"The emperor has done it now, right?" Hongyan asked softly, in fact, she knew in her heart that the court had gradually become accustomed to the emperor's "good talk" as when he first ascended the throne, and she had heard Ruyin mention it, and Fu Heng also privately felt that the emperor should have changed a long time ago.

When he first ascended the throne, he was twenty years old, not immature and never old-fashioned, the elders have their own powers, the emperor should indeed choose to close the distance with the ministers, and slowly use them for his own use, but in the blink of an eye, more than ten years, the emperor will not be confused, if it is still the attitude of the early years, the ministers will no longer feel that the emperor is "benevolent", but the emperor "forbears", is a good bully.

"I did it, but I drove my son to death." The emperor's eyes were scarlet, and there was guilt in his eyes that could not be dispersed, "My third emperor brother died young because he was afraid of the first emperor and couldn't live all day long. Although the third brother was to blame, the first emperor did not persecute him, but what about my Yonghuang, he did not make a big mistake or a big fault, but he said a few wrong words that day, not when he bumped into me and saw that nothing was pleasing to the eye. Even if I beat them to the flesh, I shouldn't have thrown them to the world to laugh at, it's me ......"

Hongyan held the emperor's hands and said gently: "The matter of the eldest brother, whether the emperor blames himself or feels guilty, the concubine can only accompany you, if it is right or wrong, the concubine does not want to say it." You still have the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, and Yongqi, the emperor should be more patient with these children. ”

Hongli bowed slightly: "In the old years, Concubine Wenhui taught me something, in the past six months, I always want to put more thought into it than before, but there are so many things, I always have to take out a few things to be lazy and indulge, and it often falls on their brothers, and in the end it is still not done." ”

When he was saying these words, there was a movement of Xiao Lingzi and Cherry talking outside, and Hongyan frowned and said, "It's getting more and more unruly, the concubine will send them." Hongli didn't care, but when Hongyan came back, he said in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, it was someone from the study who said that the sixth elder brother was crying and making a fuss in the study, and he must go to Xianfu Palace to find the pure concubine." ”

"He's already seven or eight years old, how can he still ......" The emperor really got angry instantly, but looking at Hongyan's gentle expression, thinking of what Fang had just said to each other, he tried to calm down, and made a gesture to get up, "I went to talk to him." ”

Hongyan blessed his body and said: "The emperor is not in a good mood, if the sixth elder brother cries fiercely, I am afraid that you are impatient, but you will scare the child." Why don't you ease up this for a while in two days, and when the sixth brother no longer cries, the father and son will talk about it again, if the emperor is not worried that the concubine is useless, let the concubine go to the sixth elder brother to talk about it? ”

Hongli bowed his head: "Okay, but you are just coaxing him for a while, in the future, they will understand sooner or later, why their mother has been ill for a long time, they hate it or complain, it is the pure concubine who is too evil or I am too ruthless, everything is to blame." ”

Hongyan doesn't discuss right and wrong at the moment, and she hasn't accused the emperor of the pure concubine so far, so why don't you say more about the facts in front of her, she should do what she should do. left the emperor to rest, went to the study to bring out the sixth elder brother, and comforted the crying child.

In the next few days, Hongyan often cared about the sixth elder brother, Yongqi even gave up the time of daily reading, and took the sixth elder brother to Yanxi Palace to play with the Buddha, the child gradually understood that the mother was destined to not see before the "recovery", and one day when the emperor came, he taught them a few children to write, and personally took the sixth elder brother's hand to correct his writing posture, and got the love of his father, and several mothers could rely on it, and the restless child finally settled his heart, and no crying was heard in the study.

Hongli saw that it really paid off when he worked hard, he was grateful to Hongyan in his heart, and he felt sorry for Hongyan, if they could have a son, how good it would be, but after so many years, even the emperor understood that if he didn't give up, it would only make Hongyan more painful.

And Hongyan spent so much effort for the emperor, in the eyes of others, it is just a means to fix favor, such as Jia Guifei is still a vinegar jar, just because the current Qiuyu is not like the Liyun in the past, she will give her bad ideas and even poison her, now she has a sour and impetuous heart, what to actually do, even Qiuyu can't be counted on, who else can she rely on. On this day, the sixth palace asked for peace in Ningshou Palace, Concubine Jia couldn't hold back, and when the queen mother asked how the eighth elder brother was, he said tremblingly: "There are rumors in the palace that Concubine Ling wants to raise the sixth elder brother, and the concubine is worried that Concubine Ling's sister will also take away the eighth elder brother in the future." ”

The Queen Mother sneered in her heart, her face remained silent, and she only asked, "Concubine Ling, do you want to raise the sixth elder brother?" ”

Hongyan saw that he was involved, stood up respectfully, and responded: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, there is no such thing, but when it comes to the sixth elder brother, the concubines are all by the emperor's side, and the emperor casually ordered the concubines to do it. ”

After all, Hongyan is in the concubine position, not counting the queen and Jia Guifei, let alone the pure concubine, she is the most decent concubine in the palace now, even if the nobles below are not convinced, they don't dare to say nonsense in front of them, the surroundings are quiet, no one dares to echo a sentence, only Jia Guifei herself said: "The little princess and the sixth elder brother are siblings, isn't it better to keep them together, that's how Sister Ling intended?" ”

"The concubine has no such plans, she just does what the emperor instructs." Hongyan coped calmly, no more impatient and no less calm, as if everything was in her heart.

The queen mother couldn't get used to Hongyan's generosity and calmness, and said coldly: "In this palace, the prince and princess can be regarded as their own, and the queen is the only one in the world. ”

That's right, as a concubine, Hongyan is not qualified to take care of the affairs of the emperor's elder brother, and if she says half a wrong sentence at this moment, she will be regarded as arrogant and rude, and she will be regarded as ambitious, she thought about how to deal with the queen mother's difficulties, but saw the queen smile on the side: "The queen mother said this, but the concubine is not the concubine, only because the concubine's sister is smart and capable, the concubine appoints her with some more things, and even entrusts some small things of the emperor's brother to her." Concubine Ling's sister is low-key and steady, she did not show off her power in the palace under the banner of a concubine, which is commendable, the other sisters misunderstood Concubine Ling's intentions, and the concubine thought that the queen mother must have understood in her heart. ”

The queen mother squinted slightly, this queen who has nothing to do with herself, how can she come out at this time, if she doesn't open her mouth and doesn't speak, the queen mother didn't think that there is such a number one person, this queen is really leisurely, guarding the mountain house in the Old Summer Palace, and returned to the Forbidden City, the door of the Yikun Palace is not often open, where is she the queen, she is clearly a person outside the world.

However, the queen and Hongyan have an agreement, as long as Hongyan can take care of the affairs of the six palaces properly, the queen mother will have her in front of her, she will help Hongyan deal with the embarrassment of the queen mother, Hongyan didn't think of this stubble at this time, but the queen really stood up, she smiled kindly and said: "Sister Concubine Ling must be the decency of a thoughtful concubine, and she doesn't want people to think that the concubine is lazy, and she will fake others for everything." ”

Concubine Yu said on the side: "Niangniang is a laborer, and the concubines are laborers, so naturally the concubines should do it, and Niangniang sits on a high place to control the overall situation." ”

Mama Hua came up at the right time and smiled: "Now that this lazy person can have such a nice saying?" In the end, Concubine Yu Niangniang, whatever she says, it can make people's spleen and stomach comfortable. ”

The embarrassing atmosphere in the hall dissipated a little, since Concubine Jia Guifei was unreasonable, and the queen came forward to defend it, she could only shut up honestly. After Mama Hua laughed with a few mothers, she whispered something to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's eyebrows moved slightly, and a little joy appeared in her eyes, so she raised her hand and said, "Disperse." ”

The concubine dispersed, the queen was the first to leave early, Concubine Jia Guifei angrily urged the palace people to lift their shoulders over, and went all the way to the West Sixth Palace with a strained face, but on the road met a noble lady leading a girl in her teens, the woman and the girl both lowered their heads and did not see the face, Concubine Jia hurriedly passed, feeling familiar and feeling wrong in her heart, and urged Qiu Yu to say: "Go and inquire, who is it." ”

Waiting for Qiu Yu to turn back again, the woman and the little girl, met Concubine Ling, Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu who were walking together, and were leading the girl to salute respectfully, Qiu Yu shouted to the palace people on the side and asked, only to know that it was the stepwife and daughter of Na Sutu, but Qiu Yu also knew that Lord Na Sutu had just passed away a few days ago, and the mother and daughter were filial piety, so why did they enter the palace.

Sure enough, some people were taboo, and after the two were separated, seeing that Mrs. Sutu led her daughter to Ningshou Palace, Concubine Shu said unhappily: "Both mother and daughter are filial piety, when did the queen mother be so unparticular about it, and she was in a hurry to summon people into the palace?" ”

Concubine Yu only said: "How precious the queen mother is, if it weren't for the previous generations, who would dare to wear filial piety in front of the queen mother, if you don't pay attention to it, you won't pay attention to it." ”

Concubine Shu sneered: "I don't think it's that the Queen Mother is not particular, but that the Queen Mother is anxious to cultivate newcomers, she picked the wrong queen, and she chose the wrong Ying noble, which is so heartfelt." Just took a closer look at the little Dai Jia's family, it was really more watery than when he entered the palace in the early years, we must like it when we see it. ”

She walked up to Hongyan and said, "You, I don't know if you will be compared to that little Dai Jia in the future, but she is a full person, probably comparing our family to Ruyin." ”

Hongyan said angrily: "What nonsense, mother and daughter are sad times, why bother arranging people behind our backs." ”

Concubine Shu said: "Old husband and young wife, where is the sadness, have you seen Mrs. Sutu's posture?" The baby girl who dares to love her must be a character in the future, and she doesn't plan to take us seriously. ”

Concubine Yu looked at the back of the distant and smiled bitterly: "What is the Queen Mother going to do?" ”