"Mom, it hurts." Yinzuo's coquettishness broke the sinking. Lan Qi lowered her head and said to her son, "What did fourth brother teach you? Have you forgotten it again?"
Yin Zuo was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood in front of Jue Chan, bowed politely and said, "Good luck to you, Jue Chan."
Jue Chan smiled softly: "Brother Six is so good."
Lan Qi pulled her son close to her and looked at the person in front of her carefully. Now she was really decent and energetic, her bright eyes were calm and peaceful, and the sadness and paranoia that always hung in her eyes could no longer be seen. What on earth happened to her?
, made her a completely different person? But this is really good. A good person should live a good life.
"I'm going to wait for the fourth elder brother after school with the sixth elder brother. Where are you going? Go ahead." Lan Qi said politely, but this was a conversation starter, but the child didn't understand.
When he said he was leaving, he immediately said to Jue Chan, "Master Jue Chan, please go slowly."
Jue Chan's smile was as bright as a flower. She certainly knew how to answer Concubine De's words, and said calmly: "I went to the imperial hospital on behalf of the imperial concubine. The empress was sick but refused to be the imperial physician. I went to ask and ask for the imperial doctor."
It’s okay to prescribe some medicine.”
"Is the empress sick?" Lan Qi sighed in her heart, always wondering if she might be sick due to qi. Sure enough, heart ailments require heart medicine, and even if Jue Chan gave her the elixir of Ganoderma lucidum, it might not be effective.
"I have taken the medicine. I am going back to Xianfu Palace now. I don't want to delay the empress." Mrs. Juechan stepped aside. Lan Qi saw that she was so polite. After all, they were not close, so she didn't have to ask any more questions.
What? After letting Yin Zuo salute and say goodbye, he led his son away openly.
When he met his fourth elder brother after school, Yin Zuo would stick to his brother or pester his mother. The palace maids and nuns were waiting for the two young masters and wandered in front. Lan Qi slowly walked behind, and Huan Chun said softly from the side: "Just now, I have
When I see the noble concubine Jue Chan, I can't even recognize him. It's really different. You said the noble concubine is so tormented, how can she still be fine in Xianfu Palace?"
Lan Qi smiled: "It's a good life in the palace, but as long as you have some self-respect and self-love, you won't have a bad life. This is the right thing for her to do."
Huan Chun thought more, and said rather stingily: "With such a beautiful person walking around in the palace, other ladies and masters will definitely say that she has ulterior motives. Please don't make any more jokes."
At that time, Lan Qi only thought that Huan Chun was overthinking, but within a few days, rumors spread because Jue Chan often walked around the palace these days. Although the only place she went to was the Taiyuan Hospital, other women still
She was not tolerated, and I even heard that some people blocked her on the palace road and bullied her.
Lan Qi shook her head when she heard about it. That day, Concubine Rong came over to sit around and wanted to ask Sister Rong to ask her questions. Concubine Rong took the initiative and said first: "I've taught a few restless people a lesson in the past two days. I have such a temper.
They used a cold face to scold people, and they went too far in respecting concubines. When they were not satisfied, they even instigated some nobles to embarrass noble Juechan. They also did not think about it, she was the eighth prince's biological mother, and she lived with the imperial concubine.
When you beat a dog, it depends on the owner. It doesn't look as good as a human, and its brain doesn't work well."
Hearing that it had been settled, Lan Qi stopped talking. Concubine Rong said: "They are afraid that Jue Chan will be liked by the emperor again. Speaking of which, she is good-looking, and there is nothing wrong with being liked, but I see that she is calm and calm.
Otherwise, why would I have come out of the emperor's tent in the middle of the night at Mulan Paddock? I'm afraid I'll be gone for the rest of my life."
"She's fine now." Lan Qi responded calmly, and saw Huan Chun coming from the door. He said that the imperial concubine sent someone to invite Concubine Rong and Concubine De to talk. The two of them calculated that there was nothing important in the palace recently.
When we arrived at the Chengqian Palace, not long after, Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui also arrived. All the dignitaries in the palace were there, but the concubine did not come.
Sure enough, Qinglian came to report and said: "The imperial concubine is ill and says she can't come. Please forgive me."
"How long has she been sick?" The imperial concubine murmured in disgust, then looked at the four people present, cleared her throat and said, "The emperor just ordered me to finalize the list of concubines and concubines for the southern tour. This time the prince and
The eldest brother is also going. The seventh brother has inconvenient legs and feet. The eighth brother and the following are too young to go. Of course, the fifth princess is still a baby and cannot go. The other four girls are old enough to carry them, but the children
We need someone to take care of us on the way. Who do you think would be best in the palace?"
Concubine Rong glanced at Concubine Hui and saw that her eyes were rolling. She immediately spoke first and said: "If the four of you, my concubine, are all going out, no one will care about the affairs in the palace. I'd better not go."
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Concubine Hui looked at her indifferently and did not say anything, but she heard the imperial concubine say: "The emperor said that the empress dowager and the empress dowager are both at home, and there will be no chaos in the palace. If you are willing, you can all join in the fun and stay bored in the palace all year round.
It’s hard work, this is the emperor’s wish.”
Concubine Yi hurriedly answered: "In that case, it's best for all the sisters to go. With so many princesses and elder brothers following us, there must be someone to take care of them. Sister Rong Fei, please don't be polite."
Concubine Rong smiled at her and said nothing. After a brief discussion, the imperial concubine dismissed everyone impatiently. When the four of them dispersed in front of the Chengqian Palace, Concubine Rong said to Lan Qi: "I think Concubine Yi is going
The reason why she can't go is because of the thing that makes her happy."
Lan Qi thought for a moment, then remembered something and asked: "Sister, are you talking about the fifth elder brother?"
"The Queen Mother is not going, but the fifth elder brother has to accompany the brothers. The emperor or the imperial concubine cannot give an order not to allow Concubine Yi to approach the fifth elder brother. In this way, the best way to prevent mother and son from seeing each other is one of them
Are you going alone?" Concubine Rong smiled coldly, "Let's wait and see. If Concubine Yi must go, I don't think the Queen Mother will let the fifth elder brother go. After a few months of going away, the relationship between mother and son has changed.
The relationship has been cultivated since then, after all, the fifth elder brother now knows that he is the son of Concubine Yi."
Lan Qi didn't agree with the separation of mother and son, but there was a reason why they had to be separated. Whenever she had this conflict, she would remain silent. After Concubine Rong babbled a few words, she went straight back to Jingyang Palace.
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For the list of concubines and concubines, the southern tour that had been cold for a long time became lively again in the harem. The concubines and concubines were all rushing to fawn over. Even the few nobles who were always there tried their best to accompany the emperor. After all, they went out with the emperor.
Not to mention the great favor of a trip, the women in their palaces can get several opportunities to travel far in their lives.
On this day, people from the Niu Hulu family came into the palace to visit Concubine Wen who was lying in bed. Juechan stayed in her room, but the ladies were very polite and came to see Concubine Juechan to thank her for treating Concubine Wen these days.
She took care of her, and Jue Chan treated her with courtesy. Soon after the guests left, she didn't want to go to the concubine unless she called her, but by chance, someone from Qian Palace came, and she came to ask Concubine Wen for the last time if she wanted to go with her.
The emperor goes out.
Others asked whether they could go if they wanted to, but Concubine Wen asked two or three times. She could go if she wanted to, and she didn't have to force herself if she didn't want to go. However, she always ignored them. Fortunately, Concubine Wen was still a little patient.
Master Jue Chan had no choice but to enter the bedroom. The woman on the bed was haggard and pale. The room was so stuffy, but she was cold. The most common thing she did every day was to look up at the sky outside the window in a daze. Dongyun privately told Master Jue Chan that back then,
For a long time after Queen Niu Hulu passed away, her master looked like this every day.
"Your Majesty, the people from Chengqian Palace want to ask you one last question. Your Imperial Concubine is about to finalize the list of escorts for the southern tour. If you want to go, you can do it now, but you won't be able to change it later."
Concubine Wen slowly turned her eyes and looked at the glamorous Jue Chan family. A cold chill of disdain passed through her eyes and she said coldly: "I won't go."
"Yes, I'm going to send a message right now." Jue Chan turned around to leave, but a cold voice drifted over from behind, "You want to go, right? Do you think that with my appearance now, I will delay you?"
Mrs. Juechan's heart skipped a beat when she saw Dongyun waving his hand to her in front of the door. She had a sense of discretion and didn't want to worry about anything with a sick man. She turned around and replied respectfully: "I, as always, will serve you well."
Other matters in the palace have nothing to do with me."
"It's hard for you, but I heard it was true or false." Concubine Wen's smile was sinister and scary, but she quickly turned her face away lazily and stared blankly out of the window, not wanting to talk to anyone anymore.
Jue Chan quietly withdrew, and Dongyun said gratefully again and again: "My lord, you are so generous. My master is ill and is not in a good mood. Please don't take it to heart. You are still here in Xianfu Palace, so it is not in chaos at all."
"It's all your hard work, you have to take care of yourself." Mrs. Juechan didn't take it seriously and went straight to send a message to the people who came from Chengqian Palace. After that, she went back as if nothing happened, but Xianghe beside her was very unhappy.
Convinced, he couldn't help but say, "Master, you are always wronged no matter what you do. You were not so weak back then in Yikun Palace. You were bullied by those people at the intersection a few days ago, and it was not because you wanted to seek medical advice for the imperial concubine.
Now the noble concubine is giving you such a look, I feel really aggrieved."
"Who's short of three meals a day? Do you have any vegetables or grains? Have you eaten enough in Yikun Palace?" Juechan patted her head nonchalantly and said, "It's very good here. Stop guessing."
Xianghe muttered: "You have really changed. I didn't see you smiling a few times in the past year, but now you often have a smile on your lips. You also smiled when you talked to the slave just now. And that day when you met Empress De Fei, you looked at
The eyes of the sixth elder brother are so kind, it would be great if the eighth elder brother was still around."
Jue Chan murmured to herself: "After so many years, every time I see Empress De, I feel that she is still the same as before. The clothes and jewelry on her body are getting more and more luxurious, but the way she looks at people has never changed."
Xianghe pestered her and said, "Empress De Fei was so polite that day. Let's go and visit her at some time. You see, the empresses and mistresses in the palace who are friends with Yonghe Palace are all good-looking and respectable."
Jue Chan shook his head: "I'm satisfied."
After that day, the imperial concubine presented the list of the harem retinue to the emperor. Headed by the imperial concubine, the fourth concubine Huiyi Derong, Tong concubine, Duan concubine, Bu Guiren, Dai Guiren, and several newly honored Chang Zai agreed.
Wan Liuha from Jingyang Palace was also there, and dozens of people were busy.
The emperor gave his approval and announced again shortly after that that the Holy Emperor would set off southward in September. The southern tour was once again put on the agenda. Officials at the front station also left home and went south one after another. Nalan Rongruo was one of them. But this time, he refused to take his wife, concubines, and family members with him, and the emperor did not force him again.
A few days before leaving Beijing, Rong Ruo finally led her son back to her private house. Shen Wan could not believe that Mrs. Mingzhu would let go. Rong Ruo assured her: "Eniang will not come to make trouble with you, but if she occasionally If you want to see your grandson, let her see it. You can live here with peace of mind. Brother Cao and the others will have someone to take care of you and won't let anyone bully you. It can take two or three months at most, or thirty or forty days at least. I I will arrange everything along the way as soon as possible, and I will rush back to the capital to set off with the emperor. When the time comes, I will request an order to take you with me."
Shen Wan didn't ask for anything more and went south together. It was a huge surprise that Mrs. Mingzhu could return her son to her. However, she couldn't help but worry about gain and loss. She kept asking Rongruo if Mrs. Mingzhu would come to snatch the child back after he left. Rongruo knew her mother best and told Shen Wan firmly that if her mother wanted to go back on her word, she would never agree to let her child come back.
A few days later, Rongruo left Beijing. Shen Wan watched her son uneasily for a few days. When she saw that there was really no movement in Mingzhu Mansion, she really believed it. People from Cao Yin's Mansion often came to take care of her, so her life was finally stable.
The hot summer is passing, and Lan Qi spends almost every day taking care of the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace. The old lady did not go to escape the summer heat this year, but she spent the summer peacefully. Last year, she promised Xuan Ye and Lan Qi that she would not get sick and would not worry the children. I really spent day after day with determination. As autumn was about to come, I kept saying to Lan Qi: "Although you can't see the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River this time, in this land of rich fish and rice, you can see the harvest with your own eyes." The scenery is also good.”
However, after a few rains in autumn, the Empress Dowager finally caught a cold. Fortunately, she only had a slight nasal congestion. The hospital prescribed a few medicines and she was fine. Otherwise, if the Empress Dowager fell ill, her southern tour would have to be put on hold.
But the others hoped that the Queen Mother would be well and not let the emperor cancel the southern tour again. Only one person only thought about his own affairs. In recent days, Concubine Yi had been worried every day. This day Concubine Hui came to see her and saw that she was talking loudly. Drinking herbal tea in large gulps, she advised her to be careful because she was too cold, but Concubine Yi was worried and said: "The emperor has been coming here a lot lately, and he does it every night, and I dare not disobey him. But I am counting the days and I am about to go out. What if I have something like this?" News, others won’t congratulate me, they will only laugh at me.”
Concubine Hui thought carefully about the favored people in the palace since the spring and summer. The emperor had hardly touched Concubine De. She knew that the emperor was afraid that Concubine De was pregnant and would not be able to go out with her, but he turned around and said nothing to Concubine Yi and the others. Even the above matters are carefully calculated and so partial. How much should the emperor care about Wu Yashi to make him feel satisfied?
"It's a good thing that the emperor likes me, but I only want to go out with him." Concubine Yi touched her belly with a sad look on her face, "Sister, don't think I'm showing off, I'm really anxious."
Concubine Hui did not explain, thinking that it would not take long for her to come back to her senses, and she was envious that she could still have such an opportunity. She had already missed the best time. If the emperor had been there a few years earlier, If he could treat her well, he might not be able to give his elder brother a younger brother, but now everything is just a fantasy. Although the eighth elder brother is smart, he was born from someone else's belly after all.
In the blink of an eye, it was early September, and Concubine Yi was really afraid of what would happen. On the Double Ninth Festival, she felt unwell in Cining Palace. The Empress Dowager asked the imperial doctor to come and see her, and said in public that Concubine Yi was pregnant. She couldn't even hide it.
, this time her position was immediately removed from the list of retinues. While others followed and went out to enjoy themselves, she had to stay in the palace to have the baby.
As she expected, when the people in the palace came to congratulate her, their faces were filled with gloating looks. After all, most of the people couldn't go with her, and now there was another person who couldn't go, which satisfied the dark and narrow mood of many people.
Even Concubine Rong said to her sisters in private: "I was originally thinking about what she and the fifth elder brother should do, but the Queen Mother never said anything. She thought she would have to wait until the final decision. Now it's better. The fifth elder brother can go out for a mountain tour."
Playing in the water."
In the days that followed, the concubines refused to go to bed, and the emperor had no intention of entering the harem. On September 20th, the emperor issued an order that wherever he passed by, the people should live in peace and quiet as usual, and were not allowed to move far away.
There are too many nuisances. On the 24th, the emperor will go out on a tour to issue an imperial edict to the world. The imperial edict contains twelve provisions of grace. The emperor will set off on the 28th.
The night before departure, everything in Yonghe Palace had been taken care of. Yinzuo insisted on going to live with his fourth brother tonight. The imperial concubine fully agreed, and Lan Qi could not stop her. The emperor did not enter the harem in Qianqing Palace, which was a rare opportunity for her.
It was a peaceful night, but I was so excited that I couldn't fall asleep thinking about setting off tomorrow. Huan Chun Luzhu and the others were also excited. For a while, the master and the servants sat on the kang and talked.
After chatting until midnight, she was still a little tired. Huan Chun repeatedly urged Lan Qi to go to bed and rest, but not long after she lay down, Lu Zhu suddenly ran over in a hurry. Lan Qi was frightened and thought it was a big deal, but she heard Lu Zhu talk about Changchun.
The palace summoned the imperial doctor that night and found out that the eighth prince was seriously ill.
"Eighth brother is sick?" Huan Chun heard this and said, "Then will Concubine Hui still leave tomorrow?"
Just as Huan Chun thought, the next day when all the concubines and concubines went to Cining Palace to say goodbye, the Queen Mother told everyone that the Eighth Prince was sick and Concubine Hui could not accompany him, so Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui did not go to take care of them.
The emperor and the princess have less manpower, so everyone who is accompanying them must be more attentive. They also told them to behave in a heavenly manner outside, and not to be sour and jealous. They also advised the emperor to take care of himself, and so on.
After an hour, everyone was sent away.
When she came out of Cining Palace, the imperial concubine looked at the women and sneered: "The jealous and noisy ones didn't follow. The Empress Dowager really spent all her time saying these things."
No one dared to say anything more. They only waited for the imperial concubine to get into the chariot first and the Rong concubines to disperse.
I know how uncomfortable the two of them feel right now."