Seeing the black shadow rushing toward her, Lan Qi instinctively stepped back. The flower pot under her feet was not stable, and she almost fell on her back. Fortunately, Huan Chun supported her tightly, and several young eunuchs behind her also rushed up and captured her in the darkness.
There was only one person living there. Lan Qi had just stood firm when she heard pleading: "Empress De Fei, please save my master."
The voice sounded familiar, and someone identified it carefully, and recognized that the person was Dongyun from Xianfu Palace. She didn't have a weapon in her hand and seemed to have no malicious intent. She kept begging, hoping that Concubine De could save her master.
Lan Qi was afraid of alarming the imperial concubine, so she had Dongyun brought back to Yonghe Palace first. And because Fourth Brother and Wen Xian were there, she was afraid of scaring the children, so she placed Dongyun in a deserted side hall and asked Huan Chun to go and see it.
Several children refused to let them come over, and then they were relieved to ask questions in detail. At this moment, the lights were lit in the hall, reflecting Dongyun's face. He was a good-looking person whom he had only seen at the Lantern Festival banquet. He had been haggard for four or five days.
Her clothes were clean and tidy, but her face was stained with tears, which was very pitiful.
Lan Qi asked: "How did you get out? People in Xianfu Palace are not allowed to come in or out? You just pounced on me like that. If there were guards nearby, you might have been accidentally killed by the guards."
It turns out that Dongyun sneaked out during dinner time while delivering food. After all, Xianfu Palace was her territory, so it was not difficult to get out. She had been in the palace for a long time and had quite a lot of connections. Even if the favors were unavoidable, there would always be a few.
She was willing to help her, but when she arrived at Yonghe Palace, she happened to see Concubine De going out. Then she saw that she was going to Chengqian Palace, so she waited patiently on the way back. In this palace, she had only Concubine De to seek help from her.
"From the night of the Lantern Festival to now, the imperial concubine has neither eaten nor drank. Even the water has to be forced down by the slave and others, let alone the food. If she continues like this, she may starve to death. I really have no choice.
Here's a solution." Dongyun burst into tears. Although she had long been impatient with the imperial concubine, she was a loyal person by nature. She would always remember Queen Niu Hulu's kindness to her in the past. Besides, no matter how bad the imperial concubine was, she still had a human life.
How could she just watch a person starve to death.
Lan Qi frowned and had no idea for a moment, so she just said: "What can I do?"
Dongyun cried: "My dear, can you please ask the emperor to take back your life? Now the tenth prince has also gone to Ningshou Palace. There is no hope at all in Xianfu Palace. Master, she has wanted to die. If it weren't for the slaves guarding her day and night, she would have died."
Probably if you carry someone on your back, hit him to death and hang him..." When it came to the scary part, Dongyun didn't dare to continue. After covering his mouth and crying, he added, "I know that you are the only one with the best heart."
Lan Qi closed her eyes in a deep voice, composed herself and then said: "Dongyun, the noble concubine Jue Chan said that the imperial concubine has personally admitted to her that the Laba porridge sent back to the house was made by you who put down a lot of saffron. Did you help make it?"
?”
Dongyun's face froze for an instant, and he could not move his body. He faced Lan Qi stiffly. After a long time, he softened as if his backbone had been taken away. He fell to the ground and cried: "This slave is punished by death..."
"The imperial concubine wants you to do it, and you have to do it even if you don't want to do it. I know." Lan Qi looked cold and there was no compassion in her words. "I also know that I have a kind heart and even a softer ear, but no matter how much I look at you,
You are pitiful. Just think that my sister may not be able to have children for the rest of her life. If I forgive you, will I be worthy of her?"
"Empress?"
"Dongyun, please go back quickly. The emperor ordered that no one from the Xianfu Palace is allowed to come out. If you are seen by others, you don't know what will happen. You are currently busy with the eldest brother's marriage. How can you be allowed to cause trouble?" Lan Qi turned around and
Before leaving, he ruthlessly said, "I won't embarrass you, but I can guarantee that others won't. There are people in the palace who will add insult to injury. You have to be careful. As for the imperial concubine, the emperor wants the imperial concubine to take care of her health. Everything in Xianfu Palace
Nothing is lacking and nothing is lacking. She doesn’t want to live. If I save her this time, she will want to die next time. Are you going to beg me again?”
"Empress..." Dongyun thought that Yonghe Palace was a glimmer of hope, but how could he have thought that Concubine De would be so ruthless.
"Aunt Dongyun, please go back. I'm sending you off so nicely. Don't let anyone else see you." Several young eunuchs blocked Dongyun's pursuit of Concubine De and said politely, "The guards patrolling the palace will be here later."
Too much, it’s hard to leave.”
Lan Qi didn't hear these words. She left the side hall and went to her room. She was in a good mood, but she was disturbed by this kind of thing. She sat alone for a while and then saw Xiangyue coming to report Dongyun.
was sent away.
"Those who know, please keep their mouths shut. If anything gets spread, don't blame me for asking Huan Chun to deal with you." Lan Qi ordered angrily, Xiang Yue promised to leave quickly, she walked forward, Wen Xian said clearly
The sound rang out from the outer corridor, and the little girl ran in looking for E Niang. She puffed her cheeks and said with tears in her eyes: "E Niang, fourth brother hit me again, hit me here."
She raised her chubby little hand, with a faint red mark on the back of it, as if she had been slapped. Lan Qi rubbed it and asked her what was wrong. Yinzhen followed her, but her brother was not unhappy and had a slight smile on his face.
, told Lan Qi: "She wanted to give Yinxiang kidney bean cake to eat, but the wet nurse refused, so she pushed the wet nurse. I just slapped the back of her hand. Wen Xian was too overbearing. He beat and scolded the palace maids and eunuchs at such a young age. Concubine De
My dear, you have to take care of me."
"Brother is the worst, that's why Sister Yuxi won't come to play with you." Wen Xian shouted, clinging to Lan Qi and acting like a baby. Lan Qi blew the back of her hand, rubbed and kissed her, and she calmed down a little.
Zhen had already sat down beside him. Lan Qi felt comforted when she saw that he was as relaxed and casual as before. Most of her displeasure just now was wiped away. When she was about to ask Yinzhen about her recent homework, the fourth elder brother asked first, "De Fei
Madam, do you know why Yuxi has not entered the palace for so long?"
"Yuxi?" Lan Qi smiled a little awkwardly. Of course, adults can't use their words to say to Yinzhen, but they should always give an explanation to the child, not to mention that Yinzhen is already an older child, and he is a very sensible and smart older child.
"Because Fourth Brother is annoying." Wen Xian hummed, and Lan Qi rubbed her cheek and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense, the next time Emperor Ama hears it, I will spank you."
Wen Xian pursed his lips and muttered unconvincingly: "Huang Ama loves me the most."
Lan Qi ignored her coquettishness, raised her eyes and smiled softly at Yinzhen: "Yuxi, like you, has grown up gradually. The Ulanala family's tutoring is very strict. Girls have to learn a lot of rules when they grow up.
They can also learn and read like boys in etiquette. Their family has hired a teacher for Yuxi, so they can no longer just go to the palace and play for more than half a month and then go back as before."
Yinzhen nodded, but seemed to ask very lightly: "I won't come during the holidays. She also has to go to class during the holidays?"
Lan Qi heard this and said with a smile: "I will leave the palace tomorrow to have a wedding banquet at the eldest brother's house. I wonder if the Ulanala family will go. If they can see her, can you ask her yourself?"
Yinzhen was stunned. He didn't expect this. He blushed slightly and said after a long time: "Their family will also go to celebrate?"
Lan Qi smiled and said: "We are all nobles, so we naturally have contacts. Irgen Jueluo's marriage of her daughter to the emperor's daughter-in-law is a great joy. How can there be no reason not to congratulate her?" Then she asked, "The emperor's noble concubine, my wife."
, let you go?"
The fourth elder brother nodded, became even more joyful, and said with a smile: "The prince's brother and third brother are also going. The queen mother wanted Yinqi to go too, but he has a cold. Among the brothers, the three of us will go to the palace of the eldest brother.
"
"Mom, I want to go too." Wen Xian said loudly, "I also want to see Sister Yuxi."
Lan Qi refused, "The princess cannot leave the palace casually. Your eldest sister and the others will not go. There will also be a wedding banquet in the palace, so stay in the palace honestly."
This was an ordinary sentence, but because he couldn't fulfill the little princess's wish, Wen Xian struggled for a long time with no result, so he cried at the top of his lungs. In Ningshou Palace, as long as she cried, the Queen Mother would even give up the stars in the sky.
She picked it, but her mother-in-law didn't buy it when she cried in Yonghe Palace. Wen Xian cried for a long time. Originally he was happy, but Lan Qi gradually became a little irritable with her daughter. In the end, Yinzhen took her sister away and coaxed her.
It took her a long time to heal.
At night, the fourth elder brother and Xian returned to Qian Palace and Ningshou Palace respectively. Lan Qi felt that her ears were clear. She watched Huan Chun preparing tomorrow's dress and said lazily: "Which sister is like Wen Xian? Although Ke Jing is also
With some tempers, adults can still listen to what she says, but as a mother-in-law, unless I want to beat her, I won't be afraid of her no matter what I say."
Huan Chun smiled and said: "The princess is still young, what do you care about with your child?"
Lan Qi sighed: "I always said in the past that my eldest brother is still young. In the blink of an eye, he will marry Fujin and start a family tomorrow."
The master and the servant chatted for a while and then helped Lan Qi to sleep. When Huan Chun put down the curtain, he said: "The second young lady will also enter the palace tomorrow. Will you tell her that the imperial concubine is going to go on a hunger strike to commit suicide?"
Lan Qi closed her eyes deeply, nodded and said: "I am not qualified to forgive them. It depends on what Ying'er thinks. If Ying'er hates her, I, my sister, must support her, but even if Ying'er wants to forgive them, I can't.
I won’t ask the emperor to unblock the Xianfu Palace. It won’t do anything good to let her out. If she can’t be persuaded to wake up, the result will be the same sooner or later, so why waste your efforts.”
Huan Chun secretly decided that she was not so kind to feel pity for the imperial concubine, but if the master was soft-hearted, there was nothing she could do about it. It was the best thing for the master to be cruel now.
After a peaceful night together, the palace became lively before dawn the next day. This was the first time that the emperor married a daughter-in-law since he ascended the throne. Everyone was nervous and looking forward to it. Lan Qi rushed to Cining Palace dressed up early in the morning. The Empress Dowager was very happy here.
He will soon be saluted by his eldest brother, and then he will visit Ningshou Palace, Qianqing Palace, and finally go to Changchun Palace to kowtow to his mother.
More than ten years have passed by, and Lan Qi still remembers the scene when her eldest brother was pestering his great-grandmother in Cining Palace when he was a little older. Although Yinti was not the emperor's first child, he was the first son to grow up healthily.
Xuanye's children died one after another in his early years. The Empress Dowager used to be very fond of him. Even though she now prefers the prince or the fourth elder brother and even dislikes Concubine Hui, her feelings for her great-grandson have not diminished.
After the elder brother knelt down and kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times, the Queen Mother called the child to him and held hands and said, "Your Majesty is not as tall and strong as you at this age. What a good boy, I will do my best for your Majesty in the future."
If the descendants of the Aixinjueluo family don't protect the Qing Dynasty, who else can we rely on?"