Eunuch Liang responded awkwardly: "The prince has already asked for permission to see the emperor. Long Live the Lord said to wait a little longer. We are just talking about family matters with the prince. The accumulated state affairs are more important. Let the servant pass the original words to the prince, and the prince will return I went to Yuqing Palace and said I would wait for the summons from Lord Long Live at any time."
Manager Liang was born in his early years and was extremely cautious when speaking. The entanglement on his face when he said "It's just a family matter" made Lan Qi know the prince's mood at the moment, and she couldn't help but sigh: "That's all, you guys can bear it, I'm going back first. He just has this problem. He should be able to change it. He just needs to be careful with his body. Not to mention Long Live, if your body can't bear it, you can at least train a few reliable helpers like your master."
"I have taken note of this. Please come back, please." Eunuch Liang stood aside. Lan Qi looked back at the bedroom and saw that everything was in place. Feeling somewhat reassured, she walked out of Qianqing Palace in a hurry. When he saw a eunuch leading the ministers over, he quickly got on the sedan and left.
It was only mid-to-late May, and I was already sweating from the boredom when I came back from the sedan chair. Huanchun did not follow the empress, but packed up the brothers’ things at home. The thirteenth-fourth brother had already gone to the study as the emperor said, and he complained when he saw the empress coming in. : "I really have to work hard all the time, and my son doesn't even have time to take a breath."
Hearing such words, Huan Chun knew that his master was not in a good mood, so he brought a fan to the empress to drive away the heat. She took it and shook it, asked some trivial matters, and said that the princesses had all gone to Ningshou Palace. Huan Chun smiled and said: "My Majesty, there is no ice in the house. Princesses don't like to be in your presence in the summer, you know."
Lan Qi smiled: "Don't pester the Queen Mother to think of weird things again. Send someone to pass on a message."
Huan Chun agreed, went out for a while, then came back, and said mysteriously: "Would you like to go to the two elder brothers' houses to have a look? I have brought back many things. They are all sealed with seals. Maybe you are afraid of slaves or slaves." Others took it upon themselves to do so, and many of them were written for my mother-in-law."
"For me?" Lan Qi smiled, "Where can they get something for me?"
But before she could take a look, it was announced that Sibeile had come to pay his respects. Lan Qi hurriedly buttoned up the loose buttons around her neck and licked her hair in front of the mirror. Her son was waiting in the main hall. Xiangyue, who was serving tea, asked with a smile. : "Why don't Lord Belle go in?"
After Yinzhen took the tea and drank heavily, he gasped: "I don't wear enough clothes in summer, so I won't go into the inner hall. I would like to see my mother outside."
When she spoke, her mother had already come out. She was wearing a thin lake green singlet with wide open cuffs. Although it was ventilated and cool, she could reveal her snow-white arms when she raised her hand. My own mother was fine, but I met other empresses in the palace. It's not very convenient.
Lan Qi knew that her son had always been steady, so she didn't blame him for his seemingly raw behavior. She came up and touched his forehead to see if it was hot. She wiped the sweat and dust from his face with a handkerchief, shook her fan gently and asked distressedly: " Where did this come from? You are so thirsty."
"All the guards, carriages and horses who came back need to be sorted and counted. My son has just come back from all this work." Yinzhen was in a good mood and told his mother these things. He also mentioned his two younger brothers with a smile on his face, "They are quite obedient. , Fourteen has many shortcomings and has a short temper, but he obeys me both softly and hardly. Now it seems that he is just a child and has not grown up at all."
Lan Qi felt warm in her heart after hearing this. The brotherly love overflowing from her son's eyes made her feel so precious. Yinzhen seemed to really like these two brothers. Sure enough, people should get along with each other more. They have been in the palace these years.
Separated outside the palace, the elder brother matured day by day, and the younger brothers opened their minds, but could not talk and get along well together. How could their relationship be compared with other brothers? This time the emperor took them all out, and he asked his son to leave the house and follow him out.
It seems like it was done right.
Thinking of her son's home, Lan Qi no longer kept him and asked Yinzhen to go back and have a good rest. She said that Yuxi missed him very much. Every time she entered the palace, she asked if he had any letters. She was always disappointed and very pitiful. She blamed her son for being away from home.
There was not even a letter from home. Yinzhen really didn't think of these things. He smiled and treated his mother and was sent away.
After her son left, Lan Qi followed Huan Chun to Thirty-Four's house to see what they had brought back. The other palace maids and eunuchs had already packed up, and these boxes that looked like gifts were still spread outside. Lan Qi had them, and her parents outside the palace.
The aunt also had some, and there were two or three copies for E Niang at Yinxiang's place. Lan Qi knew that Min Chang was among them, so she told Huan Chun: "Find someone to invite Chang Zai over, and have dinner at my place at night. At Qianqing Palace,
I'm afraid they won't come to me, so we ladies can have a meal together."
Then a young eunuch quickly came to Yanxi Palace to invite Min Changzai to Yonghe Palace. As the light rain fell, he came to report to his master. Min Changzai was putting away the silk given to her by the noble Juechan when she heard that the empress called her over.
Of course she was very happy to have a meal. She asked Xiaoyu to send someone to Ningshou Palace to tell the little princess not to be naughty. She changed her clothes and wanted to come over first to thank the noble Juechan for what she had given her before going to Yonghe Palace. She met Xianghe in front of the door.
, saying that the noble man was taking a bath and combing his hair, so she waited outside.
Xiang He came in and told the nobleman that Min Chang was here to thank him, but he saw his master moving something in front of the cupboard under the window, as if he was hiding something. Jue Chan suddenly jumped when he heard Xiang He's voice, and turned around to block it.
The things behind him were filled with fragrant lotus: "I'll go out right now, and you go serve me some tea."
Xianghe said, "Chang Zai left right after talking. Concubine De sent someone to invite her over for dinner. There is no need to serve tea."
Jue Chan's heart sank, and she turned around and closed the cabinet door gracefully. She could still trust Xiang He anyway, so she followed Xiang He out after closing the door, said a few words to Min Changzai, and then they parted ways.
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When Min Chang arrived at the Yonghe Palace, he saw people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs bringing ice. The palace was very cool. When he entered the palace, he heard the empress saying, "You are wearing thin clothes, Huanchun, give Chang Zai my coat to match."
Lan Qi said that the weather was getting hot, and because she didn't use ice, the girls were too lazy to stand in front of her, and her sons, who were full of blood, couldn't sit still. At least they had a more comfortable meal tonight, and even though it was so good outside, it was still not as good as at home.
Familiar meals.
Speaking of the children bringing some gifts back, Lan Qi smiled and said: "Yinxiang also left some for you. Let's see how we are different in a while. If he favors you, I won't love him anymore."
These were all jokes. Not long after, the princesses came back first. Although it was cool in Ningshou Palace, the Queen Mother was so tired that she just lay down and refused to move. They could only stay quiet and felt uncomfortable talking. Unexpectedly, there was a room in Ningshou Palace.
When I heard that the ice was prepared for my younger brothers, Wen Xian said angrily: "My mother is partial to her son. She doesn't feel bad even if we are so hot that we have prickly heat."
The whole room was full of laughter and laughter. To Lan Qi, it felt like everything was settled when her husband came back. Even if he couldn't see her from two places apart, his presence and absence were really different.
When Thirty-Four came back from the study after hard work in the evening, Lan Qi said that thanks to the bumpy ride, they could still sit in the study. As expected, Yinxiang smiled and said: "I can't sit still at Fourteen, Emperor." Ma and the prince bumped into each other when they came and were forced to stand under the eaves for half an hour."
The younger brother couldn't help but ran back to the house, and his elder brothers and sisters went to make fun of him. Soon the children came back with gifts, and the whole family sat and opened the gifts lively, making the room full of warmth.
After Huan Chun came to remind him that the dinner was ready, they all moved to sit down and use chopsticks. Thirty-four was growing and wolfing down the food. Lan Qi and Xing'er couldn't persuade them. When Yinqi wanted to add more food, the door opened. The young eunuch in front of me suddenly ran up to the door and said, "Someone from Qianqing Palace invites you to come over."
Lan Qi was still holding vegetables in her hand and was about to put them into Yinxiang's bowl. She said casually: "It's neither early nor late, but it's good to have a rest at last."
As she spoke, she put down her chopsticks and stood up, taking Huan Chun into the inner hall to change clothes. When she came back, she saw Min Chang Zai and the children standing by to see her off.
Lan Qi asked them to feel at ease, then turned and left. As Empress De Fei walked away, Min Changzai raised her head to look at her figure. Her delicate back gradually disappeared into the dusk, and she slowly pressed down her hidden thoughts. Turn back and continue having fun with the children.
Let's say that the sedan chair of Yonghe Palace hurriedly arrived at Qianqing Palace. Lan Qi saw Manager Liang in front of the door and asked about the emperor's visit to the study. Eunuch Liang said that the emperor finally had time to see the prince, so he thought it would be better to meet the other elder brothers together, so that The prince went directly to the study. When the emperor also passed by, he saw the fourteenth elder brother who was impatient and couldn't sit still. He inevitably had to scold him a few times and even made him stand under the eaves to reflect.
"Where's dinner?"
"The Emperor has no appetite. He became tired after drinking half a bowl of mung bean soup."
When they were talking, they arrived in the study room. Xuan Ye was standing with a bowl of tea, looking at the folding books spread out on the table. Lan Qi took another candle from the side. The two of them didn't look like they were reunited after a long separation. She naturally He said: "Don't be careful with your eyes even if it's too hot. It's getting dark. What can you see clearly with a candle dangling?"
Xuan Ye frowned: "You scold me as soon as you come here, and you don't even show me a smiling face."
Lan Qi said with a smile: "Every time we met, everyone was smiling like flowers, but you didn't pay attention." Seeing Xuan Ye put down the tea bowl, picked up the imperial batch, supported his waist with one hand, and half-bent to approve the batch, After writing for a long time, when I put it down, I put my hands on my waist and let out a long sigh. This posture was obviously an old habit. No wonder I didn't sit down to read the excerpts, but stood up to read them.
Lan Qi stepped forward, pushed the folding bag out, took his arm and said softly: "How many flowers and wild flowers have I been out to enjoy, and it has gotten to this point? Look, my forehead is hurting and sweating."
Xuan Ye didn't take it seriously and just frowned and said, "It was fine when I returned to the palace. When I came out of the study and went down the stairs, I didn't know why I slipped away."
Lan Qi carefully helped him to his bedroom. She was extremely distressed and stopped talking about him. She invited the imperial doctor to give him a diagnosis and treatment. As the night fell, the emperor's pain was finally relieved.
Xuan Ye lay quietly on the couch, watching Lan Qi personally filter the medicine, blowing spoonfuls of it cold and bringing it to his mouth. Xuan Ye frowned and drank it down, feeling bitter and in a bad mood. Reng and the Crown Princess have fallen out and want to divorce his wife, do you know?"