In the past, the twelfth lunar month was always bustling with preparations for the New Year. Now every year at the end of the year, Lan Qi would feel melancholy in her heart. I am afraid that in recent years, she could not forget the sadness of the death of the Empress Dowager. This year, the Empress Dowager passed away three times. On the first day of the year, because the emperor decided to take the prince to the mausoleum early in the morning to perform the memorial ceremony for the third year of the Empress Dowager, there was no need to prepare in the palace, and the concubines did not want to follow, so Lan Qi just silently paid tribute in the Yonghe Palace, and did not have to do much for it. .
The emperor and the prince need five days to return to Beijing, and the sealing ceremony in the palace is also waived. They are scheduled to return to Luan on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. After that, they will continue to serve the queen mother to celebrate New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Concubine Rong and Lan Qi will supervise the banquet, which will be held in On New Year's Day, a banquet was held in the Palace of Qianqing to reward the generals who had made contributions in the Battle of Galdan. Even though the emperor was not in the palace for four or five days, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong had no time to spare, and tried their best to urge the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make all preparations.
On the anniversary of the death of the Empress Dowager, the concubines and concubines of the second rank and above followed the Empress Dowager in the Yinghua Palace to pay homage. Since the Emperor and the Prince paid a grand ceremony at the mausoleum, there was no need to be too extravagant in the palace. He sent word that Concubine De invited her to sit in Yonghe Palace.
Fujin arrived at Yonghe Palace first, and several nephews were playing around her affectionately. Concubine De followed the Queen Mother back to Ningshou Palace. When she had fun with the children, Lan Qi came back and saw Prince Yu Fujin. He made the fourteenth elder brother smile like a flower, and said happily: "Yinqi likes the eldest aunt so much, so it would be great to go home with the eldest aunt and be her son."
But the fourteenth elder brother came and hugged E Niang's legs and said, "I'm not going anywhere. I am E Niang's son."
Prince Yu Fujin smiled and said: "Children today are very clever. They are not like us at that time. They just followed after being given a piece of candy."
"No, they are all weird." Lan Qi took her son on her arm and went to the Nuan Pavilion with Fujin. They sat down a few minutes apart from the table. After a few words, the children asked the wet nurse to take them away. Then they walked away and looked around. Chun and Ziyu brought a huge box. Fujin knew that Concubine De was going to give her something, so he politely said: "What kind of treasure did you get, do you want me to open my eyes?"
Lan Qi asked Huan Chun to open it, and saw a bottle of sky blue glaze amphorae lying on the silk satin. Fujin's eyes lit up, Lan Qi said with a smile: "I wonder what kind of dowry my sister-in-law's family has. The emperor said that sky blue glaze is rare." , there are only a few of them, and I wanted to get this one because I wanted to leave it to my sister-in-law to take back. Sister-in-law, look, this is not the sky-green glaze that the prince used to fool you."
While talking, Huanchun brought over the azure-glazed discs displayed in the Yonghe Palace. There was indeed a slight difference between the two. Huanchun said with a smile: "The emperor gave the empress a long-necked vase before, but the empress did not dare to I will give you the reward from the emperor, and I specifically asked the emperor for one, thinking that I would take it back to Fujin for fun."
Prince Yu Fujin rubbed his hands for a few times and said with a click of his tongue: "It's really only the Empress Dowager De who asked for it. This glaze color is extremely difficult. Not to mention not a few can be produced in a year, but often not for several years. This is a reward from the Empress." It’s too valuable, I dare not ask for it.”
"Since my sister-in-law likes it, it's just a decoration. I also borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha. After all, it is the emperor's wish." Lan Qi pulled Prince Yu Fujin to sit down and said kindly, "This year, starting from the time when the prince took care of Fujin in April, all the palaces in the palace No one has time to spare while the outside world is spinning. There are wars in July and August, and when the prince comes back, something like that happens. We women cannot interfere in the government affairs, but behind closed doors, we can still talk about family affairs between brothers. Long live the Lord often told me that he cares about his brothers the most, but this incident has made it somewhat embarrassing, and I am afraid that my sister-in-law will not be able to cope with it and will be resentful."
Fujin stood up anxiously and said: "My concubine is offended by these words. How dare I have any resentment against the emperor? Earlier, I complained to the Queen Mother in Ningshou Palace. I was too scared at that time and didn't know how far things would go."
, Now that the emperor and the prince are in harmony as always, I feel at ease."
"Sister-in-law thinks so. I feel at ease and so does the emperor. Everything is going well with our family. The emperor has these two brothers left. Our sisters-in-law are closer than others." Lan Qi said with a smile and asked Huan Chun to take care of the gift.
After wrapping it up and giving it to the people accompanying Fujin, he talked to her about everyday things and never mentioned those unpleasant things again.
Prince Yu Fujin sat for an hour before leaving the palace. When he left, he took the gift from Concubine De with his face full of spring breeze and his waist straightened up a lot. Lan Qi walked her to the door affectionately and looked at her leaving posture.
Huan Chun said from the side: "The emperor said that if you insist on giving it to Fujin, I won't give you anything good next time. Are you really willing?"
Lan Qi said proudly: "It's just a piece of porcelain. The emperor always thinks his things are good. I have never seen the world. He doesn't know how many good things I have taken from the Queen Mother. I don't care about it."
Seeing that his master was happy, Huan Chun mentioned one more thing, saying that Zhang promised that the fetus would be stable and healthy, and the imperial doctor assured that the delivery would be smooth, so he told his master not to worry, but Lan Qi wanted to go and see her in person, saying that it was better to have a baby than to have a baby.
On that day, Huan Chun was asked to go and bring Brother Thirteen neatly dressed. She wanted to go to the courtyard to the north of Ningshou Palace.
The thirteenth brother will be five years old in the Chinese New Year. He is already a big boy with a big head and a big head. The little guy is smart and good-tempered. Lan Qi loves him as if he is his own son. The brothers also get along well with each other. Yinzhen knows clearly that the thirteenth brother is not
His mother, a compatriot, treated him as kindly as she used to treat Yin Zuo, which comforted Lan Qi.
And the Thirteenth Brother likes the Fourth Brother the most, shouting and following Yinzhen. Every time the Fourth Brother comes to Yonghe Palace to say hello, the little guy will cling to him. Lian Lianchun said that the Thirteenth Brother is more gentle in temperament.
, many things are very similar to the sixth elder brother back then, which is probably a great comfort to the fourth elder brother.
At this moment, Lan Qi was leading the bulging little one to the north of Ningshou Palace. These days, she was walking around Qixiang Palace and other places, doing the "extending favors" she always hated, and Yifeila
Zhu Zhang promised to come and make peace with her, and Lan Qi would not be left behind. And now, the relationship with Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi has long been clear, and Lan Qi no longer cares about what they think. Thirteen people along the way
My elder brother jumped up and followed Lan Qi and asked where he was going. Lan Qi smiled and said, "Zhang promised to have a great time with Yin Xiang last time. Do you still remember? She is about to give birth to a baby, E Niang."
I will take you to give her something. Zhang promised that he likes Yinxiang very much and will be very happy to see you."
"Eniang." Yinxiang called Lan Qi delicately and pulled her arm to signal to stop. Lanqi turned around and squatted down, hugged the child and asked him what was wrong. The little guy whispered in his ear, "Eniang.
, Zhang promised to be the mother-in-law who gave birth to me, right?"
Lan Qi was startled and couldn't help but ask: "Who did Yinxiang listen to?"
Brother Thirteen narrowed his eyes and smiled, proudly stretched out his hand to sign a two, and said cheerfully: "Brother Four told me, Brother Four said that like him, I am the child of two mothers, so I am very lucky. Four.
Brother said that when I grow up, if I want to honor my mother, I must also honor Zhang and agree."
Lan Qi didn't expect that Yinzhen had already said these words to his younger brother in private. Thinking of his own strong reaction when he knew these things back then, now and then, the elder brother was now able to enlighten his younger brother so well.
Yinxiang hugged Lan Qi and said, "Mom, this is a secret. Don't tell others."
Lan Qi smiled and said: "Brother is lying to you. This is not a secret. Everyone knows that we, Yinxiang, have two mothers. Only very well-behaved children are so lucky. Now, mother-in-law will take you to see Zhang Yao.
, I met her later, how should Yinxiang call her?"
The thirteenth brother pursed his lips and looked at his mother blankly. The fourth brother probably taught him not to call her wrong names. I don’t know what their brothers said. At this moment, Yinxiang asked Lan Qi: "Can I call her E Niang?"
?Mother, will you be unhappy?"
But the little guy seemed to be stunned. He frowned in distress. His cute appearance made Lan Qi couldn't help but kiss him a few times. She pulled Yinxiang to continue walking and told him clearly: "Yinxiang will meet Zhang later."
Agree, call her Niang, okay?"
In this compartment, a pregnant woman with a heavy belly was holding Xiaoyu's hand while walking in a small and secluded courtyard. Because the place was too small, Xiaoyu felt dizzy walking around in circles, so she stopped to take a rest. Zhang promised to laugh at her: "
I don’t even feel tired, you are really too lazy, go back and rest, and let Linglan come and accompany me.”
Xiaoyu was eager to be lazy and let her master stand still. She wanted to find Aunt Linglan to keep her company. She took two steps away and saw a child coming in front of the door. She looked closely and saw what seemed to be Brother Thirteen. She hurriedly shouted: "Master, hurry up."
Look, Brother Thirteen is here."
Yinxiang crossed the high threshold and looked inside. This place was more spacious than Yonghe Palace. He could see everything at a glance. Because he had very little contact with his mother, even though he had a good time last time, there were still some problems.
I don’t remember what he looked like, but I just heard E Niang say that Zhang promised to have a baby, and I knew that the person with the big belly was his E Niang.
Yinxiang ran towards Zhang Yaosheng, but there was ice in the courtyard due to unswept snow. Brother Thirteen was running in a hurry, so Zhang Yaosheng couldn't help but say: "Slow down, be careful of falling."
But the little guy was very nimble. He ran up to him in a few seconds and got too close to her, as if he was afraid of bumping into her belly. He took a few steps back, raised his face and said with a smile, "Mom, I'm here to see you."
Already."
The smile on Zhang Yaosheng's face suddenly froze, as if he was in a dream. He looked at Brother Thirteen and then at Xiao Yu beside him. Xiao Yu had already said excitedly: "Master, Brother Thirteen calls you my mother-in-law."
.”
At this time, more people came in in front of the door, and Lan Qi, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, was surrounded by people entering the door. Brother Thirteen did not remember to run to Lan Qi, but instead took his mother's hand and said: "Well
Mom, do you still remember me? We played together in Changchun Garden."
Zhang promised to have tears in his eyes. Lan Qi slowly walked up to her and said with a smile: "It turns out that he has known it for a long time. There are too many brothers and there is nothing to hide. After all, it is the flesh on your body.