Hearing Zen say these words, Lan Qi couldn't help but look outside, as if she was worried that the walls had ears. She didn't know when she had this vigilant instinct, and when she realized it, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"I'm going to give birth in the first month. No matter what happens before or after the Empress Dowager, it's not my turn to intervene." Lan Qi lowered her head and gently stroked her bulging belly, murmuring softly, "I wish I could make you pregnant."
The Queen Mother, please take a look at this child."
Seeing that Concubine De was full of sadness, Jue Chan understood the deep relationship between Concubine De and the Empress Dowager, but other people were really not so emotional, such as herself. To her, the Empress Dowager was just a high-ranking person in the Cining Palace.
The elder of the royal family was an existence that she could not look directly at or get close to. To her, it had no practical significance. If she were to be extremely sad for the death of an old man with no emotions, she would have to pretend or be infected by the sad atmosphere.
, once she jumped out of these, she could only look at everything that was about to happen calmly.
She said cautiously: "It's best if you don't want to do it yourself, but it's hard to prevent someone from rushing to get you involved. The Empress Dowager's affairs only last for three or two days. Please be careful in everything you do."
Lan Qi knew that Mr. Jue Chan had good intentions, but while accepting it wholeheartedly, she really couldn't listen to such words. She didn't want to disappoint others and kept listening calmly. She only waited for Mr. Jue Chan to leave before she said to Huan Chun with tears in her eyes: "Why are all these words coming?"
Everyone is planning these things. The Empress Dowager is still fine, so why can’t they wait? Even I, starting from Changchun Garden, have been planning for the future..."
These are sad words. No matter how strong and calm you are in front of others, once you break down in private, there is nothing anyone can do to persuade you except to completely vent your feelings. These days, the master will cry from time to time. Huan Chun is guarding her silently, knowing that she
When she goes out, she will become calm and composed, and she will not worry that she will be trapped in sadness and unable to extricate herself. But after all, the Empress Dowager is still here, and no one knows what will happen after she really leaves.
Originally, Huanchun and the others couldn't coax her, and they still had the emperor to rely on. But now no one is more sad than this ninety-five-year-old man, not even her master. But he is a man and an emperor, and he has the responsibility of his family, country, and world.
, he couldn't vent his emotions at will like Lan Qi, but day after day, the aura around him was already reminiscent of the time when Queen Hesheli died in the past. Eunuch Li and the others were waiting carefully all day long, for fear of the slightest thing happening.
, which made Emperor Long Yan furious.
That day, after attending the Qing Palace affairs, the Emperor could not wait to change his clothes, nor could he wait to prepare the warm sedan chair. He walked to the Imperial Grandmother in his court clothes. As he approached Cining Palace, he saw the figures of several children swaying in front of the door.
Eunuch Li and the others were very surprised when they saw it, and someone hurriedly came forward. The children over there were also startled, and stood in a row waiting on the roadside. When the emperor approached, he saw that he was supposed to be studying in the study at this moment.
Brother.
The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, and the eighth elder brother were only followed by a few young eunuchs sporadically. None of the people who were supposed to follow them were missing. There was no doubt that they had sneaked out from the study.
"Where is Yinyou?" The emperor looked gravely and counted the children. Not counting Yinti and the prince, only the seventh elder brother was missing.
"Back, back to Emperor Ama, seventh brother has a fever today and didn't come to the study." The third elder brother responded tremblingly. He is the oldest of the four children. If anything happens, he must be punished first. But he is a somewhat responsible brother.
, although he was afraid of his father’s censure, he still rushed forward to answer.
Xuan Ye was not as angry as the children imagined. These boys came to the door of Cining Palace. Apart from wanting to go in and see their great-grandmother, what else could they think of? He was very comforted, but now he heard that Seventh Brother
He had a fever, but he didn't know it at all, which inevitably made him feel a little bit more guilty as a father. He looked unhappy for a while, which frightened the children.
"Huang Ama, we want to go to pay my respects to my great-grandmother." The youngest eighth prince spoke gently, seemingly not afraid of his father's majesty. He looked at him longingly and said piously, "Ama, what are you doing in the study today?"
We have done all our homework."
The fifth elder brother pulled his younger brother and told him to be quiet, but he couldn't stop the fourth elder brother next to him and continued to speak. He was not as gentle and cute as the eighth elder brother. The elder brother who was a few years older looked serious and looked like "Ama, you must"
As if we were going to visit our great-grandmother, he said to his father seriously: "Huang Ama, we all want to see our great-grandmother. We can't concentrate on studying these days. We still hope that Ama will make it happen."
The different personalities of the children were revealed in just a few words. Perhaps they were moved by their filial thoughts at the moment, which made the father pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at them. He was in a good mood and his face naturally relaxed. Seeing that each of them had their noses frozen.
Turning red, he raised his hand and said, "Go in, don't disturb great-grandmother."
The third elder brother was very happy and was about to run inside, but was pulled back by Yinzhen. The four of them saluted their father and then walked in quietly one by one. Eunuch Li saw that the emperor's face looked good, and he was heartbroken.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but just as he was about to follow him through the door, he heard the emperor ask him: "Where is the prince?"
Eunuch Li was nervous in vain. Now that the prince's every word and deed was under the control of him and the emperor, he could not guarantee that the other people sent by the emperor would not tell the truth when he said nonsense. He could only answer truthfully: "His Royal Highness, he is still studying in Yuqing Palace."
"Has he ever said that he would come to Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager?" Xuan Ye said calmly without any expression on his face, "I asked him to come to Cining Palace more often a few days ago."
Eunuch Li only felt that his body was heavy. Could it be that starting with a few words from his mouth, the thin gap between father and son would be widened bit by bit?
"Is there any?"
When Eunuch Li was in a daze, the emperor asked again, and the old father-in-law quickly replied: "I have never heard such words, but... I heard from the prince that he must concentrate on preparing for the spring lectures in the first month."
After saying this, the emperor walked through the door like a gust of wind without saying anything. Eunuch Li was stunned for a long time. When he followed, he saw the emperor standing motionless in the corridor beside the door.
Looking over the emperor's body, he saw in the distance in front of the door of the Empress Dowager's dormitory, the pot-bellied Empress Dowager De was talking to several elders with a smile, her words were friendly and gentle, and she even grabbed the eighth elder brother's hand and rubbed it to warm him. No.
After a while, the curtain in front of the door was raised, and it seemed that the inside was ready, so Empress De Fei led the four children in quietly.
Eunuch Li secretly raised his head to glance at the emperor. The emperor's moist eyes made him panic. A door, what was said outside, and the scene he saw inside were really two worlds.
The emperor's shoulders rose slightly, as if he let out a long sigh, and then told Eunuch Li: "Send someone to Yuqing Palace and ask the prince to come with him. The brothers are all here, and the empress dowager is even more happy. The eldest brother is not here today.
In the palace, please pass along a message and ask him to take Fujin into the palace tomorrow." After a pause, he even said, "If his Fujin is still not well, take a sedan to pick him up."
Eunuch Li didn't dare to say anything except saying yes. The emperor was obviously angry, and he also knew that the eldest brother Fujin had been avoiding entering the palace. Ever since the emperor reprimanded the eldest brother in Changchun Garden last time,
Even the emperor's eldest daughter-in-law is in disgrace.
Afterwards, the emperor entered his grandmother's bedroom and worked with several children to make the empress dowager happy. The old lady no longer had the energy to speak, but she was not anxious at all. She looked at the children with a comfortable smile. Her body was obviously getting older, but it did not weaken at all.
Majestic and solemn.
When the prince came from Yuqing Palace, he heard the eighth prince's endorsement outside the door. The eighth prince was very smart. People said he was smarter than the princes of the same age. Yinreng raised his eyebrows and calmed down, and walked in slowly.
When several children saw their elder brother coming, they all saluted respectfully. The younger brothers had long been accustomed to the separation from the prince, but for some reason, Xuan Ye saw it today and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
When Yin Reng came to the Empress Dowager, the old man asked a few questions. The prince was polite in his words and deeds. Like his brothers, he coaxed his great-grandmother to have a good life. The Empress Dowager seemed particularly happy, and the smile on his face became brighter.
But she didn’t know whether it was Lan Qi’s own ulterior motives, or the atmosphere in the dormitory had really taken a turn for the worse. Why did she feel that the family happiness had disappeared since the prince came in?
"Great-grandmother wants to rest, you all go back." The emperor asked the sons to leave, but also told the prince, "Yinreng, the queen mother is not feeling well today. You take your brothers to Ningshou Palace to say hello. Go early and come back early. Don't
Preventing the Queen Mother from resting."
All the brothers agreed one after another and went out with the prince. As soon as the children left, the house that was bustling just now became much quieter. Lan Qi even felt a little cold. She walked to the door and asked someone to add a pot of charcoal to the fire, but the prince
The Queen Mother told her that she wanted to drink candied date tea.
Lan Qi took Huan Chun to serve the tea. When she came back with the tea, she heard the old voice of the Empress Dowager saying: "Xuan Ye, the prince is still the prince after all."
Both of them noticed the movement of Lan Qi entering the door. They didn't know whether they ended the conversation deliberately or just ended the sentence just now. Neither of them felt any embarrassment. Xuan Ye took the date tea with his own hands and fed his grandmother a few mouthfuls. The old man smiled happily.
Said: "It's sweet. It's been this way for more than ten years."
Xuan Ye looked at Lan Qi approvingly and said to his grandmother: "She is very attentive and knows that you remember the taste of this tea. It doesn't matter how much you spend on food and clothing, but the dates and honey you need to make tea every year."
, there can be no mistakes at all. Only on this matter, I have pestered my grandson several times, and even if I give her the best dates, I can’t give her the best dates, saying they don’t taste right.”
Lan Qi smiled and sat down next to the Empress Dowager, wiped the tea from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said softly: "Look, Your Majesty, I have been remembering how many baskets of dates I want for so long. How dare you ask for more?"
Something?"
The Empress Dowager smiled cheerfully, as if she was tired. After resting for a long time, she finally took a breath and said: "Everything about you, which one does he not keep in mind?"