Concubine Yu instructed Bai Li to inquire again, and said to Concubine Shu: "If this is the case, we are also polite, not that we will be afraid of her in the future, you can't get along with her or the queen mother, it's better to see what the top ones mean." ”

Concubine Shu smiled: "What my sister said is that I just said that I wanted to watch the play before, so let's just watch the play." ”

Soon after, Bai Li returned, saying that Mama Hua meant that Dai Jia's family did not stay overnight, and the mother and daughter were about to leave that day, Concubine Yu said: "Although she is already the emperor's person, what she has now is just a will, it makes no sense to live in the inner palace now, the queen mother will only make people laugh at this, if you really let the queen come forward, it will be really undignified." ”

"It's boring." Concubine Shu clapped her hands and said disappointmently, "I thought I could watch a good show, so let's disperse." ”

Because the tenth elder brother was tired and sleepy, Concubine Shu took her son back, and Concubine Yu waited for her to leave before saying to Hongyan: "It's not to instigate you to discord with the Queen Mother, but there are some things to tell you." That day, you worked hard to stay up all night to serve, the queen mother was indeed a little pitiful, after all, she was old, but when you turned around and left, she complained to the emperor, saying that the emperor went to Ningchun Hall early, whether it was to see you or her. If you want to say that everyone is serving these days, or you have the most credit that night, the Queen Mother didn't mention half a word, and she didn't find fault with your cold, and she was kind. I also know that she is old, but where do we not respect her, but if we put our hearts too close, what else can we do but be cold? ”

Hongyan knew that if Concubine Yu said such a thing, it could be seen that the Queen Mother also chilled her heart, and she was sincere to herself, so she hurriedly responded: "Sister, don't worry, I have no heart for the Queen Mother for a long time, it won't be too hot or cold, just because she is the emperor's mother, I look at the emperor in everything, and the past will pass." ”

After that, due to the queen's call, the two went to the Xiu Mountain House together, and they didn't meet the Sutu mother and daughter who left Ningchun Hall here, but Ying Concubine, Bai Guiren, and Yu Chang came to serve the Queen Mother and met with their mother and daughter.

Mrs. Nasutu took her daughter to salute several concubines, and passed by after being polite to each other, they stopped in front of the door of Ningchun Hall to see the mother and daughter go away, and the noble Ying raised her face and said to the white nobles: "Now she is still saluting you, and it may be said that she is of noble birth, and the position of the person who comes in is different." By this time next year, you may be able to bow your knees to her. ”

Chang Chang snorted softly: "The emperor and the queen mother are not in harmony, will they like the woman chosen by the queen mother?" If you like it, why are you waiting to enter the palace next year, what is the level of status, isn't the pure concubine Niangniang in Xianfu Palace noble, and what about now? ”

Because the people from Ning Chun Tang came out, they didn't talk more, and these gossips could not reach the ears of Su Tu's mother and daughter, they followed the eunuch who led the way all the way out, and Xiao Dai Jia saw his mother looking around, and couldn't help asking: "What is E-Niang looking for?" ”

Mrs. Nasutu said, "Let's see if we can meet the emperor." He unconsciously straightened his waist and said, "This garden is really big, and your legs are sore after walking back and forth, daughter, you have to prepare a sedan chair for Eniang in the future, and let them carry Eniang in." ”

Little Dai Jia avoided his mother's gaze and smiled: "That's natural." ”

The Queen Mother's illness has been troubled for a month, and the emperor has done everything he should have done, but even if he did all his best, the Queen Mother still did not feel satisfied. In order to make her happy, the emperor took advantage of the spring flowers to hold a banquet in the garden, and asked Hongday to invite the best opera troupe in the capital to the palace, which was lively for three or five days, but he had never seen a trace of the queen in the past few days, and the queen was about to give birth, although no one would care about her, but she did not even send the palace maids around her to greet the queen mother.

After a long time, there were rumors coming out, which used to say that Concubine Ling and the Queen Mother were not in harmony, but now no one mentions Hongyan, and they all go to the queen. But the queen's personality, don't care about a few words of gossip at all, she quietly waited for delivery in the Jiexiu Mountain House, in the middle of the night in late April, suddenly gave birth, Hongyan and Concubine Yu stayed in the Jiexiu Mountain House all night, the queen at dawn, gave birth to the emperor's twelfth son.

On April 25, the 17th year of Qianlong, the royal family got another son-in-law.

After the Huifa Nala clan, it is the former Yongzheng Ye canonized Prince Bao side Fujin, with the king for more than 20 years, and now she is just beginning to have a child, and then see that she was established as the queen for only a few years, it can be seen that blessed people will be favored by God at the right time. In the past twenty years, as a concubine, even if she has an heir, she may not have a future, and even threaten the middle palace where she lost her child.

The emperor is obviously also very happy, in fact, without Empress Fucha and her children, Hongli has been much indifferent to who to be the crown prince, and has been much more indifferent to the inheritance, but the ministers of the court will not let go of this matter, over the years they have clearly and secretly hoped that the emperor can make a decision, and now that there is a prince in the middle palace, it is logical that the future should be a concubine, no matter what the final result is, now you can finally send those annoying ministers. The emperor deliberately gave the twelve elder brothers a meaningful name, which was for Yongxuan.

The names of this generation of princes are all from jade, and the name of the second elder brother in the past is Yongzhengye's expectation that his grandson can inherit the clan, and the seventh elder brother Yongcong is also the same. At present, the name of the twelve elder brothers is Yongxuan, which means the foundation of eternity, it can be seen that the emperor has the heart of passing on the throne, and the truth is true and false, and it is up to the ministers to figure it out, and the emperor no longer has to be bothered by them.

But on this day, the little brother washed three, the queen mother and the emperor came to preside, after the ceremony was completed, the emperor and Concubine Yu sent the queen mother back to Ningchun Hall, Hongyan helped the queen to deal with the things that came to welcome, and was holding the congratulatory gift sent by the prince Fujin into the inner hall for the queen to see, seeing her holding the swaddling clothes and muttering happily, Hongyan came closer, just about to explain where the things in her hand came from, and heard the queen say: "Qing'er, what good things did you dream of, why did you smile?" ”

Hongyan's heart pounded, and she turned around stiffly, the little brother fell asleep, as if with a smile on his face, and the queen's loving eyes revealed a breath that made her shudder. Qing'er? How is Qing'er, isn't the twelfth elder brother called Yongxuan? Although the prince and princess will have a nickname, the red-faced Buddha is, but the queen should not be ......

Hua Rong came in and saw Concubine Ling staying, she was just about to step forward to ask what was wrong, and she heard the queen saying to the baby: "Qing'er, E-Niang has invited the best nurse for you, you can grow up quickly when you are full, and E-Niang will always accompany you." ”

She had long known that the queen named the little brother Qing'er, but she didn't expect the queen to dare to call it that way in front of outsiders, for people who don't know, she wouldn't have thought that the name of the little prince came from the second master of the Fucha family, but for those who know, it is a shocking thing. Hua Rong had long felt that Concubine Ling was a little weird, and when she saw her in a daze at this moment, the former uneasiness came out again, and she came up and asked, "Concubine Ling, are you okay?" ”

Hongyan shook her head, and when she saw Hua Rong's tangled eyes, she was worried that Hua Rong would doubt herself, her mind turned and turned, and she laughed awkwardly and said: "Looking at the appearance of Niangniang and Little Brother, I am envious in my heart, Jia Guifei Niangniang, and Concubine Shu, I have watched so many children born, but I will never be able to take my turn, every time I see a child, my heart is ......"

Hua Rong also believed this, who didn't know that Concubine Ling couldn't give birth, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Concubine Ling shouldn't know those things, the minions who connected Xiushanfang and Yikun Palace never noticed it, how could Concubine Ling know, so she said kindly: "Niangniang is relieved, you are still so young, the queen mother is ...... It seems that several ladies in the palace are not young when they have children. ”

Hongyan smiled: "Yes, if you say yes, I will ask Cherry to give you a generous gift." ”

They said so much that the queen heard a few words, heard the word "generous gift", and said to Hongyan disdainfully: "These things, if you like them, pick a few and bring them back to the princess to play, I don't lack anything here, just let Hua Rong put away the rest, you don't have to show me a look." As for returning the gifts, there are rewards for every New Year's holiday anyway, and I don't owe them anything. ”

Hongyan responded, and went to be busy with Hua Rong, and when she left, she heard the queen shouting "Qing'er" in her mouth, Hua Rong was by her side, she couldn't pretend that she didn't hear it, so she tried to make a natural look, and asked Hua Rong: "Is Qing'er the nickname of the little brother?" ”

Hua Rong smiled dryly: "Yes." She said nonsense, "The queen mother hopes that little brother can have a clear heart in this chaotic world." ”

Hongyan smiled along with the words: "It's really a good meaning." ”

A few days later, Ruyin went to the palace with the daughter of the Fucha family to congratulate her, and was able to go to the spring of the Tiandi family to meet her sisters. She is also out of confinement now, but because her daughter is too young to be carried into the palace, she also asked Concubine Shu to complain for a while, and then the tenth elder brother cried to break Concubine Shu away, and Hongyan said to her: "The queen mother gave the twelfth elder brother a nickname, called Qing'er." ”

At that time, Ruyin was drinking tea, choking and coughing, relieved her breath, and asked anxiously: "She doesn't want to die?" ”

Hongyan was also worried: "The second master is gone, it is true that nothing can happen, but she is so infatuated, once someone finds out that she is turning over old accounts, even if the second master is gone, it will be a big trouble." Qing'er shouted, who knows if there will be anything in the future. ”

Ruyin sighed: "For her, Fu Heng lost his temper last time, saying that she should have ended up in the year, and I didn't know what they were thinking at the time, there was no better solution than to let her disappear." ”

Hongyan was stunned, and Ruyin said again: "Don't you think that my family is ruthless, now that I think about it, our second sister-in-law's life is not fate?" Even if the second master really can't avoid the fate of sacrificing his life for the country, if there is no queen, the second sister-in-law will not be martyred. ”