Lan Qi walked slowly into the door and called Yu Xi's name. The little girl turned around to see her, left Si Age's desk with a smile, happily ran over and called out affectionately: "Empress De Fei."
"Are you awake? Let's go to Ningshou Palace. Tonight we have Yuxi's favorite pine nut fried milk cake. It doesn't taste good when it's cold. Let's eat it hot now." Lan Qi asked.
He picked up the child's soft hands and led her away.
Yu Xi pursed her lips and looked at the fourth elder brother who had already stood up and stood by the desk. The fourth elder brother got up and left the table because Empress Dowager De was coming, but he stood far away and did not come closer, as if he still didn't want to go.
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"Where's the fourth elder brother?" Yu Xi looked up at Lan Qi, her watery eyes showing a bit of pure longing, as if she still wanted to go to Ningshou Palace for dinner with the fourth elder brother.
"I have to memorize my homework." Yinzhen lowered his head slightly and said slowly, "I will study silently tomorrow, and Emperor Ama will also come to see me. I can't make any mistakes. Madam De Fei, please take her there."
Although Lan Qi didn't know that Yinzhen was unhappy because she missed Yinzuo, she could guess what the child was feeling uneasy about. His refusal to go to Ningshou Palace was definitely not because of any homework. However, she did not force the child and nodded in agreement: "Si ah
Brother, please study hard and prepare dinner for you in Qian Palace later. You still need to eat a few mouthfuls."
"Empress De Fei, walk slowly." The fourth elder brother bowed and saluted, and Yuxi reluctantly followed Lan Qi. The little girl turned back after a few steps, pouting slightly and wanting to say something but not daring to say anything. After that, Lan Qi led her out of the Chengdu.
Qian Palace, they were walking together in a warm sedan to Ningshou Palace, with the child clinging to her side. Lan Qi looked down inadvertently and saw that she seemed unhappy, so she asked gently, "What's wrong with Yuxi?"
The little girl hesitantly hummed twice before asking delicately: "Will Fourth Brother play with Yuxi again in the future?"
Lan Qi smiled and said, "Yu Xi likes to play with Brother Si?"
Yuxi nodded: "I still like to play with the sixth elder brother, but E Niang said that you can't mention the sixth elder brother when entering the palace. Concubine De, doesn't the sixth elder brother not play with Yuxi anymore?"
Lan Qi was very heartbroken, but she was about to go to Ningshou Palace. She couldn't put her sadness on her face. The child was so innocent and cute. According to her words, she didn't know that her sixth brother was gone. Lan Qi didn't even know that she understood.
She didn't understand life and death, so she didn't dare to teach her anything rashly, so she could only smile: "How could it be? The Queen Mother will keep Yuxi in the palace for a few days. In a few days, Fourth Brother's homework will be less stressful, and he will definitely accompany you.
Play."
"Really?" Yu Xi's big eyes sparkled and she said excitedly, "Mother, I don't have to go to school in the palace. I can play every day, right?"
Lan Qi wondered why the child said this. After listening to each sentence, she realized that the child was almost as good as her brothers at home. In addition to riding and shooting, she also learned everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She said that she had not played for a long time, and said that E Niang had become
So fierce, I look at her with a ruler every day.
"Eniang knows how to slap the palms of her hands." The little girl stretched out her chubby little hand and said with a pout, "Eniang didn't let Yuxi play, saying that Yuxi could never play again."
"E Niang is doing it for Yu Xi's good. She has been having fun in the palace for the past few days, and she will continue to study and learn the piano when she returns home. If Yu Xi behaves better, E Niang will not hit her palms. From now on, Empress De Fei will send people to pick her up from time to time.
When you enter the palace, I won't care about you when you play in the palace, okay?"
Lan Qi patiently coaxed the child, listening to her cooing and complaining a lot. She thought to herself that Luo Shi had probably been hinted at something, so she suddenly gave her daughter strict instructions. Her poor child's life has been restricted since then.
, and also understands how difficult it is to be the daughter-in-law of an emperor's family. If Yuxi really wants to marry Yinzhen, the boring life without fun will allow her to face the unknown future calmly.
When they arrived at Ningshou Palace, Lan Qi led the children to salute the Queen Mother. After that, the imperial concubine took Yu Xi with her. The female relatives all understood what was going on. Some people congratulated Jue Luo in private, but Jue Luo was blindly
Pretend to be stupid and don't understand, and respond to other people's polite or rude compliments. After all, the children are still young, and no one knows what will happen in the future. Let's wait until they grow up.
Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong were sitting close to each other. Seeing that the child Yuxi was favored by the imperial concubine, even being compared to several other princesses, she couldn't help but laugh and said: "The crown prince and the eldest brother's fortune haven't been settled yet.
The imperial concubine has chosen her daughter-in-law first."
Concubine Rong said nonchalantly: "Children, I just care about them and like them more, and there may not be anything else. Besides, you don't have to envy me. My eldest brother has grown up. In a few years, my daughter-in-law will call me
Your mother-in-law."
Concubine Hui said: "Sister, it's time for Third Elder Brother to see which family has the best children. What is the lintel of the daughter-in-law's natal family, and the height of birth is very different. This daughter of the Ulanala family was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
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Concubine Rong knew what Concubine Hui wanted to instigate her to do, and said deliberately: "No matter which family the child is from, or the height of his birth, it is not something you or I can choose. This is a matter from above. If the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager don't care, naturally the Imperial Concubine will
After thinking about it, maybe the imperial concubine is following the emperor's wishes, we can only wait to drink the daughter-in-law's tea, we have no control over which family the daughter-in-law comes from."
Concubine Hui also understands these truths. Although she has been choosing coldly, she can only take a look. If it were earlier, she could go to Cining Palace or Ningshou Palace to ask for a favor and skip the imperial concubine.
It didn't matter, but now she couldn't exert her energy in front of the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother. At this time, she felt a little regretful. But the road had already been walked down, and she would have nowhere to go if she didn't continue on.
After muttering these words, the two of them chatted about palace affairs. They mentioned that Ping Guiren had already passed the confinement period, but she hadn't seen her go out for a long time, and she didn't attend today. Unlike her usual flamboyant personality, Hui Fei said disdainfully
Said: "You are young after all, the imperial concubine does not give her face, she is fined, grounded, and even made to kneel on the palace road. I am her and I don't want to go out to meet people. The Hesheli family has no face for her."
Lost everything."
Concubine Rong was about to answer the call when she suddenly heard the sound of a girl crying. Everyone found out that it was Princess Kejing who was crying. The little girl ran back to Concubine Yi. Concubine Yi asked her what was wrong and heard the child cry and say: "Wen Xian is beating me."
I, my mother, my sister, she beat me..."
Ke Jing kept crying, and Concubine Yi could only take her away for a while, but everyone heard what the child said. Lan Qi naturally wanted to intervene, but as soon as she asked Huan Chun to find her daughter, the little girl ran to the Queen Mother with a look on her face.
With an angry face full of arrogance, the Queen Mother asked her what she was talking about, but she just responded softly, and others had no idea what they were talking about.
Concubine Yi returned to the banquet, but the princess did not follow her. She smiled and said that the child was a little sleepy and asked her nanny to take it back. The Queen Mother did not care about it and did not mention Wen Xian's beating.
After the dinner that day, Lan Qi returned to Yonghe Palace alone. Wen Xian had always lived in Ningshou Palace, and Yuxi was also left to live there because the Queen Mother had. The children often played and made trouble, and Wen Xian and Ke Jing had conflicts.
The adults forgot about it overnight, but unexpectedly when they saw Yuxi again the next day, the little girl had a nail mark on her tender face, from the base of her ear to her chin. Fortunately, the wound was not deep. The imperial doctor looked at it and said
Careful maintenance will not leave scars, but after all, you are someone else's child, so it is inevitable to be a little embarrassed.
Last night, Ke Jing said that she was bullied by her younger sister, but no one cared. Today, Yuxi was arrested. How could the imperial concubine not be angry? Lan Qi was called to Chengqian Palace. The imperial concubine said to her bluntly: "Although the child
She is not raised by your side, but after all, she is born in your belly. You can't let her do this. In the past, you all said that I wanted to teach Si Age to be bad. What is it like now? But look at Wen Xian, he is petty but has a big temper.
Now, there must be no disobedience to her. Just because Yuxi is a guest, the nuns in Ningshou Palace are more attentive to her. This little girl can scratch people just because she is jealous. How is she used to this?
Bad habits coming out?"
Lan Qi had nothing to say. It was indeed her responsibility for her daughter to be bad, and she couldn't shirk it by saying "she was raised by the Queen Mother." Firstly, she was suspected of blaming the Queen Mother for not educating her carefully. Furthermore, she also knew that she had feelings for Wen Xian.
The imperial concubine's words were true, Wen Xian's bad habits came from being pampered.
"The princess will have to marry far away in the future. With your daughter's temper, won't she be embarrassed by Aisin Gioro when she goes out?" The imperial concubine dropped these words coldly, almost ordering Lan Qi, "Whatever method you use, make peace with her."
The Queen Mother discussed it and decided that Wen Xian could no longer favor her."
When Lan Qi came out of Chengqian Palace, she felt dizzy, and the symptoms of joy suddenly appeared. Not to mention what she wanted to ask at Ningshou Palace, even when she walked back to Yonghe Palace, she was held captive by Huanchun and others.
After that, I lay on the kang for a long time before I came back to my senses. I wonder if there was news from Ningshou Palace. Princess Wen Xian was sent over at noon.
Lan Qi saw Wen Xian and Yu Xi coming in hand in hand. Although Yu Xi had scars on her face, she was happy and didn't feel unhappy. Children's play was always forgotten in the blink of an eye. Lan Qi suddenly didn't know how to blame her.
My daughter scratched someone.
The two children were brought up, and Huanchun and others were busy preparing fruit snacks. Lan Qi reminded that the children had not washed their hands, and the mothers carried them one by one to wash their hands. Yu Xi wanted to wait a moment, so Lan Qi hugged her and blew her hands gently.
He blew at the scar on his cheek and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
Yuxi shook his head: "It doesn't hurt at all."
Lan Qi liked Yu Xi's well-behavedness and asked her again: "Why did Wen Xian hurt you? Doesn't Yu Xi blame her?"
"Eniang said you should be polite to the princess, Yuxi can't blame the princess." The little girl answered seriously, and added, "If I don't compete with the princess, just give it to her."
After listening to Yu Xi's explanation, I realized that the Queen Mother had given Yu Xi a very beautiful little quilt last night. Wen Xian came over and saw it before going to bed, and he clamored for this quilt or else he would not sleep. Yu Xi would not sleep again.
He was still a child after all, and because she liked it too, she couldn't bear to give it to Wen Xian. The two girls started to snatch her, and Wen Xian didn't hit her on purpose. He just waved his hand and accidentally made a cut on her face.
Lan Qi sighed, not knowing how to deal with it, and saw her daughter happily running over and shouting: "Sister Yuxi, go wash your hands quickly." She frowned and looked at her daughter, not having seen her lose her temper with her own eyes, so she really couldn't imagine what it was like.