Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Huan Chun said with a smile: "Why are you willing to tell this servant at this moment? I asked you before, but I didn't say anything."

Lan Qi didn't care much, and said: "I didn't think about it myself at first, but later I didn't care, and you just followed me silently, and never asked me if I was right?" She sighed softly, " Time flies so fast, as soon as the twelfth lunar month passes, it will be the 33rd year of Kangxi, and it has been 20 years in a flash."

Huan Chun smiled: "In the past 20 years, you have been looking forward to the elder brothers and princesses growing up, so you don't think it's too long, but there are only a few 20 years in a person's life, and the slaves will follow you to live the past, and when you look back, you will not be able to see it." It’s been so long. When you go out of the palace to visit relatives, the juniors have children, and the servants around you don’t feel that they are old. When they go home, they know that they are already grandmothers.”

"Really?" Lan Qi happily asked Huan Chun if she had sent out a lot of lucky money, and asked her if she had enough money to spend.

Huanchun followed his master who had been favored for more than ten or twenty years, so he naturally had a lot of self-esteem, but when he talked about it, he couldn't help saying: "Before you came back, Fujin asked the slave to do something for her, and the slave made excuses, But it’s better to report to you.”

After two years in the house, Yuxi seldom asked her what she wanted or would do. The only thing she often talked about recently was the matter of taking a concubine for Yinzhen. After Huanchun explained the matter clearly, he said helplessly: "I expected such a thing at the beginning, but the current situation is much better than I thought."

Putting down the things in her hands, Lan Qi rubbed her forehead involuntarily, and continued: "I'm most afraid that she will keep everything in her heart, and she will be wronged and forced at the same time, and in the end she will be exhausted by struggling. She can openly and honestly Tell me, I am really relieved, but regarding the concubine matter, she doesn't count, I don't count, the emperor doesn't nod, I can't make the decision easily."

Huan Chun smiled and said, "Isn't it just a word from you before Long Live Lord?"

Lan Qi said: "It's different, now Yinzhen is not just a child studying, he can be regarded as half a minister, in the future I can't interfere too much in his affairs, I can't always ask the emperor what is going on with Si elder brother, it is inevitable that there will be people who interfere in politics Suspicion. The emperor may not care about it, but I have to measure myself, I can only take care of the women in the harem for him, and take care of the children who haven't grown up, and everything else has nothing to do with me."

Huan Chun tidied up the things on the table for her. Hearing these words, she couldn't help saying: "My servant thinks that if Long Live Lord finds out later, he must blame you for being too careful."

"Be careful sailing for ten thousand years, he is the emperor." Lan Qi looked at her lazily, as if talking to herself, "Aren't people outside always wondering why I have been by his side for so many years? Isn't it because of this?" Every little thing, this kind of thing can only be mentioned to me by him, I can't overestimate my identity too much, and as I get older and older, I want to keep his heart, but my face and body have long been unreliable."

Having said all this, the tired man said he was going to doze off, and fell asleep on the warm kang for more than half an hour. When he woke up, he heard Wen Chen's puppy barking, and the sound of someone coming in outside, without waiting for the maid to announce Concubine Rong came in with the curtain closed, and said with a smile: "What time is it, aren't you afraid you won't be able to sleep at night?"

Lan Qi asked her to sit down, and at the same time asked the maid to take a picture with a mirror, and put her hair into a bun collar, and then talked and laughed with Concubine Rong, and saw her daughter-in-law and daughter coming in together, Wen Chen nestled in Concubine Rong's arms However, Yuxi resigned because of her blessing, and she was going back to her own residence.

Lan Qi gave a few casual instructions, and asked Huanchun to send someone to send Yuxi back. The two sisters-in-law were playing in Jingyang Palace, and now Concubine Rong sent her back in person, and Lan Qi knew that Concubine Rong must have something to say. So he invited her to stay for dinner, and at the same time ordered Huanchun to prepare a few dishes that Concubine Rong likes to eat.

Concubine Rong smiled: "I didn't come here to eat, I just saw that the snow is not small, and I am afraid that the children will not be able to walk steadily on the road, so I can feel at ease when I give it away."

Lan Qi joked: "My sister seems to be looking for me for something, so just speak up if you have something to say, and play around with me?"

"But you asked me to tell you." Concubine Rong rolled her eyes, looked at the scene in the room, and said to Lan Qi, "Many people outside have come in to sniff out, do you still remember what the empress dowager said to the emperor last year?" Just kidding, what about Zhang Luo’s draft next year? It’s the end of the year now, and the emperor never mentioned it again. This year, you’re concerned about those things in Qixiang Palace. The matter of the draft is on my mind, when the time comes, the burden will fall on us, it’s fine to work hard, don’t fall into the trap of being human.”

Lan Qi really completely forgot about this matter, she was stunned to hear this, and said after a while: "I don't know the way here, it's all thanks to my sister."

Concubine Rong smiled: "You're so smart, I'm not worried at all, I just don't know if the emperor has this intention, if the emperor doesn't want to, we don't have to worry about it. Or like Concubine Yi and the others in the past, each banner is elected, no need to worry about it. It took a lot of trouble to pick one by one from the Eight Banners, the difference between the front and the back is too big, I think..."

After hearing Concubine Rong's tone, Lan Qi understood Concubine Rong's intentions, and she heard Concubine Rong say: "Someone has to ask the emperor about this. Willing, can you work harder this time?"

"Why does my sister want me to work hard?" Lan Qi was not very happy in her heart.

Concubine Rong smiled and said: "Can you tell the emperor, don't go through a lot of trouble in drafting, let the banners recommend, the number of people is small, you won't be fooled, everyone can worry."

Listening to these words, Lan Qi secretly straightened out her preface and conclusions. As soon as Concubine Rong opened her mouth, she said that someone came to sniff out her words. When it comes to this, there is no doubt that someone asked her, but it is better to say that she is asking. It is humane, it seems that someone wants to send their daughter to the palace.

Although Concubine Rong is not a "favored concubine", she has been taking care of the affairs of the sixth palace. The emperor and the empress dowager gave her a lot of face, but she seems to be a favored concubine, but she has no relationship with the ministers outside, and is serious in the palace. She is meticulous in doing things, and these people's sophistication cannot reach her eyes.

Thinking about it again, Concubine Rong really doesn't care what kind of woman the emperor likes anymore. Ten years earlier, she might have been chilled and jealous, but now no matter how young the emperor is, it has nothing to do with her. Concubine Rong She is happy to accept a favor, and she has been working very hard to gain face in the palace, and it is all for the third elder brother.Right now, the third elder brother is out and started to follow his elder brother on errands. The ministers are all cunning foxes. There are many things that their mother and son can't help themselves even if they are concubines and princes.

Lan Qi knew all of this.

"The empress dowager said it's best for this matter." Lan Qi smiled gently at Concubine Rong. It didn't sound like she was refusing, but she still put herself and Xuan Ye aside, "I'll go to the empress dowager to ask the empress dowager. Your Majesty, what's the point of talking too much? It happens that the Empress Dowager also hates complicated and extravagant things, so if we fan the flames and say a few words, the Empress Dowager will follow her sister's wishes and don't let the Emperor make a fuss."

Concubine Rong seemed to only care about the result, so she said happily, "When are you going to talk to the queen mother, call me."

Elder Brother came back at 34:[-] that night and had dinner with Concubine Rong. Lan Qi was upset about this matter. Although her face was kind, her appetite was a little off, but Concubine Rong, who is always careful, didn't care at all. After dinner, I sat down and said a few words, and left before the wind and snow got bigger.

But even the children noticed that Er Niang seemed unhappy, Elder Fourteen had the sweetest mouth, and Concubine Rong came to coax her mother as soon as Concubine Rong left, Lan Qi smiled a little, and said that the youngest son was like a doll , Boys worry so much about what to do, so they are driven to study.

She stood in front of the door and looked at the backs of the children running away, and couldn't help murmuring: "They won't be around in a few years, will I be like Concubine Rong?"

This incident involves adding new people to Xuan Ye's side. Although she is not as stingy as before and overturns the vinegar vat at every turn, she will feel uncomfortable after all, and she will not be able to show her face all night after being teased by Concubine Rong. , Huanchun mentioned a few words when he was serving her to sleep, and said: "Why do you think that Concubine Rong is not thinking about finding a new bride for the emperor, maybe she is looking for someone and wants to send it to the third elder brother as a side portrait. You I know that the relationship between Concubine Rong and San Fujin is very bad, because of Fujin's miscarriage, she was misunderstood by Fujin as blaming her, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a dispute in Jingyang Palace."

Lan Qi really forgot about this matter, her own daughter-in-law is obedient and obedient, and stays by her side like a daughter, how can she think that those few are so unhappy.

Huanchun said: "Concubine Rong is such a shrewd person, she won't bother with such a thankless matter of accepting a newcomer for the emperor, the servant thinks that the empress probably thinks of herself, so she can take the opportunity to talk to the emperor and tell the third elder brother concubine."

Lan Qi was still confused for a while, and said dissatisfiedly: "Since it is such a thing, why didn't she tell the emperor herself?"

Huan Chun smiled and said: "Didn't you just say that to the servant during the day, if you can think of it, don't allow Concubine Rong to think about it, the servant thinks it's probably because of this."

As expected, Lan Qi was even more unhappy, and said sullenly: "In the past few years, I have respected her everywhere, and she has also learned to use me as a weapon?"

Huan Chun also felt that Concubine Rong was a bit aggressive about this matter, so she could only appease Lan Qi not to get angry, and let's see how this matter develops. Anyway, it is going to be pushed to the queen mother now, not to mention that the queen mother joked with the emperor at the beginning. For the draft, I advise Lan Qi not to take it to heart.

But they all think too simply, the draft is such a labor-intensive and labor-intensive matter, and it will cause troubles for many newcomers in the palace. Sure enough, even the queen mother is unwilling to speak to the emperor.

The next day when Lan Qi went to Ningshou Palace by herself to test things out, the Queen Mother waved her hands repeatedly and said: "There is no shortage of Elder Princesses in the palace now, and many of them are still young. Why worry about this? I don't want to tell the Emperor, if he wants to , do you have to wait so long? The palace has not drafted for many years, I see that the emperor may not have such thoughts, it is just a joke."