I didn't say anything, and Kangxi understood my eagerness, but he still let me stay at my residence and took my two sons to the martial arts arena to inspect the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Green Battalion.

Yinxiang, who was worried all the way, anxiously told me not to think crankily and not to walk around, so he followed Kangxi.

I sat in the courtyard and looked at the green willows of Hangzhou, and realized the timidity of the near monarch, my Honghui would complain about me, and what would he react to when he saw me. I was crazy to get out, to see him immediately, to hold him tightly in my arms, but I could only lock myself in my room.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Kangxi ordered the prince to go to the West Lake Palace first, and then took Yinxiang and me out of the door. I don't know where Honghui and they live, and I don't have time to ask for a smile, even if she sues me, I think I can't tell the ancient city of Hangzhou, so I have to tell sù Kangxi to go to Yiyantang.

Standing under the big red signboard of Yiyantang, Kangxi, who was dressed in civilian clothes, looked at me sideways, and couldn't tell that his expression was twisted into a little white, and his voice was low, "Yiyantang, I heard that business is very good in the capital, and Lao Jiu opened it?"

I lowered my head and whispered, "Ama Shengming." ”

Kangxi looked at the furnishings in the door and didn't move his steps, "Last year, the fourth child gave porridge, and Li Fu said that you advanced a lot of silver, but it was from Yiyantang?"

"Yes. ”

Kangxi didn't speak again, nodded and walked into the store with his feet raised, and Yinxiang and Li Dequan and I followed closely behind him.

This is my store in Hangzhou, which is different from the atmosphere of the capital, full of the meticulous and graceful of the south of the Yangtze River, which is more suitable for women.

Yan Yu, who came up, was startled when he saw us, and he was about to kneel down but was stopped by Kangxi with a fan, and spit out the word "lead the way". Yan Yu gave me a quick glance, then lowered her head and turned around, leading us through the hall and into the backyard.

"Honghui!" Yinxiang stood beside me and cried out in surprise, his voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of scaring the children in the courtyard. But I was already looking at Honghui, who was sitting on the small stool, making the little girl in the small chair in front of me laugh and couldn't take his eyes off it.

Honghui raised his head to meet the sun, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at us, his expression was very similar to Yinzhen, focused and serious. After only being stunned for a moment, he got up and ran over, and when he arrived in front of Kangxi, he knelt on his knees with his robe swinging, and his voice had already gotten rid of the childishness when he left the house, "Huang Mafa, grandson Honghui greets you." ”

I stood still and couldn't move, staring at him deadly, my face ruddy and I didn't look sick. Kangxi's hand had already touched his face, his eyebrows and eyes were everywhere the same as before, but his smile became more precocious, and the little tiger tooth was no longer visible, and he pursed it in his lips.

"Grass people Shu Zizhong and Yan Yu greet the emperor, and the emperor is auspicious. ”

I looked at the two people kneeling in the courtyard, and I could only smile bitterly, I was going to trouble them.

Kangxi ignored it, took Honghui's hand and walked to the small stool, shook the hem of his robe and sat down to hold him on top of him, looked at the little girl who looked up at him and giggled, squinted his eyes slightly and pointed at her with the handle of the fan, and asked softly, "Honghui, who is this?"

"Huang Marfa, she is agarwood, Shu agarwood. Honghui pointed to the two who were still kneeling on the ground and continued to explain, "Well, that's it...... It is...... The daughter of Yan Yu and Dr. Su. ”

"Doctor Su......" Kangxi nodded, looked at Honghui and asked with a smile, "Why is Doctor Su's daughter surnamed Shu?"

Honghui lowered his head and whispered, "Here, many people think of Su or Shu, and there is no difference. ”

My son is such a genius, but it's a pity that he can't escape Kangxi's eyes, but fortunately, his old man is not ready to embarrass his grandson.

Kangxi glanced at the couple before he smiled and whispered, "Get up, step back first." ”

Yan Yu hugged the agarwood and followed Shu Zizhong to retreat quickly to the front hall, leaving the small courtyard for us.

Yinxiang walked slowly past me step by step, bent down to look at Honghui, his hands on his legs and clutching his robe. Honghui raised his little face and called "Uncle Thirteen" sweetly as usual, he sighed like a sigh, stroked Honghui's head and held him in front of him, Honghui's little hand hung behind his waist, hugging him tightly.

My feet seemed to be filled with lead, and I froze in place, staring at the little hands as he grew taller. My Honghui was close in front of me, called my grandfather, hugged my uncle, and didn't call me a mother.

Yinxiang held Honghui's shoulder and pushed it away a little, turned around to look at me, Kangxi was also looking at me, Honghui ...... Also.

I endured the soreness of my eyes, squatted down, stretched out my hands and trembled a little, Honghui pounced on me, wrapped his neck so hard that I could hear him call me again and again, and he couldn't stop screaming.

"Honghui, I'm sorry, E-Niang is sorry for you, E-Niang is wrong, E-Niang misses you, thinks about it every day. ”

Honghui's face was buried in my shoulder, and he kept shaking his head, his voice buzzing, "Honghui also thinks about Eniang, every day." ”

Hearing the sound of Yinxiang coughing, I raised my eyes, quickly wiped the tears blocking my vision with the back of my hand, and saw that Kangxi was already standing in front of me, and I was busy helping Honghui to stand and kneel beside his legs.

Kangxi touched the top of Honghui's head, turned to look at the small courtyard, and his voice came very softly, "In two days, I will let Lao Thirteen pick you up and return to Beijing." ”

I don't know if he said this sentence to me or to Honghui, but when I heard his next sentence, I understood, "Honghui, your Eniang has always wanted to come to Hangzhou, it is indeed a good place." You take care of your body here, and when the time comes, Huang Marfa will send someone to pick you up. ”

Honghui nodded, the smile in his eyes faded, he grabbed the little robe and knelt beside me, looking at Kangxi's expression very seriously, "Huang Mafa, Honghui knows, don't worry, Honghui will stay in Hangzhou and take care of his body." Please also take care of your body, Honghui is here to kowtow to you. ”

Honghui was so reverent that I could hear the sound of his forehead touching the ground, and it sounded in my heart.

"Good, good, good girl. Kangxi bent slightly to look into his eyes and asked softly, "Where is your jade pendant?"

Honghui carefully took out the yellow satin cloth from his purse, opened it gently, and a jade pendant carved with the word "Hui" lay quietly on it, glowing with a faint white light.

"Okay, listen to your mother, put it away. Kangxi said and turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate, Yinxiang glanced at me and Honghui, and followed behind him with Li Dequan.

I stood up and followed, Kangxi stopped, looked at Honghui who was still kneeling in the courtyard, and whispered: "The thirteenth old man saw Honghui's reaction in this way, if he changed the fourth ......" Before he finished speaking, he threw off his robe and stepped out of the threshold.

Two days.

I used to sit in Honghui's small room for a day, and I always felt that the sun and moon were changing slowly, but now, it passed quickly.

Honghui has become more well-behaved and considerate than before, always relying on me to ask for warmth, for fear that I will not adapt to the weather in Hangzhou. He took me to stroll along the West Lake, walked to the sunset, the crescent moon hung high, and pointed out the scenery to explain to me. I felt as if I had never been to Hangzhou, and I felt a strange feeling, and it became vivid and familiar in Honghui's words, as if I had lived in Hangzhou for a lifetime, deep in my heart.

Honghui was still like a ghost, he whispered in my ear that he would not take me to see the three pools of the moon, and after speaking, he grinned and pulled me to run non-stop.

We shuttled through the streets and alleys, eating West Lake lotus root noodles, crab meat xiaolongbao, and mint cake crystal cakes, until the two of us looked at each other and smiled with our round stomachs. He would pull my handkerchief to wipe off the crumbs from the corners of our mouths, smile shyly, and then lean against my chest with a handkerchief, and whisper to Eniang. I could hear it clearly, and my heart, which had been empty for nearly a year, was filled in an instant.

On the morning of the eleventh day of the first month, we were about to step out of the store door hand in hand, Yinxiang was already standing at the door, Honghui rubbed his small steps to his side, and his small hand was attached to the palm of his hand.

In this West Lake, where no one knows us, Yinxiang held Honghui on his shoulder, and never let it go, making him giggle and laugh. Honghui held Yinxiang's head and called his uncle in his ear, and the sound became very real and beautiful in my ears, as if it had been screaming for a year without interruption.

Sitting on the boat back to Beijing, I still can't forget that picture, if I change Yinzhen......

I remembered that on the way back to the palace, Yinxiang was silent for a long time, and said to me thoughtfully, "Honghui misses the fourth brother very much, I miss it very much, just like you missed your father when you were a child." ”

At the age of five, I didn't understand anything, I could only cry and call my father, but Honghui was eight years old, and he was smart and precocious, sensitive and slender. I hope that I will make up for his birthday gift - Yinzhen's calligraphy and paintings that I secretly brought will make him feel that Ama is not far away.

A few days later, Kangxi actually received two excerpts at the same time, one is Yinzhen's, the other is fourteen, the content is about the same, Peihan added a son to Yinzhen on the third day of the fourth month, and the mother and son are safe.

I remember this day, it was on that day that I successfully came to Hangzhou and was about to meet my Honghui. It seems that everyone has fulfilled their wishes, except for the man I remember standing upright in the wind outside the red palace gate.

I saw Kangxi's happiness in my eyes, it seemed to be a little more than in the past, and he was quickly given the name: Hongming, and someone rushed back to the capital.

That name dangled in front of my eyes, and I imagined whether he was as happy as he is now when he wrote the word Honghui. Kangxi was also looking at me, and the tip of the pen was hanging on the word "Ming", which seemed to have a deep meaning.

The return journey was very slow, and the ship docked in various places in Suzhou and Yangzhou, and experienced almost the whole of April and leap April. I looked at the distant city, and felt that this speed was also very good, at least it would allow me to think about him for a little longer. Back in the capital, facing Yinzhen, no matter whether this matter is said or not, it is impossible to have such a quiet day again.

Time is like that, when you want it to go fast, it's always slow. But when you want the minute and second hands to be still, it is impossible to stop, time.

On the 28th day of the fourth month of the leap month, I returned to the familiar capital and saw the figure that I had never deliberately remembered but always lingered in my mind.

Yinzhen is still standing straight like that, and it is still the red palace gate, but at this time, there are a lot of people who take over, but I still see him in the crowd at a glance, and he also sees me.

Kangxi didn't say anything to me again, went directly to the Forbidden City, only stayed for a few days and took his sons to Saiwai, and there was still no Yinzhen.

He still stayed in Beijing, and he was still busy. also left, as well as the four members of the Eight Masters Party.