Everyone followed the sound, and there stood a little palace maid under the sun. She looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was wearing the clothes of a low-level palace maid. Lan Qi heard the voice and thought it sounded familiar. The palace maid stopped when she saw Empress Dowager De.
, quickly took a few steps forward and curtsied, Huan Chun recognized her and asked, "Aren't you the palace maid who played in the water last night? Why are you here to see me now?"
The palace maid raised her head timidly, and was very happy to see Lan Qi's gentle face, with a look of admiration in her eyes. Then she held a purse in both hands and handed it over, and said rather nervously: "Thank you, Empress Debin, for your kindness. If it weren't for
Your Majesty spoke for the slaves last night, and the slaves were in dire straits. This purse was embroidered by yourself. If your Majesty doesn’t dislike it..."
"Huan Chun, bring it here for me." Lan Qi didn't wait for the little palace maid to finish her words, and asked Huan Chun to bring her purse. Then she looked through it carefully and praised, "It's a very exquisite craftsmanship, your little one."
You are very capable at a young age, but in the future you should follow your mother's lead and don't be too playful. If you get into trouble next time, you will be punished if no one speaks for you."
The little palace maid was very clever and kowtowed and said she remembered it. Seeing that Empress De's concubine not only accepted the purse but also praised her good craftsmanship, she happily stepped aside to wait for De's concubine to go first. Lan Qi also warned her not to get sunstroke due to sunstroke.
, then he brought people to the Empress Dowager, and asked Huan Chun to put away the purse, saying that he would go back and pack some mugwort to take with him to repel mosquitoes.
When they arrived in front of the Empress Dowager, the concubines and the princess' brothers were already there. It seemed that Rong Xian was scolding Yinzhi for not being sensible and robbing Yiqi. The Empress Dowager laughed and said that her great-grandson's daughter was too powerful, and Rong Xian would do it in the future.
The brother-in-law must have been afraid of henpecks, and the little girl was embarrassed and acted coquettishly. Yinzhi took the opportunity to laugh at her sister. As a result, the brother and sister fought and rolled into a ball. Rongxian's face was actually scratched by his brother's nails.
It was only now that the commotion became unpleasant and the imperial doctors made a fuss. In the afternoon, Xuan Ye came over and took a look. He felt sorry for the cut on his daughter's face. He scolded Yinzhi severely, saying that he was a man who could do things to women. By the way, he
The eldest brother and the prince also called over and asked them to teach the younger brother. Yinzhi suffered the punishment pitifully, and felt extremely wronged and pestered the concubine to find her biological mother.
It turned out that the children were having fun together. Seeing that Xuan Ye was angry, the Empress Dowager felt that it was so boring, so she asked Duan Concubine to lead the children away. Only Lan Qi stayed. Knowing that Xuan Ye had not had lunch, she
When I went to bring chicken soup noodles, I heard the Queen Mother blame the Emperor: "Don't reprimand the children in front of so many people. Children also need to have face. If you feel sorry for your daughter, you can't be too spoiled. Rongxian is still a sister."
Yes, it makes sense to start a fight with your brother? This girl has been powerful since she was a child, you should also control her."
Xuan Ye only smiled and said: "They are relying on their great-grandmother's favor, so they are not willing to listen to my words."
Lan Qi put down the noodle soup and asked the emperor to eat first. The Empress Dowager smiled again and said, "I can't train you now, with such a caring person by my side."
The lingering feeling from last night still lingered on his body. Xuan Ye felt sweet in his heart when he saw Lan Qi. He looked at her with a smile and gently shook the chopsticks when he took them from her. Fortunately, Lan Qi carried them on her back.
The old man didn't see the Empress Dowager, but she still glared shyly and anxiously, turned around and sat down next to the Empress Dowager and fanned herself.
"I heard that Nalan Rongruo came to Yingtai on an errand?" The Queen Mother suddenly mentioned this matter, not caring that Lan Qi was beside her, and asked Xuan Ye, "Has the matter between him and that woman been resolved?
It's really ridiculous, he is really capable, even his mother-in-law begged to the Queen Mother, why don't you come to beg me?"
Xuan Ye ate the noodles without paying much attention. He drank two mouthfuls of soup and swallowed the noodles before responding to the emperor's grandmother: "My son will remind him not to let his mother-in-law go to the palace. Don't be angry, the emperor's grandmother.
It was his mother-in-law who took advantage of the fact that she was a relative of the emperor and went to harass the emperor's mother without permission. Rongruo has always been by my side based on his ability and ignored his mother."
The Empress Dowager also knew about it, but the old man felt that he was so unfilial, and even mentioned it: "I heard that he and Mingzhu have always been at odds. The emperor should be careful about such an unfilial person when using him."
Xuan Ye had already swallowed a bowl of noodles in three gulps and was sweating profusely. The Empress Dowager pushed Lan Qi over to fan the emperor. Their eyes met with tenderness. Lan Qi quickly avoided it and just stood aside.
Go up and fan him.
A palace maid came to help rinse his mouth and wash his hands. Xuan Ye gradually stopped sweating and sat down next to his grandmother. He said with a smile: "Imperial grandmother, think about it, Mingzhu is my important minister, and Rong Ruo is my capable minister. If father and son are in harmony,
It may not be a good thing for me. If they are not harmonious, they will compete with each other. My grandson is not afraid that father and son will join forces and dominate the country. Although father and son are not in harmony, it is against ethics, but I really hope that they will not be harmonious."
The Empress Dowager's brows trembled slightly, and she smiled with satisfaction, "My Xuan Ye can now be the grandma of the Pope."
Xuan Ye was in a very good mood and talked a lot with his grandmother. Now that Yunnan's good news was spreading frequently, a celebration banquet in July was inevitable. He also said that the lantern arrangement last night had been made more magnificent with Rongruo's suggestion, so he invited the emperor.
Grandma will definitely be present at that time, saying that she is the true mother of the Qing Dynasty.
The grandfather and grandson were talking happily, and Lan Qi was concentrating on fanning beside her. Leng Buding Xuan Ye said to her: "Why are you just standing there and giggling? Do you understand what I said to the emperor's grandmother?"
Of course Lan Qi didn't understand everything. Knowing that Xuan Ye had bullied her again, she put away her fan and sat next to the Empress Dowager. The old man was overjoyed and told them to go elsewhere to flirt, but she happened to be tired too.
Xuan Ye said, "My grandson still has government affairs. Come here to check on you and you are about to leave. It is better for the imperial grandmother to keep her, otherwise if it rains soon, she will go into the rain again. You can watch it for your grandson."
she."
Lan Qi didn't dare to talk back. If the two of them were in private, she would have greeted the emperor a long time ago. But she didn't dare to be bold in front of the empress dowager. She puffed her cheeks and endured it. Soon the emperor left, and the empress dowager leaned on the couch.
While they were sitting, Lan Qi fanned her and patted her waist and legs, and the two of them talked for a while.
Lan Qi originally wanted to coax the old man to sleep and then go to Duan's place to check on the children, but the Empress Dowager just took a nap. When she woke up, she remembered something and saw no irrelevant people in the house, so she asked Lan
Qi said: "If I don't like this Nalan Rong, he will still walk around the palace in the future. If there are times when I can't take care of him, you have to watch out for the emperor. It is inevitable that some women in the harem will be unfaithful and unfaithful."
, they don’t love themselves and others can’t care about them, but I won’t tolerate anyone embarrassing the emperor. Whenever something like this happens in the future, you must be ruthless and kill one by one and never tolerate it.”
Lan Qi was shocked when she heard this. She had only briefly mentioned it to Grandma Sumala about the matter of Jue Chan. She didn't know if there was a tacit understanding between Grandma and the Empress Dowager, and she had never even spoken to the Empress Dowager.
No matter what the Empress Dowager thinks of her at the moment, the matter is entrusted to her. These words are obviously directed at the Jue Chan family. Although they refer to the entire harem, to be honest, how many women dare to have
Alien?
"Are you scared?" The Empress Dowager laughed, "How can the emperor manage so many women? It's normal to have one or two shameless ones, it's just whether others know about it or not, so it's best for Xuan Ye to have none.
, if there is, this is something that must not be tolerated, it is your husband and your child’s face, do you understand?”
Lan Qi nodded and responded with determination: "If one day I take charge of the affairs of the Sixth Palace, I will strictly abide by your words and will never tolerate it. I will never let the palace make jokes that will embarrass the Lord Long Live."
The Empress Dowager was very satisfied, and sighed slightly and said: "Then I'm relieved. It's such a pity that Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen are of noble birth. They are not worth entrusting with anything."
In this case, Lan Qi didn't dare to talk. Not long after Aunt Sumala came back from her nap, she took time to go to Duan Bin's place to look after the child. In the past few days, Yin Zuo had been kept there, as well as the little guy and his brothers and sisters.
She had a great time, but Xuan Ye couldn't come over tonight, so she carried him back to her room.
Who wanted to go in but saw the wet nurse leading the fourth brother out. Yinzhen was originally full of disappointment, but when he saw his brother coming back, he happily let go of the wet nurse's hand and ran over, threw himself at Lan Qi's knees, and waited for her to take care of him.
The younger brother put it down, took Yinzuo's hand and said, "Yinzhen wants to play with his younger brother, Empress De, stay here tonight..."
The fourth elder brother can speak better now. Lan Qi feels that he has grown up a lot every time she sees him. I wonder what the imperial concubine thinks of teaching now. At least she has never seen the fourth elder brother have any inappropriate words or deeds. It is common for children to be naughty and coquettish.
, but the arrogance and tyranny that Bu Gui and Hui Bin said in the past could not be seen. Think about the day when the imperial concubine had to drive the fourth elder brother out of the palace to teach him a lesson because he scratched the wet nurse's arm. Although the imperial concubine's methods were a bit unreasonable,
But she was indeed teaching her children attentively, and Lan Qi became more and more relieved.
"Empress De has been living here. This is the first time for Brother Si. Have you taken a nap? Look at the sweat all over your body. Yingtai is much more interesting than the palace, isn't it?" Lan Qi said, holding a handkerchief to her.
When the son wiped his sweat, Yinzuo's wet nurse said to him, "The fourth elder brother and the imperial concubine have been arguing all afternoon. They want to see the sixth elder brother. The imperial concubine asked her slave to bring him over. She said that if you have a good time, you don't have to go back."
, please take care of me, Empress Debin."
"Send someone to reply, please don't worry, I will take good care of you." Lan Qi was very happy. She never thought that she and the imperial concubine, who were once incompatible, could now have some tacit understanding. The former arrogant Concubine Tong
She is really gone. Although her temper is still bad and her temperament is still arrogant and domineering, her heart seems to have become softer after having a child. The torture of low-level concubines in the past is no longer the case, even if a few Mongolian princesses said it to their faces last time.
Master Chan was the prettiest. Although she was displeased, she didn't care about Master Chan afterward. If it had been a few years earlier, Master Master Chan would have suffered.
Yinzhen pulled Yinzuo and turned around and walked back into the house. The little brother was walking fast, dragging his clumsy brother behind. Yinzhen couldn't keep up. When he crossed the threshold, he fell down and was so frightened that he cried. Yinzhen didn't know what to do.
Standing by the side and watching, she was about to burst into tears. Lan Qi quickly coaxed her and held both children in her arms, feeling that her heart was full.