In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong, in late autumn, it was slightly cold.

The ginkgo biloba in the capital is wrapped in the meaning of the steepness, and the unhurried spread out.

The front of Prince Jia's mansion has always been solemn and majestic, although there is a cold cicada in other places, the weather here is still clear and peaceful. Looking from afar, the bronzing plaque embedded with the auspicious group pattern is like a pair of giant eyes, glimpsing the changes at the feet of the Son of Heaven, shrouding the life of every person who enters and exits the palace.

The sky was just white, and a few people hurriedly walked from outside the palace carrying a soft sedan chair, walking in a hurry.

Su Zhiling, who was sitting in the sedan chair, brushed the dust on his right hand, and his brows were tightly locked.

When he was about to walk to the gate of the palace, a little eunuch ran a few steps and knocked on the door, and said, "Open the door!" Open the door! ”

As soon as the palace guards opened the door and found Su Zhiling, they respectfully invited him in and sent another person to tell the prince.

"Bang dang ......" A maid accidentally knocked over the flower pot, Sibao happened to be waiting for the prince to be on duty outside the door, seeing this, he took a few steps away from the room, and reprimanded: "This early in the morning, why are you so flustered?" If you wake up, be careful to take the board yourself! ”

"The Four Treasures forgive the sins, but the slaves don't dare." The little maid trembled and bowed her head and begged for mercy.

Seeing her like that, Sibao couldn't bear to scold her anymore, and waved her hand to let her retreat.

The Four Treasures were trained in the palace since childhood, and were directly rewarded to the eunuchs of Yongyan. Although he is a eunuch, he has followed Yongyan's ears and eyes to understand literature and science, plus he has practiced martial arts for many years, and he is about the same age as Yongyan, and he has always been Yongyan's close attendant. Naturally, he is harder to speak than ordinary servants.

The guards walked in front of the four treasures and bowed their hands: "Father-in-law of the four treasures, the father-in-law Su in the palace has arrived, saying that he has something to find the prince." ”

"Father-in-law Su?" Su Zhiling is the chief eunuch beside the Long Live Lord, and he usually doesn't go in person for a long time when he is summoned to the palace, so what's wrong today, so important?

Could it be? Sibao didn't dare to figure it out.

Standing outside the door of Fujin Huiran on the side of the inner courtyard of the hidden mansion, Sibao paused, opened the curtain with his light feet, and stopped at the screen and said softly: "Master, someone from the palace is in a hurry to pass you into the palace." ”

Through the silk silver gauze tent, faintly, I heard the movement of getting up.

Sibao raised his face, and the maid who had been waiting outside the door for a long time entered in order with toiletries.

Hui Ransheng's skin is condensed with jade, his eyes are full of blue waves, and his hair is spread out smoothly, especially the pair of shallow dimples on his face are the most wonderful, and every time he laughs, people can't help but take a few more looks. It is said that the royal woman's youth is short, but this side Fu Jin is very admirable.

is over thirty years old, even Princess Jinyue is twelve years old, she is still so delicate and charming, coupled with her warm personality, she has always been harmonious with the concubines in this house, and even the subordinates like this side Fujin very much, she is not as restrained as Fujin, and even if she is extremely favored, she never loses her sense of proportion, no wonder the prince has favored her for many years.

"Lord, the concubine will wait for you to have breakfast before you go?" Hui Ran was lying on her side, her elbows slightly supporting her head, watching the maid Jin'er serve the prince to change clothes, although her eyes were still a little tired, but her eyebrows were smiling.

"Don't bother, Huang Ama passed me into the palace at this time, I'm afraid it's urgent, I won't eat it, you can also lie down and rest well." The prince glanced at Hui Ran, and the graceful and delicate curves entered his eyes leisurely, which made people confused. However, this is not a good time for emotion, and it is important to figure out what is happening in the palace.

Yongyan has always been gentle and delicate, and since he was a child, he has been accustomed to seeing the intrigue in the palace, and he has his own set of ways to do things in his own house.

Hui Ran still got up, tidied up the prince's clothes, and said with a soft smile: "The prince is used to making fun of concubines, today is my sister's birthday, and I have to prepare a congratulatory gift for my sister early. ”

Yongyan paused for a moment before saying, "It's hard for you to do this, and I'm relieved to have you in charge." I don't know what happened to the palace today, and I don't know how long I have been going, if I can't come back, I'll have a good word for me. ”

At this point, Hui Ran, a smart woman, took the cloak handed over by Jin'er, put it on, turned to the front, tied it to the prince, and said tenderly, "I am very happy for my sister's birthday, and you can rest assured." ”

Out of the inner room, Yongyan turned around and explained to the four treasures who followed closely behind him, "How is the gift prepared for Fujin?" ”

Sibao replied properly, "Hui Yuye, it has been prepared, and the slave has explained to Aunt Hu Zheng, and it will satisfy Fujin as soon as possible." ”

"Well, by the way, did Grandpa Su say that Huang Ama summoned me for something?"

Sibao, who was smiling just now, was cold for a while, and whispered to his ear, "I'm afraid that something happened to Concubine Yu of Yonghe Palace......"

"Oh......" Yongyan's heart skipped a beat, he remembered that since the death of the fifth brother, he has not been good at words, and he has lived in the Baohua Hall for many years to chant and worship the Buddha, and he has seen so many palace fights when he was a child, but this Concubine Yu has not been involved. Moreover, he was also very kind to his mother's early death, and because of this, Yongyan respected her.

Walking to the hall, Su Zhiling had already lowered his head and waited, and when he saw the prince, he bowed his head and saluted, and said without hurrying, "The slave sees the prince!" ”

Yongyan didn't wait for him to finish speaking and reached out to help, this is a cronie around the Lord of Long Life, even if he is the prince, he needs to be given three points of thin noodles. Su Zhiling was grateful, and when he mentioned the matter, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, "Long live the lord is in a hurry, seeing that the liver is on fire, no one can persuade him, so the slave has the courage to come to the prince." ”

"Oh?" Yongyan muttered, what could make Huang Ama so angry?

Su Zhiling glanced at the guard with an embarrassed face, and Yongyan understood the meaning.

"Let's all go down!" Turning around, there were only four treasures in the hall.

Su Zhiling sighed and said, "Concubine Yu of Yonghe Palace—died—"

When he landed, Yongyan couldn't sink, "I heard a few days ago that Concubine Yu was safe in Baohua Palace, why did she ...... so quickly?"

It's okay not to ask, but when I ask, Su Zhiling is even more like a fish in my throat.

"Lord Wang, it's still - let's go to the palace......" Su Zhiling's behavior of avoiding the topic was what made Yongyan the most puzzled. Is there something unspeakable? Moreover, what he wanted to understand was whether Huang Ama was angry and Concubine Yu died.

One thought of heaven, one thought of hell.

It is very appropriate to describe the honor of the palace. However, under the well-known truth, there are still so many people who want to experience it......

Yongyan sat in the soft sedan chair and walked in the direction of pouring daylight. It was where the Forbidden City was, a place that he found both heavy and attractive.

got off the soft sedan chair from the palace gate, Su Zhiling's steps were fast, and Yongyan also walked faster.

There was no speech all the way, except for the crows chirping and hovering in a low voice.

Walking through the long street and arriving at the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yongyan felt inexplicably depressed and cramped, and couldn't help but take a deep breath before entering quickly under the guidance of Su Zhiling.

Probably because the Long Live Lord had just finished getting angry, the entire Heart Cultivation Hall was quiet. Even the parrot that had been Ti Quer before stood motionless on the crossbar of the birdcage. If you don't know, you'll really think it's a fake.

At this time, Emperor Qianlong was lying on a leisurely chair, covered with a gold silk fine velvet brocade carpet. Snorting and frowning and panting, his silver-white hair took advantage of this twisted expression, which made him more and more eccentric and difficult to serve.

"Erchen greets the emperor Amma! I wish the emperor Amaron good health and good luck! Yongyan pretended not to know what was happening, knelt down and saluted, and greeted him as usual.

"Humph!" Qianlong seemed to have a sneer coming from his nostrils.

Slowly opening his eyes, the glimpse of his already somewhat cloudy eyes can still make people feel the vigor and resoluteness of his youth, and the pride of the pride of the sky. This is exactly what Yongyan lacks, and the emperor always thinks that his character is too soft.

"Su Zhiling is getting bolder and bolder, I called you all this early in the morning!" The emperor looked at Su Zhiling, and was so frightened that Su Zhiling fell to the ground with a puff, looking helplessly loyal, "Long live the lord, the slave will always be loyal in front of you, and if you go to the prince, you are also afraid that the long live lord will hurt his body, if there is any mistake in the long live lord, the slave will die and will not be able to escape the blame, as long as the master can dissipate his anger, the slave is willing to accept the punishment of the crime!" ”

Where is Qianlong willing to give Su Zhiling to death, he has been with Qianlong for more than 50 years, and he is in his sixties, and he can be regarded as serving him all his life.

"Get up...... Qianlong raised his hand, and his tone was quite a sigh.

As soon as Qianlong's elbow was placed on the arm of the chair, Su Zhiling quickly held on to it.

"Got it all?" Obviously, Qianlong looked at Yongyan.

"Erchen didn't know what was going on, and he didn't have to know what he wanted to make Huang Ama angry, and Gonggong Su didn't tell Erchen anything, but he just said that he was worried that Huang Ama would be angry and he was looking for Erchen. The sons only ask the emperor Ama to take care of the dragon body, and the society is important. Yongyan bowed his head respectfully and said.

Qianlong doesn't like others to have power in front of him, even his sons, Yongyan has long understood this, and Su Zhiling also understands people, so what Yongyan said naturally and sincerely, Qianlong's heart is like a mirror.

After walking a few steps, his hand on crutches was a little sore, and Su Zhiling sat on the couch of the warm pavilion again.

Raising his hand, Su Zhiling understood, "Let's go down!" ”

Now, it's just the two of them in the Warm Pavilion.

"Yongyan, come here......" Qianlong beckoned, he was really old under the sunshine.

After Qianlong waited for Yongyan to sit down, his eyes were far-reaching, and he asked meaningfully: "Yongyan, as the king of a country, do you know what the most difficult place is?" ”

After thinking for a while, Yongyan was still unsure of Huang Amma's thoughts when he said this, so he had to reply stubbornly: "Huang Ama is stupid, and his sons don't know ......."

……

"The most difficult thing is not a state affair...... Qianlong looked at the painting on the wall again.

It was a portrait of a woman, Yongyan couldn't tell who it was, probably just hanging it casually.

"That's?" Yongyan was a little confused, Huang Ama has always taught them that the world is big, and all the people are respected. The way of the Son of Heaven is based on diligence, why is it different today?

Qianlong saw his son's doubts, and sighed with a smile: "It's this harem that is gentle and always treats the gift of heaven, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood!! ”