Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"No wonder I didn't see Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan, but they are all in Zhongcui Palace?" The Empress Dowager was very happy, so she said to Xuan Ye, "Go back to Qianqing Palace, you are busy, the concubine and the others will take care of the rest , I will give you good news when the child is born, I bet it is a little elder brother, Huang Ama, please think of a name."

"The grandson also congratulates the emperor's grandmother." Xuan Ye responded, and no longer waited on his grandmother to return to the Palace of Compassion, and the noble concubine and several others would do it for her. As for Dai Jia's birth in the Zhongcui Palace, the Empress Dowager called Lan Qi to her Said, "She is destined for you, you go and see, I heard that she is still living in the backyard, tell her that it is what I mean, whether it is a credit for giving birth to a princess or an elder brother, and she will move to Dongfang after confinement." The supporting hall is a good place where no one lives there.”

Lan Qi responded one by one, and watched the Empress Dowager go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace. As soon as they left, the nobleman came up to meet her, and said anxiously: "The noble concubine only speaks nice words. Dai promised that she had a very hard and difficult childbirth. I will wait for you when I come out." It's been half an hour, and I don't know what happened."

"It's also a dystocia?" Lan Qi had endured hardships herself, so she couldn't help sweating for Dai Jia, and ordered Huanchun's wet nurse to send Sixth Brother back to Yonghe Palace first, and then she looked around, while Bugui supported her Walking away, seeing her looking around, he asked, "You are looking at Jue Chan, and you heard about it in the garden, right?"

Lan Qi smiled wryly: "I saw what she was doing, and it's not like I haven't seen her before. I'm looking for the fourth elder brother. I thought the imperial concubine would lead him to pick up the empress dowager."

"The fourth elder brother coughed a few times in May, and the imperial doctor became energetic after seeing him for two days. He has been well and healthy, jumping up and down, and can talk a lot, but he is lovable." Surprised, she smiled and said, "I'm also thinking about it. You're not at home. I'll take care of you and tell you when I come back. I've been keeping Panxia watching. Whenever they go to the Imperial Garden, I will So I led Chunxi and Duanjing to go too. Although the imperial concubine is not very polite to us, but because the fourth elder brother likes to play with her older brothers and sisters, she still likes Chunxi and sisters very much, so she doesn't care about me being around Look at it. Anyway, the imperial concubine will treat whoever makes the fourth elder brother happy right now."

Lan Qi felt warm in her heart. She was grateful and reminded Bu Guiren not to overdo it. She has a sense of proportion in her heart. If she wants to be good for her fourth elder brother, she can't pretend to be her biological mother. When the child grows up, how will the noble concubine educate her She can't even intervene, otherwise the imperial concubine will hate herself, and the most difficult thing to do is the child.

The speech time has reached Zhongcui Palace, there is a lot of noise inside, and Dai Jia's moans and screams make people's hearts tremble. When Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan saw them coming back, they asked the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother if they were okay, so they sat down and waited, Concubine Duan Nian Buddha said: "The past few months have not been very good. I staggered through it, and it was difficult to give birth again. I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse."

"The Empress Dowager asked me to send a message to her. After confinement, she will move into the Dongbei Hall. Whether it is a princess or an elder brother, you should not be too contemptuous of your birth mother. It is not good to always live in the backyard." Lan Qi thought as she spoke. Go to the backyard, "I'll go see her."

"It's better not to go, what to do in case something bad happens, don't run into your own luck." Concubine Duan pulled Lan Qi, let her sit down again and said, "If she gives birth safely, go and talk to her again , I looked at her and never let go of the things of the day, and felt that you brought her here and took good care of her, but she won the favor of the emperor while you were away, and the person who untied the bell had to tie it. Sentence to reassure her."

Lan Qi smiled bitterly: "If she really thinks that way, wouldn't it be my fault, but when will I be able to tolerate others?"

Concubine Rong also had no choice but to say, "She is a person who worries too much, but those who really try their best to seduce Lord Long Live feel very at ease."

At this time, Chunxi and Duanjing came to say hello, and it is inconvenient for the adults to say these things again. They have not seen each other for more than two months, and they have been pestering Lan Qi for fun. Later, they said they were going to see the sixth elder brother, so the wet nurse took them away, but the two children Not long after I left, someone hurriedly said, "Dai promised to give birth to a little elder brother, just, just..."

Everyone got up when they heard the words, Concubine Duan hurriedly asked: "Is Dai's promise good? Or is it bad for little elder brother?"

The visitor fell on the ground and said, "Mother and child are safe, but the little elder brother is born with some disabilities."

Hearing that the newborn was born with a deficiency, several people hurried over to take a look. Dai promised to fall asleep from exhaustion. The baby in the swaddle was not small. Not good, only after the nurse lifted the swaddling clothes to reveal a pair of feet, did I find that my little elder brother's feet were uneven and long, and the sole of the left foot was a full knuckle shorter than the right foot, which would definitely affect the disability for a lifetime.

"I'm going to report to the Empress Dowager. Although it's unavoidable to regret, after all, the mother and child are safe. Maybe a famous doctor can cure the deformity on this foot in the future. The most important thing is to raise the child." Concubine Rong sighed, and led Ji Xin to the compassionate mother. Ninggong to go.

Concubine Duan has been staring at Dai Jia's labor pains since the beginning, and now she is relieved and feels like she is falling apart. She is so tired that she wants to go back and rest. Only Lan Qi and Bu Guiren are still there. Go to Qianqing Palace to report?"

Lan Qi forgot about this, and she shook her head after thinking about it: "I just came back from the outside with the emperor, although the emperor has only been there for a few days, the people in the palace may have stretched their necks, it is better not to be eye-catching , my sister asked Pan Xia to report, and I briefly explained the congenital deficiencies in advance, and the important thing is to say that the mother and child are safe."

While she was talking, she held the child from the wet nurse. Although they are both Xuan Ye's sons, because of the different birth mothers, the brothers do not look very similar. If you want to say that the fourth elder brother is the most similar to Yin Zuo, it is a pity that he is a real brother. They couldn't be together, and when they secretly thought about this, the nurse next to her came over and knelt on the ground, and said: "A few days ago, Dai promised to summon the servant girl, and told the servant girl that if she dies after giving birth or faints, let the servant girl go to the hospital. Ma'am, please ask for a favor."

Lan Qi frowned: "What decree can I make?"

The nurse bowed her head and said, "Dai promised that no matter if she had a boy or a girl, she would not be eligible to take care of her. If Empress Debi doesn't dislike her, I beg you to take the little elder brother to Yonghe Palace."

"I have a sixth elder brother who can't take care of me. There is Empress Duan here. If I don't send it to Elder Brother's place, I will naturally be raised by Empress Duan." After Lan Qi finished speaking, she looked down at the baby in her arms. A petite baby, now she is used to holding Yinzuo in her arms, and a newborn baby feels like a cotton ball in her arms, "I have my own words to tell Dai Xu about this, you shouldn't worry about it as a wet nurse It is your bounden duty to take good care of the little elder brother. The little elder brother is born with shortcomings, so you have to take care of it even more. In the future, when the elder brother grows up, he will never treat you badly."

The wet nurse kowtowed and said yes, Lan Qi asked her to take the child over, and said: "The master of Zhongcui Palace is the concubine Duan, it's impossible for you to be servants without proper measure."

At this moment Bugui came back, because there was nothing to wait for Dai Jia's fainting, the two went back to the Yonghe Palace together, Lan Qi is now used to the spaciousness of the Yonghe Palace, although she has an old love for Zhongcui Palace, she only stayed for a while Kung fu feels depressing, but it's not depressing in the heart, it's because there are too many people in Zhongcui Palace, it's not as comfortable as here.

When they came, Chunxi and Duanjing were teasing the sixth elder brother around the wet nurse, when they entered the door, they heard Duanjing's baby voice saying, "Yinzhen looks like a little brother." Chunxi corrected her, "Fool, of course it is A younger brother is like an older brother, how can it be that an older brother is like a younger brother, there must always be first come, first served."

When Lan Qi and Bu Gui came in, Duan Jing came to sue Jiao Didi and said that her sister called her a fool. Bu Gui coaxed her a few words, saying that Empress De was going to rest and let them play elsewhere.

Afterwards, she followed Lan Qi to the dormitory. She hadn't washed away the dust all the way, washed and changed clothes lazily, took off the head of the tin, leaned on the kang and fanned it with her hands and said, "It's still so hot in the palace. I'm in the garden. It's so cold at night that I need to add a quilt."

"There are a lot of people in the palace, so a place with a lot of people is naturally dry." Bu Guiren brought her tea, and the two sisters sat opposite each other on the kang, Lan Qi saw her sister looking her up and down, so she asked, "Are you getting fat? "

"I can't tell, I just want to see if you've lost weight." Bu Guiren said with a smile, "I only heard that you had been ill for a long time after the emperor left the palace. It looks pretty good right now, really good."

Lan Qi smiled and said: "The emperor brought the imperial doctor who is familiar with my pulse case, and I will be fine after taking two doses of medicine." As she spoke, she remembered the lingering relationship with Xuan Ye these days, she couldn't help blushing, and said, " My sister has also lost a lot of weight, and is it not good to eat bitter summer?"

"What else do I think about Ku Xia? When Duan Jing grows his personality, he seems to know that he is a golden branch and a jade leaf. His temper is getting bigger and harder to serve. I almost blush with Duan Concubine. She blindly pampers her, and she can't help it." Spoil the girl." Bu Guiren sighed, his eyes showed hesitation again, he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Don't blame me for being talkative, I just watched from the sidelines, I didn't overdo it."

"Sister, what do you want to say?" Lan Qi blamed herself for saying something too serious before, which made Mrs. Bu feel uncomfortable, but she continued to say, "The imperial concubine is very fond of the fourth elder brother, but she has spoiled her too much. Chengqian Palace Any servant here who neglects a little or makes the fourth elder brother cry, all of them have no good fruit to eat. Everyone has seen how many boards have been handed down in the Chengqian Palace throughout the summer, and how many court ladies and eunuchs have fainted kneeling at the door. Don't be practical, isn't this arousing hatred for the fourth elder brother?"

Lan Qi was startled when she heard that, she must have imagined that Concubine Tong would punish the slaves ruthlessly, but she also thought that she had always had this temper, not to mention the slaves, who used to be cruel to herself before. kill?Suddenly thinking of Jue Chan, I feel uncomfortable, and with the matter of the fourth elder brother, my face is unsightly.

The nobleman persuaded: "You can't come forward to interfere with her, but at least you should say a few words behind the emperor or the empress dowager, otherwise the good child will be spoiled, and the elder brother will be disobedient in the study, and the emperor will be angry several times." Come back, next year the crown prince will also enter the study with his master, and a wave of ministers will follow to discuss the matter of choosing a master. The emperor likes you so much, and the fourth elder brother and sixth elder brother must take a high look. If the elder brother has a bad temper, the emperor I must be blaming you for insisting on sending him to Chengqian Palace."

Not many people in the palace know about the fact that Depin himself is going to send the fourth elder brother to Chengqian Palace, but Mrs. Bugui is one of them, and he still can't understand Lan Qi.But every sentence of these words makes sense, a loving mother has many losers, and each of them knows that they are noble princes, even a cautious person like Concubine Hui didn't really control the elder brother, Concubine Tong is like this, Yinzhen's future temperament is really worrying.

Lan Qi thought for a while, and asked Chunxi and Duanjing to be brought in again. While cheering them up with the fresh things brought back from the garden, she asked persuasively if she was having fun with the fourth elder brother, and Duanjing chattered non-stop. After all, she is still young, with a simple mind, and her words are more believable than Chunxi's. From what she said, Yinzhen is very cute and lively, and it doesn't sound bad.

After the children had dispersed, Lan Qi said: "I can't mention something in front of the emperor and the empress dowager. I'm really in a hurry. I have to use other people's mouths to say it. Otherwise, if I say it, they will know my words Thinking about the fourth elder brother, if there is something missing, why did I send him away in the first place?"

"It was your fault in the first place." Bu Guiren muttered, but he didn't let go after all, Lan Qi could only smile wryly, "If you talk about me like that again, I will lose anyone who can speak my heart, and I have to be ruthless outside , I don’t care about the fourth elder brother? Just in front of my sister, I can talk about it casually.”

Mrs. Bu felt sorry for her and even more for her children, but it was a pity that he was soft-spoken and incompetent, and could not help Lan Qi at all. Thinking of this, he could only sigh: "I will try my best to help you watch a few more when the concubine wants her sisters to play with her brother." Brother Eye Four."

At this time, Pan Xia came back from the outside, and she came back from Qianqing Palace. Eunuch Li said that the emperor knew about it, and he was busy with something right now, so I would like to thank the Empress Dowager in advance. Lan Qi asked the little elder brother about the disability of one foot. Without saying a word, she asked a few words, Bugui asked her to rest by herself, and took Chunxi and Duanjing back.

The rides and horses were tiring, and she returned to the palace from the Xanadu that Xuan Ye said. Lan Qi felt that the two months there were just a long dream. The reality was still in the Forbidden City after all. Luckily, thinking of Xuan Ye saying that he would take her around the world in the future, he has more expectations for a brighter future.

After that, she dozed off on the kang for more than half an hour, and only woke up when she heard Yin Zuo's cry. She felt exhausted and was about to get up and change clothes to serve her in the Compassionate Ning Palace. Huan Chun brought her medicine to drink, and said with a smile : "The empress dowager is still considerate, and sent someone to tell you that you don't have to pass these few days. There is also a reward from the seventh elder brother. The empress dowager said that the child with a congenital deficiency must have some background. Live in the East Side Hall."

Lan Qi frowned and drank up the medicine, hurriedly tore a piece of preserved apricot from the preserved fruit plate, and heard Huanchun continue to say: "But the Empress Dowager said that the little elder brother was born insufficient, and there should be no negligence in raising him the day after tomorrow. Zhong Cuigong There are too many people and there are two princesses, I am afraid that I can't do my best, so I have already sent it to my elder brother's place."

"Go to Elder Brother's place?" Lan Qi sighed, "Now that all the elder brothers and sisters are under their respective mothers' knees, it's pitiful for him to be alone there."

Afterwards, she was still dressed neatly, instead of going to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, she also went to the Zhongcui Palace at the back to have a look. At that time, Dai promised to wake up, and Concubine Duan said that since the Empress Dowager has a decree of grace, she will be taken away today before she is confinement. She moved directly into the East Side Hall, Lan Qi watched Dai Jia's words in the place where she used to live, and suddenly felt that it was unreal.

She still remembered that she came back after the night of Lantern Festival, received congratulations from the maids and eunuchs here, and then cried next to Bu Guiren until her eyes were red and swollen. Eunuch Li reminded her not to be disrespectful in front of the Empress Dowager.Everything in the past is vivid, and the scene of the first night in Qianqing Palace seems to be yesterday, but everything is different, she is already a concubine, and now there is another resident here, but she must leave Not knowing my own way, and how far my own way has to go, maybe looking back decades later, I will still be in the current state of mind.

Dai Changzai gave birth to a little prince, but it caused Lan Qi to think about life. After returning from Zhongcui Palace, she was depressed. Huanchun and the others didn't dare to persuade her indiscriminately. She didn't want someone to send a message saying that the emperor would come over at night , Let Empress Depin prepare.

When Xuan Ye came over at night, Yin Zuo was crying, not knowing where he was feeling, he cried for half an hour, a whole room surrounded by people, Lan Qi was at a loss what to do, even the emperor didn't have time to pick him up when he came in, finally Xuan Ye came in After picking up the child, the little guy stopped crying immediately, and looked at his father with wide eyes. His dark eyeballs wandered around for a long time, and then he fell asleep in his father's arms.

Being a father is very proud, Xuan Ye has always been helpless with milk dolls, and he usually doesn't dare to hug him. Today, seeing Lan Qi's frustrated and impatient face, he wanted to coax her into hugging his son happily. Down-to-earth, he couldn't help claiming credit for Lan Qi's pride, and said in a good mood: "After all, he is my son. I know which one is reliable, Ama or Erniang."

"As long as the emperor is happy, just be happy, what are you doing to run off your concubine?" Lan Qi was also in a better mood, and the two of them watched the nurse take good care of their son, and then went back to the bedroom. Drinking tea, Xuan Ye frowned when talking about the seventh elder brother while drinking tea, "It's a poor child, I didn't want to leave him alone in elder brother's place, since it's the emperor's grandmother's will, I can't disobey it ...Lan Qi, please help me to be more careful, in the future, if anyone belittles Seventh Brother, or if I am negligent, remember to remind me a few words."

Lan Qi nodded in agreement, when Xuan Ye looked at her again, he stretched out his hand to imitate her usual appearance, rubbed her brows, and smiled: "I saw you frowning when I entered the door, now my son is sleeping soundly, why are you not happy?"

"I can't bear to be comfortable in the garden, and I feel stuffy when I enter the palace." Lan Qi lay down in his arms, and the two leaned together. Xuan Ye stroked her arm lightly, and sighed, " In a few years, I will take a tour of the south and take you to see the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. We will also build a garden in the capital. It doesn’t need to be too far from the Forbidden City, so we can often live there in the future.”

Lan Qi smiled calmly: "The concubine can wait, you can't make promises casually." As she spoke, she raised her face to look at Xuan Ye, seeing that the joy that he had just coaxed the child gradually faded, and there was also sadness creeping up on his brows, so she sat down. Ask straight and earnestly, "Is there something unhappy about the emperor?"

Xuan Ye's eyes flickered, and he smiled wryly: "The children have grown up, and I suddenly feel that there is another burden on my shoulders. Before dinner, I asked Yin Yin to explain the homework, but he didn't do the homework assigned before leaving the palace. Very disappointed. This child is very savvy in riding and shooting, but he refuses to spend his time on books. Learn everything well, why doesn't my son have such thoughts? Teaching them to make them become talents is much more important than dealing with the affairs in the harem. They are the future of the Qing Dynasty, and the gentleman will be killed by the fifth generation. This sentence It has always been hanging in my heart, without good descendants, no matter how solid the country I have laid, it will be ruined sooner or later."

Hearing the emperor say such serious words, Lan Qi didn't know how to open her mouth, but he babbled quickly, but he felt better after saying it, and said with a smile: "You must be strict, Yin is the boss, next year The crown prince also needs to go to class seriously, from now on the younger brothers will look at them, and there will be more and more children, it is impossible for me to cover everything, so I must teach some decent older brothers to help me discipline my younger brothers in the future."

Lan Qi smiled and said: "No, the emperor still has many princes and princesses, you can't take care of them."

Xuan Ye leaned forward and put his arms around her, and said with a smile: "I really care about our child, when you get better, give Yinzuo a younger brother?"

Lan Qi struggled to push him away, her face flushed with laughter: "I'm exhausted these days, Your Majesty has a good rest tonight."

The two talked about their own thoughts, Xuan Ye was quick to vomit, but Lan Qi couldn't talk about the fourth elder brother after all, she couldn't and didn't dare to say it, but seeing Xuan Ye's attitude tonight, she knew in her heart The emperor will not let Concubine Tong spoil her son, Yinzhen is still a little bit old now, although nobleman Bu's worry is reasonable, but it is too early to worry, and it will not be too late two or three years later, but at that time Xuanye will definitely Will interfere, he said just now, he cares about himself and his children, the fourth elder brother was born by Wu Yalanqi after all.

For a few days after that, Shengjia rested in Yonghe Palace, and there was no record in the House of Internal Affairs, but the emperor did not go anywhere else, and Jue Chan, who was favored in summer, even lost his voice, and everyone only sighed. Powerful, she snatched back everything that belonged to her without making a fuss.

Now except for the nobility of Chengqian Palace and Xianfu Palace, no one in the palace can compare with De Concubine. The formerly beautiful Yikun Palace seems to be in a state of collapse. The thicker the autumn, the calmer the palace. Worried in my heart, the tranquility at the moment is not a harbinger of the coming storm.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner. Concubine Tong invited the emperor to read about the great disaster in the south of the Yangtze River in summer. The harem wanted to save money and allocate funds for disaster relief. Although Xuan Ye was happy, he said that the court did not lack the money for the harem. The imperial concubine just talked about it, she didn't care about the affairs of the palace, so naturally it fell on Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui.

One day, Concubine Rong came over to Concubine Hui to discuss the Mid-Autumn Banquet, and was talking happily when a maid outside rushed to report that Eldest Elder Brother had caused trouble in the study and had already been sent to the Qing Palace by the emperor. In the past, after hearing a few words, Concubine Hui's face turned pale.