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Hearing these words made Hui Gui's heart tremble. After all, she was the matron of a family who was born in the royal family. She had been running a large family for decades. Mrs. Mingzhu's skill was definitely not comparable to Hui Gui's. She thought about it carefully and finally said: "Sister-in-law."
Let me think about it again, not to mention that the Emperor likes her, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are inseparable from her now. If the higher-ups start to care about her, we are throwing eggs against stones."
Although Mrs. Mingzhu was disdainful, she could not overcome Hui Guiren's thoughts. Even though Hui Guiren was confused by this incident, she still retained some sense and remembered what the Empress Dowager had entrusted to her. She was about to die this year.
If she gets a concubine in the Dafeng election, her eldest brother will be able to keep her by her side.
After that, Mrs. Mingzhu was sent to leave the palace. Hui Guiren followed her all the way until she reached the point where she could go no further before turning back. On the way, she saw Concubine Tong sitting on a carriage and going nowhere. The little eunuch beside her ran forward to check it out.
He hurriedly came back and said: "Master, where should I go to my brother's place?"
Hui Guiren frowned deeply and clenched his fists under his sleeves, "What kind of monster is she?"
Because he could not go to his elder brother's house without authorization, Hui Guiren did not dare to follow Concubine Tong, so he pretended to be walking and wandered around. He waited for more than half an hour before seeing Concubine Tong come out. From a distance, she could see her satisfied smile.
The noble man was trembling in his heart, and waited until she was far away before sending the eunuch to inquire.
I walked back slowly. Not long after, the little eunuch sent came back and said: "The people there said that Hui Gui went to see Rong Gui's two elder brothers. The older one played with him for a while, and the younger one held him in his arms.
I played in my arms for a while and talked to some princesses. Our eldest brother is taking a nap and hasn’t woken up yet. It’s none of our business.”
Hui Guiren held her heart and sighed, "Amitabha, it's our blessing that she doesn't care about us."
On this side, the news of Concubine Tong's visit to her brother's children soon reached Mr. Rong Gui. Because it was said that the emperor had agreed, Mr. Rong Gui had nothing to say, so Mr. Duan sat beside him and let the nanny take away Chun Gui.
After the wedding, she said softly: "Are you afraid that she will miss your child?"
Not long after giving birth, Rong Gui looked very unhappy. She leaned softly on the big pillow and said worriedly: "I once said that she would have to wait for a year and a half before she was worried about having an heir. After all, she was still young and could not adopt him in time."
She gave birth well, but she couldn't keep the pregnancy again and again, and most of the imperial doctors told her the truth. If she was destined to have nothing like Concubine Zhao, she would of course miss other people's children, but... I gave birth to the child.
There are too many, and you can’t raise them yourself.”
She burst into tears every time she spoke, and watched her children being taken away as soon as they landed. No matter how many children Rong Gui gave birth to, she still had no sense of reality as a mother, and she had to worry about others caring about her. Now that the emperor had promised Concubine Tong to see the child, he pointed out that
Maybe she agreed that she could pick the one she liked and take it home to raise. The eldest brother was already sensible, but he was afraid that he would not be able to raise her well enough, and he was not qualified to raise the crown prince Tong Fei. Nala agreed and it was too lowly. She only had two children of her own.
"Please be gentle. Concubine Zhao has not relented for so many years, and the emperor has not relented. How could she agree to Concubine Tong so easily?" Duan Guiren said it himself and found it boring. Now it was an obvious fact, and suddenly he remembered something.
Come and say softly, "I don't know what Hui Gui is thinking. On the way back from Nanyuan that day, I kept asking Yi Gui about Concubine Zhao. In the past few days, she has not been out of the house."
, If it were in the past, I should have come to see you long ago."
Rong Guiren looked at her with a serious look, "What can she do? She may not give her eldest brother to Concubine Zhao. Will she be willing to do so?" But she was the most thoughtful among the sisters, so she thought of something again and signaled to Duan Guiren.
He came closer and said, "Tell me everything that happened in those days, everything you can remember, even the smallest things."
Duan Guiren recalled bit by bit that when Wu Chang suddenly fell ill on the night when he was ordered to serve the emperor, Rong Guiren frowned and asked: "Yi Guiren said the next day that she saw someone leaving her tent?"
On this side, Lan Qi was writing quietly under the window. Xuan Ye gave her Jiangnan Xingong's ink. It was smooth and smooth, and it seemed that even the written words became more beautiful. She spent the whole afternoon thinking about it.
I had been here a few times without disturbing her, but now I was watching the sunset and the sky was getting darker and darker, so I lit a lamp and laughed at her: "My eyes are going to be damaged, so let the water flow slowly."
But Lan Qi pulled her sister to look at her handwriting and said proudly: "At first, the handwriting was ugly and the more I wrote, the more irritated I became. Now I feel that my handwriting is beautiful, and the more I write, the more I like it. No wonder the emperor always likes to write when he calms down."
, I must think that I can also write well."
"You have grown a lot." Bu Changzai looked at Lan Qi's words and asked with a smile, "Has the Emperor ever praised you?"
Sure enough, Lan Qi curled her lips and said, "He doesn't care about it. He always says that my writing is ugly. When these inks were delivered, the little eunuch told me not to waste them."
Bu Changzai deliberately said sourly: "Look at how proud you are, a person like me can't even be loved by the emperor." Lan Qi didn't dare to be too frivolous, blaming herself for ignoring Bu Changzai's mood, but
She was just joking, and then asked her, "You're not sick, why are you hiding in Zhongcui Palace and not going out, but what's the matter?"
"I feel tired and just want to rest for a while. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have agreed to allow me to be lazy with my sister at home." Lan Qi was in a good mood and took Bu Changzai to sit on the kang with an expression on her face.
She said proudly, "Sister, I will thank you very much tomorrow."
"Thank you for what?" Bu Changzai sat on his knees by the table, arranging the papers spread out on the table. He smiled and read every word she wrote. He didn't pay much attention to the proud look on her face, but Lan Qi heard
He said, "The little eunuch who brought me the ink said that the emperor will ask someone from my elder brother's house to send Duan Jing here tomorrow, and he will stay there until my elder brother is one month old and then go back."
Bu Changzai was stunned when he heard this, his eyes were shining brightly, and he was so happy that he suddenly threw himself on Lan Qi and kissed her hard, causing everyone to scream and the two sisters laughed and hugged each other.
Chun Panxia came in and saw them, and scolded the two for scattering their things all over the floor, but Bu Changzai called to Panxia: "Go clean the house quickly, Duan Jing will be back tomorrow."
Lan Qi pulled her back and said, "There is no rush at this moment. Sister, please sit with me for a while."
Just as she was acting coquettishly, Yu Kui came back from outside. She had just gone to Tai Hospital to get Lan Qi's tonic. The master was not going out these days, so naturally he couldn't go to Cining Palace to take medicine, so Aunt Sumala asked Yu Kui and the others to take medicine by themselves.
She went to fetch them and cook them in the small kitchen. Yukui first brought a jar of candied red fruits that the people in the imperial hospital showed filial piety to their master, and said at the same time: "I heard that my elder brother was also announced as an imperial doctor. I don't know which little master it is."
not good."
After saying this, Bu Changzai immediately restrained his emotions, fearing that the imperial doctor was looking for Duan Jing. After that, no matter how much Lan Qi coaxed her, she couldn't relax. It wasn't until early the next morning that Duan Jing was finally brought to Zhong Cui's palace.
Only then did it become lively again.
Duanjing's temperament is getting more and more lively, and she is very different from her name. She is a very well-raised, chubby little princess in her brother's home. She wears many clothes and rolls around like a little cotton ball when she runs.
Go away, the sound of milky milk is so pleasant, Bu Chang felt his whole body go numb when he heard her calling her Niang.
At this time, they had lunch and were taking Duanjing to bask in the sun in the yard. After eating, the little girl became confused as soon as the sun warmed her. She fell asleep quickly in Bu Chang's arms. Lan Qi followed.
Come over and put the child on the bed together. Bu Changzai sat cross-legged at the end of the bed and said with satisfaction: "I guess the emperor sent Duanjing here because he was afraid that you would be lonely in the palace. With you by my side, I will enjoy it."
Endless blessing."
Lan Qi smiled and joked: "Sister, please treat me better. I will share the delicious food with you in the future."
How could the former master and servant have thought that they would be in the situation they are today? And Lan Qi still remembers that little promise to treat her well, and tormenting people like Aunt Wang. If the master hadn't protected her overtly and covertly, this palace would not be the same.
There may not be Wu Yalanqi here anymore.
At this moment, it seemed that the door curtain outside was lifted, and a cold wind rushed in. Bu Changzai got up and put down the bed curtains, and asked Lan Qi if she wanted to take a nap here. Huan Chun came in and whispered: "Brother, what happened yesterday?"
The late imperial physician is for Rong Guiren’s third elder brother, and I heard that he is in poor health again.”
"This child is always willing to get sick." Lan Qi couldn't help but feel sorry for the child. When she mentioned that Rong Gui was still in confinement, she felt pity that she couldn't take a look. Bu Chang was touching the sleeping Duan and sighed, "I am lucky.
If you also give birth to an elder brother, no matter how favored you are, I can't follow Zhan Guang to see you often. It's better to have a daughter."
Lan Qi remained silent, but another feeling of sadness arose in her heart. In more than ten years, Duanjing will get married. If she can still go to the palace to see her from time to time in the capital, if she marries far away, Bu Chang will be there in the future, but she doesn't know.
How. But who knows what the situation will be like in more than ten years, and I can’t help but laugh at myself for being sentimental.
In the afternoon, Duan Jing woke up and ran around the house again. Because she agreed to take her to see Sister Chunxi and asked about it, Duan Gui was staying at Rong Gui's house at the moment. Bu Changzai took her daughter here alone and said hello to Rong Gui.
, and secondly, the children were gathered together. The sisters were naturally very polite, and the children also had fun together. The adults were talking, and suddenly they heard two children standing next to them. Chunxi asked her sister crisply: "You've gone.
Why don't you go back to my brother's place after your mother's death?"
Duan Jing was still young, and although she could speak clearly, she still hadn't put much thought into it, and she couldn't understand what others said every time. Now she answered the questions in a coy voice, and said to herself: "Concubine Tong."
The empress asked us if we would like to go to Chengqian Palace with her. I have a wife, so I won’t go."
The expressions on the faces of several adults were stagnant, and Mr. Duangui blurted out: "Sure enough, she has had her thoughts set on her."
Seeing Bu Changzai's ugly face, Mr. Ronggui persuaded her with a smile: "It's so easy for her to have a child. How could she have the idea of a princess? Naturally, she has taken a fancy to a few younger brothers. After the summer draft, I and I
If Hui Gui is so lucky and gets promoted as a concubine, she will be able to ask for grace to raise a child on her own. Of course she will take the child away before summer. Just stay quiet, she won't miss it."
Bu Changzai was timid and did not dare to say anything. He only listened to Duan Guiren saying: "She is so ambitious. In terms of family background, it is natural that her eldest brother is better."
Rong Guiren's eyes were condensed, and he seemed to be saying to himself: "The eldest brother has already recognized his mother."
Before sunset, Bu Changzai led Duanjing back, hurried along as if she was afraid of meeting someone. When the little girl came back, her nanny Panxia took her to take a bath. Bu Changzai came over and pulled Lan Qi over and said, "Duanjing said it herself. Concubine Tong asked among their children which of them would be willing to live with her in Chengqian Palace. It was probably because the emperor had promised something. I saw Mr. Rong Gui’s eyes were straight and he was trying to persuade me, but I was confused about what to do. "
Lan Qi sighed: "The rules of our ancestors are like this. Mr. Rong Gui once said to me that we must not let the emperor break the rules for two of us. Otherwise, we will be guilty of great sins. But it is easy to say these words. Who can really meet me?" How can I bear it, just watching my own child call someone else my mother-in-law?"
Bu Changzai sighed: "It's better to have a daughter." Suddenly something stirred in his mind, and he frowned at Lan Qi, "The Empress Dowager is so looking forward to you giving birth to a little brother, but in the future you..."
Lan Qi smiled indifferently. Although she was also hesitant about the future, she had something to trust and only said: "No matter what happens in the future, I will listen to the emperor."
At this moment, in the Qianqing Palace, Concubine Zhao was reporting to the emperor about the summer expenses in the palace. She was careful and cautious year after year. Xuan Ye was not too lazy to listen, but trusted her very much. After talking about these things, He also brought it up and said: "I have already prepared it with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since it is my own ceremony for enthroning the queen, you should pay more attention and make it grand. Our Qing Dynasty will have a mother of the country again."
Concubine Zhao's whole body tensed up, hearing these words made her blood boil, but she quickly calmed down and thanked the emperor. When she was about to leave, she saw Eunuch Li coming to report that Prince Yu asked for an audience, and the concubine gave her a favor. When I came out, I saw Fuquan outside. They met each other. Fuquan smiled and said: "The imperial concubine's complexion is getting better and better, but there is a happy event coming soon."
Concubine Zhao smiled and said, "I'm just waiting for a congratulatory gift from the prince. It must be grand. Don't just send me away with the things you gave to the concubines in the mansion."
They had known each other for many years and did not shy away from each other. After a few jokes, Eunuch Li came to invite Prince Yu. Dongyun invited the master to get into the sedan chair. Concubine Zhao said that she had been in the pavilion for a long time and was so bored that she wanted to blow some air. She walked towards Yikun Palace, and on the way she saw several imperial doctors hurriedly heading towards the elder brother's place. Dongyun whispered in her ear: "The third elder brother is not very well."
"That child is the same. The last time I went to see her, she was sick. This time Concubine Tong was sick again. Is this a bad temper?" Concubine Zhao didn't care much. She was fully waiting for her sister to enter the palace and give her a son. , these children in my brother’s house have long been out of her sight.
Dongyun said again: "Which child do you think Concubine Tong will have?"
Concubine Zhao was disdainful: "That's her business. Remember, there can't be anything wrong with me before the ceremony. If she wants to cause trouble, she won't do anything about me. Don't throw dirty water on me again then." .”
"Concubine Tong can't cause any trouble now. The people around her are all sent by the Empress Dowager." Dongyun said with a smile, "Although the Empress Dowager is indifferent to her master, she still understands in her heart who is the best. It’s suitable to live in this Kunning Palace.”
While talking, the group was already near Kunning Palace. Concubine Zhao looked up at the majestic palace with a triumphant smile in her eyes: "Before, I was aggrieved and unwilling to pay the price for getting all this, but now I want to understand Now, since I have nothing in this palace, I can only hold on to the power in my hands. Since I cannot live for the emperor, I can live well for myself and my family."
But Dongyun felt inexplicably sad after hearing these words. He didn't dare to talk nonsense and just waited quietly for his master to return to the palace.
In the next two days, it is said that the third elder brother's condition became more stable, and the worries in the palace seemed to have subsided. However, the emperor was so busy with court affairs that he often only sent Eunuch Li when he went to Cining Palace to pay his respects, and had no time to visit his son.
Look at Rong Guiren, he simply doesn't even turn over his sign these days, and no one in the harem can wait on him, so everything is fine.
In the blink of an eye, at the end of February, the weather that was supposed to get warmer suddenly blew with strong winds for two days, making the entire Forbidden City black and cold. I didn't know what was important in the past. Ministers were rushing back and forth every day, eight hundred miles in total.
They were sent here and there in a hurry, which made people in the harem panic.
On this day, Mingzhu Mansion brought home-made fruit pastries to the palace. There was a note and a small baggage in the box. Hui Gui frowned after looking at it. Someone picked out the pastries and stored them in another box before delivering them in person.
Come to Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager had already been fed up with her, so she was sent back after a few perfunctory words. The noble lady wanted to leave, but Aunt Sumala said she was short of a needleworker and kept the palace maid who was with her.
This made her frightened, and she was restless after returning to the palace. She only waited for the child to come back and said that she was being kept by her grandma to do needlework without saying anything. Hui Gui breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately ordered: "I will be here from now on."
, you don’t have to follow me, you can’t go anywhere without my permission.”
But when she calmed down alone, the depression in her heart could not be dissipated. In her opinion, as long as this palace maid was dealt with, the world would be pure. However, there were people in Mingzhu Mansion who cared about her. Mrs. Mingzhu doted on her son and kept saying this.
The girl is a member of her maternal grandfather's family, so she must take more care of her. When she agreed, how could she have expected that what happened now would happen, and there was no use regretting it.
Although less than half a month has passed and there has been no movement in the palace about this matter, Huigui sees this girl every day, and thinks of these things every day when he sees her. How can she, a cautious person like her, hold so much in her heart?
It was a big thorn, but Mrs. Mingzhu came to urge her again, asking when she could send the person out, and she even sent that kind of thing in.
"If it weren't for my poor family, how could I be attached to you and who do you think I am?" Every time Hui Gui thought about it, she held her breath in her heart. She and Mingzhu are cousins. Today, the Mingzhu Mansion is at the top of the court.
However, her own family has become an ordinary person, and she is the only one who relies on this noble person to support her appearance in the palace.
Because Mingzhu wanted to get close to her, Hui Gui was also happy to have a big supporter outside the palace. Over the years, they had taken care of each other in big and small matters. But Mrs. Mingzhu, because of her royal birth, and because her husband's family was becoming more and more rude to her, she was always sent to do things.
Some trivial things caused such big trouble this time, and she was already deeply resentful.
At this moment, I was sulking in the palace, and suddenly someone came from Qianqing Palace. Eunuch Li sent a young eunuch to tell me that the emperor had talked about chicken shredded porridge several times during the day.
To eat, Hui Gui had to go to the trouble of having someone prepare it, so that if the emperor remembered it, there would be no need to rush.
Huigui hurriedly agreed and sent someone to reward the little eunuch. When he came back to change clothes and prepare to cook in person, he suddenly saw the square box on the desk, which contained the things that Madam Mingzhu asked her to secretly stuff into Zhongcui Palace. Her heart
Jumping wildly, I turned around and saw the child coming in with a basin in my hands. I suddenly became angry and my heart skipped a beat. I decided it would be tonight to see if I could succeed. Then I took a pack of things from the box while no one was in the room.
Tucked into sleeves.
The porridge was cooked in the night, and while waiting for news from the Qianqing Palace, Huigui took out the clothes he had worn in the past years on a whim. He said that he could no longer use them because he was too wide, so he cut them out and gave them to the palace maids to make jackets and jackets, and rewarded them. They were given a few hairpins and beads, and they were all dressed up beautifully as if they were playing with each other.
While they were joking, someone came from Qianqing Palace. After all, Eunuch Li had been by his side for more than ten years. Sure enough, he guessed what the emperor wanted to eat tonight. Hui Gui had clearly ordered not to let the palace maid follow him out, but tonight he Let her go with him while holding the porridge.
When the group arrived at Qianqing Palace, a wave of officials happened to have dispersed. The court has been very busy recently, and ministers came to discuss matters so late. It was such a coincidence that Rong Ruo also came out of the palace. When they met suddenly, he didn't have time to salute. I have seen the person behind Hui Gui.
"What are you looking at?" Hui Guiren's eyes were full of meaning. He was so frightened that Rongruo immediately bowed his head and stood aside. Hui Guiren led the palace maid, and the eunuch who tasted the food came to check the chicken shredded porridge in the bowl. If there was nothing unusual, he invited Hui Guiren went in. She looked back at Nalan Rongruo in front of the door, stretched out her hand and pulled the maid beside her, "Go in."
In the Nuan Pavilion, Xuan Ye was still at his desk reviewing memorials. The fatigue of several days was accumulated in his body. Suddenly he smelled the aroma of chicken porridge and relaxed. When he saw Mr. Hui Gui coming in gently, he also smiled and said: "You are here in the middle of the night. "
Hui Gui said: "This is what I should do." After saying that, he asked the emperor to sit down on the Kang, served Xuan Ye with porridge, and he expertly cleaned up the pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table for him. Hearing Xuan Ye call her, she smiled and came to him, but the emperor pulled him close to her. His words were ambiguous. Hui Guiren declined and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I am inconvenienced by my concubine."
Xuan Ye's eyes were lazy and tired, but there was also anger, and he reluctantly pulled Hui Guiren's delicate hand. Hui Guiren was worried and pointed sideways at the palace maid behind him, "Your Majesty, that child... is very good at serving people. , but if you are not satisfied, may I ask Eunuch Li to invite Wu Changzai?"
"She is also feeling uncomfortable." The emperor smiled lightly and looked at the palace maid standing under the ceremony gate. Her petite and delicate appearance was a bit like Wu Yalanqi's former appearance. He nodded slightly. Hui Guiren was all Seeing this, her heart sank, and she gently broke away from Xuan Ye's hand, turned around, pushed the palace maid forward, and ordered, "Serve the emperor well."
"Hui Gui?" The palace maid was shocked, but was threatened softly, "No one can disobey the emperor. Do you want to die, or do you want that person to die?"
"Huigui..."
However, Huigui couldn't help but pulled her to the emperor. He smiled gently and took away the porridge on the table. He walked around the ceremonial gate in a deserted place and listened to the voices inside: "Your Majesty, slave... Your Majesty..." He raised his neck. He drank all the remaining porridge, wiped his face with a handkerchief, smiled coldly with tears in his eyes, and went out without looking back.
Outside, Eunuch Li saw Mr. Hui coming out alone. He was very familiar with this and was surprised. Mr. Hui just sighed helplessly: "I feel uncomfortable. Your Majesty, it's also the child's blessing. I'm afraid my father-in-law will send someone here tomorrow." Someone take care of it."
Eunuch Li sighed and said without restraint, "I've wronged you."
Hui Guiren smiled: "It's nothing hard. I'm all here to serve the emperor. If I have to say I'm aggrieved, I'm afraid Wu Chang is jealous. I'll go and see her tomorrow."
Eunuch Li didn't say anything, and sent a young eunuch to bring the dishes to send Hui Gui back home. When he got out of the gate of Qianqing Palace, he saw Rong Ruo wandering in the distance. As a first-class bodyguard, it was not surprising that he was here, but he was obviously Waiting for someone, when he saw Hui Guiren coming out alone, the palace maid behind him turned into a little eunuch, and he stayed there.
Hui Guiren smiled at him from a distance and secretly said in his heart: If anything happens in the future, I really can't care about it. Your family affairs will also get involved in the palace. I don't have the ability to do anything.
After that, he hurried back and waited for the little eunuch who was accompanying him to go in. He turned around and drank a few large bowls of cold water to calm down the fire in his body. The eunuch who was trying the food had no roots and only had one or two mouthfuls, which was neither poison nor poison. If there is any clue, and the rest of the porridge has gone into her stomach, no one should bother to investigate.
However, Madam Mingzhu's skills are really vicious. If she really hid these things in Zhongcui Palace and later accused Wu Chang of committing adultery on a charming master, Wu Yashi might not be able to turn over, although her original intention was just to pinch her. She had the handle, but for such a big matter, it would be self-defeating and the loss would outweigh the gain. Instead of trying to harm Wu Yashi, it would be easier to deal with this palace maid.
But if they want to kill her, Rongruo and Madam Mingzhu must only believe that it is their own idea. Now, if the emperor wants her, they are no longer in their control.
However, when she was alone in the dark palace after going to bed, Hui Guiren thought of the emperor's words, "She is also feeling uncomfortable." Her heart suddenly felt sour. The emperor had no idea how he was, but even Wu Yashi felt uncomfortable. They all clearly understood that their casual words almost ruined things. If Wu Yashi was not there, she would have hurriedly found her tonight. Thinking about it now, besides being envious and jealous, it also made her feel even more jealous. Later, I was afraid and frightened.
The next day, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor had visited the maid next to Hui Guiren. In fact, throughout the dynasties, there would occasionally be maids in the palace who were visited by the emperor. Most of them were abandoned in an unknown corner after one night. Not all of them would be granted the title. Being the master and enjoying the glory and wealth, such as Rongguiren, Duanguiren and Wu Changzai, are really rare.
Similarly, the palace maid Jue Chan suffered the same fate last night. After Eunuch Li informed Concubine Zhao, he sent her to live with Nala and promised to live with her. Hui Gui sent someone to send some things as usual and ignored her again. , it is normal for the people around you to be unhappy when they are favored by the emperor, and most others will not care.
Two days later, as expected, the emperor did not show mercy to the palace maid. Hui Gui went to Zhongcui Palace. When he entered the door, he saw Lan Qi sitting on the kang writing. Before she could come down to salute, he politely supported her and sat down himself. After that, he said: "I don't care about other people, it's just you. Now the emperor likes you the most, but the people around me are favored. I'm afraid that you will misunderstand that I can't do it myself. I will find a replacement to compete with you for favor, which will hurt the feelings of our sisters." Peaceful."
Lan Qi smiled happily: "Hui Gui said this, I need to reflect on my words and deeds, but I usually rely on favor and arrogance, and do some things that make you misunderstand. Don't you often say that everyone who serves the emperor is the same? I I’m not unhappy at all here.”
Hui Guiren breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to hold her and smiled: "My sister thinks so, I feel relieved."
"It's time for you to relax. How long have you been hanging there?" Suddenly a voice came from behind the screen, and someone was seen walking out. He was dressed in the ordinary clothes of an honorable person, but he was an honorable person who should be confinement in the dormitory. , Hui Guiren was shocked and looked at her blankly. Lan Qi, who was beside her, was also very embarrassed. When Rong Guiren pretended to be Duan Guiren and came to her to wait for Hui Guiren, she started to get confused.
"Sister Rong, what are you..."
"The man who served the emperor last night must be the one you asked for from Mingzhu Mansion." Ronggui sat aside, pointed at Lan Qi, and said with a deep expression, "She bumped into her that night, and Yigui didn't see clearly.
Yes, this is the Jue Chan family and your family, right?"
Hui Gui's face turned red, and he finally choked out half a sentence: "It's their family's business."
"Isn't it just their family's business? What does it matter if you are involved in it?" Rong Guiren looked very good after having been raised for a long time. He pointed at Lan Qi and said, "She didn't tell me what I am here, and the reason why I can guess
I got it, that's why you are afraid. Nothing can be hidden in the palace. It just depends on whether anyone is willing to investigate. I did, and I understand. I don't blame you for being worried and always hanging on.
I’m afraid of being discovered.”
Lan Qi whispered from the side: "Hui Gui, I only told Aunt Sumala about this matter. She asked me to forget it and just pretend that nothing happened."
Hui Guiren was already in tears and sneered: "Their family only regards me as my supporter. They send me for everything. That Rong Ruo neglects serious things and doesn't do it well. He is always thinking about this little cousin in the palace and the love between his children."
It is a good thing to grow up, but he is too unreasonable. He has already entered the palace, and he still wants to take it out? Why should I be worried? Now that it is fine, he is really the emperor's man, why don't they come to ask for it?
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"Things are like this. If you continue to worry about it, it won't be good if others see the clues in your face." Mr. Ronggui advised her and asked her to take a sip of tea before explaining the purpose of her visit, "We have been sisters for so many years.
It's too boring for me to come here to catch you. I'm waiting for you to come today because I have something important to discuss with Wu Chang. You've been paying attention to that little palace maid these days, haven't you seen what Chengqian Palace is doing?"
Hui Guiren was stunned and shook his head: "What happened to her...?"
Just as she finished speaking, Huan Chun came in from the outside. She already knew who was in the room and was not surprised to see the three people sitting there. She just said a little embarrassedly: "There was a lot of noise up front just now. Yu Kui and Xiang Yue sneaked away to watch the excitement...
..." She looked at Hui Guiren and continued, "I don't know why Concubine Tong brought the eldest brother to Chengqian Palace, and I don't know what happened. The eldest brother was crying and fussing. Xiangyue said that she heard the big brother
The elder brother cried and said he was looking for E Niang. He ran out of the palace gate and was caught by the young eunuch. Then the door of Chengqian Palace was closed, but the elder brother could still be heard crying."
Hui Guiren was already frozen on the kang. She was already in tears because of what happened before. Now her tears were rolling down like broken beads. She sobbed and asked incoherently: "She, what is she going to do?
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Rong Guiren asked Huan Chun to go down, and said with tears in his eyes: "Concubine Zhao will not care about the children in my brother's house, but Concubine Tong will. It is 80% that she will not be able to have children. These days, under the influence of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager,
The emperor pretends to be so gentle and docile in front of you. If you count the days, maybe we can keep the child by our side after summer. But she can't wait. You are still there every day tinkering with the affairs of the little palace maid. Look at it.
, didn’t she take the eldest brother away?”
"But the Empress Dowager promised me..." Hui Guiren choked with sobs. It's too late to say anything now. Concubine Tong has already taken her eldest brother away, and her son will call someone else's mother.
"There hasn't been an imperial edict to the Sixth Palace yet, so it should be too late." The more Rong Gui said, the more he couldn't control his tears. Lan Qi looked on with fear, so she heard her say, "The imperial doctor told me the truth, Third Brother can't survive."
These past few days..." She covered her mouth to hold back her tears, and Lan Qi also felt very sad. Kerong Guiren suddenly pulled her hand, and the tears in her palm made her heart tighten.
"Good sister, can you help us?" Rong Guiren said, "Now your words are the most effective, in front of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. Help us and don't let Concubine Tong take away our child."
Although Hui Guiren didn't know what to do, in order to get her eldest brother back, she quickly wiped away her tears and said to Lan Qi: "Sister, you are always there for Bu Chang, because you are considerate of her love for her children. Can you do the same?"
Please be considerate to us. We don't ask for anything else. We just ask that Concubine Tong not be allowed to take away the child."
Lan Qi carefully took her hand out of Rong Guiren's hand. She didn't dare to wipe the tears on her hand, and asked them blankly: "I, my concubine... what can I do?"
Rong Guiren's chest rose and fell, and he took the initiative to hold Lan Qi's hand tightly: "You don't have to do anything, just say what you see when the time comes. Just say what you see. Just say a few words."
, is enough."
Lan Qi did not explicitly agree to this matter. They left separately. Huan Chun came to ask her what happened. Just as Lan Qi was about to speak, she heard the sound of a child crying again. At first she thought it was silence, but Huan Chun asked her what happened.
Chun said it was the eldest brother in front of him, and even sighed: "Concubine Tong may want to adopt the eldest brother, but the eldest brother is already old and has a bad temper."
At this time, the curtain in front of the door was opened, and the tinkling bells were heard, which should be the golden bells on Duanjing's shoes. Sure enough, the little man staggered over and hid in Lan Qi's arms with his mouth shut.
She acted coquettishly and said her brother was in front, but her mother wouldn't let her play with her brother.
Then he saw Bu Changzai following him with a wry smile, spreading his hands and saying, "Can you go? But this girl doesn't understand."
Lan Qi's mind was heavy. The tears that had just filled the faces of Hui Gui and Rong Gui fell into her heart drop by drop. She didn't want to meddle in their own business, but she really sympathized with them. After half a year, she finally got over it and could raise her children by herself. Concubine Tong preferred to
Grabbing it at this time, it turns out that her gentle and quiet current situation is just a disguise?
Rong Guiren asked her to wait for the day when her brother is full moon, and told her to tell the truth about what she saw then, but she had no idea what she would see.
In a blink of an eye, the little brother was full moon, and Concubine Zhao led all the concubines to have a fun time to cheer up the little brother. Duan Jing was attracted by something and ran away. Lan Qi and Bu Chang were chasing her back, and saw Concubine Tong hurriedly going there.
When she went to the third elder brother's house, her heart tightened. Could this be what she wanted to see?
After that, I was anxious all day long, but nothing happened. Everyone cheered for the little brother and dispersed in a lively manner. Only Bu Changzai reluctantly left his daughter behind and could not take her back. Lan Qi coaxed her to return to Zhongcui.
On the way to the palace, I saw my eldest brother crying and being held by Concubine Tong and sitting on a carriage. I also saw Hui Guiren standing on the side of the road and staring at him from a distance. I felt an indescribable feeling in my heart.
Two days later, Lan Qi went to Cining Palace to serve. She was recovering in the palace for a long time because of her illness. The Empress Dowager was full of complaints. Xiao Changzai was scolded so much that her ears felt hot. The Empress Dowager even pulled her and whispered.
Question: "I heard that the emperor wanted to see you a few days ago, but you didn't go, but wasn't it because he was lucky enough to have a palace maid that night?"
Lan Qi's heart tightened and she had an awkward look on her face. The Empress Dowager believed it and persuaded her with a smile: "Be more open-minded. You are still young now. In twenty years, you will be old. No matter how favored you are, you will still have to do it."
Stop the sign, there will always be new people coming to the emperor's side. No matter whether the emperor still likes you or not, I'm afraid I'm no longer in this world. You have to live a good life for yourself."
"Don't say such things." Lan Qi felt sad when she heard this, but the old man seemed to have seen through it. He was not as sentimental as he was in the past two years, but said calmly and calmly, "Everyone will grow old. You must have a broad and calm mind. You
No matter how you look at life, life will naturally give you the same rewards. Isn’t my Lan Qi just smiling silly every day, so her life is also sweet? "
Only then did Xiao Chang smile, holding the old man's arm and saying, "I want you to live a happy life. I'm not idle these days in the palace. I'm going to make a bowl of delicious tea."
, if you can't guess what I used, you can reward me with something good."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Go and get it quickly. Is there anything in the world that I haven't eaten? If I guess it all, I won't ask you for anything. I will punish you by going to the emperor to ask for something that he refuses to give to you."
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Aunt Sumala also came to join in the fun, and took Lan Qi to make tea, and saw clearly what was needed, so that Xiao Chang would not act up for a while. Soon, an old man and a young man came back happily carrying tea, and saw a young eunuch hurriedly
He ran in, but everyone knew the rules of Cining Palace. Even serious emergencies could not be sent to the Empress Dowager first for fear of shocking the old man. The little eunuch came directly to Aunt Sumala and said breathlessly: "Mom,
, something big happened, the third, third brother was poisoned to death..."
There was a crisp clang, and all the tea trays in Lan Qi's hands fell to the ground. Rong Guiren's words flashed through her mind, and the scene of Concubine Tong running to the third brother's house alone that day flashed through her mind. What was supposed to come, came anyway.