163 There will be more after not establishing a new one
In the past, Zhongcui Palace was lonely. At that time, Hui Gui came to visit and lamented that the changes in the four seasons in the deep palace were never the red flowers and yellow leaves, but the rising and falling scenes of the palaces and courtyards. Now that winter is turning to spring in the first month, who can I thought that Concubine Yi from Yikun Palace would have such good luck after making such a fuss and angering the Empress Dowager.
Legend has it that she paid the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace to lure the emperor there so that he could see her pitiful appearance and be moved. It was also said that the emperor was already very fond of her, so he privately begged his grandmother to spare Yi concubine from punishment. Anyway, all of them are slanderous words spoken by jealous people.
But having said that, the light of Yonghe Palace is still dazzling. On the night of Lantern Festival, everyone craned their necks to see which palace the emperor would go to. Is it possible that Yi concubine was in the limelight and would forget about Yonghe Palace? But Xuan Ye again He would never forget his love night with Lan Qi. After the banquet was over and the emperor's grandmother was laid to bed, the two of them walked back together hand in hand.
There was a heavy snowfall before the Lantern Festival, and it was the coldest time when the snow melted. Xuan Ye stopped and touched Lan Qi's other hand while walking, scolding: "Please leave the warm sedan chair and don't sit on it. If you have to, Walk back and see if your hands are cold." He put her hand to her mouth and breathed to keep it warm, and asked the people behind her to bring a hand stove and persuaded her, "The sedan is following behind, how about taking the sedan?"
However, Lan Qi took the emperor's hand and continued to move forward. Xuan Ye followed and heard her say: "These days, the time to see the emperor is getting less and less. It is rare to be together, so I want to see you all the time. If you take the sedan chair, you will be separated."
"Slow down, be careful of falling." Xuan Ye followed her and was pulled forward step by step. Recently, he did go to Yi Bin's place more. After being drunk in Qianqing Palace that day, he never went to Yonghe Palace again. We stayed overnight, and occasionally went to visit during the day, or had lunch or a cup of tea, all of which were spent talking. Most of the time we were getting close to Yi concubine, or in Chengqian Palace or Xianfu Palace. I thought she would be jealous, but every time When I see people smiling so beautifully and sweetly, I feel at ease. Now I see her lively in front of me, I like it, and I can't help teasing her: "Are you jealous these days?"
Lan Qi turned around and stopped, looking at Xuan Ye proudly, "If the emperor doesn't come tonight, I will be really jealous. I have already told the Empress Dowager that if you go elsewhere tonight or in Qianqing Palace, I don’t plan to go out during the first month of the year, nor will I serve in Cining Palace.”
Xuan Ye frowned with a smile and patted her forehead: "You have such a bad temper, how dare you show off to the Imperial Grandmother?"
"Isn't that right? It's all something the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are used to. It can't be changed." Lan Qi said and shook her neck proudly. She heard a soft click, and her neck immediately stiffened there. She couldn't bear the pain. He stopped sobbing and said, "Your Majesty, my neck, I can't move my neck."
"What's wrong?" Xuan Ye reached out to hold her head in shock.
Lan Qi couldn't help but shrink back, whimpering: "It hurts, please be gentle, Your Majesty."
"Can you still move? Slowly try to turn back." Xuan Ye held her head and tried to turn her neck little by little, but Lan Qi burst into tears from the pain and waved her hands to beg for mercy, "I can't move anymore. Your Majesty, please stop turning. My neck is about to break..."
Xuan Ye was so angry that he wanted to beat her, but he still held back, picked her up, and ordered Dr. Li Eunuch Xuan to find a bone-setter. He followed him in a warm sedan, but she held the door tightly and refused to ride with the emperor, and then he He threw her into his warm sedan chair, and the group hurried back slowly. There was an imperial physician who was on duty all night, so he came quickly, but the bone-setter was not on duty all night and had to leave the palace to look for her at someone's home. They waited for an hour before he arrived.
The bone-setter fumbled and kneaded for a long time, then said: "Mother, I'm sorry." Just after hearing a thud, Lan Qi's head turned around. Under the severe pain and fright, her face was as white as paper with tears.
, the bone-setter and the imperial doctor discussed some more careful matters before exiting after all the fuss.
Everyone came to wash up, Xuan Ye's face was full of anger, Lan Qi wanted to serve him personally, and was scolded to stay still. Huan Chun came over and winked at her, and said softly: "Master, please calm down."
After washing and changing clothes, the palace maids and eunuchs all retreated. They were both in pajamas. Lan Qi was still sitting on the kang, so she awkwardly tried to get off the floor. However, her neck could move, but she was timid and did not dare to move.
She was so stiff that she couldn't get over it. After a long time, Xuan Ye couldn't stop feeling itchy in his intestines. He came over and picked her up and put her back on the bed. He gritted his teeth and said, "What do you think you are talking about? After a good night, you have to deal with these things, and you still can't do it."
You said you want to be with me all the time, is that all nonsense?"
But no matter how angry I am, I still feel distressed when I see her pitiful appearance. What I am worried about is that if there is any big trouble, her body damage will be a lifelong regret. Now that the imperial doctor and the bone setter have said that it is okay, I can breathe a sigh of relief.
It was really funny when I thought about it. He didn't dare to say anything back when he scolded her, and curled up into a ball, which made people feel soft.
"Does it still hurt?" As soon as Xuan Ye lay down, the people around him got into their arms and lay there. How could he be willing to scold her again? He gently touched her neck to coax her, "You must say if you feel uncomfortable, I scold you for being
I feel sorry for you, but you can't hold your tongue for fear of being scolded."
"I know." Lan Qi responded softly and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is it true that if the twist is severe enough, your neck will really break or you will die?"
"You also know?" Xuan Ye snorted, "But death is not the most terrifying thing. If you get half... Bah, bah, bah, let's not talk about it. You don't remember those eight words? What's the point of death? You have to accompany it for the rest of your life.
My bone setter is right. You serve the imperial grandmother every day, and your bones have become stiff after doing those things over and over again. I will ask them to find a female Taoist priest in a few days, and you can practice Tai Chi and stretch your muscles.
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But Lan Qi nestled in his arms and said softly: "The emperor lives in Yonghe Palace for a long time, and my concubine's muscles and bones are loose. How can I practice Tai Chi?"
There was silence on the bed for a moment, Xuan Ye didn't understand, Lan Qi felt guilty, but soon there was laughter, Xuan Ye pinched her waist hard, "Don't be ashamed, you are really not ashamed now." Again.
He teased her, "It's such a wonderful day. If you have to mess around, I won't bear to work hard for you anymore. Take good care of your neck for a few days and sleep well tonight."
Lan Qi also knew that with her neck like this tonight, she would no longer be able to have sex, so she wanted to make Xuan Ye happy. The two of them talked and laughed. They were both a little excited after drinking wine, and they cuddled up to each other.
While chatting, Xuan Ye suddenly remembered something and told her: "On the third anniversary of the death of Queen Niu Hulu at the end of February, I have decided to move Queen Hesheli's Zi Palace to Changrui Mountain. By then, most of the palace will be gone."
I won’t come back until mid-to-late March. I will take the prince with me. You can take good care of the royal grandmother in the palace."
"I know this, your Majesty, don't worry." Lan Qi responded.
"There is one more thing that I hesitate to tell you. I am afraid of scaring you if I tell you. If I don't tell you, I don't know if you will be stupid and bullied in the future." Xuan Ye sighed, turned over and hugged Lan Qi in his arms.
, gently caressing her back, "Let me ask first, are you willing to know?"
Lan Qi couldn't figure it out, "Why is the emperor so nervous?"
Xuan Ye's voice was deep: "The matter of my eldest brother accidentally eating poisonous mushroom mooncakes has come to a conclusion. I don't plan to tell Hui Bin. She won't ask anyway. I'll just hold it off for now, but you..."
Lan Qi immediately replied: "I want to know."
It was late at night, and it was long past the time when all the palace doors were locked, but there was a bustle in front of the Yikun Palace. Yi Bin was standing in front of the door, and Hui Bin was wrapped in a cloak and was about to get on the sedan. She smiled and said: "Quickly
Go back, be careful of the cold, I'll be there just around the corner, it's okay, see you tomorrow."
Yibin was polite, but still insisted on watching the warm sedan leave, then returned to the bedroom shivering with cold, and stood by the charcoal pot to warm herself up. Taohong brought a bowl of hot milk to warm her body, and whispered: "Empress Huibin
There is a way, and the princess will stop crying after being coaxed by her."
After Yi Bin drank the hot milk, she came over to the cradle and stretched out her hand to tuck the quilt for Ke Jingye. There was kindness in her eyes, but she sneered on her lips: "The wet nurse is no better than her? I just saw her rushing to help, so I took advantage of the situation.
That's all. She saw that my life was getting better again, so she came to curry favor with me. In this palace, she said it was all beautiful at best, but at worst, she was just a wallflower. But there was Mingzhu Mansion behind her, and our Guo Luoluo family was far away in the northeast.
, getting along better with her is not a bad thing."
Taohong smiled: "In the final analysis, the emperor still loves his master. He can even change the will of the empress dowager. This is your blessing."
Yi Bin sat in front of the mirror, looked at her beautiful face in the mirror, and motioned to Tao Hong to untie her bun, but she stared blankly in confusion for a long while before saying: "The Empress Dowager is torturing me.
Because of Wu Ya's anger, Hui Bin and I tacitly agreed on those things. I have always felt guilty and scared, and I didn't dare to argue. To say that I was really a little drunk when I was making trouble in front of Ningshou Palace that day.
I really can't bear the separation of my flesh and blood. Who knows what will happen, and the emperor takes pity on me again. You all say that it is my blessing and that Long Live Lord loves me. But what is going on when I am his pillow?
Understood."
Taohong, on the other hand, was more open-minded and advised her: "Master, just cherish your blessings. Why does it matter? Long live your kindness to you, which is the face of this palace. Isn't it good for us to live in glory? Your smile is on your face when the emperor comes.
Welcome and serve the Emperor well. If there is a man and a woman, the Empress Dowager will no longer be able to snatch her away."
Yi Bi nodded: "This is all we can do now, take it one step at a time." After saying this, the eyes of the person in the mirror flashed with disdain and laughed at herself, "Even Concubine Tong can't beat her. She was beaten by the Empress Dowager.
My hands were tied up under supervision, I really brought this trouble on myself, I was so fanned by Hui that I was obsessed."
At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, something was thrown outside, and someone was heard crying: "Let me out..." Seeing that Ke Jing was about to be awakened, Yi Bi's face was filled with murderous intent, and she ordered Tao Hong.
, "Take control of her and give her the medicine she needs to take. Don't stop. I don't want to hear her yelling."
The noise in Yikun Palace was quickly suppressed. In the middle of the night, no one knew what kind of medicine Guo Guiren had been given. It was just that she had become quieter and quieter recently, but on one side she was as quiet as if she didn't exist, and on the other side she would become hysterical when she occasionally broke out.
Naturally, this side would not be shown in front of others. Whenever the emperor came to Yikun Palace, Guo Guiren would be asleep. Outsiders would only think that she was in poor health, so who would really care and care about her.
As the days passed, Debin once joked with the Empress Dowager that if the Emperor did not go to Yonghe Palace on Lantern Festival Eve, she would never go out or serve the old man again. As a result, the emperor had gone, but she still did not go out. The old man later heard that Xuan Ye talked about her sprained neck, smiling from ear to ear, and said frankly that Lan Qi was a living treasure, and she was still full of childishness after all these years. Later, she heard that the emperor decided to put the two empresses' Zi Palace in the mausoleum, so she couldn't Don't mention the matter of Xuanxuan in the middle palace.
Xuan Ye has always been indifferent to the establishment of a new queen. In the past three years, no one has mentioned it in the court. After all, the harem cannot be without an owner, but Xuan Ye just doesn't let go. He also tries his best to be impartial to the two major families. Everyone is eager to see it. They had to wait for three years. This year, the Zi Palace of the two empresses will finally enter the mausoleum. It is inevitable that the court will start to loosen up again. There are also veterans who come to give advice to the Empress Dowager, hoping that the emperor can establish a queen, and the Qing Dynasty cannot live without the mother of the country.
"The Emperor's grandmother and the Emperor's mother are both the mothers of the country. How come there is no such thing as the mother of the country?" Speaking of these words, Xuan Ye still had a tough attitude and said to the empress dowager, "If they come to bother the emperor's grandmother again, just send them away. Qianqing Palace wants to talk to me."
The Queen Mother had always known her grandson's thoughts, but she was just conveying these words to him. Xuan Ye was not angry at her. Instead, she comforted her grandson and said: "What are you doing when you are angry? They also have their concerns. I said give it to you." Listen, I am not trying to force you to become a queen, but I want you to know what they are thinking."
"My grandson understands that I don't want to wrong you and get you involved." Xuan Ye calmed down and smiled again, "At present, in the harem, although Concubine Tong is respected, Queen Niu Hulu and Empress Feng Yin have not been assigned to her. This year, if the three vassals decide, , my grandson will give you and the Empress Dowager badges again, and at that time, please ask the Imperial Grandmother to issue an edict that I will seal the Sixth Palace and hand over the Phoenix Seal to the Imperial Concubine."
The Empress Dowager said: "The noble concubine has ignored the affairs of the Sixth Palace so far. She holds the Phoenix Seal. Aren't you afraid of chaos in the palace?"
Xuan Ye smiled: "The imperial concubine's mind is very simple, just satisfy her with everything she wants. Besides, she has always been too lazy to take care of the affairs of the Sixth Palace, and she has no ability to do so. In the past and now, she was the concubine Rong, and concubine Hui was in charge. The Queen's Seal is in her hands, so she doesn't have to do it herself. She will have her own sense of proportion. If something goes too far, you will always be there to give me a few more words of admonishment, so that your grandson can sit back and relax."
The Empress Dowager laughed angrily: "You don't want me to live in peace and contentment."
Xuan Ye said: "It's just that Lan Qi is not as young as them. Otherwise, with her in charge of the Sixth Palace, you and your grandson can sit back and relax together."
"Lan Qi?" The Empress Dowager smiled and shook her head, and warned her earnestly, "You are willing to let her do things, but I am still reluctant to let her do things. You can't always be with me when you are busy with the Sixth Palace. What's more, you have been young and in good health in the past few years. You should Love her more and let her give me more grandchildren in peace."
Xuan Ye was a little surprised and said with a smile: "If she hears these words, she will be even more complacent and mischievous."