Outside countless small boats, there are three magnificent big ships on the shore, the front is the emperor's boat, and then there are two other big boats for the queen mother and the queen to ride, the queen's boat is called the Qingque boat, and the queen mother's boat is called Jingshuilu. Hongli joined hands with the queen and took Hongyan and Ruyin to wait for the queen mother to board the ship, and the queen mother took pity on the queen's frail health and asked her to board the ship early to rest.

The emperor retreated, Hongli had the opportunity to talk to his wife well, he personally helped the queen to board the Qingque boat, he wanted to be in the same boat with his wife, but he also had to deal with government affairs on the ship, and officials of all sizes would come by boat to discuss politics, and the queen had a red face and Ruyin around her, which was inconvenient in the end. The queen said that she was going out to relax, so she had to be unrestrained, but it was boring for them to think about each other like this, saying that it was enough for her to have a red face around her, so please rest assured.

Because the emperor has private words to say, Hongyan and Ruyin waited on the shore for a long time, and when the emperor got off the boat and went to his own imperial boat, the two got on the boat and drove the boat at an auspicious time, the emperor and Hongyan couldn't say anything, and Hongyan didn't care about a look or a word at this time, they were accompanying the queen to relax, and everything had to be focused on the queen.

While waiting for the boat, Ruyin saw that it was rare to have time alone with Hongyan, so she asked about the affairs of the palace, saying that Fu Heng wrote a letter to warn her to be careful, this evil disease came so strangely, although natural disasters cannot be disobeyed, but the palace has always been clean, where did it come from.

Hongyan carefully reminded her: "Everyone in the palace said that it was from Ningshou Palace, and the palace maid who died of illness in Ningshou Palace happened to have just left the palace to visit relatives a few years ago, although no one knows what the truth is, but if you check it with great fanfare, you will inevitably check Ningshou Palace, and the Queen Mother will be very embarrassed." ”

Ruyin sighed: "If it is artificially transmitted into the palace, those people are not afraid that they will also be infected, but the strange thing is that how can smallpox, chickenpox, and malaria come together." ”

At this time, the emperor just got off the boat, the two sides hurriedly glanced at each other, and they were about to rush to the auspicious time to start the boat, Hongyan and Ruyin boarded the boat again to meet the queen, but saw the magnificence of the Qingque Boat like a palace on the water, lying on the couch by the window, lying on the bed can read the landscape. Outside the queen's bedroom, Hongyan and Ruyin shared a room, and the other palace maids and eunuchs came to serve the queen from the small boat behind them in shifts every day.

Because of the waterway, it is not better than the dry road to guard against the ambush of rebels everywhere, but a few small boats carrying the guards in front and behind, and they cannot be seen until the deck, and the sky is high and the sea is wide and the mountains and rivers are wide, which is much more comfortable and comfortable than the cold armor when the curtain is lifted when the carriage is opened.

This time to the east, the emperor and queen want to climb Mount Tai, but the way is very slow, the emperor is not in a hurry to take the queen to the destination, sometimes stop the boat ashore, travel along the scenery. At this time, Hongyan and Ruyin will stay in Qingquefang, and the queen mother will not get off the boat, often the emperor and queen will leave in a carriage and come back two or three hours later. Everyone can see that it is not the queen mother's eastern tour, it is clear that the emperor took the queen out to relax.

However, even if the beautiful scenery is current, the husband is on the side, the queen will still be sad, the emperor is always patient and appeased, feeling the affection of the husband, the queen asks herself if she can have such patience as her husband, in this world where men can have three wives and four concubines, there are not a few men who have such deep affection for their wives, so they are unwilling to live up to the picturesque landscapes and the enthusiasm of the people along the way.

So a group of people walked slowly, and then the waterway changed to a dry road, until February 24 just arrived in Qufu, the emperor and queen visited the Confucian Temple together, and held a grand ceremony in the Confucian Temple, and then paid homage to Confucius, arrived at the foot of Mount Tai after five days, ready to climb the mountain.

The emperor prepared a lot of hands to carry the queen up the mountain, accompanied by the queen mother, Hongyan and Ruyin, Hongyan Ruyin are all weak women, and although the queen mother is strong, in the end after the year of the Mandate of Heaven, naturally they have to take a sedan chair up the mountain. But the queen mother had no interest in mountaineering, and she felt flustered in a sedan chair, and knew that climbing Mount Tai was the queen's wish, and her mother-in-law was boring to follow aside, so she told her son that she was waiting at the foot of the mountain, and sent someone to inform Hongyan and Ruyin, and ordered them not to go up the mountain.

The queen mother's intentions are easy to understand, but Hongyan and Ruyin are the people who have no eyes, the red face is acceptable, Ruyin couldn't help but complain in private: "The old lady is really welcome, she dares to go away for a month, and we are still playing with us?" Thanks to my sister's good temperament, dealing with such a mother-in-law every day, I am impatient, no wonder Concubine Shu was driven almost crazy at the beginning. ”

Hongyan smiled: "Lord Fucha spoils you like this, even your sister-in-law's anger is reluctant to let you suffer, don't say that you don't have a mother-in-law, even if you have a mother-in-law, I'm afraid you will have to come out and live alone." It's not that you're impatient, it's that you've been spoiled by adults, how many daughters-in-law in the world don't serve your mother-in-law? In the future, you will also be a mother-in-law. My Buddha, don't treat her badly. ”

This kind of joke is relieved when the queen is away, and when she is with the queen, although the two will also tell jokes, they will not involve the heirs in half of the sentence. They know that even though the queen's spirit is getting better and better, the pain of heart-to-heart and liver and intestines still exists, and there is no more meticulous and caring person than Hongyan and Ruyin.

On this day, the queen sat in a sedan chair and a bamboo chariot, and followed dozens of people behind her to serve her, and Hongyan and Ruyin prepared what she needed for her, so they stayed at the foot of the mountain to serve the queen mother. When the auspicious emperor climbed the mountain, hundreds of people walked up the mountain, Ruyin said beside Hongyan: "I heard that Kangxi took the concubines and the elder brothers to climb the mountain, and in the end, only Empress Xiaogongren climbed to the top of the mountain, and she walked up by herself. ”

Hongyan looked at her with a smile, Ruyin was shy, and said softly: "Naturally, I want to go and see it with Fu Ling'an Taama, when I can't crawl, he will hold my hand." ”

"I'm not ashamed." A very intimate person can withstand such words, and Hongyan is really envious that Ruyin can say such a thing, but what she thinks at the moment is that if the queen can cheer up, even if she can't express her love for Hongli unrestrained in her life, she is willing. It's a big deal to continue to shrink into her own small world in the future, locking everyone else out, she doesn't even have the desire to climb Mount Tai with the emperor, she is a concubine, this is her duty.

Du Fu has a poem: Swing the chest to give birth to stratus clouds, and decide to return to the bird. It will be the top of the mountain, and the mountains will be seen at a glance.

Mount Tai majestic and picturesque, all the way but feel the heart of the cleansing suddenly opened, when the emperor and queen hand in hand to climb to the top of the mountain, husband and wife worship Bixia Temple, the queen silently prays in front of the statue of Bixia Yuanjun, Hongli looks at her, the queen has burst into tears.

The emperor stepped forward to take his wife into his arms, feeling the trembling of her body, but this is also a symbol of her life, Hongli thought that even if she had to cry for a long time, even if she had to cry for a lifetime, Hongli was willing to stay by her side, how afraid he was that the queen would have nothing to love in this life, and how afraid that she would leave one day.

"I made a wish to Bixia Yuanjun, when you recover, we will bring Hejing with you in the future, maybe Hejing already has a child at that time." Hongli gently soothed the queen's sadness, "An Yi, we still have Hejing, we still have a daughter." ”

The Bixia Temple was solemn and solemn, and her husband took care of her, the queen gradually calmed down, and they walked hand in hand to the top of the mountain.

Looking at the mountains and rivers through the white clouds, the rivers and mountains and land are at their feet, and the wind on the top of the mountain is biting, they are the two most noble people in the world, but even if the high places are cold, they can still rely on each other for warmth. Hongli always held his wife's hand tightly, and passed an inch of warmth from her palm, the emperor looked at the mountains and rivers, but the queen looked at the emperor, and when Hongli turned around and found that his wife's eyes were on him, he smiled and said: "Look at my country, you have seen me for thirty years, isn't it enough?" ”

From the first meeting and later childhood sweethearts, they have indeed been together for more than 30 years, and this year they will be married for 22 years, their daughter is married, but their son has not been able to grow up.

"Can't see enough, always can't see enough." The queen said with tears in her eyes, "When you were the emperor, I couldn't see you, and when you were my husband, I couldn't see enough." And when you are someone else's man, my heart will break. ”

Hongli was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

"In the past, you mistook me for losing your temper, arguing or crying, but now it's so sweet to think about." The queen looked at her husband sadly, "But now I can't, even if you feel guilty, and I am no longer the Fucha Anyi of the past." I have to say to myself every day, I am the queen and the middle palace, I want to have the heart of the mother, I want to treat everyone in the harem well, and the royal family wants the children and grandchildren to be full of incense forever, but ......"

The queen was already choked up, and her heart, which had finally calmed down, was broken again, she had no son again, and she was going to be the queen who wore a mask and forced a smile.

"Hongli, how nice it would be if I was just your woman, how good it would be if I was just your wife. Don't blame me...... the queen was held in her husband's arms, and the cold wind made her tearful face ache, but it was not as painful as her heart. What she lost was not only her son, but also all her pride.

Hongli didn't know what his grandfather said when he took his grandmother to Mount Tai, but he expected his wife's sadness. The child will not come back, and he is still the emperor, and he has been feeling more and more disgusted by his wife for the title of "empress" lately, but what can be done, isn't this their fate?

Hongli has said all the things that should be said, Hongli has done what should be done, the mistakes that have been cast are irreparable, even the queen understands all the truths, but she can't let go, she can't let go, all this will be entangled in her for a lifetime, and it will hurt for a lifetime.

"An Yi, what should I do, what can I do to you?" Hongli was heartbroken and wrapped his big coat tightly around the queen, although it could shelter her from the wind and rain, it was not enough to comfort her heartbroken wife.