Eunuch Li understood that the emperor wanted to keep a palace maid, which was just a matter of words. However, in order not to burden Empress De's concubine and not to make her feel wronged by Huan Chun, he went to great lengths to fulfill this wish. In the end, he could not let De's concubine.
Knowing that it was the Holy Emperor's intention, anyone who heard it would be impressed by the Emperor's care for the concubines.
He has been with the emperor all his life, and many new things came from the concubines. Now he is coldly selecting the apprentices who will take his place in the future. Eunuch Li often warns them to open their eyes and take a good look at which disciples are in the palace.
The master is the one who should be taken seriously and serve well.
In the next few days, Lan Qi accompanied the emperor alone in the Hanyuan Hall in Yingtai. Xuan Ye took her to visit several beautiful places in Yingtai. They fished during the day and cooled down at night. They felt very uncomfortable every day. But
It had only been three or four days leisurely, but the health of the Empress Dowager was not good. Perhaps she worked hard at the celebration banquet. After a few days of laziness, she started to have a fever. She had originally planned to return to the palace at the end of July, in order to take care of the Empress Dowager.
Due to his illness, the day to return to the palace was delayed.
Lan Qi tried her best to take care of the old man. When the Queen Mother had a fever and was lazy and impatient for a while, she made fun of her every day and took care of the meals. The maids took turns several times, but she never left. Xuan Ye was able to deal with it with peace of mind.
They only came to take care of grandma and serve soups and medicines when they were free from court affairs. They were quiet and had nothing to do with the emperor's family. It was really a happy family. The Empress Dowager was filled with comfort. On the eighth day of the month, her health gradually improved.
On this day, Xuan Ye and the ministers dispersed and came to see his grandmother having dinner. The Queen Mother led Yin Qi, and Yin Zuo was also here. Just as they were talking about the Mid-Autumn Festival, Concubine Tong from the palace sent someone to ask for greetings and greet the Holy Master and the Queen Mother.
When will the Queen Mother return to the palace?
"It's very quiet here. Although I have recovered from my illness, I am still lazy. I don't want to go back for a while. When I return to the palace, there are many people coming to celebrate the festival, which is very annoying." The Empress Dowager smiled and said coquettishly to her grandson,
"Let me stay here for a while, and I will have to work hard for your ministers to run around every day."
"Why should they work so hard? Of course, the imperial grandmother's health is in serious condition, and my grandson will stay with you for a while." Xuan Ye agreed, but also said, "It is a great place to escape the summer heat, but it is not suitable for spending the winter. My grandson still has to serve before winter.
When you return to the Forbidden City, you can't wait to leave."
Lan Qi couldn't help but said: "Why did the emperor say that the empress dowager refused to leave?" Everyone laughed, and the empress dowager said: "Our emperor has begun to treat grandma as an old child."
Xuan Ye looked at Lan Qi proudly, then bullied her and said, "What do you know?"
Lan Qi ignored him and sat next to the old man to rub his waist, but the Queen Mother said: "The Queen Mother should go back to the palace first. It is best to have an elder in the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can lead Yinqi back first.
It saves them from craning their necks to worry about this place." He even said unhappily, "When I was sick, no one came to take care of me. During the holidays, they are looking forward to my return. Is it because they are looking forward to the emperor? Don't say that I am partial to Lan.
Qi, who has ever served me like her?"
Xuan Ye saw Lan Qi blushing and laughed in his heart that she was still shy when receiving compliments after all these years. On the contrary, she was not shy at all when she acted coquettishly and lost her temper towards him, but when he thought about it, there really was no other person who took care of the imperial grandmother like her.
No one can come unless she is with them. Even if they do come, there are a few people who can take care of the elderly without leaving their clothes. They are all pampered people who are tired and dirty when serving patients. They are afraid of not doing well when they come.
He didn't come at all, and sent people to greet him in a perfunctory way. No one would care.
The emperor had to go back soon after sitting down. As soon as he left, the Queen Mother said: "The day before yesterday, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came and asked me about the draft next spring. I gave them a few instructions and asked them to go back to find the imperial concubine to cook. Concubine.
Looking at the emperor, he didn’t seem to care much about it. He wanted to bring it up just now but didn’t think it was appropriate so he didn’t say it.”
Lan Qi has also heard news in the past few days. Next year's Eight Banners draft will bring new people to the palace. The matter of Concubine Tong's sister has also been reported. But as the Queen Mother said, the emperor has said nothing here, and Lan Qi does not dare to mention it.
She had a few words with Huan Chun in private. If the Queen Mother had not mentioned it now, she would not have said it to the third person.
The Empress Dowager added: "There are always rules and regulations, and they all know what to do."
Lan Qi felt that she was not suitable to be around at this moment, so she stood up and made an excuse to leave, but the Empress Dowager left her alone and said: "Listen, too, in the next ten or twenty years, there will be a talent show in the palace, and you should too
Just know how to do it."
The Queen Mother smiled: "The Queen Mother doesn't feel sorry for Lan Qi now. There is a new person coming. What do you want her to think?"
Lan Qi lowered her head and said nothing, but the Empress Dowager smiled: "What is supposed to come will always come, and she cannot stay young forever."
"The Sixth Palace will be sealed at the end of the year. You will be more noble in the future. The newcomers will look up to you. No matter how the emperor treats them, you must feel at ease. How can a few newcomers be able to tolerate the emperor's intentions towards you over the years?
"Compared." The Queen Mother said with a smile, "I don't have any ability, but I have seen a lot and understand it."
The Empress Dowager liked these words very much after hearing these words. She was always worried that her daughter-in-law would not be able to control the huge palace in the future. Recently, she saw that she was making more and more progress. Although it was really late, it was still a good thing, so she kept silent and let
The Queen Mother said a few words to Lan Qi. Lan Qi also had a smile on her face and responded meekly: "I will take good care of my new sister."
The Queen Mother happily said: "You have the broadest mind. I shouldn't say these things to you, but you are the most favored. No matter what new climate comes in the future, people will point their fingers at you and laugh at them. But those who are willing to laugh at others must be
If you care about those who are the most dissatisfied and the most unsuccessful, then put yourself with them. They are not worthy and you will not be guilty."
Lan Qi agreed one by one, and her mood gradually improved, but she remembered something that had been hanging in her heart for a long time. Now that she had said it, she boldly asked: "Forgive me, the Empress Dowager, I have always wanted to ask. At the end of the year, I will be granted a grand seal."
Is the position of the Fourth Concubine as good as Sister Rong? Do you know the Emperor’s wishes?”
"Of course we have her." The Empress Dowager said, "After you return to the palace, you can tell Concubine Rong to reassure her. As for the new child coming to the Tong family in the coming year, it will be fine if she has the honor of her elder sister. He is also young, so he will be placed in the concubine's position for the time being.
That’s fine.”
Lan Qi felt at ease in her heart. She kept remembering the pious joy of sister Duan Bin that day. Duan Bin hoped for the best for Rong Bin. If Rong Bin was squeezed out for the sake of little Tong Jia, no one would be happy. Then she
I would rather not be a virtuous concubine myself.
But she has selfish motives. She used to think that as long as she could accompany Xuan Ye, but now that she has a child, she sees Yinzhen's adoptive mother transforming from a noble concubine to an imperial concubine. There should not be too much disparity between the brothers. For Yinzao, she should also have her own
Noble, naturally, how could the concubine not fight for the third elder brother? Women may have their own thoughts, but mothers are all the same.
In this way, before August 15th, the Queen Mother returned to the palace first. The Queen Mother, the Emperor and the concubines were still in Yingtai. When the old man was in good health, there were still so many things for Lan Qi to worry about, so she would have more time to accompany her.
Xuan Ye, and there were so many maids and eunuchs watching here, they had to send word back to the palace. The women in the palace knew that the emperor and the concubine were getting along day and night in Yingtai, and they were almost crazy with jealousy. They just couldn't understand what was so good about her and what happened to the emperor.
I don’t get tired of seeing it every day.
But such a day has passed for more than half a month. Although the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Forbidden City is lively, what fun can the women have if the emperor is not around? Seeing that the Double Ninth Festival is approaching, Hui Bin sees that Yi Bin's waiting has worn out her patience and becomes haggard.
, so he took the initiative to come to Chengqian Palace and asked the imperial concubine to send someone to ask how the Empress Dowager celebrated the Double Ninth Festival. Naturally, the implication was that it was time to urge the Holy Master to come back.
Not to mention Hui Concubine coming to remind her, Tong Guifei herself couldn't stand it anymore. More and more unpleasant words were said in the palace. She didn't care about De Concubine being pointed out behind her back, but she always said it with her. No matter how patient she was,
Fortunately, there were times when I couldn't suppress my anger, so I took advantage of Concubine Hui and sent someone to come again to greet me and ask questions. However, the person who came back only said: "Long live the Lord, we will discuss it again."
The word "further discussion" chilled the hearts of all the concubines. They all talked about everything. Did they say that they would spend the winter in Yingtai? And that Long live the Lord is not afraid of the cold in the ice and snow? Even the temperature in Xianfu Palace is warm.
The concubine couldn't help it. When the word "further discussion" came back, she secretly felt sad several times during the night. She came to see Jue Chan the next day, but she saw that Jue Chan's eyes were dead and she couldn't cheer up at all.
, I felt like there was no hope for anything, and I didn’t even care about taking care of my eighth elder brother. The child became seriously ill before the Double Ninth Festival.
The news of the eighth elder brother's illness will naturally spread to Yingtai, but the sixth elder brother is not feeling well here. The day before yesterday, the eldest elder brother and the prince came to Yingtai to say hello and played with his younger brother for a long time. Not long after the brothers left, Yin Zuo suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
, the imperial doctor said that he caught a cold after eating something in the wind, and it took him two or three days to recover.
Lan Qi took care of her son day and night, which was very hard. It wasn't until the Double Ninth Festival that she saw the little guy jumping around again, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief. After bathing and changing clothes, she only said that she would go to the Empress Dowager to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival in a while, but she fell asleep from exhaustion.
After she fell asleep, Huan Chun and others were reluctant to wake her up, so they came to ask for leave without permission. The Empress Dowager also asked them to take good care of her, saying that it didn't matter if it was not a holiday.
In front of them, Prince Yu and Prince Gong came with Fujin. After all, it was the Double Ninth Festival, so they had to come to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager. Two carts were loaded with various gifts, and the grandchildren laughed lively all afternoon.
After they parted, Fuquan even smiled and said to Xuan Ye before leaving: "I took some brothers-in-law to hunt a few days ago and hunted a few deer. I took the deer antler to the Imperial Hospital and asked them to prepare it for the imperial grandmother to replenish her body. I gave it to him again."
Deer blood wine was sent with the gift, and the emperor will remember to ask Eunuch Li for it later."
Xuan Ye laughed at his brother: "The other day, I heard from Grandma Huang that you had a few new princesses, and there was a lot of noise in the house. You can take this wine back and drink it yourself. There are so many tigresses in the house, which is enough for you."
Fuquan smiled naively: "It's the hardest to bear the kindness of a beautiful woman. It's natural to be hard-working, but a beautiful woman is wonderful, and I am happy to do so."
Regardless of whether they are monarchs or ministers, the brothers certainly have private conversations, and it is very pleasant to talk and laugh. But when the brothers left, Xuan Ye was busy with the things at hand, and had long forgotten about the deer blood wine, and Fuquan Chang Ning sent a congratulatory gift.
, he asked Mr. Li to send them to Lan Qi to see, and let her keep the ones he liked, but he didn't care about the others.
After that, two groups of ministers came. They said that Prince An had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Wu army and was about to take Wu Shifan's head. He couldn't help but feel so happy that he ran to tell the Queen Mother the good news. After saying a few words, the old man reminded him: "
Go check on Lan Qi, she doesn’t seem to be feeling well.”
The emperor then remembered that she was not there to support Prince Fujin when he came today. She thought she was still taking care of Yinzuo, but she didn't know that she was not feeling well. After leaving the imperial grandmother, she simply took advantage of the night to take care of the government affairs.
Afterwards, he ordered Eunuch Li not to see anyone else again and took people to Lan Qi's residence.
Before entering the door, he saw the wet nurse coming out with Yin Zuo in her arms. The wet nurse had some embarrassment on her face. Yin Zuo was chirping happily.
The brain came out, his face was flushed, and he was as uncomfortable as the wet nurse. Only then did Xuan Ye become suspicious and asked slightly worriedly: "What's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Huan Chun blushed so much that his neck was stained. He hesitated and explained the reason. Xuan Ye's eyes widened when he heard it. He ran in with a smile on his face and saw someone huddled in the gauze tent.
Just now Huanchun said that Lan Qi woke up alone in the evening and felt cold and uncomfortable. Huanchun and the others were packing things outside and didn't hear anything. As a result, her stupid master saw a jar of wine on the table and poured it for himself.
She drank two large glasses and was about to drink them down when Huan Chun came in.
When she was stopped and asked how to drink this wine, she was stupidly asked why the plum wine was so fishy. She just thought it was because after Yinzuo had a stomachache a few days ago, the imperial doctor sent two jars of plum wine for the concubines and the palace ladies to drink.
To prevent stomach illness, she was thirsty and cold, so she downed two full glasses. But how did she know that this was the deer blood wine sent by Prince Yu?
After drinking two large glasses of deer blood wine, Lan Qi's body reacted not long after, and she felt as if she was on fire. Of course Huan Chun knew what to do, but how could they dare to invite the emperor? The wet nurse held Liu'a in her arms
Brother Lai was also shocked, but she had experienced human affairs. After giving a few instructions, she hugged Brother Six and was about to leave. As a result, she ran into the emperor when she went out, and Huanchun was so worn that she had no choice but to ask the wet nurse for help.
I bumped into the holy driver.
The door of the dormitory was tightly closed. Xuan Ye took off his coat and opened the gauze curtain. The person on the bed was curled up in discomfort. When he noticed someone coming in, he shivered in panic. But when he opened his eyes and saw that it was Xuan Ye, the panic in his eyes suddenly disappeared.
Dissipated, tenderness and sweetness surged out, the soft body stretched out, and unknowingly it became tired.
When Xuan Ye touched her body, he felt hot all over. Her delicate skin seemed to have been roasted on a fire. His tentacles touched her body, which made her heart warm. The faint smell of alcohol hit her face, with the temptation of deer blood, and Lan Qi was prepared to do so.
The tormented body could no longer control it and clung to him with tears in her eyes. However, Xuan Ye pretended to be calm and asked her: "What's wrong? I want to talk to you properly."