Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Xuan Ye smiled, stretched out his hand and pinched her face, "The mouth is crooked like this, if I really let a few Mongolian princesses enter the palace, the basin of water just now is not for washing hands, it will be held on my head Yes or no?"

Lan Qi asked seriously, her eyes were full of jealousy, and she muttered: "If the concubine dares to do that, the empress dowager must screw my head off, please speak well, does the emperor really want to accept Meng Gege?" Is it? Everyone in the palace is talking about it."

"It's nothing, just thinking about it." Xuan Ye said perfunctorily, turned and walked towards the dining table, but was grabbed by the person behind him, and asked, "The emperor is lying."

Xuan Ye pinched her waist with his backhand, Lan Qi couldn't bear the itch and let go of her hand, but Xuan Ye stopped perfunctory her, patted her on the head immediately, and said with a smile: "This is so jealous, I will be in love with you in a while." If it comes in steamed buns, there is no need to prepare a saucer with vinegar."

"Is that so?"

"I will definitely accept one or two Mongolian princesses, but not right now, you save this vinegar for later, it really doesn't matter now." Xuan Ye smiled, and saw that Huan Chun had brought someone in to set up the tableware , he pulled Lan Qi back into the inner hall again, hugged her and said, "Political marriages, the ministries of the grassland are my most natural barriers, blocking the old men of Tsarist Russia, but if I don't handle them properly, they will become Tsarist Russians." Chess piece, turn around and point the knife at me. This time, although you casually mentioned that they should come to Beijing to make the imperial grandmother happy, but I have been thinking about it for a long time, and naturally I have other important matters to discuss with them. "

Lan Qi didn't quite understand, so she half-knowledged and asked: "According to what the emperor said, wouldn't it be better to keep one or two princesses in the palace?"

Xuan Ye smiled and said: "The emperor's grandmother and the emperor's mother are all well. The two most noble women in the Qing Dynasty are from Mongolia. What's the rush here? It's okay to leave a few finger marriages for Baylor's children. Now I'm too busy inside, and you're jealous, so if I leave him here, can I be bullied by you?"

I don't know if it was a serious joke, or a serious joke, anyway, the jealousy on Lan Qi's face has faded, and she proudly dragged Xuan Ye out for supper. Huan Chun saw it and asked, "What's so happy about your mother? Eyes narrowed from laughter."

Xuan Ye sat down and moved his chopsticks, and said casually: "Your master is stupid, it's not like you don't know."

Huan Chun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be fooled by your empress, your empress always likes to pretend to be stupid, and she understands it better than anyone else."

"That's right." Xuan Ye praised Huan Chun, "You still know her, tell Manager Li tomorrow, and I will reward you with a silver ingot."

Lan Qi watched them sing together with a grimace, Huan Chun smiled and ran away, and also pushed the others away, Xuan Ye pushed her, "Stop serving me? Give me a bowl of that porridge. "

"Then the emperor should give some things to the courtiers and concubines as well." Lan Qi stretched out her hand and said anxiously, "Every time you come back, you eat midnight snacks, but it is the Yonghe Palace's account, and the concubines' annual regulations are not enough."

Xuan Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he took off the jade wrench and stuffed it in her hand, and she happily put it away to serve the porridge. Xuan Ye said angrily, "Where did you learn your faults? Why do you always cry poorly with me? I know that the imperial grandmother always Yue rewards you with a lot of things, and also gives you real gold and silver, where did all your money go?"

Lan Qi brought the porridge over, picked up side dishes with her own hands and put them on a plate, and said with a smile: "The concubine saves it for Yinzuo to grow up, and secondly, if there is a daughter in the future, Er Niang will always ask To save the dowry, the emperor's place will be returned to the emperor, and the concubine who is the mother-in-law must do her best."

While listening, Xuan Ye had already eaten half a bowl of porridge with a good appetite, and asked with a smile: "Then why don't you want me to reward you with jewelry and jade, those are valuable things."

Lan Qi added some side dishes to him, and smiled brightly, "Those things should be rewarded by the empress dowager, and the concubines have saved up a lot. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone that the emperor rewards the concubines is the only one in the palace, which is different."

Xuan Ye put down his chopsticks and stretched out his hand: "Give me back the jade finger, don't you want it?"

Lan Qi turned sideways to protect her, and said pettishly: "This is what my concubine begged for, not your reward."

Xuan Ye bit his lips lightly, seeing her pink face with a smile that seemed angry and coquettish, the corners of her eyes and brows were full of heart-warming joy, she couldn't help pulling her to her side and said: "Then I can't give it for free, I don't mean to have it." A daughter saves a dowry?"

Lan Qi pinched the wrench finger with one hand, took Xuan Ye's chopsticks with the other hand and handed it to him, and said tremblingly in her heart: "The concubine invited the emperor to have supper."

"But I don't want to eat these anymore..." The warm breath wandered around Lan Qi's neck. The weather was warm and she wore less clothes. Half of her white and tender neck was exposed. People can't help but get close, Xuan Ye has already been entangled in talking, and even supported Lan Qi's waist with one hand, unconsciously hugging Lan Qi's light body into his arms.

Lan Qi didn't dare to resist, she had already been teased so much that her whole body was burning hot, the two of them entangled with each other unrequitedly, and gradually went inward, and almost stopped moving after supper at the table.

Huanchun and the others outside were still waiting to clean up, but suddenly there was no movement on the dining table, a courageous little maid poked her head in, and she did not see the emperor and her master, she hurried back and asked Huanchun in a low voice if she wanted to clean up, little girl Blushing with embarrassment, Huan Chun laughed and scolded: "Of course you don't go in, you all go to sleep, you don't need it here anymore."

Dismissing the others, Huan Chun quietly came over to cover the door of the palace, and Eunuch Liang, who had followed the emperor, also took a break for a while and continued to come over to be on duty. When he saw the door of the palace closed, he knew that it was a rest inside, and he was afraid of calling someone again. , so he waited not far or near the door, Huanchun came over to talk with him when he saw this, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li is getting older, and now you are the most capable apprentice by his side. The position of the manager must belong to Eunuch Liang."

Eunuch Liang laughed hurriedly and said: "Then Miss Huanchun, you should say more good things to me. The master has many apprentices, and I don't dare to expect that position. As long as it's my turn to serve the master."

"What you said, you can follow the emperor to the Yonghe Palace, so what's the point of being modest?" Huan Chun smiled and took out a paper bag of candied fruit from his bosom to invite him sweetly, and said jokingly, "Our empress, concubine, I also ask you to take good care of the emperor."

Eunuch Liang is a very winky person, and he smiled very politely: "How dare you ask your mother to please, the slave will naturally serve you well. After following the master for many years, I can't learn anything else. I have learned how to look at the scene in the palace. Don't worry, girl, the chances of us talking like this in the future are beyond count."

But just after saying these words, the door of Yonghe Palace was knocked suddenly, the two of them looked at each other, stretched their necks to look at the scene in front of them, and after a while, the little eunuch in front of the door came to tell them that someone from Xianfu Palace had sent a message.

After all, it is the matter of Concubine Wen, Eunuch Liang and Huanchun dare not neglect easily, they hurried to the door, only to see the little eunuch who came tremblingly said: "Brother Ba's wet nurse lost her hand, and she dropped Ba Ge from her arms and put her on the ground. It fell on the ground, the little elder brother fell badly, the imperial doctor has already been invited, and the empress asked the servants to report to the emperor, fearing that the eighth elder brother might make a mistake."

It's about the life and death of the prince, Eunuch Liang and Huanchun dare not report it, but depending on the situation, the emperor and concubine De didn't know what to do inside, disturbing the emperor's good deeds, who knows if the emperor will turn his face, but if the eighth prince is really small Fate, but the emperor turned upside down in the Yonghe Palace. In the future, others will not dare to say that the emperor is not good, but the crimes must all fall on the head of the concubine De. Maybe there will be troubles with the Xianfu Palace from now on, and there will be endless troubles.

"Eunuch Liang, if you don't dare, the servant will call you." Huan Chun's heart was beating fast, the two lingered in front of the door for a long time, and Eunuch Liang finally got the courage to go in with Huan Chun, standing in the outer hall and shouting. He said, "Long live, the slave has something to report."

There was some movement inside, but then it was quiet. Eunuch Liang was sweating profusely, and he shouted again, but Concubine De asked first, "What's the matter?" Then there was another movement inside, Eunuch Liang hurriedly said something, Only then did the emperor ask, "Has the imperial physician gone?"

Eunuch Liang tremblingly said: "The imperial doctor has gone, and he came here to report to the emperor because he was afraid that the eighth elder brother might make a mistake. Long live...you, are you going now?"

"Of course, prepare the sedan chair." Xuan Ye responded immediately, and added, "Don't make too much noise, don't disturb the imperial grandmother."

Eunuch Liang hurried out to get some food. Huanchun heard the master call her to fetch water. When she came in with the water, she saw that the master's clothes were loose and he was standing on tiptoe to button the emperor's clothes. Her hair was straightened, her hands and feet were nimble, and she was tidied up in a short while, but her clothes were not in order and she couldn't go outside. The emperor just said "take a rest earlier" and left.

Lan Qi stood under the window, and turned around when she heard no movement outside, but when she thought about what happened just now, she suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, Huan Chun was tense by the side, seeing the master laughing, she couldn't help it anymore, The master and servant laughed together, Lan Qi pushed her and said, "Pour me a bowl of herbal tea quickly."

Only after drinking a bowl of herbal tea did her body relax a bit, and then Lan Qi remembered about the eighth elder brother, and sighed: "If there is something wrong with the eighth elder brother, how good it is, and you have to deal with the empress dowager's sadness, the old man It’s the most unbearable thing to do right now.”

Huan Chun also said: "Why is the wet nurse so inattentive? Is this trying to tie up the whole family?"

Lan Qi felt tired all the time, so she told them all to go to rest, and let the people who stayed up at night stare at the news. She blew out the candles in the hall and lay down again. If he is like this, what can Xuan Ye do?

But the emperor is really nothing, he rushed to see the eighth elder brother, half of it is to care about his son, and the other half is to show others, he knows that no one dares to make up the emperor, but if the gossip is directed at Lan Qi, it will be very boring , the child's life is important, and Lan Qi's reputation can't be bad.

This time he came here in such a hurry, the Xianfu Palace was really brightly lit, and when he entered the door, he could hear the loud cry of the child, so he felt relieved, the child still had the strength to cry, it can be seen that the fall was not heavy, it must be Concubine Wen who made a fuss again.

After arriving at the eighth elder brother's room, Concubine Wen was nervously watching the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment. When she saw the emperor coming, she couldn't help shedding tears. Xuan Ye comforted her and then came to ask the imperial physician how he was doing. After checking everything, he said embarrassingly: "Check it out, old minister. The eighth brother is fine, but sometimes you can't see the injury immediately. Tonight, I have to take care of it. The old minister is going to stay behind with other imperial doctors and continue to check. "

"It seems to be all right, he cried so vigorously." Xuan Ye looked at the child, but he was very calm, squinting at the kneeling nurse and a few court ladies, all of them were lying on the ground trembling, it was terrible His crimes, maybe the whole family will take the blame.Although Xuan Ye was angry, he remained calm and ordered: "If the eighth elder brother is fine, you should only accumulate blessings for him. You will be spared the crime of death and live. You will continue to take care of the eighth elder brother. But if the eighth elder brother makes any mistakes , don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

Everyone kowtowed to express their gratitude, while Concubine Wen came to Xuan Ye's side, sobbing: "The concubine is also guilty, please forgive me."

Xuan Ye comforted her gently: "What's your fault? You're not taking care of the child. Go back and rest. The imperial physician is here to stay. It's inconvenient for you to stay for a long time."

Concubine Wen raised her eyes to look at the emperor, her tear-filled eyes were lovely and pitiful, she whispered softly: "The concubine is afraid... Your Majesty..."

Xuan Ye frowned slightly, his heart sank, he sighed secretly, and said: "I will stay with you, and I will also wait for the news from Brother Eight."

Not long after, the emperor and Concubine Wen rested in the bedroom, the crying of the eighth elder brother stopped, the little prince fell asleep peacefully, and the lights of Xianfu Palace, which were as bright as day, gradually went out. Going to the master's bedside, whispered: "Are you still awake?"

Jue Chan often lazily said: "Wake up, how can I sleep because Ba Prince is crying like that."

Xiang He leaned on the bedside and said, "But master, are you not in a hurry? Eighth brother almost fell to his death."

Jue Chan said coldly: "With the imperial physician here, what's the use of worrying?"

"Master, that is your child."

"Xiang He, Brother Eight is the son of Concubine Wen."

Xianghe was stunned for a while, she was always surprised by her master's completely indifferent attitude towards the eighth elder brother, no mother would treat the child like this, seventh elder brother has a disability, Dai Changzai is like a baby, every few days Please order to go to elder brother's place to have a look, my master is so conveniently under the same roof, but never took the initiative to go to see, or Empress Wen often hugged her to show her, as if she had never been born.

Xianghe continued helplessly: "The emperor is here, and he has already rested in Concubine Wen's room. It would be great if you went over just now. You haven't seen Long Live Lord for a long time."

In the dark, I heard Jue Chan say: "I'm tired, you go to bed too, Long Live Lord is here to see Concubine Wen, what am I going to do? Don't think that Concubine Wen has a good temper and dares to have inappropriate thoughts , have you forgotten how Guo Guiren tortured us in the past?"

Xianghe didn't dare to say anything anymore, and retreated resentfully, she just didn't understand why her master was willing to be silent, how could such a beautiful woman have such a cold heart?She obviously has extraordinary courage and wisdom, if she really wants to compete for favor with other women, who can count on her?But I can only think about it, how can she, a court lady, influence the master's thoughts.

The next day the emperor left from Xianfu Palace to go to court. The imperial doctor stayed overnight. In the morning, the eighth elder brother was crying because he was hungry, but the nurse was scared all night and had no milk, so he invited the seventh elder brother from the elder brother's office. The nursing mother fed the milk, although Xuan Ye was a little irritable in his heart, but it didn't show on his face, and he went all the way to Qianqingmen, and his mood gradually calmed down. Forget about it.

At noon, I went to the study to watch the elder brother and the crown prince’s homework, and came out feeling a bit hungry. I asked Eunuch Li if he had prepared meals in the Qing palace. He thought that if he was not prepared, he would go to the Yonghe Palace, but Eunuch Li told him: “The emperor’s father is not ready. The Empress Dowager sent someone to invite you to have lunch at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and we are already waiting."

Xuan Ye guessed that his grandmother had something to say to him about what happened last night, so he rushed straight to the Palace of Compassion and Ning. Madam Su Mala had already prepared porridge and side dishes, knowing that he was tired and not suitable for meat, so she persuaded him to eat some, too. The empress dowager left him to speak.

Speaking of the eighth elder brother, Xuan Ye reassured the grandmother that the child was fine, but the empress dowager told him to wait, and after a while, Su Mala came in, bringing along the imperial doctor who had treated the eighth elder brother last night .

"Tell the emperor what you said to me again." The empress dowager ordered, shaking her head slightly and sighing, slowly turning the prayer beads between her fingers, only to hear the imperial physician kneel down and tell the emperor, "Your Majesty, forgive me, my lord!" There are some things I have to tell. Last night, the eighth elder brother said that he was injured by a fall. The concubine rushed over with other imperial doctors. Kechen has been practicing medicine for many years, and there is really no sign that the eighth elder brother has fallen. Yes, but Chen saw bruises on the inner side of the eighth brother's thigh, which seemed to be pinched by hand. When he touched the eighth brother lightly, he burst into tears. When he fell to the ground, he must have been pinched by someone, so he cried and cried."

Xuan Ye was stunned when he heard that, he looked at the imperial grandmother, then at the imperial physician, what do you mean?Of course he understood what it meant, Concubine Wen deceived the monarch.

"Who else knows about this?" the emperor asked in a deep tone after recovering.

The imperial doctor hurriedly said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense, this is just my inference. Except for boldly telling the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager, no one else knows. After all, it is about whether Concubine Wen is suspected of deceiving the Holy Majesty."

In this palace, apart from the maids and eunuchs serving the master, there are imperial physicians who shuttle between the palaces, who know the secrets of the palace the most.They are the most worthy of relying on and most worthy of guarding against. Both the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye understand this, and the imperial physician is also well versed in this, and will not easily push himself to the forefront. Xuan Ye knows that the imperial physician must be sure that the child did not fall. , and someone who is loyal to the emperor's grandmother, otherwise he would not have said these words.

"I understand, just pretend you haven't heard anything, and kneel down." Xuan Ye ordered, and only waited for the nanny to lead the imperial doctor away, and then said to the grandmother guiltily, "It's the grandson's negligence that caused the palace to make trouble. With such a joke, Grandmother sees, is it not suitable for Concubine Wen to raise the eighth elder brother?"

The empress dowager shook her head: "The child is poor. If you send him back and forth, it will be a joke in the future. No matter who the biological mother is or the adoptive mother, he is your son, the prince of the Qing Dynasty. Don't treat women's The matter is on the child. I called you here to remind you that you have been ignoring Concubine Wen for a long time, so don't blame her for being so troublesome. She finally woke up and wanted to get rid of the family. Are you going to force her to re- Going up further? Ah Ling, they are afraid that they will get angry after waiting. Xuan Ye, I am not a very annoying person at all, so what if you are perfunctory?"

Xuan Ye was helpless, why didn't he understand these truths in his heart, and smiled wryly: "Grandmother, the grandson is already feeling irritable with the current situation in the palace, so it can be seen that it is not good to keep any more Mongolian into the palace. The grandson has no such thoughts at the moment. I'm afraid you are thinking about it, so I just want to talk to you right now."

The Empress Dowager was very open-minded, she nodded and said: "When your Empress Dowager, we just entered the customs, I forced your Empress Emma to be the queen of the Borzigit family again, in order to stabilize Aixinjueluo The country is not for my natal family. Up to now, you are no longer relying on them, but wanting them to submit obediently. It’s good to show both kindness and power, don’t worry too much, let alone me and the queen mother are fine, no need Keep the young kids."

Xuan Ye rejoiced, "Grandmother doesn't care, grandson will feel at ease. I thought you wanted to keep a few people in the palace."

The empress dowager showed a bit of sadness, and sighed softly: "I can't go back by myself, how can I have the heart to keep the children here?"

Xuan Ye was afraid that it would arouse his grandmother's homesickness, so he stopped mentioning these words, and joked with him a few times, and when he talked about Lan Qi's saving of money, the Empress Dowager became happy, and said with a smile: "So she is so weird, no wonder You always pretend to make me happy, and just wait for me to give her something good? Next time, I won’t give it to her again, and let her be cold for two months, let’s see if she dares to ask me for it.”

In this way, Xuan Ye left the Palace of Compassion and Ning only to make his grandmother feel better, but when he went out, he remembered the words of the imperial physician, and at the same time, he remembered that Concubine Wen went to Chengqian Palace to climb a tree. There were all kinds of women around him. , Can't you guess this thought?Anger is nothing but anger, Xuan Ye also understands that if the two bowls of water in Xianfu Palace and Chengqian Palace are not leveled like before, Concubine Wen may connect with A Ling'a and the others again. It's better to be perfunctory and perfunctory on your own to plot against the emperor in partnership, so that Concubine Wen can feel at ease.

Then he called Eunuch Li and said: "Go to Xianfu Palace to pass the decree. I will go to accompany Concubine Wen tonight. I am afraid that the eighth brother will feel uncomfortable again. Let her wait for me to go."

Eunuch Li took the order, turned around after leaving, and asked the emperor: "You left the Yonghe Palace last night, do you want the servant to inform the empress of the concubine, don't let the empress worry about or misunderstand anything."

Xuan Ye disdained, and said confidently: "Why are you so courteous? She will misunderstand? I never thought about it. If I worry about her like this, the harem should be gone as soon as possible."

So Director Li went to Xianfu Palace to deliver a message. After hearing this, Concubine Wen rewarded him with two silver ingots. As soon as Eunuch Li left, Concubine Wen ran to Jue Chan's bedroom alone, dismissed Xianghe and the others, and pulled her away. Said, "You are so smart, the emperor is coming again tonight, how can you count it."

Jue Chan didn't dare to say why she counted it, it was a matter of court affairs, so she could only appease Concubine Wen: "The emperor always cares about the princes, didn't you say, no matter how the emperor came, as long as he came? "

Concubine Wen nodded again and again, and Jue Chan reminded her: "It's impossible for the imperial doctor to see what happened last night. The empress must understand in her heart, what if the emperor notices it?"

"It should have been noticed earlier." Concubine Wen's eyes were fixed, "No matter why he came, it would be nice if he could come to see me. You are so kind. You gave birth to my eighth elder brother and taught me how to invite the emperor."

Jue Chan was also a little uneasy, and told her again and again: "Your Majesty, you must never say that you are a concubine. It is enough for a concubine to have a meal here for the rest of her life. You admire the Lord Long Live, but the concubine is just in awe. I dare not even look at the face of the Long Live Lord."

"I understand." Concubine Wen laughed straight, "What am I doing to push my man to another woman?"