That day when I met Chen Changzai in the depths of the imperial garden, I always felt that the aura on her body seemed familiar. Now seeing Min Changzai's smile, Lord Juechan finally understood why she was no stranger to Chen Changzai's infatuation. It was not because of her love for Nalan.
Rong Ruo never forgets her, but beside her, there is almost the same affection. It's just that the former is eager to express his love and longs to be affirmed, while the latter is deeply hidden, as if it never existed.
I don’t know what Concubine De saw in Min Changzai’s smile just now. Faced with such peaceful beauty, Jue Chan couldn’t bear to disturb her. Love has nothing to do with age. Once that person is in your heart, it may last a lifetime.
After coming back from Yanxi Palace, Lan Qi's mood plummeted. She originally said she wouldn't go anywhere because she didn't want to hear those heartbreaking words. But now that she's been walking around, no one dares to really embarrass her. Those things that are so rare are so close.
The women around the emperor cherished this good fortune very much, and because of this, she fell into conflict, as if other people's misfortunes were based on her happiness.
In fact, Xuan Ye is outside. Since he has brought a harem, there will definitely be someone to attend to her bed. Whether it is a secret noble or Yuan agrees, as long as it is not herself, the result will be the same for anyone. Women of all kinds still have a special room for one person.
There is no difference at all between special favors. For Wu Yalanqi, she felt uncomfortable with other women around the emperor. She made an excuse to say "all kinds of things", but she just wanted to wait for Xuan Ye to cajole her.
she.
But when she saw Xing'er's smile in Yanxi Palace today, she was really hurt.
Huan Chun has been with her master for more than 20 years, and she can see the ups and downs of her emotions from her words and smiles. When she came back from Yanxi Palace today, she was very uneasy with a completely different mood. If the empress was unhappy yesterday and today, it was
As long as the emperor comes, everything will be fine, but now she feels that even if the emperor appears in front of her immediately, it may not be fine.
What's more important is that if their mistress is really sad and unwilling to show it, she will pretend to be strong and try to hide it in front of outsiders. This is the abnormality that only occurs when there is real unspeakable pain.
Huan Chun didn't dare to say anything, so he could only stay by her side all the time. After two or three days, everything in the palace was settled, and he would be busy with the major events at the end of the year. It was like this every year, with nothing new, and the number of errands for the Ministry of Internal Affairs was getting worse and worse.
There is no need for Concubine De and Concubine Rong to give her personal instructions on everything. At present, the emperor is busy in the front court and everything in the harem is arranged in an orderly manner.
In the blink of an eye, in the twelfth lunar month, the pregnant official woman before Laba had an unfortunate miscarriage, which was a sad thing. But now that the emperor has many heirs and the official woman has a humble status, there was almost no excitement after the news spread. Soon
It was just as the Forbidden City was freezing in the ice and snow, but the Yonghe Palace was more worried. During the Laba Festival, Lan Ying entered the palace to say hello, and saw a strange palace lady coming to kowtow to thank her. After asking, she found out that she was following the official lady.
Lan Ying and Huan Chun laughed and said: "Thank you for your diligence in entering the palace, but the emperor has more and more harems, and I can't remember them anymore."
Huan Chun took Fujin and said softly: "Your Majesty has never been happy. The Emperor is so busy that he sleeps for two or three hours every day. It seems that he has no time to come. Although the other ladies can't see him, we are different, aren't we? But
It doesn't seem like the empress would be upset over such a person. She might have something else on her mind. I don't dare to ask. Fujin, please be careful with your words so as not to touch the pain of the empress."
Lan Ying didn't understand, but when she walked in and saw her sister, she understood what Huan Chun meant when she saw the haggard look in her eyes. She leaned close to her and said, "Wen Xian and the others are ghostly. There is sadness in E Niang's eyes. They
Can't you see it? Do you think you will do the same when you go to Ningshou Palace to greet other ladies?"
Lan Qi smiled faintly and gently pushed her cheeks up with her fingers: "I smile like this when I go out. The brighter the better. What you can see, others can't."
But the younger sister held up her older sister's cheek and said distressedly: "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with my brother-in-law?"
Lan Qi couldn't help but smile, "brother-in-law" was so kind. I'm afraid no one else would dare to call Xuan Ye that way. Xuan Ye had always doted on his sister-in-law, and now she was really the final say in the Niu Hulu family's mistress, because everyone knew that,
The backer behind Wuya Fujin was not the Concubine De, but the emperor.
Lan Qi said deliberately: "Aling, will you still hide your love behind your back now?"
Lan Ying made a few gestures with her hands in a domineering manner: "If he dares, I will castrate him."
"That's nonsense." Lan Qi was startled and patted her sister on the head, "Why don't you let the children hear it? You should have another girl. Without a daughter, you don't know how to be stable."
Lan Ying lazily leaned into her sister's arms and said nonchalantly: "I heard that the emperor was blessed with many concubines on his eastward tour this time. Those who had not seen rain or dew in eight hundred years all caught up with this trip.
My sister must be unhappy."
Lan Qi said: "Nothing, just taking turns waiting in the big tent. There are only a handful of people who are truly grateful. Your brother-in-law is not a person who doesn't know how to take care of himself."
Lan Ying smiled mischievously: "How come my sister knows so clearly? Have you gone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the files?"
Lan Qi glanced at her and said duplicitously: "That official woman is pregnant, so she has to check the date. I just looked at it casually, I'm not that stingy."
But the younger sister immediately stabbed her in the door of the heart and asked: "Does elder sister care about those things, or does she care about the ladies taking turns? If it were Aling'a, if he dared to touch his little hands and drink flower wine in the flower street and willow lane, I would chop him up
It’s okay not to go to bed without taking his hand. So, sister, do you care about someone else sleeping with you, or do you care about someone else staying with the emperor?”
Lan Qi couldn't help but laugh, and avoided her sister in disgust, blaming her: "Look at what you said, you don't sound like a wealthy woman from a wealthy family. Aling'a is really pitiful." But her sister kept pestering her and refused to let her go.
Lan Qicai said, "I'm not unhappy because of this, not because of him."
Lan Ying couldn't guess at this time, but she was very good at pestering people. How could her sister stand up to her rubbing, and these words could only be told to her own sister, so she finally opened her heart and said: "There is a Chen Chang in the palace.
Do you know?"
My sister is now among the wives of nobles. She can even hear about the trivial matters of relatives coming to the uncle's house to get married. How could she not know that this Chen Chang is here? She smiled and said: "Didn't they say that this Chen Chang was harming others?"
Lovesick?"
Lan Qi nodded and smiled slightly: "She has a deep affection for the emperor. There are many people like this in the palace, but when she gets older, she already knows how to deal with herself. She is still young and full of passion, so naturally she can't let it go.
of."
"Sister is unhappy because of Chen Changzai?"
"It's not her." Lan Qi's eyes darkened, and her eyes seemed to overflow with heartache, "I was so sad that I didn't notice it at all. The same thing happened to Min Chang in her affection for the emperor."
"Is Min Chang here?"
"But she once told me that she has no love for the emperor, and even the unspeakable humiliation in Yikun Palace made her hate contact with the emperor." Lan Qi looked at her sister seriously and said, "But that's not the case.
I know I must have read it right. Her smile when she looked at her daughter was full of love for her father. Ying'er, when you look at your child, you will also think of Aling'a, right?"
Lan Ying was a little confused, but she could answer her sister's words and nodded stiffly: "I think of Al-Ling'a, and why this kid is so like his Ama, and sometimes I talk to myself."
"Yes, so I won't be mistaken."
"So what?"
Lan Qi took a deep breath to calm herself down and said slowly: "Either I have to be more selfish, or I am afraid that I will hesitate between selfishness and selflessness. If I don't do well, I won't do well. Others will look tired, but I will also work hard. I always
I thought, what right did I have to be unhappy? Yuxi told me that she had never let go of Fu Jin and Song Gege, and I said to myself, I have never let go of your mother-in-law, we are all the same."
Lan Ying held her cheek, thinking carefully about her sister's words, an idea flashed in her mind, and she smiled softly: "If I were your sister, I would pretend I didn't see anything. What kind of affection does Min Chang have for the emperor, and what does it have to do with my sister?"
?The question is, does the emperor have you or her in his heart? What you should see clearly is the emperor's heart, not her feelings."
Lan Qi was stunned, shook her head and said, "But I can't think clearly."
"Sister, don't you think it's because of you that Min Changzai's life is hard and depressing?" Lan Ying thought for a while and said, "She is actually the same as that Chen Changzai. Do you think you are at fault just because you are close to me?"
?”
Seeing that her sister was still infatuated, she went straight to the point: "If one day, the emperor... really doesn't care about you anymore, it will be the same no matter who he is next to him? Unless my sister doesn't care anymore, instead of being entangled and jealous here, it's better to be nice
Maintain the relationship with the emperor." She said, trying to ease the atmosphere, and said domineeringly, "Sister, you should be like me. No matter whether Aling'a is willing or not, he has no chance of escaping from my clutches. No matter whether the emperor is willing or not, he can't escape from my clutches.
Keep a close eye on him."
Compared to her sister's domineering attitude, Lan Qi looked very weak. Lan Ying couldn't see her sister's submissive appearance, so she turned around and yelled at Huan Chun, asking her if the Laba porridge in Yonghe Palace was delicious, so she asked them to get food boxes and prepare them.
I ran to rummage through boxes and cabinets to pack clothes for my sister, and Green Pearl and Jade Sunflower all came to help me.
Lan Qi was dressed up by them, and her bright and gorgeous festive clothes were eye-catching. She was almost pushed out of the door by everyone. Lan Ying stuffed her sister into the warm sedan and said with a smile: "You must be happy
return."
The sedan went all the way to the Qianqing Palace. Huanchun was holding the sedan and felt very uneasy. Finally, the group of people arrived in front of the door. She didn't wait for the master to get off the sedan, so she asked the people in front of the Qianqing Palace to report, and Eunuch Liang rushed out from inside.
He saw the empress bowing and said: "My empress, please come and sit in the Nuan Pavilion. The emperor is talking to the uncle."
Lan Qi asked: "Which uncle?"
Eunuch Liang said hurriedly: "This is Mr. Tong Guowei."