Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Forgive her?" The Empress Dowager smiled coldly, "How can I forgive her? She almost killed all the elder princesses, how do you want me to spare her?"

Xuan Ye lowered his eyes and said slowly: "Grandmother, grandson promises that this kind of thing will never happen in the harem again. For the sake of grandson, forgive her."

The empress dowager sighed for a long time: "Xuan Ye, in fact, I no longer interfere in many things now, can't you see it? You have grown up, and you are an indomitable monarch. The emperor's grandmother just wants to take care of her life and doesn't want to do it again." Involved in disputes in the imperial court and harem, you don't need to look at the face of the Compassionate Palace when you make decisions in the future, the emperor's grandmother will no longer stumbling you, you let go and do it, and I will always leave you."

Xuan Ye frowned slightly, while Madam Su Mala was busy explaining: "Master's consciousness, Long Live Lord, don't misinterpret it, what your imperial grandmother means is to agree."

"I understand." Xuan Ye smiled, and took his grandmother's hand, as if he was acting like a baby when he was young, "but the emperor's grandmother will never tell me to leave."

The Empress Dowager smiled helplessly: "You are just like Lan Qi, you are a grinder."

After serving the grandmother to sleep, the emperor left the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and Aunt Su Ma La sent it to the door, and said softly to the emperor: "When the incident came today, the servant did not dare to report it to the master first, and only waited to hear that elder brother The princesses are all well, so I reported it. If something like that happens, I'm afraid it will scare her old man, and it will be a big deal. Besides, the slaves should not presumptuously say these things. The slaves think that although the emperor spared Concubine Wen, But you can’t pretend that nothing happened, and you have to give Liugong a warning, so that everyone can be calmed down.”

"I remember." Xuan Ye responded happily, and said, "I am very relieved to have you by my grandmother's side. Lan Qi is going to give birth in a few days. These days, I feel anxious when I think about it from time to time. Dare to say, in all these years, this is the first time I have such thoughts, and I don't know if the events of that year frightened me."

Mammy knew that the emperor was afraid that the tragedy of Empress Hesheli would repeat itself, and she had already been ordered to accompany the nobleman on the day of delivery. The empress dowager told her in private that in case something happened to her, she asked Xuan Ye softly: " Virtuous people always have to walk through the gate of hell to become successful, the emperor knows that."

Xuan Ye nodded: "Nurse, I only want her to be healthy. If anything happens, I will just coax her well in the future, but I can't live without her."

Aunt Su Mala solemnly agreed: "Your servant will remember."

In this way, the farce that happened on Concubine Tong's birthday was all blamed on the slave who was killed in Chengqian Palace. The emperor only said that he was still investigating who the master behind this slave was, but at the same time asked Eunuch Li to speak out in the palace. Let the concubines, the palace and even the ministers outside know that this person was sent by the Niu Hulu clan to be placed next to Concubine Tong. Because there is no proof of his death, it is just a rumor. , both parties were silent, just waiting for this matter to be investigated to no avail, so that it would gradually be diluted by time.

And because of the conflict between the two big families, irrelevant people dare not jump out and say nonsense at this time. Besides, the princes and princesses are all safe and sound. It seems that the only loss is Concubine Wen's fetus, but rumors have said She had already had a miscarriage due to poor health, and so on, this major event that almost wiped out all the emperor's heirs was a small surprise, and eventually became a gossip among people after dinner.

In the deep palace, although the emperor did not severely punish anyone, but in the name of the empress dowager who was sad because of Concubine Wen's miscarriage, he ordered all the palaces to think behind closed doors, and when the empress dowager was in a better mood before going out. Since Xuan Ye ascended the throne and got married, the harem has never This kind of thing, I understand that the emperor was furious, and seeing that Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen are fine, I also know that the emperor intends to favor the second concubine, and the concubine Hui and Concubine Rong, whose children have suffered crimes, dare not casually Asking for justice from the emperor, everyone just shuts their doors and introspects. When October enters winter, the harem is so quiet that the sound of the first snow falling can be heard.

On the first day of Chuxue, Lan Qi saw it by herself lying on the window. The dots of snowflakes swirled and fell from the sky. A few days ago, it was so cold that people’s bones were about to break. Waiting at the window, finally told her to wait, patted her stomach happily and said: "Good boy, when it snows, everything that is not clean will freeze to death, and the dirty and bad things will be covered by the snow. You are born When the world was clean and white, Er Niang felt relieved."

Huanchun and the others often see her talking to her stomach these days. After that farce, they reminded them all day long that they felt at ease only when they saw Lan Qi like this.I heard that Guo Guiren of Yikun Palace saw the red twice after that, and the imperial physicians desperately kept the fetus, as if it was God’s blessing. That day, Huanchun also scolded the master for eating too much, if she hadn’t lost her temper, she would definitely eat it , almost not allowed to eat, if it is hungry to go to Chengqian Palace, I really don't know what will happen, no wonder people say that being able to eat is a blessing, it must be a blessing.

The imperial hospital has already come to set up the delivery room, and the mothers-in-law and nurses are all ready. Madam Su Mala has come to visit twice, and Eunuch Li even comes to ask how it is every few days, because these days the harem is closed and the emperor does not go. When the harem came, the relationship between her and Xuan Ye was maintained by a few young eunuchs from the Qianqing Palace. On that day, Eunuch Li came to pass the good news, saying that the great victory in Yunnan, San Francisco is about to run out, and I hope that the virtuous man will go well Safe delivery, another good news for the royal family.

The imperial physician diagnosed that Lan Qi would give birth in late October, but the days passed day by day, until even the Queen Mother issued a decree to accumulate blessings for her and relieve her harem confinement, Lan Qi's stomach still didn't move. The greater the danger of the child, there is an imperial doctor waiting in Zhongcui Palace every day, because the noble person is in good spirits, and it can be inferred that the fetus is also healthy in the womb, so labor cannot be induced, and we can only count the days and wait for her to give birth day by day .

That day Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui came together, Concubine Rong arrived first, when she entered the door she saw Lan Qi standing in front of the mirror, Concubine Duan and Lady Bu were sitting on the side watching her, seeing them coming, she also said: "Look, too, Did her belly fall down?"

"Woke up yesterday morning and felt that my stomach fell, it was here." Lan Qi gestured at her stomach, and Concubine Rong hurriedly said, "Don't dare to move anymore, the baby will be in the basin soon."

Concubine Rong is the concubine with the most births in the palace. Although the child died early, no one can compare her luck and experience. She once joked that she could be a stable woman to deliver the baby to Lan Qi, so Lan Qi begged her It was good to be with her that day, everyone was joking and having fun, and they didn't mention the matter of Chengqian Palace that day, Lan Qi also knew that the relationship with them was completely different from that of Mrs. Bugui, but everyone here is polite. This is a good thing.

Not long after, Concubine Hui also came, and seeing the people she brought, she realized why she was a few steps late with Concubine Rong. Behind her, Jue Chan, who hadn't seen him for a long time, agreed that she seemed to be well-raised in Yikun Palace. Her complexion is radiant and her spirit is radiant, and she is a natural beauty and knows how to dress up. Although it is just a promise, she is a bit more noble than ordinary people.

"This is a quilt I asked my sister-in-law to sew with pieces of cloth collected from people's homes. I am not good at craftsmanship, so I asked Jue Chan to agree to do it for me. Otherwise, it would be bad to ruin the hearts of the people's families. As for my sister-in-law, It is also a blessed person who has all four corners, old and young, and goes door to door to ask for it, not Mrs. Mingzhu, sister, don't get it wrong." Concubine Hui said with a smile, spreading the quilt on the kang, Pulling Lan Qi to sit down, he rubbed his stomach and said, "Come out quickly, Mrs. Hui brought your quilt, why are you willing to toss in your mother's stomach?"

Everyone laughed, and the Zhongcui Palace was full of joy, and laughter came out from time to time. It was no longer the lifeless appearance of the palaces in the past few days, but the Chengqian Palace ahead was silent for half a month. Thinking about the person who was going to give birth later, she approached the inner hall and called herself to get up, and she still remembered clearly what she said that sitting and crying would not help, but she always felt weird in her heart, as if she wanted to thank her, but she couldn't save face and let it go Not putting on airs, she always felt that getting close to these lowly concubines was not something she should do.

At this moment Qinglian came in and said that the ladies were all in Zhongcui Palace talking to the nobleman, Tong Guifei shrugged her eyebrows, as if she said impatiently: "Why do they go every day, it's so noisy."

Qinglian remained silent. Since the queen mother ordered the palaces to no longer be confined, she prepared a gift according to the master's instructions. It seemed that the noble concubine wanted to go to Zhongcui palace on a date, but now it is a sweet pastry, and the palaces All the courtyards came to congratulate her when she had nothing to do, she always couldn't get in the space, and probably wanted to go again today, but Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui were there, so she lost her temper again.

"When will they leave?" Concubine Tong asked wearily, casually pinching the cloth tiger she sewed by herself. hand.

Qinglian said with a smile: "We live so close, it's okay to go there at night, it's not as good as other ladies who have come all the way, the master wants to go, as long as it takes, choosing a day is worse than bumping into it, just today It's late, servant girl, go and talk to Huanchun."

Concubine Tong raised her chin to look at her, her eyes rolled slowly, "You go."

Qinglian secretly rejoices, if the master can really make friends with the virtuous person, it will be beneficial to her in the future, if she insists on going against the person the emperor likes, and making troubles every now and then, if she changes her temper from then on, In the future, she doesn't have to run away from the Compassionate Ning Palace to the Chengqian Palace.

Concubine Rong and the others were about to leave when they came over. Seeing that Qinglian was very fresh, she saluted respectfully and didn't say much. She only came in to find Huanchun after the two empresses had gone far away, saying that the noble concubine would come to visit De at night. Your Excellency, Huanchun was a little embarrassed, Qinglian said a lot of good things before leaving.

Huan Chun told Lan Qi that Bu Gui was standing nearby, frowning and muttering that it would be the most peaceful if this person didn't come, but the little pregnant woman didn't take it seriously and said: "She won't come to harm me, you don't want to be like an enemy."

Seeing her like this, it is useless for others to talk, just wait for dinner at night, and now Lan Qi is about to give birth, the imperial doctor wants her to eat something to remove fetal poison, it is not as good as before when she can eat whatever she wants, everyone can only coax her to say She can eat anything after she was born, Lan Qi still felt that if she was born in an ordinary family who couldn't afford a nanny, she would have to work hard to feed her herself, and she still couldn't touch any delicious food, but she kept talking about it. I envy those women who can feed themselves. As a mother, you can't even give your child a sip of milk.

It's a pity that no one cares about her sentimentality. I hope that she will be dying of childbirth. Who cares what she thinks in her heart? Right now, nobleman Zibu has just led Duanjing and Chunxi back to Concubine Duan, and Concubine Duan is here, and Concubine Duan has no choice but to come out to salute The imperial concubine asked them to rest by themselves, and led Qinglian to the East Side Hall. It was no better than going out in the past, surrounded by dozens of people. Today, only two people, one master and one servant, came. Qinglian put down the heavy gift and said: " The empress gave it to the virtuous and noble, and prayed for a safe delivery." He opened the box and smiled, "My lord invited it from Yong'an Temple."

Lan Qi got up to thank her, Concubine Tong stood up in a panic, and said to her: "Don't move around, if anything happens, I can't afford it, even if they have all come to see you, if I don't come, it will seem like you're not here." It's like being stingy, if there's nothing to do, just leave."

Seeing that the imperial concubine was about to leave, Lan Qi felt that they had nothing to say at all, so they just left, holding Huan Chun's hand to send it to the door, but Tong Guifei avoided her like a plague god, staying far away Said: "Be careful, why is your belly so big..."

Before the noble concubine could finish her sentence, she saw Degui's body tense up, frowning and covering her stomach, everyone around her was stunned, she said nervously: "It seems... It seems that the amniotic fluid has broken..."

With one word, the Zhongcui Palace was upset, and the little eunuchs went to the two palaces and the Qianqing Palace to report in private. The imperial doctor Wenpo came and pushed the pregnant woman back to the bed. Busy, let’s pray and chant scriptures for Lan Qi together in front of the Buddha statue in her main hall. Aunt Su Mala came over from the Compassionate Ning Palace very quickly. It looks chaotic outside, but it is actually orderly. How many children have been born in the palace, it’s not bad Virtuous man this one.

The little pregnant woman is very calm. The pains come and go. She can still joke with the mother when the pain is not painful. After a while, Lan Qi burst into tears. She was so scared that she grabbed Mammy's hand and said that she missed her mother-in-law.

Aunt Su Mala herself has no experience in giving birth, but from the Empress Dowager to Empress Xiaokang to Empress Hesheli, etc., she has helped deliver too many princes and grandchildren, and every mother is different. It is very strong, and it is the first child, which is stronger than the master's first birth.

"Nurse, the emperor is here." Huan Chun suddenly ran in and said, as if deliberately speaking loudly to Lan Qi, "The emperor is outside, go and persuade her."

Lan Qi stared straight out of the window, she couldn't even see a single figure, but she knew that Xuan Ye would stand outside when she came, and at the same time she couldn't stop her tears, she was very at ease in her heart, and said to the mother with a tearful smile : "I'm not afraid anymore, mother, go and persuade the emperor to go back, it's late at night."

"Slave and maidservant, let's go now." The nanny asked everyone to take good care of the virtuous man, and hurried out by herself. She is the only one who can persuade the emperor here. Sure enough, she saw Xuan Ye standing on the porch, and the lord of the Qin Tianjian in the yard was leading the way. The person chose a place with good feng shui to dig the happy pit, and when the nanny approached, Xuan Ye said guiltily, "I'll come to see them dig the happy pit, and I'll go back when I'm done." She also blamed the nanny, "You don't accompany Lan Qi, what are you doing out here?"

The mother could only laugh: "The virtuous man asked the slaves to persuade you to go back to the Qianqing Palace. You are here to be distracted. The emperor listens to the nobleman. Go back quickly." Saying hello to Mr. Li, let them send The emperor left, Xuan Ye wanted to leave but stayed, hesitated for a long time, walked to the gate of the palace, turned back, pulled the mother and said softly, "Remember what I said before."

"Amitabha, I wish for the safety of mother and child. The emperor can't do this." The nanny laughed and pushed the emperor out by herself. Turning around, she saw Qinglian standing in the porch, and asked her in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"Slave...slave." Qinglian hesitated, she was always afraid of the nanny, but she still stretched out her hands, holding a cloth tiger and said, "The imperial concubine is going to give it to the virtuous, and I forgot to bring it when I came at night. Now, let the maidservant send, send it here, mother, can you send it in for the maidservant?"

Qinglian has been standing here for half an hour. When she turned back, she was a step late, and she was afraid to go in because of the nanny who arrived first, and no one paid attention to her when people came and went in Zhongcui Palace. Determined to go in, the emperor came again.Now that she was finally seen by the nanny, she was afraid of being rejected by the nanny after she finished speaking, she just didn't dare to speak out, because if she refused at this moment, the noble concubine would definitely be sad.

"I thanked the nobleman, you go and tell the noble concubine to thank her." The nanny is so wise, she would never do such a hurtful thing, even if she turned around and threw the cloth tiger away, she couldn't do it in front of her face I took these things over with a smile, and sent Qinglian back. Under the light, I saw Buhuo's appearance clearly. It's a pity that the stitches are too bad. At first glance, it looks like someone who has never been a needlework girl. The old mother is kind-hearted, let's go Going to the side of the bed, she handed the cloth tiger to Lan Qi, "Qing Lian said that the imperial concubine made it herself a few days ago, and I specially came here to give it to you."

Lan Qi was being tormented by labor pains, she stretched out her hand and grasped it in a moderately soft and hard hand, she didn't care what it looked like, but she never let go after that, the little nobleman comforted her when she told him about Xuan Ye. There was a little less fear, and even after bursts of severe pain from tearing the pelvis hit, she still gritted her teeth and endured it. Although she couldn't stop crying, she didn't make noise or groan, so strong that Mammy's heart softened.

But first childbirth is hard work, hour by hour, there is still no good news from Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Duan and Bugui are exhausted from kneeling in front of the Buddhist altar, and the lights of Chengqian Palace in front have not been turned off, and the Palace of Compassionate Ning is dry. Not to mention that the Qing palace was brightly lit all night. It seemed that the last time the palace was in this posture waiting for the pregnant woman to give birth, it was already more than four years ago when Queen Hesheli gave birth to the prince.

On the side of Yikun Palace, Guo Guiren invited the imperial physician overnight because of his unwell body, but he rushed over very late. They were all preparing for Zhongcui Palace. Yipin and Guo Guiren didn't say anything, just When the people left, Guo Gui snorted and said, "Virtuous people are really precious, sister, like us, we will never be able to compare in a lifetime."

Concubine Yi felt uncomfortable, but she still remembered what Er Niang said before entering the palace, and comforted her younger sister: "Don't forget what Er Niang said, you are going to be Er Niang now, I will always have good luck in a few years, Life in the palace is like this, in the future there will be others who will become the second virtuous person, we can't be jealous."

Having said that, in fact, no one in the whole palace is jealous, Guo Guiren is like this, not to mention Nala is often here, and the little elder brother Wanmei is still lingering on the sick bed. Because the nobles are about to give birth, they all stand back. This night, the empress dowagers chanted scriptures and prayed for Lan Qi, and some people cursed secretly, wishing that the untiring Uya family would be like Queen Hesheli , Since then died.

But they didn't know that it was a curse to compare the little virtuous person with the incomparably honorable Queen Hesheli invisibly, but not everyone could afford this kind of flattery.

At this moment, in the Xianfu Palace, which is separated from the east and west of Zhongcui Palace, there is silence and tranquility, the lights have long been extinguished, only a few candles are flickering to prevent people from tripping at night, Dong Yun, who is on duty at night, comes in to cut the candle heart, and suddenly sees a man in white. Concubine Wen stood in front of the window, seeing such a scene in the middle of the night, she was so frightened that her legs went limp, and she knelt down on the ground, complaining softly: "Master, what are you doing standing up, the ground is cold."

Concubine Wen asked in a daze, "What time is it?"

"It's time to pass." Dong Yun responded, knowing what Concubine Wen wanted to ask, and continued, "It seems that the virtuous man has not given birth yet, and it is said that the first child is difficult."

Concubine Wen looked up at the window, the window was opened for ventilation, and she could see the stars and the moonlight, and suddenly a black shadow drifted past to block the moonlight, her heart moved, she climbed up to open the big window, a gust of cold wind came in, freezing She twitched all over, but the wind was blowing outside and it was snowing.

"Master, be careful of catching a cold..." Dong Yun came to persuade.

Concubine Wen let the snowdrops fall on her face, a little bit of coldness seeped into her skin and penetrated into her heart, she smiled in the cold wind and said: "She will be safe, my sister will definitely protect her."

After the time passed, it was already October [-]th, and it suddenly snowed at night, and the sky was covered by a strong wind and heavy snow, and the moon was covered by a strong wind. Ye woke up at his desk, with a thick blanket worn by Eunuch Li on his body, as if he smelled a cool breath, wrapped in the blanket and walked to the door, the yard was covered with a thick layer of snow like a blanket, he just opened his mouth to call Eunuch Li, suddenly a thunderbolt exploded, and Xuan Ye was shocked.

The loud crying of the baby was accompanied by thunder in the Zhongcui Palace. After a whole night of tossing, the virtuous lady finally gave birth. After seeing the wrinkled, gray-red baby, the angry mother fainted. The nurse was busy. Busy wiping and cleaning up the newborn, Madam Su Mala called out loudly: "Go and announce the good news, Degui has given birth to a little elder brother." Turning around, she glanced at the sleeping Lan Qi with a calm expression, and added, "Mother and child are safe. "

The good news from Zhongcui Palace spread immediately, Concubine Tong Gui in Chengqian Palace was already sleepy, heard Qinglian said that the mother and child were safe after giving birth to her little elder brother, she suddenly became energetic, and pulled Qinglian with inexplicable joy and asked: "Where is the baby?" Buhuo, did you send it?"

In the Qianqing Palace, Xuan Ye was already preparing to change clothes and go to the morning court.He didn't know why he suddenly became calm and relaxed, but when he heard Eunuch Li rushing in to announce the good news, he suddenly became flustered again. He didn't know whether it was joy or distress, his eyes were hot and moist, but he still held back his emotions and said, "Get ready." Go to court early, send my reward to Zhongcui Palace, and tell Lan Qi that I will visit him in a few days."

Eunuch Li promised and ordered the eunuchs to prepare the things, and the appropriate people were sent here to wait for the emperor to prepare for the court, and he personally delivered the congratulatory gifts to Zhongcui Palace, but just as he was about to walk to the door, a gust of wind blew past him, and he squinted his eyes again. When I opened my eyes, I heard someone panicking in the palace. I turned around and saw the nanny who was waiting for the prince running out in a panic. Seeing Eunuch Li here, she ran over and knelt down and said, "Grandpa, eunuch...it's not good, prince , The prince seems to have acne."

"What?" Eunuch Li's eyes were wide open. He didn't dare to delay for a moment when such a big event happened. He sent someone to find the imperial physician, and at the same time went back to report to the emperor that Xuanye had acne when he was young. Not afraid of contagion, I came to see the prince in person, and I already understood a little bit in my heart. When the imperial doctor came to make a diagnosis, the prince did indeed have acne.

Xuan Ye immediately issued an order to seal the palace for [-] days, so that people in the harem are not allowed to come and go at will. Elder brother and princess will live in a safe place to avoid acne, and they will stop for [-] days. Prince.

After half an hour, the atmosphere in the imperial city changed again. Even the newly born little elder brother became unimportant. He was left in the Zhongcui Palace and did not move for the time being. Aunt Su Mala rushed back to the Palace of Compassion After that, he never went out again, and for twelve days, he only hoped that the crown prince would spend the most dangerous days.

After Lan Qi gave birth, she fell into a coma until noon of the day before waking up. When she was conscious and had not opened her eyes, she thought that the child should have gone to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and she would not be able to see it until she was confinement. Suddenly I heard a baby crying, and someone hurriedly said in a low voice, "Are you hungry?"

Lan Qi immediately opened her eyes, sat up with her limp body propped up, and saw the nanny hugging the baby with her breasts exposed. When everyone saw her sitting up by herself, they hurried over to serve her. Lan Qi asked blankly, "My child?" Why are you still here?" She looked around again, "Where is Madam Su Mala?"

Only then did someone talk about the prince's acne, and Lan Qi was terrified when she heard it, and she didn't know if she had taken advantage of it in the past twelve days, because the little elder brother would stay here and send him to the Palace of Compassionate Peace after the prince recovered.While she was worried about the prince's health, knowing how much Xuan Ye valued the prince, she was immersed in the joy of giving birth to a son. After the nurse fed the child, she put the little elder brother in her arms.

It's not the first time to hug a soft baby, but only this baby is the flesh that she dropped, the flesh and blood of her pregnancy in October, and the child of her and Xuan Ye. When Lan Qi hugged her, her heart beat faster than ever , the child closed his eyes and frowned, very similar to his Ama when he was angry. Huan Chun lay down under the bed and said, "The mother said that our little elder brother and Long Live Lord are exactly the same when they are born."

"I haven't seen the emperor when he was a child, but it looks like this. He looks like this when the emperor loses his temper with me." Lan Qi pouted, as if she had become a child, and said happily, "You said he is so young, what are you doing with the look of worrying about the country and the people, silly boy, give Er Niang a laugh."

As she was talking, she suddenly felt a thrill in her heart. Seeing the gentle and quiet nurse standing beside her, her heart was pounding. She asked Huanchun to lead the irrelevant people down, saying that she would let the nurse put the little elder brother to sleep. But when everyone left, she called the nurse to her and asked piously: "Can you let the little elder brother eat a few mouthfuls of my mother's milk? Let's not tell it, no one will know."

The wet nurse was stunned for a moment, she was also a mother, and the children were never seen outside the palace, so she could best understand the feelings of noble people, she immediately nodded with a smile: "Of course, I will let the servants teach you."