Hongyan looked at Xiao Qi beside him and said to Xiao Lingzi: "If anything happens, you protect the princess first, the twelfth elder brother is still a child after all, and I won't let him hurt me." ”

Xiao Lingzi was very worried: "Niangniang, something happened, and it is not easy for the slave to explain to the emperor." ”

Hongyan had other calculations in her heart, and still ordered Xiao Lingzi to take care of Xiao Qi, she took her daughter out of the door of Yikun Palace as if nothing happened, and sure enough, the little eunuch in front of the door pressed the sedan chair, and heard hurried footsteps coming towards Hongyan, it was the twelfth elder brother who jumped out from behind the stone lion in Yikun Palace, and forced Hongyan with something in his hand, crying in his mouth: "Slut, you hurt my mother." ”

Xiao Lingzi quickly took away the seventh princess, while Hongyan calmly watched the twelve elder brothers pounce on him, but how could the little eunuch on the side allow the twelve elder brothers to get close to the imperial concubine, and before he could run in front of him, he was subdued.

"Eniang, Eniang." Xiao Qi was frightened and struggled in Xiao Lingzi's arms, she was afraid that her mother would be hurt.

"Let go of me! Let me go! On the other side, the twelfth elder brother, who was also struggling, was crazy, and shouted even more, "I am the emperor's elder brother, my mother is the queen, you beasts, let me go." ”

Hongyan came to comfort her daughter first and told her not to be afraid, then she turned around and walked towards the Twelfth Elder Brother, the little eunuchs had already seized the murder weapon from him, and now there was no one to help him, he could not get a dagger like the Sixth Elder Brother did, but he broke a brush and stabbed Hongyan with that sharp tip.

"The pen is for writing, what are you going to do?" Hongyan looked down at the child on the ground, raised his hand and said, "Let go of the Twelfth Elder Brother." ”

But the palace people didn't dare to let go, saying that they were afraid that the twelfth elder brother would hurt Hongyan, Hongyan said: "He doesn't dare, you just give him back this thing, and he doesn't have the courage to assassinate me." ”

Yongxu slowly got up, although his hands were still tied, but he stood firm, his scarlet eyes were like a demon, and he said viciously to Hongyan: "Why don't I have the courage to kill you, I will break you into ten thousand pieces!" ”

Only a crisp slap interrupted the shouting of the twelfth elder brother, and soon another slap flashed, and the imperial concubine slapped the twelfth elder brother twice, and the thin skin and tender flesh of the prince showed five finger prints on his face, whether it was these five finger prints or that sound, everyone knew that the imperial concubine had slapped these two slaps with all her strength, and Hongyan's own hands were also shocked.

She hid her slightly trembling hand in her sleeve, looked at Yongxuan coldly and said, "I've been waiting for these two slaps for a long time." One slap is for myself, and the other is for your mother. Twelfth elder brother, you probably don't know yet, until now, your mother still hasn't told me anything, but in fact, I know everything about what sins you have done and what sins you have committed. But if your mother doesn't say it, I won't ask and won't come to pursue you, because she would rather give up her life to protect you, but his son is not grateful, and he is still struggling, and I can't make her sad anymore. ”

Yongxuan's momentum weakened instantly, and the bloodthirsty scarlet in his eyes seemed to fade, but Hongyan pressed up further, pulled up his collar, and said fiercely: "This time, for the sake of your mother's face, I will spare you, and next time, I will not tolerate it again." I knew you were hiding there before I even went out, how capable do you think you are? Yongxi, you remember, from now on, your every move will be under my nose, I will know what to say and take, eat and drink. I didn't want your E-Niang to be sad, but since your E-Niang has done everything you should have done, then from now on, your life and death will have nothing to do with her, and you deserve it when you die. If you want to seek revenge, just come! If you're not afraid of death, just come! ”

Yong Huang was trembling, his legs and stomach were already weak, if he hadn't been held hostage by the eunuchs, if he hadn't been grabbed by the collar by Hongyan, he would have fallen.

Xiao Qi hid in Xiao Lingzi's arms, clutching his clothes tightly, Xiao Lingzi whispered: "The princess is not afraid, the mother is fine." ”

"I'm not afraid." Xiao Qi said firmly, "E-niang is protecting me and my younger siblings, I know." ”

The twelfth elder brother cried, he was just a teenager, the resentment and resentment in his heart were vented, and he understood his situation, he really had nothing left, and he had this life left, either to live in peace, or to risk his life and fight with others. But he wants to live, he wants to live more than anyone else, he can't wait to cut off the relationship with his mother, he can't wait for himself to be just a prince of a palace girl, such a mother and such a princely title, he can't afford it.

The child cried, and finally collapsed to the ground, Hongyan didn't care about him anymore, turned around and hugged Xiao Qi, her daughter has grown up, Hongyan is quite difficult to hold, and Xiao Qi will no longer pester her mother to carry her, but today she only hooked Eniang's shoulders, until she sat in the sedan chair, she held Hongyan's cheek and kissed it, and said gently: "Eniang is not afraid, Xiaoqi protects you." ”

Hongyan's tense body relaxed, hugged her daughter in her arms and said, "E-Niang is not afraid, isn't E-Niang very powerful, scaring you?" ”

Xiao Qi said sweetly: "I really should let my younger brother take a look, knowing that Eniang is so powerful, Yongyan won't dare to misbehave." ”

Hongyan said: "My brother is about to go to the study, let's wait to see Huang Ama collect his bones, and my sister will hurt him more." ”

The mother and daughter went away in a sedan chair, and here Xiao Lingzi led people to guard the twelve elder brothers, he, like everyone else, was not allowed to enter the door of Yikun Palace, but Hongyan left a message that if the twelve elder brothers wanted to see their mother, let Xiao Lingzi lead them in. But Xiao Lingzi sent someone to ask the queen, and then said helplessly to Yongxuan: "Twelfth elder brother, the queen doesn't want to see you, the queen said...... Niangniang said, please treat yourself as if you have never been her own mother. ”

Yongxuan was heartbroken, seeing the door of Yikun Palace slamming shut, he couldn't go home again, his mother didn't want him anymore, he cried and banged on the palace door, provoking the surrounding concubines to come to see the excitement, and finally the twelve elder brothers were taken back to the elder brother's house, and naturally this matter spread in the palace. Yongxuan had the marks of being injured on his face, and somehow it spread out, and it became the imperial concubine who went to Yikun Palace to show off her power to the queen who had lost power, and even beat the prince.

The Queen Mother ordered someone to bring Yongxuan to look at it, her face was red and swollen, and the corners of her mouth were cracked a little, she sent someone to invite the emperor to come, pointed to the injury on Yongxuan's face and said: "This is the imperial concubine, and if you haven't been a serious master, you won't take other princes seriously." Hongli, aren't you afraid that one day she will kill your children? ”

Hongli instructed Chief Manager Wu to take Yongxuan down, and smiled at the Queen Mother: "Isn't it the wrist of the emperor's mother to kill all the emperor's heirs?" It's a pity that Hongyan is far inferior to you, otherwise you wouldn't have sat on the throne of the imperial concubine until today, and you wouldn't let the queen force her with a hairpin to die with her. But Huang Eniang, don't you really see that if the queen wants to die with Hongyan, she should first stab a hairpin into her throat, and then take her to dive with herself, then Hongyan will definitely die, as for the queen, she didn't want to live anymore. ”

The Queen Mother frowned, not understanding what her son was talking about.

Hongli said with his hand: "Why is the sixth elder brother injured, where does so much money in his house come from, I don't investigate, I don't investigate, I don't give an explanation to others, it doesn't mean that I really don't understand anything in my heart." Since the parties have chosen this way to solve some things, I am naturally willing to stand by and watch. Eniang, even if you can't see anything, don't you know your son? The queen has never been at fault, she has abided by her duties for many years, her temperament is gentle and indifferent, not compared with An Yi, just look at herself, such a good middle palace is decent enough at any time, I never thought about who to replace her. Even if this incident is embarrassing and makes me lose face in front of the courtiers, I don't have to abolish her, Huang Eniang, I just fulfilled the queen's wish. ”

"What is this called, why do I get more confused the more I listen to it?"

"Sometimes, it's better to be confused, not everything has to be clear, and I have a lot of things to say about Hongyan to avoid some truths. Hongyan has her way of survival based in the harem, as long as the world is peaceful, as long as she is well, no matter what she does or chooses, I will stand by her side. Hongli said to his mother, "Huang Eniang, Hongyan is far worse than you were back then, she has no courage to kill and decide, and for the harem, she only worked hard to get peace in the six palaces." But the only thing she can do better than you is that I care about her. ”

This sentence poked into the most sensitive and weak place of the Queen Mother, arousing all her resentment and pain, but her son knelt down and said: "Everything that is happening now, it's not that you can't understand it, it's that you are old, and even your son knows that many things are beyond his power, Eniang, you can't disobey the old." Huang Eniang, your son will be filial to you for a lifetime, and I beg you to let go of your red face and son. For so many years, this sentence has been said to you countless times, but over and over again, to this point, seeing the queen's mother and son become like this, the emperor's mother, are you still unwilling to admit defeat? ”

The Queen Mother had tears in her eyes, her face was pale, and her body trembled with anger because of her old age, and she slapped the table heavily, shaking Hongli's heart and her own heart, she shouted: "Come on, come on." ”

In front of the door, she always came in tremblingly, and when she saw the emperor kneeling on the ground, she also knelt down, but the queen mother asked her to come forward, grabbed her hand and stood up, trembling and going out of the door, without saying a word to the emperor.

Yongchang turned her head uneasily, and saw that the emperor was still kneeling there, she didn't know what to do, so she helped the queen mother out of the door, glanced at the palace maids below, and asked them to go to Yanxi Palace to invite the imperial concubine.