Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Jue Chan was waiting outside, first the maids of Yukui came to ask her to wait for a while, but soon she saw people coming and going, and the hall was brightly lit, she thought it was the emperor got up, but soon The only one who came out was Concubine De herself.

"The emperor is sick and has a fever and is drowsy. He can't go to Xianfu Palace to visit the empress Wen Guifei right now. The nobleman should go back and comfort the empress so that the empress can give birth safely. I will send someone to inform the empress Rong that the imperial concubine is not in good health." Dashuangli, it’s best not to disturb you.” Lan Qi was draped in a cloak and was helped out from left and right, her black hair was scattered behind her shoulders, she didn’t seem to care about her appearance, and she didn’t show any reluctance to Jue Chan, she said gently, “Tonight If you are tired, it must be very hard for the imperial concubine to give birth to her first child."

When Jue Chan heard this, she didn't dare to plead again. The emperor would definitely not be able to go if he was ill. In fact, he would not be able to enter the delivery room if he went. My happiness, but unfortunately tonight's happiness is very serious.

"The concubine is going back now." She bowed and saluted, and hurried back all the way after exiting the Yonghe Palace. Dong Yun saw her coming back alone, showing great disappointment. When asked why, he knew that the emperor was ill, but he still sighed , "Where can the master believe it?"

Fortunately, under the torment of the labor pains, Concubine Wen was already a little delirious. It was not easy to hold this breath. She had no strength to talk and cry like the first one. Who knew that the child would not be born for a while, and she almost held it back. After taking a breath, his head cleared up for a moment, and immediately he thought about these things again, knowing that Jue Chan was back, knowing that the emperor was not here, he gritted his teeth with hatred, blamed Concubine De for blocking, saying they were lying.

Dong Yun was anxious, so he said to her: "If your mother goes like this, you will never see the emperor again. You hold your breath and give birth to the child. Only by living healthy can you have a chance to see the emperor."

Concubine Wen Gui just cried, and then the pain came again, and she couldn't tolerate any more crying, Concubine Rong also rushed over, and when she mentioned the emperor's illness, she believed it a little bit, but the first time she gave birth, she encountered the fetal position Not right, she almost lost her life, and finally gave birth to the child. The overly weak Concubine Wen fell asleep before she could take a look.

The baby cried loudly, and the outsiders were relieved when they heard it. When they came in to see it, they realized that it was a healthy and healthy baby boy. Although Concubine Wen went through hardships, her life was finally safe, and she was busy cleaning up for a long time. The few people took good care of the little elder brother, and when they stepped out to leave, it was dawn.

The people in the Xianfu Palace were tossing all night, and the Yonghe Palace was not idle. The emperor seemed to be overworked. He suddenly had a fever in the middle of the night. The imperial doctor came twice. Lan Qi wanted to take care of her every step, but she was still in confinement Huanchun and the others just invited her to rest somewhere else, and waited uneasy all night, and she was going to come back to see Xuan Ye at dawn.

Fortunately, the emperor's fever came and went quickly, and now his complexion has recovered, and he is sleeping soundly. Today's morning court must be avoided, and after Lan Qi quietly withdrew, he heard Huan Chun say that Concubine Rong The empress sent news that Concubine Wen gave birth to a baby brother, and the mother and child are safe.

She was sent back to the house by everyone to lie down and rest, and she couldn't help muttering: "It's fine if you insist on not letting the emperor sleep with me last night. I'm still in confinement, so I should avoid it, and he really had an appetite last night." No, I should have noticed that he was uncomfortable."

"Master, are you afraid that people outside will gossip?" Huan Chun brought her breakfast and asked her to eat a few bites first, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, it's here, we found it in time and called the imperial physician in time, if it's not sure in other places How about it, don't worry, the emperor will definitely say the same when he wakes up."

"But I can't take care of him, and I didn't sleep well all night." Lan Qi drank a few mouthfuls of porridge and didn't want to move anymore, so she asked Huanchun to cook soup for the emperor to drink when he woke up.

"The people who come to Qianqing Palace will prepare the emperor's meals. The servants will clean up later, and they will go to Xianfu Palace to congratulate the noble concubine and empress for you. The gift was prepared before, and you have seen it." Huanchun said Then, she told Lan Qi, "The slaves will come back as soon as they go. Don't make trouble with Luzhu and the others to let you take care of the emperor. The emperor will not be happy when he wakes up."

"I know, I know." Lan Qi got impatient with Huan Chun's nagging, and sent her to go out quickly, but after thinking about it, she called back and said, "With Concubine Wen's temper, she may not believe that the emperor was really sick last night. If she woke up too , I must ask you a lot of questions when we meet, you can see for yourself, it's better not to meet her face, just send the gift, if you really can't avoid it, you can also coax her with nice words."

Huanchun agreed, changed into Zhou Zheng's decent clothes, and brought a little maid over here holding a congratulatory gift. It was indeed very lively here, and some nobles often came to the door in person. The nobleman also asked her to let her go. After the gift was delivered, she saluted and congratulated her master. She wanted to leave, but Concubine Wen was called to stop her.

After entering the room, across a screen, Huan Chun congratulated Concubine Wen again, but a weak voice from inside asked, "Is the emperor feeling better?"

Huan Chun replied calmly and generously: "Long Live Lord's fever subsides at dawn. The imperial doctor said it was due to overwork, and it will recover after a few days of care. Long Live Lord is still asleep right now."

However, Concubine Wen suddenly raised an issue and asked Huanchun: "Concubine De is still in confinement, why is she staying with the emperor overnight, doesn't she understand the rules in the palace? She doesn't understand, and you servants don't understand either?"

Huan Chun didn't argue, just blindly admitted his mistake: "Damn the maidservant, I really didn't expect so much, the empress taught me a lesson."

Concubine Wen Gui hated without any scruples: "Your master wants to stay, how can you persuade her, she is really different."

Dong Yun on the side saw that his words became more and more unpleasant, he changed the topic with a smile, and even sent Huan Chun away directly, and sent him to the door in person, saying, "Ma'am, she is not feeling well, and she treats us like this. Don't speak so bluntly to Empress Defei when you go back, even if you say so, I still advise Empress to see that our master has endured hardships and has not recovered, and for the sake of my little elder brother, please don't care about."

Huanchun politely said that she didn't care, and left the Xianfu Palace generously. When she came back, Lan Qi happened to fall asleep, and then the emperor woke up first. So I didn't disturb her, I went back to Qianqing Palace first, after all, I can see ministers while recuperating there, it is always inconvenient in Yonghe Palace.

It was the imperial concubine who went to the Qianqing Palace to serve the illness. The fourth elder brother was sent here to be taken care of by Lan Qi. When Lan Qi woke up, she moved back to her own room and played with her two sons. The little ones heard it from nowhere. Elder brother was tired of his mother and asked: "Does Yinzuo have a younger brother? Er Niang, I want to see the younger brother."

Lan Qi smiled and said: "It's the imperial concubine who gave birth to a younger brother, who is younger than elder brother Jiu. After a while, Er Niang will recover, and I will take you to see it."

After hearing this, Yinzuo happily ran to hold Yinzhen: "Brother, let's go and see little brother."

But Yinzhen said solemnly: "I'm going to the study, I can't play with you every day in the future, you should grow up soon, let's go to the study together."

Lan Qi was very surprised, Yinzhen was only five years old at the end of the month, and only six years old after the end of the year. The third elder brother will not enter the study until the beginning of next spring, and he went together earlier than his brothers.Asking Yinzhen when it happened, he said that it was decided by Er Niang, and that he had grown up and could no longer just focus on playing.

Yinzuo was very upset, and pestered his mother that he would go to the study too. Seeing his younger brother crying, Yinzhen said to him like a brother: "You always cry like this, so you can't go to the study. You have to grow up quickly." Big is good."

"Emiang, Yinzuo is going to the study too." The sixth elder brother felt even more aggrieved when he saw his brother talking about him, tired of his mother acting like a spoiled child, but Yinzhen pulled his younger brother over and said, "I haven't gone yet, now I can accompany you every day Play, if you cry again, I will leave."

The little guy pouted and immediately stopped crying, and obediently followed behind his brother. Lan Qi felt warm in her heart, remembering what Huanchun had said about the elder son and the younger son, and hoped that they would all grow up in the future. As close and friendly as now.

In the blink of an eye, the emperor added another son. This year, the four concubines are busily pregnant. Now they are giving birth one after another. They have given birth to two boys and two girls. Only the imperial concubine's little princess is not kept. If she is alone It doesn't matter if she is pregnant and has a child, but this is what makes her look even more pitiful.

It seems to be out of concern for the pity of the imperial concubine, except that Concubine De gave birth to the little princess Xuan Ye who cared a lot, Concubine Yi and Concubine Wen gave birth to a prince, the emperor was not very excited, Concubine Yi only went to see the child after a few days, now Unfortunately, he was ill again, and he couldn't go to Xianfu Palace to visit the imperial concubine, mother and son.

Concubine Wen looked forward to it day by day, seeing that the little elder brother had been washed three times, and five or six days had passed, and still did not see the emperor entering the gate of Xianfu Palace.

More than ten days later, Lan Qi was also confinement. Originally, the rules of respect and inferiority in the palace could not be violated. She should come to Xianfu Palace again in person, but the Empress Dowager was not feeling well, and her old illness was entangled again. He devoted all his attention to taking care of him in Chengqian Palace, and only heard that he went to Xianfu Palace after October was over and the emperor finished his business in Heilongjiang.

The Empress Dowager sighed privately: "According to Concubine Wen's temper, she must have thought that others were blocking the emperor from going, but in fact, I even tried to persuade the emperor, but the emperor couldn't get away, pushing tomorrow tomorrow, tomorrow Remember the day after tomorrow, as long as he doesn't think about it, he won't be able to remember it at all."

He even called Lan Qi to her and said: "Compared to the imperial concubine who shows her sharpness, concubine Wen, who is so unpredictable, should be more careful. She will suffer from hysteria one day, so you should stay away from her."

And the empress dowager is getting old after all, now it is no easier to recover from an illness than before, and she didn't see a slight improvement until November.

In November, the emperor held a banquet to reward the soldiers on the platform. He had said earlier that he would invite the emperor's grandmother to attend, but now that the old man couldn't bear the hard work of the banquet, Xuan Ye didn't dare to force it.On the day when the banquet was held, all the female family members in the palace were present, even Concubine Wen Gui, who was out of confinement, was there. Only Concubine De accompanied the Empress Dowager and did not come. When the drums and music blared in front of Yingtian, Lan Qi was accompanying the Empress Dowager The Empress Dowager had her meal quietly in the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

The empress dowager felt sorry for Lan Qi's willingness to endure loneliness for her, and told her quietly: "Xuan Ye will be on a tour to the south next year, so be careful, don't have another one at that time, and you can't go out with her."