Hongyan's sentence was originally a joke, but the emperor really went out and was not happy, originally scheduled to arrive in Hangzhou in two months, and returned after staying for a few days, but he was still wandering around Jiangsu and Zhejiang until March. After all, it has been with Hongyan for many years, and the feelings are hidden deep in the heart, where it is as inseparable as a little lover in love. On the contrary, Concubine Shu is about to give birth, and the emperor and queen mother are not in the palace, and others can't help but feel a little chilled when they look at it.

Fortunately, Concubine Shu doesn't care about herself, she wants a child for herself, not for the emperor, and the emperor has a bit of sincerity, and the queen mother has a bit of sincerity, she herself understands better than anyone else, since this is the case, why bother with what she doesn't care about.

On the contrary, the Queen Mother and the Emperor took almost everyone away, the Old Summer Palace was so quiet that it seemed to be able to hear the sound of flowers blooming and falling, there was no jealousy between the concubines, there was no Queen Mother's difficulties and meanness, and there was no need to worry about the emperor's daily life and diet every day.

She and Concubine Shu walked every day to bask in the sun, the weather was getting hotter, and Concubine Shu was getting more and more bulky, so she raised a few tanks of fish and a few parrots to have fun in the yard. From time to time, there will be a letter from the fifth elder brother asking for peace from Jiangnan, and there is a letter from Yongqi on this day, saying that they are racing horses in the Jiangning school, Yongqi won the first name, and the words are full of the child's vigorous vitality. Hongyan believed it twice, carefully put it away, and Concubine Shu smiled: "Yongqi is also well-behaved, I don't know if he has his own heart, or if Concubine Yu teaches him well." I don't believe that this has been out for a few months, and the emperor doesn't steal a bite of fishy food outside. ”

Hongyan smiled: "What is stealing, is it cheap for him to eat?" Ruyin told me before going out that the officials along the way had been prepared early, and they couldn't make a big show yet, so they had to be sneaky. ”

Concubine Shu snorted lightly: "Do you guess Long live the lord, will you bring a few back?" ”

Hongyan shook his head, pointed to Kyushu Qingyan's side and said, "Concubine Jiagui is here, let's put our hearts in our stomachs." ”

Concubine Shu was amused, and for a while, the fetus in her womb also rolled, watching her belly rise and fall through her clothes, she said to Hongyan: "Such a skinny little thing, it must be a little brother, I really want a girl, as well-behaved and caring as Fo'er." ”

The little princess followed Concubine Yu on a southern tour, and Hongyan also missed it very much for a while, but when it came to her son and daughter, she persuaded Concubine Shu: "The girl is naturally caring, but how many of the royal daughters can stay in the capital, do you want to have a child to rely on in the future, or is it good to have a son, and you can still have a daughter-in-law to bully you in the future, right?" ”

Concubine Shu pouted and said: "My daughter-in-law must be in pain, I have suffered from my grandmother's anger, how can I toss my daughter-in-law again." ”

At this time, Chunmei came to pass the word, saying that the third elder brother came to ask for peace, Hongyan went out to see the third elder brother, the third elder brother said that he was going back to the Forbidden City to do business, and specially came to ask the two mothers for instructions, Hongyan agreed, and only told him to be careful on the road.

Let's say that the emperor made a southern tour this time, leaving the third elder brother to assist several ministers in managing the affairs of Beijing, compared to taking him south, he was able to hand over such an important matter to him, which can be regarded as offsetting the previous punishment, and the death of the eldest brother made the emperor feel guilty, and he treated the third elder brother much more leniently than before. The third elder brother is also competitive, he has done a good job in the matter at hand, and he also has great respect for Concubine Ling and Concubine Shu who stayed, but whether he will have resentment in his heart because of what happened to his biological mother, others don't know.

Hongyan came back and said about the third elder brother, Concubine Shu had a heart: "He went back to the Forbidden City alone, would he quietly go to Xianfu Palace to see his mother?" ”

"It's human nature to see, it's the biological mother and son in the end." Hongyan didn't care, and said, "Our emperor seems to be easy to talk and soft-eared, and he understands everything in his heart, and the things that are decided will never change, he is just polite to the third elder brother now, and the rest is still the same, if the third elder brother is smart, at least he can keep his life rich and safe, he has to force something, his heart hardened, and they didn't have to be father and son." ”

Concubine Shu couldn't help but hold her stomach and said: "Do you hear, E-Niang doesn't ask you to be smart and clever, just ask you to be honest, your Ama's mind, in fact, you boys can have fun?" ”

Hongyan blamed her: "What did you say? ”

Concubine Shu said: "I've always been very strange, a hearted person like you always looks at the cold things that the emperor has done to others, and he always looks at them lightly. I won't persuade or be sad, just chat with us casually, and it's over. Even if other people's affairs have nothing to do with us, won't you have the sorrow of losing your lips and teeth? ”

Hongyan treats every day as if it were the last day, she is ready to lose everything in front of her at any time, and return to the ordinary days, since there is no strong sense of gain and loss, even if she will feel sorry for others, she will not have the sadness of losing her lips and teeth. After all, what does other people's affairs have to do with her, if everyone takes care of themselves first, what trouble can there be in this world? It's just that not everyone will take care of themselves first, most people only like to take care of other people's affairs, even if she is red-faced, she is just better than others.

At this moment, Concubine Shu asked her like this, and she just said jokingly: "What is so serious about the loss of lips and cold teeth, without grace and glory and wealth, in the future, we will both fall out of favor, every day is such a quiet day, how good." I'm really in a panic, I have nothing to do, so I call my daughter-in-law in to talk, does she dare not honor you? ”

Concubine Shu said angrily: "What kind of mentality are you, how old are we." But she touched her belly and said, "Naturally, my son is also your son, and I can't teach my child this temper, so you have to help me more in the future." ”

Hongyan deliberately said: "You think I can't ...... in this life."

"Shut up!" Concubine Shu stopped Hongyan and said distressedly, "Don't say that kind of thing, the child will be scared away by you." ”

Let's say that the third elder brother went from the Old Summer Palace to the Forbidden City, and after the important things were done, he should return to the Old Summer Palace. I sent someone to greet him every few days, and it has always been very good, and Huang Ama and E-Niang did not allow us to see each other, for the sake of E-Niang's body. ”

The third elder brother did send people to the Forbidden City to ask for peace the next day, but those people just worked hard to go back and forth, ordering a cup of tea and even making a difference, what kind of situation was the pure concubine in the Xianfu Palace, no one really saw it, anyway, the emperor wanted them to say that everything was safe, and they just did it.

Those eunuchs who are idle in the Forbidden City and have no profits, it is rare to see the master, so they want to ask for some silver, today I know that the third elder brother is back, and I have already thought of going to Xianfu Palace to explore the wind, and sure enough, the concubine Niangniang wants to see her son, so they are waiting for the third elder brother here.

Although the guards of Xianfu Palace are strict, but after a long time, people will inevitably have inertia, the eunuchs and guards are familiar, and some things will be easy to do, if the third elder brother really wants to visit his mother, it is not a difficult thing, not to mention that the emperor is now thousands of miles away in Jiangnan, where will he care about a concubine who has fallen out of favor and a prince who has fallen out of favor.

Unexpectedly, the pure concubine has the feeling of thinking about her son, but the third elder brother is hard-hearted, this child who can tell others that his mother is a resentful woman, and he is not even willing to write a eulogy to his grandfather, knowing that his mother is no longer reliable, how can he be close to her and displease others? In case his father is annoyed, he will finally earn some dignity for himself again, and he will be buried by his mother again.

Not only did the little eunuchs not get any benefits, but they were reprimanded by the third elder brother, and soon took the carriage and left, not caring about their biological mother. But you must know that in the past days, Concubine Chun didn't care about this son, she used to be ruthless to her own son, and now her son is all back to her.

After the third elder brother finished his errand, he returned to the Old Summer Palace and then reported to Concubine Ling and Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu couldn't help but say: "Come and go in such a hurry, such a good opportunity not to see your biological mother, but to see you and me so diligently, it is really the son of a pure concubine, so he can have such a careful thought." ”

Hongyan said: "You should say, in the end, it is a child raised by a pure concubine, and our Buddha is not like this." ”

Concubine Shu sighed: "Even if the Buddha is picked up, it is stronger than that woman." She knew that when she spoke, Hongyan would be unhappy, so she quickly changed the topic and said, "The third elder brother is also sixteen or seventeen years old, why don't the queen mother and the emperor worry about his marriage." ”

Sure enough, this kind of thing, the emperor will only say to Hongyan, nothing is unusual and new in her, Concubine Shu mentioned it, and Hongyan said: "The emperor is already choosing, and when he returns from the southern tour, he will choose Fujin for the third elder brother, the time is really fast, Yongqi is also ten years old, and in four or five years, Sister Yufei should be her mother-in-law." ”

Concubine Shu smiled: "I don't know what kind of daughter-in-law Sister Yu will meet, I look forward to being a cute and clever child, who can pester Sister Yu to be coquettish, sensible and filial, and naturally look good." ”

As they spoke, Cherry and Chunmei moved the reward sent by the emperor from Jiangnan into the house, because there was something almost every other day, Hongyan and Concubine Shu were no longer unusual, they chose at random, and continued what they said just now: "You are so troublesome and trivial to choose a daughter-in-law for others, which one will be your daughter-in-law in the future, blame the pitiful." ”

Concubine Shu glanced at her, looked at the jewelry box, suddenly frowned, picked up a hairpin and said, "There is still hair trembling on this hairpin, what's the matter, who has moved?" Or is it our long-lived master who used people's ......"

Hongyan looked at it and thought it was strange, this hairpin was clearly an old thing that someone had used.