"Don't worry, Madam. The Empress Dowager is not angry. She said that children always play and make noise together. I just want to ask why." Aunt Sumala was very polite, comforted Concubine Hui, and asked the attendant
The prince and the eldest brother's people came to find him, and after asking coldly for a long time, they found out that it was because of the death of the sixth elder brother. I don't know what kind of verbal conflict the prince and eldest brother had. The eldest brother said that the prince also wanted to harm him.
The prince became extremely anxious, and the two brothers started to fight.
"Where are the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother?" Aunt Sumala asked again.
The little eunuch who replied said: "It seems that the people around them were told to pull away, and the slaves didn't pay attention."
Mammy glanced at Concubine Hui beside her. Her expression was fixed and she didn't know what she was thinking. Then she smiled and said: "Now that we have figured out the reason, I want to return to Cining Palace to resume my life. Do you think so, Madam?"
Concubine Hui came back to her senses and said hurriedly: "I'm leaving now. It's not easy to stay in the study for a long time."
When the two of them came out, the eldest brother was still angrily sitting on the porch to bask in the sun. His grandma tried to persuade him a few words, but she ignored them and left the mother and son alone and went straight back to Cining Palace. At this time, the Empress Dowager and Concubine De
, has been relieved for a while, Concubine De is waiting for the old man to wipe his face, and the grandma told what happened in the study. The Empress Dowager sighed: "When the emperor comes back from Shengjing, it is better to separate the brothers. The other brothers will fight
Let’s just give him a few words of instruction, but fighting against the prince is a big deal or a small matter. It’s better to do less than to do more.”
Lan Qi took care of the Empress Dowager, and sat aside to wash her face and apply makeup. In order to refresh herself before going out, she applied makeup and powder on her face. She just held the Empress Dowager and cried, and her face was all stained. Now,
The beauty was washed away, and her face was clear and clear. The haggardness under her eyes was clearly visible. Grandma felt very distressed. She took some powder to cover her up and said softly: "No matter what, I can't let anyone look down upon me."
Already."
The Queen Mother asked from the side: "Did Brother Si fight?"
Lan Qi was shocked. She heard her mother-in-law say no, saying that she was pulled away by the people around her and was not involved in the conflict between the prince and her eldest brother. The Queen Mother actually asked Lan Qi: "Yin Zhen has come to visit these days.
You?"
Lan Qi sat back next to the Empress Dowager, shook her head and said: "I don't remember, I'm confused every day, and I don't remember many things." As she spoke, grandma called Huan Chun to the front, and after asking, it turned out that she had never been here before.
She couldn't help but sigh, "What does the imperial concubine think? Children don't understand. She should be more considerate. Others will only praise her when she does well. She is so stingy, why don't people praise her?"
Lan Qi lowered her head and said nothing, then the nanny asked: "Why don't you let Princess Wen Xian go back to Yonghe Palace? You can take care of the little princess and you will feel better."
Lan Qi still shook her head and said softly: "The Queen Mother likes Wen Xian very much. The fifth elder brother will go to the study, so Ningshou Palace will inevitably be deserted. The Queen Mother will be even happier to have Wen Xian as her companion."
Mammy then said again: "Would you like to ask Fourth Brother..."
Lan Qi shook her head quickly and smiled faintly as if to thank her grandma for her kindness, but now her smile made people feel distressed no matter how you looked at it. The Empress Dowager had already made an agreement with the emperor before that she could not send her fourth brother away.
After going back, he said at this moment: "If you want to go back to Fourth Brother, there is always something to discuss. Isn't Chang Zai pregnant with you? I can wait until she gives birth and then give it to the imperial concubine. I won't treat her badly."
The Empress Dowager understood that she could not take back what she said once she said it, but she believed that Lan Qi would not nod. She said it in the hope that she would feel that she was being cared for and favored, so as to warm her cold heart.
Sure enough, Lan Qi said: "I don't know when the sadness in my heart will end. There should be no more sad people in the palace. The fourth elder brother is the lifeblood of the imperial concubine. If the fourth elder brother is gone, the imperial concubine will not be able to recover."
, I can’t do such a thing, and the fourth elder brother will blame me for being too selfish. Even if he returns to Yonghe Palace, his heart is still with the imperial concubine. Now that he is in Chengqian Palace, he still has a bit of concubine in his heart.
I am satisfied."
"Poor child, it's hard for you to be so generous-hearted." The Empress Dowager pulled her to her side.
Lan Qi was really about to cry again, but she held it back and said softly: "I sent him away, and I should bear everything by myself."
However, the Empress Dowager was still ill and weak, so she felt better after seeing Lan Qi. Lan Qi was better at being young and still able to maintain some energy, but her body had long been drained, and she was waiting for the Empress Dowager in the evening.
After taking the medicine, her complexion became very bad. Her mother-in-law advised her to go back early and rest. The Empress Dowager asked her mother-in-law to send someone to carefully take Concubine De back home, and told her: "Come and see me after you have recovered. I know that you will be patient."
After I came here, I felt relieved."
Lan Qi asked the Empress Dowager to take good care of herself, and was sent back to Yonghe Palace by people from Cining Palace. She sat tiredly on the shoulder carriage, opened her eyes slightly and looked at the scene on the road. This familiar road, she once held her son's hand.
Hands have passed by countless times. Yinzuo is lively and active. He always likes to run wildly for a while and then rush back to act coquettishly. Occasionally, he falls down while running and lies on the ground crying. He has to be hugged by his mother. She hugged her several times.
Carrying Little Fatty back to Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi was so tired that she couldn't lift her hands...
Nowadays, the sweet and beautiful memories have become the most painful existence. Every time she thinks of some of them, her heart feels like a piece has been dug out. She also wants to slow down and get rid of this pain, but the sadness that never ends, day and night.
The nights tortured her.
Jianyu suddenly stopped and regained consciousness with a shock. Lan Qi slowly wiped away the tears on her cheeks. Before she could raise her head, she heard the child's voice saying: "See the Empress Dowager De."
Looking up, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother were standing by the road with their accompanying eunuchs. Counting the time, they happened to come back from the study. The two children lowered their heads slightly, as if they did not dare to look at Lan Qi, but Lan Qi saw
Fourth Brother, her eyes were fixed on him and she couldn't move away. Only she knew how hypocritical those words she said to the Empress Dowager were. Just because she knew everything was impossible, she would say these words to convince herself and others.
He said it without realizing it, as if it was his instinct to survive in this deep palace.
Meeting Si Age by chance, without waiting for Lan Qi's reaction, Huan Chun asked someone to put the shoulder carriage down, and even took the initiative to help the master get up, as if he wanted her to say a few words to Si Age, but the master and servant
Approaching the children a little bit, the third elder brother was fine, but Yinzhen took a step back.
Yinzhi also became sensible and knew what was going on between Empress Dowager De and her fourth brother. He bowed to Lan Qi with a wink and led his people away first. Yinzhen was obviously at a loss as he wanted to keep his brother.
Unable to say anything, he simply bowed and prepared to leave. As soon as he turned around, Lan Qi called out: "Brother Si."
Yinzhen's body froze and his head slowly lowered. Lan Qi slowly walked around to him, knelt down on her knees, looked up at his face, and saw a drop of tear falling suddenly, which shocked her.
"Yin Zhen, don't cry." Lan Qi weakly persuaded.
The child raised his hand to wipe away his tears, but still lowered his head, but finally spoke: "It would be fine if I didn't let Yinzuo eat snacks. If I ate it first, Yinzuo wouldn't die. It's all my fault."
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"It's nothing, why do you think so?" Lan Qi was heartbroken and couldn't help but grab the fourth brother's arm and said, "None of you can leave, you can't replace Yin Zuo, and Yin Zuo has not replaced you, why?
It will be your fault, Yinzhen, don't think too much, the imperial concubine will be worried, and so will I... Brother Si, I will also be worried about you."
Yinzhen looked up at Lan Qi, pursed his lips tightly and seemed to be hesitating. Lan Qi added: "My brother must be well, and my brother will feel at ease."
"My brother is gone." When Yinzhen mentioned his brother, he couldn't help sobbing, but he tried hard to restrain it. The conflicting look was very heartbreaking. He choked and said, "My brother is gone. In the future, I will take care of him."
I will take care of you, but I can’t leave E Niang, and E Niang can’t leave Yinzhen.”
Lan Qi's heart ached, but the child was right. She could only nod and said with tears: "Empress De will take care of herself. Don't worry, Yinzhen. Empress De will live well for her brother."
"Yeah." Yinzhen wiped away his tears and looked deeply at Lan Qi, still showing no tangled expression. He didn't know what else the child was thinking about in his little head, but he didn't say it to Lan Qi again.
, turned around and called Xiao Hezi, and left in a hurry.
The child walked away, and Huan Chun came to help the master. Lan Qi had almost no strength to stand up on her own, and finally relied on Huan Chun to stand firm. Just as she was about to sit back on the carriage, one of the eunuchs suddenly fell down, everyone was shocked, and people around him gathered around.
He went up to see if he had sunstroke, so Huanchun asked them to send him to rest, and then replaced the young eunuch to send his master back to the palace.
In the Yonghe Palace, Lord Bu has been waiting for Lan Qi to come back, taking care of her to wash up and take medicine. After she settled down, the two sisters sat and talked. Lan Qi said that she had caused trouble to her sister. She mentioned that the emperor came to Lan Qi last night and asked her to
She cried heartily and asked her to vent her grievances. Bu Guiren advised her to cheer up as soon as possible so that when the emperor came back from Shengjing, he could see Lan Qi who was as good as before. When he mentioned the emperor,
Bu Guiren said: "I heard that Mr. Nalan, who had been following the emperor, passed away. It's so sudden. The emperor has had a lot of unpleasant things recently."
"Nalan Rongruo?" Lan Qi didn't believe it, but Kebu Guiren was sure. She murmured in confusion, "How could it be?"
In this way, by the time Concubine De, who was silent in grief, knew the news of Nalan Rongruo's death, it had already spread throughout the palace. Concubine Wen in Xianfu Palace had been hesitant to go and see Jue Chan.
When it got dark, I sent someone to ask Xianghe, but she only said that her master had suffered from heat stroke and was still sleeping. After that, he didn't hear any movement in the side hall for the whole night. In the blink of an eye, two days passed, and the noble Lord Jue Chan was still in his room.
"Recuperate", Concubine Wen endured it for two days, and finally decided to come to see her, but something happened in the palace.
In fact, it is not so much that something happened in the palace, but as something happened in the entire capital. For unknown reasons, the epidemic spread in the capital. Most of the people who got sick had high fevers that persisted, and medicine was useless. The lucky people could survive it, but the unlucky ones could not escape the bad luck.
, people died one after another, which made people panic.
Such an incident happened in the imperial capital of Gyeonggi. The imperial court used all possible means to control the epidemic. In the process of tracing the cause and treatment, it was discovered that the recently deceased eldest son of Mingzhu Mansion seemed to have died from the epidemic, but it was not widespread at that time.
If it spreads, he just thinks it is his own illness. Looking back at his illness now, it can be concluded that he is also suffering from the epidemic.
In the palace, many eunuchs and maids suffered from the same symptoms, and some even died from it. The Empress Dowager issued a strict order not to enter or exit the palace at will. From now on, the Forbidden City could only be closed to people entering and leaving the Forbidden City. Once anyone who was sick was found, he would be sent out of the palace immediately.
And because the news must be conveyed to the emperor, the Empress Dowager issued an order, ordering the emperor to wait in Shengjing and not to return until the epidemic in the capital was over.
Fortunately, the epidemic did not worsen. The number of newly diagnosed patients in the next few days was significantly reduced compared with the previous two days. Relatively effective treatments were found to reduce deaths as much as possible. Unfortunately, deep inside the palace,
, the fourth elder brother is sick.
According to the decree of the Empress Dowager, anyone who is sick must be sent out of the Forbidden City quickly. Two of the concubines have already agreed to be sent out for recuperation. To send the fourth brother away would be to kill the imperial concubine, but
Staying in the palace is a life-threatening threat to others.
When Lan Qi heard that her fourth brother was ill, she felt like she was still alive despite the pain in her eyes when she saw the dazzling sunshine that day. The anxious restlessness at this moment also made her experience the feeling of being alive again.
She almost jumped out of bed and rushed out without even putting on her shoes. Huan Chun Lu Zhu stopped her and said that the Empress Dowager had decreed that no one could go out. Lan Qi cried and said: "Huan Chun, I don't have Yin Zuo anymore."
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At this moment, the Chengqian Palace was in chaos. Someone was coming to pick up the fourth elder brother from the palace. The imperial concubine refused to let them move, even at the risk of death. When Lan Qi came in, both sides were stunned for a moment. The imperial concubine suddenly rushed over and pulled them away.
Zhu Lanqi said: "We can't let them take Yinzhen away, we can't let them take the child away."
"The Imperial Concubine, we can't delay any longer."
"Go away..." The imperial concubine stared at them, stopped in front of her son's house and said, "Or take me away with you."
At this time, the Cining Palace finally issued another decree, agreeing that the fourth elder brother should recuperate in the palace. However, even if the fourth elder brother improves, until the epidemic passes, the Chengqian Palace can only be entered and exited, and no one can leave here.
The imperial concubine knew her son didn't need to be taken away at last, and her body softened. She had always been in poor health. A while ago, she became ill from worrying about her fourth brother. In fact, it was worse than the demented Concubine De. She managed to recover for a few days.
, Brother Si has encountered this difficulty. After such a fierce struggle just now, he has no strength at all now.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." The imperial concubine immediately lost consciousness and was carried away with all hands and feet. The gate of Chengqian Palace was about to be locked. Someone came to urge Concubine De to not leave until she left. Lan Qi saw
After the imperial concubine was carried in, she went to Yinzhen's house without a second thought. Huan Chun knew that her mind could not be shaken, so she could only say to those people, "Lock it up. Your Majesty, she has to take care of Fourth Brother here."
Lan Qi entered the room. The child on the bed was flushed with fever and short of breath. She had no intention of feeling sad. She followed the instructions of the doctors to reduce the child's fever, give him medicine and water, and stayed by his side every step of the way, pausing occasionally.
Then she looked at her son carefully and said softly to her: "Eniang won't let anyone take you away. Yinzhen, didn't you promise me that you would take care of me for my brother?"
In the main hall, the imperial concubine had just woken up and was going to see her fourth elder brother. Qinglian said that Concubine De was there and begged her not to torture her body anymore. She cried and said: "If you torture yourself all, your fourth elder brother will be fine."
Who will take care of him in the future?"
"Don't curse me." The imperial concubine still had the intention to scold Qinglian, but she knew that her body really couldn't even sit up. Now that she knew that Concubine De was by her child's side, she felt a peace of mind that she didn't want to admit.
There was also unabashed dissatisfaction and jealousy. When she regained her energy, she said, "I can take care of Yinzhen without her. Now that Yinzhen is well, I have to be on guard and don't let her take credit and take the child back."
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Qinglian knew that their master had such a temper. Peace in the world was the most important thing at the moment. Who would care about her angry words? After that, she worked day by day. Two days passed in the blink of an eye. The fourth brother's fever never went away, and the imperial concubine was worried about herself.
It's not getting better, but Concubine De, who is guarding the child, is still calm.
That night, she continued to dissipate the child's fever as the imperial doctor said. When everyone stopped, everyone was surprised to find that Si Age's face had softened. Lan Qi touched the child's head and felt that his body had become much gentler, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
, holding his son's hand and said: "If Yinzuo knew, he would definitely admire his brother even more."
All night long, Lan Qi stayed by her son's side, touching his increasingly gentle body and listening to his increasingly gentle breathing. The tired Lan Qi leaned on the end of the bed and fell asleep. When she regained consciousness, she felt
When a hand touched her forehead, she opened her eyes in a daze and saw Yinzhen in front of her. Her heart tightened and she couldn't tell whether she was dreaming or awake, but the child said: "Empress De Fei, you are sweating a lot."
"Yin Zhen, are you awake?" Lan Qi was fully awake. As soon as she spoke, people outside followed her to take a look. Just as she was leaving to report the good news to the imperial concubine, the door of Chengqian Palace suddenly opened, revealing the emperor's figure.
Appearing in the morning light, walking in such a hurry that the eunuchs and maids did not turn around to salute, the emperor ran straight to Yinzhen's house.
Xuan Ye rushed in and saw Lan Qi hugging Yinzhen. Yinzhen said somewhat uncomfortably: "Ms. De, you hugged her too tightly. My arm hurts."
But Lan Qi cried and said: "Yin Zhen is doing well..."
Xuan Ye finally let go of his long-hanging heart. Yinzhen also saw his father and called out "Huang Ama".
Lan Qi then let go of the child and turned around in shock. Seeing Xuan Ye really in front of her, she couldn't help but ask: "Why is the emperor back? The Empress Dowager wants you to wait in Shengjing."
"Yin Zhen is sick, I must come back." Xuan Ye said these words, his eyes completely stopped on Lan Qi. The person in front of him was still so haggard, but she came back to life, and the Wuya Lan Qi of the past was in front of him again.