Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The so-called saffron, used as medicine is actually just the deep red stamen of saffron, which looks like little bugs after being made into medicine. This time, Concubine De gave a big bag to Jue Chan, and she secretly divided it into several parts later, and now I dismantle it. Two bags were sprinkled on Concubine Wen's quilt, and while there was no one in the hall, it was dark and the wind was high, and she quietly ran to Elder Brother Shi's room.

Concubine Wen really took people to catch the wild cats, but she made such a big noise, the wild cats were already scared away, and they didn't catch anything, but soon the ferocious "crying" could no longer be heard.

In Elder Brother Shi's room, Jue Chan patted him to sleep, only to hear another commotion outside, probably Concubine Wen brought someone back, but she seemed to be scolding: "What are you doing back here, go and watch for me later." Catch it for me, it must be a wild cat, where are there any wild cats here?"

Jue Chan held Elder Brother Ten in his arms, waiting quietly for the next movement, everything outside seemed to be scattered, the child in his arms wriggled his lips slightly as if he was talking in his sleep, suddenly a scream came from the main hall, Elder Brother Ten's face turned pale. Convulsions, the awakened child froze for a moment, then opened his throat and cried desperately.

"Brother Shi, be good, Brother Shi don't cry..." Jue Chan swayed back and forth across the room with the child in his arms, but his mind was on the main hall, but for some reason there was no other movement there, if it wasn't for Shi Ah Brother was frightened and cried, and Jue Chan almost wondered if he had imagined the scream.

In the imperial concubine's bedroom, Dong Yun stood in front of the bed at a loss, her master was huddled behind in a daze, Dong Yun dismissed the people who just ran in at the sound, her hands were trembling, she turned around and asked the imperial concubine: "Your Majesty... ...What should I do? Could it be, could it be that the child in Fujin's belly came to claim his life?"

"Shut up!" The imperial concubine scolded her sharply, but suddenly covered her mouth again. She couldn't swear and let outsiders hear her, so she pointed to Dongyun and said, "Clean it up and burn it in the charcoal stove. Nothing will happen. We Didn't see anything."

But Dong Yun suddenly broke down and squatted on the ground, hugging his head and crying: "My servant is afraid, my lord, this servant can't sleep for several days, it's this servant who put the saffron by herself, it's this servant who killed Fujin's child."

Concubine Wen's paranoid face was full of dissatisfaction, she ran over and hugged her, with a half-crying half-crying half-smile, she broke Dong Yun's hand and held her face and said: "No one will know, if it is found out , I have been investigated a long time ago, I am the only one left in the palace, and we still have ten elder brothers, they will not pursue me for a child who has never seen the light of day. Besides, nothing can be found out, right? Fakasu I will keep my mouth shut, otherwise they will not be able to get rid of the responsibility, Dongyun, if there is a crime, it is mine, and it has nothing to do with you."

"Your Majesty, why?" Dong Yun shook his head vigorously, trying to forget everything but couldn't get rid of it, "We were not good before, why can't we live the life before."

Concubine Wen looked at her blankly, as if she was stopped by this sentence, her eyes were dull and loose, and it took a long time before she said: "Why? Why should I live aggrievedly, why can't everything be done according to me? What is Wu Ya going to do with me? Even my sister-in-law must be her younger sister. Why should they give birth to our Niu Hulu family's children? Why? Why..."

Dong Yun's heart trembled, the person in front of her was almost hysterical, she lifted the imperial concubine's shoulders and shook her vigorously, rubbing her face and calling her: "Your Majesty, wake up, wake up."

Concubine Wen Guifei really seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief, and she woke up with a shiver. After panting heavily, she pointed to the things on the bed and said, "Clean them up. It's okay Dongyun. With me here, no one can take you away." How about it."

At this moment there was another cry, but it was no longer a ferocious baby cry. Concubine Wen could tell that it was her son crying. Seeing that Elder Brother Shi was coaxing, she hugged her son from Jue Chan's arms like crazy, but Elder Brother Ten was afraid of his own mother, so he struggled even harder in the arms of the imperial concubine, and turned his hands towards Master Jue Chan to ask for her, and the imperial concubine was annoyed Zhiji scolded Jue Chan: "Get out, what right do you have to snatch my son?"

Jue Chan has long been used to the concubine's rudeness. In her eyes, the concubine is a sick person. If she thinks that way, she can't care about anything. Now that the concubine told her to go, she obediently left.

When walking through the main hall, I saw a maid carrying a charcoal stove inside, but was sent out soon, Dongyun closed the hall door in a panic and didn't know what she was doing inside, Concubine De asked her to observe the reaction of the concubine carefully, obviously this Everything is not normal, except for Dong Yun who is close to her, there is no other person in the palace who knows the concubine better than her. There is no doubt that these saffron flowers have stimulated her, but she has not seen or heard the concubine "confess", She cannot be easily judged.

The next day, the farce of catching wild cats in the Xianfu Palace was widely spread in the palace. When Lan Qi got up in the morning to make up, Huan Chun told her all this, she listened calmly, and talked about whether the noble Zen was useful Saffron, Huanchun said that today the nobleman is going to Chengqian Palace to give away the auspicious clothes of the fourth elder brother: "The slave has already made an agreement with Qinglian, if the nobleman leaves something, she will pass it on to the slave."

Lan Qi nodded without saying a word, quietly picked up the eyebrow pencil and gently brushed her eyebrows, but her hand still stopped in mid-air, she frowned and said: "I have come this far with a passion, but I have never felt at ease in my heart, this is the first time I Playing tricks and tricks in this palace, but this time even Sister Rong and Concubine Huang were involved, and nobleman Jue Chan is even more innocent. If anything happens, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will be disappointed in me. Talk about how to protect the noble Jue Chan."

Huanchun said: "This is the end of the matter, why don't you concentrate on making things beautiful, instead of worrying about the emperor and the empress dowager blaming you, it is better to dig out the evil deeds of the concubine. The empress dowager always favors you. In front of you, we have to be reasonable. We are not harming anyone, but we just want to seek justice for the second lady. If we don't know it this time, there will be another time. It will be the faces of those in Niu Hulu's family. It should also be seen clearly.”

Lan Qi sighed deeply, and said calmly: "Yes, since I made up my mind, what's so pretentious at this moment, let's go step by step, although it's not the right way, but as long as we dig out the truth and face the emperor Queen Mother and Emperor, at least I have something to say, I don't ask for anything else, I just ask the people of Niu Hulu's family, don't extend their claws to Lanying again."

In this way, after Lan Qi was fully dressed, she went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning as usual, but Huanchun did not follow today, and waited quietly in Yonghe Palace for the nobleman Juechan to come to Chengqian Palace to send the fourth elder brother's clothes, so that she could quietly go to Qinglian after getting ready , Ask the nobleman Jue Chan if he has left any words.

But this afternoon, the imperial concubine sent someone to ask the people from the Yonghe Palace to fetch things, saying that they got some playthings to give to the thirteenth brother and the little princess. Huanchun naturally took the order to come over. She just wanted to ask Qinglian But it was the imperial concubine who said to her in person: "The nobleman Jue Chan has already let the imperial concubine see those saffron flowers. It is said that she was quite frightened. It seems that she has a ghost in her heart. Go back and tell your mother, she can calculate it. Dispose of the noble concubine by name."

Huanchun cautiously agreed, but then heard the imperial concubine ask her: "I heard that the wild cats that were caught in Xianfu Palace for several days have disappeared, how did you do it? But it scared us, Concubine Tong, quite a bit. Get over this matter earlier, my sister will be scared to death by you too."

"Actually, the wild cats are not in Xianfu Palace. The empress just sent people to sprinkle food in the nearby halls. There are even under the wall of the empress Chuxiu Palace of Concubine Tong. Those wild cats are caught and put there for food every day. It's so close, and the wild cats meow so loudly, if the imperial concubine has a ghost in her heart, of course she will be afraid." Huan Chun laughed, "I don't worry about being found out as a wild cat, as long as I can scare the imperial concubine, it's enough. Scared The maidservant will report back to the master about the matter of Concubine Tong, so I will comfort Concubine Tong in the future."

The imperial concubine frowned and said: "Your mother looked at the kind-hearted master who was reluctant to trample ants to death. She didn't expect to have such thoughts. The Forbidden City is really a good place. Anyone who comes in can learn a lot."

Afterwards, Huan Chun also conveyed these jokes to Lan Qi. Lan Qi just laughed it off, but told Huan Chun to remember that she would go to appease Concubine Tong in the future. The person is not limited to Concubine Tong, Concubine Tong is weak-tempered and afraid, but Concubine Yi, Concubine Xi and the others have not seen any movement. It is normal to have wild cats and dogs barking. Now, the imperial concubine made such a big commotion, obviously there is something wrong in her heart."

Lan Qi was very calm, "The imperial concubine is always chattering, she may not really have a ghost in her heart, she can make a fuss even if there is nothing wrong, who knows if it is true or not, we must wait for noble Jue Chan to confirm it, let's not be arbitrary, let's be more Don't get carried away."

Huan Chun agreed, and then conveyed the words of the imperial concubine and asked: "What excuse does the master intend for the imperial concubine to suppress the imperial concubine?"

Lan Qi had already made up her mind: "Brother's wedding is coming soon, so it's fine to say that she is insane and insane, first ban the door of Xianfu Palace, and then no one is allowed to come and go, let alone pass on anything, she must be cut off. The way to reach out at home, even A Ling'a is not allowed, other things will be discussed later, if the emperor refuses to pursue them, we will not be able to seek justice for Lanying on the right path."

According to Lan Qi's plan, as long as Jue Chan is sure that Concubine Wen has a ghost in her heart, she will force Concubine Wen to "go into hysteria", and Concubine Wen will order to cut off all ties between Concubine Wen and her family. Turning into a cold palace, she knew that this step was too ruthless, but in fact Lan Qi still had hope at this moment, she hoped that Concubine Wen Gui would be innocent, but everything was farther and farther away from her expectations.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month in the 26th year of Kangxi, the night before the Lantern Festival, the palace was decorated with lanterns and festoons to prepare for the festival, and the Xianfu Palace was no exception. Concubine Wen Guifei was in good spirits today. She talked about what clothes to wear to the Lantern Festival tomorrow, Jue Chan asked and answered her, and just as she was talking well, the baby crying sounded like a curse.

Right now it's only time for dinner, and it came before midnight. Concubine Wen Guifei was terrified and pale. Immediately, she put down her chopsticks and rushed outside like crazy, shouting: "Go! Go and catch wild cats for me!" , catch me and beat them to death with sticks..."

Everyone in the hall panicked and followed the concubine, Jue Chan was left alone, she followed out in shock, and sure enough, seeing Concubine Wen running out like crazy, she immediately turned and went back to her residence , found the hidden saffron from the private place, took a small bag and turned back to the dining room, uncovered the unused cup of ginseng and black chicken soup in front of Concubine Wen, opened the paper bag and carefully poured the fine red saffron into it.

"What are you doing?"

Before the saffron was soaked in the chicken soup, Concubine Wen's voice suddenly came coldly, Jue Chan's whole body tensed up, and the lid of the soup pot in his hand slipped off and smashed to pieces with a crisp sound.