Hearing that the queen was looking for herself, Hongyan panicked, what is wrong with her now, the person who dared to say and do in the past, is she afraid to even see her master now? But what is she afraid of, afraid that she will be misunderstood and seduce the emperor, or is she afraid that her mother will be sad?

The dormitory was quiet, and when Hongyan came, Qianya and the two little palace maids had just retreated, and the figure of the prince was no longer visible, and Qianya's face was not abnormal, she only smiled: "Come in, Niangniang is waiting." ”

Hongyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't dare to be careless, she rubbed her cheeks and came to the door, but saw that under the queen's bed, a thick bed was laid on the floor, and the queen was sitting on the edge of the couch, smiling faintly: "After eating wine and drinking a lot of sobering soup, I'm afraid that I will get up at night, so you can sleep on the side with me today?" ”

The queen is still the queen of the past, Hongyan actually wanted to cry a little, but she also learned to restrain her feelings, and even instinctively learned to put on a peaceful smile, nodded and said: "The slave maid will wait for the mother to lie down first." ”

"The tent is halfway open, and the weather is not really cold, and I am so bored that I panic." The queen lay down, while asking if He Jing had slept peacefully, and when she heard that her daughter was asleep, she smiled, "She has been behaving around me these days, but she is more tired than playing unrestrained before, and she sleeps earlier at night." ”

Hongyan finally relaxed a little, and responded as usual: "The princess is really cute, she was still talking to the slave maid a moment ago, and she fell asleep in the blink of an eye, and she didn't wait for others to respond." ”

"What did she say to you?" The queen smiled, signaled Hongyan to blow out the candle and lie down, watching the hall darken, only the candle in front of the door was still on, and she vaguely saw the delicate figure shaking, and soon Hongyan also lay down.

Niangniang didn't continue to ask, Hongyan didn't know whether she should answer or not, for fear that the queen would fall asleep in a blink of an eye like the princess, she listened carefully to the breathing on the couch, but she didn't feel sleepy.

I don't know how long it took, there was no movement on the queen's side, the moonlight under the window was getting longer and longer, Hongyan looked at the cool moonlight, thinking that the queen should be asleep, she closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep well, and the person on the couch suddenly asked: "Hongyan, are you sleeping?" ”

Hongyan got up with a bone, but the queen said: "You lie down, let's just talk." ”

"Yes." Hongyan could only respond, and lay down again.

"You haven't answered me yet, what did you say to you?" Queen's Road.

"The slave thinks the mother is asleep." Hongyan explained, and then said the princess's babbling words, and after pausing for a moment to remember something, she continued, "The princess said that if the slave maid is willing to stay in the palace with the mother for the rest of her life, the slave maid can do whatever she wants. ”

"Then what do you plan to do with me for the rest of your life?" The queen asked again.

The room was quiet for a moment, Hongyan's hesitation was already the answer, and the queen preferred her reality to the disappointing answer, and the impulsive promises made with enthusiasm were often just momentary emotions, and the momentum had passed, and she either forgot it, or felt that it was inappropriate to pretend to forget. The master of their family is this person, even if he has never failed to live up to him, but in front of other women, how many wishes he makes, I am afraid that even he himself can't count it.

"Niangniang...... "Hongyan's voice is like a mosquito, "Can the slave tell the truth?" ”

"When will you be in front of me and tell the truth?" The queen's voice was so gentle.

"There is only one daughter in the family." Hongyan said tremblingly, "The slave maid still wants to leave the palace to serve the second elder in the future, but if she ......"

"What if?" The queen had already seen through her thoughts, and seemed to turn over and said, "If Niang Niang has to keep you, you will not refuse, and you will serve me wholeheartedly for the rest of your life, right?" ”

"Yes." This sentence responded without hesitation, Hongyan said sincerely, "Niangniang is good to Hongyan, Hongyan is willing to repay her with a lifetime, but her wish is another matter, and the slave and maid are comfortable when they say it." ”

"That's really good, it's still my red face." The queen didn't know what she was feeling, and said, "I'm sleepy, I'll talk about it tomorrow, and you can rest earlier." ”

The palace regained its tranquility, and no one knew what Wang Gui had just told the queen, but every word was like a sharp cone piercing the queen's heart, and at this moment, there was a ticking sound like a grandfather clock in the outer room, as if the queen's heart was dripping with blood, and the momentary feeling of suffocation was still there, but somehow, the queen didn't believe that Hongyan would seduce Hongli, if it was Hongli who was moved by Hongyan, she believed it.

It's just that now everything is rumors and speculation, Hongyan has always followed her well, and there are almost no times when she can't see her, and those moments and moments when she goes out on errands are not enough to create ridiculous things, and if she takes 10,000 steps back, the queen would rather believe that Hongyan will never betray her.

The ticking sound of the table clock, I don't know how many times it turned, even Hongyan watched the moonlight gradually blur, but the queen was not half sleepy, she suddenly sat up, looking at the figure on the ground under the moonlight, Hongyan was wrapped in a thin quilt, and rolled herself tightly.

"Niangniang, it is said that since the garden, Hongyan took the opportunity to go out on errands, often waiting for the emperor to speak on the side of the road, sometimes standing on the road to meet, sometimes hiding in the flowers, every time the two separated, Hongyan was smiling, and the emperor was also full of red light. It is said that it is a red face, and he has done something sorry for the master behind his back, and there are many people who have bumped into him outside, and there seem to be rumors between several mothers. Even...... Ningshou Palace also knows one or two......"

Wang Gui's words lingered in his ears, and even the queen remembered the fragrance of osmanthus brought back by Hongyan before leaving the Old Summer Palace.

However, Wang Gui said that the queen did not know anything, Hongyan did often meet the emperor on the road, but whether she met the emperor or Fu Heng, or even said a few more words to the palace maid, Hongyan would come back and tell herself. In the queen's original opinion, there was nothing wrong with the emperor meeting her in a bright and bright way, and every time she said it, she asked herself if it was okay.

Why has it become a red face to seduce the emperor now?

Fu Heng! The queen suddenly had a stirring spirit, and blamed herself deeply: It's me who is not good, I should have let Fu Heng and Hongyan explain it a long time ago, and if I gave Hongyan to Fu Heng early, nothing would happen......

How many women are around the emperor, Jia Concubine is so disdainful to seduce Hongli, at that time, Sifujin still had peace and respect in his belly, Mo said that he has disdained it now, and it was the elders who coaxed her with Hongli a few words, and it was fine. In the past two years, there have also been palace maids who have been fortunate enough to be officials, and women have promised and been there, but the queen has never looked at it once, is it because Hongyan is a person around her that she cares so much?

She stared at the people on the ground, if everything was true for her, the most regrettable thing was that there was one less confidant, she didn't seem to treat Hongyan as a slave from a very early age, but really treated her as a sister, since she hoped that she would be her brother and sister in the future, she didn't plan to be Hongyan by her side for a lifetime, but I was afraid that she really couldn't follow her for a lifetime now, and she also wanted to become a "sister" in that sense. But everything is not yet confirmed, she doesn't want to mess up herself.

Hongyan vaguely felt that there was movement, opened her eyes vigilantly, turned around and saw the figure of the queen sitting, her heart jumped, and she hurriedly got up and asked, "Niangniang, are you going to get up at night?" ”

But the queen didn't move, she was a little panicked, went to light a candle and approached the bed, the candlelight illuminated the queen's face, on the beautiful face, the thin tear stains made people feel heartbroken, Hongyan bent her knees to support the queen's side, and asked distressedly: "Niangniang, why are you crying?" ”

The queen suddenly woke up, and saw the beautiful face under the candlelight, but every inch of expression between her eyes and eyebrows was caring about herself, in less than a year, the relationship between their master and servant was better than that of others for more than ten years and decades, but now it may be ...... The queen raised her hand to touch her cheek, it turned out that she was crying?

"I miss Yonglian." The queen gave herself the perfect excuse and shed tears unscrupulously, "Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, he was still coquettish in my arms, and now I will never see him again." ”

"Mother." Hongyan didn't wait to coax her master, she was already teary-eyed, as if the queen had also given her the best excuse to vent her fears and grievances in the past two days.

The queen unconsciously reached out to hold her red face, touched the wet tears on her chin, and asked with tears: "What are you crying about?" ”

Hongyan sobbed a few times: "The slave feels sorry for the mother, don't cry, when the mother cries, Hongyan wants to cry too." ”

"Feel sorry for me?"

"Hmm!" Hongyan was so sad that she had to cover her mouth, for fear that she would really cry. But half of her felt sorry for the queen, and the other half was afraid that those rumors would hurt herself and hurt the queen.

"I'm afraid I'll never see it again...... You are such a sincere person to me. The queen choked up, tears blurred her vision, and she really couldn't see her red face clearly.

However, the queen fell ill the next day.

Hongli heard that the queen was sick early in Xianfu Palace, and Concubine Chun waited for her to wear court clothes without saying a word, but she was not very happy in her heart, as if because the emperor was with her last night, the queen was uncomfortable.

Hongli naturally didn't think so, I heard that the queen was sick, he didn't have much thought in the court, and went straight to the Changchun Palace after dispersing the court, and shouted to the imperial doctor who had already retired, and asked about the queen's condition in the outer hall, and the queen leaned on the soft pillow inside to listen, the emperor's words were all about himself, he was sincere, and the queen knew. But his sincerity has never really remained intact in himself, and others have no choice, even the rare confidants around him......

The queen closed her eyes and reminded herself that nothing had happened yet, and that she could not think about it first.

The emperor came in to ask for warmth, there was only the queen in his eyes, Hongyan was a little nervous at first, but then he saw that the emperor didn't see him at all, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, after all, for Hongyan, she just listened to a few words of gossip from the little eunuch, the emperor has always been the same as before, and she was the first to mess up.

In this way, the rumored awkward master and servant trio got along harmoniously day after day.

If the concubines next to him are sick, in order to avoid hurting the dragon body, the emperor will wait for them to get better before stepping into the palace, but the queen is sick, Hongli has no scruples, and he will move the affairs of the court to Changchun Palace, and accompany him on the sickbed when he is free, even if he and Hejing make the queen angry, as long as he sees her face, Hongli will be at ease.

Within three or five days, the emperor was in Changchun Palace with Hongyan and others every day, and the queen herself saw that there was no ambiguous correspondence between them, Hongyan was the most honest, and Hongli only treated her as a Qianya. As her body gradually recovered, the queen also persuaded herself to feel at ease, and sure enough, it was just a few rumors, beautiful faces, and sinister people, so she looked at her with dirty eyes.

But in the past few days, the queen has not been able to leave the palace gate while she is sick, and the emperor has never left her side to take care of her, and the other concubines have never seen the emperor again. Under the lonely and empty heart, it is inevitable that there will be resentment, so I can't see it and start speculating wildly, since it has long been said that there are women other than the queen in the Changchun Palace hooking the emperor, and now I look at it, it is more like there is such a thing.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of August, the queen's phoenix body recovered. On this day, she was dressed up neatly, and she wanted to go to Ningshou Palace to say goodbye, the road from Changchun Palace to Ningshou Palace was very long, the queen did not go out for a few days, and she had the heart to walk down to earth, because the road was long, she simply asked Fu Heng, who came to greet her, to come in and accompany her.

Fu Heng is no longer on an errand in the inner palace now, and he has passed the age of a weak crown, so he can no longer enter and leave the palace as before, it is rare to enter the palace to see his sister once, and it is even more rare to see Hongyan once, but today he rushed to walk with the queen, and seeing that Hongyan was not accompanied by his side, he couldn't hide the loss on his face.

The queen saw it in her eyes and said with a smile: "She is easy-going and respectful in the study, and now she has read a few books, and she is becoming more and more stable." ”

Fu Heng bowed his head and said, "What Niangniang said is true." ”

The queen looked him up and down, amazed at the rapid growth of his younger brother in the past year, no longer a young man with a frizzy face on his face, but really grew into a man who stood up to the sky.

"My sister is fine, you go back and tell your family, don't worry about me." The queen walked forward slowly, raised her hand and motioned for Qianya and the others to take a few steps back, while letting Fu Heng follow her, and said, "Come today, there is something for you to do." ”

Fu Heng responded: "Niangniang just commands." ”

The queen smiled: "I asked Hongyan before, what kind of woman is worthy of you, she said straight that she is not worthy, she wants the most beautiful woman in the world." She turned her head and saw the uneasiness in her brother's eyes, and smiled, "This is panicking?" ”

Fu Heng pressed and shook his head: "The red face is very beautiful, how can you not be worthy?" ”

"At least in her heart, she understands that she is from a humble background and is not enough to match." The queen stopped and said to her younger brother, "In this way, it is not really reluctant, but just sensible. But you can't let her continue to feel inferior, Fu Heng, you have your own ideas to tell Hongyan your intentions, you are all here, my sister will ask the emperor for a decree, and immediately point Hongyan to you. Now that you are in and out of the court, you must have someone in the family who knows the cold and the heat. ”

Fu Heng's heart was full of joy, but she didn't know what to say, the queen saw that her brother was so happy, but she felt a little guilty for her selfishness, and she didn't let go, but now she suddenly nodded, it was all her selfishness.

The sisters and brothers said goodbye, when the queen arrived at Ningshou Palace, the emperor arrived first, and made an appointment to say peace to the emperor's mother, at this time Mama Hua was outside, the queen was in a very good mood, so she said: "Mama, don't report, wait for me to go in quietly, and call Eniang a surprise." ”