After the lunch in Ningchun Hall was dispersed, it was the time for the concubines and concubines of the palace to meet with their families, and there were people from the Nalan family on Concubine Shu's side, but Ruyin could no longer go to the Changchun Immortal Hall to congratulate the queen, so in order to enter the palace justifiably, she pulled down her face and followed behind Nalan Mansion, and the people of the Nalan family knew how powerful Fucha Fu Heng was in the court now, and they were happy to release their suspicions with Ruyin.

Ruyin took advantage of Mrs. Nalan and Concubine Shu's talking, and went to Hongyan's palace alone, and when she walked into the courtyard gate, she heard the laughter of the little princess, and when she entered the door, she saw Mrs. Wei and Cherry were playing with the princess.

When Fo'er saw Ruyin, she immediately ran over and asked in a milky voice, "Auntie, where is Fu Longan?" ”

Ruyin smiled and said: "Fulong'an is at home, it's hard to walk in the snow today, my aunt didn't bring her, and when the weather is sunny in a few days, my aunt will lead him into the palace." ”

Little Buddha said happily: "Aunt should come often, and Buddha should play with Fulongan." ”

Mrs. Wei and Cherry stepped forward to salute, Ruyin politely greeted Mrs. Ruyin, because the little princess pestered Mrs. to play, she was able to get out of Hongyan's side, as soon as the sisters met, she smiled and said: "I heard Chunmei say in front of me, as soon as Concubine Jia comes out today, will Concubine Chun not come to the stage?" ”

Hongyan handed her the hand stove, summoned Xiao Lingzi to guard in front of the door, and only after entering the door did she say: "Live up to me and Concubine Yu's efforts, let the emperor loosen his mouth and release her." ”

"Concubine Yu also knows?"

"Concubine Yu protects the fifth elder brother wholeheartedly, although I am not enough to be her backer, I can also shelter from a gust of wind and rain, whether it is affection or relying on each other, she is sincere and sincere to help me." Hongyan smiled, "On the contrary, your cousin is too impatient to entrust big things." ”

Ruyin knew that Hongyan hid the hugqin, the Old Summer Palace is so big, it is not difficult to hide a person, not to mention that everything in the palace is now taken care of by Hongyan and Concubine Yu, and the pure concubine has no power in her hands, relying on the connections accumulated in the past, it is no longer useful, so she will always think of something to catch the wind and shadow on the left side of the door to harm Hongyan. For a long time, Hongyan just didn't deal with it head-on, and if she really had to deal with the pure concubine, she wouldn't necessarily lose.

And Hongyan said: "As for me, I don't have great skills, but I have patience." ”

Ruyin was worried, "My sister is sure that she can let the emperor meet their master and servant for a reunion, if she misses it, Concubine Chun will definitely be careful." ”

Hongyan showed a sad look, sure enough, one day, she also came to this point, thinking back to when she was standing in Chuxiu Palace and heard that Ruizhu hanged herself, and now she looks at the life and death in this palace and the calculation of the city government, she will never feel heartache again.

Fighting evil with evil is never the right way, but when neither law nor morality can restrain and stop some evil deeds, you will not be able to live unless you are ruthless. Since she and Ruyin tried their best to pull Concubine Shu back from Concubine Chun, the two of them have also embarked on this road.

Hongyan said: "Manager Wu will help me, you know, what my father-in-law wants him to do, it is more effective than the holy decree, that is just a matter of words to me." ”

Ruyin persuaded: "Sister doesn't have to blame herself, you don't mean to hurt anyone." ”

"Baoqin said, it was the incident between me and Prince He back then that made her master never go back." Hongyan smiled bitterly, "If the emperor couldn't protect me at that time and let the queen mother dispose of me, what would happen to Concubine Chun now?" ”

Ruyin shook her head: "I only know that if I hadn't been playing the piano in the pavilion that day, and changing to a palace maid or show girl with the same posture and talent, there would have been one more thorn in the side of the pure concubine." There is no sister, there will be other people, the emperor has a deep affection for his sister, but there are more people in his eyes. ”

Hongyan tore open her shirt slightly, just the warmth outside the door, as soon as she entered the door, she felt breathless, she looked at the stack of rosters sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the table, and said with a smile: "There will be a newcomer next year, I heard that the Queen Mother is not satisfied, and I feel that this session is not high-born, I really don't know what she thinks, isn't she wholeheartedly going to support the queen?" ”

Ruyin said: "The queen mother should find that the new queen in the future does not have the good temperament of Queen Daxing." ”

Hongyan sighed lightly: "Let's do a good job of the things in front of the door first, when it comes to the end of the year, that is, the death day of the seventh elder brother, if it is really the pure concubine who harmed the seventh elder brother, it should also be done at this time." ”

Time flies, the emperor sealed in the second month of the lunar month, and often stays alone in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion for most of the day, even Hongyan does not have to be by his side, everyone knows that the emperor is mourning his wife and children.

The excitement at the family banquet in the old year has long been forgotten, and a plague after that has made people talk about the color change, with the arrival of Chinese New Year's Eve, wormwood is burned in many places in the palace, as if afraid of the recurrence of last year's tragedy, early prevention. But such a move made the emperor angry, several concubines were punished, and Concubine Jia was also prepared for the three children under her knees, and seeing that the emperor was angry, they were all quietly thrown away.

On this day of the new year, the concubines went to the Changchun Immortal Hall to pay tribute to the queen of Daxing, headed by the imperial concubine, in front of the spiritual throne in order to stand silently and listen to the chanting of the monks, a stop is more than half an hour, the concubines stepped on the bottom of the flower pot, pampered on weekdays, and could not bear such hardship. Concubine Chun has been unable to sleep at night for the disappearance of Baoqin recently, every time she sees Hongyan smiling at her, she is scared into a cold sweat, and when she enters the door, Hongyan makes way for her, and that gentle smile makes her stumble in her heart.

At this moment, there was a young man who couldn't support it, and there was a movement behind it, and Concubine Jia seized the opportunity to scold them, and everyone's eyes turned to that side. Concubine Chun didn't care about this, raised her head tiredly, and suddenly saw a familiar face behind the queen's spiritual platform, and the face of Baoqin appeared there clearly, as eerie and terrifying as a ghost. Concubine Chun's heart tightened, she didn't ease up in one breath, she leaned back with her floating body under her feet, and fell down firmly, no one expected that Concubine Chun would fall, and it was chaotic for a while.

When Concubine Jia Guifei saw her foreign appearance, she gloated and said loudly: "Sister, what's the matter, those young people are not sensible, and my sister is not sensible?" ”

Concubine Chun's face was extremely bad, she was powerless to argue with Concubine Jia, she was helped up by her hands and feet, and the imperial concubine turned around and saw this chaotic scene, frowned slightly and said: "It's all gone, the emperor is not happy for us to come to the sacrifice, if you make any more noise, the emperor should be angry." She instructed the palace people, "Concubine Chun has a bad complexion, please ask the imperial doctor to go to Qingyan in Kyushu to take a look, the New Year is coming, the Queen Mother is looking forward to this year's Chinese New Year's Eve, the palace can be complete." ”

Concubine Chun muffled her voice and went back with her palace maid, but she left the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, but her heart was left by Baoqin's face, she hadn't seen her for so long, Concubine Chun even thought that Wei Hongyan had secretly executed Baoqin, and when she saw it at this time, she didn't know if it was a person or a ghost, but her cold eyes stared at her, and she really wanted to scare her soul away.

In previous years, the queen mother would hold a banquet to invite the concubines of the inner palace to have fun with the emperor, this year I knew that the emperor was going to mourn the queen and the seventh elder brother, even though the queen mother did not want the palace to still be cloudy, but she still fulfilled her son.

When night falls, the people in the capital no longer have to scruple, every household is full of lights, but the Old Summer Palace is a gloomy and solemn, I heard that the emperor did not leave in the Changchun Immortal Hall until dusk in the afternoon, at this time invited the monks to preach Buddhism in Shaojingxuan, look at these days, there is nothing to do with the concubines.

Hongyan is in the spring of the world family, Shu Concubine took Lu Guiren to surround the fireplace in her, and the two coaxed the princess to rejoice, but Hongyan looked at the steaming water vapor in a daze. It wasn't until a cold wind poured in, and Cherry entered the door and glanced at her, that Hongyan's heart settled, and sure enough, Concubine Chun couldn't hold back and went to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion.

In Shaojingxuan, the senior monk went to the emperor to say goodbye to Buddhism, but Hongli was still heavy in his heart. A year has passed, and his sadness for the queen and the seventh elder brother is not as strong as it was at that moment, instead, he doesn't know what kind of waves he will experience in his future life.

When the emperor summoned again and again, when the chief manager Wu came, he had to be asked what to do, and the chief manager Wu said embarrassedly: "The Changchun Immortal Pavilion sent a message, saying that the north wind just now was really strong, and today because the ladies went to pay tribute during the day, the windows of the main hall were opened a few to breathe." Xu is palace maid didn't close the door with all her heart, and a gust of wind just now blew down the queen's spiritual position. ”

Hongli remembered what the monk said, and thought that it was the queen who returned to the soul, and the head of Wu was looking forward to leading the emperor to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, but he didn't expect the emperor to take the initiative to say: "They must have raised the spiritual position, so don't move the teacher to go over, I don't want the Changchun Immortal Pavilion to be half noisy." You light the lantern and bring the two little eunuchs with me. ”

At this moment, in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, the pure concubine has just slipped in from the side door, there are no strict guards here, just because the emperor clearly said that no one will disturb at will, no one will come at all on weekdays, and no one will be willing to go to the place where the queen lives in front of her, it is not difficult for her to come, and when she walks into the empty palace at this time, she only feels that the yin qi is deep.

Baoqin followed Concubine Ling's instructions early, and waited for the queen's spiritual position, and she showed up to Concubine Chun here during the day, and Concubine Chun naturally went straight here to find her, she never thought that the person she had been looking for for so long would be in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion.

Concubine Chun was holding the Buddha beads in her hand and wanted to ward off evil spirits, but as soon as her fingers loosened the Buddha beads, she fell to the ground, rushed forward and grabbed the placket of the hugging qin, and asked in a low voice: "Where are you hiding, why are you hiding, why don't you just die, why are you still here?" ”

"Mother, the slave doesn't dare...... I really don't dare to poison Concubine Ling. Hugging the qin and crying, dragging the body of the pure concubine down together, begging bitterly, "Niangniang, let go of the slave." ”

"Be quiet." Concubine Chun covered her mouth with Huqin, "Okay, I'll let you go, now you go with me......"