Once upon a time, if Concubine De was waiting outside the study, there would be a little guy with her. When he saw her, he would shout "Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother" non-stop. No matter how much she disliked him clearly on her lips and face, she would not stop pestering him.
Let go, but Yinzhen is never willing to really despise him, always saying that he is troublesome, holding his hand but reluctant to let go.
But Yinzuo was gone, he just disappeared from his side, and now there is another person who will soon leave him.
"After school, you should go back early. The Imperial Concubine is waiting for you to go back to talk, and the brothers have left. What are you doing here? But you didn't finish your homework, and you were detained by the tutors..."
Lan Qi walked slowly into the door and spoke to her fourth brother gently and seriously, but before she could finish her words, Yinzhen suddenly flashed past her eyes and rushed out of the door like she was losing her temper. Xiao Hezi and others were stunned when they saw this.
Lan Qi didn't wait for him to go far, and yelled: "Stop!"
That angry sound made Xiao Hezi's legs weak and he knelt down in fright. However, Empress De Fei scolded her again: "Why are you kneeling? Go and stop your master."
Xiao Hezi quickly got up and chased him out. Fortunately, the fourth brother did not continue walking. It seemed that the sound of Empress De Fei stopping had frightened him too.
Huan Chun worriedly helped his master to follow him out. Didn't he agree to have a long talk with his fourth brother? Didn't he agree that mother and son should have a good talk? Why did it happen like this?
"Who are you angry at?" The son turned his back to him, looking at his growing stature, but he did not feel that the child had grown up at all. Instead, he saw his weakness more and more, and felt more and more that he, as a mother, had grown taller and taller.
Protect him and take care of him.
"I'm sorry, I beg you to forgive me, Concubine De." Yinzhen finally turned around and bowed deeply to Lan Qi.
Mother and son have a tacit understanding for a long time. They are called Concubine De in and outside the Yonghe Palace. It is not because they are afraid that the imperial concubine will be jealous and sad, but because they have always been like this in the past, they do not want to suddenly become intimate and let those who are not involved hear it.
Adding fuel to the fire and making trouble out of nothing. Lan Qi didn't care about the title, and she didn't think much about it at the moment. She misunderstood that her son was calling her that way on purpose. Mothers should be more considerate of their children. If she keeps yelling in such a cautious way, how can the mother and son communicate?
How to speak?
"Sit here all day long. I'll walk back slowly with you to relax, and you can take a rest. I'll talk to the imperial concubine later." Lan Qi put her hand on Brother Si's shoulder, and the child avoided it without resisting.
But he remained motionless, and the mother and son were in a stalemate for a moment. Lan Qi pushed his body slightly, but heard Yinzhen sob, which made her heart hurt.
"Yin Zhen?" she asked cautiously. Is the child crying? Once he cries, she will have nothing to do.
The fourth elder brother raised his face, his eyes were red from holding back his tears, and his tears were lingering in his eyes. He refused to fall down with a bit of manly stubbornness, but he was really uncomfortable holding back the tears.
Just as Xiao Hezi said to Huan Chun, the fourth elder brother was holding on every day. After talking to the imperial concubine every day, he would beat his chest when he went out, as if it was too painful to hold it in. When he was reading alone at night, he would often be in a daze for a long time, etc.
He went to collect the books and papers, and the papers were all crumpled up. The palace maid who went to bed told him that he would hear crying from time to time. Because the imperial concubine was not good, no one dared to report it, and did not want the imperial concubine to worry anymore.
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Xiao Hezi was the one who followed closely. Seeing the fourth elder brother becoming more and more haggard and thin, holding on for dear life in front of the imperial concubine in the study, he was worried that the day the imperial concubine passed away, the young master would not be able to hold on, and if he fell seriously ill because of this
, but that’s bad.
"Yin Zhen, you are still a child. You can cry when you want to laugh. Don't carry so much baggage. The imperial concubine's wish in her life is that you live well and be happy." Lan Qi gently touched her son's cheek.
, took his hand and smiled softly, "Let's go back to Chengqian Palace together."
Lan Qi walked forward, and the child behind her was in a stalemate for a while, but soon followed slowly. Mother and son walked hand in hand, one behind the other, gradually away from the study, and gradually walked onto the road leading to Chengqian Palace.
Gradually reaching a place with few people, Yinzhen suddenly stopped. Lan Qi was startled, but she felt the trembling in her hands. The sadness and fear transmitted from her son's fingers made her heartbroken.
"Why...all have to die?"
"Yin Zhen." Lan Qi turned around and saw the fourth brother with tears streaming down his face. He looked at her in confusion and helplessness. His hand was still in his palm. He didn't pull it back or struggle. She even felt that he was grabbing hard in turn.
Hold yourself.
"Birth, old age, illness and death are all destiny." Lan Qi stood in front of him and could hug her son with her arms, but she didn't dare to take the initiative. Yinzhen looked like a serious child, but in fact he was too sensitive and delicate inside, so he behaved everywhere.
He behaves like an emperor's elder brother should. Others will only think that this kid has a rigid personality. Probably only a mother can understand what he is really thinking.
"The important thing is that people can live well while they are alive. The Imperial Concubine is very happy now, and she has been the happiest person in the world for the past ten years." Lan Qi finally opened her hands slightly, "Because you let her live
You must be prouder than anyone else and happier than anyone else, Yinzhen, do you know? It’s like Yinzuo came to this world for a short time, but he experienced all the blessings in this world. Even though his life was too short, when he was alive,
Happier than anyone else."
"But what should I do?" The child suddenly jumped into her arms. Lan Qi trembled, but she hugged him tightly without hesitation. It is the most difficult time for teenage children and half-grown men to understand their hearts.
Concubine Rong often lamented that she couldn't understand more and more what the third brother was thinking, but Lan Qi thought, why bother to understand their thoughts, setting an example and guiding them to view people and things calmly and correctly is probably enough.
"What you do is a matter for the future. What you should do now is to take care of yourself and make your mother happy." Lan Qi patted her son's shoulder gently and said seriously and solemnly, "This is cruel and realistic
The responsibility should be shouldered by you. As for what you should do, you can ask me again in the future. Now, I don’t know what you should do. People can only do what is right in front of them before they can think about what is beyond their reach.
in the future."
Lan Qi pushed him away gently, wiped away his tears with the handkerchief, and said sternly: "Don't think you are smart. How could the Imperial Concubine not see that you are working hard? In front of E Niang, don't pretend to be so.
You are so tired, even if it is just these days, you have shown your heart to your mother, you have worked so hard, and she is afraid that you will be disappointed, so she will support you with you, why bother?"
Lan Qi patted Yinzhen's head and smiled slightly: "Good boy, go back to Chengqian Palace. I will go to your Emperor Ama to ask for orders. In the future, let Xiao Hezi get homework from the study every day. You can do it by yourself.
Cheng Qiangong, study hard and let the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother come to tell you. Just accompany the imperial concubine to recuperate. Even if she listens to you reading through the door, she will be happy. If the day cannot last, then treat it as one day.
After two days, we have made some money from God, right?"
Yinzhen pursed his lips and looked at his biological mother's eyes that shone slightly. From the day the imperial concubine vomited blood and fainted, he didn't want to go to the study anymore. He just wanted to be by her side every day, but he didn't know what to do.
I feel that if I don't study hard, my mother will be really unhappy. In fact, both mother and son are struggling to maintain a seemingly peaceful life. As a result, both of them are suffering and no one can be truly happy.
"Empress De Fei, I'm leaving then." Yinzhen swallowed and rubbed his cheeks with both hands, trying to cover up the traces of crying. Then when Lan Qi nodded, he immediately turned around and ran to Chengqian Palace.
The accompanying eunuchs followed one after another, but Lan Qi called Xiao Hezi and said to him coldly and with authority: "The fourth elder brother is still a child now. It would be nice of you to be more considerate and ask Huanchun to give you the silver ingot later. You can do this."
You have merit. But you have to understand that when Fourth Brother grows up, you don’t need to worry about him like this. Just serve your master well. You don’t have to show off your extra thoughts to anyone. If you don’t understand me, ask me again in the future.
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Xiao Hezi was a smart person, so he kowtowed quickly and agreed, and seeing Empress De Fei nodding her head to let her go, she immediately chased the fourth brother. When Lan Qi saw them running away, Lan Qi breathed a long sigh of relief, stroking her heart and trying to calm down. Huan Chun
He came up to help her and advised her to go back and rest for a while. Lan Qi nodded, and suddenly she pinched the silk handkerchief in her hand, which was soaked with tears. She didn't know what came to her mind, raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked Huan Chun: "Is there anything you can trust?"
Sisters, don’t you work in front of the concubines of the Sixth Palace?”
Huan Chun nodded and said: "A few of them are in charge of the vacant palaces. They clean and take care of the objects every day, so they are very free."
Lan Qi asked: "Where?"
After that day, the emperor issued an order to exempt the fourth elder brother from going to the study every day, and asked him to stay in Chengqian Palace to take care of the imperial concubine.
Ning Gong, of course, has the same requirements for his son. Now everyone inside and outside the palace knows that the imperial concubine is seriously ill, so there is no need to hide her.
Four or five days later, I don't know if the Fourth Prince was with her day and night. The imperial concubine's spirits gradually improved, and her illness seemed to have been relieved. Because she had been suffering from physical illness for several years, it seemed that she could escape this time. Although there was no shortage of food in the palace,
I hope that she will not be well, but there are always kind-hearted people who value life and hope that the imperial concubine can truly recover.
On this day, the Queen Mother personally went to Chengqian Palace to visit the Imperial Concubine. The two of them talked for a long time. After the Queen Mother left, she issued an order to summon the Sixth Palace to Chengqian Palace to pay her respects to the Imperial Concubine, saying that these days the palace has been neglected.
As a rule, concubines must not forget the dignity in the palace.
Yikun palace is also preparing to go. The imperial concubine is still alive at the moment, so she can't dress too plainly. But after all, she is paying greetings to the patient, and she can't dress up too brightly. Taohong at Yifei's place had already put on the ironing, but Zhang agreed to come here. Xiaoyu
I don’t know what kind of illness I have, and I was busy for a long time without taking care of it.
Concubine Yi stood in the yard and cursed impatiently. Zhang agreed and hurried out slowly. She looked downcast and Concubine Yi didn't see clearly. When they arrived at Chengqian Palace and the Sixth Palace gathered together, someone from the concubines said: "
Zhang promised, why did you come here with such a big face?"