In Yonghe Palace, Concubine De was sitting in front of the flowers in the courtyard. Seeing the fourth elder brother was coming, she asked him to sit next to her and said, "Fourth, the prince was encouraged by his wife. Eniang helped him to ask Qingchuan to come to the emperor. But you also know that the old man had robbed the execution ground for Qingchuan. Eniang was very embarrassed and wanted to discuss with you."
Si elder brother slipped through a faint disappointment in his heart, lowered his gaze, and said: "This matter is really difficult to do. It is my brother's disappointment. If he helped the prince marry Qingchuan, the old man will be indignant. Emian also knows. The prince’s aptitude is not high. If Lao Bajia competes with him for the position of prince, he is definitely not an opponent."
De Fei nodded and said: "This is Lier."
Si elder brother said: "But if you follow Lao Ba and reject the prince, Ermian thought, if one day he becomes the emperor, what will he do to our mother and son?"
De Fei was silent for a moment, sighed, and said: "The life and death of our mother and child are small, but it is not good to entangle national affairs with private emotions."
Si elder brother flashed Qingchuan's face before his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The key lies in this palace lady named Qingchuan."
Concubine De's face also showed some complaints, "This is also Qingchuan. I think she is very clever and smart, and she thought she was a sensible person. Why did she get involved with the prince and the old bachelor?"
Si elder brother thought for a while and said, "As long as she is still here, this contradiction will always be there. No matter how neutral Eniang is, there will always be one party that will hate you. In this case, Eniang has only one way to protect herself, which is to let her disappear. ."
After hearing this, Consort De hesitated: "Anyway, there is always an innocent life, this palace is really..."
Si elder brother said: "The son has said nothing. No matter what Eniang decides, the son will support him. The son has to deal with the funeral of the old concubine and leave." After speaking, he got up and left.
When I left the Yonghe Palace, I saw Su Yan standing quietly in the corner of the corridor. Brother Si hesitated, then walked over and asked softly: "Why are you standing here?"
Su Yan looked at him with tears, eyes full of affection and grievance, but he did not answer.
Si elder brother moved slightly in his heart, but he asked, "I asked you to get rid of Qingchuan, why are you reluctant to do it?"
Suyan was stunned and asked, "Why do you treat Qingchuan this way? She is a very good girl, and she never thought about getting involved in this dispute."
Si elder brother replied indifferently: "Many people's fate is not their choice."
Su Yan felt cold in his heart, but couldn’t help begging him: “But you are controlling everything behind the scenes. You can choose to spare her, even if it’s not for her, at least for me. She is the only one for me. friend."
Brother Si didn't move and didn't speak, his expression on his face was very indifferent.
Su Yan laughed mockingly, and whispered: "Look, how stupid I am, I would ask the superior brother Si to take care of my feelings? I'm so stupid..."
She smiled bitterly, turned and left.
Brother Si grabbed her hand from behind and asked: "How do you know that I didn't care about your feelings?" Su Yan looked back at him, and listened to him continue to say, "If I didn't care about your feelings, why? Haven't urged you since that time? Why do you want to design and remove her yourself?"
Su Yan paused, stepped back a few steps, knelt down and kowtow to Si elder brother: "Thank Si elder brother then."
Si elder brother showed pain in his eyes, he closed his eyes, then looked at Su Yan, and slowly said: "Su Yan, don't talk to me like this, it will hurt my heart, because-no matter what you are How will you end up? You always have a very important position in my heart. No one can replace this, understand?"
Su Yan, seeing him speak so sincerely, felt more sorrow and grievances in her heart, and whispered: "With your words, I will be reconciled even if I die." She took out an exquisite embroidered purse from her arms. Come out and whisper, "I'm staying here, just want to... see you, want to... give this to you."
Si elder brother took the purse, sniffed it, and smiled: "I will always take it with me."
He said that, she was very happy in her heart, but for some reason, she couldn't help but shed tears. Wiping hurriedly, he whispered: "They are watching closely, I will go back first."
Brother Si nodded, suddenly remembering something, and confessed in a low voice: "Don't get too close to that Qingchuan. Now the prince and the old eight are arguing about her, Emian has already decided to get rid of her. Don't suffer. Her involvement."
Su Yan listened for a while, raised his head and looked at the fourth elder brother. Seeing that his expression was firm, he knew that this person had always been as hard as iron, and it was useless to ask for it, and he didn't ask for it anymore. If you want to save Qingchuan, you have to think of something else. The way is!
After returning to the Ganxi No. 4 Institute, Su Yan pulled Qingchuan into the room, and said that both the prince and eighth elder brothers fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. Qingchuan was dumbfounded, and said in disbelief: "Because of this, Concubine De concubine wants to save me?"
Su Yan knew that Qingchuan was pure-hearted, and patiently explained to her: "If you help the prince, you will offend the eighth prince, and if you don't help the prince, you will offend the prince. In order to protect yourself, the concubine Defei can only secretly remove you."
Qingchuan was silent for a moment and asked softly: "So, I have to sacrifice my little palace lady, right? No matter if I make a mistake or not, no matter if I am really entangled with the prince and the eighth elder brother, right? ?"
Although the answer was cruel, he still nodded and replied: "Yes, since the grievance has begun, there can be no way to end it. As long as you are still there, you will become their bargaining chip, endlessly dying."
Qingchuan smiled bitterly and said, "Then I can only wait to die?"
Su Yan thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice, "Qingchuan, you can run away. I will help you contact that Gu Xiaochun and ask him to get you out again. You two escaped far away. Wander around the world!"
Qingchuan shook his head, "It's too risky, I can't harm Xiaochun."
Su Yan was too anxious, and asked, "What should I do? You can't just wait for death like this, right?"
Qingchuan thought for a while, showing firmness on her face, and said, "I'm going to find the Concubine De, I have to ask all this clearly, even if I die, I must die to understand!" Blocked, got up and ran out.
De Fei was not surprised by Qingchuan’s arrival. She just said: "Qingchuan, I know you must have a grudge against this palace in your heart, but even if this matter is known to the emperor, he will still execute you. He will never Tolerate a gap between his two sons for the sake of a woman."
Qingchuan knelt for a moment, and said unwillingly, "But... I didn't do anything. They want me, and the problem is with them, not with me. Is there no other way besides letting me die? De? Concubine, save me, save me."
A hint of pity flashed in De Fei’s eyes, and she groaned for a moment, called Qingchuan to step forward, took her hand, and said softly, “Is this good? The old concubine of Ningshou Palace has just passed away and needs someone to go to the east. The mausoleum guards the mausoleum, it is better for you to tell the emperor that you are willing to go, and if the emperor is supporting him, the two brothers must not dare to act rashly. When things pass, the palace will arrange for you to come back. Although the days of guarding the mausoleum will be hard Some, but it's better than being a bargaining chip in their brothers' struggle, what do you think?"
It is lucky to be able to live. Qingchuan had nothing to ask for. Hearing that, he knelt down and kowtowed to Concubine De: "As long as you can live, the slaves will listen to the empress."
De Fei sighed softly, took off the pearl necklace from her neck and hung it on Qingchuan. She comforted: "This was given to me by the Empress Dowager in the past. I haven't taken it down in my palace in recent years. I gave it to you, I hope I can keep you safe."
Qingchuan couldn't help the grievance in his heart, and fell on Defei's knee and started crying. De Fei gently stroked her back and sighed: "Good boy, it's hard for you."
Kangxi was annoyed that he could not find the Eight Banners women who volunteered to pray for the old concubine's mausoleum. He closed the memorial and exclaimed with Li Dequan: "There are so many women from the Eight Banners family, and none of them are willing to guard the mausoleum for the old concubine. Pray for blessings. But I can't force them to do this. Seeing that the time for the toffee to be buried in the East Tomb is approaching, you say this..."
Qingchuan listened carefully outside. Hearing the words, walked in slowly, knelt down in front of Kangxi, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor, the slave and maid asked to go to the Dongling Tomb for the concubine to guard the tomb."
Kangxi was taken aback: "You?"
Qingchuan bowed his head in a proper manner and said firmly: "The slave and maid's heart has been decided, please fulfill it."
Kangxi gave Qingchuan a fixed look, with a lot of praise in his eyes, and nodded: "Well, since you have this sincerity, I will designate you as a third-grade female officer, and go to Dongling to pray for the old lady's mausoleum and reward. All are better than the princess."
Qingchuan kowtowed his head to thank you, and calmly followed Li Dequan out. I just left the Palace of the Qing Dynasty, but from a distance I saw Ba Ge and others who came to greet Kangxi. Qingchuan didn't want to be entangled with them any more, so he respectfully said auspiciously, and then bowed his head and avoided the roadside.
The Eighth Brother deliberately fell behind the crowd, and stopped when passing by Qingchuan, and asked in a low voice, "Can the Buddha beads still work?"
Qingchuan pressed her lips vigorously, looked up, and said faintly: "The slave servant has decided to go to Tanglin to pray for the old concubine, and the emperor has agreed."
The smile on Eighth Brother's face was stagnant, and he looked at Qingchuan steadily, then pulled her and walked towards Qianqing Palace.
Qingchuan broke free of his palm forcefully: "What do you want to do?"
Eighth elder brother replied coldly: "I'll go and beg Huang Ama to take his life back."
Qingchuan smiled bitterly, and asked, "What then? Make the emperor angry again, and then enter the clan mansion? That's enough, eighth brother, I'm tired, okay if you spare me? You don't want to live, I still want to live. ."
Eighth elder brother stretched her mouth and stretched out her hand to pull her, but she hid her hands behind her, begging him bitterly: "I am grateful that you saved me last time, but I also saved you. We evened each other. Bahge, I’m just an ordinary girl. I don’t want to climb the dragon and accompany the phoenix. I don’t want to be entangled in the war between your brothers. I just want to live, live well. Can you let me go? Is it okay?"