Huan Chun put down the curtain and saw that the mistress in the gauze curtain was dim and beautiful. He couldn't help but think of the time when she was sleeping with him when he was sick. Sure enough, with such a lovely person in front of him, how could the emperor not be moved? But soon he
Thinking about her body, he knelt down on the edge of the bed and asked, "Master, is there anything wrong with your body?"
Lan Qi shook her head, understanding what Huan Chun was saying. She lowered her head and stroked Ping Ping's belly and smiled: "Don't be anxious. I will be nervous if you are anxious. I don't think there will be a child. I should understand this kind of thing best, so I
I will not be disappointed, but I am worried that you will be disappointed, both the Queen Mother and Aunt Sumala."
"I don't dare to be disappointed, I just feel sorry for you." Huan Chun sighed softly, "If you have good days again in a few days, those gossips will definitely make irresponsible remarks again, and I don't know what unpleasant things will be said.
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"Does it mean that my efforts in seducing the emperor were in vain?" Lan Qi smiled.
Huan Chun frowned, held her knee through the gauze curtain and said, "You must have heard something, right? Master, please don't forget your thoughts. People who talk nonsense will get into trouble sooner or later."
But Lan Qi smiled leisurely, walked closer to her and said, "If you put it this way, I am not the one who wasted all your efforts. It was Lord Long Live who seduced me that night."
Huan Chun was stunned, and it took him a long time to laugh out loud, and said angrily: "Master and I are becoming more and more immoral. You said it with white teeth. You can't bully your slaves in the future, or you will complain to the emperor."
Lan Qi snorted and turned around, saying proudly: "He only gets angry when he annoys me. He doesn't care what you say. He's hot, so give me a fan." But it's nice outside the tent.
There was no movement for a long time, then she turned around and saw that Huan Chun had gone. Then she lay softly beside the bed and called, "Huan Chun, don't leave me..."
And after those few days, the emperor would come to visit Chengqian Palace every few days. Concubine Tong's momentum gradually increased again. A few days ago, she was rushing past whoever she met on the road. In the past few days, she had returned to her old temper. The harem
It is common for people to have ups and downs, but most people will restrain their former sharpness when they get up again, fearing that they will fall again soon. Only Concubine Tong is different. Everyone looks at her with cold eyes. Concubine Tong's posture is even worse than before.
Big.
In the blink of an eye, it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, Yukui and Jinhe went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to receive the regulations. When they came back, they gloated: "My slaves saw a few Angui people being punished to kneel on the palace road, and Zhang promised them that he usually likes to get together.
The few people who organized the master together were kneeling on the gravel road in the wind."
At that time, Lan Qi was helping Bu Chang Zai split the embroidery thread. Bu Chang Zai even let out a sound of surprise, but Lan Qi did not raise her head and deftly divided the embroidery thread into strands. Bu Chang Zai asked curiously: "
What to punish them for, and who punished them?"
"Who else in the palace can be so careless?" Yu Kui clicked her tongue, "I heard that it was about making clothes for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because Concubine Tong liked her new clothes, she went to the sewing room in person to give rewards to the maids and eunuchs.
Unexpectedly, they happened upon An Guiren leading a few Chang Zai to look for unhappy people, saying how their clothes were made like that. They started making a quarrel and beat up several palace maids, but they were all caught by Concubine Tong. Concubine Tong all together.
They led him out, and only let him kneel down when he was on the palace road where people were coming and going. He was told that he would have to kneel for two hours before he could get up, and only an hour had passed."
But Bu Changzai sighed at Yukui: "Why do you know so much about everything? Your mind works so fast." He also joked with Lan Qi, "Everyone around you is smart, but you are stupid and stupid.
fool."
Lan Qi smiled: "If you tell me I'm stupid, I won't work anymore. Duangui and Ronggui made new clothes for the princess. We are the only ones who don't have the new clothes made by my mother to wear during the festival." After that, she looked at Yu again.
Kui scolded, "You are asking about these useless things again. Huan Chun will definitely scold you when he comes back soon. Don't mention it later. She is getting angry these days."
But who would have known that Huan Chun went to Nala to deliver the things he promised, and talked about these things cheerfully, as if he had let out a breath of bad breath, and stood in front of the door with a smile: "Evil people will have their own troubles, where can the noble people be?"
Last time, I passed the sachet in front of the Empress Dowager, how can I not remember this grudge against Concubine Tong? Let her just taunt you when she meets you, and think that she is a big deal just because she is a noble person."
It turned out that it was not Yu Kui or Huan Chun who went to inquire about these things. The news had already spread in the palace. Concubine Tong threw them on the crowded road so that the master and slaves could see them and punished them by kneeling. She must have deliberately let everyone know.
There has always been a distinction between superiority and inferiority in the harem. If a concubine always punishes a noble, the superiors will not care about it. What's more, An Gui's character is so good that everyone thinks it is normal for her to be punished.
Everyone said a few words and then put it down, because the Empress Dowager had ordered the princesses' wives to make new clothes for their children to wear for the festival, and the cloth was inconvenient for the past few days.
It was clean, so I had to wait a few days before starting to prepare, but the Mid-Autumn Festival was right in front of me, so I started to rush. Lan Qi only helped with the finishing touches. Every stitch and thread on the clothes was Bu Changzai's hard work.
The two of them were busy when a guest came outside. They laughed before they arrived. They knew it was Yigui before they saw it. Huanchun opened the curtain and welcomed Yigui in. Everyone hurriedly put down their work.
She saluted, but was supported by Yi Gui and said: "If we are like this, I will never come again." After saying that, she sat down on the kang and saw the cloth and embroidery thread on the kang table. She did not reach out to touch it, but just asked, "
Are you making clothes for Duanjing? You are too late, Huigui and Ronggui have already made them."
Bu Changzai also sat down with a smile, as if he was afraid that Yigui might touch her, so he moved over to continue sewing. He said with a smile, "Don't worry if it's a little later, I'll be fine as long as I, the concubine, get what I want."
Lan Qi served tea to Yigui, who asked her to sit down and talk. After drinking the tea, she sighed: "Princess Gongci brought her children to play in the palace, and she is talking in Yikun Palace. They don't want to see me either."
, I feel uncomfortable being bored in the house, so I came to see you."
Bu Changzai responded: "It seems that the eldest princess and Concubine Zhao are very close."
Yi Guiren picked another pickled plum from the food box that Huan Chun brought and put it in her mouth. It was so sour that she frowned, but she liked eating it very much. She said at the same time: "I heard from people in the palace that before the eldest princess got married,
We are close to Concubine Zhao, and now they often go to the Queen Mother's place, so of course they are closer."
For no reason, Lan Qi recalled the words of the little palace maid in the tea room that night, saying that the eldest princess Gongci was an unlucky person, but the silence of the Aobai clan was their own fault. What does it have to do with the eldest princess? All the children she gave birth to were healthy.
, my husband now mentions the prince's young master, obviously he looks like a prosperous husband, it can be seen that people have two layers of skin, in this world, words and books are forbidden, only people's words cannot be controlled.
And soon the Yigui people talked about An Guiren and the others who were forced to kneel on the palace road. Speaking of the people in the sewing room, the Yigui people said: "Sister Hui took a palace maid from the sewing room and came to Yikun Palace that day.
I was also there when I reported it to Concubine Zhao. She said that she and the ladies around her were clumsy and couldn't make clothes, so they had their eyes on a little girl in the sewing room, and asked the concubine to assign the girl to her."
Bu Changzai said softly: "Why don't Huigui do it for the eldest brother?"
"I should also help, but I heard that the little palace maid is very capable. Later, even Rong Guiren and Duan Guiren asked her to come and help." Yi Guiren said and couldn't help but sigh softly, "I really envy you, I don't know.
When will I be blessed again?" He pointed at Lan Qi and said, "Why are you so unlucky? There was no movement after the last time I went to bed."
Lan Qi only smiled: "No one who is not blessed will come to the Long Live Lord. You and Sister Bu are both blessed, and so is my concubine."
Yi Guiren liked it very much, and finally laughed again, and asked Huan Chun to give her another plum, and said cheerfully: "Your place is still the best."
Let's say that in the Yikun Palace at this moment, the eldest princess Gongci was holding her little daughter to sleep, and the empress Zhao led her eldest son to teach him how to write. The little guy learned very quickly, but he couldn't sit still at his young age, so it didn't take long.
He begged to go out to play and let Dongyun and the nannies take her away. He took the little girl from the arms of the eldest princess and coaxed her. Watching the little girl gradually fall asleep peacefully, he couldn't help but sigh: "I'm just not lucky."
The eldest princess also said: "It's a pity that I am not a prince, otherwise it would be better to raise the child under your knees to relieve boredom."
Concubine Zhao smiled bitterly: "Look at Chunxi, he is raised by a little nobleman. The emperor is really praising you. Your child is doing well. Don't send him here to suffer this injustice."
To say that the eldest princess Gongci's mother-in-law was not even a noble person until her death, she knew that Concubine Zhao did not despise her, otherwise she would not be able to get close to her. For the sake of herself, her husband's family and their children, the eldest princess must not
No longer suffering the grievances of the past, I hope that I can get along well with one or two concubines, so that if anything happens in the future, I can say a few words, but now the concubine Zhao in the palace respects me, and I have had feelings for him before.
, naturally walked diligently towards Yikun Palace.
"There are so many elder brothers and princesses in the palace, why don't you ask the emperor to let you adopt a few?" the eldest princess asked, "Even a noble man can ask for a princess."
"I don't care." Concubine Zhao smiled coldly, "I used to want to raise my elder brother, but the Empress Dowager wouldn't let go, so I looked down on her. Anyway, my sister will enter the palace next year, so it doesn't necessarily mean that I won't have children. She
I don’t want to have children either. Now I don’t fight with those young ones, but when my sister comes, I will definitely fight for her. When she has a child, our fellow sisters will be my children, so we can raise me in this way.
Only when you are happy can you really like it.”
The eldest princess nodded: "If you think so, I feel relieved."
Just as he was talking, Dongyun came in holding a Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the ministers outside. These things had not stopped in the past few days, and there were so many that Concubine Zhao didn't care to see them. Today, when the eldest princess came, she knew that their family was far from what it used to be.
, and even though she is a princess, everything is limited, so she asked Dongyun to pick out a lot of things, just to give them to a few children to play with, and the eldest princess was naturally grateful.
At this moment, Dongyun said, "There's something exciting happening outside. Do you want to hear about it, please?"
The eldest princess asked with a smile: "The one who can make Dongyun laugh, shouldn't it be the one from Chengqian Palace?"
"Isn't that true?" Dongyun hurriedly told the story about An Guiren. The eldest princess sighed for a few words, then calmed down and said to Concubine Zhao, "The emperor has been very close to An Guifei in recent days. I don't know that the emperor likes this little girl."
Cousin, I have seen so many people from the royal family, and this is the first time I have seen such arrogant and arrogant people." He said angrily, "Although I am not good now, I am still the daughter of the late emperor and a serious princess.
That day when I was greeting you in the Queen Mother's Palace, did you see her attitude? Did she treat herself as a queen?"
The word "Queen" pierced Concubine Zhao's heart. Next year's general election may lead to a large number of conferrals. However, the date of the general election has been set after autumn, and the canonization must be at that time. But now is the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year. What will happen in the next year?
No one can guess what will happen. She has been looking forward to it year after year. Even if Concubine Tong is looking forward to a boy and a girl, thinking of this, her heart is tight, and she suddenly said to the eldest princess: "Gong Cie,
Can you help me..."
Before Concubine Zhao finished speaking, she heard the sound of many people coming outside. A young palace maid rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, come out quickly. Eunuch Li is here to announce the decree."
"Declaration?"
Over here, Yi Guiren is playing shuttlecock with several maids in the Zhongcui Palace. She just likes the peaceful and joyful atmosphere here. The master and the slaves are like sisters. They are not as well-behaved as the Yikun Palace. They are having a good time. Taohong
He hurriedly came to her and said, "Master, please go back quickly. The emperor has just issued a decree to make Concubine Zhao a noble concubine."
Inside, Lan Qi and Bu Changzai heard this and hurriedly put down the things in their hands and came out. They heard Tao Hong tell her about the decree that Eunuch Li had just sent, that Concubine Zhao be made a noble concubine and the canonization ceremony would be held on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"I'm going back first. You guys should change your clothes. You must go over to salute and congratulate me." Yi Guiren left in a hurry. Lan Qi and Bu Chang didn't dare to delay. They put on their clothes seriously and waited for the movement outside, waiting for Concubine Zhao to leave.
When Cining Palace returned, they wanted to go over and salute, but Jinhe, who went out to inquire about the news not long after, came back and said: "Chengqian Palace just invited the imperial doctor."
Lan Qi didn't think anything, but Bu Changzai said: "It can't be true."
When the two of them came to Yikun Palace to congratulate Concubine Zhao, Concubine Zhao was asking Dongyun Sect to give rewards to the sisters, but someone from Chengqian Palace came to report: "The imperial doctor diagnosed that Concubine Tong is pregnant, and she is already pregnant."
I report to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. The Empress Dowager has issued a gracious decree to exempt Concubine Tong from all etiquette and rules, and to focus on health care and childbirth."
All the concubines were sighing. Now Yikun Palace finally surpassed Chengqian Palace, but they are not a fuel-efficient lamp. Once the emperor regained his favor, there was good news, but everyone was relieved at the same time. She just
People who have had a miscarriage must not dare to be careless this time. At least for the next year and a half, Concubine Tong will not go out to show off.
"Today is a double blessing. Concubine Tong's pregnancy is very important right now, why don't we go see her?" Concubine Zhao said these words with a smile, as if she didn't want Concubine Tong to miss congratulating her, even if she doesn't have to kneel down to salute now.
He also wanted to hear her call her "noble concubine" personally, so that she could understand that she was inferior to others.
Of course, the others did not dare to disobey the imperial concubine, and followed the imperial concubine's soft sedan all the way. The gate of Chengqian Palace was open, as if they knew they were coming, but Concubine Tong was not in front of the door, let alone the main hall, and was lying on the couch.
When the imperial concubine came in, she showed no intention of getting up and said lazily like a joke: "I want my sister to come see me. I should go and pay your respects."
A palace maid respectfully brought a stool for the imperial concubine to sit down. She sat firmly in front of the couch, watching the others salute Concubine Tong, and smiled majestically: "My sister is the most blessed. We are all here to be happy. You can
Take good care of yourself and I will give birth to a little brother for the emperor this time."
Concubine Tong squinted her eyes and smiled: "How dare my sister be more blessed than my elder sister?" She squeaked again and said with a smile, "I should be slapping you, how dare you be equal to your elder sister now? I am so young."
If you are ignorant, please bear with me, the noble concubine."
Lan Qi and Bu Chang were standing at the back of the crowd. There were so many people coming and they were crowded in. They couldn't see the scene in front of them at all, but they heard these words and looked at each other with tears in their eyes.
There was a look of helplessness, and they were not the only ones. Hui Gui and Duan Gui, who were nearby, also understood in their hearts that Yi Kun Palace had finally overtaken Cheng Qian Palace, and Cheng Qian Palace was really going to confront her.
After everyone came out, they dispersed directly at the gate of Chengqian Palace. Lan Qi and Bu Chang lived closest, and walking back was the palace. On the way, they saw An Guiren limping over. Xu just knelt down after being punished and hurried
He was about to come to congratulate Concubine Tong. When he saw them, he asked why they were leaving. Hearing that Concubine Zhao had gone back to Yikun Palace, he was so angry that he stretched out his hand to beat the maid next to him: "Tell you to wait for a while. You want me to come here, of course."
First of all, I would like to pay my respects to the noble concubine."
He cursed and walked away again. Lan Qi and Bu Chang looked on and couldn't laugh or cry. When they went back, Bu Chang sighed and said: "An Gui's temper never changes. The emperor still met her occasionally last year. I heard that in the past two years
I haven't seen her once in a year. I'm not qualified to speak against others, but I have you and Duanjing, what does she have? If she keeps going like this, this time she will just kneel down as a punishment, but I don't know what will happen next time.
"
"But she still enjoys it." Even Lan Qi couldn't help but say this, but thinking about this palace, people like An Guiren, who are always messing around with their feet high and low, can still be remembered, even if they remember her
The bad thing is that those who are peaceful and peaceful will be forgotten. I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not always see who is being bullied, but it has been silent for too long, so long that people don’t even remember it.
With such one or two people, no wonder people often say that children who cry are fed by milk. Although Angui is neither high nor low, she has never been bullied by anyone because of her noble status. Maybe she also has her own way to live in this world.
The doorway going down.
The excitement in the palace lasted until the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the three feudal lords were successfully suppressed. Countless amounts of silver were confiscated and recovered from the treasury. Life in the palace was much more comfortable than in previous years. This time, she was promoted to a noble concubine. Although the time was
Despite the haste, a decent canonization ceremony was finally organized during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
When Lan Qi saw the imperial concubine in Cining Palace, she was full of jewels and jewels, which was very different from her usual low-key and simple description. Moreover, everyone was saying that if they rush to confer the title of concubine this year, they would be able to confer the title of queen next year.
Whenever she mentions being enthroned in the middle palace, Lan Qi will think of Queen Hesheli and Xuan Ye's back in the heavy rain that day after her death. Although she has never seen the emperor look so sad again, she would rather the emperor be happy every day, but that scene
It's still in my mind and I can't get it out of my mind.
There was a thought in her mind that she dared not tell anyone. She always felt that Xuan Ye was unwilling to make anyone the queen, even if he once said something that seemed like a joke to her, which caused trouble and separated the two of them.
, but in her opinion, no one can replace Queen Hesheli's existence in the emperor's heart.
With these thoughts inexplicably hidden in her heart, Lan Qi's expression was always heavy. She didn't know what lively drama she watched at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, what delicious dishes she ate, and she was led back to Zhongcui Palace to change clothes and take a bath.
At that moment, he suddenly woke up and realized that the day had passed. Just as he was laughing at himself for being stupid again, Jin He hurriedly came in and said through the screen: "Master, please take a bath quickly. Manager Li sent someone to convey the order. Your Majesty will betray you tonight."
brand."
Lan Qi was surprised. The emperor turned over her brand? Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs stop her green-headed brand? After she was beaten last year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs removed Wu Changzai's brand. In these days, she might have bumped into the emperor occasionally.
, even when she was ordered to attend to a disease last time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs made her brand again, and she had no idea about it.
Huan Chun quickly pushed his master into the wooden bucket to take a bath, and whispered: "Although the imperial concubine is very happy today, it is a good time for the imperial concubine. I don't know whether the imperial concubine is lucky or not."
Since her master was beaten and left alone, Huan Chun changed her previous temperament and served Lan Qi steadily. Aunt Sumala asked her to take care of and protect her master. It was a bumpy journey here. Today is the first time for her to be with Lan Qi.
With a proud look on his face, he coaxed his master and said, "You are going to bed at midnight tonight. Master, please hold your head up and straighten your back before going out."
Lan Qi smiled horrifiedly: "Where is my turn to go out?"
Sure enough, Wu Changzai was wrapped in a quilt and sent to the dragon couch in Qianqing Palace just like he had been when he was sleeping in the first day, quietly waiting for the emperor's favor, but he was already Xuan Ye's.
She didn't know why she was so nervous tonight. When she heard the familiar footsteps, she sat up nervously.
The bright yellow curtain was opened, and Xuan Ye's drunken smile appeared in front of her eyes. Lan Qi was wrapped in a quilt and shrank back, but as soon as she saw Xuan Ye reaching out, she took the initiative to come over.
Holding the fragrant and soft person in his arms, Xuan Ye breathed into her ear with a faint smell of alcohol: "This little Chang Zai, are you willing to give birth to a little brother for me tonight?"
On the full moon night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a lot of love in the Qianqing Palace, but in the bedroom of Yikun Palace, Concubine Zhao was still wearing her heavy auspicious clothes. Dongyun came in and urged her twice. This time she came again, but Concubine Zhao asked:
"Wu Yashi has passed?"
"It's been half an hour."
"It's good that it's over." Concubine Zhao's expression was condensed, "At this time next year, we will change places to live. Dongyun, the emperor has promised me that he will canonize me as the queen in the Mid-Autumn Festival next year."
Dongyun was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to congratulate his master, but he heard his master say coldly: "But why do I always feel that my heart is still empty?"