The heavy rain hit her face, and Shen Wan couldn't open her eyes for a long time. But after hearing the young lady's words, she tried hard to open her red eyes in the rain, and said in a hoarse voice: "Please let me see madam, I will follow you carefully." Madam, I apologize, but please return the child to me. I don’t want anything. I can compromise on anything. I just ask you to return the child to me."
"Although I pity you, I can't help you. My mother is not at home. She said she was not feeling well and went to a quiet place to recuperate. But where she went and whether she is still in the capital, I don't know." The young lady stepped back for a while. Stepping forward, as if she was afraid that Shen Wan would pounce on him, he said helplessly, "I really can't help you. There is no shortage of children at home, so why should I take it from you? But if you still care about Rongruo, don't get involved here. , the Nalan family has lost all face to you."
As he said this, a sedan came from a distance, and the sharp-eyed servant said: "It's the master who is back." Everyone hurriedly opened the door and lined up. Seeing that Shen Wan was still lingering in front of the door, they all went to drag her, but She is a petite woman, but at this moment, she has such an imposing manner that all men can't stop her. She is unable to pull her away, and she sees Mingzhu's sedan approaching.
The servants held umbrellas to pick up the master from the sedan chair. Mingzhu saw the woman who had fallen down at the door and was in a state of embarrassment. He couldn’t see who it was due to the heavy rain. Hearing that the servants said it was the woman whose son was raising in the outer room, Mingzhu immediately felt angry and ignored her and headed towards the door. As she walked in, she told the people beside her angrily: "Don't let me see her again."
When I arrived at the door and saw my daughter-in-law waiting, I couldn't help but blame her again: "You are pregnant, what are you doing out on a rainy day?"
"Amma, look there." The young lady pointed to Shen Wan outside the door, but her father-in-law scolded her, "Your majestic wife, what qualifications does she have to come to see you? If she is a concubine who kneels and kowtows at the door, In the room, you may still have the responsibility to control. What is the difference between such a wild woman with no name and no status, and someone who just enjoys the fireworks? Go back quickly."
The young lady did not dare to talk back and retort. She lowered her head and waited for her father-in-law to enter the door. Then she glared at Shen Wan hatefully. But just as she turned around to go in, she suddenly heard the horse's hooves coming quickly through the rain. She turned around and saw Rong Ruo coming from the back of the horse. She turned over and protected Shen Wan who fell to the ground. She couldn't hear what they were saying despite the heavy rain. But her husband came back and the situation was like this again. The young lady was afraid that Rongruo would misunderstand that she had bullied Shen Wan. , and suddenly came out in a hurry.
As I got closer, I heard Rongruo saying: "Follow me home, and I will get the child back. Wan'er, trust me."
Shen Wanze cried feebly: "It's all my fault, I know, it's all my fault. Let me see your mother, let me apologize to her, and give the child back to me..."
"Rong Ruo, please take her away quickly. It's so embarrassing to be like this in front of the door." The young lady couldn't express the feeling in her heart and said hurriedly, "Amma has just entered the door. I must know that you are here. I don't want to If she causes trouble, take her away quickly."
But in the rain, Rong Ruo cast a resentful look at his wife, and her cold words were colder than the rain, "We are all mothers, you don't pity her at all, why did you want to take away our child? It's embarrassing. ?What about losing your child? What would you do if your child was gone?"
The young lady's cheeks turned pale with anger, and she said with hatred: "What are you blaming me for? Is it me who took away your child? You brought a nameless woman to accuse me of unjustly accusing me. Nalan Rongruo, have you ever considered me?" How do you feel? Do you know that no young lady in any family lives as humble a life as I do?"
Rong Ruo was also furious. He didn't even think about the importance of what he said. He didn't bother to talk to his wife anymore. He picked up the embarrassed Shen Wan and wanted to take her back. But before he could put her on the horse, he heard the old woman behind him. The nuns shouted: "Master, what's wrong with you? Come, come, come quickly, Master, what's wrong with you?"
Rongruo held Shen Wan in her arms and watched helplessly as the servants carried her wife in. A servant came running and said, "Master, please come in. My wife is not in good condition."
Rongruo lowered his head and looked at Shen Wan in his arms. She had been drenched by the heavy rain and seemed to be dying, but she uttered a few words decisively: "Put me down. I don't want to enter your house. Let me go back. You can go by yourself." .”
"I'll take you back." Without thinking, Rong Ruo hugged Shen Wan and got on the horse. With the persuasion of the servant girl of the family, Rong Ruo rushed into the rain without looking back.
Two days later, when Mrs. Mingzhu hurried home from nowhere, her daughter-in-law had a miscarriage. In the heavy rain that day, her son and Shen Wan were so angry that she had fetal contractions. The good baby was just gone. .
This incident caused a stir in the city, and Mingzhu was ashamed when asked by her colleagues in the court. Rong Ruo also reported illness and disappeared for several days. The news spread like wildfire, and even the female relatives in the palace used it as a source of conversation after dinner.
On this day, Lan Qi was accompanying the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace. She often looked at the Empress Dowager and Yinqi in a daze. She didn't even hear what the Empress Dowager said. However, she was reminded by Grandma Sumala and asked with a smile: " What is the queen thinking, so lost in thought?"
Lan Qi doesn't care about Nalan Rongruo or Shen Wan. She sympathizes with the young lady for not having a child. Everything else has nothing to do with her. Right now, she is thinking about Xuan Ye's words every day that she will take her daughter to Ningshou. Regarding matters in the palace, at this moment, seeing that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were there, and seeing if anyone else was around, I boldly said, "I am confused about something, and I would like to ask the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to give me some advice."
The two elders looked at each other and asked her to say it was okay. Lan Qi then mentioned the emperor's idea. Although she had not yet made a decision, she knew that it was Xuan Ye's intention. This matter was indeed beneficial and harmless. The only thing that was pitiable was probably her own reluctance to let go.
But it turned out that the Queen Mother didn't know about this, and she said with a strange smile: "What do you think, Your Majesty? Do you feel sorry for me because I am too busy, or because you feel sorry for you because you work too hard?"
Lan Qi did not dare to say anything that her daughter would not marry far away in the future. She regretted whether she should have told this matter without asking Xuan Ye. However, the Empress Dowager smiled leisurely and said: "Xuan Ye and Xuan Ye have nothing to do with this matter." I mentioned it, and I think it's okay. Anyway, Concubine Yi has always been upset, why should she give you the fifth elder brother to raise? If she gives Lan Qi's daughter to you, she will have nothing to say."
The Queen Mother did not hide anything, and said bluntly: "What Huang's mother said is true, but I will not let her see my concubine with my fifth brother. Is it not possible that Lan Qi will not be allowed to see my daughter in the future?"
Lan Qi looked at the two elders pitifully. It was not that she was completely unwilling, but the contradiction was just too difficult to choose, which made her confused.
The Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "How can you not let Lan Qi see the child? Her daughter is placed in Ningshou Palace because she wants to take care of her body after giving birth to children. She wants to be busy with the emperor's affairs and the affairs of the palace. She can't do it anymore. I have devoted myself to taking care of my two children, so I am asking you to do me a favor. It is no different from the elders of ordinary people taking care of their grandchildren. It is just a bit more scary to say that I want to send the children to Ningshou Palace."
Lan Qi listened silently, knowing that the Empress Dowager had already made a decision for her and she had no choice.
The Queen Mother was very happy. She took a Yinzhi and she liked the children more and more. The boys were naughty and the girls were cute. If there was another little princess, it would be a good idea. But then she thought about it and asked with a smile: "What if?"
We, Lan Qi, are more fortunate, what if we get another prince?"
The Empress Dowager sitting in the seat said leisurely: "Of course I need your help, but it's just that they really want a daughter, so that's why they said that."
The matter was settled like this. When it came out from the mouth of the Empress Dowager, she even wanted to send her son there. Lan Qi couldn't believe her ears. Not long after, the Empress Dowager left in a good mood and left.
After getting off Lan Qi, when Grandma Sumala came back and said that the Queen Mother had left, the Queen Mother suddenly ordered Lan Qi: "Kneel down."
Lan Qi was startled, and the nanny beside her quickly said: "Your Majesty is pregnant with the child. Master, you..."
But the Empress Dowager stared at Lan Qi coldly, seeing that her old eyes still had an intimidating aura. Lan Qi was frightened, and she left her seat tremblingly and bent her knees. Aunt Sumala felt sorry for her, and supported her carefully.
She knelt on the ground, while still persuading: "Master, if you have anything to say, let me get up and say it."
The Empress Dowager said: "Xuan Ye never told me what you just said, and you, the Empress Dowager, saw it and didn't know it at all."
Lan Qi nodded. She really regretted it. Why did things take such a turn for the worse and then be settled like this?
"It's because we pampered you and hurt you that you forgot about propriety." The Empress Dowager was not angry but powerful, and each word shocked Lan Qi's heart. She had long been used to being pampered and coaxed by her old grandmother.
It's been a long time since I gave such a stern instruction.
The Queen Mother said: "Xuan Ye puts you at the forefront of his heart, so what he says to you may not be said to others. He has never revealed a word about this matter to me and the Queen Mother, but you are so clueless.
Speaking out, originally Xuan Ye only cared about your feelings, but now that you have said it in front of the Queen Mother, does Xuan Ye care about the Queen Mother's feelings again? If you say it out loud, it will throw water away.
"
Lan Qi couldn't help but shed tears. She didn't know whether it was because she wanted to send her child to Ningshou Palace to feel uncomfortable, or because she was blaming herself for her abruptness and recklessness today. When the Empress Dowager saw her crying, she felt distressed and angry, and scolded her.
: "What's the use of shedding tears?"
Aunt Sumala smiled and said: "Master, please stop lecturing me. Your Majesty is pregnant with a child. Don't you feel sorry for your Majesty? Do you feel sorry for your grandson?" After saying this, regardless of whether the Empress Dowager agreed or not, she just helped Lan Qi up.
She was sent directly to her master to sit next to her. The Empress Dowager nodded her head and said, "Are you stupid to have a baby?"
"I know I'm wrong." Lan Qi lowered her head and wiped away her tears. Then she heard the old grandmother say, "You guys are so good. Why did Xuan Ye want to send the child to Ningshou Palace? I heard you said it was to send the child to his daughter.
, why does it have to be a daughter?”
Lan Qi did not dare to hide it any more and told her about Xuan Ye's promise that their daughter would marry soon. The Empress Dowager did not feel it was inappropriate. This was Xuan Ye's heartache for her and her children. The old man could understand it, but Lan Qi was like this
It is indeed wrong to be abrupt, so he patiently taught me: "You have to remember, no matter who else is involved, what Xuan Ye said to you will always be between you. Don't take it upon yourself before you have communicated well and made a decision."
Leave the other party alone to discuss with others, at least not with the people involved in the matter. Today is a lesson. Since I have made a decision, you can go and tell the emperor yourself."
"Will the emperor also scold me?" Lan Qi asked the Empress Dowager pitifully. She felt that even if Xuan Ye originally thought so, she might make him angry if she did something impulsive.
It's even more possible that Xuan Ye has changed his mind and ended up being screwed up by himself.
"You deserve to be scolded. I have been looking forward to your progress all these years, but I have spoiled you rotten. You deserve it." The Empress Dowager complained in her mouth, but she still loved her in her heart. In the end, she came forward to invite the emperor to bring this man to the throne.
The decision on the matter was made, but Xuan Ye did not change his mind. Seeing that he had made the decision by mistake, and knowing that Lan Qi had been scolded by his grandmother, he just felt funny in his heart and said to her, "Now you can't blame me."
, but you sent your daughter out yourself."
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor repeatedly said that taking Lan Qi's child to Ningshou Palace was not to be adopted or taken away, but to ask the Empress Dowager to take care of her. Lan Qi had other things that were too busy for her. She was not only
As the child's mother, she still had many responsibilities to bear, and Lan Qi was gradually convinced.
After that, they were just chatting, and Xuan Ye also took a breather to laze around at his grandmother's place. However, when chatting about some trivial matters, the Empress Dowager brought up the joke about the Mingzhu Mansion that caused a lot of trouble in the city, and said to Xuan Ye with a cold face: "Both father and son are yours.
Important minister, the emperor cannot turn a blind eye, or he will be pointed out by the courtiers behind his back. Besides, you were the one who acquiesced in allowing this woman to stay with Nalan Rongruo in the first place. Now that it has become like this, you should let them come to an end and end well.
What’s wrong with a prostitute?”
Lan Qi glanced at the emperor. She remembered what Xuan Ye said to Eunuch Li in Yinzuo's house before going to Mulan Paddock. It was the emperor who asked Mrs. Mingzhu to steal the child. Speaking of these things, the emperor really intervened. As a result,
Things turned out to be like this, and the young lady even lost her life. Therefore, it is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs, so why should Xuan Ye care about it.
But the emperor didn't care, and calmly said to the emperor's grandmother: "Mingzhu and his followers have recently become more and more convinced that they are powerful ministers who can interfere in the government affairs with one hand, and their tails are raised to the sky. My grandson doesn't want to bother to warn them head-on. Now in the backyard
The fire was embarrassing and they knew they should keep a low profile. Wouldn't it be more worry-free for the grandson? Grandma doesn't have to worry, her grandson is here to watch."
Lan Qi was shocked. It turned out that the emperor's purpose was to contain Mingzhu's existence in the court. If she had rashly advised the emperor not to do such a cruel thing, it would have greatly violated his original intention. Xuan Ye might have
He won't be angry because of this, but if he can't even understand him well, but is eager to refute and advise, then he will be lonely and frustrated. Being an emperor is really not easy.
Xuan Ye saw her in a daze and said with a smile: "Why are you dazed again?"