"Now Concubine Wen is in Chengqian Palace, and the imperial doctor has gone to invite you. Because she knows that the Emperor is in Yonghe Palace, Concubine Wen sent someone to report." Eunuch Li said, looking at the emperor with an inquiring expression, and asked something to the effect
Will the emperor go and take a look?
Xuan Ye seemed to be reluctant. It was just a normal day, but today he mentioned Concubine Wen's birth control to the imperial grandmother. Not to mention that he felt guilty, but anyway, it was unpleasant and he didn't want to see her.
Seeing this situation, Eunuch Li had no choice but to say: "We all know that you are here, Long Live Lord, and I thought it was nothing important. It is better to go over and take a look. Otherwise, people will not know what to think of Empress De Bi. What do you think?"
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Xuan Ye said angrily: "What can I do now that I am bound?" Even so, the emperor still set off, but Yinzuo wouldn't let go of Amma, so Xuan Ye simply took him to Chengqian Palace.
Here, Concubine Tong saw the emperor coming with his sixth brother and couldn't understand the situation. However, Xuan Ye said gently: "He kept talking about his brother. I happened to come over and brought them to play together. You taught Yinzhen very well."
Well, the brothers started to pester him."
Concubine Tong then smiled: "The emperor taught me well." Then she led the emperor to the inner hall and said inexplicably, "Concubine Wen is really strange. How did I know that she would climb up by herself? The servants below should also die.
No one stopped her. But don’t worry, Your Majesty, she won’t die. The imperial doctor said she fainted from fright, and her arms and legs were not broken."
"That's good." Xuan Ye was not happy at first, but the concubine's words made him smile a little. After entering the inner hall, Concubine Wen had already woken up. She was ashamed and happy to see the emperor, but she didn't wait until they
Before she could say anything, Concubine Tong had already said, "Since you're awake and haven't broken down, go back quickly."
Concubine Wen nodded pitifully and said nothing. Xuan Ye asked her a few times and asked her not to do such stupid things again. Concubine Tong deliberately said from the side: "If the weather gets warmer, the begonias in Yongshou Palace will also bloom."
No one lives there. You should be careful when you go back to cut flower branches and build a ladder. If you fall again, no one might see or save you."
"Concubine... I remember." Concubine Wen retorted with a pale face. She could only raise her eyes to glance at the emperor from time to time. Then she said that a soft sedan was prepared outside and was about to take her back to Xianfu Palace. Concubine Wen looked at the emperor lustfully.
She hesitated, but she couldn't make the decision here, so she was quickly carried away by the people from Chengqian Palace.
However, Xuan Ye and Concubine Tong still sent them to the door and watched her get on the sedan and walk away before turning back. The concubine thought that the emperor was going back to Yonghe Palace immediately, but unexpectedly he played with her two children for a long time.
, and then he asked the wet nurse to take Sixth Brother back, while he went back to Qianqing Palace.
Such a fuss made the emperor stay in Chengqian Palace all afternoon. When Lan Qi woke up and heard about this, she rubbed her knees and muttered: "There are pear blossoms everywhere in the palace. Although they are in full bloom in Chengqian Palace,
Okay, it’s not so strange that you have to come here to cut it, Concubine Wen even climbed the tree by herself?”
"The ladder I set up was not stable and I fell down. I heard that I didn't climb high, so the fall wasn't heavy." Huan Chun took the mixed ointment and put it on Lan Qi's knees, telling her not to move.
Lan Qi slowly thought about Concubine Wen's thoughts, thinking about the exquisite dishes and snacks in her palace that were as exquisite as the imperial kitchen, and thinking about how hard she worked to collect dew from the flowers. She revealed her feelings without reservation. Obviously, in order to please the emperor, she
If she is willing to do anything troublesome, I wonder if she came here to cut pear blossoms today and fell down on purpose to attract the emperor to take a look at her.
After all, she is no longer the little nobleman she was back then. If Concubine Wen wanted to invite the emperor away from Yonghe Palace, she would no longer stop him halfway like she did before, nor would she barge in to ask for him, so she chose a good place to make a fuss.
It was a good joke, but it turned out to be like those dews, it seemed that the hard work was in vain.
"Empress, Concubine Wen fell and was injured. Should we go to express condolences?" Huan Chun applied the ointment to Lan Qi and came to ask about this matter. Huan Chun was watching what was being delivered to the Yonghe Palace.
She only came to ask her master when she was undecided.
Lan Qi shook her head: "The emperor hinted to me today not to have more contact with Xianfu Palace. It just so happens that I don't want to either. It's better to stay away from it in the future."
At this moment, Xiangyue came in from outside, happily holding a vase of flower branches. She came in and put it on the table and said, "The pear blossoms given by the imperial concubine are for you to display in the house."
Lan Qi and Huan Chun looked at each other, and Xiangyue added: "My slave asked, and the young father-in-law who came to deliver flowers said that there are them in every palace. The imperial concubine is afraid that everyone will miss the pear blossoms in her palace, and someone will fall if they go there.
But what’s so good about it is that I had people cut it out and put it in vases for the ladies of the palace to enjoy.”
Lan Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and Huan Chun beside her was already talking: "Then we have to return the gift. Our palace has been spending so much lately."
"No, everyone thinks that being a master and a queen is a good thing. In fact, there is no better place to be an official. Now that the weather is getting warmer, I heard that the gentlemen in the Sixth Department have not finished spending the charcoal tribute of last winter, and officials from all over the country are paying homage to ice.
It's time to come again. I'm very anxious to get the two hundred taels of silver every year, but it's not enough." Lan Qi also muttered, "The emperor rewarded you with five hundred taels of silver last time. I really look forward to Yinzuo's birthday every month. I
I haven't seen Long Live Master so generous on his birthday. He is also generous to himself, and he will take whatever he likes."
In the past few days, Huan Chun heard anecdotes about his master going to the market with Long Live Lord when he was out playing. He said that the emperor didn't have much money to spend. A bag of money would be depleted in a long time, and he didn't know where he put the things he bought. In this case,
After muttering it several times, Huan Chun guessed that his master liked that kind of life and wished he could go on a few more trips before he mentioned it. How could he blame the emperor for his extravagant spending?
At this moment he smiled and said: "This slave just muttered, you talk so much, people really think that the Yonghe Palace will not be able to open the pot. Two hundred taels of silver is not enough? Your two hundred taels of silver from the past year have not been used much. Cining Palace
I get rewards every month, and you have nowhere to spend money. I am just saying this because you want to save money for Brother Six."
Lan Qi nodded repeatedly, "I am following Sister Rong's example. She said that when my brothers grow up, they leave the palace and start their own business. Although the court will allocate money and they will have salaries in the future, mothers should think more about their children.
It's always a good thing to save more money." Lala Huanchun said, "If the concubines and the others come to blackmail me from now on, please stay out of my way."
Xiangyue didn't care much, so she was arranging the flower branches and said directly: "Brother Si, that's fine. Concubine Tong's family used to be a big family in Liaodong. I heard that there are mountains of gold and silver. Last time I heard the little sisters from Chengqian Palace say,
My uncle's house always gives tens of thousands of taels of silver to my empress. In comparison, your years are really pitiful."
Lan Qi was dumbfounded. When Huan Chun saw her face change, he remembered the previous admonishment and was really afraid that his master would be angry. He scolded Xiangyue and drove her out. When he came back, his master looked much better and even listened to her.
She sighed: "Xiangyue said it right. I really found a good mother-in-law for my fourth brother. Think about my background. The rewards from the emperor and the empress dowager are always limited. How much money can I save in my lifetime? I don't know either.
She knows how to make money, but Concubine Tong is different. With a family property as big as the Guojiu Mansion, when the fourth elder brother goes out to build a mansion, he will also have a backer behind him. Concubines Hui, Rong, and the others don’t always talk about their backers.
Huh? If you think about it this way, our sixth brother may not be able to compare with our brothers in the future, so for him, I have to plan carefully."
"The emperor always treats everyone equally. Prince Baylor's salary is quite large. What are you worrying about? If the emperor finds out, I will definitely scold you." Huan Chun coaxed Lan Qi, but why did he talk about money?
Although the Yonghe Palace is not as good as the Chengqian Palace, life is still very prosperous. The virtuous concubines are favored, and rewards from the superiors continue every month. The expenses are also small on weekdays, but they have spent more recently. Huan Chun's casual joke led to such a
Talkative.
Lan Qi also sighed: "I'm just talking about Concubine Wen. Well, that's it. There's no need to go to express condolences. It's not broken, right?"
In fact, although the imperial doctor said that Concubine Wen was not broken, she still had some scratches and bruises on her body. It was inconvenient to stay in the Chengqian Palace. After returning to the palace, Dongyun helped apply medicine everywhere and saw a big bruise on her elbow.
Bupi, Dongyun didn't follow, so he would inevitably mutter: "Those people who followed are really bastards, how can I let you, the empress, climb up in person?"
Concubine Wen looked at Dongyun wistfully as she applied medicine and bandaged her wounds, and said softly: "I thought that the imperial concubine would not agree to let me cut the flower branches, and was going to quarrel with her, but she actually agreed. I
I really can’t think of any other way, so I can only climb the tree by myself, and then fall down. I can’t climb high, and I know I won’t die if I fall.”
"Empress..."
Concubine Wen said again: "I didn't faint either, I was just pretending."
"Empress?" Dongyun stopped taking the medicine in his hand and looked at his master with confusion. How could he be so good? She started doing things out of tune again. What's going on?
"Dongyun, how can I make the emperor think of me? The emperor has been back to the palace for so many days and has never come to see me once. Doesn't he miss the eighth prince?" Concubine Wen said with a dreamy look, "
Could it be that the emperor gave me the eighth prince just to kill my time so that he would never come again?"
"Don't you think so? It's only been a few days since Lord Long Live came back. Maybe he'll come tonight or tomorrow night?" Dongyun said these words feebly. She had been following Queen Niu Hulu for more than ten years, and such words were unreasonable.
I have said it countless times, but I didn't expect to start saying it again. I was afraid that once I said it, it would affect the life of the person in front of me, and when I thought of my old master, I would inevitably feel sad.
Concubine Wen even said sadly: "I knew I shouldn't tell the Queen Mother that my medicine had been changed. It's probably because the emperor really hated Aling'a and they wouldn't let me get pregnant. Now it's okay.
The emperor simply stopped coming to see me. He must hate me as much as he used to hate my sister."
Dongyun advised: "The emperor has never disliked the queen, otherwise why would he make her the queen? You can't think too much."
Concubine Wen shed tears, shook her head and said, "I don't think about it, it's the truth."