When the emperor and queen came down from Mount Tai, it was almost dusk, although she was carried up the mountain by the sedan chair bamboo chariot, it was enough for the queen to be tired, and she leaned on Hongyan's shoulder and fell asleep on the carriage back to the palace.

To the palace, everyone was busy settling the queen mother and the queen, and the emperor met with the local officials in front, Hongyan and Ruyin still lived in the same room, and the queen could not do without people. But as soon as he went out, he bumped into the emperor coming here, thinking that he was coming to see the queen, so he hurriedly said: "The emperor will wait for a while, and the concubine will go to ask Fucha Fujin to come out first." ”

Hongli asked, "What is the queen doing?" ”

Hongyan responded: "Niangniang is probably still asleep, she is tired from climbing the mountain, and she sleeps very soundly." ”

Hongli nodded, and said in a humming voice: "You come here, I am here to talk to you." ”

Hongyan's heart tightened, she didn't know what the emperor meant, she really didn't want the emperor to think about her at this time, and followed a few steps to the door anxiously, the emperor was generous and did not deliberately avoid people's eyes, but others couldn't hear what he said, only heard Hongli say to her: "I always feel that the queen is not very good, she is sometimes good and sometimes bad and people are uneasy, but not everyone has the patience to accompany her every step of the way, Hongyan, I only have to work hard for you." I plan to take the queen directly to the south, and now send her back, I'm afraid that my heart will die. There are always people who take care of things on the road, but the queen is only by her side, don't hold on if you can't bear it, I still look forward to you resting and being able to be by her side again. ”

Hongyan lowered her head and responded: "The concubine obeys the order, the concubine is in good health, she is not tired of traveling by boat, and the rough work around the queen is naturally dealt with by the palace maids and eunuchs, and she is accompanied by Ruyin." Compared to those things in the palace, it's really much better. It's ......"

The two seemed to have a good heart, and the emperor helped Hongyan's shoulder and said, "It's just a matter of energy, you have to watch her all the time." Hongyan, I don't want you to do anything, just look at her. ”

Hongyan looked at the emperor uneasily, and Hongli realized his selfishness and excesses, and said guiltily: "I sent you at will like this, and I don't pity you at all, but Hongyan, I can only trust you in the things around the queen at the moment." ”

Hongyan thought in her heart, even if the emperor went too far, but as a concubine, she was also half a slave, her husband and mother were her masters, and she was not wronged by serving them, but the emperor said this, so she didn't know where to put herself.

"Please also ask the emperor to rest assured, if you are panicked, how to deal with Niangniang, the concubine must take good care of Niangniang, stay in Jiangnan, it is spring, I heard that the air in Jiangnan is sweet, Niangniang's body will be good." Hongyan looked at him sincerely, she put herself in the right position, only do what she should do, don't think about the rest for the time being, what kind of children's love is long, you have to live well first, right?

The emperor and Hongyan were standing at the gate of the courtyard, at this moment, there were palace people around the queen mother with food boxes, it was the queen mother who brought the small dishes made by Concubine Yu out of the palace, afraid that the queen had a bad appetite and specially sent over, so she met the emperor and Concubine Niangniang talking in front of the door, and the emperor still had a hand on Niangniang's arm.

If Mama Hua came, she would definitely not talk much, but there was no palace maid who took care of the overall situation, so she honestly went back to tell the Queen Mother what she saw. I heard that Mama Hua was desperately looking at her on the side, but it was too late, but she heard the Queen Mother say angrily: "I said that I shouldn't take the Wei family out, Hongli is really confused, even if he has 10,000 Wei Hongyan in his heart, he can't come out at this time, how pitiful the queen is, he can't think more about the queen?" ”

Mama Hua advised: "Maybe the emperor has something to explain to Concubine Ling, don't think about it, we've been out for a month, how can Concubine Ling be measured, everyone will see it." ”

The Queen Mother asked: "Then explain things well, why do you pull and pull and make love?" ”

On this side, Hongyan didn't know that the Queen Mother was angry with her again, and after saying goodbye to the emperor, she came back with the side dishes made by Concubine Yu. When the queen woke up, she said that she was hungry and wanted to taste the local food, but Hongyan's appetite was not very good, so she gave a bowl of rice thanks to the side dishes made by Concubine Yu.

As the emperor said, the queen is sometimes good and sometimes bad, but Hongyan and Ruyin have been with her for a month, almost accustomed to her sudden sadness and sudden joy, women are more careful than men, and the emperor can patiently accompany the queen with all his might, but for Hongyan and Ruyin, it is not a very hard thing. They were still by the queen's side, as they had done before, and the sisters were sometimes laughing and laughing, and everything was calm and peaceful.

A few days later, the emperor and his entourage went to Jinan, visited Baotu Spring, Lixia Pavilion everywhere, and on the eighth day of the first month of March, the emperor officially announced that he would go directly to the south, change the water road from the dry road, take a boat all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, and send someone to summon Princess Hejing to follow along the way, and go with the car.

The queen was looking forward to her daughter's company, originally felt that this line would be sad, and she didn't want her daughter to cry by her side, but she was in a much better mood when she came out for a walk. Her wish, Hongli naturally did not agree.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the boat line has left Texas one day, resting on the coast, and waiting for dawn to go again. When the shore is not nearly dusk, the sky is still bright, I heard that there is a nunnery on the shore, the emperor and the queen went to want to add incense, originally Hongyan and Ruyin will not go out, today the queen just took the two of them together, the queen is heard that this nunnery because of the water and ask for the heir of the most spiritual, this is her heart and gratitude to Hongyan and Ruyin.

Ruyin, as a foreign woman, is naturally careful everywhere, and Hongyan is always with her so as not to embarrass her, so although she travels with her, she is not in the same place with the emperor and queen, but she is waiting from afar.

In the nunnery, seeing the emperor and queen came to add incense, scared a group of old nuns panicked and grateful, just yesterday in front of the nunnery to pick up an abandoned baby, there is often such a thing, the old nuns will think of finding a good family for the abandoned baby to adopt, if there is really no one to adopt, will be raised in their nunnery. Over there, the queen and the emperor held the abandoned baby and watched for a while, and the old nun begged the emperor to give her a name to add blessings and longevity to the child, and the emperor gave her a name, and she would definitely soon find a good family to adopt.

And said that the cherry was picked up by the first emperor and his father-in-law on the road, I heard that this is an abandoned baby, I can't help but be a little sad, Hongyan gently took her hand and signaled her not to be sad, children who can be met by good people, although there is no parental relationship, but God and this world have never failed them.

The baby was a beautiful doll, about a year old, and had been raised at home for a while before being abandoned, so the queen gave her the name of her ship, and called her the green sparrow.

Hongli was afraid that when the queen saw the child, she would arouse her thoughts of Yongcong, so after worshipping the Bodhisattva and adding incense, she got up and drove back to the boat. The queen and Hongyan Ruyin talked about the child of Qingque, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of family she will be adopted, a very beautiful female doll, I hope someone will raise her like a jewel." ”

Ruyin said: "It's better to adopt this child when the concubine returns to Beijing with her mother." ”

The queen bowed: "Let's look at fate, if she hasn't been taken away when we come back, you can take it back and raise it, just send Fulongan into the palace, and I will raise it for you." ”

Ruyin joked: "In the end, it's a mother, don't do loss-making transactions." ”

Laughter erupted from the boat, relieving everyone outside. Walked for more than a month, everyone is nervous, from time to time I heard that the queen mother cried again, a few days ago climbed Mount Tai with the people who came back and said that the queen cried and fell into the emperor's arms. Although it is indeed pitiful to lose his son, for irrelevant people, as the emperor said, where does he get so much patience, but as a slave, he has to do his duty.

When night fell, the emperor's palace was brightly lit, and there were ministers there to discuss matters.

Hongyan and Ruyin waited for the queen to sleep, because Ruyin accompanied her all night last night, and today she thought that the emperor could take a rest when she went out, but who knew that she was taken with her, at this time she was already tired and sleepy, but when she was about to go back to rest, the palace maid on the mirror water house came and asked politely: "The queen mother wants to ask, is the queen mother in good spirits at this time?" ”

Hongyan responded: "Niangniang has fallen asleep, you go back to the Queen Mother, if anything happens, when Niangniang wakes up, I will definitely send someone to inform the Queen Mother." ”

The palace maid said: "It's good that the mother is asleep, so the concubine Niangniang, the queen mother originally wanted to wait for the queen mother to rest, please go over and ask a few words, the mother is afraid that the mother will think too much when she is awake, but the queen mother is very concerned about the queen mother." ”

Hongyan and Ruyin glanced at each other, Ruyin was worried that Hongyan would be embarrassed by the Queen Mother, but think about it, when she is out of the house, the noisy Queen Mother is also afraid of losing face, not to mention that the emperor is in front, Hongyan will not make the Queen Mother feel unhappy. Hongyan also meant this, so he stayed Ruyin and went to Jingshui House by himself.

Sure enough, the queen mother reminded her to understand her own sense of proportion for the emperor to talk to Hongyan in the palace that day, and said politely and unceremoniously, which was not embarrassing Hongyan, but when Hongyan came out, she was left by Mama Hua to talk for a while, Mama was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable and relieved, and Hongyan was also grateful.

This came and went, got on and off the boat, and there was actually more than half an hour, in order not to make noise about the queen's sleep, the black and quiet was as quiet as no one's land, and when Hongyan got on the boat again, it was also quiet.

She walked towards the queen's room, and under the moonlight, she vaguely saw a figure swaying on the deck, but she couldn't really see it, she didn't plan to care, but somehow her heart suddenly jumped, and she didn't want to be in a hurry to change Ruyin at this moment, so she followed the figure over, and when she turned the deck, she heard a familiar voice saying: "Yongcong, you wait for Eniang......"

Hongyan's heart almost jumped out, only to see the figure fall down the boat, and with a bang, someone fell into the water.