Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Besides, since Wang and Yuan entered the palace, because of their status, Lan Qi had never set foot in their courtyard. The first time she came back, it was a cold and windy night. When the warm sedan stopped in front of the courtyard, Wang Chang was wearing the house Li Changyi was waiting at the door without even wearing a cloak, and the beauty shivered under the lantern.

"Is Yuan promise okay?" Lan Qi asked.

"If you go back to the empress, the younger sister just keeps crying, arguing to see the little princess." Wang Changzai said helplessly, with his head lowered, "The concubine tried to persuade me for a long time, but it was useless. I'm afraid that something will happen to her, so I want to tell the empress to know."

"Go into the house and tell me, you're freezing." Lan Qi said lightly, and walked into the house with her cloak wrapped around her. Although the yard is small, it is also a two-entry yard. Wang Chang lived in the front and Yuan promised to live in the back. Then, a group of people walked into Yuan Xu's room. She just gave birth yesterday, and many things in the room have not been removed.

On the bed, Yuan Ying curled up in the maid's arms and wept. The maid told her that the concubine De concubine was coming, but she didn't respond. Wang Chang stepped forward to pull her, but she pushed her away, causing a very ugly scene.

Someone moved a seat for the concubine De, and Lan Qi sat in front of the bed, but Wang Changzai said softly: "For the past half a month, my sister has been in a bad mood every day, and she is suspicious and worried that she will give birth soon. The imperial doctor has several hours a day." After giving birth yesterday, she fell asleep and cried all the time when she woke up, saying that the concubines and maids had snatched her child away, that her child would not survive."

"The little princess is in Elder Brother's house. Aunt Su Mala is in charge of Elder Brother's affairs now. The princess will get the best care, so why worry?" Lan Qi looked serious, looking at the huddled up on the bed. Yuan Shi, remembered that the two sisters were quiet and docile people before, but it was strange for everyone to suddenly make such a fuss.

"Give me back the child..." Yuan promised to cry in the maid's arms. The maid told her over and over again that the concubine Defei was here and let the concubine Defei decide, but she didn't seem to respond. Lan Qi looked at it and felt that She's out of her mind.

After I gave birth to my fourth elder brother, I was depressed for a while, and I refused to wear a corset. The people who were making trouble outside didn't know, but they finally calmed down later, but even when the trouble was the worst, it wasn't like Yuan promised.

"Your Majesty?" At this moment, everyone saw De Concubine Empress getting up and approaching Yuan Ying, and they couldn't help but want to stop her, but Lan Qi had already walked in front of her, and Yuan Shi looked at her in horror, panting roughly in her throat, obviously very scared .

"Sister Yuan, do you still recognize me?" Lan Qi grabbed her hand suddenly.

"Let go of me! Let me go!" screaming Yuan promised to break away from Lan Qi's hand, crying into the palace maid's arms, vaguely heard saying "Master Ping is coming to kill me, she is coming to kill my child... "

Lan Qi frowned when she heard the sound, the people around her opened their mouths in disbelief, no one else made any movement in the room, only Yuan promised to cry: "She's coming to kill me, Mr. Ping is here, take me She drove away..."

"She usually says that?" Lan Qi glared at Wang Changzai. Wang Changzai was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "I only mentioned a few words occasionally. This is the first time this concubine has heard of it."

"What happened?" Lan Qi asked again, but Wang was frightened by Concubine De, and she couldn't speak with tears. Huan Chun signaled the idlers to wait, and helped Wang Changzai up from the side, and said gently, " Chang Zai, please don't cry, the empress is worried about you agreeing with Yuan, otherwise she wouldn't have come here in the middle of the night, if you have anything to say, just tell the empress."

The weak woman finally calmed down, sobbed and said: "A few days ago, Mrs. Ping sent something, which frightened Sister Yuan. After that day, she became a little crazy. The concubine dared not publicize it, thinking that she would get better in a few days. , who knew it would become like this.”

"What did you bring?" Lan Qi tried her best to hold back her temper.

"It's something for children, but there is a white doll in it." Wang Changzai cried and ran to the cabinet Yuan promised, and took out a cloth bag from a deep place. Spread out in front of Lan Qi, was a white doll with birth date written on it, needle holes all over the body, dyed black with the blood of some kind of animal.

Huanchun was afraid of spoiling the master, so she took it away after looking at it, while Wang Changzai cried, "It was mixed in the gift from Mr. Pinggui. Sister Yuan was too scared to bring it up when she saw it. This birth date belongs to Sister Yuan, and she has always felt that Pinggui is going to kill her and the child."

"It's these tricks again, you can't play something new in the palace." Such words seemed familiar, Lan Qi smiled coldly, but seeing the crying Yuan Xu, other thoughts inadvertently appeared in her heart, and she sighed on her face Said, "Let the imperial doctor look at it for a few more days, if it's still not good, then let the emperor know how to deal with it after seeing it. Right now Mo Bei is in a tight spot, and the emperor is upset. Don't bother him with the matter of the harem."

Wang Chang replied, and Lan Qi told her a few more words. Before leaving, she ordered Huan Chun to take the doll away, and said nothing else.Wang Chang sent Concubine De to the door all the way. As soon as the people in Yonghe Palace left, she immediately ran back to the backyard. Yuan Xu was already wiping her face in the room. Seeing her coming back, she asked anxiously: "Will your empress believe it? Sister , I was almost scared to death just now, but Empress Defei looked at her silently, her eyes seemed to see through me."

Wang Chang said, covering the door of his heart, "I see that you are crying very much. I thought you were really crazy when you got rid of your mother. Your mother is so nervous, so she must believe it."

Yuan promised to be very tired, pretending to be crazy was too much effort, panting and said: "As long as someone takes care of her, our life will be easier. It's not that we want to frame her, it's that she bullies us openly and secretly. We are in the palace. What else can I do if I'm helpless?"

"You should rest first. You have to work hard to pretend these days. The people in our yard are not reliable. Who knows if something will be spread." Wang Changzai was also exhausted, and he sat on the side and said, " I hope that the empress can help us this time. After punishing that noble person, it will be easier for others to deal with. Our status is low and we have no reliance. Long Live God just doesn’t think about us these days, and they all come to bully us. There will be newcomers in the harem, do we want to be slaughtered by others?"

Yuan Ying said worriedly: "Is Empress Defei reliable?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head: "Anyway, there is no one else better than her. The family always says that it is best to win Yonghe Palace as much as possible."

No one thought that Yuan promised this madness purely as a play for others to see. The Concubine De concubine came in the middle of the night, and someone would want to find out why tomorrow. Wang Changzai and Yuan promised because they were afraid that the concubine Defei would return to them Going to the Yonghe Palace to ask for help is like nothing, so it is so ugly to deliberately make trouble.

On the side of Yonghe Palace, when Lan Qi came back, it was getting darker at night, as expected, someone from Jingyang Palace had already sent to ask what was the matter, Huan Chun replied on behalf of the master, Yuan promised that there was nothing special about it.When they entered the door, everyone waited for them to wash up. It was almost midnight, and Lan Qi lay down tiredly by herself, so she urged Huan Chun to go to rest as well.

Huan Chun said: "The slave girl put away the doll, what are you doing with this filthy thing, is it possible that the empress wants to confront the nobleman with it?"

"What is the confrontation, let's wait a few days before we talk about it." Lan Qi shook her head, thinking for a while, "Ms. Ping may not hurt them with real swords and guns. I walked away tonight. If she really uses some crooked thinking, Don't worry about these two days, aren't you afraid that I will stare at her?"

"That's the reason. Speaking of which, nobleman Ping has been pretty peaceful these days, and he hasn't seen troubles like he used to." Huanchun also felt strange.

Lan Qi said: "Mr. Ping has been in Taiping recently. If you have to say it's strange, Yuan promised herself. If you are really insane and ask the imperial physician, the imperial physician dare not hide it. In those few days, I only knew that Yuan promised that he was not stable and would give birth at any time. The imperial physician’s reply did not mention her spirit.”

Huan Chun laughed and said, "Could it be that Master suspects that Wang Changzai and Yuan promised to lie to you?"

Lan Qi sighed and said: "Mr. Ping has been in the palace for some time anyway, so he won't be so stupid in doing things. He was about to deceive them, so why would he put the doll in the gift he sent? Either the two sisters are stupid or not. , I thought I could believe it, so I made these things up on purpose, or else Mr. Pinggui is too stupid and vicious, or worse, there may be a third or fourth person. One scene, making everyone look ugly, why bother?"

Huanchun didn't expect the master to think so deeply and complicatedly, and asked: "You mean, we don't care about it?"

"Cold for a few days, and see what Wang Chang is doing with them." Lan Qi nodded, already having an idea in her mind, "If Mrs. Ping really wants to deal with the two of them, she will at least restrain herself these few days. The sky is peaceful. But if on the contrary, it is Wang Changzai and the others who want to bite the nobleman back, then I will ignore it, and they should be in a hurry. No matter where they are wrong, I can't just let them take advantage of it. You want to honor my sister for so many years Taking care of the affairs of the palace, you can still have both sides without offending anyone, isn't it just that every time something important happens, you just stand calmly on the dry bank?"

Huan Chun laughed and said: "Master, I have learned all the skills of Concubine Rong."

Lan Qi turned over, already drowsy, and said nonchalantly: "Blue comes from blue and is better than blue."

After a night of peace, what Yuan promised was announced in the palace the next day. When Concubine Rong heard something, she naturally wanted to ask for clarification. two people.

In addition to the death date of the Empress Dowager at the end of the month and trivial matters related to New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the emperor gave the two of them another order, saying that they would leave for Changchun Garden on the third day of the first lunar month, and asked them to draw up a list of escorts, and then go to serve the Empress Dowager together , and this time all elder brothers followed, the emperor had already chosen a place in Changchun Garden for them to study.