Facing the sudden question, Mammy did not show any surprise. Although she did not fully expect that Lan Qi would ask this question today, she had expected such a day ever since she agreed to help the emperor lie to Concubine De.
One day came too quickly and too intensely.
"I told Yinzhen that lying is the most costly thing. In the end, it will snowball and get bigger and bigger. Either it will be exposed to the sun and melt, or the person who made the snowball will be crushed to death." Lan Qi smiled bitterly,
"When adults teach children, they explain everything logically, but they often fail to do so. No wonder the children gradually become disobedient to discipline when they grow up, because the world they see in their eyes is completely different from what their parents describe."
"Empress..."
"I thought this statement was very strange from the beginning. Everything existed so abruptly, as if it was done specifically for some reason, and everything was disconnected." Lan Qi did not listen to her mother's words, but
Zi Guzi continued, "Why is Ping Guiren so nervous about her child? Why did she behave like that when she was favored by a big family? Why did the emperor suddenly say at the end that the child is not his? Mammy, everything is very strange.
, right?”
Mammy sighed: "But these things have nothing to do with your Majesty."
"One sentence of irrelevance can be dismissed completely." Lan Qi smiled bitterly and closed her eyes for a long time, as if to calm herself down. When she opened her eyes again, she said, "I guess everything is just for one reason.
Your Majesty, he does not want anyone from the Hesheli family to have another heir."
Grandma nodded and said, "Yes, things are originally that simple."
Lan Qi shook her head: "But it has gone in such a big circle. Mom, do you know that I almost don't remember what Ping Guiren attacked me and Zhang promised, probably because I was too scared, so I naturally wanted to forget it.
But what still echoes in my ears is that she cried and said that the child belongs to the emperor, and the child is the emperor's dragon seed. I don't know why, I believe her."
"My Majesty, rest in peace and let the imperial doctor prescribe more prescriptions for concentration. You will soon forget all this." Mammy said helplessly, "The matter is now over. My Majesty, please don't hurt you for irrelevant people, or even hurt yourself.
Your relationship with the Emperor."
Lan Qi smiled: "I don't blame the emperor for being ruthless. No matter how you look at it, that child cannot be saved. The emperor's refusal to save is because of his attitude, not because he is cold-blooded."
Grandma was stunned for a moment, she seemed to have thought of something wrong.
Lan Qi continued: "Mommy, you once told me that when everything is seen through, only despair is left. Now that I have experienced it personally, I understand that you cannot not seek to know the truth just because you are afraid of despair, but you cannot
For the sake of the truth, I persisted blindly and never let go. I used to be the former, but now I am the latter. If things go on like this, in the end, what will overwhelm me will not be the cruel reality or the confusion that I cannot see clearly, but the fact that I am overwhelmed by myself.
Tired, I am crushed by myself.”
Grandma said: "If you can figure it out, you won't be afraid of anything."
Lan Qi smiled: "I don't know if I have figured it out." She stretched out her hand to hold her grandma and said, "If I don't tell anyone about this matter, I'm afraid I'll choke myself to death, but I don't want to tell the emperor.
He said, please help me keep it a secret from the emperor, so that the emperor will think that I really believe your words. Anyway, Mr. Ping is dead, and it doesn't matter whether those things are true or not. He spent so much thought,
He even cuckolded me on his head. If I struggle with him again, I feel tired just thinking about it. Mr. Ping Gui is dead, so what else can I struggle with?"
Mammy looked at her blankly and couldn't help but recite the Buddha's name: "It's great that your Majesty can think like this. I'm so afraid that you have to ask the Emperor for clarification. There is really nothing to understand about this matter, as long as the Emperor is not
Isn't it okay to be ruthless to you as long as the emperor doesn't plot against you? If you have to apply the principle of "lips are dead and teeth are cold", then the emperor really can't do anything. According to that, the emperor should deal with ministers and those from foreign countries.
Who will my thoughts be spent on one day? So there is no bottom when thinking like this. Instead of trying to find out how deep the bottomless pit is, why not go around it and live a life of peace and quiet. After all, he is the emperor.
He has always been the only one to care about others."
Lan Qi smiled faintly, and the look in her eyes betrayed her. She still cared about the feelings behind these realities, and the relationship between her and Xuan Ye. She said slowly: "I just occasionally feel that what he calls
I think it's a little too heavy."
But the mama said seriously: "The emperor just feels that after you took over the palace these years, you have seen more and more things and come into contact with more and more people. Unknowingly, you have become more realistic than before, and some concepts have become more real than before.
It is also more realistic than before. Just like what happened to the little brother, if the emperor does not prepare this rhetoric in advance, you will unconsciously explore the reasons behind it. The emperor has given you the power and manpower, and you can indeed take advantage of it.
Very good, it works smoothly, many things come easily, and you forget that they originally belonged to the emperor, not you."
Lan Qi's heart was beating fast and her throat was a little dry. She looked at her mother with some fear: "Is this... what the emperor said?"
Mammy nodded: "The Empress Dowager told you a long time ago that secrets cannot be hidden in the palace. Whenever the Emperor wants to know something, he will always find a way to know it. Those people who think they can hide it are too naive. And
The emperor can be so observant of those who don't care, let alone you who are at the top of his heart."
"But me?"
"Your Majesty, you understand very well that the Emperor knows everything you do, but just because you always have an open mind, you feel that you don't have to be afraid of the eyes of others. You feel that it is worthy of your own conscience and worthy of others.
." Mammy smiled helplessly, "But in fact, have you ever thought that maybe the emperor doesn't want you to do this, and maybe others don't want you to interfere.
What he did was just to satisfy his own selfish desires."
Lan Qi nodded and said, "I have thought about this, but I thought that what I did was right."
Mammy smiled and said: "It is meaningless to discuss right and wrong now. What I hope your empress will understand is that all along, no matter right or wrong, the emperor has unconditionally tolerated everything about you."
Lan Qi was speechless. Auntie held her hand in her palm and said gently and kindly: "It's not your fault. I suddenly handed over everything in the palace to you, so that you can see all the ugliness and darkness in the palace.
You have done a good job. The emperor said to the slave, you must be given some time to grow up again. Although you are no longer an eighteen-year-old girl, the emperor and the empress dowager protect you very much.
Well, you have been really spoiled in the past ten years. Fortunately, it is not too late now. Didn't we agree that you will stay with the emperor for the rest of your life? It will last a lifetime. Let's not be in a hurry and take our time."
Lan Qi's eyes were red and she shed tears slightly. She leaned towards her grandma and lay on her shoulder, sobbing: "Fortunately, you are still here, grandma. I miss the great empress dowager."
Mammy hugged her and smiled and said: "I will live a good life for a few more years, and see that our empress can truly stand on her own. It would be nice even if you and the emperor have a place to express your true feelings."
Lan Qi's mood gradually calmed down and she explained yesterday's events to her mother in detail. Huan Chun came in from the outside and said nervously: "The inner guard is here, please hand over the body of Lord Ping."
It turns out that Little Hesheli's body was detained by people sent by Lan Qi. She declared that everything would be decided until the emperor came back, but the stabbing to death of the emperor's nobleman involved the law, and the Ministry of Punishment and the Zongren Mansion had the power to intervene.
Huan Chun added: "They said it was the prince's intention."
"Prince?" Mammy and Lan Qi said in unison.
"Huan Chun, go and tell them that it was not Empress Dowager De who detained the body, but the Queen Mother's will. The Emperor will return soon, and the Queen Mother hopes that everything will be decided upon the Emperor's return." Mammy ordered Huan Chun, and stood up to ask Lan Qi to resign, "
Your Majesty, please take a rest. I will go to Ningshou Palace and explain this matter to the Queen Mother. I believe the Queen Mother is willing to wait for the Emperor to come back and make the decision."
Lan Qi said gratefully: "I'm going to excuse myself and go out now. I'm sorry to bother you."
In this way, Aunt Sumala quickly went to Ningshou Palace to explain the reason to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother came out to comfort the Prince and not to move Ping Guiren's body for the time being until the Emperor came back. No matter whether the Prince was instigated by others or he wanted to intervene in this matter.
He couldn't easily get past the Empress Dowager, so he had to give up and wait for the Emperor to return to Beijing together with everyone else.
The Holy Emperor traveled day and night, much faster than when he set out for Dolenor. Everything proved that something important happened in the palace, but the emperor kept it secret and never officially said what happened in the palace. And from the palace
The people who came quickly sent the news to the Holy Master. Xuan Ye knew on the way that Lan Qi had detained Ping Guiren's body and wanted to wait for him to go back to make the decision. Moreover, she repeatedly insisted that he was Ping Guiren.
An assassin was encountered in the garden, but paradoxically, the guards found no trace of the assassin at all.
Three days later, the Holy Master finally returned to the capital. As soon as the emperor entered the Qianqing Gate, he abandoned his chariot and walked to the Yonghe Palace. At that time, the prince was waiting at the Qianqing Gate. Before he could say a word to his father, the emperor was like the wind.
After leaving, it was Third Elder Brother and others who came forward to salute and speak to the prince, which relieved the embarrassment a little.
The prince said to his fourth brother: "Empress De Fei was assassinated and injured, and she is recuperating in Yonghe Palace. Fourth brother, please go back and see Empress De Concubine."
Along the way, Yinzhen was discussing with the third elder brother what happened in the palace. Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law was involved. He turned around and ran to Yonghe Palace, but was caught by the third elder brother and said: "Idiot,
Emperor Ama has gone, what are you going to do with him?"
In the Yonghe Palace, Green Pearl and Jade Sunflower had been waiting in front of the palace gate for a long time. When they saw someone coming from a distance, they saw the emperor's figure clearly and ran into the bedroom and said: "Master, the emperor is back."