care of the Queen Mother and getting close to noble people for the sake of the future of her elder brother and princess. Since then, the emperor rarely changed his mind.
, she turned over the sign without registering it, and the master was secretly depressed for a few days. After he regained his composure, he stopped forcing her. After following her for more than ten years, I knew that if the master didn’t have such magnanimity, mind, and self-cultivation, how could he be so famous in the past?
When Queen Sheli was around, she could also be valued by the emperor.
But when it comes to virtuous people, Ji Xin, who has led her the way until now, looks at her coldly and has some opinions of her own. Now she said to Concubine Rong: "I also think that virtuous people are very good people to get along with.
The master should get closer to virtuous people, because virtuous people have no desires or desires."
Concubine Rong laughed at her: "You haven't seen how she looks today. She looks like a coquettish girl, but what's actually burning in her heart? Isn't she a woman who wants to see the emperor and raise a child? She can feed him Coptis chinensis even if she eats it.
Swallow, why can I eat without tasting the sweetness? Everyone is the same. After tasting the sweetness, who can calmly go back to continue suffering? She is the same, the more favored and praised, the easier it is to get lost.
, no wonder Hui Bin said that she really wants to see when she will be where we are today."
"So, the master doesn't want to get close to a noble person?" Ji Xin was confused. She could never catch up to Concubine Rong's thoughts.
Concubine Rong turned over to a more comfortable position, closed her eyes to take a nap, and murmured: "She is indeed the easiest person to get along with. The charcoal stove is very warm in winter, but do you dare to stick to it to keep yourself warm? It won't burn you all.
Flesh."
It snowed for three or four days. On the day of Laba, Concubine Tong led the Qian Palace to prepare porridge for the concubines. The Empress Dowager also gave Laba porridge from Yong'an Temple, so Duan and Bu Gui had no choice but to
He led the princess to Chengqian Palace to join in the fun. Lan Qi stayed behind in Panxia. After everyone left, he called her into the house and gave her her share of the Laba porridge that the Empress Dowager had gifted her to Yong'an Temple.
"In the past, you always said that you wanted to eat Laba porridge from Yong'an Temple. It was your fault that the old monks didn't make more. Now they make more. They know that there are many empresses in the palace, and they are afraid of fighting if they can't divide them." Lan Qi was in a good mood.
Pan Xia sat with Pan Xia, and Pan Xia was not polite. She ate a lot of porridge and gave it to her to eat a few mouthfuls. Huan Chun happened to come back from the Chengqian Palace with a reward. He saw them hiding here and deliberately acted coquettishly and said Lan Qi was partial.
, Lan Qi asked her to eat it too, but Huan Chun said that Concubine Tong had already eaten it.
"Have all the palaces gone?" Lan Qi looked out the window with her neck raised. She didn't like going to Chengqian Palace, and she didn't like Concubine Tong very much, but she couldn't see Xuan Ye or her children, and was locked up for dozens of days.
For many people, the longing for lively places was something they never dared to imagine before.
Huan Chun opened the box and found a full box of various snacks. It was said that Concubine Tong specially asked the imperial kitchen to develop new patterns, and each palace sent a box. Several concubines also received a string of fragrant beads.
After Panxia swallowed a mouthful of porridge, she saw Lan Qi grab a piece of snack for her and put it back after saying she was full. She asked out of curiosity: "Is Concubine Wen here too?"
Lan Qi's eyes flickered, but she heard Huan Chun say: "I only sent Dongyun here, saying that he couldn't get out of bed because he was sick." She thought for a while and sighed, "You can't stay sick forever. To be honest, I won't see you in the future.
, I’m embarrassed too.”
Pan Xia didn't know what happened that time, but Huan Chun knew a little bit about it. Seeing that Pan Xia asked curiously, he changed his mind and muffled the matter. Soon Pan Xia left and went back to the palace to look at the stove. After Huan Chun packed his things, he sat down
He went to Lan Qi and said, "I went to the House of Internal Affairs to pick up things a few days ago. I met Dongyun on the way. After chatting for a while, I found out that Master Aling'a had entered the palace before and was ridiculed by Concubine Wen and kicked out."
Lan Qi's eyes widened, and Huan Chun continued: "Neither the Imperial Concubine nor the Imperial Concubine Wen are good masters. Your thoughts are beyond comparison. It's better for us to stay far away from each other in the future."
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside, asking if there was anyone in the East Wing Hall to support him. A stage was set up in the Chengqian Palace in front of him. Yu Kui and others followed him to join in the fun. Huanchun hurried out and saw Eunuch Li's young apprentice in the Qianqing Palace.
In front of the door, I saw Huan Chun. He was very polite and said with a smile: "Sister, hurry up and clean up for the noble man. I have a warm sedan parked outside. Long Live Lord is waiting to pick up the noble man and go ahead."
Huan Chun was so surprised. He said that it was not the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month and the Empress Dowager was not allowed to go out. The young father-in-law said with a smile: "How can I not ask for grace from above before coming to pick up this person? My sister quickly dressed up the noble man, slave."
Just wait at the door. Now all the palaces are gathering in Chengqian Palace. If you wait for a long time, you might be dazzled."
Huan Chun asked him to drink hot tea in the corridor, and called Pan Xia to come over and help. Lan Qi heard it while she was lying at the window. She was so happy that when Huan Chun came in, she had already dug out her new work and hadn't worn it yet.
He wore a new coat and cloak, and looked at the two of them with a smile: "You guys are going to lock me up again."
"Don't dare." Huan Chun was also happy. Together with Pan Xia, she helped Lan Qi get dressed up. She didn't comb her hair for several days and wore an extra hairpin. Lan Qi called Shen. The two of them ignored her and dressed up according to the rules.
Okay, she put on her cloak and hood tightly, and walked out the door with support. Lanqi had walked the road in this courtyard several times, but she had not set foot on the road outside the gate of Zhongcui Palace for dozens of days.
"The reality is here." Lan Qi stood at the gate of the palace, hearing the hustle and bustle of gongs and drums in front of her, and sighed happily, "This is how I feel down to earth. When the spring flowers bloom, I will step on the mud with my bare feet.
"
Before she could express her emotions any more, her little father-in-law welcomed her into the warm sedan chair and headed all the way forward. Lan Qi didn't ask where she was going, thinking that it was just the Qianqing Palace or the Cining Palace, and now she was even willing to go to the Chengqian Palace.
, as long as I can go out.
After a long journey in a warm sedan chair, all the concubines are accompanying Concubine Tong to watch a play. Since the farce on her birthday, Chengqian Palace has not been so lively for a long time. Maybe no one here is willing to come, but Concubine Tong is now the dominant harem, as if
It is one thing for the Vice-Queen to secretly disdain provocation. In such a big scene, where even the female members of the clan are present, it is unjustifiable to openly refuse to show shame. Moreover, Concubine Tong has always been generous, and coming to her place to watch a play and drink tea is more than acceptable.
The palace's usual specifications are more luxurious and enjoyable.
At this time, the little maid from Zhongcui Palace came to report to Duan Concubine that the noble lady had gone out. Duan Concubine was very surprised, but when she heard that the emperor had taken him away, she understood the importance. She turned around, Hui Concubine and Rong Concubine asked her what was wrong.
, when she heard that Lan Qi was taken away by the emperor, Hui Bin felt sad for a while, but she immediately forced herself to smile: "It's different after all, let's just watch the show."
But just after she finished speaking, someone sitting across from her made an ouch, but she saw Nala Chang frowning, holding her huge belly and shouting that she felt uncomfortable. She was going to give birth in February, so she didn't have to come today.
Guo Guiren didn't come. She insisted on showing her face, but she felt uncomfortable now. She was carried away in a hurry. As expected, the concubine's face was not good-looking. She said coldly to everyone: "Everything is here today."
, but they have all been checked by the people from Taiyuan Hospital, so you can eat with confidence, but don’t make yourself uncomfortable after eating too much, and rely on me to poison you."
Everyone knelt down to appease the imperial concubine, but she was still very unhappy. She gave a perfunctory comment about watching the show, and then the atmosphere took a turn for the worse. The concubines sat down and smiled bitterly. "My dear imperial concubine, why couldn't you hold on till the last moment? You have been doing well today."
They all thought that Concubine Tong had changed her gender, but that was not the case.
After Nala was helped out, Qinglian kindly followed her and asked her to be carried back in a warm sedan chair. Several young eunuchs took a shortcut to her residence, while others went to ask for the imperial doctor, who was in a hurry to get on their way.
Lan Qi was walking slowly there, and there was almost no time difference between the two. Then they happened to meet at a fork in the road in the distance. There was a path on both sides. The young father-in-law from Qianqing Palace heard that he was carrying Chang Zai, so he was anxious and didn't think about it.
Which one it was, he sternly scolded: "The emperor has sent a sedan to pick up a noble person, are you in a hurry to be reincarnated? You blind dog slaves, just give way."
He couldn't help but carry Lan Qi forward. When Lan Qi heard the scolding, she asked what was going on. The young father-in-law said in a friendly manner that he had encountered some eunuchs and maids blocking the way. Lan Qi didn't pay much attention to it and just waited happily to see Xuan Ye.
And the sedan here stopped to wait, Nala Chang Zai heard it very clearly in the sedan. She had a tight stomachache, but they also cursed her to be reincarnated. She was so angry that her face turned red and green, and her stomach became more and more uncomfortable, and then she was hurriedly sent away.
When I returned to the palace, fortunately, nothing serious happened, but this hatred was still in my heart.
The noble man, who was completely unaware of this, was carried all the way south in a sedan chair, but he walked for a long time without stopping. He even opened the curtain and saw the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He didn't go to the Qianqing Palace, thinking that the emperor was going to take him with him again.
She went to see the snow in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but this time she even passed the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then crossed the Jinshui River to reach the Meridian Gate.
Sure enough, when Lan Qi was almost fainted from being jolted by the sedan chair, she finally stopped under the Meridian Gate. The noble man was helped out of the sedan chair. Feeling uneasy, she cautiously asked the young father-in-law: "If you go further outside, you will be able to leave the palace."
Already."
The little father-in-law smiled: "Long live the Lord is waiting for you at the city tower. On New Year's Day, the Long live Lord will declare victory here. Today, several princes are here to inspect. At this moment, the princes have dispersed. Long live the Lord alone is waiting for you to go and have a look."
Lan Qi felt relieved and was led by her little father-in-law to climb up the stairs to the city tower. She could not rest for a long time. She was so tired after climbing a few stairs that she was panting. After finally reaching the top, she heard Xuan Ye, who had not been there for a long time, saying to her: "
So useless?"
Lan Qi stood still and saw that the emperor was dressed in a white cloak that was as white as a jade. The wind was strong on the tower, and the cloak was blown up, revealing a bright yellow dragon robe inside. It was dazzling when the sun hit it. She looked at it in a daze, and she didn't even have time to look at it.
His face was just about to approach him, but her knees weakened as soon as her feet weakened. Fortunately, the people around her helped her, and Xuan Ye quickly came over to pick her up, frowning and said: "What's going on? Let's go this way.
Stop moving."
After putting it down in a sheltered place, he helped her stand firm. The little eunuch over there brought a stool. Lan Qi pushed her hand and said no, took a few steps back to stabilize her body, and then saluted Xuan Ye Zhengzheng. Xuan Ye was impatient and couldn't wait any longer.
He personally pulled her up and muttered: "I don't care about receiving your courtesy."
But Lan Qi smiled happily, looking at the scenery of the imperial city from a distance, her heart felt relaxed. When she looked at Xuan Ye again, she said: "I am rare, I am here to salute you, it is a great honor." But there was someone tight on her waist.
She hugged her tightly, and probably no one heard what she said. Only the warm breath came to her face, and Xuan Ye said to her gently: "I miss you so much."
The young noble pouted slightly and said helplessly: "The door of Zhongcui Palace is open every day, but you just don't come, and you still say you want to? I thought about it so much that I cried several times. I knew it was useless, but I couldn't help it.
"
Xuan Ye was pleased and asked her: "Really?"
"What's fake?" The little nobleman acted coquettishly, but struggled to get out of Xuan Ye's arms and said calmly, "This is a solemn and solemn place. I, my concubine, can talk to the emperor."
Xuan Ye was very happy. He pulled her forward, pointed to the scenery of the imperial city, and told her that the Three Kingdoms had been decided. On the first day of the year, together with the imperial grandmother, they would declare victory to the whole world, and the emperor would be proud and prosperous.
But she turned around and said softly to Lan Qi: "I have something to be happy about, and I just want the people I like to be happy too. I can't bring you here on an important day. It doesn't matter on weekdays. The imperial grandmother also agreed. Lan
Qi, do you know that the day you gave birth to your little brother, the South won a great victory?"
The little noble man shook his head blankly. Suddenly he heard the baby's babbling. He suddenly looked back and looked for it. He saw the wet nurse also wrapped in a cloak and holding the swaddled little brother. She was supported by two maids. She held the baby and slowly bowed down and said, "Little brother."
Brother paid his respects to Huang Ama and E Niang. Lan Qi was overjoyed. Xuan Ye pushed her gently and said, "Go and bring your son to me."
Seeing the child, her legs were no longer sore from climbing the stairs. Lan Qi ran all the way to the wet nurse, stepping on the bottom of the flower pot and making gold bricks clang. However, the wet nurse advised her: "Be careful, noble lady, and hold her tightly."
She smiled cheerfully, held her son firmly in her arms, and was escorted by the wet nurses and maids to the emperor. Only after giving her son to Xuan Ye, the wet nurses withdrew, and Xuan Ye turned around with her little son in her arms.
Let him take a look at the scenery of the imperial city, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and grow up so that Ama can leave the palace, build a palace and build teeth for you early."
Lan Qi didn't think about these words carefully, she just smiled and stood watching. But as she watched, she remembered the dream she had for no reason. At that time, the little brother was still in her belly. She dreamed that the prince... pointed at her.
My stomach is crying loudly.
"What are you doing?" Xuan Ye asked with a smile when he saw her lost in thought.