Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The emperor wanted to hurry back to the Forbidden City, he didn't have much time to explain, he just said you are waiting for me to come, and handed Lan Qi to his trusted inner guard, the guard respectfully invited the empress to get on the carriage, and the carriage left with the holy driver Changchun Garden, but it didn't take long before they left on the road.

Lan Qi was only accompanied by Huan Chun, the master and servant didn't know where they were going, and when the carriage finally stopped, they heard someone outside say: "Madam, we are here."

Madame should be the name for her outside the palace. Although Lan Qi is still young, she is no longer a teenage girl, and her temperament is also different. The brocade that ordinary people can get is full of nobleness, and now when you get out of the car, the people who greet you at the door are very eye-catching.

"Madam, please come inside. The other guests are gone. The best room has been cleaned for you. The quilts and quilts on the bed are all the latest, and the teacups and utensils on the table have never been used. Madam, please be careful on the steps." The middle-aged man in the store was very attentive, but when she was about to get close to Lan Qi, the guard in ordinary clothes stopped her and said, "My wife is taken care of by herself, so you don't need to worry about it."

Lan Qi smiled and said nothing, followed into the door, it was a big and spacious inn, there were more than a dozen Eight Immortals tables under the hall, I don't know what it is like to have a lot of guests, but now it is empty, and the words echo.

The inn has three floors. According to the storekeeper, the second and third floors are all guest rooms, and the third floor has only two high-class rooms. Lan Qi came along and saw that the second floor is also very luxurious and exquisite, so she said with a smile: "I want to come to your store Is it a famous inn in the capital?"

The shopkeeper's face clearly showed a bit of pride, and he clasped his fists in humility: "Don't dare to be or not, it's just the love of old customers. It's the first time I saw Madam. It doesn't sound like someone from other places. You are from the capital, right?"

In the end, the guard scolded the storekeeper again: "Ask me what you are doing so much. Our wife is tired on the road, so I need to rest. I quickly opened the room and went down quickly. We gave you the money. I made it clear before that I don't want you guys." Dangle in front of your eyes."

Lan Qi didn't want to cause trouble to the guards, and didn't want to lose her dignity, so she ignored the shop owner and waited until she entered the spacious guest room. It is as big as Lan Qi's two rooms in Ruijingxuan. Sure enough, although the royal family of the Tian family is luxurious and majestic, as long as they have money, the folks can do anything. In the past, when you went to the south of the Yangtze River, the mansions of the two weaving mansions were enough. It was an eye-opener for Lan Qi.

At this moment, the shopkeeper retreated, and the guards explained to Empress Defei that the man was not the boss, this shop was opened by relatives of Mr. Cao Yincao, and Mr. Cao also had a title, so everything he did was in the officialdom In business, there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries on weekdays, so that person is bold and has a high price. Please don't care about the concubine.

Of course Lan Qi didn't care about these things, even if the entire inn was empty all the way up, she knew what was going on, and within ten steps someone might come out to protect her, since Xuan Ye sent her here , the emperor must have made proper arrangements long ago.

"Is the emperor going to come directly at night?" Lan Qi asked, but she didn't have the nerve to speak to the guards in her heart, she just waited to see Xuan Ye at night, and asked him if the empress dowager knew they ran out to play.

After that, no one came to bother the master and the servant. The room was empty and everything was complete, but after all it was just a guest room, and it was not new to walk around twice. Lan Qi sat under the window and looked at the lively two streets outside. Looking at the scene, he said wearily: "Why send me here early in the morning, just sit and wait for a day, what's the point of being locked up here, he just wants to come out as soon as he comes out."

Huan Chun sat at the table and cut a plate of fruit, said with a smile, "It's a pity that I can't go out for a stroll, otherwise it's very lively outside, and the slaves haven't been out of the palace for a long time."

If it had been a few years earlier, Lan Qi would have excitedly told Huan Chun that it would be better for them to go shopping in the street first. Anyway, there must be guards within ten steps, so she is not afraid of being abducted, but now she is the mother of several children. , has long since lost that impulsive and reckless temperament, even if he wanted to go out and have a look in his heart, he didn't dare to do such a thing, not to mention causing trouble to the guards, if something really happened, Xuanye still didn't give up this inn. Demolished.

"It's boring." Lan Qi sat lazily at the table. Although the melons and fruits are fresh, she hasn't eaten anything good now, so naturally she doesn't care. She doesn't eat a piece of cantaloupe. She gets up and dangles in front of the window. Still complaining: "It's boring, I'm still thinking about the Empress Dowager, what if the old man doesn't know that I'm coming out?"

Huan Chun was happy, she felt that the Empress Dowager should know that there was a knock on the door outside, so she wiped her hands and went out to be obedient, and after a while she came in with a bright smile and said, "Ask Your Majesty if you have rested, the Emperor ordered the guards to arrange for your Majesty Before noon, I went to Chenghuang Temple to burn incense, there are many people there, today is not the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but I can go there, I just ask my wife not to wander around, and we will come back immediately after burning incense and worshiping Buddha."

"It was arranged by the emperor?" Lan Qi was relieved now, and quickly threw the melon in her hand, and asked Huanchun to wash her hands and change her clothes. Standing in front of the mirror and seeing herself in brocade, she said with a smile, "It's where the common people often go. It’s not good to dress like this.”

Huanchun didn't prepare any plain clothes when he went out, who would have thought that it was a private visit, but soon someone knocked on the door again, saying that they forgot to give the clothes to the empress.

Sending in two common clothes, both the master and the servant changed from head to toe, and all the headgear on the bun, Lan Qi only inserted a silver-studded jade hairpin into the bun, and the person in the mirror changed his face, Lan Qi Smiling excitedly: "If the emperor saw me like this at night, he might not recognize me."

After going out, the storekeeper saw the two people changing their outfits downstairs, their mouths were half open and they didn’t know what to say, but the guards around Lan Qi were too domineering to allow them to talk too much, the carriage outside had already been prepared, and a group of people wore Lan Qi and Huan Chun are no strangers to the Temple of the City God through the streets and alleys. Before they entered the palace, they were ordinary people, and they would burn incense and worship Buddha in the streets. It has become another world that is close at hand but out of reach.

Today's tenth day is not as lively as the first and fifteenth day of the new year. Although there are many people, they are not too difficult to walk. The two entered the Town God's Temple smoothly. Huan Chun helped them donate incense and worshiped incense. Zhixiang enters the main hall, pays homage to Lord Chenghuang, Huanchun invites the three incense sticks to the incense table, Lan Qi kneels on the futon, clases her hands together and prays devoutly, when Huanchun delivers the incense and turns around, she sees the smiling master silently cry.

They didn't stay in Chenghuang Temple for too long, and the carriages and horses quickly sent the master and servant back to the inn. They were silent all the way, and when they returned to the inn, when Huanchun asked if they wanted to change their clothes, Lan Qi got a little more energetic and smiled. He said: "Just now I heard the women beside me in the Temple of the City God say that there is a night market tonight, I want to go shopping and see if I can wait for the emperor to come back."

Seeing that she was in a better mood, Huan Chun asked, "Why did your empress cry just now, do you miss Sixth Elder Brother again?"

Lan Qi nodded, with a bit of sadness in the corner of her eyes: "Master Chenghuang is in charge of the affairs of the underworld, so I naturally ask for a blessing for Yinzuo. In fact, thinking about it, it's just to comfort myself."

"Is that why the emperor asked you to go to the Town God's Temple?" Huanchun seemed to understand, and comforted the master, "For the sake of the emperor's carefulness, don't be sad. The servants are still very confused. There are many big temples in the capital. , why go to the Temple of the City God, there are so many people there, it is not very convenient."

"No matter what the emperor thinks, I'm already content." She turned and looked out of the window. Although the place is high and has a wide view, the Forbidden City cannot be seen. It is an invisible relaxation for the body and mind, even though she has lived in Changchun Garden for several days. After all, it has been more than ten years since the Forbidden City was bound.

At this moment in the Forbidden City, the Prince’s lecture has just ended, and all the elder brothers who have gone to the study stand in a row in the Qianqing Palace. The emperor sits at the table and looks at the words they have written these days. Except for the fifth elder brother, they are all making progress , but the emperor's grandmother told him not to be too demanding on the fifth elder brother, and she just mentioned it briefly.

At this moment, the emperor raised his head in a good mood, and saw a row of tall and low children in front of him. The youngest, the seventh elder brother, was standing beside the fifth elder brother. He was born with a handicap. , Xuanye looked over one by one, between Yinqi and Yinyou, a piece of his heart was suddenly missing.

If Yin Zuo was still there, what would he look like now? After two years of studying in the study, he should no longer be so mischievous, or he would be hard-tempered and refused to be honest in the study. Temper, maybe he will coax her for the child in two years, but God took back those burdens of happiness before he had time to give them to him, because he was afraid that the burden on his shoulders was already heavy enough, or that he, Ama Not doing enough?

He admitted that although they are all his children, whether they are the prince born to the queen or the elder brother who promised to live forever, Xuan Ye cherishes every child, but people's hearts are born with bias, and he can't escape it.In addition to loving a few of these children, he also tried his best to educate other children. In the future, they will be the ministers of the court and the royal prince Baylor. The branches and leaves of Aixinjueluo stretch out from the Forbidden City, and it is up to them to support the powerful The royal family, the inheritance of the Manchu people, really started from his generation.

At this time, Eunuch Li came in from the outside and said that the eighth elder brother was waiting. Xuanye let his son in, but Yinhu came in obediently and respectfully. After saluting his father, he saw the brothers again.Xuan Ye has always heard that the eighth elder brother has a gentle temperament, and he is indeed a sensible and intelligent child. Seeing him today, he feels that he has grown up suddenly, but going to the study is a serious and solemn thing. Your master has seen the ceremony, and he will go to the study room tomorrow. There are strict rules in the study room. Your imperial brothers are doing a good job. I hope you can concentrate on studying like them. We Manchus must thoroughly understand the knowledge of the Han people. , in order to take good charge of the world.”

The eighth elder brothers agreed one by one, and then the emperor asked a few more things, and then had lunch with Zhu elder brothers. In the afternoon, the eighth elder brothers went to the study room to see the ceremony, and watched the sons' riding and shooting together until sunset. To prepare to leave the palace.

In the harem, everyone was looking forward to where the emperor would come out of the palace to sit and sit, but the emperor had sent someone to greet the imperial concubine, and he hadn't seen anyone. Even the imperial concubine was looking forward to seeing the emperor, but only When Eunuch Li came to greet her, she would naturally not be rude in front of others. After Eunuch Li left, she complained to Qinglian: "He comes and goes in a hurry, what is hooking him in the garden?"

Qinglian said: "The empress dowager is taking care of her body, the emperor is afraid that she is not at ease."

The imperial concubine sneered: "Have you heard the rumors in the palace? It is said that the little promise who went out of the Yonghe Palace has now made the emperor very happy. I think it would not be unusual for her to come back as a noble person."

But it is not that there is someone in Changchun Garden who seduces the emperor. The person who seduces his heart is hiding in the well of the capital at the moment. Lan Qi spends a day in the inn bored. She, who is busy every day, suddenly calms down. Feeling leisurely and at ease, but inexplicably empty and anxious, always feel uneasy about not doing something, Huan Chun laughed at her toil, and he said triumphantly, "Isn't it true that those who are able work more?"

Fortunately, Huanchun was with her, and when the sunset gradually faded from the west, she finally heard the movement outside. There were three rooms here, and she couldn't hear it clearly. Lan Qi ran to the door, and when the familiar footsteps approached , Xuan Ye was outside as soon as the door opened abruptly.

The emperor was wearing an ordinary brown robe. When he saw Lan Qi open the door, dressed as a commoner's woman, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but then both of them laughed. I'm suffocated, it's really boring to come out like this, so I'm going back now, right?"

Xuan Ye laughed: "The fun is just beginning. I asked them to find a reason to hold a market tonight. Let's go shopping."

Lan Qi remembered that today in the Town God's Temple, several women asked each other if they could come out for a stroll at night, and she also told Huan Chun that she would join in the fun, but Xuan Ye took the initiative to tell her to go out, even this night market rally was given by the emperor. It was done, when the cars and horses passed by, Lan Qi asked Xuan Ye in a low voice: "The emperor wants a thousand dollars in exchange for a beautiful smile?"

Xuanye looked at her leisurely, and said contentedly: "I saw you unhappy a few days ago, I know that no matter how clean the garden is, there are things that bother you, and it's not really free, even for a day or two, I will I also want to take you out for a stroll."

Although the emperor didn't say it clearly, Lan Qi guessed that he was guilty of Zhang's promise. Recently, the emperor promised Zhang a lot of favors, and rumors spread in the garden. He was probably afraid that he would be unhappy.But to put it another way, it is very common for the emperor to favor his concubines, and if there is no Zhang promise, Li promises the king to agree. Now that the emperor feels guilty and takes her out to relax, Lan Qi is content after all.

The night market is very lively. Although it is not the first time I saw something new, but I have been in the palace for more than ten years, and all this has long been only an impression. After the southern tour, I only remember the exhaustion of the journey. Many things have even been thought about now. Can't get up.Melting into the crowd of ordinary people at this moment, Lan Qi stepped on the dirt on the ground and said to Xuan Ye: "Now, I feel down-to-earth in the world, in the palace..." Shocked, she hurriedly covered her mouth , and then smiled brightly, "At home, I always feel like I'm on the clouds every day."

Xuan Ye smiled happily: "Your husband is at the top of the world, so what's so special about you staying with him on the clouds?"

While talking, he called Huanchun to her, took the money bag from the guard and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "I want to buy something later, you just pay the money quickly, don't let your wife touch the money bag, She has to hide half of it, and the other half is willing to spend two minutes later."

Lan Qi was so angry that her cheeks were puffed up, she hummed and turned around to sneak into the crowd, but Xuan Ye's sharp eyes quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her out, and said with a stern face: "Bastard, this is where you wandered? Follow me honestly .”

Huanchun covered her mouth and smiled, and seeing the emperor holding hands with his wife without any scruples, she felt warm in her heart, and followed behind her attentively. She hadn't experienced the joy of spending money for a long time, and followed the emperor and concubine around. , It didn't take long for the "little servants" who followed behind to have their hands full of big bags and small bags.

At this moment, the two of them stopped in front of a shop. The shop sold all kinds of candied snacks, some looked rough and some were finer than those in the palace. Lan Qi said that she wanted to pick some back for the old grandmother. Seeing Xuanye want to taste it, how could the emperor be interested in this kind of thing, waiting for her impatiently.Lan Qi ate a kind of preserved fruit that she had never seen before. She tore a bit and ran to find Huan Chun. Just as she stuffed it into her mouth and asked if it was delicious, there was a sudden commotion on the street. Many people suddenly started running and restless.

Although the emperor and concubine are surrounded by many guards, they can't resist the surging flow of people. I don't know what happened in front of them. Everyone runs to this side. The common people, Xuan Ye and Lan Qi Huanchun were separated in an instant, and the flow of people increased, shouting and crying, and the source of the restlessness gradually became blazing.

Huan Chun held Master's hand tightly for fear of being separated again, but the restless flow of people kept rushing towards them, and when they regained their senses, they were already squeezed away from the shop just now, and there was no familiar face around them. With the guards by her side, she wouldn't be able to recognize which one was the Concubine De.

When the crowd was no longer crowded, the master and servant did not know where they were. The streets that were brightly lit just now, because of an inexplicable disturbance, many lights were extinguished, and the common people rushed home familiarly. People who haven't been on the street for several years, other than standing in place, have no idea where to go.

"Your Majesty, what should we do? Is the Emperor coming back to look for us?" Huan Chun was very nervous, with one hand still tightly holding on to the master, as if she was afraid that she would fall off.

"Let's not wander around, and we won't be able to find it even if we walk around. Where did we get squeezed in just now?" Lan Qi looked around the dark road. People who are busy packing their things may not be desolate and uninhabited, but who should they ask?

Huan Chun hurriedly asked: "Ma'am, what's the name of that inn? Do you remember?"