Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"I just had a whim, to see what they are thinking, others don't say, do you think I can do things in bed when I summon Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui?" Xuan Ye smiled lazily, and replied indifferently, " I guessed at that time, how could you be jealous if you knew about it. Although I was worried about you, I found it interesting."

"It's not interesting." Lan Qi said softly, she didn't talk about other things, she just said, "Don't tease me next time, we are all grown up."

"You always talk about your age, so you get upset easily." Xuan Ye smiled, took Lan Qi's hand, held it in his arms like a treasure, but seemed to be going to sleep, and murmured, "It's okay , if you care about me, I'm afraid that the more people around me care about me in the future, I don't know what it is."

Lan Qi's heart trembled when she heard that, she didn't say a word, the person in her arms fell asleep peacefully, today he no longer sees the ministers, as if he has unloaded the burden on his body, he thought it was just a short nap, but he fell into a deep sleep, but when he waited When he suddenly woke up, he almost jumped up and asked, "Your body must be numb."

But Lan Qi got away early and placed him in the soft pillow and thin blanket.But the emperor was very sleepy, everyone waited quietly to wash up, and then he was pushed down again, Lan Qi sat beside him, comforting him like a child, talking lightly, Xuan Ye responded one after another He fell asleep again unknowingly, he was extremely tired and very relieved.

When Lan Qi walked out of the warm pavilion, it was already dark. Huanchun and the others hurriedly put on her cloak and cloak, and stuffed the warm hand stove into the arms of the master. He didn't dare to speak out, lest he would wake up the sleeping emperor.

Eunuch Liang sent Lan Qi to the door, and finally dared to say: "Thanks to your mother, the Lord Long Live has finally rested. He has worked day and night for the past few days, and the servants are resting better than the master after shifts. I feel so ashamed."

Lan Qi was wrapped up tightly, so she couldn't help feeling hot, so she handed the stove to Huan Chun, and she unbuttoned her chest collar a little to breathe, hearing what Mr. Liang said, her heart felt even more relieved.After all, she was still worried that Xuanye would forget about herself, but for more than [-] years, she has always known that she can be more important than anyone else, but she cannot be compared with the government. Even if Xuanye might choose her at a critical moment, she cannot first I take it more seriously than government affairs.

Eunuch Liang said again: "Slaves shouldn't talk too much, but I don't see your mother coming to clean the palace for a while, and I'm really anxious, I beg your mother to love Long Live Lord more, and come and see when you have time."

Lan Qi smiled: "Boss Liang wants to have a good rest. The emperor can't leave you. The emperor said that he wants to eat the dishes made by Huanchun. I will come here often in the past few days. After you ask the emperor tomorrow, tell the ministers when they will meet." Me, don't tell me to bump into each other, embarrassing each other."

Director Liang responded one by one, but Lan Qi didn't sit in the sedan chair, and walked back with Huanchun. Hearing that her sister had already left the palace, she raised her eyes to look at the sparse starry sky, and sighed softly: "It's fortunate that she pushed me here today. , I know the emperor's mind."

Huan Chun followed closely, and asked with a smile: "Master, I feel more at ease, I'm afraid no one can make you happy better than the emperor."

But Lan Qi shook her head: "I said that I'm afraid you will think I'm hypocritical and difficult to serve. I guess only I can understand the feeling. Anyway, I believe what he said. As for what she is, let's let it go. Yinger said it well, and we What's the matter? If I think too much, it will only make others think that I am nosy, narrow-minded and artificial."

Huanchun was confused when he heard him and her, but he couldn't tell who he was talking about, but seeing the smile on the master's face, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and heard that the emperor wanted to eat the food she cooked, so he went with the empress all the way. Discuss what to do.

After Laba, for three or four consecutive days, Huanchun followed his master in and out of the Qianqing Palace. The emperor's imperial meals were distributed to the harem every day, but the emperor himself ate ordinary side dishes, but his spirit was better than before. After a while, when I finally had time to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, the old man also smiled: "Sure enough, it's better for Lan Qi to serve you."

The emperor discussed with the queen mother several major events for the next year. One was to set up a Fujin for the nine elder brothers and ten elder brothers;

Elder brother Fujin and the canonization of the Sixth Palace are not difficult, but the southern tour, the queen mother hesitated, the old man was able to return to his hometown this time, and he still talks about it, but the only thing that is not enjoyable is her precious granddaughter Wen Xian. Come on, the southern tour is of course interested, but when I think that Wen Xian can't accompany me, I'm hesitant.

Xuan Ye asked the Queen Mother to give him a letter of approval before New Year's Eve, and Lan Qi knew the emperor's determination to go on a southern tour, and serving the Queen Mother was naturally not just for honoring her, the Queen Mother's trip had other meanings, Xuan Ye never did it lightly He privately persuaded the Empress Dowager to agree to the southern tour, and said that if Wen Xian knew that he had hindered the imperial grandmother's footsteps, he would feel ashamed and ashamed instead.

The Queen Mother said: "Then let's settle the child's marriage. After this matter is settled, I will be at ease."

After Lan Qi conveyed the queen mother's words to Xuan Ye, under the imperial decree in the first month, the ninth elder brother and ten elder brothers chose Fujin to leave the palace to build a mansion every year, and the fifth princess married Shun Anyan, the uncle of the country. marriage.

There were happy events in Yikun Palace and Yonghe Palace, both inside and outside the palace came to congratulate, and it happened to be sent to usher in the first month. It was full of excitement for a while, and the other side was preparing for the emperor's southern tour. Everyone was busy, inside and outside the Forbidden City A scene of prosperity.

Lan Qi was so busy all day that she didn't know what day it was, that day the Empress Dowager called her to Ningshou Palace, an old concubine came to pay her respects and asked her to go over and talk with her, Lan Qi just met the royal wife in Yonghe Palace, she was dressed in a luxurious and bright Jifu, hugging the cloak, hurried to Ningshou Palace.

On the way, I met two soft sedan chairs, and they knew that the concubine de concubine was here, so they hurriedly stopped the sedan chairs, and the eunuchs and maids came over with a crowd of people on the sedan chairs. welcome.When they came to the front, they even said politely: "Why should Uncle Guo and Madam get out of the sedan chair, just send a servant to tell me, the ground is covered with snow and thin ice, you two should walk carefully."

Mrs. Tong is old, depressed after the death of Empress Xiaoyi, and hardly ever enters the palace. Lan Qi can't remember the last time she saw her. Now seeing the old man with gray temples in vain, her heart is heavy, and Tong When Madam saw the graceful and luxurious Concubine De, she thought that her daughter would be like this if she was still alive, and she was also saddened by it, she just kept the etiquette and propped up.

In contrast, Tong Guowei is hale and hearty and looks very good. In Lan Qi's opinion, this is always a good thing, and the queen certainly doesn't want her parents and family members to be too sad for her.After saying a few polite words to each other, Lan Qi asked Huan Chun to help Mrs. Tong get into the sedan chair. The old couple came to the palace to greet and thank the Queen Mother. Son, Mrs. Tong was not feeling well and could not enter the palace. Today, she is in better spirits, so Tong Guowei brought her in.

Lan Qi watched Mrs. Tong sit back in the sedan chair, and was about to invite Tong Guowei to sit in the sedan chair, but he smiled and said, "Can I go with your empress?"

"You..." Lan Qi wanted to refuse, but she saw that Tong Guowei's deep eyes were full of intentions to talk to her, and Tong Guowei was already a gray-haired old man and the uncle of the country, so there was no need to avoid suspicion too much. The two walked side by side, while Huan Chun gradually led the maids and eunuchs away under the hint of the master.

Seeing this, Tong Guowei said, "Your Majesty is really smart and intelligent."

Lan Qi listened to his elder's tone, and said modestly: "Where did you say that?"

Tong Guowei couldn't help but praise a few words, but the conversation suddenly changed, and he quietly asked Concubine De: "During the twelfth lunar month, the empress often serves Wansui. I heard that the empress knows in detail when and when I will meet with the ministers in Qianqing Palace."

Lan Qi's brows trembled slightly, obviously the meaning behind these words was to accuse her of being suspected of being involved in the government affairs, she tried her best to calm down and said: "The emperor has a bad temper, I have to take care of it with all my heart, knowing that when the palace is clean, I don't want to be with you Grown-ups meet face-to-face."

"Yes, empress is cautious." Tong Guowei bowed and said, but when he raised his head again, his face seemed to be full of calculations, and he said seriously, "Empress must know that in the eyes of others, your behavior is not that simple."

Lan Qi's heart sank, and she tried to calm down, and asked, "Uncle Guo, what you mean is that I'm too ostentatious, and I've lost my dignity as a concubine?"

Tong Guowei asked straight to the point: "Empress Xiaoyi's legacy, can your mother know?"

Lan Qi avoided his gaze and said softly, "The queen has a last wish?"

The two didn't talk for a while, but they both understood what they were talking about. Lan Qi's avoidance was not because she didn't want to confess to Tong Guowei, but because she couldn't say these words out loud. How could Tong Guowei be so scheming, how could he not be considerate of Concubine De Naturally, he no longer asked aggressively, but said with a smile: "The old minister has nothing serious to do in this life, I only wish to fulfill the queen's long-cherished wish, and I hope that the concubine de concubine can help me and fulfill it a lot."

Lan Qi cast her eyes far away at the end of the road, as if absent-mindedly said: "Everything depends on fate, you can't force it."

Tong Guowei didn't take it seriously, but continued: "My lady, please take a closer look at the form of the harem and court, and take a closer look at the civil and military strengths of my brothers. The harem of all dynasties and dynasties are inextricably linked. Your one Words and deeds will affect or even decide many things, so please think twice."

Lan Qi also stopped avoiding suspicion, and asked directly: "In the eyes of Uncle Guo, what should I not do?"

In Tong Guowei's deep eyes, there was a frightening arrogance, and he looked at Concubine De with a cold smile, typing every word into her heart: "Your Majesty, you should no longer call yourself a favorite concubine, and you should not let the world think that The emperor cannot do without you and cannot do without the Yonghe Palace. In contrast, the Changchun Palace, Yikun Palace, and Jingyang Palace are the models you should emulate."

"Imitate them?" Lan Qi was puzzled.

Tong Guowei said: "In the eyes of the world, you can't see your broad and tolerant heart, but only your incomparable honor and favor."