There were so many things that happened that year, and the mixed experiences of joy and sorrow changed my state of mind and life.

The secrets in my heart overwhelmed me, but fortunately, I settled down. Just like the draft in the spring of that year, another group of young women entered the palace for the first time, still pink and green, but they were put aside by the busy Kangxi and the princes. After a year, after the Spring Festival in the 44th year of Kangxi, he was finally assigned to serve the concubines and masters in various palaces.

Yonghe Palace has added a few new palace maids, docile, well-behaved, sweet and lively, all the looks that should be at that beautiful age, they have them. Concubine De has hinted more than once that she wants to marry Yinzhen, but I don't feel it in my heart, and I can't get back the entanglement of the year.

The handkerchief I embroidered was sent to Honghui by the smile of running between the two places, and the kid actually replied to the letter, and the words were written better with the shadow of Yinzhen. Between the lines, the little agarwood will always be mentioned, saying that she is well-behaved and cute, and will call him brother with a smile. I knew that he missed his younger brothers and sisters, but he didn't say a word, and only said at the end of the letter that he wanted us to take care of our health, take care of our younger brothers and sisters, and let them do their filial piety for him for the Emperor Mama Fama and Ama Eniang, and everyone who had been related to him would not be left behind. In turn, he advised me not to worry, he was all right.

However, when I returned to Beijing this time, the smile brought me bad news that made me anxious, and I couldn't feel at ease with Honghui's letter. How can it be that when a child is in a foreign country and is more mature than sticking to his parents, he has learned to report good news and not bad news.

It's just a cold, it's not a stubborn disease, with Su Changqing's doctor guarding it, it will be fine. I kept persuading myself, but I was still afraid, in this era, a wind chill is enough to kill people, not to mention the wet and cold southern winter. Whether there is a earth dragon or a stove there, whether Yan Yu has made thicker clothes for him, whether it is warm enough, whether he will aggravate his condition, I don't know.

Yinzhen came back to see me fidgeting and walking around in the room, went to see the two children first, and then came to ask me what was wrong. But I couldn't say a word to him, I could only lean on his chest and feel his save.

Maybe he could also feel that I was thinking about Honghui, so he stopped talking and hugged me to the bed, constantly caressing the back of my hair, and there was a warmth in my hand that made me relax temporarily.

I was dazed as if I saw Honghui lying on the bed, his little face pale and unusually red. He closed his eyes and called his mother, I couldn't touch it when I stretched out my hand, the sweat on his forehead kept dripping, but my veil couldn't be wiped off. Concubine De took my hand and kept talking, I knew in my heart what she was talking about, but I didn't pour a word into my ears. I wanted to fly to Hangzhou, I just wanted to go to Honghui's side, but she kept pulling me and refused to let go. I turned my head to look out the window to the south, and called Honghui like a scream in my heart, but I saw two girls in the courtyard laughing and talking, their faces shining with a pale pink flush, like peach blossoms about to bloom.

"Yue'er ......"

Yinzhen's voice also sounded with Concubine De, light, but extremely clear, grabbing my arm and shaking it constantly. He was calling me, insisting that I would not be allowed to ignore it any longer, and I saw the enlarged face in front of me frowning.

"It's okay, just wake up. Yin Zhen said with a sigh and hugged me into his arms, still caressing me like that. I know I'm dreaming, but this time the dream is too real, so real that I have to face it, and I must see Honghui.

When kneeling in front of Kangxi, I am not afraid, but in that mansion in this era, if I want to leave...... Yinzhen, maybe I can do it, but I don't want to hurt him, if I leave without Kangxi, I'm afraid that he will be the one who will be implicated the most. Besides, if he knew the truth, how could he let me go alone, and how he, the prince, should leave the capital, it was a problem.

At this moment, the only one who can really help me is probably the emperor who rules the world. Even if I trade my life for it, I have no other way.

"Ulanara, do you know the crime of bullying?"

The voice above my head was irrepressibly angry, how could I not know, and replied seriously: "Return...... Huang Ama said, the courtier's daughter-in-law knew that the minister's daughter-in-law deserved to die. It's just that the daughter-in-law knows better that there is nothing in this world that the emperor doesn't know, so she never wanted to hide it from you......"

"I don't want to hide it!" With Kangxi's voice, there was also an inkstone, which was broken in half and fell in front of me.

Ignoring the fine jade, he fell to the ground on his forehead, his palms tingled, and the dampness and heat spilled under his palms.

"What about the fourth, tell him to come to me. ”

I raised my head in horror and saw Kangxi's face full of anger, his eyes almost spewed fire, his hands pressed on the dragon chair, staring at me deadly, and he was busy kowtowing and begging, "Huang Ama, the fourth master doesn't know, today is still unknown, it's all done by the minister's daughter-in-law." Huang Ama, the pain of the fourth master's loss of a child, you see in your eyes, how to make a fake, he really doesn't know...... If you want to punish and kill, the daughter-in-law will bear it alone, please, Huang Ama, the fourth master really doesn't know. ”

"Your courage is too big, Honghui, that's my imperial grandson, the eldest son of the fourth child, you ...... You dare to make your own decisions, you lie to the fourth child, you deceive me, is there anyone in this world who you dare not deceive! Now that the jade has been loaded, what should you do with me? Punishment? If I don't kill you today, I can't understand the hatred in my heart. ”

"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" I used to worry about my head, but now after listening to Kangxi's words, I seemed to be relaxed, and I was not afraid of anything, I raised my head and saw his surprised eyes, I didn't have the fear just now, but calmed down, "Wulanala clan, today I don't dare to call myself the fourth master Fujin, even if I came, I didn't think that I could go back alive." I was just a mother, then and still is. Honghui is the son of the fourth master, your grandson, but he is also my son. On the same day, Honghui's illness recurred, and when the emperor was on patrol, he was afraid of disturbing the holy driver, and second, he couldn't wait for the time to be pressed, so he did it just to save his son's life, and he couldn't take care of other things. As long as he can live, exchange my life, yes. I want to see him, whether it is Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou or Quanzhou, even if it is the ends of the earth, I want to see him, whether I am dead or alive. ”

Kangxi's right hand was supported by the table, but his body leaned into the dragon chair, looked at me and muttered for a long time, and slowly spoke, "I only said that you are stubborn, but I didn't expect to be stubborn like this, and I don't want my son's life." Isn't he your son, you don't want him for Honghui? This is your attitude towards your two sons. ”

I lowered my head and endured the tears in my eyes, and replied in a low voice, "If you go back to the emperor, how can a mother and compatriots not love, and how can you give up." It's just that at this time, the Hongwan sisters and brothers are still by the side of the fourth master, at least there is Ama who loves him, but Honghui, he is sick, he has been pampered and served by so many people since he was a child, but now he doesn't even have a relative around, he needs me. ”

I took out Honghui's letter, Kangxi signaled, and Li Dequan took it and handed it over. Kangxi watched the lines on his face slowly soften, spread the letter paper on the table, and gently smoothed it.

I knelt quietly, waiting for his reaction, and for my fate.

"Don't sue the fourth?"

"Back to the emperor, the fourth master ......" I clenched my fists and put them on my legs, and every expression of Ziyinzhen when he saw Honghui's coffin flashed in my mind, and my heart throbbed violently, "I don't know how to say this to the fourth master." To put it mildly, I ...... The slave and the fourth master are husband and wife, although you are the emperor and the king, but he is the heaven of the slave and the maid, he should not hide it from him, and he should be the first to tell him. But now, the government and China are busy with political affairs, and the fourth master finally put this matter down, and he shouldn't be sad about his children's trivial matters...... Please also ask the emperor to decide. ”

Kangxi sat up straight, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, and for a moment, as if he was thinking.

It was quiet, only the regular whispering echoed in the room, and the minutes passed by by minute by second. I lowered my head and didn't dare to look again, the earth dragon was very warm, and the cold wind slowly blew in the crack of the door behind me, blowing into the marrow of my back.

I can't believe it, he actually agreed, but I can't go alone, I have to go with him when he is on his southern tour, and Yinzhen won't go. There is another thing, that is, to let his stubborn son marry two more women, of course, I don't need to do anything, and I no longer need Concubine De's kind reminder, because he is the emperor, he only needs to give an order, and no one in the world dares to disobey.

Southern Tour...... I still have to wait, but although I am worried about Honghui's situation, I am also grateful for his arrangement, at least, I can leave Beijing, and I am one step closer to Honghui.

Yinzhen was very surprised that his emperor Ama wanted to honor his trip to the West Lake to me, but he was powerless to stop it. On the ninth day of the first month of February, when the spring flowers were gradually blooming, he stood in front of the huge red palace gate, watching the people and horses of Kangxi's southern tour set off from a distance, there were princes, Yinxiang, and those who shouldn't be

In this southern tour, for the disaster situation last year, Kangxi stopped in Shandong for a long time, inspected river works everywhere, and constantly recruited officials of all sizes, but did not go to Baotu Spring again. It was not until the sixth day of March that he arrived in the rich Jiangnan realm, and when he stayed in Yangzhou, he still paid attention to the waterways of the Yellow River and did not see the leisurely past. I followed all the way, lamenting his hard work, 52 years old, a person who is an emperor, will be an emperor for 60 years Kangxi, I used to think that he was a fun-loving person, but now I can see it with my own eyes, I am convinced that he has the world in his heart, and he is indeed worthy of the emperor of the ages.

I wrote to Yinzhen to remind him that Yinzhen and Peihan's child was about to be born, and don't forget to send me the gift. That gentle and smart girl finally got her wish to be a mother, Yinzhen is so happy, he has to express himself as the fourth brother. The closer I get to Honghui, the more I think about the children in the family, and the more I understand what flesh and blood are, Yinzhen will worry about me and Yinxiang who are following Kangxi, and I should also understand.

On March 17, the ship entered Suzhou, and the city of Suzhou in spring is very Jiangnan, with antique charm, lush gardens, small bridges and flowing water pavilions, which are more beautiful than what I have seen in the 21st century. The next day was Kangxi's 52nd birthday, but he asked to stop the banquet, refused the officials' Jin and the food sent by the people, sat in the study and wrote and painted quietly, with the prince and Yinxiang standing beside him, and the father and son talked occasionally. Li Dequan and I stayed by the side, studying ink and serving tea, feeling the rare leisure of this emperor in this southern tour.

After passing through Songjiang Mansion, on the third day of the fourth lunar month, I finally set foot on the land of Hangzhou, and my Honghui, in a different corner of the city, was blowing the same warm wind, breathing the air that belongs to this place together.