Fu Longan said: "I wasn't on duty last night, I'll ask for you." ”

Buddha told him: "You ask quietly, don't let people know, it's nothing important, I just saw some curiosity." ”

Fulongan responded, continued to ride a horse to inspect the convoy, Fo'er followed the carriage into Jiangning weaving, she and Fulongan have another residence, but curious about what Hongyan looks like here, followed to see, but it is an ordinary Jiangnan garden scenery, the Old Summer Palace has been seen, nothing is unusual, the little woman smiled and said: "I thought it was so great, in the end it was just a yamen, how can it be compared with the palace." ”

Hongyan looked at the furnishings in the house, it must have been no longer the things used by Empress Xiaogongren back then, but she also said: "But the people who have lived in it are amazing, what kind of emperor is Kangxi?" ”

When Buddha heard this, he smiled and asked, "E-Niang said this, is it bad to be the emperor?" This way, Huang Ama is just saying a word, leaving us all behind, Eniang, you must feel uncomfortable. ”

"Nonsense." Although she has nothing to say in the face of her daughter, Hongyan also has something that she doesn't want to admit, so she said with the things that Hongli promised her before, "This way you have to do serious things, you have to serve the queen mother, the emperor Ama is flawless, and he and I are the best." On the way back, you have to take good care of the imperial grandmother for Huang Amma, and Eniang will hand over your younger brothers and sisters to you. ”

"Where are E-Niang going? Don't go with us? Buddha asked.

"On the return trip, Huang Ama has to take a dry road, and it is not appropriate to walk with the Queen Mother." Hongyan will be very unconfident when she mentions these words again at this time, maybe she will follow the queen mother back by water, and the good things she said at the beginning were just a sentence.

"In this way, then Huang Ama deliberately snubbed you, so that the imperial grandmother would not embarrass you?" Fo'er asked, as if relieved, "Then I'll be relieved, I thought Huang Ama had a quarrel with you, but Cherry said she didn't know anything." ”

Hongyan smiled reluctantly: "No, when you go out, you have to be more considerate of your Emperor Ama." ”

Fo'er believed it and helped E-Niang and her younger siblings settle down, and was about to go back to her and her husband's residence, and Fu Longan had already inquired about what was going on, and told Fo'er: "Last night, the Queen Mother sent a palace maid to the imperial boat to deliver supper, and it was true that someone got off the boat and went on the boat, but the palace maid quickly returned to the Queen Mother." ”

Fu Longan was not stupid, he understood very well what the Buddha wanted him to inquire, and comforted his wife: "Don't worry, we are guarding the emperor all the way, and there is nothing strange about it." ”

Buddha always had to maintain some dignity for his father, and said angrily: "What a strange thing, I'm just curious about the people I saw last night, what are you thinking." What does Huang Ama want to do, it is naturally ......" But the couple looked at each other and smiled, and they could understand what they wanted to say, and the Buddha was coquettish, "That's my Huang Amma, you are not allowed to be disrespectful." ”

When Fu Heng came over, he saw that the Buddha was still treated with courtesy, although the Buddha treated Fu Heng as a father, but after a long time, he knew the temper of his father-in-law, and he was used to his courtesy, and said politely at the moment: "The road is hard, Ama please rest early, I will write a letter to my mother to report safety when I turn around." ”

Fu Heng said respectfully: "The journey is tiring, please take care of your body too, the family letter is not in a hurry today." ”

After a few polite words, Fu Heng said that he had something to say to his son, and the Buddha left first, Fu Longan thought it was a big deal, but he didn't want to ask him why he inquired about the things around the imperial boat last night, Fu Longan said the truth, Fu Heng was silent, and saw that his son was still standing on the side for a while, so he said: "Inquire about the emperor's affairs in the future, be very careful, don't be self-righteous, you can't afford to get into trouble." ”

Fu Long responded that Fu Heng asked him to go first, and he continued to go to the emperor, he had been to Jiangning Weaving several times, he was familiar with everything here, and knew where Hongyan lived at the moment, his eyes would always look in that direction, although he couldn't see anything, but he couldn't bear it in his heart. He heard Ruyin say that there was an extra palace maid there for the queen mother, and last night the princess inquired about these things, he felt that it might not be Hongyan's meaning, and he also saw the situation along the way, and mistakenly thought that Hongyan was sad for the emperor's affection.

It was day and night, Jiang Ning weaving a banquet to entertain the Holy Driver, Fu Heng finally paid attention to the people around the Queen Mother, but now it is on land, Mama Hua can take care of the Queen Mother when she is rested, there are no fresh faces on the table, and Fu Heng can't stare at the Queen Mother all the time, because he saw that the spirit of Hongyan was still okay and there was no discomfort, so he put it down for a while.

Until the third day, the emperor served the queen mother to travel to Jiangning, only with the queen, Fu Heng accompanied nearby, waiting for the carriage to depart, inadvertently saw a little palace maid drill into the queen mother's carriage, although it was just a hurried glance, but there was a trance of déjà vu, and it seemed to be a long memory, even he didn't feel real.

After a whole day, I always saw the palace maid beside the queen mother, and I also heard that this little girl was the palace maid who was saved by Hongyan, and finally on the way back, when the emperor and the palace maid told something, he suddenly remembered that this familiar appearance was actually his childhood memory, the appearance of his sister when she was young. Fu Heng immediately sent someone to inquire about who got off the queen mother's boat and went to the emperor's ship on the eve of entering Jiangning, and learned that it was this palace maid named Yong'er, Fu Heng became more and more worried about Hongyan.

On this day, the emperor returned to Jiangning to weave, and the local boat was arranged to invite the emperor to visit Qinhuai at night, Qinhuai Wu Nong whispered softly at night, and there was infinite style waiting for the emperor, this was not something that Fu Heng could intervene in, but thinking that the emperor might be affectionate to Hongyan, thinking of what the palace maid might change, he couldn't help but ask the emperor in advance: "The return trip, the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother are already in preparation, the emperor has said that he will part ways with the queen mother, take the dry road back to Beijing, whether everything is business as usual now, the minister is good and the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother explain to the yamen around the country to prepare to take over." ”

The emperor said naturally: "Everything is as usual, prepare a spacious carriage, I want to go with Concubine Ling, the queen serves the queen mother to take a boat back to Beijing by water, and after going ashore, you don't have to wait for me to meet, just go back to the Old Summer Palace." ”

Fu Heng heard this, and asked again: "I don't know how many people and horses will be arranged for Concubine Ling." ”

The emperor smiled: "You don't have to deliberately arrange it, the concubine will be with me." ”

Fu Heng raised his head and glanced at the emperor, the tone in which he said these words was the same as when he first commanded in the capital, and he couldn't see what was unpleasant along the way, and the palace maid named Yong'er did not have any ambiguity except for explaining ordinary things to the emperor. Fu Heng secretly wondered if he was too careful, in order not to let the emperor be too careful, he stopped at the point.

And Fu Heng followed the emperor almost day and night, and almost had the opportunity to see the concubines of the inner palace, and it was impossible for him to go to Hongyan to tell her that the emperor was fine, so his position would become very strange, and Hongyan would inevitably be embarrassed, but fortunately, he had the most suitable person to bring in the words, and it was very appropriate for the Buddha to tell Hongyan through the mouth of Fu Longan.

Hongyan was two days later, after hearing from Fo'er that the Fulongan brothers and the fourth and fifth elder brothers had begun to prepare for the return to Luan, and the emperor told them to prepare a spacious carriage, saying that they would go with Concubine Ling, although it had not been officially proposed, but the matter had been prepared.

"That's what Fulongan said?" When she heard the news, Hongyan was a little stunned, she boasted to her daughter that day, but in fact she didn't have much confidence, that is, at this moment, as long as Hongli didn't come to her in person, she didn't feel relieved. She always kept the words of the concubine in her heart, and she also knew the truth well, without the emperor, she Wei Hongyan was really nothing, and she could no longer afford to put it down like before, and she couldn't easily lose everything in front of her for the sake of her children. The uneasiness and entanglement along the way are like people drinking water.

Buddha said: "Don't you know it yourself, you are fine, you can play happily with Huang Ama." If the imperial grandmother knew that the emperor Ama was taking you to the leisure, we would have to look at our faces every day when we went back. ”

"Fo'er, when the time comes, you will take care of your younger brothers and sisters for Eniang, the imperial grandmother doesn't like them, don't let them make the imperial grandmother angry." Hongyan was only beginning to be reluctant to give up the child at this moment, but this time, no matter what, she had to put the child aside first, she couldn't just give up the emperor like this, she couldn't.

Buddha said with a smile: "There are also Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu, you can rest assured to follow Huang Ama to have a good time, remember to bring good food to Xiao Qi and Ke'er." That day, my sister also said that she thought it was fun to come out, but who knew that she was taking a boat every day, and she was already tired of it. ”

But at this moment, what her daughter said, Hongyan had no intention of listening, and she was looking forward to the days passing sooner than ever, before the holy car returned to Luan, anything could happen, and she could no longer have any misunderstanding with the emperor.

The emperor temporarily changed his mind, read the queen mother's hard journey, and ordered the queen and the concubines to stay in Jiangning to weave, and he took the prince and the ministers to leave for a few days.

Before the short separation, it was necessary to get together to tell something, the room in the weaving mansion was not as spacious as in the palace, and the concubines and concubines accompanying the queen were crowded into a room of people, the emperor sat next to the queen mother, Hongyan stood behind the queen, and when she saw Yong'er serving tea to the queen mother and the emperor, she smiled brightly at the emperor, as if she was already very familiar.

Hongyan's heart has never had such a strong sense of intolerable jealousy, she had to avoid her eyes and stop looking at Hongli, now it's not that Yong'er is inappropriate, it's not that the emperor is inappropriate, it's that she herself is tormented by her own demons, there are no words for more than a month, counting the more than ten years after the queen's death, this is the first time.

"I'll be back in a few days, and I'll be back to Beijing when I return." The emperor said, "You all have to take care of your health, the way back is also very long, if this time is smooth, I will go on patrol with you to serve the Queen Mother in two years." ”