Although the matter is over, the aftermath bursts.
First of all, Mingyu fell out of favor. For the sake of her serving for many years, the queen did not punish her explicitly, but she did not trust her as much as before. Mingyu was saddened by this, but there was nothing she could do.
The other is to please the noble people.
"Congratulations." The Empress shook her swaddled arms and smiled, "This palace presented your affection to the Emperor on your behalf a few days ago. The Emperor recites your merits in giving birth, and wants to raise your status, and you will be the concubine of the concubine tomorrow. , the Lord of Yonghe Palace!"
"Niangniang!" Yu Guiren was so moved that she was speechless. She had always been worried that her status was too low to keep the fifth brother by her side, but now this problem is no longer a problem, "I don't know how to thank you, concubine. Great kindness and great virtue…”
"You just need to take care of yourself and the fifth brother." The queen smiled kindly, when the fifth brother suddenly stretched out his chubby little hand to grab a strand of her hair, and cried a few times.
"Aiya, Fifth Brother, let go! Don't scratch the Empress!" Yu Guiren said anxiously.
"It's okay, it's okay." The queen looked cheerful, letting the fifth elder brother play with his hair as a toy, gently caressing the other's cheeks with his fingers, and his eyes showed the brilliance of motherhood.
Wei Yingluo watched from the side, thoughtfully.
When Mr. Yu left with the fifth elder brother in his arms, Wei Yingluo asked tentatively, "Our Changchun Palace should also have a little master."
"You!" The queen pointed her finger to her forehead. "A girl who hasn't married yet, isn't she ashamed to say this?"
Wei Yingluo touched her forehead, not feeling ashamed, she asked with a smile, "Is the emperor coming tonight?"
On the contrary, the queen was a little embarrassed by what she said, bowed her head and hummed, her cheeks were a little red, and she really looked like a little girl.
At night, Luan drove to Changchun Palace, Hongli leaned on the Luan driver, propped his temple with one fist, closed his eyes and rested, showing his exhaustion.
"Life is like a spring dream, and I can drink a few cups."
A Kunqu Opera came to the wind, like weeping and complaining, like resentment and admiration.
"...Stop." Hongli said.
Luan Jia stopped, but the singing did not stop, accompanied by the desolate Huqin sound like the setting sun, singing mournfully.
The direction from which the singing came... was Chu Xiugong.
In the past, the Chuxiu Palace, which was like a city in the courtyard, is now very crowded. The autumn wind is swept away, the leaves are drifting, and it is endlessly cold and desolate.
A doorman was dozing off at the door when he suddenly heard a voice, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the emperor's chariot. In surprise, he was about to sing, but Hongli raised his hand to stop it.
Slowly swallowing Luan Jia, and slowly opening the door, Hongli only took Li Yu by his side, and walked silently into the Chuxiu Palace all the way, approaching the person singing.
Three or two palace people were sitting in the courtyard, one holding a huqin, one holding a flute, and one holding a jug. Concubine Huigui actually dressed up as a performer, painted her eyebrows, and sang the song "Drunken Concubine".
"Life is like a spring dream, slave and drink a few cups." After drinking the wine in the cup in one gulp, Concubine Hui threw the wine cup with her hand. The sound of jade breaking, she danced down to the waist, her waist was slender and unbearable. The dance is graceful, such as Luoshen Limbo.
Halfway through the dance, suddenly his feet softened and he fell into a strong embrace.
Hongli lowered his head and sniffed, only to feel a scent of intoxication coming from his nostrils, and frowned: "Why is the imperial concubine drinking real wine?"
The huqin and Qiang flute stopped, Zhilan put down the wine jug in her hand, stood up and explained: "The emperor forgives her sins, the empress was in a bad mood, so she said she would sing a song to drive away her worries, and ordered the servants to open the wine jar, but the servants dared not stop— "
"Fuck!" Hongli cursed.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." The beautiful woman in her arms seemed to be drunk but not drunk, and seemed to be awake but not awake.
Hongli had no choice but to pick her up and walk to the bedroom.
No one knew what would happen next. Li Yu and Zhilan stayed at the door knowingly and wisely. There were only two concubine Hongli and Huigui in the bedroom.
"Concubine." Hongli put Concubine Hui on the bed and said helplessly, "Why are you crying?"
Concubine Huigui hugged him like a drowning person grabbed a life-saving straw, raised her beautiful face full of tears, and said to him mournfully, "Your Majesty, why don't you call me Xiner?"
Hongli frowned.
Concubine Hui rested her cheek on his chest and sobbed softly, "If possible, I would rather not be a concubine and be your Ning Xin'er."
Hongli looked down at her: "Concubine, you are drunk..."
"No, I'm not drunk." Concubine Huigui breathed out a breath of alcohol, and it became more apparent that what she said now was a sincere message through the strength of the wine, "I used to love singing and dancing, and the emperor also I like to watch it the most, but when I enter the palace, the emperor doesn’t come often, and I’m unfamiliar.”
"It's not that I have changed." Hongli hugged her, her body was hot, but his body was cold, and even the words he said were cold, "You have changed."
"No!" Concubine Hui suddenly shouted, staring at him with red eyes, her lips trembling and said, "Ning Xiner is a concubine, a concubine of the Qing Dynasty, if she still sings and dances all day as before, You will be laughed at as being indecent! Therefore, Ning Xiner doesn't dare to sing or dance! That's why the emperor doesn't like me anymore, right?"
Suddenly, like a child who has been wronged, she burst into tears, clinging to the man in front of her with both hands, begging him to pity him, begging him to forgive, and begging him to look at herself again: "I don't want to be disciplined, I don't want to be dignified. Now, if the emperor is no longer sympathetic, then what is the use of all this! Emperor, emperor, don't leave me, don't leave me, this huge Forbidden City, the only one I can rely on is you!"
"What nonsense?" Hongli had to pat her on the back and comforted, "You still have family..."
"I didn't!" Concubine Hui Gui's voice suddenly became cold, "Your Majesty, do you know how my mother died?"
The Yellow River was flooded, and there were groups of water bandits. Gao Bin, the father of Concubine Huigui, mainly suppressed the bandits and ruled the river. The people on both sides of the river benefited from it, and the court benefited from it. There was only one person who suffered—the mother of Concubine Huigui.
"The water bandits came to take revenge. My father escaped and my uncle escaped, but my mother and I were the only ones who couldn't escape." Concubine Huigui murmured, "That year, I was five years old..."
The boat that controlled the water was pierced by someone, and there were shouts and killings from all directions, and the water bandits who had already been ambushed around were like locusts, flying into the boat in pieces.
Under the deadly guard of the guards, Gao Bin and his brother escaped from danger, but left their wife and children on the boat.
Concubine Huigui, who was only five years old, only knew how to cry.
"Don't cry, don't be afraid." Mrs. Chen hid her daughter in a wooden barrel, and then pushed hard, pushing it into the Yellow River.
"Mother!" Concubine Hui Gui was lying on the edge of the wooden barrel, watching the hands of men stretch out from behind her mother, grab her arms, and cover her mouth...
When Chen shi appeared in front of her again, it was already a disheveled corpse.
"What will happen if a woman falls into the hands of the water bandits? This is a well-known thing, so the Gao family does not allow her to enter the cemetery or the ancestral hall! My mother has raised children for my father, and is filial to my parents. My head is in a different place, and I have nowhere to turn to." Concubine Huigui said with an expressionless face, "In less than a year, my father resumed the string. Do you know what he said to me when he came to me a few days ago?"
Concubine Huigui laughed miserably, imitating Gao Bin's tone, and repeating what he said that day: "He said to me: Ning Xiner, you can act willfully and become decadent, but don't forget, I have four daughters! Apart from the two daughters who married E Rongshi, you still have three younger sisters and four younger sisters, all of whom are upright, youthful, and beautiful!"
As she spoke, she choked up.
A person with a poor background is always easy to get sympathy, let alone a peerless beauty with a poor background.
Even a person like Hongli, who is as indifferent as an eternal glacier, couldn't help sighing at this moment, and hugged her weak body into his arms: "Xiner suffers."
Concubine Huigui buried her head in his arms, her eyes were filled with hatred from memories, but her voice was very gentle: "Your Majesty, Ning Xiner didn't hurt Fifth Brother, I really didn't... Your Majesty, I can swear to God..."
Hongli patted her back gently: "Okay, I believe you."
"Really?" Concubine Huigui looked at him cautiously, as if she was afraid that he would turn his face and not recognize him, "The emperor didn't lie to me!"
Hongli let out a laugh: "I didn't lie to you, you drank too much, you hurt your body carefully, rest early."
He got up to leave, but Concubine Huigui raised her hand and grasped his sleeve, looking at him with a face full of attachment, praying to him with a rare weak gesture that was different from her usual strong: "Then the emperor will stay with me... OK? ?"
Outside the Changchun Palace, the night was windy.
The palace maid holding the lantern couldn't help yawning, and raised her hand to rub the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Cough cough." The queen coughed while covering her lips.
"Niangniang." A cape fell on her shoulders, Wei Yingluo tied the cape straps for her and whispered, "It's cold outside, you should go back to the palace and wait."
The queen shook her head gently: "No, the emperor will be here soon, and this palace is waiting for him here."
Wei Yingluo hesitated, it was almost dawn, how could the emperor come
"Look!" The Queen's eyes suddenly lit up, "He's here!"
There was a faint light in the mist. It was a swaying lantern fire. When the lantern was near, the smile disappeared from the queen's face. She asked, "Eunuch Li, where is the emperor?"
Li Yu carried the lantern and smiled apologetically to her: "Empress Empress, the emperor won't be here tonight, you should rest early!"
"Is the emperor still busy?" A look of worry flashed in the queen's eyes, "It's all about this time... Come on, go to the imperial kitchen and ask for a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup, and this palace will personally send it to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."
"The Emperor is not in the Hall of Mental Cultivation." Li Yu had no choice but to tell the truth hesitantly, "Your Majesty... I have changed to Chuxiu Palace."
Wei Yingluo immediately turned to look at the queen.
The whiteness of the night fog was as white as the Queen's face at the moment.