When Rongruo knew that something happened to his cousin in the palace, he was in a private house with Shen Wan. His cronies sent him the news. It was not because of noble Jue Chan. They didn't know about the old relationship between the two, but because something like this happened among the guards. I feel the need to tell Rongruo.
And when Rongruo heard that it was about her cousin, she ran out without thinking. At that time, Shen Wan was holding the child and sitting on the kang blankly, watching him rushing out like the wind. At that moment, she felt cold in her heart, which made her feel like she had Every word he said to Jue Chan in Mulan Paddock turned into slaps on her face.
When Rongruo entered the palace, he happened to see Concubine De in Qianqing Palace. When Lan Qi saw him, she shook her head slightly, as if she felt that he shouldn't come. After treating each other politely, they passed by each other. Eunuch Li invited Concubine De went to rest somewhere else for a while and sat like that for most of an hour.
When she was so bored that she was about to take a nap, Xuan Ye's familiar footsteps woke her up, but when the emperor strode in, he just glared at her angrily, then stood there and opened his hands, Lan Qi was stunned and quickly came up to help him change his clothes and put on his regular shirt. He sat down lazily and waited to change his boots. However, when he saw Lan Qi squatting down to take off his shoes, he reluctantly pulled her down. While saying: "The little eunuch can do these things, who wants you to be so diligent?"
Lan Qi didn't insist or talk back. By the time Xuan Ye had changed into light clothes, it was already time to prepare the meal. Eunuch Li led the people in the royal dining room to spread the food one by one. Xuan Ye got impatient after looking at it for a long time and pointed at Lan Qi. Qi said: "You pick a few and put them on the Kang table inside to eat."
Lan Qi knew how much his mood was affected, and she followed him in everything. She picked out a few of his favorite foods and brought them in. She stood aside, handed out chopsticks and bowls, and prepared to serve the meal. However, Xuan Ye pointed to the opposite side and said: "Sit down." Let’s eat together next time, aren’t you hungry?”
"Your Majesty has a tigerish face. He is so frightened that he can eat anything." Lan Qi muttered, and was pushed gently by Xuan Ye, "Sit down, I can't blame you for causing such things." Already?"
The two sat across from each other. Lan Qi lowered her head and said nothing. She only saw Xuan Ye's chopsticks moving between the dishes from time to time. She thought that he had a good appetite and was not really angry with herself. It seemed that Nalan Rongruo had not made the emperor unhappy. , maybe they were in a hurry to enter the palace, not because of the matter of the Jue Chan family, and I have wronged them.
But just when she thought this, Xuan Ye said: "That guard is dead." Lan Qi was suddenly startled and looked at the emperor with wide eyes. Xuan Ye glanced at her, "Why, let him continue to talk nonsense? "
The emperor was so ruthless between life and death, which also reminded Lan Qi not to offend the Tian family. Even though Xuan Ye loved her and loved her, he was still the emperor after all.
Xuan Ye said again: "Did you teach the imperial concubine those words? Well, who can't prove Jue Chan's innocence and ask you to come forward? You just think that I can listen to what you said, so you rushed to tell yourself Lanshi, Wu Yalanqi, are you too self-righteous?"
This was a very unpleasant thing to say. Every time Lan Qi was called by Xuan Ye by her first and last name, it was rarely a sweet talk. Most of the time, she got angry and scolded her like this. Anyway, she was used to it, so she calmed down and told him things slowly. She didn't say anything about the whole story that shouldn't be mentioned. Regarding the imperial concubine's ideas, Lan Qi said: "The empress just told me to do this. Is it specifically the empress's own idea or the concubine Wen's idea? I can decide I no longer know."
Lan Qi did not deliberately involve Concubine Wen. Lan Qi did not know what the two of them said in private. Concubine Huang asked her to come forward to prove what Jue Chan said, but she did not say whose idea it was. Lan Qi did not dare to speculate casually.
Let the emperor decide who is scheming.
"It's really not you?" Xuan Ye obviously didn't believe it.
Lan Qi nodded solemnly and said: "You said that the guards are dead, what else did I keep secret from you? This matter indeed has nothing to do with me, but since someone uses me as a cover, the imperial concubine said that she would make mistakes.
The most important thing is to settle the matter and not make more jokes or embarrass you in front of the ministers."
Xuan Ye stopped holding the chopsticks in his hand and took a sip of wine. There was no important festival. He was not usually greedy for drinks. A sip of wine was enough, but today he tasted it and drank it all in one gulp. Lan Qi looked at the empty room.
Just by being around him for so many years, I knew that the emperor was unhappy.
"You agreed to the imperial concubine's appearance just to calm her down?" Xuan Ye said in a deep tone.
"I still feel that Lord Jue Chan is pitiful." Lan Qi wanted to evade and say something that she didn't mean, but she would only become more and more embarrassed under Xuan Ye's cross-examination. It would be better to speak her true thoughts in order to be candid, so she calmly told him
, "Don't say that the empress asked me to help you, but I am willing to do so. Even if they give up on noble Jue Chan, I will still plan to come in front of you or the Empress Dowager to save her life."
"So righteous?" Xuan Ye frowned.
"It's not about righteousness, nor is it that I am self-righteous, just because it is a human life." Lan Qi replied firmly, looking at Xuan Ye without fear, "Your Majesty, I cannot live alone in the harem, and it is almost impossible to live alone in the harem.
You understand this better than I, my concubine. Whether you obey the arrangements of the Imperial Concubine or stand up for the Honorable Jue Chan, it is all because of this principle."
Xuan Ye looked at her quietly, without showing any strangeness in his eyes, but said with emotion: "You have developed a smart mind. I noticed it early on, and I also like your intelligence and wisdom. But I suddenly discovered that the imperial concubine also had a plan.
Very surprised."
Lan Qi thought about the imperial concubine's scheming, which she had when she was young. She once wanted to win over her to be her companion, and she also threatened the noble people to attack her and torture herself, not to mention those things. In recent years,
Whether she suppressed her light and pretended to be stupid in the Chengqian Palace, or was influenced by Yinzhen to have a more loving mother's mood in her body, the imperial concubine was never stupid. It was the emperor himself who underestimated this cousin.
"Perhaps it was Concubine Wen's idea?" Lan Qi said this casually, and then added, "There is one more thing that the Concubine must mention when she asks her to come to see you."
Xuan Ye moved his chopsticks again and asked nonchalantly: "What's the matter?"
Lan Qi immediately said: "Please summon the noble Ping to accompany you to bed."
Xuan Ye choked on a mouthful of food and coughed repeatedly, which alarmed Eunuch Li outside and hurriedly brought people in to see the scene. The emperor scolded him out angrily and glared at Lan Qi angrily: "She told you to die, will you die too?
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Lan Qi has been scolded by Xuan Ye for a long time. They don't get together every day. Occasionally, the emperor will look at her if he is unhappy because of government affairs, or he will disagree with her on something. Lan Qi
Occasionally, Xuan Ye would be daring enough to fight with him, and Xuan Ye would curse in anger, so these few words could not hurt her at all. He also said with a serious face: "If the emperor was fair to Ping Gui and others, there would be no such thing."
Although this is not your fault, now that things have become like this, only you can solve them."
Xuan Ye spoke so fiercely about Lan Qi, but it was just because there was no barrier between the two of them. There was no need to take every word seriously. After an angry word was said, his heart would not be so angry. Whether he deliberately neglected Little Hesheli, Xuan Ye himself was most concerned about it.
I understand, but there are some things that cannot be said to Lan Qi, and there is no need to say them to her.
"I understand." Xuan Ye finally agreed, but glared at Lan Qi and said, "Don't be a mouthpiece in the future. The imperial concubine wants to say, let her speak for herself. I love you not so that you can be used by them."
Lan Qi smiled and agreed: "Just this time, it won't happen next time." Then she asked, "When will the emperor arrange for Mr. Ping to attend the bed? The imperial concubine said that after the bed, he will be promoted to a higher position so that Mr. Ping can attend the bed.
Move somewhere else.”
Xuan Ye was annoyed with her: "I'm not going to make an example. You ask so many questions and make so many demands. Which one do you want? Let the imperial concubine ask me herself."
Lan Qi immediately stopped speaking, but the look on her face seemed to Xuan Ye to agree even if you didn't agree. He didn't really curse, he just shook his head and said: "After all, we are an old married couple. Now
You even ask me who to call to sleep with you, and you say it so fluently, don't you feel uncomfortable in your heart? You don't feel uncomfortable, but I still feel uncomfortable."
Lan Qi smiled softly: "How can I not feel uncomfortable? But my concubine's husband is the emperor. When I think of this, I can let go of everything."
"Emperor." Xuan Ye repeated this word gently. Occasionally, he would feel that this word was very strange. It was because of these two words that many helpless things became logical and ruthless.
"Nalan Rongruo is here, have you seen it?" Xuan Ye suddenly mentioned this, and Lan Qi nodded, "Just in time to meet."
Xuan Ye said: "He came here just for this matter. He came to tell me that the guard died. He died so happily. This was the most efficient and cruel thing I have ever seen him do.
Although he is capable of literary and military skills, he has a more scholarly temperament. He is often indecisive when it comes to things, which is his biggest shortcoming. Mingzhu often says that he cannot take on big responsibilities because of this, but this time, he has no scruples,
Just allow that guard to commit suicide."
Xuan Ye said the word "suicide" very seriously. Lan Qi understood that the guard's death was definitely not suicide but homicide. Could it be Nalan Rongruo's hand? His posture was equivalent to killing first and then showing off.
For the sake of the emperor's face, but most of all, it must be for the noble man Jue Chan.
"He actually didn't even care about Suo'etu and executed the matter directly. It's not that he overstepped his rank. It's embarrassing anyway."
In front of Mingzhu, it will be difficult for him to explain his son, Mingzhu will definitely be very angry."
"It seems that I shouldn't listen to what the emperor is saying now?" Lan Qi felt that the topic was gradually getting sidetracked. It was not suitable for her to always listen to Xuan Ye talking about court affairs.
Xuan Ye didn't care. He leaned back comfortably and said with a slight smile: "It's one thing to be involved in politics, but it's another to understand the situation in the court. It will be useful for you to teach Yin Zuo in the future."