Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi sighed softly in her heart, and then led others to turn to that place. She saw Chen Changzai standing in front of the door from a distance, and her court lady was playing with something under the steps. Chun walked towards them.

When he got closer, Huan Chun said under the signal of his master: "Chen Chang is here, you can't pay homage to the dead in the palace at will."

The people over there were taken aback, and the maid hurriedly picked up the things on the ground and said, "De, Concubine De, we just put it around and didn't light an open flame."

Chen Changzai had already greeted him, Zhou Zhengdi saluted, and said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, forgive me, this concubine just wants to send off Sister Wang."

Lan Qi glanced at the palace lady, there was indeed no open fire on the ground, and what was placed were only things commonly used for sacrifices, and she pinched a few fresh flowers, she looked at Huanchun, Huanchun understood, and went forward to say goodbye to the palace lady : "You follow me." Then he led the man into the yard.

But Lan Qi asked Chen Changzai: "Why don't you go in to pay homage, it's so conspicuous here, if someone sees you and sues you, it's not worth it."

"The concubine is afraid and dare not enter the door..." Chen Changzai replied tremblingly, and continued with his head bowed: "The concubine also understands, and I have already thought about it, if I am reprimanded or punished, it is worth it for such a thing. "

Lan Qi smiled: "Everyone in the palace thought that I arranged for you to leave here at the beginning. If someone saw you now, they might not have any special thoughts, but I remember the person who begged me to separate myself from Mrs. Wang said Those words, why now let me see the scene of sisters' love?"

Chen Changzai was already in tears, and nodded crying: "Your Majesty is right, the concubine is too selfish. If she lived here together and supported each other, maybe she would still be alive. The concubine thought that she was so easy to conceive. After becoming the heir of the emperor, the future finally has hope, you can be promoted to the position and you will no longer be bullied by Wang Changzai, empress...why is it good, people are gone."

"When a woman gives birth to children, she just walks through the gate of hell. She is not lucky enough to come back." Lan Qi said indifferently, looking at Chen Changzai on the ground indifferently. Even if she was a little moved in her heart, she would He couldn't show it on his face, so he asked another question, "I heard that if you met nobleman Mi in Qianqing Palace before, you would always deliberately make her show embarrassment and embarrassment in front of the emperor with your words and deeds. You are usually quiet and reserved. Everyone in Zhongcui Palace speaks well of you, why do you want to have trouble with nobleman Mi in Qianqing Palace?"

Chen Changzai raised his tearful eyes and said painfully: "That's the only thing a concubine can do for Sister Wang. We agreed to go to the palace together to be sisters. We will be separated from our family in this life, and we will take care of each other in the palace in the future. But the concubine betrayed her on the first day... If the concubine was by her side, at least by relying on the same status as Wang Changzai, she wouldn't be allowed to abuse her like that. I hate Wang Changzai for being vicious, but I don't Dare to do anything to her, but she is too impetuous and domineering, even a few moves by my concubine can make her anxious, so I just..."

Lan Qi bent down to help Chen Shi stand up, and asked her softly to stop crying, and only waited for her to calm down before saying: "The deceased is gone, it is meaningless for you to suffer for this anymore, there is nothing wrong with you asking for self-preservation, You didn't step on her to get everything you have today. Back then, you just hid yourself for your own safety. Don't blame yourself anymore. If you feel guilty, go to Elder Brother's place to take care of the little princess more often in the future. It's her The bones and blood left behind."

Chen Chang was crying and nodded, and Lan Qi persuaded her again: "During the days when the royal lady was pregnant, I talked to her several times. She is indeed a kind and gentle person, but it's a pity that she is so beautiful. She never mentioned it in front of me. You have made an agreement, and you have never complained about anyone, even Migui who treated her like that, she did not complain about anyone. With her personality, she will definitely not want you to continue to do things to seek justice for her. If you really feel guilty , just let go of the past and earn a living by yourself, if you are well, then the little princess in my elder brother’s house will be counted on.”

"The concubine listens to you."

"Furthermore, if you have trouble with the nobleman Mi, she will definitely counterattack and compete with you. Why bother? Don't say that she is higher than you now, even if she is still on the same level as you, how can she be willing to be bullied by you? If you Both sides will suffer from the fight, and the only result is that both of you will be rejected by the emperor, and there will naturally be new people to replace you in the future. In the end, you will not only be unable to do anything to her, but you will also be unable to rely on the little princess." Lan Qi put her silk Handed the handkerchief to Chen Changzai, and said softly, "Don't cry anymore, I will ask for an order some other day, and I will go to elder brother's place with my concubine to see the little princess. If you can take care of the child for her, she will truly know her." Thank you. It is much more realistic to look after the living people in front of you than to mourn the dead who cannot be seen or touched."

Chen Chang was weeping, and nodded in agreement. Not long after, Huan Chun led the maid out, and brought in all the things that had just been placed in front of the door. Seeing that the master was crying pitifully, the little maid anxiously fell down in front of Lan Qi and said: " I beg my mother not to punish my family, she has been crying every night for the past few days, and the servants really couldn't bear it, so they urged the master to come here to pay homage, if the mother wants to punish, punish the servants."

"You should be punished. Go back to Zhongcui Palace and ask Madam Duan how to punish you." Lan Qi responded coldly, then glanced at Chen Changzai again, "Remember what I said, I don't see any peace in the palace, I also told you not to cause trouble for Zhong Cuigong earlier in the morning, if you can't remember, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Chen Changzai was so weeping that he couldn't speak, he managed to utter a few words and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry."

Unavoidable, Lan Qi took Chen Changzai back together, asked Huanchun to send her to Zhongcui Palace, and she took others back to Yonghe Palace first.After changing clothes and holding a bowl of almond dew in a daze, Huanchun came back from Zhongcui Palace and told the master that she had told the matter to the concubine Duan, who punished Chen Changzai to stand in the yard with her court lady to reflect, Then there is nothing else.

Lan Qi drank a few sips of almond dew, now the weather is getting colder, and she didn't feel feverish after walking around, now she drank a few sips of warm water, and then she recovered a bit, Huan Chun saw that the master was holding it and stopped moving, Then he stretched out his hand to take it, and asked softly, "Chen Changzai probably won't trouble Mr. Mi."

Lan Qi smiled wryly: "If we really meet, who knows whether it's good or bad, but they can't meet, at least in the past few years, people outside Qixiang Palace can't see Mi Guiren again."

Huan Chun reminded: "I'm afraid Mi Noble will come out behind closed doors suddenly, it should be suspicious."

Lan Qi shook her head: "Even if she is still alive, she will not be able to leave Qixiang Palace again in this life and continue to show off like before. She is the one who knows the embarrassing thing that the prince pretends to be a eunuch and has a private meeting with a court lady. Do you think the emperor will?" Then let her be as domineering as before, poking the prince's nerves from time to time, making the prince restless for the rest of his life?"

"Yes."

"At that moment, I thought about this matter from the standpoint of the emperor, and the only thought was that the crown prince should not become a murderer, so she must be allowed to live." Lan Qi sighed wearily, and leaned down, "But speaking of it , When encountering such a thing, the best way is to let the prince not worry about being told bad words about her, let her die, and the dead will not talk nonsense. But if she is strangled to death by others, it’s fine, but let the queen mother and me I saw him strangling Wang Changzai's neck with my own eyes. When I felt that Wang was no longer breathing, I thought to myself that the emperor would not want the prince to be charged with murder. And when he came out, he told the Queen Mother that she was still alive."

Huan Chun looked at her master distressedly, and felt that she had become haggard all of a sudden for the past two months.

Lan Qi's eyes showed a bit of cold fear, the corners of her mouth twitched unconsciously, and she said with a firm gaze: "If the queen mother was not there, what do you think would happen to me? Was I strangled to death by the prince on the spot, or was I killed by the prince afterwards?" Abandoned by the emperor? Huanchun, do you know that I am only relieved now, waiting for such a long time for Wang to give birth, I think about that every day."

Huan Chun was puzzled, shook his head and said, "Your maidservant doesn't understand."

The corners of Lan Qi's eyes were slightly wet, and she said with a wry smile: "I spent half a day thinking about all the arrangements for the future. The emperor asked me at that time, how could I think so deeply. In fact, I don't even understand how I did it now. , but when I regained my strength, I was very scared. I showed my scheming in front of the emperor without reservation, what would he think of me? Huanchun, you know, I never thought of turning myself into a very deep city. People like this all naturally and unknowingly do that, I thought it was the ability I had accumulated, and I was smart, but... then it's called the city, so it's called scheming."

"Niang Niang." Huan Chun knew that when the master was alone in a daze recently, he was definitely not worried about whether these things were appropriate or not. Sure enough, there were such deep things hidden in her heart, but these things were told to her. can not do this.

"The emperor came to the Yonghe Palace these days, and we look the same as before, but I understand that I look at him differently." Lan Qi clutched her chest and said with tears, "Even if the rules of respect and inferiority were followed, I can also act coquettishly and joke in front of him without any scruples, but now even if I am joking with him, I have to weigh it in my heart before I speak. This is very tiring and heavy, and it is more complicated than letting me deal with that matter Everything is painful, so will the emperor and I be like this for the rest of our lives?"

Huanchun said helplessly: "My servant thinks that you have nothing to do with the emperor. If you say so according to your empress, this servant will know about it. Shouldn't your servant always be afraid that the emperor will kill you?"

At this time, Princess Wen Chen came to look for Er Niang, but the people outside did not stop her, so she broke in suddenly. Seeing her mother crying, she couldn't help being anxious, and threw herself into Lan Qi's arms and asked, "Why is Er Niang crying? Who bullied Er Niang?" Are you a mother? I'll tell Huang Ama."

Lan Qi tried her best to smile: "Silly girl, Erniang didn't cry."

Wen Chen refused: "Obviously I was crying."

Lan Qi was worried that her daughter would really talk nonsense to Xuan Ye, but she saw Lu Zhu came in with the eunuch from Qianqing Palace, and the eunuch knelt in front of the door and said: "The emperor ordered, please clean up some soft things, Mrs. Get up early in the morning and drive to the Changchun Garden, please accompany the Empress Defei."