Lan Qi thought about the day when she saw the Crown Princess sitting in front of the Yuqing Palace in despair. She must have encountered something big to be so upset. However, she had never asked about Yuqing Palace. Now she heard what Xuan Ye said.
It actually got to that point. But what she could say, as she was not her son and daughter-in-law, she could only laugh and say: "The emperor still takes the quarrels and quarrels of children seriously? When I was bold, I even quarreled with you,
How easy are those words to count?"
"Children?" Xuan Ye smiled coldly and asked Lan Qi, "Are they still children?"
Lan Qi was startled, wasn't she? The prince was already twenty-five years old at the beginning of May, and the eldest brother was already running towards his thirties. She always treated the Yinzhen brothers and sisters as children, and inadvertently treated her eldest brother, the prince, and the others
That’s all included.
"What did the prince tell you?" Until now, Lan Qi could only talk to Xuan Ye for a few words. The weather was boring, and it was even worse for him to hold it in his heart.
Xuan Ye said that the matter was over, and the couple had reconciled as before, but the cause of the matter made him heartbroken. This time he deliberately lured the ministers in the capital to make up for the shortfall, but he did not expect to involve the prince. Most of the prince's money was from the prince's concubine.
The couple had conflicts because of their parents' compensation. The princess didn't care at all, but the prince couldn't help but felt that he was inferior in front of his wife.
Lan Qi was frightened when she heard this. She didn't bother to ask the prince about anything, and asked tremblingly: "Your Majesty, does Yinzhen have such a thing in his hands?"
Xuan Ye shook his head: "The errands he is currently handling are not profitable at all." The emperor sighed tiredly, "The imperial grandmother has long said that the cooks will not accept the grains unless they steal them, which makes me look down on the business and bribery in some official circles, but they are not greedy enough.
, If I don’t straighten things out, this country will be hollowed out by them.”
Lan Qi gently stroked his heart to comfort him: "Your Majesty, calm down."
Xuan Ye was extremely angry: "It's better now. The emperor's brothers have also become greedy, and they have joined forces to cooperate with each other. Maybe one day they will even steal the dragon chair in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and exchange it for money."
Seeing that the emperor was getting more and more serious as he spoke, Lan Qi thought of what was going on at her sister's house and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said hesitantly: "Aling's family has nothing to do with this matter. Lan Ying even came to complain to my concubine.
Now that the emperor and I are talking about it, I would like to ask the emperor for something."
Xuan Ye looked at her with a frown and nodded slightly: "Get up and talk."
Lan Qi did not move, looked up at him and said: "Eradicating corruption is such a serious and solemn matter. I don't dare to cause trouble to you, but I only have one sister, Lan Ying. If the emperor wants to do something with Aling'a, please
Let’s keep my sister and her child and send them back to my concubine’s family. Even if she is told to be dead, don’t get her involved and keep her alive.”
Xuan Ye said solemnly: "What do you want me to think when you say such a thing? When encountering such a thing, what do you think of first is selfishness?"
Lan Qi's heart was wandering, but her will was firm, and she nodded and said: "I can't do anything to kill my relatives out of justice. Even if Lan Ying can't leave Aling'a to live alone, I can't watch her die."
"What if I don't agree?"
"The Emperor will agree." Lan Qi did not flinch, and kowtowed deeply, "If the day comes, I will ask the Emperor to grant you permission."
But Xuan Ye's cold voice came from above his head and asked: "There is always room for Lan Ying's affairs, and it is not difficult for me to rely on you. But if one day Yinzhen is involved in this kind of thing, what will I do, and what will you do?
"
Lan Qi's whole body tensed up, and she tried to calm down and said: "I will tell Yinzhen that no matter how difficult it is in the court, he should not join the others and leave nothing in the hands of others. When one day he escapes, he will
It will be clean and tidy."
"Then it's settled, if my son ever trespasses over the thunder pool, I'll ask you for it." Xuan Ye's tone gradually became more relaxed, and he raised his hand to signal, "I can't help you now, so get up quickly and sit next to me.
Come."
Lan Qi was a little confused, so she sat down. Xuan Ye held her hand and said, "Keep an eye on my sons and beat them all the time. What you say is soft and pleasant. They don't care."
They will hate you. If I talk too much, they will not only be disgusted, but also feel that I don't trust them. But no matter how much trust I have, it can't resist the temptation of the colorful world. There are too many traps and mazes outside the Forbidden City.
Those old and cunning things are stretching out their hands to pull my sons away from me one by one. You have to take a good look at my sons for me."
"Yes." Lan Qi felt uneasy and agreed tremblingly.
Xuan Ye was very dissatisfied and said disgustedly: "Is it so difficult to answer the question?" But he smiled, hugged Lan Qi and let her lie on his chest. Somehow he said, "The children are with you.
I’m very relieved.”
"Your Majesty is restless tonight. He is thinking about something every time he speaks, and I can hardly keep up." Lan Qi struggled a little, put down Xuan Ye's hand, took the round fan on the side and shook it gently, saying softly.
, "If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow. I'll always be with you and never leave."
But Xuan Ye still stretched out his hand, held Lan Qi's cheek, and said with deep affection: "I miss you so much, I feel relieved when I see you."
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm just sitting here." Lan Qi realized that Xuan Ye's reason was gradually being swallowed up by emotions, and understood that he must be extremely tired. Physical fatigue and pain will make people restless and make him completely
Looking at things and people from an emotional perspective, she does not understand national affairs and is not as wise and broad-minded as the Empress Dowager, but she can take good care of her husband and make him face the world in high spirits.
That night, the lights in Qianqing Palace were extinguished early, and Concubine De stayed there without leaving. The people in the palace looked at her with cold eyes, thinking that Concubine De occupied the emperor for at least a while, but the next day when the emperor went to court, Concubine De
Not long after the concubine returned to Yonghe Palace, she went to look for the nobles.
Concubine Tong accompanied the nobleman to Yonghe Palace. Concubine Tong was also worried that Concubine De would misunderstand the nobleman. She wanted to say a few words for her, but unexpectedly Lan Qi called the nobleman to him and told her some things about the emperor.
He told her that she must be careful about those things. After the smart little nobleman took note of them, he asked her to go to the Qianqing Palace to take care of the emperor. He said without hesitation: "The emperor is out of his way. You have to persuade her about those things."
Your Majesty, please exercise some restraint."
The young nobleman was so embarrassed that he blushed and thanked her and left. Concubine Tong watched her go away and said to Lan Qi in surprise: "This is the first time I see you giving advice like this, but I do have a good temper with the nobleman. Your Majesty.
It’s not surprising that I like her.”
"As long as you don't feel uncomfortable, it will be easy for me." Lan Qi said with a smile, "The emperor placed her with you, obviously he will stay with you sooner or later. As long as your place is clean, He Guiren will not learn bad things.
If you put it somewhere else and let others bully or seduce it, it will be bad if it changes its nature."
Concubine Tong didn't know there was such an intention, and she asked more and more surprised: "Is this how the emperor views Chu Xiu Palace?"
Lan Qi nodded and smiled: "What else?"
In this way, from the second day after the Holy Emperor returned to Luang, He and the nobles were always by the emperor's side. When he and the nobles felt uncomfortable, it was the Mi nobles who took care of the emperor. The two nobles were equally favored, but the Mi nobles were now They were so low-key that no one could see them, and they were gentle and lovely with nobles. It was rare that when the emperor had his favorite concubine by his side, no one in the palace could find their shortcomings.
A Han woman and a Manchu daughter not only get along harmoniously with each other, but Heguiren also often interacts with Miguiren in private. For Lan Qi and Xuan Ye, Heguiren has never seen the big and small Wang family, so they let her and It doesn't matter if close friends and nobles come and go, and I would rather the concubines live in harmony so that the Sixth Palace can be at peace.
The emperor's care was entrusted to two young and reliable people, and Lan Qi had a lot of peace of mind. The exhaustion caused by spending the night with Qianqing Palace that day made her aware of the importance of it. Although she was not really old, she was still worse than If you don't have the energy of a 20-year-old, you can't be too pushy if you want to have a long-term success. At the moment, there is still the marriage of the elder brother and princess waiting to be taken care of. She doesn't have a strong head and six arms, so she can't take herself too seriously.
In a blink of an eye, it was the scorching heat of June. It was supposed to be a day of rest and recuperation, but Fujin, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother, had not yet been chosen. Even the Queen Mother was worried about it. She laughed and said that she had gone crazy and had forgotten all the serious things, and the elder brother The palace and the princess's palace have been completed, and furniture and furnishings have been added one after another. Even if the emperor has a wedding in July or August, there will be more than enough to catch up.
Due to the hot weather, it was not advisable to call all the girls to be selected into the palace, otherwise they would suffer from heatstroke during the waiting time. The queen mother took the concubines to see some people every day, and procrastinated for several days before they saw all the people. The days dragged on for so long that Concubine Yi couldn't even remember who she had seen. When the Queen Mother fulfilled her promise and asked her to choose the ninth prince herself, she couldn't explain why.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but be angry. Before she could think about it, she decided on the fortune of the tenth prince. It was different from his brothers. She chose the beautiful daughter of the Meng family, Abahai Borzijit, who was the emperor's prince. One of them married a Mongolian Fujin.
In Lan Qi's view, the Queen Mother must have received the emperor's permission to do this. The tenth elder brother was of noble birth among the brothers. Excluding the complicated relationship between Yinzhen and Yinzhen, he was second only to the prince. Only the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother could compare with them. , the emperor did not choose Fujin for him among the Manchu nobles, but chose a Mongolian woman. Naturally, only the emperor himself understood the purpose.
As for the ninth elder brother, he and his biological brother the fifth elder brother got married early. Which clan the ninth elder brother marries to does not seem to have much impact on the court. The Queen Mother originally promised Concubine Yi to let her choose by herself, but now she has fulfilled her promise. I promise, the emperor must know something about it, and if it has any influence, he will definitely try to stop it.
But Concubine Yi was spoiled for choice. When the emperor issued an imperial edict to select a child from the Abahai Borzijit family for the ten princes, she still could not give an approval letter. The Queen Mother couldn't help but get angry. She couldn't do it just because of her. To delay the matter, she asked Lan Qi to tell the emperor that if Concubine Yi could not make up her mind, let the emperor decide.