Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"I don't have any relationship with the emperor. The emperor loves Duanjing and treats me kindly for your sake. I am already very satisfied, and because I have no feelings, it doesn't matter whether it is hot or cold." Bu Guiren stretched out his hand and sent Lan Qi away The hairpin on the bun supported Zhou Zheng, and smoothed the exquisitely embroidered scarf on her chest. There was a little helplessness in her smile, which was better than being calm and gentle, and she persuaded Lan Qi earnestly, "I will watch with cold eyes, you and the emperor's The relationship has long been better than that of Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan. The emperor is the son of heaven, and he is even more of a man. When I was a child, I always heard my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law complaining together, saying that no matter how old a man is, he still looks like a child. A woman needs to be coaxed, but her own master and her own man need to be coaxed even more."

Lan Qi smiled: "My sister wants to say, let me go to the Long Live Lord to be a good boy and invite pets?"

Bu Guiren smiled: "Who told you to say it? I meant that, but it's not all the same thing." She looked outside, turned around and said softly, "It was your idea to send it to Chengqian Palace, I didn't agree with you." The emperor discusses for a while, can he feel better? Long live loves you so much, and is thoughtful in everything. In the end, if you ask for a word, the emperor's painstaking efforts will be in vain, and no one will be happy if you do it. Don't be too stubborn, is there still The reason why the master came to coax you? When you recover in a few days, go see the emperor, I don't understand your thoughts, the emperor is so smart, he will understand."

Lan Qi leaned on her shoulder and said softly: "My sister still loves me the most. I will remember what you said, and I will think about it carefully."

"You can't act like a baby like this in the future. You will be a concubine." Bu Gui smiled, but still hugged her and said, "Seeing you getting better and better makes me feel better. When you were kind to me back then, I just thought that if you have been following me and I am unhappy, I should have wronged you. Sure enough, your destiny is here, you are born rich and honored."

When I was talking, I hoped that Xia would come in, and when I saw them like this, I also joked with her. Bu Guiren scolded her for being unruly, and Lan Qi told her not to stay here in the future, and asked her to take good care of Bu Guiren. .Everyone surrounded Lan Qi to go out, even though it was only a few steps away, they still lifted the sedan chair and walked around to the gate of Yonghe Palace.

The Yonghe Palace has the same pattern as the second entrance courtyard. The main hall in the front yard is five rooms wide, with east and west supporting halls, and a warm pavilion in the back yard. It is not much different from the Zhongcui Palace, except that the east and west of the main hall in the Zhongcui Palace are connected in front of the back yard. It was full, from concubine Duan to Dai Xu, there were no. 30 palace maids and eunuchs under him, and now he suddenly lived alone in Yonghe Palace, naturally he felt spacious and deserted.

And Lan Qi has always been low-key and modest in her conduct, and the interior furniture is also simple, not as magnificent and arrogant as the Chengqian Palace and Xianfu Palace. .

The crowd surrounded her to enter the palace, and knelt on the cushions to listen to the decree, but the Empress Dowager spared her the gift of kneeling three times and knocking nine times.As for the Six Palaces, she was even exempted from saluting to Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen. Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui did not honor her easily, and they came to congratulate her in person early on, saying that it will be the same in the future, and they should be more harmonious .

In today's palace, Guifei Tong's status is unshakable, Concubine Wen is not close to the Sixth Palace, but her relationship with the emperor is more harmonious than before, and some favors are given to the concubine without saying a word, Concubine Rong, Concubine Duan, Concubine Duan, The three Hui concubines have faded away from earlier, and Yi concubine is now conceived. Although she is also a concubine who is honorable after entering the palace and was conferred within a few years, compared with De concubine's glory from a court lady to now, the difference is not the same. At 01:30, looking back at Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan, they walked the same way ten years longer than Concubine De.

In the dormitory, Lan Qi was still unable to adapt to the sudden change to a strange place. Fortunately, Huanchun was the most caring, and brought all her favorite things here as they were, and the mattress and quilt on the bed were also the original ones. They should have been replaced with new and better ones. , but thinking about counting on the illusory Tujili, it is better to make her live happily, so I asked Concubine Duan to ask for an order to move all the original things here, which also saved a lot of expenses in the palace.

"The lighting under the bright windows here is better than before, and the head of the kang is also bigger. From now on, the little elder brother will be able to roll on it." Yukui said with a smile while packing her things, but she was pinched by Luzhu behind her , pulled her out and scolded her with wide eyes, "Don't mention the little elder brother or anything, isn't it afraid that the master will be sad when thinking of the fourth elder brother?"

When Lan Qi saw them going out like this, she was both funny and distressed. She hadn't seen her son for half a month. From being reluctant and sad at the beginning to now calm and calm, she understood that since she wanted to give Yinzhen to the imperial concubine, she couldn't always go Confess her identity as birth mother.The Empress Dowager said that she couldn't hide her birth mother and adoptive mother. Although the fourth elder brother will call her the imperial concubine Er Niang in the future, the palaces don't have to avoid these things. She knows that the old man loves her and cares about her feelings, but she can't take it Come to be a blessing, for the sake of my son, I must let him get close to the noble concubine, she is a mother-in-law, just look after her son.

"The Imperial Hospital only came to ask for pulse in the afternoon. Master, let's take a rest first. The maids of all the palaces are in the way of the Empress Dowager to let you have a baby, so they only send servants to give gifts. The slaves of Chengqian Palace and Xianfu Palace will leave after a while." Go kowtow, you don't have to worry." Huan Chun added a quilt and asked softly, "Do you have any instructions?"

"Excuse me?" Lan Qi didn't understand.

Huan Chun said: "Your maidservant will go to Chengqian Palace in a while."

Only then did Lan Qi understand, and quickly shook her head: "Just go as usual, if the imperial concubine asks you to do something, you can figure it out yourself, and do whatever else you want. Remember Huanchun, and do it for me too. Explain to other people in the palace that there are too many little maids and eunuchs now, I can't recognize them, but you tell them that the fourth elder brother is the son of the imperial concubine, and you must control your mouth outside, don't talk nonsense, Otherwise, if they get into trouble and cause trouble, I won't protect them."

These words made Huan Chun's eyes turn red, she choked up and said: "Master's heart is really cruel, servant girl..."

"Huanchun, even you don't understand me?"

Huanchun shook his head vigorously and said: "The servant is taking care of the fourth elder brother and has feelings. When the fourth elder brother is in your stomach, the servant always says that he will make some delicious food for him in the future, but in the future he can only eat in Chengqian Palace. I don’t know if the servant has made a slip of the tongue.”

Lan Qi coaxed her: "I still have one in my stomach, won't it hurt you?" She couldn't help but muttered again, "Don't act like this, I'm hard-hearted when co-authoring, the empress dowager is the best, she just Understand me, and the emperor is also... the most meanest in the world."

"The emperor is stingy and gave you so many rewards?" Huan Chun counted one by one, saying that the bookshelves in the East Side Hall used to be too small, and it seemed incongruous to move here. The specifications of the main hall brought a large bookshelf, and the full books were moved over one by one after drying, and a lot of new books were added, which were said to be fashionable vernacular new books, to relieve the boredom of the concubine during pregnancy. Naturally, these were the emperor's ideas, Eunuch Li It's just an errand.

"I'm Empress Debi, don't keep scolding me." Lan Qi stared at Huanchun, but she didn't have any posture at all. Huanchun was also amused, and knelt down to support her knee and said, "Good lady, you Just don't get angry with the emperor, so you can't give in once? When you feel better, I will accompany you to the Qianqing Palace, where Eunuch Li will always support you."

"Okay..." Lan Qi finally nodded, and then she seemed to lay down angrily on purpose and ignored Huanchun, but in fact, her heart was pounding when she thought of Xuan Ye. She missed Xuan Ye so much that she shed tears secretly at night. I know, but I just feel that people should understand me, not to mention that I didn't quarrel with shame, I don't know where I got my temper, I can't save my face to see Xuan Ye, I think about tomorrow and tomorrow every day, and it has been delayed until now.Fortunately, the imperial doctor ordered the empress Depin to lie down quietly and have an early pregnancy, so she still had an excuse not to go out.

While thinking about this, Huanchun had already asked Lvzhu Ziyu to watch, and she went to Chengqian Palace and Xianfu Palace to thank her master.Now that the two palaces are adjacent to each other, it is more difficult to look up and down than before. Huan Chun Zao Zao told the maids and eunuchs under him to keep a low profile and modesty.

When she stepped into the palace gate, within a few steps, she heard a familiar baby crying. It seemed to be in a mess inside, and when she approached the main hall, she heard the imperial concubine cursing: "Can you coax the baby? Are you hungry? Or pee?" Wet? You guys are talking..."

The fourth elder brother's former wet nurse was replaced because of that illness, and the new wet nurse didn't take long to get used to it, and then followed her to Yuquan Mountain, and then went back to elder brother's place, and now it's really not easy to come to Chengqian Palace. Standing outside, Chun thought, the imperial concubine has such a bad temper, and it's no wonder that the wet nurse is too busy to serve the younger ones.

A court lady came to lead her in, and when she entered, she saw the noble concubine holding the child dangling around, Huanchun didn't dare to take a second look, kowtowed on the ground to thank the concubine for the reward, the concubine seemed a little apprehensive, she didn't say anything, and let the concubine Qinglian dismissed.

Qinglian sent Huanchun out, and seeing her frowning, she pulled her and said softly: "You go back to the empress, the imperial concubine loves Si elder brother very much, did you hear those words just now? Don't get it wrong, empress She didn't lose her temper, she was in a hurry. Now she guards the cradle every day except when she is sleeping. Several times, Eunuch Li said that the emperor is coming. Guess what, she asked Eunuch Li to call back, saying that he is not free, please long live Grandpa, sit elsewhere."

Seeing Huan Chun's eyes wide open in disbelief, Qing Lian said, "What did I lie to you for? You were behind me before. Has Long Live God been here these days?"

"I believe you." Huan Chun replied, thinking to himself, it turns out that the emperor didn't come to Chengqian Palace recently, not because he didn't even want to see the fourth elder brother, but because Concubine Tong Gui was in the way?But Concubine Tong Gui is really flamboyant, the other concubines wish the emperor could see the world, but she even gave up the favor for a baby.But thinking about this, I feel at ease in my heart. I have always been afraid that the imperial concubine would not like the fourth elder brother, but I did not expect the opposite. If the imperial concubine can really treat the fourth elder brother well, it is really a blessing for the fourth elder brother.

In the sleeping hall, Concubine Tong coaxed Yinzhen to stop crying, put him in the cradle, babbled to him like a child, and the milk doll grabbed the cloth tiger and played by herself, finally calmed down.

"My lady..."

"Be quiet." Concubine Tong Guifei heard Qinglian calling her, and immediately scolded her. She also felt a little sore and backache, so she helped her waist to go out, and when it was crooked on the kang, she asked the little maid to rub it. Frowning and resting for a while, I remembered to ask, "Have you moved to the Yonghe Palace?"

"Ms. De concubine has moved." Qinglian brought a bowl of tea, but the imperial concubine didn't take it, she just drank a couple of sips, she seemed very tired and didn't want to move lazily, then she heard Qinglian say, "The gift is from before You ordered it to be prepared, and the concubine de concubine also sent a gift in return, and the maidservant took it."

"What is it?" The imperial concubine was a little interested at this point, and looked up inexplicably with disdain, "Children's things?"

Qinglian hurriedly said: "No, it's a hand-embroidered armhole. It is said to be used in winter if the empress does not dislike it."

Concubine Tong asked her to take a look, the delicate armholes were soft and thick, and the embroidered phoenix on the face was very rich and grand, which indeed matched the pomp of the concubine, but the concubine puffed her cheeks and muttered: "She wants me to warm my hands , so she can hold her son firmly."

Qinglian said with a smile: "The fourth elder brother has come now, but the empress Debi hasn't said a word. No matter whether she likes it or not, the fourth elder brother will only call you Erniang from now on."

Speaking of Yinzhen, the imperial concubine showed a smile on her face, and she seemed to be in a good mood and said: "Si elder brother can speak words these days, and he will be one year old at the end of the month. I hope he will call me "Er Niang", but now he is rushing at me. I can’t find my soul if I just smile, and I’m afraid my bones will be broken when I hear him call my mother again. I rescued this child from the gate of hell. Although I didn’t conceive him in October, I can afford him. I can bear this mother's voice even more."

Seeing the imperial concubine smiling, Qinglian felt relieved. In fact, although recently she had been causing chaos in Chengqian Palace in order to take care of the fourth elder brother, the imperial concubine was in a good mood every day. Not annoyed, she was still happy for a long time, when she was happy, her servants were also happy, Qinglian felt that since she came to Chengqian Palace until now, her life is the most comfortable now.

"Anyway, she's going to give birth again next year. Let's have another one myself. The fourth elder brother is my life with me. I don't care if she likes it or not." The imperial concubine became a little more serious as she spoke, as if unwilling to say , "If there is another thing about big elder brother at that time, as long as she dares to treat me like Concubine Hui and the others, I will settle all the old and new ones, and then go to argue with the emperor."

Qinglian hurriedly changed the topic, she was quite afraid that the imperial concubine would lose her temper again, but fortunately, the fourth elder brother made trouble again not long after, and now she was full of energy when she heard the fourth elder brother's voice, and she was not in the mood to think about these things when she was around the child No, Qinglian and the others are all looking forward to the healthy growth of the fourth elder brother, knowing that as long as the fourth elder brother is in Chengqian Palace, they will all have a good life.

On Huanchun's side, after going to Xianfu Palace, she hurried back and told Lan Qi about what happened in Chengqian Palace. Lan Qi was fascinated, her eyes were wet, and it took a while to recover, and said with a smile: "Fourth elder brother He is a blessed child, the imperial concubine is also destined to be with him, I didn’t move for a long time at that time, so the amniotic water broke when the noble concubine Qiao brought her son Guanyin, and she had a hard life afterward, and she also grabbed the cloth tiger she gave her, now think about it, As if it was destined."

Huan Chun muttered: "It was destined, you didn't send it."

Lan Qi glared at her, pouted and said, "Are you still blaming me? I've said it [-] times, if you don't send Brother Si off, there will be another incident about Yuquan Mountain."

"Master thinks that someone in the palace is trying to harm you and fourth elder brother?" Huan Chun nervously approached, but was pushed away by Lan Qi, "Don't ask me, I know it well, when it's important, I will naturally tell you. "He sent Huanchun to invite some concubines to come and sit down. The empress dowager ordered her to give birth, but no one dared to come, but she was used to being lively in Zhongcui Palace, and Chunxi Duanjing The coquettish, bored here for a long time couldn't bear it, and said with an excuse, "I moved to a new house, so I have to make a fuss."

Huanchun had no choice but to invite her, and the concubines Duan was also thinking about it, so they came naturally.

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, not long after the news of the concubine's settlement was sent, the emperor brought the prince to pay his respects. The empress dowager coaxed the prince to talk for a while, and asked Su Mala to take him to have some snacks. Leisurely standing aside, the old man sneered: "What are you doing with candles here? The Yonghe Palace is so spacious, why don't you go sit down? They moved to a new place, so why don't you go to congratulate me?"

Xuan Ye's face was full of displeasure, and he said perfunctorily: "Grandson came to visit the imperial grandmother, there are still things to do ahead, and he will leave soon."

"Are you really confused when you are a royal grandmother?" The empress dowager smiled leisurely, not at all unhappy. Recently, she heard that the imperial doctor said that De concubine herself and the fetus are both fine. She has been worried that the child will delay the fetus because of taking care of her sick self. , now I am relieved, and I heard that the noble concubine is like the lifeblood of the fourth elder brother. She is in a good mood and everything is pleasing to the eye. Even if Xuan Ye has a straight face since entering the door, and scared the prince to be obedient, she is not angry. At this moment Seeing his grandson perfunctory himself, he said in a good temper, "It's not a few years ago, don't treat yourself like a child. The emperor's grandmother was shocked by your courage in front of all civil and military officials, but you are the same as Lan Qi." Being entangled makes me become a child.”

After all, Xuanye didn't know what was going wrong, but he couldn't resist his grandmother's persuasion, so he left the prince behind and led Mr. Li and the others to the Yonghe Palace on foot. I don't know if it was a habit in the past, or Xuanye was thinking of other things, so he abducted the prince directly. Before entering the gate of Zhongcui Palace, Eunuch Li thought it would be the same to go around from behind, thinking that he wanted to avoid Chengqian Palace, but who knew that the emperor went straight into Zhongcui Palace, so they hurried up to ask what happened.

And Xuan Ye broke into the Zhongcui Palace, only to wake up and realize that Lan Qi had already moved away, but before the people behind could follow up, he saw a few people coming out of the East Palace, two maids behind the curtain, followed by a The woman dressed as a palace concubine came out, and Xuan Ye kept his eyes on the familiar feeling at first glance, but the people over there looked up and saw Sheng Jia, and immediately knelt down as if panicked.

Xuan Ye said: "Why are you here, someone else came in here? Get up and talk, you are also from Zhongcui Palace?"

It was Dai Xu who was in front of her, and she went to the Yonghe Palace with Concubine Duan and Lady Bugui in front of her. During the conversation, Concubine De said that she hadn't brought the box hidden under the bed in Dongpei Hall. Dai promised to bring the maid to get it, but they found it I didn't see it for a long time, and I was leaving to prepare to answer, who knew that the emperor would come over.

Dai promised that since entering the palace, he had never spoken a word to the emperor, and it was the first time that he was so close. Xuanye hadn't been to Zhongcui Palace for a long time, and every time he saw Lan Qi before, he was in Qianqing Palace or somewhere else. He didn't care when they made an extra promise here.

"The concubine Dai Jia, the concubine is..." Suddenly meeting Sheng Jia, Dai Xu was so frightened that he couldn't speak, but Eunuch Li knew the situation here and told the ins and outs of Dai Xu, Xuan Ye just listened Without a few words, she asked her, "Why are you here? Where are the others?"

Dai promised to wait for Eunuch Li to speak, and finally got over his nerves. Although he hesitated, he made his words clear, saying that they gathered in Yonghe Palace to talk with Concubine De, and that she came back to get things and so on.

"She is in good spirits, so she can still let you go to get together?" Xuan Ye didn't know what was wrong, but felt that Lan Qi was inconsiderate, that she cruelly ruined his intentions, refused to admit her mistakes and refused to give in, and now she happily closed the door of her own In the small days, if you dare to love him as the emperor, people don't care at all.

Dai promised to kneel on the ground and didn't get up. When the maid behind her called her, she realized that the emperor had gone nowhere. She sat on the ground and was still shaking, saying incoherently, "Why is the emperor here? I... I What did you just say?"

The little maid beside her muttered: "My lord, you are too timid. Those who are always in other places are always waiting to show their faces at the place where the emperor passes by. It is rare for you to see this time, and you have been trembling. Please say something carefully." How nice it would be."

Dai promised but covered his heart and said, "It's good that I didn't offend Sheng Jia, what more dare I ask for?"

But Dai Jia not only did not offend Sheng Jia, but it was a turning point in her fate. Bu Guiren once said that the emperor's kindness made her live a good life to show An Guiren, but she could not see Sheng Jia in Zhongcui Palace. Besides, I have been tortured enough by An Guiren, and I am very satisfied to live in peace now.

Never thought about these thoughts, who knows that fate makes people, she kindly came to pick up something for De Concubine, and ran into the emperor at her original residence, and until this night when she was wrapped in a quilt and sent to the dragon couch of the Qianqing Palace, Dai promised that he didn't know, but it was the resemblance of his eyebrows and the smile when he came out of the curtain that brought her here.

The little-known little promise in Zhongcui Palace suddenly became favored, and even stayed in Qianqing Palace for three consecutive days. Just after moving away, there was a new person on the dragon couch.

In the Zhongcui Palace, Dai promised to be timid and humble to Concubine Duan and Bu Guiren, and even refused them to let her move to Dongpei Palace, saying that she was just lucky for a while and didn't want to make too much publicity, and even said that she felt that she was a little sorry for Empress De Concubine , feel guilty and dare not apologize.

Concubine Duan is okay, Lady Bu Gui felt very uncomfortable, but she didn't show it on her face, she just said: "If you go to apologize, you will embarrass your empress, empress De concubine is not that kind of person, let alone everyone is the emperor's concubines, What does it matter who serves?"

Actually, after Dai promised to return to Yonghe Palace, he told several people about what happened that day. At that time, everyone didn't think much about it. It wasn't until Qianqing Palace came to pick him up at night that they felt a little embarrassed.Mrs. Bugui went to see Lan Qi the next day, she put her baby in place well, and she said it was a blessing Dai promised, but Mrs. Bugui knew her best, even if she felt sad, she would not reveal it, and she felt sorry for her. , it is inevitable that Dai Jiashi will not wait to see her.

As for the emperor, Dai Jia didn't see any other concubines after that, and the promise to Dai seemed to be nothing more than a one-night rain of kindness, and it didn't make her the second Wu Changzai.The emperor was still busy with court affairs and state affairs, and the whimsical rumors in the palace gradually faded away. They had hoped that Dai Jia's family would also be favored, and let the concubines throw stones at their feet, but they just couldn't figure it out. Wuya Lanqi, there is only one.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of the month, the fourth elder brother's first birthday, the rewards from the two palaces are naturally indispensable, but now the fourth elder brother's mother is Concubine Tong, how to celebrate the younger elder brother's birthday, the imperial concubine has the final say.Concubine Tong said that the earthquake was just over, and it's not easy to be extravagant and wasteful, so the little elder brother didn't celebrate his first birthday, she just passed it in Chengqian Palace, and the palaces and courtyards have nothing to do with it.

Everyone knows that the noble concubine getting the fourth elder brother is the same as getting a rare treasure, so it is easy not to let others touch it. After the fourth elder brother went to Chengqian Palace, the people outside have not seen it a few times. The imperial concubine would bring her as a last resort, but she thought she cared for the child so much, and the higher-ups didn't care too much about it.

As for preventing the emperor from staying overnight, Xuan Ye didn't seem to care. On the fourth elder brother's birthday, the imperial concubine personally came to Qianqing Palace to invite him to have a drink, so he said helplessly: "I thought that in the future, you will be in Chengqian Palace. You can't get in through the door."

But when the two emperors and concubines came to Chengqian Palace, they turned around the door and saw Lan Qi supporting Huanchun and leading a few palace maids and eunuchs standing in front of the door. Xuan Ye frowned, and his shoulders stopped. The imperial concubine had already walked over, and said with a smile: "Si elder brother is one year old, and I always invite the concubine De to celebrate, but only this time, it has nothing to do with the concubine if the fourth elder brother has any happy events in the future. The concubine knows that the emperor She loves Concubine De the most, but the fourth elder brother is already the child of a concubine, so it is natural that Er Niang has the final say on everything."

Lan Qi stood beside her and was supported by Huan Chun to salute the two of them. Seeing Xuan Ye's sullen face, the imperial concubine was not very comfortable smiling, and she was even more inexplicable. Said that she had to go to Chengqian Palace to celebrate the fourth elder brother's birthday, Lan Qi hesitated, Qinglian came to invite again, she knew she couldn't hide, so she came over fully dressed, but saw the emperor and the imperial concubine coming back from the front together.

Counting the days, she hadn't seen Xuan Ye for a whole month.

"Since you're here, let's go in." Xuan Ye finally spoke, then ignored the two of them, and went straight to the door, the noble concubine followed closely, and Qinglian politely came over to help Lan Qi with Huan Chun.

As soon as she entered the door, she heard the sound of the baby's babbling. Lan Qi looked up and saw that the nurse in front of the main hall was supporting the little elder brother. It's been more than a month since the child has grown up a lot, and can already be swayed and walked a few steps .

"Yinzhen, look quickly, Huang Ama is here." The imperial concubine's voice was soft and gentle, and she rushed over to help Yinzhen to show him the direction of her father, while shouting cheerfully to Xuan Ye, "The emperor, come and give me a hug." son."