Huan Chun was silent, and Pan Xia came over and took Lan Qi outside, saying in a low voice: "Huan Chun is very angry. Just now Yu Kui and Xiang Yue were scolded. Just be good, otherwise they will not have any good results today."
Come on, didn't Xiangyue drop your jade bracelet this morning? If you don't care, Huan Chun will use it to settle accounts with them."
Lan Qi held her breath and was not convinced, and sat angrily under the eaves of the house. Everyone was helping to pack things in the house, going in and out of the house. Pan Xia wanted to go there, but Lan Qi grabbed her and held her beside her and said,
"Sit with me for a while."
In this Zhongcui Palace, apart from Bu Changzai, who was once the master, Panxia has been with her the longest. Although Huanchun and Yukui are all very good, they are always different in Lan Qi's heart, so she
She will not let Pan Xia and herself, even though there is a difference between master and servant now, Pan Xia is still the best sister in her heart.
"Am I different, have I changed?" Lan Qi gently shook Panxia's hand, as if in the old days, she never felt that being a palace maid was something to be ashamed of, and naturally she was not shy about doing it in front of others.
The empress got close to Panxia. When Panxia saw her like this, she put aside the distinction between master and servant, smiled and leaned beside her and said, "It's different. You're more beautiful than before. In the past, you were the most beautiful here."
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"People say that you are serious, but you are always like this." Lan Qi twisted Panxia's mouth, and suddenly thought, "Yes, you are still the same as before, but I don't know what I have become."
"My slave will still be a palace maid for a few more years. What can be changed about being a palace maid? But you are different." Pan Xia stood up with a smile, tightened the loose beads on Lan Qi's bun, and said, "
In a few years, you will be a mother-in-law, and you will have a little brother and a little princess. It will be even more different. You see, Bu is always there, even if he never serves anyone around the emperor, is it different from before? We have just arrived
When she was here, she was so weak that she could fall down if the wind blew her. She was in tears all day long, and Grandma Wang would have said a lot of unpleasant things at that time."
Lan Qi touched the pearl flowers on her head and thought of the old days. Sure enough, even Bu Changzai was changing little by little. How could she remain unchanged from being a palace maid to now? But she didn't know if she would become something different.
When people are disgusted, they are extremely melancholy.
The emperor fell in love with the silly little Chang Zai back then. She told Huan Chun that she didn't care, but she felt uncomfortable in her heart. If Xuan Ye really didn't like her anymore, it was really because he was no longer that silly and obedient little girl.
She has been around for a long time but her feelings have faded away. Although she will continue to live in the future, she will definitely have a very hard life. The only thing that satisfies her body is her body. Her heart can no longer tolerate other people.
At this time, Bu Changzai came out of the house and saw Lan Qi sitting under the eaves with her lips pouting and her legs dangling. He came over with a smile to coax her: "You can just stay in the house like this. The door here is open. Whenever someone comes in,
You see, how can any of the emperor's concubines be so discourteous? Get up quickly, the house is tidied up, you want to be coquettish and lose your temper, and make trouble behind closed doors."
"I didn't lose my temper." Lan Qi stood up and smiled sweetly, and was pulled back to the house by Bu Changzai. Sure enough, the books, paper and pens that were everywhere in the house were gone, and it was suddenly empty. Huan Chun and others stood aside and said nothing.
, Lan Qi was obviously not used to it.
"It's all cleaned up, are you satisfied?" Bu Chang was smiling, and deliberately went over to take a book on the kang table in his hand, "There is a book left here, I will take it first."
"What is it?" Lan Qi was curious. Xuan Ye had given her many interesting books a few days ago. Before she could read them, she saw that Bu Changzai had taken away the last one.
Anxious, Bu Chang asked her to read it, but Bu Chang was laughing at her, "Aren't you about to throw it away? How brave are you? Every book has an imperial seal on it, and you don't want your head? Go ask Huan Chun, is it a throw away?
Is it still stored somewhere?"
Lan Qi is thick-skinned. She lost her temper just now and made everyone unhappy. Now she is playing around with cats and dogs. The atmosphere in the room gradually gets better, but she still stubbornly lets Huan Chun take care of it.
She kept all the pens, papers and ink away, she didn't want to see them again these days.
When sleeping at night, Huan Chun came to make the bed, but Xiao Changzai stayed on the bed and refused to move. Huan Chun asked her to move, but she said with a smile: "You haven't even laughed well today. Look, you are so rude now."
It’s a shame.”
Huan Chun knelt down on the footrest and said politely: "Master smiles so happily during the day. Others don't know how it is. However, the slave feels uncomfortable no matter how you look at it. That's how you are. When you are happy, you show it on your face. When you are unhappy, you don't feel happy."
It's all hidden in my heart. The happier you smile on your face, the more painful your heart will be, right?"
Lan Qi slipped into the quilt softly, with only one head exposed, and said softly: "I'm afraid that I'm unhappy and make everyone unhappy, which will spread to the Empress Dowager or the Emperor. I don't want the elderly to worry about me. As for the Emperor,
..." She buried her face in the quilt and said in a low voice, "I don't want him to know that I'm unhappy, I'll try my best to show him how happy I am."
Huan Chun smiled bitterly: "Then you hide and cry alone at night?"
There was no movement in the quilt for a long time. Huan Chun gave it a gentle tug and said, "Say it first. The Emperor must listen to those words. But whether the Emperor listens or not, have you said it? If you don't say anything, how can the Emperor listen? Yinumaid
Look, if you had said those words to the Emperor, the Emperor would not be so angry. Think about what you said to Long Live Lord?"
Lan Qi wrapped herself in the quilt and rolled inside, whimpering and saying nothing. Huan Chun came to pull the curtain for her and put down the curtain: "I have to go to sleep. You will cry soon. Don't ask me to wipe your tears with a handkerchief."
He saw the person suddenly emerge from the quilt, holding his arm and not letting go. Huan Chun said with a smile, "Master is not a child anymore. It is not good to lose his temper like this."
"I know, but I feel aggrieved." Lan Qi's eyes were red, and she pulled Huan Chun to sit down. Then she curled up on the bedside wrapped in a quilt, and said slowly, "I heard what Mr. Ronggui said to me today.
I felt really uncomfortable. She said that one day she might never speak her true feelings to me again. I understand that in the days to come, either she has changed or I have changed. This will definitely be the case."
"Ronggui, has Mr. Rong told you the truth?" Huan Chun said, "Now that you have heard the truth, you should feel at ease. Anyway... I would like to say something disrespectful. No one suffered a big loss in this matter."
Although my elder brother is pitiful, he can't resist his fate. He just can't go quietly. When the day comes when the third elder brother will die, my servant will accompany you to burn incense and burn some paper money, okay?"
"This is inevitable. After all, a good child is gone. Rong Gui is sad, and the emperor must also be uncomfortable, but these things happen to make him even more upset." Lan Qi tilted her head, thought for a while and asked Huan Chun
, "Do you think it would be better for me to admit my mistake and apologize to the Emperor?"
Huan Chun couldn't laugh or cry, "Master, who is the emperor? Is there anything in the world that he is wrong about? Even if you are right, you cannot say that the emperor is wrong. Do you still hope that the person who admits his mistakes and apologizes is Long Live the Lord?"
"Then..." Lan Qi lay down and muttered, "If you say this, I won't be happy."
Huan Chun put down the curtain with a smile and refused to argue with her. She knew that the master still had a childish temper. I heard that she was not like this when she was a palace maid. Thinking about it, she knew who had spoiled her temper. Long live the Lord.
He pampers her like this, and the Empress Dowager loves her as if she were her own granddaughter. As time goes by, everyone will lose their temper, so the master is already doing well.
The sound of the door closing came quietly. Lan Qi turned over and loosened the quilt to reveal her body wearing only pajamas. The earth dragon charcoal stove was no longer burning in the room. The air was still cold when it was warm and cold, and her whole body tightened involuntarily.
, and then wrapped the warm quilt around his body, his heart suddenly felt sour. The look on Xuan Ye's face during the day could not be erased from his eyes. He was so angry and pinched his chin tightly. The feeling of pain seems to still be there now.
But if that person really doesn't care and doesn't like him anymore, why is he angry or angry? Lan Qi curled up and choked: "It's my fault, right?"
It was late at night, but the Qianqing Palace was still brightly lit. A little eunuch on night duty came to ask the emperor what midnight snack he wanted. Xuan Ye raised his head from the table and asked what time it was. Hearing that midnight had passed, he sighed softly and said yes.
Rest. Every time the lights of Qianqing Palace go past midnight, someone will report to Cining Palace. The imperial grandmother is always worried about his health, and her heart feels warm when she is scolded, but she doesn’t want the old man to worry about it all day long.
On the empty dragon bed, Xuan Ye turned over and saw that the tassels tied by Lan Qi's own hands were still hanging there on the tent. He couldn't help but think of that Lantern Festival night, when he opened the curtain and saw that little man, neither humble nor arrogant, nervous but not panic, with a face.
Her smile was so warm that she hurriedly lifted the quilt after teasing him a few words. So many women wanted to keep the emperor, and so did she, but it was the first time that she was tempted and wanted to stay by her side.
The imperial grandmother once asked him what he liked about Lan Qi, and Xuan Ye couldn't answer. Now he calmed down and thought about it, it seemed that he just liked her purely, no matter her delicate and soft temper, or her stubborn and twisted temper, he liked her when she was playful and angry.
I also like it, I like it when I love writing, I also like it when I can’t understand a book and read it blindly, not to mention when it’s gentle, gentle and considerate.
And today, she stared at him in front of the Cining Palace and said those disrespectful words. Even if he didn't hate it, he actually thought that what she said was reasonable. He had always hoped that Lan Qi would grow up mentally, but he really looked at her.
As she matures and integrates her mind into the world of the harem, she is reluctant to let go. She is obviously reluctant to let go, but she still blames her for being ignorant.
"Ha..." Xuan Ye smiled bitterly, laughing at himself for spending so much time thinking about a disobedient woman. That little thing would never be able to escape from his grasp. Why bother thinking about it? She would always be there, as long as he
Just don't leave, that's fine.
Xuan Ye slept soundly that night, but Lan Qi tossed and turned. The next day she woke up groggy, with a patch of indigo under her eyes. She bravely came to Cining Palace. When the Empress Dowager saw it, she just snickered with Aunt Sumala.
Prince Yu Fujin came to say hello and sent Lan Qi to go back by herself. When she walked out of Cining Palace, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, Aunt Sumala came from behind, handed her a box of snacks and said, "Your Majesty's place to eat these days."
It doesn’t smell good. This snack was made by my own hands in the morning. You can send it to the Qianqing Palace for me to store, and Eunuch Li will take care of it."
Lan Qi held the box and lowered her head without saying anything. Auntie laughed at her softly: "Are you still planning to wait for the emperor to come and apologize to you?"
"I'm afraid that the emperor won't even eat the snacks you made because I sent them to you." Lan Qi was melancholy to herself. Without waiting for her grandma to say anything, she turned around and left with the snack box in her arms.
Aunt Sumala called Huan Chun to her side: "Please serve her well and wait until she calms down. Don't say useless words to disturb the master's mind. Wu Changzai can figure it out on his own."
Huan Chun agreed, and hurriedly followed Lan Qi, reaching out to take the snack box. She was stunned for a while, as if she was about to be robbed. After a long time, she let go, and then she went all the way to Qianqing Palace, something she had never done before. He was so nervous that he even said to Huan Chun: "We don't have to go to the emperor, right? Just leave the snack box to Eunuch Li."
Huan Chun just smiled: "Whatever you want, I just do it."
But after avoiding it for many days, it happened that she met Concubine Tong today. Lan Qi came from Cining Palace, and Concubine Tong seemed to have just come out of Qianqing Palace to go to Cining Palace. She was sitting high on the shoulder chair, and her makeup had not been seen for several days. She is more bright and colorful than before. In contrast, Lan Qi is delicate and simple, and the difference in status is clearly visible.
But we should have seen cowardice and caution in the eyes of such a person, but under Concubine Tong's looking down, she only saw a little Changzai who was neither humble nor arrogant and fearless. She knew that Wu Yashi had never been afraid of her. .
"I've seen Wu Changzai." When she heard Qinglian and several palace maids saluting, Concubine Tong's clenched fists suddenly loosened. She couldn't help herself now. She was surrounded by the Queen Mother's people, and the Queen Mother liked this little girl so much. Chang Zai, I can no longer be as dominant and domineering as before.
"Let's go." Concubine Tong took a breath and turned her eyes to the distance. When she was about to leave with her shoulders shaking, she suddenly heard Wu Yashi calling her. She turned her eyes and saw Lan Qi blessing her body and saying, "I, my concubine, have something to say to your empress."
Concubine Tong was condescending and sneered: "What are you going to say? Tell me about what happened that day, and say that you are not targeting me? Your tricks and thoughts are obvious, is there anything to be said for it? I have hated you for a long time, you I thought that by clearing the air about this incident, I would be able to change anything. Everyone, please be at ease. For the sake of the Emperor, I have nothing to do with you. You should not go beyond the boundaries, weigh your own weight, and understand what cloud mud is. The difference."
It was Lan Qi who had something to say to Concubine Tong, but she hurriedly backed out a car. Hui Guiren said that Concubine Tong was impatient and unruly, and would become impulsive at the slightest provocation. It was indeed the case.
The atmosphere was very awkward. Concubine Tong said angrily and ordered her to leave. Suddenly she saw Wu Yashi kneeling down. She frowned and asked in a cold voice: "What are you doing, in the clear day, to make people think that I am bullying you?" you?"
"What happened that day was that I was sorry for my concubine." Lan Qi leaned forward and kowtowed, her forehead touching the ground. When she stood up again, she said calmly, "No matter what, the emperor knows best in his heart and will not wrong his concubine easily."
Concubine Tong seemed to be aroused from the unspoken sadness in her heart, and the tip of her nose felt sore. She took a deep breath and looked away, and coldly ordered the people around her: "Still not leaving? Prince Yu Fujin is waiting."
Everyone hurriedly moved forward again. Qinglian saluted Lan Qi and followed.
Concubine Tong's carriage had gone a long way before Yu Kui and Xiang Yue dared to come to help their master. Looking down at them shaking off the dust from their skirts, Lan Qi suddenly said: "Huan Chun, just send the snacks. I don’t want to go to Qing Palace now.”
Huan Chun did not dare to force it, and ordered Yu Kui and Xiang Yue to follow closely, first holding the snack box and walking to Qianqing Palace. On this side, Lan Qi changed direction and went straight back to Zhongcui Palace.
Along the way, she looked intently and looked solemn. Meeting Concubine Tong was sudden, but apologizing to her was something she had thought about for a long time. Both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had told her not to approach Concubine Tong easily. , when Xuan Ye pinched her chin yesterday, he also said that he had been balancing Concubine Tong's mentality and not letting her bully him, so she did not dare and could not take the initiative to walk into Chengqian Palace. Such a sudden encounter today was not for her. I mean, it's actually pretty good.
She thought she would feel better after saying these words, but now she felt heavy for no reason. She might not be able to relax until she figured it out.
Walking in a hurry, she would inevitably get tired. Lan Qi finally slowed down her pace and turned her mind slightly, when she heard Xiangyue say from behind: "Did you see it? An Guiren doesn't know who he is beating."
Lan Qi turned around, and the two of them were startled. They asked what happened, but she asked: "Who do you think An Gui is beating?"
When they turned back on the original road and turned to another intersection, they saw that several people had fallen on the ground. The Angui people had already disappeared. Shinara standing next to them agreed. Look carefully. The cheeks of the two palace maids on the ground were red and swollen. The one who was dressed more decently was kneeling upright even though he had not been beaten on the face.
Nala promised to see Wu Changzai coming, and if he was granted amnesty, he would come up and say, "Please advise me on my concubine's behalf. An Guiren just said it casually, but she really intends to die on her knees here."
The kneeling woman is Jue Chan, a court lady who just received divine favor a few days ago. After a night of favor, she was sent to live with Nala. Nala promised that they would go to the sewing room to get needles and thread, and they met on the way back. An Guiren, I don’t know where An Guiren got offended. He kept saying that they were vixens who seduced the emperor. Nala promised to tolerate it, but Juechan didn’t. After talking back, the two maids in the palace suffered disaster, and she was also punished to kneel on the ground. here.
"An Guiren said how long to kneel for?" Lan Qi asked.
Nala promised with a wry smile: "She said she could get up whenever she remembered, but I can see that she is planning to kneel down and die here." He pulled Lan Qi back a few steps and said softly, "Concubine. I don't dare to report it, but I am really afraid of Wu Changzai. Since she came here, she has been quietly looking for death and survival several times. I am always worried. What if I really die there. "
"Looking for death and living?" Lan Qi frowned, and agreed to come over with Nala. She persuaded her nicely, "The ground is still very cold, An Gui has a bad temper. Today's incident will be forgotten in a few days, but if something goes wrong with you, Come, wouldn't it cause trouble for both of us?"
Jue Chan raised her head slightly and looked at Lan Qi: "Concubine, can you get up?"
As soon as this voice came out, Lan Qi's heart trembled inexplicably, and memories came out in confusion. She always felt that she had heard this voice somewhere. As for this face, she remembered that it was the palace maid who came out of the sewing room next to Hui Guiren.
But when she saw Juechan standing up slowly while holding on to the wall, Xiangyue went over to give her a hand. She smiled and said thank you, but her petite and thin body seemed to be suppressing a strong momentum, and Lan Qi couldn't help but step back. Half a step later, the memory finally stopped outside the tent in the paddock late at night, and I remembered that heartless sentence: I won't take it seriously as a child's joke.
"Is it you?" Lan Qi's heart was beating wildly. Rong Guiren came pretending to be Duan Guiren that day and said a lot of things to Hui Guiren who came later. She was confused at the time and was surrounded by the two of them. She didn't slow down at all.
I was too distracted, and I didn't care much about the emperor's favor and no one else. Now that I've woken up, I feel even more shocked.
Jue Chan smiled coldly: "I was slapped by Concubine Tong, and you gave me medicine for the wound. Later, I was whipped by Concubine Tong's maid in the sewing room. It was you who saved my slave. Later, I went to Hui Guiren.
I've met you several times but you don't seem to remember it, and I don't dare to mention it."
Nala agreed and sighed: "I didn't expect that you and Wu Changzai would still have this relationship?"
But Lan Qi stood there blankly. The more Jue Chan spoke, the more familiar the voice became. Her words to Nalan Rongruo that night in the tent echoed word for word, no matter how she rejected Rongruo that night.
, the love between the two really existed, no wonder, no wonder Nala promised that she was looking for a life and death, but now that the emperor came to her, her future with Rongruo was cut off.
"Master, are you okay?" Yu Kui saw Lan Qi in a daze and came up to help her, "Is it windy here?"
But Lan Qi waved her hand, looked around, and said: "You are in such a mess, it doesn't matter who you meet when you walk back. Zhongcuigong is just ahead. Go to my place to wash your face and rest before leaving. These two girls
It's pitiful, give them some medicine."
Nala agreed to get what he asked for, and came to help Lan Qi diligently. The group hurried back to Zhongcui Palace. Bu Chang saw this scene and heard that it was An Gui who caused the trouble again. He did not blame An Gui and instead persuaded Jue Chan.
: "An Gui has such a temper. Why bother talking back to her? Just say a few words and everything will be fine. You should learn to behave better when you meet her in the future. If nothing else, the palace maid who follows you is so pitiful.
Being beaten for no reason."
Lan Qi sat on one side, watching her kind sister rearrange Jue Chan's hair into a bun, and looked at it with a smile: "It's really beautiful. When I was next to Hui Gui, I felt fresh and fresh."
Lan Qi came over, pulled Bu Chang and said, "I have something to say to her. My sister and Nala agree to come and sit at your place."
Bu Changzai turned around and took the people away without asking any more questions. At this time, Huanchun also came back from Qianqing Palace and was about to return to his life. Lan Qi signaled him to go out first. For a moment, only Jue Chan and her were left in the house. She closed the door with her own hands.
, turned around again, and saw that Master Jue Chan had left his seat, knelt on his knees, and bowed deeply, but he didn't say anything.
"If you are really dead and someone is investigating, what do you think the result will be?" Lan Qi frowned, "And what you did to me by kneeling down, if I had told anyone, you wouldn't be here today."
Jue Chan raised his head again, with tears streaming down his face: "I only wish for his peace."
"Then you live well. Only if you live well, everyone related to you will be safe." Lan Qi slowly approached her and stretched out his hand to pull her up. She was tall and slim, which made Jue Chan look very petite, but
Looking at the face that looked like a child, it was no longer the nature of a child. The moment Lan Qi touched it, she felt it.
"I will take a good look at you." Lan Qi let go of her hand and took half a step back, her expression serious and solemn. "I want you to live well. I don't want to pity you. I just don't want others to know about you. You
I just hope that he is safe, and I just hope that there will be no trouble around the emperor. Remember, you are already the emperor's woman, living peacefully in the palace, and no one will come to embarrass you, but if you betray me again
Regarding the Emperor’s affairs, I will not let you go first.”
Jue Chan was stunned, maybe she never thought that this gentle Wu Changzai would say such harsh words.
"Hui Gui pushed you away and may never care about you again. If you are willing, Zhongcuigong can come in at any time." Lan Qi said seriously, "There once was a nun here who said that the days in the palace
It's all the same. How you live your life is up to you, and you are no exception. It's easy for you to want to die, but why are you still alive? Because you don't want to die at all. Since you don't want to die, don't mess around anymore, otherwise the person you miss will
People will be brought to be buried with you, remember?"
Master Juechan knelt down again and said, "If Wu Chang is here, I will remember you forever."
Seeing the person in front of her kneeling down and worshiping again, Lan Qi suddenly came back to her senses. She didn't know how to say those words just now. She couldn't see what she looked like at that time. She wondered if it was Concubine Tong who had been facing her.
But she is not jealous or resentful, she just hopes that Jue Chan can live in peace and not bring up old things again, and don't let Xuan Ye suffer such unsightly things.
The past cannot be changed, and if something should not happen in the future, it should never happen.
"You can go." Lan Qi calmed down, "If you want to come and sit down later, you can come at any time. An Guiren is like that, just follow her."
Jue Chan kowtowed again and bowed before exiting. Soon there were footsteps outside. Huan Chun came in quickly and asked softly: "Why did you talk for so long? I heard Nala asked why I was crying."
"Where's sister?" Lan Qi asked without answering, "She can't come over?"
"Bu Chang can't come here." Seeing her frown, Huan Chun changed the topic and said, "The snacks have been delivered. Eunuch Li said that the emperor has not had much appetite recently and asked if there is anything we can do to send them. Okay.
Coax the emperor to eat more."
But Lan Qi was immersed in what she just said. Yesterday, she was still angry with a whole room of people, and she actually said such cruel words to Jue Chan, "I will not let you go first."
She has always been like this recently, even to the emperor, as if there are several Wu Yalanqi in her body, and one will come out from time to time. She doesn't know how to control her emotions more and more. It used to be so simple, when she was a palace maid,
If you work harder and be more patient, the world will be in balance.
"Go and ask..." Lan Qi pursed her lips and said to Huan Chun awkwardly, "Go to Cining Palace again and ask Auntie if there is anything else you want to send to Qianqing Palace."
Huan Chun felt relieved and smiled happily: "I'll go right now, slave."
When Wu Chang came back to Qianqing Palace, it was already past the time for lunch. She held the soup that Grandma Sumala had cooked for the Empress Dowager, and told Eunuch Li that this was the soup that Grandma had specially cooked for the Emperor. Eunuch Li
Who would have thought that the Empress Dowager didn't even drink the soup at lunch, so she quickly led Lan Qi in first, and just said helplessly: "The Emperor hasn't come back yet, and the lunch has not been passed around here. The Emperor will come back soon, and Wu Chang is here
Please advise the emperor to drink a bowl of soup."
Lan Qi nodded repeatedly and waited in the greenhouse by herself. The warm spring afternoon sun shone under the window. She raised her head and looked at the soft sunlight. The sun warmed her whole body. She didn't sleep well last night and was tormented again.
This morning, in this room that smelled like an emperor, my restless heart gradually calmed down, and I became confused before I knew it.
Eunuch Li learned from outside that the emperor was coming back soon. When he came in to invite Wu Changzai, he found that she had fallen asleep. He wanted to step forward and wake her up, but after thinking about it, he turned around and came out with a smile.
Xuan Ye had been busy all morning and was exhausted. When he came in, he heard Eunuch Li say: "Aunt Sumala has made some snacks and brought them to you. Please give the emperor a try." He hummed and asked Eunuch Li to greet Auntie and say that she
Don't work too hard when you are old. Just as he was about to enter the study, Eunuch Li stopped him and said with a smile: "Mommy also stewed the soup. Please have a bowl of it, Long Live the Lord."
Xuan Ye frowned and said, "I ate it earlier. You keep it and heat it up at night before I drink it."
But Eunuch Li smiled: "Wu Changzai sent it, and it's waiting in the Nuan Pavilion, waiting for you to drink it and return to life."
"The older you get, the more cunning you become." The tense expression on the young emperor's face suddenly relaxed. He scolded Eunuch Li and immediately took off his dragon robe. Eunuch Li took it and chuckled, "Wu Chang is asleep."
Sorry, I didn’t dare to disturb you. If it’s rude, please don’t blame me, Your Majesty.”
Xuan Ye didn't pay attention at all. He left a group of people and went to the Nuan Pavilion alone. When he entered the door, he saw a soup cup on the table and a pair of soup bowls and spoons beside it. He walked around the door and saw a man curled up on the kang, sleeping soundly.
Lan Qi, however, was not in a hurry to come over and take a look. Instead, she turned around and took the blanket from the couch. She walked closer and was about to cover her with it when she saw that the little girl's cheeks were red from the sun and her forehead was covered.
There is a layer of fine sweat beads, and the neck is also shiny, and the tender white skin is really pleasant.
"I'm going to wake up in a while and blow the air. It's time to catch a cold." Xuan Ye muttered, took out his sweat towel, and reached into her neck. When she was touched by the cold silk, Lan Qi woke up and opened her eyes to see Xuan Ye in front of her.
, shrank back in a daze, and when he regained consciousness, he hurriedly kowtowed on the kang and saluted, but someone grabbed his arm and lifted him up and asked, "You are quite courageous. You just talked back to me in front of the Cining Palace yesterday. Today,
If you dare to sleep here, are you afraid that I will find someone to throw you out?"
After thinking about it last night, Xuan Ye no longer cared about what happened before. Now he wanted to tease her and scare her, but Lan Qi suddenly rushed over and hugged him. Xuan Ye was stunned and couldn't help but
He wrapped his arms around her, brushed his hands across her back, and could feel her soft muscles and bones through her clothes, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Who bullied you?"
"I am wrong." Lan Qi whimpered, but did not cry. She pressed softly against Xuan Ye's chest, "Your Majesty, please don't throw me out."
Xuan Ye smiled: "Where is the domineering little Chang Zai yesterday?"
"Can't find it."
"Then you go find it and bring it back." Xuan Ye sat down and pushed the person away from him. Her body was warm and her fine hair was stained with sweat and stuck softly to her forehead. Xuan Ye wiped her with a sweat towel.
He broke into sweat and said angrily, "You look like this, what do I like about you?"
Lan Qi saw a smile in the emperor's eyes, looking at her as before. The clouds in her heart finally dissipated. That silly Wu Yalan Qi ran out again and smiled at the emperor silly, but she didn't know that Xuan
Ye loves to see her smile like this, a pure and transparent smile that seems to drive away all the troubles in the world.
"I hope that you can become a woman like Concubine Zhao who can support the harem, but I can't bear to let the little Chang disappear." Xuan Ye said gently, holding her blushing face, "I am too greedy, you
That's a good question, how do I know how you live in the harem?"
Lan Qi lowered her eyes: "I met Concubine Tong today and I apologized to her."
"Apologise?" Xuan Ye frowned.
"I feel very uncomfortable in my heart, but you and the Queen Mother don't let me get close to Concubine Tong. If the empress doesn't come to me, this thorn will always stay in my heart." She continued,
"The meeting today was very sudden, but the concubine did not embarrass me, and I finally had the opportunity to say those words. No one was right or wrong in that matter, but the concubine Tong did not plot against others. You agreed to her request for the eldest brother.
, I heard that she also loved the eldest brother very much, but in the end she was framed for poisoning the third brother."
Lan Qi raised her head and looked directly at Xuan Ye: "Just because she once bullied and abused my concubine, we shouldn't gloat and watch her suffer. That would turn out to be what grandma said, and let others treat my concubine with the same face.
If this is the case in my body, no matter whether Wu Yalanqi can become a woman who can support the harem like the imperial concubine, the little Changzai she once was will definitely no longer exist."
Xuan Ye smiled deeply and stretched out his hand to brush away the fine hair on her forehead, "Can you keep the little Chang Zai that you used to be? Will I still be able to see her when we all grow old?"
Lan Qi nodded, her smile crystal clear: "I will grow old together with the Emperor. When I am too old to bend down, I will still act like a spoiled child with you." Xuan Ye hugged her and listened to her say, "Then the Emperor will
If you get angry, please don't reprimand me in front of outsiders, okay?"
"You can't help but make me angry?" Xuan Ye couldn't help but pinch her waist, "Yesterday you hated me so much that I was itchy. In the more than ten years since I came to the throne, very few people have dared to talk back to me.
You are counted as one."
Lan Qi was afraid of itching and arousing the emperor's anger in broad daylight, so she quickly left and got off the kang. She came over and touched the soup cup and it was still warm, so she ladled out the soup for Xuan Ye to drink.
Xuan Ye was a little angry at first, but seeing that she was measured and respectful, he came over with a smile, saw that the other bowl was empty, and filled a bowl of soup with his own hands. He pulled her to sit down and said, "Eat with me."
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The two of them sat across from each other. Seeing the emperor move the spoon, Lan Qi drank it herself. However, the soup had an indescribable strange taste in her mouth, and she didn't dare to say anything. She peeked at the emperor, who also had an incomprehensible look on his face. The two looked at each other stupidly for a moment.
,Xuan Ye finally asked: "Doesn't it taste good?"
Lan Qi nodded. Seeing that the emperor drank reluctantly, she finally couldn't help but said: "Why don't you drink it? In fact... this is the Empress Dowager's medicinal diet. She stewed it specially for the Empress Dowager to drink. She gave it to her before.
I brought you some snacks. After I met Concubine Tong, I felt uncomfortable and sent Huan Chun to bring them. Later, I wanted to come to see you. I couldn't find an excuse, so I went to ask for help from my grandma, who gave me the soup.
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The emperor bit his lip gently, the smile in his eyes seemed like he wanted to hide Lan Qi in his eyes. He couldn't drink the soup anymore, so he stretched out his hand to pull her up and went straight to the study, regardless of how many eunuchs and maids were waiting outside, he behaved openly and openly.
It's over.
"I have a lot of books to read, and I have to summon the ministers to discuss matters in the evening. I may not be able to take care of dinner. You stay with me here, and later make some delicious tea and get the snacks made by grandma. I will eat before I go.
When you meet the minister, you won't be afraid of being hungry." Xuan Ye sat down in front of the case and pushed Lan Qi to rub the ink. Seeing her standing quietly aside, he also calmed down his thoughts. In this case, the two people who were still in the Nuan Pavilion were tired and crooked.
Personally, I didn't even say a few words all afternoon.
In the evening, Lan Qi made tea and ate a few snacks with Xuan Ye. She waited for the ministers outside to arrive and was busy dressing and delivering the carriages. Only when the emperor's figure disappeared from sight did Lan Qi remember to go to Ci.
Ning Gong returned to life, and Huan Chun said that when her mother asked her to go back, she must first see the Empress Dowager.
When they arrived, it was time for dinner to be passed around. The Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine sent someone to greet them. Lan Qi came in after everyone had left. She saw the Queen Mother standing up from the Buddhist niche. Although her movements were slow due to her age, she could not tell at all.
It was the person who lost his waist. When she came up to help her, she couldn't help but ask: "Is your waist okay?"
The old man smiled proudly: "I'm guarding your troublesome grandchildren. Can anything happen to me?" He squinted again and saw that Lan Qi looked very good, and the melancholy in her eyes was gone. He was very happy, "You guys have reconciled."
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"Okay." Lan Qi's cheeks turned red and she blamed herself, "I have made you worry. I will be fine in the future."
"How can we always be fine?" The Empress Dowager smiled, and first pulled Lan Qi to offer incense to the Bodhisattva. After watching her worship devoutly in front of the Buddhist altar, they then walked arm in arm to the dining room and said sincerely, "You always let me
Don't say that, but people have to accept the passage of time. God has favored me at this age. If I want to leave, the one I worry about the most is Xuan Ye. His late emperor left at a young age, and his biological mother also left two years ago.
, although he has brothers and sisters, they all have their own families, and their kings and ministers are different. He is rich in the world, but he is the loneliest person."
After entering the dining hall and sitting down, there were only Aunt Sumala and a few serving maids. The Empress Dowager said without scruple: "When the late Emperor was here, I couldn't tolerate the Dong E family. Now it's too late to regret it. He
Sitting alone in a high position like this, it's rare that I don't treat myself as an emperor and really like a woman. Why should I not tolerate it?" The old man felt a little sad at this moment, patted Lan Qi's hand and said, "Stay with Xuan Ye well, don't be afraid.
No matter how stumbling or quarreling you are, if you treat each other sincerely, you will last forever."
Lan Qi nodded deeply: "I have written it down."
Aunt Sumala stood aside holding bowls and chopsticks. When she heard her master's words, she turned away and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Only she understood that the early death of the late emperor was a lifelong pain for her master. Everything the late emperor once cherished,
The Empress Dowager is now protecting her grandson well. She does not want the tragedy that the late emperor once experienced to happen to her grandson again.
"Mommy." Lan Qi came over to get the bowls and chopsticks used by the Queen Mother. She was happily telling the emperor's joke about frowning after drinking the medicinal soup at noon, but she was stunned when she saw her tears. She smiled and gestured at her.
He hissed, quickly calmed down, turned around and said with a smile: "That's right, I used a lot of medicinal materials, and the master doesn't like to drink them, but it's better than taking medicine."