Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Ten years ago, I will follow you to the ends of the earth, but now it is not possible." The Empress Dowager smiled kindly, and raised her hand to touch her neatly ironed hair. Said lightly, "I have to be old, and I have to be grateful for the longevity that God has given me. I can't mess around. If I want to play, I will go with you. If the car and horse are bumpy, this old bone will fall apart."

Xuan Ye couldn't help feeling sad for his grandmother's aging, but he comforted her with a taut smile on his face: "The grandson will send you letters and things every time he goes, and you can enjoy the scenery of various places at home."

"Remember to ask someone to bring back the delicious and fun ones. I don't care for calligraphy, paintings, antiques and jewelry." The Empress Dowager happily agreed, beckoning Lan Qi to squeeze her shoulders, and said, "You must serve her well on the way." Emperor, but the wild flowers are fragrant outside, just turn a blind eye and close your eyes, if you insist on following around, you may be stung by bees."

These words were extremely explicit and ambiguous, Lan Qi smiled coquettishly: "Are you showing no face to my concubines, or are you not showing face to the emperor? What you said, the concubines don't know how to deal with themselves, and the emperor doesn't care about the fragrance of flowers outside when he turns around. The concubine is fine and nervous."

Xuan Ye was also a little embarrassed by what his grandmother said, but it was Lan Qi in front of him, and he had nothing to lose face, but when he heard Lan Qi being hypocritical, he gave her a hard look, but she had an expression of "Is the emperor hit?" , made his teeth itch even more.

"Grandson knows how to behave himself, so grandma doesn't have to worry about it. This tour to the south is to observe the people's feelings and customs, how dare there be such absurd things." In the end, Xuan Ye was a child who had been raised for 30 to [-] years. In front of his grandmother, Xuan Ye always As obedient as she was when she was young, now she earnestly promises not to be promiscuous outside, Lan Qi lowers her head and secretly laughs when she hears this.

When the Empress Dowager rested, the emperor wanted to go back to the Qianqing Palace, and Tete asked Lan Qi to take her to the door. When Lan Qi tiptoed to tie his cloak belt, she was blocked by someone wearing a cloak and pinched her heavily on the waist. It was itchy and painful, but she didn't dare to call out in front of people, she stared at Xuan Ye with wide eyes, Xuan Ye smiled narrowly: "You deserve it just now."

"The Empress Dowager is right. The women in the south of the Yangtze River are so beautiful. The emperor really doesn't want to kiss Fangze during his southern tour?" Lan Qi muttered dissatisfied, and she was afraid that Xuan Ye would scratch her. He grabbed her hand, but said seriously, "I know, you are always bored with the imperial grandmother when you are young, but for me, the imperial grandmother is the most important thing in my heart, I only rest assured that you are by my side, I know you pungent……"

"The emperor said something boring again." Lan Qi interrupted Xuan Ye, stretched out her hand to support Zhou Zheng by the collar, and said softly, "The concubine sees that the sky is in the Palace of Compassion, and no one can bully the concubine. What a wonderful thing What's more, it's not boring at all, the emperor really loves it, so he rewards his concubines with more money to fight cards with the empress dowager, if he loses, he doesn't feel bad, and if he wins, his concubines can make more money to subsidize the expenses in Yonghe Palace."

"Wealth obsessed." Xuan Ye scolded with a smile, and then said to her, "Although the southern tour has not been officially announced, I think a little bit of wind has leaked out. This time the tour is going to take the harem, but which ones to bring and which ones have not yet been announced. Accurate numbers, if others come to ask you, just pretend to be stupid, don’t beg you to follow, you are in a dilemma. Since you are not in charge of the affairs of the palace, don’t touch them at all, and live in peace for a few years. "

Lan Qi smiled calmly, and repeated the words that Eunuch Li sent that day: "Yes, my concubine stays honest."

The emperor left in a good mood, Lan Qi watched the royal driver go away before turning back, and went straight to Madam Su Mala's room, just as the little palace maid was serving the medicine, she took it with her own hands, and wiped the soup on the corners of her mouth with a towel , and then handed over a plate of candied fruit, the mother pushed her hand and said no need: "The medicine is not bitter, it is not for curing diseases, it is for nourishing the body, the servants are fine, the empress dowager is just nervous."

"Can the Empress Dowager not be nervous? You are her reliance." Lan Qi smiled and put the pillow on Mammy. Without refusing, the old and the young sat and talked about the upcoming southern tour, saying that the empress dowager had just taught the emperor not to flirt, but she told herself to turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye, and now she said to the mother I said in my heart: "It's hard to guarantee that the local yamen will not be blind and courteous. The emperor may be emotional. The faces in the palace have long been tired of looking at them. It's so fresh to go out. But just talking about it now makes me sour. If this is all the way Then, watching him pick wild flowers, I'm not that generous."

Mammy knew that Concubine De's magnanimity and stinginess were justified, so she acted like a baby in private, and always considered from the emperor's point of view when it comes to right and wrong. I learned it deliberately later, who doesn't like to be with people who are easy to get along with.

"Mommy, the imperial concubine will also go. I think the emperor will not dare to flirt with flowers if the imperial concubine is here. The empress is in a hurry and doesn't rub the little wild flowers to pieces. I can imagine the empress' eyebrows raised." Eyes upright." Lan Qi's eyes were shining brightly, and she said brightly, "If the imperial concubine goes, the fourth elder brother may follow, so that Yinzuo will have a companion."

The nanny narrowed her eyes with a smile, pulled Lan Qi and said: "You are so jealous that people love it, neither hate it nor hate it, how can you arrange the emperor behind your back like this, since the emperor is traveling with the harem, there must be no one." Are those local officials blind about those things? In the future, the emperor will go on tour alone, and then you will be jealous in the palace."

Lan Qi groaned, and smiled helplessly: "The Empress Dowager didn't allow me to say such things, so I just told my nanny. Not to mention going out to pick wild flowers, even if the emperor has been turning over cards every day for half a month, I'm so worried. Sour."

The nanny smiled softly: "Your Majesty is not afraid that you will not be able to go out in case you have something? You are also considerate and considerate of the Long Live Lord."

Lan Qi was laughing shyly when the maid serving the nanny came in, holding two big boxes and said: "The tonic sent by the imperial concubine, she said she knew that you were not well, so she sent these things to greet you."

The nanny frowned slightly, ordered them to put the things away, and muttered softly: "Is it possible that I have to thank you?"

Lan Qi persuaded her: "The emperor wants everyone to respect you as an elder, why are you thankful, the emperor will not let you kneel down to pick up something for you, that's all."

But the mammy said: "Long Live Lord gives face to slaves because of love, slaves can't break the etiquette and disrespect, if slaves don't go by themselves, they should send a maid to say hello."

Lan Qi made arrangements for her to let the maids from the Palace of Compassion and Ning come to Xianfu Palace to thank her, and when talking about Concubine Wen's recent experience, the nanny said unceremoniously: "It's better for your mother to stay away from her, she has grown up alone. It doesn't matter the weather, but once you hook up with the family members again, it's hard to say. Niu Hulu's family's eyeliner minions in this harem are all pervasive, you must be careful."

Seeing that Lan Qi's face changed when she heard this, the nanny said more seriously: "Not only the Niuhulu clan, but also the prince's grandfather, the uncle of the country, and even Mingzhu is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs. Their existence is fine when they don’t harm others, but if they want to have evil thoughts, it’s hard to guard against.”

"It's like putting drugs in my food last time. Even the Yonghe Palace is not clean. I said why the emperor changed a few people in my place, but he didn't tell me clearly, so I didn't dare Ask." Lan Qi's complexion was gloomy, and she no longer had the bright smile just now, no matter how much she smiled at the situation, the danger in the deep palace would never change, and the beating by the nanny tightened her lax guard.

The nanny sneered: "Don't talk about the Yonghe Palace, there is also such a thing in the Compassionate Ning Palace. You know how important the Empress Dowager is to the Emperor and the court. A few years ago, there were people who wanted to poison the master. The empress dowager saved the day."

Lan Qi was startled, but immediately calmed down again. She has been taking care of trivial matters and serving the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning for so many years. It's all special, the tea and the food are hand-made, even the tea she brews, someone has to taste it first.

"My maid said this not to scare you, but because Concubine Wen made a fuss this time, the Empress Dowager has no reason to force the emperor to treat her well, so she has no hope and will probably rely on her family." The nanny said worriedly, "What's more, with the tenth elder brother, the Niu Hulu family is straighter than ever. At the beginning, the Queen Niu Hulu waited for more than ten years in vain. Now the tenth elder brother , isn’t it their lifeblood?”

Aunt Su Mala's words are right. The moment Concubine Wen became a queen, the situation outside has changed. After all, the Kunning Palace is empty. It doesn't mean that the emperor doesn't want to be a queen, and the ministers don't care about it. Who knows that the emperor will come back on a whim one day Empress Li, no matter how hard and long this is, you have to hold on tightly and never let go.

As for the emperor's southern tour, as expected, various preparations were on the agenda. Although it has not been officially announced, everyone inside and outside is already aware of it.It is rumored that the women who are bored in the Forbidden City don't want to follow the concubine this time, but it is a long trip, which is different from going to Mulan Paddock or Yuquan Mountain, etc. There must be very few people who can accompany them. Putting aside, they all want to fight for the first few positions.

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day passed in a flash, and the 23rd year of Kangxi, the new year began again. The emperor planned to go on tour in March. Unexpectedly, before the first month passed, the Tsarist Russian old man would not let the Qing court live. He invaded Aihui, Heilongjiang to kill, burn and loot. The emperor was furious and sent General Sabusu to Yaksa to beat up the Russian army and burn all their strongholds, leaving Yaksa as an isolated city.

After such a commotion, the southern tour was put on hold, and the officials who had been sent out earlier also returned to the same route and waited for the time to go south. When the hall dispersed, the servant came to pick him up and said, "Young Mistress went to see Miss Shen today, and said that Miss Shen is ill, so I asked you to go and have a look over there."