Li Qitian was wearing an ochre-colored brocade uniform, and his hair was tied up with a net towel. He walked in with his hands behind his shoulders.
"See the emperor brother." Li Helan saluted a little flustered.
Li Qitian didn't even look at her, he cupped his hands at the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother."
The queen mother didn't care about Li Qitian's sloppy salute. In fact, since the poisonous bird's nest incident, Li Qitian and her have become more and more separated, and even the honor that the queen mother should have, seems unwilling to give it.
This makes the queen mother, who is very serious about status and power, very nervous.
"The emperor is here. Sit down quickly. It's getting sultry outside, and the emperor is still coming. It's so heartbreaking for Aijia." The queen mother took Li Qitian's hand and patted it.
Li Qitian smiled, and withdrew his hand without a trace, took the hot tea brought by the maid, and said casually, "Why, is Laner feeling sorry for the concubine?"
Li Helan's tears were not dry, and she was unwilling and nervous in her heart. After thinking about it for a moment, she said coquettishly: "Brother Huang, Lan'er is not only distressed for his concubine, Laner is also for the emperor's brother, his concubine... "
Li Qitian waved his hand and interrupted Li Helan, "I just heard your words outside. Are you saying that Ji Lan will lead the troops, and I will still need him in the future?"
"Yes Yes."
"But didn't the mother say that when it will be activated in the future, it will be activated, can Ji Lan still resist the decree?" Li Qitian squinted and leaned slightly closer to Li Helan, "Did the concubine say something to you? He is still dissatisfied. What do you mean?"
Li Helan's heart skipped a beat, shaking his head again and again: "No, no, nothing! The sister-in-law is just making her own decision, and the sister-in-law hasn't even seen the face of the concubine, and the concubine looks like a lump of wood, and he is not able to do it at all. There are so many people who are careful, the emperor's brother ordered, the concubine will definitely obey, it is the minister and sister who want to get close to the concubine, hasn't the concubine ignored me all the time..."
Speaking of the last sentence, Li Helan's voice was already mixed with infinite grievances.
The queen mother immediately asked: "The concubine ignores you? Does he still refuse to see you?"
"Isn't that true?" Li Helan choked, "Daughter asks someone to invite him every two days, but he always only says that he is busy with official business, otherwise he will say that he is not in the house. Daughter can't always ask someone to invite him, Otherwise, the old maids will also say that the daughter is too diligent in calling people, but it seems that the daughter is in a hurry..."
Li Helan was really aggrieved. Stamping his feet and twisting his waist, he said, "That's a dead wood lump! Can't you lose a piece of meat if you have a good look on me? He's always so cold, why call me?"
The queen mother loves her daughter, and when she thinks of Ji Zeyu's handsome but frost-like appearance, she is both loving and angry, "That Ji Lan is also true, emperor, you can tell your sister about him when you look back, where is the relationship between husband and wife? Overnight feud? Why did Ji Lan make up her mind not to get along with us Laner?"
Li Qitian put down the tea bowl and said with a chuckle: "Normally a couple has no overnight feud. What did Ke Laner do
Li Helan's face turned red.
The empress dowager also looked a little embarrassed when she remembered the faces of the group like Li Helan.
This time, Li Qitian didn't intend to save face for Li Helan, and said bluntly: "Ji Lan is not the kind of stubborn head you raised, and he will wag his tail at you if he gives you a favor. This is Ji Lan, and his mind is still clear. Pang Zhixi, that scumbag, if someone dares to put a cuckold on him like this, and find a group of people to enjoy the same boots, do you believe that Pang Zhixi can kill you?"
Li Helan's face became more and more feverish, and he murmured, "Isn't Lan'er sending everyone away?"
"Ah."
Li Qitian just snorted from his nose, and then said sternly, "How do you want to please the concubine, that's your business, and doing it behind closed doors is your boudoir fun. But you all remember it for me, who you don't need to use. Whoever it is, I have the final say. You are women, so you have to remember the consequences of interfering in the harem. Do you still want to rely on your relatives to influence me to employ people?"
Li Helan's face turned pale with fright.
The empress dowager was stabbed in the heart by the phrase "relative status".
"Aijia is your mother!"
"Yeah." Li Qitian's lips were raised lazily, "It's a mother who will poison my direct son."
Li Helan suddenly looked up at the queen mother, and then at Li Qitian, not knowing how to persuade.
The queen mother was like a puppet whose thread was suddenly drawn, and slumped against the big pillow behind her.
At this moment, she realized very clearly that she had lost the ability to compete with the queen. Her biggest reliance in the past was the emperor's filial piety. But now, she is finally lost.
The queen mother burst into tears for a moment, and there was remorse buried in every wrinkle on her face. If she hadn't been too confident, how could things have become like this
In the end, the matter didn't work out, the Qin family didn't pick it up, the queen didn't have the upper hand, but even the emperor's respect and filial piety were lost.
Li Qitian was impatient to deal with the tears of the Queen Mother and Li Helan, got up and said, "I still have a book to criticize." After bowing his hands, Li Qitian strode out of the Ci'an Palace.
Li Helan and the empress dowager were speechless, and Xie lowered his head with a dejected expression.
***
Qin Mansion.
Sun cries so hard that he finally loses strength and faints and develops a high fever. Qin Yining hurriedly placed the person in the inner house and asked Bingtang for diagnosis and treatment.
"Princess, the maid is looking at the dangerous condition of Madam. Madam has a high fever but no sweat, and she can't take medicine or food. This situation is really bad. I see Madam's appearance, I am afraid that she has a plan to die."
Qin Yining was so frightened that she was covered in cold sweat and her hands were cold, "How should this be done?"
She stared blankly at Mr. Sun, who was lying on his back with pale lips, confused and at a loss as to what to do.
"Father has already had an accident, if my mother has another accident..."
"Don't worry, wangfei, the slaves must do their best, and the lady will be fine."
Bingtang regretted telling this to Qin Yining. Qin Yining's injuries in the palace have not been relieved so far. Although the swelling on his knees has disappeared, he has fallen ill. In addition, he has been hungry for so many days in Ci'an Palace. At this moment, the whole person is skinny, even thinner than when they first met, as if a gust of wind will blow it away. If you get angry and fall ill because of this, wouldn't the family be over
Bingtang gritted her teeth and said seriously: "Don't be afraid, Princess, I will discuss it with the doctor, Madam's illness will be fine."
Qin Yining nodded before saying, "Okay."
Leaving rock candy for Sun's diagnosis and treatment, Qin Yining went to the front hall to see Ma again.
Ma Shi was squatting and burning paper while wearing a white belt. The tears on his face were not dry and new tears were added, and he said in his mouth: "Sin of a sin, a sin."
"Grandma." Qin Yining crouched down beside Ma's side, "You have been suffering all the way back. Did you encounter any danger on the way?"
"Girl Yi." Mrs. Ma threw the last few pictures into the brazier, wiped a hand on her skirt, and took Qin Yining to the corner with both hands, "Tell grandma, why didn't you build a spirit shed in the palace? This The grandmother of the house doesn't look very big, and the family is not crowded? Is it because your mother-in-law is bullying you again? "
Ma's eyes were full of worry and anxiety. From the moment she entered the city, she was led here by two servants, but she didn't go back to the palace, so she had already guessed.
My family knew about their own affairs. What were the thoughts of the Yao family's father and daughter? Ma's family has been with them for most of his life, so how could he not guess
Qin Yining shook his head and said with a smile, "Grandma, you've been thinking too much. I asked the shopkeeper Zhong Da to keep an eye on the house, and I just found a suitable one, so I moved out. It's not easy to live in the Qin family all the time. in the palace."
"What's wrong? How cheap is it for you and Dafu to arrange for the family to live together? If we are separated, the manpower has to be dismantled. Isn't the military force weak? You are a smart kid, if you weren't bullied so badly, how would you move out at this time?"
Ma's cocooned hand took Qin Yining's cool and slender hand and shook it, and then touched Qin Yining's cheek with pity, "Look at how thin you are, you look like a piece of paper, you must have suffered. I'm aggrieved. Your mother-in-law's black heart, it's alright, my grandmother turned around and took care of her!"
Qin Yining has been wronged for so many days, and it is not easy to tell the family about things with her mother-in-law. All kinds of thoughts are pressing on my heart. Whenever I think of these trivial things in the dead of night, my heart is always blocked.
Now that Mrs. Ma is back, after saying such words, the breath that Qin Yining was holding in his heart was released. When no one cared, understood and supported, Qin Yining could grit her teeth and be strong, but now, her eyes are wet.
After a long while, Qin Yining held back her tears, "Don't say that, grandma, grandma didn't do anything. Besides, the Qin family should have a single family and set up a spiritual shed, which is really inappropriate in the palace."
When Ma Shi heard the words, he immediately understood.
"I understand, Yi girl, this is your mother-in-law's fault. We are a family, what kind of family is the family? You and Dafu are married, and the two families are tied together. , if there is an enemy against us, can we still deal with it separately?"
Qin Yining had to persuade him again, but Ma Shi had waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to say more.
The two looked at the empty coffin in the mourning hall hand in hand, Ma Shi sighed and wiped away a tear: "Girl Yi, I'll go back to the palace first."
"Yes, I will arrange for someone to escort you back."
Ma nodded in response, looking at Qin Yining's thin palm-sized face and thin body, the fire in her heart rushed upwards, she only went out for a while, and the father and daughter did not even know the most basic human beings. !
Qin Yining sent Mrs. Ma out of the house and got on the carriage. Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the house, he saw a tall figure standing on the corner of the street. The man in a light gray Confucian shirt really looked like a scholar.
"Mr. Mu?"
Mu Jinghu smiled and nodded, pointing to the alley on the side of the mansion.
Qin Yining understood and went back to the house to wait in that direction.