When Concubine Yu heard this, it was difficult to keep the past in her senses, and she asked emotionally: "What my sister means, will she protect Yongqi with me?" ”

Hongyan smiled: "The concubine also hopes that the mother can protect the Buddha with the concubine." When I returned to the palace a few days ago, the concubine asked Concubine Wenhui for peace, and the concubine taught the concubine many ways to be a concubine, and the concubine also asked the concubine for one thing. When such words are mentioned, it is inevitable that he will be sad, and his red face will become softer and softer, and he said, "The concubine is a person of right and wrong, I don't know what kind of accidents will happen in the future, if there is anything missing, but I beg Niangniang to take care of the little princess on my behalf." Although the pure concubine is the biological mother, but the princess will only be pitiful if she sends it back to her, except for the queen mother in the six palaces, only the mother can let the concubine entrust. ”

"Silly sister, on the day of the big holiday, what stupid things did you say, how could something happen to you, you are a blessed person." Concubine Yu thought of the days before the death of the concubine, and repeatedly asked her to be friendly with Wei Hongyan, at that time, Concubine Yu was afraid that it would not be easy to approach, but now that she is familiar with it, she can no longer give up.

However, recalling the concubine who died of incense and jade, Concubine Yu blamed herself for not doing anything for her, and lived up to her sisterhood, if she worked harder, the concubine might not end up depressed. But she cared about sisterhood on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was even more wise to protect herself, and she didn't seem to care, but she always held her sense of proportion in front of the Queen Mother. Although the death of the concubine was not her fault, when she thought about it, she felt guilty in the end.

"Then don't say that." Hongyan squinted and smiled, and quickly dismantled the crab again and said, "It's not delicious when it's cold, you can't eat anything at night at the banquet, Niangniang, you have to be busy, let's enjoy it raw at noon, and it won't be in vain that the emperor has traveled thousands of miles from the south to catch these crabs for us." ”

Concubine Yu put on a sad face and said with a smile: "That's right, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will go to the end of the year, and the busy days are still to come." But this year passed before I had time to leave anything behind, but fortunately I was able to watch Yongqi grow up. ”

Hongyan smiled: "Life is better than fast life, who wants to live like a year?" ”

The two talked and laughed, ate the crab, boiled ginger soup and black tea with perilla leaves, and drank it slowly with one bowl per person to drive away the cold of the crab meat. After a little rest, Concubine Yu is going to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the busy night, and after Hongyan says goodbye to her, people who are now idle and have nothing to do will have a lot of time to accompany their daughter. But on the Mid-Autumn Festival, she did not call her parents into the palace to see each other, because now that she has returned to the palace, entering the Forbidden City is not as good as entering the Old Summer Palace.

She is thoughtful in everything, for herself and for the emperor, but unfortunately others will not think of her like this, the favorite concubine in the eyes of others, if she does not do well, she is pampered and arrogant, and she should do well, even if she is friendly to others, it is also a kind of charity and sympathy in their eyes. That's the case, Hongyan understands why Concubine Chun was so tall and lonely at the beginning, maybe she has a little bit of such a temperament, or maybe because others looked at her at that time, and they looked at Hongyan the same way now.

Hongyan is very grateful for Concubine Yu's friendliness, but she can't treat Concubine Yu like she did to Ruyin, not because she is afraid that Concubine Yu will harm herself one day, but because she feels that she should not burden others. What's more, they are both Hongli's pillow people, and Hongyan understands in her heart that the queen should treat herself the same.

The Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet is in the Qianqing Palace, and in previous years, the banquet will also be held in the Ningshou Palace, and now Concubine Yu is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, when he was ordered to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor instructed Concubine Yu to try not to put the banquet in Ningshou Palace in the future, Concubine Yu knew that this was for the concubine, she was the most unpopular person in the Ningshou Palace at the moment.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet, the queen's grace and luxury are unparalleled in the world, she and the queen mother sit separately from the emperor, and the concubines are scattered in order. Xian Guifei, Chun Guifei, Yu Fei, Jia Fei, below is Hongyan, counting to her, it seems that the emperor is amorous, but in fact, the concubines are limited and not prosperous.

Kangxi Ye held a banquet at that time, and the concubines filled the palace with a swagger, and the position of the four concubines was never vacant. But at that time, in addition to the four concubines, the positions of the imperial concubines and concubines were all given to those of good background, and they did not break this rule throughout their lives.

Today is a happy day, and there are relatives of the emperor and the country, the queen mother will only ignore Wei Hongyan, and will not put her in her eyes, when everyone returns happily and the Forbidden City returns to calm, Hongyan is strolling back to the East Sixth Palace with Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu, talking about the events at today's banquet.

In front of the gate of Yanxi Palace, Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu and Hongyan said goodbye, but after walking not far away, I saw someone coming from the direction of the Palace of Nourishing Heart, standing in front of the door and saying something to Hongyan, Concubine Shu and Concubine Yu turned around and saw it, Shu Concubine said sourly: "Niangniang, look, the emperor really turned over the sign of Concubine Ling." ”

Concubine Yu persuaded: "Don't think about it, let's go back." ”

Yanxi Palace was carefully prepared, and soon ushered in the holy car, the emperor would go to the middle palace to accompany the queen on the usual festival, Hongyan didn't want him to come back at all, and only heard that when he took off his dress, it was because the queen was inconvenient, and it was the queen who asked him to come to Yanxi Palace.

Hongyan joked: "If Niangniang said, the emperor should go elsewhere, instead of going to Yanxi Palace, where will the emperor go?" ”

Hongli smiled ambiguously: "What do you say?" ”

Hongyan saw that the emperor's hand was not honest, so he opened him gently, but the eyes that passed by him hooked thousands of souls, and the two soon hugged each other, not to mention the lingering clouds and rain. And Hongli's favorite is to hug Hongyan peacefully afterwards, at this time the two snuggled up to each other, the residual warmth remained, Hongli gently stroked Hongyan's soft skin, and his mind had flown to the way to Wutai Mountain, and said: "I am fortunate to visit Wutai Mountain in September, the queen and the queen mother are not going, I want to take you alone." ”

Concubine Yu only mentioned it during the day, and it was fulfilled at this time, and she smiled: "If the concubine doesn't go, the emperor will go by himself." ”

Hongli was displeased: "Why don't you go?" ”

Hongyan sat up and said, "There is a little Buddha who can't let go." ”

Hongli frowned and said: "Excuse, Buddha has a nurse to take care of, but you just don't want to accompany me." ”

Hongyan ate and smiled, took the emperor's hand and said: "I am full of joy on the way to go, and the days when I come back will not be easy, but it is better to live in peace now, if it can last for a long time, it is the best." The concubine is not greedy for that moment of freedom and the vast sky, after all, this life is to live in the Forbidden City. ”

The emperor was unhappy, and he didn't want to blame Hongyan, he just didn't say anything sullenly, and even thought about how to bring Hongyan with him, and then thought about leaving her in the palace, God knows what the Queen Mother was going to do. I wanted to use this as an excuse to convince her, but I was really afraid of scaring Hongyan.

Hongyan said again: "The truth is understood by the concubines, and the emperor understands it even more, but the concubines have made up their minds that they will never drive alone, and ask the emperor to fulfill it." ”

In the face of Hongyan's refusal, the emperor had already prepared, but when he really said it, he was really unhappy, and he lay down a little angrily, turning over and turning his back to her.

Hongyan didn't care, carefully covered the quilt for him, took the bed clothes and put them on, and also covered the quilt and lay down, the emperor turned around and asked: "My wish, you don't want to fulfill it?" ”

Hongyan said calmly: "The emperor was annoyed for a while, and it passed, but the concubines continued to face endless troubles, so Hongyan didn't want to go out with the emperor to go out and walk in the sky." She stretched out her hand to fold it with the emperor and said gently, "It's better to close your eyes and reverie, and save a lot of trouble." ”

"Nonsense." Hongli was not happy, he took off the majesty of the emperor, knowing that forcing Hongyan was also a matter of words, but he couldn't do that.

"You are worried about the queen, and the queen also supports me, so I sent her to persuade you." Hongli said, "You don't have to worry a lot, the queen is broad-minded, even if the queen mother is ......" The emperor swallowed his words and bypassed, "The queen will not embarrass you because of this." ”

Hongyan turned sideways and said affectionately: "So Niangniang, she is broad-minded, can the emperor do whatever he wants?" ”

This was very polite, Hongli frowned and said nothing.

Hongyan said again: "The queen's mother is the world, it is her responsibility to be broad-minded, and the concubine is a concubine, and she also has a responsibility on her shoulders." Your Majesty, Hongyan sincerely wants to accompany you for a long time, our days are still very long, maybe one day the Queen Mother can accept concubines, at that time, the sea and the sky, where can you not go? Today's situation is rare and peaceful, why should the emperor provoke the displeasure of the queen mother. ”

"It's the Queen Mother again......" Hongli's breath is getting heavier and heavier, in the final analysis, compared to the guilt of the queen, is his mother the mountain he can't cross?

"Your Majesty." Hongyan's heart fluttered, and he sat up and said to Hongli, "It's better to leave this opportunity in the future, how about the emperor fulfill a wish of his concubines now?" ”

Hongli glanced lazily and asked her what she wanted, and Hongyan actually said: "The emperor will take the queen mother, only take the queen mother out alone, as for the concubines, you hand over the safety of the concubines to the queen mother before you go out, and you explain everything you should say to the queen mother, so you are not afraid that the queen mother will do what the queen mother will do if you are not at home." It's a big deal that in those days, the concubine hid in Shoukang Palace. ”

"You want me to take the queen there?" Hongli was puzzled, and even asked, "You are expressing your loyalty to the queen." ”

Hongyan smiled: "What is this called?" The concubine thinks that the emperor and Niangniang have a little brother, it is a blessing from God, the emperor and Niangniang go together to repay the vows, and then pray for the little brother, such a thing, only you and Niangniang can do. ”

"But I have already told her that I want to take you there, and now I want to take the queen out of the house." Hongli sighed and touched his cheeks, "Fool, aren't you afraid that others will think that you are giving alms?" ”

Hongyan smiled, lay in the crook of Hongli's arm and said, "Then it depends on how the emperor explains, and it depends on what the emperor does." The emperor is a man, no matter how he understands a woman's heart, he can't understand it as well as the woman herself. Your Majesty, if you ask the mother to drive alone, even the Queen Mother will be happy. ”