Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Frowning, Mr. Ping picked up the lock on the box with his armor, and lifted the lid. There were two exquisite jade bottles lying on the red silk satin inside, and he raised his hand to signal the maid to take it. He sniffed at the tip of his nose, and replied: "It smells like roses." Seeing the nobleman nodding, he picked out some from the silver hairpin and wiped it on the back of his hand. After half a day, there was no abnormality, and he touched it with his hand and said: "The hand is very slippery, It doesn't look like something bad."

Mr. Ping brought it over to examine it carefully, smelled it again, and said to himself: "Perhaps Concubine Hui would not dare to give me any bad things, but my uncle said that there are no good-hearted people in this palace. You have to look carefully at everything that comes." Putting down the jade bottle casually, he looked at the scar on his forehead in the mirror, and said nonchalantly, "Put it away, I won't need it anyway."

The palace maid tidied it up swiftly, but she thought a little more, and said: "The nobleman has been recuperating in the house these days, but this is the first time someone has brought something. The maidservant knows that Concubine Hui is a good person who knows everything in the palace. Presumably, Changchun Palace intends to Make good friends with the master."

"Friends with me?" Pinggui seemed to be disdainful, and snorted softly, "I am only a few years older than her son, she is commensurate with my sister, it is good that she doesn't disagree with her, and she is still friends with me?"

The palace lady said again: "Master, there is no one in the palace who can talk to you. Although you disdain to associate with them, you are still only a noble person after all, and the superiors always have the final say on everything. Wouldn't it be a good thing if there were one or two concubines to help? Like this time, Concubine De was suppressed by herself. If Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi could say a few words from the sidelines, Concubine De would not be alone .”

Gentleman Ping tapped his forehead with his fingers as if he was thinking, and muttered for a long time: "She suddenly sent something, there must be her intentions, but she sent it so generously that she is not afraid of others' comments? Don't forget, she gave birth Eldest elder brother is the only elder brother of our prince. Can Gao Zhier feel good if he is taken over by his younger brother? Maybe they will plan. Mingzhu and uncle have always been rivals. If I make friends with her in the palace, uncle will be even more furious. Is it? She must have thought about it too, friendship is inevitable, I don't know what other plans I have, I have to guard against her first."

The people around Mr. Ping, full of bad ideas, heard what the master said, and said quietly: "The words that your lord and Mingzhu are deadly enemies are just what the master or slaves say in private. How dare the court say which one is the same as you?" Which one is not harmonious? Aren’t the ministers all going to unite as one to run errands for the emperor? So, you and Concubine Hui can do the same. It is stronger to suffer alone."

"Last time I didn't persuade Xianfu Palace to go in. I'm really mad. Concubine Wen deserves to be down and out, she can't even handle a little girl's film." Ping Gui hummed angrily, "Let's take a look, look at Concubine Hui Meaning, when that little bitch gives birth to the child, I have nothing to do with it, just see how I deal with her."

The palace maid said again and again: "I heard that Zhang promised to be born at the end of September and the beginning of October. If the master stays a few more months, there will always be time to deal with them."

Mr. Ping smiled with sharp and vicious eyes, nodded slightly and said: "If you can have a child, you have to support it. There are so many people working in the palace, who knows which hand is not important, right?"

Apparently Mr. Pinggui's scheming couldn't tolerate Zhang's promise that the child in his womb would grow up in the future. Judging from the Jingyang Palace, Wan Chang's [-]th elder brother was sent to the elder brother's place. Zhang promised to give birth to a son. , will definitely not stay in Jingyang Palace, but even if she is a princess, nobleman Ping will not allow her to live.She can't see Zhang's promise, she can't see how good these lowly women are, young people seem to have been stained with the poison and evil in the world, their long and slender fingers are as white as awls, and they need to see blood to make her feel at ease. comfortable.

The scorching heat was spent in the sound of cicadas. Speaking of the anniversary of the sixth elder brother's death, the emperor was in the Yonghe Palace after leaving court. He didn't see him all day, and he didn't go to the Compassionate Palace to pay his respects.What the two emperors and concubines were doing behind closed doors really aroused the curiosity of the palace people. After many inquiries, they realized that they were just teasing the little princess, or writing or reading, and the emperor was sleeping all afternoon. It was a very ordinary day, and some people were even curious that Concubine De would cry bitterly and pity the Emperor, but that day was obviously the anniversary of the sixth brother's death, and it was said that Concubine De did not shed a single tear.

But whether Lan Qi is crying, how can outsiders be allowed to speculate and pry at will. She mourns her son's mood, and she is not allowed to be used as a conversation piece after dinner. For the sake of Yinzuo, she will never cry in front of others. He is often amused by a few words from him.That day Xuan Ye followed her in everything, and even agreed to ask him to take a nap, so an emperor who tirelessly cherishes time like gold, actually spends a whole day with her doing nothing. She just hides the sweetness and warmth and savors it slowly, she doesn't need to show off everywhere, and she doesn't have the turn of others to point fingers at her.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was July, and there was a happy event in the palace at the beginning of July. The emperor decreed that the youngest daughter of Kerkun, the Minister of the Household Department, should be married to the elder brother as Fujin. The marriage will be in the spring of next year. Naturally, another thing will happen. Choosing a house outside the palace for the elder brother, one of the emperor's princes finally wanted to leave the palace and set up his own family. The world still remembers that the young master was coming of age, and the assistant ministers were in power. In the blink of an eye, the emperor's son was about to start a family.

Counting them one by one, we have captured the claws, worshiped the San Francisco, recovered Taiwan, and achieved many great things in the year of the emperor's founding. Although the Han people still refused to accept the rule of the Manchus, it can be seen that the fortunes of the country are becoming more and more prosperous, the economy and agriculture are prosperous. As long as the common people live well, They gradually don't care who is in charge.

But the heights are too cold, the more I realize the achievements of governing a country and the hardships that accompany it, the more I worry that one day I will lose all of them, and the idea of ​​being prepared for danger in times of peace will naturally emerge from my heart. For Xuan Ye At present, he cares more about the dragon chair under his seat than ever before. Tightening up the imperial power and consolidating the imperial court are things that must be considered every day.

After the Hungry Ghost Festival, Cao Yin was ordered to enter the palace to face the saint, and the emperor talked with him in secret for a long time in the study of the Qianqing Palace, and the things he said were naturally not humane.Since the death of Nalan Rongruo, Cao Yin has been reused by the emperor. Because he is a Han Chinese, he was not tolerated by the Manchus in the court and shamed by the Han people outside the court. It is rare to meet a bosom friend like Nalan Rongruo. He died young, and now he is left alone.

Although he likes literature and poetry like Rong Ruo, as a Han Chinese, he has a lot less sad feelings than Rong Ruo, a Manchu. In contrast, he is more suitable to be an official for the emperor. The emperor also values ​​him. After Rong Ruo, he was gradually entrusted with important tasks.

When Cao Yin left the Qianqing Palace, it was about to go down at sunset. When he went out, he saw a soft sedan walking by. He knew who the lady in the palace was. The beautiful woman got out of the sedan chair, and the child jumped up and down under her knees, shouting: "Master Jue Chan, hurry up, hurry up."

In front of the door, Eunuch Liang went up to greet the tenth elder brother and the nobleman Jue Chan. Jue Chan smiled gently: "The imperial concubine asked me to bring the tenth elder brother to greet the emperor, so I don't have to go in. The emperor is very busy with daily affairs. , please eunuch to report, if the emperor sees Elder Brother Shi, you can just bring Elder Brother Ten in."

While speaking, he raised his head and saw Cao Yin in front of the door, his heart trembled, and he quickly avoided his eyes. Cao Yin saluted respectfully and did not dare to go forward, while Eunuch Liang quickly went in to report, and he won the emperor soon Come and bring Ten Elder Brothers in for a meeting, Jue Chan is standing peacefully beside the sedan chair, surrounded by court ladies and eunuchs, she can't say anything to Cao Yin, and it's not suitable for Cao Yin to stay for a long time, after bowing and saluting , and left in a hurry.

Cao Yin walked by and brought out a slight gust of wind, and the lapis lazuli tassels on the nobleman’s bun swayed loudly, she raised her hand to hold it, the coldness of the tentacles woke her up, she knew in her heart that she just glanced at Cao Yin, her mind I don't know where to fly.

It has been a year, Rong Ruo has been away for a year, she has never lit an incense stick or a piece of paper for him, whether it is his death anniversary in May, or the Ghost Festival a few days ago, there has never been any mourning, There are only tears that outsiders can't see, every bit of it is swallowed into the stomach, and even Xianghe can't detect it.

Brother Ten came out not long after he entered. The emperor was very busy. It seemed that there would be ministers waiting to receive a badge to see him. But when he came out, he grabbed a big grapefruit in his hand, and he happily showed off to Mrs. Chan: "Huang Ama I play."

Eunuch Liang smiled at Jue Chan: "The Guanxi honey pomelo that was brought up as a tribute was only sent to the Cining Palace and Ningshou Palace. Before it could be distributed in the Sixth Palace, the emperor asked his servants to prepare two more. Please be noble." Take it back and ask the imperial concubine to enjoy it, the emperor knows that the imperial concubine likes it."

Jue Chan was a knowledgeable person and asked, "Where do you get grapefruits in this season?"

Eunuch Liang really smiled: "It's just that this year is a little different. The local government rushed to send it to the emperor, saying it was an omen of a good year, and it was rare to pay a dozen of them. The distribution among the six palaces was uneven, so the emperor didn't mention it. "

"Then I know what to say to the imperial concubine." Jue Chan smiled happily, and pulled the ten elder brothers to get on the sedan chair, but the ten elder brothers acted coquettishly and wanted to go for a stroll. The weather is cool and pleasant at this moment, and I have been lazy all summer. She also wanted to take a walk, the imperial concubine forced to arrange a sedan chair before she went out, so she didn't have to be restrained when she went back now.

Jue Chan then ordered someone to hold the other two grapefruits and follow him, and led the ten princes back to Xianfu Palace. Xianfu Palace and Changchun Palace are both in the West Sixth Palace, and Changchun Palace is closer to Qianqing Palace. This road must be passed by, but no one cares about it. The group of people walked forward normally. Elder Brother Ten was lively and active, running up from time to time with grapefruits in his arms. Jue Chan stepped on the bottom of the flower pot to keep up with him, just like a mother and child. Chasing and frolicking, the ten princes were amused.

It’s just that the child’s feet were unsteady, and he was running happily. He fell a big somersault suddenly, cried immediately when he fell in pain, and rolled on the ground and refused to get up. Elder brother's temperament, a few words made the child happy, with big tears still hanging on his face, he suddenly remembered and asked, "Where's my grapefruit?"

Jue Chan looked around, wanting to see where the pomelo had rolled, turned around and suddenly saw a child standing not far away, holding a golden pomelo in his hand, it must have rolled out of the arms of the ten elder brothers .

"Eighth elder brother, we should go." At this moment, Baoyun from Changchun Palace followed up from behind as he spoke. When he saw the tenth elder brother and his party, he hurried up to salute. Grapefruit came over, and he handed it to Elder Brother Shi with a smile, "Brother, your grapefruit is here, don't cry."

The tenth elder brother saw his elder brother, he became more lively, pulled the eighth elder brother and said: "Brother, shall we go play?"

Brother Ba smiled and said: "I'm going to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay my respects to my great-grandmother, I can't go play with you, next time I'll ask Erniang to lead me to Xianfu Palace to find you, or..." He looked up and felt The nobleman said with a smile, "Let the nobleman Juechan take you to the Changchun Palace."

The tenth elder brother responded loudly, and the nobleman Jue Chan said to him: "Let's go, we don't want to delay my elder brother to pay my respects to the great grandmother. Tenth elder brother, let's take the sedan chair, your knee hurts from the fall."

Here, after Baoyun saluted Juechan, he also led the eighth elder brother away. After walking not far away, the child turned around to look at his younger brother and nobleman Juechan. He turned his head when he saw them getting on the sedan chair, and followed Baoyun as he walked away. , suddenly asked her: "Is the tenth elder brother the child of the nobleman Jue Chan?"

"Of course not. The tenth elder brother is the child of the imperial concubine. The noble Jue Chan lives with the imperial concubine and often plays with the tenth elder brother." Bao Yun replied with a smile, unexpectedly thinking of the eighth elder brother and the noble Jue Chan No matter what, no one in Changchun Palace has mentioned the matter of birth mother and adoptive mother so far, even she doesn't care much about it.

"It's great that Jue Chan can play with my younger brother." The eighth elder brother said with a smile, "Er Niang no longer plays with me. Er Niang said that I will go to the study and can no longer play. Baoyun, if I go to school Alright, will Er Niang let me play?"

"Of course you can play. Didn't Big Brother say he would take you to ride a horse and shoot arrows? That's more interesting than playing."

"Baoyun, last time I heard elder brother say that noble Jue Chan is my mother..."

The child's voice disappeared on the long palace road, Baoyun suddenly stopped, looked down at the little child, the eighth elder brother looked at her calmly and said: "I understand, the fourth brother is the child of the concubine Defei." , but he is also the child of the imperial concubine, so am I the same?"

"Eighth brother, do you understand?"

"I understand about the fourth brother." The eighth elder brother replied, "But I don't quite understand my own. Baoyun, am I really the child of the nobleman Jue Chan?"

Baoyun was very tangled and didn't know what to say, so he could only ask first: "If the servant girl explains to you, can you not mention it in front of the empress?"

The eighth elder brother nodded seriously: "I know this cannot be said, otherwise the eldest brother would not secretly tell Er Niang, Er Niang seems to be a little angry, I know that I can't ask Er Niang about this, Baoyun, don't worry, I will tell you by myself I know."

Baoyun looked at the little elder brother in surprise, saying that the sons and daughters of the royal family grow up early, but is the eighth elder brother too early?I have always felt that this child is very good at winking. Rather than saying that Concubine Hui is raising him, it is better to say that he is coaxing Concubine Hui to take care of him.At such a young age, she has never acted coquettishly, and can do anything to make Concubine Hui happy, but Concubine Hui is a person who can't understand, knowing that the eighth elder brother is smart, and I once heard her whisper a few words inadvertently, As if longing for the elder brother to have his younger brother, it would be nice to have a brother who is clearly ten years behind, but the elder brother is not as good as the younger brother.

Baoyun then slowly told the child about the eighth elder brother, and it was not a big deal to appease him. There were too many similar things in the palace, just like the seventh and twelfth elder brothers who were alone in the elder brother's house. It's just a change of place, raised by more noble people.

But the eighth elder brother didn't seem to care about these words. He seemed to only need to know whether the elder brother's words were true. When I saw nobleman Jue Chan, she ignored me, as if she didn't know me."

This is not only the doubt of the eighth prince, but also the strange thing for everyone in the palace. As the biological mother of the eighth prince, the noble Jue Chan has never looked at this child directly from the beginning to the end, as if she was not born by her at all. The farce in the Xianfu Palace is well known to everyone. So many years have passed, and now you can often see the nobleman Juechan leading the tenth elder brother to pay his respects everywhere. Like a stranger.

When the eighth elder brother came to the Palace of Compassion, it was just in time for the fourth elder brother to come back from the study, and they all came to pay their respects to the great-grandmother. The empress dowager had long since seen the concubines in the harem except for festivals, but all the great-grandsons were her darlings Baby, I will definitely see you whoever comes. At this moment, the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother are standing in front of each other. They are the two most beautiful boys among their grandchildren. The old man smiled when he saw it, and said to Yinzhen: "Next year, Yinsi will also go The study is over, the elder brother should take care of the younger brother."

Yinzhen was not very enthusiastic, but nodded in a muffled voice. Seeing him like this, the empress dowager suddenly thought that it might be because of Yinzuo, so she didn't mention it for a while, and asked what the two children did today, and sent Su Mama Ma La led them to wash their hands and come back to eat snacks.

When the two turned around, they saw Empress Defei came in with a maid of honor. She smiled sweetly and said to Yinzhen: "Today's lotus root is very sticky, even better than the day before yesterday. Open the sweet-scented osmanthus honey, you dip it in and eat a few more pieces." Then he asked Yinhu kindly, "Does Eighth Brother like to eat lotus root?"

"I like it." The little guy answered loudly, and he went to wash his hands with his brother, waiting for the maid to bring the water basin, and there was no one around, Yinhu suddenly pulled his brother and said, "Fourth brother, do you know, I am not Concubine Hui Madam's child."

Yinzhen glanced at him indifferently, of course he knew, several older brothers in the study had already mentioned this matter, and the eldest elder brother even told them not to mention it in front of the eighth younger brother, but now that Yinhu already knew, He didn't care, and said nonchalantly: "Just like me, it's nothing. The nobleman Juechan is your biological mother, and you should respect the nobleman Juechan more in the future."

But Yinhu asked: "Fourth brother, will you call Empress Defei?"

"Yes." Yinzhen didn't think about it, but he also understood that there seemed to be no chance to call Er Niang, and he had always called his mother Defei Empress, and his mother was not unhappy when he saw anything, so he didn't want to deliberately change it.Besides, Er Niang seemed to care about these things, she was so afraid that she would leave her, so for Er Niang's sake, don't bother about calling her.Anyway, he has always liked his biological mother in his heart. To him, the concubine De concubine has long been unimportant whether she is a biological mother or not. Even if it is not for Yinzuo, he will definitely respect her well in the future.

"Then next time I see nobleman Juechan and call her Erniang, will she just pay attention to me?" Yinhu asked his elder brother with blinking eyes, "Ms. Defei is very kind to fourth brother, but nobleman Juechan never Don't pay any attention to me."

"Then you still don't..."

"Fourth brother, stop talking."

Before Yinzhen could answer anything, Yinhu interrupted him suddenly. It turned out that a court lady brought a water basin. He winked at his elder brother to signal not to mention it in front of others. After washing his hands, he came to the great-grandmother. Yinhu said softly to her elder brother again: "Fourth brother, don't tell other people, okay? My mother doesn't know."

Yinzhen just nodded, and then the two brothers accompanied the great-grandmother to eat snacks. Yinhu was very good at making the empress dowager happy, and Yinzhen would occasionally find his words interesting. The queen mother said to Lan Qi: "The two children coaxed them to eat a few more bites, so don't prepare dinner."

Lan Qi didn't force it, the Empress Dowager is eating less and less now, it's better to be less and more refined when she is older, so she stood and talked with her under the eaves, the Empress Dowager supported her crutches in one hand, and most of them leaned on Lan Qi , the old man is getting thinner and weaker, and Lan Qi can support her body, and occasionally feels sad in her heart, she always remembers the appearance of the Empress Dowager back then, it would be great if the Empress Dowager was always so energetic.

"After Yinzuo is gone, can you see any changes in Yinzhen?" In the silence, the Empress Dowager asked, the last ray of gold gradually dissipated from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and the sky gradually darkened. His expression was also a little sad, and he said solemnly, "Looking at how he treats the eighth elder brother today, and how much they told me about the child in the study, this child is not as warm to his brother now as before."

Lan Qi had actually heard about it, but she was not always by Yinzhen's side. There were many things she didn't see, so she didn't dare to think about them. She even felt a little bit that this was not a big deal.

"It's normal for children to have different personalities, but if he is born to be indifferent to his brothers in the future, he will be criticized by others. You and the imperial concubine should be careful. If he is naturally unwilling to be friendly with brothers, he will be misunderstood by others It’s not good to be arrogant. Even if you pretend to be enthusiastic, as princes, they have never been able to help themselves, and it is their responsibility to maintain the harmony of the royal family.” The empress dowager said these words in one breath, as if she was tired , and finally said lazily, "Help me in."

Lan Qi's heart was heavy when she heard this, and while helping the old man to enter the door, she recalled Yinzhen's performance just now. Suddenly, the strength in her hand sank, just like crossing the threshold. The Empress Dowager's body fell, surrounded by people around Came over to help, hurriedly carried the Empress Dowager back to the couch, the old man sat down weakly and smiled indifferently: "Don't make a fuss, it's just that you didn't pay attention to your feet, don't scare the emperor."