After that day, there was no right or wrong in the palace, because Bai Li first went to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion to tell Qianya about it, and the queen was also wary of anything else. But except for Concubine Jia, who was called to Ning Chuntang by the Queen Mother, there was nothing else, and the queen instructed Qianya to send a message to Hongyan to reassure her, and also told Cherry to be more cautious in the future and not to cause these troubles again.

Hongyan and Cherry An'an guarded in the autumn moon of Pinghu Lake, two days passed, there was no movement in the garden, Cherry was finally at ease, and returned to a lively and happy appearance. On this day, because he had promised others, he would send Hongyan's boiled jam to them to taste, but the people who went out after lunch did not come back for an hour or two, Hongyan was tired of reading and took a nap, and when he woke up, he still didn't see the cherries, and it was almost dusk at the moment.

"You go out and look for it, little Lingzi, do you know where she likes to play?" Hongyan felt a little uneasy in her heart, she was inconvenient to go out and walk at will, and it was getting late, so she sent out all her subordinates, either to find or inquire, Cherry should always have a place to go.

Xiao Lingzi took people out, the huge Old Summer Palace, to really look up and down, I am afraid that they will find it in the middle of the night, but if they can't find it before dark, they can't wander around outside. He searched all the places where Cherry might go, and those who had seen Cherry said that she had already left, so he wanted to rush back to Pinghu Qiuyue to see if Cherry had gone back, but on the way, he saw Lord Fucha passing by with his guards, and was interrogating their people, Xiao Lingzi and Fu Heng had met a few times, and they hurriedly stepped forward to explain, saying that they were on the orders of their master and came out to find Cherry.

"Cherry gone?" Fu Heng asked.

"I ate at noon, went to deliver the jam boiled by the master, and never came back." Xiao Lingzi trembled and said, "A few days ago, Cherry offended Concubine Jia, and I don't know if it's ......."

A few days ago, Concubine Jia made a big fuss, Fu Heng knew, and he also said a few words to the queen, the queen asked him not to care about the concubine, naturally Fu Heng would not say, he cared if Concubine Jia would go to Hongyan for trouble. Fortunately, two days have passed, and Fu Heng has also put this matter down, but the cherry is gone.

"It's late at night, it's inconvenient for you to mess around outside, you will cause more trouble, and bring all the people of Pinghu Qiuyue back." Fu Heng instructed Xiao Lingzi, "I will send someone to find it, tell Wei Guiren, please rest assured." ”

Xiao Lingzi thanked him repeatedly, and hurried back with his own people, sure enough, Cherry did not appear, only the master and a few little palace maids stayed at home, Hongyan heard that Fu Heng helped them find it, and was very grateful, but she still didn't see Cherry return, she knew that although Cherry was playful and lively, she was more sensible than anyone else, and would never be nostalgic outside, so there was no news, something must have happened.

And on this side, Fu Heng just found out that it was the Queen Mother's subordinates who took the cherry away halfway, and was about to pass it to Hongyan when he met the people in the Queen Mother's palace going to Pinghu Qiuyue, he took his cronies to the side, and watched them break into Pinghu Qiuyue and take Hongyan away.

The people around him hurriedly said: "My lord, do you want to tell the queen mother?" ”

Fu Heng shook his head: "Qianya is not feeling well today, the people who are serving the queen are sent by the queen mother, and our words can't be passed on." He was sure and said, "You stay here and Kyushu Qingyan, I will take another person to the vicinity of Ningchun Hall, and don't let other ladies run around if there is anything." ”

And said that the people around the Queen Mother suddenly came to take Hongyan away, at that time Hongyan stood in front of the door, and when she saw someone coming, she thought it was a cherry, but she didn't expect that she was pulled out when she came back to her senses, she struggled, but those people said very unceremoniously that it was on the order of the Queen Mother, and asked Wei Guiren to do it for herself.

It was already dark, and Hongyan was terrified, she guessed that the disappearance of the cherry must be related to the Queen Mother. And when they were halfway there, there was a bright lightning in the night sky, and then the thunder roared, as if it was going to rain, and the person who led the way accelerated his pace even more, and almost dragged Hongyan to Ningchun Hall, the person who came was so unkind, Hongyan had already thought that there would never be a good thing.

Ningchun Hall in the night, without lighting, looks a little gloomy and desolate, here once lived the respected Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Hongyan does not know what the situation was when the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was in the past, but now in her eyes, it is more terrifying than the torture room in the yamen.

The thunder rumbled, the night wind whistled, Hongyan was pushed into the inner hall, and finally saw the light, when the door behind her was closed, the wind blew Hongyan's clothes flying, and as soon as the door closed, she opened her eyes, and saw the Queen Mother sitting on the head, kneeling on the ground with a tightly tied cherry, the little girl seemed to have been beaten, gagged and full of tears, looking at her with great fear.

"Cherry ......" Hongyan's heart was broken, and she wanted to step forward to see her, but a few eunuchs on the side slammed the cherry up, and the Queen Mother said coldly, "Why do I want to train this child for you, you should understand it in your heart." ”

Seeing that she was powerless to do anything for the cherry, Hongyan didn't dare to endure the anger of the Queen Mother anymore, so she bowed on her knees, even if she didn't understand what was going on at all, she still responded: "Thank you Queen Mother." ”

"Thank me? Thank me, you don't have to, don't hate me in your heart. The Queen Mother said, "I didn't torture her, nor did I beat her to death, according to the rules, I had to beat her to thirty boards, and her body bones were beaten all at once, and her life was gone, only ten or so hits, and there were still twenty boards left. ”

"Queen Mother, please spare the cherry, the concubine must discipline her strictly." Hongyan put herself at the bottom, and almost climbed to the feet of the Queen Mother.

But the Queen Mother didn't need Hongyan to grovel, let alone ask her to climb in front of her, she just hoped that Wei Hongyan would be loyal to the queen for the rest of her life, and raised her hand and said, "Take the cherries out and wait for her master to fall." ”

Hongyan watched the cherry being dragged out, but she couldn't do anything, no one would come to help her at this moment, the emperor was not there, the queen may not know, since the queen mother wants to do this, she must have thought about everything, what does the queen mother want her, again and again, is it that she can be peaceful when she dies.

"Before the emperor went out, begged me to make you a concubine, saying that in this way, you can do things for the queen in the future, and you can be more open-handed." The Queen Mother said, "This is good, but I'm afraid that some people will be too open-minded and won't be able to hold it in the end." ”

Hongyan tried hard to settle her panicked heart, and said to the ground: "The concubine must abide by her duty, and she will never dare to think of anything wrong, please believe in the concubine." ”

The queen mother said: "The queen has given up the idea of giving birth, and is waiting for you to give birth to a little brother for her, there are many brothers in the palace, the queen has to like you in the next life, and I don't want to stop it, but now that God has blessed it, the queen is pregnant again, and your original calculations have come to naught." How can I know if you have any resentment in your heart, you must know that the emperor has a new love every year, maybe you will not be the current you at this time next year, but if you have a child raised in the middle palace, there will be hope in the future, right? What are you thinking about now, do you want to give birth to a little brother and compete with the queen in the future? ”

Hongyan trembled, not in fear and panic, but trembling with anger. She knew that the Queen Mother was dedicated to the emperor and the queen, but why did the Queen Mother think of her so badly, no matter how well she did and how low-key she was, she would not be half a point good, the fault was that the emperor liked her, and the fault was that she also put her heart on Hongli.

The door of the hall suddenly opened again, and footsteps came from behind Hongyan, stopping beside her, and putting down a bowl of black decoction on the ground, the pungent breath made Hongyan frown.

The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "I believe you are loyal, but I have also seen too many carried away and ungrateful people, without the queen there would be no you today, if you are really willing to be loyal to the queen, drink this bowl of medicine, you will not have any heirs in the future, and there will be no evil thoughts and crooked hearts, follow the queen well, and naturally you will enjoy endless glory and wealth." ”

Hongyan felt that his ears were buzzing, what does it mean that there will never be an heir again, the emperor is still looking forward to their children, and he also said that he will teach their children in person in the future, Cherry said so happily that day, in the future, they will live their own lives and raise their own children, whether it is Princess Brother, they are the most precious.

"The queen mother, the concubine can't drink it, the queen mother ......" Hongyan stepped back, far away from the bowl of medicine, and begged, "The concubine will be loyal to the queen mother, and will be loyal to the queen mother for the rest of her life. ”

The Queen Mother was unmoved, and even doubted her Hongyan's intentions, raised her eyes to look at the person in front of the door and asked, "Are you ready outside?" ”

A lightning bolt lit up in front of the door, and the scene outside could be seen in an instant, the cherry was tied to the bench, and several powerful eunuchs were waiting with wooden sticks, Hongyan turned his head according to the Queen Mother's words, and his whole body stiffened when he saw this scene, but he heard the Queen Mother say: "Start fighting, when is it over here, you will stop." ”

She said to Hongyan: "If you drink the medicine, the little girl will have a way to live, twenty boards on the rough-skinned eunuch is no big deal, but this little girl is hit by ten boards and then twenty times, it is difficult to say." ”

"Queen Mother, please spare the cherry, spare the concubine......" Hongyan kowtowed again and again, but the Queen Mother was unmoved, there was a movement of the board waving outside, and the cherry was gagged, so she could only shout sullenly, again and again, without the intention of stopping, Hongyan listened blankly, looking straight at the bowl of medicine.

"Wei Hongyan, the emperor is so kind to you, but you haven't moved for so long, I'm afraid that you are not blessed to have children, there are many such people in the palace, it is better to let me see your loyalty to the queen, and save the child in front of me."

The Queen Mother's cold voice came, and the sound of beating people outside also came, Hongyan looked at the bowl of medicine, and felt that the Queen Mother's heart was darker than this medicine, will the cherry die, will the cherry be beaten to death?

"Wei Hongyan?" There have been four or five beatings outside, and there is also watching the movement here, and there is no ruthless beating to death, I thought that the matter in the palace would be solved soon, but who knew that at this time, there was no movement at all. The Queen Mother couldn't believe that the person kneeling underground could watch her most trusted palace maid being beaten to death, and this temperament reminded her of the person who dared to stand in front of her and straightened her waist to defend herself.

"Queen Mother, please spare the cherries, but the concubines must not drink medicine." Hongyan's eyes are straight, she already has the heart to die, she is too difficult, she doesn't want Cherry to die for her, but how can she stifle her right to be a mother. After saying this, Hongyan staggered up, turned around and rushed out, wanting to use his body to protect the cherry.

But her arrogance angered the Queen Mother, in the Queen Mother's opinion, if Wei Hongyan has children in the future, it must be a big disaster in the harem, and the people in front of the door stopped Hongyan and said angrily: "Pry open her mouth for me and pour this bowl of medicine down." ”

Hongyan only remembered that countless hands came to grasp her body, she tried all her strength to struggle, the hard spoon was stuffed into her mouth and stuck her teeth, the bitter decoction poured in, choking her whole body trembling, she desperately wanted to spit it out, but there was still a decoction flowing into her body. Darkness and fear struck overwhelmingly, and at the moment of despair, someone suddenly shouted: "Oh no, the apse is gone." ”

After the chaos in the hall, Hongyan was thrown to the ground, vaguely saw the lightning outside the hall, and more guards broke in, he heard a familiar voice said: "Queen Mother, the minister carries you out, the fire will burn here at any time......"

Hongyan wanted to open her eyes, but she didn't know if it was the effect of the drug, or she was exhausted, as if she couldn't see anything when she opened her eyes, and then she smelled the smell of fireworks, and suddenly her body was picked up, and a familiar voice said: "Wei Guiren, it's rude." Hongyan tried hard to open her eyes, and saw that it was a cronie who was holding her who followed Fu Heng on weekdays, and she said "thank you" angrily, and she didn't know anything.

Lightning and thunder, a heavy rain roared, the fire in Ning Chun Hall was almost a disaster under control, the cause of the fire needs to be ascertained, but the Queen Mother was frightened, Ning Chun Tang was temporarily uninhabitable, even more strange things, at that time Wei Guiren was carried out of the fire, and the palace maid beside her was also beaten all over the body, this night in the Old Summer Palace was not restless, all kinds of legends were running around, even if the queen was trapped in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, she also knew about it.

didn't wait for the queen to go to see the queen mother, the queen mother sent someone to say that she was fine, and asked the queen to take care of her body, don't panic and hurt the fetus in her womb. The queen used the excuse to break up the people sent by the Queen Mother, and finally found Wang Gui and asked him to see why Hongyan was involved, at this moment she was still worried, afraid that someone would frame Hongyan for setting fire to Ningchun Hall, how would she know that Hongyan was forced by the Queen Mother to drink the decoction of sterilization.

The heavy rain stopped at dawn, and the air seemed to be able to smell the fireworks of Ning Chun Tang, at this moment, I don't know what the scene was outside, the autumn moon in Pinghu was miserable, Qianya came early in the morning, but Xiao Lingzi told her that Wei Guiren was still unconscious, Xiao Lingzi cried: "When the noble man was sent back, his body was soaked, and his face was also covered with black potion, as if he had been forcibly poured something, and the cherry was also beaten, and he was covered with injuries. What the hell is going on here......"

Qianya was terrified when she heard this, and she didn't know how to go back and tell the queen, and Hongyan was drugged? Who poured it and what did she drink?