The emperor did not really leave Yonghe Palace until New Year's Eve, which would inevitably cause Concubine De to be looked down upon by the Sixth Palace. Only the imperial concubine knew that the emperor was recuperating in Yonghe Palace. Xuan Ye did not hide it from her because he was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, and only the emperor
The imperial concubine didn't care about this, and no matter how much the concubines below her talked about it, it wouldn't make a difference.
After the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, there was a lot of red tape in the palace. Lan Qi stayed with the Queen Mother almost every day, dealing with the arrival and arrival of royal relatives. In the days before the Lantern Festival, the emperor entered the harem from time to time, mostly from Xianfu Palace and Jingyang Palace.
, Chu Xiu Palace, etc. are all uncertain, and finally she is no longer the only favorite of Concubine De.
But even so, women always talk about Yonghe Palace when they get together. It has been nearly eight years since she served as his attendant. I don’t know what kind of charming skills can make her favor her forever. But the emperor will never
They like women who are talkative and narrow-minded. The more they talk, they think the emperor cannot hear them, but in fact they unknowingly push the emperor further away.
On the day before the Lantern Festival, Xuan Ye went to the palace to pay his respects to his grandmother. Knowing that Lan Qi was in Cining Palace, on a whim, he went to the imperial garden to pick plum blossoms in person. When the emperor arrived, he saw a group of concubines coming out in front, and heard warm words and soft words.
Said: "Yinxu, walk slowly, be careful if the snow gets into your pants, can I give you a hug?"
The emperor stood still and saw Concubine Hui and Eighth Prince, whom he had not seen for a long time, coming out of the garden. Concubine Hui was also surprised when she saw the holy driver. He quickly came over with the child in his arms to salute. Xuan Ye said that there is no need to be polite in the snow, so he hugged
After the eighth elder brother said a few words, he was smart, pretty and cute. Xuan Ye liked it very much. Seeing Concubine Hui standing quietly aside, he thought of what happened before the Mid-Autumn Festival and knew that she had been keeping to herself recently, so he was still willing to be polite.
After giving it, he asked: "The garden is full of snow, what are you doing here?"
Concubine Hui lowered her head slightly and said: "Yinhu was clamoring to break the plum blossoms, so I brought him to have a look. Unfortunately, I didn't have the strength to hold him, so my trip was in vain."
"I will take you there. It just so happens that I also want to break some plum blossoms and send them to the Cining Palace for the imperial grandmother to enjoy. I asked Yinsu to also break one to honor her great-grandmother." Xuan Ye said, carrying his son inside, and Concubine Hui's face
She felt flattered and excited, but as soon as she rolled her eyes, a chill came out of her eyes. But before the people around her saw her, she calmed down and hurriedly followed the emperor into the garden.
The emperor walked ahead with his eighth prince in his arms. From time to time, the eighth prince would lean on his father's shoulder and look at Concubine Hui behind him. He was babbling with joy. Concubine Hui gestured to him and signaled the child to be quiet. Yinsu was indeed well-behaved.
Smart, he immediately pressed his lips tightly and said nothing, and the group walked towards the place where the plum blossoms were in full bloom, but just as Concubine Hui expected, the emperor suddenly stopped.
I could only hear Concubine Wen's voice saying from the plum grove separated by shrubs: "Save up the selected ones and send them to Qianqing Palace. Lord Juechan, please help me take a look. They have no vision." Hearing the sound of scissors clicking again, Concubine Wen said again.
He said, "We are actually a few days late. Those women can really learn from this. It's just that Concubine De cut off a few branches and followed them one by one to destroy them. Look at this bare area, it's extremely ugly."
Xuan Ye was about to walk inside with his eighth brother in his arms when Concubine Wen's words came to her again: "Why doesn't the emperor want to stay in Xianfu Palace for a few more days? It's useless for me to keep him. I heard several noble people talking that day.
Concubine De must have great boudoir skills, so that the emperor can live in Yonghe Palace every night. But I have seen the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The emperor was there for so long a few years ago, and there are no records. If you say it is them, it really doesn't matter.
Or has Wu Ya coaxed the emperor into showing mercy to her? Concubine De has lost a daughter, and Concubine Huang and Concubine Yi have both. She must be dying of anxiety."
No one inside responded to Concubine Wen's words. After a few sounds of stepping on the snow, she heard her tut: "Look, you are only wearing a plum blossom, but it makes your whole body look like it is made of ice and snow. In terms of beauty, Wu Yashi is really not as good as her."
Do you think she is really good at being charming? Do you think she is too good-looking to serve people at night? This must be the case."
But I heard Master Chan's voice saying, "My dear, please be careful about your words and actions outside."
It was just that it was too late to remind him. Xuan Ye turned around and hugged his eighth brother to Concubine Hui. With a cold face, he said as if he was blaming her too: "I left in advance, so you don't have to break off the plum blossoms and send them to Cining Palace."
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The emperor walked away less peacefully than when he came in. Heavy footsteps sounded, and the people inside were startled. Some people poked their heads in and ran out to see. Not long after, Concubine Wen rushed out in a hurry. At first sight, Concubine Hui and her eighth brother were standing there.
There, while the emperor's figure was getting further and further away, she asked blankly: "Has the emperor been here?"
Concubine Hui picked up the Eighth Prince and saluted him, and said with a smile: "I didn't have time to remind Mr. Long Live that you are here, but I heard what you just said. I guessed that Mr. Long Live was not very happy. Originally
If you want to break the plum blossoms, just say this and leave now."
Concubine Wen's face was whiter than the snow on the branches, her eyes were wide open, and she asked Concubine Hui: "You know I'm here, you did it on purpose, did you do it on purpose?"
Concubine Hui tightened her fengmao scarf around her neck, hugged her eighth brother, and prepared to leave. She said lightly: "How could I have guessed what my concubine would say just now? What if the emperor heard you saying that you should honor the emperor well?
The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, etc., I am afraid that instead of running away now, it is time to hold a pair of scissors with you, break off the plum blossoms and send them to Cining Palace."
"You know I'm here." Concubine Wen was furious, but other than repeating this sentence, she really had no words to refute. Even if Concubine Hui wanted to seduce the emperor to listen to her ridiculous words, how could she know that she would definitely say them?
"Everything is a coincidence. I happened to meet you and the emperor by chance, but it doesn't matter. The important thing is that you really shouldn't have said those words, so it happened that the emperor heard them clearly." Concubine Hui said on her face.
He felt so happy that he was so angry, he hugged Ba Age and left proudly.
"What should I do? What should I do..." Concubine Wen's knees became weak and she fell to the ground. Dongyun and others came to help her, but they couldn't drag her. Mrs. Juechan stood aside with an expressionless face and raised her head inadvertently.
, but saw Brother Ba, who was leaning on Concubine Hui’s shoulder, looking here. When the eyes of mother and son met, they were both very strange to each other.
Very few people knew about this incident, but it was a huge blow to Concubine Wen. From that day on, the emperor never set foot in Xianfu Palace again, and he didn't even look at her at the Lantern Festival banquet. However, the concubine's fetus was stable, and Concubine Yi was very proud of her success.
, I thought this was enough torture, but unexpectedly, in the late first month of the first month, news came from the front that the emperor would visit Mount Wutai in February to pray for the Empress Dowager.
Moreover, this trip requires concubines and concubines. Originally, the imperial concubine was expected to travel with her as the deputy concubine, but the imperial concubine was not allowed to travel far for her pregnancy, so it was her turn to be accompanied by Concubine Wen, but I don’t know why there were rumors that Concubine Wen was holding the baby.
Chi Feng's body was not in harmony, and Concubine Yi was having a baby, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Hui were in charge of the trivial affairs of the harem. In the end, in the name of the imperial concubine, Concubine Wen was skipped and Concubine De was directly assigned to accompany the concubine Wu Ya.
When the decree was conveyed to Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi was puzzled as to why this happened suddenly, and it was the imperial concubine who appointed her as a guard. She even directly sent someone to tell her that during her trip, she would send her sixth brother to Cheng Qian.
So she had to come to Chengqian Palace in person to thank her and ask why, but Qinglian stood in the way of her master and said helplessly: "My queen, think about it, whose idea could this be? Master, she is not very well.
If you want to take a rest and not see any guests, please come back, Madam."
Lan Qi suddenly understood in her heart, could it be that the imperial concubine was making wedding clothes for others?
After that, I went to Cining Palace to ask why. The Empress Dowager only smiled and said: "You can pray for me better than anyone else. Please pray to Bodhisattva for me and let me live a few more years." Only Aunt Sumala was there.
He told Lan Qi the reason in private, and she also found out about it. Knowing that the emperor was angry in the imperial garden that day, she smiled and persuaded Lan Qi to relax, "Although these things may not be related, the emperor is determined to take you out.
What is he doing for? Who told those people to talk nonsense? If you say that the emperor is partial to you, but they insist on saying such things to disgust the emperor, so what?"
Lan Qi also knew Xuan Ye's temper. She went to Yingtai to escape the summer heat because of her complaints. This time, even if it was not all for herself, it must have cost a lot of money to go around and ask the imperial concubine to send her retinue.
I have already thought about things. It is useless to worry too much. It is better to accept Xuan Ye's wishes happily.
And this time when he went to Mount Wutai, Prince Yinfeng was also accompanying him. The emperor was completely sent to do business. He brought an extra concubine with him, and she went to worship the Buddha on behalf of the Empress Dowager. Even if there were objections from several major families among the relatives, they did not dare to do so.
Make irresponsible remarks to the emperor.
In the blink of an eye, on February 12th, the Holy Emperor left the palace for Mount Wutai, accompanied by the imperial concubine Wu Ya and the prince Yin Rong. The vast procession left the Forbidden City. Xuan Ye left the capital with Lan Qi in an honorable manner.
Although there were many criticisms about the emperor taking De Concubine to Mount Wutai, the emperor's trip was a serious one. Concubine De was not closely served by the emperor along the way. She occasionally stayed with the prince and took care of the children's food and daily life. In this way, they passed by the Liuli River and Lai River.
Shui County, Zhending Prefecture, Longquan Pass, bumpy for several days, arrived at Mount Wutai on February 20th.
The holy driver planned to live on the Bodhisattva Peak on Lingjiu Peak. The Bodhisattva Peak is located at the top of Taihuai Mountain. The emperor walked up with the prince, the concubines, the guards, and the ministers. Lan Qi was very clumsy in court clothes, so Xuan Ye had someone change them for her.
Wearing boots that are easy for climbing, he generously led her up the steep stone steps hand in hand. While pointing out the beautiful scenery, he said with a smile: "To get to the top of the Bodhisattva, you must first climb the 108 steps. According to Buddhist teachings,
, people have one hundred and eight kinds of troubles that plague their lives. When you walk through the one hundred and eight steps to the top of Lingjiu Peak and look around at the beautiful scenery of Lingfeng Peak, all kinds of troubles will have already been stepped on.
Already."
It is a place with outstanding people, beautiful scenery and vast sky. It is a holy land of Buddhism. Lan Qi felt calm and peaceful in her heart. Listening to Xuan Ye's words, she was also very helpful. She just looked back at the people behind her and saw the prince being carried on the back of a burly guard.
Following behind, he couldn't help but said to Xuan Ye: "Your Majesty, please wait for the prince."
Xuan Ye didn't care, and just said: "He is still young, so he will naturally walk this journey by himself in the future."