Xuan Ye smiled warmly and glanced at Lan Qi: "The Imperial Grandmother is still fair. Some people grow up to be more than ten years old in vain and are still as stupid and stupid as before. How much care do you need to worry about."
Lan Qi chuckled: "The Emperor insists on comparing who with you, but it's boring. Anyone in the world can't hold his breath if he loses to you, but only if he loses to the Emperor, who wouldn't be convinced?"
Xuan Ye raised his hand and slapped her on the forehead: "What are you talking about in front of the emperor's grandmother?"
However, this flirting back and forth made the Empress Dowager very happy. She laughed so much that she couldn't breathe, so she took Xuan Ye's hand with one hand and Lan Qi with the other, and gently held their hands.
Stacked together, Lan Qi's hands looked even more slender and white in the emperor's palm, without even any bloating from pregnant women.
The Empress Dowager held Xuan Ye's hand and Lan Qi's hand, and held them in her hands with her own hands. She smiled with her eyebrows curved and her face full of kindness. She had no strength and her voice was very soft, but every word was clear: "
Xuan Ye ended the tragedy of losing my husband and son, and allowed me to continue to live gloriously for twenty-six years. Lan Qi gave me a happy old age. For thirteen years, you spent all your best youth on
In my case, no matter how others insult you or humiliate you, my heart is like a mirror, and I know your good qualities."
Lan Qi's eyes were moist, and she tried her best to smile: "I am just better at serving others than others. You don't despise me for being stupid. It is my blessing."
The Queen Mother shook her head, "It is commendable that you have been consistent for thirteen years. There will be more ups and downs in your life in the future. Lan Qi, you must remember my words. When you are wronged, Xuan Ye will definitely bear it better than you."
More grievances, when he was unable to protect you, his heart was broken. My grandson is a man who values love and justice. If he could let go of the affection engraved in his heart, the world would have changed a long time ago.
That’s it.”
These words were so meaningless that Lan Qi didn't quite understand them, and she didn't have time to think about them carefully. Anyway, she listened to and remembered everything the Empress Dowager said, and it didn't matter if she thought about it later in the future.
Xuan Ye felt sad in his heart and said gently: "You are tired, take a rest. I was tired from being with the children just now."
The Queen Mother paused, as if recalling the scene just now, and said with a smile: "The children are really cute. Our fourth brother is the most lovable. He looks exactly like Xuan Ye when he was a child.
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Lan Qi didn't say anything, but Xuan Ye repeated: "Grandma Huang, you are tired, please take a rest."
The Empress Dowager looked at Xuan Ye meaningfully, and then smiled lightly: "You..."
After this, no more words were said, as if there was some tacit understanding between their ancestors and grandchildren. At that moment, Lan Qi felt that she couldn't get in, but she didn't care about this and didn't take it to heart at all.
The two of them have been accompanying the Empress Dowager. The old man sleeps and wakes up. Occasionally he closes his eyes, thinking that she is asleep, but she will suddenly wake up again, and she can't live without people for a moment. Xuan Ye is now keeping some of the court officials
The matter was deferred for later, and the court officials also understood the importance of the Empress Dowager to the emperor and even to the entire Qing Dynasty. At this juncture, no one dared to cause trouble for the emperor. The emperor would even put the court affairs in Cining Palace to handle, and then
In the next few days, I gradually stopped staying at Cining Palace even for my food and daily life.
Concubine De was repeatedly ordered to return to Yonghe Palace to recuperate. After that, Xuan Ye no longer forced her. Her grandmother was only happy when she saw her, and she did not want to leave her grandmother.
The twelfth lunar month of any year has never been as heavy as this year. People inside and outside the palace don’t even know if the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are still alive on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, whether they will still celebrate, whether the emperor will still sacrifice to heaven, earth, and the country, everyone’s
Everything can only be decided or started when the Empress Dowager dies, but the emperor's heart is to hope that his grandmother can live longer.
Before the new year, Xuan Ye personally led the princes and ministers to walk to the Temple of Heaven and prayed to God, begging to sacrifice his own life and prolong the life of his grandmother. Xuan Ye shed tears while reciting the blessing, and every word came from the heart.
"Recalling that I was young and lost my trust early, I followed my grandmother's knee and spent more than thirty years cultivating and teaching me to achieve success. Without my grandmother, the Empress Dowager, I would never have been able to achieve what I am today. Tongji's grace would have been difficult to achieve in my life.
Retribution... If you have a lot of money or are poor, I would like to shorten the age of my ministers and hope to increase the life of the Empress Dowager by a few years."
The Zhu Wen Jing was passed down to the palace orally, and the concubines were all sighing. Rong Fei and Duan Concubine were pointed out to the emperor by the Empress Dowager. The glory they have today is all given by the Empress Dowager. Compared with other concubines and benevolent concubines,
The concubines in Ning Palace who had no feelings were naturally more sad, and they had a deep relationship with the emperor, so how could they allow the emperor to shorten his life. They burned incense and worshiped Buddha together in the hope that they could shorten their life and bring blessings to the empress dowager and the emperor. They sincerely expressed their sincerity.
, but word spread and other people knew about it, and they all imitated it. The result became worse and worse, and even the good ones became a joke in the harem.
Xuan Ye was naturally furious and summoned Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan to question the reason and asked why people inside and outside the palace were laughing at the concubine for doing these things hypocritically. They were both so innocent and did not know how to face the questioning. Lan
Qi didn't dare to speak for them casually. When she was embarrassed, she simply moved out the Empress Dowager and said that the old man wanted to see Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan.
The emperor sent them away coldly, and Lan Qi took them to the bedroom before quietly telling the truth. Concubine Rong said with tears: "The emperor is in a hurry right now. We don't care what he said, but those women are really hateful, so we are not afraid."
Are they really losing their lifespan?"
Lan Qi tried to persuade her a little, and when she arrived in front of the Empress Dowager, she opened her eyes and saw Concubine Rong and Duan Concubine. She didn't know about those messy things, nor did she know that Xuan Ye was angry, but what a coincidence, she actually said with a smile:
"You're welcome, I was just waiting to see you two."
When Lan Qi saw that the Empress Dowager had something to say to Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan, she retreated and stood in front of the door and saw someone hurriedly running to the room where the Emperor was. It was not surprising at first, but she had watched it countless times today.
It seems that it is too frequent for someone to run to see the emperor like this, what is the important matter, even the important affairs of the court.
At this moment, in the Yuqing Palace, the prince was changing clothes in the room, preparing to come to the Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager. He opened his arms and the palace maids and eunuchs dressed him. He remained motionless, looking at the pictures on his forehead through the screen.
Standing outside, he only waited for the prince to get dressed before he turned away from everyone.
While the prince tied the jade pendant around his waist, his eyes were still staring at the book on the table. He asked for the picture on his forehead and reached out to turn over the book, and said softly: "Why doesn't the prince go to Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager from time to time? If I don't go to Cining Palace today."
Come to say hello, won’t you go to Cining Palace today?”
"There are many people in Cining Palace, and I just went there to catch the scene. It's very fake. I have all the hard work to show others, why don't I prepare for the lectures in the first month?" The prince was disdainful, turned the book over again, and said silently.
After remembering the last sentence, he wanted to call the eunuch to put a hat on him.
But Suo'etu stopped him and advised the prince: "The emperor values filial piety most. Your indifference to the affairs of the great empress dowager will make the emperor unhappy. It's not too late now. In the next few days, you have to go to Cining Palace every day.
Three or four times a day is not too much.”
The prince suddenly looked at his uncle and grandpa. The young man's face was already somewhat heroic. It was no longer the childish look, but gradually became a bit too deep to be seen. A sneer appeared on his lips: "You are not afraid of my reaction.
If it hadn't been for that incident, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager would still be playing cards and chess with Huang Ama at this moment. Didn't the imperial doctor also say that it was that scare that scared her soul away?"
Suo'etu swallowed his saliva and said solemnly: "Prince, you understand that every day a certain person's glory increases day by day, the son under her knees..."
"I have so many brothers, which one will it be next time?" The prince smiled coldly and reached out to pat his uncle on the shoulder, "You know clearly that Huang Ama monitors my every move, so you should stay less in the future.
It's best for the palace, you came here in such a hurry, let's say a few words here, I think everyone on Amma's side will know."
Suo'etu was greatly embarrassed and said hurriedly: "There are always things that the emperor cannot see. It is not that I instigate the relationship between the prince and the emperor. Since ancient times, there have been many emperors who were afraid of the prince, and there are brothers who are eyeing the prince. I am just thinking about the future of the prince.
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Yinreng was about to go out. He called the eunuch to put on a snow hat and a windbreaker for him. He smiled at his uncle and said, "I know all about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't talk to you."
The prince soon went out to Cining Palace, and it was not convenient for Suo'etu to stay in Yuqing Palace for a long time. When he walked out of Yuqing Palace, he looked back at the building specially built by the emperor for his son, and felt heavy for no reason.
He knew that the emperor's affection for the prince was no longer the same as when he built this palace, but why did he feel that he had been unable to control the young prince?
In the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Duan didn’t know what they said. They both burst into tears when they came out. Lan Qi persuaded the palace maid to send them away. They had just left the house not long ago, and someone said that the prince was outside.
Arrive.
After Yinreng entered, he first went to his father's house to say hello. Lan Qi thought that the prince was coming and planned to avoid it. Now that the prince was of marriageable age, they, the relatively young concubines, had to know how to behave, but she saw the emperor coming with his son.
, when he arrived, Xuan Ye said: "Before, the emperor's grandmother was waiting for Yin Reng to come over and say a few words. You go and give her some support so that the emperor's grandmother can speak smoothly."
How could a pregnant woman help Lan Qi? The emperor's implication was that he would not let Lan Qi leave. He did not know what to say and insisted that she listen. When the grandparent and grandson met, the Empress Dowager's breath was weak, but
He said some words to the prince to work hard and take care. The young man was finally moved, but fearing to displease his father, he bit his lip with tears in his eyes to prevent himself from crying.
The Empress Dowager talked for a while, very hard, and rested for a long time. When she thought she was about to fall asleep again, the old man suddenly opened his eyes again and said clearly: "Xuan Ye, Taizong's mausoleum has been enshrined for a long time, so you can't do it for me."
"Qing Dong, I can't bear to leave you and my son in my heart, so I will be buried near your Ama's Xiaoling Mausoleum."