Manager Wu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after exiting Shaojingxuan, he went to the spring of the Tiandi family to convey all the emperor's words.

At that time, Hongyan stood in front of the window with a hand stove and listened, and when he turned around, he saw his figure in the floor dressing mirror, wearing a palace dress of gardenia yellow embroidered with ten thousand bats and longevity, with rules and regulations, not too solemn and not frivolous. At her age, this dress is a little old, but because of the difference in status, Hongyan can't easily wear red and green, and she looks disrespectful in front of other concubines and slaves, and she doesn't know when she will sit in a pivotal position in these six palaces, and now the biggest difference is that she no longer has to care about the queen's meaning.

"Give Baoqin a good place to go, don't send it home for the time being, so as not to cause trouble." Hongyan instructed Manager Wu, while handing him the prepared purse, which was full of bags of gold leaves, she said solemnly, "This matter has involved you, if the emperor investigates, although we have not committed any major crimes, but it is also a big mistake to deceive the emperor, it is difficult for Manager Wu to be willing to take risks for me, I have written down this love." ”

Mr. Wu bowed his head and thanked him, and said: "Slaves should be divided into things for their mothers, and the emperor has the blessing of slaves." In the past two years of ups and downs, there is a trend of Antai now, and the servants are also looking forward to the peace of the six palaces of peace in the world. ”

Hongyan said: "The newcomers in the spring draft enter the palace, I don't know what the situation is, the affairs of the harem are naturally assisted by me and Concubine Yu, and Mr. Wu only takes care of the emperor's daily life." ”

Manager Wu received the order, and retreated with the gold leaf rewarded by Hongyan, Hongyan walked to the table with a handstove, and a roster on the table was the list of the last show girls to participate in the palace selection, all of them were fourteen or fifteen years old, and in a blink of an eye, Hongyan was no longer the youngest concubine in this palace.

No matter how young Hongyan is, he is one year older than the eldest brother, but when he thinks of the little Dai Jiashi who was looked at differently by the Queen Mother at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the child is several years younger than He Jing. Hongyan looked at the list and smiled bitterly, in the next ten or twenty years, the new concubines who entered the palace will be younger than Fu'er.

She gently flicked the copper ring on the hand stove, and slowly calmed her heart, since she knew early on that she was just a passer-by by the emperor's side, why should she care about how old and beautiful the person in the future is, this has nothing to do with her, keep her palace and children, and live a good life.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Ruyin took Fulongan into the palace to ask for peace, Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu, and Lu Guiren all gathered together to talk, and a heavy snow trapped everyone in the house in the afternoon.

Hongyan sent Ruyin out of the garden alone, Fulongan and Fo'er ran hand in hand, the snow on the road had not yet had time to clear, although the road was slippery and difficult to walk, but slowly step by step, it gave Hongyan and Ruyin the opportunity to talk alone. When it comes to the matter of Concubine Chun, it is difficult to say that there are many people, and at this moment Ruyin told Hongyan: "After Su Zhaonan's death, the Su family was already in a slump, Mrs. Su took her family back to the countryside, and only a few people were left in the capital, and the family was scattered, and it was no longer the same." Mrs. Su was not doing well in the south, Fu Heng said that since his sister was unwilling to interfere in the cause of Seventh Elder Brother's death, he would keep the evidence for the time being, and if he could use it in the future, he would treat it as if nothing had happened if he didn't need it, and let the Su family have a way out. ”

"The seventh elder brother is his own nephew, and Lord Fucha is willing to obey my wishes, and I am grateful." Hongyan said sincerely, "But I also respect the wishes of the Fucha family, and if the Fucha family wants to find out about this matter, it should also be done." I don't want to interfere, just because in my opinion, the emperor will not want me to take care of this matter, and it does not conflict with the grievances of the Fucha family. ”

Ruyin shook her head and said, "It's been a whole year, if they really want to do something, do they have to wait until now or in the future?" If there are other forces in the DPRK and China that overwhelm the Fucha clan, then they may have to take this opportunity to bring down their political enemies, but the power of the Fucha family can turn their hands into clouds and turn their hands into rain, and the loss of the queen and the seventh elder brother is certainly a severe pain, but for the entire family, what needs to be bothered is not to give the seventh elder brother and the queen an explanation, but to re-erect the pillar to rely on. ”

Hongyan said: "If my lord is useful to me, you can just come and tell me." ”

They went all the way to the outside of the Old Summer Palace, and when they met the palace maids and eunuchs, they were all respectful, and some people knew that the concubine Niangniang was traveling, and she hurried to clear the snow on the road ahead, Ruyin said with a smile: "The people in the palace have finally woken up, they know the weight of their sister, and they can be more handy in doing things for the emperor in the future." ”

Hongyan smiled bitterly: "It's really different, now the way they look at people and the tone of their words will make people involuntarily fluttering, no wonder people in the world pursue status and power all their lives." ”

Ruyin said: "My sister's expression and temperament now are also a little different from before. ”

"Because the mood is different." Hongyan said this, and after a little hesitation, he continued to say to Ruyin, "The queen mother is gone, and after the heartbroken grief fades, my mood towards the emperor will soon change." I knew that such a mentality was unacceptable, and I never thought about what would happen to the queen if she was gone, but she was indeed gone, and many things changed because of it. ”

"What has become?" Ruyin asked.

"I once thought that I was imitating the queen's words and deeds towards the emperor in the past, and I was even afraid that the emperor would be disgusted by this." Hongyan said seriously, "But I didn't learn from the queen, I just couldn't help but run out some laughing and scolding words, which were words that I used to guard my duty and never dared to move, but now, even if there is an imperial concubine on top, and she will become the queen today, I no longer have scruples." I suddenly felt that I could open my arms and look at the relationship between the emperor and me. ”

Ruyin said: "Sister's words are heard by others, but it's amazing." ”

Hongyan nodded: "Yes, so I can only say it to you alone." I felt guilty and blamed myself, but I couldn't hold back this feeling from growing, and now I simply let her go, and I secretly felt that this was not a bad thing. ”

"Of course it's not a bad thing." Ruyin said, but as a bystander, she could see some things more clearly and calmly, and took Hongyan's hand and said, "As long as my sister always understands that she is a concubine, she can't be wrong." ”

"Yes, I'm just a concubine, and I said something similar to Concubine Chun that day." Hongyan asked Ruyin with a smile, "For now, I just have fun in time, but in the future, I will no longer be favored, and I will be forgotten in the corner by the emperor, and no one will come to clear the snow for me, will you still be okay with me?" ”

Ruyin smiled brightly, as if she couldn't wait to come in the spring, and her gentle words warmed her heart: "Naturally I am good with my sister, we will be sisters in the next life, and we will stick together in this life." ”

However, they are not just sisters, the little princess and Fulongan are childhood sweethearts, and even the queen mother has acquiesced to the future of the two little guys, Hongyan and Ruyin still have to be in-laws, and they are destined to be destined in this life. Compared with Empress Daxing, who has been by the emperor's side for more than 20 years, because she doesn't take any of her husband's concubines in her eyes, if she hadn't met a red face, the queen would have been lonely all her life and didn't even have a friend.

Although Hongyan has been bumpy along the way, now there are Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu in the palace as companions, and there is Ruyin's full support outside the palace, not only the emperor in her life, but also relatives and friends, so even if one day the emperor's love no longer belongs to her, she still has family and friendship to rely on, but the queen of the year, after the loss of her child, the affection between husband and wife invisibly cracked, and her world was chaotic.

Although the existence of Hongyan has re-bonded the invisible cracks between the emperor and the queen, perhaps since then, the queen's mind has changed, and after several ups and downs, her life will not be able to bear it.

After Hongyan sent away Ruyin, a person walked back to the spring of the heaven and earth, sure enough, the sky was sunny for only half an hour, and the wind was gloomy again, and the original sunny mood became heavy and depressed, but when I returned to the spring of the world, I saw the palace maids holding the stove and holding the cloak and waiting for Hongyan to go back, and when I saw her, I surrounded her and the Buddha tightly, and asked for warmth and worried about whether Hongyan and the princess would be deceived by the wind and snow.

Hongyan suddenly felt that even if she was not qualified to call the Forbidden City or the Old Summer Palace her home, this small courtyard palace must be her home. I don't know where to go on the long road ahead, and if one day I am confused and don't know how to go on, she just "comes back".

The quiet and calm time slipped away from the fingertips unconsciously, and after the first lunar month, Hongyan and Concubine Yu assisted the imperial concubine to cook the anniversary of the Empress Daxing. And March, is also every year the queen leads the concubines to kiss the silkworm day, the old year when the imperial concubine is still in the concubine position, has replaced the queen to kiss the silkworm, now she is the head of the six palaces, talking about this matter, the emperor said that there is no queen in the palace, there is no concubine on behalf of the said, the imperial concubine should not go to the silkworm, this year this matter will be shelved.

The emperor's words came out, and the ministers and concubines discussed, and the Huifa Nala clan, which was in the limelight last year, was like a great enemy, lest the emperor suddenly have a change, and no longer have the intention of establishing a successor, or that there is no longer a desire to establish an imperial concubine as the queen. At that time, from time to time, people came into the garden to see the imperial concubine, and Hongyan listened to Concubine Shu say: "The people of the Nala clan sent a lot of fetal medicine to the imperial concubine, and they begged God and worshiped the Buddha outside, hoping that the imperial concubine could come out." ”

Hongyan remembered the auspicious words said by her grandmother beside Concubine Qiuyue in Pinghu on New Year's Day, and said with a smile: "The emperor seems to want to add an heir, but I don't know who has that blessing." In her opinion, the koi fish that sent the auspicious omen jumped for Hongli, not for her. So much so that Concubine Shu asked her why she didn't take fetal pills to induce pregnancy, and Hongyan also smiled: "I'm afraid that I am destined to have no such blessing, but my sister might as well try it, if you add a little brother to Fo'er, we will be even more lively." ”

It was on that day when the sisters were gossiping, the emperor issued a decree to promulgate the world and canonize the imperial concubine Nala as the queen of the middle palace.