Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Concubines and concubines in the palace are not allowed to easily meet their family members, such as Concubine Zhao, Concubine Tong, etc., the royal relatives with prominent family backgrounds are naturally different, but Lan Qi and Bu Changzai are like them, if it is not for the great grace of the emperor, they will hardly see each other. In addition, many concubines and concubines' natal families are scattered all over the country outside Beijing, so it is not easy to come here. We can only send some letters and things to express love, and it is suspected of giving and receiving privately, so we dare not communicate more.

Lan Qi wrote a New Year's letter to Ama Erniang years ago, and she has been looking forward to the reply, but she can't look forward to it, so she wondered if they didn't dare to write back to cause trouble for herself, who knew that they could meet so closely.

"That day when the imperial decree arrived at home, you, Ama, and I were terrified. We thought something happened to you in the palace. Ever since I heard that you were beaten by the empress dowager, I have never felt at ease. I heard that you had a good life in the palace, and I was worried that what happened that year would happen again, even if the emperor favored us to meet each other now, Er Niang felt..."

"Don't say such despondent words, you woman." Lan Qi's mighty Lord Ama scolded his wife, "The emperor's kindness is so great, how can Wu Changzai suffer from bad luck again?"

Ama is a serious person, but Lan Qi remembers clearly that there were tears in the corners of Ama's eyes when they first met. Lan Qi grew up with her mother since she was a child, and she was not close to her father, but the last time she saw tears in the corners of his eyes, It was the day when I was about to leave home and enter the palace, my father just said: "Serve the masters well, and when you leave the palace, Ama will find you a good family."

But who would have thought that his good family is the royal family, and his good man is the emperor.

Huanchun and the others came to serve tea soon, polite and respectful, Mrs. Wu Ya brought a lot of things for them, and looked at them with cold eyes, and said to her daughter in private: "They are all good people with kind faces and kind hearts. .”

Lan Qi smiled: "My daughter is so good, but they are the ones who take care of her. Don't worry, Emiang, although her daughter has been through many ups and downs since she entered the palace, her life is far better than ordinary people, and all she meets are good people. Chang Zai is good, and now my people are also good, the Empress Dowager and Madam Su Mala love me as their own granddaughter."

Mrs. Wu Ya sighed: "It hurts you, and I still want to beat you like that? When I heard it, I cried for several days before I recovered, my poor child..." Speaking of these, the mother couldn't help falling tears.

Lan Qi pulled her and whispered the reason, Mrs. Wu Ya couldn't believe it, Lan Qi took her hand and whispered: "Er Niang still doesn't understand my daughter? I can make others torment me with my temper? Just ignore it." Well, even if I'm favored now, so what if I'm left out in the future, there's nothing to be dissatisfied with living such a good life in the palace. Er Niang just takes good care of Ama and her younger siblings at home, don't worry about her daughter .”

The mother and daughter talked a lot more about themselves, and Mrs. Wu Ya felt at ease. Later, the mighty lord said that it is not appropriate to stay in the palace for a long time. The father and daughter, mother and daughter bid farewell. Ma said that was too ostentatious, and Wang Wuchang was cautious, so she didn't dare to go forward, and stood in front of the door until she couldn't see her parents, and then she burst into tears.

Bu Chang Zaiben hid in the Xipei Hall and only came out at this moment. Seeing Lan Qi crying, he pulled her back to the room and coaxed her: "There is always a parting when we meet each other. You should be more competitive. In the future, you will be a concubine. more opportunities.”

Lan Qi regained her composure, and comforted her sister again: "My sister sees me like this, does she also miss her family?"

But Bu Changzai smiled: "It's useless for me to miss it, even if the emperor is sympathetic, my family is all outside Beijing, it's not easy to come here once, I don't want to bother them, don't I have a good sister like you in the palace?"

Lan Qi's mood gradually improved, thinking that the emperor asked her parents to enter the palace to see her to make her happy, what's the point of being sad, and this night, the Qianqing Palace turned over Wu Changzai's sign again, Xuan Ye asked Lan Qi How can I thank him, Xiao Changzai is tender and soft, having a good night.

In the blink of an eye, halfway through the first month, at the Lantern Festival banquet, Concubine Tong, who had long supported the Qian Palace, finally appeared. She was dressed in luxurious and luxurious clothes, which almost overwhelmed the light of Concubine Zhao. Only at the head of the concubines.

Everyone thought that when Concubine Tong came back, she would be more domineering and flamboyant than before, and they didn't want her temperament to change drastically. Although Jifu is luxurious and graceful, her words and deeds are gentle and gentle. In the past, her voice was often heard on occasions like this, but now she has become reticent. Sitting there quietly, but the more the contrast, the more eye-catching it is.

Everyone knows that the Lantern Festival is the night when the emperor and Wu Chang made their love, and now the Wu Ya family is more popular than before, and no one cares about which brand the emperor will flip this night, but this night is the comeback Concubine Tong Welcoming the emperor into Chengqian Palace, the hustle and bustle of the banquet dissipated, and the melodious sound of Guqin from Chengqian Palace floated into Zhongcui Palace again. Lan Qi sat cross-legged under the window and listened with her head up. Huanchun put a dress on her from behind her head. , asked softly: "Master, are you unhappy?"

"A little bit." Lan Qi was very frank, but also smiled, "Actually, I really like listening to Concubine Tong playing the piano. The palace and Helele are good. The most important thing is that the emperor has less troubles. Anyway, she doesn't like me and I don't like it. If you don’t like her, just stop interacting with her.”

Huan Chun laughed and helped her back to bed, "You think about Long Live Lord first."

Lan Qi was lazy, saying that her legs were numb and she couldn't move, she was lying on the kang and refused to leave, Huan Chun called Yu Kui to help her, Yu Kui smiled and said: "Master, you can walk by yourself, the servants are weak , how can I hold you like Long Live Lord."

The words made Xiao Chang very shy, and the master and servant laughed and dispelled the unhappiness in her heart. She lay down and was tucked in the quilt and said: "The emperor will go to Nanyuan in February. The three armies have already promised the Empress Dowager to take us there, and now I hope that the emperor will hunt venison for me to eat, and I don’t think about anything else.”

I heard Yukui say outside the tent: "The emperor must also drink stag blood wine, and our master will have to work hard again."

How can Lan Qi, who has already experienced human affairs, not understand the meaning of these words now, she is so ashamed that she burns all over, she wraps the quilt tightly around her body, and ignores them again.

After those few days, the emperor often lingered in Chengqian Palace, but the House of Internal Affairs did not record a single time. They all guessed that it would be better for the emperor to take good care of Concubine Tong's health. Chang Zai is favored by Cheng Huan, even if the days when Concubine Tong comes back to serve are greatly reduced than before, it is better than other palaces, if it is not limited by her birth, and she has nothing to do under her knees, she feels that Wu Ya's family will not only be in Chang's position for a long time up.

At the end of the month, the palace was preparing for the emperor's trip to Nanyuan. When it came to who would accompany the harem, Concubine Zhao was the first to say no. He was still weak and refused to go. Huigui didn't want to go because Ronggui was about to give birth. The empress dowager said that the emperor must have reliable people to take care of him. It's not to serve the emperor, the empress dowager has already asked her to follow her.

So for this trip, I originally said that all the palaces should serve the Empress Dowager together, but because Concubine Zhao and Concubine Tong didn't go, the nobles who wanted to go didn't dare to show their heads, hesitantly waited for them to wake up, The people going out have already been booked, compared to the last time the harem was almost empty, but this time the number of people going can be counted on one hand.

At the beginning of February, a mighty procession set off from the Forbidden City. The emperor’s grand parade was in full swing, as the victory of the San Francisco campaign was in sight, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Therefore, in addition to the generals, guards and other servants, the ministers, academicians and other civil servants also wore armor to accompany them. Although there are few retinues in the harem, this trip is even more spectacular than the previous year. The young emperor also wanted to show his national prestige through this. The sixtieth-year-old empress dowager accompanied the young princes, princes and princesses to see the prosperity of the royal family. prosperity.

Going out early in the morning and arriving at Nanyuan after noon, the Empress Dowager was naturally overwhelmed with hard work and horses. After accepting the worship of the officials, Lan Qi and Aunt Su Mala took care of her to eat and rest, and Madam Su Mala was also very old. Unable to resist Lan Qi's repeated urging, she also went back to her tent to rest.

Lan Qi paused hurriedly, and then she and Bu Changzai came to Huigui's place. This trip brought eldest elder brother, prince, Chunxi, Rong Xian and Duan Jing a few children. Although elder brother's people accompanied her, The Empress Dowager still assigned Huigui and Duangui to take care of her. Right now, the emperor was with Yigui. Lan Qi knew that Bu Chang wanted to see Duanjing, so she brought her here first.

The children chattered very lively together, not long ago, someone asked Huigui to go to the emperor to serve him, but Huigui smiled and pushed Lanqi, saying: "You should go."

Lan Qi smiled leisurely: "The concubine is here to serve the Empress Dowager, Eunuch Li understands."

Jokes are always jokes, Mrs. Huigui did not dare to delay, and told all the sisters to watch the children carefully, and then went to the emperor's place. Lan Qi didn't sit for long, and someone from the empress dowager also came to look for them, because there were not many things going on there. He simply left Bu Changzai to take care of the children, and hurried back by himself.

On the way, I saw Rong Ruo, the eldest son of Ming Zhu's family, coming this way. Because he is the first-class bodyguard walking in front of the imperial court, it is not surprising that Lan Qi saw him in the palace by chance. After Rong Ruo bowed, Lan Qi smiled. : "My lord, come to greet Mr. Huigui? Mr. Huigui can go to the emperor's side."

A slight embarrassment flashed across Rong Ruo's face, and he lowered his head with a smile: "Thank you Wu Chang, I was sending some things to Huigui for my father."

"Master Duan and the others are here, so you can leave something behind." Lan Qi said, and walked away with her people.

Rong Ruo waited until Wu Chang was walking away, then straightened up, turned around and saw someone standing in front of Huigui's tent looking at this place, the two looked at each other with unnatural expressions, and the person over there hurried back.

The attendant behind him reminded: "My lord, let's go back to the emperor and leave the things in Huigui's hands."