After running around all day, the Empress Dowager sent the Emperor to have a rest early. Lan Qi refused to leave first and had to take care of her to rest. She joked that she always left at that time and had nothing to do today and went back early for fear of others.
Be suspicious when you see it.
The Empress Dowager then said: "Look, you feel guilty just because you did this. If I asked you to go back earlier on weekdays, how could you worry that others would look strange and become suspicious? So don't stand passively.
If you have a certain standpoint, if you have a ghost in your heart, you will be a ghost no matter who you look at."
Lan Qi was very helpful, but she didn't want the Empress Dowager to worry about her. She said like she had agreed before that she agreed to let them go out this time and they couldn't be blamed. After pestering them for a while, they talked and laughed, and then they all let go.
When she was about to leave at night, Lan Qi stood under the eaves and waited for Huan Chun to bring her cloak. Grandma Sumala saw that the blame was getting cold like this. Fortunately, Huan Chun came over soon, and grandma wrapped it up for Lan Qi herself.
No outsiders asked her softly: "Does that matter have something to do with the imperial concubine?"
Lan Qi shook her head and smiled helplessly: "I don't know yet. The emperor asked Aling'a to continue the investigation, but no one of his own family would investigate his own family. I know that the emperor wants to let them go. To the emperor, Lan Ying's child
, which is more important than the stability of the court, I don’t blame him."
Mammy simply wrapped herself in a cloak and walked out with Lan Qi. After listening carefully to some relevant matters, she sighed: "Think about it, why is the imperial concubine so stupid? If something happens to her after eating the food she gave her, she will eventually
The finger was pointed at her, why would she openly drug the imperial concubine."
"But what if she got everyone's thoughts right? Since normal people think this won't work, she will do the opposite. Since doing so is considered unreasonable, no one will take it seriously.
, one side insisted that it was impossible for someone to pass saffron to the imperial concubine, and the other side decided that it had nothing to do with the fact that the porridge was sent from the palace. There was no concrete evidence on either side, so no one had anything to do with it. Even if we can think of this trick now, it still has nothing to do with it.
There is no way to deal with them." Lan Qi frowned, secretly hating, are they the only smart ones in this world?
Aunt Sumala thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think it was the imperial concubine's idea?"
Lan Qi nodded: "She wanted to destroy Lan Ying's innocence before. Fortunately, I repeatedly told my family to watch over Lan Ying, so we could wait until the wedding day safely. I don't know what the noble concubine hates me for, but now Concubine Wen
, she is no longer the same person she used to be. Now she will still do stupid things, but every stupid thing she does is completely vicious. Aunty, is she really hysterical? Is her head not clear? "
Grandma sneered: "If you are not sober, how can you plan so many things? Unless it really has nothing to do with her."
Lan Qi sighed and said: "Now I am in a dilemma. I don't want to cause trouble to the emperor, but I am also afraid of annoying the imperial concubine and offending Aling'a. If this ruins the relationship between Ying'er and his wife, it is better to swallow this breath, but Mom
Mom, if there is one, there are two. If it is really the noble concubine’s fault, who knows whether Ying’er will die in her hands next time. I was closely protected by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor in the palace. She could not hurt me, but
Ying'er can be assassinated anytime and anywhere at Niu Hulu's house. When such a tragedy happens, I'm afraid the relationship between me and the emperor will also come to an end."
"Which is the lesser of the two disadvantages, and the greater of the two benefits, the empress should really weigh it carefully." Aunt Sumala gently pointed out, "The discord between the couple is a big deal, but if something big happens again.
Even if the person is no longer here, how can we still talk about feelings and spend time together?"
Lan Qi's eyes shone, and she nodded heavily: "This matter must not be ignored casually, even if it is not a noble concubine, it must be investigated to get to the bottom of it. The result is not painful or not, but it is not the answer I want, no matter it is
The imperial concubine, Faqisu and his Fu Jin, someone must pay the price. Ying'er will still live in Niu Hulu's family for the rest of her life, and she cannot always be bullied. She is still young now, no matter how smart and capable she is, she will be defeated by others.
But those old foxes."
Grandma said with emotion: "For the sake of the second young lady, you are really serious. How can you swallow all the grievances you suffered in the past?"
"I have received too much happiness. It seems that God only allowed me to experience the pain in order to balance this kind of life." Lan Qi tightened her cloak. Even so, she still felt cold when she mentioned it, "But
Ying'er is different, her life now is to fulfill me, I can't let her be hurt anymore, people always have selfish motives and there is a bottom line, don't you think so, mama?"
Naturally, Aunt Sumala stood by Lan Qi's side and gave her some careful guidance. She felt relieved when the warm sedan was brought and saw her getting on the sedan. When she came back, she took off her cloak and warmed herself by the charcoal stove. When she saw a little girl
The palace maid came to ask the Empress Dowager to come over. Aunt Sumala wondered why the Empress Dowager woke up again. When she got closer, she realized that she was not asleep at all. She even told her: "Send someone to check, the Laba porridge is here."
Does the matter have anything to do with the imperial concubine? If it is really her idea to cut off her future, tell the Queen Mother that from now on the imperial concubine is not allowed to have contact with her family. If she has the ability to harm sisters Lan Qi now, she will have the ability in the future
Harming other people, the prince does not have the protection of his own mother, so these hidden dangers cannot appear around him."
Mammy agreed, but did not mention what Lan Qi said. She also wanted to give Empress Dowager De Fei a chance to try out how deep the water in the palace was.
However, before Lan Qi could plan how to get the truth out of the imperial concubine, the other person couldn't sit still. Because of the marriage between the two palaces, and because of Lan Ying's incident this time, the Yonghe Palace and the Niu Hulu family were getting closer and closer.
The closer we get, leaving aside the awkward relationship with the imperial concubine, the entire Niu Hulu family favors the imperial concubine, which is definitely not a good thing for the imperial concubine. What’s more, the imperial concubine has ten elder brothers, and now the imperial concubine herself has thirteen.
Brother, who knows if this mother will be able to stand by her biological son if something happens in the future.
So early the next morning, while Lan Qi was still combing her hair in front of the mirror, squinting her eyes and listening to the occasional cry of the baby, Ziyu came from the door and reported with an inexplicable face: "The fourth elder brother has gone to the study.
."
Lan Qi nodded, closed her eyes and said, "It's this time, what's wrong?"
Ziyu frowned and said, "But someone came to send a message immediately. The imperial concubine invited you to come over and said that she had something to talk about."
Lan Qi opened her eyes and thought about what she had to do in the past few days. The imperial concubine asked her. She couldn't figure it out. She looked at Huan Chun and said, "Did she know that I went out with the emperor yesterday?"
Huan Chun said with a smile: "It's useless to know. You've been there before. At worst, you've become accustomed to hearing the imperial concubine's nagging, but you won't be able to keep up with those few words."
Lan Qi didn't care much about this. After getting dressed, she took a few sips of honey tea and hurried to Chengqian Palace. Unexpectedly, the imperial concubine was sitting upright at the head of the main hall. She usually talked in the Nuan Pavilion when she had something to do.
What serious things are you going to say today?
Lan Qi entered the palace and bowed respectfully. The palace door was closed behind her. The sky was already dark in the morning. When the palace door was closed, there were no candles inside, so it was almost impossible to see clearly. There was a chance that the light under the window would fall just right.
Where the imperial concubine was, Lan Qi stood in the darkness and could see the serious face of the imperial concubine.
"Your Majesty...what are your orders?" Lan Qi was unsure.
"Do you still remember what I said to you when I came to Yonghe Palace, and what you said to me?" The imperial concubine said coldly, but before Lan Qi could answer, she sneered at her, "It turns out that you only care about interests.
Man, who doesn’t want to climb a high tree? I shouldn’t blame you, but what about the fourth elder brother? Now you are going to join the Niu Hulu clan and leave me and the fourth elder brother behind? You promised me once,
We must join forces secretly to find a future for Brother Si."
Lan Qi was dumbfounded. There was talk of joining forces. Back then, Concubine Tong was so arrogant and domineering that everyone would throw dirty water on her when she encountered anything. Although she did many evil things, she also did not do less.
Taking the blame, she gradually felt that she was alone and helpless, so she ran to Yonghe Palace in person and said that she would join forces with Lan Qi. She didn't ask for anything else, but she asked if anything happened in the future, for the sake of her fourth brother, Lan Qi could help her speak, but
You really didn’t mention anything about looking for a future for Si Age. When did you add this matter?
But there was no room for Lan Qi to argue. The imperial concubine stood up and walked to her. Apparently she couldn't hold herself any longer and said angrily: "Just give me a good idea. Are you going to get together with Niu Hulu's family? You know everything."
There are so many big families, and every one of them is incompatible with each other. If you want to go far away, don't blame me for turning against you and not letting Brother Si recognize you as my mother-in-law."
"Their family caused my sister, my concubine, to have a miscarriage and even be infertile for life. Madam, do you think my concubine would have stayed with them?" Lan Qi couldn't help but feel annoyed, trying to suppress her temper, and said calmly, "If it weren't for Lan Ying,
As a member of their family, I will never have anything to do with them in this life. Your Majesty, you also love Tong Bin. Even though you often treat Tong Bin with a straight face and discipline her harshly, you still protect her openly and secretly.
I love my sister as much as you do, and what’s more, I haven’t had a husband with my sister yet. If I didn’t want Lan Ying to be well in Niu Hulu’s family, how could I be willing to get close to this family?”
These words made the imperial concubine calm, and Lan Qi looked at her, with something she couldn't say hidden in her sharp eyes. The various ways the imperial concubine treated her in the past, if it weren't for the fourth elder brother, she would never do it.
To interact with someone like the Imperial Concubine, since she has taken advantage of the Imperial Concubine, and she has treated her fourth brother with all her heart, let's let it go, but her sister's life is still going on, and she may have to deal with the Niu Hulu family for the rest of her life.
Went down.
The imperial concubine lost her confidence and said awkwardly: "I'm just afraid that you've gone too far and forgotten the fourth elder brother. There are more and more elder brothers in the palace. Do you know what those ladies are thinking about? We
I have to protect Yinzhen more wholeheartedly than before, and protect him all the way until he grows up to be able to protect himself. This is the responsibility of a mother."
The fire in Lan Qi's heart gradually extinguished. She had no right to lose her temper at the Imperial Concubine, but when she heard the Imperial Concubine's gentle words, she suddenly felt a thrill in her heart. She looked up at the Imperial Concubine and twitched her red lips slightly, "My Lady, can you