Hongli was silent, looking at the arrogant concubine kneeling on the ground, and there was a little pain in his heart. But a few months later, Qiansang's death is still a mystery, and even his eyes are covered cleanly, which is too harsh. To put it bluntly, the entire harem is afraid that only the queen mother and queen can have such a simple means.

It is precisely because he understands in his heart that Hongli is more and more resentful. Whether this matter was done by the Queen Mother or not, the Queen Mother could not escape her involvement. After all, it was laid for such a long time, after all, all traces were erased, and from beginning to end, the queen knew about it at all. So why didn't she explain everything to herself?

"I heard Concubine Jia's words very clearly." Every time he thinks of this, Hongli's heart can't help but get bored. "Since Jia Concubine likes the arrogance of Hongmei, Li Yu, you can send this painting to Jia Concubine's Jingyang Palace."

Jin Peizi wanted to move her lips again, but she didn't know what to say. Since the emperor has made up his mind, it is useless to say anything. Slowly getting up, Jin Peizi glanced at the hot soup sent by Concubine Hui Caicai, and had to remind: "Concubine Hui Gui Niang's concubine sent this hot soup to the emperor to taste, wouldn't it be a waste of Niangniang's mind to put it on hold." The concubine retired first, and asked the emperor to use it slowly. ”

Still very disappointed, Jin Peizi thought that the emperor would not refuse such a reasonable request of hers. Unexpectedly, the emperor refused so simply. When I think of the queen who is in Changchun Palace, full of sadness, the feeling in my heart is really indescribable. It was as if needles with silk threads pierced through and crushed the original intact heartache.

"Huilan, let's go to the Brother's Office." Jin Peizi still insisted on her thoughts: "The emperor did not allow the second elder brother to enter the Changchun Palace to visit the queen's mother, but he did not say that the second elder brother was not allowed to play outside the Changchun Palace. The will of God is difficult to fake, and it can always be flexible. ”

Tuan Fan's little face showed a hint of panic, Hui Lan cautiously looked at the person beside him, and persuaded in a low voice: "Niangniang, why bother, the emperor's mind has been decided, and whatever we do is wrong." What's more, if the queen mother learned that the emperor did not allow the second elder brother to visit, wouldn't it be even more sad. Once the emperor knows that you have taken the risk of resisting the decree, I am afraid that you will also be blamed. It's too risky to do so. ”

"Every man has his own mind." Jin Peizi doesn't feel that there is anything to do according to her own sincerity, there is nothing to risk or not to take, or whether it is worth it. She only knew that the emperor's distrust and the queen mother's suppression were undoubtedly a double mountain for the queen. And when he was so depressed and frustrated, only the second elder brother was the one who could support all the hopes of the queen. "As long as our original intention is not to harm people, there is nothing we can do."

Huilan thought for a while and nodded solemnly: "Since Niangniang thinks it's appropriate to do this, let's do it." It's just that the slave maid always feels that broad daylight is too much of an eyesore. If the mother really wants to fulfill the queen's mother, why not wait until sunset and secretly send the second elder brother into the Changchun Palace to explore. ”

"It was the best plan." Jin Peizi sighed: "But don't forget, Huilan, the more careful you are with you, the easier it is to attract suspicion." It's good to say that the emperor doesn't like others to deliberately go against his will. ”

"The slave and maid understand." Hui Lan lowered her eyes, always feeling that she didn't have to do it. But Concubine Jia was thinking about the queen, and she couldn't stop it. The only way to pray is that this matter will not make too much trouble.

Yafu held the hand of the Queen Mother and walked into the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Li Yu realized that it was the Queen Mother who came, and he couldn't help but panic: "The slave asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at him lightly and said casually: "Get up, the mourning family has nothing to do, and you remember the emperor's body, so come to the Heart Cultivation Palace to take a look." You go and spread the word. ”

It was a little too polite to say that the communication was too polite, Li Yu hurriedly said that he didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly walked in.

"Wait." The Queen Mother did not rush inside, but stopped outside the Xinuan Pavilion. Looking at an apricot tree in the courtyard full of green apricots, he couldn't help frowning: "When I look at it, I feel that the sour taste is coming, the mourning family is the most unseen fruit like this, but the emperor likes it." ”

"Hongli greets the emperor." Hongli walked out with Li Yu and saluted respectfully. The Queen Mother hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "The mourning family knows that the emperor has been busy lately, but he always remembers your body, and this is coming." Didn't delay Hongli to read the excerpts, right? ”

"It's Hongli who failed to go to Cining Palace to ask for peace, so that the emperor's mother is hanging." Hongli helped the Queen Mother to walk to the Xinuan Pavilion, and Yafu followed behind. Li Yu hurriedly summoned Sicha's servants to prepare, and he stood outside the door while awake and waited for the summons.

The Queen Mother sat down, only to find that the furnishings of the Xinuan Pavilion had a new look, and she couldn't help but smile: "How else to say that the minions of the Internal Affairs Office can do things, look, this Xinuan Pavilion is very elegant." Being in the middle of it, feeling refreshed. No wonder the mourning family looked at it, the emperor was full of energy and full of energy. ”

"If the emperor likes it, I will order Jiang Lian to do the same and replace the decorations of Cining Palace." Hongli looked at the Queen Mother, and suddenly remembered some past events when he was young. At that time, it seemed that it was also in such a room, and the Queen Mother held her hand and wrote something stroke by stroke.

It was a scene that had been around for years, but it was as if it was close at hand. A wisp of warmth gradually rose in his heart, Hongli sank his heart and looked at the Queen Mother quietly.

"Your Majesty, ......" The Queen Mother sighed, her brows furrowed: "The mourning family has come this time, but there is one thing I have to explain to you." ”

Yafu saw the little eunuch serving tea coming in, and hurriedly took the tea cup and put it in the hands of the emperor and the queen mother. Then he said: "The slave maid went to see what snacks were delicious in the small kitchen, and looked for two things to taste for the Queen Mother." ”

Hongli sent Yafu out, and then returned to his senses and said to the queen mother: "If the emperor has anything to say, you can say it to the emperor." ”

This sentence of the emperor seems to bring each other's hearts very close. The queen mother's empty phoenix eyes were slightly red: "The mourning family knows that you are not happy in your heart, all because of Nian's violent death." In the past few months, you have hardly been to the Queen's Changchun Palace. ”

In fact, Hongli guessed early on that the Queen Mother must have come for the sake of Qiansang. "The emperor doesn't have to worry, between me and the queen, it's just some misunderstanding. It doesn't hurt to be emotional. ”

"Really?" The Queen Mother didn't agree, and smiled regretfully: "The mourning family does not hide from the emperor, Nian's death is the meaning of the mourning family from beginning to end." For this matter, the mourning family's heart is like a boulder pressing down, and they can't breathe. ”

Looking at Hongli's somewhat awe-inspiring gaze, the Queen Mother said eloquently: "Let's not talk about the majesty of the first emperor for the time being, and don't mention how the emperor should be filial." The mourning family wants to ask the emperor, do you remember the three sons and one daughter born to Emperor Dunsu back then? ”

Hongli bowed: "The young concubine of the first emperor gave birth to three elder brothers and a princess, but unfortunately they were all young. caused the first emperor to be sad, and the concubine of the Dunsu Emperor also died young. ”

The Queen Mother emptied her eyes, took a cold breath in her heart, and said unhurriedly: "Do you know why?" ”

When she asked, Hongli was really startled. The first reaction in my mind was, the Queen Mother did it! Could it be that the queen mother was unwillingly killed for the sake of her own throne, eradicating the heirs of the concubines favored by the first emperor and ensuring that the throne was firmly held in her own hands?

A trace of paleness appeared on the handsome face, Hongli looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief, and said with difficulty: "I don't know!" ”

The Queen Mother has been in the harem for decades, and she saw through Hongli's thoughts at a glance, and only smiled slightly: "It's not what the emperor thinks, it's actually that the Nian family has a strange hidden disease, and this hidden disease is only found in Nian women." The women who survived were not as lucky as they were to have children.

This is also the reason why several children of the Imperial Concubine of Dunsu did not die well. At first, the first emperor did not know, and deliberately put aside the word 'Hong' and used the word 'Fu' as the name. But the blessing is deep, but there is no hidden disease and heart leakage brought from the mother's womb, forcing the white-haired person of the white-haired concubine of Dunsu to send the black-haired person to become more and more emaciated, and finally even his own life is involved. ”

Seeing that Hongli didn't fully believe what he said, the Queen Mother sighed gloomily: "The Nian clan defaced the bloodline of the royal family, which is also an important reason why the first emperor killed the killer. The mourning family knows that the emperor may not believe it, and it doesn't matter, the genealogy of the Nian clan is still there. The emperor sent someone to check, and he could find out.

And the mourning family once invited Nian's Qiansang to Cining Palace to meet her, and her face when she was pregnant was no different from that of the Dunsu Imperial Concubine back then. She is also the bloodline of the Nian family, and the imperial heir she gave birth to must be like the imperial heir of the first emperor, and she will never live long. ”

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother was a little excited, and her voice gradually became faster: "The mourning family only has one son of the emperor, how much suffering the mourning family has suffered, how many sins have suffered, and it is not easy to put you on the throne of God." Hongli, for the sake of a child who can't be raised at all, the mourning family can't let you bear the charge of disobeying the emperor and disrespecting the number of courtesies.

The mourning family can't even watch the Nian clan defile the blood of the royal family. These words were unwilling to explain to you at the beginning, precisely because I hope you will never know the heartache of the first emperor. But now that I don't say it to you, I'm afraid that the knot between you and the queen will be difficult to dissolve. The queen also had no choice but to obey the orders of the mourning family. ”

The cunning cold light at the end of her eyes, the Queen Mother concealed it very well, and in addition to her heartache, her face was full of the bitterness of her mother: "To mourn the family and slash your own grandson, it is equivalent to taking the life of the mourning family." If it weren't for the mourning family, they wouldn't have embarrassed the queen to do it. Her original intention is exactly the same as that of the mourning family, she wants to protect the foundation of our Qing Dynasty, and she wants to protect the emperor's dragon power. ”

Hongli was very unbelievable, it turned out that from beginning to end, the queen knew the ins and outs at all, but she turned out to be ......

Holding back the resentment in his heart, Hongli still wanted to hear the Queen Mother's personal confirmation: "Is the Emperor Niang saying that since the Nian family entered the palace, the Queen has been following the instructions of the Emperor Mother?" And from that moment on, it was destined that it would be impossible for Nian to give birth to an heir, right? ”