Hongyan's wish? The concubine shook her head slightly, "In my opinion, Hongyan will never mention anything about whether she is a queen or not, whether it is when the queen is alive or now, that child will not mention such a thing." ”

"That's what Grandmother said." Hongli said, "But I know that in her heart, the queen is irreplaceable, not only for her red face, but also for me." ”

Concubine Wen Hui asked: "What does the emperor mean, no matter how good her face is, she is not qualified to become the queen?" ”

Hongli bowed: "It's not that I am not qualified to be so ruthless and strict, for me, there will always be only An Yi who has a wife, and the stepfamily is the steproom after all, it is just the title of the wife, and it is no longer the affection between me and An Yi, and now the queen is just a title, and it may be the most noble position for the concubines, and it is a dignified wife, but it doesn't matter in my heart." Such an indifferent title, why should it be imposed on Hongyan, she has no desire for it. And Hongyan is a woman of the Han family, there has not been a Han queen in the Qing Dynasty, she will bear a lot of criticism, and in the face of a lot of pressure, she does not have the support of the prosperous family, and this heavy phoenix crown will crush her. ”

The concubine looked out of the door, I don't know if Hongyan has come back, but the concubine hopes that Hongyan can hear the emperor's heartfelt words, and she said: "I thought that when the queen died, the emperor would leave Hongyan down because he was too sad." Naturally, I was too worried, thinking about all the things back then, maybe the emperor felt ashamed of the queen, and because of this, he became angry. Hearing the emperor say these words today, I am relieved. ”

"Let the imperial grandmother worry about it, and please also ask the imperial grandmother to mourn." Hongli said, "Mama Hua said to me, the queen mother also thought that I would be angry because of this, it seems that the emperor does not think too much, the imperial grandmother is still so worried, and there are probably more people outside who see it like this." ”

The concubine said: "After all, everyone saw those things in the past, and everyone knew that Hongyan was the person next to the queen." Wives and concubines are different, the queen is gone, who doesn't want to compete for the position of the main room, and Hongyan must be their biggest competitor. ”

Hongli smiled nonchalantly: "But I look at An Yi and Hongyan, there is no difference between a wife and a concubine, peace with me is the meaning of life, Hongyan has never been a concubine in my eyes, I have never had a wife and concubine for them, but they are in different positions." My feelings for Hongyan have nothing to do with the queen in the first place, and it is a high-sounding excuse to enjoy the blessings of all people, but I know it in my heart. If An Yi is gone, and I am angry and cold to Hongyan, then everything in the past will not become a joke, not only a joke of Hongyan, but also An Yi's sorrow. It's not that I want to continue to treat her well because of this, this is originally different, even An Yi can't affect my affection for Hongyan, but it's just how it was in the past and how it is now. ”

The concubine said with relief: "It is a blessing for the people of the Qing Dynasty to cheer up the emperor, and he will not live up to the queen's lifelong companionship." Hongyan, this child stumbles, but it is also a blessed appearance, I hope she will live up to the emperor's affection and be by your side for a long time. ”

Hongli bowed and said: "My grandson also hopes that the emperor's grandmother will live a long and healthy life." ”

Hongyan went to make tea, but she didn't come back for a long time, Hongli couldn't wait for her to drink a bowl of tea, and wanted to rush back to the Yangxin Palace to see the minister, only to see Hongyan holding a tea tray when he went out. He stood in front of the door with his hands in his hands, Hongyan was carefully holding the tea tray, and when he looked up and saw the emperor, he unconsciously showed a smile, this smile warmed Hongli's heart, and when Hongyan came to the front, he was disgusted: "A cup of tea has been made for so long, is there any sincerity for me to drink?" ”

Hongyan actually said: "It's not that the emperor hasn't drunk the tea of his concubines, you want to talk to the concubine for a while, so you send the concubines to make tea." ”

Hongli smiled helplessly, he didn't remember how to laugh for most of the month, but today's Queen Sanqi, although he was still sad in his heart, but just like when he walked out of Ningshou Palace that day, he hoped that there would be a sunny sky over the Forbidden City, and today his desire to live a good life in the future has become stronger. It's not that I'm so sad that I'm slumped, it's the best mourning for my deceased wife, tears and crying are just catharsis of personal emotions, the emperor's mourning for my deceased wife doesn't need the world to affirm, naturally he has already exceeded the imagination of the world.

As for Hongyan, Fang just said something to the concubine, which made Hongli also re-examine himself, and when he went out, he saw Hongyan's inappropriate smile in the eyes of others, but Hongli knew that she would laugh because she was happy to see herself, and it was only for herself.

"Why doesn't the emperor speak?" Hongyan saw Hongli staring at her, as if she wanted to see through her, so she said, "If the emperor doesn't drink tea, hurry up and drive it, and the concubine will cook tea for you another day, and this year's new tea will ......."

Of course, Hongyan will still think of sad things, it's been April for a while, and it seems that she has been shedding tears in retrospect, who still has the heart to drink new tea.

"I'm going back to the Heart Nourishing Palace, and I'm going to Yanxi Palace to drink tea." Hongli said gently, "You accompany the imperial grandmother to talk, but don't wait too long, don't forget that the Fu Heng family's Fujin is waiting for you in Yanxi Palace." ”

Hongyan responded, watched the emperor leave, and when she retracted her gaze, she saw Concubine Yu under the eaves opposite, her heart tightened and she didn't see it, and turned around and returned to Concubine Wen Hui.

And when the concubine asked Hongyan why she had been making tea for so long, Hongyan's answer was different, and she said helplessly: "Concubine Yu talked to the concubine in the pantry, saying that it was for the queen's funeral, and there were a few things that were not done properly with the prince, and she was blamed and punished by the emperor. ”

The concubine sighed: "She's not afraid that you have something to do with Hongyang now?" This person is really upside down, and he is still like this at this age. So she told Hongyan not to come to Shoukang Palace often, she would send someone to find Hongyan if she had something, so as not to look up and see her when she came here, and cause trouble. Knowing that Ruyin was waiting in Yanxi Palace, the concubine urged her to go back early.

When Hongyan returned to Yanxi Palace, she faintly heard the laughter of the Buddha, and when she entered the door, she saw Ruyin playing with the Buddha, and the nurse said cautiously on the side: "Fujin don't tease the princess, no one dares to laugh at this time, if we are giggling in Yanxi Palace, it will be difficult for the mother to do it." ”

Ruyin looked up and saw Hongyan coming back, and praised: "The people around my sister are really caring, but Fo'er is happy and wants to laugh, what does a child know." ”

Hongyan praised the nurse for her caution and asked her to take the child away, naturally she would not blame Ruyin, and even said to herself: "Although I am still sad, but in the end so many days have passed, how can I cry for a lifetime, when the mother leaves, I want to live, and those of us who are alive should live well." ”

The sisters talked about intimate words, Ruyin told Hongyan all about Fu Heng, and heard that Fu Heng was sitting in the courtyard in the middle of the night crying, and the tip of Hongyan's nose was sour, and said to Ruyin: "Fortunately, there are still you by the side of adults." ”

After talking about Hongyan's entrustment to Ruyin, he called Qianya to him, hoping that Ruyin would arrange a place for Qianya. The palace maid can leave the palace when she is twenty-five years old, Qianya is a few years older than Hongyan, and now it is just right, but she has been in the palace for many years, and she doesn't know how to do it at home now, it is easy to send it out, but Hongyan hopes that Qianya can live well.

This matter is not difficult for Ruyin, but Qianya Xie En stepped back, and Ruyin said: "I thought that Qianya would ask for an order to take care of Hejing, after all, she is also a person who watched Hejing grow up, but Hejing didn't mention it there, forget it." ”

Hongyan knows Qianya's thoughts, she is not disloyal to the queen, nor is she ruthless to the princess, but everyone has their own ambitions, she has been looking forward to leaving the palace to regain her freedom from the first day she stepped into the palace gate, and now Hejing is not short of people to take care of her, but so can fulfill Qianya's wish, which is also the future that Wei Hongyan hoped for.

Speaking of Hejing, Ruyin said that she visited the princess's mansion yesterday, although she is still a person immersed in sadness, but her body is better than before, and there is hope that this child can be saved, presumably the queen's spirit in the sky, protecting her daughter.

Hongyan was helpless that she couldn't go out of the palace to take care of Hejing, originally the queen mother wanted to take her granddaughter into the palace, but Hejing was afraid that Eji would be lonely outside, so she insisted on going back to the princess's mansion to have a baby, but fortunately, there were people from the Fucha family who took care of her diligently, and Prince Baylor's Fujin often visited her, so that the door would not be cold.

Ruyin said again: "I met the second master's family in the princess's mansion yesterday, the second sister-in-law and I talked to me, she is much better, but tomorrow the family will leave Beijing, it can be seen that they are still very concerned about those things." ”

Hongyan thought of the entanglement between Concubine Xian and Second Master Fu, thinking back to the days when the Six Palaces were mourning, Concubine Xian occasionally came forward to preside over some things, steady and proper, leaving aside the matter of Second Master Fu, Concubine Xian is really a good person. Or maybe because the emperor's feelings for Xian Guifei were lukewarm and polite, and Xian Guifei's own heart was elsewhere, so Hongyan, who should have been on the opposite side, had no hostility towards her.

She smiled: "People are selfish in the end, and I am the same." ”

And Ruyin said: "I heard the second master and Fu Heng say that the Fucha family has lost such a big pillar as the queen, and for the sake of the family's future, it is necessary to rearrange everything." ”

Hongyan said: "This is how it should be, anyone will do it." ”

But Ruyin said: "They also mentioned that the seventh elder brother's illness came strangely, although it is a little late to investigate now, but even if it is found early, the seventh elder brother will not be able to come back, and it may not be able to save the life of the queen mother, but it must be investigated, and the wrong person cannot be supported." ”

"Support?" Hongyan frowned slightly, she understood that the Fucha family was going to "choose" the prince for the emperor.

Ruyin said: "I only heard that although the palace maid Liyun next to Concubine Jia died of malaria, before she was a child, she had dealings with people outside the palace, and there was one more thing, in the palace maid who died in the queen mother's palace, someone also died of smallpox." ”