Cherry seemed to have just been dragged up from her sleep by her grandfather, and she didn't dare to be naughty in front of the concubine, but she suddenly heard this, and knew that she would collect her bones in the days to come, and she swore to Hongyan last night that she would stay in the palace to support her grandfather for the elderly.

And his father-in-law saw it in his eyes, how could he not hurt this child who was raised by himself, at that time he was still on an errand by the side of the first emperor, although there were many people in the palace to give him a hand, and his father-in-law also brought countless apprentices to grow up, but the female doll that he picked up couldn't let go. It seems that it is really the bloodline that he can stay in the world in this life, no matter how busy he is, he personally hugs and kisses him every day, from a baby in swaddling clothes to such a big one, when he sends away the first emperor, if it weren't for this little thing, he and his father-in-law would probably prefer to follow.

Thinking of the past, his father-in-law felt sour in his heart, but he said to Hongyan on his face: "If she gets into trouble, you are the one who disciplines her, and you will suffer twice as much as what punishment she receives." Saying that, he asked Cherry, "You can hear clearly, if you are blind and naughty, it will cause your Hongyan sister to be beaten with the board." ”

The concubine loved Little Cherry very much, but said: "Cherry is so clever, she will definitely be better than you in the future, don't just scare her." ”

Seeing the concubine's kind smiling face, Cherry was a little relieved, kowtowed to both the master and the grandfather, and assured with a childish voice: "The slave must learn her skills hard and learn as well as Sister Hongyan." ”

The concubine said again: "Cherry, your sister Hongyan is not an ordinary palace maid, she is the emperor's official woman, you have to distinguish clearly." ”

Hongyan's smiling face suddenly darkened a little, how much she wished she was an ordinary palace maid. But thinking of what she had said to her father-in-law, and trying to smile, why should she be sad, that would only attract the disgust and avoidance of others, if she can't get along with herself, how can she straighten her waist in front of others.

In this way, Hongyan is no longer alone, and his father-in-law directly asked Cherry to move to Shoukang Palace to live with Hongyan, and privately said to Hongyan that the girl is getting older, and he is not good at teaching some things when he looks back, so he planned to find a good person to take with him, Yuzhi's grandmothers are too old to work, and they have looked at it coldly for a few years, and only meeting Hongyan can make him completely relieved. If Hongyan is still this number of lives in the future, with cherries as a companion, if it is difficult to be blessed with divine grace, and the cherries will be more reliable than others.

Naturally, Hongyan didn't hear it, she easily picked up a life, and asked for any holy grace, what kind of flying prosperity.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor invited a banquet for hundreds of civil and military officials, and only the young Emperor Yu Concubine in the Shoukang Palace went, and several people from Shouqi Concubine did not want to attend, and when the people who invited An Xing were sent away, they closed the door and spent the New Year by themselves. But after a while, the old people were about to rest, and Mama Yuzhi stuffed cotton into the master's ears, and Cherry looked behind her with a basin of water, and asked curiously: "Mama, what did you do to block the concubine's ears." ”

Mama smiled: "Wait for the firecrackers outside, don't disturb the concubine to sleep." She looked at the red face and cherry, today for the New Year, both of them are wearing bright peach coats, festive and delicate, standing together really like sisters, she put down the tent for the master, took the two children out, and ordered, "Wait until you go around to the front gate of Cining Palace, there is no one there, but standing on the high platform, you can see the fireworks in front of you, wear one more clothes and be careful to freeze, and come back early when you see it." ”

The two looked at each other, and Mama rubbed Cherry's head and smiled: "Your family told your father-in-law that you have never seen fireworks when you grow so big." ”

Cherry was so happy, carefully followed Hongyan to finish the work of his subordinates, confirmed that the concubine had fallen asleep, and wrapped a jacket in one person, and Cherry also brought a string of rock sugar gourds rewarded by the concubine, and the two walked out of Shoukang Palace, and went around the palace wall to Cining Palace. Cining Palace has been empty for many years, and there are not enough people in front of it during the New Year's Festival, and sure enough, as Mama Yuzhi said, there are no more and more people who watch the door here, they find a high platform in front of the door, which can shelter from the wind, in case someone comes, they can't see them for a while.

When Cherry was entangled in Hongyan and asked her to eat a bite of her rock sugar gourd, there was an explosion in the distance, and the night sky was immediately illuminated by scattered fireworks. She had never known that there was such a magnificent thing in this world, and the rumble was so heart-pounding that she longed more than ever to go to the outside world to see how many new and interesting things were in this world.

Because she was in a daze, she didn't make any effort in her hand, and the whole string of sugar gourds suddenly fell, she snorted, and said "My sugar gourd", and jumped off the high platform to find it, but this movement, just met the fireworks in front of her for a short pause, her voice came out, and when she met the guards who patrolled to the vicinity, someone immediately chased over and asked: "Who is in front of the gate of Cining Palace?" ”

Hongyan hurriedly followed, blocking the frightened cherry behind her, and she said honestly: "We are the palace maids of Shoukang Palace, watching the fireworks here, and not doing anything else." ”

Those people were not fierce, but said: "If you see it, you will go back, and if you meet someone else who is not so good, I will take you down." ”

While talking, another group of people came, the lanterns gathered more and more, Hongyan was lowering his head, and suddenly heard the person in front of him say: "Lord Fucha, it's nothing, it's just that the two palace maids are here to watch the fireworks." She raised her head sharply and saw Fucha Fu Heng, and Fu Heng was also stunned when she saw the red face.

After a while, the guards dispersed, and Fu Heng walked not long ago, avoiding everyone and turning back, here Hongyan was half-squatting and saying something to Cherry, Cherry noticed Fu Heng and said nervously: "Sister, someone is here again." ”

Seeing each other again, Hongyan became more calm, and bowed and said, "Lord Fucha is auspicious, I didn't expect you to come to inspect the customs defense." ”

Fu Heng said: "During the New Year's Festival, the candles in the palace should be more careful, and the emperor sent me to temporarily supervise it for a month. ”

Hongyan smiled: "My lord is getting more and more serious now. While hiding Cherry behind her, Cherry poked out half of her head curiously.

Fu Heng looked at the little girl, at first glance she looked similar to her niece and Jing, they were together as if they were playing with Hejing in the past, and they were together every day during the days of horseback riding, Fu Heng will never forget it. He asked, "Hongyan, are you okay?" ”

Hongyan nodded, some things have long wanted to say, but I can't see each other, this moment is a rare opportunity, Hongyan mustered up the courage and said: "The kindness of the adult, the slave and maid will be unforgettable for a lifetime, just ask for forgiveness from the adult, Hongyan can't repay you in this life, if there is a fate in the next life, Hongyan is willing to be a cow and a horse." ”

"Don't say such things." Fu Heng was very distressed, took half a step forward, and saw that Hongyan didn't care about the little girl behind him, he couldn't care about it, and asked, "If those things hadn't happened that day, would you respond to what I asked you during the day, Hongyan, we ......?"

"No, it won't." Hongyan immediately replied, and said to Fu Heng in a firm tone, "These words will definitely make you sad, but even if you hate Hongyan from now on, the slave and maid only have this one answer, and the slave and maid are unwilling." ”

"Do you hate me? I still don't think it's worth ......."

"My lord, no matter how much you explain, there is no point in it, and the slave and maid don't want to deceive you more than the obedient words that comfort people." Hongyan said, "The slave thinks that this is the way to live up to your heart, but it doesn't sound good." In any case, the slave will respect the important person for the rest of his life. ”

"This is you, and you are the only one who has this heart." Fu Heng sighed lightly, but there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, they had long been impossible, but he was still unwilling, and kept thinking about whether they still had hope without that thing, but what could this kind of fantasy get in exchange? Sure enough, Hongyan still knew it in her heart, she said this, at least they can talk when they meet in the future, at least they are still friends. Since Fu Heng is determined to protect her for the rest of his life, he can't be entangled, and he can't put each other in an unrighteous place.

"I'm leaving, be careful." Fu Heng bowed slightly, and took a deep look at the red face. After this glance, there is no definite number of when he will see her next time, but he is relieved to see that Hongyan is in good condition and that she has regained company by her side.

Fu Heng left, and Hongyan and Cherry didn't have the heart to watch the fireworks anymore, even though the rumbling sound came again, but both of them wanted to go back. Hongyan wanted to explain something to Cherry, but when she arrived at the gate of Shoukang Palace, the little girl smiled and said: "Sister, my grandfather said, don't ask too much if you shouldn't ask, you don't have to tell me why, anyway, nothing happened." Talking too much, my grandfather is going to blame me for being greedy and causing trouble, and he is going to beat me again. ”

Hongyan knew that the cherry was considerate, and hugged the little girl who was shivering from the cold and said, "Sister will make something for you to eat tomorrow." And they entered the door rejoicing.

On this side, it was almost midnight, and the emperor celebrated the New Year with the royal family after the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet every year. Hongli retreated to the Heart Cultivation Palace, rested for a while, and set off to the Temple of Heaven before dawn to pay tribute to the Heaven and Earth Society.

Mr. Wu brought tea, and when he saw that the emperor looked tired, he wanted to say something he could be happy about, so he turned his mind and said with a smile: "He asked the servants to kowtow to the emperor, saying that it was to greet the emperor for the New Year, and he was inconvenient to come to the front, and asked the emperor to forgive his sins." ”

The emperor said kindly: "Your master's health is fine, you should take care of it." ”

Manager Wu said with a smile: "The servant hasn't told the emperor yet, the little granddaughter adopted by the master is now on an errand in Shoukang Palace, and she is with the Wei official woman." ”

Hongli's eyes lit up, and he thought for a while and said, "I remember that child, she saw it when she was very young, how old is it now?" It seems to be the same age as Kazu. ”

"Exactly, the emperor even remembers such a thing." Mr. Wu flattered.

"In this way, I'm still a child, but it's better to follow her and relieve her boredom." Hongli was in a better mood, and when he smelled the smell of fireworks on his body, he instructed Mr. Wu, "The little fireworks prepared for the princess, if she has any leftovers to play with, don't spoil them, and send them to Shoukang Palace to the child." “