Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi saw that her thoughts had been guessed, so she turned her face away stingyly and ignored Huanchun, sorted out the letters by herself, and put them together in the letter box.It contained all the letters that Xuan Ye had given her when he was away from home these years. When the two of them were together, occasionally they would pick out one or two old letters to read on a whim.Xuan Ye is often surprised by his warm and earnest words, but everything is deep in his memory, and he can recall it all with a little touch, and the two of them often laugh for a long time because of this.

"Master, do you still have dinner? The princesses are waiting in the dining room. They have been strolling in the garden for a long time in the afternoon, and they are already hungry." Huan Chun came over and said to the master with a smile, "Did you read the letter?" , you are satisfied and don’t feel hungry?”

Lan Qi patted her on the arm lightly, and said with love and hatred: "In a few years, people in the world will call you Nanny, you are not serious." With a happy smile, he pretended to be generous and said, "I'm full of heart, so I'm not hungry anymore. I'm not happy that your Long Live Lord doesn't bring newcomers back to the palace. I don't care if there are newcomers around him. That's why many people were selected in the draft. If you say you want to bring in newcomers, it will be difficult for me to do so, and now I can save a lot of worry, which is a good thing."

Seeing Huanchun's smirk, she went to her daughter's house now, for fear of being seen by the children, and ordered her not to smile so brightly, Huanchun couldn't help but said: "The empress is the one who smiles brightly, the servant is Laughing at your duplicity, every time you say something like this, you are very long-winded."

Lan Qi glanced at her, and said with a smile: "You and I are almost a hundred years old together." As she spoke, she counted with her fingers, with joy in the corners of her eyes, and said softly, "When the emperor is fifty or thirty, I will Adding up to him is exactly a hundred years old, Huanchun, tell me, is this also considered a kind of happiness?"

Huan Chun was filled with emotion, he helped his master all the way to the dining hall, and said happily: "Naturally, I am happy, but I hope the emperor and empress live a long and healthy life."

At this moment, dinner was also set up in Yuqing Palace, but only the crown prince and Babeile were sitting at the table, the princess concubine, side Fujin and the emperor's grandchildren were not in front of them, the table was full of dishes, and the little eunuch kept pouring cups to Babeile. In the middle of adding wine, Yinhu stopped him and said that he could not drink too much, but the prince patted him on the shoulder: "Drink, at worst, stay with me for one night, and then go back to elder brother's house. Don't be afraid of getting drunk. You are so old You don't know what it's like to be drunk?"

Yinhu thought in his heart that his father had always disliked people drinking too much, and he would only drink a few more glasses on special important festivals. Most of them were only slightly drunk, and rarely drunk as mud.Among the brothers imitated his father's appearance, even if it hindered his preferences, he would not drink alcohol, not to mention that Yinhu didn't know what it was like to be drunk, and he didn't even know how much alcohol he had.

But tonight the prince is happy, he has already drunk more than half a catty of his own drink, seeing that the prince's alcohol capacity is not bad, although his cheeks are slightly red but his mind is still very clear, Yinhu drank two or three cups, and he still doesn't know how deep he is, but I was already very disgusted.

The prince saw that he was not drinking from the wine glass, and his own wine pot was empty. When he wanted to add more wine, the eunuch who served said timidly: "Your Majesty has an order. The crown prince will hurt himself if he is too greedy. If I find wine for you, The slave's life is at stake."

The prince sneered, and said to his younger brother: "Look at your sister-in-law, she is young, but she cares about everything." As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the almost untouched pot of wine in Yinhu's hand, and his younger brother was stunned. I was stunned, and hurriedly sent it to the prince, but after thinking about it, I took it back and said respectfully, "You drank a lot."

"Drunk and disorganized, the last time you bumped into me, I was so drunk that I passed out. I still don't believe what your sister-in-law said." The prince's wine-stained eyes were full of unreadable meanings. Looking at Yinhu with a complicated expression, he said, "Among the brothers, you have seen me most embarrassed. This time, I was bumped into by you again."

Sure enough, the prince came to Yinhu because of the matter of the eunuch of Yuqing Palace taking him out of the palace privately, and the guards in the palace are in charge of the eighth elder brother, so that matter must reach his ears, even though he didn't meet him face to face, it's strange to hear it Scary.He promptly and decisively dealt with all those people, and didn't let the situation escalate further, but he never said anything to the prince about it, and he felt uneasy in his heart.

Think about it, that eunuch is not stupid, how could he steal so many things and take them out all at once? He must have been entrusted to do things for his master. If you take it out, if you sell it at a low price, you may not be able to exchange it for 3 taels, but why can't Yuqing Palace even get it out for 5000 taels, or why is it so short of silver, and will sell the jewelry when it comes time? the point?Yinhu didn't need to use his head to guess that it was because of the turmoil in the capital that Prince An's mansion had come to deal with him in private, but he didn't dare to let his wife know.

"Eighth brother." The prince called enthusiastically, "How about you just pretend that nothing happened?"

Yinhu lowered his eyes and said softly: "My brother doesn't know anything, what are you talking about?"

An indifferent smile flew across the corner of the prince's mouth, and he hummed softly, "It's my brother after all, very good."

Yinhu looked at his elder brother again, and silently took out two pieces of paper from his bosom and handed them to the prince: "Your brother built a mansion not long ago, and there are almost no expenses at home. .”

The prince frowned slightly, but his hands touched it involuntarily, and he opened it slightly to see, under the light, he could see what was inside. It was two silver bills, each worth 1000 taels, and the sum was as much as 2000 taels of silver.He looked at his younger brother in astonishment and asked: "You guys can receive so much gift money, then I..." He seemed to want to say, why didn't he have any idea about all this when he got married, and his wife wouldn't hide it from him , but he really didn't know that he could collect so much.

Yinhu explained: "The New Year's money I received from my great-grandmother, the emperor's grandmother, and Huang Ama and other empresses since I was young, Concubine Hui saved it for me, and I managed it myself afterwards. I didn't use it in the palace at all. It’s not about the money, it’s all here.”

"Isn't that all your savings?" The prince frowned.

"It's just my younger brother's private money. The money in the mansion is under the care of your younger siblings. You don't want any troubles. Without her hands, this is all my younger brother has." Yinhu smiled slightly, and pushed the bank note to the crown prince, " In this way, you should trust your brother."

Indeed, Yinhu had a financial relationship with himself, and those messy things would cause trouble if they were stabbed in front of the emperor. At least the eighth brother would not betray him easily, or he would be involved too. Why did he dig himself out? Tomb, at least this side can feel at ease, accepting the money is to buy both places to rest assured, why not do it.

But when Yinhu left Yuqing Palace, his mood was heavier than when he came. Although he was in the palace since he was a child, he has been to Yuqing Palace a number of times. Say joy.

In the eyes of all the brothers, Yuqing Palace is like Qianqing Palace. Now when he sees this unattainable and unreachable place, he really understands the difference between the two places. After all, the prince is only the heir. There is a difference between the brothers and the ministers, but in Yinhu's eyes, the prince is not worthy at all.

All the way to the outside of the palace, the faint smell of alcohol on his body dissipated in the breeze. The eighth elder brother's trouble is not because of the crown prince's cowardice and incompetence, but because he doesn't know what is causing the heaviness in his heart.

In Yuqing Palace, Yinreng was sitting alone at the wine table, the princess was already standing quietly outside the door, the smell of alcohol wafting from the room from time to time made her frown deeply, she didn't go in, she didn't know what to say to her husband What.

I watched and watched, but saw that my husband began to tear the paper in his hand. It was very slow, but he tore it over and over again, and then he waved his hand lightly, and the pieces fell like snow. Outside the door, he smiled disdainfully: "Don't worry, he won't go around saying that he is not clean after wading into this muddy water. Tonight I'm writing notes in the study, you can rest."

The Crown Princess was apprehensive, and nodded her head in agreement. When her husband left, she went straight in, looked at the fragments all over the floor, picked up some at random, and saw scattered words and seals, then picked up some more and put them together, and saw what happened. It looked like a bank note, her heart tightened, and she tried to pick up more pieces to piece it together. Seeing the value of the bank note, her heart skipped a beat. At this juncture, the prince actually tore up 2000 taels of silver?

She sat down heavily, and raised her eyes to see the carved beams and painted buildings in the palace. What kind of world does this magnificent thing support?

As the night deepened, the lights in the Yonghe Palace gradually went out, Wen Xian and Wen Chen nestled together to rest, it seemed that Wen Xian knew that he was going to get married, and it was even more strange that the younger sister gave up traveling with her father in order to accompany her. Even more affectionate, Lan Qi sees a heart-warming sweetness in her eyes, and she must know that after a hundred years, sisters and brothers can support each other at least, so it can be regarded as peace of mind.

After washing, she sat in front of the mirror and combed her hair. Huan Chun didn't know what to do outside, and she came back after a long time. She took the comb and straightened Lan Qi's hair, and said softly behind her: "The prince seems to have invited the eighth elder brother to drink. I heard that Brother Ba was smelling of alcohol when he left, whether you think it's strange or not, it's rare for Brother Ba to leave the palace for two days, and he even specially called him in for a drink."

Lan Qi said indifferently: "Normally the eighth elder brother is on duty in the palace, so the crown prince would not dare to invite him, but since he has gone back to rest today, it's okay to specially call for a drink, they are all grown-ups."

"Your Majesty is really open to it." Huan Chun laughed, "I bet you that Concubine Rong should come to tell you about this tomorrow morning. Concubine Rong doesn't know anything."

Only then did Lan Qi laugh: "Speaking of which, the contacts she has accumulated in the palace for so many years have always been both right and wrong. No one can offend her. In comparison, she is more well-informed than me."