Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Your Majesty!" Lan Qi yelled at him suddenly, like she usually told her sons to calm down when she taught her son a lesson, but she immediately realized that she was losing her temper at the emperor, and hurriedly bowed her knees, "Your concubine is disrespectful, Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Xuan Ye was also frightened by her low growl, and after a long pause he dragged her up and said, "You are getting more and more presumptuous."

Lan Qi's eyes drooped deeply, and she said solemnly: "The concubine is just impatient. Your Majesty, if you want to keep so many beauties from the south of the Yangtze River in the palace, the concubine will not be able to stop you, but how should the imperial court think about this matter? What can my concubine do for you? If you come to discuss with your concubine, what will be the result of this negotiation? Even if you leave three or two, the concubine can still take care of you like Wang Changzai." She suddenly looked up Looking at Xuan Ye, "Five or six people, Your Majesty, do you know how many maids in the Yonghe Palace are there who can serve concubines at close quarters?"

Xuan Ye pulled her to sit down, seeing that her face changed with anger, he was bluffed instead, and said repeatedly: "I didn't say to keep them all in the palace, I wanted to keep them all in the capital, the palace You see, if there are no suitable ones, that’s all. I don’t need to keep any of them, but I have to stuff them into the palace of the royal prince Baylor. But this matter, only if someone initiates it, will others accept it wholeheartedly. I don't want to beg anyone, I don't want to look at any of them, but you, I am willing to ask you to complain or coax you."

Lan Qi didn't understand what the emperor meant, she shook her head and asked, "What exactly is the emperor going to do?"

Xuan Ye said: "The prefect Li Wenye's daughter is the best in this wave of girls, I sent someone to check it out, and I want to point her to Yinzhen as a side fortune, but I'm afraid you won't agree .”

Lan Qi didn't expect that Xuan Ye had been going around for a long time, and the matter was on her son. The son's choice of side Fujin had not been finalized, but the Queen Mother had already selected the Wu Fujin, and she was waiting for the imperial decree to announce it.Because Lan Qi was treated better than the others, the queen mother and Xuan Ye agreed to choose a pleasing person from among the draft girls and send them to her son. There is nothing less important than choosing a wife. In fact, she has never done anything like this. Back then, Empress Xiaoyi had the final say.

This matter has been dragged on until now, because she has not yet selected the candidate for the fourth elder brother's side Fujin, and the matter of the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother is waiting for her, and nothing has been settled. The queen mother has been at ease for five Fujin chose, so she didn't have the heart to urge him, so up to this moment, she hadn't chosen anyone for her son.

"If you're not worried, why don't you go and see for yourself?" Xuan Ye was very sincere, and said carefully, "I want them to welcome these Han women into the mansion as side Fujin or Gege, some of the princes If I accept it, they dare not come and talk nonsense with me. Lan Qi, can you promise me?"

She was sullen and refused to let go for a while, complaining: "The emperor looked at the daughter-in-law you chose for Yinzhi, and it's too late to regret it now."

Xuan Ye hurriedly said: "So I have come to discuss with you. If you go and see if it is not suitable, you can choose again or give up. I will not force you, but I just have this wish."

Lan Qi said angrily: "Your Majesty clearly knows, what can happen here that I can't fulfill your wish?"

A smile appeared on Xuan Ye's face: "Then you agreed?"

Lan Qi immediately shook her head: "The concubine has to see it with her own eyes, and she has to think about her son and wife." But on the other hand, she said, "If the child's appearance is really decent, it is a good thing. Your majesty, why do we take concubines for our son? It's not fair to the newcomers, but she got started just to spread the branches and leaves for Yinzhen. If she can have more children and more blessings, she will be a hero, but the concubine is worried that she will take credit and pride and try to overshadow Yuxi in the future. So the concubine always thinks, side Fujin The lintel of her family background should not be high. If she is doomed from the moment she enters the gate, she will not cross Yuxi for the rest of her life, so that she can honestly and dutifully guard her position, and we will not worry about it. But the talented girls who are selected this time have good backgrounds. , so the concubine has been delaying until now, and has not given an explanation to the queen mother."

Xuan Ye seized the opportunity and said: "Look how considerate I am of you, I know that you are in trouble for this, so I quickly come to give you advice."

Lan Qi glared at him angrily, pushed away gently and said: "But the son's side Fujin is one thing, the emperor still wants to keep one or two in the palace, right?"

Xuan Yehou said on her body: "Didn't you say last time that the three major weaving mansions don't favor one or the other? This time, although they are blindly courteous, it just so happened that I also avoided the embarrassment of opening the mouth, so I just left one or two behind." .”

"Yes, yes, push the boat with the current, go to the south of the Yangtze River next time, and bring one or two back." Lan Qi said these words, and suddenly stretched out her hand wearing the emerald ring. The gem is too big, and her fingers are even more slender She shook her hand and said solemnly: "You must wear all five fingers, or you will not agree."

The emperor chooses a concubine for his son, accepts a concubine for himself, and even bribes his favorite concubine, waiting for her to nod before doing so.Although most of this is Xuan Ye trying to make people happy, he has made up his mind a long time ago, but his attitude is so sincere, counting those infatuated emperors in history, there are very few such things, Lan Qi knows very well, Xuan Ye Ye respected her, and she had to respect this friendship.

As for the helplessness and sadness, there is no way to resolve it, but at this juncture, all the sons born have married wives, if she still can't understand what is the imperial court and what is the harem, she will really feel sorry for Xuan Ye's friendship.

Her husband is the emperor who owns the country, so if you think about it like this, it doesn't matter.

Afterwards, Lan Qi became Xuan Ye's lobbyist instead, and went to tell the Queen Mother that she wanted to choose a woman from the Han Army Banner to be Yinzhen's side Fujin. Counting the pros and cons, she finally coaxed the queen mother to nod. Afterwards, under the arrangement of Prince Yu Fujin, Lan Qi went to see the daughter of the prefect Li's family in hiding. Needless to say, she looked, but she could tell with just one or two glances. character temperament.

Prince Yu Fu Jin comforted her and said: "In the early years, you have seen our jokes. The Chang Ning family and I can't take care of housework, making those concubines Ge Ge make troubles in the house. Now I understand that, in fact, they Whether it is peaceful or not, it all depends on the mistress of the house. Rather than worrying about the power of the concubine, it is better to educate Yuxi better, she will stabilize her position as mistress, and be afraid of one or two concubines making trouble?"

Lan Qi also sighed at that time: "The empress dowager always said in the past that children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and I shouldn't worry about it. It doesn't matter if I choose carefully, and later I can see that the character is not what I want, so let's do it first. What sister-in-law said is that whether Yuxi can control the concubine's room is actually all on her own."

She finally nodded to the emperor, and Xuan Ye begged for nothing to send her another four dazzling large gemstone rings. Lan Qi wore them all over her hand, really dumbfounded, and then announced the ring before the emperor. According to the decree, call the daughter-in-law first to express her righteousness to her, but Yuxi has been looking forward to someone coming in to spread the branches and leaves for Yinzhen, so naturally she is not unhappy, but their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were put together by the emperor in the end.

When the imperial decree was announced on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xuanye finally gave Yinzhen two women with Han army flags. In addition to the prefect Li Wenye, there was also a lady who was in charge of the Song family. Greg's name.

Lan Qi didn't expect this, and Yinzhen was also in a hurry, but the elder brother and the third elder brother gave a side Fujin a gege at once, but they were not all Han Chinese, and the fourth elder brother had nothing to refute at all, except Chong Apart from losing my temper a few times, I had no choice but to accept it.

Lan Qi was caught between Xuan Ye and her son, and she was so angry that she refused to talk to Xuan Ye. The two times the emperor visited her in person, she closed the door and complained of illness. It was not until the third time that he forced his way in that the two of them spoke.Xuan Ye knew she was wrong, and tried to comfort her in every possible way, Lan Qi didn't dare to go too far, after all, nothing unpleasant happened, she told Bu Guiren privately that this time she intended to turn against the emperor, but in the end she would coax her as much as she wanted , I did not escape from his Wuzhishan after all.

The nobleman smiled and said at that time: "Everything is prosperous in the family. Now you are a good wife. If you don't coax the good wife, how can this family be reconciled?" A prince, someone from my hometown suddenly came to share her favor, if it was me, I would definitely be disappointed."

Lan Qi was disdainful: "What is she upset about? Anyone is entitled to be disappointed, but she is not qualified."

The dates for the three princes' side Fujin and Gege to come in are different. Eldest brother and third elder brother welcomed the newcomers at the end of the first lunar month, and fourth elder brother's arrival took place at the end of February.In the emperor's inner palace, there are two beauties who are about to arrive, one is the daughter of the second-class guard Chen Xie, who once escorted the emperor during his two visits to the south of the Yangtze River. A compliment to the Chen family.There is another Wang family who has a background. She is actually the cousin of Wang Changzai who is now favored. She is 15 years old.

Before the newcomer entered the palace, the imperial decree had been issued, and the Chen family gave Chang Zai the seat when they entered the door, but Wang Chang Zai's younger sister didn't even agree. Once the news spread, the palace became lively, saying that the emperor was afraid of the king. I'm often jealous, but then again, I'm really afraid that Wang Chang is jealous, so why do you still play with his cousin.

This day I came to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, when I left, Concubine Yi called Concubine Hui and asked how her son's side Fujin was doing. He heard that he often went to the palace to greet her, and was much more considerate than Da Fujin, so Concubine Hui said a few perfunctory words After leaving, when Lan Qi and Concubine Rong were about to leave, Concubine Yi suddenly rushed to her face and asked, "The two elder sisters are in charge of the affairs of the palace. I would like to ask, when will the two Han women enter the palace? But remember to let them come to Yikun Palace to kowtow to me."

Concubine Rong smiled: "Naturally, your respect is indispensable, but right now I don't know how to arrange the residence for the two of you. My sister's Yikun Palace is spacious, would you be willing to take care of the newcomer for the emperor?"