Xuan Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He hugged his daughter and scolded: "Silly girl, how can you say this?"
Wen Xian shouted from the side: "Oops, E Niang is going to lose her temper, Huang Ama, let's run away."
Lan Qi stood still, her cheeks bulging with anger, but the little girl rushed towards her, bumped into her arms softly, hugged her waist and said sweetly: "Don't be angry, Niang, Huang Ama likes Niang the most."
Yes, Huang Ama said that the most beautiful person in the world is E Niang."
Lan Qi couldn't help but smile. Xuan Ye led Wen Xian over and smiled at her: "Do you believe it?"
"The emperor pampers them to no end." Lan Qi said with a straight face, "They are hitting and biting now. Others won't say that the emperor has not disciplined them well, but they are all targeting the concubines.
.You can’t stop them today, they must know how powerful the cane is.”
Xiao Chen'er turned around and hugged Xuan Ye and said, "Huang Ama, please take away the cane. E Niang always scares us."
The sister next to me also said: "Fourteen said he refused to write well, so E Niang put the cane on the table and looked at him. As a result, he was so frightened that his hands shook and he couldn't write well. It was all because of E Niang."
Seeing that the two girls were getting more and more outrageous, Xuan Ye scolded him with a cold face: "You have done something wrong and you deserve to be punished. You dare to complain to my mother. Go back to your room and reflect. I will ask you later."
The two girls did not dare to talk back to their father, so they bowed obediently and followed the wet nurse. Lan Qi was also a little unhappy, and turned around to go to the inner hall.
Are you leaving first?"
Lan Qi glanced at him: "If Tigress is like this, you should tell your daughters that I am their mother-in-law, and you are not just for them to make fun of."
The two of them entered the door one after another. The emperor immediately put aside his superior airs and coaxed her, saying: "I can't see the children a few times throughout the year. If I don't coax them more, they won't dare to get close to me. My own
I feel very uncomfortable when my flesh and blood sees my father but is like a mouse meeting a cat. They cling to me like this, and when I feel happy, I lose my sense of what I say. Are you going to be angry too? I am also jealous of you because you spend every day with your children.
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When Lan Qi saw Xuan Ye's nervous expression, she couldn't help but feel sorry for him that he rarely enjoyed family life even though he had many children. She gently tapped his lips with her finger and said, "That won't happen again."
Xuan Ye was pleased and agreed repeatedly, secretly kissing her face again, but he was not playful, but said seriously to Lan Qi: "I want to establish a crown prince for the prince, and you must worry about this matter.
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Lan Qi was really surprised when she mentioned this suddenly. In the early years, there were discussions about the choice of Crown Princess from time to time both inside and outside the palace. However, after several years of silence from the emperor, everyone's enthusiasm gradually faded away.
Nowadays, Fu Jin has adopted two children in Yuqing Palace, and has given birth to four children. Although the two daughters are not guaranteed, the emperor now has two grandsons, both of whom live in Yuqing Palace.
On the side of Yuqing Palace, Fujin had the greatest credit. Half of the people thought that Li Jia would be promoted to the crown princess in the future, but the other half felt that her background was not noble enough. Looking at the ladies from aristocratic families, there were not many young ladies to choose from.
indivual.
Lan Qi vaguely remembered that the emperor had a suitable candidate in mind, but they had never seriously discussed the matter. She was not curious and the matter had been put on hold. Now that it was suddenly brought up, she felt fresh and asked casually: "Your Majesty
Are you preparing for the general election, or do you already have someone you like?"
Xuan Ye sighed softly: "I made the choice early, just waiting for the child to grow up, and finally the age was right, but last year her Ama died."
Lan Qi tilted her head and thought about which high-profile family had lost someone last year. Before she could think of it, Xuan Ye had already said: "The daughter of the third-class Earl Wen Bing, the Guarjia family, is thirteen years old after the new year. After all, she is still a child." A little bit."
Since the fall of the Obai Party, the prestige of the Guarjia family in the court has been greatly reduced. Although it is a noble of the Three Banners, due to the influence of the emperor's harem, the Hesheli family, the Niu Hulu family, the Tongjia family and others The Nalan family has been the most influential family in recent years. Almost no important female family member in the harem or royal family comes from their family. Although they have the same surname but different clans, there is always some connection, but now the emperor wants to establish a crown prince, and he has chosen it early. This person actually comes from the Guarjia clan.
Lan Qi thought to herself that in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi's reign, the situation in the court should be changed. Old ministers tend to take credit for themselves. For the emperor, whether old ministers or new ministers, whoever is obedient and easy to control is a good minister. Nowadays, the brothers have gradually grown up, integrated into the court one after another, and run errands together with the old and young ministers. It may be time for some fresh faces for those who discuss politics under the Qing Dynasty.
"What are you thinking about?" Xuan Ye saw Lan Qi lost in thought and waved his hand in front of her eyes. Lan Qi smiled and put it off, "I am calculating how much money the prince's wedding will cost. I wonder when the emperor is planning to hold the wedding? Concubine Sister He Rong is going to be extravagant. Calculate how much it will cost. Of course we can't save on the prince's wedding, otherwise the officials in the Ministry of Etiquette will roll their eyes again."
Xuan Ye smiled happily: "Do you also know that they are talking about you?"
Lan Qi's eyes widened. She didn't have any contact with foreign ministers. How could she know what they said? Already?"
"I'm not talking about you by name. I'm just saying that there are more and more people in my harem, but the expenses are rising endlessly. They all praise me for having a good wife." There are a lot of interesting things mentioned."
Lan Qi was actually a little happy in her heart. Regardless of whether she left her name or not, she was really taking care of this family for Xuan Ye. She was so happy that she quickly returned to the topic: "Since that child has a lot of filial piety, is it appropriate to get married now?"
Xuan Ye said: "It doesn't matter if you get married within a year. If it takes a year, you have to observe filial piety before the wedding can be held. But you also know that these rules are all set by people. What do people say? That's how it came to be. Now that I want them to get married, it's done no matter what."
Lan Qi smiled and said: "But since the emperor said she is too young, why don't you wait a moment? She will only be fifteen or sixteen years old in two or three years."
Xuan Ye shook his head, with a hint of worry on his brows, and said slowly: "I was originally not in a hurry, and wanted to cultivate talents first. Shi Wenbing was transferred several times, and made great achievements in Hangzhou and Fuzhou. Last year, he was finally allowed to return to Beijing to continue Zhengbaiqi. The Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army wanted to keep him in the capital and entrust him with important tasks from now on, but unfortunately he died of illness on the way to the capital. I was sad to lose the talent, and had to hurry up to marry her daughter to the prince. This is the faction that I want to support. Power cannot be given up halfway."
Lan Qi stared at Xuan Ye blankly, pursed her lips and said nothing. Just now the emperor had only a few hundred words, and all he talked about was government affairs. Although Lan Qi is now getting more and more used to Xuan Ye occasionally mentioning a few words to her casually, but She couldn't lose her sense of proportion. It was her duty to speak more modestly when the emperor was speaking. Besides, she had already made a mistake by inadvertently provoking this topic just now.
When Xuan Ye saw that she looked a little nervous, he realized that he had gone too far, so he smiled and said, "Just listen to it. You are so stupid that you can't remember it."
"Yes, I'm too stupid to remember." Lan Qi smiled delicately, but still spoke seriously, "Your Majesty first tells me the date of the wedding for the prince, and the rest has nothing to do with me."
"Set up a specific date in May or June when the Qin Tian Supervisor will go to Ningshou Palace to make a selection together with the Queen Mother. You don't have to go at that time. You should avoid suspicion." Xuan Ye already had a plan in mind and told Lan Qi one by one what to do.
Do it, let her wait for the person appointed by the Queen Mother to handle this matter according to the imperial decree, and then it is not too late to work with Concubine Rong. In the early years, Prince Yu Fujin helped to accept Fujin. This time, the Crown Princess is officially established, and the Queen Mother must come forward.
, Lan Qi and the others are just giving the Queen Mother a beating.
Lan Qi was full of thoughts and said: "Your Majesty, go to Jingyang Palace some other time and tell Sister Rong in person. Every time, it is the concubine who sends the message. Sister Rong will inevitably have thoughts in her heart. You also said it last time. Sister Rong's hard work has paid off."
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Xuan Ye agreed, but since many things had to be done before they could be discussed, there was nothing to say now. Huan Chun happened to come over to report, saying that the princesses asked her to ask Huang Ama if she could go out to play after reflection.
The father immediately felt soft and quickly called his sweethearts and coaxed them to apologize to E Niang. Wen Xian was older and more assertive, while Xiao Chen'er was so clingy that Xuan Ye couldn't put it down.
Lan Qi asked Wen Xian why he fought with his sister. Wen Xian refused to tell her at first. She then asked her younger daughter, but Chen'er looked at her sister, held it in for a long time and hid in Ama's arms and said sweetly: "Sister won't let me tell you."
Xuan Ye was afraid that Lan Qi would be angry, so he asked the eldest daughter gently: "Is there anything you can't say? Amma is here too. Are you afraid that my mother will lose her temper and beat you?"
Wen Xian shook his head with a smile, but moved closer to Lan Qi thoughtfully, but hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Because the Fourth Emperor sister bullied Wen Ke, my sister and I didn't say at all that she was the daughter of a noble man and that she was not worthy of playing with us.
These words were scolded by her sister Wen Ke. Because her sister broke her favorite hairpin, she scolded her. I couldn't bear to listen and argued with her for a few words, and then started to fight. The fight started. Mom, it's my fault.
It was indeed me who made the first move."
Xiao Chen'er said to Lan Qi in Xuan Ye's arms: "I bit the Fourth Emperor sister because she hit her. Mom, I won't bite anyone in the future."
Lan Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Xuan Ye: "The wet nurse said that the two of them were riding on Ke Jing to fight. After all, Ke Jing is the elder sister. Even if the fight started, she probably wouldn't do anything to them. These two little girls are amazing, Your Majesty."
Didn't you see Ke Jing's miserable appearance? Others don't believe that the sixteen-year-old girl asked the two of them to bully her."
Xiao Chen'er said to her father seriously: "Huang Ama, the Fourth Emperor's sister rushed to hit my sister, but she tripped and fell, so I rushed up and bit her."
After coaxing his daughters, Xuan Ye naturally didn't care about these things. He taught them not to do this in the future and let it go. But after the daughters left, he asked Lan Qi privately: "Is Wen Ke always being bullied in Yikun Palace?"