Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Empress, don't worry. The Empress Dowager is not angry. She said that children always fight together. I just want to ask why." Aunt Su Mala was very polite. People from the crown prince and eldest elder brother all came to find them, and after asking coldly for a long time, they realized that it was because of the sixth elder brother's death.I don't know what kind of conflict occurred between the prince and the elder brother. The elder brother said that the prince wanted to kill him, and the prince was rarely anxious, so the two brothers scuffled.

"Where are the third and fourth elder brothers?" Aunt Su Mala asked again.

The little eunuch who answered said: "It seems that the people around them were pulled away, and the servants didn't pay attention."

Momo glanced at Concubine Hui next to her, her expression was fixed and she didn't know what she was thinking, so she smiled and said: "Now that I have figured out the reason, this servant is going to return to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, what do you think, Madam?"

Concubine Hui came back to her senses, and hurriedly said: "I'm leaving too, it's not good to stay in the study for a long time."

When the two came out, the elder brother was still sitting on the porch basking in the sun angrily, he ignored a few words of persuasion from the nanny, then let the mother and son go, and went straight back to the Palace of Compassion.At this moment, the Empress Dowager and Concubine De have been overwhelmed by grief. The Concubine De is waiting for the old man to wipe his face. The mother said what happened in the study. Let's separate them brothers, we can just train the other elder brothers to fight, but fighting with the prince can be big or small, one thing more is worse than one thing less."

After Lan Qi took care of the Empress Dowager, she sat aside to wash her face and touch up her makeup. Before going out, in order to refresh herself, she applied a lot of makeup and powder on her face. Just now, she cried while holding the Empress Dowager, and her face was covered with flowers. Her face was completely washed clean, and the haggardness under her eyes was clearly visible. The mother was very distressed, and she took some powder to cover her up, and said softly: "No matter what, my mother can't be underestimated." gone."

The Empress Dowager asked from the side: "Did the fourth elder brother fight?"

Lan Qi's heart was shocked, and she only heard that the mother said no, that she was pulled away by the people around her, and that she was not involved in the conflict between the prince and the eldest brother. You?"

Lan Qi sat back beside the Empress Dowager, shook her head and said: "I don't remember, I don't know what to do every day, and I don't remember many things." While talking, the nanny called Huan Chun to her, and she didn't come, the old man Can't help but sigh, "What does the imperial concubine think? The child doesn't understand, so she should be more considerate. When she does a good job, others will only praise her. She is so stingy, why don't people run on her?"

Lan Qi bowed her head in silence, and the nanny asked, "Why don't you let Princess Wen Xian go back to Yonghe Palace, you will feel better after taking care of the little princess."

Lan Qi still shook her head, and said softly: "The queen mother likes Wen Xian very much, and the fifth elder brother will go to the study. It is inevitable that Ningshou Palace will be deserted. With Wen Xian as the grandmother's company, the queen mother will be happier."

The mother said again: "Do you want to let the fourth elder brother..."

Lan Qi shook her head very quickly, and smiled faintly as if thanking Mammy for her kindness, but her smile now makes people feel distressed no matter how they look at it.The empress dowager had already agreed with the emperor that she could not send the fourth elder brother back, but now she said: "If you want to go back to the fourth elder brother, there is always a way to discuss it. Isn't that always there? You are also pregnant, wait a minute." It's okay to hug her to the imperial concubine after giving birth, and she won't be treated badly."

The empress dowager understood that if she said this, she would not be able to take it back, but she believed that Lan Qi would not nod, she said it in the hope that she would feel that she was cared for and favored, so as to warm her cold heart.

Sure enough, Lan Qi said: "I don't know when the sorrow in my heart will be over. There should be no more sad people in the palace. The fourth elder brother is the lifeblood of the imperial concubine. If the fourth elder brother is to leave, the imperial concubine will not be able to recover , the concubine can't do such a thing, and the fourth elder brother will blame the concubine for being too selfish. Even if he returns to Yonghe Palace, his heart is still with the imperial concubine, but now he is in Chengqian Palace, he still has some concubines in his heart. The concubine is satisfied."

"Poor child, it's hard for you to be so generous." The Empress Dowager pulled her to her side.

Lan Qi was about to cry again, but held back, and said softly: "It was the concubine who sent him away, and the concubine should bear everything by herself."

However, the empress dowager is still sick and weak, she is better after seeing Lan Qi, and Lan Qi is better than young and can hold up a little bit of energy, her body has already been emptied, and she will serve the empress dowager in the evening After taking the medicine, my complexion is very bad.The mother advised her to go back to rest earlier, and the empress dowager asked her to send someone to take Concubine De back carefully, and told her: "Come see me when you are well, and I will let go when I know you have recovered. "

Lan Qi asked the Empress Dowager to take good care of her life, and was sent back to the Yonghe Palace by the people of the Palace of Compassion and Ning. She sat tiredly on the shoulders, and slightly opened her eyes to look at the scene on the road. She once held her son's hand on this familiar road. Walked by hand countless times, Yinzuo is lively and active, always likes to run wildly for a while and then rush back to act like a baby, and occasionally falls down in a hurry, so he would cry on the ground, and he had to be hugged by his mother, several times Leading the little fat pier back to the Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi was so tired that she couldn't lift her hands...

Now, the sweet and beautiful memories have become the most painful existence. Every time she thinks of some, her heart feels like a piece has been dug out. She also wants to slow down and get rid of this pain. Night tormented her.

Jianyu stopped suddenly, her body shook to regain her senses, Lan Qi slowly wiped away the tears on her cheeks, before she could raise her head, she heard the child's voice saying: "See Empress Defei."

Looking up, it was the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother standing beside the road with their accompanying eunuchs. Counting the time, they just came back from the study. Fourth elder brother, his eyes just stopped on him and he couldn't move away. Only she could understand how hypocritical the words she said to the empress dowager were.Just because she knew that everything was impossible, she said these words to convince herself and others, unconsciously, as if it was an instinct to survive in this deep palace.

It was such a coincidence that I met the fourth elder brother, and before Lan Qi could react, Huan Chun asked someone to put down his shoulders, and took the initiative to help the master up, as if he wanted to say a few words to her and the fourth elder brother, but the master and servant Approaching the children a little bit, the third elder brother was fine, but Yinzhen took a step back.

Yinzhi is also sensible, knowing about the affairs between the Concubine De and the fourth younger brother, he glanced at Lan Qi behind him, and led his people away first, Yinzhen was obviously at a loss, wanted to keep his brother but Unable to say anything, she simply saluted and was about to leave, but he turned around a little before Lan Qi called out: "Fourth elder brother."

Yin Zhen's body was fixed, and his head slowly lowered. Lan Qi walked slowly around in front of him, bent her knees and squatted down, and looked up at his face, but saw a drop of tears falling down, which shocked her.

"Yinzhen, don't cry." Lan Qi persuaded weakly.

The child raised his hand to wipe away his tears, still lowered his head, but finally said: "It would be fine if I don't let Yinzuo eat snacks, if I eat first, Yinzuo won't die, it's all my fault ..."

"It's nothing, why do you think so?" Lan Qi was heartbroken, and she couldn't help grabbing the fourth elder brother's arm and said, "None of you can leave, you can't replace Yinzuo, and Yinzuo didn't replace you, why? It will be your fault, Yinzhen, don't let your imagination run wild, the imperial concubine will be worried, and I too... Fourth elder brother, I will also worry about you."

Yinzhen looked up at Lan Qi, pursing his lips tightly as if hesitating, but Lan Qi said again: "Brother must be healthy, so he can feel at ease."

"My brother is gone." When Yinzhen mentioned his brother, he couldn't help sobbing, but he tried his best to restrain himself. The conflicted appearance was very distressing. He choked up and said, "My brother is gone. In the future, I will replace my brother." Take care of you, but I can't leave Er Niang, and Er Niang can't leave Yinzhen either."

Lan Qi's heart hurts, but what the child said is right, she just nodded and said with tears in her eyes, "Mistress De will take care of herself, Yinzhen don't worry, Mistress De will live a good life for her younger brother."

"Yeah." Yinzhen wiped away his tears, and took another deep look at Lan Qi, still unconfused, wondering what else was going on in the child's little head, but he didn't say anything to Lan Qi , turned around and called Xiaohezi, and left in a hurry.

The child walked away, Huanchun came to help the master, Lan Qi hardly had the strength to stand up by herself, she finally relied on Huanchun to stand firm, and was about to sit back on her shoulders, when one of the eunuchs suddenly fell down, everyone was shocked, and the people around Going up to see if it was heatstroke, Huanchun asked them to send him to rest, and changed another eunuch to send the master back to the palace.

The nobleman in the Yonghe Palace has been waiting for Lan Qi to come back, taking care of her washing and taking medicine, and the two sisters sat and talked when she settled down. Lan Qi said that she was causing trouble for her sister. She cried bitterly, letting her vent her grievances, and the nobleman advised her to cheer up as soon as possible, so that when the emperor came back from Shengjing, he could see Lan Qi who had recovered as before, and when he mentioned the matter of the emperor, Bu Guiren said: "I heard that Master Nalan, who has been following the emperor, died of illness. It's so sudden. The emperor has had a lot of unsatisfactory things recently."

"Nalan Rongruo?" Lan Qi didn't believe it, but Lord Bu was sure, she murmured in a daze, "How could it be?"

In this way, when Concubine De, who was silent in grief, knew the news of Nalan Rongruo's death, it had already spread throughout the palace. In Xianfu Palace, Concubine Wen Gui had been hesitating whether to visit Jue Chan or not. It was getting dark, so I sent someone to ask Xiang He, and they only said that her master had suffered from heat stroke and was still asleep.After that, I didn't hear any movement in the supporting hall for the whole night. In the blink of an eye, two days passed, and nobleman Jue Chan had been "recovering from illness" in her own room. Concubine Wen Guifei endured for two days, and finally decided to come to see her, but something happened in the palace up.

In fact, it is not so much an accident in the palace as an accident in the entire capital. The epidemic caused by unknown reasons spreads in the capital. Most of the sick people have high fever and the medicine is useless. The lucky people can get through it, but the unlucky people cannot escape the bad luck. , People died one after another, which made people panic.

Such a thing happened in the imperial capital of Gyeonggi. The imperial court used all possible means to control the epidemic. In the process of tracing the cause and treatment methods, it was discovered that the eldest son of the Mingzhu Mansion, who had passed away not long ago, seemed to have died of this epidemic, but it was not yet widespread at that time. Spread, only when he is sick by himself, now looking at the situation of his illness, it can be concluded that he is also affected by the epidemic.

In the palace, many eunuchs and maids had the same symptoms, and some even died because of it. The Empress Dowager ordered that all palaces are not allowed to enter and leave at will. From now on, only exit and no entry is allowed in the Forbidden City. Once a sick person is found, they will be sent out of the palace immediately.And because the news must be passed on to the emperor, the empress dowager ordered the emperor to wait in Shengjing and not return until the epidemic in the capital passed.

Fortunately, the epidemic did not worsen further. The number of new patients in the next few days was greatly reduced compared with the previous two days, and a relatively effective treatment was found to reduce the death as much as possible. Unfortunately, the deep palace , Si elder brother is sick.

According to the order of the Empress Dowager, anyone who is sick will be sent out of the Forbidden City quickly. Two of the concubines have agreed to be sent out for recuperation. Staying in the palace is life-threatening to other people.

Lan Qi heard that the fourth elder brother was ill, as if she was relieved that day and saw the dazzling sunlight, and felt that she was still alive in the pain of her eyes. At this moment, she was anxious and restless, and let her experience the feeling of being alive again. She jumped up from the bed almost straight away, and was about to rush out without putting on her shoes. Huanchun Luzhu stopped her and said that the empress dowager ordered that no one should go out. Lan Qi cried and said, "Huanchun, I don't have Yinzuo anymore. .”

At this moment, Chengqian Palace is also in chaos. Someone is coming to pick up the fourth elder brother from the palace. Lan Qi said, "We can't let them take Yinzhen away, and we can't let them take away the child."

"Imperial Concubine, we can't delay any longer."

"Get out..." The imperial concubine stared at them, stopped in front of her son's room and said, "Or take me away with you."

At this moment, the Palace of Compassion and Ning finally made another decree, allowing the fourth elder brother to recuperate in the palace, but even if the fourth elder brother got better, before the epidemic passed, Chengqian Palace could only enter and no one could leave here.

The imperial concubine knew that her son would not have to be taken away, so her whole body softened. She has been in poor health. She became sick from worrying about the fourth elder brother a while ago. In fact, it was worse than the demented Concubine De. However, the fourth elder brother encountered this difficulty. After such a violent toss just now, he lost all strength now.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." The imperial concubine immediately lost consciousness and was carried away in a hurry. The gate of Chengqian Palace was about to be locked. Someone came to urge the empress to leave if she did not leave. Lan Qi saw Seeing the imperial concubine being carried in, she went to Yinzhen's room without even thinking about it, Huanchun knew that her mind could not be shaken, so she could only say to those people, "Lock it up, my lady wants to take care of the fourth elder brother here."

When Lan Qi entered the room, the child on the sick bed was flushed with fever and short of breath. She didn't feel sad, and followed the instructions of the imperial doctors to reduce the fever and dissipate the child's fever, feed medicine and water, and stayed by his side every step of the way, occasionally stopping, Only then did he look at his son carefully, and then said softly to the child: "Emiang won't let anyone take you away, Yinzhen, didn't you promise me to take care of me for my brother?"

In the main hall, the imperial concubine just woke up and went to see the fourth elder brother. Qinglian said that the concubine de concubine was here, and begged her not to torture her body any more, and cried, "If you have exhausted yourself, the fourth elder brother will be fine. Who will take care of him in the future?"

"Don't curse me." The imperial concubine still has the heart to scold Qinglian, but she knows her body, she really can't even sit up, and now knowing that Concubine De is beside the child, she feels at ease in her heart that she doesn't want to admit. There are also unconcealed dissatisfaction and jealousy, and when she is a little more energetic, she says, "I can take good care of Yinzhen without her, Yinzhen is fine, I have to be on guard, don't let her take credit, take the opportunity to take the child back .”

Qinglian knew that her master had such a temper, and the most important thing right now is peace in the world, who cares about her words of losing her temper, after that, she endured it day by day, and two days passed in the blink of an eye. It's not going to get better, only Empress De Fei, who is guarding the child, is still calm.

That night, she continued to dissipate the heat and reduce the fever of the child with her own hands according to the doctor's instructions. When everything stopped, everyone was surprised to find that the fourth elder brother's face calmed down. Lan Qi touched the child's head and felt much warmer. , held his son's hand and said: "If Yin Zuo knew, he must worship his brother even more."

All night long, Lan Qi stayed by her son's side, touched his increasingly gentle body, and listened to his increasingly gentle breathing. The tired Lan Qi fell asleep at the end of the bed, and when she became conscious, she felt Seeing a hand touching her forehead, she opened her eyes in a daze, and seeing Yinzhen in front of her eyes, she couldn't tell whether she was dreaming or waking up, but the child said, "Mrs. Defei, you sweat a lot."

"Yinzhen, are you awake?" Lan Qi was fully awake. As soon as she made a sound, people outside followed her, and she was leaving to report the good news to the imperial concubine. The gate of Chengqian Palace suddenly opened, and the figure of the emperor appeared Appearing in the morning light, the traveler walked in a hurry, the eunuchs and court ladies didn't even bother to salute, the emperor ran straight to Yinzhen's room.

Xuanye rushed into the door, seeing Lan Qi hugging Yinzhen, Yinzhen said with some discomfort: "Ms. De, you hug me too tightly, my arm hurts so much."

But Lan Qi cried and said, "Yinzhen is doing well..."

Xuan Ye's long-hanging heart finally let go, and Yinzhen also saw his father, and called out "Huang Ama".

Only then did Lan Qi let go of the child, and turned around to look in astonishment. Seeing Xuan Ye really in front of her eyes, she couldn't help asking: "Why is the emperor back? The empress dowager wants you to wait in Shengjing."

"Yinzhen is sick, I must come back." Xuan Ye said these words, his eyes completely stopped on Lan Qi, the person in front of him was still so haggard, but she came back to life, the former Wu Ya Lan Qi was in front of her eyes again up.