Concubine Rong's words are not unreasonable, but now Lan Qi feels a lot of guilt for Noble Jue Chan, thinking that she would risk her life and death to do that thing for herself. If she is really tortured to death by the noble concubine, what else can she use to do with herself, and she is still alive.
Of course, she has no desires and needs, so what will she use of herself?
It's good to be careful, but don't be overly wary because of this. Even if she doesn't regard Jue Chan as a confidant like Sister Bu, Lan Qi still wants to have more contact with her in the future. She knows her current status and Yonghe Palace can take care of Jue Chan.
No one in the palace dared to bully her.
Lan Qi thanked Sister Rong for the reminder and said to herself: "It turns out that the Emperor knew about this incident from beginning to end. Thinking about it, I was so stupid and naively thought that I could deceive him. In fact, both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor knew
You know, I don’t even dare to go to Cining Palace now, for fear of being scolded by the Empress Dowager and implicating my sister in hiding it for me.”
Concubine Rong smiled and said: "I just said a few words, even the imperial concubine didn't really do anything for you. Speaking of which, if the imperial concubine had not been drunk last night, I don't know what would have happened. Do you think she would have helped?"
Why don't you go to Xianfu Palace to make a scene and find the noble Juechan?" Lan Qi shook her head and said with a smile, "I don't know, but it's good that I haven't caused any trouble to her now."
"Sister, more than ten years have passed and I am now in my thirties. Looking back on the words I said to you when I was your age, it is really ridiculous. Now it seems that I was very immature and confused at that time, but I still always
I will teach you some things like this." Concubine Rong smiled leisurely and said sincerely, "So now you feel that you are the same as me at that time. You think you are powerful and mature, but in fact you are still young and impulsive. In the future, you will ask for more
Whatever you do, you must think clearly about it. There is nothing in this palace that the superiors don't know about. Ever since Concubine Hui was suppressed by all parties, I know in my heart that only by sticking to my duty steadily can I go a long way."
Lan Qi was very helpful. She took Sister Rong's hand and said, "Without your words back then, I probably wouldn't be where I am today. I have always been very grateful to my sister in my heart and dare not say big words. In short, we will all grow old in the future and wait for the palace."
If there are new people coming, we sisters can’t be bullied by little girls, we all have to be good.”
Concubine Rong smiled and said, "These are really sour words, and you are the only one who can say it."
After that, the two of them exchanged some words. Lan Qi had to go to Cining Palace, and Concubine Rong was going to help Concubine Hui arrange her eldest brother's wedding. Before leaving, Lan Qi summoned everyone from Yanxi Palace and told them to go to Cining Palace.
Take good care of the noble lady Jue Chan. Although the noble lady serves only a limited number of maids, and everyone else here only guards the palace, but now that the noble lady is sick, the maids around her are not in good condition, so they can only rely on them to take care of her.
Lan Qi went to the backyard to visit Mrs. Yi. Yi promised to be the old man who entered the palace during the years of Concubine Hui. However, he had always been unloved and sickly. He lived in the backyard of Yanxi Palace several times and rarely appeared in front of others.
Walking around, even Lan Qi only vaguely knew that there was such a person. Seeing the simple and clean furnishings in the house today, she couldn't help but feel pitiful. She just smiled and said: "In the future, I will have a companion with the noble Jue Chan. Take good care of yourself."
That’s it.”
Yi promised to be about the same age as Concubine Hui and Rongfei, and older than Lan Qi. Although she was of low status, she did not want to be disrespectful. After saying a few polite words, she asked Ziyu to send some red charcoal to Yi promised.
Then he went to Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager has to give an explanation for this matter. She was still able to act coquettishly after being scolded by Xuan Ye last night. If the Empress Dowager scolds her today, even if she acts like a coquettish person, it will not matter. The Empress Dowager has high expectations for her. , naturally facing her failure, she was even more disappointed. Surprisingly, the Queen Mother did not say anything bad about Lan Qi, she just asked her some details here and helped her analyze what to do next time, and even more He said to her: "The road to success is full of obstacles, and no one can walk smoothly. Although I can't see clearly how women in the harem can be considered successful, but every time we do something, we must make it happen." .It is indeed tragic and heartless for a strong man to cut off his wrist, but it is also indispensable to make up his mind to achieve something. If the emperor did not help you last night, what would have happened to you?"
Lan Qi shook her head and said frankly: "Before Eunuch Liang asked me to wait in the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, I was extremely conflicted. Apart from begging you and the emperor, I really couldn't think of any other way. The imperial concubine was drunk and couldn't help. My concubine, the worst plan at that time was to go to Xianfu Palace to cause trouble, no matter what, to rescue the noble Juechan."
The Empress Dowager smiled disdainfully: "Confused."
"Yes." Lan Qi lowered her head, but she didn't realize what the Queen Mother was referring to when she was confused.
The old man patted her head gently and said: "Remember, if there is another time, you must not be so aggressive. Things will definitely not be the same, but you must learn to draw inferences from one example. Take this incident as an example, you should not be anxious. , you should go back to Yonghe Palace and wait quietly. The next day when the imperial concubine wakes up, you can ask her to go to Xianfu Palace to ask for someone. Since she has agreed to you, she will not shirk the responsibility because of her temper."
"I don't understand." Lan Qi did not dare to agree with the Empress Dowager's words. Now the noble Jue Chan has been frozen to death. I wonder if he can survive the high fever. If he is frozen for another night, will he go this morning? The noble Jue Chan has already been Dead?
But the Queen Mother saw through her thoughts and sighed softly: "You are scared now because you know that Jue Chan has been abused like this, but if something happens in the future, what can you know? Even last night, you were nothing. I don’t even know. What matters is whether you can get things done. Do you have to fail every time? If you are so jealous and care about one thing and the other, you will never succeed. In this case, just weigh your own weight and don’t wade into muddy waters. Try the depth."
Seeing that Concubine De was being punished pitifully, Aunt Sumala said with a smile: "Our empress is too kind-hearted, how could she be so ruthless as to cut off the wrists of a strong man? When she heard that the noble man was beaten in Xianfu Palace, even if she could not imagine that, It's serious, and it's enough to worry her. The Queen Mother will wait patiently, and the Queen Mother will slowly learn to be cruel."
However, the Empress Dowager hummed: "How long can I wait with my bones?"
Lan Qi leaned over and said, "I agreed not to say these things, but it's not easy for you to beat or scold me. Why are you saying these things?"
"You..." The Empress Dowager smiled helplessly. There was really nothing to be unhappy about. Anyway, she had always disliked Concubine Wen. She wanted to kill her because of Xuan Ye's use of medicine. Now it is best to seal the palace. Her intention was that it was a pity that Lan Qi could not truly grow up, and she didn't know if she would be able to watch from the side next time.
Aunt Sumala smiled and said: "The Empress Dowager's court dress needs to be altered a few times. I'll go and get it. It's a nice day with plenty of light, so we've finished the alterations. On the 19th, I'm waiting for my eldest brother to kowtow to you." "
But the Empress Dowager said: "Don't worry, are you ready for what I asked you to prepare?"
Grandma hurriedly agreed, and called Ziyu to follow her. She brought six or seven identical golden nanmu boxes from somewhere, and opened three or two of them. They all had the same number and specifications of jewelry, but the designs, colors, and styles of the items might be slightly different.
But at first glance, the value of gold, silver and jade should be about the same.
The Empress Dowager smiled and took a box and picked up a rose hairpin carved from a whole piece of mutton-fat jade. Usually jade hairpins are just inlaid with carved patterns on gold, silver, copper and iron, but this hairpin is made of whole mutton-fat jade.
, a piece of jade material could have been used to cut many ornaments, but now there is only one hairpin, which must be extremely expensive.
"You always said that I was reluctant to give you this hairpin. I thought if I could find more, I would save them. If not, I would give them to you in the future." The Empress Dowager smiled and let Lan Qi hold it in her hand.
Look, he said, "A few days ago, I asked Sumala to prepare the rewards for the eldest brother Fujin, and I asked her to prepare the rewards for the fourth elder brother Wen Xian and the others. Here are the rewards for the fourth elder brother Wen Xian and the little ones.
Both the princess and the Thirteenth Brother have the same reward for marrying a daughter-in-law as for marrying a daughter, neither more nor less, so don’t be partial in the future."
Lan Qi was so happy, but now her eyes were red, but the Empress Dowager said cheerfully: "There are many things. I hope you can have children. It would be great if you have more children and more happiness. If this is the case,
There are four children. In the future, whichever elder brother and princess you like, you can give them to them as well, or you can keep them and wait for your grandson and daughter-in-law."
Lan Qi pushed it away and asked the Empress Dowager to give it to her in the future, but the old man said: "Didn't we agree to be happy and don't think about those things? For now, just make me happy. It's rare for me to change my mood."
Okay, what’s going on, I’ll scold you a few more times for what happened last night.”
"As long as you are good, I am not afraid of being scolded every day." Lan Qi finally relaxed and smiled. Even if it was just pretending, she still wanted to make the Empress Dowager happy. Besides, she was really happy to have received so many good things.
I'm just sad that the Empress Dowager bothered to prepare these things, because she knew that she might not be able to wait until the day when the Fourth Elder Brother gets his wife.
"I like that child in Yuxi very much." When chatting soon after, the Empress Dowager also said, "Even if I don't see that day, I feel at ease. I heard that the family has raised her well. I hope that she will support us well in the future."
Fourth brother."
The fourth elder brother is less than ten years old, so marrying Fujin is really a long way off, but now nineteen is just around the corner, and the eldest elder brother's Fujin will officially marry into the royal family. The Empress Dowager has always liked the eldest elder brother, so she is naturally looking forward to it.
.In a blink of an eye, it was already eighteen. On this day, the Minister of Household Affairs outside the Tiangong sent the bride’s dowry to the elder brother’s house. The Ministry of Internal Affairs held a banquet in the elder brother’s house to entertain Fujin’s family. After all the external affairs were settled, someone entered the palace.
Talk back.
In the Changchun Palace, Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi are helping Concubine Hui try on court clothes. Tomorrow morning, the eldest brother will come to the Changchun Palace to kowtow to his biological mother. I heard that the dowry for the bride in the elder brother’s house has been properly delivered and the banquet was also successfully held.
, Concubine Hui rewarded them with silver coins and asked them to work harder tomorrow.
The visitors dispersed, and Concubine Yi stood by and said with a smile: "According to the rules, my eldest brother will go to the Empress Dowager early tomorrow morning. After the Empress Dowager kowtows, he should salute the Emperor and Queen. We don't have a queen in the palace. Is it the imperial concubine?"
Follow along?"
According to the rules, when a prince gets married, he must pay homage to his aunt, and then the queen of the middle palace is qualified to be called the aunt of the princes and princesses. Although the imperial concubine is the most noble now and holds the phoenix seal, she is not the middle palace after all. It seems that the eldest brother does not need to salute her.
Unless the emperor takes the imperial concubine with him.
Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong looked at each other, Concubine Rong said: "I haven't heard what the superiors mean."