The wind of late autumn, drilled into the bones and cooled, Hongyan came out of the pantry, so that the wind and sand were blind, and he had to raise his hand to rub it, there was a movement in front of the palace gate, and the little eunuch came in to report: "The queen mother drove to the ......"

Everyone put down the things in their hands, knelt in front of the door in order to greet them, Hongyan put down the tea tray and wanted to follow, but she heard someone call her: "Hurry up and come over to support the master." ”

With this voice, the emaciated queen flashed out from behind the curtain embroidered with longevity auspicious clouds, and Hongyan hurriedly rushed forward in two steps, bowing down to take a hand.

The queen stepped on the bottom of the flower pot and staggered to stand still, her cold five fingers touched the red face that had just served the tea, this warmth drilled into her heart for no reason, she couldn't help but look down and look at this little palace maid.

At this moment, the queen mother's phoenix has arrived outside the gate of Changchun Palace, and the queen touched her sideburns and was about to go out to greet her, but before she could take a few steps, Mama Hua of Ningshou Palace had already stepped in, and stepped forward to support the queen affectionately and diligently: "The queen mother said, you are weak, just wait in the house." ”

Where is the queen willing to listen, trembling and walking to the door, the palace eunuchs outside the door have already hugged the queen mother into the door, Hongyan only glanced at it hurriedly, but felt that the queen mother, who was nearly fifty years old, was much more energetic than the young queen.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the dormitory together, the curtain was lowered, and there was no more red face in the inner hall.

Sure enough, someone soon called for tea, and the queen's personal palace maid Baozhen came over in person, while instructing the little palace maid to prepare, while walking to Hongyan's side, and said softly: "Fang Cai Niangniang has seen you, if you meet again next time, if Niangniang asks for your name and surname, you should be smart." Since you, Amma, have entrusted me, I will surely take care of you. ”

Hongyan was blessed, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Thank you Aunt Baozhen, the slave maid can be an errand in Changchun Palace, which is no longer envied by others, and I dare not bother my aunt anymore." ”

Baozhen sighed, glanced in the direction of the dormitory, squinted as if talking to herself: "I'm afraid that in a few days, it will be time to change people." ”

Hongyan listened to half of the sentence, but she didn't understand the meaning of her aunt's words. She only knew that the second elder brother's health had not been good, and after the queen mother brought the second elder brother back from the elder brother's institute, she served her son day and night, and gradually, she herself became a patient.

"What are you rubbing, the Queen Mother is waiting for tea." Baozhen's sudden scolding made Hongyan come back to her senses, but some palace maids were afraid of this sound and threw the teacup on the ground in fright.

The shocking sound provoked Baozhen to raise his eyebrows and scold, but the outside panicked first, and a little eunuch ran into the pantry and shouted: "Auntie go back quickly, the second and second elder brother is not good." ”

After this sentence, the Changchun Palace, showing a scene that Hongyan had never seen since she entered the palace on an errand for two months, she knelt in the courtyard and cried with others, but before entering the palace, Ama told her that she couldn't shed tears casually in the palace, and if she shed tears, someone died.

On that day, it was October 12 of the third year of Qianlong, and the only son of Empress Fucha Anyi died of illness.

In the days that followed, no matter how many people came and went, only crying was heard in the Changchun Palace, and the palace maids in the pantry said that the emperor did not leave the queen mother for three days, Hongyan glanced at the tea set on the table, she was more careful to scrub than in the past few days, but unfortunately no matter what tea was sent, the emperor did not move more.

"I'm going to send the second elder brother away, so come out quickly." Someone outside the door shouted, the palace maids were busy with the white beads on the bun to help Zhou Zheng, Hongyan followed out, there were many people listed outside, they knelt under the corridor, only to lean down, I heard someone crying: "Niang Niang take care, Niang Niang, let go, Niang Niang ......"