Hongshi trembled and knelt down in front of the spirit, his heart had been wary of Ling Ruo's trouble, fortunately what he was worried about did not happen, Ling Ruo didn't even look in his direction, just looked at the coffin silently, as if that was all she had.

"Niangniang, you've been standing for a long time, why don't you go and rest for a while and use something, the prince will be buried in a few days, and his body will be unbearable like this." The Guerjia clan has been staying in Yuqing Palace and has never left, she doesn't know what Lu Dao Yinzhen and Ling Ruo said, but after Ling Ruo came back, the look in her eyes was even weaker than before, and even gave people a feeling that it would be extinguished at any time, and she didn't say anything when she asked her.

Just when the Guerjia clan thought that Ling Ruo would not answer this time, she suddenly said, "Sister, can you eat something with me?" ”

After being surprised, the Guerjia clan hurriedly said: "Naturally, it's good, the concubine will accompany you to the Dongnuan Pavilion." After that, she asked Congxiang to hurry up to the imperial room to get some snacks.

When passing by Hongshi's side, Ling Ruo's footsteps paused slightly, and just when Hongshi was worried again, thinking that she was going to make trouble, Ling Ruo left again, without even saying a word.

After entering the Dongnuan Pavilion, the Guerjia clan helped Ling Ruo to sit down and said, "Wait for a while, Congxiang will be back soon." Seeing that Ling Ruo was silent, she took Ling Ruo's hand and sat down on the side and said, "Ruo'er, I know you can't listen to anything now, but ......"

Ling Ruo snatched her words and said, "But things have already happened, no matter how sad they are, it won't help, right?" Seeing Guerjia's nod, she looked up at the colorful paintings on the beam and said softly: "It wasn't until just now that I learned that the emperor had long suspected that the matter of Fuzhou was a bureau set up by someone else, but he still threw Hongli, who knew nothing about it, into this bureau." ”

Guerjia said in surprise: "There is such a thing? ”

"It was Prince Yi who told me, and the emperor admitted it himself." Ling Ruo smiled and said: "The emperor originally wanted to use Hongli as a bait to lure out the people in the layout, but the people didn't lead out, but Hongli died, I said before that he pushed Hongli to a dead end, it's really not wrong at all!" ”

Guerjia was silent for a long time, and said: "I don't know how to persuade you, but I have been holding on to hatred, I can only make myself miserable, and you know very well the truth that relatives and enemies are happy, you don't need me to teach you anymore, just see if you can handle it yourself." ”

"I can't handle it!" Ling Ruo smiled bitterly: "I can't accept such a thing as being Amma, but using my son as a bait, even if he has made all the preparations, he can't!" ”

Guerjia looked down at the plain hand that could see the green tendons in his palm, and said in a deep voice: "Ruo'er, you have forgotten one thing, this is the royal family, as the royal heir, you don't have to run around for firewood, rice, oil and salt like ordinary people; But in the same way, they have a heavier and greater responsibility than ordinary people. It is not right for the emperor to treat the prince as bait, but from another point of view, he is also for the good of the prince. ”

Ling Ruo was stunned and said blankly: "I don't understand what my sister means. ”

The Guerjia clan did not immediately answer her doubts, but asked rhetorically: "Let me ask you, has the emperor always intended to pass on the throne to Hongli?" ”

"Yes." Although Ling Ruo has a knot in his heart, there is no doubt about this matter, although the emperor's heart is unpredictable, but this time the matter of posthumously sealing Hongli as the prince of Baoshuo has clearly analyzed Yinzhen's thoughts in this regard.

"Think about it, how terrible it would be to hide the whole Fuzhou upside down by a person who can turn the whole Fuzhou upside down in the shadows, when the emperor is here, he may be able to hold it down, but what if the emperor dies and is succeeded by Hongli? Are you sure he can hold the tide down? Can you hold that person down? ”

Ling Ruo was speechless when asked this sentence, Hongli is smart, but he is far inferior to Yinzhen in terms of experience and prestige, unless he can be the same as Yinzhen, be the emperor's elder brother for forty-five years, and do all kinds of errands, but for Yinzhen, who only ascended the throne at the age of forty-five, it is obviously unlikely that he will reign for so many years.

"It is really wrong for the emperor to use Hongli as bait, but he also wants to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, pave the way for Hongli to go forward, so that he can succeed to the throne smoothly; In the final analysis, the emperor is still for the good of Hongli, but the result is not satisfactory, but the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, how can you blame the emperor for everything. Speaking of this, Guerjia's voice paused, and said: "Actually, the emperor can hide this matter from you, but he chose to tell you, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to you." On the contrary, Ruo'er, you are too harsh on the emperor this time. ”

When Ling Ruo was silent, Congxiang brought in a few plates of pastries and two bowls of lotus seed soup, and Guerjia tried it and said, "Well, the taste is very fresh, it should have just been cooked, when Congxiang went there, did the imperial dining room just cook the lotus seed soup?" ”

Congxiang glanced at Ling Ruo and whispered: "Actually, even if the slave and maid don't go, the lotus seed soup will be sent after the imperial dining room is cooked, because the emperor sent the Xi Gonggong to order the imperial dining room to deliver meals to Concubine Xi every other hour, even if the mother doesn't use it, she has to send it on time." ”

Congxiang's words made Ling Ruo move his gaze to the lotus seed soup, with an indescribable complexity in his gaze.

"The emperor has a heart." Saying this, Guerjia picked up another bowl of lotus seed soup and stuffed it into Ling Ruo's hand, "Eat it quickly, if it's cold, it won't taste good." ”

"I ......" Ling Ruo just said a word, and the Guerjia clan said: "I know that you still blame the emperor in your heart, but don't get along with your body, eat some, you still have to catch the murderer of Hongli!" ”

I don't know if it was the Guerjia clan's previous words that worked, or if Ling Ruo wanted to catch the murderer who killed Hongli, she didn't refuse again, scooping the lotus seed soup and eating it slowly.

After eating, Guerjia suddenly said: "Ruo'er, do you know how much I envy you." ”

Ling Ruo put down the bowl and said in surprise, "What did my sister say that?" ”

"It is said that the royal family has no true feelings, but I see the true feelings in the emperor. When the first emperor was there, although the monarch was kind-hearted, he never did what the emperor did. In the past, the emperor treated you well, and it was still possible to say that you were a mother and a son, but now that Hongli is gone, the emperor treats you better and more tolerant than before, even if you offend Tianyan several times, there is no sense of blame. Yes, you are indeed very painful to lose Hongli, but you still have the emperor, unlike me, you have nothing, no heirs, and no imperial grace, only an aging body. ”

"Sister, don't say that, you ......" Ling Ruo was just halfway through speaking, the Guerjia clan raised his hand and said in a choked voice: "You listen to me first." ”

"No matter which dynasty or generation of the harem, it is an article full of bitterness and sorrow, and there is no one in ten thousand women who can be happy in the harem. Once you have entered this wall, you should not compare it with ordinary women, here, everything you have will be lost at any time, glory, heirs, may be all gone when you wake up. This is our life, and you have to admit it if you don't recognize it. Guerjia held back the tears that were about to fall in his eyes, and continued: "The loss of Hongli makes you very painful, but you still have the emperor, and the emperor's sincerity, as long as you are willing to put aside your hatred, you will find that the emperor has really done a lot for you, which the queen, Liu and others can never look forward to." Ruo'er, it is rare to have a lover in the world, and it is even more rare to have a loving emperor, if you continue to hate it like this, I believe that one day, you will regret it. ”