In May, Fu Heng led the troops into Ili, the imperial court estimated that the civil strife in Junggar would be pacified, and the battle would last at least a year, and the emperor gave Fu Heng the power of this western expedition, but the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were not optimistic about Fu Heng, but now the emperor will not be happy, for them are unwilling to send troops, the emperor has a cold face, and will wait for the result after a year, if Fu Heng suffers a defeat, although it is unfortunate for the court, it is their luck.

Since the emperor entrusted Fu Heng with full power, he cheered up his spirit to deal with other things, and in June, he paid homage to the ancestral tomb of Shengjing, and named Che Ling of Junggar Taiji as the prince, and Che Ling Ubashi as the king of the county; In July, the Huite tribe Taiji Amur Sana led his troops to surrender; In August, it was stationed in Jilin, Yiwen Deheng Mountain, and sacrificed to Changbai Mountain and Songhua River. Relief from the floods in the three cities of Qiqihar, and the queen visited the ancestral hometown of the Nala clan in Huifa City; In September, I visited Yongling, Zhaoling, and Fuling, and when I returned to the capital, it was already snowing in October.

Although it is not a long away, a year and a half does not return, but the emperor leaves the capital almost every month, the queen in order to let the twelve elder brothers have more knowledge, the little princess left in the palace to be taken care of by the nursing mother, and took the twelve elder brothers with the emperor, the emperor naturally took Hongyan a few people with him, but Xin Concubine had to recuperate because of the miscarriage at the beginning of the year, and since then, except for the occasional emperor in Ningshou Palace, almost no one in her Chengqian Palace has been there.

On this day, there was a lot of snow, the holy car returned to Beijing, the queen escorted the twelve elder brothers who fell asleep on the road back to Yikun Palace, and the emperor personally came to Ningshou Palace to report safety to the Queen Mother. Concubine Xin was waiting beside the Queen Mother, and when she saw her, she was pitiful, and Hongli couldn't bear to be indifferent, so she said kindly: "You are serving the Queen Mother these days, and you are doing your best." ”

The queen mother said: "The queen and the concubines travel with the hu, the road must be hard, the emperor will rest in the Chengqian Palace these days, no one lives in the palace for a long time, it is cold, let them burn the dragon emperor for a few days and then go back, these days let the concubines serve you." ”

The emperor knew that coming back must be this result, and he had expected it on the road, but it was a pity that he had taken Hongyan everywhere for most of the year, and he couldn't let Hongyan conceive a child, but it was worth it to think about the days when he was away from home. When he goes out, his husband is an ordinary man, and when he returns to the Forbidden City, he is the emperor and his son, and Concubine Xin is just a woman who is used by his mother, for him, it is just a different person to serve.

"The sons know, the emperor can rest assured, now Fu Heng also has good news back, it is the time of the country and the people, this time the sons of the ancestors of the tomb to tell the heaven and the earth, will definitely protect my Qing Dynasty for thousands of generations." Hongli said this, gave a big gift to his mother, and asked her to take care of her body, so as to enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, the queen mother was bluffed by the emperor's posture, so she could only say, "You also have to take care of your body." ”

Let's say that Hongyan followed the emperor around for more than half a year, and her mental mood was better than before, and Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu were also with her, there were no people and things in the palace that she couldn't let go, only Ruyin would make her worry, but the sisters often exchanged letters, Ruyin was not afraid of childbirth, and the family was well organized by her, and every letter made Hongyan feel at ease.

As soon as he came back today, Hongyan sent someone out of the palace to visit Ruyin, and at this moment he was listening to the reply, and there was news outside that the Internal Affairs Office had moved some things to Chengqian Palace, and the emperor was going to rest in Chengqian Palace these days, and some excerpts were also sent directly to Chengqian Palace. After the palace people retreated, Cherry came to change clothes for Hongyan, and sighed: "It must be the idea of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is really anxious, and it is not easy for the emperor." ”

Hongyan smiled and said: "That's it, you go and talk to Manager Wu for me, let him pay attention to the emperor's body, after all, the journey is tired, it is better to take it easy." ”

But Cherry just went out, and met his father-in-law, the white-haired old man walked quite steadily, and Hongyan greeted the door and smiled: "On a snowy day, I didn't wait for me to bring Cherry to see you, why did you come by yourself." ”

He was about to salute his father-in-law in the snow, but he was stopped by Hongyan and Cherry, and helped him into the door, and the Buddha also sent a hand stove to his father-in-law, so that he was flattered, and said in a loud voice: "Niangniang and the princess must not break the slaves, and they can't do it." ”

It took a long time to sit down, but his father-in-law motioned to Cherry to take the princess to play, and the others were also retreated, Hongyan felt that the old man had something important to say, and said with a serious expression: "Is it that there was an accident in the palace when the emperor was not at home?" Xianfu Palace, or Chengqian Palace? ”

But the father-in-law shook his head, cleared his throat and said: "Niangniang, the slave is here to ask you for a show, long live the master entrusted the slave half a year ago, saying that he wanted the slave to look for a good family's children outside the palace and prepare for the future...... Bring your newborn baby in. ”

Hongyan's heart trembled, she had proposed a five-year appointment to Hongli several times in the past six months, and the emperor was looking for other topics to prevaricate, he seemed to feel that he wanted to give up, plus Yueyue went out non-stop, and he had not been able to talk about it seriously. According to his father-in-law's words, the emperor began to plan half a year ago, if one day he suddenly arranged for the imperial doctor to say that Concubine Ling Niangniang had it, Hongyan could only play hard, but she really doesn't have that heart now, no children, no child, she already has a Buddha.

"Niangniang, the emperor said that he would wait for a year, if you still don't move, this matter will be done." He was worried about his father-in-law, "It's not difficult to ask a slave to do this, but how can this kind of thing be done, if something happens in the future, will the mother have to take her life?" The slave said something unlucky, the emperor is more than ten years older than you, if he walks ahead of you in the future, if the new monarch is dissatisfied with you, dig out this kind of thing, and then the long live lord will be gone, who will give you a fair word? ”

He and his father-in-law's words, thinking about it is more long-term, he is a person who has experienced the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Kangxi Dynasty, naturally more thoughtful than Hongyan and Ruyin, and his father-in-law does not say that Hongyan really didn't think that far, but all this is a very realistic thing, who knows what it will be like in a few decades?

"This matter, my father-in-law will also put it aside, waiting for me to give you permission." Hongyan looked solemn and said, "The emperor is worried that others will not be able to face me, and sooner or later he will shake this matter out, only my father-in-law can do good for me, so I will entrust you." But this thing can't be done, it must not be done, five years ago, I was in a trance and was shaken by the emperor's words, now that I think about it, I should have been firm at that time, the emperor's heart has not changed for so many years, it is already Wei Hongyan's greatest blessing, what else do I want? ”

and Gonggong: "Yes, the slave just thinks it is inappropriate, and asks the mother to persuade the emperor to think twice." ”

Hongyan thanked his father-in-law: "Fortunately, you came to tell me in advance, otherwise the emperor suddenly told everyone that I had it, and I would be stupid." Anyway, if the father-in-law doesn't do it, the emperor can't do it, and where can we find the newborn child casually, and we can't do anything to rob other people's children, so let's do it first. ”

For this matter, Hongyan was restless and anxious to see the emperor, but the emperor was "locked" in the Chengqian Palace by the Queen Mother, and Concubine Xin had been recuperating for more than half a year, and her young body had already recovered as before.

Concubine Xin has gradually figured out the emperor's preferences, and no longer dares to come as nonsense as she did at the beginning, the emperor is born with a good impression of women, and thinks that Concubine Xin is really pitiful to be bound by the queen mother, and she is also kind to her in the Chengqian Palace in those days. And the beauty sent to the front of the eyes is not generously enjoyed, nor is it the emperor's personality, a few days later, the snow is clear, and the lintel of the Chengqian Palace is beautiful again.

However, with the lesson at the beginning of the year, the Queen Mother no longer dared to hand over the affairs of the Chengqian Palace to Concubine Xin to take care of herself, especially the imperial physician who asked for peace and well-being, and after Concubine Xin was fortunate, she had to go to Ningshou Palace every day to report.

At the beginning of November, Hongyan counted the day of Ruyin's birth, the palace was back on track to live her previous life, and when Concubine Yu was busy with the Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar month, news really came from the Ningshou Palace that Xin Concubine was pregnant again.

The queen mother summoned the six palaces to Ningshou Palace with great fanfare to announce this matter, and asked the queen to personally arrange childbirth for Concubine Xin, the queen said that the affairs in the palace are in charge of Concubine Ling and Concubine Yu, and the old lady said very unceremoniously: "Just leave those trivial things to them, I will hand over Concubine Xin to you, if there is anything wrong, the queen can be responsible." ”

When the concubines dispersed, Concubine Shu whispered to Hongyan: "It's okay, lest something happen, the old lady is looking for trouble for you again, let's end up clean." ”

When they went out, they saw that Concubine Jia was waiting for the sedan chair to come, they stood aside, Concubine Jia glanced back, and sneered: "This person who can give birth, you can toss it no matter what, our eleventh elder brother also said that he wanted a little brother, but unfortunately, I am old, and the emperor is reluctant." At this age, why don't you see any movement, why didn't you have such ability when you were at the age of Concubine Xin? ”

Concubine Shu sneered: "If the concubine is willing to give birth, the concubines are also willing to serve, it is better for you to work hard, anyway, the concubines are not capable, and they don't have that face." ”

Concubine Yu motioned to Hongyan to look at Concubine Shu, stepped forward to say a few words to Concubine Jiagui, and persuaded her to send her away in a warm sedan chair, and came back to remind: "I hope this year is safe and sound, if there is any mistake in Chengqian Palace, the Queen Mother will be in trouble again." ”

Concubine Shu entered the palace because of Concubine Xin, when her tenth elder brother died, she never had a good impression of Dai Jia's family, and said angrily: "Is it that if you give birth to a son, you want to be on an equal footing with us?" ”

Hongyan said on the side: "Don't mention her business, hurry up and ask the emperor for mercy, let us go out of the palace, Ruyin is about to give birth, her temperament, neither the Fucha family nor the Nalan Mansion will ask for it, Yu'er is still so young." Concubine Xin's servants are like clouds, and the Queen Mother treats her as a treasure, what do we care about her? ”