"Deserves it." Xuan Ye agreed. Lan Qi's heart trembled and she didn't dare to look at him. Then she heard the Queen Mother ask, "Does it still hurt?"
Lan Qi shook her head and asked first: "Where's your waist? Let me take a look at it. I'll rub it for you. It's not good to have it crooked like this."
"You don't come to see me either." The Empress Dowager complained to the two children like a spoiled child, "Now my Cining Palace is really pitiful. The emperor is so busy all day that he even sent Manager Li to come and see me.
What about you? Are you busy with something? Are you hiding in the house studying to prepare for the No. 1 exam? Or have I offended you and made you not want to see me anymore? Well, what’s there to see about an old woman? You have long disliked it.
Me."
Lan Qi could hear that the old man was being coquettish and joking. After being with her for a long time, she also understood the temper of the Empress Dowager and knew that she loved her from the bottom of her heart. Although these words sounded distressing and uncomfortable, they were still warm. However,
The emperor beside him was inexplicably taken seriously, and hurriedly knelt down by the couch and said, "My grandson is not doing well, please don't be angry, grandma. From tomorrow on, my grandson will definitely come to pay your respects every day."
The Queen Mother frowned slightly and sighed at Aunt Sumala: "Is my grandson too busy?"
Grandma hurriedly came to help the emperor stand up, and persuaded with a smile: "Master is joking with the emperor. If you take it seriously, master will not be able to go down. He has not seen the emperor for several days, and Wu Chang is here. The empress dowager is acting coquettishly, please coax her."
It’s all about coaxing.”
But Xuan Ye didn't know what was wrong. Hearing what grandma said, he couldn't change his mind. He even said angrily: "I am busy, but some people don't know what they are busy with, and they don't make progress all day long. She shouldn't worry about things."
Worrying, causing trouble for no apparent reason, and following her with no time to clean up, it is better not to see such a person, so as to save the imperial grandmother the trouble."
Lan Qi could still bear these words, and did not want the Empress Dowager to feel wronged for her. Leng Youyou said: "Since the Emperor is too busy to come to see me, just send Manager Li away. He can still say something warm and attentive.
You tried to coax me with nice words, but here you are, with raised eyebrows and frowning eyes. Is this showing off to your old grandmother?"
Xuan Ye knelt down in response and said: "My grandson doesn't dare, the emperor's grandmother calm down."
Lan Qi had been kneeling by the couch without looking at him. At this moment, her head was lowered even deeper, almost buried in her chest. Then she heard the Queen Mother on the couch angrily: "Everyone, go away. If you stay here any longer, I want less."
How many years have you lived?"
Nanny also came to persuade her, but she couldn't tell for a moment whether the master was really angry or pretending to be angry. She persuaded the emperor and Lan Qi to leave.
Then she left. But when she turned around, she saw the Queen Mother sitting up from the couch, pointing at her and saying, "Come and have a look."
The emperor left the house on this side, and the driver on the other side didn't have time to press the sedan. Xuan Ye usually didn't care about these things, but today he was so angry for some reason that he lost his temper at the servants. Lan Qi happened to come out and heard it, and was so frightened in the door.
He didn't dare to move, but Xuan Ye turned around and saw her. Although Huan Chun was also scared, he still pulled his master out of the door to salute the emperor.
"Get up." Seeing Lan Qi kneeling on the ground, Xuan Ye felt uncomfortable, but he shouted and stood up. When he saw the face carefully and saw the faint scars that still existed, he suddenly became angry again and blurted out the words he had been holding back for several days.
He came out and asked her, "Why do you do those things for them?"
Manager Li and Huan Chun dispersed in a hurry, while Lan Qi pursed her lips and lowered her head and replied: "I didn't help anyone. Your Majesty misunderstood."
"Still talking back?" Xuan Ye frowned, loving and hating him at the same time, "The third elder brother obviously died of illness, why did you help them act in that drama? I asked you to learn how to manage the harem from them, but I didn't let them.
Who are you forming a clique with them to deal with for personal gain?"
Lan Qi looked up at him: "I didn't help anyone, I just... said what I saw."
"You!" Xuan Ye was so angry that he came closer and stood in front of her, "You are so smart but you couldn't figure out what happened that day? Didn't they come to warn you beforehand, saying 'say whatever you see'
Who taught you? Did you come up with it yourself to answer me, or did those books teach you?"
Lan Qi's eyes were sparkling. She also had her grievances. She didn't expect Xuan Ye to bother to understand, but she didn't want him to look down on her. From being teased and ridiculed in front of the Empress Dowager to now asking straightforward questions
, she once again felt that being called a slut by Concubine Tong and being slapped by Concubine Tong was not as painful as his eyes digging into her heart.
"I don't want to see you getting entangled in the harem the most. I'm trying my best to prevent Concubine Tong from hating you to the point where she can't restrain herself. You'd better go ahead and provoke her. Does this slap hurt?" Xuan Ye stretched out his hand and squeezed it.
She pressed Lan Qi's cheek, obviously feeling very distressed, but she still said angrily, "You really deserve to be beaten. You have failed my hard work and belittled your own dignity. This slap is too light."
"Your Majesty..." The glistening object in Lan Qi's eyes actually lingered for a long time. Her dark eyes were full of dissatisfaction and unwillingness. She didn't know if it was because she was in front of the Cining Palace.
, and actually said what was in his heart, "Why is the emperor angry? Is it really because of my concubine? Doesn't the emperor understand that my concubine is Chang Zai who lives in Zhongcui Palace and is one of the six concubines? The emperor thinks,
How should we live in the harem?"
In a word, both sides were silent. After a long stalemate, Lan Qi's chin was pinched with red marks by Xuan Ye. The emperor finally let go, but he didn't say a word. He only glanced at her face with disappointment and heartache.
Luan Jia had firmly pressed down on the sedan chair and sat in without looking back. Eunuch Li was stunned for a moment, shouted awkwardly and looked at Lan Qi in confusion before leaving.
Xiao Chang was trembling all over and panting heavily. Huan Chun rushed over to help her and couldn't help but said: "Why did the master say those things? You must admit your mistake and make the emperor so angry. Why should you?"
Woolen cloth?"
Lan Qi's heart was beating wildly, as if she had just woken up at this moment. She had been cursed by someone who didn't know what possessed her just now. If she said those words now, she might not be able to say them out.
While she was breathing, she suddenly remembered that on the way to her brother's house that day, the Empress Dowager told her that the four words "respect each other as guests" were not good. She didn't understand it at the time, but she understands it now.
"I can admit my mistakes and submit, but even if he hates me from now on, I don't want to be a hypocritical woman in front of him. I can tell jokes and be coquettish to please him, but when it comes to matters of right and wrong, I have to live up to my own conscience." Lan Qi
The sparkle in his eyes just fell at this moment, and he choked up and said, "I also know that I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that that day. But the noble Hui had already pushed me out. If I didn't say it, even they should be jealous."
Me, I also want to live for myself, I can’t expect him to protect me all the time.”
Huan Chun sighed: "Why didn't you say this to the emperor?"
"Then he has to listen..." Xiao Changzai felt extremely aggrieved and suddenly began to sob. However, he knew that this was the Cining Palace, so he was crying in front of the Empress Dowager's door. That was really life-threatening.
She quickly wiped away her tears and hurried away with Huan Chun. When she was a palace maid, everyone said that she had a good temper and could endure. Maybe patience was also a kind of stubbornness, but today she couldn't bear it, even more so.
These words, word for word, were sent to the Empress Dowager by the grandma. The old man did not move at all, and recited sutras in front of the Buddha. After listening for a long time, he got up leisurely and supported Lama Sumala.
Grandma smiled: "How can people who were so inseparable from each other in the past be able to stay apart after just a few words? I'm even more afraid that they only know how to like each other, and over time, they will be disgusted with each other, and they will forget the original appearance of each other. Lan Qi
This little girl is really a child that God has given me to be able to entrust to my grandchildren in the future. She has a humble background and knows how to be sensible and not to be too high-spirited. I only hope that when I return to the West in the future, there will be someone who can know both cold and hot all my life.
By Xuan Ye's side, it's hard to find beautiful and lovable women in this world, but how many real children like this can be produced in the harem?"
Aunt Sumala sighed: "You were worried before, because you were afraid that Wu Changzai was just pretending."
Thinking of such a thing, the Empress Dowager happily said: "Then there will always be a test. Now I can't rest assured. You have been watching both sides in the past few days. Don't let people who are high-minded and low-handed think that she has fallen out of favor and bully her.
As for the emperor, if there are any fairies or flatterers, please keep a close eye on them, for I will not tolerate anyone causing trouble."
But the mama smiled bitterly: "Master is so relieved, this servant will feel very distressed. If both sides are at odds, the temper is not small, and our long live master's temper will be even greater."
Aunt Sumala was still worried that Xuan Ye had a bad temper, but she didn't know that Xiao Changzai had a bad temper. She rushed back to Zhongcui Palace angrily. God knows what she was feeling wronged about. When she entered the door, she saw the books that Xuan Ye had given her in the past on the bookshelf.
Books, as well as the paper, ink, pen and inkstone spread on the desk, he turned around and pointed at Huan Chun and said: "Clean them all up. I'll go sit at my sister's place. I won't even see them when I come back soon. I will never read or write again."
, if you like it, keep it, if you don’t like it, throw it all away.”
Huan Chun stood in front of the door blankly, watching the young master run out angrily. Over there, Bu Changzai wanted to ask how the Queen Mother's waist was, but saw Lan Qi running over with a raised eyebrow, and couldn't help but pull her away.
She went into the house. Pan Xia was also dumbfounded and hurriedly came over to ask Huan Chun what was going on. The eldest palace maid panted with her hands on her hips and asked in disbelief: "This little ancestor... In all the years you have been in the palace, have you ever seen anyone who dared to quarrel with the emperor?"
?"
Here Bu Chang was listening to Lan Qi's angrily words. He was so frightened that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. He pushed her and scolded her: "You are crazy. How dare you talk back to the emperor?"
In fact, she didn't know whether the third elder brother died of illness or poisoning. Although there were some rumors about what happened behind closed doors that day in the palace, Concubine Zhao knew that her superiors didn't like to hear it, so she suppressed it hard. Bu Chang was there.
Lan Qi didn't say anything here, so she certainly didn't know either. Now she only knew that Lan Qi was talking back to the emperor. She didn't care about anything specific. He left her alone and ran over to tell Huan Chun: "Put away the things and throw them away."
Losing it is a serious crime, let alone what if she wants it another day."
Unexpectedly, Lan Qi came over and said seriously: "Take them all, I won't ask for them again."