As soon as the sixteenth brother baptized the three ceremonies, he had to pass the Laba, after the eighth day the emperor sealed, followed by the small year, the days flew by, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve and the day of the full moon of the sixteenth brother, that day the red face dressed up to attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, although sitting under the empress, wearing the dress regulated by the noble concubine, it was a brilliant scenery.

After the banquet dispersed, the emperor and the queen sent the queen mother back to Ningchun Hall, and the queen mother couldn't hold back after all, and said to Hongli: "The queen is gentle and graceful, comparable to the virtuous queen of the past dynasties." But you look at today's situation, in the eyes of your children and grandchildren, in the eyes of your ministers, there is only Yanxi Palace, there is no Middle Palace, Hongli, it's not that E-Niang has to make things difficult for you, and it's not that E-Niang wants to target Wei Hongyan, do you think this is appropriate? ”

At that time, the queen had already left first, Hongli thought about it, called Mama Hua and Manager Wu, asked Mama Hua about the differences between the queen and the concubine in various aspects such as clothing and jewelry in the palace rules, and then asked how the concubine was dressed today and how the queen dressed, both of them said it clearly, and the queen mother did not refute.

Hongli said to the Queen Mother kindly: "Eniang, Hongyan is not at fault, and I have never allowed her to encroach on the majesty of the Middle Palace. The rules and regulations are in her position as a concubine, and the people outside are snobbish, she has achieved the bottom line, where do you want to go? ”

At the moment of removing the old and welcoming the new, the Queen Mother didn't plan to quarrel with her son at all, and couldn't help but say this, which also had serious meaning, and she also said seriously: "E-Niang's selfish things are not enough to compare with the family and the country, and you have also understood in your heart for so many years that E-Niang never interferes in political affairs, and she doesn't know how to help you." But I have experienced the Kangxi Dynasty and experienced the days you spent when Ama was young, you must understand that the royal inheritance is not your will alone, it is the future of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Hongli saw that the Queen Mother was right, today is not aimed at Hongyan, he is also willing to say a few words, confidently to his mother: "The first emperor left the rules of the prince, the son naturally wants to inherit the will of the first emperor to pass it on, less than a hundred years after the son, whoever talks about the prince is guilty, the ministers will not act rashly, they will only guess and will only check and balance each other, and I will see clearly the Yongzheng of each of them, and I will see the talents of the princes clearly." Huang Eniang said well, the royal inheritance is not my will, you can rest assured. ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "But in your heart, you have already figured it out, haven't you?" In the past, when An Yi was here, he thought about giving birth to a prince with her to inherit the throne, and put Yonglian's name after Zhengda Guangming early. But in fact, it doesn't matter to you that An Yi is the queen, so it seems that she values her son-in-law, if An Yi is also a side room, it will be the same as now, even if there is a concubine in the middle palace, it will seem to not exist. ”

"Eniang, my son will train his heir well, just as you did when you cultivated your son." Hongli said, "E-Niang has already retired, and it should be to enjoy the glory and wealth of the whole year, which is also the wish of his son." ”

The Queen Mother bowed: "Putting aside the unpleasant things, your filial piety and mother know it." ”

Hongli also smiled helplessly: "But those unpleasant things can't be treated as if they didn't happen, right?" E-niang's thoughts, and her son knows everything. ”

The mother and son stared at each other, but they were quietly playing, Hongli knew her mother better than anyone else, even if she gave her kind advice from the standpoint of her family and country today, the starting point was still aimed at Hongyan, they still had a long, long way to go, but he would never let the Queen Mother do anything to bully Hongyan's mother and son.

"The emperor went back to rest earlier, and tomorrow he will sacrifice to the heavens, the earth, and the community, and take care of the dragon's body." The Queen Mother smiled faintly and ordered Mama Hua to send the emperor back.

Early in the morning on New Year's Day, the emperor left the Old Summer Palace to go to the Temple of Heaven, when the sky was clouded, there was the sound of salute and golden whip, although the Old Summer Palace was large, it was also faintly able to hear the movement, Kyushu Qingyan was the closest to Shaojingxuan, the concubines got up early and waited for the emperor to travel, and when the holy car left, they dispersed to do their own things, but it was the first day of the New Year, naturally everyone wanted to be auspicious, when the sky was bright, they all dressed up and went to Ningchun Hall to pay New Year's greetings.

After a period of excitement, Kyushu Qingyan quieted down, and someone came from the spring of the Tiandi family, and sent red envelopes to the people in the courtyard of Xin Concubine to reward money, so that the concubine was rewarded every New Year's holiday, and she was never stingy with gold and silver, and Xin Concubine couldn't speak because she was dumb and her body was weak, compared to the pure concubine in the past, it was a chore in the Xianfu Palace in the past, and now there are many people who envy the errand here.

In the courtyard, the palace maids helped the concubines out to bask in the sun, several palace maids and eunuchs gathered in the corner and said to each other what the concubine had rewarded, the concubines sat there alone, looking at the sky in confusion, and suddenly I don't know who dropped the firecrackers outside, and the hearts trembled, and the palace maids saw her panicked face, and they all smiled: "Concubine Xin, the New Year is going to be so lively, if you still arrange, the slave maid will plug your ears for you?" ”

Concubine Xin is still used to opening her mouth to speak, but she was tortured again and again by the reality that she couldn't make a sound, and she gestured a few times to say that she was going back, she couldn't open her mouth, and how could she make her ears unable to hear, at first she resisted and struggled, in exchange for the abuse of the palace maids, and now she finally learned to be well-behaved, she tried not to provoke these people, she still wanted to live, the more she got to the Jedi, the more she had the desire to live.

At this moment, Ningchun Hall is lively and lively, and the princes and Fujin also brought their children to kowtow to the Queen Mother early in the morning, Ningchun Hall has been considered a spacious palace and is crowded, as long as the Queen Mother can't see Wei Hongyan in her eyes, she is always proud to see the prosperity of this room, if she didn't give birth to Hongli, how could she be so prosperous, she thinks she is a hero of the Qing Dynasty, and has cultivated a generation of excellent emperors for the Qing Dynasty.

But when you always see Wei Hongyan, she stands beside the queen so conspicuously, and the delicate and lovely children under her knees are even more like jewels. The Queen Mother restrained her smile, and caught a glimpse of the eighth princess who was following Lan Guiren in the distance, the thin and small child was shy and timid, she had a thrill in her heart, and deliberately called her granddaughter to her and asked her: "Child, do you miss your mother?" ”

The eighth princess blinked her eyes and looked at Lan Guiren timidly, but Lan Guiren lowered her head and didn't dare to look at the Queen Mother, she didn't want to be asked about Concubine Xin, it's been so long, wouldn't it be better to be that person dead. What's more, Concubine Xin has never ignored the child, and the eighth princess has long been not worried about her mother, and when she mentions it at this time, it is nothing more than to embarrass the concubine, and the grievances between the queen mother and the concubine, she doesn't want to get involved.

"How is Concubine Xin's illness going, can you let the princess go to meet her mother?" The Queen Mother looked at the queen and asked, and she caught a glimpse of the red face on the side, only to see that she was calm and relaxed.

"Naturally, you can rest assured, the concubine will lead the princess to meet in a while, and if there is a New Year's holiday, it should also make Concubine Xin happy, and it is also good for the body." The queen actually agreed, the queen mother was stunned, what should she say next?

Hongyan lowered her head and gave her daughter a look, Xiao Qi was so smart, so she ran forward and said delicately: "Imperial grandmother, my grandson wants to take my sister to play, and my eighth sister-in-law sent a nest of snow rabbits, which is very cute." ”

"Yongxuan, you take your younger siblings and nephews to play, be careful not to drill into the snow, you will catch a cold if your shoes and socks are wet." The queen turned around and called her son, since she was threatened by Concubine Xin, she began to be measured, and her son's nickname was no longer called in crowded places, and Yongxuan seemed to be a little resistant to being called Qing'er. She instructed like this, and Yongxuan was quite obedient, so she stepped forward to take the eighth princess and retreated with her younger brothers and sisters.

The tacit understanding between the queen and Wei Hongyan made the queen mother very disgusted, thinking that she was still upset for the queen last night, no wonder Hongli didn't care at all. After that, a few old Fujin were left to speak, and the concubines and young Fujin were dispersed.

Everyone hugged the queen and left, but the queen asked Hongyan to take a walk with her, the two walked away from the distance, everyone looked at this scene and whispered, Concubine Shu looked at it a few times, and said to Concubine Qing who was traveling with her: "Don't say that they are strange, I don't understand, obviously grace, power and status are threatened and even pressed to death, why is the queen so concerned about Hongyan." ”

And Hongyan walked with the queen, very knowingly lagging behind a body, and did not dare to compare, but the queen waited for her again and again, and couldn't help laughing: "You know, I don't care at all." ”

Hongyan said: "I'm afraid that those who see it have a heart, and the concubines still have to abide by their duties." ”

The queen said with a smile: "It's a pity that no matter how well you do, you can't get into the eyes of the Queen Mother, you see that she brought someone like Concubine Xin, knowing that it was wrong, and she still wants to embarrass you today." She is also highly respected, but she is aimed at you. ”

Hongyan said: "Thank you Niangniang for relieving the siege of the concubine, it's just the matter of the eighth princess?" ”

The queen didn't care: "If you say it, you have done it, do you really take the child to see her, I hope that the eighth princess can grow up with a sound mind like the Buddha, and the Lan Guiren is quite reliable, at least she is good to the child." ”

Hongyan was very down-to-earth in her heart, and said gratefully: "The concubine has been taught, and if the queen mother is embarrassed about the same thing in the future, the concubine knows how to deal with it." What you're saying is that what you said is what you did. ”

The queen said: "Since you are here, it is better to go to the Xiushan House for a cup of tea." ”

Hongyan happily went, and only returned to heaven and earth after half a day, when the emperor had returned from the sacrifice, and heard that it was easy to go out for a long time before coming back, and said angrily: "Didn't you tell you not to go out, to raise at home?" The Queen Mother is not in front of her, why bother to pick up the Xiushan House, it is so far back and forth, it is better to invite the Queen to come and sit with you......"

The emperor said and didn't continue, probably remembering the Queen Mother's words last night and feeling bored. And today there is another thing that makes him a little inexplicable, and at this moment he said to Hongyan: "A while ago, I heard that the fourth child wanted to pass on his son to Prince Lu, but I didn't care, but today I heard that he has the heart to produce an heir by himself, what's going on?" ”