Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Xuan Ye smiled warmly, and glanced at Lan Qi: "The emperor's grandmother is still fair, some people grow up to ten years old for nothing, and they are still as stupid and stupid as before. It takes a lot of care."

Lan Qi snorted and said, "The emperor insists on comparing you with whom, but it's boring. Anyone who loses in this world will hold his breath. Only lose to the emperor. Which one is not convinced?"

Xuan Ye raised his hand and slapped her on the forehead: "In front of the emperor's grandmother, what kind of lip service are you playing?"

But the flirting back and forth made the empress dowager very happy, she couldn't breathe from laughing, so she pulled Xuan Ye with one hand and Lan Qi with the other, and lightly held their hands together. stacked together.Lan Qi's hands looked more slender and whiter in the palm of the emperor, without even any swelling of pregnant women.

The empress dowager took Xuan Ye's hand and took Lan Qi's hand, and she held them in her palms again with both hands, smiling so that her eyes and brows were bent and her face was kind, she didn't have much strength and her voice was very soft, but every word and sentence was clear: " Xuan Ye ended the tragedy of losing my husband and son, and let me continue to live with glory for 26 years. Lan Qi gave me a happy old age. In 13 years, you spent all the best youth on me. How others slander and humiliate you is like a mirror in my heart, knowing your goodness."

Lan Qi's eyes were moist, and she tried her best to smile: "The concubine is just better at serving others than others. You don't dislike the concubine's stupidity. It's the concubine's blessing."

The Empress Dowager shook her head, "It is commendable that you have been consistent for 13 years. There will be more ups and downs in your life in the future. Lan Qi, you must remember my words. When you are wronged, Xuan Ye must bear it harder than you A lot of grievances, when he is unable to protect you, his heart is already broken. My grandson is a man who values ​​love and righteousness. If he can let go of the love engraved in his heart, the world will be changed a long time ago. gone."

Lan Qi didn't quite understand these words, and she didn't have time to think about them for a while. Anyway, she listened to and memorized what the Empress Dowager said, so it doesn't matter if she thinks about it slowly in the future.

Xuan Ye felt sad in his heart, and said gently: "You are tired, take a rest, I was tired from spending time with the children just now."

The empress dowager stopped, as if recalling the scene just now, and said with a smile: "The children are so cute, and our fourth elder brother is the most lovable. He looks exactly like Xuan Ye when he was a child. .”

Lan Qi didn't say anything, but Xuan Ye repeated: "Grandmother, you are tired, take a rest."

The Empress Dowager looked at Xuan Ye meaningfully, and immediately smiled lightly: "You..."

After this sound, she didn't say anything more, as if there was some tacit understanding between their grandparents and grandchildren. At that moment, Lan Qi felt that she couldn't get in, but she didn't care about these things, and didn't take it to heart at all.

The two stayed with the empress dowager all the time. The old man woke up from time to time, and occasionally closed her eyes, thinking she was asleep, but she would wake up suddenly, and she couldn't leave her side for a moment.Xuan Ye is currently postponing some court affairs. The courtiers also understand the importance of the Empress Dowager to the Emperor and even to the entire Qing Dynasty. Ning Gong came to deal with it, and in the next few days, gradually even food and daily life would not leave in the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Concubine De was repeatedly ordered to go back to Yonghe Palace to recuperate with her belly up. After that, Xuan Ye no longer forced her. Grandma was only happy when she saw her, and she was unwilling to leave her.

The twelfth lunar month has never been so heavy like this year, and people inside and outside the palace don't even know if the empress dowager is still alive on New Year's Eve, whether they still want to celebrate, whether the emperor wants to sacrifice to the heaven, earth and the country, everyone has everything Everything can only be decided or started at the moment when the Empress Dowager dies, but the emperor's heart is to hope that the grandmother can live longer.

Before the young year, Xuan Ye personally led the princes and ministers to the Temple of Heaven, praying to God, asking for the loss of his own life, and prolonging the life of his grandmother.

"Recalling my weak age, I lost my trust early, and I inherited my grandmother's knees. For more than [-] years, I have been raised and taught, and I have achieved success. Without my grandmother, the empress dowager, I can't be established today. The kindness of the same extreme will be difficult in my life. Report... If you have a big plan or are poor, I would like to reduce the age of my ministers, and hope to increase the life of the empress dowager for a few years."

Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan were pointed out to the emperor by the empress dowager back then. The glory they have today is all given by the empress dowager. Compared with other benevolent concubines Ning Gong's concubines who have no feelings for each other are naturally more sad, and they have a deep relationship with the emperor.Burning incense and worshiping Buddha together, hoping to reduce their own lifespan and bring blessings to the empress dowager and the emperor, they are sincere, but it can be spread and known by others, and one by one follows suit, and the result intensifies, and it becomes a joke in the harem.

Xuan Ye was naturally furious, and asked Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan to question why, why people inside and outside the palace were laughing at Concubine Concubine for doing these things hypocritically, how innocent they were, and didn't know how to face the questioning, Lan Qi didn't dare to speak casually for them. When she was embarrassed, she simply brought out the Empress Dowager, saying that the old man wanted to see Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan.

The emperor sent them away coldly, and Lan Qi took them to the bedroom before telling the truth quietly. Concubine Rong said with tears: "The emperor is in a hurry now, we don't care about what he said, but those women are really hateful, so don't be afraid Are they really short-lived?"

Lan Qi spoke a few words of persuasion, and when she arrived in front of the Empress Dowager, the old man opened her eyes and saw Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan. She didn't know about those messy things, and she didn't know that Xuan Ye was angry, but it was such a coincidence that she smiled and said: "Well done, I was just about to see you two."

Seeing that the Empress Dowager had something to say to Concubine Rong and Concubine Duan, Lan Qi retreated and stood in front of the door and saw someone rushing to the room where the emperor was. It seems that it is too frequent for someone to go to see the emperor like this, what is the important matter, even the court's major affairs.

But at this moment in Yuqing Palace, the prince is changing clothes in the room, and he is going to come to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.He opened his arms to be dressed for him by the court ladies and eunuchs, and he didn't move at all. Through the screen, Suo'etu stood outside, and only waited for the prince to be fully dressed before retreating from the crowd.

The prince tied the jade pendant around his waist while still staring at the book on the table. Suo Ertu came up and reached out to turn over the book, and said softly: "Why doesn't the prince often visit the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion? Come to pay your respects, aren't you going to the Compassion Palace today?"

"There are a lot of people in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and I went there just to meet the occasion. It's very fake. If I have those skills to show others, why don't I prepare well for the lectures in the first month?" The prince disdainfully turned the book over again, silently Remembering the last sentence, I wanted to call the eunuch to put a hat on him.

But Suo'etu stopped him and persuaded the prince: "The emperor values ​​filial piety the most. Your indifference to the matter of the empress dowager will make the emperor displeased. It is still too late. In the next few days, you will go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace every day. Three or four times a day is not too much."

The prince suddenly looked at his uncle and grandpa. The young man's face was already somewhat heroic, and it was no longer the immature eyes, but gradually became a little too deep for people to see clearly. There was a sneer on his lips: "You are not afraid of my reaction, If it wasn't for that incident, the Empress Dowager might still be able to play cards and chess with Huang Ama at this moment, wouldn't the imperial physician also say that it was that scare that scared her soul away?"

Suo'etu swallowed his saliva, and said heavily: "Prince, you understand that the glory of a certain person will increase day by day when the empress dowager is alive, and the son under her knee..."

"I have so many brothers, which one will it be next time?" The prince smiled coldly, and reached out to pat his uncle on the shoulder, "You know that Huang Ama monitors my every move, so you should stay away from it in the future." It’s good for Gong, you came here in such a hurry, let’s say a few words here, I think Ama’s side will know about it.”

Suo'etu was very embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "There are always places that the emperor can't see. It's not that the minister is instigating the relationship between the prince and the emperor. Since ancient times, there are many emperors who are afraid of the prince, and there are brothers who are eyeing them. The minister is only thinking about the future of the prince. "

Yinfeng was about to go out, and while calling the eunuchs to put on a snow cap and windbreaker for him, he smiled at his uncle and grandpa: "I know, otherwise, I wouldn't have talked to you."

The prince will soon go out to the Palace of Compassion, and Suo'etu is also inconvenient to stay in Yuqing Palace for a long time. When he walked out of Yuqing Palace, he glanced back at the building specially built by the emperor for his son, and felt heavy for no reason. Knowing that the emperor's affection for the prince is no longer the same as when he built this palace in the past, why does he feel that he has been unable to control this young prince?

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Duan didn't know what to say. When the two came out, they were crying. Lan Qi persuaded the maid to send the two away. Not long after they left, they said that the prince drive to.

After Yinfeng entered the door, he went to his father's room to greet him first. Lan Qi thought that the prince was coming, and planned to avoid it. Now that the prince is of marriageable age, these young concubines should know how to behave, but they saw the emperor and his son coming together When he got to him, Xuanye said: "Earlier, the imperial grandmother waited for Yinfeng to come over and say a few words. You can go and help her, so that the imperial grandmother can speak smoothly."

How much strength can Lan Qi, a pregnant woman, use to support her? The emperor's intention is to prevent Lan Qi from leaving. I don't know what to say, but she insists on listening.When the grandparents and grandchildren met, the Empress Dowager was breathing weakly, but she was only saying something to tell the prince to work hard and take care of herself. The young man was moved after all, but fearing to offend his father, he bit his lip with tears in his eyes to keep himself from crying.

The Empress Dowager talked for a while, she worked very hard, and rested for a long time. When she thought she was going to fall asleep again, the old man suddenly opened his eyes and said clearly: "Xuan Ye, Taizong's tomb has been enshrined for a long time, so don't do it for me." Qingdong, I can't bear to part with you father and son, so I chose a place to bury me near your Mausoleum."