"If that's the case, you should close the door tightly and don't let the emperor come in." Lan Qi touched her belly with one hand and said to Huan Chun seriously without any intention of joking, "The imperial concubine has just walked through the gate of hell.
The little princess's health is also deteriorating. The emperor is thinking about me again at this time. Regardless of whether the imperial concubine is sad or not, I can't bear this affection. No matter what, we are all his women, although everyone wants to compete for the unique one.
I’d rather they didn’t exist, but is that possible in reality?”
Huan Chun hurriedly smiled and said: "My slave, please remember. If the Emperor really comes, I will ask Long Live Lord to take over the Qian Palace first. However, your fall today was inexplicable. If Concubine Rong really reports to the Emperor, the Emperor will come back."
I must scold you, but master, you’d better seek happiness for yourself first.”
Lan Qi smiled sweetly: "If he doesn't care about me, why would he scold me?"
As the joke was being said, the days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the Holy Emperor returned to Luan, and the concubines who had dispersed also came back lively. In Jingyang Palace, Chang Zai, Wan Liuha, brought back some gifts from the grassland, and Concubine Rong led her over to give them to her.
To Concubine De, the sisters sat and listened to Wan Chang talking about things on the grassland. The Bu noble asked curiously: "I heard that the noble Jue Chan is favored more?"
Wan Chang shook his head and said: "When I was there, Tong and Xibin always served me more. Speaking of noble Jue Chan, I followed the emperor to the tent on the night of the bonfire meeting, but in the middle of the night he went to the tent again.
I was sent away, saying that I felt unwell, and I didn’t hear that Long Live Master was unhappy, so I didn’t notice anything happened to Master Zen after that.”
Everyone looked at each other in shock, but Bu Guiren was happy for Lan Qi. If that beautiful woman was really favored, the atmosphere in the palace would change again. Lan Qi was sad, not to mention what if someone took the opportunity to bully her.
Here, Xuan Ye went to Cining Palace to meet the imperial grandmother and the Queen Mother, and then went straight to Chengqian Palace to visit the imperial concubine. As expected by Lan Qi, the emperor was not a heartless person, not to mention that he already had feelings for his cousin and knew that she had suffered a lot.
, very distressed.
It's a pity that the little princess is too weak, and the imperial doctor said that she can't last long. Xuan Ye held the little child in his hands, and suddenly remembered what happened to Lan Qi in the past year, and he was more willing to love his cousin a little more. But the imperial concubine herself was indifferent.
Maybe the imperial doctor told her over and over again that the child would die if the child was not good, which made her numb, or maybe she didn't want to be too sad and let other concubines gloat and laugh at the joke.
"Take good care of yourself. If this child has no fate with us, there will be one in the future." Xuan Ye comforted his cousin, but he didn't want the imperial concubine to say to him seriously, "Your Majesty, I don't want to have any more children."
Xuan Ye was puzzled. He knew that his cousin had always wanted to have a child. Although Lan Qi's original intention was to protect her son when she sent her fourth brother to the Chengqian Palace, it was also because the imperial concubine longed to have a child that she could have such an opportunity. Recently,
Isn't it for this purpose that she has been taking pregnancy pills to maintain her health over the past few years?
"The imperial doctor said that my body is not suitable for pregnancy. Giving birth to this daughter has also damaged my vitality a lot." The smile of the imperial concubine was bitter and helpless after all, "I am not as blessed as Concubine De and Rong Fei.
She has good health and can give birth to children one after another. I used to think that it was the emperor who favored them and God who favored them. I always felt that everything was unfair to me. But this time I narrowly escaped death and gave birth to a daughter. I really felt that I was so painful.
I don’t have the courage to try again, but Concubine De and Concubine Rong are able to give birth again and again, and I admire them from the bottom of my heart. Although it is because of poor health that I can’t have more children, if the emperor wants to blame me, let him blame me for not being able to bear the hardship.
"
"If you are not feeling well, don't give birth. How can you tell me whether it's strange or not?" Xuan Ye gently stroked her cheek and comforted her, "Take good care of yourself. If your daughter is gone, your fourth brother will always be with you."
The imperial concubine smiled happily: "As long as the emperor doesn't dislike my concubine for not having children, it doesn't matter to me. Otherwise, if I have to go through it again, my life will be gone. What kind of children can I ask for?"
Xuan Ye responded with a smile: "As you say, let the imperial doctor think of something, as long as you don't care."
The imperial concubine looked at him, her lips squirmed slightly, as if she had something she wanted to say but couldn't. Xuan Ye knew her well and smiled: "If you don't dare to say it, I will pardon you and you will suffer. Even if you suffer, I will
I'm partial to you, what can I say?"
"I can't have any more children. Does this mean that I will never be qualified to enter the Kunning Palace or be your queen?" The imperial concubine finally said it, but she seemed to be aware of Xuan Ye's displeasure, with a look in her eyes.
Showing timidity, he lowered his head unconsciously, not daring to look into the emperor's eyes.
The two were quiet for a while, and then Xuan Ye said: "When Queen Niu Hulu was granted the title, she didn't even have an adopted son. Whether she has children or not has nothing to do with whether she will be a queen or not. Neither of my two queens will live long, but
I hope you all live a long and healthy life. Do you think the imperial court really won’t urge me to become a queen? Every year, there are papers handed in, and every year there are people urging me to become a queen, but it’s just that I don’t want to pay attention and don’t want to mention it, so it seems
It seems that everything is fine. You can't live in Kunning Palace, not because you are not good enough, nor because you have no children. It has nothing to do with any of you. It's just that I don't want to have a queen anymore."
The imperial concubine's face was held in Xuan Ye's hands, and she heard her cousin gently comforting her: "Don't think wildly, stay with me in good health."
"How wonderful it would be if Yinzhen was born by my concubine." She was still unconvinced and unwilling to give up, but the reality was so cruel that she could not give birth to a child, and even the daughter she gave birth to would not live long.
On the fourth day after the Holy Emperor returned to Luang, the little princess died. The imperial concubine had been looking at this matter numbly before. It was not until her little life really left her that she felt the pain. She cried heartbrokenly every day. Fortunately, she
The emperor patiently cared for her, but as a result, the emperor had no time to take care of others. The other three who were also pregnant and waiting to give birth were naturally left out.
When Lan Qi met Xuan Ye, it was already ten days later. It rained heavily in the afternoon. She led Yinzuo under the window to watch the splashes of raindrops and taught him how to count them and how to cover them when there was thunder.
With his ears, he watched the emperor come through the door in the rain with his own eyes. As soon as Yinzuo saw Huang Ama coming, he immediately abandoned his mother and ran out.
The emperor was all wet. Luzhu hugged the sixth elder brother to prevent him from getting close. Only after the emperor took off his outer clothes did he pick up his son and come in. Lan Qi leaned on the kang and looked at him with a smile.
Xuan Ye sat next to him and said, "You look very good. I feel relieved to see you are well."
Only then did Lan Qi remember what happened to the little princess. She hurriedly suppressed her smile and leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty expresses my condolences. I am unable to go to the Chengqian Palace to express my condolences to the Imperial Concubine. I feel very sad."
"There is no rule for a white-haired person to give a black-haired person a gift, not to mention that you are still pregnant with a child. The imperial concubine has been in a better mood these days. It is also your credit. Yinzhen comforted her." Xuan Ye said calmly.
After that, she coaxed her son to play while talking to Lan Qi. The two hadn't seen each other for such a long time, but they had no sense of being together. Lan Qi would not act coquettishly and say that she was ignored. Even if Xuan Ye mentioned it, she would laugh it off and talk to each other.
There is their tacit understanding and consideration.
After Yinzuo was taken away by his wet nurse, he sat closer and spoke affectionately. There was something the emperor had been thinking about for a long time and brought it up today, but Lan Qi was unprepared for the surprise.
Xuan Ye said: "I think, if you give birth to a daughter this time, would you like to send the princess to Ningshou Palace and ask the Queen Mother to raise her?"
"Why did the emperor say that? Did my concubine do something wrong?" Of course Lan Qi would be surprised. What would she do to take away her child? What's more, she wanted a daughter, and Xuan Ye even said she wouldn't let him.
Marrying far away, why take her away from you?
"Of course we won't be like Yinqi who didn't let Concubine Yi meet. Our daughter has gone to Ningshou Palace, and you can meet her anytime and anywhere." Xuan Ye saw the anxious look on Lan Qi's face and understood how she felt.
, but he had his own intention, and said slowly, "Even if it is a son, I want the Queen Mother to take care of me. This is my selfish intention. I often go to see the Queen Mother these days. In the past, I would feel that every few years and every few months.
She is old, but lately I feel her aging every day, and I feel very sorry for her, but I can't always accompany her."
Lan Qi lowered her head and muttered: "Your Majesty, don't worry. After I gave birth to a child, I will definitely take care of the Empress Dowager often, but there is no need to send the child to Ningshou Palace. I used to take care of the Empress Dowager and did not delay raising Yin."
Zoya."
"That's why I said that if it's a daughter, I'll send it to Ningshou Palace. If it's a son, I won't. I know you can't bear it." Xuan Ye explained patiently, "Didn't I promise you not to let our daughter marry far away?
?But who knows what will happen more than ten years later? Among the daughters, the youngest Ke Jing is four or five years older than our daughter. They are different in age. What if there is a foreigner when our daughter is marriageable?
What should I do if I come to ask for a marriage, or if the court needs a princess of the right age to come for a marriage?"
Lan Qi was in a daze, and before she could turn around, Xuan Ye said: "If my daughter is raised by the Queen Mother, I will be able to put the responsibility on the Queen Mother in the future, saying that the Queen Mother is reluctant to part with her, and saying that the Queen Mother does not want the princess to marry far away. There is no need to look at anyone."
I don’t have to worry about your complexion. My daughter will naturally stay with you. This is a long-term matter, but I want to decide it early and don’t have to think of countermeasures hurriedly.
That’s all, if I fail you, what does my promise mean?”
Lan Qi still shook her head: "I am very touched that the emperor has thought so carefully, but..."
"But you can't bear it?" Xuan Ye smiled gently, hugged her and said, "Then think about it again, I'm not in a hurry. If you really don't want to, just pretend that I haven't said anything about it. As for the future, I will always do it in the future.
There is a way."
Lan Qi felt very conflicted, so she stopped being polite to Xuan Ye and said seriously: "Your Majesty, please let me think again."
The heavy rain outside the window is not stopping, and there is a sound of hitting the ground, as if it is preparing for autumn, and the rains are trying to wash away the heat that has scorched the earth all summer.
In the capital, few people walked around in the streets and alleys. Everyone took shelter from the rain under the eaves. But on the broad road in front of the Mingzhu Mansion, a woman who had been soaked by the heavy rain was kneeling. Occasionally, people passing by could not help but be curious.
Pointing to the ground.
Seeing that the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping, the door of the mansion was finally opened, and more than a dozen people came out. There were girls holding huge umbrellas, and they came out surrounded by the graceful young lady. The young lady was pregnant. Although she had not yet shown her figure, she was almost pregnant.
An elderly nun was supporting her from side to side, and she was asked to be careful with her steps every step of the way.
"Go away quickly. What are you doing kneeling here? I don't know where my mother took the child. If you die kneeling here, I can't give you the child." The young lady sighed, unable to bear it.
Zhu Zhu said disgustedly, "If you make any mistake, will you let Rongruo blame me?"