Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The queen called her sister to come to her. She has been sleeping in a drowsy state for the past few days. Although her sister was with her every day, she failed to take a good look. You are so young, it is not good to dress so plainly, a noble person usually dresses simply, but look at the color of her body, she is neither ostentatious nor low-key, this is what a concubine should look like." While talking, she coughed a few times With a voice, he called Dong Yun, "Take my old things and dress up your mother. It's almost the twelfth lunar month. This appearance should be a joke."

Dong Yun promised, came up to help Concubine Wen with a smile, and the master and servant went to other places. Lan Qi saw that the queen was coughing badly, so she went to pour tea. After the provocation, she called the two of them to reprimand. At that time, watching Wu Yashi pour tea, she teased in her heart that she was born as a court lady, and she was familiar with doing these things, but she has gone so far with this bowl of tea, the emperor He was even granted the title of noble person, a word of virtue, how honorable it is.

And how she came to be the queen, she knew best in her heart.

"Your Majesty, this is the pear blossom honey that the Empress Dowager asked her concubines to bring. The Empress Dowager coughs and wheezes every winter. She has often eaten this honey for the past two years, and her breath is much smoother. Please use it frequently in the future. That's good." Lan Qi served the honey tea, just like she was devout and respectful when she served the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion, the Empress looked at her with a slight frown, and stretched out her hand to take it.

But when all four hands were on the tea bowl, Lan Qi felt the weakness between the queen's fingers, no wonder she would pick it up with both hands, and said with confidence: "Let the concubine serve you to drink."

The queen was stunned for a moment, and dropped her hands. She saw that she was carefully bringing the bowl to her mouth. After a moment of hesitation, she put her mouth up and took two sips of honey tea into her throat. The dry throat was indeed much more comfortable, and the aftertaste was still slightly cool. After taking a few more sips, he waved his hand and pushed away.

Seeing that she drank most of the bowl anyway, Lan Qi didn't force her anymore, turned around and put it down, opened another box, took out a paper bag and said to the queen, "This is also a gift from the empress dowager..."

"I don't lack anything here in this palace." The queen said coldly, and turned her eyes to the window again, she couldn't see any snowflakes through the window paper, only a few shadows were flying around, letting her know that it was snowing outside.

Lan Qi was choked by this sentence, she didn't dare to talk anymore, she called the other maids of Kunning Palace, and asked them to take the things brought by the Empress Dowager, she had to retreat outside the door before turning around, but the Queen asked : "Is this going?"

Lan Qi stopped to answer: "The concubine is waiting in the outer hall, and the concubine will come in if the empress gives orders."

"Are you afraid that this palace will find you disgusted?" The queen didn't know who she was laughing at, but the disdain between her eyebrows made people feel sad for no reason. She said quietly, "The empress dowager must know that this palace doesn't want to I saw you, but she still sent you here, is she trying to scare me to make my illness worse, or to stimulate me so that I can cheer up?"

Lan Qi hurriedly knelt on the ground, and bowed her head in response: "Forgive my concubine's slip of the tongue, empress, you worry too much."

"Are you worrying too much?" The queen smiled miserably. She, who is under one person and above ten thousand people, and the mother of a country, is smiling sadly at this little nobleman, but she is as proud and noble as her, and immediately So he restrained his expression, and when he turned to look out of the window, he could only see fierceness and majesty in his eyes, but he stopped talking and let Wu Yashi kneel there.

The queen refused to let her get up, so of course Lan Qi couldn't move. Before coming here, Bu Guiren muttered a lot of things, telling Lan Qi to be careful, saying that Concubine Tong hated her or bullied her, instead of hiding it. It's easy to deal with, but the queen has hated her for a long time, and the more she doesn't show her face, the scarier she is.

Is she being punished to kneel at this moment?But what did she do wrong, or what did she say wrong, maybe they want her to kneel down so that she can look happy?

As time passed by, the huge Western clock in Kunning Palace rang heavily. This big clock was once placed in the main hall of Yikun Palace. Lan Qi had seen it before, and it was said that it was rewarded by the emperor to Concubine Zhao at that time. The Western clock is the emperor's favorite thing, and it is not easy to reward anyone, so the empress cherishes it very much.

Finally, the newly dressed Concubine Wen came back. When Dong Yun and her entered the door, they saw the virtuous man kneeling on the ground. He didn't know how long he had been kneeling on the ground. A little maid beside him waved her hand, so she didn't dare to talk too much and signaled Concubine Wen to also Don't ask too much, just go to the queen first.

Dongyun took the empress's old clothes and gave them to Concubine Wen to change. Although the style of embroidery was not in fashion recently, it was made by the emperor's concubines after all, and it is still solemn and luxurious even now. Concubine Zhao also loved bright colors at that time. Lining against Concubine Wen's white and tender skin, it was even more radiant.

From the clothes, hair buns to the complete set of jewelry, they are all the empress's favorite things in the past. At first glance, it seems that time has turned back, and the concubine Xiao Zhao of that year is in front of her eyes.The queen's eyes were touched with joy for a moment, but gradually they darkened, she was unhappy for some reason, she gently pushed her sister away, and told Dong Yun: "Go and change it, Concubine Wen should still look like Concubine Wen, no problem. ...to be the second main palace."

Dong Yun's heart was pounding. Just now when Concubine Wen finished dressing up, she realized that her master from ten years ago was standing in front of her. She was afraid that if she brought her to see her, it would touch the master's sad mood. Sure enough, she guessed right. Hearing what the queen said, she immediately helped Concubine Wen to leave in a hurry.

And the little Niu Hulu obviously didn't understand what was wrong, and was dragged out in a daze. Seeing that the nobleman was still kneeling there, he asked Dong Yun until he was outside the door: "Sister, is she punishing the nobleman for kneeling?"

Dong Yun laughed awkwardly, perfunctory her: "I have been with you all this time, I don't know what's going on inside."

When Concubine Wen and Dong Yun went out, a gust of cold wind came in, and Lan Qi's kneeling numb body suddenly woke up, determined to continue to endure, but another maid from the imperial hospital came in, and the medicine boiled on the stove outside was ready Well, it's time for the empress to take medicine, and they were surprised to see the virtuous man kneeling here.

"Go out, noble people will serve me." The queen frowned slightly when she smelled the decoction.

The maids put the filter bowls on the table, signaled to the virtuous person, and left in a hurry. Lan Qi looked at the queen and stood up with difficulty holding the flower shelf beside her. Her knees were so painful that she lost consciousness long ago. , walked to the table tremblingly, washed his hands first, then filtered the medicine twice, and when he came to the queen with the medicine, his legs had recovered and he could walk well.

The queen took the medicine well, and after rinsing her mouth, when she took the handkerchief from Lan Qi and wiped it, she looked up at her face, which was exactly the same as when she first entered the door. She was peaceful and pious, and seemed to only concentrate on taking care of others. Even though she was punished to kneel for so long by herself for no reason, there was no trace of resentment on her face, no matter whether she was well-mannered or pretended to be good, the queen knew that there was no such a good-tempered person in this palace anymore.

The waiter took the medicine, Lan Qi didn't know what would happen to the queen, just now she knelt down to answer the question, but the queen didn't let her get up, now she has made up her mind, don't bother herself when it's okay, when it doesn't matter, put your knees Stand up straight, and you can answer as long as you stand upright.

Sure enough, the queen didn't make things difficult for her after that, Lan Qi just stood by the side, not long after Concubine Wen came back, she resumed her former appearance, the queen saw joy on her face, she pulled her sister to sit beside her, and asked her some questions about the palace. When asked about the emperor's stay in the Xianfu Palace and about her serving the bed, Niu Hulu blushed with shame, but was reprimanded by her sister: "Silly girl, my sister served the emperor back then, but she was younger than you now. Serve the emperor well, and give birth to a little elder brother for my sister earlier."

Concubine Wen nodded meekly, her cheeks were flushed without saying a word, the queen knew she couldn't say anything more when she saw her like this, she raised her head and saw Wu Yalanqi standing beside her, she was also gentle and quiet, but she was full of aura , and looking at my younger sister, she was not compared in any place.

Feeling helpless, suddenly there was an itchy throat and coughing again and again. Concubine Wen was so frightened that she was at a loss. Lan Qi stroked the Queen's back to smooth the air, and brought warm water for her to moisten. The Queen drank sleepily. After two sips, he said with disgust: "Drinking so much soup, medicine and tea every day makes my stomach full."

Everyone didn't dare to say anything, even Dong Yun didn't try to comfort her. It must be because she talked too much these days, and the queen was already impatient. Lan Qi put down the tea bowl and washed her hands, but asked the queen: "Do you want to eat?" Things, the Empress Dowager said, the imperial physicians always make taboos, how can you get better if you only take medicine and don’t eat every day, the most rare thing when you are seriously ill is to have an appetite to eat, and always say that you are more handsome when you are hungry, but women usually eat very restrained, Since there is no food accumulation, there is no reason to go hungry for a few meals. The empress dowager told the concubine that if you have something to eat, the concubine must tell the imperial dining room to do it."

The queen glanced at her leisurely, but sneered in front of her younger sister and Dong Yun: "This is the person who is going to die in this palace, do you want to give him his last bite?"

Lan Qi's heart clenched tightly, and she had to kneel down again in this momentum, saying that she didn't dare.Her knees touched the ground before she felt the pain again, her body trembled, she gritted her teeth and held on, in fact, she had just said that it was the empress dowager's intention, and now she could easily push it on the old man, but she understood that the empress was looking for trouble on purpose Well, maybe she felt refreshed by tossing her heart, since she came here to serve the illness, and she was ordered to make her get better quickly, after a few tossings, she gritted her teeth and passed.

This kneeling lasted for another whole hour. Concubine Wen was very embarrassed sitting on the side, and she was also absent-minded when the queen said a few words. Finally, when it was time for lunch, the nobles got up to serve, the queen After taking the medicine and eating porridge, Concubine Wen dragged the nobleman outside for a while when she was in a daze. The little Niu Hulu was very kind and told her: "Go, don't come around in the afternoon, anyone who serves here is the same. The Empress probably hates you, you'll stay on the left this afternoon but you'll still be punished and scolded, it's boring."

Lan Qi also wanted to leave, but she didn't know if the queen would be more angry if she left like this. She didn't have to belittle herself and be tortured by others, but the queen is so ill now, there is no need to care about the patient. When I went out, I said that the patient is often angry, and sometimes losing his temper is not intentional, it's just that he can't bear it.Thinking about when I was sick, Huanchun and the others were in a hurry, and when Xuan Ye and the Empress Dowager were sick, it was not easy to take care of them.

Seeing that she was silent, Concubine Wen sighed: "You go, or I should be the one to go. Seeing you like this makes me feel very uncomfortable."

At this time Dongyun came out and saw the two talking, Concubine Wen asked her to persuade the nobleman to leave, Dongyun knew it very well, and hurriedly knelt down and said truthfully: "Slaves dare to say that the nobleman should go back to the empress dowager and don't come here again." Ning Gong servant is sick, the empress...she doesn't want to see you. If you trust the servant, please go back, the empress will not be angry. If you are really angry, the servant will invite you again, and you will be punished here Wronged, that's just a few more words of blame."

"Dongyun, get up." Lan Qi pulled her up, and blessed Concubine Wen again, "Since the empress said so, the concubine will leave first. If there is anything else, please send someone to Zhongcui Palace immediately." Find a concubine."

Concubine Wen nodded and said nothing, Lan Qi saluted again, turned around and left, Huan Chun who came with her also followed from the side, just now I heard that the master was punished to kneel inside, seeing that he was going to leave now, she was really relieved He breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't see anything in the Kunning Palace, and as soon as he got outside the door, the master's legs suddenly went limp.

"Can't you go?" Huan Chun was shocked, but Lan Qi supported her to stand firm again, and laughed at herself, "People are spoiled, you can do whatever you want if you hold your breath in it, but your legs will be weak when you come out."

Afterwards, they supported each other, the first snow was not yet in the weather, the ground turned into water, and the road was wet and slippery. Lan Qi's feet were soft and difficult to walk, and she would slip at every turn, but she would laugh at her stupidity. Seeing that she was not in a bad mood, Huan Chun also joked , The master and the servant went back laughing all the way, entered the door and the nobleman heard the movement, saw her walking tremblingly, asked what was wrong, heard that he was punished to kneel for a long time, and said with a sullen face: "The master of the middle palace , how can I have such a heart."

Naturally, Lan Qi didn't let her say more, after that, everyone fetched water to warm their feet, Yu Kui lifted the hem of her master's skirt and rolled up her trouser legs, and saw that her knees were bruised and purple, and there was a skin torn, she made a mistake He would be punished to kneel by Huanchun from time to time, and he was also punished when he was naughty with his mother when he was young. You can tell how long you have been kneeling with this kind of injury, and you can't help but say: "Master, is this going to serve the sick? Why did you get all over yourself?" Injury, you must have knelt all morning."

Lan Qi pursed her lips and did not speak, the nobleman leaned over to see her, and said angrily: "If the emperor calls you to sleep in these few days and sees the injury, she will not be afraid..."

"Sister, don't talk about it." Lan Qi persuaded her, and smiled and said that she was hungry and wanted to eat. After soaking her feet, she gritted her teeth and was rubbed with medicine on her knees by Huan Chun. Afterwards, she sat cross-legged on the kang freely Take a big bite to eat.

Mrs. Bugui knew that she had worked so hard to serve her illness, so she had stewed a chicken for her to eat early in the morning. The meat was so rotten now. Seeing that she was devouring the food, she felt better. The empress dowager also looks like this, it's so ugly."

Lan Qi's mouth was full of oil, her cheeks were bulging, and she said inarticulately, "I just can't do this, so I'll be happier at home."

"Eat slowly, who will grab it from you."

While talking, someone came from outside, and the sewing room brought new winter clothes. Now Lan Qi and Bu Changzai are both nobles, and the things they use are better than before, and the nobles are the most favored concubines. Fang Gesi was even more diligent in serving him. The winter clothes were supposed to be delivered in a few days, but the sewing room was completed in a hurry.

Lan Qi didn't lose her composure in front of outsiders, she washed her hands and tightened her clothes before she came out to look, touched the slippery fur on the collar of her collar, and asked with a smile: "Do other ladies use this kind of clothes this year? It's better than last year's." .”

The maid in the sewing room smiled and said: "The palace is more expensive than in previous years. The slaves shouldn't have said such things. It is really the materials and furs that are used today that are worthy of the masters and ladies."

But the cloth nobleman touched Lan Qi's one and said, "This stitching skill is different. Although my few pieces are good, I can't compare them in terms of fineness." Me?"

Several court ladies were so frightened that they bent their knees to plead guilty. Huan Chunpanxia had already stuffed some silver as a reward, saying that Mrs. Bu was joking, but they also honestly said: "Jue Chan promised not to let the slaves say Yes, but the slaves know that the stitching is different from that of an expert like Bu Guiren. You can tell at a glance that the clothes of Bu Guiren are carefully made by the slaves, but the big coat of Deguiren is Jue Chan's consent. made."

"Jue Chan agrees, which one is it?" Bu Guiren doesn't have much contact with the concubines in the palace, and a newcomer has joined this year. She can't remember clearly, but she heard Jin He say, "Master forgot, last time I was with Nala often." The one who came here was only an official woman at that time, she was punished to kneel on the palace road because she talked back to Mr. An, and was brought back by Mr. An."

Only then did Bu Guiren remember, and said with a smile: "Yefeng agreed? I didn't hear that he served in front of the emperor."

But the people in the sewing room were very clear about it, and said one by one: "Because Concubine Hui asked Jue Chan to promise to make new clothes for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother liked it very much, and the Queen Mother was very happy, so she was promoted to the promised position, and it was already the Double Ninth Festival. It's about time."

Mrs. Bugui laughed at herself: "We live a good life here, and we don't know anything about the palace."

Not long after, the people from the sewing room left, and a few people came to tidy up their clothes. Lan Qi suddenly said to Huan Chun, "Put away the one that Jue Chan promised to make, I won't wear it."

"What's the matter?" Bu Guiren was puzzled, "Just now you don't look very pretty."

Lan Qi laughed, "I was worried that the half chicken was going to be cold." As for the clothes, she explained, "Since she is making clothes for the Queen Mother now, how dare I wear the same clothes? According to the rules of the palace, even in the sewing room there are regular people who make the clothes of each palace, not to mention that she still has a reputation to agree."

After saying this, she happily went to eat her lunch again. The remaining half of the chicken was indeed cold, and she asked Huanchun to reheat it for her to eat, but Huanchun was afraid that she would eat too much. They came to deliver things, but this time the ones who came back were from the Qianqing Palace. They brought the pastries newly made by the imperial kitchen. They said that the emperor's food was good, so they also tasted them.

Lan Qi triumphantly said to Huanchun: "I am the one who is loved by the emperor." Everyone in the room laughed. On Ning Palace's side, the queen woke up in the afternoon, and heard that Wu Yashi had left, her face was not pretty, but she didn't say anything.

And not long after, when the wind and snow outside became more and more raging, the emperor came to Kunning Palace despite the wind and snow. When he heard the report from outside, the queen only sneered in her heart. ?