Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The emperor didn't really leave the Yonghe Palace until before New Year's Eve, so Concubine De would definitely be looked at by the Six Palaces. Only the imperial concubine knew that the emperor was recuperating in Yonghe Palace. The noble concubine didn't care about this, no matter how much the concubine under her swayed, she couldn't make it happen.

After New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, there was a lot of red tape in the palace, and Lan Qi followed the Empress Dowager almost every day, coping with the sending and welcoming of the royal relatives.In the days before the Lantern Festival, the emperor would enter the harem from time to time, most of them were Xianfu Palace, Jingyang Palace, Chuxiu Palace and so on were all indefinite, and finally it was no longer the concubine De's only favorite.

But even so, when women get together, they can't help talking about the Yonghe Palace. Counting the days since she served her as a driver for nearly eight years, I don't know what kind of seductive skills can make her so popular.But the emperor will never like talkative and narrow-minded women. The more they talk, they think the emperor can't hear them, but they push the emperor farther unconsciously.

The day before the Lantern Festival, Xuan Ye entered the palace to pay his respects to his grandmother. Knowing that Lan Qi was in the Palace of Compassion, on a whim, he personally went to the Imperial Garden to pick plums. When the imperial driver arrived, he saw a group of concubines coming out ahead, and heard soft words Said: "Yinhu walk slowly, be careful that the snow gets into the trousers, how about Er Niang hug you?"

The emperor stood still and saw Concubine Hui and the eighth elder brother, whom he had not seen for a long time, came out of the garden. After eight elder brothers said a few words, the little elder brother was smart, beautiful and cute, Xuan Ye liked it very much, seeing Concubine Hui standing quietly at the side, thinking of what happened before the Mid-Autumn Festival, knowing that she had kept her own place recently, she was still willing to be polite He asked, "The garden is full of snow, what are you doing here?"

Concubine Hui lowered her head slightly, and said in her mouth: "Yinhu was arguing about picking plums, and my concubine brought him to have a look, but unfortunately my concubine didn't have the strength to hug him, so the trip was in vain."

"I'll take you there. It just so happens that I want to send plum blossoms to the Palace of Compassion for the Emperor's Grandmother to enjoy, so that Yinhu can also fold a branch to honor the Great Grandmother." Xuan Ye said, carrying his son into it, Concubine Hui's face turned pale. She was excited about being flattered, but when she rolled her eyes, a chill came out of her eyes, but before the people around her saw it, she had restrained her expression, and hurriedly followed the emperor into the garden.

The emperor walked ahead with the eighth elder brother in his arms, and the eighth elder brother lay on his father's shoulder from time to time to look at Concubine Hui behind him, babbling with joy, Concubine Hui booed him, signaling the child to keep quiet, Yinhu was really well-behaved Clever, he immediately pressed his lips tightly together and did not speak, and the group walked towards the place where the plum blossoms were in full bloom, but as Concubine Hui expected, the emperor suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Only the voice of Concubine Wen Gui came from the plum grove separated by bushes, saying: "The selected ones are saved and sent to the Qianqing Palace. Please help me, Jue Chan nobleman, they have no eyes." Said, "We were a few days late, those women can really follow suit, but Concubine De cut off a few and ruined them one by one, look at this bald place, it's extremely ugly."

Xuan Ye hugged the eighth elder brother and was about to go inside again. Concubine Wen Guifei's words came again: "Why doesn't the emperor want to stay in Xianfu Palace for a few more days? It's useless for me to keep him. I heard a few nobles often talk about Concubine De must be very skillful in the boudoir, so she can be charming to the emperor and live in Yonghe Palace every night, but I have read the files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is no record of the emperor being there for so long a year ago. Or did Wu Ya coax the emperor to show mercy to her? Concubine De just lost a daughter, Concubine Huanggui and Concubine Yi have both, she must be dying of anxiety."

No one inside responded to Concubine Wen's words. After a few times of stepping on the snow, she heard her tsk-tsk: "Look at you, you are only wearing a plum blossom, but it makes you look like you are made of ice and snow. In terms of beauty, Wu Ya's really can't match it." You, is she really good at being seductive? You don't think she is too good-looking, and she will serve people at night again, so she must be like this."

But I heard Zen's voice saying: "Your Majesty, you must be cautious in your words and deeds outside."

It's just that it was too late for this reminder, Xuan Ye turned around and hugged the eighth elder brother to Concubine Hui, and said with a cold face as if blaming her together with her: "I have to leave beforehand, and you don't have to send the plums to the Palace of Compassion .”

The movement of the emperor walking away was not as easy as when he came. The sound of heavy footsteps sounded, and the people inside were startled. There, as the figure of the emperor was getting further and further away, she asked in a daze, "Has the emperor been here?"

Concubine Hui hugged the eighth elder brother to salute, and said with a smile: "The concubine heard what you said just now before I could remind the Lord Long Live that you are also here. The concubine guessed that the Lord Long Live was not very happy. If you want to pick plums, just say a word and leave."

Concubine Wen's face was whiter than the snow on the branches, her eyes widened, and she questioned Concubine Hui: "You know I'm here, but you did it on purpose, did you do it on purpose?"

Concubine Hui tightened her wind-haired scarf, hugged the eighth elder brother and was about to leave, and said casually: "How did the concubine guess what you said just now, empress? If what the emperor heard was that you said that you must honor the emperor Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and the like, I’m afraid that instead of leaving at this moment, it’s time to hold a pair of scissors hand in hand with you, and send the plums to the Compassionate Ning Palace.”

"You clearly know that I'm here." Concubine Wen Gui became furious, but apart from repeating this sentence, she really had nothing to refute. Even if Concubine Hui wanted to seduce the emperor to listen to her absurd words, how could she know that she would definitely say them?

"Everything is a coincidence. The concubine happened to meet you and the emperor by chance, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that you really shouldn't have said those words, so it happened that the emperor heard them for real." Concubine Hui's face Feeling happy as if he had let out a bad breath, he hugged the eight princes and left triumphantly.

"What should I do? What should I do..." Concubine Wen's knees became weak, and she fell to the ground. Dong Yun and the others came to support her, but they couldn't drag her. Jue Chan stood aside expressionlessly, and raised her head inadvertently. , but saw the eighth elder brother lying on Concubine Hui's shoulder looking at this place. When the mother and son met their eyes, they were very strange to each other.

Few people knew about this matter, but it was a great blow to Concubine Wen Gui. Since then, the emperor has never set foot in Xianfu Palace, and he has never even looked at her at the Lantern Festival banquet. The fetus of Imperial Concubine Gui is stable, and Concubine Yi is proud of herself , I thought this would be enough torture, but unexpectedly, at the end of the first lunar month, news came from the front that the emperor would visit Mount Wutai in February to pray for the empress dowager.

And this trip has to be accompanied by concubines. Originally, the honor of the imperial concubine and the deputy queen was to accompany her, but the imperial concubine was not allowed to travel far, so it should be accompanied by Wen Guifei, but I don’t know why there are rumors outside that Wen Guifei hugged her. Chiu Feng's body was against harmony, and Concubine Yi was conceived, Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui took care of the chores in the harem with no time to spare, and in the end they skipped Concubine Wen in the name of Concubine Wen and directly assigned Concubine De Wuya to accompany her.

When the decree was passed to the Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi was puzzled why it came out suddenly, and it was the imperial concubine who appointed her as a follower, and even directly sent someone to send word that when she was away, she would send the sixth elder brother to Chengqian. palace care.So I had no choice but to come to Chengqian Palace to thank her and ask why, but Qinglian stood in the way of her master, and said helplessly: "Mistress, think about it, whose idea could it be? Master, she is not well, so she has to rest and see you." Madam, please come back."

Lan Qi suddenly understood in her heart, could it be that the imperial concubine is making wedding dresses for others?

After that, I went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to ask the reason. The Empress Dowager only smiled and said, "Go and pray for me, it will work better than anyone else. Please pray for the Bodhisattva for me, so that I can live a few more years." Only Madam Su Mala I told Lan Qi the reason in private, and she also inquired about it. Knowing that the emperor was angry in the imperial garden that day, she smiled and persuaded Lan Qi to relax, "Although these things may not be related, the emperor is sure to take you out. What is he for? Who told those people to talk nonsense, if it is said that the emperor is partial to you, it is true, but if they insist on saying such things to make the emperor hate them, so what?"

Lan Qi also knows Xuan Ye's temper. Back then, because of a word she complained about, she ran to Yingtai to escape the summer heat. Even if it wasn't all for herself this time, it must have cost a lot of money to transfer the imperial concubine to her entourage. Some thoughts.Thinking that things have come to this point, it is useless to worry too much, it is better to accept Xuan Ye's heart happily.

But this time when he went to Mount Wutai, the crown prince Yinfeng also followed him. The emperor was completely sent to do business, and he brought an extra concubine with him, and he went to worship the Buddha for the empress dowager. Make irresponsible remarks to the emperor.

In the twinkling of an eye, on February [-]th, Sheng Jia traveled from the imperial palace to Wutai Mountain. The concubine Wu Yashi and Prince Yinreng accompanied him. The mighty team left the Forbidden City. Xuan Ye left Beijing with Lan Qi in a fair manner.

Although there were many criticisms of the emperor taking Concubine De to Mount Wutai, the Emperor’s trip was serious and concubine De did not go close to the holy car to serve her. She occasionally stayed with the Crown Prince and took care of the children’s food and daily life. Shui County, Zhending Mansion, and Longquan Pass were bumpy for several days, and they arrived at Mount Wutai on February [-].

Shengjia intends to live on the top of the Bodhisattva on Lingjiu Peak. The top of the Bodhisattva is located on the top of the platform. The emperor walked up with the prince, concubine, guards, and ministers. Lan Qi was very inconvenient to wear court clothes. Xuanye asked someone to change it for her. Boots that are easy to climb, he generously led her up the steep stone steps, pointed out the beautiful scenery, and said with a smile: "To get to the top of the Bodhisattva, you must first climb these one hundred and eight steps. According to the Buddhist saying, , people have [-] kinds of troubles, which plague people's life. When you walk through the [-] steps to the top of Lingjiu Peak and look around the scenic spot of Lingfeng Peak, all kinds of troubles will be trampled under your feet. gone."

It is a place of outstanding people, beautiful scenery, high sky and vast land, after all, it is a sacred place of Buddhism, Lan Qi is at peace in her heart, listening to Xuan Ye's words is also very helpful, but looking back at the people behind her, she saw the crown prince being carried on the back by the burly guards Following behind, he couldn't help saying to Xuan Ye: "The emperor will wait for the prince too."

Xuan Ye didn't care, but said: "He is still young, so he will naturally walk this journey in the future."