Xuan Ye put his hand on Lan Qi's forehead and pushed her back gently: "Do you still need to seduce me?"
Even so, the two of them laughed it off. Xuan Ye took a nap for only half an hour before he cheered up and asked Eunuch Liang to move the matter of Qianqing Palace to work slowly. The ministers scheduled to meet today and in the next few days were also rescheduled. However, seeing that Fuquan Changning was not in good health at his current age, the emperor finally understood that he had reached the age where he should restrain himself. He could no longer worry about national affairs day and night as before. Anyway, no matter how well he did, he would still have something. Officials and people say he is not good, but he still wants to be better for a long time. Those who are not in a hurry but really want to realize their ambitions still have many, many ambitions.
One afternoon, Lan Qi sat cross-legged on the kang, embroidering handkerchiefs for Xiao Chen'er and Dun Ke. After the two girls came back from watching a play in Ningshou Palace, they swung the handkerchiefs around all day long. It was obvious that Wen Chen wanted to make her sister happy. , my sister can do whatever she wants to do with her. The child is so kind and considerate, how could the mother-in-law not support her and promise to embroider silk handkerchiefs for them? They have come to ask several times.
It's a pity that Lan Qi's female celebrities can only cope with it, and they don't have the uncanny skills of Liang Concubine. Liang Concubine has been thinking about these things in her spare time for so many years. She is more diligent than when she was a teenager, while Lan Qi is busy In her rare free time, she was more willing to read chess records and story books, and occasionally poke a few needles. At this moment, Lan Qi looked at a few stiff willow branches in her hand, frowned and hesitated for a moment, but then she continued to embroider, Xuan Ye sat down Seeing her like this at the table, he couldn't help but smile warmly, and then continued to look at his folding notes, and they were at peace with each other.
The emperor stayed there for most of the day. In the evening, he finally finished dealing with the couple that Eunuch Liang had moved. Although the zhezi were coming from all over the country and never stopped, the emperor could tell by just counting the zhezi without having to visit every inch of the land. The territory of the country is so vast.
At this moment, Lan Qi happened to bring tea. Seeing that he stood up, she asked: "Fortunately, we have a rest. It will be time to light candles in a while, and I will come to urge you. If you go back and light a room full of candles, Yonghe will be the one to do the Qing Dynasty." From the palace?"
Xuan Ye said angrily: "The imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty even has to count the candles and light them?"
Lan Qi smiled and waited for him to finish his tea and took it over, and said seriously: "Mountains of gold and silver are earned from little by little."
She turned to leave, and Xuan Ye followed him out. He was about to say that he wanted her to accompany him for a walk to wake up, but he heard Lan Qi's instructions: "Brothers are coming back, are the snacks ready?"
The maid below said awkwardly: "My Lady, why have you forgotten again?"
Lan Qi was startled, her face turned red. Day after day, how long would it take for her to change her habits? Occasionally, they would worry about whether she had a mental problem. She didn't know that Xuan Ye was following behind her and went straight to her daughter's house. When she went in, Xuan Ye stood under the door and looked at her, but Lu Zhu quietly avoided the master and came over, saying softly: "Long live Lord, it's great that you are here today."
"What's wrong?"
"Brother Thirty-Fourth said he was here for lunch today, but the queen asked her servants to prepare a table full of dishes. As a result, the princesses were all starved and disappeared. It was then that she sent someone to tell them that they couldn't come. Lu Zhu's face was filled with distress, "My Majesty always forgets. When the time comes, she will ask her slaves to prepare snacks for my brother. Every time this happens, I will be sad for a while, but she won't let her slaves tell you."
Xuan Ye always knew that Lan Qi was reluctant to let the children move away, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. He also heard Lu Zhu say: "Today, the queen took a nap because she was unhappy. She doesn't take a nap much on weekdays, for fear that she would not be able to sleep at night."
Xuan Ye frowned and nodded, and called Eunuch Liang to ask Brother Thirty-four what he was doing today. When he heard that he was riding a horse, he couldn't help but said angrily: "That's half serious and half fun. It's just a weekday. I agree.
Why don't you come?"
Thinking back to Lan Qi's joy when he came in, if as Lu Zhu said, she only took a nap when she was unhappy, then his sudden arrival would have surprised her and inadvertently soothed her heart that was hurt by the children.
Only then did she feel slightly comforted. And she had just forgotten that her sons would no longer go to Yonghe Palace after school. She was embarrassed and ran to her daughter's room without saying anything. She must be afraid that she would see an unpleasant look on her face, so
It made Xuan Ye feel very distressed.
He turned around and sat waiting, and sure enough, it took him a while to see Lan Qi come back, pretending that she thought the emperor wanted to read the book, to explain her sudden departure. Xuan Ye had clearly heard her talk about lighting candles just now, so she knew
He had rested, but he didn't even remember what he had just said. Xuan Ye was heartbroken, holding her hand and saying, "Let's go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to watch the sunset. You haven't seen it yet, right?"
Lan Qi looked at him blankly and said with a smile: "Why do you think of this?"
Xuan Ye said nothing and loudly ordered people to prepare the sedan. Then he and Lan Qi walked in tandem, wandered around the Baohe Hall of Qianqing Palace, and got off the sedan. Lan Qi kept mumbling all the way: "What's there to see at sunset? The sunset
Aren’t they all like that?”
But Xuan Ye took her hand and climbed up to the Hall of Supreme Harmony step by step, looked at the time on the sundial, and asked her to wait inside. He looked outside for a long time, and soon ran in excitedly and pulled Lan Qi away.
When we reached the top of the red wall, the setting sun slanted down, and the world was filled with golden sand. The white marble base also shone brightly, and the backlight of the beams cast long black shadows, making the golden sunset spreading on the floor tiles even more dazzling.
Lan Qi walked out step by step, passing by a pillar. Golden light and black shadows alternated on her face. Then she looked directly at the yellow-orange sun that was about to set in the west. For a moment, she squinted and couldn't open her eyes, but her hands were warmed by someone.
He pinched it, turned his head and Xuan Ye looked at him tenderly and said, "I will spend more time with you. When we didn't have children, you were fine. If you leave them, you will go back to the past, right?"
"How do you say... I don't care about these words." Lan Qi turned away insincerely, and the voice next to her said nonchalantly, "If you don't want to mention it, just stop talking."
The golden soft light diluted the traces of age on Lan Qi's face, and also erased the vicissitudes of life on Xuan Ye's face. The two of them stood in the sunset, covered with golden light. It really seemed like they had returned to their original years. It took a long time for her to ask Xuan Ye
Ye: "What will I do when I get too old and can't walk anymore? I want to watch the sunset but can't climb up to the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"
Xuan Ye hummed, his smile melted in the warm sunshine, and he said slowly: "If you are still lovable, I will carry you up on my back."
Lan Qi shook his arm: "Then it's settled."
The two left the Hall of Supreme Harmony before the sunset, and it was already dark when they returned to the Palace of Yonghe. Xuan Ye originally thought that Lan Qi would be happy, but the look in her eyes was always gloomy. When serving dinner, she was alone with her two daughters.
Smile sincerely when you speak.
The emperor wanted to approve the papers at night, and Lan Qi was sitting under the lamp embroidering silk handkerchiefs for the girls. Xuan Ye glanced at her from time to time, and somehow couldn't bear the distress, so he simply put down what he was doing and walked towards her. Lan Qi heard the movement
He raised his head and asked, "Are you going to take a break? Are you really not leaving tonight?"
"I'm not leaving, don't keep chasing people away." Xuan Ye was impatient, pointed at the embroidered bandage in her hand and laughed, "It's so ugly, girls are willing to use it? I told you earlier that embroidery always damages your eyes.
I don’t want you to do these things.”
"But they..." Just as Lan Qi was about to explain, Xuan Ye snatched the thing from her hand. Seeing that she was being lifted up horizontally, she couldn't help but beat his chest lightly, "Stop making a fuss and let me down."
, be careful with your flashing waist."
Xuan Ye hugged her to the bed and said unhappily: "You are so thin that you are so old when I hold you."
The person in his arms immediately nestled into the bed. Xuan Ye stepped on the bed and straddled her body to restrain her. Lan Qi couldn't move and kept saying: "Stop making trouble, can we still talk to each other?"
Xuan Ye said, "If you open your mouth, avoid it. Only in this way can you speak well."
He was condescending, and his hot breath fell on Lan Qi's face. It was strange that he could speak so highly. She couldn't help turning her face away from him, but Xuan Ye asked: "Why are you reluctant to let your sons move away? What two people did you have today?"
You bastard, I made you sad again, didn’t you?"
Lan Qi's heart trembled, as if she wanted to bury her face in the mattress, but Xuan Ye gently pinched her chin and pulled her face away. His starry eyes were deep, reflecting her restless face, but the emperor was extremely patient.
, then asked: "Should you tell me or not? I'm waiting for you."
"That's a lie." The corners of Lan Qi's eyes were wet, and she was actually angry, "I didn't say it even though I said I didn't want to say it."
Xuan Ye did not give in at all and said: "But what about you, we are not saying that you have to make it clear when you are unhappy. I am here to accompany you and want you to be happy. It doesn't matter if you show your face, but I will feel bad if you are unhappy."
Lan Qi pursed her lips, as if she was afraid she would cry, but the person on her body gently leaned down and coaxed her with less anger: "Tell me, if not, let them move back again."
Lan Qi was stunned for a long time, and then said: "I am afraid that their minds have not yet matured, and they will be tempted elsewhere and will not develop good character."
Xuan Ye immediately returned what he just said to her: "That's a lie."
Lan Qi puffed her mouth angrily. She wanted to move but was restrained. She said anxiously, "I'm not a little girl anymore." But her momentum immediately weakened. When she turned her face away, tears flowed down unconsciously.
Ye wiped it warmly on his hand, feeling heartbroken, and finally let go of her and picked her up. Lan Qi curled up in his arms, as if her whole body was falling apart. The resentment in her heart gradually dissipated, and those words naturally flowed out of her.
Coming out of my heart.
"I always think that if my children are still young, I won't grow old, but they suddenly left me. I always think... I can't wait for you to come every day, I can always wait for my sons to come back." She struggled for a moment, "But
I am already a grandmother, and the children can run and call me, why would I still have such an idea? Isn’t it ridiculous?”
Xuan Ye lowered his head and kissed her deeply, his lips touching each other, almost making Lan Qi breathless. After Xuan Ye let go, she gasped slightly: "I'm always thinking about you, isn't it ridiculous?"