Lan Qi smiled slightly: "In recent years, I have understood how my sisters viewed me."
Concubine Rong shook her head: "But we were still young at that time. It's different. We are really old now. We didn't like pink and white in the past, but now we love to put on makeup and powder. In the young eyes, we thought that we were overestimating our abilities and wanted to compete with them. In fact,
, it’s just that we want to cover up the signs of aging and comfort ourselves.”
"My sister is about the same age as the Emperor. Isn't it a blessing to be able to live longer with the Emperor?" Lan Qi put her arm around her and said, "We are just feeling sad, but we should straighten our spines and not let down the honor given to us by the Emperor."
Concubine Rong agreed with a smile, and the two sisters walked back together. She sighed again: "Have you seen Wang Changzai's tender face, with just a thin layer of rouge? It's so good to be young."
Lan Qi accompanied her with a few words of emotion. When they were about to leave, Concubine Rong suddenly said: "I just remembered that Xi Concubine and Changchun Palace are very attentive to each other. If this Wang family follows Xi Concubine, she will also be a frequent visitor to Changchun Palace in the future.
Already."
Lan Qi said: "It's human nature. When she follows the concubine, she always has to deal with these human relationships."
Concubine Rong had no objection. She just mentioned it and then said smoothly: "I heard from Yinzhi that the eighth elder brother told him in the study that the elder elder brother had a big fight with his mother in Changchun Palace on the day he returned to Beijing.
I walked away from the door, but this kid has a bad temper. I thought to myself, I won’t care about anything that happens to Yinzhi in the future. If I don’t manage it well, I will still get angry. Do we mothers still owe them? "
"Mother and son had a quarrel?" Lan Qi remembered it in her heart.
After they were separated from Concubine Rong, Lan Qi sent Huan Chun to her elder brother's house. Sure enough, there was news waiting for her at her grandma's house. What came back was that her elder brother had indeed had a big quarrel with Concubine Hui, but Bao Bao
Yun couldn't go near the main hall. She didn't hear what the mother and son said with her own ears. She only heard about it from the mouths of other palace maids and eunuchs, saying that it was for this expedition.
Lan Qi was puzzled after all: "The battle is over and the people are back, why can they still quarrel?"
Huan Chun said: "Why is the empress so interested in Changchun Palace?"
There was a chill in her eyes, and she said coldly: "If I didn't take notice of them first, they would have targeted me. Don't look at the poor situation of Changchun Palace now. Concubine Hui loves Jedi Rebirth. She can endure it better than anyone else.
What she wants is the final glory."
Huan Chun smiled: "There is someone keeping an eye on you all the time, so I can save my worries."
Only then did Lan Qi remember that the noble Jue Chan in the Yanxi Palace had agreed to hand over Concubine Hui to her, and she couldn't help but smile: "There have been no troubles these days, and it's rare for her to have a quiet moment. Thinking about her past
My life now seems to have lived up to my past intentions.”
Just as Huan Chun said, the noble Jue Chan is always staring at the Changchun Palace. She seems to be indifferent to fame and wealth and lives in the Yanxi Palace, but in fact she smiles at everything in the palace and has an open heart. She can do whatever she needs to do at any time.
However, she went to Yonghe Palace two days later to remind Lan Qi what she had been thinking about these days.
In the afternoon, the two of them sat in the sunshine under the bright window. The weather was getting colder and charcoal was not used in the house. The sun, which was avoided in summer, has now become a source of warmth. With the change of seasons, people have a need for sunshine and rain.
They are completely different, but everything is for a better survival. This is how we treat nature, not to mention the human heart.
The two of them each held a pair of needles and thread in their hands. The sun was bright and abundant. Lan Qi felt lazy after looking at it for a long time. She raised her eyes and saw Jue Chan flying needles and threads. She couldn't help laughing: "The skill in your hands can be called a famous craftsman of the previous generation. It's a pity that you are
The concubines in the deep palace cannot be famous in the world."
"It's just a way of entertaining myself, and the empress praised me." Juechan said, put down the needle and thread in her hand, and asked Lan Qi, "Have the empress thought through what I said?"
Lan Qi shook her head and said nothing, and Jue Chan continued: "Even if I am worried about you, please keep it in mind. If that is the case, you will be in trouble. Several Fujins often come to the palace these days.
Come on, I think they just want to come to the harem to mediate for their husbands."
"I would do the same thing if I were you. They are doing it for their men and the palace. There is nothing wrong with it." Lan Qi sighed softly, but still asked in disbelief, "The emperor will really let the eldest brother testify against Prince Yu?"
It turns out that Juechan clan has been watching the activities in the Changchun Palace in the past few days and carefully analyzing the affairs of the court. He estimated that the quarrel between the eldest brother and his son was probably the reason why such a big conflict could not escape Prince Yu's delay.
The matter of the military plane. The war situation has now been decided. Although Galdan is not dead, his vitality is severely damaged. He will not be able to invade the Qing Dynasty in three to five years. Prince Yu will return sooner or later. So the emperor will let Galdan go.
It's time to liquidate.
Just imagine, if the emperor wants to convict Prince Yu, he will definitely need strong circumstantial evidence, so the person who has been with Prince Yu from beginning to end is the eldest brother, who is the deputy general. No one's words are more powerful than the eldest brother.
Jue Chan said calmly: "Mingzhu has a keen eye on government affairs. I think the reason why the emperor is afraid of him is probably because Mingzhu can always guess the emperor's thoughts. How can Concubine Hui know the interests and dangers ahead when she is deep in the harem? Everything is done by Mingzhu."
The concubine guessed that Mingzhu had known Concubine Hui and wanted Concubine Hui to persuade her eldest brother, and if necessary, to accuse Prince Yu of being arbitrary and arbitrary and disregarding the holy will. However, the eldest brother was so young that he followed his uncle into battle to kill the enemy.
Today is different from what it used to be, and if he were to do such a heartless thing right now, with my eldest brother’s mind, Concubine Hui may not be able to convince him.”
Lan Qi felt a little cold in her heart, and said to herself: "If the emperor wants to marry Prince Yu, is he going to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys? There are still people in the royal family who are eager to move and have evil intentions, and they have always been a hidden danger in the emperor's heart."
Unknowingly, she started talking about government affairs with Jue Chan. People who had a tough attitude in the past finally had to step in with half a foot. Lan Qi realized that her attitude had changed earlier, and Jue Chan
His understanding and tacit understanding did not make her feel embarrassed at all. If others were like this, there was no need for her to be pretentious. Gradually, she no longer avoided talking about government affairs in her words. Naturally, she stood by and observed everything, adhering to a sense of propriety.
"I think that killing chickens is not enough to frighten monkeys. Prince Yu can be regarded as the monkey king. After frightening Prince Yu, those young people realized that the emperor didn't even look at them. No matter how much trouble they made, they couldn't shake him.
Imperial power." Mrs. Juechan smiled indifferently, with a twinkle in her eye. She disdained to show her wisdom in front of others, and said softly, "Your Majesty, please do not get involved in this matter. Even if everyone feels that the Emperor is too cruel, so do I."
Lan Qi's mind was agitated, and she laughed and said: "I have some concerns. Those young boys must not be able to understand their father. My fourth brother is one of them. I should take good care of him and don't make trouble.
What a joke." He mentioned the eighth elder brother and tried, "The eighth elder brother is also a big boy, you..."
Jue Chan smiled gently: "How long will it take for your love to fade away?"
Lan Qi just smiled: "Who calls me a mother?" After a few jokes, she no longer forced it, but entrusted Jue Chan with another matter, "I want Xing'er to take care of the child in her belly by herself. To be honest,
Yes, if I give birth to an elder brother, it will not be easy to handle, but if it is a little princess, it shouldn't be too difficult, but I can't think of the most appropriate way, and I always feel that no matter what I do, I will be criticized."
The nobleman Jue Chan said understandingly: "My Majesty, please forgive me. I will go back and think about it for you. This matter is indeed difficult to handle."
The autumn wind passed by, the weather became colder and colder, and winter entered in a blink of an eye. In November, Prince Yu Fuquan finally returned to the court. However, the emperor ordered Prince Yu's team to stop outside the Chaoyang Gate, accusing Fuquan of disobeying the emperor's orders and doing his own thing.
, Sure enough, the emperor's eldest son Yinti was sent to testify and enumerate Prince Yu's sins, which shocked the government and the harem, and made all the brothers stupid.
Prince Yu did not make any argument for himself. According to the news that was passed to the palace, Prince Yu only said with tears: "What can I say!" and accepted all the blame. Afterwards, the emperor and the ministers discussed together and finally ruled that he would be exempted from the crime.
He was deprived of the title of Prince Yu, fined with a salary of three years, removed from the rank of Third Assistant, and also abolished the political power.
Punishments such as titles and salaries are not something to be feared. The abolition of political power is nothing less than the first move of the emperor to expel his brothers from the imperial power. No one knows what will happen in the future. Rumor has it that the emperor has begun to fear the prosperity of his brothers.
The troops are strong and the horses are strong, but they are not willing to let their existence shake the foundation of the imperial power.
Come to think of it, in the early years, Prince Gong Chang Ning was often scolded by the emperor, but no matter how embarrassing it was at that time, he would not be sentenced to such a severe punishment. Now that Prince Yu's political power has been revoked, probably the next step will be Prince Gong's turn.
.It was once said that the three royal brothers were friendly and respectful, but it was just a thing of the past. Within a few years of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager's departure, the love between the brothers fell apart. This is true for the most ruthless emperor's family.
Lan Qi knew the government affairs well, but she never talked about right and wrong. There were very lively rumors in the womb these days. She looked at everything in Yonghe Palace indifferently. What she cared about was her son who was full of justice and ethics, and Yu
The prince loves his nephews very much. Yinzhen and the others have followed their uncle to and from the school grounds to ride horses and shoot arrows since they were young. They have been close friends for many years. What's more, they obviously won the battle this time, so they may not understand why Prince Yu still takes the blame.
be punished.
But in the past few days, the fourth elder brother came to greet him and talked about homework or idle matters. He did not mention anything about his uncle being convicted by Huang Ama. Lan Qi was curious and worried, but she did not dare to bring it up, so that her son would misunderstand something.
He endured it every day until there was news in the palace that Prince Yu Fu Jin came to the palace to complain to the Queen Mother, and she did not go to Ningshou Palace to deal with it. In the evening, the child came back from Yuqing Palace and asked his mother: "Eniang, has Auntie entered the palace today?"
?”
Lan Qi asked curiously: "Why do you care about this?"