Chief Manager Wu promised one by one, and the emperor was going to rest with his clothes closed, but he didn't forget to ask: "You calculate, I will go in the next few days, but when you have free time, you don't want to go with you at dawn, rest, and tell me when I return to the palace." ”

With the emperor leaving the palace to pay tribute to the heaven and earth, the sun rose on the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Qianlong, the Forbidden City went through the whole night of liveliness, did not see the slightest fatigue, in addition to the old and welcome the new, everyone is full of spirit to welcome the new year, looking forward to the new year and new atmosphere, looking forward to the next year's peace and wealth.

The emperor has not yet returned, and the queen and the concubines of the six palaces went to Ningshou Palace early to pay New Year's greetings. The Queen Mother saw that the harem was neat and tidy, and she was happy in her heart, and after some blessings and advice, she said: "The spring is open to the draft, and there is really a new atmosphere in the palace this year." After the newcomers come, you should promote and guide them more, and ask for nothing else, but ask them to serve the emperor well and spread the branches for the royal family. ”

On the first day of the first month of the Chinese New Year, the Queen Mother said something like this, she will have more daughters-in-law and more people to give her grandchildren, naturally she is so happy that she can't hide it, but who will be happy about it Last year, it was rumored that the Queen Mother and the Queen were not in harmony, and everyone knew in their hearts that whoever met such a mother-in-law could not get along well.

When the queen mother distributed the reward, she said to the queen: "I just heard that your second brother's house has added another ding, it's really a blessing, I will reward your sister-in-law with some things here, and the queen will collect them for me and send them together, they are far away in the Orkun River, and it is not easy." ”

When the Queen Mother said these words, Concubine Xian, who had never known where she was, came back to her senses and looked at them intently. And the pure concubine sitting opposite, just saw this scene in her eyes, the light circulating in Concubine Xian's eyes made her feel interesting, just said that there were new people in the palace and so on and everyone had something to do with it, I didn't see Concubine Xian move any mind, what attracted her curiosity as early as in the palace, when she gave birth to the third elder brother, she felt that the side Fujin at that time was different from others, so many years have passed, she is still like that.

After that, the six palaces dispersed, leaving only the queen to wait for the emperor to return, and then the emperor and queen went to Shoukang Palace to ask the concubines for peace, the couple did not speak all the way when they came, the queen had the heart to pay attention to the people in Shoukang Palace, but she was stunned and did not see Hongyan, she would come to visit the concubines from time to time in these months, but she had never seen Hongyan, she knew that Hongyan had the intention to avoid, but the more she couldn't see it, the more she was worried about it.

After leaving Shoukang Palace, the emperor also went to the Qianqing Palace to meet the foreign envoys who came to congratulate the New Year, but when they parted, the queen said: "Every time the emperor comes, will he want to see Hongyan?"

On the first day of the new year, I wanted to mention the old things of last year, but Hongli was not annoyed, only smiled faintly: "You see, in the new year, you still can't forget it, so you don't understand what you wanted to do when you did those things, and no matter how much I say, it's useless." It's just that I also explained to you early in the morning that I didn't want to keep her in the past, but now that she has stayed, I won't leave her alone. ”

In fact, for how many girls there are around the emperor, she has long been unable to complain and give up her care, but Hongyan looked back and thought about it, the turmoil at that moment made her unable to sleep for a few days and nights, and made the queen mother and the emperor almost turn against each other, but the queen didn't understand why she did that, like a moment of enthusiasm, and now when she recalls, there is only a blank.

And that heart, always restless.

Hongli saw that the queen was stunned, and stretched out his hand and said: "But I also said that until you completely let go of your burden, I will keep her in Shoukang Palace, even for the rest of her life." ”

"I know." The queen agreed, signaling the emperor to go to the Yangxin Palace, just waiting for Hongli to go away, she was still in front of Shoukang Palace and did not leave, she didn't know where Hongyan was hiding, she really wanted to see it, but she didn't have the courage, not afraid to face Hongyan, but unwilling to face the mistakes she made.

However, the queen can't see Hongyan, but Hongyan can see the queen, she hides because of the promise of the concubine, when the emperor comes alone, the concubine hopes that she can be generous on the side, but when everyone else comes, the concubine wants her to avoid it, so as not to give birth to right and wrong. Today is the same as usual, she is looking at the queen in the dark, and at this moment she can also see the figure of the queen outside the door, knowing that the mother is in good health and good spirits, she is also relieved. The master and servant, and the mother treated her so well, not counting that incident, Hongyan was more grateful to the queen in her heart.

Not long after, the queen is gone, and the days after that, the emperor and queen are not allowed to be idle, the first month seems to be leisurely, but the most abrasive is the exchange, such days will continue until the fifteenth day of the first month before stopping, after the Lantern Festival, the atmosphere of the New Year will fade all of a sudden.

On this day, the apprentice under the head of Wu came to Shoukang Palace, and saw the cherry very politely, who didn't know that she was a child adopted by her father-in-law, and sent the sugar cube snack that Manager Wu gave to the cherry, and also gave a bunch of fragrant things, the cherry didn't understand what it was, and showed it to Hongyan. Hongyan played with the princess last year, and she recognized it at a glance, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "Did they give it to you, did they say anything?" ”

Cherry was ignorant, and recalled for a long time and said: "Anyway, it was given to me by Mr. Wu, sister, Mr. Wu used to give me things during the New Year, but this year I have this, what is this, it is used to burn incense"

Hongyan thought to herself that since it was a convention, and this thing was scattered, it was obviously the rest of the accumulation, so she didn't think much about it, and told Cherry that this was fireworks, and the little girl only flew in the sky with a rumbling fireworks, and she knew that there were such exquisite things. His eyes twinkled, full of curiosity.

"Take it in your hand, use a little incense, and it will emit beautiful fireworks, but it's fun, just burn your clothes carefully." Hongyan put it away for the cherry, saying that she had asked her father-in-law, and then took it to the cherry to play, the cherry looked at it with a blank eye, and now she followed Hongyan to do things, and she rarely had spare time every day, so she knew how happy she was with her grandfather in the past, and said softly, "Sister, can I really play?"

Hongyan thought, after the first month, the weather is warm, maybe the emperor will live in the Old Summer Palace again, and then the entire Forbidden City will be empty, and it will be much more comfortable than now, but she can't promise cherries casually, just coaxing: "I asked my father-in-law first, and Cherries are obedient." ”

He father-in-law was cautious, after knowing this, he sent someone to ask the apprentice, and sure enough, it was the fireworks sent by Mr. Wu, and Mr. Wu asked Mr. Wu to keep quiet, saying that this is the emperor's meaning, the princess plays the rest, and in previous years it was also scattered to the palace maid and eunuch, this year he was ordered to send someone to pay attention to it, and when he had saved it, he sent it to the cherries. He also told the emperor that he was free on the same day, and asked him to let Hongyan and Cherry go to play by the Jinshui River near Shoukang Palace.

Manager Wu said cautiously: "Master, if we don't follow what the emperor decides, we won't be able to live." ”

In fact, if I said something similar, I talked to my father-in-law and Concubine Shouqi several times, and the old lady and he both decided that the red face was not a thing in the pool. But they can only shield Hongyan from the wind and rain for a while, and the road in the future will depend on her own after all, and in this Forbidden City, no one has the stability of the emperor's backer, even if Hongyan is not approved by the queen mother, as long as the emperor is dedicated to her, she can't be wrong.

The days passed in a flash, and the liveliness that lasted from the wax moon to the first month gradually dispersed in the Forbidden City. On the last day of the first month, and the father-in-law came to receive Hongyan and cherries after sunset, saying that they would take them to the river to put those fireworks, and it was not safe to keep them, in case of fire, there would be an accident, and the father-in-law could lead, Hongyan followed with peace of mind, along the way the little cherry pestered grandpa and coquettish: "I'm good, my sister doesn't tell me to move, I don't touch it, I'm a year older again, I'm a big girl." ”

The three grandparents came to the river happily, and the father-in-law led a firework, the cherry was timid at first and did not dare to take it, but it didn't take long to play, he watched on the side for a while, calculated that the time agreed with the apprentice was about the same, the emperor should come, so he excused himself that the tobacco in the smoking gun was gone, and he wanted to go back and load some, and ordered them to stay where they were to play and not run around.

But he walked away for a long time, and he didn't see the holy car coming, the emperor was stumped by government affairs, and the chief manager of Wu waited for a long time, estimating that the emperor would not be able to go today, so he sent his subordinates to tell his father-in-law, so that this side would disperse earlier. Unexpectedly, before the people who came approached the firelight on Hongyan's side, they saw four or five people standing on the other side from a distance, led by a petite girl.

Let's say that since He Jing was separated from Hongyan, no one can make her happy, and because of the blow that Hongyan brought her, she can no longer trust anyone. In the past six months, in addition to coaxing her mother to be happy, she has no fun herself, and playing with the sisters and brothers in the clan in the first month is just perfunctory. Now even the third elder brother has gone to the study, she is even more lonely, returning from Ningshou Palace today, I don't know why I don't want to go back to Changchun Palace immediately, wandering around with the palace maid, walking and being attracted by the firelight, who knew that I met Hongyan.

Hongyan and Cherry lit fireworks in the bright place, it was already dark, and his father-in-law told him not to go anywhere else, the two played happily, not at all aware that the princess and his party were standing not far away.

But on this side, He Jing's eyes were almost bleeding, the little girl next to Hongyan was about the same size as herself, and she was about the same age, and the two were playing and chasing, which was exactly what Hongyan looked like when she was with herself in the past.

So soon, Hongyan had a new playmate, and so soon, she didn't remember how shameless she had done. The grandmother next to the princess is now ordered by the queen to not talk a lot about the things in the palace, especially the matter of Hongyan, the princess has never known what happened to Hongyan, she is still too lonely, too nostalgic for that happy time and missed and worried about Hongyan, but I didn't expect her to be happy and live so nourishingly.

"Princess, let's go back." The grandmother behind her realized the embarrassment, but before the words were spoken, the princess walked straight towards the fireworks.

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