Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Huanchun put down the tent, and saw that the master in the gauze tent was hazy and very beautiful, and couldn't help but think of her going to bed when she was ill. As expected, such a lovely person was in front of her eyes, how could the emperor not be emotional, but soon Thinking about her body, she bent her knees and leaned on the edge of the bed and asked, "Master, is there any discomfort?"

Lan Qi shook her head, understood what Huanchun said, lowered her head and stroked Pingping's stomach and smiled: "Don't worry, I will also be nervous if you are anxious, I don't think there will be a child coming, I should know this kind of thing best, so I I will not be disappointed, but I am worried that you will be disappointed, both the Empress Dowager and Aunt Su Mala."

"I don't dare to be disappointed, I just feel sorry for you." Huan Chun sighed softly, "If your good days come again, those bad-mouthed ones will make irresponsible remarks again, and I don't know what bad words will be spread. .”

"Does it mean that my efforts to seduce the emperor were wasted?" Lan Qi laughed.

Huan Chun frowned, supported her knee through the veil and said: "You must have heard something, right? Master, don't forget to take it to heart, people with bad mouths will get into trouble sooner or later."

Lan Qi smiled leisurely, leaned closer to her and said: "If you want to put it this way, I'm not the one who wasted effort. It was Long Live God who seduced me that night."

Huanchun was stunned, and it took him a long time to laugh, and he blamed: "Master and you are getting more and more unprincipled, but you said it with a clear mouth and white teeth, you can't bully slaves in the future, or you can go to the emperor to sue."

Lan Qi snorted and turned around, and said triumphantly: "He will only be angry if he annoys me himself, so he can't care what you say. I'm getting hot, take a fan and blow me over." There was no movement for a long time, and when I turned around, I saw that Huanchun had already left, and she limply lay on the bedside and called, "Huanchun, don't leave me..."

And after those few days, the emperor would come to visit Chengqian Palace every few days, and Concubine Tong's aura gradually picked up again. She passed by whoever she met on the road a few days ago. It is common for people to rise and fall from time to time, but most people will restrain their previous sharpness when they get up again, lest they will fall again soon, only Concubine Tong is different, everyone looks at it coldly, Concubine Tong's posture is stronger than before big.

Mid-autumn festival was approaching in a blink of an eye, this day Yukui and Jinhe went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect the division, and when they came back, they gloated and said: "My servant saw that Mrs. Angui were punished to kneel on the palace road, and Zhang promised them that they just love to get along with each other on weekdays." The few people who arranged the master together knelt on the gravel road, inside the wind."

At that time, Lan Qi was helping Bu Chang to split the embroidery thread, and Bu Chang was still surprised, but Lan Qi did not raise her head, and deftly divided the embroidery thread in her hand, only to hear Bu Chang asked curiously: " Why punish them, who punished them?"

"Who else can be so careless in the palace?" Yukui tutted, "I heard that the clothes were cut for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because Concubine Tong liked her new clothes, she went to the sewing room to give rewards to the maids and eunuchs in person. Who knew that Mrs. An was leading a few Chang Zai promises to look for unhappy people, saying how their clothes were made like that, and they made a noise and beat a few maids, but they were all caught by Concubine Tong. Concubine Tong They led them out, and only let the kneeling ones go on the palace road where people come and go, and they said they would have to kneel for two hours before they could get up, and only one hour has passed."

But Bu Changzai sighed at Yukui: "Why do you know everything clearly, and your brain turns so fast." He also joked with Lan Qi, "Everyone around you is clever, and you are just stupid fool."

Lan Qi smiled: "If you say I'm stupid, I won't work anymore. Duangui and Ronggui made new clothes for the princess, so let's wear the new clothes made by Duanjing for the festival." She looked at Yuyu again. Kui scolded, "You go to inquire about these useless things again. Huanchun will definitely scold you when she comes back later, so don't mention it later, she is getting angry these days."

But who knew that Huanchun went to Nala and promised to deliver things there, and he also talked about these things cheerfully, as if he had let out a bad breath, and stood in front of the door with a smile: "Evil people have their own grind, Mr. An The last time I handed the sachet in front of the Empress Dowager, can you not remember the enmity of Concubine Tong? Let her make fun of you when she meets you, and think that she is a noble person because she is a noble person."

It turned out that it was not Yukui or Huanchun who went to inquire about these things, rumors had spread in the palace long ago, Concubine Tong threw them on the crowded road so that the master and slaves could see them and make them kneel, it must be intentional to let everyone know, But the harem has always had a distinction between honor and inferiority, a concubine always punishes the nobles, and the higher-ups don't care about it, let alone An nobleman's character, where she will be punished, everyone thinks it is normal.

Everyone said a few words and then put it aside, because the empress dowager ordered several elder princesses' mothers to make new clothes for their children to wear for the festival, and Bu Chang was inconvenient a few days ago for fear of inconvenience. Clean, I had to wait for those few days before starting to prepare, but the Mid-Autumn Festival was just around the corner, so I was in a hurry, Lan Qi only helped lay the hands, and every stitch and thread on the clothes was the painstaking effort of Bu Changzai.

The two of them were busy, when there were guests outside, before they arrived, the laughter had already arrived, and they knew it was Yigui before they saw it, Huanchun opened the curtain to welcome Yigui in, everyone put down their work in a hurry She saluted, but was supported by Mrs. Yigui and said: "The rest of us are still like this, I won't come in the future." Saying that, she sat down on the kang, saw the cloth embroidery thread on the kang table, she didn't reach out to touch it, but asked, " Are you making clothes for Duanjing? You are too late, Huigui and Ronggui have already done it."

Bu Changzai also sat down with a smile, as if he was afraid that Yigui would touch him, so he moved over and continued sewing, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid if it's later, as long as the concubine's heart to be a mother is satisfied."

Lan Qi brought tea to Mrs. Yigui, and Mrs. Yigui asked her to sit down and talk too. After drinking the tea, she sighed: "Princess Gongxi brought the children to play in the palace, and they are talking in Yikun Palace. They don't want to see me either. , I feel uncomfortable being bored in the room, so I came to see you."

Bu Changzai replied: "It seems that the eldest princess and the concubine Zhao are very close."

Lady Yigui picked a pickled plum from the food box Huanchun brought and put it in her mouth, it made her frown because of the sourness, but she liked to eat it very much, and said: "I heard from the people in the palace that before the eldest princess got married We are close to Concubine Zhao, and now they often go to the Empress Dowager, so of course they get closer."

For no reason, Lan Qi recalled what the little maid in the tea room said that night, saying that Princess Gongxi is an ominous person, but the silence of the Oboi clan is their own fault, and it has nothing to do with the princess. The children she gave birth to are all healthy Well, my husband now mentions the prince's young teacher, obviously there is a sign of Wangfu, it can be seen that people's mouths are two-layered, in this world, words and books can be banned, only people can't control their speech.

And soon Yigui people talked about how Angui and the others were punished to kneel on the palace road, and talking about the people in the sewing room, Yigui said: "Sister Hui took a maid from the sewing room, who came to Yikun Palace that day. I was also at the side when I told the concubine Zhao that she and the maids around her were too clumsy to make clothes, and she fell in love with a little girl in the sewing room, and asked the empress to assign that girl to her."

Bu Changzai said softly: "Don't Huigui make it for the elder brother himself?"

"Should also help, but I heard that the little maid is very capable, and later even Ronggui and Duangui asked her to help." Yigui couldn't help but sigh softly, "I really envy you, I don't know When will I be blessed again." He pointed to Lan Qi, "Why are you not blessed, after serving the bed last time, there was no movement again."

Lan Qi only smiled: "If you are not blessed, you will not come to Long Live God. You and Sister Bu are both blessed, and so are the concubines."

Mrs. Yigui liked it very much, and finally laughed again, beckoning Huanchun to give her another plum, and said cheerfully: "Your place is the best."

Let’s say that in the Yikun Palace at this moment, Princess Gongxi is hugging her little daughter to sleep, and Concubine Zhao is leading her eldest son to teach him how to write. He begged to go out to play, and let Dongyun and the nannies take her away. He hugged the little daughter from the eldest princess's arms and coaxed her. Watching the little girl gradually fall asleep peacefully, he couldn't help sighing: "I'm just unlucky."

The eldest princess also said: "It's a pity that I'm not a prince, otherwise it would be nice to raise the child under your knees to relieve boredom."

Concubine Zhao smiled wryly: "Look at Chunxi, the emperor is really flattering her to be raised by a little nobleman. Your child is fine, don't send him here to suffer this kind of grievance."

To say that Princess Gongxi's mother-in-law was not even a noble person until she died, but she knew that Concubine Zhao didn't mean to belittle her, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get close to her.For the sake of herself, her husband's family and the children, the eldest princess must not suffer any more grievances from the past, and hopes that she can get along well with one or two concubines, so that if something happens in the future, she can say a few words, but Now concubine Zhao in the palace regards her as respectful, and she has affection in the past, so she naturally walks towards Yikun Palace courteously.

"There are so many elder princesses in the palace, why don't you ask the emperor to let you adopt a few?" the eldest princess asked, "Even noble Duan can want a princess."

"I don't care about it." Concubine Zhao sneered, "I used to want to raise my elder brother, but the empress dowager didn't let go, so I looked down upon her. Anyway, my younger sister will enter the palace next year, so it doesn't mean that I won't have a baby. She I don’t have children either. Right now I don’t fight with those young people, but when my sister comes, I will definitely fight for her. When she has a child, our fellow sisters are also my children, so we can raise me like that Only when you are happy can you really like it.”

The eldest princess nodded: "I feel relieved if you think so."

Just as he was talking, Dong Yun came in holding the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts that the ministers from outside had filially respected. Such things have been going on for the past few days, so much that Concubine Zhao didn’t care to look at them. Today, when the eldest princess came, she knew that their home was far worse than before. , and even if you are a princess, everything is limited, so I asked Dongyun to pick out a lot of things, and only said to give them to a few children to play with. The eldest princess was naturally grateful.

At this moment, Dong Yun said: "There is a lot of excitement outside, do you want to listen to the empress and the eldest princess?"

The eldest princess smiled and asked: "The one who can make Dongyun laugh too, shouldn't it be the one from Chengqian Palace?"

"Isn't it?" Dong Yun hurriedly said about Mrs. An, the eldest princess sighed a few words, then she calmed down and said to Concubine Zhao, "The emperor has been very close to that place recently, and I don't know that the emperor likes this little girl." Cousin, I’ve seen so many people in the royal family, and it’s the first time I’ve seen someone so arrogant and ostentatious.” He said angrily, “Although I’m not doing well now, I’m still the late Emperor’s daughter, a decent princess, Greetings in the Empress Dowager's palace that day, you can see her posture, is she offering herself as a queen?"

The word "Queen" touched Concubine Zhao's heart. Next year's general election may be sealed, but the date of the general election has been set after autumn, and the canonization must also be at that time, but now this year's Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated, and the situation in the next year What will happen again, no one can guess, the year-by-year expectations are eager to see.In case Concubine Tong expected a man and a woman, thinking of this, she felt nervous, and suddenly said to the eldest princess, "Gongju, can you help me..."

Concubine Zhao hadn't finished speaking when she heard a lot of people coming outside, a little palace maid rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, come out quickly, Eunuch Li is here to announce the decree."

"Proclamation?"

Over here, Mrs. Yigui is playing shuttlecock with a few young maids in Zhongcui Palace. She just likes the peaceful and happy atmosphere here. The master and slave are like sisters. They are not as well-behaved as Yikun Palace. They are having fun, Tao Hong He hurriedly looked for him and said: "Master, go back quickly, the emperor has just decreed that Concubine Zhao will be made a noble concubine."

Inside, Lan Qi and Bu Changzai also heard this sentence, hurriedly put down the things in their hands and came out, and then heard Tao Hong say that Eunuch Li had just sent her the decree, that Concubine Zhao was made a noble concubine by the Jin Dynasty, and the canonization ceremony will be held on Mid-Autumn Festival.

"I'm going back first, you guys should change your clothes too, you have to go to salute and congratulate." Yigui left in a hurry, Lan Qi and Bu Changzai didn't dare to delay, they put on their clothes seriously, waiting for the movement outside, waiting for Concubine Zhao to come out The Compassionate Ning Palace wanted to go to salute upon returning, but Jin He, who had not long gone out to inquire about the news, came back and said, "Chengqian Palace just invited the imperial physician."

Lan Qi didn't think about anything, but Bu Changzai said, "It must be."

When the two of them came to Yikun Palace to congratulate Concubine Zhao, Concubine Zhao was asking Dongyun to give rewards to all the sisters, but someone from Chengqian Palace came to report: "The imperial doctor diagnosed that Concubine Tong is pregnant, and she is pregnant. Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, the Empress Dowager issued a decree to exempt Concubine Tong from all the etiquette and rules, focusing on health preservation and childbirth."

All the concubines sighed unceasingly, now that Yikun Palace has finally overwhelmed Chengqian Palace, but they are not a fuel-efficient lamp. Once the emperor regains favor, there will be good news again, but everyone is also relieved at the same time, she just Those who have had a miscarriage will definitely not dare to be careless this time, at least for a year or so, Concubine Tong will not go out to do her best.

"Today is really a double blessing. Concubine Tong's pregnancy is important right now, why don't we go and see her?" Concubine Zhao said with a smile, as if she didn't want Concubine Tong to avoid congratulating her, even if she didn't have to kneel down to salute now, I also want to hear her call the imperial concubine herself, so that she can understand that she is inferior to others.

Of course the others did not dare to disobey the imperial concubine's intentions, and followed the imperial concubine's soft sedan all the way to the Chengqian Palace. When the imperial concubine came in, she had no intention of getting up, and said lazily like a joke: "I want my sister to come and see me, I should have gone to greet you."

A court lady respectfully moved a stool for the imperial concubine to sit down. She sat firmly in front of the couch, watched other people salute Concubine Tong, and smiled majesticly: "Sister is the most blessed, we all come to rejoice, and you Take good care of it, this time I will give birth to a little elder brother for the emperor."

Concubine Tong squinted her eyes and smiled: "How can my younger sister be more blessed than my elder sister?" She yelled again, and said with a nonchalant smile, "The concubine should slap her, how dare she be equal to her sister now, the concubine is young If you are ignorant, please take care of the imperial concubine."

Lan Qi and Bu often stood at the back of the crowd. There were so many people, they were crowded inside. The two of them could not see the scene in front of them at all, but when they heard these words, they looked at each other, and their eyes were filled with tears. There was a look of helplessness, not only them, Huigui and Duangui also knew in their hearts that Yikun Palace finally overwhelmed Chengqian Palace, and Chengqian Palace was really going to fight her.

After everyone came out, they dispersed directly at the gate of Chengqian Palace. Lan Qi and Bu Chang lived the closest, and they walked back to the palace pavilion. On the way, they saw Mrs. An limping over. If you want to come to congratulate Concubine Tong, when you see them, you ask why you left. Hearing that Concubine Zhaogui has gone back to Yikun Palace, she is so angry that she stretches out her hand to beat and scold the maid beside her: "Tell you to wait a while, but you want me to come here, of course Let’s respect the imperial concubine first.”

Lan Qi and Bu Chang looked at her cursingly and walked away again. When they returned, Bu Chang sighed and said, "Mr. An's temper never changes. The emperor still saw her occasionally in the old year. I haven't seen her once in a year. I'm not qualified to say anything about her, but I have you and Duan Jing, what does she have? If you keep on going like this, this time you'll just be forced to kneel, and you don't know what will happen next time. "

"But she still enjoys it." Even Lan Qi couldn't help but say this, but thinking about this palace, a person like An Gui who is always tall and low, can still be remembered, even if you remember her. The bad thing is that those who are peaceful and peaceful will be forgotten. I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not always see who is being bullied every time, but is really silent for too long. With such one or two people, no wonder people often say that a crying child has milk.Although Mrs. An was there neither high nor low, she had never been bullied by anyone because of her noble status. Perhaps she also had the means to survive in this world.

The liveliness in the palace lasted until the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the campaign against San Francisco was successful, countless silver taels were confiscated in the treasury, and life in the palace was much more affluent than in previous years. In a hurry, the decent canonization ceremony was finally arranged during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When Lan Qi saw the noble concubine in the Compassion Ning Palace, she was really full of jewels and jewels, which was very different from the low-key and simple description in the past, and everyone was saying that if you rush to be a concubine this year, you will be able to be a queen next year.

Whenever Lan Qi mentioned the canonization of the Central Palace, Lan Qi would think of Empress Hesheli and Xuan Ye's back in the heavy rain the day after her death. Although she had never seen the emperor so sad, she would rather the emperor be happy every day, but that scene Can't shake it off in my mind.

There was a thought in her heart that she didn't dare to tell anyone. She always felt that Xuan Ye was unwilling to make anyone a queen, even if he once said something that seemed to be a joke to herself, and because of this, he caused trouble and separated the two of them for life. , but in her opinion, in the heart of the emperor, no one can replace the existence of Queen Hesheli.

With these thoughts inexplicably hidden in her heart, Lan Qi's expression remained heavy. She didn't know what lively drama she watched or what delicious food she ate at the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she was taken back to Zhongcui Palace to change clothes and take a shower At this time, I suddenly woke up. This day has passed, and I was laughing at myself for being stupid again. Jin He hurried in and said through the screen: "Master, take a bath quickly. Manager Li sent someone to pass the decree. The emperor turned your attention tonight." brand."

Lan Qi was very surprised, the emperor turned over her brand?Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs stop her green card? After she was beaten last year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs withdrew Wu Changzai's sign. These days, I either bumped into the emperor occasionally, or went to serve the sick on an order last time. The Ministry of Internal Affairs made her brand again, and he didn't know it at all.

Huanchun hurriedly put the master in the wooden bucket to take a bath, and whispered: "Although the imperial concubine is very happy today, but the imperial concubine is in a good time, and the servants don't know that the imperial concubine is lucky or not."

Ever since her master was beaten and lonely, Huanchun changed her previous temper and served Lan Qi steadily and steadily. Aunt Su Mala asked her to take care of her and protect her master. With a smug expression on his face, he coaxed his master and said, "You are about to go to bed tonight, master should hold your head up and go out with your back straight."

Lan Qi smiled shyly: "Where is it my turn to go out?"

Sure enough, Wu Changzai was wrapped in a quilt and sent to the dragon couch in the Qianqing Palace just like how he was in bed at the beginning of the day, quietly waiting for the emperor's favor, but he was obviously Xuan Ye's man. She didn't know why she was so nervous tonight, when she heard the familiar footsteps, she sat up nervously.

The bright yellow curtain was lifted, Xuan Ye's slightly drunken smile appeared in front of her eyes, Lan Qi wrapped herself in the quilt and shrank back, but as soon as she saw Xuan Ye stretching out her hand, she came over on her own initiative.

Holding the fragrant and soft person in his arms, Xuan Ye breathed in her ear with a faint smell of alcohol: "This little Chang Zai, would you like to give birth to a little brother tonight?"

On the full moon night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a lot of affection in Qianqing Palace, but in the bedroom of Yikun Palace, Concubine Zhao is still wearing her heavy auspicious clothes. Dong Yun came in to remind her twice, but this time when she came again, she heard Concubine Zhao ask: "Wu Yashi has passed?"

"It's been half an hour already."

"It's fine as long as it's over." Concubine Zhao's expression was condensed, "At this time next year, we're going to change places to live. Dongyun, the emperor has promised me that next year's mid-autumn canonize me as empress."

Dong Yun was overjoyed, and quickly bowed his knees to congratulate the master, but he heard the master say coldly: "But why do I always feel that my heart is still empty?"