The concubine squinted and smiled: "You always talk about me with this sentence, and I don't have to refute it." That's it, I'll live a few more years, and when the emperor has a few more little brothers, I can go underground and tell Sister Defei. ”

Hongyan saw that the concubine smiled again, and she was relieved, and carefully coiled her head full of silver threads, Hongyan's combing skills were specially learned by the master before entering the palace, and the hair coiled out was light and strong, not like others who tied a hairpin on the left and a hairpin on the right to fix it, the concubine was old, but she had to be decent every day, since Hongyan came to comb her hair, she felt much more relaxed.

While praising Hongyan, the concubine looked at the child in the mirror who was concentrating, and somehow evoked her memories again, and asked: "Hongyan, do you know Empress Xiaogongren?" ”

Hongyan responded: "The slave knows that people in the palace often mention it, it is the concubine of Kangxi Ye you just mentioned." ”

The concubine said: "Before she became Concubine De, she was just a palace maid. ”

Hongyan was stunned, and smiled at the old man in the mirror: "Concubine Niangniang, the slave maid will only be a palace maid in the future." ”

Mama Yuzhi watched from the sidelines, thinking of the scene in Ningshou Palace that day, and then listening to Mama Hua tell her what the emperor said at that time, she secretly thought in her heart, does this child really not know how much of a storm he has set off?

On this day, the emperor turned over the meal card after a long absence, and when the chief steward Wu took the sachet to the Qixiang Palace to pass the decree, Jia Concubine thought that the emperor was worried about her, but she watched the Hai Guiren receive the decree, she stood under the eaves, almost gritted her teeth, and the chief Wu seemed to know that she was going to be a practitioner, and was stunned to wait for the Hai Guiren to prepare Qi dang, and personally sent her to the Heart Cultivation Palace, only to meet with Jia Concubine, and not say a word.

As soon as Hai Guiren left, Jia Concubine fell and beat in the house, scaring the sleeping fourth elder brother a lot.

However, Hai Guiren went to the Heart Cultivation Palace all the way, and her heart was full of apprehensions, when the sedan chair was in front of the palace gate, she stood firmly under the steps, and there was a sense of sudden separation from the world, she didn't remember the last time she was taken to the Heart Cultivation Palace, when was it.

"Hai Guiren, please." Mr. Wu is very polite, on weekdays, Mr. Wu goes to Ningshou Palace on errands, and he always has something to say to the nobles of the sea, and at this moment he also said heartily, "The nobles are blessed people, and they will definitely be better in the future." ”

Hai Guiren smiled faintly: "I'm just afraid of the emperor, it's too late." ”

Manager Wu sighed in his heart, didn't say anything on his face, sent people into the inner palace, and as soon as they were served, they all retreated.

As the night deepened, the nobles had changed their bedclothes, and after waiting for an hour, the emperor finally came back to rest. Hongli was a little surprised when he saw her at first glance, but he quickly remembered why, even though he was a little reluctant, there was nothing wrong with the Hai nobles themselves, even if they didn't treat each other with a smile, they were kind.

But after all, the two of them have been more than ten years, when Hai Guiren came to the capital from the grassland, he and Hongyan are the same age as now, and they used to please the fourth elder brother, but that was the past when they were young, and now it is nothing.

"Your Majesty." Lying beside the emperor, Hai Guiren suddenly spoke.

In Hongli's view, Zuo is just some coaxing words, he has long been tired of listening to them, but for the joy of the Queen Mother, he responded perfunctorily.

"If the emperor is for the queen mother, there is no need to be reluctant." Hai Guiren's heart was pounding, and she said, "Everything is fine with the concubines, and serving the queen mother is not to get the emperor's approval and favor, but the concubines are filial piety, and there are some things that can be done, so as to shine the yin." The concubine is very happy tonight, but she is more uneasy, and she will definitely not be able to serve the emperor well, these words are said now, even if you are not happy, in the days to come, the concubine will not have a burden in her heart. ”

Hongli hadn't looked at the people around him seriously, so he turned his face and looked at her cheeks carefully, but recalled the enthusiastic and unrestrained little Gege who came from the grassland at the beginning. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years, she no longer has the habit of the prairie, and even her former temperament has changed, Hongli sighed in his heart, it was he who was young and enthusiastic, did not cherish the love of his children, and failed one after another people around him.

"These days, I just want to be quiet and simple, and I want to give an explanation to the harem and the queen mother." The emperor said, "You often come to accompany me, even if it is a favor for me, it is naturally wronged by you." ”

Hai Guiren's heart was relieved, and he finally showed a little smile: "The concubine listens to the emperor." ”

This night is good, Hai Guiren did not think as Jia Concubine thought, and the emperor turned the clouds and rain without thinking about it, she just accompanied the bed that warmed up all night, got up in the morning to serve and wear the court, and returned to Qixiang Palace when the sky was bright. At that time, Jia Concubine was still sleeping soundly, and when she woke up and heard that Hai Guiren had already returned, she immediately ordered: "She slept all night, so she didn't have to ask me for peace?" ”

But at this moment, Hai Guiren was already waiting outside the door, and her dress today was brighter than before, and after entering the door, she didn't wait for Jia Concubine to attack, so she said that she was going to Ningshou Palace to wait for the Queen Mother to get up, and she didn't care about Jia Concubine's anger, so she left her words.

Two days after that, the emperor continued to turn over the brand of the nobles of the sea, and after a storm, no one expected that it would be this person who came out of it. And the person at the center of the turmoil at that time, as soon as he entered the Shoukang Palace, there was no news, and it seemed to have become a taboo in the palace, and no one dared to mention it easily.

In the blink of an eye, it was late September, the weather was getting colder and colder, and on this day, the eldest lady of Fucha Mansion entered the palace to ask for peace, also for the sake of the draft, and asked the queen to remove the name of the girls in the family. ”

"Everything's fine." The eldest lady said with a smile, "I heard your brother say that his younger brother is now more and more experienced, and the emperor praised him a few days ago and gave him an important errand to do. ”

The queen was very novel, she refused to see her brother that day, she just didn't want to explain what she didn't want to face his sadness, he was able to sneak into the palace late at night and do such a crazy thing, the queen was even ready for her brother to collapse for this, but she didn't expect to know from her sister-in-law that everything was fine with her brother.

The eldest lady longed: "At my younger brother's age, he should have started a family a long time ago, and our concubines are all paying attention to him, I thought there would be some good news last time, but it turned out that the third brother and sister were amorous, let's be happy in vain." Niangniang, if you have a good one here, you have to leave it to your brother. ”

The queen was stunned, she used to have the best girl, but she failed her brother and her. In the past ten days, she hasn't seen Hongyan again, and she doesn't know what her "I'm sorry" can bring to Hongyan, it's not that she doesn't see Hongyan, she feels that she is not qualified to face that kind person again.

"If there is a good one, I will naturally pay attention to him." The queen was perfunctory, but she knew in her heart that no matter how good a person was, it would be difficult for Fu Heng to be tempted.

After the eldest lady left the palace that day, there was an autumn rain, which lasted for two days, the whole palace was soaked in dampness, and the charcoal stove was burned early in the Shoukang Palace to get wet, but Concubine Wenhui was still infected because of this, and the news spread to the front, and the emperor came to Shoukang Palace to visit the concubine.

Manager Wu thought that the emperor had forgotten about Hongyan in Shoukang Palace, and waited until he arrived at the palace gate, when the emperor suddenly stopped and asked Manager Wu: "How is she doing these days?" ”

"Everything is fine, I heard that I get along very well with the concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang likes Wei Guan Niang very much, and often gives her the story of the past, which is most of the day, and Wei Guan Niang is also a good temperament, not boring and quietly by her side every day." Manager Wu said it rightly, no matter how big the turmoil was this time, he decided that the emperor would not let go of his red face easily, and carefully probed the situation of Shoukang Palace every day to answer like this.

The emperor showed his face slightly, and after entering the door, he first went to the palace of Concubine Shouqi, and sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Hongyan beside the concubine, I don't know if the concubine didn't let her avoid it, or Hongyan didn't hide herself, she stood there well, wearing a plain palace dress, except for the bright and bright smile in the past, everything was fine. Hongli was relieved, he didn't want Hongyan to change back to her former appearance for the time being, as long as she could be safe and thoughtful for now, it was enough.

Hongyan knew that the emperor was coming, she wanted to hide, but Mama Yuzhi was not in the palace, as soon as she walked away, no one around the concubine took care of her, and when she met the emperor at this moment, she thought it would be very uncomfortable and embarrassing, but unexpectedly, there was nothing unusual in her heart.

"The emperor comes to sit here with me, don't go to Concubine Wenhui, she definitely doesn't want to disturb the holy car, it's just a cold." The concubine said earnestly, "It is important for the emperor to take care of the dragon's body, and he must put the court and the people first, we are all half-cut people, don't worry about us." ”

As she spoke, she asked Hongyan: "Your master is here, why don't you even have tea?" ”

"Yes." Hongyan was stunned, "The slave will go and prepare." ”

She hurried out of the palace, but heard the concubine say to the emperor behind her: "What a good person, he knows the cold and the hot, but he is too young, the emperor will put it with me, and I will go back in a few years." ”

Hongyan ran out, went all the way to the pantry, covered her heart all the way, these days, listening to the concubine tell her about the past years, listening to her father-in-law tell her the way of survival in the palace, listening to Yuzhi's grandmother explaining to her about the warmth and coldness of people, and unconsciously Hongyan understood a lot of things that she had never thought of before.

And recalling the night in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Hongyan understood that her guilt was completely inconsistent with the facts, even though she still felt guilty about the queen, but she no longer blamed herself, she knew that she didn't do anything wrong, the mistake was wrong, and she didn't understand that she was just a minion. Hongyan occasionally remembered what the emperor said to him when he rushed to Ningshou Palace that day: "What did you do wrong?" ”

Boiling the spring water to make tea, when Hongyan came back with the tea tray, the emperor had come out of the palace, he would not stay long, and he couldn't wait for this cup of tea, the two met head-on, such a scene seemed familiar, but at that time in the Changchun Palace, the emperor knocked her with tea to the ground. How could a person who was panicked at that time think that he would have this day.

"Now that the tea is here, I'm thirsty." Hongli Road.

"Emperor, Emperor, please use." Hongyan responded, but she stood in place, not moving at all.

When the chief manager Wu saw this, he came forward to fetch it, but the emperor stopped him, walked in front of him, and brought a bowl of tea from the tea tray. Hongyan leaned deeply against his head, listening to the sound of the tea bowl lid rubbing, and suddenly the emperor asked, "You're not afraid of me?" ”