Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi clearly remembered hearing Xiangyue tell her in a dream that Song Gege's mother and daughter are safe, but after waking up, she suspected it was a dream, and asked the people in the palace again and again, and they all told her that the Song family and the child were safe, but after three days the noble concubine would be born. At the funeral, when she finally had the time to think about her little granddaughter, Yinzhen personally came to tell her that the child had died.

The little granddaughter died on the second day after she was born. For the important event of the royal concubine's funeral, the fourth elder brother's mansion did not report it. Besides, there is another bad news that the Song family was severely injured. If you want to save your life, you will definitely not be able to do it within three to five years.

When the son said these words, the daughter-in-law stood by and wept silently, probably mourning the poor child. If the little baby was still alive, she would have an adopted daughter under her knees. If the little baby was still alive, no one would criticize her Nothing came out of Si Age's house, but the child disappeared before he could see his grandmother.

Yinzhen knelt down on one knee, put one hand on his mother's knee, and comforted her: "Emiang, I'm afraid that you will be sad. I can't force this matter. In the future, my son will definitely give birth to many grandchildren for you."

Lan Qi smiled from the sadness, and said softly: "Silly boy, you didn't have children for Er Niang, Er Niang is not in a hurry, Er Niang just wants your house to be peaceful and have a good life." Yuxi called to him and comforted them a few words, then urged them: "Go back, things in the palace are just like this, Mrs. Song is bound to be sad, and things at home must be taken care of properly."

The son and daughter-in-law saluted and agreed, and when they were about to leave together, Xiao Hezi came and knelt in front of the door and said, "I want to report to your mother, elder brother and Fujin, news has just come from the mansion that Li Fang Fujin is happy."

"She has it?" Lan Qi didn't immediately become happy when she heard the words, her eyes glanced at her daughter-in-law inadvertently, the strange look on Yuxi's face made her feel strange, but she didn't go into it, so she looked at Yinzhen, and the child was gone I was so happy, but it was a good thing after all, so I turned to comfort my mother and said, "Look, mother, good and bad go hand in hand. There are always good and bad things in this world. We have to think about everything."

Lan Qi could only smile and said: "Er Niang knows, you should not take care of Mrs. Li when you go back, but comfort Song Gege more."

The two left under orders, and the Yonghe Palace was immediately much cleaner. Lan Qi burnt incense and prayed in the small Buddhist hall. After half an hour, Huan Chun came to ask her to go back to rest. Huan Chun then told her softly: "When you were worshiping the Buddha just now, there was news from Qixiang Palace that Wang Changzai was pregnant again."

Lan Qi took a sip of the warm almond dew slowly, her body was a little chilled just now when she was kneeling in the Buddhist hall, now she warmed up, put down the bowl and said calmly: "This time I don't have to bother to take care of her everywhere, then For the first child, she doesn't understand anything, and Xi Concubine also doesn't understand anything, I'm only worrying about it for the sake of the emperor, this time I'll let them deal with it by themselves." While talking, she asked Huanchun, "Where is the prince's wife?" , can you take care of it?"

Huanchun nodded: "A few days ago, I gave you the padded jacket you didn't wear, and also gave you two baskets of charcoal. The maidservant went there in person. The courtyard used to be very lively when Wang Changzai and Yuan promised. It's very deserted, and there is no need to burn charcoal in the house, it's too cold. The royal lady is very weak, and she cried a lot when she saw the servants delivering these things."

Lan Qi remained silent, Huanchun continued: "Later, the servants asked the young maids under him to get close to the maids next to the royal ladies. They were easy to talk at their age, and they heard something from that child. In fact, Changchun Palace also I cared about it, and gave me some things in the winter, but guess what?"

Lan Qi frowned, and looked at Huan Chun puzzledly: "What else can I do?"

Huan Chun sighed: "This servant did not expect such a thing to happen. It actually said that Wang Changzai personally brought people to the door, ordered his servants to throw away all those things, and even blamed the royal lady for her unclean hands and feet."

Lan Qi said angrily: "She is so powerful? Why didn't the palace hear it?"

Huanchun said: "It's all done behind closed doors. There is such a little maid beside the royal ladies. Wang Changzai doesn't talk to the people around him. Who knows how things are going there and how much kindness there is in the palace. Are you willing to help others?"

"Eternal Spring Palace doesn't care?"

"Slaves think, they are happy to watch a good show."

With the lingering anger on Lan Qi's brows, she ordered Huan Chun in a cold voice: "You send someone to watch, when Wang Changzai is looking for trouble again, catch me now, she has another child in her belly now, it's not sure yet. Why are you pretending to be a tiger?"

Huanchun said: "On the contrary, the slaves feel that if Wang Changzai exists, he can't serve the emperor. It is inevitable that Yuan promises to come up. Besides, in order to make Wang Changzai more difficult, Changchun Palace may find a way to send the prince's daughter as well. Go to the dragon bed."

"She is the emperor's woman, she can be served sooner or later, no matter who in the palace is favored, she should deserve it." Lan Qi said with a deep expression, "I can't allow them to abuse others, and my subordinates must not make such a fuss." This kind of scandal, otherwise, what the emperor did to give me the family, I would have studied with the empress dowager for more than ten years in vain."

Later, because Wang Changzai was pregnant, Concubine Rong came to ask Lanqi to go to the Ningshou Palace together, and read the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in front of the Queen Mother to determine the date of Wang Changzai's delivery together with the imperial physician.But I don’t know if I don’t look it up, I’m very surprised when I look it up, so it’s said that the same person has different fate. In the past few months, Yuan promised Cheng En much more times than Wang Changzai. After that, just two times, she was told to catch up with her pregnancy.Even the Empress Dowager couldn't believe it, and repeatedly confirmed the child's month with the imperial physician, maybe it was because she didn't like Wang Shi, so she always felt it was inappropriate.

If it is really inappropriate, it is a palace scandal, even if it happens, it may not be publicized, but seeing Tian'er wandering around in Qianqing Palace, and so many eyes staring at her in Qixiang Palace, she will not worry about it when she is free. Being friendly with other concubines, it really doesn't seem like they will do anything.Moreover, the imperial physician has counted enough months. As long as the imperial physician keeps watch and prevents anyone from inducing Wang's labor, everything will be fine when she gives birth in June next year.

After everyone chattered a few words, Lan Qi leisurely reported the affairs of the fourth elder brother's house to the queen mother. First, she said that Li Fangfu was happy with the Jin Dynasty. Lan Qi's hand said sadly: "This child has no destiny with us, let her live in peace, don't be too sad."

After coming out of Ningshou Palace, Concubine Rong also comforted Lan Qi, and even laughed at herself: "You have something to look forward to, isn't Li Fang Fujin here again? There is no movement at our third elder brother's place. My daughter-in-law here is really bad. It's clear, I don't let Yinzhi touch those two newcomers at all, and bully them every day, what evil am I doing."

Instead, Lan Qi comforted Concubine Rong: "They are still young and ignorant, they will be fine in a few years."

Having said that, Concubine Rong's words brought back the things Lan Qi had in mind. Yuxi's unnaturalness these past two days, and the strange look on Xiaohezi's face when he informed Li Fangfu that Jin was happy, made her feel strange .The child has been with me for two years. Even if she didn't watch her grow up, she has figured out Yuxi's temper in the past two years. What's more, she has seen countless people in the palace and experienced so many things. It's not that she is too sensitive. Instead, she has to develop a keen sense of right and wrong, and her daughter-in-law must have something to hide from her.

But she hid this uneasiness in her heart, and never mentioned it to Huanchun, not because she wanted to wait for her daughter-in-law to confess to herself, but because she hoped that this incident could teach Yuxi a lesson, her daughter-in-law is a smart person , If you can't figure it out by yourself, then you can't teach and listen.Stupid people can be taught patiently, but smart people have their own world and obsessions, which others cannot easily teach.

Two days later, the emperor decreed that the noble concubine should be given the posthumous name Wen Xi, and the word "Wen" that people in the palace were used to calling her was actually given to her.The Empress Dowager ordered Niu Hulu's family to collect some relics of the noble concubine and take them home for collection. After Lan Qi and her sister thanked Ningshou Palace, they went to Xianfu Palace on snow.

Walking to the vicinity of Xianfu Palace, I saw several people standing there early, the maids and eunuchs were holding large oil paper umbrellas, and under the umbrellas stood the palace concubines in plain clothes. When they got closer, they found out that it was Concubine Tong.

Seeing Lan Qi approaching, Concubine Tong took the initiative to greet her, and Lan Qi said: "The emperor has ordered to get rid of the clothes, why are you still in plain clothes, go back and change quickly, the palace is still supporting the Queen Mother, this is disrespectful."

Concubine Tong looked down at herself, and smiled helplessly: "I didn't have time to replace it. I just received the emperor's order, so I wanted to come and have a look."

"The emperor's will?" Lan Qi asked.

Concubine Tong nodded: "It's an oral order. The emperor uploaded a sentence to the concubine, saying that the concubine has done a good job in taking care of the concubine these years. Now that the concubine has passed away, I want to reward the concubine with the honor of the concubine. Let the concubine get ready and canonize it in the twelfth lunar month." gift."

Lan Qi smiled slightly: "This is a good thing, I told you earlier that the most honorable person in the palace is you."

Concubine Tong said: "I never took care of her at all, but it doesn't matter. But there can only be four concubines, and now there is one concubine. It should be Sister Defei, your Jin Guifei."

"How could it be?" Lan Qi laughed, "Because of the rules in the palace, you can't be promoted by leaps and bounds. You always have to stop at the concubine's position, but you won't be in the concubine's position for a long time, but we are already in the concubine's position. How many years, do you think you can still move?"

"Really?" Concubine Tong smiled miserably, "Then I will also be a concubine in the future?"

Lan Qi's heart tightened, and she hurriedly took her hand and said: "I explained those words to you a few years ago. Whether you want to become the second her is entirely up to you. Although the queen never entrusted me to take care of my sister, But you are different from her in my heart. In the days to come, as long as I still have energy, I will continue to share the affairs of the palace. You can sit in a high position with peace of mind. Good sister, since this life is doomed to be helpless, don’t No matter how much you struggle to get yourself covered in bruises, live a good life and be happy, right?"

Tong Bin wept slightly: "For the sake of my sister's unwillingness, I also want to be good."