"In the case of poisoning Ningshou Palace, if the emperor wants to investigate the people of the Nala clan, the ministers will be able to find out all the clues, but the death of Emperor Shujia and Concubine Shujia is obviously different." Fu Heng said, "Please forgive the emperor for his incompetence, how the concubine of Emperor Shujia was poisoned, I have no clue for many days." Niangniang made too many enemies, she had contact with many people that day, and it was easy to interrogate the palace maids and eunuchs of Ningshou Palace, but if you want to investigate the affairs of Niangniang in the inner palace, the ministers are inconvenient, what to do after that, and ask the emperor to show you. ”

Hongli also understands that usually, such matters will be handed over to the middle palace or the concubines in power to assist in handling. But now the reliable people in the inner palace are waiting to give birth, the queen is taking care of her body, and Concubine Yu is busy with the affairs of the six palaces and taking care of the children, and she has long been flawless. The others are really unreliable, even if they are reluctant to hand it over to them, it is just a waste of time, and even Fu Heng can't find out about it, it is really difficult.

"She is arrogant and domineering in front of her, and she is rampant and domineering in the palace, whether it is a concubine or a eunuch and palace maid, she has been bullied." Hongli smiled bitterly, "She does have too many enemies, if you have to follow this clue, anyone may kill her." ”

"Please give the emperor some more time." Fu Heng bowed and said, "If the emperor wants to give the fourth elder brother an explanation, the ministers must do their best." ”

Hongli waved his hand: "The affairs of the inner palace should not have bothered you, but I am the only one who can be trusted, and the affairs of this family can be entrusted to you with confidence, and given to others, and it is a joke to see me when I turn my back." He sighed again, "The fourth elder brother is a sensible child, he knows that I am helpless, and so far I have not come to pester me to seek justice for their mother, the more so, the more I feel guilty." ”

Fu Heng was silent, the emperor thought about it again and again, and ordered: "After three days, I will give me clear evidence, whether to ask Nabul whether to blame, I want to see if the queen is involved." Although the current middle palace is not as good as your sister, there is nothing wrong with it, if she is good, it is only her people who have bad intentions, and I will drive them out of the court, but fortunately, the emperor has not had an accident. ”

Before Fu Heng retreated, he wondered if the people of the Nala clan would turn the spearhead to Hongyan again, so he said to the emperor: "The minister has a few words, and he has the courage to make a statement to the emperor." ”

Hongli smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Fu Heng said with a serious expression: "The elder brothers are growing up day by day, and the middle palace has added a concubine, even if the late concubine of Emperor Shujia has lost power, the ministers will still plan for the future of the court and the future of the princes." The minister dared to ask the emperor to start paying attention to such a thing, and the poisoning case of Ningshou Palace was a warning. ”

It is impossible for him to say to the emperor in person, please protect Hongyan, if the emperor can understand something, it can be seen that he is sincere to Hongyan, but if he has heard it, he still does his own thing like before, Fu Heng can only rely on his own strength to build a wall for Hongyan and her future children to resist the wind and rain.

The emperor really thought, in fact, he has begun to pay attention these days, in the years after the loss of Anyi, he treated the harem more willful than before, and even did not hesitate to turn his face with his mother, but this incident made him vigilant, if he was alone in the red face room, and gave her anything good, it would not be a blessing but a curse.

The child in Hongyan's womb, if he is a prince, if he is a smart and capable prince, with his own care about Hongyan, the child's future is unlimited, but there is a concubine in the middle palace, even if the people of the Nala clan are driven out of the court by themselves, there will be other people who want to influence the position of the prince, and when the time comes, Hongyan and the child will be the thorn in their side.

"I see." The emperor sank his heart and still instructed Fu Heng, "Nabul and his people, I will hand it over to you." ”

Let's say that Concubine Xin got the scriptures sent by the pure concubine from the sixth elder brother, she turned a few pages casually and it was not unusual, so she still wrapped it as it was and let Huiyun put it away, and then watched quietly for two days, although she knew that the Xianfu Palace had strengthened the guards, but no one seemed to notice that the sixth elder brother had quietly gone to see his mother, Huiyun persuaded his master not to get involved in this kind of thing, Xin Concubine also had some scruples, thinking that it would be better to stay away from the sixth elder brother in the future, and he would wait for so long in the icy and snowy garden, and he was afraid and cold, She never wanted to have that experience again.

However, even if Concubine Xin reflected, because the sixth elder brother punished his slave to kneel in the snow, some people still saw such a thing and spread it, and even said that when she saw Concubine Xin walking around, the queen mother specially called her over to reprimand, saying that she was young and her brothers were old, and she must know the proportions, thirteen or fourteen-year-old children can already get into trouble, if she has any unclear lawsuits, the queen mother will not be able to protect her.

Concubine Xin left Ningshou Palace in a huff, although it was commonplace to be reprimanded by the Queen Mother, she still felt guilty in her heart, who didn't want to live decently.

Huiyun said: "Don't take it to heart, master, compared to Concubine Ling, we are better." I heard that the Queen Mother has done everything to Concubine Ling, and she almost had to be tortured, but we just asked the Queen Mother to say a few words. ”

Concubine Xin said: "If I had been careful, I would have been tortured to death by her." The sixth elder brother is really pitiful, what if he is thirteen or fourteen years old, he is just a child, but his grandmother and father don't care about him, and a prince is not as good as a child of a common people's family. She smiled wryly, "But what about myself, I still pity others with self-righteousness." ”

When the master and servant walked back to Chengqian Palace, they met Princess Fo'er to go to Zhongcui Palace, the palace maid behind her with a food box, at a glance, she knew that she was going to send food to Brother Eleven and Fukangan, the distance between the two places, Fo'er could pretend not to see Concubine Xin, and go directly to Zhongcui Palace, but she politely took the palace maid to come to Concubine Xin, and said respectfully: "Concubine Xin Niangniang is auspicious." ”

Concubine Xin was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "The princess is going to Zhongcui Palace?" Why did you come to see me, it's cold, you should hurry up. ”

Buddha smiled kindly: "Since I have seen Niangniang, how can I not come and say hello, Niangniang is an elder, this is what I should do." ”

Until the princess left again, Concubine Xin still had a polite smile on her face, although it was just polite, but the corners of her mouth would indeed make her mood better, she said to Huiyun: "The same child of the pure concubine, the sixth elder brother is far less than his sister." She suddenly remembered that when they parted that day, the sixth elder brother not only gave her a scripture book, but also brought the words of the pure concubine, saying that she must be a mother who loves her children so that the emperor will like it.

After Concubine Xin entered the door, she mentioned this sentence to Huiyun, and Huiyun said: "I heard that when Wan Sui Ye was a child, he was raised in the palace with Kangxi Ye and his mothers, maybe in his heart, whether it is his own mother or the mothers who are his mothers, he is very fond of the existence of his mother." Look at Concubine Chun, didn't she fall out of favor completely by throwing Princess Fo'er to the ground? ”

Concubine Xin thought blankly: "Then what should I do?" The emperor seems to prefer to be with Ying Concubine more than me, he really doesn't like me. ”

This night, the capital is snowing again, the snow in the spring is endless, so that people can not see new hope, and then the snow is cold, the house can not get rid of the charcoal burning days, the palace is full of white miserable pieces, the little palace maid in the red room folded the spring flower branches for her, and there is no budding and sprouting, everyone is lamenting that this spring is late.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of February, Hongyan learned from Ruyin that the emperor had nothing to do with the queen because of the Ningshou Palace case, so he put it on hold for the time being, and the cause of Concubine Jiagui's death was still being investigated, but even Fu Heng had no clue. On that day, the emperor rarely came to Jingyang Palace, saying that he was going to see the eighth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother was called in the middle of the middle to say something, I don't know what he promised their brothers, and even Concubine Yu didn't know.

But Concubine Yu said that Yongqi had asked the fourth elder brother why he no longer asked the emperor to seek justice for Concubine Jia. The fourth elder brother said that if Huang Ama had an explanation, he would naturally say that the sixth elder brother had a very unsatisfactory life in order to entangle the affairs of the pure concubine for so many years, and they all saw it in their eyes. Speaking of a mother's compatriots, he is the eldest brother of Yongxuan and Yongxuan, Eniang is gone, his eldest brother wants to protect his younger brother, if he is disliked by his father in order to ask for an explanation, his younger brothers will have a bad time in the future. Now that the eighth and eleventh can follow Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu, he can leave the palace with confidence.

When Concubine Yu said these words, her eyes were filled with tears, and she sighed that when the fourth elder brother was a child, he was stupid and greedy, and even now he is not necessarily very shrewd, but he knows what he should do in his heart, and he is also an elder brother, but the third elder brother has abandoned his mother and his younger brother, and he has no brotherhood. Concubine Chun is full of poems and books to teach such a child, Concubine Jia doesn't know a lot of words, but the son she gave birth to is so good.

Hongyan can only be appeased: "The sisters raise Yongxuan Yongxuan, the children will not be bullied, the marriage of the fourth elder brother is the wish of Concubine Jia, let's do it for the children in a beautiful manner, he will go out to open a government and build a mansion, and he will not let the ministers make fun of him." ”

Concubine Yu looked at the gloomy sky outside the window and said: "I hope the wind and snow will pass sooner, and it would be good to see the sun in March. ”

When she left Yanxi Palace, she met two imperial doctors who went to Chengqian Palace, Hongyan was not so attentive to the princess when she was waiting for childbirth, but in Chengqian Palace, she announced the imperial doctor for the little princess for three days, Concubine Yu asked a few words casually, and the imperial doctors hinted that the little princess was congenitally weak, and Concubine Yu was worried in her heart, afraid that the child would not be able to support Concubine Xin.

At the beginning of March, the marriage of the fourth elder brother was put on the agenda, Concubine Yu always had something to discuss with Hongyan, this day after eating suddenly remembered one thing, so I took a walk to eliminate food, and went to Yanxi Palace to find Hongyan, when I walked through Zhongcui Palace, I saw a figure going to the direction of the imperial garden, she stopped and looked, Bai Li said on the side: "The master doesn't know yet, the slave maid also heard about it this afternoon, these days Concubine Xin Niangniang doesn't know what to do, she walks around in the harem every night, and she bumped into the guards the day before yesterday." ”