Cherry herself was afraid of seeing the deceased, so she pulled her red face and said, "Noble, let's go back to the queen's mother, and the people in the respectroom will deal with this matter." ”

Hongyan knows that if she takes a look at it at this moment, she may not be able to forget it for the rest of her life, but how could she forget what Ruizhu said to her yesterday, just one day away, how could Ruizhu not wait, thinking about leaving the palace and thinking about the person who was thinking about her mother at home, why did she suddenly seek death?

"I went to the worship room to find someone to clean up the aftermath of Ruizhu, and said...... It is the meaning of the queen's mother, for Ruizhu's generous burial, treat her family well, and then I will ask about this matter on behalf of the queen's mother. "There are people from the Internal Affairs Office who follow her to deal with the things left by the imperial concubine, and Hongyan instructed them like this, and after someone did it, they moved the imperial concubine's things. Because Cherry stopped her, she never glanced at Ruizhu, and the last thing she saw was just her wrapped in a straw mat and carried out.

After the imperial concubine's things were moved, Hongyan should have gone to Xianfu Palace to congratulate her, but at this moment she was in no such mood, she went straight back to Changchun Palace to tell the queen, she just made her own decision and dealt with Ruizhu's aftermath with the queen's will. But the queen had a guest at this time, several princes Fujin came into the palace to speak, Hongyan was inconvenient to come to tell these things, Qianya came out to deal with it, she said to Qianya carefully, Qianya comforted her: "The queen's mother is kind-hearted, she will inevitably feel that you are doing the right thing, Wei Guiren and go back to rest, the slave must bring the words." ”

"Qianya......" Hongyan wanted to speak and stopped, and finally only said, "I'm sorry for you." ”

When she left Changchun Palace, she was a little depressed, and the indescribable desolation in Chuxiu Palace was not because of the death of the imperial concubine, but since she first set foot in that place, there has never been any change.

But she didn't understand whose desolation should be counted on, the emperor? Is it his amorous romance and his liking of the new and hating the old that caused the tragedy of the imperial concubine? But she Wei Hongyan, one day she will be declining, she never thought that she could be "favored" for a lifetime, will she have to go through her life quietly in Yanxi Palace in the future, but she has already thought about it, even if she does not have the grace of the emperor, she will live well.

"Master." When he was about to arrive at the gate of Yanxi Palace, Cherry took out the silver that Hongyan had originally prepared for Ruizhu, and whispered, "These silvers, let my father-in-law find someone to give to Ruizhu's mother-in-law?" and the people who entrust it to the ministry may be swallowed up. ”

Hongyan agreed, his eyes lit up again, and said, "Please come with my father-in-law, I have something I want to ask him." ”

Let's say that his father-in-law is old, but his legs and feet are neat and energetic, and he claims to live another ten years, and everyone in the palace respects him, and there is nothing to work hard, and the emperor and queen also treat him well, and it is not difficult to live a long life. On the way to come today, he guessed why Hongyan was looking for him, he specially went around the worship room to take a look, personally sent Ruizhu, said a few words to the people there, and had a number in his heart, before he came to Yanxi Palace.

Hongyan sat in the courtyard and waited, and when he saw his father-in-law, he invited him to sit too, and his father-in-law smiled and said: "In front of the master, how can there be a place for a slave to sit?" If you have anything to say, you can only command your servants. ”

"Even so, I'm straight to the point." Hongyan thought about it and then said, "Can my father-in-law find someone to check for me, what happened to Ruizhu, and why did the person who was good yesterday look for death today." ”

He bowed to his father-in-law and said, "I guess the noble man is going to ask about this, and the servant took a look on the way to Yanxi Palace." The minions there have taken care of it, and they will properly handle Ruizhu's aftermath and family, and please rest assured. ”

Hongyan thanked her, and still waited with anticrative expectations for her father-in-law to agree to her, but father-in-law said: "Ruizhu is loyal to the master, as soon as the imperial concubine is gone, she can't bear to be alone on the road and commit suicide, it is a good story in the palace, why should Wei Guiren investigate what the reason is, it is better to fulfill Ruizhu's loyalty." ”

"Father-in-law......" The red face frowned slightly, seeing that she was sure of what her father-in-law said, she understood that if she asked again, she would be a little unfamiliar. But in front of her father-in-law, she can say what she can't say, but if it's to the emperor or queen, she should shut up.

"Ruizhu must die, doesn't he?" Hongyan asked in the end, she was the palace maid next to the queen, she was the person who followed Baozhen to see the world of the Forbidden City, she knows better than anyone what happened to Baozhen, but for the queen, she has long forgotten in her memory, a person who has been by her side for more than ten years has disappeared and disappeared. Queen, she already has the ability to look down on all this? Mind? Or is it cold-blooded and ruthless?

"Wei Guiren is wise and understanding, so the slave doesn't have to say anything. Ruizhu's matter will be dealt with by someone, if the nobleman can trust the slave, teach the slave to do it. He said leisurely with his father-in-law, he didn't intend to tell Hongyan the truth, whether he knew it or not, it couldn't change anything, not everyone who was loyal in the Forbidden City would have a good result. Rui Zhu has followed the imperial concubine all her life, what she knows should not be known, what she sees and what she shouldn't see, there are too many, the royal family will not allow such a person to walk out of the Forbidden City, from the moment she herself proposed to leave the palace, her life will come to an end.

He has seen too much with his father-in-law, and he has seen the two strangulation marks in different positions on Ruizhu's neck countless times, whether he was strangled or hanged, whether it is the emperor's intention or the queen's will, it doesn't matter now.

"I see." After pondering for a long time, Hongyan finally raised his spirit again, and looked at him calmly, "You have worked hard to run, Hongyan has been taught." ”

After that, Hongyan only explained to the queen again, and no one mentioned Ruizhu again, but Hongyan entrusted and her father-in-law to send someone to take care of Ruizhu's family outside the palace, how to do it properly with the guild, Hongyan no longer asked, and her "indifference" was also seen by the queen, she saw Hongyan's growth and ability, and understood that Hongyan is a person worthy of cultivation and dependence in the future, and there will always be a day when she will be out of energy, and Hongyan can become her most trusted and reliable helper.

After the Chuxiu Palace was cleaned up, in late February, the emperor and the queen took the concubines and concubines to serve the queen mother to live in the Old Summer Palace.

To the Old Summer Palace, the Empress Dowager still lives in Ningchun Hall, the emperor and Zhengda Guangming Hall and Shao Jingxuan deal with daily government affairs, the queen lives alone in Changchun Xianguan, and the concubines live in Kyushu Qingyan as usual. Shu Concubine and Lu Guiren entered the palace, or the first time to come to the Old Summer Palace with the emperor, although he came to the Old Summer Palace to live in the past few years, but he came alone to take a few days and go back, as if he did not have the heart to live permanently, after a few years, Shu Concubine finally had the opportunity to open her eyes.

And she, like Lu Guiren, just lived in Qingyan in Kyushu with the crowd, which was originally arranged in the place where the imperial concubine lived in the past, Shu Concubine did not agree, and finally sent a few unfavored Chang Zai to agree to live in, and the people in the garden chose another place for her to live, but it was still in Qingyan in Kyushu, where is it like a certain one, and then coming to the Old Summer Palace is no longer the identity of the past, and the emperor has created a pure place like Pinghu Qiuyue and gave her a place to live alone.

Pinghu Qiuyue is west of Fuhai, some distance from Kyushu Qingyan, closer to Changchun Immortal Pavilion, and the emperor's Shaojingxuan is the closest to Kyushu Qingyan, and the concubines can't say that Hongyan is the first to get the moon near the water, at least now she is the farthest away from the emperor.

But what are you afraid of living far away, as long as the heart is close, the emperor can also go around Pinghu Qiuyue every day to see his beloved, and the frame always passes in front of Kyushu Qingyan, and it can see the sourness in people's hearts.

Hongyan once lived in Yingtai with the concubine, enjoying the fairyland of water and sky, although the Yanxi Palace in the Forbidden City is good, it is inevitable to be depressed under the high palace wall, and now the autumn moon of Pinghu Lake is facing the sea of blessings, the vision is wide and clean, and the most important thing is that the surrounding is full of osmanthus trees. When the golden autumn season is fragrant, I don't know how beautiful it is, and now I can smell the fragrance just by looking at the green leaves and budding trees.

In February, the weather is still cold, the spring color in the garden is not thick, the queen mother seems to be dyed with wind and cold on the road, and she has been sick for a period of time after going to the Old Summer Palace, the queen and Concubine Yu are taken care of every day, and the emperor also goes to Ningchun Hall every day to visit her mother. Hongyan replaced the queen in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion to support some daily chores, but it was rare to see the figure of Xian Guifei again, since she was promoted to the concubine, the queen mother quietly withdrew her right to associate the six palaces.

Originally, there were two concubines, and the burden on the queen's shoulders should be lighter, but the queen mother signaled that the queen didn't have to give Xian Guifei anything to do, since the queen was willing to use Wei Hongyan, she didn't mind, but she just sent another concubine Yu to help, as for Xian Guifei and Chun Guifei, they just had empty noble titles.

When Qianya and Hongyan stayed in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, mentioning these things, Qianya said: "Although the Queen Mother often makes Niangniang and the emperor feel helpless, even Niangniang herself said that the Queen Mother is wholeheartedly good for them. Now that Xian Guifei is under the harem alone, the Queen Mother began to guard against her, but the imperial concubine couldn't figure it out in the past, and she tossed her longevity. ”

All this is in everyone's eyes, Xian Guifei and Chun Guifei have dealt with the indifference of the Queen Mother very well, the former has never cared about anything, and the latter has never been liked by the Queen Mother, they have to be open compared to the former imperial concubines, and as long as they can see it, the wealth and glory are inexhaustible.

In the blink of an eye, in March, the queen mother's health has improved, and since last year, the queen has set an agreement to work with silkworms in March every year, and this year the emperor has prepared for her early, but the queen mother has a whim, saying that she wants to open her eyes together.