Because the queen mother is closely guarded, Hongyan knows very little about the affairs of Chengqian Palace, and she has hardly seen anyone since she gave birth, but I heard that it has not been very good. At this moment, hearing Lan Guiren say this, Hongyan asked the nurse to take the fourteenth elder brother and invited her to have a cup of tea in the warm pavilion.

Lan Guiren was overjoyed, and instructed the palace people to take care of the little princess, so he followed Hongyan into the door, looked the furnishings in Yanxi Palace up and down, and said with a smile: "Concubine, tell the truth, don't be surprised, are you too simple here, the one in Chengqian Palace is called a magnificent one." ”

Hongyan said with a smile: "Kangxi's Empress Xiaoyi once lived in Chengqian Palace, and the Tong family was rich outside the Guan, I heard that many of the things left in Chengqian Palace were brought by Empress Xiaoyi from her mother's family, and other palaces are naturally incomparable." ”

Lan Guiren thought of Concubine Xin, and deliberately said: "But the people who live now are far less than before." ”

Hongyan held the tea bowl and glanced at her, seeing that Lan Guiren was playing with the tea pet in a novel way, and it didn't look like she was particularly scheming, and the words just now seemed to be said casually, so she withdrew her gaze.

Cherry sent a snack, and kindly invited Lan Guiren to taste, she was not short of a bite to eat in Chengqian Palace, but she saw that everything on Hongyan's side was still fresh, and said: "The imperial doctor doesn't let Concubine Xin Niangniang eat sweet things, it seems that she has some thirst-quenching disease, and the concubine doesn't understand, anyway, Niangniang, she is not good at anything, people say that pregnant women should eat more and make up more, but now she can't even eat decent food." ”

Hongyan frowned, thinking that Concubine Xin was so difficult, the possible dangers of pregnancy, Imperial Physician He had told her, Hongyan had always eaten properly and not indiscriminately supplemented, until the days before childbirth, she was in good health, and she gave birth to fourteen in order to avoid the Queen Mother's bad intentions again, so she pretended not to be very good, but she didn't expect that the things that Imperial Physician He said happened to Concubine Xin. However, when she gave birth to the sixth princess, postpartum people couldn't see it at all, and she had experienced so much hardship.

"When Concubine Xin gave birth to the sixth princess, she also suffered so much?" Hongyan asked.

"Doesn't the mother know?" Lan Guiren asked.

Hongyan shook his head: "I don't know, at that time and now, others can't easily disturb Concubine Xin, right?" ”

Lan Guiren said: "It's strange to say, it turns out that no one can disturb Niangniang at that time, don't say that you are not in Chengqian Palace, even the palace maid and eunuch in Chengqian Palace, and almost don't know how Concubine Xin Niangniang has a baby, she locks herself in the dormitory all day long, except for Huiyun, almost no one has seen her." But this time, although you and other Niangniang can't come to Chengqian Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs in Chengqian Palace can see Xin Concubine Niangniang, she occasionally basks in the sun under the eaves, and the door of the dormitory is not closed all the time like before. ”

These words were a little messy, and Hongyan combed it by herself, which seemed to mean that although the queen mother did not let people disturb Concubine Xin's pregnancy twice, this time she was "seeing people", and the last time she hid very deeply, and almost no one was seen.

Lan Guiren said again: "The only lively time at that time was when Concubine Jia came to the door, and every time she was in a hurry. She learned from the appearance of Emperor Shujia and gestured, "Concubine Jia's mother is looking at people obliquely like this, fierce and vicious, and the slaves and maids are weak when they look at it." ”

Hongyan didn't want to say the rights and wrongs of the deceased, and she didn't want to embarrass Lan Guiren to blame her, she thought that this sentence would be enough, but she didn't expect Lan Guiren to continue: "Concubine Jia is really powerful, and no one else is good with Concubine Xin, isn't it because she is afraid of the Queen Mother?" But Concubine Jia not only dared to come and talk to Concubine Xin, but also dared to bully her, as if she didn't dare to take the Queen Mother in her eyes. ”

"Bullying her?" Hongyan said.

"The slave maid also heard from others, saying that once Jia Guifei Niangniang came, I don't know what she said to Xin Concubine Niangniang, when she left, Xin Concubine Niangniang sat on the ground and cried, but Huiyun quickly closed the door, and the slave didn't see it with her own eyes." Thinking of Concubine Xin's cruelty and meanness in the face of herself, Lan Guiren smiled, "People like Concubine Xin Niangniang will even have times of fear. ”

At this time, Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu and Concubine Qing came to visit the door with their two children, and it was not suitable for Lan Guiren to say those words again, but when she left with the sixth princess, Hongyan said these words to the three of them as they were, and Concubine Qing said: "I heard from the palace people that Concubine Xin and Lan Guiren are not in harmony, and Lan Guiren's words cannot be fully believed." ”

Hongyan bowed: "What my sister said is that it is also the rights and wrongs of others, why should we care." But she and Concubine Yu looked at each other, and they both had other doubts in their hearts, why did Concubine Xin have such a different situation compared to giving birth to the sixth princess, and how did she give birth to the sixth princess? And what did Concubine Jia say that made Concubine Xin so sad that she wanted to sit on the ground and cry?

Emperor Shujia has passed away, if Concubine Xin doesn't say it, no one knows what happened at that time, and Hongyan and Concubine Yu have no way to investigate it. However, although Concubine Jia had countless enemies, she died violently at that time, in terms of contradictions and conflicts, she really had the most to do with Concubine Xin, and it was impossible for Fu Heng not to investigate, there was really no clue?

When there was only Concubine Yu and Hongyan, Concubine Yu said: "She is the Queen Mother's person, if we really find out what is not coming, what is the position and face of the Queen Mother, how should she look at us, and she must not hate us to death?" ”

Of course Hongyan knows the severity of this, and she didn't even tell what she knew about Concubine Chun's indirect killing of the Seventh Elder Brother, isn't it even more worth digging up Concubine Xin's secret? He just said: "If there is really that day, we have to reveal something, we let the Queen Mother find out by herself and solve it by herself, let's just hide far away." ”

The weather was getting colder and colder, and the imperial doctor concluded that the day of Concubine Xin's birth was at the beginning of the month. Although Hongyan is not involved in the affairs of the Chengqian Palace, everything in the Sixth Palace is her and Concubine Yu's decision, and she often tells the people of the Internal Affairs Office not to miss the silver bone charcoal in the concubine's house, the queen mother is looking forward to holding her grandson, the palace is too peaceful, and time is going to prepare for the Laba Festival, and the night before Laba, the Xin concubine is going to give birth.

Because the mother has not been walking around for a long time, her physical strength is very weak, and because she is too much in the early stage, even if she can't even eat normal meals as Lan Guiren said, it is impossible to make the fetus smaller, and the fetal position is not correct, this delivery is almost going to the life of Concubine Xin.

Midwives, I thought that Concubine Xin was experienced, but I didn't expect Concubine Xin to show that she didn't understand anything, didn't know how to work hard, didn't know what her condition was, just cried and shouted pain, and couldn't give birth after tossing for a long time, and if it dragged on, the child would be in danger.

In the Chengqian Palace, the Queen Mother sat in person, Concubine Yu was with her, and naturally there was no place for Hongyan to stand, but she went to Yikun Palace, and the queen sent her to take a look at Concubine Xin because she had no time to come and take a look at it, and then went to tell her, when the Queen Mother saw Hongyan, she really didn't want to be angry with her: "What are you going to do, Fourteenth Elder Brother doesn't want anyone to take care of you?" ”

Hongyan said that it was the queen's meaning, and the queen mother was about to grab the white, but someone came in a panic, saying that Concubine Xin was not good, and asked whether to protect the adult or the child. Hongyan remembered that she gave birth twice, and the emperor was in a very good state with her, and she also told the imperial doctor to protect herself, which was something that did not need to be considered at all, but at this moment, the queen mother hesitated.

Concubine Yu pulled Hongyan back and said softly: "I'm afraid I'm thinking, if I leave the child, I can't do anything to you, but if Concubine Xin is left without a child, she may not be able to make achievements in the future, and the old lady is not happy in her heart." ”

Sure enough, I heard the Queen Mother say coldly: "I have kept all the big and small ones, and none of them can be missed." ”

The Queen Mother looked for Concubine Yu again, and said angrily: "You go in and tell Concubine Xin that there is no woman who can't give birth to a child, what kind of future she and her child want, and what kind of hardship she has to endure now, what is this hard work." ”

Concubine Yu had to pass on the words of the Queen Mother, and Concubine Xin's situation was indeed not optimistic, Concubine Yu had never seen such a person giving birth to a child, thinking of the fast and smooth delivery of Hongyan in the past two years, she sighed more and more that Hongyan had endured more than ten years of hard work and grievances, but left her luck in the most important thing.

In the outer hall, the palace maid and eunuch were afraid that the queen mother would be cold, and sent a pot of charcoal fire, Hongyan felt a little stuffy and unbearable, so she wanted to stand in front of the door, she had no intention of leaving, but the queen mother sneered: "You just left?" ”

Hongyan was busy explaining, but as she spoke, she only felt that her stomach was tumbling, which made her heart tense for a while. Because there has been no monthly letter after giving birth, and she doesn't know when she will be able to return to normal, she can't even count the days at this time, she only knows the joy of Wutai Mountain and the emperor's boudoir, right?

Concubine Yu came out to tell Concubine Xin about her condition, Hongyan didn't listen to half a sentence, a burst of discomfort churned out of her stomach, she finally couldn't help but go out of the door, but she didn't have time to go out, holding on to the door and wanting to vomit.

The palace people were stunned, and they came to support Concubine Ling, Concubine Yu was stunned, but when she fell on the Queen Mother, the look in the Queen Mother's eyes, Concubine Yu actually read a little despair.

Despair? Concubine Yu herself couldn't believe it, but the Queen Mother looked so pitiful, as if she was heartbroken, as if there was no hope.

At this moment, there was a mess here, and there was a sound of a baby crying inside, and everyone was relieved, and Concubine Yu quickly took the order to go in to see the situation. But when she came out again, her face was full of embarrassment, and she didn't wait for the midwife to clean up the baby that was born before she was brought out, so Concubine Yu first brought not very good news, and said timidly: "Congratulations to the Queen Mother, Concubine Xin gave birth to a little princess safely." ”

The atmosphere in the room froze, Hongyan covered her mouth for fear of retching and causing the Queen Mother to be displeased, she subconsciously stepped back, and sure enough, she saw the Queen Mother smile coldly, got up from her seat, and ordered: "Take care of her." ”

In just four words, the old lady didn't say more than half a word, and left with Mama Hua.

The solidified atmosphere in Chengqian's palace was broken by another burst of retching in the red face, Concubine Yu hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and asked, "Are you, my God, are you there again?" ”