Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi looked up at the Empress Dowager, she was like a Buddha statue on a Buddhist altar, she was kind and gentle, exuding an inviolable sacred majesty, they all embraced everything with a broad mind, and at the same time guarded the bottom line that cannot be crossed. .

"I am here today, you can push me in front of others, but how long can I live?" The Empress Dowager smiled gently, but every word she said hit Lan Qi's heart, "Now Concubine Tong Gui is higher than you, You are powerless to resist, but maybe ten or twenty years later, there will be newcomers who are younger than you and whose status is not as high as you will do the same thing. If Xuan Ye can cherish you for the rest of his life as he does now, it will be your blessing, but this is Extravagant wish, for women in the harem, this is the greatest extravagant wish in the world."

Lan Qi's gaze fell slowly, but the Empress Dowager said solemnly: "Look at me." She hastily cast her eyes on the old man's face again, and the Empress Dowager said slowly, "If this child is a princess, I will raise it in my mother's house." It doesn't matter here, but if it's a little elder brother, raised in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, he is much more precious than the elder brothers of Concubine Huirong, and it will definitely have an impact on his life in the future. Are you dear? Er Niang, if you want him to experience such a life different from his brothers and sisters, my great-grandmother will naturally be willing to take care of him. But have you thought about these things?"

There was a dazed expression on her radiant complexion, Lan Qi was speechless to respond, Xuan Ye only mentioned a few words, but she didn't take it to heart, she just thought that the child was raised by the empress dowager as a favor, and she would be looked at by others , I didn't think it would affect the future of the child.

"As for you, I guess Xuanye won't be able to let you go for more than ten or twenty years, maybe even for a lifetime. You are a blessed child." The empress dowager slowly sat down on a seat beside her, looking at the girl lying cross-legged on the futon. Lan Qi said, "Your mother-in-law is different, and the child you gave birth to must be loved by thousands of people. Do you know what the late emperor said after Dong E's birth?"

Lan Qi shook her head, then nodded again. She remembered that the family had said in the gossip that the former emperor favored Concubine Dong E, saying that her little elder brother was the first son of the royal family. It's a pity that the child is not blessed.

"Xuan Ye will not be as absurd as the first emperor, but he will also have selfish intentions. Although Dong E's fault was not with Dong E, she did not stop or persuade him. No matter how absurd the emperor did to him, she would live. This blessing is short-lived." When the Empress Dowager mentioned this, her brows turned red, perhaps she always felt in her heart that the existence of the Dong E family was already a mistake.

But the old man quickly changed his mood and continued to teach Lan Qi: "Xuan Ye has learned how to truly love you and love you in the past two years. You must keep the initial grievances firmly in your heart, and the pain from whip to whip must be unforgettable. Don't Get carried away, don't let Xuan Ye do things for you that break the rules of your ancestors and the relationship between courtiers, and don't let yourself bear the notoriety of being a beauty and a disaster. The best thing those civil servants and generals with good looks will do is to blame their incompetence on the ground. On a woman's body. It has always been like this in all dynasties."

The baby in the womb moved suddenly, as if affirming the words of the great-grandmother, Lan Qi looked at the belly uneasy, but the child soon calmed down again, only to hear the empress dowager say again, "Ordinary people's homes, if a woman says One sentence, I am doing it for the sake of my children, so that’s fine, how can a small family make trouble? But you are in the palace, the emperor’s woman, and your children are the prince’s son and grandson, and their future is not something you can control. Left and right. Since it is for the sake of the children, the things that should be done should never be on the children. Only when your husband is healthy and happy, and the court is stable and prosperous, can they have a future. Planning a future for your children."

Lan Qi's bewildered expression gradually dissipated. Xuan Ye coaxed her to not go into what she said when she was sitting by the lake feeding the fish that day. It turned out that the answer was all here. She didn't know whether it was her selfish desire or for Xuan Ye. It turned out that it wasn't two things, she thought about Xuan Ye all the time, it was originally a kind of selfish desire.

"Since Xuan Ye has promised you, this child, no matter the princess or elder brother, will be raised in the Palace of Compassion." The empress dowager was about to leave, but she didn't seem to intend to let Lan Qi leave, saying, "But I'm old It is unavoidable to suffer from illness, if the royal relatives find trouble with this child, I am afraid they will not live long, Lan Qi, think about it yourself."

The Empress Dowager walked away slowly, and the opened door of the Buddhist hall cast a gorgeous sunset from behind Lan Qi, but with the bang of closing the door, the Buddhist hall fell into silence again, the sandalwood was faint, and together with the dark light, Lan Qi's mood was quiet. Heart.

She raised her eyes to look up at the supreme Buddha, and put her hands on her swollen belly. Perhaps her life will undergo the greatest change from the first born child. She can no longer be that delicate and pretty little Chang Zai Little nobleman, she is going to be the mother-in-law. From now on, she will protect her husband, her children, and herself.

Aunt Su Mala didn't see the virtuous man coming out, and also saw the master's solemn expression, she didn't dare to ask questions for a while, and sent her back to the bedroom to serve tea, when the little palace maid came to beat her legs for half an hour, she heard movement in the Buddhist hall, ma'am Mammy couldn't help but welcome her out.

Lan Qi's face was peaceful and peaceful, as if she had figured out what she had been struggling with for a long time, she smiled warmly at her, and warmly held hands with her, and they walked towards the Empress Dowager together. , the servant thought you left the nobleman in the Buddhist hall and punished you to kneel."

Lan Qi smiled: "Great-grandmother can't let go of the little grandchildren in my belly." As she spoke, she walked in front of the empress dowager, knelt down slowly, raised her head and smiled, and said to the old man: "The empress dowager, the child in my concubine's womb, Please also work hard to take care of him for my concubine."

"You have been thinking for a long time, but you still insist on keeping the child in the Palace of Compassion and Peace?" The Empress Dowager looked at Lan Qi seriously, neither happy nor angry, "I thought you would give up."

Lan Qi smiled calmly: "I didn't mean the concubine at all. The emperor said it first. Since the emperor said so, the concubine should accept it well. What you said..." She covered her heart, her eyes flashed With tears in her eyes, Jingying said, "Lan Qi will keep it in her heart for the rest of her life, and she will also tell her children that her great-grandmother was kind to their mother-in-law."

"Silly girl." The Empress Dowager smiled happily, stretched out her hand to hold her on her knees, patted her lightly and coaxed, "How old are you, enjoy your young life now, my great truths are just because I am afraid that I will not tell you in time , I just poured out my brain. I treat you well, don't I expect you to treat my Xuan Ye well for the rest of my life?"

The nanny let out a long sigh of relief from the side. She had been worried about today's incident since Concubine Tong broke into the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Now that the grandparents and grandchildren are talking and understanding each other, she feels at ease. She stood aside and asked with a smile: "Really?" It's time to ask the emperor to come and see if he has become a grandson-in-law."

Saying this, she followed suit. Mammy sent someone to invite the emperor to have dinner at night, and Xuanye really came when the meal was set. It is said that the ministers came directly after they were scattered. No wonder they didn’t even change their clothes. The nobleman waited on the emperor to change his clothes with her belly outstretched. She stood on tiptoe when she stretched out her hands to button the buttons. ?”

"I think what the emperor thinks." Lan Qi smiled perfunctorily, not mentioning today's events at all, and Xuan Ye knew that the imperial concubine lost her temper, so she didn't say anything when she saw her grandmother and Lan Qi, and just had dinner with Lele, but after the meal But Lan Qi was sent back to Zhongcui Palace to rest first, and the rare empress dowager left the emperor behind when they both came.

"The imperial grandmother left her grandson, do you have something to say?" Xuan Ye didn't play charades with the grandmother. The grandparents and grandchildren were sitting opposite each other in a game of chess. The chess piece did not continue, looked at Xuan Ye and said, "Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen, you are going to let them go on like this."

Xuan Ye lowered his head to sort out the leftovers on the chessboard, and as the pieces became clear in black and white, his expression gradually became serious, and he said in a deep voice, "It's the Niu Hulu family who made the trouble, and this is going to make Concubine Wen die too early." If they die, they will be willing to do their best.”

"So you have to sacrifice your cousin?" The Empress Dowager saw through everything. While she hated and disliked Concubine Tong, she also deeply understood how pitiful this child was. She was not only Tong Guowei's pawn, but also Xuan Ye all along. His chess piece, Xuan Ye, is much more ruthless than his father and grandfather after all.

"Grandson will treat her well." Xuan Ye cleaned up the chessboard, wiped his hands with a towel beside him, and looked at his grandmother calmly, "I didn't sacrifice her, I just let her do what she wanted to do. luck."

"If you just do what you want in the palace, what will be the result in the end?" The empress dowager said earnestly, "What will happen to each of them, the emperor's grandmother doesn't care, the emperor's grandmother does not want you to look back when you are my age in the future. In the past, when you touched the cold place in your heart, for your own cruelty and for your own ruthlessness, don't do too much."

Xuan Ye nodded, "Grandson, remember."

"Lan Qi's child was brought to the Compassionate Ning Palace after it was born. Today I explained it clearly to her. After thinking about it for half an hour, she still didn't give up." Will one day treat Lan Qi like this?"

Xuan Ye didn't have time to think about it and said: "Grandson won't, I have never regarded Lan Qi as a woman in the harem."

That night, the emperor went to Chengqian Palace. It is said that he specially went to appease him at night because he had no time to meet him during the day. ? After playing for so long, the nail cap will rot.”

Just when Concubine Duan came over and heard it, she reprimanded her a few words, Yukui stuck out her tongue and ran away with a smile, Concubine Duan sat down beside Lan Qi's couch and said: "Seeing that you look good, I feel relieved, the Emperor asked me to come I also mean to take care of you, but I dare not let you make mistakes."

"The concubine is very good, the empress doesn't need to worry too much." Lan Qi said lazily, "It's just that I can't breathe when I lie down, so I need to lean on it."

"Grit your teeth again, and you'll be fine after you're born." Concubine Duan said gently, her eyes moved slightly, and she still asked, "What did the imperial concubine say to you today?"

"It's just a few words of gossip, do you want to listen?" Lan Qi asked Concubine Duan back, she was not guarding against anyone, but this kind of thing, she didn't plan to tell anyone, and hoped that Concubine Duan would not misunderstand herself.

Seeing her like this, Concubine Duan stopped questioning her, and let her rest early with casual jokes. On the way to the main hall, she saw someone coming in at the gate of the palace. Going to the place of the noble man, he motioned to the maids around him to inquire, and came back after a while and said that it was Dong Yun from Xianfu Palace.

Dong Yun didn't stay for long, but just sent a message for Concubine Wen, asking Lan Qiming to go to Xianfu Palace when she feels comfortable in the next few days. Concubine Wen is so displeased that she can't leave the house, so she can only work hard on the big belly. The nobleman went there in person, but Lan Qi didn't agree, she just said: "Understood."

The next morning when Huan Chun asked about this matter, the nobleman just shook her head: "I don't feel well, I don't want to go out." At first Huan Chun thought that the master was really unwell, and was anxious to ask for a doctor, but Lan Qi smiled at her, seeming to be angry with her Silly, I realized that she just didn't want to go to Xianfu Palace.

"I don't want to get involved with Concubine Wen's matter. Concubine Tong Guifei lives in front of me, and I have to guard against her coming to torment me anytime and anywhere. I can't keep busy." A layer of hot sauce, such a rough dish, is what she wants to eat on a whim. She wants to eat it early in the morning, and she doesn’t feel tired after eating it for several days. Lan Qi didn't care either.

Concubine Tong didn't bother Lan Qi after that day. The emperor didn't know what he said to her that night. Concubine Tong seemed to be no longer obsessed with this matter. Qian Palace, even after the Double Ninth Festival, everyone said that the emperor was still much closer to his cousin than ordinary people.

At the end of September, the weather is getting colder. There are mattresses on the beds and kangs in the houses of Mrs. Bugui and Duanfei. Mrs. Bugui is weak and has already used the charcoal accumulated in the past year to burn fire for warmth. Only Lan Qi, a pregnant woman, is hot every day. It's so annoying that the nobles don't want to come to her house. Lan Qi often walks in the yard before talking to her sister under her window.

This day the two were talking through the window again, when Concubine Duan came out to see them, she laughed at them for being stupid, and was about to pull Lanqi in to sit down, when a young eunuch came running outside, saying that the emperor had ordered a banquet for the Western envoys, and it would be at the Qianqing Palace tonight Set up a banquet, and invite all the empresses, nobles, and masters of the palace to go to the banquet. The empress Rong and the concubine Hui are already making arrangements, so that the concubine Duan will take the two princesses and nobles with her at night.

"It's really lively. I just said that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager don't allow me to make arrangements for the Double Ninth Festival. I always feel that something is missing, so there is another lively thing." Concubine Duan called Huan Chun to help Lan Qi to dress up, and said with a smile, " I once met a Western envoy with the emperor, he looked very different from us, with a big beard, a high nose, and blue eyes, you should go and see it today, it would be good to open your eyes."

Mrs. Bugui didn't want to go at first, but she couldn't bear Duanjing's playfulness, so she finally dressed up and waited for the summons from the front. However, there was no suitable Jifu around Lan Qi, so Concubine Duan asked her to choose a gorgeous ordinary dress and give it to her personally. She combed her hair, dressed up beautifully, and the cloth nobles said enviously that she was already this month, and her face hadn't changed. They were already too ugly to see people at that time.

"I can't help it, I'm naturally good-looking." Lan Qi joked triumphantly, and was played by the two of them. Not long after, she heard the movement of Chengqian Palace in front. Concubine Tong Gui had already gone, and soon someone came to invite the concubine Duan, and the three of them also went. On the way, I saw concubines from various palaces and halls coming here one after another. The emperor did not favor one over another, and all the ones who should come came.

The empress dowager and the empress dowager also had to go to the banquet, and now the longevity of the empress dowager has become part of the national prestige. This woman who has gone through three dynasties has long been famous overseas. The empress dowager was very happy and gave a generous gift.

Xuanye has foreign ministers, such as Nan Huairen, Lan Qi has seen it once or twice, but Nan Huairen and the others look very different from these people. The dancers they brought are enchanting and unrestrained, dancing in the public, showing their arms and legs Without concealing it, all the courtiers and relatives stared straight at the eyes, and the female relatives felt very embarrassed.

Lan Qi was very curious about this exotic style, and what surprised and admired her the most was that Concubine Wen was able to communicate with them well at such a young age. No one knew when she learned this foreign language. Seeing her smiling and sitting beside the empress dowager, the envoy's wife sitting at the bottom, the two chatted and laughed from time to time, even when the empress dowager asked about this foreign culture, she was the one who relayed the envoy's wife's words to the old man.

Lan Qi heard a few Fujins behind her saying: "Now Baqi is teaching daughters to send to the palace, but they are taught in different ways. No wonder everyone who comes out is a villain. It used to be said that the youngest daughter of Niu Hulu's family It's difficult to achieve, and she is not as good as the Queen's finger, but looking at it now, she is much stronger than Queen Niu Hulu."

Bu Guiren also heard these words, she gently pushed Lan Qi, and said in a low voice: "Look at Concubine Tong Guifei who is opposite, her face is darker than the servant behind that Western envoy."

"My sister will talk nonsense." Lan Qi laughed at her. The two were just joking, but she still looked at the imperial concubine curiously. At that time, the imperial concubine was drinking with her sleeves covered. Displeased, Lan Qi didn't dare to stay her eyes, she turned her back, and inadvertently caught sight of a familiar face, and then looked more closely, it turned out that Jue Chan also came to perfunctory her, and she was sitting with Concubine Yi and Gui Guiren Guo.

Bu Guiren said softly at the side: "Did you see that Jue Chan agreed?" Lan Qi nodded, and heard her sister continue to say, "After moving to Yikun Palace, I will be fine, I don't know if I am enlightened, or Yibi Empress and Guo Guiren have taken good care of her, her illness and injury have healed up, you can see that the clothes on Concubine Yi are all made by her, so beautiful."

Lan Qi knew that now, nobleman Bu often goes with Concubine Duan to get together with Concubine Rong or Concubine Hui, and she knows more than before, but she is content with raising her child, and knows very little about the outside world. There, the mood is much better than hearing about her looking for death and life.

I just wanted to look back and lower my head to pick up some food. Suddenly, I saw Guo Guiren's body swaying and falling limply into the arms of the maid behind him, but he didn't faint, and he woke up soon, but his complexion was very bad, as if he was sick. Yibi hurriedly asked someone to help him Going back, and now everyone was watching, Lan Qi heard a few Fujins behind her say: "Mr. Guo Gui has it, isn't she the most favored newcomer?"

Lan Qi was fine, she just raised her head and accidentally landed on the imperial concubine, and she drank another glass of wine angrily.