Concubine Wen Xi who traveled through time

In October of the 20th year of Kangxi, Emperor Luanyu set off to return to Beijing.

Mulan's days are getting colder and colder, and Wen Xi has had enough fun, so she naturally misses the warmth of Beijing.In the spacious and comfortable Luanyu, a charcoal basin has already begun to burn, which is the bamboo charcoal tribute from Zhuzhi County, which was delivered nearby.The alpine moso bamboo used for more than five years is used as the raw material and fired at high temperature. The bamboo charcoal is not only hard and not easy to damage, but also very resistant to burning. After burning, there is a fresh and elegant smell of bamboo, which makes the room full of fragrance.

Xiao Quanzi is using a large tong to add pieces of cylindrical black bamboo charcoal into the charcoal basin. The bamboo charcoal is thicker than an adult's arm, about one foot long and hollow in the center. There is a trace of smoke, so it is used by concubines in the palace.

After Kangxi finished approving the papers, he suddenly asked, "Do you still feel cold?"

Wen Xi said with a smile on her face: "The emperor ordered people to make so many charcoal basins, and this concubine feels hot right now."

Kangxi held Wen Xi's hand, and said: "Sure enough, my palms are sweating." So, he ordered, "Xiao Quanzi, remove the two charcoal basins." Wen Sheng said to Wen Xi: "It's not too hot. Well, it makes Luanyu feel stuffy, and if you accidentally let the cold wind blow from outside, you will freeze yourself."

Later, a minister came to make a statement, so Wen Xi resigned and left Luanyu.As soon as I went out, it was really warm enough, but I was shrunk by the cold wind. At this time, Xiao Quanzi chased him out, and presented a gold-plated red copper octagonal hand stove, saying: "The red bamboo charcoal was put in here early in the morning. As instructed, let your master warm his hands."

There is a cover made of fox fur on the hand stove, which is insulated to keep warm and not hot to the hands. As expected, it is warm in the hand. Red bamboo charcoal is a charcoal that is in short supply in the palace.According to the proportion, the daily charcoal used by the imperial concubine is ten catties of red basket charcoal in summer and fifteen catties in winter. Fragrant bamboo charcoal".This copper hand stove is slightly larger than ordinary hand stoves, and the hollowed-out furnace cover on it for heat dissipation is slowly emitting heat, and the snow falling from the sky is fumigated by the heat before it can be touched.The furnace cover has a complex pattern, which is the most exquisite part of the whole hand furnace. The one in Wen Xi's hand is engraved with the pattern of magpies around plum blossoms.

On the way back, it snowed for several days, so it took a few days longer to return to the Forbidden City.Concubine Shen Hesheli often walked around in the car of the gentle concubine, breathed hot air and said: "It's really cold this year, I don't know if the slaves in the concubine's palace have heated up the palace early."

Wen Xi held the stove in her hand and said, "Are you afraid that the screwdriver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will short your charcoal?"

Concubine Shen raised her eyebrows, and said: "They may not dare! Xu Xinyi, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, is always a man who loves to make money. Seeing that the palace is not favored, he often gives deduction. The best red bamboo charcoal in the palace is always in short supply. The emperor and the two palaces are naturally tight first, it would be nice if the unfavorable concubines can have bamboo charcoal, and sometimes the pine charcoal used by court ladies is used!"

Concubine Shen complained a lot, thinking that she had been cheated before, Wen Xi ate candied fruit and said, "I know that there is a shortage of red bamboo charcoal, but there is a rule that if one catty of red bamboo charcoal is missing, two catties will be used. The best alpine moso bamboo charcoal is added, isn't it?"

Concubine Shen sighed and said, "It's good to be able to mend one by one! In fact, the best bamboo charcoal is also very resistant to burning, but sometimes the bamboo charcoal that is supplemented is not more than five years old at all, but only two or three years old!"

Wen Xi frowned involuntarily, "This palace knows that the longer the moso bamboo used to make bamboo charcoal, the more resistant the charcoal will be. If the bamboo is less than three years old, it is no bigger than a baby's arm. How can it be warmed?" Yigong? This Xu Xinyi is quite courageous, who is he?"

Concubine Shen sneered and said: "Who else could it be except the one from Jingren Palace! The servant Yangzi from the Han army flag usually pretends to be decent, but he is still petty in his bones! Let this palace be less and that palace should be used less. After one year, I saved a lot of expenses, and I can show how much expenses she saved to the palace in front of the Empress Dowager, so as to show how well she manages the family!"

For a little fame, she offended half of the people in the house. I really don't know if she is smart or stupid!The concubines complained a lot about Concubine Tong Gui, not necessarily because they were jealous of her high position due to her low birth, especially in court affairs, she didn't ask for praise from many people, at least she couldn't offend so many people.Wen Xi just sighed silently, anyway, no one dared to take anything from her palace!

Only after returning to Chengqian Palace did he realize that there were actually two more residents in his palace. They were the nobleman Zhao Jia who came out from Jingren Palace and the concubine Zhang Jia who was kicked out from Yonghe Palace.In the 13th year of Kangxi, Bu Guiren gave birth to the fifth daughter of the emperor and the third princess, and was named a nobleman, but now she has fallen out of favor, so she was invited out of her palace by Concubine Tong Gui; Not to be favored, Xu De concubine kicked her out because she thought she was useless, and both of them have been living in for more than half a month.

After returning to Beijing, the snow stopped, and the afternoon sun was warm, so Wen Xi asked someone to extinguish half of the charcoal basins in the hall.Wearing a new fur-collared winter jacket, she doesn't feel cold at all. The Bisha cabinet is no longer open, and the Dongnuan Pavilion is already warmed up, so it's time to move in.Mrs. Wu Lu is counting this month's charcoal collection outside the hall, 450 catties of red bamboo charcoal and [-] catties of bamboo charcoal, and then transport them one by one to the warehouse in the back hall.Wu Lushi said: "This year seems to be much colder than previous years. The emperor personally ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying that the master is spending the winter in the palace for the first year, so he added an extra three hundred catties of bamboo charcoal."

Wen Xi leaned on the warm couch in the East Nuan Pavilion, the room was so warm and smoky that one felt drowsy.Wu Lu continued to report: "All the skins have been sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for tanning, and they will be delivered in a few days."

Song'er outside suddenly came to report: "Bu Guiren and Concubine Zhang Jiashu have come to pay their respects to the master."

Wen Xi grunted and said, "Please go to the main hall."

Bu Guiren is 24 or [-] years old. Wearing an autumn-colored magnolia flower-trimmed flag dress and a maroon green fur collar embroidered with floral ruyi patterns, she is a slightly round woman with fair skin, high nose and red lips. Looks are good.It's just that she is tall, more than seven feet tall, and she will be even taller if she steps on two-inch flowerpot-soled shoes.Concubine Zhang Jiashu is a delicate beauty with a slender figure, but she is slightly inferior with Song Xu's beautiful appearance.

Both of them knelt down together, saluted, and kowtowed respectfully: "Greetings to the imperial concubine and empress, all blessings, empress!"

Wen Xi sat on the rosewood chair, took a sip of warm tea, and asked the two to get up.Bu Guiren said cautiously: "The servants and concubines moved in without the permission of the empress, and asked the empress to apologise."