Lan Qi sighed softly in her heart, and then led the people to that place. She saw Chen Changzai standing in front of the door from a distance. Her maid did not know what to do with something at the bottom of the steps. She motioned to the others to stop, only wearing a ring.
Spring walked towards them.
When they got close, Huan Chun, at the signal of his master, said: "Chen Chang is here, we can't pay homage to the dead at will in the palace."
The people over there were startled. The palace maid at the foot of the stairs quickly picked up the things on the ground and said, "De, Concubine De, we just made a display, there was no open fire."
Chen Changzai had already come over to welcome him. He bowed solemnly and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just want to give Sister Wang a gift."
Lan Qi glanced at the palace maid. There was indeed no open fire on the ground. What was on the ground were only common objects for commemoration. She also pinched a few fresh flowers. She then looked at Huan Chun. Huan Chun understood and stepped forward to talk to the palace maid.
: "You come with me." He said and led the person into the yard.
But Lan Qi asked Chen Changzai: "Why don't you go in and pay homage? It's so conspicuous here. If someone sees you and sues you, it's not worth it."
"I am afraid and dare not come in..." Chen Changzai responded tremblingly, lowering his head and continued: "I also understand that I have already thought about it. If I am scolded or punished, it will be worth it for such a thing.
"
Lan Qi smiled: "Everyone in the palace thought that I was the one who arranged for you to leave here. If others see you now, they may not have any special thoughts, but I remember the words of the person who begged me to separate myself from Wang.
Why are those words that made me see a scene of deep sisterly love now?"
Chen Changzai had tears streaming down his face. He nodded while crying: "Your Majesty is right, I am too selfish. If we had lived here together and supported each other, maybe she would still be alive. I thought it was so easy for her to get pregnant."
After becoming the emperor's heir, there is finally hope for the future. I can be promoted to a higher position and no longer bullied by Wang Changzai. My empress...why is she so good, but she is gone?"
"When a woman gives birth to a child, she has to go through hell. She has no luck in coming back." Lan Qi said indifferently, looking at Chen Changzai on the ground indifferently. Even if she felt a little moved in her heart, she still couldn't.
He couldn't show it on his face, so he asked about another thing and said, "I heard that when you met a noble lady in Qianqing Palace before, you would always deliberately make her look embarrassed in front of the emperor in your words and deeds. You are usually quiet and reserved.
As a person, everyone in Zhongcui Palace speaks well of you, why do you have to deal with the Migui people in Qianqing Palace?"
Chen Changzai raised his teary eyes and said painfully: "That is the only thing I can do for Sister Wang. We agreed to enter the palace together and become sisters. We will be separated from our families in this life and take care of each other in the palace from now on."
But the concubine betrayed her on the first day... If the concubine were by her side, she would have the same status as Wang Changzai and would not let Wang Changzai abuse her like that. In my heart, I hate Wang Changzai for his viciousness, but no
I dare to do anything to her, but she is too impetuous and domineering, and even a few actions can make her anxious, so I will..."
Lan Qi bent down and helped Mrs. Chen stand up, gently asking her to stop crying. Only after she calmed down a little did she say: "The deceased is gone. There is no point in your suffering anymore. There is nothing wrong with you asking for self-protection.
You didn't get everything you have today by stepping on her. You were just hiding for your own safety. Don't blame yourself anymore. If you feel guilty, go to my brother's place to take care of the little princess. That's her
The bones and blood left behind.”
Chen Changzai nodded while crying, and Lan Qi advised her: "I talked to the royal lady several times when she was pregnant. She is indeed a kind and gentle person, but it's a pity that she is so miserable. She never mentioned it in front of me.
In your agreement, you have never complained to anyone, even if the Migui people treated her like that, she has not complained. With her personality, she will definitely not want you to continue to do anything to seek justice for her. If you really feel guilty
, just let go of the past and live a good life to earn a future. If you are well, then the little princess in my brother's house can be relied on."
"I, my concubine, listen to your words."
"Furthermore, if you can't get along with Miguiren, she will definitely fight back and compete with you. Why bother? Now if she doesn't say that she has a higher status than you, even if she is still on an equal footing with you, how can she be willing to let you bully her? If you guys
If you both lose in the fight, the only result is that you will both be rejected by the emperor. There will naturally be new people to replace you in the future. In the end, you will not only be unable to do anything to her, but you will also be unable to rely on the little princess anymore." Lan Qi put her silk
He handed the handkerchief to Chen Changzai and said softly, "Don't cry anymore. I'll ask for the order another day. I'll go to my brother's house with Duanbi to see the little princess. If you can take more care of the child for her, she will be truly knowledgeable."
Thank you. It is much more practical to look after the people who are alive and well in front of you than to mourn the dead who cannot be seen or touched."
Chen Changzai burst into tears and nodded in agreement. Not long after, Huanchun led the maid out, and all the things that had been placed in front of the door were delivered in. Seeing that her master was crying pitifully, the little maid anxiously fell in front of Lan Qi and said: "
Please don’t punish me, Jia Chang Zai. She has been crying every night these past few nights. I really couldn’t bear it, so I invited the master to come here to pay homage. If you want to punish me, please punish me.”
"You deserve to be punished. Go back to Zhongcui Palace and ask Concubine Duan how to punish you." Lan Qi responded coldly, then looked at Chen Changzai, "Remember my words, I can't see that there is no peace in the palace.
I also told you early not to cause trouble to Zhong Cuigong. If you can't remember, don't blame me for being heartless."
Chen Changzai cried so hard that he couldn't speak. He struggled to utter a few words: "Mother, don't worry."
To avoid complications, Lan Qi took Chen Changzai back together and asked Huan Chun to take her to Zhongcui Palace, while she took the people back to Yonghe Palace first. Afterwards, she changed her clothes and held a bowl of almond milk in a daze.
When Chun came back from Zhongcui Palace, she told her mistress that she had told Concubine Duan what had happened, and Concubine Duan punished Chen Changzai and her maids to stand in the courtyard and reflect, and there was nothing else to do.
Lan Qi drank a few sips of almond milk. Now that the weather was getting colder, she didn't feel any fever even after walking around. Now she drank a few sips to warm her body and felt better. Huan Chun saw his master holding him and stopped moving.
He stretched out his hand to take it and asked softly: "Chen Changzai shouldn't bother the Migui people, right?"
Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "If we really meet, who knows whether it will be good or bad, but they can't meet. At least in the past few years, no one outside Qixiang Palace can see Migui again."
Huan Chun reminded: "I'm afraid that if the secret noble suddenly stays behind closed doors, people will become suspicious."
Lan Qi shook her head: "Even if she is still alive, she will never be able to leave Qixiang Palace and continue to show off like before. She is the one who knows that the prince pretends to be a eunuch and has a secret meeting with a palace maid. Do you think the emperor will do this?
Let her be as domineering as before, poking the prince's nerves from time to time, and making him uneasy for the rest of his life?"
"yes."
"At that moment, I was thinking about this matter from the perspective of the emperor. My only thought was that the prince could not be allowed to become a murderer, so she must be allowed to live." Lan Qi sighed tiredly and leaned down, "But then again
, encountering such a thing, the best way is to let the prince not worry about the unpleasant words being said to her. Letting her die is the best way. Dead people will not talk nonsense. But it would be fine if she was strangled to death by others, but let the queen mother and I
I saw with my own eyes that he was pinching Wang Changzai's neck. When I felt that Wang was no longer breathing, I thought to myself that the emperor would not want the prince to bear the charge of a murderer from now on. At that time, I did not think about what happened next, so I just blurted out
Then Chu told the Queen Mother that she was still alive."
Huan Chun looked at his mistress distressedly, feeling that she had become a lot more haggard in the past two months because of this matter.
There was a bit of cold fear in Lan Qi's eyes, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly unconsciously, and she said firmly: "If the Queen Mother were not here, what do you think would have happened to me? Was I strangled to death by the Crown Prince on the spot, or was I killed afterwards?
The emperor abandoned me? Huan Chun, you know, I have just recovered now. I have been waiting for Wang to give birth for so long, and I will think about that every day."
Huan Chun was confused and shook his head: "I don't understand."
The corners of Lan Qi's eyes were slightly moist, and she smiled bitterly: "It took me half a day that day to think about all the subsequent arrangements. The emperor asked me at that time how I could think so deeply. In fact, I still don't understand how I did it.
, but after regaining my composure, I was very scared. I showed my scheming in front of the emperor without any reservation. What would he think of me? Huanchun, you know, I never thought about letting myself become the deepest city.
People are like that naturally and unknowingly. I thought it was my own accumulated ability and my own cleverness, but... then let’s just call it scheming.”
"Empress." Huan Chun knew that when her master was alone in a daze recently, she was definitely not worried about whether these things were appropriate or inappropriate. Sure enough, she had such deep things hidden in her heart, but these things told her that she didn't care about anything.
Can't do it.
"The emperor comes to Yonghe Palace these days, and we see him the same as before, but I know that I look at him differently." Lan Qi covered her chest and said with tears, "In the past, even if I followed the rules of respect and inferiority,
There are times when I can act coquettishly and joke in front of him without any scruples, but now even if I am telling him a joke, I have to weigh it in my heart before speaking. This is very tiring and heavy, and it is more complicated than letting me deal with it again.
Everything has been painful, will the emperor and I have to be like this for the rest of our lives?"
Huan Chun said helplessly: "I think that nothing has happened between you and the emperor. If you follow what the empress said, I also know about it. Shouldn't I always be afraid that the emperor will kill me?"
At this time, Princess Wen Chen ran to find E Niang. The people outside did not stop her and asked her to rush in suddenly. When she saw her mother crying, she couldn't help but became anxious. She threw herself into Lan Qi's arms and asked: "Why is E Niang crying? Who bullied E Niang?"
Are you pregnant? I’ll tell Huang Ama.”
Lan Qi tried her best to smile: "Silly girl, my mother didn't cry."
Wen Chen refused: "I was obviously crying."
Lan Qi was worried about whether her daughter would really go to Xuan Ye to talk nonsense, but she saw Luzhu coming in with the eunuch from Qianqing Palace. The eunuch knelt in front of the door and said: "Your Majesty, please ask Concubine De to tidy up some of your belongings. Long live the Lord."
I'll get up early tomorrow morning and drive to Changchun Garden, and ask Concubine De to accompany me."