Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Si elder brother, please don't mention this matter to the imperial concubine. If the empress tells the servant's master, the master will break the slave's legs." Xiaohezi begged the fourth elder brother with a sad face, "Slave don't reward silver, don't be tired It’s good to have a book on your back.”

"Little Hezi, how do you say that?" Lan Qi asked.

Xiao Hezi hurriedly responded: "Si elder brother worked too hard every day and was really tired. Last night he fell asleep when he went back, and the imperial concubine didn't let him wake him up, so he missed his homework, so..."

"Don't talk too much." Yinzhen reprimanded Xiao Hezi and said fiercely, "If you talk nonsense again, I will really ask someone to beat you again."

Lan Qi stepped forward and patted Yinzhen's head: "The way of civil and military affairs is open and relaxed. Yinzhen, you are still young. Although reading is important, growing your body is more important. The homework in the study will not be so tiring. Are you looking for another book by yourself?" Did you see it?"

Yinzhen didn't say anything, but his younger brother yelled that he was hungry, so Lan Qi laughed: "Go back to eat first, and you will finish your book in a while, if it's still early, tell the imperial concubine to come to Yonghe Palace for a while , yesterday your Huang Ama rewarded Yin Zuo with Western objects, he would only throw them to waste, I kept them and didn't ask him to touch them, I'll wait for you to teach him how to play."

"But……"

"Those Western objects are not in the books. The world is big." Lan Qi smiled softly, holding her son's shoulders, "Let's go, go back to have dinner earlier, and talk to the imperial concubine. Lian said that there has been a number one scholar in Chengqian Palace, and now the maids and eunuchs walk and talk softly, so they are afraid of disturbing the fourth elder brother to study."

Yinzhen smiled naively, and seemed to be in a better mood. After going back all the way, Lan Qi didn't let Yinzuo follow him, and took him back to the Yonghe Palace with the noisy one to wait. Waiting for his elder brother to come, he sat on the threshold and did not let him move. Finally, when night fell, a lantern came in in front of the door, saying that the fourth elder brother had arrived.

"Fourth brother is here." Yin Zuo ran out excitedly. He hadn't played with his brother for several days, and the days are getting more and more boring now. Looking forward to the stars and the moon, he hoped for his brother to come, and ran to the door with his legs wide open. , who knew that he fell on the ground halfway, and heard his loud and clear crying in the yard.

Lan Qiben took out the gift from Xuanye inside, and when she heard her son crying, she hurried out to have a look, but she saw Yinzhen pulling Yinzuo up from the ground, patting the dust off his clothes, rubbing his knees and arms, He said distressedly: "Look what you are running, it hurts from the fall?" Then he taught him, "Don't cry, boys can't cry all the time."

Lan Qi felt soft in her heart when she saw it. Not long after the two little guys came to her, Yinzhen saluted politely. Lan Qi asked him if the dinner was good and if the memorization was done. Mother listened to it twice, and then she came to play. Yin Zuo couldn't wait for Er Niang to talk to her brother so much, but she was sent away by her son to rest.

Lan Qi told the nursing mothers to look after her, so she let the two brothers play, and went back to the house to continue preparing the auspicious clothes for Yin Zuo's Dragon Boat Festival. No matter what about the fourth elder brother, the servant always thought that in the future, I would see you and the fourth elder brother as strangers. I really didn't expect that the two brothers can play so well. Even if the fourth elder brother knew that you were a real mother, nothing changed .”

Lan Qi sighed: "I never thought of this situation. If I want to say credit, it should be the imperial concubine. We were not happy before. It was the imperial concubine who was always on guard against me, embarrassing me openly and secretly. Later, we said to each other I understand, she no longer guards against me and lets the child grow up naturally, that's why I'm today."

Huan Chun said casually: "I think, servant girl, I don't know if one day, I will hear the fourth elder brother call you my mother, and the fourth elder brother will have a Fujin in the future, will the little Fujin respect you, the more I look forward to the future, The more I am afraid that these things will not be realized, the more I don’t want my brothers to grow up.”

Lan Qi didn't force her, and smiled lightly: "Seeing them in good health is my greatest wish. Besides, Yinzhen knows that I am Er Niang and doesn't hate me. I am already very satisfied. You talk about him In the future, if Fujin makes it difficult for her to make a choice on this matter, it will only cause trouble for the children, and they will just live a good life outside the palace, and I still have Yinzuo, so I am not afraid that I will not have a daughter-in-law to respect her."

Huan Chun smiled and said: "Yes, yes, this servant is selfish, thinking that when you get old in the future, you will reward your servant to go to your brothers' mansion for the elderly, so why don't you see how easy it is to get along there?"

Lan Qi scolded her with a smile: "How dare you say that, you usually teach Xiangyue and the others to be serious, and they are never serious in front of me." She smiled more confidently, "I'm still young, maybe I will have a son, don't worry , I have more for my daughter-in-law to choose for you."

Huan Chun laughed from ear to ear, saying that the master is the most daring to speak, but last year her master was careful not to be happy in order to accompany the southern tour, but this year has already decided not to go to Shengjing. I was fortunate enough to be taken care of by the empress, who happened to be raising her body at home during those few months.

"How can it be such a coincidence, let it be, it will be difficult to think too much, I am not in a hurry, Wen Xian is still very young." Lan Qi was doing needlework, and unconsciously a piece of clothing was sewn , it was more than an hour before Lan Qi remembered that the two brothers were playing in the house, and it was getting late and had to send the fourth elder brother back, but when she rushed over to see, Yinzhen and Yinzuo had already fallen asleep cuddling each other .

The wet nurse following the fourth elder brother has already taken the initiative to run back to Chengqian Palace to ask if the fourth elder brother can stay here to sleep, so coincidentally, the emperor came to Chengqian Palace tonight, and Qinglian made the decision to let the fourth elder brother stay here. When the concubine came, she said this.

"Huanchun, you'd better go and ask again. If the empress is in bed, that's fine. Otherwise, it's better for the empress to nod in person, and don't cause trouble for Qinglian." Lan Qi was very cautious, and asked Huanchun and the nurse to go again. Then lightly put things away.

The two little guys put their clothes together and fell asleep on the kang. The maids did not dare to move, saying that the sixth brother fell asleep first. fell asleep.

"Fourth elder brother is tired." Lan Qi said something distressing when the people from Chengqian Palace were not in front of him, "The imperial concubine is too careful. It is important for children to study, and even more important for their health."

Waiting for Huanchun to come back again, the imperial concubine really agreed, Lan Qi hugged the two little guys to the bed with her own hands, Yinzuo slept like a piglet, he didn't wake up no matter how much he moved, took off all his clothes and turned over He continued to fall asleep.On the other hand, Yinzhen was vigilant, but he woke up in a daze. Lan Qi gently coaxed him: "Er Niang told you to sleep here, tomorrow De Niang Niang will wake you up early in the morning, so I won't delay you to go to the study."

Yinzhen was in a daze, and fell asleep after being coaxed by Lan Qi. She watched for a while to make sure that her sons had slept soundly before going back.But I was thinking about urging Yinzhen to get up in the study room tomorrow morning, but he didn't sleep well all night, and he came over early the next morning. After all, he was a child, and it was difficult to get up in the morning. Lan Qi personally dressed the sleepy-eyed child neatly. Chun Zao had prepared breakfast early, and after a few mouthfuls he regained consciousness. He suddenly remembered that the books he had memorized last night were a bit raw, and it happened that there was still a quarter of an hour before he went to the study. The most important thing for Lan Qi was books. Then he reviewed it a few more times, and when the time was up, the little guy left happily.

Lan Qi stood in front of the palace gate to watch her son leave, and then she said to Huan Chun: "Yesterday I blamed the imperial concubine for making the fourth elder brother work too hard, now I know how hard she is, it is great to be able to take care of these things every day I’m so patient.” He said with a smile, “Hurry up, Hurry up, we’ll be so busy every day when Yinzuo goes to the study, just that little guy, maybe I’ll lose my temper and scold him every morning just to wake him up. He did it a few times."

Huan Chun said with a smile, "This is your blessing, it's not even possible if others think about it."

Speaking of good luck, at the end of April, Wan Changzai of Jingyang Palace had a happy pulse. Looking back at the date, it was the day when Concubine Wen would not let nobleman Ping stay in bed, and the emperor summoned Wan Liuhashi to Qianqing Palace that night Only joy.Wanliu Hashi has been in the palace for some time, and the emperor has limited favor with her. This time, she is really lucky, but after one night of favor, she became pregnant. Concubine Rong also laughed when talking about it with all the sisters: "No wonder she always feels uncomfortable recently. I didn't expect such a good thing to happen. My Jingyang Palace Fengshui is also good."

And now Concubine Yi is about to give birth, Concubine Wen Gui has been pregnant for several months, adding another Wan Chang, the heirs are prosperous and happy, the Empress Dowager is very happy, and it is in line with the concubine's wishes, let the Dragon Boat Festival be a good one After some excitement, Concubine Rong dared to let go and spent a lot of money on decorations, and the palace was full of joy and waiting for the festival.

In the early morning of the fourth day of May, Concubine Yi showed signs of giving birth, but she has always been lazy in the past few months and has been bedridden to raise her baby, so she rarely shows up about things in the palace, so she is not as energetic as when she gave birth to the ninth elder brother. After tossing and tossing for a whole day, a little prince was not born until evening.It is said that Concubine Yi's body has been damaged due to this, and she may not be able to conceive again in the future. Naturally, this is just a private word passed down by the palace people, even if it is true, the higher-ups will not say it with great fanfare.

But the emperor is very happy to have another son, and Concubine Yi has become the one with the most children among concubines, the fifth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the eleventh elder brother. She gave birth to three princes by herself. As far as the royal heirs are concerned, the contribution is indispensable.The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor all gave rewards one after another, and the Emperor was going to Shengjing again in June, and Guo Luoluo's family was guarding there for the imperial court, and the Yikun Palace was in the limelight for a while.

But confinement women are not allowed to go out to join in the fun. On the Duanyang Festival the next day, Concubine Yi is only recuperating in Yikun Palace alone. It was lively, and some young noble daughters and sons also came to the palace to play with their mothers. The imperial concubine's nephew, Shun Anyan, was six years old.

Today the emperor authorized the study to be closed for half a day. At this moment, the brothers are still in the study, and the female relatives gathered together to chat and laugh. The imperial concubine coaxed her nephew and said: "You should study hard and have a bright future. Auntie will invite the emperor when you turn around." Refers to marriage, how about marrying a princess to you?"

Children are ignorant, so they just smiled and said yes, everyone laughed it off, they all knew that the imperial concubine's words were just a joke, the future marriage of the princesses is not up to her, no one took this matter Seriously, even if the princesses came over later and played with the children of the clan family, no one would think about it. Most of the princesses in the Qing Dynasty married far away and got married. lucky.

The sun was thick in the afternoon, and it got hotter after the Dragon Boat Festival. School was over in the study, and the fourth elder brother took the young Hezi and a few eunuchs back to Chengqian Palace. After the hot weather, the eldest brother and the third elder brother all sat Jianyu walked, but Yinzhen said that his legs were weak when riding a horse, and he had to exercise hard. He walked up and down the study room by himself, even if it was hot today.

All the way to Chengqian Palace, on the way, I saw Concubine De concubine turning from the side road, Yinzhen stepped forward to salute politely, but saw Concubine De holding a little girl about the same age as Yinzuo in her hand, she was so cute The little girl looked at the fourth elder brother timidly, and lowered her head involuntarily.

"This is Miss Fei Yanggu's family. She was lost alone and just happened to meet me." Lan Qi said with a leisurely smile, the little girl next to her raised her head to look at Empress Defei, and then at Fourth Elder Brother. It seems that he still doesn't know how to salute, so he purses his lips and doesn't speak.

Yinzhen then walked with Concubine De, and said that Yinzuo was impatient to wait, and he was going to board the boat with his brother later, Yinzhen smiled and said: "He talks about this every day, ask him later if he has recited the thousand-character text , or I won’t play with him.”

Lan Qi said with a smile: "He has learned a lot in the past few days. If he really can't recite it in a while, you can also play with him, otherwise you will be very sad."

"I can also recite a thousand-character text." The little girl next to her suddenly spoke, her crisp childish voice was very sweet, probably because she heard Concubine De and the fourth elder brother talking so gently and couldn't help but interjected, but when she saw Both of them looked at her, feeling shy again, with a sweet smile on their rosy cheeks, and there were a pair of cute and exquisite dimples.

"Yuxi is so smart, you already know how to recite a thousand-character text?" Concubine De called the little girl's name. She just met her who was lost, and asked her who her name was and which family the child could tell clearly. She is very smart for her age, and she is beautiful and cute. Lan Qi likes it very much.

At this time, someone was coming from the front, and a "Yuxi" was heard from a distance. Everyone followed the reputation, and the little girl saw clearly that it was her mother-in-law, she let go of Lan Qi's hand and ran over, waiting for Lan Qi and When Yinzhen approached again, the woman over there bowed her knees and saluted. It was Fei Yanggu's wife, Jue Luoshi.

"My concubine has met the concubine, and I have seen the fourth elder brother." Jueluo saluted respectfully, and pressed her daughter to kneel on the ground together, but the little girl said to her tenderly, "It is the concubine who found Yu. Creek."

Jue Luo apologized to Lan Qi in embarrassment, saying that she failed to take good care of the child, but of course Lan Qi didn't care.When she came out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, she met this little girl standing in the corner crying on the way. After asking who the child was, she sent the maid beside her to look for her, and took her back to the Yonghe Palace first. a playmate.