"Ying'er is still young, let Ama choose slowly. After all, the eldest son-in-law is the emperor, and the younger son-in-law cannot be careless." After calming down, Lan Qi could still joke, and looked back at her sister who was having fun with Wen Xian outside.
Smiling happily, "It doesn't matter how high or low the family background is, as long as Ying'er gets married happily."
When I entered the palace, my sister was still a baby. At that time, I thought that after ten years, I would leave the palace, but my sister would enter the palace again. The girls of the Wuya family could not escape this fate. I never thought that I would have this fate.
Today, because of my own protection, my sister no longer has to be a palace maid, which can be regarded as her greatest contribution to the family.
"Her mother's intention is to find an innocent family. Even if the family's situation is not good, it doesn't matter. She just doesn't want the in-laws to be related to her family and cause trouble to the queen." Mrs. Wuya said softly, "My queen.
It’s not easy being in the palace. Our family’s life is getting easier now thanks to your blessing, so we should cherish the blessing even more.”
Lan Qi leaned on E Niang again and said coquettishly: "E Niang, don't always say such things, it's weird. I'm just your daughter at this moment. What kind of empress is not a empress?"
Mrs. Wu Ya said: "The incident of you being beaten in the palace that year still lingers in my mind and body. Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. The more I see you in your glory, the more uneasy I feel. Your Ama said that I have no body."
How could he know that this is a mother's heart?"
Lan Qi comforted her mother: "Mother, I'm fine. The emperor is very kind to me."
Mrs. Wu Ya frowned and stopped talking. The mother and daughter were quiet for a while. Lan Qi asked E Niang if she had anything to say. Mrs. Wu Ya nodded, looked around and saw that there was no one around, and whispered to her daughter.
He said: "I heard what your Ama said, what happened to the sixth elder brother is probably an accidental injury, but if there is one, there will be two. I don't know which elder brother I will target next time, so I must be careful."
Lan Qi's expression suddenly dimmed, and she responded solemnly: "My daughter knows."
Mrs. Wu Ya added: "You, Ama, are not allowed to say these words, but I am really worried about my empress. I would like to say something disrespectful. The Empress Dowager is old and is seriously ill this time. If one day she returns to the west,
Yaochi, your Majesty will lose her support in the palace from now on. Even if the Emperor loves you, he is afraid that others will secretly..."
Lan Qi reached out and covered E Niang's mouth. Although her mother was not from the palace, she was in the family, her father was among colleagues and friends, women were coming and going, and the parents were gossiping about the palace. The palace could not fight those things, how could they?
Don't you understand? Lan Qi has been on the road for the past ten years. Although she comes from a pure family and has a humble family background, the Cining Palace is her most powerful supporter. It is because of the preference of the Empress Dowager that she has been able to go smoothly. In this regard, she is better than
Everyone understands.
"Mom, don't worry too much. I was just a palace maid when I entered the palace. At worst, I will return to my original form. Even if I lose, I can afford to lose." Lan Qi looked at her mother calmly and smiled slightly, "The fourth elder brother is under the knee of the imperial concubine.
Xian has the protection of the Queen Mother, even if this child in my belly is really bad in the future, I am not afraid that no one will take care of him. If I want to worry, the only worry is that Ama’s mother will be implicated. Otherwise, I have nothing to fear.”
Mrs. Wu Ya hurriedly sighed a few times, hugged her daughter and said, "There are no taboos. Why do you say this?"
Lan Qi smiled and said: "Didn't you mention it? Niang, don't worry, your daughter is not stupid. The Empress Dowager was afraid that I would have no support in the future, so she taught me everything. No matter what, no matter what, as long as I
I will always be on the Emperor's side, and it won't be any different. It's just..."
Halfway through her words, she lowered her eyes and continued with a helpless expression: "It's just that not all things are of the same mind as the Emperor. It is inevitable that I have to go against my own wishes. But the palace is like this. Even the Emperor himself can't do anything.
He does whatever he wants, so why should I force him?"
Mrs. Wu Ya knew that her daughter would definitely have grievances, not to mention that there were many new people coming to the palace in these years. In the next ten years, the emperor would be in the prime of life, but her daughter would have to live her best years. If there are new people to replace the old ones,
Human beings are her greatest grievance.
At this time, Wen Xian ran in, called E Niang sweetly, climbed into her mother's arms, Lan Qi wiped the sweat from her head, and the little princess said sweetly: "E Niang, let my aunt stay in the palace to play with me.
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Lan Ying followed and stood aside with a smile. Mrs. Wu Ya scolded her and her hair bun came loose. Huan Chun took the second lady to comb her hair. The little princess leaned into her grandma's arms again, babbling.
Knowing what to say, Mrs. Wuya coaxed the child to be so happy. Lan Qi watched from the side, remembering how Yinzuo acted coquettishly with her grandma in the past, and felt sad again in her heart.
Lan Ying came back from combing her hair and saw E Niang feeding Wen Xian. Her sister sat aside and watched with a gloomy and negative expression. She guessed that she was thinking of her sixth brother, so she quietly sat next to her sister and pulled Lan Qi's hand.
Hand said: "Sister, please be well in the palace. I will take good care of Ama'er Niang at home. You don't have to worry."
Lan Qi was delighted, hugged her sister and said, "With Ying'er at home, my sister doesn't have to worry about anything."
While talking, someone hurriedly came to the door and said that the Holy Spirit was coming soon. Madam Wuya became nervous and quickly left the kang to tidy up her clothes. She also tidied her daughter up and told her many rules and not to speak casually. Lan Qi laughed at her mother.
She was too nervous, but she still wore her regular clothes and led her mother and sister out naturally.
The emperor entered the door, helped her to salute, and said to Mrs. Wuya: "You should have been allowed to enter the palace a long time ago. Why not stay for two days and spend more time with Concubine De."
How dare Mrs. Wu Ya live in the palace? She kept saying that she couldn't. She also said that it was time to leave the palace and she couldn't stay any longer. Instead, Xuan Ye said guiltily: "If I had known that you would feel uncomfortable when I came, you wouldn't have come here."
Lan Qi, on the other hand, didn't take it seriously, saying that it was not the end of the world inside and outside the palace, and it would be easy to see each other again, so she said a few words to her mother and sister and asked the palace officials to send them out.
When she returned to the house, she saw Wen Xian playing with Amma, so she wanted to come up and tell her daughter that she was crazy, but she heard Wen Xian ask her father: "Amma, eldest sister said that the sixth brother went to a far away place, when will the sixth brother come back?"
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Xuan Ye was stunned, looked up and saw Lan Qi right in front of him, and felt even more distressed. He didn't know how to answer his daughter for a moment, so he came over to sit next to him and explained to his daughter gently: "Brother Six has gone to heaven and will never come back again."
, but he will always look at his sister and protect her."
The Queen Mother did not allow people in the palace to scare the little princess, so Wen Xian always thought that it was just that the sixth brother did not go to play with her. Last night, the brothers and sisters did not see the sixth brother at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. The older children did not mention their sad things.
When Wen Xian asked, Chunxi explained
The sixth elder brother was away on a far journey. She was having so much fun with the others that she forgot about it for a moment. She had been to Yonghe Palace for a long time today and she didn't see her brother. She suddenly thought of asking about it. But in fact, Wen Xian already knew life and death. E Niang said no more.
She would not come back, she understood.
"I want sixth brother." The little princess started crying without any hesitation. Xuan Ye was helpless. After Lan Qi sat down, she asked Xuan Ye to put her daughter into her arms. The little girl cried for a long time before she calmed down. She promised not to cry anymore and then let her go.
Huan Chun led her away, while Xuan Ye watched helplessly from the side. After his daughter walked away, he said, "I wanted you to be happy before inviting your mother into the palace. I didn't expect to be disturbed by this little girl."
"If my daughter can be by my side, nothing will matter." Lan Qi's words were obviously for the sake of her sixth brother. Xuan Ye knew that he would have to wait for at least a year or two for the day when she could be calm and relaxed, so he tiredly said
He leaned down and talked about other things, "The Imperial Grandmother mentioned to me before that the prince and brothers should study separately. I have been bothered by this matter for the past few days and I don't know what to do."
Lan Qi said: "I remember that on the day you went to Shengjing, the eldest brother and the prince had a fight."
"This is just a trivial matter. I have already reprimanded them." Xuan Ye rubbed his swollen forehead, and Lan Qi came over to rub it for him. The emperor gradually relaxed and asked her, "Do you think Yin Reng suddenly wanted to be with the brothers before?
Where did the idea of studying come from?"
"The prince must be lonely."
"He is indeed lonelier than other children, but this is not his own intention." Xuan Ye frowned and said in a heavier tone, "The prince's idea was instigated by someone sent by Suo'etu. What surprised me was not that he was lonely.
Suo'etu can put his hand into Yuqing Palace, but the prince actually listens to him. I don't even know how to ask Yinreng."
Lan Qi was also surprised and asked: "Didn't the prince mention it to the emperor?"
Xuan Ye thanked him and said unhappily: "He hasn't mentioned it yet. He also said earlier that he wanted to be with his brothers and didn't want to get married now. I thought he was sincere. This time I checked Yinzuo's
Only then did I realize that it actually meant Suo'etu."
"Then what makes the emperor unhappy?" Lan Qi thought for a while and asked and answered, "Are you unhappy that the prince listened to Lord Suo'etu's words?"
Xuan Ye was very unhappy: "Shouldn't I be the person he trusts the most?"
Lan Qi gradually felt that the topic was a bit sensitive. She had always dealt with matters related to Yuqing Palace cautiously. That was the right thing for her to do. The Empress Dowager also repeatedly told her to be cautious. Now Xuan Ye suddenly said,
Even complaining about the prince made her nervous.
Xuan Ye asked again: "Am I too harsh on the prince?"
Lan Qi responded carefully: "It is not suitable for me to discuss the prince."
The emperor was really impatient and hummed: "It's just a child's matter, who else can I talk to?"
The room couldn't help but be quiet for a while, Lan Qi gently kneaded Xuan Ye's muscles and bones again, and said calmly: "You probably have only two choices. One is to have a long talk with the prince and talk about what happened here;
Furthermore, you just sit back and watch and don't interfere in the dealings between Mr. Suo'etu and the prince. No matter what you choose, no one knows what will happen in the future. Your Majesty, I can only think of so much. If you say more, you will break the rules and you shouldn't.
My concubine talks too much."
Xuan Ye frowned and said solemnly: "What are I talking to him about? Could it be that it's ridiculous for me to let him see the frustrated side of his father?"
Lan Qi's heart tightened and she quickly complained that she didn't mean it that way. Xuan Ye got angry and pulled her away and said, "Why are you so nervous?"