Su Wanrong fiddled with a pair of red and bright coral bead earrings, and looked left and right in the makeup mirror, not knowing how to be beautiful. "Fenglan, come and take a look, this pair of coral beads looks better than the pair of jadeite. Although jadeite is slightly more expensive, it shows its age. Coral beads are different, look, the peach blossoms reflect the snow, not to mention the white skin, and it looks more and more good. ”

"Niangniang is the most discerning, and the slave also thinks that this pair of coral beads is good-looking." Fenglan saw that the pure concubine was on the rise, and she had to say a few more flattering words. "There are so many ladies in the palace, those who enter the palace first and then enter the palace, you can see the age at a glance. But you are different, since the slave followed you, you have always been delicate, and you have never changed over the years. It's no wonder that the minions of the Internal Affairs Office have the foresight to pick the best things and send them to our palace. ”

"you." Glancing at her, Su Wanrong smiled coquettishly: "Seventh Elder Brother has been gone for less than three months, and the queen has also gone with her, and my heart disease is really gone for more than half of it." It is said that people are in good spirits when they are happy, no, it is reasonable to have a good face. ”

"Good things, but they have to be hidden and not used." Su Wanrong chose a pair of plain silver cloves to wear on her earlobes with a little regret, and smiled gracefully: "The queen is gone, the emperor's heart will hurt for a few days." National funeral, the palace concubine's plain clothes are also a reasonable thing, but unfortunately there is no mourning in my heart, and filial piety is also in vain. Yongzhang went to welcome the emperor back to the palace, it's almost time to come back, right? ”

As soon as he mentioned this matter, Feng Lan was a little angry: "Niangniang, don't you know, the slave has heard of a strange thing." ”

"Strange?" Su Wanrong looked at her face in the mirror without powder, and said with a smile: "I am bored in the palace all day long, and this palace likes to listen to strange things, you come and hear it." ”

"The queen mother boarded a boat in Texas and prepared to return to the capital. But in the middle of the boat...... The slave maid heard that the emperor was going to transport the boat back to the Forbidden City with him. ”

Su Wanrong was slightly stunned: "No matter how small the boat is, it is enough to accommodate dozens of people, and it is said that the weight is not light, and the width alone will definitely not be able to enter the palace gate." Didn't the emperor have to tear down several palace gates, right? There was still some jealousy in his heart: "The living person can't see the emperor even if he is in front of him every day." Now it is better, the dead are more important than the living. That's it, let the emperor mess around, anyway, he is the lord of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"The slave greets the concubine." Outside the door was the voice of the eunuch Xiao Dingzi.

"Come in and talk." Inevitably, something bad was going out, and Su Wanrong hurriedly closed the treasure box in front of her. lest it reach the ears of the emperor and say that she, the concubine, does not care about the queen's death at all. "Is there anything going on here?"

"Back to Niangniang, Lin Changzai came from the Xian Guifei Niangniang Palace to come over and come to greet you." Xiao Dingzi didn't dare to conclude whether Concubine Chun had the heart to see this Chang here now, so she came in first to ask. lest they lead people to come, and eat closed doors, and their faces are not good-looking.

Su Wanrong didn't turn the corner for a while: "What Lin Chang is there?" Is there such a person in the palace? How this palace is not impressed. ”

Feng Lan hurriedly said: "Niangniang, you are a noble person who forgets things, Lin Changzai is in the palace on April 12, and the first seal is always there." ”

"Oh, yes." Su Wanrong patted her head: "I think of it, there is such a thing." ”

"Then ......" Xiao Dingzi wanted to ask the concubine if she wanted to bring someone in.

Fenglan understood and opened this mouth for him: "Since I am here to greet you, let Xiao Dingzi bring people in." Although Lin Changzai has not yet gone to bed, he is already a little master after all. If you look up and don't look down, you will look better on your face. ”

"You're worrying too much." Su Wanrong didn't care: "The queen just died, and this woman was sent to the palace with a little step." Not to mention whether the Mu family also has glory, just this thought makes people sick and panicked. Fang Cai, didn't you also listen to Xiao Dingzi, the one who saw it was the Xian Guifei.

How accurate the pulse is, you know that Concubine Xian is more powerful than this palace. It's okay not to see it. Xiao Dingzi, if you go back to her, you will say that the queen is newly mourned, and the palace is crying and dying, and she has no intention of seeing people. ”

"Huh." Xiao Dingzi couldn't be the master of the concubine, so he retreated in a hurry.

"I just hope that Yongzhang can enter the emperor's eyes, and no matter how bad it is, there will be Yongying. As long as the two of them have a way out, the days ahead will really be worry-free. Hmph, Xian Guifei ......"

"Niangniang, don't worry, the third elder brother is smart and intelligent, and the sixth elder brother is the queen's concubine, the emperor cares about his feelings, how can he take good care of the two elder brothers." Fenglan thought about it carefully, in fact, it may not be, the eldest brother doesn't need to mention it, the fourth elder brother was born to Concubine Jia, Concubine Jia is the person next to the queen, and the emperor may not be more painful.

There is also the fifth elder brother, who is a good boy with great talent. No matter how bad it is, the eighth elder brother also landed. What's more, the emperor is in his prime, and sooner or later he will add a few little brothers. At that time, it is really difficult to say who will please the emperor more.

"This palace is now, I just hope that the third elder brother can come back soon." Su Wanrong felt a little unsure. "This kid is so preoccupied that it's always worrying. Bengong was only afraid that he would be a little careless and lose himself. ”

Lin Chang was not uncomfortable after eating the closed door, and when he came out of Zhongcui Palace, he led the maid to Concubine Jia's bedroom. "I heard that Concubine Jia is very good at talking, and I saw it from afar a few days ago, and I don't know what it is. Huan'er, let's take a look. ”

"Miss, aren't you angry?" Huan'er asked in a low voice.

"Angry?" Lin Changzai thought for a moment, and then smiled: "What is there to be angry about." The palace is big, and there are all kinds of concubines. It's not worth it. Besides, have you forgotten how the lord and the lady taught us? Joy and anger are invisible. Don't write everything on your face, so that people can see the truth. ”

"Got it, Miss." Huan'er nodded seriously.

Jin Peizi, Qige, Qishan, and Wei Yating sat silently on the inner hall, silent for a long time.

In fact, these days, they have been sitting face to face like this, but no one said anything, as if the bitterness in their hearts had filled their chests and gushed out of their throats. So they prefer not to say anything, to do nothing, and just stay quiet.

What comes to mind is all the bits and pieces of the years with the queen.

"Niangniang, Lin Changzai is here to greet you." Min Lan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said in a low voice.

Jin Peizi came back to her senses and nodded slowly: "Please let her in." ”

Qi Qige wiped the tears from his eyes and cleared his throat: "It's inappropriate to come to ask for peace at this time, doesn't she know that we people don't have a mind?" ”

Lin Changzai walked in, respectful and kind, and with a strong sad face: "The concubine asked Concubine Jia to say goodbye, to Concubine Yu, I have seen Concubine Shu and Concubine Ling." ”

"I have a heart." Jin Peizi gently called her up.

Lin Changzai hurriedly said: "The concubine has just entered the palace, and she doesn't understand many things, and I hope that you will not hesitate to give advice." It's just that the concubine knows the queen's mother...... All the ladies are in pain, so they offer a pot of plum blossom sake, and hope that the ladies will send their sorrows to the wine and drink it shallowly. ”

"It's new." His character has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and his words are unforgiving: "The queen mother died, and the palace was grieved. But you came to offer wine, whether you don't understand the rules, or you are disrespectful to the queen. Looking forward to a glass of wine to get rid of the pain of grief? ”

Kneeling down in a hurry, Lin Changzai shook his head again and again: "Concubine Yu forgives her sins, and the concubine does not dare to be arrogant, let alone disrespectful." This wine concubine was also cooked for the emperor to enjoy, and after the emperor used it, he was a little relieved and praised it. The concubines were stupid and blunt, thinking that the ladies would like it too, so they dared to offer ......"

As soon as Wei Yating heard that it was praised by the emperor, she hooked her lips and smiled: "Canglan, let's help Lin Chang get up first." The wine was left, and it was Lin Chang's heart. ”

"Thank you, Concubine Ling." Lin Chang was blessed with a cowardly blessing.

"That's it, Lin Chang doesn't mind, this palace is just not happy." It's not that she relented because her words involved the emperor, but she felt that it was useless to make things difficult for Lin Changzai.

"The concubine has retired." Lin Chang was interested and didn't say anything more. Hurriedly retreated. Taking a deep breath, Lin Changzai only felt that his palms were cold: "The people in the palace are really difficult to get along with, Huan'er, are you right or wrong that you said I entered the palace?" ”

There was no one else around, and Huan'er smiled slightly: "Miss, don't think so much, the emperor likes you to enter the palace, that's the best." It's the pure concubine Niangniang, who is in calamity, and she doesn't know it. The slave didn't believe that she would be sad because of the queen's death. ”

"Huan'er, you have too many mouths." Lin Changzai frowned slightly: "It's good to understand it in your heart." Why bother talking about it all the time. ”

"Yes." Huan'er lowered her head obediently to hide her too clever gaze, and smiled slyly but didn't say a word more.

A few days later, Hongli finally arrived in the capital with Lan Xin.

He never thought that when he went, there were still people in pairs, and when he returned, it turned out to be eternally separated.

"I don't see anyone, especially those two rebels." Hongli Tie's face was blue, and the green tendons on his forehead became more and more hideous and terrifying, looking haggard and resentful.

Li Yu responded in a panic: "Your Majesty, you have to be careful of your body." ”

Hongli has ordered someone to park Lan Xin's body in Chonghua Palace, just because the days they lived there were the most comfortable and comfortable days for them. Although he still has scheming, she is so pure and immaculate, sincere.

lit ambergris, Hongli sat silently on the warm couch, and tears welled up.

Once upon a time, they sat side by side, chatting for a long time, talking about the people and things in the palace, and also saying the most heart-warming love words. He even felt that there was still her lingering fragrance on his shoulders, as well as the residual warmth left behind after being clinging to her.

She never went far at all, she was always by her side. Lan Xin ...... Do you know that without you, the six palaces are colorless, and I can give up all my sons-in-law and thrones, and I can do without them all. Why didn't you understand this in the first place? ”

took off the wrench of mutton fat and white jade, and Hongli saw the four words engraved by his own hands - never ask each other. He promised her that he would be honest with her and that he would not hide it anymore. But it was his deception and his selfishness that killed Yongcong and her.

It was as if something had cut a hole in my heart, and the blood flowed like an infusion, and I couldn't breathe in pain. Lan Xin ...... Why are you so cruel that you refuse to forgive me this time? In the days of birth, how do you want me to go alone? ”

Curled up, Hongli wept as he wrapped himself in a brocade quilt. It was made by Lan Xin herself, and every stitch and thread was her mind. Why didn't he think it was so precious before, until he couldn't have it anymore, he was heartbroken, and he didn't know what to do.

Li Yu stood outside the door, and when he heard the emperor's cry of grief, he also burst into tears.

The little eunuch at the door hurried over, and Li Yuyi raised his hand to signal him to stop, so he hurriedly wiped away a handful of tears and hurriedly stepped forward. "The emperor has decreed that no one will see it, and all those who come to ask for peace today will be stopped outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, no matter who it is."

The little eunuch saw that Li Yu's face was not good-looking, and said stubbornly: "The eldest brother and the third elder brother came to see the emperor, and they have already knelt outside the Heart Cultivation Palace. Minions are worried about ......"

Thinking of these two elder brothers, Li Yu was also angry. "Just let them kneel. The queen's bones were not cold, and they didn't see any grief at all, which made the emperor unhappy. That's it, he was even ashamed...... "Li Yu didn't want to mention the events of that day." But he also saw the two elder brothers quarreling over the queen's funeral.

The eldest brother thought that the third elder brother had done less, and the third elder brother accused the eldest brother of taking too much care of it......

How could the emperor not understand that they were doing this for performance, and it had nothing to do with the queen's funeral. "Self-inflicted." Li Yu's words were a bit heavy, but they did hit the point: "Listen well, the emperor deliberately ordered that the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother should not be allowed to enter the Palace of Cultivating Hearts. Not seeing is not seeing. ”

"Huh." The little eunuch hurriedly responded: "The slave has retired." ”

"Well, I'll go to the ear room for a while. Let the emperor be quiet alone. After all, Li Yu has followed the emperor for more than ten years, and he can't bear to see the emperor's grief-stricken appearance: "Let's go, let the emperor be quiet." He knew that along the way, the emperor had been enduring it, and he couldn't bear it now.

The wild flying roll took off the sand and stones, as sharp as a knife blade, cutting the skin arbitrarily. The cheeks, behind the ears, and even on the neck were cut by such sharp pebbles, which naturally hurt everywhere, and even breathing became much shorter. As soon as Yongzhang and Yonghuang returned to the Forbidden City, they came to the outside of the Heart Cultivation Hall to plead guilty, and they have knelt down until now. No matter how bitterly they pleaded and repented, no slave paid any attention. Don't expect the emperor to change his mind and retract his will.

"Huang Ama, the son knows that he is wrong, and the son has no disrespect. The son has no Eniang since he was a child, and it was the emperor who raised his son single-handedly. Huang Ama, now that the emperor's mother has passed away, his son's heart is painful, how can he be disrespectful. Emperor Ama, you are gracious, you don't want a son. Yonghuang lay on the ground, weeping bitterly, hateful, and begging in a panic.

Yongzhang wept silently and never said a word for a long time. He has never been the son of Huang Ama, and now although he has the seventh brother Yongcong and no queen, he has also been reprimanded. Not getting the love of his in-law Amma was originally a frustrating thing, not to mention that the father's love that the Son of Heaven could give was not extraordinary at all.

It's not that he doesn't want to ask, and it's not that he doesn't want to ask, he just doesn't dare. As soon as he thought of Huang Amma's expression when he reprimanded, his heart trembled. Could it be Yongying, could it be that the heir to the throne will be his sixth brother of the same mother? As soon as he thought of bowing down to his brother-in-law, Yongzhang felt that he was in pain, and he had the heart to die.

Fenglan rushed in like a gust of wind, and said cowardly with red eyes: "Niangniang, something is wrong." ”

"What else could be so big?" Su Wanrong smiled: "The queen is gone, what else can be done that is too big to do." Look at you, scared to be like this. ”

"The third elder brother has returned to the palace with the holy driver." Feng Lan bit his lip and said.

"Didn't this little Dingzi already reply? said that Yongzhang and Yonghuang went to greet the emperor first, and then came to our palace. If you do the math, it's been more than half a day. ”

"...... When you came back from Chonghua Palace, you still don't know many things. Feng Lan knelt down and choked up: "The people in front of the saint are all tight-lipped, and no one dares to discuss this matter. ”

Su Wanrong also felt that it was not good, and she was a little panicked: "What the hell is going on, you can say it well, explain it clearly." ”

"When the eldest brother and the third elder brother were driving, they were condemned by the emperor because they were not sad enough to cry and mourn. And he still reprimanded ...... back then, "Fenglan also heard the person before the saint say this, and he was already shocked that he had no soul." Later, after careful questioning, I realized that the emperor also said extremely serious words.

"How is this possible, isn't crying is shedding tears? How can it not be sad enough, who do you listen to nonsense. Su Wanrong stood up with a sigh, only to feel that the world was spinning, and her eyes were full of stars. No way, it's absolutely impossible. Hongu won't believe it. ”

"Mother, it's true." Feng Lan's eyes were red and swollen, and he continued: "It was among the guards who traveled with the emperor that someone quietly revealed the wind. It took a lot of effort for the slave and maid to find out that the eldest brother and the third elder brother had a dispute over the funeral, and the emperor knew about it, and blamed them for their performance, disrespectful to the late queen, and ...... He also reprimanded him to his face...... Threatened...... Threatened ......"

Su Wanrong was impatient, and her face was already very ugly: "What else are you threatening, you are saying, are you going to kill me in a hurry?" ”

Feng Lan choked up, and said with difficulty: "He also threatened to deprive the eldest brother and the third elder brother of their inheritance, saying that even if there is no elder brother in the heir, the edict behind Zhengda Guangming Bian would rather write the name of the stepchild than these two elder brothers......"

"Hmm......" Su Wanrong exhaled a breath of turbidity, and her body shook, and the whole person fainted.

Fenglan lowered his head and replied, only to hear a grunt, and saw Concubine Chun fall to the ground. "Mother, wake up, wake up quickly...... Third Elder Brother, Third Elder Brother is still kneeling outside the Heart Nourishing Hall to plead with the emperor, you have to think of ideas for him. ”

Su Wanrong was fascinated, her heart was broken, and she said sadly with tears: "I can ...... What is the way, the emperor decides, no one can change it. Yongzhang he, he didn't grow up too much, and he disappointed Bengong too much...... The emperor is angry, even if he begs, it will be a reprimand, how can this palace provoke the emperor at this time?

Oh, let him go, let him go...... Fortunately, there is still Yongying in the palace, and the queen is dead...... Yongying is all the hope of this palace......"

"But mother, are we really sitting idly by?" Feng Lan's heart was extremely sad, in the end, the third elder brother is also the son and daughter of the pure concubine.

"Ignore it." Su Wanrong smiled heartlessly: "He is not angry, how can I be reasonable." Fenglan, you ordered to go down, if he came to Zhongcui Palace, he was not allowed to enter, there was no such unassuming child as him in this palace. The emperor doesn't want him anymore, and the palace can't ask for it either. Tell him to go back to where he should go, think about it behind closed doors, repent well, and mourn for the queen. ”

Although it was unbelievable, the storm still fell hard. Maybe in the harem, people's hearts are probably like this, right? As a mother, I also have to plan for my future. Fenglan wants to leave, wants to leave this place. But she also really knows that in this life, unless she dies, she will never be able to leave Concubine Chun's side.

The Queen Mother stopped in front of the coffin, took a closer look at the people inside, and exclaimed. "Panyu, come and see, how is it...... How is the queen ......"

Panyu tears rippled, and the grief was unsettled: "The Queen Mother...... The queen mother, she ...... went. ”

"Huh?" The Queen Mother shook her head: "Impossible, wasn't she okay before?" The mourning family also asked her to accompany the emperor on his eastern tour. She told the mourning family that when she came back, she would bring some souvenirs to the mourning family and try them. It's better than lily cake...... How so? ”

"Queen Mother." Panyu didn't know what to say, when the news came to the Forbidden City, she was also extremely sad, and she refused to believe that it was true. Knowing that today, she saw the queen's body, she knew that nothing would change, and the tears that she had endured for many days finally broke the embankment at this moment, rushing endlessly.

"Ugh." The Queen Mother counted the days with her fingers: "My grandson is gone, the queen is gone, the first emperor is gone, and Empress Xiaojingxian is also gone, leaving me as an old woman, I don't know when it will be a head...... Girl, don't cry, when the old woman and I leave, you will cry again. I'm lonely, and I can hear someone sad for me, and it's warmer, isn't it? ”

Lying on the shoulder of the Queen Mother, Pan Yu was so choked that she couldn't speak, she really wanted to ask herself, what did she get after all these years?

"Tell them all to go, go out, let the old woman and me, accompany the queen with you......"

Panyu responded in a tremolo, sent away the accompanying palace people, wiped a handful of tears, and finally weakened his knees, and knelt on the ground with a bang: "Queen Mother, the concubine is wrong, the concubine knows that she is wrong, and ......the concubine can't stand you."