When Hongyan came, the emperor did not kneel anymore, but sat quietly alone in the palace of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother went to the Buddha Hall, and heard the palace maid in front of the door say that she was always accompanied, and Hongyan hurried into the hall. Hongli heard the footsteps, goodbye was her, and sighed: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Yong Chang is sending someone to send a message to the concubines, saying that the emperor can't kneel here, and the concubines are worried about you." Hongyan wanted to help him get up, "Even if you sit, it's not good, it's cold on the ground." ”

"It's Mayday, it's not cold, just let me calm down." Hongli was reluctant to get up, as if he was physically and mentally exhausted and had no strength, "I said very excessive things to the Queen Mother, but I am also in a hurry, she has refused to back down for so many years, she is not forcing you, she is forcing me." ”

"The concubines shouldn't do anything to the twelve elder brothers, and the concubines shouldn't go to Yikun Palace, everything happened because of the concubines, and the emperor dissipated your anger." Hongyan said, "As for the queen mother's reluctance to abolish the queen, the queen mother's position is not the same, the emperor is firm in his mind, and there is no need to stiffen with the queen mother." ”

Hongli looked at her, and the dissatisfaction in his heart floated up, and Hongyan was self-aware, and said: "The emperor is thoughtful for his concubines everywhere, but the concubines still have to say such things." ”

I don't want the emperor to shake his head: "I don't blame you, in the final analysis, I still blame myself, if I have the ability to settle these things, why should I let you contradict you?" There are emperor's orders and rules in the world, and there is still the army if you don't obey it, and no one can get past the rules and regulations. But the affairs of the family are unreasonable, and I am always running away from trouble, but the Queen Mother also has the ability to force me to have nowhere to escape. ”

Hongyan helped the emperor up, bent down to straighten his clothes and smooth out the wrinkles for him, Hongli saw her so calm and calm, and asked her: "Didn't the twelfth elder brother hurt you, aren't you angry now?" ”

"Hit those two slaps, everything is angry, and there are some things that the concubine doesn't want to say. Although it is not right for a concubine to beat the prince, the concubine is your imperial concubine, and the queen is recuperating, and the concubine should replace the queen to raise the prince. Hongyan said, "The emperor doesn't care about the trivial things at home, it's not that the emperor escapes, it's that you are flawless, and the world's major affairs can't be separated from you, but the affairs of the family, it's enough to have concubines." ”

Hongli sighed: "After so many years, the Queen Mother obviously sees everything in her eyes, but she just doesn't want to admit defeat." ”

Hongyan was stunned and asked the emperor: "Could it be that the emperor also said the word "surrender" to the queen mother?" ”

Hongli was slightly embarrassed: "As soon as I was impulsive, I said it." ”

She accompanied the emperor to the door, and Chief Manager Wu came to report that the urgent report of the Ministry of War had been sent to the Yangxin Palace, Hongli immediately frowned, but he couldn't let it go here, so he only heard Hongyan say: "The emperor just go and get busy, there are concubines here." ”

Hongli glanced in the direction of the Buddha Hall, and hurriedly ordered: "If you can avoid it, avoid it, now that I don't care, why do I need her to nod." ”

Hongyan was silent, sent the emperor away, and heard that the emperor had returned to the heart hall in the Buddhist hall, so he came out to look, and saw that the imperial concubine was really coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Hongyan: "The queen mother is chanting, and she will calm down after leaving the emperor, and the mother can rest assured that the concubines will always stay by the queen mother's side." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, with you these days, the emperor and I are very relieved." Hongyan said, "But I heard that the emperor occasionally loses his temper at you, don't take it to heart, at that time, whoever is by the queen mother's side will be scolded, probably except for Princess Hejing, no one will be good." If you feel wronged, just tell me. ”

Yongchang said with a smile: "It's also rare for the emperor to come back, and the concubines don't remember what he said last time." ”

"I'm going to see the Queen Mother, can you wait outside?" Hongyan said suddenly.

"Niangniang......" Yong Chang Zai seemed to feel inappropriate, and it was clear that the imperial concubine and the queen mother could not go together, but this was not something she was qualified to manage, so she hurriedly retreated to make way and asked Hongyan to go first.

The Buddha hall is quiet and solemn, the Queen Mother sits cross-legged under the Buddha shrine, and the red face enters the door on the knees to salute, the Queen Mother can hear the movement, thinking that it is always there, and asks: "The emperor has gone back?" ”

Hongyan said: "The military department has reported urgently, and the emperor has returned to the Palace of Heart Cultivation." ”

When the Queen Mother heard that it was a red face, her heart tightened, and when she turned around and saw that it was really her, she said angrily: "Get out, how can you set foot in a quiet place?" ”

Hongyan smiled: "The Buddha has the heart to tolerate the world, how can he worry about a weak woman with a concubine." ”

"Weak woman, you are the one who turned the sky upside down, and Tian Tian shamelessly calls himself a weak woman." The Queen Mother was very polite, and called Yongchang in a loud voice, but no one came, Hongyan took a few steps forward and knelt behind the Queen Mother, and asked, "What do you have to say, let the concubines do it, and Yongchang is resting." ”

The Queen Mother glared at her fiercely and said hatefully: "I know that the eternal heart has been subdued by you, and she is not here to serve me, but to spy on me." There is wind and grass in Ningshou Palace, and it can't escape your eyelids. The emperor also said to me just now, your scheming is far inferior to mine, he is confused, you just use it in a different place. ”

"The concubine is terrified." The red face bowed his head.

"You don't have to be coy in front of me, I said a long time ago, what kind of mentality I had at the beginning, you are also what you are." The Queen Mother smiled coldly, "How I have walked these roads, you will inevitably go on like that, and one day when you face your daughter-in-law, you will understand everything." ”

Hongyan asked calmly: "Are you not used to seeing the background of the concubine, or the appearance of the concubine, or the things that the concubine did?" You are the original native, so you hate the concubine. ”

The Queen Mother smiled contemptuously, turned around and left only a back for the concubine, and said coldly: "Get out, I don't want to talk to brazen people." ”

Hongyan didn't insist anymore and stood up, but she said: "You hate concubines, I'm afraid this will never change." But why should the concubine live to make you like, and why should the concubine live for the person who hates herself? The concubine used to care about your attitude very much, for fear that doing anything wrong would displease you, but then she quickly figured it out, so she couldn't make it. To this day, the concubine does nothing without considering your feelings and does not care about your attitude. At the end of the day, all your unhappiness and anger are hurting yourself. Even if the concubine lowers herself to the dust, she can't get you a good voice, so why force it. The concubines live well, not to fight for you, let alone to live for you, there are too many people in this world who are worthy of the concubines to live well for them, the Queen Mother, are there no such people around you? ”

"Get out, don't think I really can't do anything to you." The Queen Mother's hand squeaked the Buddhist beads.

"Yes, the concubine will leave." Hongyan said, "The emperor regretted that he said the wrong thing, and the concubine probably said the wrong thing at the moment." But if the concubine says the wrong thing, you want to beat or scold to see if you are willing, but if the emperor says the wrong thing, it hurts the relationship between mother and son. The Queen Mother, the emperor cares about you very much, otherwise, how could he be caught in the middle of the two dilemmas? ”

The Buddhist hall was quiet for a while, and Hongyan couldn't see the Queen Mother's expression, but the momentum on her back was already a little different. The old lady seemed to be depressed by something, and said in a dumb voice: "If I don't care about Hongli, how can you live to this day, I am also tired, who still has the energy to deal with you." Wei Hongyan, don't you want to be the queen, so why let the emperor be abolished, Shunzhi Ye abolished the original match, and generations will see his jokes, and my Hongli will be criticized like this? I'm thinking about him, why does he think I'm pushing him? ”

Hongyan said gently: "Queen Mother, have you asked the emperor well, did you say something wrong when you saw the emperor?" The emperor was in a hurry, and what he said was biased, didn't it become like this? ”

The Queen Mother was silent, and the impetuous atmosphere in the hall gradually dissipated, it must be that Buddhism is boundless and can purify people's hearts. ”

Hongyan silently bowed, and when she turned around to leave, the Queen Mother said again: "Bring a message to the emperor, handle the government affairs, and come to Ningshou Palace again." ”

"Yes." Hongyan hurriedly answered.

"Be kind to the twelve elder brothers, they can't become the climate, don't rush to kill them all, you won't be able to feel solid when you get old in the future." The Queen Mother said coldly, but for so many years, only this sentence is really teaching Hongyan.

Hongyan's heart was hot, she didn't expect that in this life, she could wait for her mother-in-law to teach her a sentence sincerely, but she couldn't expect anything from the Queen Mother, and she would be satisfied if she could be safe and sound in the future. After quietly withdrawing, he found the eternal presence waiting outside the door, and left after a few words of advice.

Yongchang supported the Queen Mother in the palace, and said gently and considerately: "The hour is just right, the Tai Hospital has sent tonic medicine, and the concubine is waiting for you to take medicine." ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "Those tonics are bitter in the heart, how can the body be sharp, you tell them that it is the right thing to get some delicious medicinal food." The Queen Mother sat for a long time and her legs were numb, holding her eternal hand and slowly standing firmly, and suddenly saw the beads slipping out of her placket, and asked, "How can this thing look familiar?" ”

It was always picked up, and the lapis lazuli bead that was given to her by Hongyan was torn off by Concubine Ying before, so she is now carefully wearing it around her neck, and she has not shown it much after being in front of the Queen Mother for so long, but today it is so coincidental that Xu is collar is loose and slipped out.

"Isn't this something that Wei Hongyan often wears in his hands?" The Queen Mother unceremoniously pinched the beads and looked at them, "It is said that when she fell into the water in Hangzhou, her bracelet was broken, and now she is wearing a lot of red agate." Natural lapis lazuli can be seen everywhere, and it is not uncommon for you to have it, but you are such a treasure, it is bound to come not simple. ”

Yongchang didn't dare to hide it, told everything that day, and said timidly: "It was given to the concubine by the imperial concubine, and the concubine's life was saved by the imperial concubine. ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "The string of things in her hand has become less and less year by year, but it is a little spiritual. ”