The imperial concubine's illness came back and forth, and Chengqian Palace was filled with the smell of soup and medicine all day long. Lan Qi met Xuan Ye by chance. If she smelled the smell of soup and medicine on his body, she would know that it was from the imperial concubine. If she mentioned it, Xuan Ye
He always sighed: "It's better not to see you."
At this moment, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong hurried over and saw Qinglian squatting outside the bedroom door crying. She covered her mouth and did not dare to make a sound, but she was crying pitifully. Seeing the two empresses coming, she got up in a panic and Rong Fei
The concubine frowned and said, "Why are you crying? If you are like this, what will the other people in Chengqian Palace do?"
Qinglian's face looked frightened and sad, and she sobbed and said, "I thought that after the period just now passed, I would never wake up again."
As soon as she finished speaking, there were rapid footsteps in front of the door. Everyone followed the sound, but they saw the fourth brother running through the door. He was still wearing the single clothes from the study, and he just ran back in the cold weather.
The child passed by the door like a gust of wind. Lan Qi saw that his face turned red. He didn't seem to see himself and Concubine Rong, and didn't ask how Qinglian was doing. He rushed through the door and made everyone around him look stupid. Xiao Hezi
Panting, he ran in with a large cloak in his hand that he hadn't had time to wear for his master.
"You two ladies, please come inside, it's very cold outside." A calm palace maid lifted the curtain and invited Lan Qi and Concubine Rong to come in. Concubine Rong then came back to her senses and pulled Lan Qi to go with her.
The smell of medicine hit their nostrils in the inner hall, and it was the same every time they came back. The two of them were used to it. Although the earth dragon was burning and the patients were being nursed in the room, it was fresh and clean. Although the smell of medicine was pungent, it didn't make people think that the place was unclean.
All of this must be Qinglian's credit. Think about the time when the Empress Dowager sent Qinglian to "monitor" Chengqian Palace. Now the master and servant have a deep friendship, and their relationship with the two in Changchun Palace is really different.
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Walking into the inner hall, I heard the imperial concubine asking: "Where is Xiao Hezi?"
A palace maid hurriedly came out to look for her. Xiao Hezi came in with sweat all over his face. He knelt down in front of the door and obeyed. Lan Qi and Concubine Rong stood aside. The imperial concubine did not bother to say hello to them. When she saw Xiao Hezi,
Hezi scolded him first: "You bastard, you don't know how to serve your master these days because you don't have anyone to keep your skin tight, don't you?"
As he said this, he asked someone to drag Xiao Hezi out to fight. It was actually because Xiao Hezi told the fourth elder brother about this matter. The fourth elder brother was so anxious that he ran back from class. It is said that he didn't even say hello to the master. It was a cold day again.
It's one thing to be rude in the study by wearing such thin clothes, but it's another thing entirely if you get sick from the cold.
On normal days, the fourth elder brother would definitely protect Xiao Hezi, but today the child just held the imperial concubine's hand and said nothing. According to the imperial concubine's temper, no one in the palace could disobey her, and Xiao Hezi would not be able to escape this beating, but
Fortunately, Concubine Rong and Lan Qi were there. Concubine Rong smiled and persuaded a few people, and then sent Xiao Hezi away first.
The two of them approached the bed, and the imperial concubine said to them impatiently: "I just got up in a hurry when I left my seat. I felt a little dizzy and made such a fuss. How could I have disturbed you too?" Then she said, "Go somewhere else after leaving the house."
Propaganda, and then spreading it outside to let the emperor know about it will disturb the emperor's interest in the southern tour, can you afford it?"
The imperial concubine is still like this, with a mouth like a knife, but her heart is not necessarily that bad. Lan Qi and Concubine Rong have long been used to it, but hearing her say this makes them feel at ease. At least she is in good spirits and her body is not that bad.
"Go back to the study, you are getting more and more unruly. Your Ama is not in the palace, so you are doing whatever you want?" The imperial concubine frowned and scolded her son, but the hand held tightly by Yinzhen did not try to struggle away, and she continued talking for a long time.
He still lost to his son, so he had to coax him nicely, "My mother is fine. Do you feel relieved when you see her? Go back to the study. Otherwise, how can you recover from your illness if you don't feel at ease?"
Yinzhen lowered his head and said, "I can't sit still or calm down when I go back. I just want to be with E Niang."
The imperial concubine was a little anxious. Lan Qi stepped forward and said, "Please let Fourth Brother stay. With Fourth Brother here, the concubines will feel at ease."
The imperial concubine stared at her and said nothing, but Lan Qi turned around and said to Concubine Rong: "Sister Rong, let's go back."
Concubine Rong didn't have any ideas at first, but when she saw what Lan Qi said, she was so happy to come out. The two of them didn't care what the mother and son did, so they left on their own. Qinglian sent them all the way out, saying that they were panicking just now and sent someone to find De.
Concubine, you are causing trouble for Concubine De.
Lan Qi comforted her with a few words and told her to just go to Yonghe Palace to find her if she had anything to do. After leaving Chengqian Palace, Concubine Rong leaned close to her and whispered: "It's really not good to see. Did you see that the empress's eyes were a little scattered?
I don’t see people as sharply as I used to.”
Lan Qi, who had been calm and calm just now, turned tense at this moment and couldn't say a word.
After they parted ways with Concubine Rong and returned to their bedroom, they felt that their legs were weak as soon as they entered the door. Huan Chun and others helped the master to the couch. The good man suddenly covered his face and sobbed. It took him a long time to calm down, which frightened them.
Neither of them dared to speak, but Lan Qi ordered: "Let people from Taiyuan Hospital come to see me."
After talking to the people from Taiyuan Hospital for a long time, Huanchun Luzhu and others were sent outside. Ziyu asked Huanchun softly: "Sister, is the imperial concubine going to die?"
Huan Chun booed: "This is unacceptable."
It took a long time for the people from Tai Hospital to leave, and everyone went back to wait on him. However, they saw the master leaning on the kang behind the screen, staring blankly out of the window. Huan Chun asked if he wanted some tea, and Lan Qi waved his hand and asked them all to go out.
After staying like this, even the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were sent away. Only when Princess Wen Chen cried for her mother, did everyone dare to disturb Lan Qi with the little princess in her arms. She coaxed the child, but suddenly she burst into tears and threw the little princess away.
Terrified, she reached out and touched A Niang's cheek, crying along with her.
As a result, everyone had to separate the mother and daughter. Huan Chun followed and handed the handkerchief to him, asking curiously: "What's wrong with you?"
Lan Qi finally calmed down again and said solemnly: "I feel sorry for the fourth elder brother, and I also feel sorry for the imperial concubine. The past has long passed. Over the years, I have only seen her treating the fourth elder brother wholeheartedly. She is a good mother."
"If the fourth elder brother is just a naive baby, he is still just a child when he is most sensible. How can he bear it?"
Huan Chun was very calm and comforted, "If that day comes, I will cheer up and comfort my fourth brother. After all, my fourth brother still has his mother."
But thinking of the way Yinzhen held the imperial concubine's hand, she, a person who might not even cry when being bullied, could not help but feel such a thing in her heart, and said heartbrokenly: "But I can't replace the imperial concubine... The imperial physician
He said he was already having a hard time."
Huan Chun was shocked when he heard this and said softly: "Isn't your empress still very energetic? Why?"
Lan Qi's heart sank into the abyss, she clasped her hands on her chest and prayed silently, saying softly: "I hope she can wait until the emperor returns to Beijing."
After all, the Imperial Concubine was the same Vice-Concubine. Lan Qi and Concubine Rong couldn't really hide the matter. Two days later, they discussed it with the Queen Mother in Ningshou Palace. The Queen Mother sighed: "The Emperor can't go back home for her. He has to bear all the burdens on the way."
I have no idea at all. I sent people back to pay my respects in the past few days and asked them what the emperor was busy with. He said that he was personally inspecting the river work and walking in the fields. He is really busy."
The Empress Dowager's intention was not to disturb the Emperor. Lan Qi knew that she had not seen the Imperial Concubine with her own eyes, so she must have felt that nothing could happen, and the relationship was not very deep. She had reasons for such a decision, but the two of them withdrew.
Ningshou Palace finally felt that something was wrong, and Concubine Rong was very cautious in everything. She agreed with Lan Qi's decision and sent the news out behind the Queen Mother's back.
When the emperor sent someone to urgently reply, two days later, Xuan Ye personally wrote a letter to Lan Qi, telling her to take care of the imperial concubine. He told Lan Qi clearly that this southern tour was of great importance and that it might be completed in two years.
To start a war against the Junggar tribe, the emperor had to tighten his finances. A southern tour was to assess how long and how long the imperial court's current financial resources could support the war.
"Although the imperial concubine is important, she is not as important as the country. There is nothing the emperor can do about it." Concubine Rong couldn't help but feel negative and sad when Lan Qi told her these things. "If I am like this in the future, the emperor will probably not even worry about it. He has always treated the imperial concubine.
You love me dearly, but you are nothing to me."
Lan Qi said sternly: "Sister, why are you saying these words? Instead of being sad about this trivial matter, it is better for us sisters to live healthy and healthy and stay with him for the rest of our lives."
Concubine Rong perked up after hearing this and nodded heavily.
But despite turning her back on Concubine Rong, Lan Qi was still sad about it. It was one thing to be considerate of Xuan Ye, but it was another thing to feel sorry for the imperial concubine. More importantly, she was not sure whether the child Yinzhen could understand what happened.
If the imperial concubine cannot wait for the emperor to return, will the child resent his father in her heart? This is the last thing she wants to see.
Fortunately, God was merciful, or the imperial concubine was unwilling to let go of too many things in the world, so her condition did not deteriorate further after the syncope. As the first month passed and the weather got warmer in February, her spirit recovered along with everything else, and Lan Qi went to visit again.
Several times, I saw that the look in the imperial concubine's eyes that had lost focus became sharp and clear again, and the fourth prince also had a smile on his face.
But Lan Qi still felt uneasy. The imperial concubine's illness kept getting better and worse, just like Qinglian hiding outside the door and crying that day. Maybe the next time she fainted, she would never wake up again.
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a month since the emperor left the palace. According to the original itinerary, if he returned to Beijing at the end of February, he would be on his way back soon. However, news came from Jiangnan that the trip would be postponed, and with this news came into the palace
, another incident that caused an uproar in the Sixth Palace broke the peaceful days in the palace when the emperor was not at home. The concubines rushed to tell each other, and the Forbidden City was filled with an unspeakable sour smell.
As expected, there were no concubines to accompany him. The emperor could not resist the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. The city of Suzhou was full of outstanding people. The concubines who accompanied him on the southern tour that day all saw it. The girls there were all like water and flowers. At that time, every time the imperial concubine came to
Local officials were summoned everywhere and ordered to be "careful", but no one followed this time. Didn't those officials want to be more "careful"?