Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"It's such a blessing to be a mother-in-law, and my little elder brother is also blessed." Concubine Wen said with a smile, and when she raised her hand, Dongyun and the others understood, bowed and stepped back, and Huanchun looked at the master with a glance. Seeing her nodding her head, she had no choice but to walk away.

There was no third person in the room, Lan Qi guessed that Concubine Wen would not just sit around today, so she honestly said what she thought in her heart, "I thought you would hate the past, although even now I still don't feel that I I made a mistake, I hope you can get over it sooner in your heart, since the emperor doesn't pursue it, don't keep it in your heart."

Concubine Wen smiled lightly, with only the pride of looking down on everything on her face, she drank tea and picked a winter jujube from the fruit plate, and said casually: "Is it because you are a noble person in my heart? Come on, why do you seem to have something in your heart? Hasn't that matter passed away long ago?"

"The concubine has something in her heart." Lan Qi didn't hide it, she looked straight at the person in front of her, pouring out all her doubts, "Your Majesty didn't plan to join forces with the concubine, did she? You deliberately waited for the concubine to report to the emperor, That's why I told my concubine in advance in the name of joining forces."

The winter jujube was crisp, Concubine Wen took a bite and chewed slowly, the sweet taste spread in her mouth, and a pleasant fragrance pervaded her whole body, she comfortably moved a big pillow for herself and leaned on it, without dignity She ate the winter jujube in a leisurely manner, and said slowly: "If you don't tell me, Concubine Tong can't argue with her. The empress dowager and the queen mother are furious. She will die if she doesn't die. The youngest daughter of the Tong family is not enough to enter the palace as a concubine." , I will be able to live in peace for a few years in the future. As far as you are concerned, if Concubine Tong Gui has been wronged, if I am not dead, I will lose half of my life. If I am silent in the harem, I can live in peace for several years. , all I want is for An An to live a few years longer."

"But……"

"Those medicines won't kill people. Aren't elder brothers and princesses all right?" Concubine Wen threw down the date stones and wiped her hands with a towel beside her. It seemed a little sticky and couldn't be wiped clean. Lan Qi got off the kang and gave her a bath When a basin of water came, Concubine Wen froze for a moment, washed her hands and said, "Virtuous lady, you should change your habit of serving others. Shouldn't you call the maids in to fetch water and wash your hands?"

Lan Qi didn't care, or she was used to being in front of the empress dowager and the emperor, and she said, "It's just a little thing." When she turned to put down the basin, she heard Concubine Wen say behind her, "I said no. It will harm you, but how can it harm the child in your stomach? Those foods will not kill anyone or harm the fetus. As for Guo Guiren’s coquettish screams of discomfort, you know what happened last night, right? Who knows if it’s true or not? How is she?"

Lan Qi came back and sat down, still frowning deeply, Concubine Wen was younger than herself, why was she so mature, her tone and expression were more shrewd than Queen Niu Hulu.

Concubine Wen took another piece of Nantang from the snack box and ate it. She seemed to be in a good mood and had a good appetite. She said slowly, "When I was young, my family told me that I would go to the palace to accompany my sister, to be the emperor's concubine, to assist my sister." The position in the harem was new to me at first, until one time when I entered the palace for a festival, I saw that the Lord Long Live only talked to Queen Hesheli, and was very affectionate to the concubine Rong who was only there at that time, except for my sister. Being left on the sidelines, she was obviously in pain, and she still had the prettiest smile on her face, at that moment, I thought, this palace is definitely not allowed to come."

Lan Qi packed up the needlework she had just done, and slowly listened to Concubine Wen say, "Do you know what kind of life I lived before entering the palace? I am a man of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, and I have learned a lot." The knowledge of Han people is only because the family members say that the emperor likes Sinology. I thought, it’s better to eat a little fatter and let it go in the primary election. I set a fixed amount of time every day, neither full nor hungry every day, neither fat nor thin. I can only pretend to be weak, become reticent, weak and incompetent, and hope that they will see me as worthless, but they still don’t let me go. But as the days go by, I have grown from a little girl to a big girl, and I still entered the palace."

Lan Qi's heart was heavy when she heard this, and then she heard Concubine Wen sigh: "Except for the teaching master, except for Brother Ama, except for a few crooked servants in the family and the male relatives I occasionally see when entering the palace for banquets, do you know, I have never talked to any man in my life. Guess why? Because people in my family are afraid that if I meet another man, I will start a relationship and make trouble. They guard against me like a thief, preventing me from doing anything. Anything that will destroy my one day entering the palace as a concubine. After entering the palace, I thought that my sister was on top anyway, and she hoped that I would give birth to a boy and a half girl. Then when I give birth, I don’t have to worry about other things , who knew my sister..."

"Your Majesty." Lan Qi spoke, but Concubine Wen couldn't continue, and she also interrupted Concubine Wen's words. Little Niu Hulu sighed and asked with a smile, "What?"

"The concubine also knew from an early age that she couldn't escape the life of being a slave in the palace. Ama Erniang didn't even dare to teach her how to read and write. She grew up in her teens for nothing, and she couldn't read a few words even when she saw a signboard on the street. It’s a blessing for the master to be a maid in the palace, but to meet a vicious nanny in charge, to be tormented when she is seriously ill, to be filial to everything that is delicious and useful, although the master loves her dearly, life is also very bad.” Lan Qi recalled the past, but she didn't feel any sourness in her heart. For her, that experience seemed to have truly contributed to today's happiness. Naturally, what she wanted to say to Concubine Wen was not just these.

"You said that about that time, either you died or Tong Guifei didn't live, and the ultimate goal was just the day you wanted to live in peace, but why did the noble concubine sacrifice for these things?" Lan Qi's eyes became more and more peaceful, as if Sighed, "It's not easy for you, I'm afraid that the imperial concubine can't help herself, the concubine is a court lady, there are not so many complicated things, and I can't appreciate your so-called hard work, but the concubine understands that no matter how bad I am No matter how difficult it is, it's not a reason to use it to harm others. If you didn't get involved with the imperial concubine, the concubine might have sympathized with you, but you not only involved the noble concubine, but also made the brothers and princesses sick , even if you said that you have died countless times today, just to seek relief, this concubine will not be able to admit that you are right to do so."

"Really?" Little Niu Hulu smiled coldly, and there was confusion between the eyes and eyebrows that had not yet fully opened.

"There is no reason to forgive people for doing evil." Lan Qi lowered her eyes and did not look at Concubine Wen's face. , please Haihan."

"Yeah, what's the point of this." Concubine Wen's smile shed her pride and contempt, and she became pure and clean, even her unsuitable thick makeup looked better. He took a piece of wax gourd candy from the box, and said with ease as if letting go of his burden, "I came here just to tell you the reason. You are open-minded, and I am relieved. As for the days to come, if I live in peace, it will be fine. If I can't live in peace, I can only live in peace, and there is nothing I can do if I can't help myself, but I will keep in my heart what the noble man said, and I hope that one day I can cultivate a heart like yours."

Lan Qi also went down to the ground, ready to send Concubine Wen off, Concubine Wen pointed to the snacks in her box and said: "But Huanchun made it? If you want, trouble her to make some more and send them to Xianfu Palace. It’s been a long time, and it’s the first time I’ve eaten something delicious, and it’s easy to put it out to entertain people during the Chinese New Year.”

"I remember this concubine, I'll let Huanchun send it to you some other day." Lan Qifu leaned forward and went to the door to open the curtain to call people in, and waited for Dongyun and the others to wrap Concubine Wen tightly with cloaks and hoods Concubine Wen asked her to stop, and said with a smile, "When will you come to Xianfu Palace to sit down? You promised me to come and sit down before, but I have been waiting."

Lan Qi didn't say anything, she respectfully sent Concubine Wen away, she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her disappear, turned back to the room, saw the dim sum and candy on the kang table, and asked Huan Chun to prepare some to send to Xianfu Palace, but Huan Chun said : "These were not made by the servants, they were rewarded by the imperial concubine yesterday. The concubine Wen came suddenly, so the servants tore them down and brought them to entertain."

Lan Qi wondered: "Chengqian Palace doesn't reward you the same way. Concubine Wen said she had never eaten these, and she thought you made them so she sent some."

Huan Chun said while packing his things: "Perhaps the food sent by Chengqian Palace was thrown away in Xianfu Palace. Of course Concubine Wen never ate it."

"Throw it away?"

Huan Chun smiled wryly: "The world in your eyes is clear and beautiful. Concubine Wen is not the same as the people in Xianfu Palace."

Lan Qi understood, but smiled and corrected Huan Chun's words: "The world in my eyes is not as clear as before, but it is still very beautiful. I feel unique when I see a dead leaf. I seldom feel sad for spring and autumn, but your family Long live Lord, but he said that I am heartless, just thinking about it makes me angry."

Seeing her bright smile, Huanchun's eyes were full of light when she mentioned the emperor, and she was happy and funny in her heart. She just packed her things by herself, and when she stopped busy, Luzhu and the others also came back from playing wildly, and Huanchun scolded her severely. The four of them were kicked out and stood under the eaves as punishment. They thought they could act coquettishly with their master, but Lan Qi lied at the window and laughed that they deserved it.

When the concubine Duan and the others came back, they saw four people standing outside like holding candles, their eyes and noses crowded together from the cold, before they let them in to enjoy the fire. Concubine Duan couldn't help but blame: "There are always people coming from time to time during the New Year's festival, and there is no one around your master. How do others think of the rules of Zhongcui Palace? After the New Year, you can play as you please. These days, you should be more attentive. That's good."

Lvzhu and the others didn't dare to talk back, for fear of angering Huanchun again, they warmed up and went to work. Here, Concubine Duan and Mrs. Bugui talked about the Empress Dowager and the little elder brother, and Chunxi and Duanjing chirped about their younger brother. Cute, Duanjing even gestured and said: "My brother's arms are so thick, even thicker than mine. He wetted the diaper and I saw circles of flesh on his legs."

Lan Qi's eyebrows were crooked with a smile. Yesterday, she was carried by the wet nurse on the Meridian Gate Tower, and she could feel her son's chubby body through the swaddle. It is not the same as the day she was taken away. The child is growing up day and night. I'm really afraid that after a while, I won't be able to recognize him anymore.

Afterwards, Mrs. Bu led the two daughters to wash their hands and change their clothes. Concubine Duan stayed behind and asked Lan Qi, "What did Concubine Wen come to talk to you about? Don't blame my sister for being troublesome. I still want to persuade you, Concubine Wen." Like that, we can't afford to offend her, she has such deep thoughts, how can you and I compare?"

Lan Qi also nodded again and again: "The concubine has a sense of propriety."

Concubine Duan knew that she was smart, so she stopped talking, but she had to mention another matter, she sighed and said: "Just now in the Palace of Compassion, I heard the people from elder brother's office go to answer, elder brother Wan Mo is not well, I don't know why It wasn't caused by that incident, although the imperial physicians said it was a hidden disease."

"After that, I have been saying that it is not good. Now that the imperial doctors are saying this, I am afraid that there will not be many days." Thinking that there will be another little life in the palace soon, Lan Qi, who is a new mother, feels more sad and pitiful than ever , thinking more about her own flesh and blood in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and feeling sorry for Xuan Ye who is about to lose another son.

"When I rushed to Elder Brother's place back then, the little princess was already out of breath." Recalling the past, Concubine Duan saw a sad look on her face again, "It's okay to count me as troublesome, and I thought that if I could ask for grace, Nala would be able to help her often. It's good to be with my little elder brother, but she still has one in her belly, and she doesn't know whether to taboo or not, I'm afraid that if I talk about it, I will be blamed for being troublesome."

Lan Qi was kind-hearted, "The concubine will be able to go out in a few days. If I go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, the concubine will find a chance to talk to Madam Su Mala."

Concubine Duan hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to push you to talk, I really care about whether it's appropriate or not, after all Nala is often pregnant in my stomach."

Lan Qi knew that Concubine Duan was not that kind of person, and she really cared for that child, Wan Mo, and didn't want him to end his short life alone in Elder Brother's Institute, so she coaxed Concubine Duan and said, "Your Majesty's heart, I understand, if you love me more Come to think of it, we don't care anymore."

Concubine Duan was relieved, and told her about the child, she was taking a look at the needlework with the tiger-head shoes she was working on, when suddenly she heard Duan Jing crying loudly, and the little man came crying and threw herself into Concubine Duan's arms, saying that the mother had beaten her. She held her palm, and waited for the cloth nobleman to bring Chunxi over, and held Chunxi in her arms for the two of them to see. The little girl actually scratched Chunxi's face in order to compete with her sister for snacks.

Although the nobleman often prefers his own daughter, he is not unreasonable doting, now he reprimanded Duanjing with a fierce face, which made the little princess cry and make a fuss. fine.

Princess Chunxi is seven years old, if Duan Concubine's daughter is still there, she will be at the same age, and Chun Xi is Prince Gong's daughter after all, she doesn't look like Xuan Ye, nor can she look like Duan Concubine, Rong Xian and Duan Jing sisters Although they have different mothers, they have similar eyes and eyebrows, which are not obvious at ordinary times. When the three children are together, the eldest sister is very different from the younger sisters.

Lan Qi dotes on Duan Jing, but loves Chun Xi more. The seven-year-old girl is already sensible. She understands Duan Concubine's feelings, and also cares that Duan Jing is the daughter of nobleman Bu Gui. When Qi was together, she quietly asked her if the aunts in Prince Gong's mansion would enter the palace during the festival.

It turns out that this child has always known that she is the princess of the palace, and in her heart, there is still a mother-in-law, but she told Lan Qi that concubine Duan is very good to her, and she can't think about kissing mother-in-law, and it hurts again. Er Niang's heart, so I beg Lan Qi not to tell others, she just wants to take a look at the aunts of Prince Gong's residence when they enter the palace during the festival.

Now Duanjing was crying and making noises, the little girl had a good temper, Bu Guiren was impatient and threatened her to spank her buttocks, and in the end she cried even more heartbreakingly, Lan Qi's ears were going to be deafened, so Concubine Duan could only Taking the child away, Bu Guiren thought about it and couldn't bear his daughter to cry, so he went out after a while.

Huanchun took a medicine box to wipe Chunxi's wound, but there was a cut under the ear with a nail, and she couldn't see it even if she covered her hair. Chunxi nestled quietly in Lan Qi's arms, looking up from time to time to see her sister crying Where it came from, I don't know what I am looking forward to.If it was in the past, Lan Qi might not have guessed it. Now that she is also a mother-in-law, she wonders if the child is envious of her younger sister having a mother-in-law by her side.

With a heartbeat, she coaxed Chunxi to whisper a few words, the little girl's eyes lit up, she looked at Lan Qi incredulously, she stretched out her hand to tick Chunxi, and said with a smile: "You can't tell others, or you won't be here." Once again, we Chunxi are the most sensible, right?"

The little girl was overjoyed, she put her arms around Lan Qi and kissed her deeply, and soon went back to Concubine Duan, just waiting for Lan Qi to fulfill her wish.

For the next day, Lan Qi was busy making tiger-toed shoes for her little elder brother, counting the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, before she could go and put them on for her son herself. Surprised that one day has passed, Xuanye probably has come ahead.

Huan Chun knew that she was going to do needlework, so she lit a lot of candle oil lamps to brighten up the room. Seeing Lan Qi looking up and listening to the guqin, she was just about to speak, when suddenly she heard the violin's loud sound, and stopped abruptly, shaking It makes people panic.

"What's the matter?" Lan Qi said to herself, the needle in her hand accidentally stuck between her fingers, causing her to frown in pain, she bit her finger and sucked the blood beads, Huan Chun came to hand in the needle and thread to do it again in the daytime tomorrow, she It wasn't forced, but she was so hung up in her heart that she finally couldn't help it. For the first time, she took the initiative to ask Huanchun to find out what happened in Chengqian Palace. Ever since she started listening to Concubine Tong playing the piano, she gradually became able to recognize the piano. The emotion in the voice changed, and the ferocious sound just now made her very uneasy.

Huan Chun was ordered to inquire, came back after a while, and said miraculously: "How did you know something was wrong? I heard that the emperor will not be here tonight, and the imperial concubine is losing her temper. It seems that a little maid is being punished for making a mistake. "

Lan Qi groaned, but what she said after Huanchun really shocked her. She didn't expect Xuan Ye to go to Xianfu Palace instead of Chengqian Palace, and complained for no reason: "Yesterday I said to go to Yikun Palace, In the end, I came to Chengqian Palace, and today I suddenly left here and ran to Xianfu Palace, the emperor thinks that this palace is not lively enough, so it’s better to seduce people and fight and bicker during Chinese New Year.”

Huan Chun smiled: "You can't say that."

Lan Qi glared at her, and said angrily: "Then he can do it?"

Huan Chun leaned over and asked, "Are you jealous for the imperial concubine, or are you feeling sour?"

"Don't talk nonsense." The little nobleman threw the ball of thread in his hand to Huanchun and shouted, "Set the table quickly, I'm hungry."

Whether she is jealous or not, Lan Qi knows best in her heart, and if the emperor is not in Xianfu Palace in the next few days, even if he is in Yikun Palace, Chengqian Palace will naturally not be left out in the cold. Equinox spring.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui no longer have the capital to compete for it. They only take care of the New Year's and festivals in the palace. It's changed from the past when Empress Niu Hulu held all the power but was not close to the emperor. To be favored, now it is the people below who are busy with important affairs in the palace, and the few above are just pestering the emperor to invite favors.

The [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month is just around the corner, and nobles can finally go out. At dawn, they dress up and come to the Palace of Compassion. Take a look at Elder Brother's room, don't dare to break the rules, honestly wait for the Empress Dowager to get up so that she can serve this side first, while waiting so bored, the cry of the baby suddenly came, followed by the sound of the nurse patting and coaxing, she Just raised his head to follow the sound to find the direction of the sound, there was movement in the bedroom, the Empress Dowager got up.

I haven't seen the old man for a long time, and Lan Qi Zhou Zhou is paying her respects. The Empress Dowager doesn't want her to do anything, she keeps holding hands and talking, and asks her to look around carefully. I won't have to worry about holding two of them for three years."

The little nobleman blushed as she spoke, and was about to reply when a group of people came in outside. The wet nurse hugged the little elder brother and was surrounded in the middle. Afterwards, a palace lady supported her and saluted, saying that the little elder brother greeted the great grandmother, and the empress dowager saw Lan Qi's eyes. Li Panguang smiled and pushed, "Hurry up and give me a hug, let the child recognize you, don't just remember the nanny."

Because I met Laba on the tower that day, Lan Qi didn't miss her so much that she felt flustered. Now that she hugged her son, she felt her arms sinking. The nurse smiled and said, "Little elder brother is growing again."

Lan Qi hugged her, and said hard work to the wet nurse, and carried the child to the Empress Dowager. Of course, it is not unusual for the old man to see her every day, so she was asked to go to the little elder brother's house. After that, she didn't come over for a long time. She only waited for lunch The little elder brother came to serve her only when she fell asleep. The empress dowager asked her if she had had enough. Lan Qi shook her head frankly, saying that she would not get tired of seeing her every day.

"Let Xuanye love you more, and get pregnant with another one earlier, so that you can raise yourself when you become a concubine, so you don't have to quarrel with me every day. Just wait patiently." Saying these words is because in the early years, I wanted to use the Huigui at that time to balance the relationship between the concubines, and let her take care of more Zhongcui palaces. It was also a promise made by Aunt Su Mala, but now I don’t hesitate. Speaking these few words to Lan Qi, Mammy listened to her, feeling that the master is getting older and doesn't care about many things anymore.

In the afternoon after taking care of the old man and resting, Lan Qi came to the little elder brother's room again, sat down and stared at the cradle for a while, then Aunt Su Mala came in, smiled and flipped a book for her, pointing to the One name said, "A few days ago, the emperor and the empress dowager made a plan to type the generations of the prince and the clan's children. The prince and the clan's children will have to change their names in the future. The little elder brother started from ' The word Yin', the name of our little elder brother, was chosen by the Empress Dowager herself, and it is called Yinzhen."

"Yinzhen?" Lan Qi looked at the pair of words and knew that it was her son's name, so she looked at it for no reason.

The nanny smiled and said, "'Zhen', being blessed with the truth, isn't that what you're talking about, your mother-in-law?"