Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

When Ronggui and Huigui exited Chengqian Palace, they both had helpless smiles on their faces, and Huigui said after walking far away: "It's not easy at such a young age. You spread your hands and push the matter to us. It's a good job." She asked for credit from above, if she didn't do well it's our fault, speaking of it, I'd rather Concubine Zhao be like that, at least she doesn't mind taking our credit."

Mrs. Huigui is not usually so temperamental, but last time Concubine Tong hurt Elder Brother by Elder Brother, she couldn't help holding grudges in her heart, now she doesn't like this little Concubine Tong, she sent her to do things, Even more angry.

Rong Gui sighed: "What else can I do, let's pass the first month first, she is precious when she is pregnant with the child, after all, it was the concubine Zhao who left it behind, and she is the only one in the palace who can accept it. People with discerning eyes won’t blame us.”

Huigui sighed quietly: "It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. The palace is short of money, and the concubine Zhao deliberately withheld some to make it difficult for Concubine Tong. The housekeeper came to me yesterday and told me that it was about to turn around. Go on, if the emperor finds out about this, he will definitely be very angry."

Rong Gui frowned and pondered, and whispered for a while, "This matter can be hidden from above, but cannot be hidden from below, and the Empress Dowager cannot be hidden."

Hui Gui sighed: "That's the only way." But he said, "But we can't go, Tong Concubine must be watching. We need to find a suitable person to say this sentence without any trace, so that Concubine Tong will not target anyone in the future. One, is also our sin."

The two looked at each other for a while, and they both took their hearts into account. Right now, Wu Changzai from Zhongcui Palace is the one who walks the most in the Palace of Compassion and Peace. The honorable man put his arms around him and said, "Ji Xin and Pan Xia are familiar with this matter. give it to me."

Two days later, Pan Xia heard these words from Ji Xin and passed them all on to Lan Qi. Pan Xia even said: "Your servant did not tell my master that she is weak."

Lan Qi nodded: "Sister, she's not interested in hearing that." Then she thought for a while and said, "I can't go to the Compassion Palace by myself, if the Empress Dowager asks me to go, there will always be other people around during the New Year's Eve. Let Jixin tell Ronggui, anyway, I will try to mention it."

After Pan Xia left, Huan Chun closed the door and came back, persuading Lan Qi: "Master, do you really want to talk about it? The servant girl thought that the Empress Dowager would know about it, but if you go and talk about it, the Empress Dowager thinks that you and the Empress Dowager Huigui and Ronggui form a group, and the Empress Dowager dislikes people forming cliques for personal gain."

"Then it's better to form a party for personal gain, and this matter is for the sake of the palace." Lan Qi sighed, "Although life is tight, if the concubine Zhao doesn't withhold that sum, she won't be unable to make ends meet. Someone has to suppress her Press it so that she can let her go. I thought, if this matter gets bigger, it will lose the face of the harem, and the emperor will be embarrassed in front of the courtiers. If the empress dowager blames me for having those thoughts, it doesn't matter, as long as it is not difficult for the emperor That's fine. Besides, if I treat people frankly and do things openly, I'm afraid that I won't be able to live a stable life?"

Huanchun was also helpless, and reminded Lan Qi not to target anyone when speaking, so as not to make the empress dowager unhappy.And it was such a coincidence that someone came from the Ci Ning Palace the next day, saying that the Empress Dowager was greedy for candied jujube tea and asked Wu Chang to serve her. Lan Qi made up her mind and came here. When the empress dowager touched the cards, she told about it.

"Why didn't they say it themselves?" The old man was not angry, and continued to play cards, and said slowly, "They are also stupid. If it were me, I would not take care of them if they were sick."

Lan Qi said softly: "If the two nobles don't do it again, only Concubine Tong will support her. If that's the case, if she and Concubine Zhao get choked up, it's a big deal. It doesn't matter that Concubine Tong is pregnant, so I don't dare to work hard. The concubine thinks that the two nobles are also thinking about the overall situation."

The Empress Dowager looked at her leisurely: "What about you?"

Lan Qi smiled: "I don't want the emperor to embarrass the courtiers because of these things. You can live your life behind closed doors, but you can't lose your dignity outside. Although it is true that living is a long-term solution, but people in their positions , many times the word "true" is not true at all. Two disadvantages are balanced, whichever is less important, and two benefits are balanced against each other, whichever is more important. It is always best to put the overall situation first in the affairs of the imperial court and the royal family."

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, and then raised her eyes to look at Aunt Su Mala beside her, who couldn't help laughing: "You always say that the emperor has so many books for Chang Zai to read, and he wants to raise a fool, but Listen now, are you an idiot?"

Lan Qi herself didn't feel that she said anything extraordinary, but she just stared blankly at the two elders, and the nanny put her arms around her and smiled: "My servant listens to your words, and I don't blame the master for sending my servant to persuade the concubine Zhao." gone."

Lan Qi was stunned for a moment, heard the voice outside the words, and asked: "The empress dowager and mother, have you already known?"

The Empress Dowager drew a good card at the moment and won over Lan Qi, she smiled happily and said indifferently: "There will be no secrets in places with many people, there are the most people in the palace, what else can we hide? If you don't come today, I also sent Su Mala to talk to Concubine Zhao another day, but Mrs. Rong still found you. Anyway, both of them are very stable, although you know more about the truth in books now , But the matter of firewood, rice, oil and salt is not in the book, how close you are to them, you should learn from it coldly."

"The concubine remembers it." Lan Qi happily arranged the cards quickly, and said to the empress dowager, "The concubine didn't bring any money, come back twice, if you win, you don't have to go back to get the money."

Aunt Su Mala smiled and said: "Wu Changzai is sincere, you are not afraid of defeating the Empress Dowager and making her unhappy?"

Lan Qi smiled foolishly: "But I didn't bring any money, and the Empress Dowager won't see the cash even if she wins."

At this moment, the two elders laughed, and the empress dowager later lost her temper and said that she wanted to win all the jewelry from Lan Qi, and even called the mother to say: "Go and tell the emperor to send the silver, if you don't bring it, I will send it to you." Everyone is going down."

I thought there would be a storm, but the Palace of Compassion and Ning had already prepared for it. Instead, Lan Qi came to play cards with a smile, and spent half a day happily. When she returned to Zhongcui Palace, Huanchun asked what she said, but she couldn't remember I just worry about my favorite hairpin being buckled by the Empress Dowager, and let Huanchun dig out her money so that I can redeem it as soon as possible.

Huanchun is so helpless and at ease. Her master is sometimes wise and calm, and sometimes she is just a little girl.

Sure enough, not long after that, Concubine Zhao finally let go, the life in the palace turned around, and there was enough money to buy the Lantern Festival, and Mrs. Rong and Mrs. Hui were extremely meticulous and capable people, even if Concubine Zhao didn't take care of them, Tong The concubine sits back and enjoys the success, and there is no chaos in the palace.

But in this way, Concubine Tong, who was enjoying her success, gained a good reputation, and rumors gradually spread outside that Concubine Zhao was not in good health, and Concubine Tong could also take on important responsibilities in the future.

In this case, it is tantamount to taking away the last trump card in Concubine Zhao's hand. Although she blames her for making such a thing, she did not expect that the Empress Dowager would come to put pressure on her. She was determined to see Concubine Tong make a fool of herself, but she It never occurred to me that the two Huigui were so capable, and I really underestimated them in the past.

"I have no grace, no heirs, I only have this little ability that I have cultivated through hard work, and now I want to take this power away from me."

In Yikun Palace, when concubine Zhao, who was living in "recovery", said this to Dong Yun tearfully, her slender nails almost pierced into the flesh of her palm, and her red lips were deeply bitten by her teeth. The queen is gone, she can finally exhale and raise her eyebrows, but here comes such a goblin-like concubine Tong, the emperor has always been unwilling to give her the honor she deserves.

"It's better for you to say that you are in good health in a few days. After all, Concubine Tong wants to give birth. It is a decent excuse not to make her suffer." Dong Yun persuaded, "Besides, Concubine Tong didn't do anything, but It's just Canada asking for credit, the Empress Dowager can see it very clearly."

Concubine Zhao's eyes froze, and she said with hatred: "Raise a child? Dong Yun, if she gives birth to a prince this time, do you know what will happen?"

Dong Yun didn't dare to talk nonsense when he knew it, and only heard the master sneer: "There are noble concubines and imperial concubines who are vacant at the top of the concubine. If she gives birth to a prince, when the general election is held next year, will I just watch her be above me? ?”

"Master..." Dong Yun felt uneasy.

"Since I entered the palace, no one in the Forbidden City has treated me fairly. Why should I treat others kindly?" Concubine Zhao grabbed Dong Yun's hand, and her nails almost sank into her flesh again. , his eyes were sharp and ferocious, and he said viciously, "Don't let her give birth to a child, the emperor now has so many elder brothers and princesses, one less, one more, one more, not more, no crime."

"Your Majesty, this can't be done." Dong Yun was horrified.

"If you don't help me, who else will help me?" Concubine Zhao forced her in front of her eyes, "If the master is not good, what are you going to do? Dong Yun, when I become a queen, we still have to look at other people's faces. Are you still doing these things?"

"Slaves... know, know."

Time flies, and the Lantern Festival is just around the corner. For Wu Yalanqi, the Lantern Festival was the first time she was with Xuan Ye, and it has been a year in a blink of an eye, but her real time with the emperor was very short. Before the new year, when the spring blossoms, Wu Ya's favorite is lonely, and this year when the spring blossoms, I don't know what it will be like.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Lan Qi came back late from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and it was snowing again. The master and servants walked along the wall very slowly under umbrellas, and finally reached the Zhongcui Palace, but saw someone in the distance. Many people came here in a hurry, fearing that they were looking for him, so they waited for a while, but those people turned around and turned into Chengqian Palace, fearing that there would be any trouble, Huanchun helped the master and went in quickly.

Back in the bedroom, she took off her cloak and warmed herself by the charcoal stove. Huan Chun came to change the wet shoes and socks of her master. Lan Qi laughed and said, "Next time I won't step on the snow. Don't be unhappy. The empress dowager will reward me." I'll give you all the foreign candy."

Huan Chun pursed her lips and complained: "You are always so mischievous, it's not uncommon for servants to eat sweets."

While talking happily, the curtain outside was lifted, and a gust of cold wind came in, making Lan Qi shiver. Seeing that Bu Chang was here, she got into the heating kang regardless of etiquette, and shouted: "Sister, hurry up!" Come sit, I'm freezing to death."

But Changzai had a gloomy face, sat sideways on the kang, and said softly: "When you came in just now, did you see people coming in and out of Chengqian Palace?"

Lan Qi nodded, took two sips of ginger tea from Yukui, and seeing that Bu Chang was nervous, she asked her if something happened, Bu Chang nodded and said, "You came back from the Palace of Compassion and Peace, didn't you hear what?"

"No." Lan Qi thought about it carefully, there was really nothing special there.

Bu Changzai lowered his voice and said: "I've been in Chengqian Palace for the past few days, and the smell of the medicine is very familiar. I also took anti-fetal medicine when I was Huai Duanjing, but if I smell it carefully, I don't feel very familiar. Same. Just now there was movement in the front, I don’t know what happened, I asked Panxia to take a look, and said that there were many people coming in and out, and the wind and snow could not see clearly. I was really worried that Concubine Tong’s fetus was not good. Although I I don't like her, but the child is innocent. You didn't hear anything from the Compassion Ning Palace, so you didn't report it."

As soon as the words fell, the curtain outside was raised again, Pan Xia came in with a chill all over, and hurriedly said: "It's not good, Concubine Tong had a miscarriage."

Lan Qi let go of her hand, the ginger tea bowl almost slipped, and the ginger soup spilled all over her body. Huanchun and the others came over to help clean it up, and continued to listen to Panxia's words: "The servant heard the cry, and then the palace gate over there opened openly, someone Going to Qianqing Palace and Compassionate Palace, although I didn't hear anything with my own ears, I'm afraid I can't be wrong. Concubine Tong was crying loudly, if it wasn't for the sound of wind and snow, I could have heard it here."

"It's so pitiful." Lan Qi's heart was slightly cold, "After all, it is the emperor's flesh and blood, the emperor must be very sad."

Bu Chang was sending Pan Xia to take another look, then turned around and said to Lan Qi, "Let's not go out these few days, the bad luck ahead is serious, don't torture us again."

Later, when Panxia came back, she said that the emperor was here, and the queen mother and Madam Su Mala were also here. The queen mother would definitely not come in such a big snowstorm. Lan Qi sighed and said, "The queen mother likes children the most. It must be sad."

On the side of Chengqian Palace, Concubine Tong cried so much that she almost fainted, Xuan Ye tried to persuade her through the door, but she was not calm, and gradually became a little annoyed, but after all, she felt sorry for her suffering, and did not show it in front of others.Afterwards, someone sent the Queen Mother back to the palace, only to hear Mammy Su Mala say: "I heard that it was not very good a few days ago, and the pregnancy was not saved after a few days. These days, it is inevitable to ignore the greetings in the palace during the holidays, but Concubine Tong herself didn't report it, your Majesty and the Empress Dowager are not prepared yet, and tomorrow is the holiday, and you even specially invited Uncle Guo's family into the palace."

"How to say it." Xuan Ye was a little annoyed. He died early and was so distressed that he was almost used to it. The child he had never seen before was gone. Although he was sad, he really wouldn't make a fuss. Human feelings always There are close relatives, not to mention that he still bears the burden of the common people, and asked Su Mala to go back to persuade the emperor's grandmother not to be sad. After that, he ordered the Lantern Festival to continue as usual, and comforted his cousin through the door, and left soon.

On the sick bed, Concubine Tong's tears also dried up. After ordering Ronggui and Huigui to take care of the affairs in the palace that day, her body turned red and she was not very well. , the child is gone.

Maybe it was because she had foreseen this result, Concubine Tong was not sad, she just pretended to be pitiful, and she was so wronged that she cried a lot, but seeing the emperor's cold reaction at this moment, she couldn't help being even more wronged, and called Jingzhu Come to ask: "Tomorrow's Lantern Festival will not be over, but my grandma and Erniang are coming too."

Knowing that everything was as usual, Concubine Tong closed her eyes and rested coldly, as if she said to herself: "Yikun Palace must be very happy, I don't want to see her smile, my child is gone, I always have to pull a back Just do it."

But at the moment in Yikun Palace, Dong Yun said nervously to Concubine Zhao: "The servant hasn't done anything yet, she's gone by herself."

Concubine Zhao also knew that Dong Yun hadn't made a move yet, but her heart was inexplicably frizzy, her head was throbbing with pain, she leaned against her forehead and said, "If I did it, I would know how to deal with it even if someone came to make trouble. But now she has no child, if this bad breath is going to be spilled on me, I don't know how to resist."

As he spoke, his heart trembled, and he pulled Dong Yun and asked, "Have those things been completely destroyed?"

Dong Yun nodded again and again, but Concubine Zhao was still out of her wits, obviously she didn't do anything, why was she so guilty and nervous, fortunately she said she was sick early and didn't go out, and she didn't have to face other people's doubts with this frightened face, otherwise at this moment With such a hopeless state of mind, she was afraid that if someone asked casually, she would take the blame first.

On the New Year’s Eve the next day, because of Concubine Tong’s miscarriage, the atmosphere in the palace was always gloomy. Tong Guowei originally came to the palace with his wife and children for the festival, but now he came to offer condolences to Concubine Tong. After a few words of comfort from the Empress Dowager, So they asked their husband and wife to visit their daughter in Chengqian Palace.

A screen was set up in the dormitory, and Mrs. Tong held her daughter's hand to wipe her tears inside. Tong Guowei paced back and forth outside the screen, only to hear her daughter say through the screen: "Ama can give me some advice, Mrs. Niu Hulu I must take the opportunity to come back and regain the power of the Six Palaces in my hands, but I have to raise her here for a month, so I can't compete with her."

Tong Guowei stopped, sighed a little and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too radical, it's important to take care of your health right now."

But Concubine Tong said: "Ama, the Niu Hulu family is targeting me everywhere. This time in the palace, her concubine Zhao just wanted to see me make a fool of myself. If the empress dowager hadn't put pressure on her, this Lantern Festival I can't live with it, do you still enter the palace? How do you know that she has no intention of harming me, and even if she doesn't, she will be charged with this crime. Next time, there will be no such good chance. "

Mrs. Tong persuaded her daughter to take care of her body, but the daughter who had already taken care of her body in the palace said in turn: "You must take care of your body, but I can't take care of it for nothing." She even sneered in front of her father, "My mother It is because I have always been weak at home that those little sluts confuse Ama. My daughter, don’t repeat the same mistakes. The emperor likes my personality very much. Now that I am younger and more ostentatious, I will know how ostentatious they will be in the future when they are younger Naturally, even at that time, they will not allow them to step on my head."

Tong Guowei didn't say anything else, he sighed that the deep palace was indeed a terrible place, his daughter used to be prouder than others, but after less than a year in the palace, she has become so vicious, and after listening to Concubine Tong chattering, it was unavoidable that she felt uneasy, and with When his wife left Chengqian Palace, she said: "It's no wonder the Empress Dowager sighed at me today, I can't let her go, if this anger continues to swell, something will happen sooner or later."

So Concubine Tong's plan to frame Concubine Zhao for the crime of not having a child was suppressed by her father. Planning, who can believe it after such a long time, just watched helplessly. Two days after the Lantern Festival, Concubine Zhao took back the power of Liugong on the pretext of recovering.

Ronggui and Huigui breathed a sigh of relief here, unloading the burden and feeling relaxed, because I didn't know that the Empress Dowager knew about Concubine Zhao's embezzlement one step earlier, and they all thought it was due to Lan Qi's spreading the word, so they invited Lan Qi alone today Come and sit around Ronggui, and thank her face to face.

When Lan Qi came, she walked from the corridor to Nuan Pavilion, and when she passed by the window, she heard Hui Gui said: "The little maid at Concubine Tong's place leaked the words. On the day of Lantern Festival, Mrs. Tong and his wife went to greet her. She cried for a long time. Guess what? What is it?"

Rong Gui laughed: "I can't figure it out, Concubine Tong has deep thoughts."

Hui Gui said: "You actually said that you would frame this crime on Concubine Zhao, do you think she is ruthless?"

Lan Qi could really hear it under the window, and she didn't know if the people inside realized that they could hear it outside. Perhaps Concubine Tong had really said such a thing, and it leaked out in the same way. No wonder the Empress Dowager said that the palace There are no secrets, walls have ears, don't think that others can't hear what you say.

Concentrate on walking to the Nuan Pavilion, honorable lady Huigui stopped talking about what she just said when she saw Lan Qi, and thanked her for going to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Lan Qi also accepted it generously, and then sat and laughed with her for a long time scattered.

On the way back to the palace, Huanchun noticed that the master's expression was restless. He went all the way to Zhongcui Palace, where the waiters changed clothes and washed their hands. ? His complexion is not good-looking."

Lan Qi came to her senses and shook her head, "It's just that I feel a little blocked. Probably the ground dragon in the Nuan Pavilion at Mr. Rong's place is too hot. I'm bored, and now I want to drink something cold."

"Cold things are not acceptable. I thought it was too hot and blew it in the wind, and I almost fell ill." Huanchun refused, and went to get warm tea brewed with chrysanthemum and lotus heart, and coaxed him to drink half a bowl.

But Lanqi was still in a bad mood. Yukui and Xiangyue said that the plum blossoms in the imperial garden were in full bloom, and the fragrance on her body took several days to dissipate after walking around. It's also good to relax.

If it was Huanchun's idea, Xu would still relax for the sake of the master, but Yukui and Xiangyue were the most playful, and Lan Qi knew that they wanted to go for a long time and didn't want to be bored in the house, so she agreed.I wanted to invite Bu Changzai to go for a walk, but Pan Xia came out and waved his hands and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, I was taking a nap."

The four masters and servants were about to go out. There was lively movement in the Chengqian Palace ahead. It seemed that many people had come. Yukui went out to have a look and came back and said, "It is the Lord Long Live who is here, and the concubine Zhao seems to be here too. We agreed to come together."