Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Ugly?" Xuan Ye's eyes widened. It took him half an hour to pick out these unique ones among so many things. However, it was Bu Chang's hairpin that was picked up by Manager Li. When I woke up, I let him take it casually, but now he spent the time of reading more than a dozen booklets to choose the jewelry, but he was said to be ugly by others, so he still discarded it.

"It's... not very good-looking." Lan Qi didn't dare to look directly into the emperor's eyes. It's useless to say anything now. Although ugly is what she has in mind, she can't really say it. Not going anywhere.

Xuan Ye let go, and sat aside sullenly. Lan Qi saw the book in his hand beating on the edge of the kang, and her heart also jumped up and down. She couldn't be so stalemate. The door of Qianqing Palace, what's the point of breaking up unhappy, and people have good intentions, so I let myself down first.

After thinking about it, she quickly got up and walked in front of Xuan Ye. Seeing that the emperor was unmoved, she quietly sat beside her and hugged her tightly. There was already a smile on his lips, but he still moved in and scolded her ferociously: "What are you posting, don't you despise my stuff?"

Lan Qi begged for nothing and posted it again, muttering: "I just despise those jewellery, how dare I despise other things, Long Live Lord and concubines take it to heart." As she spoke, she went to grab the emperor's hand and pressed it against her own. At the door of the heart, "Touch it, is it inside?"

Xuan Ye laughed out loud, and slammed the book in the other hand on her head. Seeing her frown in pain, she didn't feel bad, and snorted coldly: "Where did you learn these foolish words, do you think I would like to hear them?"

Lan Qi's eyes fluttered, and she pointed at Xuan Ye's hand that hadn't left her heart, but she had already let go of it: "But the emperor is not willing to let go at all."

Xuan Ye was stunned, so annoyed that he pushed Lan Qi to hold her down. The terrified little person couldn't breathe from being tickled and laughed, and tearfully begged for mercy and confessed her mistake. The emperor let her go, but fell down again. She leaned over her body and leaned in front of her, and lowered her lips to kiss: "Did what happened that day scare you? If I don't do that, Concubine Tong will bite you again. Are you also misunderstood me in your heart?"

"Yeah." Lan Qi didn't deny it, her eyes became brighter, and she said timidly, "I'm afraid that the emperor will see the way I look like, and I don't like it anymore. The nanny once said that I must not take what I have seen now. The hideous face will also be shown on my face in the future, but the concubine treated that court lady that day, and I can't get over it."

Xuan Ye gently pinched her cheeks that had finally grown some flesh, and then kissed her twice lovingly. He really wanted to hold this person in his palm and put him in his mouth. As if he couldn't like it enough, he picked him up and gave her a hug. Dressed neatly, she said slowly, "Why would I hate it? On the contrary, if you foolishly let her manipulate you, I would be disappointed. Those books are for nothing for you to read, and you have been praised by the emperor's grandmother and mother for nothing. "

"Really?"

Xuan Ye smiled deeply, and tapped her forehead, "You always ask whether it is true or not, and those jewelry, are you so untrustworthy and unreliable in your heart?"

Lan Qi smiled sweetly: "It's because it's too precious and reliable, that's why it feels unreal, and it's why I feel panic."

The emperor looked at her with a smile and said nothing, there was a different emotion in his deep and beautiful eyes, but it seemed to be suppressed, but the smile on his lips became more and more difficult for Lan Qi to understand, she suddenly came over, breath warm He said warmly: "The size of the clothes, is it too wide?" While speaking, his eyebrows slipped slightly towards her chest, and then he raised his eyes to see Lan Qi's knowing face flushed, but it greatly satisfied the emperor's narrow playfulness , hugged her in his arms and said: "My Lan Qi has grown up."

The empty heart fell safely into her stomach. Wu Yalanqi felt that she must have done many good things in her previous life, and that she would have such a blessing in this life. She wondered what her life would be like if she hadn't met the emperor, but she didn't think so. There will be no one who will make her love like this, and probably no one will love her like this again.

After being tired for a long time, Xuan Ye was finally afraid that he would not be able to bear it for a while, so he coaxed her to make tea and drink, and then blew the wind in front of the door for a while, before calming down, he went back to the table to do serious things.I wanted to ask her to stay by my side, but Lan Qi said that the Empress Dowager was in a bad mood today, and she wanted to go back to be with her, so that she could wait for the emperor to have dinner at night. Something, let her take it back to make the imperial grandmother happy.

Wu Chang came out of Qianqing Palace to go to Cining Palace, not far away, Yigui and An Gui came out from the garden, the maid next to An Gui first saw Wu Chang there, and the two of them saw it for real , Wu Yashi is already going to go.

"This is going to the Palace of Compassion and Peace." An Guiren snorted coldly, "a vixen is a vixen. She can't flatter the emperor anymore, so she went to serve the empress dowager. Have you heard? The emperor sent someone to give her a reward yesterday. , Said that she worked hard to take care of the Empress Dowager, look at today, didn’t she go to the Qianqing Palace again? Sister, those of us who are dutiful, don’t want to compare with her in this life. I’ll just let it go, Zuo is just like this, but the emperor also likes you, are you willing to be stepped on by her like this?"

Yigui smiled and said: "Of course I am envious in my heart, but what else can I do? Before entering the palace, I figured out that we have so many sisters, can the emperor be too busy? If you don't live your life well, you can't squeeze others. No, elder sister said, right?" Looking at the sun again, she held Tao Hong on her arm and said, "It's getting late, and I'm afraid that Concubine Zhao will have to look for her."

Mrs. An babbled, waved her hands and said that it was better to leave. The two went back to their respective residences. Mrs. Yigui returned to Yikun Palace. It happened that the female family members of the Niu Hulu family were there. They also entered the palace today during the Dragon Boat Festival. After the luncheon The Empress Dowager asked the relatives and noble women to play and talk separately. They should be here, but they were hesitating whether to show their faces in the past. Just as Dong Yun came out, she smiled respectfully: "Mr. I'm back, your sister has been waiting for a long time, the wives of your mother's family saw that the young lady was going out of the palace, and said that since they live together, why not come and have a look, but when they brought you, they couldn't find you, the young lady is in a hurry."

Mrs. Yigui was overjoyed, she didn't expect Concubine Zhao to have such kindness, she hurried to the West Palace, and she saw her sister sitting inside waiting, she was so far away at the luncheon just now that she couldn't see clearly, now that she's here, you can see It was clear that the two sisters were bright and cheerful, and after talking happily for a while, Mrs. Yigui led her to thank her, and then left the palace with the wives of Niu Hulu's family.

When Mrs. Yigui wanted to go back to his palace, a maid from outside came to report: "The Emperor will have dinner at the Palace of Compassion and Peace tonight, and Eunuch Li said that he will not turn over his cards tonight."

"Understood." Concubine Zhao responded, but remembered something, and called someone back to ask, "Who is serving in the Palace of Compassion and Ning?"

"I heard that Wu Chang is here."

After the maid answered, the hall fell silent, Yigui stood there awkwardly, and asked Dongyun if she could go, but Dongyun just waved his hand to express that he didn't know.After a long time, Concubine Zhao seemed to be relieved, she raised her eyes and saw Yigui was there, she smiled: "How close are you and Wu Changzai?"

"Not very close, I just went to play in their palace once before, Ronggui and the others seem to be close." Yigui answered with her head bowed, "Your Majesty asked these questions, what are you doing?"

Concubine Zhao sneered: "I just wanted to remind you that it would be good for me to make friends with. Dong Yun said that you were walking in the garden with Mrs. An in the afternoon? A person like her is neither high nor low, and she loves to talk badly. You have no one to get along with her?"

Yigui didn't dare to refute, so she lowered her head and continued to listen to her: "Don't always think about playing, what's the benefit? Since you can't get in with the Empress Dowager, what about the Ningshou Palace? You don't need to be served in front of the Empress Dowager? You should always find something to do for yourself, if you have nothing to do all day long, the emperor may be upset if you watch it for a long time."

Yigui slanders, no matter how upset you are, you still like me more than you, where on earth do you have the confidence to teach me?

"The Empress Dowager likes to copy the scriptures. From now on, she will go and serve on the side when she has nothing to do. You should calm down." Concubine Zhao said impatiently, she didn't know what kind of temper she had put on her again, and taught her a lesson for a long time Before he let him go, Dong Yun brought some tea to persuade him, "Your Yigui has such a temperament, how can he sit still in Ningshou Palace? I'm afraid it will make the Queen Mother unhappy."

"I know." Concubine Zhao drank her tea and sighed, raised her hand to rub her temples, "Did you see that little girl from Guo Luoluo's family today? Look at my girl, she's so quiet, she just sat by the side and said a few words." I wouldn't say it, I was upset looking timidly and weakly. I thought that the girls at their age were all very powerful, and that the world had really changed. The emperor always said that the Niuhulu clan was arrogant and domineering, but It's just that our family can't produce a girl like this, I'm afraid she will enter the palace later, if she doesn't have my shelter, she will be bullied."

Dong Yun smiled: "That can't be the same, Miss is as noble as you, but her status is different when she enters the palace, who dares to bully her."

Concubine Zhao shook her head and sighed: "No matter how valuable it is, there is always a priority, Concubine Tong is holding back."

"But when the time comes, you will become a queen, who would dare to bully your younger sister?" Dong Yun whispered, "Didn't Fujin say that just now, Uncle Guo asked her to tell you, it will be next year."

Concubine Zhao's gloomy face finally revealed a little light, and her eyes gradually gathered arrogance, "Yes, why don't we wait until next year, the position in the palace is no one but me."

However, Yigui went back to her palace, closed the door and lost her temper for a while, pulled Taohong and said: "She is really going too far, she is gentle and generous to everyone outside, and tortures me after closing the door, what's the matter?" Am I so easy to bully? This kind of person wants to be a queen all the time. I have never seen Queen Hesheli, but looking at her face, I know why the emperor didn't choose her... Ouch... "

"master?"

Yigui was cursing and blushing, but suddenly his face tightened, and he knelt down covering his stomach, and in an instant, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he grabbed Taohong's hand in pain and said, "My stomach hurts... ...It hurts..."

Tao Hong was terrified, and when she looked down and saw the bright red blood on Yigui's skirt, she was so frightened that she lost her soul, and immediately called for someone, but Yigui had already fainted from the pain and fell to the ground with her.

Concubine Zhao also heard the commotion here, and was annoyed that Yigui was making noise, Dongyun hurried over to see the scene, when she came back her face turned pale with fright and said: "Master, Yigui has had a miscarriage."

"Miscarriage?" Concubine Zhao was stunned immediately, "When did she get pregnant, I've never heard of it."

In any case, when the imperial physician came to treat her, she was sure that Yigui had suffered a miscarriage, and that she was pregnant for more than two months. Looking back at the days of serving her bed, she was indeed a dignified emperor's heir, but no one paid attention to it, and waited to find out , the child is gone.

What happened in Yikun Palace was a heavy blow to Concubine Zhao. After all, Mrs. Yigui lived with her, and she was supposed to take care of this younger sister on the scene, but it turned out to be like this. When she came to Cining in person When the palace pleaded guilty, Concubine Tong deliberately waited there first, and stood by the side to see her kneeling in front of the Empress Dowager, with a smile that couldn't be hidden on her face, but it was hindered by the majesty of the Palace of Compassion and Peace. patiently.

The Empress Dowager did not blame Concubine Zhao. After all, Mrs. Yigui was not careful. Concubine Zhao was in charge of so many things in the six palaces, so she couldn't cover everything. It was just that she blamed herself and took all the faults on herself. It was Lama Su Ma. Mammy stepped forward to persuade her for a while before Concubine Zhao calmed down.

"You all go back, the emperor will come over for dinner later, he may not blame you, but he must feel uncomfortable." Afterwards, the empress dowager issued an order to evict the guests, and she turned a blind eye to Concubine Tong when she came specially. Well, the two palaces check and balance each other, so she doesn't have to worry about things that are not too excessive or out of the ordinary.

Sure enough, as soon as Concubine Zhao left, Concubine Tong followed, and rushed outside specially, saying bitterly: "My sister has experienced this kind of thing personally. If you want to say that the empress dowager made a mistake, it is Yigui. But in the end, everyone will sympathize with the person who lost the child. My sister was very distressing at that time. But looking at the current state of Concubine Zhao, others may have some gossip. That would be bad, kid."

Concubine Zhao gave her a cold look: "Just say the first sentence of this sentence from my sister's mouth. If I hear others say it again, I only want you. If you can't control other people's mouths, you have to control your own. Be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth."

Concubine Tong's eyebrows were cold and choked, she was speechless, and she wanted to greet her, but she couldn't say anything because of the dignity of each other. She watched her walk away, and when she turned around, she saw Wu Yashi holding a Cha walked over from the tea room, and couldn't help feeling evil from his heart, and asked Jingzhu beside him, "Is she going to the Qing Palace again today?"

Jingzhu helped her to leave the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and said softly: "It took less than half an hour to go, and it was said that the Empress Dowager sent Wu Chang to ask the emperor why he ate so little at the dinner."

Concubine Tong sighed: "I really don't understand this old grandmother. Other nobles in the palace are often there, and there are nobles in their families. We girls from serious noble families don't love them, but like this little bitch from a humble background. The more foxy it looks, the more irritating it becomes."

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, Lan Qi couldn't hear these grievances, but the Empress Dowager had gone through three dynasties and still couldn't see clearly. God gave her a noble background, but she had to walk her own life, who would take it easy and walk the right path People who don't like it, how about those who like to go to heresy ways?

Because today, Prince Yu's family had a fuss and made the empress dowager angry, and in the evening Yigui lost his son. I was happy to make new clothes for the festival, but now the old man's face can't be wiped away. Lan Qi took gold and silver Hualienxin asked her to drink tea to reassure her, but she was complained: "You are too lazy, I just like to drink jujube tea, and I don't eat sweet things. Who wants to drink such bland and bitter things?"

After tossing and tossing for a long time, the old man regained his energy, knowing that he had wronged the child in front of him. He obviously did nothing wrong, so he took the place of those people to take his anger, pulled Lan Qi to sit beside him, and said distressedly: "You But I can’t just pretend to be sick and not come to my place, and I really can’t live long without a good and peaceful child by my side.”

Lan Qi Jiao Didi said: "The concubine is also not quiet, I told you to beat me up last time, that's why I became quiet."

Aunt Su Mala laughed at the side: "Oh no, no, we will always remember the enmity of the master. How dare you keep him in front of you?"

The empress dowager liked it very much, and finally she laughed cheerfully: "If she dares to be disobedient, it would be easy to beat her up again, but if she is too obedient, she can't fault her anywhere."

Afterwards, there was dinner outside, and Lan Qi continued to tell the old people the stories she read in the idle books. The Empress Dowager said that her eyesight is bad and she feels dizzy when she sees the words, otherwise she also loves these lively stories, one old and one young said For a long time, Xuan Ye didn't know when he came outside. He stood in front of the door and watched Lan Qi sitting on the footsteps of her grandmother and talking vividly. : "Grandmother, grandson is starving."

Lan Qi immediately wanted to get up and salute, but she squatted on the footrests and unconsciously her legs became numb, she staggered and fell down, and was quickly supported by Xuan Ye, distressed and worried, she stared and said, "Will you stand still? "

"You're aggressive with her again." The Empress Dowager saw it and pulled Lan Qi to her side, "If you bully her in the future, I will stay by my side and not give it to you."

Lan Qi smiled triumphantly at the emperor, regardless of him staring at her angrily, she only helped the empress dowager to the dining room, and on the way she heard the old man say to the emperor: "I'll go and see Mrs. Yigui in a few days. The emperor can't help but care about such things."

"Grandson has already sent Director Li to visit her sick, and rewarded her with something to scare her. Such a thing is indeed a pity, but a child who has never seen it has no fate, so don't be too sad, Grandmother." Xuan Ye looked calm, and he Lost children, I have seen too much but have not seen too much. From the time when I was sad at the beginning to now gradually faded, I don’t blame him for being ruthless. I love and raise the living children. It is decent to raise them, not to mention the boss We should honor our grandmother and aunt, not put the cart before the horse.

During the meal, Xuan Ye talked about the affairs of the court, and the Empress Dowager mentioned a few words. Lan Qi only waited on the side with Madam Su Mala and did not sit at the same table. Not reluctantly, after the meal, the emperor walked with his grandmother in the yard to digest food, laughed and talked about the trivial matters of his elder brother Fuquan's family, and advised his grandmother: "It is also the emperor who dotes on those concubines too much, and the emperor grandmother should talk about it when she sees him next time. "

Lan Qi followed behind and listened, thinking back to the scene of those women kneeling in the corridor this afternoon, at this moment, she seemed to be able to see their sad and resentful expressions in the open space. A place with many women will inevitably cause trouble. This Forbidden City is nothing more than a palace The family house is much bigger, and it is the same everywhere.

I also think of Prince Yu's crying appearance, and being reprimanded by the Empress Dowager for not having the dignity of a housewife. How can ordinary people understand the difficulty of being the master of the house? Now the concubine Zhao is working hard to manage the six palaces, and she has to be on guard Concubine Tong was in a run, thinking about how she was talking and laughing with the empress dowager all day long, and the emperor loves her, and lived happily and comfortably every day. Although she is in a low position, she also understands what it means to be overwhelmed by a high place.

Just as she was thinking about these things, she suddenly heard the emperor say, "Has she always been this stupid when she was with the emperor's grandmother?"

Lan Qi suddenly came back to her senses, and saw that the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye had already walked ten steps away, and the maids and eunuchs around her also followed, but she was still standing here stupidly looking at the place where those people were kneeling in the afternoon, in a daze, the emperor pressed on. Then he said, "I shouldn't let her read those books anymore, she is already stupid, and she will become even more stupid in the future."

Lan Qi quickly followed up to help the Empress Dowager, but the old man cheerfully stuffed her hand into Xuan Ye's, and drove them away with a smile: "Don't flirt with me, go for a walk, I'm going to rest here too, Lan Qi will come back tomorrow, and tell me the unfinished stories today."

Lan Qi Zhou Zhouzheng saluted, and waited until the empress dowager entered the bedroom before being pulled up by Xuan Ye, took her hand and went outside, saying, "It's still cool tonight, and it will be sweltering in the next few days. I am too lazy to leave, I will take you back to Zhongcui Palace."

But just outside the palace gate, Lan Qi broke free from the emperor's hand, with a look of timidity on her face, but she still said bravely: "The emperor let the concubine go back by herself, the concubine would not dare to do something like that to the nobleman today." Guessing your mood, I know that if nobleman knows that this concubine will accompany you for a walk at night, it will definitely be very sad. Comparing my heart to my heart, my concubine felt uncomfortable seeing you and Concubine Tong go in that day, not to mention that she is gone today child.."

Xuan Ye frowned slightly, and Director Li didn't know what to say when he heard it. The two sides stalemate quietly for a while, and the emperor finally said, "You really have grown up."

But suddenly she approached, stretched out her hand and pulled off the ruby ​​hairpin from Lan Qi's head that the imperial grandmother gave her, held it in her hand, and said childishly, "I confiscated it, and when you want to take a walk with me, I will return it to you. If you don’t have any jewelry to wear, just make do with the few pieces you dislike, if you dare to complain to the emperor’s grandmother, I will throw this hairpin into the Jinshui River.”

"Your Majesty..." Lan Qi was worried about the hairpin, but Xuan Ye glared at her angrily, turned around and left, not forgetting to wave the hairpin behind her back.