"The emperor is here?" Lan Qi was surprised. Looking at the time, it was almost dark. It was time for dinner to be announced in Qianqing Palace. She didn't hear that he was coming so she went out at dusk, while hurriedly Rushing back, he asked, "Does your Majesty know where I went?"
The little eunuch hurriedly said that he knew it, but the emperor did not send anyone to urge the concubine to return to Yonghe Palace. Eunuch Li sent someone to invite him privately, probably because he was afraid of waiting for a long time. He also said that he had ordered the meal to be sent to Yonghe Palace. Used inside.
When Lan Qi came in, the meal was already being laid out, and she heard the baby's babbling. Yin Zuo also came back from Cining Palace, but she saw Xiang Yue coming up to her, handing over a hand towel to wipe her hands, and leading Lan Qi to Liu'a. I went to my brother's house and said happily: "Long live the Lord is playing with the sixth elder brother. The long live Lord sent people to Cining Palace to bring the sixth elder brother back."
Lan Qi was in a good mood. When she entered the door, she saw Xuan Ye standing next to the cradle, playing with his son by opening and closing his hands. She guessed that he didn't dare to hold the child. Every time he wanted to hug him, he was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. He looked so clumsy and awkward. She is cute in a way that outsiders cannot easily see.
"Back?" Xuan Ye heard the commotion and saw Lan Qi's happy smile when she came in. He was convinced and stretched out his hand before she could salute, "Come and see your son."
Lan Qi simply stopped saluting. When she came to her side, Xuan Ye hugged her waist, pointed at Yinzuo and said, "Look, he looks more and more like you, with his eyes and nose."
The little guy in the cradle was babbling, and he seemed to recognize Lan Qi as E Niang. He grinned as soon as he saw Lan Qi. The pink flesh on his face was squeezed into a pile, and his eyes and nose could be seen who he looked like, Xuan Ye. I couldn't help but stretched out my hand to pinch my son's cheek and scolded him: "Who made you laugh? Please let your mother-in-law take a closer look."
This squeeze made the baby cry immediately. Xuan Ye was at a loss. Lan Qi quickly asked the wet nurse to coax her. She took the emperor out and said, "The emperor will bully the weak, his concubines, and his sixth elder brother."
Dinner had been laid out, and Lan Qi wanted to change her clothes and wash her hands, but Xuan Ye insisted on following her. The two of them played around for a while, and neither of them mentioned anything else. When they were about to go out to eat, Eunuch Li came outside and said, "Your Majesty, The prince has arrived."
Lan Qi was a little surprised, but Xuan Ye said: "The prince has had a bad appetite these days. At yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, he didn't eat anything. The imperial doctor said that being greedy for cold in summer weakens the spleen and stomach. I think he is probably still alone. Eating is too boring. I usually feel bored and don't bother to use my chopsticks. It's rare that I have free time today, so I asked him to come and have a meal with me. I'll go back after eating. Don't mind."
Lan Qi knew that none of the concubines in the palace were willing to take care of the prince, saying that she killed two queens because both the empress dowager and the emperor loved the prince. Although this was only rumored in private, the emperor had obviously heard about it. One or two, those few words just now were just for fear that she might have some taboos. Although Lan Qi didn't care about such legends in her heart, she felt more sorry for Xuan Ye's helplessness.
The prince came in soon and bowed to his father and the concubines. Xuan Ye asked him if he had not eaten yet and asked him to sit next to him. Lan Qi served him food in person, thinking that she and Xuan Ye were chatting while eating. , but now it was the father and son who talked a lot, while she arranged meals for the two of them, and occasionally talked a few words together, which was quite enjoyable.
But the prince's appetite was really bad. He tried various tricks to coax him to eat, but he was not interested. However, the duck porridge made by Huanchun was very appetizing. After eating a bowl, he still wanted it, but Xuan Ye was afraid that he would overeat instead. Asking him to add more, Lan Qi coaxed him: "How about I let Huan Chun make breakfast tomorrow morning and send it to Yuqing Palace to make breakfast for the prince?"
The prince nodded happily and put in another small plate of vegetables. He put down his chopsticks and said he was full. He stood up and asked his father: "I want to see my sixth brother, okay?"
Xuan Ye readily agreed and asked his grandma to take him away. He also added a bowl of porridge. Huan Chun smiled and said, "I saw that my empress was not in good spirits today and was afraid that her appetite would be bad, so she made porridge to prepare for dinner at night."
Yes, I didn’t expect that both the emperor and the prince would like it.”
Lan Qi smiled and pushed her and said, "Do you want the emperor to reward you with something?"
"Of course I want to reward you. It's rare that I can satisfy the prince's appetite, and even the imperial kitchen is dedicated to it." Xuan Ye ate the porridge himself, and felt that his spleen and stomach were mild and comfortable. He called Eunuch Li and asked him to reward the Huanchun Silver Ingot.
Both of them had a satisfying meal. Lan Qi herself was in a daze and didn't eat much all day long. Now after eating a bowl of porridge, she regained a lot of strength. Her face gradually turned rosy and her smile became more charming. Xuan Ye looked at it carefully.
After a while, they held hands and stood up and said, "Go out and take a walk."
The two of them walked along the corridor under the eaves. There were still many empty rooms in Yonghe Palace. Xuan Ye suddenly said: "In the next ten or twenty years, there will be more and more concubines in the palace. I probably can't let them go."
You live alone, and now I have the purest time, so I have to cherish it."
Lan Qi asked with a smile: "Why does the emperor cherish it so much?" But she was given an ambiguous look. She turned her face away and did not dare to ask again, but she heard Xuan Ye ask her: "I didn't feel well last night and today. Why did I feel so bad in the evening?"
You're still out, have you gone to see Master Juechan?"
The matter was brought up after all, Lan Qi responded softly, and the emperor continued to ask: "Are you feeling uncomfortable because I was nice to her before and you are jealous?"
"If I say that I'm jealous, will the emperor tease me?" She put down the burden in her heart. Of course, it didn't matter if she brought it up again. She was joking, "I'm afraid people outside are waiting to see what I'm laughing at. What do I do?
Do you want people to laugh at you? That’s why I openly went to see if Jue Chan is always here. Congratulations on her pregnancy, and wish her a safe and healthy baby brother for the emperor."
"Really?" Xuan Ye asked, seemingly smiling and gentle, but his eyes seemed to have a deeper meaning.
But the light was dim, and Lan Qi did not look at Xuan Ye's eyes carefully, and answered without thinking: "Of course it is true, does the emperor think that I am so stingy? Although she is a bit stingy, and it makes her sleep uneasy all night, but she thinks about it during the day
I think it would be more irritating to be laughed at and pointed out by others behind my back than to be jealous, so even if I pretend to be generous, I still have to live up to the dignity of the Lord of Yonghe Palace..."
Xuan Ye laughed out loud, and Lan Qi asked anxiously: "What did I say wrong?" But someone hugged her tightly around her waist. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, she said against her cheek, "You ask me if I can
I’m trying to coax you, but what’s the one thing that I didn’t do first to coax you?”
Lan Qi smiled and pushed Xuan Ye's body away, and said proudly: "What a pity, I don't want the emperor to coax me this time, I'm not jealous or unhappy."
Xuan Ye immediately let go of his hand and walked forward. Lan Qi was stunned and quickly caught up with her, pestering her like a fool. Xuan Ye also played with her, and both of them were in a good mood.
In Xuan Ye's view, no matter what Lan Qi was struggling with, once she figured it out or let it go, there was no need to pursue it. As for Nalan Rongruo and Jue Chan clan, there was no reason to pursue the past matters, but in the past
He had a sense of what would happen next.
The two were walking hand in hand, and were hesitating whether to leave Yonghe Palace. Suddenly they heard Yinzuo's loud cry, and then they remembered that the prince was still there. They turned back together and saw that the wet nurse was holding Yinzuo and coaxing him, and the prince stood with his hands behind his back.
Beside him, he was still holding Yin Zuo's toy in his hand.
"Yinreng, what's wrong?" Xuan Ye asked. The prince was startled when he heard the sound. He turned around and saw his father coming. He immediately ran over to explain, "I wanted to play with my brother, but he suddenly cried. I didn't cry on purpose."
his."
When Lan Qi saw that the prince was so nervous, she actually felt distressed. She knelt down to comfort him: "Brother Six is teething and he cries several times every day. Of course it's not the prince who makes him cry."
The prince listened doubtfully, but asked her: "Does the fourth elder brother also have teeth?" Lan Qi was puzzled, and the prince continued, "Last night, the younger brothers and sisters were playing together, and the fourth elder brother kept crying for no reason, and the imperial concubine also scolded her.
I killed the eldest imperial sister and Duan Jing." He stretched out his hand towards Lan Qi and lifted up his sleeve to reveal a long scar, "Yin Zhen scratched my arm."
Lan Qi was shocked and looked at Xuan Ye in amazement. Xuan Ye didn't even know that the people waiting nearby were so frightened that they knelt down to plead guilty, saying that the prince would not let them report. Lan Qi saw that the wound had scabbed over, and it seemed that it was not the case.
It was very deep, but I still took the prince to take a closer look under the lamp. Only the area with the larger wound was slightly red and swollen, and there were no other problems, so I was relieved.
The prince said seriously: "Yin Zhen always grabs things, and he also wants Yinzhi's things. If I don't let him take it, he grabs my arm. But I don't blame him, because he is my younger brother."
Lan Qi's heart trembled when she heard this. She didn't know whether this child knew whose child Si Age was, but he didn't let the mothers tell, but now he said it. If Yinzuo hadn't cried so much,
Will he say it? What on earth is this little kid thinking in his head?
Xuan Ye did not pursue the faults of the maids too much, and only warned them to report anything in the future. After that, he came over to look at the prince's wounds and asked him slightly seriously: "Yin Zhen scratched you, what happened?
Does the noble concubine know?"
Yin Reng shook his head: "My son won't cry like my younger brother. No one around him knew it. My mother-in-law didn't see her until I was taking a bath. Emperor Ama, don't blame Yinzhen. I think he
As long as you change your temper, you won't behave like this in the future."
The two adults looked at each other, then Xuan Ye reached out and touched his head and said gently: "When you grow up, when Yinzhen and Yinzuo grow up, the elder brother can teach the younger brother. Huang Ama believes that you will
He is a good brother."
Yinreng nodded seriously: "I will be a good brother, please rest assured, Emperor Ama."
Xuan Ye smiled unnaturally, but he still praised the prince. He also said that it was getting late and asked someone to take him back to Yuqing Palace. Because he was worried, he asked Eunuch Li and others to accompany him. He stood in front of the door and kept looking at the prince.
The figure disappeared into the night, then turned around and saw Lan Qi hugging Yinzuo and making him laugh.
"What did the prince do to sixth brother just now?"
Lan Qi suddenly heard these words and was startled. She turned around and saw Xuan Ye walking to the wet nurse. The wet nurse was also stunned. Lan Qi followed and repeated the emperor's meaning gently. The wet nurse said tremblingly: "Go back to the emperor."
In other words, the prince didn't do anything. The prince kept talking to the sixth brother, asking the sixth brother to grow up quickly. Later, the slave brought toys and asked the prince to tease the sixth brother. The sixth brother probably thought it was his own.
It was taken away, so I cried."
Lan Qi handed the baby to the wet nurse, helped Xuan Ye out, and avoided asking: "What's wrong with you?"
Xuan Ye shook his head silently, and after entering the room, he sat cross-legged on the kang and said he wanted to drink tea. Lan Qi knew that he wanted to be alone for a while, so she went to the tea room to make tea herself without letting Huan Chun and the others go.
disturb.
I opened a vat of Gulian Spring water in the tea room, and when I was about to boil the water, I saw Yinzuo's wet nurse coming, saying that she was coming to get water for my sixth brother to drink, but she inadvertently came to Lan Qi's side.
Lan Qi understood, and after putting the spring water on the stove, she and she went to the door. Avoiding other people, she heard the wet nurse say: "Your Majesty, when the Emperor asked you just now, my servant didn't tell the truth."
Lan Qi frowned. Of course the mother was nervous, so she asked softly: "Did the prince bully Yinzuo?"
"No, no." But the wet nurse kept denying it, "I dare not say what the prince said to the sixth elder brother. The prince actually said, 'Yin Zuo, when you grow up, you can't be like the eldest brother, father.
I like him, he is too naughty, your fourth brother is not good, he is so domineering at such a young age, Yin Zuo, you have to be like me...'" The wet nurse became quieter as she spoke, holding her heart in her hands and said, "I really don't dare, this slave.
Say these few words to the emperor, have you done something wrong, my concubine?"
Lan Qi's heart was heavy. She reassured her wet nurse that it was okay and told her that it was right not to tell her. Then she asked her to go back and went back to boil water. When the tea was ready, she took it back. When she went out, she saw Eunuch Li coming back. He went into the inner hall.
Returning to the emperor, Lan Qi walked to the door but didn't see him coming out. She guessed what he was talking about. After a long time, Eunuch Li came out again and saw the concubine De waiting at the door. He apologized and said, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Lan Qi said calmly: "It's important for you to talk to the emperor, is there anything else?"
"It's okay. I just replied a few words about the prince." Eunuch Li smiled awkwardly and immediately asked Lan Qi to go in. She was holding the tea herself and not letting anyone else follow her. When she came in, she saw Xuan Ye
He was no longer sitting on the Kang, but standing in front of the bookshelf, flipping through something. When he looked back and saw her coming, he said casually: "I want to drink ginseng tea, but I didn't have time to tell you."
Lan Qi smiled and said, "It's ginseng tea."
The simple understanding put a smile on Xuan Ye's face. He came and sat down to drink tea together. The warm tea with the refreshing ginseng flavor penetrated his body. Xuan Ye breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little lazy. He stretched out his hand towards Lan.
Qi, pulled her into his arms and leaned against her. Lan Qi heard the thumping heartbeat in his chest. Just as he was about to speak, Xuan Ye said first: "Yinti is naughty, but he has a good temper. With time, he can always calm down."
In terms of homework, I always don’t understand what Yinreng is thinking. This child looks so old and heavy. Sometimes I feel scared when I look at him. I hope that the eldest brother can be stable and act like an elder brother. Why do I see this?
The prince is like this, but he thinks it’s not good? Lan Qi, am I thinking too much?”
Lan Qi thought of the wet nurse's words. She didn't doubt whether the wet nurse was lying, because the prince himself said the same thing to her. That day outside the gate of Qianqing Palace, the prince said seriously that he would not tolerate his father's anger like his eldest brother.
And every time she saw the prince, she felt uncomfortable.
But there are some words that she cannot say. No matter how much Xuan Ye likes herself, he is still an emperor after all. So he sat up and looked at him, smiled and stretched out his hand to rub his temples to relax his nerves. He said slowly: "The children are still young, Your Majesty."
It's because your expectations are too high that you feel uncomfortable looking at your children. If you are really doubtful, the Empress Dowager understands best. When it comes to educating children, I am not as good as you."
Xuan Ye hummed and told her that he would go to see the emperor's grandmother tomorrow. Just as he was about to say something else to distract his mind, there were hurried footsteps outside, and Manager Li said in a panic: "Long live my lord, the news from my brother is that
The eldest brother ate something unclean and seemed to be poisoned."