Fourth Master's childhood sweetheart

Chapter 409 Concubine Wen Xi
It was five days after news of Concubine Wen's death spread from the capital to Shaoxing.

At that time, it was the second day that Lord Kangxi and his party had just arrived in Shaoxing.On the fluffy boat in the south of the Yangtze River, Lord Kangxi had just lifted his front foot and walked up, when he saw Li Dequan walking towards him with a gloomy face after hearing the news.

Lord Kangxi's heart skipped a beat, seeing Li Dequan's expression, he already guessed something.

Could it be... something happened again?

Thinking of this, Lord Kangxi's face darkened, and he glanced in the direction where Li Dequan was next to him.I hope that nothing damaging to the royal family's face will happen again.

Seeing Lord Kangxi looking towards him, Li Dequan had a bitter expression on his face, and thought, "Why do so many things happen recently? And he has to tell Lord Kangxi all these things?"

"what happened?"

Before Li Dequan could speak, Lord Kangxi himself had already started to ask.

Li Dequan cleared his throat, and replied: "There is news from the capital. It is said... that Concubine Wen Guifei has passed away after a long illness."

Concubine Wen, Niu Hulu, has been ill for a long time.The imperial physician has been using medicine to recuperate, although it is not always getting better, but there has been no trend of deterioration.

Lord Kangxi always thought that Concubine Wen Gui would be like a queen. Although she was not in good health, her life would not be in danger.So when Li Dequan mentioned this matter, Lord Kangxi still couldn't believe it.

"When did this happen?" A trace of sadness flashed across Lord Kangxi's face, and he immediately remembered the scene when Concubine Wen Gui just entered the palace.

The former Empress Xiaozhao had a strong and aggressive personality.But Concubine Wen, like her title, is a very gentle person.When getting along with Lord Kangxi, he never mentioned family affairs, and only wanted to help Lord Kangxi solve problems.

Fast forward 20 years.Even though the current Lord Kangxi can't think of Concubine Wen all the time, when he really hears that this person is gone, he still can't help but feel very sad.

"It happened five days ago." Li Dequan replied, "As soon as Concubine Wen Guifei passed away in the capital, the news was sent immediately."

On the [-]th, it was really fast from the capital to Shaoxing.

You know, it took Xiao Shunzi three days to get from Nanjing to Jinan during the 600-mile journey.These five days rushed over, I'm afraid it was non-stop day and night.

After all... Concubine Wen Gui's status is unusual after all, this kind of thing can't be sloppy.

"I know."

Lord Kangxi nodded. Standing on the black-covered boat, his complexion suddenly became ugly.

I thought everything would be fine after the new year.Unexpectedly, it turned out to be another eventful year.

"Go to pass the decree, hurry back to the capital." Kangxi said lightly: "In an hour, everyone will set off together!"

Shaoxing, the last stop of the southern tour, cannot continue here.After all, Lord Kangxi was only thinking about Concubine Wen Gui, so naturally he was not in the mood to continue inspecting the water conservancy.

however…

An hour later, when everyone was ready to go back, the crown prince was late and rushed back.

At that time, I saw Lord Kangxi and his party were about to leave.Seeing that the crown prince had only come back now, Lord Kangxi couldn't help but ask, "Didn't I say that I was going to return to Beijing immediately? Why did you come back now?"

The prince's face froze, he thought for a while, and replied: "Huang Ama ordered my ministers to inspect the situation of the river in Shaoxing City. The ministers did not dare to neglect, and did not come back until all inspections were completed."

This is indeed true.

"Concubine Wen Gui is dead, did you know?" Kangxi frowned and asked the prince back.

"I know." The crown prince replied, just as he was about to continue explaining, Lord Kangxi had already interrupted his words.

"Bastard!" Master Kangxi said angrily, "Since you know, why don't you come back quickly? I have ordered you to leave in an hour. Didn't you take my words to heart? Didn't you take Concubine Wen's death to heart?"

"When Empress Xiaozhao raised you, Concubine Wen Gui was always by her side. At that time, you have already remembered things. Is it possible that you can't remember Concubine Wen Gui's kindness to you?"

"It's important to inspect the river engineering, but can it compare to the kindness of nurturing!"

After a series of cursing, the prince was stunned.

Check whether the river worker is comparable to the grace of nurturing.The prince has long thought about this issue.In his opinion, Lord Kangxi, who has always put the country as the most important thing, shouldn't scold himself for this kind of thing.

Did he... read it wrong?
In fact, in Lord Kangxi's heart, friendship is more important?

When the prince was born, his biological mother, Queen Hesheli, passed away.Soon after that, when Concubine Zhao became the queen, he was sent to be raised by Concubine Zhao who was already a queen, that is, Empress Xiaozhao in the words of Lord Kangxi.

As for Concubine Wen, as Concubine Wen at that time, she was always by Empress Xiaozhao's side.When Empress Xiaozhao educated herself, Concubine Wen would also help.

Of course he remembered Concubine Wen Gui.

However, he only stayed at Empress Xiaozhao's lap for four or five years, and Empress Xiaozhao was gone.From then on, he and Concubine Wen naturally lost contact.

Speaking of the kindness of nurturing, the prince probably felt that there was some.But... For the prince who has always paid little attention to feelings, these things are just for affection, and it is really not important.

Of course, it is not worthwhile to let go of business for such a dispensable favor.

It seems...he didn't really understand his Huang Ama.

The corner of the prince's mouth twitched into a smile, looking at Lord Kangxi and others who had gone away, he had already made up his mind.It seems that at Concubine Wen's funeral, he had to be more sad.

...

Concubine Wen passed away, and the saddest thing was her son, Elder Brother Shi.

Elder brother Wen was raised under Concubine Wen's lap. Although Concubine Wen was in poor health, she neglected to take care of her son.But blood is thicker than water, Brother Ten immediately mourned unceasingly, and passed out several times.

Lord Kangxi was also greatly moved, and returned to the capital with a special decree, and named Concubine Wen Xi the posthumous title of Concubine Wenxi, and was buried according to the rituals of imperial concubines.

PS: Concubine Wen Xi is the second concubine of the Kangxi Dynasty (the first one is Empress Tong Jia, who was Concubine Tong when she first entered the palace, and later became the empress, which is the current empress.)
Moreover, Concubine Wen was also the only concubine in the Qing Dynasty who was a noble concubine but had her own posthumous title (the posthumous title is Concubine Wen Xi)

Although the number of posthumous titles seems to be relatively small, because the imperial concubine does not have a posthumous title, it can also be seen that Kangxi has "deep affection and righteousness" for Wen Guifei.

(End of this chapter)