The emperor felt guilty, what could his wife ask for, he was relieved, but he didn't know that for the queen, it was a faint sadness in his heart.

In the past, Fucha Anyi would never say such a thing, but now the queen has lost the most perfect aura in the past, and she is radiant, and there is an extra dark side on her body, and that dark side is constantly expanding, and even one day it will swallow her.

After the Double Ninth Festival, a month passed in a hurry. October, is the second elder brother's death season, but also the queen mother's birthday, year after year for the second elder brother, the emperor has not been able to do a good filial piety, this year on the mother's 50th birthday, for her to hold a grand celebration.

Needless to say, the tax reduction and amnesty for the benefit of the people, the palace night banquet, but also the four sides to congratulate the eight directions, gold and silver utensils, jade cups, coral pearls piled up of Shoushan dazzling, a birthday banquet cost tens of millions of silver taels, only for the emperor a filial piety.

When Kangxi was in power, he was also filial to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and his mother-in-law, but at that time, the Qing Dynasty was not long in the beginning, and there were constant internal and external disturbances. The first emperor died soon after his biological mother succeeded to the throne, and his adoptive mother and grandmother died early.

There are many aristocratic ministers who go to the banquet, but only a handful of them can really show their faces in front of the emperor, and the queen mother sits on the top of the head, and she doesn't have the energy to see everyone, most of them gather to kowtow under the seat to congratulate their birthdays, and leave together. On the contrary, when the Queen Mother sees someone, she will leave them to say a few words, which is also a great honor.

Naturally, such as the clansmen of the queen mother's family, the clansmen of the queen's mother's family, will be invited to the front of the emperor to toast and speak, this will be the queen's clansmen coming, the Fucha family is flourishing, and the family can crowd the hall to the brim, the queen mother is amiable, and has spoken to a few Fujin, so she called Fu Hengxiao and the two to him.

Nalan Ruyin gave birth to a big fat son for the Fucha family at the Double Ninth Festival, and the queen mother's birthday banquet happened to be confinement, and at the moment she still had a little bit of plump pregnancy, but because she was already thin, she looked just right.

The Queen Mother took her hand and said affectionately: "Only in this way can you look rich and noble, you used to be too thin, and in the future, Fu Heng will become an official and enter the knighthood, and the family house will get bigger and bigger, and it will not be easy for you to manage it alone inside and out." Originally, your family lived together, and you could take care of each other, but I think it is not a bad thing for Fu Heng to stand on his own, or the family business will be big in the future, he will work hard for the country and the people outside, and he will not necessarily feel sorry for you if he leaves you at home. ”

Ruyin Linghui was gentle and gentle, and said with a smile: "If you can get the emperor's attention, it is also Fu Heng's blessing, the concubine is young and ignorant, if the queen mother is willing to give a point or two, it will be the glory of Fu Heng's life." ”

Everyone loves to listen to good words, and the Queen Mother has always felt that Nalan Ruyin is too smart, although it was only a subjective assumption at her first glance, but now looking at Fu Heng's own small family, this child gave birth to a son within a year of entering the door, and the blessing is so prosperous, it is definitely the right decision not to recruit her into the palace.

The couple stepped down from the queen mother, and came to greet the queen, who told Ruyin to have a good rest, thinking about the little nephew in the swaddling clothes, and hoping that the child would grow up and be sent to the palace to ask her to hug her. Ruyin said: "Fu Heng named the child Fu Ling'an, Niangniang, you see, such a noble son and brother who is in the wind outside the jade tree and has passed away in the eyes of the world, but he gives the child such a vulgar name, and what blessings and aura are safe and sound, all of them are put in the name." How handsome his own Fu Heng is, how did he fall on his son's head, making people look like he was a concubine, and when the guest people asked, the concubine could only say that it was her own. ”

Ruyin said while glancing at Fu Heng, although Fu Heng only smiled faintly, there was affection in her eyebrows, the queen was really relieved to see them so beautiful, and she loved Ruyin even more, and asked her to come and sit beside her after seeing Concubine Shu.

Let's say that Shu Concubine is now the first favored person in the harem, although her cousin has a husband who loves him, and she doesn't even have a concubine at home wholeheartedly, and now she has given birth to Lin'er, no matter how you look at it, she is stronger than Shu Concubine, but fortunately, she is also prosperous in the harem, so she will not really be compared to her sister. Now Concubine Shu is also the head of the first palace, and her words and deeds are more decent and stable than when she first entered the palace, and she understands that many people are warm and cold, and she has learned to cherish the rare sisterhood than she is jealous of her cousin.

When the sisters were talking, the Queen Mother got up and left the table, obviously to retreat and rest, all the concubines got up to come forward to serve, the Queen Mother signaled everyone to continue the feast, but the Queen Mother was already with her, so she took the Queen and left.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while in the apse, and the queen mother drank a few glasses of wine, and she had to slow down, saying that there could be no one outside, and the queen should be by the emperor's side at any time, in the end, the daughter-in-law was sent away. The queen withdrew with Qianya and a few people, walked a few steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around and turned back, and was just about to step into the door, but heard the queen mother say: "Look at the Fucha family, so many people's families, the heirs of the Fucha family are prosperous, and when my sister chose An Yi, she also looked at the prosperity of the Fucha family, hoping that she could give birth to an heir for Hongli." ”

The queen's heart suddenly cooled half, and she didn't continue to step into the door, but turned around and stopped outside the door to continue listening.

Mama Hua said: "Niangniang gave birth to children for the emperor, and it was very hard back then, who would have thought that the second elder brother would grow so big, and if he said no, there would be no more." ”

The queen mother said: "It's been three years, and the nobles of Hai have given birth to Yongqi, and the emperor has spent half of the month in Changchun Palace, and I haven't seen any movement from the queen." I have long persuaded Hongli, if this road can't go on, why not retreat and seek second, in the past three years, only Hai Guiren is happy, there are so many young harem concubines, if the emperor has a heart, if the queen is relieved, I am afraid that there will be a few more children in the palace. ”

Mama Hua persuaded: "The emperor and the queen mother have a sense of proportion in their hearts, and the master can just talk to the slave and maid, don't let the emperor or the mother hear it, they are not easy." ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "I just know that it is not easy for them, I hope they can live more easily, how many of the Qing Emperors are descendants, Hongli and Anyi, why be so persistent." The second elder brother was secretly built early, although it was secret, how could God not know that it was not too much blessing to suppress the child. ”

Here Qianya felt a chill in her heart when she heard this, and suddenly saw the queen leave, they came and went silently, and she hurriedly and quietly followed.

The queen left the apse like the wind, and she didn't even care if the queen mother would notice that she had turned back, anyway, what she heard couldn't be heard, her mother-in-law didn't know how to talk about herself hundreds of times behind her back, she couldn't give birth to a son for the royal family, it was a great crime, it was her stomach that was not angry, and it was the son she gave birth to who was not angry.

A wave of anger was steaming on the queen, and even Qianya had to stop the queen and said in a good voice: "Niangniang, calm down." ”

The queen's heart is like pressing a big stone, for this birthday banquet, she worked hard, to this day is full of luxury, she has no intention of enjoying it, she is looking forward to the lively past can return to Changchun Palace to rest for a few days, this time the queen mother's words are pressed in her heart, she will not be able to live in peace for the next few days. She doesn't necessarily complain to Hongli every time she has something, once or twice it is the affection between husband and wife, and she says the same thing when she comes back, and she doesn't blame him for going to other women to find warmth, and those women who are rightly by his side don't have these troubles.

Hongli at the banquet, from time to time there are ministers and nobles come forward to speak, foreign envoys are also endless, he almost has no time to take care of other people, but inadvertently saw the queen return, saw the change from a negative face to calm and generous, even if every moment after the queen is dignified and decent, that moment of change, has been in Hongli's heart, I don't know what the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said in the apse, can make An Yi change his face.

The grand birthday banquet will naturally benefit the two concubines who live in Yingtai, and early in the morning there are people from the Forbidden City to replace the queen mother, the emperor and the concubines to ask for peace, and at noon they will send the imperial meal, and at the time of the dinner, they will send the same dishes at the birthday banquet to invite the concubine to enjoy.

Concubine Wen Hui is acceptable, Concubine Shouqi has long been unable to move these delicacies, but since it is a good day, let her sister and Hongyan enjoy, she is also happy to sit on the side, Concubine Shouqi entered the palace earlier than Concubine Wen Hui, and she is a person who has served the Queen Mother, they have not seen the scale of the feast in the palace today, but when they saw the birthday banquet dishes and utensils sent, they couldn't help but smile: "If Sister Concubine De lives a long life, I don't know if the first emperor will hold such a grand birthday banquet for her, our Queen Mother is blessed." ”

Concubine Wen Hui smiled: "The queen must have worked very hard, but fortunately, there is still Concubine Xian to help her." The concubine is sick and untouchable, the pure concubine is always hanging high when she encounters things, Concubine Jia has no hope, there are many beauties in the harem, but there are very few people with real skills. She looked at Hongyan with a smile and said, "You have been in charge of Yingtai's affairs for more than a month, we have few people here and a small place, but it's not easy, right?" ”

Hongyan nodded again and again, and she used to be an errand by the queen's side, knowing how many things the queen had to deal with every day, but those palace daily routines must have been used to it for a long time, but this time the feast was prepared from the beginning of the year, and the emperor was on patrol and hunting in the middle, and there were many days when she was not in the palace, she didn't dare to imagine how much effort the queen had to pay.

"I don't know if there's a day." Concubine Shouqi smiled, "But we have to be prepared, but Hongyan, you really go back one day, but don't show it easily." ”

Hongyan remembered with her heart that at this time, someone came in front of the door, saying that she was sending something from the palace.