Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Fourth elder brother, Miss Yuxi is really pretty." Xiaohe Zixixi leaned forward, was slapped on the forehead by the master, Yinzhen glared at him and went to Yuxi, the little girl bowed her knees and walked Li, he asked, "Did you come early?"

Yuxi nodded: "It's been a long time since I've been here, and I've already eaten porridge in Ningshou Palace."

Yinzhen smiled: "I just ate porridge." As if he didn't know what to say, he asked, "Are you leaving now?"

Yuxi shook her head with a smile: "I specially waited for the fourth elder brother to come back. My ama got a few calligraphy and paintings from Jiangnan, and I sent them to the palace to invite the empress Defei to enjoy them. The empress said that the fourth elder brother likes them, so let me bring them to you first. Choose, if you like it, keep it, if you don't like it, the empress will keep it."

Yinzhen groaned and wanted to go to his own room, but Yuxi stood still and called out to him, "It's not very convenient to go to Si elder brother's room. The calligraphy and paintings are placed in the main hall, so it's spacious and can be spread out there."

The little girl's face was reddish, she lowered her eyes in embarrassment, because she didn't see the fourth elder brother answering, she turned around and went to the main hall, but Yinzhen was stunned, and was pushed by Xiao Hezi before following, but saw that there was a new carpet in the main hall , there were a few scrolls scattered about on the carpet, Yuxi jumped in and knelt down on the carpet, beckoned to Si elder brother and said: "I can't see clearly later when it's dark, I'm afraid it will burn if I light a candle."

Yinzhen hurriedly moved away from the door, and the light shone in brighter, falling on Yuxi's face, her beautiful and fair cheeks seemed to be shining brightly, she smiled and turned her head to speak, but saw Si elder brother's eyes stopped straight On her body, the little girl's heart fluttered, she lowered her face shyly, and said softly, "Si elder brother, do you like it?"

"I like it." Yin Zhen blurted out.

Yuxi looked up at him in a daze, her cheeks were flushed and her eyes flickered, and she timidly said, "Do you like this painting?"

Yinzhen hurriedly withdrew his gaze, turned his gaze to the painting in her hand, nodded and said, "I like it, I'll keep this one. I've also learned to draw recently, so it's good to copy it when I have time."

"Yes." Yuxi carefully rolled up the scroll, took another sneak peek at Yinzhen, turned her face and said softly, "After the empress passed away, I became ill, and I have never been able to enter the palace to say my condolences to the fourth elder brother , Seeing that the fourth elder brother is in good spirits today, I feel relieved."

Yinzhen asked: "You are sick, are you well?"

Yuxi smiled: "Of course I can only enter the palace when I'm healthy, Si elder brother sees how I look?"

Yinzhen smiled lightly, nodded and said, "Your face is flushed, and you are very energetic." After a pause, he said softly, "You are getting more and more beautiful."

Yuxi nervously rolled up and released the painting scroll in his hand, and spit out a few words for a long time: "I believe what you say."

Outside the hall door, Xiao Hezi was holding the door open to peek, and suddenly Qing Lian kicked his buttocks and grabbed his ear and carried him away, but he smiled and covered his ears and said, "Look, aunt, master hasn't smiled for a long time, Miss Yuxi Sure enough, there is a way."

Qinglian reproached and said: "In the future, you will become Fujin and your master, if you dare to look at the door like this, you will definitely dig out your eyeballs."

Xiaohezi smiled foolishly, and said with great anticipation: "I don't know when I will be able to call Fujin, the prince hasn't married a wife yet."

"You talk too much, I will break your leg when I return to Empress Defei." Qing Lian twisted Xiaohezi's ears hard, and scolded him, "Take care of the master wholeheartedly, don't think about other people's affairs, the prince and brothers thing, should you say it?"

Xiaohezi was afraid of being beaten, so he promised again and again, but he was still punished by Qinglian not to have dinner, but later went to Yonghe Palace to answer, and the empress Defei heard that the fourth elder brother and Miss Yuxi were reading and writing together, and happily rewarded him with a plate of sesame seeds Sugar, naturally there are better snacks to bring back for elder brother and young lady to eat.

Let’s say that Yinzhen and Yuxi were just admiring the calligraphy and painting in the main hall, and Yinzhen asked people to take all the brushes and books there. Yuxi sat aside and polished the ink, and Yinzhen recited the book without distraction. Before he knew it, it was getting late and Chengqian Palace As soon as the Neihua lights came on, Qinglian came in with the snacks that Xiao Hezi had brought back from the Yonghe Palace, and said softly: "Miss, are you hungry? Our fourth elder brother has not had dinner recently, I'm afraid you are hungry."

Yuxi smiled and said nothing, Yinzhen saw that the snacks were very delicate, and he had a little appetite, but he was afraid that Yuxi would be hungry, so he said: "We took some and sat on the porch to eat, the room was stuffy for a long time, I wanted to breathe."

Qinglian was very happy, and hurried to set it up. When they came out, there were pots on both sides of the burning stove, animal skin blankets on the stools, and a small table in the middle with an exquisite copper stove. A pot of milk tea is warmed by a steady flame.

The two sat down and ate a few pieces of snacks, Yinzhen personally handed Yuxi a cup of warm milk tea, felt very cold when touched between his fingers, he couldn't help saying: "Are you cold?"

Yuxi cupped the milk tea and covered her hands and said: "Hands are always cold in winter, unless you cover them under the covers. The doctor said that your body is weak and bloodless, and you have been taking medicine to recuperate."

"You are so young, why don't you just take medicine all the time?" The fourth elder brother seems to be very resistant to taking medicine, probably because he has watched his adoptive mother take medicine for many years, but she still feels that medicine is unreliable after all.

Yuxi drank two sips of hot milk, her body was warm, and her face was flushed again, but seeing the fourth elder brother frowning, she was a little nervous, remembering what Er Niang and Ama had said by accident before entering the palace, her heart beat, she hesitated Again and again, I mustered up the courage to ask: "Si elder brother, are you called Defei Empress Erniang now?"

At the earliest and earliest, Yuxi was the first one to ask him. At that time, the fourth elder brother answered without thinking, but today he was stunned, drinking milk tea all night by himself for a long time before answering: "I always feel, It's not quite the same."

Yuxi heard that Ama Erniang was worried in private, saying that there were rumors in the palace that the empress de concubine and the mother and son of the fourth elder brother were not in harmony, and she had been hanging in her heart all the time. When she saw the empress de concubine today, she was still so gentle and intimate, but the fourth elder brother looked weird weird.

"I heard it outside the palace..." Yuxi was very nervous, let go of the teacup in her hand, twirled her fingers under the table, and said slowly, "Si elder brother and Empress Defei, are you not in harmony? Why are you still talking?" Living alone in Chengqian Palace?"

Yinzhen looked at her with a straight face: "Er Niang asked you to tell me these things?"

Yuxi hurriedly shook her head, blushing anxiously: "It's nothing, I heard that Ama was worried about Er Niang, and I too..." Her eyes were shining, as if she was about to shed tears, but she held back, only slightly choked up, " I am also worried about you, after the empress died, I always cried and refused to recover from my illness."

Yinzhen lowered his eyes: "Emperor Niang likes you very much, she was very happy when you came to accompany her for a few days."

"Where's Empress Defei?" Yu Xi seemed to have said it, but instead of being afraid, she asked clearly, "Is there really something wrong between you and Empress Defei?"

"How can I be so awkward with Er Niang?" Yinzhen said, but his expression was low, as if he was talking to himself, "But after the Queen Er Niang left, Er Niang treated me differently. She used to be very gentle and always smiled. , but now there are always serious things being said, and I don't like to hear them."

"The elders are always better than us..."

"I know." Yinzhen interrupted Yuxi, and continued on his own, "I just found out a few days ago that on the day Huang Ama asked homework, the third brother and eighth brother who asked questions knew it well, and they also worked hard to learn. , I recited it with my heart, but the prince's brother did not do well that day, and they all pretended to be stupid on purpose when they got on the wheel. Only I was too proud and insisted on arguing about it. I only now understand that what Er Niang said hit everything, I am very sad and regretful.”

"Is there anything you can't say to my mother-in-law?" Yuxi said softly, but she didn't dare to meet Yinzhen's eyes. I am well behaved and polite. I also have grandmothers and aunts who dote on me at home. Relying on their doting, I would occasionally get angry with Er Niang, and even talk back to Ama. Er Niang was angry for a few days and ignored me, and Ama was in a hurry They even wanted to beat me, but after a few days I made a mistake and acted like a spoiled child, and everything was fine. My aunt and grandma said that the teeth and tongue were still fighting."

Yinzhen smiled lightly: "I used to lose my temper and talk back to Queen Mother, sometimes I didn't speak for several days, but it got better soon."

Yuxi smiled and said: "But now that we've all grown up, does Si elder brother think that at this age, we can't be coquettish anymore?"

Yinzhen's mood gradually improved, and he nodded as if he was a little embarrassed, and said, "I want to admit my mistake, I want to talk to Emiang carefully, and I will listen to her carefully in the future. But I just feel awkward. As soon as you roll on the couch, nothing will happen."

Yuxi also relaxed, smiled like a flower, and said softly: "Didn't you sleep with the empress with the sixth elder brother before? Then come again, lie down and have a good talk with the empress, I won't tell others."

Yinzhen laughed out loud, and said embarrassingly: "Nonsense."

Both of them were in a good mood, and the fire in the copper stove was getting hotter, but suddenly they heard the crisp and bright voice of a child in front of the door calling for the fourth brother, and yelled impatiently: "Hurry up, Xiao Chen'er, you are too slow. "

Qinglian came with more people lighting up lanterns, and the courtyard was brightly lit, but seeing Princess Wen Xian leading her chubby younger sister, Wen Chen swayed as she walked, and she was dressed thickly. Like a cotton ball rolling over.

Yinzhen stepped forward to pick up the little sister, Wen Chen sweetly kissed the elder brother, saw Yuxi following up, and shouted with a smile: "Beautiful sister."

When the little devil king brought his younger sister, the atmosphere of Yinzhen and Yuxi's good talk was broken, and they could only accompany the two little troublemakers in the warm pavilion. Sister, this trouble caused something to happen.

When she was carried back to the Yonghe Palace crying and screaming, Lan Qi watched Huanchun and the others apply medicine to her scalded daughter before hearing Yuxi and Yinzhen explain tremblingly that Wen Xian saw Yuxi feeding hot milk For Xiao Chen'er to eat, she insisted on leaning over and overturned the hand stove on the table, and the charcoal sparks in it splashed out and landed on the back of her hand.

Lan Qi knew that it was her daughter who was being naughty, and it was just two small wounds on the back of her hand. She couldn't blame Yuxi, so she just said gently: "It's okay, you guys go to rest earlier, Yuxi is in Ningxia tonight. Live in the Shou Palace, let Luzhu take you there, and the Queen Mother will have a rest later."

Yuxi Fushen agreed, and before leaving, she winked at the fourth elder brother, but Yinzhen avoided it in embarrassment, she was a little anxious, and simply said: "Empress Defei, the fourth elder brother has something to tell you, the servant girl will leave first. After saying that, he turned and ran away, leaving Lan Qi and Yinzhen looking at each other, the little man's face gradually turned red, and he held back for a long time and said, "Emiang, it's too noisy here."