Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Yinzhen came in after taking off his snow coat and hat outside the door, and bowed in front of the great-grandmother's bed. The empress dowager was very happy to see the little great-grandson, because she could not speak much, she just smiled kindly.

"Why don't you come with the third elder brother and the others today?" Lan Qi got up and touched the fourth elder brother's hand. Seeing that the hand was cold, she gave him the hand stove at the side, and wanted to call Huanchun to serve some snacks, but she just turned around body, Yinzhen suddenly said behind him, "I'm here to visit you, so they won't come. If they come to visit great-grandmother, they will probably come together."

Lan Qi turned around in a daze, and asked puzzledly, "Look at me?"

"Little Hezi said that you almost fainted today." Yinzhen held the hand stove in one hand, freed up the other, gently pulled Lan Qi back, let her sit next to the Empress Dowager, and said seriously, "Your Majesty Take care."

Lan Qi is at a loss, she has been cared for by the people around her all the time, but she has been watching the fourth elder brother feel sorry for the imperial concubine, and occasionally thinks in her heart that it would be great if her son loves her so much one day, but she knows that the fourth elder brother loves her so much. Having a mother-in-law is enough.

The empress dowager let out a weak laugh, squinting her eyes at the pair of mother and son, Lan Qi knew what the old man was thinking, and even more knew that her own thoughts had been seen through by her, so she couldn't help but blushed, and casually touched the flower rope on the couch, Then he changed the topic and asked Yinzhen: "Will you turn the flower rope?"

The fourth elder brother shook his head, looked at the things in her hand with a slight frown, and said without much interest: "This is for girls to play with." But as soon as he said this, he saw that Empress Defei only moved her fingers a little , A simple rope can be woven into various patterns in her hands.

"These two can play too." Lan Qi smiled and stretched out her hand to her son.

"Yes, I saw Sister Duanjing playing with Wen Xian." Yinzhen nodded, watching his mother stretch out her hand, he didn't know how to refuse, so he could only put down the hand stove, stretched out his finger clumsily, and twirled it in his mother's hand Turning again, he could move the whole rope between his fingers, and after a little tension, the rope would all fall apart.

The Empress Dowager looked at it and smiled. Seeing that her great-grandmother was happy, Yinzhen smiled innocently and said, "Although it's a girl's game, it's not easy. Great-grandmother, will you?"

The Empress Dowager seemed to clear her throat, Lan Qi knew she was going to speak, and wanted to listen closer, but the old man's voice was much clearer than before, and she said to Yin Zhen: "Isn't it easy for women to do things? The clothes you wear contain a lot of knowledge in each stitch and thread, not only in books, Yinzhen, you have to stand taller and see farther, there are many, many things worth learning in this world Things. When you grow up in the future, you will be more respectful and corporal. Most of the royal family’s children think they are self-righteous and short-sighted. You should go out and associate with learned and knowledgeable people.”

The empress dowager said so many things in one breath, the fourth elder brother listened very carefully, his eyes sparkled, and he promised grandma that he would remember it in his heart.

Lan Qi was worried about the hard work of the old man, and wanted to let her rest, but the empress dowager beckoned Yinzhen to come forward, stretched out her old hand tremblingly to turn the flower rope with him, Yinzhen clumsily wrapped it around her hand A few laps, holding up a mess.Lan Qi couldn't stand it anymore, she reached out her hand to help him, and then supported the Empress Dowager's hand to push it away. The fourth elder brother saw that the rope was shaped in the hands of the great grandmother, and it seemed very complicated. , I want to be able to see some ways.

Lan Qi saw that the fourth elder brother rarely showed such a cute and honest appearance, she couldn't help smiling, and the depression in her heart dissipated a lot, so she supported the Empress Dowager's hand, pointed her lips to show him which ropes to pick, The fourth elder brother pursed his lips and looked serious, his fingers shuttled between the ropes. They were also entangled, and he tried to shake them off in a panic, but his fingers were also entangled.

The hands of the grandparent and grandson were tied together, Lan Qi stared blankly at Xu for a moment, the empress dowager laughed, and she laughed loudly too, only the fourth elder brother blushed in embarrassment, and said softly: " Concubine De, how do you untie it?"

One of Lan Qi's hands was not entangled, so she carefully untied the entangled flower rope. The Empress Dowager held Yinzhen's hand in her palm and rubbed it gently, asking lovingly, "Does it hurt? Silly boy, next time." Find your sister to learn from, and ask him to teach you, so that you can use it for your daughter-in-law in the future."

When the great-grandmother said this suddenly, the fourth elder brother became even more embarrassed. His face, which was flushed just now, turned red even at the neck, which made the great empress dowager very happy. It's that day, but I see that Yuxi is doing well, knowing who my great-grandson's wife is, my great-grandmother will be relieved."

Lan Qi saw that the Empress Dowager was really in good spirits, she seemed to really want to talk to the fourth elder brother, and seeing that the fourth elder brother was sweating profusely just now, she was afraid that he would catch a cold after the wind blows, so she asked Yinzhen to accompany her great-grandmother. Going to ask the maid to fetch hot water to wipe him off, got up and stepped down from the bed, the little guy suddenly rolled over in her stomach, so that Lan Qi couldn't help snorting, gasping for breath, and supported the lamp stand beside her Don't dare to move.

Lan Qi's movement startled the empress dowager and the fourth elder brother. Yinzhen heard the groan, turned around and saw her mother holding on to the lamp stand, her body was stiff and not going away, feeling nervous, she left the empress dowager and ran to Lan Qi anxiously, holding her hand in front of Lan Qi. Looking at her body, she asked, "What's wrong with you, mother? Are you going to have a baby?"

The little guy in the belly seemed to be frightened by his brother, he stopped punching and kicking, he calmed down little by little, Lan Qi's breathing gradually calmed down, tears ran out of his eyes somehow, but the child in front of him seemed completely unconscious Seeing that he said something strange, he carefully supported Lan Qi and asked, "Er Niang, sit down first, I'll call Huan Chun."

Lan Qi was pushed by Yinzhen, step by step back to the Empress Dowager, the fourth elder brother turned around nervously to call for someone, ran out suddenly, and bumped into his father standing at the door, Yinzhen pointed in panic, not waiting for him When I opened my mouth, an imperial physician and maid of honor had already followed in.

Xuan Ye looked down at his son, saw his cheeks flushed with sweat, he had seen all the scenes just now, and wanted to rush in to help Lan Qi, but his son rushed ahead, and he heard the "Mother" It's true, seeing Lan Qi's dull expression and tears welling up in her eyes, but the child doesn't seem to find it strange, or he hasn't calmed down yet.

"Go and wipe off the sweat on your forehead and neck. You will catch cold in the wind, but you will delay your homework in the study." Xuan Ye brought his son over, touched the hot sweat on his neck, and pushed him to his body. The mother next to her asked them to take the fourth elder brother to wipe off her sweat. When she entered the door again, she heard the imperial doctor say, "Madam, don't worry, it's just a normal fetal movement. Both you and the fetus are fine."

Lan Qi nodded absent-mindedly. Seeing the emperor entering, the imperial doctor hurriedly saluted and repeated the words. After they all went down, the room was clean again.Xuan Ye saw Lan Qi's hand resting on the couch, and the imperial grandmother's hand covering hers, patting gently and slowly. Lan Qi turned to look at her grandmother, and couldn't help but burst into tears again, but the imperial grandmother just smiled gratifiedly. With a smile so happy.

Outside the door, Aunt Su Mala heard the movement of the imperial doctor here. She was worried about the old and the young, so she supported her body and came over again. Just as the fourth prince was about to go in after wiping off his sweat, the prince saluted the aunty very politely. Mammy hurriedly stopped her and said, "How can the fourth elder brother bow to the slaves?"

Yinzhen smiled and said, "Huang Ama wants everyone to respect Nanny, and we do the same."

When saying this, the imperial doctor leaned over to the nanny, and said softly: "Mama Su Mala, I have something to say, but I didn't dare to mention it in front of the empress dowager and the empress, you should try to persuade the empress of the imperial concubine , if she keeps on supporting herself, adults and children will not be able to get better, pregnant women can't make it through such hard work, and the worst result will be terrible."

The smile on Mammy's face faded, and her heart sank again, she took the fourth elder brother's hand and said: "The fourth elder brother will persuade the concubine de concubine later, what the slaves and servants said will be useless long ago."

Yinzhen nodded in agreement, comforted the nanny and said, "I will speak carefully."

When I entered the house again, I saw the same scene of picking flower ropes as before. The fourth elder brother stood in front of the door with the nanny and didn't go in. He heard his mother laughing: "The emperor is so clumsy, it's not as good as Yinzhen, the concubine's hands are too clumsy." It hurts."

The father said angrily: "What's the fun with this thing? Don't move around, it will get tighter and tighter."

The hands of the three of them were also entangled. Seeing that his father was as anxious as himself, Yin Zhen hurried over to untie them. Xuan Ye seemed not very happy about losing face in front of his son, so he said angrily: "It's so late. Yes, go back early."

Lan Qi stared at her son obsessively, seeing that he didn't have any strange reaction to Fang Cai's "Ah Niang", and she didn't dare to make a fuss for fear of scaring him. Anyway, she could hear clearly that her son called her "Ah Niang" from the bottom of her heart. Mother, even if there are only two voices in this life, she is content.

Seeing his father asking him to leave, the fourth elder brother pursed his lips and did not dare to refute. He was about to salute and leave when his great-grandmother stretched out her hand to him. Ah, when you grow up, you must honor your mother-in-law."

The fourth elder brother nodded vigorously: "The grandson knows that the grandson will respect Er Niang." When he was speaking, he turned his head to look at Lan Qi beside him, and took the opportunity to express the worry of the imperial physician just now, "E Niang, you are pregnant with a child. Just take care."

Lan Qi trembled and couldn't speak, while the Empress Dowager laughed out loud: "My good boy, she will listen to what you say, and stay here every day, so I must not feel at ease."

But after saying these words, the Empress Dowager seemed to be extremely tired. After taking a long breath, she closed her eyes weakly, and Yinzhen stood beside him at a loss. Finally, it was his father who called him: "Go back."

A few young men from outside came in to wait on the fourth elder brother to wear snow clothes and snow hats. After saluting together, they surrounded the fourth elder brother and left. Here, Xuan Ye helped Lan Qi up and wanted her to go to the side hall to rest, but Lan Qi Before standing up, the Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes again, her pale face glowed with a beautiful red light, she looked at the two people holding hands with a smile, Lan Qi came up to her and asked softly: "Are you thirsty? Say it." In a while, my concubine will make jujube tea for you."

The Empress Dowager shook her head slightly, then turned her eyes to look at Madam Su Mala who was standing beside her, and Mama hurried to the side of the couch. The old sister reached out and touched her face, and said with a smile: "In the next life, I will serve you .”

Aunt Su Mala smiled with tears: "What are you talking about? In the next life, the servant will come to be your maid again. Let's ride a horse together."

"Let Xuanye bring Atu back to be your companion, and you will take care of her for me." The empress dowager said, and Aunt Su Mala agreed, "This servant will take good care of the princess."

The Atu that the Empress Dowager spoke of was her youngest daughter, Princess Shuhui. Xuan Ye hurriedly said, "My aunt is in much better health. She is already on her way to Beijing, and she will be reunited with you soon."

"Really?" The Empress Dowager was very happy, her eyes silently looked into the distance, as if she wanted to see her daughter on the way back to Beijing, she knew that she would not be able to wait for her child.

Lan Qi and Xuan Ye helped Aunt Su Mala up and sat aside. The Empress Dowager looked at them quietly. She knew that Su Mala would not be treated badly. She had nothing to worry about. Er Niang smiled and said, "It's really nice."

The thoughtless sentence is really nice, Lan Qi and Xuan Ye don't know what the Empress Dowager wants to say, they want to come closer to ask, but the old man slowly closed his eyes, humming something softly in his mouth, fingers Beat the beat gently on the chest.

The tune that the Empress Dowager hummed, although she had no strength, could be heard in a long, soothing and free voice. Lan Qi's eyes blurred when she heard it. Xuan Ye supported her and said softly: "The emperor's grandmother hummed, it's the grassland chief. Tune."

In the long and melodious tune, there should be horses, cattle and sheep, blue sky and white clouds, but Lan Qi's eyes are blurred, but she can only see scenes after scenes of getting along with the empress dowager day and night in the past ten years, laughing, cursing, joying and sad. Looking at Lan Qi who was whipped to death, the Empress Dowager told her that she had remembered this kindness; after giving birth to the fourth elder brother, she felt sorry for the separation of her mother and child, and adopted her in the Palace of Compassion; when she was angry, she ran out to meet Xuan Ye and punished her Kneeling for several hours... All of the past ten years appeared in front of my eyes.

Sorrow and tears flooded the sky, the weak pregnant woman could no longer stand, completely relying on Xuan Ye's support, she didn't dare to cry if she wanted to, she knew that the Empress Dowager liked to see Wu Ya Lanqi's smile.

"Imperial Grandmother." Xuan Ye supported Lan Qi, saw that the tempo between the Empress Dowager's fingers was getting slower and slower, and called out this sound in a panic. The Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes, Xuan Ye was here, Lan Qi was there, Su Mala is also there, and the people who have given her the most love and care in this life are there.

The red light on the face gradually dissipated, but the kind smile froze on the face, and the Empress Dowager closed her eyes comfortably again.

"Grandma..."

The long tune stopped, and the bedroom fell into silence. Lan Qi leaned on Xuan Ye, covering her mouth with one hand and trembling unceasingly. Aunt Su Mala threw herself beside the master, tremblingly reaching out her hand between the breath of the Empress Dowager. The sad old man immediately cried out in pain. Cry out: "Gege, don't leave me..."

Lan Qi's body was completely weakened, Xuan Ye was unable to support her, the two fell to the ground together, the maids and eunuchs from outside rushed in, seeing Huan Chun supporting the master, Xuan Ye then rushed to the grandmother's side, grabbed the grandmother His hand called her, but he couldn't wake her up again. His grandmother was gone, and the grandmother who gave him his life was gone.

"Emperor Grandmother, you said that you will always be with Xuan Ye..."

The emperor's cry spread from the bedroom, and the court ladies and eunuchs, imperial physicians and ministers standing outside knelt down and cried bitterly one by one. The cry came from the Palace of Compassion, as if shaking the world. The north wind howled, rolling up snow particles Beat everything in the world.

On the way back to Chengqian Palace, the fourth elder brother was surrounded to hide from the wind and snow, Xiao Hezi used his body to shield the master from the wind and snow, Yinzhen suddenly smiled at him: "Xiao Hezi, I called Er Niang today."

Xiao Hezi was stunned, and the fourth elder brother laughed again: "I finally called Er Niang. I always wondered when I would be able to call Er Niang. I wanted to call Er Niang, and I always wanted to."

"Fourth elder brother..."

Just as Xiao Hezi was about to speak, the heavy and deep sound of the bell suddenly echoed in the Forbidden City. The sound of the bell overwhelmed the wind and snow and spread to every palace road and every hall. Everyone was listening in a daze. Yinzhen couldn't help asking: what sound?"

Realizing that this was the death knell, Xiao Hezi suddenly knelt on the ground and cried, "Si elder brother, the empress dowager has passed away."

Yinzhen stared at him blankly, his small body stiffened in the wind and snow.

On December 26, the 25th year of Kangxi, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, the Borzigit family, died.

Amidst the heavy ringing of the bell, Lan Qi wakes up from an abyss-like dream, and sees the room full of paleness, Bu Guiren and Huan Chun standing beside the bed, in a trance, as if back in May of the 13th year of Kangxi .

"Are you awake? How do you feel? The imperial doctor said that you and the child are very dangerous. You must take care of your health." Bu Guiren came over and choked up as he spoke, "What else do you need, call the emperor What to do, tell us what to do?"

Lan Qi felt that her body was heavy and powerless, and her head was even more chaotic. She looked pale and listened to Sister Bu's words, and finally gradually came to her senses. This is not the 13th year of Kangxi, but the 26th year of Kangxi. Before fainting, drive the crane west.

Sorrow poured out of her heart, Lan Qi burst into tears uncontrollably, both Bugui and Huanchun advised her not to get excited, but the potbellied man cried out of breath, she struggled to go to the Palace of Compassion, Huanchun died Death pressed him down and said: "Your Majesty, if you move around again, you and your child will be lost. Are you going to leave Long Live and go by yourself?"

"Let me go with the Empress Dowager, she's going on the road alone, how lonely..." Lan Qi cried heartbroken, almost breathless, and when she finally calmed down, she was already on the verge of death.

Wiping her tears, Bugui said to Huanchun, "She's about to cry after a while, what a surprise."

The Empress Dowager returned to Yaochi, and the palace quickly became a state where no one was in charge. Even though the old man originally lived in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, all kinds of people have spiritual support, and they are the backbone after all.Now the empress dowager fell ill due to grief, the body of the imperial concubine could not stand the toss, concubine Rong Hui was too busy with the funeral ceremony, and the emperor cut his braids and wore mourning in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, so he could not be disturbed at all.

Right now, no one can take care of the concubine De who is about to give birth. The Yonghe Palace, which was once favored by thousands of people, changed its appearance overnight.

Lan Qi's body was hollowed out during the last days of taking care of the Empress Dowager. No one knew what kind of power was supporting her day and night in the Compassionate Ning Palace, but when the imperial doctor finally treated Su Ma Lama When Mo said that Empress Dowager De's body could not last any longer, the Empress Dowager chose to leave. No one knew about the coincidence, as if everything was predestined by heaven.

Lan Qi always sleeps when she wakes up, and she cries when she is awake, compared to when she lost Yinzuo, she was in a daze all day without crying or fussing. This time she made no secret of her sadness and fear, but after all, she couldn't bear the weakness of her body day by day. Later, it was almost impossible to cry, and both mother and child fell into a great crisis.

But the imperial doctor said that because the concubine de concubine is too weak, even induction of labor is very dangerous. If she hadn’t forced her to induce labor due to natural childbirth, I’m afraid she would be dead and killed by then. The concubine de concubine now has no energy to give birth by herself. It depends on the ability of the child in her womb. Whether the child and the mother can survive will be resigned to fate.

Fortunately, after two days of chaos in the palace, it gradually got on the right track. The empress dowager's funeral began to be prepared early in the morning. It was not sudden, but the people involved were too sad to be in charge, so it was a bit chaotic for a while, the imperial concubine She never cared about the affairs of the Sixth Palace, but this time she cheered up to take care of everything for the emperor, but her health was very bad, and she couldn't even walk when she returned to Chengqian Palace every night.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the first month of the month, and the palace gradually calmed down. The imperial concubine was completely ill and could not take charge of the affairs, and the empress dowager was also in Ningshou Palace and couldn't leave her sick bed. Although everything in the palace was well organized, the sad atmosphere and the hesitation that no one was in charge still lingered at every corner.

On this day, all elder brothers left the Compassion Ning Palace and cried for several days. The children gradually got used to it. : "The slave was waiting outside the door just now, and heard someone come to report that the Empress Defei is not well. Master, do you want to go and have a look?"

Yinzhen looked at him nervously, remembering what the imperial physician said that day, so he hurried forward, telling Xiao Hezi: "Go back and see Erniang first, tell Erniang where I am, and I will go back immediately."

But halfway through, he stopped Xiaohezi and said, "Don't tell Erniang, anyway, I'll be back soon." After that, he took Xiaohezi to Yonghe Palace by another road, and did not let anyone from Chengqian Palace Noticing it, and the people in the Yonghe Palace were very surprised to see the fourth elder brother coming suddenly.

Huan Chunying came out, took off the snow cap for elder brother, and said: "Si elder brother, can you persuade empress, if empress continues to cry, her eyes will be broken."

Yinzhen walked in a hurry, sweating all over his body, and when he entered the door, he felt that the room was so hot that the earth dragon was burning, but suddenly he saw his mother who was dying on the sick bed, and her whole body was cold.

"Er Niang." Yinzhen rushed to the side of the bed, took Lan Qi's hand, "Er Niang, are you okay?"

The teary-eyed Lan Qi regained her composure, saw her son in front of her, and heard him call her mother-in-law, thinking she was in a dream, she smiled faintly and ignored it, but when Yinzhen called her again, she realized Come here, the son is really here.

"I promised my great-grandmother that I will honor you in the future." Looking at his mother's appearance, the fourth elder brother thought that the adoptive mother in Chengqian Palace was also seriously ill, and his weak heart could no longer bear it, so he cried to his mother, " You are all sick and I am terrified."