Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2608 Nine Volumes 90 I'm afraid it's too late
On the night of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor returned to the Yuanmingyuan from the palace.

After returning to the Old Summer Palace, the emperor had to go to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion first as usual to pay his respects to the empress dowager.

Shun Concubine and Lan Guiren accompanied the Empress Dowager to live in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, and when they saw the Emperor came back, they were secretly happy.

The emperor simply told the empress dowager about drinking wine in front of Xiaoqi's coffin.

The empress dowager also sighed deeply, shedding old tears, "I never thought that the child would leave so early. The one who should have left early, isn't it like me?"

The emperor hastened to comfort him.

The empress dowager wiped her tears with her sleeves, and sighed, "This year is my Kaner year in 84, and it is also the year of your imperial concubine's life. It is also a Kaner year. Alas, if something happens, it should happen to us On the body, why did you tell the child to go first?"

Concubine Shun also raised her sleeves by the side, pretending to accompany her in tears.Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, he hurriedly bowed, "Perhaps the Seventh Princess is filial, and she is reluctant to watch the Empress Dowager and the Queen's Mother suffer together in this Kaner year, so the Seventh Princess will go first for the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager." One step..."

"Concubine Shun, what are you talking about?!" The emperor jumped up and glared at Concubine Shun fiercely.

The Empress Dowager also sighed and shook her head.
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The emperor walked away in a flick of his sleeves, while Concubine Shun and Noble Lan slipped back to their bedroom in desperation, Concubine Shun was still a little bit unconvinced.

"What did I say, did the emperor and the empress dowager just annoy me so much? I said that the seventh princess is filial, am I saying bad things about the seventh princess?" Originally, I was happy to see that the emperor was able to return to the garden today instead of staying in the palace to accompany the imperial concubine, so I wanted to praise the seventh princess~"

Lan Guiren also said, "Who says it's not? The Seventh Princess was originally ill for a long time, and she obviously died of illness. But you still spoke well for her, saying that she came here to resolve the ominous omen of Kan Ernian for the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine. I went... This is clearly a good word for her!"

Concubine Shun sighed softly, "In the final analysis, the emperor still loves the house and loves Wu. Just because the seventh princess is the first child of the imperial concubine, Princess Gu Lun was sealed up beyond the rules, and even if she died, we are not allowed to be the princess. What the concubine said!"

Lady Lan curled her lips, "Love the house and the crow? I think, I'm afraid it's because of the color fading and the love for the horse - although the imperial concubine has been favored for 30 years, she is still no match for her age, and she is still old. Look at the seven The princess has just died, and the imperial concubine is ill again, one can imagine the state of mind of the imperial concubine these past few days. But the emperor returned to the Old Summer Palace tonight, and did not stay in the palace to accompany her."

Concubine Shun's eyes lit up, "You mean, the emperor finally broke his addiction to her?"

Lan Guiren shrugged, "I think so."
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In Concubine Dun's palace, her tenth princess had just turned twelve days, and she had a little full moon.

It's a pity that just in time for the seventh princess to pass away, the emperor decreed to postpone the banquet of the Lantern Festival. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, all the ministers went to the seventh princess's mansion in plain clothes to salute, and the little full moon who called the tenth princess couldn't do it either. to congratulate, and the ministers couldn't send gifts in.

Even the emperor himself went to the seventh princess's mansion to drink wine, and it is said that he even changed the emperor's dignity and cried into tears.

Crying so much for her daughter who just passed away, but not having time to celebrate the little full moon for the newborn daughter, Concubine Dun felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

But even under such circumstances, she never expected that the imperial concubine would even ask someone to send a reward from the palace.

——Although, the imperial concubine also rewarded those "Three Treasures Against Wolf" before, which made her teeth itch from annoyance; but this time, what the imperial concubine rewarded were all carefully crafted small jewelry.

It's for the ten princesses, there are red gold ones, some pure silver ones, and some jewel-encrusted ones, ranging from collars, longevity locks, to ear clips, bracelets and anklets.

That's all, there is also a box of chicks, ducks, geese, donkeys, horses and pigs made of weed grass, silk, weed grass flowers and velvet flowers... all of them are lifelike and naive.

Although Concubine Dun's mother's family is from Baoyi, her Ama has long been a third-rank official, so she, an old woman, has lived as a noble lady since she was a child, and she has never seen these little things.But as a mother, I know how precious these things are to children.

Guan Lan also said, "I heard from the people in Chuxiu Palace that this kind of thing was made by the imperial concubine herself. She once made a box for the nine princesses. Still persist in making an identical box for our ten princesses."

"They also said that because the tenth princess is an elder and has a more noble status, the materials used by the imperial concubine are even better than those for the nine princesses."

After finishing speaking, Guan Lan also snorted, "I don't know if what they said is true or not, my servant, maybe it's a good buy."

Concubine Dun lowered her head, staring at the box of gadgets, feeling a little lost.

She realized that this box of gadgets was actually not that perfect, some had different ears on the left and right, and some had half of the wings missing on both sides...but because of this, she couldn't help but believe in her heart that this was The imperial concubine made it herself when she was ill.

During these years of getting along, she knows too well what kind of person the imperial concubine is. She is a person who strives for perfection in everything, and will never be fooled easily... If it wasn't for her illness, the imperial concubine would not have allowed such mistakes go.

She couldn't help but sighed, "Forget it. Anyway, these little things are lively and interesting for me to look at. Put them away, and show them to the princess when she knows how to recognize things."

While talking, Ting Yu walked in from the outside, and said softly, "The servant was just ordered by the master to go to greet the Empress Dowager. On the way, I happened to meet Concubine Shun and Lady Lan Gui, and I heard them say..."

Ting Yu relayed all the self-righteous words of concubine Shun and nobleman Lan to Concubine Dun.

After hearing this, Guan Lan sneered, "Of course the emperor's heart is no longer with the imperial concubine! Because, our master has ten princesses, and this is the emperor's first treasure after nearly ten years. Are you only thinking about our master and the little princess princess!"

Concubine Dun curled her lips, "If these words come from someone else's mouth, I would be willing to listen to them. After all, in the current situation in the harem, we are the ones who come out on top."

"But in our own palace, with the door closed, you don't have to use these words to make me happy."

Guan Lan and Ting Yu looked at each other, and quickly knelt down to plead guilty, "Your servant is talking nonsense, master forgive me."

Concubine Dun's face sank, and she sighed for a while, "Concubine Shun and Lady Lan are different from me after all. They think they are members of Niu Hulu's family and noble ladies from a famous Manchurian family, so they will always regard themselves as higher than imperial concubines. Family background and background. I have always preferred to believe my own self-righteous guesses, and don't take us Han surnames seriously."

"But I'm different. I have the same background as the imperial concubine anyway. It's doomed. I see some things more accurately and deeply than the two stupid women, Concubine Shun and Lan Guiren! Therefore, at this time, I have the title of empress." Petting and giving birth to the princess, and the two of them are destined to die alone in this harem, with no one to rely on!"

Now there is only the empress dowager supporting those two, if the empress dowager kicks her legs in the future, the two of them will have a lot of bitter fruit to eat!Based on what they have done these years, plus what they said today, it is no wonder that the emperor will spare them both in the future!
Guan Lan listened but still felt a little uneasy, "But master... the emperor did come back to the garden tonight, and didn't stay in the palace to accompany the imperial concubine. If this was in the past, when the imperial concubine was still young and favored Why would the emperor leave her seriously ill alone in the palace, and only ask concubine Shu and concubine Wan to accompany her?"

Concubine Dun shook her head, "How do you know! For one thing, tomorrow will be the banquet for the Grand Masters postponed by the emperor's decree, so the emperor must come back to the garden tonight, and if not, he will come back tomorrow. "

"Secondly..." After all, Concubine Dun is the daughter of Sige, the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she knows the rules of the Ministry of Internal Affairs very well, "Calculating the days, the seventh princess' golden coffin will be moved in a few days... Do you think that if the imperial concubine finds out, she will cry to death? Only by transferring the golden coffin of the seventh princess directly from the princess mansion without going through the palace, can this matter be temporarily avoided by the imperial concubine."

Guan Lan and Ting Yu looked at each other, and both lowered their heads, not daring to talk nonsense.

The two quit, and Concubine Dun quietly looked at the direction in which the two were leaving, and couldn't help but sighed.

She didn't want to change her temperament, and she couldn't learn to compromise, so she didn't say this today to please anyone.

It's just that, now that she has become a mother, she has to learn to think about everything for her daughter from now on.

There is no shortage of princesses in the palace, but there are some princesses who are favored, and some who are not; so what about the Princess Hejing, who was born on the same day, what kind of situation did the emperor make of the third son-in-law?As for the other four and seven princesses, they were originally concubine princesses, but in the end, even their own concubines were praised by the emperor like treasures.

It's not that the emperor will definitely like the emperor's own flesh and blood, after all, it depends on the child's good fortune, and whether the child's biological mother knows how to do all kinds of tricks for the child.

From this point of view, whether she wants to or not, she has to learn from the imperial concubine.

Therefore, from now on, even for her ten princesses, she has to learn to speak according to the emperor's mind - 12 years in the palace, after such a long journey, how can she still not understand that the emperor is I can't tolerate others being disrespectful to the imperial concubine?
Concubine Shun and Lady Lan probably couldn't let go of their prejudice against people with the Han surname for the rest of their lives, so they always intentionally or unintentionally offended the imperial concubine; but she is a Han surname herself, so she can't afford to be as stupid as the two of them go.

From now on, as long as Concubine Shun and Noble Lan talk about how bad the imperial concubine is, she will definitely do the opposite.

The emperor has his own choice.
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Concubine Dun's guess was right. On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, after the emperor gave a banquet to the senior scholars in the Old Summer Palace, on the [-]th day of the next day, the golden coffin of the seventh princess was consecrated and moved to the temporary resting place of the king of Guogong County outside the gate of Fucheng. temporarily safe.

On the 23rd, the "first visit to the grave ceremony" was held, and officials were sent to read the first sacrificial text to offer sacrifices.

On the 27th, for the "Great Grave Ceremony", read the second sacrificial text to offer sacrifices.

The emperor's love and sorrow for the seventh princess, those feelings of "rain" and "love for the clock", are generously announced to the world.

These are relatively public, and the front and rear palaces will know about it sooner or later; there is also a secret thing that outsiders will not know for the time being.

The emperor reluctantly left the Forbidden City on the [-]th day of the first lunar month and returned to the Old Summer Palace. Apart from preparing for the next day's banquet for the Grand Master and funeral for Xiaoqi, there was another very important thing for Wanxi.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, after the emperor went to Xiaoqi's princess mansion to drink wine, he returned to the palace to visit Wanxi. In the "Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty" many years later, the pen was written as "seeing the imperial concubine's illness". In the "Records", any writing like this does not represent all the records of the emperor visiting the imperial concubine, but once it is written like this, it means that the imperial concubine is already seriously ill...

The emperor who is proficient in medical skills already knows Wanxi's own situation.He wanted to leave her temporarily and go back to the garden. In addition to giving a banquet to the Grand Master as usual, as well as delivering and going to the grave for Xiao Qi, he also had to rush to do one more thing for her.

The emperor sent the sixth son of the emperor, Zhijun Wang Yongrong, who was in charge of the House of Internal Affairs at this time, to personally handle the compilation of the imperial concubine's natal family into Manchuria in the Xianghuang Banner-this is commonly known as raising the flag-Wanxi's mother's house is managed by the Zhenghuang Banner under the House of Internal Affairs. The collar, after being carried into the Zhenghuang Banner-coated collar and the Xianghuang flag-coated collar, finally directly carried out the flag of the House of Internal Affairs, and became the Manchurian flag of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Outer Eight Banners and the first banner of the Eight Banners!

After the flag was raised, it was incorporated into the Manchuria of the Xianghuang Banner, and it was necessary to formally establish a leader for the Wei family.The emperor even directly compiled Wanxi's mother's family as the official assistant leader—this assistant leader has been the leader of Wanxi's mother's family for generations—this way of raising the flag and establishing the official assistant leader is no longer common. Raise the flag, but according to the method of the empress's mother Dan Chan!
Just the day before Xiao Qi's "Da's Grave Ceremony", that is, on the 26th of the first lunar month, Yong Rong posted the memorial, and the matter of raising the flag has been completed.

On the same day, Wanxi's elder brother Dexin also thanked the emperor for raising the flag for his family.

After finishing this matter, the emperor returned to the palace in person on the 27th day of the first lunar month after completing Xiaoqi's "grave visit ceremony", and then "visited the imperial concubine's illness".
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It has been several months since Mulan and Wanxi fell ill last autumn.

Maybe it wasn't a serious illness at first, but because of Xiao Shiqi's acne again, half of Wanxi's life was taken away; then Xiao Qi's sudden death is the only remaining life left by Wanxi. They were also taken away.

After the death of Xiao Qixi, Wanxi's condition took a turn for the worse. By the time the emperor had arranged everything for the day and came back to the palace to see her, she was already so exhausted that she often fell asleep and rarely woke up.

The emperor walked in quietly, looking at her like this, his heart and soul were already torn apart by the boundless silence.

He knew that the silence at this moment would expand more and more; once she could no longer wake up, his entire world would be swallowed up by this silence.

(End of this chapter)