Although the emperor told Hongyan Xinli about the plans and arrangements for the succession in the old year, this holy decree came without warning and in a hurry, as if in order to soothe the uneasiness of the inner palace of the imperial court caused by the previous silkworm ceremony, this decree was suddenly made. In front of him, he still had a posture that the imperial concubine was not worthy of being compared with the queen of Daxing, and when he turned around, he immediately promised the respect of the palace in the house, and the emperor was sloppy and casual, if it weren't for the fact that the queen mother is now dissatisfied with the new queen, I am afraid that the mother and son will have to quarrel over this matter.

Fortunately, the new queen is a person who doesn't care, she will take whatever the emperor gives her, that is, the emperor said that she is not qualified to go to the silkworm ceremony, and the family broke into the palace to bluff something, and asked if the imperial concubine offended the emperor, but the imperial concubine was calm and didn't care, and asked the clansmen: "Which one said I want to be the queen, and the emperor promised you?" ”

Now a holy decree was sent to heaven and earth in the spring, the new queen took it plainly, neither happy nor shirked, after the person who announced the decree left, she got up and asked Hua Rong: "...... during the canonization ceremony"

But this time, Hua Rong didn't wait for the master to ask clearly, so he hurriedly responded: "The second master won't come back, master, you should die." ”

And when Hongyan came to congratulate with Concubine Jia and Concubine Yu, she saw that the new queen on the throne was not interested in anyone kneeling at her feet, and that look of detachment and indifference from the world became a miss for her sweetheart in Hongyan's eyes, she almost didn't dare to imagine that the new queen was still thinking about her lover at this moment, and then she met Ruyin and mentioned these words, and she also went to congratulate the new queen: "Fu Heng said that he would not let the second master return to Beijing to congratulate the new queen, and now that she is the queen, she is even more sloppy. The second master is doing well outside, unless the emperor summons him back to Beijing to report on his work, he doesn't plan to come back in this life. I hope that over time, the queen mother can die of this heart. ”

And Hongyan naturally mentioned the words "queen mother" when she heard Ruyin, thinking about what the emperor would feel like when he shouted the queen to the new queen in the future, but she quickly remembered that Hongli never called the queen to the queen, and there were two people in this palace who would let him call him by his name, one was Fucha Anyi, and the other was her Wei Hongyan. As far as the emperor is concerned, he is afraid that the new empress will have nothing to do.

Because the canonization ceremony of the Middle Palace has to wait for another year, the palace is not busy with the new queen, and is still preparing for the draft. Although the queen mother is not very satisfied with the background of the new show girl, but since this matter was provoked by her, she can't fool the past, this day to personally check the residence prepared by Concubine Yu for the newcomer, as soon as the queen mother walked, the six palaces had to follow, just waiting for her to drive back to Ningchun Hall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Hongyan and Concubine Shu wanted to go back to the world together, but when they saw Concubine Jia suddenly in front of the two, Concubine Shu was not angry or polite, and asked, "What advice does Concubine Niangniang have?" How to block the way of others. ”

Concubine Jia said angrily: "Don't say that you will block your way, I will let you stand here for a long time and not be able to walk, and you don't dare to move, be careful of your words and tone, and don't forget the rules of respect and humility in this palace." ”

Concubine Shu raised her young and beautiful face, that snow-white and transparent skin, without powder, such as porcelain and jade, and Concubine Jia is in her thirties, no matter how charming and beautiful her appearance is, she has to serve the years, even if Concubine Shu will die one day, but now she is better than Concubine Jia.

Concubine Jia secretly hated, thinking that when she hooked the emperor, Concubine Shu still didn't know where she was, but she couldn't say this, she was not so stupid all the time, and when she said it now, wouldn't she admit that she no longer had the youth and beauty of Concubine Shu. And she didn't come to trouble Concubine Shu, her eyes fell on Hongyan, and she said coldly: "Concubine Chun has been back in the Forbidden City for several months, why is there no news at all, what kind of illness does she have?" ”

Hongyan once said to the emperor that if the pure concubine is under house arrest for life, in the eyes of others, it must be a disease at first, and a sin after a long time. It's only been a few months, and some people have begun to be curious, and Concubine Jia is really the first person, and she can't hide anything.

"What did you do to her, I heard them say that she found it, but she killed herself." Concubine Jia glared at Hongyan like a thief, as if she was afraid that Hongyan would do something to her next time, "What did they offend you, to be so ruthless?" ”

Xiangjia Guifei was impulsive and reckless, I don't know how many times she was punished by the queen mother, but even if the door was closed for more than half a year, it was under everyone's noses, but now up and down Xianfu Palace, except for the third elder brother and the sixth elder brother, it can still be seen, and the master and slave seem to have disappeared overnight. A few months have passed, and there has been no news except for knowing that Concubine Chun was sent back to the Forbidden City to recuperate.

Hongyan had something to say, but she didn't want Concubine Shu to say first: "If this is something that the Lord won't let ask, the concubine won't ask, and the concubine will come to ask what happened to the pure concubine, and the concubine and Concubine Ling's sister can't say it." But if the mother is curious about why the emperor loves us, one of the reasons is that don't ask what you shouldn't ask. The concubine is young and careless, and she doesn't know how to say this, can you use it? ”

Concubine Jia's long eyebrows were distorted, and she couldn't wait to pull Concubine Shu's face to scratch the flowers, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Young, who kind of young are you, the fourteen or fifteen-year-old flowers are coming, do you think you will be young for the rest of your life?" ”

At this time, Concubine Yu came out from behind, seeing the tense momentum here, she was busy and laughing a few words with kindness, Concubine Jia saw that there were steps down, and said to Concubine Yu: "The newcomers are coming, and some people still think that they have just entered the palace, what are they so frivolous, and you don't teach?" ”

She put down this sentence and brushed her sleeves away, Concubine Shu took a sip behind her, and was stopped by Concubine Yu and reproached: "Although she is unreasonable, these words are good, you really should change your temperament, you were the youngest in the past, or there is something wrong, and it passed at a young age." But are you embarrassed in the future, compared to your younger sisters, won't you also become the face of Concubine Jia? ”

Concubine Shu really had another grudge, and said hatefully: "I'm not frivolous at this time, I'm still waiting for the newcomer to come and steal the emperor's heart, and then jump up and down like Concubine Jia?" That's really shameless, my sister doesn't have to blame me, I know it very well in my heart. ”

She felt unhappy, and left alone, Hongyan then understood that Concubine Shu, who was happy all day long and didn't care about big and small things, also had thoughts, whether it was Concubine Jiagui's arrogance and meanness, or Concubine Shu's petty temperament, or Concubine Yu's ability to endure anything, as Hongli's women, they were actually the same, even the queen.

But Hongyan couldn't help but shake her head, now she can't mention the word "queen" casually, she just thinks about it in her heart, how do others know if she is talking about the queen of Daxing or the new queen?

Concubine Yu learned that Concubine Jia was entangled for the sake of Concubine Chun's affairs, and sighed: "Anyway, as time goes by, they will all understand." Even now there is nothing separated by the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace, but we will have to go back one day, and at that time there will only be a wall and a door in the Xianfu Palace, and there will inevitably be right and wrong. You have to be careful, the hundred-legged insect dies and does not stiffen, not to mention that she has become a spirit. ”

Hongyan said gratefully: "With my sister by her side to remind you of the warning, you can't be wrong." ”

Concubine Yu glanced back at the residence prepared for the newlyweds, and sighed: "We will all be old, but the emperor will not be old......

And after that, until the days before the draft, the emperor lived in the palace of heaven and earth, or under the pretext of playing with his daughter, or begging for a bowl of tea, he sat still when he came. One day, Hongyan couldn't help but ask: "Dare to love the emperor, didn't you want to see your concubines once?" ”

Hongli said distressedly: "I don't know how to speak, you are busy sharing so many things for me, but you have to watch the newcomer accompany me." ”

Hongyan remembered what the queen had said, the emperor's temperament has really remained unchanged for decades, so she had to smile and say: "Newcomers fill the harem and spread branches for the royal family, it is the ancestral family law, how can you get to the emperor here, just break the rules for the concubines?" Kangxi Ye had countless harems at that time, and the emperor is now not as good as his grandfather, so naturally he doesn't dare to be better than Kangxi, but the descendants should be stronger than the next generation, so they can be inherited, right? ”

Hongli said happily: "You are so generous, I can feel at ease." ”

Hongyan squinted and smiled: "Then why did the emperor pretend to come here, with a deep sense of guilt?" It's so insincere. ”

This word, hooking out each other's ambiguity, how can Hongli spare the words of Hongyan, but the boudoir is not enough for outsiders, only the cherry guarding the door can hear laughter from time to time, but even the cherry will sigh, in the future, this laughter, I don't know which palace will come from, the emperor hugged the newcomer and laughed, you can know the tears of the old man.

The draft was held as scheduled, and the red face did not enter the main hall on the same day, just responsible for the trivial things, it is rare to have a draft in the Old Summer Palace, no higher than the palace walls in the Forbidden City, every road is well-behaved, to prevent the show girl from going in and out, don't go wrong and get lost.

From sunrise to sunset, Hongyan returned to the world to drink a cup of tea in the spring to rest, and Concubine Shu came back to her with news, saying that the emperor chose the daughter of the commander and the commander of the light car, Balin, as the Ying noble, the daughter of the Tang Afobao, the Lin family, and the daughter of the Gansu governor Ele Shun, Xilin Jueluo as the Echang, in addition, the Shen noble, Bai Changzai, and so on. As if he was angry with the Queen Mother, he chose many people in one go.

Hongyan listened, the emperor chose more people in this draft than Concubine Shu at that time, but sure enough, as the queen mother was not satisfied, because the newcomers were not very valuable people, most of them were in the noble people, and there were still vacancies in the concubines in the palace, but the emperor did not give any of them.

Hongyan said: "Since there are so many newcomers, why don't we ask for a favor for Sister Lu, she is gentle and obedient to the emperor and likes it, take this opportunity to give her a concubine, in front of the newcomer, it is also a little more confident." ”

Concubine Shu smiled: "I want to, but I don't dare to speak." ”