Walking water in the palace is a big event, and it is the Qixi Festival, it is very unlucky to encounter such a thing, but the disaster has been broken, the emperor and the queen mother came to the court, said that Princess Hejing was there to play with fire and caused the burning of plants and trees, although it has been extinguished and there are no casualties, the elders are still unbelievable.

At the family banquet, the clan relatives heard that they were already panicking, and they could no longer publicize the matter to the emperor and embarrass him, and the queen mother suppressed her anger and said: "Who is following the princess?" Drag it down and hit twenty boards first, and send Hejing to me. ”

Here Hejing was frightened, fortunately there was no injury, Mama Hua came to pick up the princess, and suddenly saw that it was Hongyan who followed her, and the Queen Mother probably didn't expect it to be her, she just thought it was someone who followed on weekdays, but at this moment it was important to calm everyone's fears, Mama Hua didn't say anything, and quickly took the princess back to the banquet, and soon the drums and bamboo at the banquet were as usual.

"You're following the princess?" After He Jing and Mama Hua left, a few eunuchs came, Hongyan didn't know what they were going to do, so he just nodded and agreed, and then heard the man scold him, "Drag it out and hit twenty boards, and then wait for the Queen Mother to fall." ”

Hongyan was dumbfounded, there were already eunuchs who came up to pull them, they were all the people in charge of the palace execution, and their physique was much taller than ordinary chamberlains, where Hongyan was their opponent, they were dragged away at once.

Xifeng Xiuse is holding a family banquet here, naturally she can't fight here, Hongyan was gagged, she didn't know where she was dragged to, and when she saw several eunuchs setting down the torture bench, she was thrown up heavily. Before she was about to struggle, she was tied hand and foot, Hongyan was so frightened that her soul was scattered, and the person on the side urged, and the board of the breath crossed the air and slammed it on her ass, followed by another board without panting, under the severe pain, she was tense, and tears came out of her eyes.

"Wait a minute." Suddenly, a eunuch came and whispered a few words to the person in charge of the execution, and his face was so painful that he was misty with tears, and when he saw them looking him up and down, the person in charge of the punishment said, "Let's wait here, you go and find out, if you really can't fight, we don't want to cause trouble." ”

The eunuch immediately put it aside, and the person in charge of the torture came up and tore off the strip of cloth that blocked the red face, and asked, "The girl is the person next to the queen's mother?" ”

Hongyan nodded timidly, the pain in his body did not dissipate, and he was still afraid that the next board would be taken off.

The eunuch was under the command of Chief Manager Wu, and the news of Hongyan's beating was passed over, and Chief Manager Wu raised his eyebrows, and saw that the Empress Dowager was being coaxed by the princess to turn her anger into joy, so she quietly went to the emperor's side and said softly: "Long live Lord, the Queen Mother said that she would be dragged to play twenty boards, and the person who followed the princess was the red-faced girl beside the mother." Do you think the minions are going to take care of this? ”

Hongli frowned and asked, "Why is her?" ”

Manager Wu said with a smile: "Hongyan accompanies the princess to read and write every day, and the princess likes her the most." ”

This sentence was true, but it touched Hongli's other thoughts, he restrained his expression and turned his face away, and said calmly: "You can watch it, there is no need to alarm so many people." ”

Manager Wu grasped the emperor's intentions and quietly retreated, but the queen did not come back for a long time because of Hongyan, and was instructing Qianya: "You send someone to find out, is Hongyan lost, why hasn't she come back?" ”

But before Qianya turned around, Wang Gui hurriedly came back and told the queen exactly the same words of Manager Wu, and the queen glanced at the queen mother, thinking that if she came forward to stop her, what would the queen mother do if she was unhappy, but she watched Hongyan being beaten?

Wang Gui hurriedly said: "Niangniang, it's better to let the slave be accommodating, you don't have to say what you mean, the slave will look at it." ”

"Hurry up, I'm afraid it's all over at this time." The queen clenched her handkerchief worriedly, and after twenty boards, Hongyan would not be able to get up for ten days and half a month.

But here is actually only two blows, the person in charge of the punishment did not expect to wait for Manager Wu to come, and he was even more afraid that he would cause trouble by hitting the wrong person, Hongyan was helped to get up, and when he saw that Manager Wu asked her if she was okay, she shook her head vigorously.

They didn't know what to say, so Manager Wu asked Hongyan to go with him, and Wang Gui also found this place, and when he saw that Manager Wu had solved the matter, he said with a smile: "Thanks to Gonggong Wu, Niangniang has always felt sorry for Hongyan, if this is broken, it will be difficult to talk in both places." ”

Manager Wu knew that he was referring to the Queen Mother and the Queen, and smiled coldly: "You should also be alert, the people around Niangniang should be carefully watched." With that, he handed Hongyan to him and left first.

Wang Gui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Hongyan was fine, but ordered: "You go back to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion first, it's not good to serve in front of the palace if you cry, this matter is not over yet, and wait for the mother to give the queen mother an explanation." You have to be careful in the future, you are too capable of doing things. ”

Hongyan wiped away her tears, how terrible it was to be tied up and beaten, she understood it, and she couldn't say anything at the moment, Wang Gui sent two little eunuchs to follow and send her back to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion first.

At the family banquet, there was no danger of a disaster, the clan relatives are all people with eyes, who would deliberately mention it to find this unhappy, the wine and food singing and dancing are leveling, and when the excitement dissipates, this matter is almost forgotten. But for the queen mother and the queen, the princess is involved, and it is necessary to educate her, and the queen has to give the queen mother an explanation for the sake of her beauty. She sent Qianya to convey a message to Chief Wu, hoping that the emperor would not follow her, lest the queen mother think that the emperor was protecting his wife and children and not take the queen mother in her eyes.

So after the family banquet was dispersed, the queen took Hejing to send the queen mother back to Ningchun Hall, and the emperor turned over the brand of the pure concubine, but when he walked halfway, he suddenly changed his mind and went to the Changchun Immortal Hall without a sound.

Hongyan was hit by two boards, although it was painful, it did not hinder walking, and after returning to Changchun Immortal Hall to calm down, he asked someone to prepare hot water refreshments and sobering soup, and prepared for the return of the mother to rest. Unexpectedly, the emperor came first, Hongyan greeted him in front of the door, and he smelled the strong smell of wine, the emperor walked straight to the door, and the chief manager Wu instructed Hongyan: "Take the sobering soup, the emperor has drunk too much tonight." ”

Serving the change of clothes and washing, serving the emperor with sobering soup, four or five palace maids and eunuchs served together, and Hongyan didn't feel that it was inappropriate. However, watching the emperor slowly drink the sobering soup, she didn't know that Manager Wu quietly withdrew the others, she thought that there were other people behind her, but in fact she was the only one left.

Hongli saw everything in his eyes, including the frightened look on Hongyan's face, drank half a bowl of sobering soup and put it down, and asked lightly: "Did they hurt you?" ”

Hongyan was stunned for a moment, and replied abruptly: "The slave and maid are fine, only, just two hits, and Manager Wu came." As he spoke, a stir in his brain suddenly occurred to him that Manager Wu was the person next to the emperor, and when the emperor mentioned this, obviously he knew, so it wasn't Manager Wu who came to save her, it was sent by the emperor?

"Thank you for the emperor's grace." Hongyan is quite smart, and she hurriedly bent her knees to thank her, Hongli asked her to stand up, and said very indifferently, "The Queen Mother didn't know it was you, she just said it casually, and you shouldn't either. ”

Hongyan pursed her lips and said, "The princess is looking for a quiet place to pray for the queen's mother, such a heart, the slave and maid really can't bear to live up to it." ”

Hongli sighed lightly and only looked at her quietly.

Hongyan thought for a while and said: "The emperor must think that the princess is playing nonsense again, and the slave is not qualified to say such things, but the emperor, the princess is very sensible and considerate, and she only pretends to be you and the queen mother in her heart." She said, busy and added, "And the Queen Mother." ”

Hongli couldn't help laughing, the queen mother was a little far-fetched, naturally Hejing was a good child, but Hongyan followed the queen, and he didn't want to know what attitude the queen mother had. The queen is a virtuous and filial person, and she has nothing to find fault with her elders, but how could she not have her own thoughts, and his queen has changed since she became the queen mother.

Hongyan bent her knees again and pleaded: "Please also ask the emperor not to punish the princess, the princess is also frightened." ”

Hongli promised: "I will not punish and respect, but you must also promise not to accompany her in trouble again, if the Queen Mother is really angry...... he paused, and a strange emotion floated in his heart, yes, "Don't have that day." ”

Originally, it should have been that if the queen mother was really angry, the emperor might not be able to intervene, but when he said this, it seemed that the emperor was incompetent, or that it was just a man who was incompetent, Hongli didn't say it, and brought it over without a trace.

"Take down the sobering soup, I won't drink it." Hongli Road.

Hongyan stepped forward to get the soup bowl, her slender white hand glowed softly under the candlelight, she hung her face slightly, and she could see the thick eyelashes like a fan closing on her eyes, and the light and agile movement caused Hongli's heart to tremble.

But he suppressed his emotions well, and he didn't reach out and touch her hand when he saw the charming Jia Concubine for the first time when he was young, not to mention that what Hongyan cared about at first was not her appearance, the emperor liked her true heart and the clearest and most flawless smile. In the face of all the good things about Hongyan, he just wanted to watch quietly.

Patience and restraint, not only cherishing Hongyan's goodness, he cares more about the queen, maybe Hongyan is someone else, he has left people by his side, but she is the queen's person, and it seems that it is because she is by the queen's side that she has such a delicate and transparent person. Watching Hongyan leave, Hongli knew in his heart that such an illusory feeling would pass sooner or later, and he must not hurt An Yi.

There seemed to be an ambiguous atmosphere in the dormitory, Hongyan didn't notice it for half a minute, came out with a soup bowl, and met Mr. Wu, who was no longer the lost soul just now, and said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Wu for saving the slave and maid, otherwise the slave and maid will be miserable, Mr. Wu will wait a minute, and the slave and maid will make you a bowl of good tea." ”

Gonggong Wu was stunned, nothing happened, but he also knew in his heart that this was in the queen's palace, this was the queen's person, and the emperor couldn't do it easily. If you want to say that you have followed the emperor for so many years, if you don't like it, you will immediately accept it by your side, and you will care about this red face from the end of spring to the present, which makes him itch, and he can't guess what will happen when he pierces this layer of paper.

Soon after, the queen returned, and she knew halfway that the emperor was already in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion. ”