Hongzhan frowned slightly, for him now, he couldn't understand the meaning of Hongli's words, and he didn't know how to answer.

Nala's face sank, got up and walked to Hongzhan's side, held his hand and said, "What do you mean by Fourth Elder Brother, do you think this palace is using Hongzhan?" ”

Hongli got up and smiled slightly: "The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, if the emperor has a clear conscience, why should she care about what her sons say." ”

Xiao Ningzi, who had been following the Nala clan, said with a righteous face: "Fourth Elder Brother, how can you talk to the queen like this?" ”

Nala raised his hand and said, "It's okay, this palace wants to hear what the fourth elder brother has to say to this palace." ”

Hongli bowed his head and said: "Erchen doesn't dare, Erchen's words with the sixth brother just now are also casual, the emperor doesn't have to mind, the time is not early, the son-in-law still has to go to the household department, retire first, and come to the emperor another day to say goodbye." ”

Before leaving, Hongli glanced at Hongzhan meaningfully, hoping that he could remember his words, look at things more carefully in the future, understand who is the one who really cares about him, and don't become a tool of the queen and others, otherwise he will become the second Hongshi, even more pathetic than Hongshi.

After he disappeared, Hongzhan raised his head and said, "Huang Eniang, what does the fourth brother mean?" And you just said that you should let the cuckoo take his retainers to play? Why didn't Erchen know? ”

A cold light flashed in Nala's eyes, and then he said gently: "The emperor doesn't understand either, but the fourth elder brother is the son of Concubine Xi, and he must be planning to separate the relationship between the palace and your mother and son." As for the cuckoo...... Nala glanced at the cuckoo who was still kneeling on the ground and said: "This palace ordered her before, but she didn't listen to this palace, it's really hateful, and this palace will deal with her later." Saying that, she took the paper from Hongzhan's hand, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Well, sure enough, the thousand-character text was written out verbatim, which is really smart." ”

Hearing Nala's praise, Hongzhan laughed happily, Liu was not there, Nala's was his closest person, and he had always believed in her words.

Nala handed the paper to Xiao Ningzi and said, "But although you write correctly, your pen strength is much worse, and you still have to practice hard." ”

Hongzhan said obediently: "Erchen knows, Erchen will go to practice." "The three-year-old child is the time when he likes to play the most, but for Hongzhan, every day is boring to read and practice words, and it is really a shame that he can always persevere.

"That's good." Nala stroked his cheek and said with a little temptation: "Remember, the better you do, the more chance you will have to save your Eniang from the Xinzhi Library in the future, and I believe that your Eniang is also waiting for this day to come." ”

This sentence seemed to stimulate Hongzhan, and he clenched his little fist and said hard: "Erchen will definitely save E-niang from suffering with his own hands." ”

Saving the Liu clan from the Xin Zheku is the motivation for Hongzhan to work so hard, and it is also what the Nala clan has been saying in Hongzhan's ear. She made up her mind to adopt Hongzhan, and naturally hoped that Hongzhan would do well in everything so as to please Yinzhen. As for the impact of this on the young Hongzhan, she was not in her consideration.

The Nala clan and the Liu clan are the same, they are both people who do not follow the means to achieve the end, but they are not exactly the same, because when Honghui was alive, she never hurt Honghui; However, the Liu family hurt Hongzhan again and again, used this son as a pawn, and even killed the frail seventh elder brother Hongxun with his own hands in order to frame Shu Mulu.

So, in some ways, the Liu clan is even more cruel and ruthless than the Nala clan!

In the afternoon practice time, I don't know why, Hongzhan always flashed in his mind the sentence that Hongli said - don't forget what you really want at any time, don't become someone else's tool.

Although Hongzhan tried not to remind himself of this sentence, it was of little use, and in the end he firmly remembered this sentence, and many years later, this sentence even affected the trajectory of his life.

As for Ling Ruo's side, he took Shui Xiu all the way to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and in the process of letting Xiao Wu report, Ling Ruo was nervous in his heart, lest Yin Zhen would not want to see him because of what happened before, and this kind of anxiety did not quietly disperse until Xiao Wu told her that she could go in, but then there was a nervousness that made her hands and feet cold.

Stepping on the golden bricks of the light and coming to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yin Zhen was writing on the desk, I don't know what he was writing, in the face of Ling Ruo's greeting, he didn't even raise his head, just responded lightly.

Ling Ruo didn't bother, he stood quietly in the hall, and after standing for a pillar of incense, Yinzhen let out a sigh of relief, threw down the pen in his hand, looked up at Ling Ruo, and said with a complicated expression: "You are here." ”

"Yes." In addition to this word, Ling Ruo didn't know what else to say, and after a quiet moment, he said: "Hongli told the concubines, now that the war on both sides is tight, and the household department is using money like running water, but now the taxes have not been collected as scheduled, which makes the treasury tight." Your Majesty, are these two battles really so difficult to fight? ”

Yin Zhen smiled bitterly: "The red-haired devil is good at using firearms, and Junggar is good at using cavalry to fight, and the two battles broke out at the same time, do you think it will be easy to fight?" Speaking of this, he took a deep breath and said: "But no matter how difficult it is, it is our Qing Dynasty that wins in the end, and I will never let the country that my ancestors have defeated be destroyed in my hands, do you believe it?" ”

Ling Ruo raised her head, the first thing she saw was his firm eyes, and at this moment, she chuckled, "The concubine has always believed in the emperor. ”

Hearing this, Yin Zhen's eyes flashed slightly, staring at Ling Ruo and said, "I thought you didn't believe in me anymore, because I questioned you." ”

Ling Ruo shook his head and said, "No." The concubines have always known that the emperor is the best guardian of the Qing Dynasty, not only the concubines, but also the first emperor. ”

Staring into her eyes, Yin Zhen suddenly said, "Resentful?" ”

Ling Ruo was a little surprised that he would ask such a thing, and looked down at the upper of his shoe embroidered with a pattern of two butterflies flying together, and said, "If the concubine says that there is not, it is the crime of bullying the king, but if you are in a different place, the concubine will do the same." ”

"You." Yin Zhen shook his head and said past her: "In retrospect, some of the words I did say were a little heavier, but I was angry at that time and couldn't calm down. ”

Ling Ruo said in a low voice: "The concubine understands that the whole thing is to blame, it is the concubine's fault, the concubine deceived the emperor first, and the emperor should be angry." ”

Yin Zhen's light laughter came from behind him, and after a while, he walked up to Ling Ruo, held up her chin and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter who is right or wrong, what matters is that between you and me, there should be a heart of understanding and tolerance, if you keep holding on to the mistakes, you can only make each other sad, which is what I don't want to see." I can let go now, can you? ”