"The tenth elder brother has a simple mind. He will follow whoever treats him well." Noble Juechan smiled at the eighth elder brother, "I used to take care of him in Xianfu Palace, and later the Queen Mother took him by her side, so I
It's not easy to get close to him. You are an older brother, so you should pay more attention to your younger brother. Maybe you will feel unhappy if I say this, but even though I gave birth to you, Eighth Brother, I have barely taken care of you for a few days. On the contrary, I have never taken care of you for a few days.
I watched my brother grow up, and we still have feelings for him during those years. I just feel sorry for him."
The eighth brother was not unhappy. Instead, he felt that his mother was gentle and kind. He still said with a smile on his face: "I like the tenth brother very much. Don't worry, I will take good care of him. He is not very good at homework, and Huang Ama is also
Let me teach him more."
"Your reputation for good homework can even be heard in our Yanxi Palace. I think Empress Hui is very happy." Juechan smiled like a spring breeze, stretched out her hand to straighten the child's clothes, and said softly, "I am not qualified to teach
What are you talking about, but there are some words hidden in my heart, and I always want to tell you. Eighth brother, before your maternal grandfather’s family fell into decline, it was also a scholarly family. Mom, I grew up in school, and since you are my flesh and blood, you must
You are no worse than others, you will definitely be the best prince. E Niang is waiting for you to stand out, so that E Niang can accompany you and take care of you in a dignified way in the future."
The affectionate actions and warm words made the eighth prince's eyes full of happiness, and the mother raised her hand again, gently touched his forehead, and asked worriedly: "Does it still hurt?"
Brother Ba shook his head and said, "It really didn't hurt. It was just that there was a lot of blood and it scared them all."
Jue Chan said with a smile: "Concubine Hui, please take good care of you."
The eighth prince nodded reluctantly and whispered softly: "If Huang Ama hadn't come to see me, it would probably be the same as before. Forget it, I actually don't care."
"How can you not care? Concubine Hui has been very kind to you." Mrs. Juechan knelt on one knee and lowered her body. The eighth prince had grown a lot taller. After squatting down, she had to look up at the child, but in her eyes
Full of love, he said slowly, "How could an excellent prince forget his filial piety to his adoptive mother? Yinsu, I don't want you to work too hard to do big things that are unattainable and out of reach. Let's just do it."
Start from the side, be a filial child, be a child who studies diligently, and you will naturally grow into a towering tree and be the support of my mother."
The eighth prince's eyes were watery as if he were filled with tears. How could he have dared to think that his biological mother would have such expectations for him? While he was happy and excited, he thought of something unhappy at the same time. He lowered his head and said softly: "I heard from Changchun Palace.
According to people here, it seems that after the fifth brother’s wedding, it will be my turn and the seventh brother’s turn. I really hope that my Fujin can be chosen by my mother for me, but..."
"No matter who becomes your blessing, E Niang will try to take care of her. Although E Niang has a low position, she has been in the palace for a long time and needs to know a lot more about many things. If you are like the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother, you have to be in the palace.
Stay in the palace for a while, and E Niang will help you take care of her." Noble Jue Chan said with a smile, "I think the emperor will choose a wife for you, isn't it still early? We are not in a hurry."
At the other end of the corridor, Min Chang was carrying Princess Dunke out to get some air. The little princess saw Bago there from a distance, so she stretched out her hand to yell, but Eniang covered her mouth. Min Chang was seeing noble Jue Chan.
With her back to them, she knelt down on one knee and talked to Eighth Prince. She took a quick glance and turned around and stepped back. Then she sent Xiaoyu out to watch carefully, but Xiaoyu came back quickly and whispered to her master: "Noble man and Eighth Prince."
Brother has already left."
Min Changzai hummed, then picked up his daughter and took Xiaoyu to go to Grandma Sumala's house. The master and servants walked out again. Min Changzai naturally glanced at the place where mother and son were just now.
But I saw the noble Jue Chan reaching out to brush off the snow on the window lattice beside him, squeezing it into his palms, as if waiting for them to slowly melt, and standing there motionless.
"Sister Guiren." Min Changzai called out, and saw Guichen Juechan turning around, squeezing Xue's hand and hiding it unnaturally behind her back, and asked her what she was doing with a smile. Min Changzai responded, "I'm going to Suzhou."
Sister, do you want to go with Aunt Mara?"
Noble Juechan silently threw away the snow in his hand and hid his wet hands in his sleeves. When he came over, Dunke opened his arms to hug him, but her hands were cold and she was afraid of shocking the child, so she coaxed her with an excuse: "Auntie
I've been standing in the wind for a long time, and my body is feeling cold. How about I warm myself up in Grandma Sumala's room later, and then hug Dunke again?"
The little princess obediently agreed, and a group of people went to Grandma Sumala's house. The women coaxed Grandma to talk and joke with the children. Min Chang didn't show the slightest surprise, and the noble Jue Chan didn't know that he had been there before.
Her actions were seen by her. Although she was prepared in her heart and originally planned to let someone see it so that it could reach Concubine Hui's ears, she did not notice anyone was there just now, and she didn't want Myolie to see it.
Yes, it's because Myolie wouldn't tell Concubine Hui to know about it, and it might lead to misunderstandings between each other. As the saying goes, nothing in this world is perfect.
While the elder brother's house was busy, the Yonghe Palace was quiet. In the main hall were piles of hundreds of kilograms of silver noodles given by the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Huan Chun said that they should be kept in the palace for a day or two, and then distributed to various places as gifts.
She was making a list based on the gifts she had received, where and who gave them how much. Luzhuxiangyue and the others were surrounding her, asking Huanchun to leave some more for his own people in Yonghe Palace.
Lan Qi came out holding the hand stove and laughed at them: "What's so rare about this? I've prepared something for each of you during the Lantern Festival."
As soon as he finished speaking, the thick cotton curtain on the door was lifted, and the person waiting outside knelt in front of the door and said: "A message came from Qianqing Palace, saying that Long Live Lord has already set off and will arrive at Yonghe Palace in a blink of an eye. Please make some preparations."
Lan Qi muttered why she had come now. Huanchun Luzhu and the others had already quickly waited on her, and the room was tidied up in a short time. Lan Qi wrapped herself in a big cloak and held a hand stove and waited all the way outside the gate of Yonghe Palace, but there was no way.
It was difficult to slide, and the holy driver moved slowly. When Xuan Ye came, her face was already flushed by the wind.
"When are you going to go out and wait?" Xuan Ye complained, and he put the stove into his arms. He squeezed Lan Qi's hand and it was warm, so he wasn't angry anymore. The two of them should stop messing around after entering the door.
People were waiting on her, and most of the affairs in Concubine De's house were taken care of by herself.
It's just that the emperor brought a gift to the empress today. Eunuch Liang had no choice but to go in, put down his things and left. Huanchun brought people with boiling water to go in and make tea in the house. He accidentally glanced at Eunuch Liang.
Seeing the unsatisfactory look on his face, I was a little worried. I cautiously entered the door to serve the tea. When I exited and wanted to talk to Eunuch Liang, Eunuch Liang left a capable eunuch to serve him. I don't know where he went.
In the room, Lan Qi was playing with the gift Xuan Ye gave her. It was a pen washer polished from a piece of jadeite. It was a delicate and unique good thing. But what did Lan Qi, a queen of a deep palace, want to do with this?
He boldly glanced at the emperor and said, "Are you going to give it to Yinzhen or to Yinxiang and Yinzhen? It's just like this. Which son should I save for? The emperor must remember to give something to me next time, at least three copies."
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She stretched out her hand and gestured to Xuan Ye. She thought she was going to be scolded by the emperor for being greedy, but she just wanted to make him laugh. However, Xuan Ye grabbed her hand, kissed the back of it, and followed it to her fingers.
Sliding on a ring, the golden ring held an emerald as big as a fingernail. It was very tacky and very precious. Lan Qi looked at the ring on her hand dumbfounded and muttered: "The queen mother is so noble when she wears it."
Xuan Ye smiled: "Then I'll wait until you become an old woman." Then he pointed at the pen and said, "Today is Yinqi's birthday, so naturally it's for him. I also gave you something on the birthdays of Yinzhen and Yinxiang.
Those are for them, you have to distinguish them yourself, I am not biased."
Lan Qi liked to hear this, but she said too much: "When I gave things to my sons before, I didn't do them any good as a concubine."
A bit of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Xuan Ye's face, and a bit of guilt appeared in his eyes. Lan Qi noticed something strange at a glance, and rubbed the emerald ring in his hand, reluctant to take it off, and felt that the emperor wanted to
After telling her something unpleasant, the mother-in-law gradually pouted and muttered: "It's better to just talk to her directly. If you give her something good, you won't be able to turn against her, right?"
Xuan Ye smiled instead, got up, walked around and sat next to her, hugged her halfway and said, "I have something to discuss with you first. If you don't agree, I will find another way to deal with it."
"What is going on? Your Majesty, please don't tease me." Lan Qi was very reluctant.
"It's about choosing Fujin for our sons this time." Xuan Ye's face showed no signs of calming down, but his words were quite reproachful, and he said, "I just asked the Eight Banners to recommend girls of the right age. Those idiots in Jiangnan
, why did you think that I was going to draft a draft and sent five or six women of the right age with Han military flags, and they were as authentic Han Chinese as Wang Changzai and others? I only saw the coupons they handed over when they had already arrived in the capital. Look,
, what should we do with those people?”
Lan Qi stared at Xuan Ye blankly, her heart immediately became angry, she took off the ring from her hand and stuffed it into his hand, turned away from him, stood aside and said with a straight face: "There is no room for this in the palace.
There are so many people, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has carefully prepared the accounts for the New Year, and we cannot afford to support even one more person."
Xuan Ye came after her and held her hand, put a ring on her finger, and coaxed her: "Don't take off the ring if you are angry. I really can't blame you for this, but when we get to the door, I think..."
"How many do you want to keep in the palace, your Majesty?" Lan Qi wanted to withdraw her hand, but was still tightly bound by a ring.
There was a deep meaning in Xuan Ye's eyes, and it was not a longing for women. A disdainful sneer crossed his lips and he replied: "I want to keep them all."