Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"What am I doing to pretend to be stupid to my sister?" Lan Qi didn't care much, she pulled Bu Guiren to sit aside, and said confidently and calmly, "What can she do to me, if I make any mistakes, the emperor will easily let go? Even if it really hurt me, the emperor will definitely not let her go if it is found out, why should she dig her own grave? As long as the emperor is here, no one can hurt me, and even if I do, he will make the decision. But if I confront them tit for tat, If you play tricks against them, the emperor should hate it. I don't care what they think of me, I care what the emperor thinks of me, a loss is a blessing, isn't that the truth?"

Seeing that she was calm, Mrs. Bugui felt relieved, and just smiled: "That can't always be a disadvantage."

Lan Qi said triumphantly: "Sis, when did my sister see that I was at a disadvantage? Didn't it just go to me that made others anxious? I also know the ugly things in the palace. In fact, they are really worried. I can't be young forever. 20 years later, who knows what it will be like, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager took turns explaining the truth to me in Yingtai, and they still see it through."

"But according to what you said, if the emperor empathizes with you in the future, or treats you like he does to Concubine Rong, will he still protect you?" Bu Guiren thought of this sentence, and it was inevitable to say it sadly, "One day you won't If you are favored, they bully you, who will decide for you? Or if you are not favored, they will not bother to bully you. "

"Sister's words are really reasonable. I look at the good things in front of me, and I am confident that the emperor will hold me on top of my heart. With him, I will be fearless, but one day I will fall out of favor and be disgusted. What I say now will become a joke. "Xu is pregnant, and her emotions are easily affected. Lan Qi's face was slightly sad, she leaned to the side, resting her head with one hand, and slowly recalled the past seven years.

Bu Guiren sat next to her, secretly regretting that she shouldn't have said such a thing, since now is the best time, why bother to think about the future.

But Lan Qi thought about it quietly, thinking of Xuan Ye and her little by little, remembering what Xuan Ye said to her, and thinking of the eight-character emperor's fate in that brocade box, she was relieved immediately, and smiled brightly again, and said to Bu The nobleman said: "Earlier, I whispered these few words to the emperor. The emperor said that I was thinking nonsense, and even told me, don't think about the future decades. Have you ever thought about the present? The important thing is to focus on the present day. Live well. Anyway, we didn’t have everything we have now, at worst, it will return to normal after 20 years, we sisters just have to live well and live a life of luxury and good food.”

Bu Guiren smiled: "You are good-natured and broad-minded. I feel at ease when you think so."

At this time, Duanjing led Yinzuo to run back, and the sixth elder brother lay softly in his mother's arms, listening to Duanjing's elder sister chattering. The elder sister said that it was Yinzhen's birthday, and she wanted to give something to her younger brother. , Yinzuo listened half-understood, answered vaguely from time to time, rubbed his younger brother quietly and joyfully, and said, "Yinzuo is the most obedient, not like Yinzhi, bickering with us all day long. "

But Yin Zuo felt very uncomfortable being rubbed by her sister like this, and didn't understand what her sister said, so she started to cry while holding her mouth, which frightened Duan Jing, which made Lan Qi and Bu Gui very happy. After talking and laughing for a while, Duan Jing The concubine sent someone to ask Princess Duanjing and Mrs. Bu if they had finished their meal, and the two of them left.

Afterwards, Yin Zuo was also taken away by the wet nurse, and the room became quiet. Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief. Huan Chun brought a cloak to wrap her around, opened the window for ventilation, and added a new charcoal basin. It's red bamboo charcoal, with a smirk: "He also said to save money and silver for me. Why do you use red bamboo charcoal for your charcoal pots? Shouldn't you save it for the hand stove in winter? Change it quickly, black charcoal is also warm, This is all waste of money. I won’t be using enough later, can’t I buy it myself?”

Yukui happened to bring the little eunuch in with a basket of red bamboo charcoal, and when she heard what the master said, she tsk-tsk said: "Your Majesty is really stingy, you have to worry about this. You have a cold and cough these days, and you are most afraid of the smell of cigarettes. Where can I use black charcoal? These are the slaves who have saved them in their daily lives, and they have no place to put them. New ones are coming, and those who are rewarded by the Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, and the Emperor are constantly moving in. Let's not buy it with our own money, it's time to open a shop and sell it, if any lady in the palace doesn't have enough money, it's cheaper to come to us."

Hearing these words, the little eunuch who moved the charcoal laughed, Lan Qi yelled to Huan Chun to pinch her ears, and said angrily: "Which one is the master in Yonghe Palace? Seeing you waste, I can't tell?"

Huanchun helped Yukui and said: "The most important thing is your body. Aunt Su Mala has come to tell you that it is important that you are pregnant. Don't be too strict with the rules. Everything must be used well. Burn a few baskets. You are so reluctant to part with Tan, it would be a joke if you say it."

But Lan Qi still felt distressed, watching the charcoal burning scarlet, she muttered: "What a waste, it would be nice to sell it. This year's Chinese New Year's red envelope will have money."

In the end, Huanchun and Yukui made a joke, saying that the red envelopes came, and Huanchun reminded the master: "Si elder brother is about to have his birthday, do you want to send some things over there? I heard from Qinglian that many nobles are always here. They all came to find out what the imperial concubine or the fourth elder brother liked, and said that the sixth palace was going to be sealed off, so they were all rushing to curry favor with the imperial concubine."

"Fawning on the imperial concubine?" Lan Qi found it interesting. Everyone in the palace was afraid that the imperial concubine had a bad temper. In the past, it was too late to hide, and there was nowhere to work hard to curry favor. Why are they all coming to the door one by one now?

Huan Chun smiled and said: "It is said that the imperial concubine is going to be the empress, can everyone not please?"

"There is such a legend?" Lan Qi smiled slightly, she knew in her heart that it was impossible, but it was inconvenient to say it.

However, Huanchun is not just talking nonsense, such rumors have been circulating in the palace for a long time, and there are probably two factions. Concubine Tong herself didn't know what her future would be. Tong Guowei didn't make it clear when she entered the palace that day. Maybe the Tong family wanted to fight for the position of the middle palace from the emperor in the end.

But now, in this situation, what is to be seen is whether Concubine Tong Gui can be crowned empress, not who is competing with her for the empress position. Compared with the previous time when Concubine Zhao and Concubine Tong confronted each other, there is much less excitement. As for Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi, it is even They didn't dare to think about the second position. It was their greatest wish to secure the position of fourth concubine this time.

And it was agreed to see Jue Chan in the Changchun Palace the next day, Yi Concubine came to wait early, and waited until noon when she was almost impatient, there was no movement at the door, Baoyun said that Jue Chan was here, Hui Concubine looked Glancing at Concubine Yi, the latter smiled leisurely and said to Baoyun: "Tao Hong didn't come over at Yikun Palace, but she was working on the hand-embroidered Longevity Screen that I want to dedicate to the Empress Dowager during the Chinese New Year. Sister Hui said that you are also very good at sewing. , right now we sisters don’t need you to wait for us to talk, you go to Yikun Palace to help Taohong.”

Baoyun knew that they wanted to drive him away, and it would be embarrassing if they didn't leave, so he obediently agreed, anyway, she is not the only one who is the eyeliner of the Empress Dowager in Changchun Palace.

When I went out, I saw Jue Chan often coming in, a woman who was so thin that she lost her radiance, even if she was wearing beautiful jewelry and clothes, she did not have the charm of the past, Bao Yun thought to herself, what can such a woman do to help?But how could she have the heart of Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi, of course it is impossible to guess.

It was the first time for Jue Chan to come back to this Changchun Palace. She walked all the way without looking sideways, and didn't care to take a second look at the decorations in the palace. If she had lived in Xianfu Palace for so long, she had hardly been to places other than the sleeping hall. , or when he was in Yikun Palace, he was summoned by Concubine Guo Guiren as a court lady, and he went to every corner.

Entering the door, seeing the two sitting at the head, Jue Chan saluted respectfully, got up and saw the rose red dress on Yipin's body, his heart skipped a beat, Yipin was actually wearing the dress he made for her back then, the hem was pressed with gold thread The black piping was still cut out of the bag that Guo Guiren used to hold the Taoist talisman that cursed him. He felt so cold in his heart, and sat aside according to their words.

Seeing the current appearance of Jue Chan, Yi Bin said, "You are so haggard? I was waiting to see you come in, my eyes lit up, my good sister, why bother to give up your beauty? Xianfu Palace Is life not good here, do you want to come back to Yikun Palace?"

Jue Chan smiled slightly: "The concubine is not very attractive. If it is true what the empress said, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive."

Concubine Yi was robbed and her face was very ugly, Concubine Hui advised from the side, "It's your former position after all, can't you be more polite? It's okay, we can't stay longer, let's get straight to the point, I've been thinking about it all night Have you thought about it, what should you do now to attract the attention of the Holy One?"

Yi Pin also coughed dryly: "Sister, if you can help me, I will definitely not treat you badly in the future."

Jue Chan didn't care at all, he looked straight ahead, and didn't look at their faces, as if he wasn't talking to them, he just said to himself: "Women want to attract the attention of the emperor, and the concubine thought about it for a while." In the evening, there are two things that you two can do. One was reported to the harem a few days ago, saying that the emperor was furious because of corrupt officials and sentenced him to be hanged. Disgusting. There must be such things in the six palaces. There are many incidents of bribery in the harem to buy and sell officials in the past dynasties. It must be a credit in front of me, Empress Hui has always been in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, so it is not difficult to do it."

Concubine Hui nodded and said: "It's easy to investigate, but such a matter is a big deal, and needs to be discussed in the long run. What's the other thing?"

Jue Chan glanced at the two of them for a while, as if to see if the two women had the courage, and said with a cold smile, "That's the prince."

"Prince?" Yipin and Huipin spoke at the same time, and looked at each other, Yipin said sullenly, "You are crazy, how can you plot against the prince."

Jue Chan knew that they had no courage, but continued: "It's not to plot against the prince, let alone harm the prince, but to know that the emperor cares about the prince the most. What if we can embody the virtues of the two of you in the prince?"