"But I have long been used to such days, whether it is being restrained by my father and brother, or being trapped in this Baoyue Tower by the emperor, my life has always been like this, and I can't make decisions for myself." Ipar Khan smiled sadly, "The light of Baoyue Tower was not given to me by the emperor, but to the entire Hui Ministry. ”

"I'm going to the water's edge to mourn my son, what about you?" Listening to Iparkhan's words, Hongyan did not show pity, and she repeated again, "Who are you going to mourn?" ”

Iparkhan shook his head, not daring to look at the red face again.

"If the guards won't say what I'm expecting, I'll have to use force." Hongyan said, "On the day of the fourteenth elder brother's drowning, my daughter said that she had been taken away with her mouth covered that day, and she said that the person holding her was cold, I guess it should be the armor worn by the guards, and the one who was on duty in the garden that day, who was accused of fornicating with your maid, was also among them, I believe that some of them must have seen what happened that day." ”

"With strong? What does it mean to use strong? Iparkhan didn't know whether he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence in Chinese, or whether he tried the meaning of Hongyan again, and asked nervously, "Didn't you say that as long as they leave, they will never be harmed?" ”

Hongyan said indifferently: "But my son is dead, I must give him an explanation." ”

Iparkhan shook his head again and again, took a few steps back and said, "There can be no explanation, concubine Niangniang, more people will die, you believe me, more people will die." ”

Hongyan approached her and said, "Actually, it's not good to blame me, I didn't make it clear to you at the beginning, I believe that the maid who was caught having an affair with the guards that day was not to meet her lover, but to meet her master instead, to meet your sweetheart on your behalf, right?" ”

Ipar Khan was terrified, retreated, her maid was also nervous and overwhelmed, she had nowhere to go, she had to hide back in Baoyue Tower, Hongyan said again before she walked away: "I don't want to hurt any of you, I just want to give my son an explanation, tomorrow I will wait for your reply, only tomorrow." ”

Ipar Khan hastily fled into the Baoyue Tower, and stood in the brightly lit palace, so that she could not see the figure of the night outside, but the sad aura of the concubine seemed to have wrapped around her, and Ipar Khan fell on the carpet in agony, and said to his maid, "She knows everything, she must know everything." ”

The maid was also very painful, how could this matter start again, thinking that Concubine Ling sent the young lady's sweetheart away, and there would be no more to do with it, why did she come back again, and put him on the edge of life and death.

"What should I do......"

"Tell Concubine Ling the truth, Miss, tell Concubine Ling that we saw Concubine Xin pushing the child into the water."

The night is getting thicker, Hongyan walked back to the spring of the heaven and earth, and refused the eunuch palace maid who wanted to come to make lanterns for the concubine Niangniang, she walked in the darkness to see the light of the spring of the heaven and earth.

In front of the door, it was Concubine Shu who led Xiao Qi to wander, Xiao Qi didn't see Eniang returning, and she was in a hurry to come out to find it, when it was dark, where could Concubine Shu let her out, so she led her to wait in front of the door.

When Hongyan approached, he saw a little person running over and shouting delicately: "Eniang, is it you?" ”

"It's Eniang, you run slowly." Hongyan stopped and hugged her daughter in her arms, the little man was fragrant, Hongyan asked her, "Have you taken a bath?" ”

"Shu Niangniang bathed me and soaked a lot of petals." Xiao Qi said, and complained to her mother, "Why did E-Niang come, where did E-Niang go." ”

Concubine Shu stepped forward and said impatiently: "Walk well and don't light the lantern, if you play the lantern, we can see you from afar, causing Xiao Qi to look back and forth, my daughter is worried about you." ”

Someone waiting on the way home is the warmest thing in Hongyan's heart. In the past, the concubine said that the concubines in the palace were sisters living together in the end, taking care of each other, she had long experienced the difficulty of this feeling, the initial vigilance of Concubine Yu, the initial unapproachable pride of Concubine Shu, stumbling to now, compared to the one in Baoyue Building, Hongyan is really lucky.

After returning to the dormitory, Ke'er also pestered the nurse to find her, and a pair of daughters had to sleep with Hongyan, and after Hongyan washed and changed clothes, she hugged her left and right in her arms, told stories to the children, and coaxed them to sleep slowly.

Ke'er was younger, she fell asleep without listening to the story, Xiao Qi crawled over from Hongyan, kissed her sister and covered her with a quilt, Hongyan was about to praise her daughter for being sensible, and the little girl fell into her arms and coquettish: "E-niang pat me, E-niang pat." ”

Hongyan smiled: "When your sister was a child, she also loved to stick to E-Niang like this, and E-Niang would be annoyed when she was tired, but in the blink of an eye, my sister grew up, and E-Niang is now afraid that you and Ke'er will grow up too fast, and before you have time to love you well, you will become adults." ”

Xiao Qi had words in her mouth, but she didn't know what she was talking about, and it took a long time to say clearly: "Eniang, can you dream of your brother tonight?" If I dream of my brother, I have to tell him that when I grow up, I will take good care of my mother. ”

"When Eniang is old, the road can't be walked, Xiaoqi has to hold Eniang's hand." Hongyan patiently coaxed the child, watching her gradually sleep peacefully in her arms, Cherry brought the nurse, and planned to take the princesses away, but Hongyan said that she wanted to sleep with her daughters, she said, "Long live the Lord will not come tonight, it will not be in the way." ”

Cherry ordered the nurses to step back and whispered to Hongyan: "Master, Long live Lord still went to Baoyue Tower tonight." ”

"Got it." Hongyan buried her face in Xiao Qi's soft hair, waved her hand, "Let's go and rest, I'll talk about everything tomorrow." ”

The Old Summer Palace spent a peaceful night again, the next morning the emperor went directly to the court from the Baoyue Tower, early in the morning there was news to the heaven and earth family spring, Hongyan dressed the two daughters, Cherry came in and shook his head at the master. It means that last night the emperor and the nobles did not happen as usual.

After a long time, Hongyan found that the emperor did not touch Ipar Khan, and it was a reason that he did not want to touch Yu Concubine. Yu Concubine still has a well-known past, the emperor knows whether to touch it or not, but Ipar Khan is a mystery, no one knows what she has done in the past, and it exists for the sake of court politics, what kind of woman does the emperor want can't get, why bother to be emotional about such an unknown person.

Xiao Qi took Ke'er to have breakfast, and the nurse brought the fifteenth elder brother to Hongyan to see, and then Hongyan had to sit in front of the dresser, and the cherry screen retreated and the others combed the hair of the master, and said: "Today, we take the initiative to go to Baoyue Tower, or wait for the nobles to come to you, the slave thinks, let's force it in the past, and the nobles may not be able to help but say, if you wait here, you don't dare to come if you want to come, but how can it be good?" ”

"She is here to find the emperor and me for the sake of her sweetheart." Hongyan smiled bitterly, "If she thinks about it, she will definitely come, in fact, her words yesterday have already given me the answer, she said that more people will die, which means that if she admits to what she saw, she will expose the unsightly things about her, the concubine and the guards fornicated, and the death penalty is inevitable." ”

"If you admit it, can you save her and her sweetheart's lives?" Cherry asked, "What are we going to do next?" ”

Hongyan looked at herself in the mirror expressionlessly, as her status became more and more noble over the years, the makeup on her face became thicker and thicker, and the jewelry in her hair became heavier and heavier, pressing her head heavily every day. ”

After that, for most of the day, Hongyan accompanied Xiao Qi and Ke'er to play and write, Concubine Shu and Concubine Qing came over to talk for a while, and unconsciously the lunch was also passed, and when the two children were coaxed to sleep, they still didn't wait for the nobles. Cherry was a little breathless, and he didn't know what to say with Xiao Lingzi outside, but Hongyan was calm, coaxed the children to sleep, and came to tidy up the toys they threw everywhere.

However, the people who should come, after all, came, in the evening, Concubine Shu and Concubine Qing wanted to come to have dinner with Hongyan, but saw Ipar Khan, who was dressed in a return uniform, came with a maid, and wherever they went, they were out of place with everything around them, Concubine Qing stopped Concubine Shu and said: "It seems that the nobles have something to say to Sister Hongyan, let's take Xiaoqi and Ke'er away." ”

Concubine Qing has always been meticulous and cautious, Concubine Shu naturally believed her words, but she was just curious about what the woman in the back department could do to find Hongyan, and when Cherry sent the children out, she couldn't help asking: "What did she do when she came to find Hongyan?" ”

Cherry also thought about it in her heart, and hurriedly responded: "When the time is right, the master will definitely tell you." ”

In the house, Hongyan made tea for Iparkhan, asked her if she was used to Han tea, and heard Cherry in front of the door that the princess followed the two ladies to dinner, Hongyan said: "The children will not come to disturb again, today the emperor and the six ministers discussed and set up a dinner, and they will not come, the emperor was there last night, you should know." ”

Iparkhan nodded, and Hongyan saw that her fingers were tightly wrapped around the colored silk around her waist, and she said kindly: "The fingertips are purple, and they will hurt the muscles and bones, so send them away." ”

Iparkhan let go of his fingers, stood up from his seat awkwardly, and said to Hongyan: "Niangniang, you let him go, as long as you let him go, I am willing to do anything, I can tell you everything, as long as he can live." ”

Hongyan shook his head: "I didn't let anyone go, I just wanted to know what happened." ”

Ipar Khan's expression was nervous, and his originally fluent Chinese suddenly became stumbling: "Guifei Niangniang, I saw it, I saw Concubine Xin pushing the child into the water, and I was there, watching her push your fourteenth elder brother into the water." ”

Hongyan felt the blood all over her body rush to her head, and Iparkhan quickly knelt down, and she, who had never been willing to give in to anyone in the palace, knelt in front of Hongyan again: "It's not just me, but also him...... Niangniang, it was he who took the little princess. ”