Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The box of precious jewelry was a special gift from the Empress Dowager, Lan Qi didn't want to be too ostentatious, and didn't state on the gift list that it belonged to the Empress Dowager, she only regarded it as something she gave to her daughter-in-law, and even sent a ring spring Go to find out what to buy from Concubine Rong. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a standard for elder brother's betrothal gifts, and all of them are bought with public money, it is not impossible for the biological mother to add it herself.

The two palaces married their daughter-in-law together, and the daughter-in-law's lintels were evenly matched. Lan Qi didn't want Concubine Rong to feel superior to others, and insisted on overpowering her daughter-in-law's bride price, otherwise Concubine Rong was not happy. Not happy either.In this way, after Lan Qi added the empress dowager's box of things, she gave away less. Anyway, if her daughter-in-law enters the palace in the future, if she likes, she can give her things anytime.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the first day of September, which was the day that the third elder brother had initially set. On the second day of the second year, Lan Ying came into the palace with the child in her arms, beaming with joy. She sat aside and watched her sister love her son so much, she smiled and said: "Wait until I come Marrying a daughter-in-law, will my sister add a bride price to my niece and daughter-in-law?"

Lan Qi glanced at her and said: "If you have the ability to ask your brother-in-law to go, he always gangs up to bully me. How dare you ask me for something?"

"My sister, what are you embarrassed about? If my sister is really stingy, I dare to ask the emperor for it." The sister-in-law is getting more and more powerful now, and while joking, remembering what happened last night, she said, "Yesterday I saw Yuxi, The little girl is in good spirits, I asked her mother-in-law, and she said that she has recovered from her illness, but in fact, it has never been a serious symptom, just minor disturbances."

Only then did Lan Qi listen seriously, and said with concern: "When she enters the palace, I will also help her take good care of her. What will happen in the future if she is young and doesn't have a good foundation."

But Lan Ying said: "Can my mother's family be more dedicated than my sister? Don't turn your head around and care too much about your sister, which will make the child feel uncomfortable. Why don't you just let her go. If you're really sick, you can ask her, otherwise you'll keep mentioning her body, Yu Xi himself would be afraid."

This is something Lan Qi didn't expect, and praised her sister repeatedly: "It's grown up, and it's more thoughtful than I thought."

Lan Ying laughed: "Niu Hulu's family has so many sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law. They are not as reserved as the ladies in the palace. If there are any quarrels and conflicts, there are many people who start fighting. I am in charge of such a big family, how can I not grow up?"

Lan Qi knew that although the palace was troublesome, due to the strict rules, most people still controlled themselves, but it was different outside, in those big families, there were all sorts of weird things.The two sisters said these words, Lan Ying saw her son fell asleep in her sister's arms, so she went to Xianfu Palace to visit the noble concubine, Lan Qi would go with her sister in the past, but since knowing that the emperor drugged the noble concubine, she is now in a daze , so he felt guilty and didn't want to get close, so he only told Huanchun to accompany him, and don't let Dongyun say what he shouldn't say.

Not long after her sister left, Lan Qi looked at her sleeping little nephew fondly, and Lv Zhu came in quietly, leaned on the edge of the kang and said: "Master, Xiang He brought something for noble Jue Chan, and said he wanted to ask your mother to pass it on to the fourth elder brother. So that the fourth elder brother can take it to the eighth elder brother."

"What about things?"

"The slave is waiting for your instructions, but I haven't picked it up yet, so it doesn't look like a big item."

Lan Qi thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "Come in."

Lvzhu led the order to go out, and came back after a while, holding a cloth bag of moderate size, and unfolded it in front of the master, inside were only a few pairs of socks and a pair of sleeves, all for winter use.Needless to say, Jue Chan’s craftsmanship is fine and neat, and her embroidery is exquisite and simple. She seems to have tried her best to cover up her superior skills, but people with a discerning eye can tell that it is from a famous artist, although they may not be able to see this famous artist. , is the nobleman Jue Chan of Yanxi Palace.

"Socks are fine. If the eighth elder brother uses this sleeve and ask Concubine Hui to see it, she is so shrewd, she will definitely suspect it." When the younger sister and Huan Chun came back from Xianfu Palace, Lan Qi showed them to them, and said helplessly , "It seems that the nobleman Jue Chan is also aware of this point. Look at the style and embroidery pattern, no matter how simple it is, but you look at this stitch again. Is there anything good that Concubine Hui has not seen?"

Lan Ying flipped over and said: "My sister can only see it if she has a heart. I just see it as something more delicate, nothing special. Don't you often say that the smart and calm person, you can think of her Can't think of it? It's their mother and son's business, sister is just a preacher, so don't worry about it."

Lan Qi looked at her younger sister with a smile and said: "You should come to the palace to accompany me more often. I am correcting my problem of worrying too much. With you reminding me, I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

But the younger sister pretended to be pitiful and said: "My elder sister said that she would not even give the bride price to the niece and daughter-in-law, but now she will bother me to be a female Zhuge."

Lan Qi was happy: "You are just like your brother-in-law, you just like to make me angry, and you like it when you see me staring and pouting."

The younger sister Monkey came up and said, "Only the emperor likes it?"

The two sisters are very affectionate, because the emperor likes Lan Ying very much, every time she enters the palace, he will send someone to tell her not to stick to the rules, and it is not too late to leave the palace after she has had a good time with Concubine De, and it is the same today, Lan Ying has been Stay until the evening when the fourth elder brother comes to pay his respects.

Yinzhen heard that his aunt had seen Yuxi, and knew that Yuxi was recovering, and the smile on his face warmed his heart.But when Lan Qi gave him the things of the nobleman Juechan, she heard the child say: "She obviously doesn't like the eighth brother, so why bother to do this. Er Niang, if the nobleman Juechan is plotting against the eighth brother, will the eighth brother not be able to do it in the future?" Will you even hate me?"

Lan Qi could only persuade: "Perhaps you misunderstood that day, so there might not be such a thing? You can just treat it as a help to Er Niang, besides, the eighth elder brother is very concerned about whether he can be cared by his mother, Er Niang knows This matter shouldn't keep embarrassing you, it's all Er Niang's fault."

Yinzhen said sullenly: "I'm not embarrassed, I just feel sorry for the eighth brother, what's wrong with him? I just don't understand, how can a mother not like her child."

How did the son know about the entanglement between the Zen family, Nalan Rongruo and Concubine Hui? It is impossible for Lan Qi to explain it to her son, but she just coaxed Yinzhen not to be angry. After leaving Yinhu, he asked him to come to Chengqian Palace to take the books and read them back, and handed these things to him.

The eighth elder brother was overjoyed at that time. The rich and well-clothed emperor elder brother saw a few pairs of socks as if he had seen a rare treasure, and said enviously: "Fourth brother, please wear the clothes made by my mother, big brother During the wedding, your auspicious clothes were made by my mother-in-law, right?"

Yinzhen had long forgotten about these things, remembering that at that time the nobleman Jue Chan was indeed tailoring clothes for himself in Chengqian Palace, he did not expect that the eighth elder brother would remember such a careless thing so deeply.

"Fourth brother, can you keep these socks for me?" But Yinhu said this again, carefully wrapped the things, put them down reluctantly, and said with his hands behind his back, "I can't take these things back to Changchun. Palace, don't let Concubine Hui see it, she doesn't like my relationship with Er Niang."

This surprised Yinzhen, and Yinhu said calmly: "When I grow up in the future and can make my own decisions, I will naturally have an upright relationship with Erniang. Now I can't harm her for my own selfishness. I am hated by Concubine Hui. You know about these things in the palace, fourth brother. I don’t want my mother to be bullied. Baoyun said that she was often bullied in the past, but now that she is taken care of by Concubine De, no one dares to bully her. , fourth brother, I am very grateful to Empress Defei, and I am also grateful to you."

Yinzhen looked at his younger brother with a solemn expression, the younger brother's sincere filial piety, but Jue Chan nobles have failed, why is there such a heartless mother in the world, since she hates her younger brother, she still rushes to care for her, so she must be another With a purpose, Yinzhen learned these ways of the world subtly in Yuqing Palace. The prince and side Fujin he saw were very hypocritical, and this nobleman of Juechan seemed to be similar.

So that the fourth elder brother met his mother later, and after hesitating again and again, he said to Lan Qi: "Why does Er Niang have to associate with the nobleman Jue Chan?"

Lan Qi had no choice but to say to her son: "If you have to be burdened by favors, this will be the first thing. There are too many helpless things in this world. In the future, you will deal with courtiers and clansmen. There are many more helpless things than this.”

After saying this, Yinzhen accepted it instead, and said to his mother: "Ama said, apart from being filial to you, there is nothing greater than family, country and world. These are really nothing."

Lan Qi was surprised and said, "Why is it more important to honor my mother?"

Yinzhen smiled: "It was Huang Ama who said it."

Although this made Lan Qi happy, the emperor still favored a few young beauties after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and what he did was annoying. Lai spent time with her in the Yonghe Palace around the Mid-Autumn Festival. He was so busy that he rushed here in the middle of the night. Lan Qi satisfied him as much as possible, but she left after satisfying her greed, and disappeared for half a month. , I don't feel like it.

But what is surprising is that, as before, because Wang Changzai and Yuan promised to go in and out of the Qianqing Palace too diligently, the Empress Dowager, as an elder, had to call them to admonish them, asking them to persuade the emperor to cherish his body, It turned out that neither of them had been touched by the emperor in the past half month. , sure enough.

The queen mother told Lan Qi strangely in private, she wanted her not to be jealous, of course Lan Qi was happy, but the queen mother was worried: "It's strange that the emperor is like this, these two people can bear their temper, but now I Accidentally let them know that each other has no such good things, do you think it will cause trouble for the emperor instead?"

Lan Qi hurriedly said: "When will you cause trouble to the emperor? If you think so, the emperor should complain that his concubine did not serve you well. You can't say that. Aren't you doing it for the emperor's good? Let him go, the emperor also knows that it is wrong to cherish the body."

Because the matter between the emperor and his concubines is a secret in the palace, and Wang Changzai and Yuan Xu are indeed very favored. After all, this matter has not been publicized in the palace. Lan Qi just watched the emperor continue to "dote" them, not knowing What exactly is Xuan Ye planning to do.

The days went by day by day, September [-]th was the day that the fourth elder brother had initially set, but on that day, Yuxi fell ill again, and Jue Luo came to the boudoir to see her daughter when the mansion was busy all day late at night.

Yuxi was sitting on the bed with a brocade quilt, carefully looking at the jewelry sent by Empress Defei, and when she saw Er Niang, she was very unhappy and said: "You asked Ama to talk to the uncle, the auntie and the others are really broken-hearted. Extremely, what you say about De Fei Empress being petty is really annoying."

Jueluo smiled and said: "It's really rare that there is still a daughter-in-law who speaks for her mother-in-law." While sitting down, she told her daughter softly, "This is not from the concubine De, it is left to you by the Empress Dowager. "