Five days later, the emperor and his entourage successfully met up with the Queen Mother in Qingkou. During the five days, there was nothing unusual happening around the Queen Mother. Concubine Hui was personally at her side, taking care of everything and taking care of the other concubines and princes' boats. Everything was safe and sound.
Even the Queen Mother praised her in front of the Emperor: "After all, Concubine Hui is calm. If you want to go on inspection tours in the future, just leave us mothers to go slowly. We will not delay sightseeing, and the Emperor will not delay serious business."
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Xuan Ye was pleased, and expressed his confidence in Concubine Hui with his gentle words, and also told her to be devoted to the Queen Mother all the way, so that the emperor could patrol the river embankment without any worries. Concubine Hui was happy on the face, and even happier in her heart, and went east to patrol.
On the way, the emperor said to her that she was already reaching her fifties. God had given her such a gift for living at such an old age. It was rare to have a companion in this life. The past had passed, and things would be fine in the future.
At that time, Concubine Hui thought that it was just the emperor who felt something was wrong and called her to say a few nice words. However, she did not expect what happened later. She seemed to have regained the feeling of being trusted back then, and was both excited and nervous, and became more cautious.
, I don’t want my men to make any mistakes.
A few days later, a large army was stationed in Gaoyou. The emperor took the princes and Yu Chenglong to go about their own business. The female relatives finally rested on the land and were too lazy to move around. However, after two days of idleness, they could not help but feel bored. However, the Queen Mother was getting older.
I was so happy to stop for two days of quiet time to recuperate, and I didn't even have the pleasure of singing or watching a show. It turned out that it was very boring to follow the Queen Mother on a tour. When they got together, the family chatted and gossiped, and the gossip started.
After arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, the emperor took the princes and ministers away from the army many times. The last time he left was for five days. In the past few days, he would not come back for half a day and a day at a time. The women were too narrow-minded and couldn't help but wonder whether the emperor had turned his back on the queen mother and them.
People have gone elsewhere to look for flowers and willows.
I was resting in Concubine Yi's house that day. I asked Xi Concubine why Mi Gui still didn't see anyone when she left the house. She said that she was very strange when she appeared and disappeared. Xi Concubine was used to being asked this question a long time ago, so she still blamed the matter on the emperor.
, moved out of the Holy Land to scare everyone: "I asked her, and she said that Long Live Lord did not allow her to interact with us. If she doesn't interact with us, then she won't interact with us. Is there anything strange about it?"
While they were talking, someone close to the emperor came to greet the empresses. Concubine Yi pretended to be generous and decent at the moment, but as soon as they left, she looked for her people with a look on her face and asked where she was going to the next stop.
When I heard that I was going to Yangzhou, I couldn't help but hum: "Fireworks are going down in Yangzhou in March. The emperor really chose the day to come. The flowers and plants on the roadside are of course fresher than those in the palace."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and when they left Concubine Yi, Zhengjian He and Noble Master Juechan were accompanying Concubine Tong for a walk.
He pulled Xi's concubine and said, "This nobleman is so pitiful. If the emperor finds someone new to take back, what will happen to her? Are the women from aristocratic families really not as beautiful as those in the south of the Yangtze River? That nobleman is now
, are you still bullying you?"
Xi's concubine is now living a peaceful life, and other people's affairs have nothing to do with her. Moreover, there is a world of difference between the little Wang family and the dead one, and her prejudice against Han women has long since disappeared. The little Wang family is gentle, modest and considerate.
If the other Jiangnan beauties are like this, no wonder the emperor is happy to have them around to take care of them. However, those women from aristocratic families are very proud at heart, and the emperor will definitely be annoyed when he sees them.
Concubine Jing lamented: "Why don't you think Concubine De came and let Concubine Hui take advantage of her? If she really comes back, will we be resented for not treating her well in the past two years?"
Concubine Xi said lazily: "It's not necessarily as big as Concubine De, so what should we worry about?"
At this time, in the palace, Lan Qi didn't know that she was still being talked about even though she was thousands of miles away, but the emperor sent her letters within two or three days. It had only been a month since she left the palace, and there was already a thick stack of letters in Yonghe Palace. Xuan Ye was tired.
Sometimes he just asked her if she was okay, and when he was in good spirits, he would write a few pages about what happened to him. He even continued to complain about Lan Qi in the letter for not accompanying her on her southern tour. This month, they were clearly not around, but
It seems like we are together all the time.
That day, Concubine Rong and Concubine Rong were sitting around in Jingyang Palace. A letter from the third elder brother greeting his mother was sent to the palace. Concubine Rong asked Lan Qi to read the letter to her. Knowing that the emperor was going to pass through Suzhou and Hangzhou, Concubine Rong clicked her tongue: "It's so fast."
Many years have passed, and the events of that year are still vivid in my mind. Things have changed now, and the queen has been dead for many years. I wonder which of us the emperor will think of when he visits his hometown again. "
Lan Qi listened quietly, and Concubine Rong said again: "In the past, I always talked about wanting to live longer, but in fact, I relied on my youth. Now that I think about it, it is really ridiculous. If I have time to do such boring things, I should do more.
Just cherish your youth."
"Sister, that's all. I'm really sad. No one in the world will grow old. Being able to grow old is a blessing. How many people die young and how many children have never seen their youth?" Lan Qi looked peaceful.
Smiling, "We are blessed."
Concubine Rong was in a slightly better mood, but then said: "I heard that Concubine Hui was in charge of this journey, and she has returned to her former glory. Do you think she will make a comeback after she comes back?"
Lan Qi didn't take it seriously: "Everyone does the same things in the palace. The emperor has nothing to worry about. But as for her, I don't think so, but among the people who follow her, she can make the emperor feel at ease. After all,
Concubine Tong and Concubine Yi are both destined to be rich and noble, so you can't count on them."
Concubine Rong, however, couldn't help but click her tongue because Concubine Tong thought of coming with the noble man: "You are a pretty person with a good temper, but why doesn't the emperor like her? Now that we have gone to Jiangnan, there will be nothing wrong with her."
In this regard, Lan Qi said nothing. What she did and didn't do were all in her heart. She just needed to understand how she viewed all this. But Concubine Rong kept chattering, counting the concubines in the palace, and lamenting that there are so many people nowadays.
Xingwang, remembering that when she and Duan Concubine stayed by the emperor's side cautiously, the Sixth Palace was empty except for the sorrow of the concubines and concubines.
At this time, someone came in and sent a message, saying that Sanfujin was not feeling well and asked the empress to send an imperial doctor to the prince's palace. Concubine Rong sent the person away impatiently and complained to Lan Qi: "If you have a child, you should treat yourself as the king of heaven. I will send you every day."
If someone sends me this or that, if she is one-tenth as good as your Yuxi, I will be satisfied."
Lan Qi thought in her heart that no one is perfect, but her Yuxi family was in poor health and could not have more children. As expected, everyone's luck and fortune are different. After that, when she returned from Jingyang Palace, she was thinking about her son's family affairs. After all,
He is not at home, so he should be more concerned about it. Fortunately, Yuxi manages the family well, and even the loss of a child in Sibeile Mansion is fine, which is finally reassuring.
I thought that I could spend the days in peace and quiet until the emperor came back. Unexpectedly, in late March, Lan Ying hurried into the palace. She burst into tears as soon as she entered the door. She pulled her sister and said, "I don't want to be with Aling'a."
Now, sister, please let him divorce me."
Lan Qi thought that A Ling'a was out looking for flowers and asking for willows, which made her sister angry. She wanted to persuade her to calm down the matter, but Lan Ying said that the emperor had come to Jiangnan to eliminate corruption there, which shocked all the officials in the capital from thousands of miles away. It turns out that although Jiangnan is rich,
, but relying on the protection of the imperial court, how can we not communicate more with the ministers of the capital? There are few civil and military officials who are clean, and their family has made a lot of money from it. Now Aling Azheng is burning letters at home every day.
Even though she was raising money everywhere to fill the gap, Lan Ying cried and said: "He just wanted to take advantage of me and set his sights on the dowry."
"What kind of money is missing? Why does he need so much money? What did he do?" Lan Qi was frightened when she heard this. The emperor's efforts to combat corruption in the early years, although nothing was done in the end, frightened the court ministers enough. Now he is shocked even though he is thousands of miles away.
The capital obviously did this intentionally. Aling'a and the others knew the emperor's intentions best. If it wasn't so dangerous and unavoidable, they wouldn't necessarily be so nervous.
Lan Ying said bitterly: "How can their family afford such a big house with their salary? I have known for a long time that they are not clean. I have tried to persuade them several times overtly and covertly, but he always perfunctory me. He must be relying on the emperor behind his back."
As a relative, he fishes for money everywhere, I really can't control him, and I don't want to get along with him."
Lan Qi could only persuade: "Husband and wife should be in the same boat. If he makes a mistake, you should bear it with him. Haven't you lived the comfortable days brought by gold and silver?"
"Sister, what's the use of saying this now? If Aling'a really commits a crime, I will go to jail with him." Lan Ying looked at her sister pitifully, and Lan Qi finally understood where her sister was.
She was arguing with herself about breaking up with Aling'a. She came to bring in reinforcements and wanted to help a bunch of Aling'a from herself, but she didn't understand these things. The only thing she understood was that the emperor hated corruption deeply, and the emperor's relatives and relatives
Many of them paid their lives for it, and Amma, who is now in the Eighth Fortune, also fell into that trap back then.
"Sister... what should we do?" Lan Ying stopped hiding. She lowered her head and tugged at the hem of her clothes, and said, "We have a big family, and the children are small. I can follow him no matter what. Children
what to do?"
When the child was mentioned, Lan Qi softened her heart. She called Huan Chun, dug out her body, stuffed it into her sister and said, "Take it to make up for the shortfall. I don't have much here, so I've prepared it for the children."
, but now the Queen Mother is responsible for Wen Xian's marriage. The others are still young and cannot be used in the past two years, so you can take them first."
Lan Ying looked at her sister timidly and asked anxiously: "There is always a way to make up for the money. I'm not here to ask you for money. I'm afraid that if Aling'a commits something, even if I make up the money, it will be useless."
,Sister, what should I do?”
Lan Qi didn't hesitate and said seriously: "If something happens, sister will definitely protect you and your children. I probably still have the ability. But Ying'er, what are you going to do about the men who have committed crimes in your family? I'm afraid I can't help you."
, I will try my best, but I really don’t know what step I can take for you, so don’t blame me.”
However, this wave of anti-corruption did not last long. On the contrary, more than half a month later, news came from Jiangnan that the emperor pardoned many people's sins there. As a result, there was a period of turmoil in the capital, and officials had various ideas.
He tried to fill the gap, but nothing major happened in the end. No one knew what the emperor wanted to do, but he was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, but he recovered a lot of money owed to the treasury. This southern tour was a waste of people and money, and he made a profit but not a loss.