The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 142
From that day on, Rong Yue still stayed behind closed doors all day long, and Wan Yu often went to see her, and she was not as reluctant to see her as before, but even if she met, her relationship with her was always the same. Faintly, no more intimacy than before.

After entering the palace for three years, this year should also be the year when new recruits will be drafted to serve in the palace.

The Queen and Concubine Yi were busy all day long picking out the roster of beautiful girls listed by the princes and nobles, and selected the good ones to present to the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager for review. With their permission, they were able to prepare the candidates for the beginning of July.

After lunch that day, Wannai was resting quietly in the hall, the emperor lifted the curtain and entered inside without making a sound, seeing her blankly thinking about something, he slapped her suddenly from behind, scaring Wanya I almost fell off the heating seat.

The emperor hugged her waist, smiled close to her ear and said, "You're so engrossed, but you're thinking about me?"

Seeing that it was the emperor, Wan Lai was startled at first, then smiled and patted the emperor's shoulder coquettishly, curling her lips and said: "Didn't the emperor come to my concubine's place only for dinner? Are you done with the previous court affairs?"

The emperor waved his hand, sat on the warm couch, casually took a jujube cake on the plate, and ate it: "There is no time to finish the state affairs, but I got something today, thinking that it is suitable for you, I will eat it." I personally took it and brought it here." Then, he yelled out of the hall, Liang Jiugong leaned in, holding a mahogany plate covered with yellow cloth in his hand, and after saying hello to Wan Lai, he placed the wooden plate on the on the case.

The emperor waved his hand at him and ordered him to step back, then pointed to the wooden plate and said with a smile: "Open it and have a look."

Wanlu's eyeball elves twirled in the eye sockets, and gently lifted the yellow cloth.

Inside it is a pair of white jade embossed flower bracelets.

White jade is crystal clear without any impurities, and it is processed into utensils by embossing, intaglio and other techniques.The inner side is decorated with two-way fretwork for a week, and the outer surface is decorated with bas-relief patterns for a week.

Wanyu took a jade bracelet and pointed it at the brightest sun, she couldn't help but praise: "Although jades are common in the palace, but the clear water is so pure and white, it's really wonderful."

The emperor's gentle palm rested on Wanyu's wrist, and personally fitted the jade bracelet for her properly, then whispered in her ear: "This is the jade bracelet given to Empress Xiaoxian by the previous emperor, naturally Exquisite."

"This" Wanyu felt a little uneasy, and hurriedly wanted to take off the bracelet: "So how can a concubine get involved in the queen's relic, it is a crime of disrespect."

The emperor pressed the palm of his hand firmly, and stopped Wanyan's movements: "I got the beautiful jade, and I ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find a skilled craftsman. Compared with the original one, it can't be considered disrespectful." into the bosom.

His arms are strong and strong, tightly wrapping around Wan Yu: "It's just my heart for you, but it is not inferior to the late emperor's filial piety to the empress."

Wan Lai was delighted in her heart, but she remembered that ever since Rong Yue found out about her body, she deliberately distanced herself from the emperor.No matter how patient the emperor is, he is not a man from an ordinary family. Seeing that his wife and concubines are not going well, there is a lot of time to coax him.

Occasionally inquired once or twice, seeing that she was always unhappy, he lost the patience to appease her, and now he has not stepped into Chengqian Palace for nearly a month.

She quietly nestled into the emperor's arms, fixed her eyes on the bracelet in her hand, and asked the emperor: "The emperor gave this fine jade bracelet to my concubine, but should I let my concubine dispose of it?"

The emperor said with strands of tenderness, "Naturally."

"Really?" Wanyu was taken aback from the emperor's embrace, looked up at his young and straight skin, and smiled: "The concubine thinks, the emperor thinks it would be good to transfer this thing to elder sister Rong Yue?"

The emperor's expression was startled, and he said with a little jealousy: "I can give her everything else, but this is my whole heart for you, how can it be?"

"Your majesty." She said in a charming voice, she took the emperor's arm and shook it twice: "The emperor's affection for his concubines, all the concubines accept them, and they are not willing to give them to others. But Sister Rongyue said It is useless to worry about one's own body every day, and to be depressed and convalescent. Although the concubines and other concubines often go to comfort them, in the final analysis, the elder sister is the same as the concubines. The only person who can rely on in this palace is the emperor. One person. Your care for her is a hundred times stronger than others."

The emperor thought about it for a moment, pretending to be displeased and shaking his head, but when he saw that Wanyu couldn't stop acting like a baby to him, his heart softened, his brows and eyes curled up in a smile, he nodded her nose, and replied heartily: "Why don't I miss her in my heart?" Yue, it's just that she is stubborn and needs to be strong, and if she can't get over the hurdles in her heart, it's useless for others to persuade her."

Wanyu's eyes showed a little joy: "The emperor is my sister's husband, not someone else. If the emperor personally comforts and persuades me, my sister will be cured." Then, she took off the jade bracelet and put on another pair. , took out a small and exquisite brocade box from under the drawer of the dressing table, carefully put it into it, and handed it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, if you have time, go and see your sister. There is also Ronggui, after she lost her child, all People are always boring, the emperor don't neglect her."

The emperor's eyebrows were gentle, he nodded and took down the brocade box, and said: "You are always considerate of others, why do you never see you asking for something for yourself?"

"The concubine doesn't ask for anything." Wanyu smiled and walked to the emperor's side and sat down, kneading the slightly stiff shoulders for him: "The emperor remembers the concubine, and having a concubine in his heart is a great blessing for the concubine." , where are you still thinking about those things outside your body?"

The two are deeply affectionate, telling each other their sincerity like flowers and birds in the same forest.

Not long after, Yun Chan and Shuang Ruo entered the room together, but they didn't want the emperor to be in. They were so frightened that they knelt down to pay their respects.

The emperor looked at them both gently, raised his hands and ordered him to flatten himself, and then heard Shuangruo softly reply: "Madam, the food prepared in the small kitchen has been sent to elder brother's place."

Wan Yu nodded, and asked again: "Are they all delicious with little salt?"

Shuangruo smiled and said: "According to my mother's order, for lunch, stewed pig's trotters with lettuce, brown sugar tofu stuffed with chrysanthemum sweet wine, ground peanuts and peas and golden needles in cold salad. The nurses are very happy to see it, and thank you for your kindness."

The emperor was confused by the words of the two master and servant, and wondered: "Why is your own small kitchen serving food to the wet nurse that elder brother has?"

"The concubine often goes to the elder brother's house to visit the younger brothers when there is nothing to do. One day, I heard the nurse say that the food prepared in the imperial dining room is always bland and tasteless. People will lose their appetite. If they can't eat much, they will give up. The concubine then I thought, how can the nursing mother produce good milk to feed my brothers? After careful questioning, I realized that salt should not be added to the nursing mother’s diet to produce good milk, so the mouth is already light. There is no more delicious food, and it is even more difficult to swallow." Wannai smiled secretly at the emperor, and continued: "Then my concubine followed the ancient method and made some delicious and breast-promoting food in her small kitchen. Eat food, order the palace servants to send it to elder brother every day, now the nurses are full of milk, and the little elder brothers are all white and fat, looking very happy."

The emperor's eyes twinkled with joy, and he couldn't stop praising: "My Wan'er is really virtuous, this is what the queen should do, but with Chenghu, she can't take care of herself, it's hard for you to think of it." So thoughtful."

"The emperor treats his concubines sincerely, and the concubines naturally have to think about the emperor. The emperor's children are also the children of the concubines, so why not love them?"

　Remarks ①: Empress Xiaoxian (1639-September 1660, 9), Dong E's family, known as Concubine Dong E in the world, her real name is unknown.A native of Zhengbai Banner in Manchuria, the daughter of E Shuo, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the sister of General Fei Yanggu, and the sister of the concubine Zhen of Emperor Shunzhi.

　　In the 13th year of Shunzhi (1656), the Dong E family entered the palace and was deeply favored by Emperor Shunzhi.On August 25 of the same year, she was named a concubine Xian.In just over one month, Shunzhi granted her the title of Imperial Concubine on the grounds that she was "mindful, intelligent and good-natured, and not above the Dong E family".The speed of promotion is rare in Chinese history.

　　On August 17th in the 1660th year of Shunzhi (22), Dong E died of illness in Chengqian Palace at the age of [-].Dong E's family was the most beloved woman of Emperor Shunzhi in his life. After his death, he was named queen and buried together in Xiaoling Mausoleum of Qing Dynasty.The posthumous titles are Empress Xiaoxianzhuang and Zhide Xuanren Wen Huiduanjing (not attached to the posthumous title of the emperor, she is the last queen with an independent posthumous title in China).

　　
　
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