Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Mingzhu asked inside, Rong Ruo nodded when she saw his wife waving her hands at him, then turned back and said, "It was the girl who spilled the tea, and my son has already asked them to clean up, Er Niang, please rest first , I’ll go change my clothes and come see you again.”

"Go and rest, it's hard work being with the emperor." Mrs. Mingzhu ordered, "Talk to your daughter-in-law well, don't come here."

Rong Ruo agreed, and bowed to leave. When he came out, his wife had disappeared. Seeing someone coming to clean it, he went straight to his courtyard. As expected, the young lady had already returned to her room. When he entered, his wife was sitting at the table in a daze .

The maids and mothers came in with water and tea, which alarmed the young lady. She stood up and looked at her husband. If she had come up early on weekdays to serve and change clothes, but today she remained motionless. She just waited for Rong Ruo to change clothes and sit down, and the girls dispersed Then she suddenly woke up and asked, "Is the injury on Er Niang's foot better?"

"It should be fine." Rong Ruowen said, "Sit down, let's talk for a while."

The young lady still didn't move, just waiting for Rong Ruo to look at her suspiciously, both of them opened their mouths to speak, but when they saw each other, they didn't make a sound, and finally Rong Ruo asked first: "What did you say to Er Niang just now?" Do you hear me?"

"I heard." The young lady gave a bitter smile, then sat down slowly, fiddled with the tea set on the table, wanted to pour tea for Rong Ruo, but her hands were shaking uncontrollably, the tea spilled all over the table, Rong Ruo suddenly He grabbed her hand and said, "Don't think about it, that happened a long time ago, don't you want to care about the things before we met?"

"Concern?" The young lady had tears in her eyes, her red lips were tightly bitten between her teeth, and she tremblingly let go after a while, "Have I ever cared about the matter between you and Shen Wan? What right do you have to say to me 'care about it'?" 'Two words? Nalan Rongruo, why are you?"

Rong Ruo's heart is tense, isn't it?What right does he have to blame his wife? All along, he has been the one who has been sorry for her. She didn't even persuade him to separate from Shen Wan. When Shen Wan gets along, even if Shen Wan cannot be given a title, she will not treat her badly.All this time, it was the wife who was submissive, and she was the one who endured.

"Rong Ruo, did I do something wrong to make Er Niang hate you?" The young lady suddenly asked again.

Rong Ruo hurriedly shook his head: "What's the matter, why do you think so?"

"I heard Er Niang say that it would be great if she could be your concubine with you. She is so smart. Doesn't the implication mean that she can take care of the affairs of this family, but I can't?" She pulled out her palm, as if she had reached the limit of her patience, and couldn't take it any longer, she said without hesitation, "Since Erniang also hates me, and since you also think my existence is in the way, as long as your Nalan family issues a letter of divorce, I will Go now."

Rong Ruo was sullen and said anxiously: "Nonsense, you..."

"But I am so tired. I would rather go back to my mother's house and be pointed at by others than pretend to be virtuous and filial here. I hate you, I hate your whole family, can you let me go?" The young lady interrupted crying After his words, he rushed over and grabbed her husband's skirt and said, "Let me go, Nalan Rongruo, I really can't take it anymore..."

Rong Ruo has never seen his wife like this. Since she entered the house, she has been gentle and virtuous. The family members say that she is more like a housewife than the first wife, Lu Shi. She is a good daughter-in-law praised by everyone in the family. When have you seen her like this? As impulsive and crazy, he actually pulled himself to cry and shout.

"Calm down, calm down." Rong Ruo picked her up and put her on the couch, but the young lady held him tightly, crying pitifully, "Don't go, Rong Ruo, don't lose Get me down."

"I'm not going, I'm not going anywhere, please calm down." Rong Ruo actually saw his wife's nose bleeding in a hurry, took a handkerchief to help her cover it, and told her not to move her head up.

The young lady kept crying, and after it gradually subsided, the couple didn't speak for a long time. Seeing that the candles in the room were about to burn out, Rong Ruo wanted to get up to continue, but just as she moved her body, she was grabbed by his wife. Rong Ruowei could only comfort her: "I won't leave, because the candle is about to go out."

She let go of her hand hesitantly, but her mood had stabilized at this moment, and the impulse just now was obviously caused by a demon. When her husband turned back again, the young lady said softly, "I'm sorry, did I scare you?"

Rong Ruo nodded: "I've never seen you like this, but in the final analysis, it's my fault that made you feel wronged."

The young lady was full of guilt, lowered her eyes and said: "Hearing about you and the nobleman Jue Chan in the palace, my heart is in a mess. Actually, I heard some rumors before, and I don't believe it, but today I heard Er Niang say so, so I will I've lost my mind. Rong Ruo, that's a crime of beheading, you must break away from the nobleman, it's different from Miss Shen, you don't even dare to think about it."

Rong Ruo hurriedly said: "I understand, you just heard Er Niang talk about the past, since she entered the palace, we have nothing to do with each other, the emperor is such a wise person, how could he allow his concubines to have affairs with the courtiers? You Don't worry, the emperor understands better than anyone else."

"What does it mean to understand better than anyone else? What does the emperor understand?" The young lady is also a smart person, and seeing how she gets along with Rong Ruo after passing through the door, her filial piety to the elders in the family, and her attitude towards the concubine Yan family are enough to illustrate this. Miss Qianjin, who was born in a wealthy family, has an exquisite heart.No one in Mingzhu Mansion said she was bad, even when something happened to Shen Wan, they all said she was wronged, no matter how much Shen Wan paid for Nalan Rongruo, in the eyes of everyone, Shen Wan was just a vixen.

When Rong Ruo was asked by his wife, he felt guilty, coughed dryly and wanted to be perfunctory, but his wife asked: "Does the emperor also understand the old relationship between you and that nobleman? Rong Ruo, does Ama know?"

"Don't think wildly, without these things, you know that if you tell too much lies, it will become true. Are you going to cause trouble for me?" Rong Ruo could only scare her with a cold face, "Stop mentioning it again, be careful that the trouble comes out of your mouth .”

Sure enough, the young lady didn't dare to ask again, but she held her husband's hand tightly and said pitifully, "Can you not leave these few days? Stay with me more, because of the matter of you taking Miss Shen to Heilongjiang, I will Ama Erniang was very upset. A few days ago, she sent someone to send me a message. I don’t know if she will come to the door again. By then, everyone’s faces will be ugly. How boring? Actually, this is not what I’m most afraid of, you know me Ama's temper, what if he misunderstands that you have misunderstood Miss Shen, and do something irreversible? You are called by the emperor to work by your side every day, and Miss Shen is at home alone, what's the use of a few servants and mothers?"

Rong Ruo knew his father-in-law's temper. If the emperor hadn't intervened at the end, he would have sent someone to deal with Shen Wan. Now the emperor's tacit approval of his father-in-law would not come, but it is the most terrible thing to come secretly. Shen Wanruo has a Three long and two short, and no one will seek justice for her.

Now that his wife said this, it seemed to be warning him with concern that if he insisted on going his own way, the consequences would be disastrous, and there would be no reason for his wife to make such an impulsive disturbance tonight.

It was night when the couple slept together, Rong Ruo didn't close his eyes all night, but his wife beside him was still muttering before falling asleep: "Sister-in-law, don't go."

In the deep palace, Jue Chan who was disturbed was also sleepless. Seeing Mrs. Mingzhu today, her heart that had been calmed for a long time was rippling again. She didn't need to see Rong Ruo with her own eyes, just seeing the situation of Mrs. Mingzhu to know The son at home is not well.She just moved her mind a little bit and couldn't help thinking about more things. She curled up on the bed and said to herself over and over again: "It has nothing to do with you. The days to come have nothing to do with them. Don't think about it anymore..."

Suddenly there was a commotion outside, Jue Chan's heart tightened, guessing that Concubine Wen Guifei was about to give birth, and sure enough, Xianghe pushed the door in after a while and said hurriedly: "Master, the imperial concubine is about to give birth, let you go over."

Jue Chan hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, and simply came over. Concubine Wen Guifei made a movement in the middle of the night, most of the people were awakened from their sleep, and they were busy inside and out. After more than two hours, only Hearing that Concubine Wen kept crying for pain, Wen Po and the others checked the total and told Jue Chan and Dong Yun that the concubine was afraid that the concubine might have a dystocia. Seeing that the baby's fetal position was not right, Dong Yun was so frightened that she had never experienced such a thing before. weak legs.

Jue Chan didn't know what to do, he had already sent word that the emperor was in the Qianqing Palace, and some eunuchs came to ask about the situation, but he didn't seem to dare to disturb the emperor, the emperor's oral order has not come yet.But Concubine Wen only hoped that the emperor would come to see her, after waiting for so long, she knew that she didn't seem to be well, so she cried and called Jue Chan to her and said, "Go to Qianqing Palace and ask the emperor to come and see me, okay? Maybe I won't live until tomorrow, please help me?"

Jue Chan's wrist was painfully pinched by her. Seeing that Concubine Wen Gui was really pitiful, and dystocia was indeed dangerous, he could only bite the bullet and agree to her, but when he was about to go out and met the little eunuch who came to ask about the situation, he did it It is clear that the emperor is not in the Qianqing Palace, but has already rested in the Yonghe Palace.

The person who came said helplessly: "Your Majesty Jue Chan, the emperor is very busy today, and he ordered no one to disturb him before he rested. It is a big deal for a concubine to give birth to a child, but the emperor did not say that it is possible. Don't disturb me. The slave is just a messenger. Eunuch Liang at the other end of the Yonghe Palace supports him. The slave can't do anything about it. Eunuch Liang keeps an eye on the movement here. The slaves are running back and forth, thinking there is something wrong. , will definitely report."

Jue Chan was hesitating, but he heard Concubine Wen's mournful cry inside, his heart softened, and he understood that if he didn't do this wholeheartedly for Concubine Wen tonight, and when she got through the crisis safely, the relationship between them would be awkward in the future. Concubine Wen will no longer trust her as before, and she doesn't know what her peaceful life will look like now.

In contrast, she took this trip, and Concubine De would never argue with her as a person, and for the emperor, it was not right to neglect the matter of Concubine Wen's giving birth, so he did not listen to the persuasion of those little eunuchs, He insisted on coming to Yonghe Palace in the dark.

However, the emperor slept very deeply, maybe he was exhausted, or Lan Qi woke up first when she heard the movement, and she didn't even disturb him when she got up from Xuan Ye's side. A few people took care of the nobleman Juechan, and approached himself to wake up the emperor.

But after calling Xuan Ye a few times, there was no movement. Lan Qi stretched out her hand to touch his cheek, and it was hot. Then she touched his forehead, and it was even hotter. She was so frightened that she hurriedly asked the maid to come in and light the candles. , Sure enough, seeing the emperor's face flushed and burning badly, no wonder he, who was always alert, fell into such a deep sleep.

Lan Qi immediately ordered: "Hurry up and declare the imperial physician, the emperor is ill."