Bu Guiren brought a plate of preserved fruit and picked out a piece of minced peach meat and handed it to Lan Qi. She looked at it and shook her head and said softly: "The more bitter you have in your mouth, the less bitter you will feel in your heart."
"Although I feel sorry for you, I also know that if you express your bitterness, how many people outside Yonghe Palace will be dissatisfied, and how many people's lives will be difficult to live." Bu Guiren sighed, "At the beginning of the month, Angui Ren fell ill.
There were many snobs in the hospital who excused themselves by saying that they were busy with several ladies expecting to give birth, so they didn't bother to check in. Hao Hao was so sick, and it was the palace maids around her who had no choice, so they came to beg Sister Dai. You know she is a
A kind-hearted person can still ask the concubine for help regardless of past resentment, so the imperial doctor went to diagnose her pulse and prescribe medicine. Dai sister went to see her once, and when she came back she sighed, talking about this moment and that moment."
Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "Sister looked at me again and coughed twice. The hospital heard it. They stared at each other, for fear of making any mistakes. Yes, if I say life is hard, how many people in the palace will have to live?
Don’t want to go down? But sister, I feel really bad today.”
Seeing tears in her eyes, Bu Guiren said distressedly: "It's not that I don't let you say it. You feel unhappy. It would be better if you say it."
"I don't know what's wrong. I feel so worried. I'm better than others in everything. The Emperor treats me well, the Queen Mother treats me well. I have children and a daughter. What else am I dissatisfied with? But I just...
..." Lan Qi choked up as she spoke, and twitched for a while while lying in Bu Guiren's arms. Bu Guiren gently touched her back to make her feel better, but she said helplessly, "You are so perfect in the eyes of others.
, who knows the hard work behind you. Just looking at you in all your glory, sometimes so dazzling that even I can't get close to you, Lan Qi, does this mean that you feel cold at high places?"
Lan Qi had tears on her face and looked up at Bu Guiren. Bu Guiren said gently: "I remember that Concubine Yi was sitting in front of Ningshou Palace and crying, saying that she wanted to see Fifth Elder Brother. The next morning she said
I went to kneel down and beg, which made the Empress Dowager angry, but do you dare? Do you dare to do such a shameless thing? It doesn’t matter whether it’s good for the Emperor or the Empress Dowager, can you spare it? I often think, no
It's just that we see you as perfect, and you may be perfect in the eyes of the Emperor and the Queen Mother. You must know that you must be well-behaved, gentle, and virtuous in front of the Emperor, and you must not do anything to cause trouble to the Emperor, but you
How can you really cover everything without having three heads and six arms? So you can only endure it. Even if you encounter something you don't want to do, for the sake of the overall situation, you are willing to be wronged. In the past, you were truly gentle and virtuous, but now gradually,
You’ve started to act gentle and virtuous on purpose, haven’t you?”
"Really?" Lan Qi was stunned, murmuring Bu Guiren's words, which seemed to have solved the depression in her heart. At least this time, she was extremely reluctant to send her daughter to Ningshou Palace, but she
The Empress Dowager still agreed to Xuan Ye's promise, and even said magnanimously and sensibly that she would send the child away after birth, but not a single word was sincere.
Thinking about it again, even if she impulsively said the words to make the Queen Mother happy, it was said that she was afraid that the Queen Mother would be unhappy, so she decided on this matter, but in fact, she could still fight for herself, but the Queen Mother
With a word from the Empress Dowager or a word from Xuan Ye, she could not help but act like the gentle and virtuous Wu Yalanqi, killing her original intention. Now what's the point of regretting it now?
"Although we are still young, we are not the little girls we used to be." Bu Guiren smiled and reached out to wipe away Lan Qi's tears, "Sometimes people inevitably do things that go against their will. Let's just say that the women in this palace are sent to
How many times have we not been polite when we welcome you? Moreover, if you want to live a prosperous life in the palace, it will not be so easy. Just look at the Imperial Concubine, you don’t even remember it, right? In the early years
When you were still a constant pamperer, she was jealous like crazy. She openly tormented you, but secretly threatened me with Duanjing to harm you. So many years have passed, and now the imperial concubine,
They are just two people. Think about it, watching the Empress Dowager tie her hands and tail, how will she survive if she continues to toss like that? Of course, she has to be flexible. For us, it is normal to occasionally adapt to some things.
.”
Lan Qi's heart calmed down, and she burst into tears and said with a smile: "Sister is much stronger now than before. She can say so many words to enlighten me."
Bu Guiren smiled and said: "Zhongcui Palace is quite lively. The concubine Duan is very popular. People often come to chat with her. Women gather together to chat. I mostly learned from them here."
Lan Qi's mood seemed to be better. The nobleman asked the palace maid to bring her water to wash her face. After putting it away, she handed over the candied fruit. She finally ate some. The nobleman laughed at her: "You don't dare to cry during confinement.
It will damage your eyes."
"Stop crying, live a good life, why should I cry?" Lan Qi breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "I know that I care too much about the feelings of the Emperor and the Queen Mother, and for what I have got before me
I am always grateful for everything, and I feel that I have no virtue and ability. Unknowingly, I want to do better and not cause any trouble to them. Rather than doing something against my will, it is better to say that I am used to facing it like this. I always feel that I
We should not and cannot disobey them."
"But there will always be reluctance in my heart. I guess..." Bu Guiren asked softly, "Whether it was your idea to send the princess to Ningshou Palace or not, you knew it in advance, right?"
Lan Qi nodded, and Bu Guiren smiled bitterly: "That's right, we all said why the emperor would treat you like that, he must have discussed it with you."
"So what if we discussed it. Anyway, I am reluctant, but I can only say this to you, sister." Lan Qi curled up with helplessness on her face, "I really want to fight again, if I firmly refuse to agree
, the emperor will obey me, but I am afraid that he will think that I am not good, and it is this mentality that makes me feel so worried."
Bu Guiren smiled and said: "This is the right mentality. What have you done in these years that you have not done with caution? Don't forget that accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger."
Lan Qi was shocked, wasn't she? She closed the door and pulled up the curtains. She and Xuan Ye were in love with each other, and they were a young couple who could laugh and play, but it was a matter of right and wrong, even if he just walked out of the dormitory door, he was
The supreme emperor.
"They all said that sooner or later you will have to take care of the affairs of the Sixth Palace. To be disrespectful, I won't let you get involved now just because you are required to serve the Empress Dowager. After the old man returns to Yaochi from the west, you will definitely not be able to shirk it, otherwise
Why did the Empress Dowager cultivate you so carefully?" Bu Guiren said very matter-of-factly, "Look at how busy Concubine Rong is now, and when the time comes, you will be too busy to even think about these things."
Lan Qi just smiled and thought to herself that Xuan Ye gave her not only love but also responsibility. It would be easier if she attributed her daughter's matter to responsibility.
Two days later, after the taboo days in the delivery room, Xuan Ye came to see Lan Qi and stayed with her for two or three hours. Lan Qi was also hopeless. She complained so much to Sister Bu that day, but Xuan Ye just said a few words.
After a while, all unhappy things were forgotten, as if they were destined to be eaten to death by Xuan Ye. As long as they saw his smile, they would not care about anything.
The little princess was in Cining Palace for her third bath. Xuan Ye also came over in person after seeing Lan Qi. The Queen Mother couldn't put it down and praised her beauty and cuteness. The Queen Mother liked her even more and said that when this girl grows up, she will definitely be with her.
Her mother was equally beautiful. After the ceremony, the Queen Mother said that she would take the child to Lan Qi to see, but the Queen Mother said that the child was too young and should not be carried around. It would not be too late to wait until the confinement period, but when the Queen Mother left,
When Xuan Ye was about to leave, the Empress Dowager stayed and asked: "You sent your daughter to Ningshou Palace just to prevent her from marrying far away in the future?"
Xuan Ye looked a little surprised and embarrassed at being seen through, but then he smiled, "No matter what my grandson is, he can never compare to the imperial grandmother's mind."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "It's not my mind, it's because I feel sorry for my children."
Xuan Ye lowered his head and said, "Because of the unfilial thoughts, my grandson doesn't want to mention it. Even to Lan Qi, he doesn't have to explain it so clearly. He just understands it in his heart."
"Xuan Ye." The Empress Dowager pulled the emperor to her side and asked him with a smile, "Do you like Lan Qi that much? Didn't the emperor choose the wrong person for you?"
Xuan Ye smiled proudly and said: "Lan Qi was chosen by my grandson himself, but if you didn't agree back then, we probably wouldn't be here today. What the imperial grandmother asked was that my grandson likes her. Now, no matter her status or her gold, silver and jewelry,
I don’t care if I give it to her, I just hope that she will be safe and stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Aunt Sumala was also listening to what the grandparents and grandsons were saying, but she didn’t quite understand. She waited until the emperor left, and then the Empress Dowager said to her: "Xuan Ye must be afraid that a hundred years from now, I will become the Empress Dowager.
She married the most noble person in the palace, but you know, she is a person without a backbone. She may have been instigated and tempted by some instigation and changed her mind. She was not happy when she was the queen, and she was still the daughter-in-law as the queen mother. Who knows?
I know whether I have any resentment in my heart. After all, the fifth elder brother is Yi Fei’s son. I’m sure she and Yi Fei will be fine in the future. Now I send Lan Qi’s daughter over, and she and Lan Qi have a relationship, even if I go to the harem.
The climate has changed. For the sake of the princess, at least the Queen Mother will not be separated from Lan Qi. Xuan Ye is thinking long term."
Aunt Sumala smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother. Both of them feel sorry for each other. If they have this feeling, it will last forever." She even reported, "Brother Six has been in Chengqian Palace these days.
, I had a great time playing with Fourth Elder Brother. I don’t know what Concubine De said to the child that day. Fourth Elder Brother became lively again, and the Imperial Concubine was also happy."
The old man liked hearing this, and even asked Aunt Sumala to bring the two children to accompany her. Speaking of the sixth elder brother, he liked to stick to the fourth elder brother. There were so many brothers and sisters, as if they were born by blood, and the sixth elder brother liked it the most.
He is my brother, and I can play with him these days. When I come to pay my respects to E Niang every day, I never leave my brother.
On this day, he was greeting Lan Qi and waiting for the imperial concubine to take him to Ningshou Palace to see his little sister. The imperial concubine arrived while the mother and son were talking. The fourth elder brother came in and politely greeted the empress De Fei, but Yinzuo just pulled him.
She was talking to her brother, but was scolded by Yinzhen: "Why are you always rude? You have to bow first when you see my mother-in-law. How many times have I taught you?"