Hongli saw that Hongyan understood the royal affairs so thoroughly, and remembered everything in his heart, he was really a virtuous helper, so he was not pleased. Restrained his lustful gaze, and said seriously: "The fourteenth uncle added a daughter to the mansion the year before last, do you know?" ”

Hongyan bowed: "It is said that the maid who has served by the side of the fourteenth master in the past few years has given the title of Shu Fujin, but the fourteenth master has a daughter in his old age, and there are many ugly words in the clan, and the concubines can also hear one or two sentences." ”

Hongli didn't care: "Those people don't expect others to be good, Uncle Fourteen has been fighting horses for half his life, and I will see him again after being banned for more than ten years, he is also full of red face, and he is stronger than ordinary people in the bottom, not to mention that it is not uncommon for old people to have children, there are many in the world." ”

Hongyan was silent, and the emperor said again: "The fourteenth uncle's illness I asked the imperial doctor again today, and said no, poor that child is only three years old, I want to enter the palace to raise it, and it can be regarded as a correct name for the child, so as not to delay the child's life with gossip in the future, and the fourteenth master cannot turn a blind eye." ”

"Does the emperor want his concubines to raise them on his behalf?" Hongyan asked.

"I promised you no longer to be entangled, but when the Buddha grows up, you should be lonely when you get married in a few years." Hongli said, "A three-year-old child is stronger than a baby, you just have to coax her to play, raising her is a grace, and it will also relieve your boredom." ”

Hongyan thought for a while, shook her head and said: "The little county lord's mother is still young, if she is dedicated to the fourteenth master, then the child is the fourteenth master and her thoughts, the emperor will integrate the little county lord into the palace and separate their mother and daughter, which is not necessarily a good thing." If the emperor can trust the concubines, let the concubines see what kind of character the concubine is, if it is a reliable person, she will raise it herself, and it is the best thing for the mother and daughter to be together. ”

Hongli said: "It's still you thoughtful, I forgot about that Fujin." ”

"The emperor was thinking about that child, what a good thing." Hongyan knew that the emperor was benevolent, whether he had a political purpose or not, at least in her eyes, the emperor attached great importance to family affection, so she said, "It's just a holiday, please invite Shufujin into the palace tomorrow, and let the concubines take a look." ”

Hongli waved his hand: "You don't need her to enter the palace, I will take you to see it, tomorrow I will visit the fourteenth uncle, and you will go with you." The queen is pregnant and should not leave the palace, and Concubine Jia can't get out, so it's understandable for you to follow. ”

Hongyan responded, and Hongli smiled again: "I've seen Uncle Fourteen, let's go shopping?" ”

"Sure enough, it's not serious." Hongyan smiled and got up and ran away, thinking that tomorrow he could get rid of the shackles of the palace and be at ease for a while, and the joy was overflowing in his smile, deliberately ignoring the emperor's impatient eyes, and said, "Go and see if the decanting soup is ready, you have to be honest tonight." ”

If so, the next morning, after the court, the emperor took the county palace and took Concubine Ling with him more generously, saying that he wanted Concubine Ling to deal with the princesses. Anyway, the emperor wants to take it, there are always various reasons, the courtiers know that the emperor favors the Wei family, so that he and the empress dowager are not in harmony, but the Wei family has no children under his knees and cannot control the court, so the ministers don't care.

And when the holy driver left the palace, Mrs. Sutu had just received the sign and was ready to attack, the thin woman hid in the crowd and watched the royal chariot and Concubine Ling's phoenix sedan chair go back and forth, and the posture was about to catch up with the queen to accompany the patrol, Mrs. Sutu looked stupid, thinking about when her daughter would have such treatment, but at the moment the child's affairs have not yet been decided, and there are still two months before the day of her daughter's "delivery", she has to be worried for two months.

"Ma'am, please come here." The waiter who came to lead the way politely invited Mrs. Nasutu into the palace, she followed cautiously, listened to the little eunuch chattering about the things in the palace, and said that the queen reported the good news again at the Duanyang banquet yesterday, and now Concubine Jia took care of Concubine Xin, the little eunuch smiled, "Concubine Xin's temper is not good, Concubine Xin is so weak, I don't know if I can bear the temper of Concubine Niangniang." ”

Mrs. Sutu only listened to it as a novelty, in fact, she already knew it, otherwise she would not have rushed to see her daughter today, don't pass the little eunuch into the door of Chengqian Palace, Huiyun saw her and said: "Madame, persuade quickly, Niangniang is losing her temper." ”

When Mrs. Nasutu came to the door, she happened to see Concubine Xin slamming the cushion tied to her stomach on the ground, tearing off her clothes indiscriminately, and Mrs. Nasutu stepped forward in a panic and said, "Niangniang, what are you doing, it's bad to be seen." ”

Concubine Xin cried: "I'm dying of heat and suffocating, and the prickly heat on my stomach is itching to death, if it's really dead." ”

Mrs. Nasutu helped her daughter to the bed, and after letting her calm down, she checked the prickly heat on her body, and muttered: "Only after these two months has passed, is it possible to say that the child is gone?" Two months have passed, and no one will go out in the scorching heat of June, so you just have to dress thinly in the house, and pregnant women are afraid of the heat, so let the Internal Affairs Office send you a lot of ice. ”

Concubine Xin also had a temper and couldn't control her emotions, she herself understood very well that everything was fine after these two months, but now that the emperor changed Concubine Jia to take care of her, Concubine Jia sent someone to say hello this morning, and she really took it on her mind, you must know that in the past six months, the queen will not even come to the figure.

Mrs. Nasutu settled her daughter, and went to the secret room to see the woman who was waiting to give birth, and compared to her daughter's emotion, the little woman was at peace, but she saw that Mrs. Nasutu was a little timid, and everything else was fine. They have long been prepared, on the day of Concubine Xin's "delivery", she directly put the woman on the bed to give birth, and the pregnant woman was hideous and clogged when she gave birth, who would carefully look at what she looked like on her face. What's more, Wen Po and the imperial doctor have not seen Concubine Xin much, and now she comes to Concubine Xin every day to ask for peace and security, but she also excuses the previous inappropriateness to change to a new one, and she can't see Concubine Xin every day through the gauze tent, and she will be driven away after giving birth on that day, and no one will be suspicious.

As for the emperor and the queen mother, she will never enter the delivery room, and the other concubines are easy to stop, but now it is Concubine Jia who is responsible for taking care of Concubine Xin's childbirth, and it will be difficult for Concubine Jia to be on the side at that time. But the matter has come to this point, there is no way back, Mrs. Sutu persuaded her daughter: "One step is one step, let's take Concubine Jia away before we are born, and there will be nothing to do with her." ”

Outside the Forbidden City, the Holy Driver came to the Imperial Palace, several cousins of the emperor greeted the door, the Fourteenth Master was seriously ill in bed in the ancient years, and could no longer come to greet the Holy Driver, they cautiously confessed to the Emperor on behalf of their father, Hongli said kindly: "The Fourteenth Uncle is seriously ill, and I am too late to visit as a junior, you say this, where will I be placed?" ”

Because of the concubine with her, the ladies in the house came to serve, thinking that Hongyan used to be just a palace maid, but now she has become a pivotal figure, surrounded by people, she did not get carried away, but saw the cold courtyard of the palace of the county, and felt desolate in her heart.

Hongli took Hongyan to the fourteenth master's sickbed, the critically ill person was unable to speak, and he was still awake when he saw the emperor appear, his eyes moved and moved, and his throat made a sound, knowing that Hongli was coming.

The emperor said to his critically ill uncle: "Fourteenth uncle, rest assured, I will treat my cousins and nephews well, although the future depends on them to earn it, but I will never let people bully them easily." Three-year-old sister, I will also give special treatment, and I will choose a good forehead for her in the future. ”

The old man had tears in his eyes, but no one could guess the emotions in his heart, he was the loser of the heir, his parents were among the siblings, and he chose his brother, but the world knows that the pair of brothers are all the same excellent, but he was not chosen, and he had to face the despair of being banned for half his life. After living in the Qianlong Dynasty for 20 years, there was no place for him to speak above the government, and the former general Wang Fuyuan failed to die on the battlefield, so he could only die of a serious illness in obscurity.

"There you go." Hongli said to Hongyan, "I will talk to the brothers again, and you can go and see the child." ”

Hongyan received the order, and was surrounded by the female relatives waiting outside the door, the old Fujin of the fourteenth master are all gone, and the family affairs are all decided by the son and daughter-in-law, and only a few years ago the maid who has been serving by his side was sealed, and the year before last he got a daughter, naturally many people say that the fourteenth master is a cuckold, but the fourteenth master cherishes the concubine and her daughter very much, and doesn't care what outsiders say.

Hongyan saw this mother and daughter for the first time today, Shu Fujin is about the same age as herself, and she is not a beautiful woman in her teens as rumored, looking at her honest and honest appearance of working for many years, she is holding the child, she does not wear pearls and jade, her nails are shallowly cut, and she is a considerate and caring person at first glance.

Hongyan brought gifts to their mother and daughter, said some comforting words, and promised that she and the child would be properly arranged in the future, Shu Fujin was grateful with tears in his eyes, and Hongyan said: "Since it is the emperor's grace, I will naturally take care of you, I originally wanted to take the little county lord to the palace, but I really can't bear to separate your mother and daughter." In the future, you can live in the county king's mansion with peace of mind, if there is any trouble, just say to me, don't let the county lord be bullied, disappoint the emperor's wishes, and make it difficult for the fourteenth master to look away. ”

After saying something like this, Hongyan waited for the emperor to leave, but Hongli sent someone to invite her over, Hongyan walked to the door of the fourteenth master's bedroom, and heard the emperor's cousins saying: "Father left a few words when he was sober, and asked the ministers to tell the emperor, originally the brothers felt that it was inappropriate, but the emperor came to visit today, and he really couldn't bear to pass on his father's heart." The emperor, his father said that Kangxi Ye had been a martial artist all his life, but in his later years, he was burdened by the competition between his sons, and the emperor was also a famous monarch through the ages, and he hoped that the emperor would not repeat the mistakes of the past, so that his brothers and sisters broke off their flesh and blood. ”

Hongyan's heart sank, so he stopped entering, retreated a few steps away, and waited for the emperor to come out on his own soon after.

Hongli obviously didn't have the excitement of last night, and walked with a gloomy face, and only when he saw Hongyan did he ease down a little, and said, "Let's go, Uncle Fourteen is going to rest." ”