"If my sister shares the affairs of the six palaces for the queen mother in the future, won't I be able to come to see you often?" Ruyin said, "I'm in the capital, but there are no confidants, although I look at people coming and going every day, it's just politeness on the scene." ”

Hongyan smiled: "You don't come every day, not to mention that Lord Kaichun Fucha is coming back, you must not be able to remember me." She picked out the bursting chestnuts, rubbed them again and again through a thick cloth, wiped them clean and peeled the chestnut flesh while saying, "You still have some people and things to deal with on the scene, I am idle here in addition to idle, I have no desire for status, but at that time in Yingtai, I was very busy every day, and when I came back for a whole year, I was so idle that I panicked." Anyway, whether you will be busy in the future or not, I will be with you when you come, okay? ”

Fu Ling'an, who was playing outside the door, smelled the fragrance and ran in, shouting to her aunt delicately, nesting into Hongyan's arms to eat chestnuts, Hongyan was afraid that he would choke, so she broke it and fed it little by little, Ruyin saw that she loved children so much, and said with a smile: "My sister is still good at giving birth to her body, and if she had a prince and princess earlier, her life will not be so boring." ”

Hongyan kissed Fu Ling'an's face and said with a smile: "Let it be, didn't you say that Concubine Shu was in a hurry at that time, but the emperor was nervous when he touched her?" I don't want to be like this, there is, there is, and I am at ease without me. She put her arms around Fu Ling'an and said, "If there is a girl who is destined for Fu Ling'an, I will be glad." ”

Ruyin smiled: "I look forward to you giving birth to a little brother, but I think that if my sister's daughter becomes my daughter-in-law, I will laugh in my dreams." ”

In the days that followed, the palace was busy celebrating the New Year, and it was festive inside and out, and the noble concubine staggered through Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the end did not add to the royal blockage, but her condition deteriorated, and the imperial doctor asserted that she could not survive the first month. Finally at the Lantern Festival, the Empress Dowager decreed that Jin would crown the concubine as the imperial concubine, and posthumously crowned the eldest brother's biological mother, Concubine Zhe, as the imperial concubine, giving the highest honor to this woman who was the first to be by Hongli's side and gave birth to his eldest son, but after he left the Forbidden City, he never returned. The eldest brother also relied on his mother's wealth, and in this year he sealed Baylor and moved out of the palace to open a government and build a mansion.

However, for the other concubines, the Queen Mother only said that she wanted to seal the six palaces, and how to arrange and how to promote the seal, but she didn't mention it after the Lantern Festival. On the concubine throne, Concubine Xian, Concubine Chun, Concubine Jia, Concubine Chun was withdrawn by the emperor from the green card, Concubine Xian has always assisted in the affairs of the six palaces, one is to see that there is no chance to be promoted, the other is bound to occupy a seat, and the rest of Concubine Jia is not up or down, but she relies on her own four elder brothers, relying on herself to occasionally accompany the emperor, and she is determined to overpower Concubine Chun this time.

However, after all, Concubine Chun is the mother of the two princes, the Su family does not dare to compare with the Fucha clan and the Nala clan, but it is no better than Concubine Jia's maiden family, the queen herself doesn't care which of them is higher or lower, and after repeated discussions with the Queen Mother, she finally gave a concubine to Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun.

Ten days after the Lantern Festival, the Queen Mother finally made another decree, Jin Feng Xian Concubine for Xian Guifei, Chun Concubine for Chun Guifei, Yu Concubine for Yu Concubine, and then a few Chang Zai Jin nobles, a few promised to Jin Chang Zai, and Hongyan is one of them, this holy beauty is thick, and now Wei Guiren.

In the end, Concubine Jia didn't catch anything, and Concubine Shu still stood still. On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, when the concubines who had won the Jin seal gathered in Ningshou Palace to thank the Queen Mother, bad news came from Chuxiu Palace, and the concubine was breathless.

She walked all her life alone in Chuxiu Palace, and left quietly, without blocking anyone. Back then, Hongyan also sent her meals every day, but since she knew about the concubine Gao, the concubine has been so sick, and now it is ten years of Qianlong, so many years have passed, this woman seems to live the same every day, there is nothing left in this life, and she can't take anything away.

The next day, the emperor canonized the imperial concubine Gao as the imperial concubine of Huixian, and was buried with the courtesy of the imperial concubine, and the golden coffin was temporarily rested in the Jing'anzhuang funeral palace. Although everything is done according to the ancestral system, but what is the situation when the concubine is alive, everyone in the palace knows it, and they dare not slack off on the things after their deaths and will never be more attentive.

But the emperor and Emperor Huixian's concubine, after all, had a relationship when they were young, he was in his prime, but people of the same age died, and it was inevitable that his heart would be heavy. Since the first month, he has rarely set foot in the harem, and if he wants to go, he will say a few words to the queen in Changchun Palace. The queen mother saw it in her eyes, and couldn't help but persuade him to mourn, not to let down the people around him for the sake of the deceased, the emperor gradually let go of the heaviness, and with the spring blossoms, the palace returned to its former appearance.

And when Emperor Huixian was there, she lived in Chuxiu Palace to recuperate and rarely showed up, and now that she is gone, she is just the same as before. On this day, Hongyan was ordered to come to Chuxiu Palace to take care of the things left in front of Emperor Huixian, and when she walked to the palace gate, she couldn't feel the difference brought about by the death of Yiren, thinking of Concubine Wen Hui and saying, in fact, most of the women in the palace are like this, let her see it, and a few people can really live vigorously.

With a red face and ten prayers, Ruizhu, who was dressed in plain clothes in the door, came out and said respectfully: "Wei Guiren is auspicious." ”

Hongyan said: "I am ordered by the queen to count the things left by the imperial concubine, you are the closest person to the mother, I need your help." ”

Ruizhu said with tears: "The noble man just commands the slaves and maids, and he doesn't dare to say that he can help, the slaves and maids are almost all placed, please take an inventory." Niangniang was sick for a long time when she was alive, except for some necessary courtesy exchanges, the things given by the queen mother, the emperor, and the queen were almost not moved, and everything was evidence-based. The mother never sent anything to her mother's house, nor did she ask what the family wanted. ”

Hongyan listened quietly, but Rui Zhu begged her at the end: "Can the noble person pass these words to the emperor and the queen mother?" ”

"Is that what the imperial concubine meant?" Hongyan said, "Niangniang's last days can't speak, but she must hope that the emperor understands that she is innocent, right?" ”

Rui Zhu covered her mouth and almost cried, and she endured and endured it before choking: "Master, she has been her whole life, and she is afraid that the emperor and the queen mother will misunderstand what she is trying to do with her family in private, and she has been terrified all her life." ”

Hongyan said: "I know, what you say, I will convey it to the emperor and the queen mother in its original form, the imperial concubine is in the spirit of the sky, and I will be grateful to you." After taking someone to count the things left by the imperial concubine, Chuxiu Palace really did not receive a cold reception, the gold and silver money left by the imperial concubine far exceeded her annual salary, although the queen mother treated the concubine harshly, but the emperor and the queen's rewards were never interrupted, but where others in the palace had, the imperial concubine doubled, but she was not blessed, it seems that the more rewards, the heavier the burden on her.

Seeing that Ruizhu was busy, she carefully and properly sorted out all the things of the imperial concubine, counted them one by one, sorted out a detailed list, and then presented them to the queen to make another arrangement. She had counted all the things of Concubine Shouqi, it was not difficult to do such a thing, but she looked at Ruizhu very pitiful, Ruizhu was about the same age as the concubine, but she was very polite and respectful to Hongyan, so she asked: "After that, all the palace people in Chuxiu Palace will disperse, Ruizhu, do you have a place to go?" ”

Ruizhu bowed his head and said: "The slave maid has passed the age of leaving the palace, and now she is waiting for the arrangement from above, whether to continue to stay in the palace and work elsewhere, or to leave the palace." The slave maid originally petitioned to guard the tomb of the master, but the queen mother rejected it. ”

Hongyan asked: "Outside of guarding the tomb, where do you want to go, I will return it to the queen mother, you have worked hard for so many years to serve the imperial concubine, there should be a good place to go." ”

Ruizhu thought about it, raised his eyes and looked at Chuxiu Palace, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, lowered his head and said: "If Wei Guiren is willing to speak for the slave maid, the slave and maid hope to leave the palace, and the slave and maid have an old mother at home who can rely on each other." ”

Hongyan promised her that she would petition the queen for her, and when the imperial concubine's things were counted, it was sunset, and she rushed to Changchun Palace with her own people to resume her life.

Chuxiu Palace and Xianfu Palace are next to each other, and now the pure concubine has won the position of the concubine, and swept away the grievances of being removed from the green head card, and the two princes under the knee are also the sons of the mother, the fourth elder brother of Concubine Jia, and the fifth elder brother of Concubine Yu are all shorter because of this, and the people in the palace have always been grass on the wall, and the pure concubine is not willing to see a joke.

At this moment, Hongyan walked out of Chuxiu Palace, and still saw a palace concubine coming out of Xianfu Palace, they saw Hongyan from a distance, and seemed to suddenly remember that Hongyan is now a nobleman, only to see a few Chang Zai reluctantly stepped forward and said: "Wei Guiren is auspicious." ”

Hongyan is not used to being called a nobleman, and every time she is stunned if she is calling her, but she will soon return the salute politely, and she will never be rude.

Cherry reminded on the side: "Master, we haven't gone to congratulate Concubine Chun, you helped the queen to help the princess with the affairs of the imperial concubine, and delayed this matter." ”

Hongyan said: "I don't mean not to go, I will be free tomorrow, and tomorrow I will finally come to the end, and we will go to congratulate Chun Guifei and Xian Guifei Niangniang together." ”

However, the next day, when Hongyan came to Chuxiu Palace again and wanted to remove all the things left by the imperial concubine, she heard the cry of the palace maid and eunuch when she entered the door, thinking that they were mourning the imperial concubine, but someone stepped forward and cried and said: "Wei Guiren, Aunt Ruizhu hanged herself." ”

Hongyan was shocked and her feet were soft, holding on to the cherry to stand firmly, she petitioned the queen yesterday to let Ruizhu out of the palace, the queen personally promised her, today she also took her own body, wanted to tell Ruizhu, and give her some money to go out of the palace to supplement her life, how can you be a good person yesterday, and leave today.

"She said yesterday......" Hongyan looked at the cherry in a daze, the living person died suddenly, and the person who spoke well yesterday actually committed suicide by hanging himself, "She wants to leave the palace, and there is an old mother at home, how can she seek death?" ”