Aunt Sumala smiled so kindly and nodded slowly and said: "This is how life is passed down. All the advantages of the empress will reappear in the children. The brothers will inherit your wisdom and talents, and the princesses will have the same qualities as you."
With your same beauty and character, you will look at them in the future just like the Empress Dowager and the servants look at you now. How much you like your children in the future will be how much we like the empress."
"It turns out that grandma is the best at praising people. I'm almost floating in the clouds." Lan Qi was very happy and said jokingly, "Don't just praise me. Your Majesty should be anxious after hearing this. Are you okay?"
What's wrong with him? The emperor must say when he looks back, the good things are all his, and the bad temper and minor problems are mine."
Mammy smiled so much that the wrinkles on her face were squeezed together, and the two of them spent the warm afternoon in a relaxed manner. More than an hour later, the Empress Dowager got up, Lan Qi went to the tea room to serve tea, and Mammy Sumala served the master
After combing her hair, the Empress Dowager said: "I dreamed that you were laughing. What a happy thing. I wish I could have this dream forever."
Grandma hurriedly said guiltily: "Is this slave disturbing you? After you rest, slave and my wife basked in the sun together and told some jokes. They were indeed laughing from time to time. Is it disturbing you? Master didn't sleep well?"
"So you are really laughing?" The Empress Dowager didn't care and said curiously, "That means I heard your laughter and had the same dream again. The dream was solid and comfortable. It would be great to smile.
People should live happily."
Only then did the mammy feel at ease, fixed the bun, and brought the jewelry box for the master to choose some hairpins. The Empress Dowager was so young, and the snowfall after the beginning of winter made her hair turn white, but the old man finally
She is willing to tidy herself up properly, even if she is just lying on the kang for a while, and when she sits up, she must ask the palace maid to tidy up her hair, even if she decides not to see anyone for the whole day, no matter how simple her clothes are
Updos are also ironed by Zhou Zheng.
Lan Qi prepared the candied date tea and red dates that the Empress Dowager has loved for many years. Elderly people often say that drinking it every day over the years has made her skin more delicate than before. Xuan Ye is most greedy for the tender skin on Lan Qi's face.
She always wondered if it was because she loved drinking this tea. Now she came in holding the tea in her own hands, and was about to enter the inner hall, but when she heard the Queen Mother and her nanny talking, she just hesitated to go in.
But he couldn't move away anymore and heard all those words in his ears.
The Queen Mother said: "This year, I feel that my body is getting heavier and heavier. Although I still want to live for ten or twenty more years, my body understands that it is the last days that God has given me. Two years is still
Three years, or more? I just think that no matter what, I can live happily every day. If my legs and feet are flexible, I really want to go back to Horqin again, and I also want to walk north and south, and measure this with my feet.
Regarding the territory of the Qing Dynasty, do you think I am too greedy?"
"This has been your wish for many years." Mammy said gently. "Back then, I thought that when the late emperor became more powerful and the country became more stable, you would go back to the grassland to have a look. However, the late emperor died young. You
You have to carry this imperial court all by yourself. You have also thought about it since the emperor took charge, but the emperor suddenly wants to withdraw the feudal vassal, and the whole court is in chaos. How can you dare to leave even half a step? It has been so many years in a blink of an eye."
"Yeah, I can't walk now even if I want to. It's such a long road and the carriages and horses are bumpy all the way. I'm afraid I'm going to die on the road first." The Empress Dowager laughed at herself, but she didn't seem that pessimistic, just affirming what she was seeing.
He even said, "In the early years, I was still very uneasy, thinking about what would happen to Xuan Ye if I left. He was a poor child without a mother, and he always lacked a piece of his heart compared to others. He relied on me for twenty years.
It has been many years, but now I feel that the burden on my shoulders is lighter. Even though this child has grown thirty years, he is still the same as when he was a child. He doesn't show it on his face, but in his heart he is completely dependent on the people around him."
Aunt Sumala smiled and asked: "Master, are you lost? The emperor now relies on Concubine De, and no longer relies on the old grandmother?"
The Empress Dowager actually laughed out loud and said very happily: "Of course he still relies on me. He relies on the old grandmother to be generous and not afraid of people's ridicule. Does he dare to let people know that he relies on his own woman?" After that,
Then he sighed, "But he should stop relying on me. Otherwise, one day I suddenly leave. How pitiful would Xuan Ye be?"
"master……"
"Su Mala, last time I fell ill, I prayed to God. I prayed to the gods and Buddhas not to make me lose my mind when I died, but to let me leave this world with my eyes and ears clear. I wanted to take a good look at my Xuanye before I left.
, look at my grandchildren." The Queen Mother seemed to be looking forward to beautiful things, her tone was so calm and gentle, "I want to take a closer look at this majestic country. In the future, I can find him underground.
Tell him that after we entered the customs, not only were we not driven away by the Han people, but we also managed this country to be prosperous and rich, and I can tell him that I have fulfilled all his hard work and ambitions for him."
Aunt Sumala smiled and said, "You just said you wanted to be happy. Why did you think of these things?"
The Empress Dowager also laughed: "They have been fighting for their whole lives, competing for power and women. What do you think would happen if they met underground?"
Lan Qi was holding tea outside and was a little confused when she heard this. She thought the Empress Dowager was talking about Emperor Taizong, so who did "their brothers" refer to? She couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, so she carefully left with the tea and left with
The maids said that the tea was not ready and they had to make it again. While their hands were busy, they could not help but think of what they had just said. She knew that it was the regent Dorgon who led the troops into the pass and welcomed the late emperor into the capital to proclaim himself emperor.
The Empress Dowager said "his hard work and his ambition", is this "he" the Emperor Taizong, or the regent who has been deposed?
Lan Qi's heart was pounding. She had never heard of the rumors decades ago. When she was a girl at home, she heard the gossip from the elders in the family. After entering the palace, no one mentioned it again. Today, she suddenly
When she heard it, it came from the mouth of the Empress Dowager herself. Thinking about that magnificent era, she could not help but feel excited.
Halfway through the re-brewing of tea, her mother-in-law came to urge her. She said that the Empress Dowager was afraid that Lan Qi had been burned. Lan Qi did not hide it. She said that she had just heard something and was timid for a moment.
She came out, but she didn’t mention anything about the regent or her hard work and ambition, and the nanny didn’t make a fuss. She just comforted her: “The Empress Dowager has said this again and again several times, so I listened with her, and she felt comfortable after she said it.
, she has been unable to help herself for so many years, there should always be someone around her who can listen to what she has to say."
Momo didn't take it seriously, and even said to Lan Qi: "If one day the Empress Dowager says this to you, just listen to it as a story. Don't think she is long-winded. She has worked hard all her life and can't even compare to these few words."
The hard work of holding it in your heart.”
Apart from that, Mammy didn't say anything else, and Lan Qi didn't dare to ask curious questions. After meeting the Queen Mother, the old man was already calm and composed. He drank tea and talked with Lan Qi. In the afternoon, several Fujins entered the palace.
Say hello. In the evening, the prince came to say hello to his great-grandmother again. She stayed with him and spent the whole day peacefully.
The Queen Mother's daily life is fixed, and it is time to go to bed without delay. On the way back from Cining Palace, Lan Qi thought of what the Queen Mother said for no reason, as well as what Grandma Sumala said later.
, I always felt that such a person seemed familiar, I always felt that I had seen such a person somewhere, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't remember which one it was. I laughed at myself because I probably watched too many dramas. And the things that the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager kept hidden in their hearts
, is it not the pain of the old man? She does not hope that one day the Empress Dowager will reveal her scars and tell her what is going on. Calculating the years, this must be an existence that even Xuan Ye does not know about.
Back at Yonghe Palace, Yinzuo had been sent back by the Queen Mother a long time ago. He was still naughty and refused to sleep as always. Today, he even refused to sleep on the excuse that he had not seen E Niang, which made the wet nurses helpless. Lan Qi changed her clothes and came to see her.
He originally wanted to teach him a lesson with a tigerish face, but when his son coquettishly acted like a baby, the mother surrendered and patiently listened to him chattering about today's events. Instead, she hugged her son and the mother and son fell asleep together.
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Huan Chun and others knew how hard it was for their master to serve the Empress Dowager, so they simply didn't wake her up. Lan Qi and her son slept until midnight before they woke up. Seeing that the lights outside were dim, they didn't want to trouble the maids any more, so they continued holding their son.
He went to sleep and waited until his son woke up early the next morning before calling in the wet nurses to take care of him.
She went back to her room to wash up and change clothes, and listened to Huan Chun's talk about what she had to do today. Lan Qi didn't have to worry about the affairs of the Sixth Palace now, so she already felt less leisurely. But that time in Concubine Rong's room, she listened to Ji Xin tell her to take her.
She was confused by what the master of the house wanted to do.
But Concubine Rong not only remembered them all, she not only replied with a simple "I understand", but also gave Ji Xin detailed instructions on how to deal with them one by one. She stood admiring her in admiration, but Concubine Rong laughed at her: "
What do you think is so difficult? It happens once and becomes familiar twice. Why are you so smart and afraid?"
At this moment, she was saying to Huan Chun: "Sister Rong said that Zuo is just taking the family's daily necessities out of proportion. Do you think I can ask my mother-in-law when she comes to the palace next time?"
The master and servant were laughing when a guest arrived outside. They were wondering who could go out so early in the morning, but they saw Concubine Rong arriving. Lan Qi joked that Cao Cao had arrived, but Concubine Rong had a straight face as if she was unhappy.
After sitting down, he said: "The imperial concubine called Wan Chang in my room last night. I thought it was something and didn't care. I happened to be uncomfortable and went to bed early. After that, Ji Xin and the others didn't dare to disturb me. Today
I just saw her being carried back earlier. She said she had been kneeling in Xianfu Palace for a whole night. I just heard the palace maid talk about what happened yesterday. They are nothing. The noble concubine is here for you, Lan Qi.
You have to know in your mind, is this happening again? Is she crazy?"