Concubine Yi's words were not unreasonable, and Concubine Hui herself had never really felt at ease. This year she watched with cold eyes. For some reason, Concubine Juechan no longer cared about Nalan Rongruo.

No matter how hard she worked, she lived a healthy and dignified life. Her posture seemed to be trying to win a reputation in the Forbidden City, so she had to guard against it.

After all, in the imperial city, although a beautiful face is not everything, it is absolutely impossible without beauty. The Jue Chan family is at the age when flowers are in full bloom and is in the best time.

"Every time the emperor goes, I have a bulging belly. I won't be able to accompany you when you return. I won't be able to get close to you for another year. When I give birth to the child, the emperor will probably not even remember me." Concubine Yi said to him.

This child was not as cherished and looked forward to as her ninth elder brother. She always felt that this child was hindering her future. If she could accompany the emperor for a while, she was convinced that she could climb Mount Tai.

Concubine Hui said: "Speaking of which, the draft will be held again in the spring of next year, but the emperor and the empress dowager have not given any clear instructions yet, and there has been no movement from the Ministry of Household Affairs and Rites. Does this mean that they are not selecting, or that they are not in the spring?

select?"

Concubine Yi widened her eyes and asked Concubine Hui: "Why do we have to choose again? Didn't Tong Bin and the others just enter the palace?"

Concubine Hui smiled: "This is all in the 21st year of Kangxi's reign. Counting the days in the 24th year of next year, my sister, you entered the palace in the 14th year, and it has been ten years in the blink of an eye."

"Ten years?" Concubine Yi was stunned. She had already entered the palace for ten years. She subconsciously ran to the mirror to look at her face, touched the skin on her face, and asked Concubine Hui sadly, "Sister, I am

Aren’t you old?”

"Compared to newcomers, you are not young, but after all, when you are still young, don't scare yourself, take good care of yourself, and the future will be long." Concubine Hui said this, but involuntarily touched the corners of her eyes, and looked in the mirror this morning,

Another fine line has appeared. No matter how well-maintained the palace is, it can't withstand the passage of time. No matter how young and beautiful you look, if you really stand next to someone in their teens or 20s, the years will be written on their face.

Here in Yizhou, the emperor has been busy opening a porridge factory for days to provide relief to the poor. In fact, the imperial court has already done this for a long time. It was originally intended to provide relief to the poor. However, it has been implemented for a long time, and most of the management officials regard it as a false document, so that the relief work is like

It was a false pretense, but the people did not benefit from it, so they issued a strict order: "The Ministry of Education strictly ordered the censors and officials who patrolled the city to personally inspect the distribution. They were not allowed to serve with false hands, invade fishermen, and serve the common people."

Everyone will benefit from it." He also said that any violation will be punished.

After two busy days, the next stop was to go to Taoyuan County to inspect the project on the north bank of the Yellow River. On the eve of his departure, Xuan Ye read the Zhou Zhang sent to him and finished all the affairs. Eunuch Liang came to ask the emperor where he could rest at night. Xuan Ye asked

How was Concubine De's recuperation? She couldn't wait for Eunuch Liang to ask, so she went to Lan Qi's residence in person.

I climbed Mount Tai before, but the reason why I returned to the foot of the mountain only in the evening on the 11th day of the 11th day of the reign of Emperor Shengji was that it was easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down. The emperor and the accompanying generals were fine, but Concubine De was so weak that she couldn't walk down the steps, and it was hard to walk step by step.

He was carried down slowly when the terrain eased up a bit, and if it weren't for her, Xuan Ye would have lost his patience. Because of this, Lan Qi rarely appeared in front of people after that, which really hurt her muscles and bones.

At this time, Xuan Ye came over. Yu Kui at the door saw that the Holy Master had arrived and hurried in to report. Xuan Ye asked her what her master was doing first. Yu Kui smiled and said: "Huan Chun is rubbing the master's legs. The imperial doctor said he must do it."

It's good to rub the muscles and bones loosely. It's been several days. The master has been afraid of pain and refused to let the slaves do it. But now it's time to set off again. It's impossible not to rub it. The queen is grinning in pain."

Xuan Ye took off his coat and went straight in. He saw Lan Qi lying face forward on the couch, and Huan Chun kneeling beside her, holding her legs and feet. When Huan Chun exerted a little force, the person on the bed trembled and struggled. Xuan Ye signaled Huan Chun to come down.

Lan Qi noticed the movement and asked her happily: "Is it done? Is it really healed?"

But before Huan Chun could say anything, the muscles on the back of her thighs were pinched twice, causing Lan Qi to twitch in pain. She turned around to blame Huan Chun, but when she saw Xuan Ye sitting next to him with a smile, he shouted at her again

She was ashamed and angry, but couldn't bear the pain that felt like she was falling apart all over her body. She leaned down softly and said, "Your Majesty, please don't bully others. I am in so much pain. These arms and legs are no longer mine. Even my back hurts."

Xuan Ye saw how pitiful she was, so he sat closer and hugged her on his lap, gently kneading her back and arms. Lan Qi felt very comfortable with such force, and she closed her eyes comfortably to enjoy it.

Suddenly she woke up again, was she seeking death and letting the emperor serve her? She quickly struggled to crawl away, but Xuan Ye slapped her on the butt and scolded: "Why are you moving? The muscles and bones on your body are as hard as rocks."

"

"Now that I think about it, Sister Rong and the others all admire Chen Concubine, but if we do it again, I will definitely not show off my strength." Lan Qi did not dare to move any more, and then regretted and muttered, "Chen Concubine can't even think of it.

How did you climb up there?"

However, Xuan Ye remembered it clearly, remembering every look in her eyes when she asked for help, saying that she was dying. But after the two looked at each other for a while, she gritted her teeth and took steps again. When it comes to the last part of the journey, Xuan Ye really forced her.

But this man was really able to bear it and reached the top. That experience was very precious to Xuan Ye, but Lan Qi said that she did not remember it.

Xuan Ye couldn't help but pinched her leg. The pain was so painful that the person on her body shrank into a ball. He slowly crawled away and hid in the corner. He covered his face with the quilt and said, "Your Majesty, please go back quickly. I, my concubine, lie down."

Just lie down, I won't be able to take care of you tonight."

As he spoke, he stuck his head out to call Huan Chun, but there was no one anywhere in the room. Xuan Ye was sitting on the bedside with a smile, and his body was filled with the energy of a tiger and a wolf. She, a stiff lamb, had fallen into the tiger's mouth tonight. Wait.

When Xuan Ye got close to him again, he cried and laughed and begged for mercy, and kept saying no, no, no.

Of course, Lan Qi was not allowed to have the final say on whether it would work or not, but one night of sex seemed to activate blood circulation and relax muscles. When I woke up the next day, I felt better than the previous few days. I could lift my arms and take long strides with my legs. Lan Qi was proud of herself.

When they saw Huan Chun and the others snickering, they became too shy and ignored them. After that, it was still early in the day and the army set off again towards Taoyuan County.

In the days that followed, the emperor had to inspect the Yellow River Project and had no time to spend time with his female family members. The eldest brother and the prince followed their father all the time, and the concubines took care of the prince and princess behind.

Xuanye moved from Suzhou to Qinghe in his carriage. Wherever he passed, he saw river workers transporting earth, rolling up piles and laying piles, and tamping them with great efforts. They all stayed there for a long time. He personally expressed his condolences and said: "I have always paid attention to the river affairs.

Every time I read the books on river defense in the palace, as well as the maps of the river and the names of the places where the dangerous engineering breaches have been made over the years, I would like to discuss them. Although I knew the difficulty of building dangerous engineering works, I had never been on the river, how powerful the river was, and how far the embankments were.

It is impossible to know clearly what is high or low. Now we have carefully surveyed the terrain, assessed the situation, and carefully inspected Xiaojiadu, Jiuligang, Cuijia Town, Xushengba, Qiligou, Huangjiazui, and Xinzhuang areas. They are all tight places to welcome slippers.

Very dangerous.”

In this case, he gave guidance on the flood control project on the north bank of the Yellow River, and ordered the governor of the river, Jin Fu, to plan carefully and take appropriate measures, so that the water of the Yellow River would flow eastward, and the water would flow with sand and brush, and there would never be any obstruction.

On the 21st, the Holy Emperor took a boat and passed through Gaoyou, Baoying and other places. Many civilian farmhouses can still be seen in the water in the places where floods occurred in the past. Xuanye went ashore and walked for more than ten miles to inspect the water situation. He summoned the local elderly people to explain the situation in detail.

After asking about the cause of the disaster, he ordered Wang Xinming, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, to plan a dredging project.

Two days later, the boat arrived in Zhenjiang and stayed overnight. It was as if the local specialty products had impressed the emperor. He stayed with the imperial concubine at night, as if he was afraid that she would smell the sour smell of vinegar. Naturally, this was just a joke among women. The imperial concubine herself

It was also used as a joke to make the emperor happy.

In the blink of an eye, it will be a full month of travel. The journey is day and night, and the journey is tiring. From the fatigue and discomfort at the beginning, to now we are used to it. The women and children have spent the most difficult days. Tomorrow, they will cross the Yangtze River, climb Jinshan Mountain, and swim with dragons.

After visiting the Zen temple and walking on the waterway for several days, I was very excited.

When night fell, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong went ashore for a walk to relax. The children were surrounded by a group of palace maids, nuns and eunuchs. They were afraid that something might happen to them, so they felt more at ease. Naturally, the concubines' movements were limited, and there were many people around them.

There were guards on guard for protection. We could only walk a few steps along the river, so we had to turn back and forth several times before we had to go back.

I happened to meet Tong Bin and Jue Chan who were also out for a walk. They came over to salute and say hello. Everyone in the palace knew that they were close to each other. Think about the fact that the imperial concubine was so intolerant of Jue Chan's beauty, but her own sister was so close to her.

It is also very interesting to get close to each other. The four of them are neither close nor distant, and occasionally talk very harmoniously. They were about to go back to the ship together. Not long after boarding the ship, they heard some female relatives laughing on the ship's armor. They were several of them.

They didn't care about the accompanying Chang Zaigui, but when the sound of "Nalan Rongruo" came to their ears, both Lan Qi and Jue Chan couldn't help but pay attention.

It is said that when Nalan Rongruo provided disaster relief in Gaoyou and other places, he married Shen Wan, who is now living in a private house. He said that he did not expect that he would go south without his daughter, and he could obviously take that woman back to his hometown. I wonder if the young lady at home is too tough.

Jealousy prevented him from making the trip, and when talking about the admiration the housekeeper in the capital had for the eldest son of Nalan Mansion, someone said: "I was still very young at that time, and several aunts in the family always talked about Nalan Rongruo and said he was charming.

The young master is very talented. I have memorized this name since I was a child. Each of them can recite Master Nalan's poems. I have always been curious about what this person looks like. I have seen him from time to time these days. He is really handsome. It is a pity that my aunts are not like him.

Married into Mingzhu Mansion by fate."

Concubine Rong and Concubine Tong walked ahead and entered the cabin. Lan Qi and Mrs. Jue Chan looked at each other. Mrs. Jue Chan smiled calmly and calmly. Lan Qi felt at ease and nodded slightly to go back with her, but
Chapter completed!