Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

When Xuanye arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Peace, the eunuch in front of the door directly led Shengjia into the Nuan Pavilion. When he entered the door, he saw broken corals all over the ground, and the little eunuch reminded him from time to time: "Long live Lord, be careful where you step." Grandma sat cross-legged on the kang, chanting words, spinning the beads between her fingers, she opened her eyes as if she heard something, and looked at the emperor calmly.

On the clean floor on the other side, the imperial concubine is kneeling, the petite Yinzhen sits kneeling next to her mother, the imperial concubine's face is full of protection, and on the other side, the empress dowager hugs the sobbing five Brother, this child is younger, and beside the Queen Mother, there are Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong leading the third elder brother to bow their heads in silence. It can be seen that the two of them are very embarrassed in this situation.

Xuan Ye collected himself and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

The empress dowager didn't seem to be very angry, but more helpless, with a wry smile: "It's good that the emperor is here, please persuade your imperial concubine, the Ai family said it's not a big deal, the imperial concubine insisted on apologizing to the Ai family Punishment, no, the two sides are deadlocked."

Xuan Ye looked at his cousin, and said slightly annoyed: "Why did you disobey the emperor's grandmother's wishes? The emperor's grandmother has always been kind, and she punishes people every now and then?"

The imperial concubine was obviously the one who asked to be punished, but she was full of arrogance, and raised her face and said, "Yinzhen smashed the empress dowager's beloved coral, as well as the emerald Ruyi and the East Pearl Linglong Pagoda, all of which are priceless. Forget it is the empress dowager's kindness, but if it spreads, others will say how the concubine protected the fourth elder brother. But Yinzhen is still young and cannot stand beating and scolding, so the concubine is willing to take the punishment on behalf of his son."

Xuan Ye was very annoyed, and he didn't want to scold the imperial concubine in front of Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong, so he blamed them both: "The imperial concubine is impatient, why don't you persuade her, how many years older than her, even if she has a position High and low, she is also a sister."

Hui and Rong were so wronged that they bowed their knees and confessed their crimes, but the imperial concubine was even more arrogant: "The emperor blamed them for what, what qualifications do they have to persuade his concubines?"

Xuan Ye finally angrily reprimanded: "What nonsense?"

"Huang Ama is not angry." Yinzhen cried out suddenly, stood up from his mother's arms, with a few tears still hanging on his face, but spoke loudly to protect his mother, "Huang Ama, there are many in Chengqian Palace. Strange, don't curse Huang Ama, it's worthless!"

The room was silent after hearing the child's few words, the child's words are the most true, Yinzhen must have learned to hear them all the time, so he said it so unscrupulously, but in this child's life, jade and coral are all It is a worthless thing. There are indeed many rare treasures in Chengqian Palace. It is the most magnificent place among the six palaces, comparable to the luxury of the middle palace. Undoubtedly, the arrogance and extravagance of the imperial concubine from a wealthy background is all reflected in the child.

"It was all taught by you?" Xuanye looked at the imperial concubine sadly, imagining what kind of spendthrift the fourth elder brother would be when he grew up in the future. Not to mention, as long as being a mother-in-law continues to give him a steady stream, that little salary will not be in his eyes at all. Thinking about how the ministers and the common people will treat the prince, Xuan Ye feels chills for a while.

Looking at the fourth elder brother's mother-in-law, Lan Qi is stingy on the face, but she wants to teach by example, so that the sixth elder brother will not develop the bad habit of not knowing how to be thrifty in the future, saying that although the royal children are rich, they are afraid of spending money too much.Comparing the two, Xuan Ye couldn't help but regret the fact that the fourth elder brother was raised in Chengqian Palace every time.

The imperial concubine hurriedly pulled her son back to prevent him from speaking again, and the empress dowager finally said: "It's not uncommon for children to scurry around mischievously and break a few things. Not only did he not know what was wrong, but he also clamored that there are many at home, that these priceless things are worthless, he is only three years old, but at the age of three, he looks eighty, Your Majesty?"

Xuanye's face was heavy, and seeing Yinzhi next to him, he didn't know whether he was partial to Yinzhen, or he was afraid that Yinzhi would also learn bad habits, so he scolded the third elder brother: "Why did you take my brother to run around the house, your mother-in-law?" Didn't I teach you that you can't run around in the palace? Last time I cut your sister's face, didn't you remember the words I taught you?"

Yinzhi is only five years old. Although the royal children are precocious, five-year-old children really don't know much. Yinzhi is timid. He cried when his father scolded him. He covered his face and sobbed in his mother's arms. Ye was even more annoyed: "A boy always cries, Concubine Rong, are you so used to him pestering you like this?"

Concubine Rong's eyebrows were tense. Although she hadn't been favored these years, the emperor never said a word of seriousness. She was really wronged by such a sentence for the first time, but she didn't dare to argue, let alone annoy the emperor again. The imperial concubine said again: "What is the emperor angry at Concubine Rong for? Is there something wrong with the children running around and being lively by nature?"

Xuan Ye would not get angry because of a few corals and pieces of emerald jade, but the imperial concubine's aura and attitude really made him speechless. It is impossible for a child to teach like this. He must restrain his cousin, but she has the honor of an imperial concubine, so she really is not suitable to be a concubine. Seeing Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui reprimanding her, but her cousin bumped into her again and again to provoke her, even the Queen Mother shook her head.

Xuan Ye closed his eyes in disappointment, opened his eyes and called people to him, everyone didn't know what he was going to do, they only heard the emperor say: "Go and ask for two rulers."

The ruler is naturally used to beat children, but a five-year-old and a three-year-old, how can they be punished, and how can their small bodies bear it?

Just as the imperial concubine was about to speak, the empress dowager said first: "Your Majesty, it's still during the New Year's Day. It's okay for children to be naughty. Yinqi scratched and scratched the coral by himself. It has nothing to do with Yinzhi and Yinzhen. Don't you?" So angry."

Xuan Ye bowed and said yes, but didn't agree to hit or not, and glanced at his grandmother for a while, only to see that the Empress Dowager was calm and didn't say anything.

The little eunuch quickly invited two rulers, three finger-wide rulers, the dark brown wood had a frightening luster, Yinzhen was so spoiled that he didn't know what it was for, but Yinzhi had seen his mother He took the ruler to teach his sister a lesson, and knowing that he was going to be beaten, he immediately opened his throat and cried.

But the two rulers were suddenly thrown on the ground, one in front of the imperial concubine and one in front of the concubine Rong, Xuan Ye said coldly: "Your son was raised by you, take it home and teach him a lesson, if you do something wrong you have to be punished, I don't want it Raising a worthless prince, if there is such a thing, you, the mothers, will not escape the guilt. During the New Year's festival, and in front of the emperor's grandmother and the emperor's mother, it is not appropriate to beat and scold, you should take them back and beat them."

The imperial concubine's face was pale, and she stared blankly at Xuan Ye. Behind her, Concubine Rong was also in a daze. It was Concubine Hui behind her who gave her a wink, and tremblingly grabbed the ruler on the ground. Yinzhi was terrified. Now, try hard to get into Concubine Hui's arms, don't want my mother to beat him, Concubine Hui pushed Concubine Rong and quickly kowtowed to thank her, and pulled the two of them out of the Nuan Pavilion.

Yinzhi's crying gradually faded away, but here Yinzhen pouted and opened his eyes wide. I don't know if he didn't know how to be afraid, or he really wasn't afraid. Standing beside the imperial concubine, he didn't cry a single sound.

"Imperial concubine, the emperor has granted you a blessing. Take the ruler and go back. Yinzhen is still young, so just hit him twice to scare him. Don't hit him hard." The queen mother saw that her mother-in-law was silent, so she opened her mouth. She immediately frowned and winked, telling her to leave quickly. No matter how stubborn the imperial concubine was, she reached out and grabbed the ruler, kowtowed to thank her, and dragged her son away.

The hall was silent again, and the wet nurse came to take away the fifth elder brother. The queen mother got up and looked at the broken jewels all over the floor, and said with a smile: "Every year is safe, the concubine asked the artisans to make earrings and hairpins, and another batch of jewelry , Queen Empress rewards the children again."

The Empress Dowager nodded, and the Empress Dowager bowed to say goodbye, leaving the grandparents and grandchildren behind. Xuan Ye sat aside sullenly, but the Empress Dowager smiled: "Seeing that you are angry, I can't open my mouth. In fact, I didn't intend to call you Come here to lose your temper, but are you worried about these children, or are you angry because of the imperial concubine?"

Xuan Ye said frankly: "If Lan Qi knew, she must feel extremely uncomfortable."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "So you are not happy about this? But if you are really unhappy, Lan Qi will feel uncomfortable. Three or five-year-old baby, just teach it slowly. I let you come and see, just want to Restraining the imperial concubine, although Yinzhen is small, she is polite, lovely and generous. She is a good teacher, but this problem of not cherishing things and being extravagant, not once or twice. Before, I always thought that maybe the child is not sensible. I feel that I should take care of it, it must be the faults of the imperial concubine's rich and noble background, and all of them have been passed on to the children."

Xuan Ye nodded and said: "The emperor's grandmother is worried that even though she is a child of the royal family, she should not have such a problem. Otherwise, no matter how great the country is, it will be defeated by them in the future."

The Empress Dowager persuaded: "You don't have to say it so seriously, you just need to pay attention, I still have energy, and I will watch for you."

Xuan Ye smiled wryly: "It is said that Concubine De is from a humble background, that she is not worthy of my favor, and that she is not worthy of the dignity of a concubine, but her words and deeds are not as good as these young ladies? Only those who come from a humble background know what suffering is in the world. Stupid, she understands everything in her heart, Yin Zuo is only so young, she is already worried that her son will be arrogant and lustful in the future, restraining everyone in the palace, even she is reluctant to use red bamboo charcoal when she is pregnant with the child."

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed: "Are you angry, or are you praising her? Hello, Lan Qi, I'll use you as an example. I don't want to waste every bit of work here. Su Mala has told her several times. "

Only then did Xuan Ye smile a bit, it was the first time he had heard that when Lan Qi was in charge of the Compassionate Ning Palace, she also restrained the expenses of the servants and prevented them from wasting.Originally, everything in the Palace of Compassion and Ning was fully utilized, and any good things in the palace were sent here. The ladies in the palace were used to wasting tea and cooking, and Madam Su Mala also turned a blind eye. On the contrary, Lan Qi has saved a lot of money every year since she came here.

When Xuan Ye left, he said: "When she recovers, it's time to let her take care of Liugong's affairs."