Aunt Sumala's words sounded reasonable, but they still made people feel bitter. Lan Qi shook her head helplessly: "From a big point of view, everything makes sense, but from a small point of view, he is just my man.
When he gets a new love, do he still expect me to greet him with a smile and even take care of him?"
"Your Majesty will figure it out on her own, and this slave is just saying this. And the Emperor told the Empress Dowager in the early years that the three major weaving houses alone are not enough to win over and control Jiangnan, so this slave will think of it.
I heard that one of them is a relative of Mr. Cao Yin’s wife. Do you think the relationship here is very complicated? It is indeed as you said. When it comes to the big picture, everything makes sense, but otherwise, what else can we do?" Mammy.
Smiling gently, she raised her hand to wipe away the tears that slightly overflowed from the corners of Lan Qi's eyes, and said with all possible care, "A new person has become an old person. Next time, these two may be sour and jealous. This is the harem, and your husband is
Emperor, if the newcomers don’t come from the south of the Yangtze River, the beautiful women of the Eight Banners will come every three years. When will they start?”
Something glistening appeared in Lan Qi's eyes again, she lowered her head and pouted, saying nothing. It was because she could see through everything that she felt heartbroken, and she was helpless only because she knew what to do.
Mammy warned her earnestly: "Your Majesty, please remember your words and don't be estranged from the Emperor. There is a sense of propriety in everything."
But she still shook her head, unable to swallow her breath after all, and said to herself: "I'm afraid I can't do it."
The Holy Emperor arrived in Beijing on March 19th. He first went to Nanyuan, and then returned to the Forbidden City. Two Jiangnan women, the Wang family and the Yuan family, also entered the palace with him. They were led into the inner palace by Prince Yu Fujin. They went to Ningshou first.
The emperor kowtowed and saluted, and the emperor immediately went to Ningshou Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, and on the way gave them two titles. As the king would always be here, Yuan agreed to call them, and granted them residence in the inner palace.
The Queen Mother sat upright and saw the two newlyweds bowing their heads and trembling with fear. They had not seen their faces clearly since they entered the door. They just looked at their delicate and graceful figures. They must be beauties. However, she was too lazy to recognize their faces and only said with dignity:
"In a few days, let the nuns in the palace teach you the rules. When you enter the palace, you must understand your identity. I should have asked you to visit each palace. It just so happened that the imperial concubine was not feeling well. I will wait for the imperial concubine to see you.
, it’s not too late to go elsewhere. Just step back.”
The two kowtowed to the ground, and after the ceremony, they followed the palace maids to leave. Seeing that the emperor's face was calm, the Queen Mother did not want to talk too much. After all, they were not her biological mother and son, and talking too much would be annoying, so she only said: "The Imperial Concubine is there, the Emperor has time to look at it."
Look, I heard from Lan Qi that it wasn’t very good, and they wouldn’t let me take a look, so I kept thinking about it.”
Xuan Ye stood up, clasped his fists, and said goodbye. The emperor was going to see the imperial concubine and wanted to take her to the garden to recuperate. The queen mother advised: "It's not appropriate to move. It's better to let her live in peace. If we go to the garden, what's wrong with Fourth Brother?"
What to do? You know, she can’t let go of the child the most.”
The emperor listened one by one. When he said goodbye to his aunt and came out of Ningshou Palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief. Eunuch Liang came to report that Wang Changzai and Yuan Zheng had already sent them to the courtyard for resettlement. Xuan Ye frowned and said: "Yonghe Palace"
Have you visited?"
Eunuch Liang responded quickly: "While you were talking to the Empress Dowager, I personally went to see it. The little eunuch in front of the door said that Concubine De was taking a nap."
Xuan Ye said to him angrily: "You haven't used your lunch yet, how can you take a nap?"
Eunuch Liang was speechless. How dare he say to the emperor: Do you still think that Concubine De will greet you with a smile?
After that, a group of people arrived at Chengqian Palace. The scene in front of the door was also clear and peaceful. Xuan Ye frowned and was about to walk in. Qinglian knelt under the door and said: "Long live my Lord, my queen fell asleep after taking medicine. My queen said long live my Lord." It's been a hard journey, please take a good rest in Qianqing Palace. My mother is not in good health and her complexion is not good. I will be frightened and worry you when I see you. Long live my lord, please wait until my mother looks better after a few days. It's not too late to see you again."
Eunuch Liang frowned when he heard this. He lowered his head and could feel the anger rising from the emperor's body. The bright yellow robe beside him swayed. He thought that the emperor was going to walk away, but he walked straight in.
"Your Majesty..." Qinglian tried to stop her, but Eunuch Liang quickly pulled her aside and said, "Good sister, please be more careful."
Over here, although Lan Qi is staying locked up in Yonghe Palace, Luzhu and the others are not willing to agree. They have been watching the emperor since he stepped into the Forbidden City, sometimes going to Qianqing Palace and sometimes to Cining Palace. Now I heard that The emperor forced his way into the imperial concubine's palace and ran back with a roar to report. Lian Lianchun didn't stop them, and even encouraged them, saying: "Go and ask again, where is the Long Live Lord at this moment?"
Lan Qi heard their movements in the house, and heard Lu Zhu telling her through the door that the emperor had forced his way into the imperial concubine's palace. She thought what if he also broke into the Yonghe Palace, and his little prospects suddenly became unsustainable. After a while, she even regretted herself a little, why didn't she greet him with a smile.
"Don't give in." Lan Qi patted her cheeks with both hands and urged herself to wake up, but it was difficult to conceal her inner shake. She had been shaken since she heard that Shengjia had entered the palace. Why couldn't she be successful? She was even more entangled and distressed for a moment. Then I heard the hurried footsteps outside, like Luzhu running back to say something. Suddenly I lost my temper at the window and said, "Everyone, please calm down. You are not allowed to go anywhere with the door closed."
There was a sudden silence outside the window. After waiting for a long time, Huan Chun Luzhu waited for a long time and saw that there was no movement inside. He hid in the corridor at the other end and whispered: "You can't twist it like this. The diaphragm will pass in a few days. Can you still live together for the rest of your life? You guys? Go follow Eunuch Liang and find out what the emperor wants. The most important thing is to invite the emperor in person. The empress cannot block the door by herself, so we can just send the emperor in all the way."
When she looked up, she saw her master standing in front of the door, staring straight at them. Several people quickly came over and stood in a row. It was rare for Lan Qi to get angry at them. Now she said with a cold face: "If even you guys bully me, , and I don’t want to stay in Yonghe Palace anymore.”
That day, the emperor entered the Chengqian Palace and did not go out again. He only waited for the fourth elder brother to return from the study. The father and son even had dinner with the imperial concubine. It was rare that the emperor, who was tired from the journey, could be patient for such a long time before returning to the Qianqing Palace. .I just rested by myself that night, but early the next morning, Eunuch Liang led Wang Changzai and Yuan Yingxiong to Chengqian Palace to pay their respects. The imperial concubine not only received them, but also left without saying anything.
After passing the Chengqian Palace, you can visit other palaces one by one. Concubine Wen has been ill all year round, so they only bowed in front of the door. Afterwards, they came all the way from Changchun Palace and Yikun Palace, and everyone had to look at the emperor's face. Neither his face nor the imperial concubine's attitude embarrassed the two newcomers.
Concubine Rong and concubine Duan met together in Jingyang Palace. What they saw in their eyes was that Wang Changzai was indeed a stunning woman who lived up to her reputation. When they left, Concubine Duan sighed: "When I met the imperial concubine in the morning, she didn't tear them apart." His face is really rare, this Wang Changzai is so beautiful that people can’t take their eyes away.”
Concubine Rong chuckled: "It will be the same in a few years. No matter how beautiful your face is, it can't match your youth."
Duan Concubine sighed: "The emperor really devoured the imperial concubine to death. The imperial concubine nodded. What else can we say?"
But no one expected that the Yonghe Palace, which everyone thought would flatter the emperor, was so tough this time. The two newcomers came all the way smoothly, but they were rejected by the Yonghe Palace. They didn't hear that Concubine De was in poor health.
Well, today we suddenly closed the door to thank guests. Ji Xin went to inquire about it and came back and told everyone incredulously: "I just said no, not even a polite word. Huan Chun stuck his head out and said one sentence, then closed the door with a bang.
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The sisters looked at each other in shock. Ever since they heard the news, they had been thinking about how to deal with this matter. They wondered how the emperor would face them when he came back. Sure enough, they thought too much. How could the emperor care about them?
Now it is not an ordinary meeting with a gift. From now on, the elder sister and the younger sister will all be the same after three to five years.
But unexpectedly, Concubine De, who had always looked calm and airy, turned her face on the emperor at this moment. The Sixth Palace saw it. When Concubine Yi in Yikun Palace heard about it, she was complaining about Zhang Zhengyi's incompetence.
He was dumbfounded and sneered: "Don't be so shameless and treat yourself as a compliment to Daji. Is it possible that Long Live Lord can't leave her? If he can't leave her, what new person will he need?"
Originally, the palace was very wary of the two newcomers, but suddenly the trend changed and it turned into watching the excitement of Yonghe Palace. This was a situation that no one could have guessed. However, the emperor in the Qianqing Palace turned a deaf ear to this and quickly started to deal with it after returning to the palace.
Everything in the government affairs and the palace and the harem was as before. And if we really want to say that Yonghe Palace is tough, it seems that it is not that tough. Concubine De is just missing the two newcomers. The emperor's emperor has never visited the Yonghe Gate in person. It is not to say that Concubine De has embarrassed the emperor.
, it is inevitable that some people will laugh at Concubine De as she is self-righteous, as if she is pretending to be pretentious, waiting for the emperor to coax her.
But no matter what was said in the palace, the emperor had been back for four or five days, and the situation had not changed. Wang Changzai and Yuan promised to come to Yonghe Palace every day to pay their respects, but they still received a closed door every day. The emperor was not in a hurry to recruit again.
Fortunately for them, although there might be people from each palace who wanted to get close to each other, they kept a distance from each other. They used the excuse of learning the rules and did not interact with any palace except for the etiquette of morning and evening.
At the Changchun Palace, Concubine Hui wanted to rely on her relationship with Cao Yin's house to interact with Wang Changzai. Unexpectedly, the little beauty seemed to be very smart. She thought she was of low status and did not dare to climb up. Even if she found them,
The two of them also lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads. It was difficult for them to finish the first half of ten sentences, and they couldn't talk at all.
The excitement was gone. After the newlyweds entered the palace, it became such an embarrassing and boring situation. The only lively thing in the next few days was that Concubine Hui finally let go and reported to her superiors that Dafujin was happy again, and she was about to go around.
During the month, the emperor stayed in Qianqing Palace every day. After traveling for nearly three months, he finally returned and abandoned the harem again.
On this day, Xuan Ye went to Ningshou Palace to pay his respects. The mother and son talked lukewarmly. Xuan Ye turned around and saw Princess Wen Xian hiding by the door. He waved to his daughter to come over. Wen Xian held the door open and refused to move, kicking her feet.
At the threshold, Xuan Ye called her again, and she asked softly: "Huang Ama, my mother's illness has not recovered yet? I miss my mother..."