Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"When I sent Yinzhen to Chengqian Palace, what did I tell you?" Xuan Ye looked at the imperial concubine, her eyes were in a trance, as if she was looking for forgotten memories, but the emperor said without waiting for her reaction , "I promised you that the fourth elder brother will not be taken away by anyone, and don't keep entangled in the same problem again and again. In short, you should think about it for yourself."

"emperor……"

The imperial concubine wanted to speak again, but the emperor had already turned around and left. She stood in front of the door and watched his back disappear into the night, and Yinzhen's crying sound suddenly sounded in her ears, and the mother urged her heart, turned and ran Entering his son's room, the little guy opened his arms to hug her when he saw her, sobbing in his arms. The imperial concubine coaxed him for a long time before he calmed down. The son was still in his arms, but he still felt uneasy, and he couldn't help but look up at Yonghe outside the window. In the direction of the palace, I asked myself in my heart: "She really doesn't want to take it back?"

Xuan Ye left Chengqian Palace, but stopped at a place ten steps away, and stayed in a daze for a long time. Manager Li came up anxiously and asked, "Where is Long Live Lord planning to go?"

Only then did Xuanye move his eyes, turned around and walked through the brightly lit Chengqian Palace, stopped in front of the already quiet Yonghe Palace, raised his hand and told the people around him: "Knock on the door softly, maybe you are already asleep."

Eunuch Li went up and knocked on the door knocker himself, the door opened a crack, the little eunuch who was on duty at night inside was startled when he saw that it was Director Li, and Director Li asked: "Ms. De concubine is asleep?"

"It's already rested." The little eunuch opened the door and saw the emperor outside the door. He was about to yell, but was covered by a slap by Eunuch Li, pushed him to the side, and entered the door to meet the emperor. There were also people inside. Hearing the movement, Lu Zhu came out with a candle in her hand to have a look. When she saw that the emperor had come in, she didn't panic, but went up to her and said, "Long Live Lord, Your Majesty has fallen asleep."

"I'll look at her." Xuan Ye took the candle holder from Luzhu's hand, and walked towards the door with it. He walked through the door after door, and approached the couch familiarly, but saw Lan Qi lying on her side, beside her. The petite baby also fell asleep naively.

It was the first time he had seen such a scene, and he had never seen a mother and child sharing the same bed. When the thin Lan Qi was protecting the petite child beside her like a mother, she no longer looked so fragile, and her slender arms also It seems that there is endless power, enough to hold up a sky for the children around her.

The candlelight was in a trance, and the mother was very vigilant. When Lan Qi opened her eyes, she looked at the child first. She thought she was asleep and didn't know Yin Zuo was crying. Only then was he puzzled, looked up following the light source, and saw the most familiar figure, his heart felt hot, and he blurted out: "Your Majesty?"

"Be quiet." Xuan Ye hissed, and put down the candle holder by the side. Lan Qi had already climbed off the bed lightly, wearing only thin pajamas. Xuan Ye was afraid that she would be cold, so he took it with him. She wrapped the clothes on the side for her, and the two sat elsewhere before Lan Qi asked: "Why is the emperor here? Do you want to sleep here? The concubine asked the wet nurse to take Yin Zuo away."

Xuan Ye shook his head: "I just want to see you. If you don't wake up, I will leave too, but I still wake you up."

Lan Qi smiled: "There is a little baby by my side, and the concubine would wake up even if I hummed in my dream, it wasn't the emperor who woke me up." But there was a shock, she clearly remembered that Xuan Ye had gone to Chengqian Palace, why did she come here in the middle of the night, Could it be that you are unhappy with the imperial concubine?I couldn't help raising my suspicious eyes. In the dim light, neither could see each other's expression clearly, but I heard Xuan Ye smiled wryly, "I really don't want to leave, but Yin Zuo slept so well, and I can't bear to let go." ..."

Before Xuan Ye finished speaking, Lan Qi had already got up and went out. Not long after, another court lady came in holding a candle. Huan Chun and the wet nurse both came in simple clothes. Elder brother took him away, and the baby slept so deeply that he didn't wake up.

After a while of commotion, the bedroom became quiet again. The other maids brought the washing things. Lan Qi pulled Xuan Ye over and helped him to wash and change his clothes. A bowl of almond milk, before walking to the bed, the person leaning on him has already fallen asleep peacefully.

Turn around and put down the things, come back and sit by the bed and look at Xuanye, his closed eyes are very similar to Yinzhen, although it has been a long time since I saw the fourth elder brother sleeping, but every bit of the past is remembered in her In her heart, her son also has the same slender and thick eyelashes as his Ama. She remembered that she always reached out to touch Xuan Ye's eyelashes when she was sleeping in the Qing Palace, and now she had this idea again, reaching out to touch his Eyes, but before the fingertips could touch anything, someone grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the bed.

He fell heavily into it, and before he recovered, Xuan Ye had hugged himself and calmed down again, and he said softly: "I'm tired."

Lan Qi responded cautiously: "The emperor goes to bed early."

But he hugged himself tightly, wondering if he could fall asleep like this, and finally said after a long time: "I really want to bring Yinzhen back to you, Lan Qi, why are you so cruel?"

After these words, there was no one in the sleeping hall all night. Lan Qi was stunned for a long time until she heard the steady and slight snoring of the man in her arms. Then she let go of her limbs because she knew he was fast asleep. Just now That sentence made her whole body tense, and even her breathing seemed to stop for a short time. Could Xuan Ye not understand her after all?Or is he blaming himself for all this?Maybe he won't remember what he said tonight when he gets up tomorrow, and he will only worry about it, which will only make everyone feel uneasy.

Drowsily fell asleep, and it was an alert light sleep again. The next day, there was a shout outside, and Lan Qi turned over. The people around her were still asleep, so she was reluctant to wake him up, but Yumen listened to the government and could not slack off. She has a sense of proportion.

No matter how soundly Xuanye slept, he would be able to wake up immediately after being woken up. He slept here last night, peacefully and securely. With a pair of black eyes, Xuan Ye looked at her for a long time, and suddenly remembered the words he said before falling asleep last night. Regardless of the presence of eunuchs and maids, he grabbed Lan Qi's hand and asked, "What did you scare me last night?" with you?"

Seeing this situation, the maids and eunuchs backed down and avoided, Lan Qi saw Xuan Ye's concerned expression, and her heart was warm, why would she care about what she said last night, and said with a smile: "The concubine didn't hear what the emperor said, so she brought in hot milk. , you have fallen asleep."

"Don't coax me, although you must be unhappy to hear it, but it's my sincere words." Xuan Ye continued without any hesitation, "I still regret it, maybe I will always regret it, all I can do is take good care of my son for you, I will educate him and our son with all my heart."

There are mixed feelings in her heart. Last night, people in the Shen Palace were repeatedly ordered not to mention the matter of the fourth elder brother. The emperor said something about "our son" early in the morning. Lan Qi was grateful and moved, but she still had a firmer belief in her heart. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his tired but resolute eyes and said: "Your Majesty, the fourth elder brother is the son of the imperial concubine, you and the concubines must firmly believe in this, so that people in the palace will feel pitiful for the concubine. I will let go of some jealousy towards my concubine, so that I will not extend my claws to our children. The concubine has been with you for a long time, and the children have only been around for more than ten or twenty years. They will grow up and establish their own family. Caring about whether I can stay by your side for the rest of my life is also the responsibility entrusted to my concubines by the Empress Dowager."

Xuan Ye's eyes were slow, he thought that Lan Qi would hope that he would give her this sense of peace of mind, but she still ruthlessly denied the existence of the fourth elder brother again and again, obviously her heart was more painful than anyone else, but she had to hold on to herself , he couldn't understand, but he cared about the words he heard now, the chicks would eventually leave the nest, he should have seen further.

Lan Qi said these things, but the more she went on, the less confident she was. She relied on being favored to say whatever she wanted, and she sent all the big truths to the emperor. She was full of enthusiasm to soothe her wounded heart, which was obviously deeply wounded. Kong, still holding on to his cold-blooded and ruthless mask, would be frightened and uneasy, fearing to offend him and walk away, just like he left Chengqian Palace last night.

But the warm palm pinched his hand again, and Xuan Ye said gently: "I know, I will have a sense of proportion, so as not to ruin your hard work."

It was at this moment that Wu Yalanqi had the urge to cry. When will God take care of her? The person who used to live only for food, clothing and stability can no longer live without his understanding and care. Enchi is also fading, he no longer has himself in his heart, does he still have the courage to continue living.All Wuya Lanqi's pride, self-confidence and even ruthlessness come from Xuan Ye's love and cherishment of her. Everything she seems to be low-key and modest is actually more radiant than any arrogance and domineering. No wonder others are jealous of her and hate her. understand better than anyone else.

"I'm leaving. I'll come and see you when I'm free. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the Palace of Yonghe will also dress up more festively." Xuan Ye smiled, stretched out his hand to pat her forehead and said, "Sleep for a while after I'm gone. , with dark circles under your eyes, it is not good for the imperial grandmother to see, when I am busy, I count on you to take care of the imperial grandmother."

Lan Qi agreed, and happily sent Xuan Ye to the door, but because she hadn't had time to change out of the clothes, she didn't send them outside again. After Sheng Jia had gone a long way, Huan Chun came to ask her if she still wanted to rest.

Seeing that it was still early, Lan Qi didn't shirk it, went back and lay down peacefully, and rested for another hour before getting up to wash, and when Yin Zuo was being carried by the wet nurse to have a look, there was movement outside, as if many people had come, and she saw A little maid said in a panic: "Master, the imperial concubine is here."

The imperial concubine is here?Lan Qi entered the Yonghe Palace, and there are many guests. The imperial concubine lives next to her but has never set foot here. Naturally, she has her dignity, and no one wants her to come, but she came suddenly early in the morning. Last night, the emperor left again. I came here from Chengqian Palace, thinking that many years ago, I was just taking a walk with the emperor. At that time, Concubine Tong came to Zhongcui Palace and yelled, beat Huan Chunyukui, and made her kneel in the courtyard It has been a long time, and the past is so vivid that Lan Qi will inevitably feel nervous.

"Take care of Sixth Elder Brother." After Lan Qi told the nurse, she helped her hair and went to the door. The noble concubine had already entered the door, and beside her was Yinzhen who was staggering and almost being dragged away. , but the little guy didn't resist or cry. Although he couldn't keep up with the imperial concubine's steps, he still staggered and followed silently. It was just the way he wobbled at this step, which made Lan Qi feel distressed.

A group of people came forward to salute, the noble concubine's face was not good-looking, she seemed to have not slept well all night, she also had blue eyes, but the heavy makeup was still there, and she never lost half of her dignity in front of others. Seeing the concubine kneeling on the ground, she was cold Ran smiled, pushed the fourth elder brother forward and said, "Yinzhen, this is Empress Debi, hurry up and salute."

How can a child who is a little bit old understand what the adults say every time, just now he was a little tired after following the imperial concubine in a hurry, and now he was confused, after being pushed away by the imperial concubine, he ran back and hugged her leg, babbling, But the imperial concubine pushed him forward again, and said seriously: "Hurry up and salute the concubine De, Yinzhen, you must be obedient, or Huang Ama will get angry and take you away from Er Niang."

Lan Qi suddenly raised her head and looked at the fourth elder brother entangled the imperial concubine, but the imperial concubine pushed him away cruelly. The little guy finally couldn't hold back after several times, and opened his mouth to cry loudly. When everything was quiet in the early morning, his cry shook everyone. Everyone was awake, and Yinzuo's crying sounded in the room, and the baby was obviously frightened.

It's just that Yinzuo cried, but Yinzhen stopped, his eyes rolled to listen to the voice, his face was still full of tears, he turned around and pulled the hem of the imperial concubine's clothes and said: "Sister, my mother is looking, sister... "

Yinzhen had seen Kejing in his infancy, and thought that the voice of the little baby was his younger sister. Lan Qi felt sad because their brothers had never met before, so she heard the imperial concubine say, "Where is the sixth elder brother, let us See you bro."

Lan Qi supported Huan Chun to stand up, and asked the imperial concubine to go inside. She personally carried Yin Zhen and walked in the door. The child lay on Er Niang's shoulders, and she saw Lan Qi following behind, still tearful, looking after herself. Wiping away her tears, she didn't look at Lan Qi more, she was still as strange as last night.

When everyone entered the room, the wet nurse was hugging the sixth elder brother and coaxing her. Seeing the imperial concubine and the concubine De, she couldn't help but froze there nervously, only to see the imperial concubine put down the fourth elder brother. The little guy ran over and looked up at him, pointing and saying: "Sister, sister."

Lan Qi finally spoke and told the wet nurse: "Let the fourth elder brother see the sixth elder brother."

The nurse hurriedly hugged the child and knelt down on the ground so that the fourth elder brother, who was only a little older, could see clearly, and corrected her involuntarily: "It's the younger brother, the fourth elder brother, this is the younger brother, not the younger sister."

Yinzhen couldn't understand, and looked at the nurse blankly, but he seemed to like children by nature. He loved children very much when he saw Kejing before, but now he looks at his younger brother who is also carved in pink and jade. He doesn't remember crying and laughing just now Feeling happy, he lowered his head and kissed Yinzuo deeply.The sixth elder brother who was only quiet was looking at his elder brother curiously, but suddenly he seemed frightened by such a kiss, and burst into tears, which frightened Yin Zhen, and immediately ran back to the imperial concubine to hug her.

The noble concubine didn't hug him, but pushed him in front of Lan Qi, forcefully trying to push him to the ground, and said seriously: "Give Dean a quick greeting, Er Niang taught you, don't you remember?"

Yinzhen tried his best to resist, maybe he didn't understand the meaning of resistance, and he didn't understand what is right and wrong, but he didn't want to do things that made him uncomfortable, he fell to the ground and tried to get up, clung to the imperial concubine and cried loudly, no Ken saluted Lan Qi.

Two children in the room were crying, and everyone frowned tightly. The noble concubine knelt down and stared at Yinzhen and asked, "Don't you want my mother?"

The little guy was stunned, and hugged the imperial concubine's neck tightly, shouting empathetically, Lan Qi was numb from the pain at the side, the imperial concubine finally stopped the stalemate, and asked the nurse to take the fourth elder brother back, but the child refused Leaving her, he struggled for a while before leaving. The sixth elder brother was also taken to another room by the wet nurse. The noble concubine herself sat down generously by the side, glanced at the palace man beside Lan Qi and said: "Why, Yonghe Palace There are no rules for treating guests like this, I have been here for a long time, and I don’t even have a sip of tea?"

Only then did everyone get over their nerves, the idlers waited to leave, and Huanchun also tactfully withdrew after serving tea, otherwise they would be ridiculed by the imperial concubine again, which would be boring.

"Sit down, you can't sit in your room yet, and if you say it, people will say that I am vicious." The imperial concubine drank tea while talking, took a sigh of relief and looked at the room carefully, and sneered, "The tea here is really good. Xiang, no wonder the emperor thought about coming over to have a drink in the middle of the night. It is convenient for us to live close to each other. You don’t need to go all the way to seduce the emperor. I thought that the emperor knew that we were at odds, so why did he put you in Yonghe Palace, I didn't expect this, otherwise, many places in the West Sixth Palace would be empty, separating us far away."

Lan Qi pretended she didn't hear the harsh words, she bowed her head and didn't say anything, and then she heard the imperial concubine say: "Just now you also saw that the fourth elder brother is very close to me, and in his eyes, I am my mother. He won't believe any talkative people who have talked about kissing my mother for a few years."

Lan Qi finally said: "The concubine has already warned the people in the palace not to talk too much, please rest assured, empress."

"You know how to be a human being. If you pass the admonition to the emperor another day, he will feel more sympathetic to you." The imperial concubine snorted softly, "Didn't you plan in your heart to snatch the fourth elder brother back?"

"Chen and concubine dare not."

"Don't dare?" The imperial concubine suddenly came over, aggressive, almost reached out to grab Lan Qi's collar, and said bitterly, "You are the most seductive woman in this palace, and you make everyone happy, Everyone speaks for you, so why don't you dare? It's not the first time that the emperor left me in the middle of the night to look for you. Even if you didn't seduce me by leaning on the door and smiling, you're still frank You have accepted it all, when have you ever felt superior or humble in your heart, and when have you ever felt duty?"

Lan Qi took half a step back, stood with her back straight, and heard the imperial concubine continue to be mean: "You also had a part in the elder brother's affairs back then. I haven't asked you to settle the matter so far, but I haven't forgotten it. I always feel sorry for you, Anyway, the child was taken away by me, so I don't want to say something clearly, but you have repeatedly provoked the emperor and the palace to be discordant, and you don't deserve sympathy at all. Wuyalanqi, listen carefully, the fourth elder brother is me My son, if you dare to have the idea of ​​bringing him back, don’t mention the fourth elder brother, you don’t even want to raise the sixth elder brother.”

"How does your empress think Si elder brother went to Chengqian Palace?" Lan Qi raised her head and looked at her with no fear in her eyes, "If this concubine wants to go back to fourth elder brother, you won't have time to say these things to my concubine, you don't have to threaten Concubine, if the fourth elder brother can enter Chengqian Palace, this concubine will not plan to come back, and if this concubine wants to, he will never come to you at all."