The atmosphere in the main hall of Cining Palace was heavy. Lan Qi served tea and stood aside. The Empress Dowager looked solemn. Lan Qi looked at the old man silently, knowing that she had experienced countless storms with three generations of emperors in her life, and endured the pain of losing her child.
, who has firmly supported her young grandson to ascend the throne. Only she herself understands how hard and helpless she has been for more than ten years.
When the emperor wanted to withdraw from the vassal vassal, the Empress Dowager strongly opposed it, but her grandson's enthusiasm could not be overcome. More than three years passed in a flash, and after the most difficult period, victory was in sight. Naturally, any disturbance would be frightening.
Unconsciously, half an hour passed, and no one spoke in the palace. However, the Empress Dowager suddenly came to her senses, touched the tea in her hand, and said to Lan Qi: "It's cold. I want to drink Pu'er, which is stronger."
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On normal days, Lan Qi would have persuaded her to drink strong tea when it was late and unable to sleep at night, but in today's situation, she did not dare to go against the old man's wishes, so she went out alone and walked to the tea room by a familiar road. When she entered, she heard
The little palace maid inside was saying: "No wonder Princess Gongci is said to be an unlucky person. Look, you just came back today and something happened in the palace again. It's really unlucky."
Lan Qi coughed dryly, and several palace maids came over in a panic. She didn't want to reprimand anyone coldly, but just reminded: "Mommy doesn't like to hear these words, don't say them again in the future."
Several people agreed in succession and helped boil water and make tea. When Lan Qi was young, she came out with the Pu'er that the Empress Dowager requested. There were claps outside getting closer and closer. Her heart tightened and she knew it was the emperor's arrival, so she stopped involuntarily.
Not long after, he saw the young emperor coming in like a gust of wind, but he suddenly saw Lan Qi standing in the corridor. He stopped for a moment and gave her a reassuring smile before running towards the main hall again.
Seeing this smile, Lan Qi's tense face suddenly bloomed like a flower, and she quickly followed him a few steps away. She saw the emperor kneeling in front of the Empress Dowager, and said happily: "Emperor Grandmother, Geng Jingzhong has surrendered."
The Empress Dowager took a long breath of relief. Lan Qi saw that there seemed to be tears in the corners of the old man's eyes, and she personally helped her grandson up. The grandson and grandson went to the Buddhist hall to offer incense. Lan Qi followed her grandma and waited outside the door.
Grandma looked back and saw her smiling so happily. She gently shook Lan Qi's hand and said, "We Wu Changzai are lucky people."
Lan Qi smiled so hard that her eyebrows arched, and the joy in her heart was indescribable. She really wanted to remember Xuan Ye's smile just now for the rest of her life. That high-spirited and heroic posture was dazzling even in the dark night. How can Wu Ya Lan Qi be so good? What can she do in this life?
Winning the emperor to smile so brightly at her.
The originally heavy atmosphere of Cining Palace finally became lively again. When the Empress Dowager heard that her grandson didn't eat dinner, she immediately asked Chuan Shan to let him take a bite before putting it back. Lan Qi was waiting on the side, but she couldn't help it.
She would look at Xuan Ye's smiling face, and Xuan Ye was in such a good mood, so he would naturally look at her and talk to her from time to time. Aunt Sumala saw this, supported her master and joked: "Slave's eyes will follow after a while.
The emperor flew to where Wuchang was, and soon followed Wuchang and stayed with the emperor, so tired that he felt dizzy."
Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager actually co-authored this and said: "You said you were stupid and you still refused to admit it. I just saw them looking back and forth without even looking at them, so as not to get dizzy following them."
Lan Qi hurriedly came to the side of the Empress Dowager, her face was charming and cute, and the old man felt so distressed that he pushed her to Xuan Ye: "After you have eaten, just take her away. Now think about it, you came here to report it in person,
Who knows whether to tell it to me or to my sweetheart."
Xuan Ye just smiled cheerfully, and then said he was done eating, and then bowed to his grandmother and said goodbye. Lan Qi had a sense of propriety and didn't really follow her. In the end, grandma pushed her out and said: "I was scared just now, hurry up.
Disperse with the Emperor."
Outside the palace gate, Lan Qi walked out slowly, and she saw Xuan Ye waiting there. The young emperor was full of energy, stretched out his hand towards him, and suddenly the ruby hairpin appeared on his fingertips, and asked: "Wu Changzai may not be able to accompany me today."
Did you take a walk?"
Lan Qi stretched out her hand to get the hairpin, but the emperor suddenly took it back, frowning and said: "You want it now? After a while, I took the things and refused to accompany you. I don't want to do a loss-making business."
"Then if I take a walk with you and you don't give me any more, who will make the decision on my loss-making business?" Lan Qi said with a smile, but she had already walked over and was held by Xuan Ye when she reached her.
With one hand, he put the hairpin on her bun with the other hand. He stopped to look around, frowned and said, "I am ugly, and I don't look good in anything I wear. I even dislike the ugly jewelry I gave her."
Lan Qi pouted and touched the hairpin on the back of her head, muttering: "No matter how ugly you are, you don't have to be afraid. Anyway, the emperor doesn't mind me. I am so ugly that I can live up to my name."
Xuan Ye laughed, pinched her face slightly, and then held hands and walked into the night. On the way, he was still talking excitedly about government affairs. Lan Qi couldn't understand it anyway, so she just listened to the book.
Halfway through, Xuan Ye suddenly remembered and said, "I am counting the days and preparing to hold a sutra banquet in October to lecture on "Zi Zheng Tong Jian". Do you want to come and listen to it then?"
Lan Qi waved her hand and said: "Your Majesty made fun of me again. How could I take my concubine with me for such a serious matter? I also read a lot of books about my concubine, but I couldn't understand what I was talking about after reading them several times. There are so many books
I can’t even recognize all the words in it, but the idle books are the most interesting. I’ve remembered them in my mind after reading them over and over again.”
She was talking excitedly, but she saw that the emperor's brows were getting tighter and tighter, and she felt a little timid, but she still said softly: "Besides, I am always waiting in front of the Empress Dowager, and I haven't had time to read or write for a long time."
Xuan Ye slapped her hard on the forehead, causing her to frown in pain. She even held her hand to prevent her from rubbing it, and said fiercely: "Don't waste it. You think you don't understand what those books say, but those principles are natural."
It will run into your head and you will finally learn to read and write. If it goes to waste again, how can you compensate for all the hard work I put into teaching you?"
Lan Qi broke away and rubbed her forehead, puffing out her cheeks and saying nothing. Xuan Ye felt distressed and reached out to touch: "Does it hurt? Who told you not to study hard?" But she laughed again and said, "That day,
You are just serving my tea in the back hall. Of course I won't let you go to the front. You can also hear what is being said in the back hall. Listen to my ministers, they are all very knowledgeable people."
"I will remember this, your Majesty. Please don't forget it when the time comes." Lan Qi finally agreed. Although she still felt it was inappropriate, it was the Emperor's invitation after all. If others were not convinced, they would just gossip and it would not hinder anything.
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But that night, when Xuan Ye and Lan Qi walked slowly to Zhongcui Palace, Lan Qi saw the Chengqian Palace with the lights out in front of her. She remembered seeing Concubine Tong during the day, and she didn't know why she felt like this.
Suddenly thinking about it, he actually asked Xuan Ye: "Won't your Majesty go and see Concubine Tong? Today is a good day."
Xuan Ye's eyes flickered slightly. He was wondering why Lan Qi guessed his thoughts. He wanted to take a walk with her tonight, but also wanted to go to Chengqian Palace. Naturally, he was not going for Concubine Tong, but for Concubine Tong.
Niu Hulu saw it. But he couldn't talk about these things. He couldn't even tell Lan Qi. He was originally worried that Lan Qi would be jealous, but this little girl wanted to push him over.
"If I stay with you well, aren't you afraid that I will be unhappy? Aren't you afraid that I will think you are hypocritical and unworthy of being a good person?" Xuan Ye frowned, deliberately showing her anger.
The person in front of him had an unconvinced face, as if he wanted to be angry or not, and said seriously, "Your Majesty cannot spend the night in Zhongcui Palace, and I will not keep you here, but Concubine Tong, I saw that she is thin today.
I’ve learned a lot, I’m not being hypocritical, I just don’t want the emperor to have any quarrel with my grandfather’s family. This is also what the Empress Dowager taught me.”
Xuan Ye smiled happily: "I accept your suggestion. I will be there in a moment, but you go back first, and I will leave after you close the door. Don't see me walking into Concubine Tong's house like last time.
Go back and cry secretly."
"No way." Lan Qi snorted proudly, but the look in her eyes was that she couldn't bear to leave the person in front of her, but she knew best about the importance of trade-offs. She blessed Xuan Ye, turned around and left.
Seeing the door of Zhongcui Palace slowly closing, the smile on Xuan Ye's face still did not fade away. He ordered the young eunuch to quickly go to Chengqian Palace to report, and came to Concubine Tong in a good mood.
In the Chengqian Palace, Concubine Tong went to bed early. She went to bed early every day these days, because when she was lying in bed, she no longer had to look at the faces of the people in the palace. As long as she thought of the countless informants placed by the Empress Dowager here, she
She felt uncomfortable all over. Although she didn't know when such days would end, Amma sent a message and asked her to be patient.
I went to bed early tonight as usual, but before I went to bed, I heard that the emperor summoned the ministers, and I was also thinking about what would happen. At this moment, I was thinking wildly, and the palace maid suddenly ran in and said: "Your Majesty, get up quickly, the emperor is here."
After Yi Guiren had a miscarriage, although Xuan Ye never treated Chengqian Palace badly and sent people to greet her more often, he never came in person. Concubine Tong herself didn't expect it, but she suddenly came tonight and told the court before
Concubine Tong felt very uneasy because of something big happening.
But it was a good meeting, and the emperor was very happy to tell her about Geng Jingzhong's surrender. While Concubine Tong was happy for him, she was thinking about it in her heart, and finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I did not harm Mr. Yi's miscarriage.
, do you believe it?”
Xuan Ye said calmly: "Xin, you have a bad temper, but you won't kill anyone with poison, I know that."
Hearing this, Concubine Tong burst into tears. All kinds of grievances came to her heart, and soon she burst into tears. Xuan Ye didn't take it seriously and just said: "Don't cry, today is my happiest day."
Concubine Tong hurriedly wiped away her tears, sniffed and tried to laugh. Xuan Ye said he wanted to hear her play the guqin, so he called the palace maid Zhang Luo. They sat opposite each other. Concubine Tong's slender fingers traced the strings, and the melodious and elegant sound of the piano came.
Floating into the night.
Lan Qi was about to lie down when she heard the sound of the piano. Huanchun smoked the mosquito net and asked: "Master, why aren't you sad tonight? The emperor went to Chengqian Palace after leaving us. Xiangyue said that the emperor would send you there."
It’s the door.”
Lan Qi admired the melodious music of the guqin and wanted to learn it herself. When she heard Huan Chun ask her, her quiet and gentle eyes revealed a hint of wisdom, "There has never been only Zhongcui Palace in the Forbidden City."