Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Xuan Ye laughed: "Wu Yalan Qi is not stupid, is there anyone who is stupid?"

"Isn't it?" Lan Qi responded smoothly, but after a moment of recollection, seeing Xuan Ye's eyes full of smiles, she couldn't help being ashamed and anxious, and was held in Xuan Ye's arms, "Isn't it, isn't it?" Asking softly, she whimpered a few times, "The concubine is not stupid."

Touching Lan Qi's back, Xuan Ye felt that the person in his arms had lost a lot of weight, hugged her and kissed her forehead lightly: "It's good to be healthy and healthy, I want Wu Ya Lan Qi to stay with me for the rest of my life, promise me. "

"The concubine promised the emperor." Lan Qi nodded heavily, and Xuan Ye gently pinched her cheek, "Eat well first, and raise your little body, I will bring you some delicious food, Huanchun won't give it to you." I brought you everything you ate."

Lan Qi's eyes lit up when she heard the words, but she ate lightly for more than half a month, as if she had been starving for more than ten years. Hearing the movement of the meal outside, she was full of energy. She wanted the maid to come and change her clothes, but the emperor ordered the dishes Move it in and put it on the kang, let her wear pajamas and put on a dress, and sit cross-legged on the small table to eat together.

Recently, Xuan Ye was too lazy to move the imperial dining room because of the busy court affairs. For this reason, the imperial dining room even reported to the empress dowager, so that he was scolded by the imperial grandmother, but while worrying about the court affairs, he was also worried about Lan Qi , Where does the appetite come from, when a person is faced with a large table of uninspiring meals, only boredom remains.

But at this moment, this thin and small person in front of him, he just recovered from a serious illness and his blood has not fully recovered. When he saw the table full of delicious food, he ate it unceremoniously. He didn't even have the usual restraint in the harem. It's fun to have a lively meal , Xuan Ye also lost his appetite for a while, and ate a lot with him, and then he just watched her chewing slowly and savoring everything with satisfaction, but he put down the bowls and chopsticks after a while, with a look of regret on his face .

"What's the matter? You just take care of what you eat, I just want to watch you." Xuan Ye coaxed her to continue, and even brought some food, but Lan Qi shook her head, "I can't take it anymore, I just took the medicine not long ago, and The porridge and side dishes are cleared every day, and my appetite has become smaller." She said, lowered her head and touched her stomach, and when she looked up and saw Xuan Ye looking at her, she remembered the reserve she should have, and smiled shyly, "The concubine has lost her manners. .”

Xuan Ye leaned over and reached out to touch her fleshless stomach, and said with a deep smile: "Take care of your body earlier, and give me a little brother. The prince brother wants a smart and capable younger brother."

The words were ambiguous and sweet, Lan Qi couldn't help being ashamed, and smiled coquettishly: "The emperor just said that the concubine is stupid, even if there is a younger brother in the future, she will not be able to do it."

"Nonsense." Xuan Ye slapped her forehead heavily, "How can my child not be smart and capable? Come and sit down." He pulled Lan Qi to her side and lazily said, "Let's take a rest, I'm leaving again in a while."

The two cuddled together and talked for a while, but Lan Qi didn't feel sleepy today, but the emperor next to him fell asleep first, and he didn't know how long he hadn't had a good rest. Hearing the sound of steady and peaceful breathing, Lan Qi lay motionless on top of him. Dare to move, for fear of disturbing his rare sleep, he must have worked hard day and night. When he entered the palace, he didn't feel how hard the emperor was. It wasn't until he got close to him that he realized how heavy the burden of being rich in the world was.

"I want Wu Ya Lanqi to stay with me for the rest of my life." The words he said just now warmed people's hearts, and she couldn't help but remind Lan Qi of when Queen Hesheli passed away, in the dark rainstorm, he said to Eunuch Li: " I will never hear her say such a thing again," and felt distressed for a moment.

Wu Yalanqi is not the emperor's only woman, and there may be more likable newcomers appearing in the future, but whether she cannot see each other in the imperial city or stays with him day and night, she hopes that she can accompany him for the rest of her life. If you want to stay with you for a lifetime, you must live a healthy life.

An Ran thought about this, the spring sun fell from the bright window, and in the warm atmosphere, Lan Qi fell asleep unconsciously, and when she woke up soundly from the dream, Xuan Ye was no longer there.

"Master is awake?" Seeing Huanchun coming in, with the scent of decoction that is indispensable these days, looking at the dark medicine that night, while he was sleeping on the bed, he couldn't help feeling disappointed, and asked Huanchun, "I Are you dreaming?"

"Master slept soundly, are you dreaming?" Huan Chun asked with a smile, while bringing the medicine to her eyes.

"I mean..." Lan Qi felt inexplicably uneasy, pointing to the cleaned kang under the window and asked, "Has the emperor been here? Didn't I just have dinner with the emperor? It's right there."

Huan Chun smiled leisurely: "Why didn't you come here? I really came here. Master is sleepy? It was you who fell asleep leaning on the emperor. When the emperor called you to leave, he didn't wake up, so he hugged you personally. I just left on the bed."

Kong Xuan's heart fell steadily, and she was satisfied immediately. Lan Qi reached out to take the medicine without blinking her eyes, and drank it with a gulp. ability."

Lan Qi stuffed the medicine bowl to her, turned her head and curled her lips triumphantly and happily: "Of course you can't compare with the emperor, but no one can compare with you except the emperor."

Yukui was holding a handkerchief to serve, when she heard this sentence, she deliberately smiled at Huanchun: "Listen, sister, the master is the best at talking to make us happy, but when he acts like a baby and loses his temper, he will only torment us."

"I won't make trouble anymore, and I will take as many bitter medicines as I can." Lan Qi smiles like a flower and is in good spirits. Only by taking medicine can her body fully recover. She wants to be healthy and give birth to a little elder brother for Xuan Ye, who will accompany her in a healthy and healthy way. His whole life.

However, after that day, the emperor did not get close to Zhongcui Palace since then, but occasionally sent Eunuch Li to ask in a low-key manner, and those who served in Qianqing Palace on weekdays were still Ronggui and Yigui, regardless of whether Wu Chang was there or not. Unable to attend bedtime due to illness, it seems that the emperor's enthusiasm is still far from what it used to be.

Everyone can see the desolation of Chengqian Palace, but no matter whether it is Wu Changzai being punished to stand barefoot in the cold ground, or Duan Guiren's miscarriage, no one reprimands Concubine Tong for everything, and no one pursues it. reason.It seems to be peaceful, but in fact it polished Concubine Tong's proud patience little by little. At first she would cry in the palace, but as the days became colder and colder, she would be in a daze every day. He was by his side all the time, but he could only feel the master's hostility getting heavier and heavier.

This day, someone from the sewing room came to measure the size of Concubine Tong's summer clothes. She sneered and asked, "Concubine Zhao is so generous now? The queen's tomb has not resumed work, and new clothes are being made in the palace."

The eunuchs and maids in the sewing room didn't dare to answer, Jingzhu smiled with her, and after everyone had left, she persuaded the master, "Why do you say these things, it's right and wrong to spread them."

Concubine Tong smiled disdainfully: "So what if it gets out? Those people want to see me lonely and silent from now on. I don't want to. The empress dowager and the emperor can neglect me, but they don't want to belittle me. These days I think I understand, the face is not given by others, it is earned by myself, those who have laughed at me now, I will make them cry in the future."

As expected, this disposition spread along with some gossip. Due to Concubine Tong's status and the difficulty in distinguishing the truth from the rumors, no one dared to provoke the Chengqian Palace, or to gossip in front of the Empress Dowager, but the old man was like a mirror in his heart. Every time I heard something, I just sighed quietly, "What a child, with such a heart, her aunt was such a soft and gentle person in the past."

"It's good that the emperor understands in his heart. If the emperor understands, many things will not be troubled." Aunt Su Mala always persuaded like this, but she knew in her heart that with Concubine Tong like this, troubles would happen in the palace sooner or later.

However, due to the gradual decline of the situation in San Francisco and the frequent news of success, the imperial court was full of high spirits. The empress dowager was happy about this incident, so she didn't bother to ignore other things. The climate is neither hot nor cold, and many people are walking around inside and outside the palace. The harem is just like the previous dynasty, full of vitality.

Lan Qi's body also fully recovered in this season of blooming flowers, the first thing she did was naturally to pay her respects to the Palace of Compassion and Ninggong. This day, she was waiting for the concubines to pay her respects, and she came to the Empress Dowager alone before noon.

When passing by the place where she was standing barefoot that day, Huan Chun wanted to help her master to go faster, but Lan Qi stopped and looked at Xu, and said to them: "Mother wants me to remember, so every time I see it in the future , is to remind me not to forget the humiliation of that day, do not do to others what I would have you do to yourself, and never become so hideous and terrible one day."

Afterwards, outside the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace, the little eunuch in front of the door didn't even wait to report, and led Wu Changzai in courteously, greeted her with a smile, and said, "Chang Zai hasn't come for a long time, the Empress Dowager misses her every day."

Waiting outside the sleeping hall, Madam Su Mala had already come out, her face full of joy and kindness: "It can be regarded as a great peace, these days the slaves have not visited Chang Zai, you must be resentful in your heart."

Lan Qi smiled softly and delicately, and walked inside with her hand on her arm: "There's no complaints, I just miss you so much."

The mother said with a smile: "The empress dowager is also thinking about it. Recently, she has been talking about it. I heard that you have got out of bed and wandered around the yard. I blame you for not remembering to come here first."

The time to speak was already in front of the Empress Dowager, the old man was watching the maid embroidering a handkerchief, when she heard Mammy Su Mala say: "Master, let's see who is here." He looked up and saw that it was Lan Qi, and liked it in his heart, but said: "You are You hate how hard it is for me to serve people here, so you torment yourself to be sick, so lazy?"

Lan Qi fell to her knees and kowtowed, then raised her head and her eyes were red, the Empress Dowager was so sympathetic to her, she let her come to her, and looked at her carefully with her arms crossed, after a long time, the little girl's eyebrows began to look charming. Her delicate and delicate appearance gradually faded, and she couldn't help but tease her: "I'm sick, but I'm ugly."

Lan Qi smiled: "It doesn't matter if you look ugly, anyway, it doesn't matter if you look good or not when you are serving in front of you."

Aunt Su Mala smiled at the side: "But serving in front of the emperor, if you don't look good, you don't like it."

The Empress Dowager laughed: "If you tease her any more, you will dislike our place even more, and you won't be able to be lazy anymore." Then she asked Lan Qi to sit beside her, and handed her the maid's hand, "This A handkerchief is waiting to be used, you are good at your hands, don't be lazy anymore."

Lan Qi took it over and listened to the Empress Dowager talking to her while she was embroidering. No one mentioned what happened that day, and she thought it was fine, so let’s go when it’s over. , was joking that it would be useful to let her sit with the empress dowager and don’t move, but a palace maid came outside and invited Madam Su Mala out and said, “Concubine Tong is here, and she is asking to see you outside the palace. Posture, if you don’t let me in, you’ll beg on your knees.”

The nanny couldn't help frowning, but she could also see Concubine Tong's heart. If Wu Changzai wasn't there, she might still kneel down and beg to see her. Now that he's in there, she must know that there's no need to embarrass herself.Then he ordered: "Let's just say that the master has eaten, and I ask Concubine Tong to go back to eat earlier. There is no need to say anything else, let her decide by herself. If you really kneel at the door and wait, then kneel."

When Mammy came back to set the meal, she didn't mention who was outside, until the Empress Dowager wanted to take a rest in the afternoon, and asked Lan Qi to go and see Noble Duan if she had the energy, and then let her leave.Su Mala just mentioned about Concubine Tong, the Empress Dowager shook her head and sighed: "That's right, it won't be too late to see her in a few days."

Lan Qi was ordered to go to Duan Guiren, and she was sad for a while because of her miscarriage. She didn't know what to say if she went to visit her, but she had to go today, so she didn't have so many scruples.Unexpectedly, not far from the Compassion Ning Palace, I suddenly saw her again at the place where I met Concubine Tong that day, only to hear Huan Chun whispering: "I heard that when I went out, Madam Su Mala didn't let me see her, I didn't expect to wait for her. it's here."

Lan Qi suppressed her emotions and led them over to salute. Concubine Tong laughed hurriedly: "I don't dare to accept Wu Chang's gift, you are such a precious person."

"The concubine dare not." Lan Qi descended slowly, saluting respectfully.

"Which one else in the palace can accompany the empress dowager to eat? I am not qualified, and I am afraid that the concubine Zhao is not qualified either, and you are the only one." Concubine Tong snorted softly, calling Jingzhu, "Hurry up and let Wu often gets up."

Lan Qi didn't wait for anyone to help her, she stood up steadily by herself, she lowered her head and didn't look at the person in front of her, she didn't want to see her hideous smile, but Concubine Tong was waiting for her here on purpose, naturally she had something to say, Clearing his throat, he said: "I may have been a little angry that day, but after all, I didn't violate the rules of the palace. You blocked my way, but you made a mistake. Now that the matter is over, it's best for everyone to live in peace. Good. But there is one more sentence, I still want to tell you personally, Wu Chang is here, don’t forget your weight at any time, the days are still long, if you don’t understand some words, you can understand.”

Lan Qi was startled. Xuan Ye once laughed at her for being stupid, but she was never stupid. In this palace, she couldn't obey the words, so she only had a pair of ears for nothing. The meaning of Concubine Tong's words was not to warn her, The empress dowager is old, and she will return to Yaochi in the future, who else will support her.

"Remember?" Concubine Tong laughed triumphantly, she took Jingzhu's arm and turned to leave, Lan Qi swayed, Huan Chun helped her and asked hurriedly, "Master, is everything alright?"

Lan Qi shook her head, this woman obviously wanted to cast a shadow in her heart, so she came to say this sentence, but unfortunately it was in vain.She has never regarded the Palace of Compassion and Ning as her backer. Whether her life is good or bad, the empress dowager loves her, and she honors herself as the emperor. It is all based on her heart. If it is wrong from the beginning, there will never be any results.

"Pretend you didn't hear what you said just now, and don't tell the truth." Lan Qi told the people around her, and it was even rarer to show a serious look, "We live our own lives, and we can't blame her. I have never been afraid in my heart, and you do not be afraid."

The three of Huanchun all agreed, and then they will come to Duangui, and they happen to meet Ronggui and Huigui, they have visited Lan Qi before, and they are very happy to see her looking so good now.

Everyone sat down in a friendly manner. Although Noble Duan was still haggard, the emperor came to express his condolences in person a few days ago, and promised to bring the eldest princess to her to take care of her when she recovered. Although Noble Duan lost his child But when she heard that she was able to raise the eldest princess, she also had hope in her heart. She was no longer distraught and almost committed suicide than before, and she was taken care of by a noble person every day, which made her feel much more at ease.

"Nowadays the two palaces are fighting, and it will only stop when there is a master in the middle palace." Mrs. Huigui is outspoken today, knowing that the few people in front of him are reliable, and they don't hide their words. He sighed and said, "Otherwise they will fight openly and secretly. , we will suffer accordingly, we can only let them make trouble with a low brow."

The nobleman Duan smiled coldly, "Although the concubine Zhao looks down on us people, everyone has been kind for ten years. Only Chengqian Palace, who is so powerful at such a young age, doesn't count against others even if she looks down on them, so she is not afraid of doing evil too much." Do you want more blessings?"

"There are too many self-righteous people in this world, and they all take it to heart. They can't make it through? Those who speak harshly, those who are rude and unruly, those who don't make others happy when they don't like themselves, whether they are masters or slaves, there are all kinds of people. Yes. Isn’t it often said in the palace that there are still slaves of slaves?” Ronggui rarely opened up, and smiled disdainfully, “Others don’t think highly of them. Eyes and mouths are on them. After all, we live our own lives. , the emperor gave us this honor, so I can't belittle myself first."

Lan Qi remained silent, Duan Guiren glanced at her, and asked with a smile: "Sister Rong rarely said such things, but did it scare you?"

"I think it makes sense, and I'm just remembering it in my heart." She got up and smiled slightly, "The concubine has not been in the palace for a long time since she was a maid, and many things still don't understand. I have studied, but I have never known how to speak, and I dare not come to get close at will, it is rare to hear these words today, and I have benefited a lot from my heart. If there are deficiencies in the future, I would like to ask all the nobles to give me advice."

Ronggui and Huigui looked at each other, understanding, sure enough, after going through so many things, this little Changzai finally understands that she is no longer a little maid, and finally understands that it is useless to live in this palace and be bored in the room of.

"Whatever we can teach you, we are all serving the emperor. We only want to have a safe and stable life. The sisters are happy." Rong Gui pulled Lan Qi to sit beside her, and then changed the topic, talking about the Dragon Boat Festival How lively the festival is going to be, and some irrelevant family gossip, Lan Qi also changed her usual quiet appearance. She is not a dull person, so she can easily blend in.

Afterwards, everyone dispersed happily, and when they went back to the palace, Lu Huanchun couldn't help asking: "Master, it seems that something is different today."

"It's different. If she didn't say those things to me today, I might not think so." Lan Qi smiled lightly, her face was calm and peaceful, "I always feel that Concubine Tong will not live in this palace, I can't be as confused as she is, there is not only Zhongcui Palace in the Forbidden City, I understand now, it's not too late."