Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

In the past, the Zhongcui Palace was lonely, and Huigui came to the door to sigh with emotion. The four seasons in the deep palace are never flowers, red leaves and yellow, but the scenes of rising and falling in each palace and courtyard. Now, in the first month, winter turns to spring, who can tell Thinking of Yipin of Yikun Palace who made a scene like that and angered the Empress Dowager, she would still have such good luck.

It is said that she paid money to the eunuchs of Qianqing Palace to lead the emperor to visit there, so that she could be moved by her lovely and pitiful appearance, and it is also said that the emperor had favored her so much that he pleaded with his grandmother in private to spare concubine Yi from punishment. Anyway, there are zero and zero kinds of things, all of which are sour words from jealous people.

But even so, the light of Yonghe Palace is still dazzling. On the night of Lantern Festival, everyone stretched their necks to see which palace the emperor would go to. Is it true that Yibi is in the limelight and is going to forget about Yonghe Palace, but Xuan Ye no longer No matter what, I will never forget the night of making love with Lan Qi. After the feast was over and the imperial grandmother was put to bed that night, the two walked back hand in hand.

There was a heavy snowfall before the Lantern Festival, and it was the coldest time when the snow was melting, Xuan Ye stopped to touch Lan Qi's other hand while walking, and blamed: "Let's put the warm sedan on and don't sit on it. Go back and see that your hands are cold." He put her hand to her mouth and warmed it, and asked the person behind to bring a hand stove, and advised her, "The sedan chair will follow behind, how about a sedan chair?"

But Lan Qi took the emperor's hand and continued to move forward. Xuan Ye followed and heard her say: "I see the emperor less and less these days. It's rare to be together. I just want to see you all the time. The sedan chair will be separated."

"Slow down, be careful not to fall." Xuan Ye followed her and was pulled forward step by step by her. He did go to Yipin's place more often recently. After getting drunk in Qianqing Palace that day, he never went to Yonghe Palace Staying overnight, occasionally going to visit during the day, or having lunch or drinking a cup of tea, it is all time to talk, mostly to get close to Yibi, or in Chengqian Palace or Xianfu Palace, thinking that she will be jealous, but every time When I meet people who smile so beautifully and sweetly, I feel at ease.Seeing her alive and kicking in front of her now, she liked it in her heart, so she couldn't help teasing her: "Are you jealous these days?"

Lan Qi turned around and stopped, looking at Xuan Ye proudly, "If the emperor doesn't come tonight, this concubine will really be jealous. This concubine has already told the empress dowager that if you go to other places or stay in Qianqing Palace tonight, The ministers and concubines don't plan to go out during the first month, and they don't go to serve in the Palace of Compassion."

Xuan Ye frowned with a smile, and patted her forehead: "You have such a big temper, how dare you put down the emperor's grandmother?"

"Isn't it? It's something the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are used to, and I can't change it." Lan Qi swung her neck proudly as she spoke, and she heard a soft click, and her neck immediately froze. The pain was so great that she couldn't bear it. Sobbing loudly: "Your Majesty, I can't move my neck, my neck."

"What's wrong?" Xuan Ye reached out to hold her head in shock.

Lan Qi couldn't help shrinking back, sobbing: "It hurts, please be gentle, Your Majesty."

"Can you still move? Slowly try to turn back." Xuan Ye held her head and tried to turn her neck a little bit, but Lan Qi was so painful that she burst into tears and begged for mercy, "I can't move anymore, Your Majesty, don't turn around. The neck is about to break..."

Xuan Ye was so angry that he wanted to beat her up, but he held back, picked her up, and told the imperial physician Li Gonggong to find a bone setter, and the warm sedan followed, but she refused to share the emperor's chariot with her hands on the door. Throwing her into his warm sedan chair, the group of people rushed back quickly. There was an imperial doctor on duty at night, but the bone setter was not on duty at night.

The bone setter groped and kneaded for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry." After hearing a thud, Lan Qi's head was straightened. Under the severe pain and fright, her face was as pale as paper with tears hanging down her face. , The bone setter and the imperial physician said some more careful things, and then they left after a toss.

Everyone came to serve and wash, Xuan Ye was full of anger, Lan Qi wanted to serve him with her own hands, but was scolded to stay still, Huan Chun came over to win her eyes, and said softly: "Master, please calm down."

After washing and changing clothes, the maids and eunuchs all retreated, both of them were in their pajamas, Lan Qi was still sitting on the kang, and she was about to get off the ground awkwardly, but she could move her neck, but she was timid and dared not move. The stiffness was pointless, and before she had dawdled for a long time, Xuan Ye saw her intestines itching, came over and picked her up and put her back on the bed, and said through gritted teeth: "What do you say you are messing around? Have a good night, tossing about these things, and still Saying that you want to be with me all the time, is that all nonsense?"

But no matter how angry she was, seeing her pitiful appearance still made her feel distressed.The worry is that if there is any big trouble, her body will be damaged for a lifetime, and now the imperial doctor and the bone setter say she is fine, so she is relieved, thinking about it is really funny, scolding her does not dare to answer back, curled up into a ball, It's heart-warming.

"Does it still hurt?" As soon as Xuan Ye lay down, the people around him got into their arms and leaned on him. How could he be willing to scold her again, and gently touched her neck to coax her, "You must say if you are uncomfortable. My heart aches, but don’t keep your mouth shut for fear of being scolded.”

"I know." Lan Qi responded softly, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is it true that if you twist your neck seriously, you will really break your neck and die?"

"You know that too?" Xuan Ye snorted, "But what's scary is not death. If it gets halfway... bah bah bah, don't say it, you don't remember those eight words? Why do you die? You will be with me forever It’s mine. The bone setter said it well, you serve the imperial grandmother every day, and your bones are stiff after doing those things over and over again. In a few days, I will ask them to find a female Taoist priest, and you will practice Tai Chi and move your muscles and bones .”

But Lan Qi nestled in his arms and said softly: "The emperor usually lives in the Yonghe Palace, and the muscles and bones of the concubines will be loose. What kind of Tai Chi is it?"

There was silence on the bed for a while, Xuan Ye didn't understand, Lan Qi was guilty, but soon there was laughter, Xuan Ye pinched her waist heavily, "Don't be ashamed, you are really not ashamed now." Teased her, "What a wonderful day, if you have to mess around, I don't want to work hard on you any longer. Take good care of your neck for a few days, and sleep well tonight."

Lan Qi is also self-aware that with her neck like this tonight, she will definitely not be able to have sexual intercourse, so she wants to make Xuan Ye happy, and the two of them would talk and laugh.Excited after eating the wine, Xuan Ye suddenly thought of something and asked her: "At the end of February, on the third anniversary of the death of Empress Niu Hulu, I have decided to consecrate Empress Hesheli's Zi Palace together. Moving to Mount Changrui, I will have to leave the palace for half a month, and I will come back in mid-to-late March. I will bring the prince with me. You are in the palace and take good care of the imperial grandmother."

"The concubine knows, the emperor can rest assured." Lan Qi responded.

"There is one more thing, I am hesitant to tell you. I am afraid that I will scare you. If I don't tell you, I don't know if you will be stupid and be bullied in the future." Xuan Ye sighed, turned over and embraced Lan Qi , gently stroking her back, "I'll ask first, are you willing to know?"

Lan Qi couldn't figure it out, "What's the matter, the emperor is so nervous?"

Xuan Ye's voice was heavy: "Brother accidentally ate the poisonous mushroom mooncake, there is a result, I don't plan to tell Concubine Hui, anyway, she won't come to ask, just procrastinate, but you..."

Lan Qi immediately replied: "The concubine wants to know."

The night was deep, and the time when all the palaces and doors were locked had already passed, but there was a lively movement in front of the gate of Yikun Palace. Concubine Yi was standing in front of the door, Concubine Hui was wrapped in a cloak and was about to get on the sedan chair, and said with a smile: "Hurry up." Go back, be careful of the cold, I'll be there just around the corner from here, don't get in the way, see you tomorrow."

Concubine Yi was polite, but still insisted on watching the warm sedan go, then returned to the bedroom shivering with cold, stood by the charcoal basin to warm herself, Tao Hong brought a bowl of hot milk to warm her body, and said softly: "Madam Hui There is a way, the princess will stop crying after being coaxed by her."

Yipin drank the hot milk before she came over to the cradle, stretched out her hand to tuck Kejing's quilt, there was a look of love in her eyes, but she sneered: "Isn't the wet nurse better than her? It's just that she rushed to help, so I followed the trend That's all. She saw that my life was getting better again, so she came to curry favor. In this palace, she said it was all-round and exquisite, but it was ugly. Isn't it just a fool? But behind her is the Pearl Mansion, and our Guo Luoluo family is far in the northeast , getting along with her better is not a bad thing."

Tao Hong smiled: "In the end, the emperor still loves the master, even the empress dowager's will can be changed, this is your blessing."

Yipin sat in front of the mirror stand, looked at her beautiful face in the mirror, and motioned to Taohong to remove her hair bun, but then stared blankly in a daze, and said after a long while: "The empress dowager tormented me, probably Concubine Hui and I agreed on those things for the sake of Wu Yashi. I have always been guilty and afraid, and I didn't dare to argue about anything. If I had a scene in front of Ningshou Palace that day, I was really drunk. I really can't bear the separation of my family, who knows that my luck will change, and the emperor takes pity on me again. You all say it's my blessing, and it's the Long Live God who loves me, but I'm his bedside person, what's going on? Understood."

Tao Hong was more open-minded, and persuaded her: "Master, it's all about taking care of your blessings. Why do you care about him? Long live God treats you well, and he is the face of this palace. Why don't we live in a good and beautiful way? You smile when the emperor comes Welcome, serve the emperor well, if there is a man and a woman, the empress dowager can no longer take it away."

Concubine Yi nodded: "The only thing we can do now is take one step at a time." Saying this, a cold light of disdain flashed in the eyes of the person in the mirror, and he laughed at himself, "Even Concubine Tong Gui can't beat her. The guards are tied up, I really asked for trouble, and I was fascinated by Concubine Hui."

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, something fell outside, and someone cried: "Let me out..." Seeing that Ke Jing was about to be awakened, Yipin's face was dark with murderous intent, and she ordered Taohong , "Take control of her, give her the medicine she should take, don't stop, I don't want to hear her yelling."

The noise in Yikun Palace was quickly subdued. In the middle of the night, no one knew what kind of drug Guo Guiren had been given. It's just that she has become more and more quiet recently, but on the one hand, she was as quiet as if she didn't exist, and on the other hand, she became hysterical occasionally. Naturally, this side will not be revealed to the public. Whenever the emperor comes to Yikun Palace, Guo Guiren will be asleep. Outsiders will only think that she is not in good health, and who will really care and care about her.

As the days passed, Debi once joked with the Empress Dowager that if the emperor did not go to the Yonghe Palace on the night of Lantern Festival, she would never go out again, nor would she go to serve the elderly. Ye talked about her sprained neck, grinning from ear to ear, and bluntly said that Lan Qi is a treasure, after all these years she is still full of childishness, and then she heard that the emperor decided to bring the two empresses' Zi Palace into the mausoleum, so she couldn't help it. Don't mention the matter of Zhonggong Xuxuan.

Regarding the establishment of a new post, Xuan Ye has always been indifferent. It is not that no one has mentioned it in the court for the past three years. After all, the harem cannot be without a master, but Xuan Ye just does not let go, and tries his best to be impartial to the two major families. The first wait is three years. This year, the Zigong of the two empresses will be the last to enter the mausoleum. The court will inevitably start to loosen up again. There are also old officials who have come to speak to the empress dowager, hoping that the emperor will be able to establish a queen. The Qing Dynasty cannot live without the mother.

"The emperor's grandmother and the emperor's mother are both the mother of the country, why didn't the mother of the country say anything?" Speaking of these words, Xuan Ye still had a tough attitude, and said to the empress dowager, "In the future, if they bother the emperor's grandmother, you will send them. Qianqing Palace wants to talk to me."

The Empress Dowager always knew her grandson's intentions, but she just passed on these words to him. Xuan Ye was not angry at her, but she comforted her grandson and said: "What are you angry about? They also have their concerns. Listen, I'm not trying to force you to stand up, but to let you know what they're thinking."

"Grandson understands, I don't want to wrong you and suffer." Xuan Ye calmed down, and smiled again, "In the harem, although Concubine Tong is respected, the Phoenix Seal has never belonged to Empress Niu Hulu's death. , my grandson wants to give you and the Empress Dowager the badges, and at that time, I will also ask the emperor's grandmother to issue an order that I will seal the Six Palaces and hand over the Phoenix Seal to the noble concubine."

The Empress Dowager said: "The imperial concubine has ignored the affairs of the sixth palace so far. She holds the seal of the phoenix. Are you afraid of chaos in the palace?"

Xuan Ye laughed: "The imperial concubine's mind is very simple, she can satisfy everything she wants, not to mention that she has always been too lazy to take care of the affairs of the Six Palaces, and she has no ability to take care of them. The Houfeng Seal is in her hands, so she doesn't need to do it herself, she will have a sense of proportion. If there is something out of the ordinary, you will always have the emperor grandmother, and you can give me a few words of advice, so that my grandson can rest easy."

The Empress Dowager laughed: "You don't want me to live in peace."

Xuan Ye said: "It's just that Lan Qi is not as old as them, otherwise, with her in charge of the Six Palaces, you and your grandson can sit back and relax together."

"Lan Qi?" The Empress Dowager shook her head with a smile, and urged her earnestly, "You are willing to let her do things, but I am still reluctant. You can't always be in front of me when you are busy with six palace affairs, not to mention that you are young and healthy these few years, you should Love her more, let her give me more grandchildren with peace of mind."

Xuan Ye was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "If she hears these words, she will be even more complacent and mess around."