Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The emperor's heart that wanted to relax was suddenly ignited again. Lan Qi swiftly put on Xuan Ye's dragon boots, and he rushed out without waiting for a full collar. Those who died in the early years, after all these years, are the eldest sons with great expectations, he can't help worrying.

Shengjia hurried to elder brother's place, surrounded by imperial doctors, concubine Hui also arrived after hearing the news, she was calm when she saw the emperor, but choked up a little and said: "Long live Lord, don't worry, Yinti is fine, the imperial doctor said it won't hurt your life, it's just The way the nuns told him about his nonsense just now was a bit shocking."

"Why are you talking nonsense?" Xuan Ye was puzzled, and saw the imperial doctors coming over, one of them told, "Brother ate poisonous mushrooms and experienced hallucinations, vomiting and diarrhea. Toxic symptoms, if there is no abnormality after waking up, there will be no damage."

"Poisonous mushrooms?" Xuan Ye was startled, and hurried over to the bed to look at his son, Yinti was in a coma, and the nurse was crying and vomited, thinking he had eaten too much, but then he had hallucinations, giggling and going crazy, They were all scared to death.

Xuan Ye turned around and asked the imperial physician, "Why did you decide it was a poisonous mushroom?"

"After the ministers inquired and checked the elder brother's illness, they immediately asked the maids to present the food that elder brother ate today, and found poisonous mushrooms in the filling in a box of moon cakes." The imperial doctor said calmly, with A little eunuch brought a box of mooncakes, which contained eight half-mooncakes, each of which had been broken open, and the remaining half could be seen to have been bitten, so he listened to the wet nurse's explanation, saying that the elder brother would eat half mooncakes after dinner. I bit off half of one, because it was so delicious, I was reluctant to throw it away, and let it be used tomorrow. The other eight mooncakes were all broken open by the imperial physicians for inspection.

"In addition to the six mooncakes filled with red bean paste and lotus seed paste, the remaining three cloud-legged delicacies have this kind of poisonous mushroom. This kind of poisonous mushroom is not harmful to life, but people can't eat it. If you eat it, you will be like a big brother. Like this, if it's serious..." The imperial doctor's voice weakened, and he seemed to tremble, and continued, "If the elder brother eats all three, he may wake up in a daze."

"Ah?" Concubine Hui cried out in shock, but immediately covered her mouth, looked at Xuan Ye tearfully, but did not want to lose her composure, turned around and hid behind the door, Xuan Ye was also flustered and annoyed, and asked sharply, "Where did this mooncake come from? Don't you have any rules about the elder brother's meals?"

The nurse was trembling with fright, and fell on the ground and said: "Moon cakes are given by the imperial concubine, the elder brother likes to eat pastries, and most of the things sent by the ladies in the palaces during the Mid-Autumn Festival are rewarded by the elder brother to the servants. But elder brother likes dim sum, so I kept these few boxes of mooncakes, and this one was sent by Chengqian Palace."

"Imperial concubine?" Xuan Ye frowned, and Eunuch Li was busy explaining, "I also know that the imperial concubine and empress do give mooncakes to the princes and princesses in the palaces during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they also have filial piety to the Palace of Compassion and Ningshou. The palace and the emperor are here, but these mooncakes are custom-made by the imperial concubine with her own money for the imperial dining room, and they come out of the imperial dining room."

"Decree to the Sixth Palace, check all the moon cakes and pastries. If there is a similar situation, report it immediately." Xuan Ye's voice was deep, and he returned as if he had sunk to the bottom of the valley. no one knows."

Eunuch Li took the order and immediately dispatched the guards to find out all the mooncakes in the palace overnight. After Xuan Ye had seen his son, he asked the imperial doctor to take good care of him, comforted Concubine Hui and told her to stay and take care of the child, and then went to Ci Ning alone. The palace is coming.It was late at night, but such a major event would definitely alarm the emperor's grandmother. As soon as the grandfather and grandson met the empress dowager, they asked eagerly, "How is Yinti?"

Xuan Ye gently comforted the grandmother, saying that the child is fine, and the old man breathed a sigh of relief, leaning on the bed and sighing: "I have seen life and death in this life, and now I am getting older and older, but I can't see it anymore. Looking at the young and young My children walk before me, in this heart..."

"Emperor Grandmother, life and death are destiny, even the prince and grandson depend on their own blessings." Xuan Ye said solemnly, "Of course such dirty things are the grandson's dereliction of duty."

The old man resented: "There are so many people in the Forbidden City, can you manage it? Such things have been banned repeatedly in the past dynasties, and this is just the beginning. Xuan Ye, you have to protect the prince well, you know?"

Xuan Ye shook his head and nodded.

At this time, Madam Su Mala came to return. The imperial physician who came with Xuan Ye just now checked the Mid-Autumn Mooncakes presented by the imperial concubine, but found nothing wrong with them. The Empress Dowager did not like to eat such greasy snacks, so she rewarded them to them before. The eunuchs and maids in the palace asked how many people had eaten, but they didn't see anything.

"A concubine again? What is she going to do?"

"Grandmother, it may not be her." Xuan Ye spoke on the side of the imperial concubine, "She gave the mooncakes, and if someone died after eating them, how could she get away with it? No matter how stupid she is, she would not do such a thing."

The Empress Dowager said bitterly: "But back then, the purse she gave to the palaces contained medicine for tigers and wolves, which caused Concubine Yi to have a miscarriage."

Xuan Ye's eyebrows trembled slightly, he bit his lips and bent his knees in front of his grandmother, saying: "Grandmother, please don't count on the imperial concubine what happened back then, it was my grandson who asked Manager Li to send someone to do it, and I just wanted to suppress her After suppressing the arrogance of the noble concubine, although she entered the palace to compete with the Niu Hulu family, she was too arrogant, so my grandson made such a bad plan."

The Empress Dowager was astonished, she stared blankly at her grandson, and said after a while: "You sent someone to put medicine for tigers and wolves in the purses she gave to the palaces? Xuanye, you don't want any more children. Where is Yipin's child? "

"Grandmother, my grandson didn't know that Yipin was pregnant at the time, and my grandson asked the imperial doctor. Those things are not harmful to the body, and it only takes a day or two. Someone will find out sooner or later." Xuan Ye got up and sat down to the grandmother. "At that time, I never thought that Yipin would be pregnant."

The Empress Dowager frowned, her heart was overwhelmed, and she wanted to push Xuan Ye away, but she still held him tightly, and said earnestly: "You really should have the wrist to suppress the harem, but Xuan Ye, listen to the emperor's grandmother, such You must not do it again. The royal heir is the lifeblood of the court. How can you cut off your own way? Although it will not hurt your body, it will be the punishment of God if the concubine Yi loses her child. Xuan Ye, you can do anything, don't hurt own flesh and blood."

"Grandson knows his mistakes, so he has always taken care of Concubine Yi more these years. Grandson also regrets that incident, not only for Concubine Yi, but also for Concubine Gui." Xuan Ye's eyes were deep, "The words of the imperial grandmother, grandson I'll keep it firmly in mind for a while."

The Empress Dowager secretly sighed that her Xuan Ye was enough to support the country and the royal family, and she could really enjoy her old age in peace. Xuan Ye has a benevolent heart, but he also has the ruthlessness to kill and make decisions, but she doesn't want to see When Xuanye did something that hurt her own flesh and blood, she didn't want him to do something that would be punished by God, she silently recited Buddha's name in her heart, and hoped that God would punish her. How much she hoped that in the future she could not see, Xuanye could create a new The prosperous dynasty was emotional for a moment, tears filled his eyes and said: "Grandmother has you in this life, it really is not in vain."

Xuan Ye comforted her in every possible way, and it took a long time to see her grandmother comforting her, and Manager Li also brought back news that most of the mooncakes kept in the palace had been turned over after a toss in the middle of the night, and three boxes of mooncakes were found. Filled with poisonous mushrooms, one of the boxes was dug out from the pregnant Jue Chan Chang’s house. Jue Chan Chang couldn’t eat these things because of embarrassment and hadn’t touched them. I found them in the house, but luckily they haven't eaten them yet. In addition, the empress dowager of Ningshou Palace gave them to the maids, so they were fine. poisonous mushroom.

In the process of reporting these things, a court lady came to report that the imperial concubine was begging to see the emperor and the empress dowager outside the palace. Although the old man knew that it might not be the murder of the imperial concubine, he still refused to see her and asked Xuan Ye to deal with it. When the grandparents and grandchildren separated, She also worried: "How can such a confused person teach my Yinzhen?"

Xuanye had no choice but to wait for his grandmother to go to bed before leaving. As expected, he saw the noble concubine waiting outside the palace gate. Ye greeted him and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine did not do such a thing."

Xuan Ye was full of anger, but still rational, and calmly dismissed her: "No one will use the banner to harm others, but right now there is no evidence to prove your innocence, so I have to investigate thoroughly, not against you, but against this matter. Please wait for the news in Chengqian Palace quietly, and take good care of Yinzhen."

Concubine Tong was about to cry, she pursed her lips and listened to these words, she choked up and said: "The moon cakes are made by the concubine in the imperial dining room. The silver, and the mountain treasures sent by the family, all other things are from the imperial dining room."

"Shanzhen?" Xuan Ye thought of something, "Did I use it when I came to your Chengqian Palace that day?"

Concubine Tong nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it's the same as those. The concubine also gave away the Compassion Palace and Ningshou Palace, and some others were sent to the Imperial Dining Room for them to make snacks. The concubine is frank and frank. I'm not afraid of the emperor's investigation, but the empress dowager must..."

Only then did Xuan Ye turn cold-faced: "Grandmother didn't blame you, so don't be suspicious, you have to know the severity and proportion of what you say, I will give you an explanation, and you have to be more cautious in the future, I... I really don't know what to say about you, go back."

"emperor……"

"Your Majesty, please go back, it's late at night." Seeing that the imperial concubine was still entangled, Eunuch Li hurried up to block her, and said politely, "If Si elder brother wakes up at night, if I can't see you, what can I do?"

Xuan Ye ignored the noble concubine and walked straight towards the Qianqing Palace. Not long after Eunuch Li sent someone to follow, he heard the emperor's order: "Send someone to the Yonghe Palace to see Lan Qi's mother and son, and ask if they have been frightened. If she has already gone to bed, don't disturb her. I am going to Yuqing Palace to see the crown prince, and I will send a message there if I have anything to do."

As for the Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi didn't go to bed, and the emperor left suddenly. She was still waiting for him to come back. Not expecting him to think about himself, but hoping to be by his side to comfort him, but the little eunuch from Qianqing Palace was waiting, she asked some questions gently, gave some instructions, and said that she and the sixth elder brother were all fine , Only wait for people to leave before preparing to wash and rest.

Huan Chun sighed while combing her hair: "It happened that the elder brother ate it first, while the others didn't eat it. What's more, they were all from the imperial dining room. There is a problem with only a few boxes."

"How?" Lan Qi asked.

"It's the same as we make dumplings. Chop a big pot of stuffing and mix well. If you really poison it, how many dumplings will be clean?" Huanchun is good at cooking, and he feels something is wrong when he thinks about it, and he is full of doubts. , "At least hundreds of boxes of mooncakes designated by the imperial concubine have been made, and there are at least more than 300 pieces of cloud leg mountain delicacies. Counting the box of eldest brother, there are only twelve mooncakes that have problems. Do you think it is strange?"

Lan Qi looked at her with her neck up, she didn't seem to be able to react, so she heard Huan Chun say: "This servant thinks that these four boxes of mooncakes were either swapped out, or they were made with ulterior motives. ?”

Lan Qi nodded, Huan Chun saw that she was still dumbfounded, rather frustrated, and asked with a smile: "Do you understand what I said?" Then she shook her head: "I understand, but I don't want to understand. "

Huan Chun knelt down and supported her knees and said: "You need to be more careful. There are those who attack directly like the nobleman, but those who play tricks behind the scenes are even more hateful. It is easy to hide the open spear and difficult to guard against the hidden arrow. You send four Didn’t brother go to Chengqian Palace just to avoid hidden arrows?”

Lan Qi nodded again and again, "I understand what you said, I was just thinking, if the cooks didn't find the poisonous mushroom, what would they do if they intentionally killed the elder brother? If they were involved with the imperial concubine, but The imperial concubine also mentioned to me the elder brother that day, she still has some feelings for the elder brother, I don't think she will harm the child, let alone she has Yinzhen under her knees, so she is not afraid that she will not be able to clear up her grievances? If it is someone else, it will harm the child What did Elder Brother do? Or did you just want to cheat the imperial concubine and accidentally sent a box to Elder Brother?"

Huan Chun was surprised and said: "It turns out that you have thought so deeply, and this servant thought you were in a daze and didn't know what this servant was talking about."

Lan Qi's complexion was not good, she supported Huanchun's shoulder and said: "In the future, we need to check our things a lot. I always feel that everything just started. I read a lot of books and read a lot of saints' principles. The ugly palaces of all dynasties I don’t know much about things, my brothers are growing up, and I don’t know what will happen in the future, just thinking about it, I feel chills down my spine.”

"Master, are you okay?" Seeing the strange light in her eyes, Huan Chun couldn't help worrying.

Lan Qi said softly: "Concubine Hui looks so dignified and prudent, but she also dares to drug the emperor, Huanchun, can you imagine? From now on, I really don't want her to do anything in the Qing palace again, but I don't know what I should do to keep her away from the Qianqing Palace and the emperor, and when I think of the things that Jue Chan often talks about, I feel uncomfortable."