"Your Majesty, do you want to see my little brother?" Seeing that Xuan Ye was a little unable to recover, Grandma Sumala knew that her mood was up and down so much that she couldn't calm down for a while. She felt distressed and sighed, so she led him into the main hall to sit down.
Not long after, a wet nurse came with her little brother in her arms. The baby's gray-red skin was wrinkled, and his eyes were tightly closed, so he couldn't see clearly what he looked like. However, the tip of his nose was shaped like Lan Qi's, and his murmuring mouth was gathered together.
, I don’t know who he looks like, Xuan Ye finally smiled and asked his grandma: "Does this child look more like Lan Qi?"
Grandma just smiled: "They all look alike."
He didn't dare to hold the baby too much for fear of hurting the baby. When the wet nurse took the baby again, he asked his grandma again: "Is Lan Qi okay? Is she awake? Why don't you wake her up, just in case..."
"The imperial doctor said that Empress Debin was very strong and could endure hardships. Although the imperial doctor and Po Po Wen were scared to death, the empress got through it on her own. But she got through it, but she suffered a lot.
, I’m so heartbroken.” But the more she spoke, the more moved she became. Seeing Lan Qi trying her best just now, she was no longer the person who pulled her to say she missed her mother when she gave birth to her first child. She was usually sweet-tongued and soft-tempered.
, looking at the person who was cheerful, gentle and lovely all day long, actually had such amazing courage and courage, I firmly told myself that she would definitely be able to give birth.
"Speak more, please. Don't be angry, Your Majesty." Mammy pushed away the people beside her and said softly to Xuan Ye, "The Emperor will love Empress De concubine even more in the future, but giving birth to a child is too damaging to a woman's vitality.
Half a year after the fourth elder brother, we had the sixth elder brother. Although it is a blessing that the empress is in good health, no matter how good her body is, she cannot withstand the torment. The emperor will be more careful when he feels sorry for the empress in the future."
Xuan Ye blushed slightly. His grandma was the one who took care of him since he was a child. Naturally, he said these words, but the young emperor would inevitably be shy. He lowered his head and smiled innocently: "I understand."
Mammy was pleased and reminded: "What will the emperor not reward? Is it time to issue a decree on my little brother's name? You are busy here. I have to go to Cining Palace to return to my life. The Empress Dowager must be waiting in a hurry.
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Only then did Xuan Ye think of his grandmother and said hurriedly: "I'll sit there for a while and see if she wakes up and wants to say a few words through the door. Don't worry, I won't go in. I'll go to Cining Palace to express my congratulations to my grandmother soon."
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Mammy was relieved and left two capable palace maids. When she went out and walked through Chengqian Palace, she saw the imperial concubine leading the fourth brother out. The fourth brother was staggering and walking very well. Mammy stepped forward and saluted.
, Concubine Tong just smiled: "The sun is nice, I will take Brother Si out for a walk to bask in the sun."
Mammy listened and asked the imperial concubine and the fourth elder brother to go first. She stood there and watched the mother and son leaving. She sighed in her heart. If the imperial concubine led the fourth elder brother to Yonghe Palace now, the emperor would definitely be happy. Why did she have to
Sitting high in the clouds, I could just ask myself how the Yonghe Palace is doing. People who live next to each other are so aloof. If the emperor sees it, he may not be without chills.
Ben's good mood was slightly affected, and Mammy returned to Cining Palace to resume her duties. The master and servant had been together for many years, and the Empress Dowager knew what she was hiding from her just by looking at her. She was worried that it was Lan Qi's fault that they kept it from her.
After asking again and again, Mammy said: "I'm thinking of Concubine Tong. There was such a big movement in Yonghe Palace today. Concubines Rong and Concubine Hui sent their maids to keep an eye on it. But Concubine Tong lives nearby and doesn't hear anything."
Just ask. When the slave came back, he saw her taking the fourth brother to bask in the sun. He clearly watched the slave come out of Yonghe Palace and didn't ask a question. The slave was worried that sooner or later, the imperial concubine would be unhappy with the emperor's behavior, and the emperor was still worried about it.
I'm afraid I haven't let it go yet. If something really happens and Empress Debin's good intentions are betrayed and the child is snatched away, it won't be interesting."
The Empress Dowager was not very happy either, but after thinking quietly for a while, she comforted her and said, "Xuan Ye is indeed worried about this matter, but I can trust Lan Qi. Since she wants to give the child to the imperial concubine, I will never let the emperor come back again. There is nothing wrong with the wife being peaceful now. It is better for the concubine to focus on the child than to mess around like before."
When she saw her master, she stopped thinking randomly. She smiled and asked the Empress Dowager to reward her with something. Not long ago, there was news from outside that the sixth elder brother named Yin Zuo, and as expected, in less than an hour, there was a relative. The old ministers asked to see the Empress Dowager, but Aunt Sumala stood in the way and invited them to the Qianqing Palace to wait for the emperor. She said that the emperor was no longer the emperor, so there was no need to bother the Cining Palace with everything.
Xuan Ye was also prepared to be asked about the child's name by the courtiers. After leaving Yonghe Palace, he had no time to see his grandmother. He went straight to Qianqing Palace to talk to several ministers behind closed doors. Within a long time, he suppressed the criticism. After all, he is not the late emperor. He has the crown prince of the East Palace. The word "Zuo" means more blessing. As for the other meaning, depending on what people think, it is natural that he and the Empress Dowager have concerns about the succession of the throne.
When the child got a name, the weak mother was still asleep. Lan Qi slept until the sunset in the evening. When she woke up, her body was weak and her mind was blank. After the severe pain, her body seemed to have been reborn again. She stared blankly at Huan Chun in front of the window. She was called several times before she finally came to her senses. The first thing she asked was: "Where is the child?"
She knew that she had a difficult childbirth, and her courage and efforts at that time were now very vague. She could hardly remember whether she had given birth to the child. She only remembered that she had used her last bit of strength to fall into the boundless darkness. It was a sudden return from darkness to the human world.
"My little brother is in the cradle, sleeping very well." Huan Chun turned sideways and pointed back, "My little brother is very healthy. Master, don't worry, but you are too weak. You need to take good care of yourself. ."
Lan Qi asked her to get a cushion and sat up on it. Her limp body had no strength. After that, she couldn't even lift a bowl to drink water or medicine. But she was in good spirits and in a good mood. She kept looking at the cradle not far away. Smiling, hoping that the child would wake up so that he could hold him over and show her.
But at night, when the sixth elder brother finally woke up and cried and nursed, his mother fell asleep again, and the mother and son could never see each other. Fortunately, Lan Qi recovered very well after sleeping for a day and a night, and finally had the strength to nurse her mother the next afternoon. Yinzuo hugged him, but with this hug, the man who had always been strong suddenly burst into tears. At that moment, Aunt Sumala came. When she saw this scene, she knew that she missed the fourth elder brother.
The wet nurse fed her milk and put her to sleep, and the nanny asked her to put the cradle next to the bed so that the concubine could keep an eye on her at all times. After all the irrelevant people had left, the nanny comforted her: "At least the sixth brother can stay here for a long time." By your side, Fourth Brother also has your concubine who will take care of you wholeheartedly, so please don’t be sad. Shedding tears during confinement is not good for your eyes."
Lan Qi was only moved for a moment, remembering the twelve days after giving birth to Yinzhen, how she and her child got along day and night, thinking that Yinzhen had eaten her own mother's milk, she couldn't help crying. And this time, after giving birth to Yinzu, the second time She still has no milk, and she doesn’t know whether it’s because the medicine she took to restore breast milk after her first child was broken, or whether it was because the birth was too debilitating. Even the wet nurse said she was afraid it would be difficult to have a child who could be raised by her side, but she couldn’t eat it. She was even more upset because it was her mother's breasts, and this was against the rules, so she couldn't say it out loud yet.
Mammy added: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself for a month or two. When the spring comes, the flowers will bloom. The Queen Mother has been thinking about the flowers and plants in the garden all year round. Then she will accompany the Queen Mother to stay in the garden for a while. It will be clean and suitable for recuperation."
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Lan Qi smiled softly: "Leave the emperor in the palace?"
Mammy had less scruples with her, so she got closer and said affectionately: "The empress naturally has to serve the emperor, but in these six months and a year, you have to be more careful. In order to have good health for a long time, not to mention that this time it is difficult to give birth, so don't worry about your body."
It won’t work if you raise it well.”
Lan Qi's face was red. She heard a few unpleasant words from outside when she was pregnant, but she really didn't go out of her way to serve Xuan Ye. Xuan Ye also cherished her more than anyone else. How could he ask her to get close to him with her belly full?
For most of the year, it was hard for her to be pregnant with the child, and it was hard for Xuan Ye to endure it. But now that grandma has to take good care of her body, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Xuan Ye, and even had a little narrow-mindedness. She kept giggling in her arms.
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There was just one thing in her heart that she couldn't fully understand. Xuan Ye's previous words also avoided the most important meaning. After chatting with her grandma for a long time, Lan Qi couldn't help but ask.
Aunt Sumala heard about asking the sixth elder brother's name, and she also knew that De's concubine had read many books under the guidance of the emperor over the years and would not understand this word. Seeing no one around, she whispered: "Slave.
You shouldn't have said these words in the first place, so once you hear them, forget them and don't keep them in your heart."
Lan Qi listened to her grandma's explanation in confusion, and then realized that she was still too immature. How could she not have thought that although there was a prince in the Yuqing Palace, he was still a child. Even if he grew up in the future, he didn't know he would meet him.
What, if one day the prince disappears, the royal family will have to choose a new one, and Xuan Ye...
"You don't need to worry about these things. Your responsibility is to serve the emperor and the prince well. There are several empresses in the palace who take these things on themselves. But if you are so entangled, you will not be able to do what you should do well and what you should not do.
Everything you do is a mess, and in the end I'm afraid you won't get anything." Grandma Sumala told Lan Qi earnestly, "The empress must have a long mind, but how she lived her life in the past will be how she will live her life in the future. I have said the same thing to other slaves.
People said it, but they didn't hold back. You must know that your man is the monarch of the world."
Lan Qi nodded vigorously. She thought of the pride of the monarch and emperor Xuan Ye at the beginning, so she did not refuse the name "Yinzuo". Now, with the help of her mother-in-law, she understands clearly in her heart that the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye have always been favored.
She accepted them all, it was not that she was not humble, nor was she arrogant, she just didn't want to live up to others' wishes. Why couldn't she bear it if she was innocent, and why would she care about the feelings of those who cared for her?
As for what irrelevant people think of her, she doesn't care.
On the third day after delivery, the sixth elder brother was having his third bath. Last year, the Queen Mother had visited the little princess to have her third bath, but this time she did not come to Yonghe Palace. Instead, the queen mother came with the fifth elder brother in her arms, so all the concubines dared to come and join in the fun.
The fifth elder brother was only two months old, and there was not much difference between the two brothers when they were placed side by side. The Queen Mother was very happy and said to Lan Qi: "They are one-sided, so they must be closer than other brothers. Can you
Don’t always hide the sixth elder brother in Yonghe Palace, let them spend more time together as brothers.”
"I'm so stingy. If the Queen Mother favors the fifth elder brother in the future, I won't bring the sixth elder brother to play." Lan Qi giggled and was scolded by the queen mother, "I'll take the sixth elder brother away too. Look.
Are you stingy or not?"
The mother-in-law and her daughter were having a great time chatting and laughing. Concubine Rongrong came in and said that even though the table was set, the Queen Mother did not go to eat. No one else dared to move their chopsticks. The Queen Mother said she had no appetite and was full just by looking at the two children. Concubine Rongrong
After a few words of coaxing with the Duan concubines, Lan Qi couldn't do anything. Lan Qi begged them to greet the others for her, and then withdrew.
As they were leaving, Concubine Duan gently pulled Concubine Rong and asked in a low voice: "Sister looked at the two children just now and seemed to be in a bad mood."
"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just emotion." Concubine Rong straightened the string of bloodstones hanging on her chest, lowered her head and said, "I've been through hell again and again, leaving Yinzhi and Rongxian behind. I'm afraid there won't be anything left in the future.
Opportunity, I feel a little uncomfortable."
Duan concubine helped her and said: "Sister, she is already very lucky. Although I shouldn't say these words, De concubine is so blessed. I don't know what kind of body she has and how long she can bear it. It's better not to think about this for the two of us."
, I’m afraid that once I press it down, everything will be gone.”
Concubine Rong nodded and said, "That's not the case. They are not the same people. She was born to be rich and noble."
While talking, Hui Bin came from the front and said with a smile: "Sisters are waiting impatiently. They said you were going to invite the Queen Mother, but why didn't you come yourself? You asked me to come and have a look. They are all waiting to have a drink."
"What should I do if I eat alcohol in broad daylight and make a fool of myself when I'm drunk?"
A few people chatted and laughed. No matter what the relationship is with each other now, they are always polite on the surface. Today we come to congratulate Brother Liu for his third bath. The Empress Dowager gave us a banquet. Concubines Hui and Rong, headed by Concubines Hui and Concubines Rong, and the rest of the nobles.
Chang Zai promised to come a lot. Bu Gui and Dai promised to be guests of Yonghe Palace, and of course they were there today. Dai promised to have a body that was even more valuable, and An Gui promised to come. They didn't expect that, so they rushed up.
Lai promised to get close to Dai, but Bu Gui wanted to be sarcastic, but was stopped by Dai Jia.
Let's say that Bu Guiren didn't want to see Dai Jia for a while, but her appearance didn't change even after she was pregnant. She was a soft-hearted person, and after listening to Lan Qi's persuasion, she let down her guard and was willing to get close to her. Zhong Cui's palace
After all, we are as close as a family, and we have good friends in Yonghe Palace, which is the most enviable place in the palace today. Thinking about that Aunt Wang many years ago, she despised Bu Guiren for being useless and complained that Zhongcui Palace was not having a good life, how could we know that there would be
In today's situation, it can be seen that the old grandma herself is not blessed.
The sisters were sitting drinking and joking. During the dinner, someone said: "Someone in the garden went to clean it. They said that it is the beginning of spring and that after Empress Debin recovers, she will stay there for a while to serve the Empress Dowager."
After saying this, another guest arrived outside. Guo Guiren actually came too, holding the little princess in his arms. Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan helped Lan Qi greet the guests. Of course, they couldn't neglect them. They went back to the Queen Mother and Concubine De first.
They just came over and sat down together. Guo Guiren could still talk to the others. After a few chats, he mentioned that the Empress Dowager was going to rest in the garden. Guo Guiren asked with a smile: "Is the Empress De concubine going to take care of her?"
Someone said: "The news coming out of Cining Palace must be correct."
Guo Guiren ate the wine from his cup, thinking over and over again. The concubine De was gone and she would not come back until summer. Once the vixen left, the emperor would naturally have to hang around the harem. She and her sister were well raised.
, why don’t you seize such a good opportunity and wait until the vixen comes back to pester the emperor?
In fact, Guo Guiren was not the only woman sitting here who had such thoughts. She glanced at her casually, and there was a thoughtful look on her face. She couldn't help but sneer in her heart, thinking that these women didn't consider themselves, no matter how beautiful they were.
ability.
Shortly after noon, the Queen Mother was taking the fifth elder brother back. Guo Guiren wanted to go up and have a look, but the others pushed her behind. The Queen Mother also said: "You have all had a drink, go back and rest in the afternoon and don't go out."
"In this way, everyone could no longer gather together. They said goodbye to the concubine through the door and dispersed one after another.
Guo Guiren came back with the princess in his arms, and Jue Chan promised that he was measuring Yi Bin to make new clothes. Since she came to Yikun Palace, although Yi Bin still wears the clothes sent by the sewing room, she will occasionally let her make some clothes.
It is a beautiful and unique piece. These things are not difficult for Jue Chan. Moreover, Yi Bi is always polite and she does not feel aggrieved. Moreover, Guo Guiren looks down on her and does not want her to do it, so she is relieved.
At this moment, Guo Guiren came back and saw her here. Naturally, he felt bad and snorted: "Get out immediately."
Yibin sighed at her sister's temper and asked her to leave first with a smile. Juechan packed up her things and retreated outside the door. But when she passed by the window, she heard Guo Guiren said in a good mood: "Sister, we have a great chance."
Come, I heard that when Wuya is out of confinement, she will serve the Empress Dowager and live in the garden. I may not come back until the autumn. "
Yi Bin was also obviously surprised: "I didn't hear that, it must be a rumor, not to mention that she hasn't served the emperor for so long, how can the emperor be willing to do so?"
"The news that was released by Cining Palace is true. At least there is someone cleaning the garden. Sister, wait a minute. Once that vixen from Wu Ya's family is gone, the emperor will only miss you." Guo Guiren was extremely excited.
, clicked his tongue and said, "In my opinion, she must have been seriously injured during the difficult childbirth. If she doesn't take good care of her, she won't dare to serve the Long Live Lord. At best, she won't be able to take care of her in her lifetime, lest she flatter the emperor."
Yi Bi scolded: "Don't say this again. Wait until she leaves. You must cherish the opportunity. Let me think about it. You too, you should eat less and tighten your waist. I'm pregnant."
Ke Jing still looks chubby to this day."
Afterwards, she heard Guo Guiren say that the Queen Mother would not let her see the fifth elder brother. Jue Chan agreed and went back to his room in the backyard, put down all his things, and while washing his hands, he looked at a new flag of Tianshui color that had not yet been made on the bed.
To dress up, she dried her hands, picked up the scissors, and cut it at the waist. The palace maid was so frightened that she asked her what she was doing. Jue Chan said expressionlessly: "My feet are smaller than Yi Bin's."
The spring cold in February had faded away, and the warmth had begun to make people lazy in early March. When the concubine was in confinement, the emperor went to accompany her every now and then. Everyone looked on coldly, only waiting for the news that the empress dowager was leaving to live in the garden. Sure enough,
In mid-March, the emperor ordered Prince Yu, Prince Gong, and his family to serve the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to stay and rest in the garden. However, in the harem, only the De concubine Wu Ya was sent.