However, what Hongyan was worried about did not happen, she cautiously asked the queen why she was in poor spirits, and the queen only smiled bitterly: "Go to the queen mother and come back, when will you see me in good spirits." ”

Hongyan asked: "Did the Queen Mother mention those things again?" ”

The queen's heart turned upside down, and her face was very calm: "The queen mother is dedicated to the emperor, she is not wrong." ”

Hongyan can only persuade: "Niangniang relax, the important thing is to take care of the body, didn't you say, you have to live freely and happily, let's not take the Queen Mother's words to heart, anyway, I always say those few words, it's the same whether I listen to it or not." ”

"What you say makes people hear, and you are disrespectful to the Queen Mother, but you want to lose your head." The queen gently knocked on Hongyan's forehead.

"If you can make the mother feel relieved, the slave and maid are not afraid to lose their heads." Hongyan held the queen's hand with both hands and said with a smile, "The slave took off the armor for you, and it was heavy on your hand." ”

Hands touched, Hongyan sighed in her heart, why are Niangniang's hands always so cold, but the queen trembled because of Hongyan's warm palms, she looked down at the hands that were carefully taking off their armor for themselves, thinking that Hongli was also desperately trying to hold them in the palm of his hand, and suddenly his heart seemed to be torn. There have been so many women around the emperor, and it is the first time she has been so painful, is it just because Hongyan is the person next to her.

"The Emperor's Mother." I only heard a crisp and sweet call from her daughter, she ran in happily, pulled her red face and said, "E-niang, I'm okay today, the book that Mr. taught yesterday, I memorized it word for word today, saying that even the eldest brother, no, the eldest brother is not capable of me." ”

The queen would not show her displeasure in front of her daughter, and said with a smile: "It is appropriate to learn well, you should not be frivolous." If you want to say that the Mid-Autumn Festival didn't catch up with the gift to the imperial grandmother, and September is the Double Ninth Festival, what do you plan to give to the imperial grandmother? ”

The little princess couldn't help frowning and muttered: "I'm just relieved, why is it going to be a holiday again, there are countless festivals big and small throughout the year, do you have to prepare gifts every time, and the festival becomes boring?" ”

The queen was disgusted: "Every time the imperial grandmother rewards you, you don't see it." He instructed Hongyan to prepare pen and ink, took his daughter's hand to the table, and turned over the collection of longevity characters in the fonts of the line, seal, and other fonts, and asked her daughter to copy it into a post.

Hongyan saw that the mother and daughter were talking and laughing, so she withdrew to prepare refreshments, Qianya waited in front of the door and asked her how her mother was, Hongyan said a few words, Qianya sighed: "Sure enough, it is still the queen mother who is embarrassed by the mother-in-law, it is really strange to say, others look at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law as if they are mothers and daughters, but in fact, the queen mother always makes the mother uncomfortable, and the mother-in-law in this world has not been able to have a good one?" ”

"Say less." Hongyan pulled Qianya away, but she seemed to feel that someone was staring at this side, but this feeling often happened, she had never really seen anyone, so she still thought she was too cautious and didn't care.

In fact, there are indeed people staring at this side, after the emperor returned to the palace of nourishing the heart, he has not been able to calm down, the chief manager Wu saw him pacing around the hall, so he sent his subordinates to investigate the situation of the middle palace, at this time the emperor really couldn't hold back, called the chief manager Wu in and asked: "Is the queen okay?" ”

Manager Wu took the princess back, the mother and daughter seemed to be painting and writing, and the emperor was even more uneasy, just as after Yonglian's death, the queen restrained all her sorrows and took care of everything, he knew that An Yi was the most tolerant, but this kind of patience would drive her crazy sooner or later. And the red face ...... Hongyan is always in front of her eyes, can she really bear it?

"How the hell did it get out?" The emperor was almost angry with Mr. Wu, but Mr. Wu didn't want to carry the black cauldron, and immediately pushed the responsibility into the harem, saying, "Your Majesty, don't you know, the ladies care about the emperor's affairs all day long, and I wish to see your every move, and the red-faced girl looks so good, even if a person with a heart does not have a problem, he can arrange it really." ”

"Why didn't you notice it, why did you let the Queen Mother ...... first" But Hongli calmed down before he finished speaking, he was already thinking about Hongyan here, and in the eyes of Manager Wu, it was the most common thing, so since those rumors were true, it was normal for him not to pay attention, but he should be the one who spread the rumors, and deliberately wanted to let the Queen Mother know, so as to cause trouble. His heart tightened, as if he was talking to himself, "Could it be that the queen also knows?" ”

Manager Wu hurriedly said: "Qianya doesn't take care of things, Hongyan is in the middle of things, and the two of them will definitely not say anything to Niangniang." It is better to let the slave ask Wang Gui what he should know. ”

The emperor pondered for a long time, shook his head and said, "Don't make any more extraneous branches, if I want to know anything next, I will personally ask the queen." He glared at Chief Wu with a firm look, "You can also go and see who is stirring up trouble, and I will not allow anyone to hurt the queen." He frowned and said, "Where is Concubine Chun?" She has often been going to Ningshou Palace these days, and the Queen Mother also mentioned her today. ”

Chief Manager Wu agreed, seeing that the emperor had finally calmed down, he wanted to think about tricking Wang Gui's tone, but the emperor sat back in front of the table and said again: "You also pay attention to the red face, I don't want her to be innocently hurt, but I'm afraid that the queen mother may not be able to tolerate it, I have already hurt the queen, and I can't hurt her anymore." Sooner or later, this matter will pass, and the queen will not be able to bear it one day, and she will also send Hongyan away. ”

Manager Wu sighed in his heart, it's really hard for him to be a slave in this kind of thing, originally the entire palace is the emperor's, and the young palace maid can only belong to the emperor before she reaches the age of leaving the palace, this kind of thing is really the queen wants to open some, but it is nothing. It's just that the two masters are temperamental, and once something is more serious, they will all drill into a dead end.

In the days that followed, the palace was calm, Hongli kept the queen's agreement, and did not come to Changchun Palace again, but the sudden snub under such a hot atmosphere will also cause the suspicion of others, and there are many people in the six palaces who take this opportunity to invite the emperor to favor, but the emperor is pure-hearted, and does not turn over the meal card for several days, in addition to being able to go to Ningshou Palace to ask for a little more, Yifa does not even enter the harem.

And Mr. Wu went around to inquire about the source of the rumors, but to no avail for a while, and Wang Gui was also a loyal person, no matter how he talked, he didn't say half a word.

Seeing that it was the end of the month, Qianya and Hongyan, who were serving the queen closely, found that the letter had not arrived, and after reminding the queen, they hurriedly invited the imperial doctor to check, but the queen's stomach was empty, and this time it was rare to be punctual, I am afraid that it was because of the illness after the Mid-Autumn Festival and took some medicine.

The queen has nothing on her face, but Hongyan finds that the master will shed tears at night, sometimes the pillow is wet in the morning, and everything is normal during the day, and it never falls in the morning and dusk of Ningshou Palace.

The Double Ninth Festival is just around the corner, and the palace has booked a family banquet as early as the summer, although the queen is not in good spirits, but the affairs of the six palaces are still in hand. The people from the Internal Affairs Office came a few times, and made arrangements for which palace the family banquet should be placed, the menu, and the after-entertainment programs, etc., and everything in this harem was in order except for the emperor's sudden lack of desire to set foot in it.

On this day, the people in the sewing room came, Hongyan instructed them in the side hall how to change the dress of the mother, and Jing went to Ningshou Palace and did not return, the queen painted alone in front of the case, Wang Gui came in quietly, and said softly: "The mother wants the slave to find something, and I found it." ”

The tip of the queen's pen trembled, and the grass and trees in the mountains were carefully hooked, and a puddle of ink was pasted in the dark, she sighed, put down the brush and crumpled the paper, and Wang Gui stepped forward to put down a paper bag, and said timidly: "Niangniang...... I heard that this thing hurts, you ......"

"Go down, I know." The queen pinched the paper bag in her hand and asked Wang Gui again, "You haven't done anything, remember?" ”

Wang Gui is the person arranged by the Fucha family for the queen, from the Xi'er Institute to the palace, and then to the Forbidden City, rare loyalty, and the so-called loyalty, not only can be tight-lipped about everything in front of the emperor and the queen mother, but also to the people of the Fucha family, he will not say a word. The queen even thought in the past that it would be good if Wang Gui could fall off with Baozhen, but she later had a red face, and the red face was so good......

The queen sighed, her fingers tightened, her joints swollen and painful, only in this way could she calm down.

Wang Gui saw the queen's resolute attitude, so he could only retreat, but he vaguely heard the queen talking to herself, as if to say: "She must feel that I am sorry for her son, and she wants her son to be so considerate of me, and she will never let her look down on me in her heart for the rest of her life." ”

Wang Gui couldn't understand the words without a head and no brain, but there was one thing he figured out, the legend about Hongyan, judging from Mr. Wu's words, seemed to be true. If it was for this matter, Wang Gui was beating a drum in his heart, and he didn't know what the queen wanted him to do with that kind of thing.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the royal relatives in the clan entered the palace one after another to ask the queen mother for peace, and the queen mother was worried recently, so she was happy to have someone to talk about gossip and scatter her heart. The queen specially came to accompany her, and the queen mother saw her talking and laughing generously, obviously not bothered by that incident, and also felt that she was too careful, how can An Yi's good be a trivial thing that can be erased, and she is willing to treat each other sincerely, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law still look at each other like a mother and daughter.

Because the Fucha family is a relative of the queen, they are naturally invited to the palace, and the ladies and relatives will bring their children to greet the queen during the day, and when they sit around and talk, the third lady smiled and said: "I just saw the little uncle, and he was dressed up very energetically today, I asked him if he wanted to meet with the young lady of which house, and the smile of the people was all in it." Sisters-in-law should be careful, there is a happy event at home. ”

The eldest lady said: "Uncle Ma Qi died not long ago, and the family is afraid that there will be no happy events, but if my brother really has a sweetheart, he should have a family at his age." ”

The third lady was disdainful and said to the queen: "Niangniang, you said, in the matter of my uncle's room, our brothers should also follow Ding Wei and keep filial piety?" It's not like he doesn't have a son. ”

The queen looked at them in a daze, and she suddenly remembered that she had just acquiesced to Fu Heng not long ago and asked him to confess to Hongyan.