It's a pity that the queen has no second brother, she only looks strong and stable in the eyes of her husband and others, and hides all her sorrow and pain behind others.

Unknowingly, Hongyan has been serving in the inner hall for more than a month, when the Forbidden City is covered with snow, the fourth year of Qianlong has arrived.

This is the first New Year after the new monarch served the Emperor, originally in October of the third year of Qianlong, the emperor was going to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, but because the second elder brother was gone, no one could lift the spirit, and the birthday banquet was just a matter of it. Now three months have passed, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, we can no longer be cold.

The day before the Lantern Festival, Hongyan waited for the queen to wear auspicious clothes, and the house was full of red and bright golden gowns and robes, as if the queen's eyes were bleeding, and when she applied rouge, Hongyan watched tears slide down the queen's face.

These days, the queen has been fighting hard every day to deal with everything, the queen mother, the emperor, but the gentle and quiet smile is like a mask on the face. At this moment, the meandering tears not only tore open the mask, but also made people see her broken heart, even after three months, the pain of losing her son has not diminished by half.

Someone suddenly came in at the door, the queen didn't have time to wipe away her tears, she was flushed, and she directly covered it with fat powder, her quick action made the queen stunned, and she recovered from Fang Cai's sadness.

The one who came in the door was the eight-year-old eldest princess, and the only consolation for the queen now.

The princess lives in the elder brother on weekdays, but every day when she goes to Changchun Palace in the morning and dusk, she is also familiar with Hongyan, and when she enters the door and sees the emperor's mother putting on makeup, she tells Hongyan: "But you want to dress my emperor's mother beautifully." ”

Hongyan agreed, stepped aside, watched the queen gently tidy up her daughter's clothes, and blamed her for running and jumping and not walking well, the eldest princess said: "Erchen only brought a nurse, and he just met Jia Concubine on the road, and the servants of Qixiang Palace didn't take Erchen in their eyes, so they asked Erchen to wait on the side of the road and let their sedan chair go first." Huang Eniang, I didn't bother with them. ”

The queen raised her eyelids slightly, and asked in a light tone, "They asked you to wait on the side of the road?" ”

The eldest princess nodded: "Yes, it seems that I didn't recognize Erchen as a princess, and I was regarded as a palace maid." She said and ran to Hongyan's side and gestured, "Hongyan is the youngest among the palace maids, but she is always older than Erchen, and she is taller than Erchen, they are deliberate, where is there such a young palace maid in the palace." ”

The queen's face was slightly cold, but when she saw her daughter standing with Hongyan, she suddenly realized that Hongyan was not a child. She has always felt that Hongyan is young, and when she looks at it like this, she is clearly a slim girl.

The eldest princess had already run back to her mother and said obediently: "Although Concubine Jia is rude, Erchen doesn't care about her. ”

The queen took her daughter's hand and smiled gently: "Harmony is the most well-behaved." ”

After that, the mother and daughter went together to ask the Queen Mother for peace, Hongyan and Baozhen and others followed, and after arriving at Ningshou Palace, Baozhen went in with the master, she and others waited in front of the door, and it didn't take long for the emperor to come.

Hongli walked in front of everyone, walking in a hurry, her red face fell to the ground, the hem of the dragon robe flew up, revealing the emperor's boots, she raised her eyes like a ghost, and saw a strange place under the boots.

After that, the concubines, concubines and others came one after another, and discussed the Ming yen dinner with the queen mother and the emperor. There are more and more eunuchs and palace maids in each palace in front of Ningshou Palace, and people who are familiar with each other whisper to each other, I thought that the ladies and ladies had arrived, but I didn't expect Jia Concubine to learn that it was lively here, so she didn't hesitate to come with her stomach.

Jia Concubine was about to give birth, she moved slowly and carefully, and was surrounded by the palace maid and got off the warm sedan chair, just about to cross the threshold, when someone suddenly sneezed, which made Jia Concubine's feet slip. There were four or five palace maids around her to support her, and this time it was not a big problem, but the child in her belly was the most expensive, and now her temperament was getting bigger and bigger, so she couldn't help but pull down her face and ask viciously: "Who is it?" Stand up for Hongu. ”

The people standing here are all palace maids and eunuchs who follow their masters, and when they look at the past, they can't tell who is who, but the voice just now came from Hongyan's side, and when Concubine Jia saw that no one answered, she swayed and held the palace maid's hand and walked towards Hongyan.