The queen made a move without warning this time, causing everyone in the Six Palaces to be in danger, and she returned to Xianfu Palace with the qin and couldn't get out of bed for a few days, saying that she was frightened when she saw something in the Shen Penal Division. Ruizhu in Chuxiu Palace was also frightened, the concubine was already lingering on the sickbed, and this time there was less intimate people to serve by her side, and Liyun of Qixiang Palace was a little courageous, and she was haunted by nightmares for several days and couldn't sleep peacefully.

In the days that followed, until the summer, the palace was peaceful, and those who loved to chew their tongues on weekdays were firmly in control of their mouths, and they had seen the wrists of the middle palace, and the concubines did not have a capable helper, or there were fewer people around to instigate, and it was difficult to regenerate the incident for a while.

But when Hongyan went to Changchun Palace, the queen said to her: "They are all people who have forgotten the pain after their scars, this time it is good, I will recite Buddha until the end of the year, and I don't know what trouble it will be next time." Originally, I didn't care about the status of the harem concubines, they were all the same in my eyes, but now I am looking forward to the emperor being promoted to you, so what about the concubines? I won't be bullied easily, and I can help me. ”

Hongyan has no greed for power, but she understands her situation, if she is always in the usual position, she can only hide under the wings of the emperor for the rest of her life, and such a day will definitely not last long. But the promotion of the harem concubines can't be without a saying, giving birth to an heir is the fastest shortcut, or following the rise of others, Shu Concubine is an example, but there have been no happy events in the palace recently, and Hongyan himself has nothing to do.

Seeing Hongyan's solemn expression, the queen smiled again: "You have done very well in the past six months, I am worried that you will not be able to adapt to life in the Forbidden City again, but you are stronger than them, you know how to forbear and retreat, neither humble nor arrogant, I heard Mama Hua say that the Queen Mother has secretly praised you a few words." ”

"With the protection of the emperor and the mother, the concubines can be all right." Hongyan responded.

"Why did I say that the Queen Mother praised you, and you weren't happy at all?" The queen was very interested, she was sitting opposite Hongyan and drinking tea, but at this moment she was pulling her to take a walk outside the door to breathe, and when she talked about Mama Hua's words, it could be seen that the queen mother's attitude towards Hongyan had changed.

However, the truth is the same thing, the Queen Mother's injury to Hongyan does not make her treat the Queen Mother like she respects Concubine Shouqi, she will not do anything disrespectful, and she will do everything she should do, but if she wants to respect the Queen Mother from the bottom of her heart, she can't do it. I used to follow the queen and saw all her resentment towards her mother-in-law, but I didn't expect that one day it would be her turn. If she is complacent about the Queen Mother's private praise today, she may turn her face tomorrow because of something, which will make her unbearable. If there is no expectation in my heart, there will be no disappointment, at least for now, Hongyan would rather be so.

She will not reveal these thoughts to the emperor, and the emperor will not consider them, but the queen and Hongyan stand on the same position, and they can see through her thoughts in one sentence, and said with a smile: "That's it, let's hide it in our hearts." ”

Hongyan stretched her expression slightly, and had to admit that in this palace, no matter how sincere Concubine Yu was to Hongyan, no matter how much the emperor put her on the tip of his heart, the queen was the one who knew her best.

Although the time of their master and servant is not long, even if they have been separated for many years, they can still understand each other's intentions with one look, so in the eyes of others, how much damage Wei Hongyan did to the queen when she climbed on the dragon couch, in fact, how deep the damage to Hongyan was when the queen did that thing, but Hongyan couldn't look at the mother-in-law of the queen mother from the bottom of her heart, but for the queen, she had no hatred, no guilt and no mustard, and sincerely revered this woman high in the clouds.

One is graceful and luxurious, the other is the country and the city, the two of them stand under the eaves, what a beautiful scene, Princess Hejing, who returned from the study, suddenly broke into the door and saw all this, and couldn't help but stop and be stunned in front of the door. And the cherry who came to Changchun Palace with Hongyan was standing on the side, and Jing turned his head to see her, Cherry smiled sweetly at her, and Jing frowned and threw away disgusted eyes, but she was not really disgusted, but she was used to the groveling of palace people, and Cherry was so enthusiastic, she didn't know how to respond.

The princess stepped forward to salute her mother and said to Hongyan: "Wei Chang is good." ”

The queen suddenly said: "The silkworm lived outside the palace that day, and I took Hejing Weifu to visit and went to the night market in the capital. ”

He Jingyi was nervous, stepped forward and pulled his mother and said, "Eniang, didn't you say that you didn't say it?" ”

The queen smiled: "Your Emperor Ama already knew, do you think that Eniang really dares to take you to break in, we will have guards within ten steps to guard, and Huang Ama also said that he will have leisure in the future and personally take you out for a walk." ”

He Jingxi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't hide his childishness for a while, so he pulled his mother and asked, "E-niang, seriously?" When will you go, did Huang Ama say? ”

Suddenly thinking of Hongyan on the side, He Jing calmed down again, but the queen said: "Hook Eniang also wants to go to see the streets and alleys of the market, it is Wei Changzai, but unfortunately now she has no chance to take a look, if Huang Ama takes us in the future, it will be good to take Wei Chang together?" ”

He Jing pouted: "Huang Ama and Eniang took me, a family of three, what do you want outsiders to do." ”

"Harmony." The queen called softly, with a bit of majesty, the princess pouted and was unhappy, and suddenly frowned, covering her stomach and showing an uncomfortable look.

"It's so big, and you still pretend to have a stomachache?" The queen was disgusted, but seeing that her daughter's face gradually changed, she couldn't help but be nervous, hugged the child and asked, "Where is it uncomfortable, tell Eniang." ”

He Jing pursed his lips and shook his head: "Erchen is fine, don't worry about Eniang." ”

She was clearly unwell and her face was not good, but she was inexplicably shy, her ears were red, Hongyan looked at it carefully, and then inadvertently turned her eyes to the cherry waiting in front of the door, and a thrill in her heart, seeing that the princess said goodbye to her and the queen hurriedly ran away, the queen was still worried, Hongyan stepped forward and asked softly: "Niangniang, has the princess passed menarche?" ”

The queen was stunned, and immediately turned around to chase her daughter, if it was really her daughter's big thing, she was completely negligent. Considering Hejing's age, he should also be prepared, but the daughter in the eyes of his mother is still like a child, and she always feels that she is still a little doll in her arms, but she didn't expect this day to come.

The queen chased after Hejing, and after careful questioning, it was really because he understood that Hejing was too shy to speak, and when he got up this morning, he found that his body was wrong, and he didn't even say anything about the grandmother who was waiting for him. Because it was a good day for the princess, although there was no need to publicize it, the queen still sent someone to quietly inform the queen mother and the emperor, which indicated that the princess had grown up, and the queen mother did not hesitate to come to Changchun Palace to see her only granddaughter in person.

Hongyan left Changchun Palace before the arrival of the Queen Mother, not that she hid from the Queen Mother and didn't want to see her, but as the princess said, what did she want to do as an outsider about the family, and then heard that the emperor also went back, thinking that Changchun Palace must be happy at the moment, Hongyan suddenly understood why Concubine Yu said that the fifth elder brother was her only relative in the palace. At that time, Hongyan asked Yu Concubine, what is the emperor, but Yu Concubine said that the emperor is the emperor, he used to be a lover, but now he is the emperor.

It was the scorching heat at the moment, Cherry was holding an umbrella for Hongyan, and the group slowly returned to Yanxi Palace, she thought about what gifts to prepare for the princess, and was afraid that she would be too abrupt to provoke Hejing, so she discussed with Cherry, but Cherry said sourly: "You don't have anything to reward the slave maid." ”

Hongyan smiled: "I have a good thing here, which one is not just for you to choose?" ”

Speaking kung fu, there were chamberlains leading a few foreign women along the palace road, Hongyan thought it was the palace Fujin who went to ask the queen mother for peace, and waited politely aside. When they got closer, they found that it was Mrs. Nalan and a few daughters-in-law from the Shilang Mansion, and they stepped forward to say hello to Hongyan, who said a few polite words, not wanting to delay them to visit Concubine Shu, so they left with cherries.

Mrs. Nalan waited for Wei Chang to go away, and continued to follow the palace people who led the way to meet her daughter. Shu Concubine is afraid of heat, she doesn't like to go out and walk around in the hot summer, and she is afraid that the sun will damage her skin, Eniang and her sister-in-law walked all the way to the inner hall to see her, and as soon as she entered the door, she was sweated by the cold air, although it was so cool and very comfortable, but Shu Concubine, who hid in the house and did not go out, was not necessarily in good spirits.

"There are a number of ice used in each palace, and the emperor here alone said it, I can use it as I like." Concubine Shu's complexion was pale, but she was proud, as if she wanted to show her favor in front of her mother and sister-in-law, and did not want them to despise her as a person who had fallen out of favor.

But Mrs. Nalan said: "A woman's family is cold all day long, but it is not suitable to give birth, the mother still takes care of her body, and she should sweat on a hot day to make her body happy." ”

Shu Concubine stood under the window with an ice bowl in her hand, glanced at her mother impatiently, and saw the sisters-in-law who were following Eniang, she didn't want them to see the jokes, so she didn't bother to argue with her mother, and only asked: "On such a hot day, why did you think of coming to the palace to see me?" ”

I didn't want Mrs. Sister-in-law to cross Mrs. Nalan, knelt down in front of Concubine Shu and said, "Ask Concubine Shu to be kind and save your brother." ”

Concubine Shu looked at her blankly: "What's the matter?" ”

In Yanxi Palace, Hongyan returned home, she was already sweating, the palace people brought warm water for her to wipe, she shook the fan and stood in front of the large porcelain jar with ice and shook the fan, just feeling happy and comfortable, someone behind her laughed: "Sister is not good like this, the cold enters the body, and you will get sick in autumn." ”

Hongyan liked the sound when she heard it, turned around and saw Ruyin hugging Fu Ling'an, happily stepped forward to take it, hugged it in her arms and kissed it again and again. Ruyin said: "Today, the queen wants to see Fu Ling'an and let me bring it, but when I entered the palace, I said that the emperor and the queen mother were in Changchun Palace, and I had no place to go, so I came to my sister to escape the summer." ”

Hongyan said: "What a coincidence, I met your aunt and sister-in-law entering the palace." ”

Ruyin's face changed slightly: "I'm afraid that I have the same thing to say." ”