Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi laughed: "Do you dare to say that sentence to the emperor again? What does it mean to make people feel frustrated? Could it be that Lord Long Live once made my sister feel frustrated?"

Concubine Rong smiled and begged for mercy, saying that she was just saying something casually, sighed that the Yuqing Palace was not peaceful, and said, "The women there are the future harem, it's really not easy, so fights started. It's amazing, but since she is the earliest person around the prince, she is just like me, which means that she will be the oldest person in the future. I have a lot to say to her, but it's a pity that the person in Yuqing Palace, we didn't I'm qualified to talk too much."

The sisters murmured in private, it was just to pass the time after dinner, they never interfered in the affairs of Yuqing Palace, as for what the emperor thought, Lan Qi knew that Xuan Ye would come to explain to her sooner or later, even if she didn't say anything, she didn't care.I just feel sorry for the situation of Ci Fujin, after all, even Yinzhen can sense it, maybe it was Ci Fujin who forced the prince's maid to death, the emperor knows everything about Yuqing Palace so well, how could he not know?

There are many tragedies in the palace where sisters serve a husband together. Even though Empress Xiaoyi and Concubine Tong are still in harmony, they can no longer have the intimacy between sisters, and this time the new side Fujin is only a cousin, and they have not been together since childhood. Where does the feeling come from?To put it nicely, I came here to assist the crown prince in serving the Yuqing Palace together, but smart people can understand that the emperor didn't want to let Ci Fujin overshadow the sky in the Yuqing Palace before the crown prince was appointed, so he found someone to fight against her .If it is found from another family, I am afraid that it will cause conflicts among the courtiers. Sisters of the same family and the same clan fight to the death, and it is also a family matter.

Naturally, this also means that since then, Fujin has lost the emperor's heart. She is doomed to have no great future by the prince's side, and her cousin has not entered the house yet, so all of this is also doomed.No wonder Concubine Rong said that the emperor is powerful. Thinking about it, Xuan Ye really "kills people invisible".

As soon as the fourth elder brother's birthday passed, the wedding was just around the corner. On the second day of November, Ulanara's mansion sent Fujin's dowry to the Forbidden City according to the ceremony, including the ceremonial coins given by the emperor on the initial date. For the Fujin people who gave the dowry, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother had a feast together. Neither the emperor nor the empress dowager, concubine De, and concubine Rong attended, and the princes of the royal family entertained them on their behalf.

And this night, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother will leave Jingyang Palace and Chengqian Palace respectively, and live in the two three-entry courtyards that the elder brother has already prepared.Aunt Su Mala took care of it herself before. Except for the courtyard being separated from east to west, there is almost no difference in all the furniture and furnishings in the house. Under the emperor and queen mother's instructions, the two children were treated equally.

Concubine Rong never intervened in this matter, and Lan Qi repeatedly told the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Madam Su Mala not to favor the fourth elder brother. This is the tacit understanding between the two sisters. The concubine also generously accepted her kindness, and even though there were some people who deliberately provoked them during the period, the two of them did not have any suspicions.

This night, after the third elder brother kowtowed to Erniang in Jingyang Palace, he was about to leave his mother's palace. He married his daughter in June, and his son was about to leave again in November. Overjoyed, Concubine Rong felt that she It was as if her heart had been hollowed out. If she said that she worked so hard to save her face for the future of her children, and now that they left the nest, how would she spend her future life in the Forbidden City?

"Tomorrow is the day to give the big gift. Let the third elder brother rest earlier tonight. If you have anything to say, it will not be too late to tell the third elder brother tomorrow." Ji Xin comforted and asked the third elder brother to go back quickly , their residence is far south of Ningshou Palace, which is out of the scope of the East and West Six Palaces, and the palace rules are strict, so concubines always have to ask for an order when they go to Elder Brother's house to visit the prince and princess, and Elder Brothers get married Afterwards, even if they are both in the Forbidden City, and they come back to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and the birth mother in the future, they must ask for a decree before they can enter the palace.

When the third elder brother left Jingyang Palace, he asked his attendant, the fourth elder brother, if he had already left. Knowing that the fourth elder brother was still in Chengqian Palace, he wanted to wait for his younger brother to leave with him. Ji Xin, who sent him out, heard it and persuaded: " The third elder brother should go back first, the fourth elder brother left Chengqian Palace, and has to go to the Yonghe Palace to salute the concubine De, you wait aside, the empress De concubine and the fourth elder brother should be anxious."

Yin Zhi thought it was reasonable, so he left on his own. When he passed by the Yonghe Palace, he saw that there were bright lights there.

But at this moment, Empress Concubine De is not at home, she is waiting inside the gate of Chengqian Palace with Huanchun, and the lights in Chengqian Palace are dimming one by one. After walking through every room in the house, it is now dark everywhere, only the main hall is still bright.

"Ma'am, don't we go in?" Huan Chun asked softly.

"He should be saying goodbye to the empress, let's just wait for him to come out." Lan Qi's eyes were slightly moist, and she sighed, "Chengqian Palace will be closed tomorrow, and no one will live in it in a short time. The emperor begged for grace to leave this place to commemorate the empress, anyway, there is no shortage of palaces for the concubines in the palace, even if there are more newcomers in the future, Chengqian Palace will always be vacant in our emperor's generation."

While talking, the lights in the main hall finally went out, Yinzhen walked out slowly with the lantern in hand, stood in front of the door and blew out the lantern, put the lantern in front of the hall door, stopped and looked at it for a while before turning around, he didn't seem to be Knowing that her mother was already waiting, she couldn't help being surprised when she saw Er Niang, but she blamed her: "It's very windy at the door, what is Er Niang doing standing here waiting?"

As he said that, he stepped forward and held Lan Qi's hand, but Lan Qi's hand was warmer than his son's. He walked around the empty rooms with a lantern in his hand, but his fingers were cold.As soon as the fourth elder brother touched his mother's warm palm, his sad mood suddenly dissipated a lot, and the warmth that spread from his fingers to his heart made him cheer up again.

Lan Qi said softly: "You have a problem with bed recognition, go to your own place earlier to get familiar with it, sleep well tonight, tomorrow from morning to night, you will be so busy that you don't even have time to drink saliva, tomorrow is Your big day is also Er Niang's big day, we all need to look good, and Er Niang must dress up beautifully tomorrow."

Yinzhen smiled warmly, took a step back to salute his mother, and readily agreed: "My son is leaving now, and Er Niang will go back to rest earlier. Don't be reluctant. Right now, I just changed my place of residence. I'm still here." In the Forbidden City, when the palace is opened and the government is built in the future, you will be reluctant to let it go."

Lan Qi smiled and said, "Let's go, you're still talking so much."

On the other hand, Huanchun pulled Xiaohezi to talk a lot. Although Qinglian and the old people from Chengqian Palace went with the fourth elder brother, she was very relieved, but Xiaohezi was still a little irritable after all. From now on, the fourth elder brother will be in charge. , I am afraid that he will not be able to hold his breath when he is young.

When the people from Chengqian Palace finally left with the fourth elder brother, Lan Qi and Huan Chun stood here alone, and the guards left behind respectfully begged the Empress Concubine De to go back earlier, Lan Qi didn't want them to make it difficult , took Huan Chun's hand and walked down the steps step by step, suddenly stopped moving, Huan Chun lit a lantern to illuminate the master, and saw her burst into tears.

"Niang Niang, what's wrong with you?" Huan Chun was worried.

"On the first day of Yinzhen's first birthday, I walked down the stairs, every step was heartbroken. I thought that I would never return to my son." After a burst of sadness, Lan Qi sniffed and calmed down, saying, "I don't want to, it's all over."

Qin Tianjian selected the auspicious time for saluting everywhere early in the morning. Early in the morning, someone came to lead the three elder brothers and the fourth elder brothers to wear python robes and make up their clothes, and went to Ningshou Palace to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times to the empress dowager.After the empress dowager gave some instructions, she couldn't delay the next auspicious time, and the third elder brother and fourth elder brother were soon led to the Qianqing Palace to salute the emperor.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the emperor sat high on the dragon chair, and the complicated dragon robe and crown made him look more majestic and solemn than usual. The two children were led by the ceremony officer to the imperial court respectfully. Nine kowtows, I thank my father for his upbringing.

After the ceremony, he straightened up, and the fourth elder brother slowly raised his eyes to look at the lofty Huang Ama. Only his father was sitting alone in the empty top, and his heart suddenly tightened.

When the eldest elder brother got married back then, the Empress Empress received the gift here as a queen, and the Empress had told him countless times that she would receive her son's gift in the Qianqing Palace in the future, and would personally organize a dignified wedding ceremony for him. The loving words of the past are still in my ears, but she has already gone to the west to become the adoptive mother of the empress as she wished. What she promised to herself has not been fulfilled in the end.

The sadness in his heart was uncontrollable. He couldn't even listen to what his father taught him. The mist condensed in front of his eyes covered his eyes. In a trance, he seemed to see his adoptive mother wearing a golden phoenix robe sitting on the head, beautiful and noble. She was looking at herself with a slight smile, as if saying: "Yinzhen, Er Niang is so happy."

Xuan Ye looked down at the two children, and while speaking, he realized that the fourth elder brother was not looking at him. The child had tears in his eyes and was looking at the empty place around him.Years ago, my cousin had sat there with me to be worshiped by the elder brother, Xuan Ye couldn't help feeling a little pain in his heart, and seeing the fourth elder brother rubbing his eyes embarrassingly, he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.He knew that Lan Qi had always hoped that her son would be a loving and righteous man. It seemed that the experience of adoptive mother and biological mother made him more mature than his brothers and sisters, and he learned how to deal with emotional problems early on.

After the ceremony, the two princes withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and had to go to the palaces of their birth mothers to salute at an auspicious time. Because Concubine Rong was very popular, and like many people, she was "out of favor" early on, and two palaces held wedding events at the same time Obviously, Jingyang Palace is more lively, while Yonghe Palace is a little deserted.

But Lan Qi didn't care about these things, she was more happy to be quiet and didn't have to greet too many people. She got up early in the morning and put on a lot of makeup. In the morning light, all kinds of scenes related to Xuan Ye from the first day she entered the Forbidden City to the later days appeared in front of her eyes.

When the fourth elder brother came to see her son kneeling twice and kowtowing six times, Lan Qi became very peaceful in her heart. The trance she had just been in was no longer there. At this moment, she only felt that she was surrounded by happiness and satisfaction, without sadness or reluctance or excessiveness. The excitement and sweet joy overflowed from her heart. She looked at her son's gentle and loving smile, which made the fourth elder brother who had experienced loss in the Qianqing Palace completely relax.

Compared with the solemnity of Ningshou Palace and Qianqing Palace, Yinzhen can talk and laugh at will in front of his mother. The mother and son are not too strict about the rules.

This caused the concubines who came to watch the ceremony to be very surprised. She knew that Concubine De had a good relationship with the Queen Mother and the Emperor. She did not expect to have such a good relationship with her son who has not been with her for ten years. She couldn't figure out whether it was God's gift to her. Fu, or she worked hard to earn all this.

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother greeted each other this time, the same as the old elder brother's wedding, the Luan Yiwei prepared eight colorful sedan chairs surrounded by red satin, and selected a head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a coincident year and birthday, leading 20 officials, One guard and 40 guards are responsible for marrying newcomers.

Then choose the wife of the minister in charge of the House of Internal Affairs who is in charge of the same year and birthday, and lead eight other female officials, including the wife of the internal management, to the Fujin family and the imperial womb to respect the Marquis. The infantry commander is responsible for cleaning from the palace gate to Fujin The way of the family, the guard of honor went from inside the palace to Fujin's natal family outside the palace.

Due to the strict rules of royal etiquette, there will not be any tear-jerking parting scenes in the Fujin mansion. When the auspicious time comes, the inner eunuch will display the colorful sedan chair in the middle hall, and Fujin will go out of the cabinet in full dress. , There are sixteen lanterns, twenty torches, female officials' attendants, guards of honor at the front, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, and the guards lead the officers and guards respectively.

Outside the palace, the ceremonial guards were stopped and removed, and everyone got off their horses and entered. The female officer followed the sedan chair to the prince's residence to wait for Fujin to get off the sedan chair, and led Fujin into the palace. Afterwards, the marriage ceremony was held, and the married woman who was waiting here led the new couple to salute.

Although there was excitement, due to the strict rules of the palace, everything was in order. Under the careful preparation of Concubine Rong and Concubine De, the whole day of etiquette went smoothly and there was nothing wrong with it. The ceremony of concubine was performed in the hall, and after the ceremony, the eunuchs reported it to Ningshou Palace, Qianqing Palace, and the palace of concubines. The serious affairs of the day were basically considered complete.

Afterwards, the prince's residence held a banquet of [-] seats to entertain Fujin's parents and relatives. The attendees and etiquette were similar to the preliminary ceremony held at Fujin's house before, and there was nothing new about it.The emperor and all his concubines were congratulated by the Empress Dowager in the inner palace, and did not attend the banquet. Although the royal wedding was grand and luxurious, it lacked a lot of excitement and family affection among the people, and only they could experience all kinds of helplessness.

The fourth elder brother just dealt with the hustle and bustle of the banquet, the slightly drunk young man returned to the wedding room in auspicious clothes, the bridesmaids had been waiting for a long time, and the little Hezi was busy stuffing red envelopes with happy money for everyone, and everyone considered the new couple to be spared Retire, a moment of sex is worth a thousand gold, even if elder brother Fujin will have the rules of getting up and lying down in the future, no one will disturb him tonight.

The fourth prince was sitting at the table, slowly drinking the hangover soup in the bowl, the bride was sitting on the couch in a fine dress, her red hijab had already been lifted, but she was sitting stupidly, not daring to approach her husband.