Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Dong Yun has been with Empress Niu Hulu for more than ten years, and the Empress has never been pregnant, so she doesn't know how to take good care of pregnant women.Although Concubine Wen was pregnant for the second time, but the first time, the chaos was turned upside down. At that time, the concubine didn't care about anything, and she just wanted to get rid of the shackles of the family. Toss up and down.Dong Yun is really exhausted, but he really feels sorry for her. Thinking about the old master's kindness, he can only bite the bullet and continue to serve her.

Similar to the resentment at this moment, Dong Yun was already numb to hearing, presumably Wen Guifei had also been numb to her words to appease the master, just waited for a long time, and Wen Guifei would protect her stomach and say, "It would be great if my sister was here." , she will definitely help me invite the emperor to come."

On the day of Lantern Festival, the concubines greeted the Empress Dowager in Ningshou Palace early in the morning, and the Empress Dowager sent Concubine Hui to Xianfu Palace to see Concubine Wen, and asked her if she would go to the banquet at night.Concubine Hui came alone, and when she entered the door, the little eunuch smiled and asked, "Concubine Hui, is she coming to see nobleman Zen again? The nobleman had a cold yesterday, and she was afraid of infecting the concubine, so she said that she will not go out until she recovers."

Concubine Hui sneered in her heart, but on her face she was concerned: "Then you have to serve with all your heart." She also said that she came to pay her respects to Concubine Gui, and entered the door openly, seeing Concubine Wen sitting under the window in a daze, she knew Concubine Wen If she has dementia, she picks what she likes to hear and say, "The empress dowager heard from the emperor yesterday that it would be great if the imperial concubine could be at the Lantern Festival banquet today. Among the sisters, the empress is the smartest at guessing riddles. It is only fun when you are there. The empress dowager will I sent my concubine to ask the empress if she will go tonight, and if she will, I will leave you the best and most comfortable seat."

Concubine Wen's eyes sparkled, and she asked Concubine Hui foolishly: "Did the emperor tell you this?"

Concubine Hui rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "I didn't tell the concubine, but the empress dowager. When the empress dowager mentioned it, she asked the concubine to invite you and ask if you are going. Is the empress still in good health? See You are always proclaiming the imperial physician, if you are not safe, you should not go to crowded places, and my concubine will answer the call for you."

"I'm fine, I'm going." Concubine Wen Gui was overjoyed. When she learned that Xuanye missed her and wanted her to go to the banquet, she seemed to be overjoyed and said with a smile, "My stomach hasn't shown yet, and I will be heavy in the future." I can’t move around anymore, I really want to join in the fun tonight.”

Concubine Hui then agreed, and chatted some homely things, telling her how to conceive and how to eat. She was talking happily, when the baby's cry came, loud and piercing, and didn't stop for a long time, so Concubine Wen was happier His expression gradually became gloomy, and he murmured to himself: "I'm so annoying, why is he always crying..."

"My concubine, go and have a look, the empress is at ease." Concubine Hui appeased Concubine Wen graciously, leaving the accompanying maids to come to the eighth elder brother's room alone.The nanny was startled when she saw someone coming in, thinking that Concubine Wen Gui was coming to scold her again, but when she saw that it was Concubine Hui, she bowed tremblingly, saying that the eighth elder brother had just wet his urine, but he was still crying after changing the diaper. It is more difficult to serve than when I was a child.

Concubine Hui smiled and said it was all right, picked up the little elder brother and coaxed: "What's the matter, little boy? Empress Hui is here, hurry up and give Empress Hui a smile, the eighth elder brother is really good..."

Coaxing like this, the eighth elder brother really stopped crying, and looked at Concubine Hui with a smile. To him, Concubine Hui should be a new face. It can be seen that not only is he not unfamiliar, but also like a predestined relationship, and he is very dependent on his shoulders. Concubine Hui gently patted him and talked to him, and the little guy who was tired from crying became confused.

The wet nurse sighed: "It's true that Concubine Hui has a way. The servants have been serving the eighth elder brother for so long, but they still can't do it."

At this moment, the other court ladies packed up and changed the diaper basin and other things and went out. Concubine Hui saw that only the wet nurse was in front of her, and remembered her fear when she suddenly saw her just now, and the lingering smile on her face that had been gathering between her eyebrows. Feeling resentful, my heart turned a few times, and I tried to say: "The imperial concubine is pregnant, so she can't hear the noise, crying for the eighth elder brother, if you blame you, don't forget to take it to your heart."

The nurse turned her face away and lowered her eyes resentfully and said: "Why is she pregnant now, my mother has always annoyed Brother Ba to cry, she likes it when she likes it, and hates it when she doesn't like it."

Concubine Hui deliberately said: "The nobleman Jue Chan is here, she will help you."

The nurse even smiled wryly, looked at Concubine Hui helplessly and said, "Your Majesty loves my little elder brother, so it's natural to think so, but he..."

The nurse had some scruples, but Concubine Hui had pinpointed her mind, so she pretended to be casual and whispered: "Eighth elder brother seems to like me very much, and I like children too. If eighth elder brother can raise It will be fine in Changchun Palace."

Unexpectedly, the wet nurse got excited, stared at Concubine Hui seriously and asked: "Your Majesty, you are serious about what you said. Anyway, the imperial concubine and the noble Jue Chan don't like Brother Ba, why don't you ask the emperor to order you to hug him?"

It can be seen that the wet nurse has had enough. Seeing her haggard face and thin body, Concubine Hui remembered that Yinti's wet nurse was a plump and plump woman, and thought that it would be difficult for her to have good milk like this. Suffering from the guilt and anger, he turned his heart and said softly: "It's so difficult to ask for it. I suddenly took away the settled matter. I'm also afraid that other people will make irresponsible remarks?"

The nurse said sadly: "If this is the case, no one will love Brother Ba any more."

Concubine Hui smiled and said, "It hurts to have a wet nurse."

The nurse took the sleeping baby from Concubine Hui's arms and put it into the crib, tucked the quilt, and said softly: "Your servant is just a slave, what's the use of loving elder brother?" She turned around and begged Concubine Hui, " Empress, do you think you are poor eighth elder brother?"

Concubine Hui knew that the poor eighth brother was the one who pitied the nurse herself. Since they hit it off, she no longer cared about it, she held her hand and said softly: "I can't ask for eighth brother, we have to let Concubine Wen Gui Just push it out, nurse if you are willing to suffer, when Concubine Wen abandons Eighth Prince, I will naturally pick you up outside to Changchun Palace."

The nurse nodded without even thinking about it, and said with a little hatred: "Is the servant still afraid of suffering? What does the empress want the servant to do?"

Concubine Hui smiled proudly, and said cruelly: "Let the eighth elder brother cry, and cry all day long. If Concubine Wen scolds you and punishes you, you will suffer. You are a nurse who wants to feed elder brother. She can't do anything to you. It's good to be patient. But no matter how she loses her temper, you still have to make Eighth Brother cry until she can't stand it."

The wet nurse is not stupid, she may have seen through Concubine Hui's thoughts, so she begged without saying a few words when they met. It was a relief for her to have a good place to go, and sooner or later she would be tossed to death by Concubine Wen here.Now that I heard that she was asked to make the eighth elder brother cry every day, I understood that it was necessary to completely dislike Concubine Wen Gui, so I solemnly promised: "Your servant can do it, and I ask you to say a few words for your servant when the time comes." , take Eighth Brother to Changchun Palace."

This is natural. Concubine Hui has been waiting for this child. From Jue Chan's pregnancy to now, she has never given up in the past two years. Can she wait for ten days and a half months? For Concubine Wen's obsession with the emperor now, eighth brother Crying for a few days was enough to drive her crazy.

It was settled in this way, and the eighth elder brother was coaxed to sleep peacefully. Concubine Hui adjusted her mind and came to see Concubine Wen. As expected, she stabilized her mood a little. After that, she helped choose the clothes to wear at night, and went back to Ningshou Palace to return to her life contentedly.

It was the night of the Lantern Festival, Xuan Ye gave a banquet to all the ministers, and the concubines in the harem, headed by the imperial concubine, attended the banquet together with the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. To the delight of the Empress Dowager, she saw Lan Qi appearing at the banquet in an auspicious attire. Surrounded by Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan to pay her respects, the Empress Dowager pulled her beside her distressedly and said, "What kind of ceremony are you doing? Look, a man with a good complexion is getting fat. Amitabha, you are really blessed by the ancestors. I haven't seen you for a long time. Really I think about it very much, I want to come to Yonghe Palace to see you in person, but I am afraid that others will gossip. These days, if you are not here, I will not eat well."

Concubine Rong laughed beside her and said: "The Emperor knows that you miss Defei Sister, so I asked my concubines and Sister Duan to serve her. Now that I am here, the Empress Dowager will have an extra drink tonight."

The empress dowager was naturally happy, the elderly were happy, and the female relatives were all overjoyed. The first emperor sat with the imperial concubine and concubine Wen from time to time, talking to them from time to time. Unlike people with unstable fetal gas, everyone can't help teasing in private, but they are all kind on the surface.

After watching the lanterns and guessing riddles, the emperor and his ministers celebrated together, Xuan Ye rose up and invited the ministers to compose poems in Boliang style. The ministers respectfully invited the emperor to write poems. The wind is everywhere, "

Le Dehong, a great scholar under his seat, got up and said, "The chatting clouds are full of purple." Then Mingzhu continued, "One party is happy and the song is bright and bright," Master Li Yu said again, "Stop fighting and harmonize people and things will prosper." Xuan Thank you Yeji Festival.

Feng Pu, a scholar of the University, recited: "Liao Xiaoyan is honored as a sage and elder," and then "the heart of heaven is clear and the rain is shining. Fengheng has a thousand boxes of blessings, and the ritual and music articles pay homage to the Virgin. The edict dismisses Yang. He Qinghai feasts Yu Jizhang..." Just listen to the rush of literary talents, singing the praises of the Holy Lord and Mingjun, without stopping for a while.

Sitting together, the female relatives are bound to be bored, the Empress Dowager laughed: "What are you reading?" The concubine Duan asked further, "Is this a poem or a pairing, why are the adults all thinking about themselves? "

Lan Qi, however, was very interesting to listen to. I heard Concubine Duan say that she didn't know, and she showed her talent for a while, so she said casually: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave a banquet to Bailiangtai in the past, and invited all the officials to write poems. Each sentence should use rhyme. Later generations used the rhyme in each sentence as Boliang style. My sister watched the ministers combine sentences on their own, but in fact, each sentence of seven characters rhymed with a level rhyme, and the whole article did not change the rhyme. This is an interesting and talented place. .”

The concubines didn't understand much, so Concubine Hui smiled and said, "When I went to Zhongcui Palace in the early years, my sister was always reading and writing in the room. I asked you to take the No. [-] Scholar Examination, but you still refused." Laughing, "Look, Empress Dowager, is our concubine de concubine a champion?"

The Queen Mother said from the side: "Stop making fun of me, look at Concubine De's face is blushing."

Lan Qi has been bored at home for a long time, and it is rare to get together for a moment of excitement, so she speaks without knowing how to measure, the jokes of others will not make her blush, but seeing the emperor looking at him with a smile when he hears the words here, and the eyes of each other are just The tenderness made her blush, and she was proud that her book was not in vain, thinking that Xuanye must be happy, she couldn't stop her joy.

After composing the poem, someone from outside came to invite the empress dowager, the empress dowager and the emperor to enjoy the fireworks. It was cold and windy, so the Empress Dowager said: "Concubine Wen Gui and Concubine De are both pregnant, don't come to the front, come to me."

Concubine Wen Gui originally wanted to follow the emperor, but after hearing what the Empress Dowager said, she did not dare to disobey, and came here reluctantly, while Concubine De was on the other side, and the Empress Dowager led the elder brother and the prince, concubine, elder brother, The princesses gathered on one side, and the emperor led his ministers on the other side.

Xuan Ye lit the fire and handed it to the little eunuch, and handed it down one after another. The first firework was ignited, and there was a whizzing sound, but seeing the sparks rushing into the night sky, they scattered in all directions, colorful and bright, and the women and ministers clapped their hands and applauded. Fireworks and firecrackers boomed, cheers and laughter continued, and the smoke was transpiring, which was very festive.

A minister here was complimenting Xuan Ye on the flourishing age, when suddenly he heard screams and exclamations, Xuan Ye followed the prestige and looked over, but saw a burst of fireworks deviated from the direction, and went straight to the side of the female relatives, and it was still not clear from a distance When he was in front of someone, when Xuan Ye ran over, he heard a mess of people shouting: "Hurry up and help the Empress Dowager, quickly help the Empress Dowager..."

But when the emperor approached, he saw a large area fell down. The empress dowager was quickly helped up, but when the lanterns gathered, he was surprised to see Concubine Wen Gui and Concubine De lying on the ground. Her own master, Lan Qi frowned and stroked her stomach with both hands, while Concubine Wen Gui on the other side was already crying: "It hurts... my stomach hurts, Your Majesty..."

Everyone knows that Concubine De is really weak for several months, and Concubine Wen has been thundering and never raining, but at this moment, no one dares to be negligent, and hastily carried people away. Panicked, I didn't get hurt because I was dressed too much in winter, so I asked to go back to the banquet again. The queen mother and other concubines who had nothing to do also returned to the banquet, but although the banquet continued, the atmosphere was awkward, and it ended earlier than the scheduled time.

As soon as the banquet was over, Xuan Ye sent the emperor's grandmother back to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, while people kept coming to report the condition of the two empresses. The Yonghe Palace kept saying that everything was fine, but Xuan Ye was extremely worried, but the news came from Xianfu Palace. Saying that Concubine Wen Gui is not well, the emperor was fed up with the wolves, and said angrily: "Why is something wrong with her? She has always been fine, isn't Concubine De all right now?"

The Empress Dowager persuaded him: "All the ministers have seen today, the face of the Niu Hulu family, the emperor still has to give enough."

Then Xuan Ye came to Xianfu Palace helplessly. Eunuch Li was sent to Yonghe Palace again to inquire about the situation of Concubine De. His heart was tense, but seeing the chaos inside, Eunuch Liang, who was accompanying him, immediately rushed in to ask about the situation, and soon ran out with a pale face, crying on the ground, "Long live, Concubine Wen's child is gone, long live You can't go in any more."