Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Aunt Su Mala grabbed the little eunuch and asked, "Does anyone know about it?"

The little eunuch panicked: "Not yet, the people in my elder brother's office dare not report it."

Mammy's eyes darkened, revealing a sharp expression that Lan Qi had never seen before, she stared at the little eunuch solemnly and said: "Go back and tell the people in elder brother's office that this matter is not allowed to spread, if it spreads, I will first ask killed you."

"Yes yes yes..." The little eunuch was so frightened that he limped and ran out with weak legs.

"Wu Chang is here, go back and make another bowl of tea for the Empress Dowager." Mammy Su Mala restrained her expression and gently pushed Lan Qi. She suddenly came to her senses, turned around and walked away with an oh, mammy Nanny let out a long sigh, and came to the master.

When I entered the door, I saw the maids in the court prostrate on the ground looking for something. The nanny stepped on a round one, and bent over to pick it up. It was a new Buddhist bead worn by the master these days, and asked the maids nearby to take it. After picking it up, I sent someone to string it up, but the Empress Dowager said: "There is no need to string it up, if you sisters have rare ones, you can keep them yourself."

All the maids thanked and went out. Madam Su Mala took out another string of ten thousand Buddha beads carved with peach cores from the nanmu box under the Buddhist altar, and after enshrining in front of the Bodhisattva, wrapped them around the master's wrist with her own hands, and said softly: " Master, the third elder brother is dead."

The old man nodded and was not very surprised, "This child has been ill for a long time. The night I named him Changsheng, I had a nightmare. I knew that I had violated God's will and suppressed his luck."

"Master, don't say that." Mammy advised, "Just now I came to spread the word that the third elder brother was poisoned to death."

The empress dowager's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and the cold eyes flowed out of them, and she sneered: "So powerful?"

"Who would suddenly go to poison a child who is not yet alive?" The nanny also sneered, helped the master up and prayed in front of the altar, and finished offering incense. Just as Lan Qi came in with a tea bowl, the nanny helped serve the tea, the empress dowager Just to moisten the throat, no one is interested in guessing riddles anymore, so she told Lan Qi, "Bring me my Tianzi head, and go to Elder Brother's place for a walk."

Everyone was busy waiting for them. When they were about to go out, people outside said that the emperor had gone too. The moment the empress dowager got on the soft sedan chair, she saw Lan Qi standing beside her with dead eyes, and she frowned slightly, calling her: " The wind and sand are strong, you wear less clothes, come in and sit together."

Lan Qi didn't dare, Aunt Su Mala pushed her, and then followed the old man into the sedan chair, next to the body of the Empress Dowager, smelling the tranquil sandalwood on her body, and when her heart relaxed bit by bit, Lan Qi suddenly couldn't bear it. Tears welled up in her eyes, and before she could cry or wipe them away, she heard the Empress Dowager ask her leisurely: "There must be such a time. Has the nobleman been to your place together?"

Lan Qi nodded her head heavily, she knew from the time she served in front of the Ci Ning Palace that nothing in this palace could escape the eyes of the Empress Dowager.

"They have stayed in this palace for so many years, and the honorable ones have lasted longer. I have seen that An'an has never caused any trouble. The greatest reward for them is to let them raise their own children. I know." The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, and reached out to stroke Lan Qi's hair, "Silly boy, do you know what my grandson likes most about you?"

Lan Qi looked blankly at the old man, no matter whether she understood or not, her heart was so confused at this moment, she couldn't say anything, she saw the old man smiling kindly: "Go through this time well, you can't just play around and treat each other like guests, treat each other like a guest. It's not a good word for a woman to never be able to touch each other's hearts in a lifetime."

Xiao Changzai said timidly, "The concubine doesn't understand."

"You will understand in the future." The Empress Dowager smiled deeply, and there was inexplicable expectation in her eyes, but she didn't know what she was expecting.

The soft sedan went to Elder Brother's place, but there was no emperor's car, but many people waited outside the door, guessing that the emperor came by himself, and heard crying as soon as he entered the door, but once someone shouted that the empress dowager was coming, the crying inside It came to an abrupt end.

Xuan Ye came out to greet her, followed by seven or eight concubines led by Concubine Zhao, Lan Qi raised her head and met Hui Gui's eyes, there was a lot of anticipation, Lan Qi was startled, and hastily averted her gaze.

Entering the third elder brother's house, the child has not yet been coffined, and the white-haired person cannot send the black-haired person. The empress dowager only sat in the outer room, and Aunt Su Mala put a string of beads used by the master into the cradle, He turned around after putting his hands together and came out, only to see Rong Guiren sitting beside him, with a haggard and pitiful figure, as if he was in extreme grief, even the Empress Dowager did not go to salute.

The door of the house was closed, the imperial physician who had been taking care of the third elder brother's case was called, and all irrelevant people were dismissed, and only a few concubines remained. Lan Qi's identity should not have been left, because she was following From the Compassion Palace.In the oppressive atmosphere, the Empress Dowager asked the emperor, "Did you say you were poisoned?"

There was no emotion in Xuan Ye's deep eyes, and instead of responding directly to his grandmother, he asked the imperial physician kneeling on the ground, "How do you say it?"

The imperial doctor's face was pale, and he turned his face slightly to look for someone, but he held back after all, lowered his head and began to talk about the third elder brother's illness, saying that it was not a sudden poisoning, but a gradual poisoning over a long period of time , When they found out, it was too late to treat him, and they could only watch the third elder brother's life run out little by little.

Afterwards, another wet nurse said that when Concubine Tong came to visit the third elder brother that day, she left a jar of foreign candy. The third elder brother liked it very much and would eat one or two a day, but the jar of candy was gone a few days ago.

Everyone's eyes fell on Concubine Tong, and she grinned in disbelief: "What do you mean? You mean Bengong poisoned the third elder brother?"

Xuanye said coldly, "You gave the sugar?"

"The concubine did give the third elder brother foreign sugar. It was sent by the concubine Ama. It is still in the Chengqian Palace. The emperor can send someone to investigate." Concubine Tong stepped forward and hurriedly defended herself. , and even asked Xuan Ye, "The emperor just agreed to let the concubine choose a child to raise in the palace. What is the concubine doing to poison the third elder brother? The concubine and the nobleman have no grievances or enmities. Such a small child, the concubine why would……"

"Your majesty." Hui Gui suddenly knelt down, with trembling lips, "On the day when the little elder brother was full moon, the concubine once saw the empress running to the third elder brother's house alone."

"You're talking nonsense!" Concubine Tong rushed in front of her.

"Wu Changzai also saw it." Hui Gui was not afraid, and pointed at Lan Qi, "That day Wu Changzai was playing with his concubine, Wu Changzai, you saw it too, right?"

Say what you see, say what you see, what you see...

Suddenly everyone looked at her, but Lan Qi only had Ronggui's words in her head, remembering the tears on their faces, remembering Ronggui's saying that the third elder brother would not live long, and remembering Huigui's mournful gaze on the long palace road The son was taken away crying.

Looking up and seeing the poor Ronggui by the cradle, and seeing that poor little life still in the cradle, Lan Qi's mind became hot, and she blurted out: "Yes, the concubine saw Concubine Tong enter the third elder brother's house " She turned and knelt on the ground, "The imperial concubine led everyone to congratulate the little elder brother, Duan Jing ran away naughty, the concubine went to chase her, and when she looked up, she saw the empress Tong went to the third elder brother alone house."

Concubine Zhao, who was still silent on the side, said quietly: "Could it be that Concubine Tong took away the jar of foreign sugar at that time."

"Nonsense!" Concubine Tong's sharp temper finally erupted completely, her eyes widened with anger, she pointed at Concubine Zhao and everyone on the ground, "How can you frame me, you are not afraid of going to hell and cutting your tongues, the third elder brother is still standing there Are you afraid that he will come to you in the middle of the night?"

"Have you been there?" Xuan Ye asked suddenly, Concubine Tong was shocked, and the emperor asked again, "Have you been to the third elder brother's house?"

Concubine Tong's aura instantly weakened, she knelt limply and fell heavily on the ground, she began to sob and said, "Brother is always crying, no matter how coaxed or scolded, I don't want to be laughed at, so I heard that as long as I personally cut some younger brothers and sisters' hair and hid them under his bed, and the elder brother will become good. The concubine has been to the house of the third elder brother, but the concubine just cut his hair, and the concubine only wants the elder brother Brother, well, Your Majesty...how could a concubine poison a child?"

The one who died was the third elder brother, but Rong Gui just sat by the cradle in a daze, and what he heard was Concubine Tong crying. The room was terribly quiet, the emperor was full of anger, and no one dared to speak again. He sat on the head and slowly twirled the beads between his fingers, finally sighed slightly, and said to his grandson: "Your Majesty, this matter must come to an end. If word spread that the prince was poisoned, the royal family might lose face."

Xuan Ye's eyes flickered slightly, and slowly passed over everyone in the seat, standing or kneeling, and when they stopped on Wuya Lanqi, the eyes were inexplicably ignited with deeper anger, and suddenly turned away Looking at the eyes, he said quietly: "This is the end of this matter. The third elder brother died of illness, and no one poisoned him." He stood up and bowed to the Empress Dowager, "The grandson is busy with court affairs, and the affairs here , and ask the emperor's grandmother to be considerate."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said nothing, Xuan Ye saluted, turned around and left, Lan Qi knelt aside, the emperor's dragon robe flashed in front of her eyes, her heart was inexplicably tense, she always felt as if someone had stabbed her in the heart with her eyes.

The emperor left, Concubine Tong was still sobbing, Concubine Zhao brought tea to the Empress Dowager, the old man waved her hand and pushed away, Aunt Su Mala rushed over to help her, sure enough she was leaving too, and said coldly when she left: "Bring the eldest elder brother back to elder brother's place from Chengqian Palace. Concubine Tong is still too young and has to serve the emperor, so she can't take care of her. Also, hurry up and bury the third elder brother and send him away. They are all scattered Well, the emperor's words must be kept in mind."

Everyone sent off the Empress Dowager respectfully, but Wu Changzai, who came with her, didn't follow her. She still knelt on the ground in a daze. Concubine Zhao served the Empress Dowager to leave, and she didn't pay any attention to the matter of ordering the third elder brother to be buried when she came back. people in the house.

Duan Gui helped Hui Gui get up, Tong Concubine's maid also came to help the master up, she stumbled and got up, suddenly with fierce eyes, she rushed towards Lan Qi, only heard a harsh and clear snap, everyone was shocked, but seeing Wu Ya Shi was beaten to the ground, and the eye-catching five-fingerprints on the left face quickly became red and swollen.

"Bitch! Bitch!" Concubine Tong wanted to rush up and beat her hysterically, but was dragged away by the maids.