Huan Chun nodded solemnly, but pulled the wet nurse further away, and asked her: "Is it because of Song Gege's premature birth? Okay, why did Fujin come to plead guilty? These mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are like real mother and daughter. When will we see them?
It looks like this.”
But the wet nurse said softly: "Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law after all, and Fujin's mother-in-law is outside."
Huan Chun raised his brows as if he understood something, but sighed: "If Fujin figures it out, the days ahead will be long."
However, Yuxi entered the palace after she had figured it out. During the Laba Festival, she took leave of absence due to poor health and did not enter the palace. In fact, she never entered the palace again after she left the palace after attending the funeral of Concubine Wen Xi.
He and Yinzhen were hesitant about this matter. They couldn't handle it behind closed doors, but they didn't dare to tell others about it. Now that Song Gege was out of confinement, he tried to find trouble for Li Zong and Fujin every day. Although Yu Xi used
The majesty of the hostess suppressed her, but she, no matter how she was a servant in the house, could not keep an eye on Mrs. Song all the time. Mrs. Song was so filled with hatred that she was gnashing her teeth and her eyes were red. She really didn't know which day she would go find her.
Li Fujin tried her best, but it happened that Li Fujin was now pregnant with her fourth brother's child, which might be a boy. At this point, she really didn't know what to do.
In the twelfth lunar month, the Yonghe Palace is as warm as spring, but as Xuan Ye said, the room is warm or the ground is cold. My daughter-in-law has been kneeling for almost half an hour. Although it is not hard to sit there, her legs and feet should be.
I feel numb and afraid that I won’t be able to stand up for a while.
Looking at her stubborn daughter-in-law, Lan Qi shook her head slightly and said, "Yin Zhen will come soon. If he sees you like this, or if he sees you stumbling around, you should suspect that I am abusing you."
Yu Xi raised his eyes in fear and said, "Eniang, you have forgotten that the fourth elder brother will inspect Jidian with the emperor and will not return to the palace until tomorrow."
Lan Qi smiled helplessly: "Did you calculate that he was not at home, so you came here to pester me? Yuxi, you have always been obedient, but now you refuse to listen when I ask you to get up. Will there be a conflict between our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future?
Can’t even speak normal words?”
Yu Xi's eyes were red, he straightened up and walked a few steps on his knees, approached his mother-in-law, lowered his head and said, "My mother-in-law punished me, but if you don't punish me, I won't feel at ease."
"How to punish you? Beat you up, or punish you to kneel under the eaves outside to reflect?" Lan Qi showed a serious expression and repeated, "I told you to get up, but you didn't listen, what else do we have to say?
Can you tell?"
There were tears on Yuxi's face. Looking at Lanqi's solemn face, she finally got up slowly. Lanqi motioned her to sit down across from the kang table. The little woman crawled over tremblingly, looking clumsy and pitiful. Lanqi
Qi felt distressed after all, and said angrily: "This leg is going to be numb for a while, you deserve it."
Yu Xi lowered her head, struggled to move to where Zhou Zheng was sitting, and murmured: "If my mother doesn't punish me, I won't feel at ease."
"How to deal with concubines at home, how to deal with those women, those are the thoughts you will come up with from your heart only when you really face them. Your mother can't understand them, and she doesn't understand them, so she doesn't know what to do.
Judge what is right or wrong." Lan Qi spoke, leisurely pouring a bowl of tea that was warm in the basket to her daughter-in-law, "Mother-in-law will not interfere in the affairs of your house. If you use scheming and tricks on your concubine, that's all.
It's your own business. As long as you can ensure that you don't have any rift with Yinzhen because of this, you don't need to give me an explanation. But if you and Yinzhen really have a rift because of these things, E Niang will be helpless.
"
Yuxi's face tightened and she said very softly: "Yinzhen, he doesn't know..."
Lan Qi said with a cold face: "Don't know?"
Thinking of those things, Yu Xi couldn't hold back her tears immediately, but she didn't dare to cry out. She covered her face and sobbing for a while. Lan Qi looked at her quietly. What she could understand about her daughter-in-law was probably that love.
The helplessness and pain of having other women around her husband. Regardless of the difference in their status, a woman's feelings for a man towards her husband and her reluctance to share them with others are the same. What's more, her poor daughter-in-law may not be able to share her feelings with others for the rest of her life.
Unable to have children, other women can more legitimately appear beside Yinzhen.
Yuxi came to tell her today that she had known for a long time that Li Fujin was pregnant, and she had also known that Li was not as gentle and gentle as she seemed. She had been watching them fight openly and secretly, thinking that if they both lost, she wouldn't have to spend anything.
Their thoughts can drive them away from their husbands.
After a long time, Yu Xi calmed down and said with sobs: "I didn't expect Mrs. Li to be so cruel. She took advantage of the chaos in the palace over the imperial concubine's affairs and added something to induce labor into Song Gege's decoction.
That will lead to premature birth.”
But Lan Qi said: "That day I asked you if anything would happen to your family after entering the palace. You just talked about it. Yu Xi, did you know that they would make trouble, or even think about making something happen?"
Yu Xi looked at her mother-in-law nervously, pursed her lips and could not speak, but Lan Qi said: "You want Yinzhen to have a child more than anyone else, and E Niang believes that you will not be cruel enough to kill the child in their belly.
, but you must have no room for them in your heart. No matter how beautiful you imagined it in the past, no matter how you convince yourself every day, I can understand this feeling. No woman in the world is willing to share her husband with others. So.
, I will forgive you for whatever you do to them."
Yu Xi lowered her face in grievance, tears falling down.
"Maybe Yinzhen really doesn't know, or maybe he already knows, but he can't bear to blame you." Lan Qi said earnestly, "Eniang can help you teach those concubines a lesson or even drive them out of the house, but Eniang
But I can't control Yinzhen's heart. E'niang still says, don't have any quarrel with Yinzhen, everything else can be discussed. If you really feel that you will feel relieved after being punished, E'niang can help you, but only with
The matters between Yinzhen and Yinzhen must be faced by yourself."
Yuxi looked at Lan Qi helplessly and said with tears in her eyes: "But, but this matter..."
Lan Qi sighed softly: "Even if Yinzhen doesn't know, you will be bound by the inner demons just like before. The way you look at him has changed. You are suspicious and always feel that you are hated. These days, are you
Are you troubled by this?"
Yu Xi nodded solemnly, but saw her mother-in-law's eyes sharp and solemn, saying solemnly: "Don't regret it if you do it. The essence of your dealing with those women is because you care about your husband. Don't end up with them."
Get entangled, throw your husband aside, and forget what you wanted in the first place.”
"Yes." Yuxi seemed to understand something.
"If you think you deserve to be punished, let Yinzhen decide whether it is necessary." Lan Qi finally showed her face and smiled slightly, "Go home and decide whether you want to mention this matter to him.
If something like this happens again, do it beautifully and don’t end up getting yourself involved.”
Yu Xi looked at Lan Qi in confusion. She probably didn't understand why her mother-in-law would approve of her "doing evil." Lan Qi also saw through her doubts and smiled: "I told you not to do that, will you really listen? Rather than
Those useless words, why not tell you what is the best thing to do. Go home, you have been away from home for a long time, and it is time for them to make trouble again."
While talking, Lan Qi called Huan Chun in. Huan Chun had been waiting outside, holding two boxes of pearls at the moment. He heard that they were gifts from the emperor. After Lan Qi took a look at them, he casually took one box to Yu Xi, asking him to
She took it back and gave it to her mother-in-law. At the same time, she called the wet nurse and several people who had followed Fujin into the palace, gave them a few instructions in front of Yu Xi, and then sent them out of the palace.
Let’s say that when Si Fujin’s sedan chair was leaving the imperial city of Yonghe Palace, another sedan was passing by in front of him. Due to Lan Qi’s instructions, Si Fujin had to yield to others when walking in the palace, no matter who he was.
They wanted to take the lead, so they waited here. While Yuxi was dazing in the sedan chair with a box of pearls in his hands, he heard someone outside say, "Isn't that the sedan chair from Qixiang Palace?"
Sitting in the sedan chair of Qixiang Palace was the pregnant Wang Changzai. She had just received a box of pearls from the emperor in Qixiang Palace. There were all the concubines in Qixiang Palace and those in the backyard, but the three of them
The boxes were of different sizes, Xi’s concubine’s was the largest, and they got smaller in turn. Xi’s concubine asked Wang Chang to pick the biggest box, but she didn’t care about it. She took her own box of pearls and asked someone to prepare the sedan chair, and she swayed.
After leaving the door, she didn't even notice that the person waiting aside to let her go first was Si Age Fu Jin. Her sedan was heading towards the courtyard where she once lived.
The royal lady also got a reward of pearls here. Naturally, it was less than what she had promised. It was only the size of a rouge box, and there were quite a few pearls in it. But the little Wang was still very happy and rewarded her with two.
For the palace maid, the others were said to be saved and later sewn on the clothes.
However, the little palace maid dug out the clothes given by Empress Dowager De and brought out a lotus-colored regular robe embroidered with folded branches and flowers, and forced her to put it on. The royal lady was reluctant to part with it, saying she was afraid of wearing it out, but the palace maid laughed: "
Concubine De has sent you a lot of clothes, but you will waste them if you don’t wear them." He then said to himself, "After all, Concubine De was generous and the clothes she sent were all brand new. It’s not like Yuan promised. Look.
He seems to have good intentions, but the things he sent me cannot be worn at all."
Little Wang touched the embroidery on her clothes. Although she was Wang Changzai's cousin, their family was in dire straits and life was not easy. Because she was a bit too tall for her age, her uncle promised to support their family.
, in exchange for her, she was sent to the capital to be selected. Fortunately, she actually entered the palace, but her life was worse than that at home. Even though she was a bit poorer at home, she was not bullied at all, but in this palace, she was almost alone.
When she was young, her cousin almost drove her crazy.
Although she often visited Changchun Palace recently, she didn't like people like Concubine Hui and Yuan Xuesheng. She accidentally met Concubine De once and drank a cup of tea in Yonghe Palace. Only then did she see what a "good person" should be.
It was a pity that Yonghe Palace was too high up to get close to her, so she didn't dare to have any inappropriate thoughts. But she didn't expect that Empress Dowager De would remember her.
"These clothes are so beautiful." Little Wang said to herself, before she finished her words, there was a commotion outside, and she heard a eunuch shouting impatiently, "Where are the people in the yard? Wang Changzai is here, why aren't they there?