Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"I like it." Lan Qi answered immediately, carefully holding up the red paper with both hands, adding this word, one side of the red paper seemed to become heavy.

She knew in her heart that in addition to blessing, the word Zuo also has the importance of the emperor's position, which she absolutely cannot promise for her son, but she still thought that Xuanye had been hurt once by the fourth elder brother's gift to Concubine Tong Gui. If there is any obstruction in the name, I'm afraid it will hurt him.Her man is a monarch and an emperor, and he has a pride that ordinary people can't match. Xuan Ye said that he would give himself supreme glory, is this more than a word?

Xuanye was pleased, took the red paper and looked at it carefully, smiled and said: "Next time I will write with Jinsha, it will be more bold, it doesn't matter if this child is a girl, we will always have a son, you just take care of it." keep it."

"Your Majesty." Lan Qi still spoke, and when she heard the words Jinsha and Momo, she couldn't bear it anymore. She held Xuan Ye's arm, looked at him sincerely and said, "Your Majesty, do you know the importance of the word Zuo? The concubine is very important." I like it, and I am grateful for the emperor's kindness, but my concubine is also afraid of my son, and even contradicts that I don't want to let you down."

Xuan Ye gently put his big hand on her slender fingers, and touched the palm softly. The sense of peace and comfort penetrated into his heart. He smiled and said: "I have a sense of proportion, I won't do anything reckless, say something disrespectful or disfilial, I will I will not do the absurd things that the late emperor used to do, and I still have the emperor's grandmother to restrain me, and the courtiers to advise and remonstrate, so don't worry."

"Your Majesty is saying that the Empress Dowager has agreed to use this name?" Lan Qi was surprised.

"If the imperial grandmother doesn't nod, how dare I? The imperial grandmother and I have our own plans. If the courtiers criticize, I also have a countermeasure. This is not just a name, but the imperial grandmother and my belief in protecting the royal family. Some words I can't tell you, it's not that you can't listen, but that you really don't want to say it." Xuan Ye answered her seriously, comforting her, "I'm very pleased with your self-respect, and the emperor's grandmother will be also, Lan Qi, if you If the fourth elder brother doesn't send her away, she will have a better mother to teach her, I will always regret it."

Lan Qi felt sour in her heart, but said firmly: "A child is more valuable than a mother, and the imperial concubine loves the child so much, the concubine has no regrets, let alone regret."

Xuan Ye's eyebrows moved slightly, he had never thought of the matter of the value of a child depending on his mother, probably in his heart Lan Qi was never humble, so she would not think of this level, inexplicably, because of this sentence, he completely let go of it About the fourth elder brother, he squeezed Lan Qi's hand and said, "It's still the same sentence, you are a good mother."

Knowing that the empress dowager had already nodded, Wu Yalanqi felt no burden anymore, and accepted the name for her unborn son in a down-to-earth manner. Hearing Xuan Ye's praise of her, she felt flustered for a moment, and the smile on her face bloomed like a flower Xuan Ye fell in love with him so much, the two put aside their respective ambitions and whispered to each other, and spent the day leisurely.

In the following days until the Spring Festival, the emperor lived separately in Chengqian Palace, Xianfu Palace and Yonghe Palace, and the other concubines Rong and Duan occasionally met each other. With a [-]-month-old belly, Yashi still left the emperor in the bedroom. Others looked eagerly at the closed gate of Yonghe Palace, unable to guess how attractive this humble woman was.

During the New Year's Eve, all palaces and courts who are qualified invite their families to the palace for a small gathering. Only concubines Wen and De concubines above the rank of concubine did not ask for an order, but Niu Hulu's family still took the initiative to ask the emperor for an order and ran into the palace. In the palace, only the family members of the concubine's natal family in Yonghe Palace did not enter the palace. Xuanye asked twice, and Lan Qi said that there would be plenty of time in the future, so he didn't force it anymore.

On the sixth day of the day, Mrs. Tong Guogang and Mrs. Tong Guowei entered the palace to greet the noble concubine and to greet the noble concubine. It happened that Mrs. Mingzhu also entered the palace with her family members. In his eyes, he walked away without even taking a look, let alone came over to say hello with a smile, which made the two sisters-in-law very embarrassed.

Tong Guogang is a brave general, and his wife is no worse than those weak women. Even though she is a little older, she still does not change the habit of speaking straightforwardly. Later, she and her younger siblings met the noble concubine. Mrs. Tong said in front of her niece: "Concubine Hui What's the situation in the palace? How come the women of Mingzhu Mansion see outsiders with their noses upturned, so they are not afraid of not looking at the road and falling down on the ground?"

When the imperial concubine was at home, she loved her eldest aunt's informality. Her uncle's army was a hero she admired all his life. He was no match for civil servants like Mingzhu who coaxed the lord with a few tricks. In her eyes, her uncle was such a powerful man He is the real minister, and now he heard my aunt joking, and said cheerfully: "Look at my aunt when she is out of the palace, maybe we will meet again, if Mrs. Mingzhu is so handsome, you will be so handsome." Go up and give me a hand, and tell me well."

Mrs. Tong saw her daughter joking with her eldest sister-in-law like this, she felt inappropriate, so she just sat quietly on one side. After a while, the wet nurse brought the fourth elder brother. After the first birthday, the fourth elder brother grew faster, and his fat calves became more and more vigorous. , was supported by the wet nurse, stepped into the door, and ran to the imperial concubine staggeringly. The imperial concubine embraced him and asked softly: "Let my mother touch my stomach, is Yinzhen hungry?"

Madam Tong felt very emotional when she saw her daughter had two miscarriages in a row, and the imperial physician asserted that it would be difficult to conceive again, and seeing that the emperor had never alienated her, but there had been no movement for a long time, it can be seen that what the imperial physician said was not arbitrary.The master of the family often complained to her, saying that her daughter was not well adjusted when she was a child, and Mrs. Tong has been patient.

That day when she heard that the emperor gave the fourth elder brother to the imperial concubine, she felt a big stone in her heart, and she treated this child as if she were her own grandson, but she often listened to her husband's nagging, and knew that there were children who were not familiar with her. , and more importantly, the child's mother-in-law is not only still there, she is also the emperor's favorite concubine.

"Auntie, you have to talk to your uncle when you go back. When our fourth elder brother grows up, I will ask my uncle to teach my nephew and grandson riding and archery. Teach other elder brothers." Concubine Tong said domineeringly to her aunt, "I know, eldest elder brother will learn riding and archery this year, so you ask uncle to stand aside, and you don't care about Mrs. Mingzhu's fake appearance today." Go and tell me, don't let the big uncle teach the big brother."

Mrs. Da Tong repeatedly said yes, and said with a smile that there is no reason not to teach her own children, but to run to take care of others. The imperial concubine was satisfied, and then she would take Yinzhen to dinner, and invited her aunt and mother to the table. Mrs. Da Tong led the fourth elder brother away In the front, Mrs. Tong called her daughter and said, "Your concubine, my concubine has something to say."

The imperial concubine saw her mother's uneasy expression just now, and knew that she was a worried person, but she didn't want to worry about it when she was in a good mood, so she walked a few steps slowly and asked her mother: "Has Er Niang been wronged at home, are those little hoofs making trouble again?"

Mrs. Tong smiled wryly: "How can they make trouble? Knowing that you are a noble concubine in the palace, how dare you bully me? The concubine is not talking about family affairs, but because she sees how much the empress loves the fourth elder brother, so she is a little worried." Outsiders, Qinglian also went to the dining room, and then said softly, "Is your mother sure that the concubine will not have another child? Long live Lord likes her so much, why did you send the fourth elder brother here? The concubine asked the master a few words, he It is not a request to say that he had a few conversations with the emperor in private, regardless of whether he was a ruler or a minister, but by such a coincidence, he brought the fourth elder brother here not long after, and he didn't know what happened."

"It's always a good thing, right? Is there anything better than sending a big fat son?" Concubine Tong's bright eyes were full of pride, she put her arm around her mother and said, "Emiang, have you heard about Queen Niu Hulu?" Rumor has it that Ama once revealed to me a few things that the emperor had some conditions when he appointed her as empress, one of which was that she was required to take care of the concubine De, no matter what, everyone was watching, and the initial confrontation with Wu Yashi It's Empress Niu Hulu, but ever since the emperor expressed her intention to become a queen, she has helped Wu Yashi everywhere, and Wu Yashi will be by her side in the coming days, I guess this reason is not bad .”

Mrs. Tong didn't quite understand, "What do you want to say?"

Concubine Tong raised the corners of her mouth, her smile seemed to be mixed with many emotions, she just said: "I have had a lot of troubles with Wu Yashi, I have tortured her several times, but no matter what I did, I did not crush her, Your Majesty I still like her so much. I thought to myself that maybe the emperor hoped that I would not bully her again, so he would give me the child, so that I could get along well with her for the sake of the child. Er Niang, you said I was right wrong?"

Both mother and daughter stopped in their tracks, Madam Tong looked at her daughter distressedly: "Your Majesty feels wronged?"

Concubine Tong laughed: "I got a son for nothing, and I didn't suffer any hardships. Why should I be wronged?"

But Mrs. Tong knows her daughter well, and she can see that there are emotions she doesn't want to express under her eyes, so she can only comfort her: "Look at this concubine, the fourth elder brother and Er Niang are very close, and I have been raised by your side since childhood. I am not afraid that there will be trouble in the future." With two hearts, the kindness of nurturing is as great as the sky, and the fourth elder brother will be a filial child."

After finishing speaking, the little guy in front turned back again, Mrs. Da Tong followed behind and gave a hand, smiling all the way and said: "Isn't the empress still coming? The fourth elder brother is looking for you all over the world."

There was only a bright smile on the imperial concubine's face, and she rushed over to pick up her precious son, changed her expression of talking to her mother just now, and coaxed fourth elder brother tenderly and sweetly, while Mrs. Tong watched from behind, feeling unhappy after all.

On Concubine Hui's side, because the elder brother had already started class in his study, she didn't meet Mrs. Mingzhu. When talking about meeting the sister-in-law of the Tong family on the way, Mrs. Mingzhu sneered: "Young concubine can't bear children at such a young age, so it can be seen that she is also unlucky." Don't worry about it, empress, the elder brother is the eldest son after all, the noble concubine is of course noble, but the fourth elder brother is not his own son, it's different after all."

Concubine Hui's attitude toward Mingzhu's family is somewhat different from earlier because of her dissatisfaction recently. Seeing that Mrs. Mingzhu is on her side wholeheartedly, she is also happy to get along with her. The elder brother, how could he be compared to his younger brother? If she was born to a noble concubine, it would be fine, but she is Wu Ya's son.

"I used to waste my youth by neither fighting nor grabbing." Concubine Hui said wearily, "The Empress Dowager suppressed Concubine Yi this time, which made me feel uncomfortable, and I dare not fight with the younger ones."

Mrs. Mingzhu was about to speak, when she saw Concubine Hui's maid came in and said: "Jue Chan has promised." Her eyes lit up, and she asked to come in, while she said to Concubine Hui, "What is your mother worried about? You are young, there is one."