Seeing her husband returning from the scorching heat, the anger in Ruyin's heart melted half, she asked Fu Heng how he took leave from the emperor, and Fu Heng said frankly: "Just say that you are sick." ”

Ruyin smiled bitterly: "If you say this, Sister Hongyan should be worried." ”

Fu Heng said: "It's better to go to Chengde with me, I really don't worry about the county lord, just send her back to the palace." ”

"How can you do such a thing, how should the in-laws look at us, Fu Ling'an followed the emperor and you around, the young couple got together less and left more, I already feel ashamed of my daughter-in-law, and let the in-laws say ours behind our backs?" Ruyin said impatiently, "You men don't have to think about things without thinking. ”

"Naturally, you are thoughtful." Fu Heng said guiltily, "With you worrying about these things, I have never thought carefully about what to do, and I no longer worry about any personal contacts." ”

"What if I die?" Ruyin has no head and no brain.

"You're talking nonsense again, won't I really be angry? Make yourself sick and let you follow me, you are not happy, what do you want me to ......" Fu Heng stood up anxiously, he didn't understand the subtle atmosphere between husband and wife these days, but he didn't dare to pierce that layer of paper, he didn't know what Ruyin knew behind that layer of paper.

"Look, it's a hot day, and I'm sweating in a hurry." Ruyin asked Fu Heng to sit down, wiped the sweat for him with her own hands, and said softly, "You still don't know me?" I just miss you, what else can I do? ”

Fu Heng calmed down a little and said gently: "I'm not good, and I still lose my temper at you." ”

Ruyin smiled: "I haven't seen you in a hurry for a few days, it's really interesting." ”

Fu Heng looked at her carefully, looked at her eyes and looked at her expression, but the couple didn't pierce the layer of paper after all, Fu Heng only said: "I will accompany you for two days and return to Chengde, the summer will be over, the emperor will return to Beijing soon, and I will accompany you every day when the time comes." ”

Ruyin nodded: "If the emperor asks you if I am okay, it must be my sister who asks, and you just tell the truth." As for my sister and me, we have another correspondence, so you don't have to worry. ”

Fu Heng was no longer redundant, and patiently accompanied Ruyin, but if Ruyin was unhappy in the past, her husband coaxed her, but she was still unsteady after snuggling and sleeping these two nights. In the past, she could still say something to Hongyan, but now, can she tell her sister that Fu Heng killed the fifth elder brother for her?

On the day she sent her husband back to Chengde, she stood in front of the door and watched Fu Heng ride away on his horse, the dazzling dust covered her husband's figure, Ruyin unconsciously ran after her husband for a few steps, and vaguely saw Fu Heng through the dust, she felt at ease. She can't help but let go of these things, she can't keep them in her heart forever, if she goes on like this, she will really never see her man clearly one day.

"Fujin, Sun Poison, let's go back." The maid came with an umbrella to shade Ruyin.

"Prepare the carriage, I want to go to the Old Summer Palace." Ruyin Road.

"The Old Summer Palace? But the imperial concubine Niangniang is not there, she is not ......" The maids felt so strange, but the master gave a very simple answer, she went to visit Concubine Wen Hui in the autumn moon of Pinghu, and she was entrusted by the imperial concubine.

The Old Summer Palace, where the imperial concubine is not away, is exceptionally clean, and naturally it is difficult to send out any movement from a corner in this huge garden on weekdays, the scorching sun makes people breathless, and the autumn moon in Pinghu Lake is really like a paradise.

The old lady was pretending to sleep on the couch, and when she heard the footsteps, she opened her eyes slightly, and when she saw that it was Ruyin, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Child, why are you here, on this hot day, didn't you go to Chengde with Hongyan to escape the summer?" ”

"Say hello to the concubine." Ruyin saluted, then sat down next to the concubine, and said with a smile, "The county lord is pregnant with a child, and she can't be left at home alone, so I didn't go to Chengde." The imperial concubine is very worried about you, and entrusts the concubine to come and see you, but it is hot, and I am too lazy to move, so I will come to see you at this time. ”

The concubine smiled: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about it, it's really hot, you have to take care of yourself, it's okay to come today, it's not too late to come and see me in autumn." ”

Ruyin said: "I brought some sour side dishes, I don't know if it suits your appetite, but I eat porridge on this hot day, which is better than the delicacies of the mountains and the sea." ”

The concubine squinted and smiled: "The pickles and pickles in the palace have all been eaten, and I want to taste them fresh." ”

Ruyin prepared with other palace maids, brought the japonica rice porridge that was just cool, and put all kinds of side dishes on seven or eight plates, Ruyin carefully served the concubine to eat, and the old lady ate most of the bowl of porridge happily, and said contentedly: "I'm afraid that I will eat too much, and I won't be able to sleep steadily." "When he saw that the sun outside had changed direction, he said that there was a shady place by the river, and he wanted to go for a walk to digest it.

The concubine walked very slowly, two or three steps to stop, but the old lady was in excellent spirits, she walked to the river, the warm wind on her body, she would not feel cold even if she sweated, the water surface was sparkling, and she was confused, and the concubine smiled: "If you look at it a few more times, you will be sleepy, Ruyin, you think it is strange or not, the brighter the place, people will close their eyes and dare not see more, but they can open their eyes in the dark, even if they can't see, they can open their eyes wide." ”

Ruyin looked at the concubine blankly, and the concubine smiled: "Do you have something on your mind, just now when I saw you set up a side dish, the same thing was placed on two plates, and then I found that the plate was not enough to put and then came back to see, and I didn't see where to put it for a long time, so you took another plate, until I finished eating, you didn't notice that the same side dish was placed in two portions, and you also gave me exactly the same sandwich." ”

"The mother forgives the sin, but the concubine is confused." Ruyin lowered her head, but her heart turned over and over, and she couldn't help it.

"We knew you when you were a teenager, and now you're all grandmothers. Although the exchanges are not frequent, they are much closer than those concubines in the palace than those juniors in the royal family, I shouldn't think of myself as an elder, but Ruyin, if you are unhappy, tell your grandmother. The concubine smiled gently, "I'm deaf, so I may not be able to hear what you say." ”

Ruyin's eyes were filled with tears, she helped the concubine to sit down on the warm stone bench, the sun had changed sides, and the warm breeze on the water was pleasant. Ruyin saw that there was no one around, so she gradually let go of her guard in her heart, and said slowly: "Back then, in Yingtai, the concubine suddenly came to greet you and Concubine Shouqi with her child, don't you and Concubine Shouqi feel strange?" At that time, Fu Heng had just shown his prominence in the court, and at best he was the younger brother of the queen's mother, so he shouldn't be so self-righteous. ”

The concubine smiled and nodded: "I don't remember what happened so many years ago." ”

Ruyin smiled bitterly: "But the concubine will never forget, and she will never forget the first time she saw her sister, and at that time I didn't come to greet you two at all, I just wanted to see my sister, and let her take a good look at me, is it really not as good as her." ”

The concubine's gaze unconsciously wandered on the sparkling water, as if as she said, she was deaf and might not be able to hear what Ruyin was saying. Ruyin smiled helplessly, but when she spoke, she never stopped.

Ruyin didn't remember how long she had spoken, but the bitterness in her heart was spit out, the concubine smiled occasionally, patted the back of her hand occasionally, and didn't say anything, Ruyin didn't know how much the concubine could hear, but this was the first time she had the courage to tell others that she had been unwilling to be suppressed in her heart for many years. How could she really be generous, it doesn't matter at all.

The concubine's palace maid saw that they had been out for a long time, and came to ask if they wanted to go back to rest, Ruyin said what she should have said, so she came back with everyone to hug the concubine, and the concubine lazily lay on the couch and laughed at herself: "It's really old, and I feel uncomfortable when I sit for a while, so it's good to lie down like this, and I don't have any strength at all." ”

Ruyin said on the side: "It's all my fault, I'm tired." ”

The concubine smiled and touched her cheek and said, "Although I am a grandmother, my skin is still so delicate and delicate, but in fact, I didn't hear what you said just now." ”

Ruyin smiled bitterly: "Yes." ”

The concubine said: "But there is a sentence, you must say it." She asked Ruyin to come closer and said, "If you had told Fu Heng early in the morning to let him go, what would you have been?" ”

Ruyin was stunned for a moment, but the concubine said: "I think that child, he will definitely let it go, for the sake of you, for the sake of Hongyan, he will definitely let it go clean." It was you who allowed him to put another person in his heart for so many years, Ruyin, you can't blame Fu Heng, but don't blame yourself, because you love your man more than anyone else, don't you? ”

Ruyin burst into tears, pursed her lips for fear that she would cry, and nodded vigorously.

"Don't cry, you are a blessed child, God gave birth to you, and I love to see you laugh." The concubine stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes for Ruyin, and said, "Fu Heng, he will never betray you, and he loves his wife more than anyone else." ”

When I left the Old Summer Palace, it was almost dusk, and the mood when I entered the door was completely different from this moment. Why bother to divide everything clearly, that would not even have the courage to open your eyes, the matter of the fifth elder brother, mentioned to the concubine today, she was determined to forget it forever.

The carriage returned to Fucha Mansion, and when Ruyin entered the door, the people from the family greeted him and said: "Fujin, news has just come from the Forbidden City that the queen mother is sick." ”

Ruyin's heart was tight, and she hurriedly ordered someone to arrange for her to visit her in the palace, and only after meeting did she know that the queen suddenly had the interest to go to the imperial garden today, probably because she had not been out for a long time, and her physical strength had long been unable to keep up. When Ruyin came, the queen was still asleep, and her body was hot like a fireball.

"Brother Fu Qing......" When Ruyin was sitting on the edge of the bed, she heard the queen's very light call.