Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Concubine Wen pointed to the soup to signal Dongyun to serve it, and asked Lan Qi nonchalantly, "What do you want me to do? Guan Jue Chan gave birth to a child, or did Guo Guiren hurt her?"

Instead, Lan Qi was speechless, and Concubine Wen continued: "I can't give birth to Jue Chan's child, and Concubine Rong and the others are taking care of Mrs. Guo's affairs? I'm a rich and idle person, so how can I know these things. Concubine De, You hungry?"

"The concubine has accompanied the empress dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, thank you ma'am." Lan Qi said this politely, and didn't say anything else. Concubine Wen's attitude was very clear, but she just didn't care.

Dong Yun came over with a cup of soup, put it in front of Lan Qi and said, "The astragalus and black-bone chicken are stewed, and Empress Debi will add some."

Concubine Wen smiled at the side, "If you are invited, you will not even come to the door. It's rare to come. Let's have a sip of the soup assembly. Our Dongyun's craftsmanship is not inferior to that of Huanchun. You can try it." She said with a chopstick in hand Yao Zhusi dipped her in the soup and said in a good mood, "Finally someone came to eat with me. I have nothing to do in the palace, so I discussed the meals with Dongyun. There is nothing else in Xianfu Palace, which is better than the ones in the Imperial Dining Room." There are a lot of dishes, but unfortunately there is no one to drink, I always eat alone, it's boring."

Lan Qi put the shredded scallops dipped in the soup with chopsticks into her mouth. It was smooth and tender, leaving a fragrance on her lips and teeth. It was indeed an exquisite and delicious dish. Most of the dishes in the imperial dining room were superficial. It doesn't look good but it's delicious and can't make it. Even Xuanye often comes to Yonghe Palace to eat, even if Huanchun makes a pot of vegetable porridge for Yinzuo, he thinks it's delicious.Want to come to a dish in the imperial dining room and dare not innovate. He has eaten Xu for 20 years, and as Concubine Wen said, eating alone is always boring.

"You must be thinking in your heart that Lord Long Live often comes to Xianfu Palace. Dong Yun and I made these delicious and delicious food to keep Lord Long Live?" Concubine Wen finished a cup of soup by herself, wondering if she felt uncomfortable and He was not very comfortable, so he curled up cross-legged on the chair without manners, and said with a smile, "Long Live Lord doesn't often come to Xianfu Palace to eat, at most, he occasionally eats late at night, eats some yellow rice porridge and drinks a bowl of hot milk. Where have you seen what is on my dinner table?"

The little palace maid had already brought the hand stove, and Concubine Wen frowned and stuffed it into her bosom, and said with an ouch: "I'm very impatient, thinking that Mrs. Jue Chan must not give birth these few days, she still gave birth." Called Dongyun, "Go and ask, did you give birth?"

It was only then that Lan Qi knew that Concubine Wen Yuexin was with her. No wonder there was black-bone chicken soup stewed in the palace. Thinking about the days in Xianfu Palace, although Concubine Wen was always yelling and bored, she lived happily and delicately. After drinking a few sips of soup quietly, Dong Yun came back to reply after a while: "Wen Po said it's still early, I'm afraid it will be midnight."

Concubine Wen lazily said: "Then I'll go and have a rest, call me when the child comes out." She got up and supported her waist, and smiled apologetically at Lan Qi, "You sit down by yourself, I really can't sit still, my back is sore Very much."

Lan Qi left her seat and watched Concubine Wen slowly go to the inner hall, leaving behind a table of dishes, a maid came to ask her if she still needed it, Dong Yun came out quickly, and politely greeted Lan Qi to sit in the warm pavilion and wait for her. My master apologized: "Your Majesty, she is lazy for a few days every month, so please don't be offended by the Empress Debi."

"I'm not surprised, I'm just thinking, should I wait for Jue Chan to come back after giving birth, or leave now." Lan Qi smiled, "I can't do much if I stay."

But Dong Yun smiled: "I beg you to stay here, concubine Wen, she doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, in fact, she feels that Zen often lives here as if she doesn't live here, the two of them have never had any contact, they just go out and talk to each other. In front of Mistress Gong, the master seems to be taking good care of her, and he doesn't even say a word on weekdays, and even doesn't see each other for a few days."

Lan Qi thought to herself, these two people have strong personalities, and they probably feel that they are not suitable for getting close to each other once or twice, so there is nothing wrong with getting along with An Sheng, just when she was thinking, a little palace lady came to Dong Yun, Dong Yun listened slightly Frowning, she turned around and smiled at De Concubine: "May the empress move away? The master said that he would like to invite you to the inner hall to talk."

Lan Qi wanted to leave, but was called to speak by Concubine Wen, so she entered the inner hall helplessly, and saw her lying on the kang, lazily and casually, not the way a concubine should behave towards outsiders, but they were happy With a smile, he gestured for Lan Qi to sit down.

"They said you didn't eat anymore. I thought it would be bad to leave you outside. There is no reason to treat guests like this. I invite you to come in and talk. Do you want tea?" Candied fruit pushed her, "You can be more casual."

But Lan Qi dared to be casual, she was already uncomfortable sitting, and heard Concubine Wen say: "During the first month, will anyone from your natal family enter the palace?" Seeing herself shaking her head, she continued, "People from my natal family will not come either. , guess why?"

"The concubine is stupid." Lan Qi reluctantly said these words.

Concubine Wen sat up a little bit, wanting to get closer to Lan Qi, and said excitedly and proudly: "Ah Ling has been tricked by me, they can no longer plan to use me for what to do in the palace, probably in the future I don't care whether I live or die, unless I am desperate, I will be Niu Hulu's family without me as a daughter, I feel really happy when I think about it."

Lan Qi was startled when she heard that, but Concubine Wen was all smiles, she was always so unpredictable, she continued, "Just because I have repeatedly said that they are still pestering each other, so no matter what happened last year, they came to me , I went to find trouble with Concubine Tong. Every time Concubine Tong was so angry that I uttered bad words, she would naturally alarm her family when she was in a hurry. You can hear it all over the place, so angry that Ah Ling and Ah Du fell ill, and he really deserved it."

Lan Qi was stunned when she heard that, "Your Majesty, are you doing this?"

Concubine Wen smiled: "My sister asked you to take care of me. She must have said a lot of reluctant things. After three years, I can finally live for myself. No matter what people outside think of me, I am open and free in my heart, which is considered complete." My sister’s regrets and last wishes also live up to my own experience in this world.”

Lan Qi was very moved when she heard it, as if her grievances towards Concubine Wen were gradually disappearing, she heard her say again: "You can rest assured, you don't have to bear my sister's deathbed instructions. Ups and downs, everything is understood.”

Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "My lady is well, the empress must be glad that she is alive in heaven."

Concubine Wen smiled leisurely, "Xianfu Palace seems to only support people like me. I don't have much contact with Jue Chan, but when she just came, I asked her if she was tired from moving around like this. She said it didn't matter, anyway, in the palace. No matter how much you toss around, you can’t get out of the four walls of the Forbidden City, although she is extremely boring, but this makes sense, I like to hear it.”

"Yes." Lan Qi responded softly.

Just now Dongyun said that Concubine Wen and the Jue Chan family had little contact, and now she herself said that she did not have much contact. Lan Qi didn't really believe it in her heart, but seeing Concubine Wen kept talking to her all the time, she became even more excited. Her eyes lit up, and she really felt that she usually had no one to talk to, and now she grabbed herself and confide, as if she wanted to tell what she had saved for a long time, and she spoke happily, and she looked more energetic.

But Lan Qi felt unspeakable in her heart. She seemed to want to get along with her sincerely, but she refused to be with others. In all honesty, she really didn't want to have any contact with Concubine Wen, but Concubine Wen's enthusiasm remained undiminished , such a sophisticated world, how should we face it?

Concubine Wen didn't know what the person in front of her was thinking about, she continued to chatter about trivial matters as jokes, Lan Qi reluctantly agreed, and chatted again and again, when she really ran out of words, Dong Yun finally came to the rescue and said Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui return from the Palace of Compassion.

The two entered the inner hall shortly after, Concubine Wen asked them to sit too, but Concubine Hui said: "The concubines will not sit down anymore, and they have to return to Ningshou Palace. The Empress Dowager will leave this matter to the Empress Dowager, God It's getting darker and darker, so I can't delay my trip to Ningshou Palace, because Jue Chan is still waiting for her to give birth here, so I must come and see it again, the empress has worked hard."

Concubine Wen smiled: "I don't work hard, and I didn't give birth, but you don't have to both go to Ningshou Palace to answer. I want to chat with Concubine De here. I feel that Chan's place is too busy, why don't you leave one?" , take care of me?"

Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong looked at each other. They were both at the age of Empress Niu Hulu. Looking at Concubine Wen was like looking at a little girl. Sure enough, they were small and weird. When can't they chat and gossip?Looking at Concubine De next to her, she also looked helpless, Concubine Rong agreed: "The concubine will stay, and Concubine Hui will take care of Mrs. Guo's affairs."

Concubine Hui then left in a hurry, but Lan Qi didn't want to "chat with her" any more, she just followed Concubine Rong and said, "My sister and I will go and have a look." After that, Concubine Hui fled out of the inner palace involuntarily, Concubine Rong laughed at her, "What's the matter? ? Make it look like a tiger's den and a wolf's den inside."

Lan Qi smiled wryly: "Concubine Wen is so good at talking, I really can't keep up."

Seeing this opportunity, Concubine Rong simply said to her: "Let Concubine Hui take care of Mrs. Guo's matter. It involves Yikun Palace. Their relatives and sisters can't handle it well. It's pointless for us to intervene. The Empress Dowager can't even talk about it." If you are angry, just use the word 'casually', you said for so many years, when will the old man live casually?"

Lan Qi didn't say a word, Rong Concubine said again: "Those who know about Yibi's thoughts know about it, and those who don't don't dare to think about it. Let Concubine Hui restrain you, it's good for everyone, don't feel uncomfortable."

"I don't feel uncomfortable. I just wondered if Guo Guiren would pounce on me if I didn't walk away. If I had known this, I would have walked a few steps with Jue Chan." Lan Qi sighed, "In case What happened to the mother and son?"

"The two places are so close, if the people in Yikun Palace don't pay attention, Guo Guiren can go out." Concubine Rong said with deep meaning, and said coldly, "Even if you pay attention to let her out, it's not surprising, who knows you It was her luck to meet you, if she hadn't met you, she would have been beaten and kicked by crazy people, and she would have died twice."

Lan Qi shuddered and looked at Concubine Rong blankly, but she smiled wryly: "It's too common for things like this to happen in the deep palace, but who told Jue Chan to be so beautiful?"

"What are you talking about?" Concubine Wen Linlang broke the embarrassment between the two of them, and she came out after Lan Qi again, complaining, "It's good to go in and talk, it's so cold outside." She was reaching out to pull Lan Qi, a maid came over there and said, "Jue Chan Changzai is about to give birth, and they say the baby's head has come out."

The three of them hurriedly waited outside the delivery room, and felt Chan's groans rising and falling. Concubine Rong and Lan Qi had both experienced the pain of birth, and they didn't feel anything. Seeing Dongyun, she left, but she just walked to the front of the main hall, and the cry of a baby came from the room, and the cry was loud. Lan Qi thought it must be a son, and sure enough, a palace maid came out to tell: "Jue Chan is always here. I gave birth to a little elder brother, and now the mother and child are safe."

Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and heard Concubine Rong whisper to herself, "She is finally blessed."

It was also at this moment that Eunuch Li came from Qianqing Palace and said that there were still ministers who could not leave him. The emperor already knew about it and sent him to take a look. It was just at the right time. The child landed earlier than expected. Li The father-in-law wanted to go back to report again, Rong Concubine called him to tell him about Mr. Guo Guiren, Manager Li smiled meaningfully: "Jue Chan is always here, since mother and child are safe, Mr. Guo Guiren's place... Madam, what do you think?"

But Concubine Wen could only hear Concubine Wen shouting: "Sister Rong Concubine, come and help me, they are going to send their children to me, what should I do?"

In this way, Jue Chan's sudden birth was not too messy, and now she was going to send the newborn baby to Concubine Wen, but she was in a hurry, waiting for Concubine Rong and the nurses to take care of the baby in a decent manner. Only then did she dare to get close to the cradle, and murmured: "This child must be the eighth elder brother, that's great... My sister wants me to bear a child for her, but I can't bear it either."

Lan Qi and Concubine Rong looked at each other, and they both said goodbye and wanted to leave. Concubine Wen asked what to do with the children after they left, and they pushed the nurse and maid in front of her, insisting on leaving, but Concubine Wen sent them to the door, as if Reluctantly said to Lan Qi: "Eighth elder brother, will you come to the full moon?"

It wasn't until she walked out of the gate of Xianfu Palace that Lan Qi relaxed all over. Concubine Rong was also exhausted by Concubine Wen's torment. When she was about to leave, she joked, "Ms. Concubine Wen is very close to you."

Lan Qi said frankly: "It's still the friendship with the empress before she died, but I dare not climb high."

Concubine Rong laughed: "Why don't you climb high? It's hard to be alone in this palace. If you have to separate yourself from others, you'll become Muxiu Yulin instead. You have studied, so you know what the second half of the sentence is?"

Lan Qi nodded and said nothing, and Concubine Rong didn't say anything more. When she returned to Yonghe Palace tiredly, she was so tired that she lay motionless on the kang, her ears were clear, but Concubine Wen's words still lingered. As for what Concubine Rong said about being beautiful in the forest, when did Wu Ya Lanqi not look good in the forest since she entered Qianqing Palace on the night of Lantern Festival that year?

Leaving behind for half an hour, she got up and wanted to call Huanchun to take a bath, but Xiangyue brought in a bowl of medicine and said with a smile: "Sister Huanchun is preparing, let the servants bring the medicine first."

"What kind of medicine?" Lan Qi smelled that the smell was not bad, Xiangyue put it down, she leaned up to smell it, the jujube was fragrant and honey, and only heard Xiangyue say, "When you were taking a nap, Eunuch Li took the medicine from the imperial hospital. Some people came and said that Lord Long Live let him prescribe a decoction to soothe the nerves and calm the mind, and said that you were frightened and tired tonight, so you should take the medicine and go to bed early, and don't go out tomorrow, just rest at home for two days, and don't worry about things outside. The imperial physician said that this medicine is sweet, and the servant wants to taste it, but Sister Huanchun refuses."

"Then try it, I'll drink it if it's sweet." Lan Qi really pushed the medicine to Xiangyue, and the little girl laughed, "Sister Huanchun found out, it's time to scold slaves again, master, drink it quickly, it's hot over there The water is ready."

Lan Qi frowned and drank the medicine. Although it was sweet, it was still medicine. She wiped her mouth and got up to take a bath. Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of the palace gate, and the door of Yonghe Palace closed with a bang. The little eunuch in front of the gate ran to say , There are guards guarding the gate of the palace, so that the closed door and the lock cannot be opened at will.

"What's the matter?" Lan Qi felt nervous, and subconsciously went to Yinzuo's room. The little eunuch then said, "The guard didn't say anything. I saw that there were people guarding the gate of Chengqian Palace. I'm afraid it's the palace guard." There are people running around here, and the former guards probably won’t leave when they are caught.”

"Could it be Mrs. Guo Gui?" With this thought in her mind, Lan Qi couldn't help trembling, just now she saw that crazy woman, she was very frightening, didn't Concubine Rong's people imprison her, how could she run out?

But no matter what Lan Qi imagined, how could she know what was going on outside when she was sitting in the Yonghe Palace? With such a big commotion, all the palaces and courtyards were guarded by guards, and they waited for two hours before disarming, but what happened outside No one knows what happened. Although the guards have withdrawn, Ningshou Palace has issued a decree to the Liugong. No one is allowed to go out tonight. Everything will be discussed in the morning. Watch over my son.

At this moment, in front of the gate of Qianqing Palace, a soft sedan chair stopped silently, Concubine Hui was picked up, when she entered the door, she saw several head guards coming out, they moved aside to let Concubine Hui go ahead, the eunuch led Concubine Hui to the study In the dark night, the emperor sat behind the table, candlelight flickered on his face, Concubine Hui bowed her knees and saluted, only to hear the emperor's deep voice say: "You understand the matter of the Yikun Palace in your heart, right?"

Concubine Hui tensed all over, gritted her teeth and said, "My concubine... I don't understand what the emperor means."

"I know you understand in your heart." Xuan Ye sat upright behind the table, unable to see any emotions or anger, and he didn't even look at the people on the ground. He said quietly, "The Queen Mother doesn't kill, you have to execute this matter." , I will give you a favor, from now on, you will look after Yikun Palace for me."

"emperor……"

"You are the smartest person. I don't need to explain what I mean." Xuan Ye casually flipped through a booklet, dipped a pen in his hand to dip in the ink, and then said slowly, "I don't know what to say to big brother. Expectations are high, you are her mother-in-law, don't do things that will make him feel guilty, but since you have stretched out your hand, I can't pretend that nothing happened, so I will make amends and stay in the harem later, You can only do what I ask you to do, if you can't have a tacit understanding with me, the elder brother will have no one to protect him, and he will become an adult in more than ten years, can you rest assured?"