"Every time the emperor comes to coax me first, and then asks why I don't coax you." Lan Qi leaned on Xuan Ye, greedily enjoying the comfort, and was willing to say some nice words to make him happy, deliberately He said carelessly, "Actually, if the emperor doesn't come back today, I will go to the Qing Palace after cleaning up. It's a pity that the emperor didn't have time to wait and let you take the lead again."
"It doesn't matter, I will leave you now. I will go back to Qianqing Palace and wait for you to come." Xuan Ye wanted to push her away, but she hugged her neck tightly and accidentally touched her slightly bulging belly, which made him dare not mess up. Move, and say in a good voice, "Hurry up and sit down, I don't hurt you, I still hurt the child in your belly."
"Then the emperor won't leave?" Lan Qi still refused to let go.
"Where to go?" Xuan Ye smiled, "It's so easy for you to move here. It's spacious, clean and quiet. Of course I have to take advantage of it. I don't have to worry about anyone anymore, and I don't have to trap you in the Qianqing Palace."
Lan Qi relaxed her hands and sat down, her belly was slightly raised. Xuan Ye frowned and reached out to touch her gently, "I ask the doctor every day if you are okay, thinking that if you feel uncomfortable, I will have an excuse to come and see you." You, you are really up to the task, the imperial doctor said yes every day, I feel at ease and conflicted at the same time, the imperial grandmother has also been worried, saying that you worked hard to take care of her and recuperate, but in the end you neglected it."
Lan Qi smiled: "I eat a lot, my body and bones are very strong."
"Just now..." Xuan Ye wanted to say that she didn't use chopsticks a few times in Chengqian Palace, but he didn't want to bring up those unpleasant things, so he changed his words and said, "Don't be too proud, take good care of yourself." After thinking about it, , nagging her again, "Don't keep calling people to gather if you have nothing to do. Where will I sit when they come?"
Lan Qi glanced at him, lowered her head and muttered: "It doesn't matter whether others come or not. Anyway, the emperor will like anyone he likes wherever he sees it."
Xuan Ye knew what he was talking about and laughed at her: "Are you jealous?"
Lan Qi nodded: "The sourness is quite strong. The day before yesterday, Huanchun made dumplings to eat, and I didn't even need to dip them in vinegar."
"Are you saying this to coax the emperor's grandmother to show off in front of me?" Xuan Ye laughed angrily, pulled her to sit down together, put his arm around his shoulders, and slowly breathed out, "I am in charge of the world, tens of millions of people. How many of you have seen me like this? Even if your life is better, you are grateful for the good governance today, but you don’t even have a picture in your mind. Which one are you thanking? I know it. No matter how hard you work hard to govern and keep the country peaceful, you will still see nothing. It’s just a series of memorials that report good news but not bad news, and all I hear are flattering words from ministers. After all these years, I still feel uneasy.”
When Lan Qi saw the emperor speaking seriously, she listened attentively, because Xuan Ye had told her that even if he didn't understand, he would still have a place to talk, and she must have remembered this when she rushed out to stop the emperor just now. Talked.
"Whether it is tens of millions of ordinary people or the majestic country and land, I can't see or touch it, but I still try my best to protect it day and night. Could it be that I can't protect the wives, children and children around me?" Xuan Ye sneered, "When I think about it, I feel ridiculous. It's like there's an emptiness in my heart that I can't fill."
Lan Qi unconsciously said: "The Empress Dowager once said that this is the loneliness of the emperor."
Xuan Ye looked at her suddenly, and Lan Qi came back to her senses. She smiled and tried to escape: "Your Majesty, continue." But she nodded seriously, "That's right, I think so too. The Imperial Grandmother took all of this into account." It's clear, but you and I still have to explore slowly."
"I am not sending Fourth Brother to Chengqian Palace to make you sad and lonely." Lan Qi held Xuan Ye's hand with both hands, "I am no longer worried about others serving the Empress Dowager, and will also be jealous of others serving the Emperor.
I'm even more worried that my fourth brother will be plotted by someone again. Since I can't cover everything, I have to let go of some things. It's cold-blooded to send away my own flesh and blood. You can comfort me when I cry now, but if you really lose him one day because of caring about one thing and losing another, I'm afraid you will too.
It’s not good to coax him. Instead of worrying about possible tragedies all day long, it’s better not to let the tragedy happen at all. Your Majesty, this is what I think, and I am willing to send my fourth brother away.”
"But when I see you cry..."
Lan Qi said without hesitation: "The imperial concubine did this on purpose today, and I'm not an iron-hearted person. Of course I can't help it. If you don't believe me, ask Huan Chun. I'm really much better. It's not like what outsiders say."
So painful.”
Xuan Ye smiled bitterly: "As long as you're not sad, I'll be fine." He then explained, "The imperial concubine's temper is just like that. She didn't know that you were sending the fourth elder brother away, and she thought it was me who agreed to Tong Guowei's request and sent the fourth elder brother. She
I'm afraid that you'll want to go back, so it's understandable that you deliberately express your defensiveness like this. For the sake of her feeling sorry for Yinzhen, just forget it."
Lan Qi nodded repeatedly. She had always understood the relationship between the emperor and the imperial concubine, whether it was political or emotional. She just wanted to protect her and Xuan Ye's happiness. She followed other people's paths and followed her own path. Being jealous was just a coquettish act, but in her heart
I have never had any injustice or jealousy. It is not because of this big heart that I have been able to get to where I am now and to be loved and cared for by the two palaces step by step.
The two of them talked for a long time, sharing their thoughts with each other. The gloomy mood that had been there for a whole month was relieved. God seemed to be relieved. The snow at the beginning of this year had not come for a long time, but it finally snowed tonight. Xuan Ye set off from Yonghe Palace the next day.
When going to court, the snow on the road was ankle deep, and everyone believed that the auspicious snow meant a good year.
For several days after that, the emperor was in Yonghe Palace, craning his neck to look at the moonlit harem, and everyone left the show in frustration. Some people said that it was the imperial concubine who contributed to the good deeds, in order to thank the emperor for sending her fourth brother.
Some people say that virtuous concubines will be favored by others. How can they protect the emperor without any charm in recent years? However, no matter what anyone said, they did not instigate the conflict between Chengqian Palace and Yonghe Palace. Now one is guarding the child and the other is keeping the fetus.
, the two people at the forefront of the storm are living in peace and harmony.
In a blink of an eye, the twelfth lunar month was just around the corner. That day, Hui Bin came to Yikun Palace to sit around. Jue Chan agreed to come and say hello. After saying a few words, Guo Guiren sent her away in disgust. Yi Bin leaned on the bed with her huge belly.
, I have been breathing harder and harder lately, and I said loudly and loudly: "Sister Hui Bin also teaches my sister for me. It's not good for her to be like this all the time."
Hui Bin didn't say anything, but Guo Guiren argued a few words and left to see the little princess unhappily, leaving Hui Bin and Yi Bin behind. She came to Yikun Palace in recent days and gradually became estranged from Rong and Duan.
He didn't see anyone else there, so he said: "I originally thought that the concubine De was pregnant, and she was unhappy with the emperor about the fourth elder brother. She wanted to send the new bride to serve the emperor, but she didn't expect that the emperor would stay in Yonghe.
Concubine De is so lucky that the palace is gone. I just watched her step by step to become shoulder-to-shoulder with me. She used to grovel in front of me, but now I come to her door and say something to her, everyone is the same.
.”
Yi Bin chuckled, with contempt and disdain in her eyes, "I really don't know if the emperor can hold on, or if she is willing to go out of her way and dare to serve even with her belly full."
Hui Bin raised her eyebrows and smiled angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? You are not ashamed or ashamed."
"I'm not talking nonsense." Yi Bin lowered her voice, "Your Majesty is so full-blooded, how can you be so emotionless after guarding her all these days? God knows what's going on, but she doesn't have any ability to be charming? I don't believe it."
Concubine Hui rolled half a piece of the tired snack in her hand, lowered her eyebrows and said, "If that's true, the one in your backyard is the most effective. It's so beautiful, but the emperor hasn't looked at it carefully."
Yi Bi felt uncomfortable in her stomach, so she took a breath and said, "Sister, it's better to wait. The matter of wooing noble people hasn't gotten over yet."
These words made Hui Bin tense up and said angrily: "What does it have to do with us? The palace... didn't have a serious explanation. She was crushed to death by the earthquake. That incident was just a rumor."
"Are we still playing tricks on each other?" Concubine Yi disdainfully saw the palace maid outside coming to exchange tea. She paused for a moment and waited until the people left before continuing, "After a noble person was crushed to death, you can't mourn casually. Just send it away in such a careless way.
It's impossible that nothing happened. The superiors didn't say anything because they just thought it was ugly. Besides, the person is dead. If he is not dead, I don't know how to check it."
Hui Bin's face turned pale, and she was stunned for a while before she recovered: "Okay, we just have to know what we are doing, and we won't cause any trouble."
But Yi Bin suddenly said: "The eldest brother used to be the most noble person below the prince. Now the son is more noble than the mother. The fourth brother..."
Before she finished speaking, another person came in from outside. Yi Bin was annoyed and wanted to scold her, but the person who came said: "Empress Rong Bin sent someone to invite Empress Hui Bin, saying that Dai promised to be pregnant, so she asked you to come and have a look."
The two looked at each other, thinking for a long time before they remembered that Dai promised. Isn't it the Dai Jia who was inexplicably favored by the emperor in those days of October? How could good news come out of a favor overnight? An Gui people always said in the early years.
There is a vixen in Zhongcui Palace. What kind of vixen is this? It is clearly a blessed place blessed by the Guanyin who sends children.
"Look, can we prevent it?" Hui Bin threw away the snacks in her hand and asked the palace maid to fetch water to wash her hands. Then she hurried to Zhongcui Palace. Her heart was full of mixed emotions, but she only understood one thing. Yi Bin didn't finish her sentence.
She also knew what he said. Now that the fourth elder brother is more valuable than his mother, her eldest elder brother has been outclassed.
When word came to Cining Palace that Dai Yaosheng was pregnant, the Empress Dowager was chanting sutras in the Buddhist hall. Aunt Sumala waited until she came out before reporting it. As expected, even the old man couldn't remember Dai Yaosheng. Later I heard what happened
He smiled happily and said, "Lan Qi is a blessed person, and the people around her are also blessed."
Grandma smiled and said, "You are too partial."
But the Empress Dowager said: "She is so good. I don't favor anyone over whom she favors. Others come to make me partial. Is it okay for you to choose?"
Mammy advised: "You can't say this to Long Live Lord. After all, we are all people around us. There are still jealousies and fights in the small family, let alone the royal family."
The Empress Dowager sighed: "You asked me why the Nala family's affairs were always investigated on Hui and Yi. Just think about what happened that day. Since she knew she was pregnant, she would never save Lan Qi.
It didn't matter if she went to save herself, she must have just watched her fall, but she just wanted me and the emperor to miss her because she was kind-hearted."
"I think that if this is the case, you can say that you didn't know you were pregnant. That would make it appear that you have no motive." However, after she finished speaking, she thought of it and said to herself, "Master's words make sense. If you pretend not to know,
, you have to fall out of harm's way before you can hire an imperial physician, otherwise you would hire an imperial physician for no reason. Yi Bi thought it through, and she probably just bet that others wouldn't think too deeply about it. After all, no one saw what happened at that time.
Empress Debin also said that she was the one who saved her."
The master and servant were walking to the bedroom while talking. Someone came in in front of the palace door. It was the Queen Mother who heard that Dai was happy and came to congratulate the Queen Mother. By chance, the Queen Mother wanted to see her, and the mother-in-law and Sumara were in the palace.
After sitting down, the Empress Dowager said: "I have something to entrust to you, and you will not be free from now on. You have already decided to answer me, and I won't force you if you don't want to."
The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Your Majesty is so polite, I am murmuring in my heart, have I done something bad to make you angry? Just say whatever you want, I have a lot of free time all day long, I wish I had something to do."
"
"That's good, let me see if there is no one else suitable." The Empress Dowager's eyes were deep and slightly serious, "There are always some troubles in the palace recently, but every one of them is neither painful nor itchy, and seems to be there or not, so let's just
It's not easy to manage it, but the young concubine should be beaten."
The Queen Mother didn't seem to understand, and responded blankly: "You said it."
"Yi Bin's temperament needs to be tempered. I don't think she is suitable to raise a prince yet. The imperial doctor said that her pregnancy is likely to be a boy, so it is not suitable to raise her in Yikun Palace." The Buddhist beads in the hands of the Empress Dowager slowly eased.
Turning slowly, he said calmly, "But she is still in the concubine position. It makes no sense to send the child to my elder brother or to anyone else. It is most suitable to send the child to Ningshou Palace. After that, when concubine Yi is born, if she is a prince, then
You will be a little bit tired when I carry her to Ningshou Palace, and it will be difficult to carry a baby."
The Queen Mother was very happy when she heard that she could raise a child. She had been widowed at a young age and had no children. The Ningshou Palace was deserted and deserted. Only she knew how difficult those days were. She had always thought about it, but she just didn't dare.
Although she was secretly happy at the moment, she still said: "I'm afraid Yi concubine won't be happy. I heard she has a straightforward temper. If she acts coquettishly with the emperor, I'm not afraid of her making trouble, but I'm afraid it will make it ugly."
"I will let the imperial doctor make arrangements and tell her to rest and rest. She cannot cause trouble." The Empress Dowager did not take it seriously and said, "Don't think that this is Yi Bin's child. Just think about raising a prince for Xuan Ye."
, don’t bother with education, just raise him up.”
The Queen Mother took the reassurance and felt even happier, but then she thought about what would happen if she gave birth to a princess. She was frustrated when she heard the Queen Mother say again: "If it is a princess, I will also give it to you to raise. That's it. I
Here it depends on the concubine's restraint, it doesn't matter whether the child is a boy or a girl."
This matter was settled quietly in Cining Palace. Yi Bi didn't realize that she had lost the right to raise her own flesh and blood. She gave birth on the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month and worked hard to give birth to her fifth elder brother, but she didn't wait for her
Take a closer look at the child, and the instructions from Cining Palace will come.
She originally thought it was to reward her for giving birth to a prince, but unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager actually gave an order to send her newborn brother to Ningshou Palace to be raised by the Empress Dowager. It looked like a supreme honor, but in fact he was torn into pieces.
Her heart, after that decree, the weak Yi Bin could not catch her breath, and fainted before she could see the child sent away.
When she woke up, everything in the delivery room was tidied up, and all the cradle, bedding, and toys were gone, as if she had never been pregnant for ten months and had never given birth to a child.
Like a resolute decree, this incident spread quickly in the palace. Hui concubine was so frightened that she did not dare to come to congratulate her. When Lan Qi, who was staying at home, heard about it, she just told Huan Chun without raising an eyebrow: "Prepare gifts."
Are you ready? You can send it to Zhong Cui Gongli tomorrow."