Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"Yinzhen..." The son's words made Lan Qi panic. Her fourth elder brother actually said that he was afraid. He never said such a thing when he was young. Now he is an older child, but he came to cry to his mother, saying He is afraid.

The fourth elder brother raised his hand to wipe away his tears, trying not to cry stubbornly, but the tears couldn't help but burst out. The sadness of his great-grandmother who cried in the Palace of Compassion and Peace first seemed to have not dissipated. I don't know what happened to the brothers. The sadness in my heart can't stop at this moment, I was going to wipe away my tears, but now I cover my mouth and cry.

Seeing the child trembling every now and then, Lan Qi's heart was about to break, and she opened her arms cautiously, fearing that the fourth elder brother would dislike her overly intimate behavior, but the child did not reject it, and when she completely embraced her son, Following Yinzhen's sobs, his trembling body seemed to be gradually waking up.

"Si elder brother, be good, I will be fine, and the imperial concubine will be fine, how can we make you afraid? With us and Huang Ama here, fourth elder brother don't be afraid of anything." Lan Qi said softly She thought, she didn't want to cry, she wanted to be a strong mother in front of her son, but why did the tears keep pouring out, why did she think of Yinzhen sitting on the steps crying on his first birthday, why did she think of him in the Palace of Compassion and Peace? The first time she called her mother-in-law, why did she suddenly understand what the empress dowager's "It's so nice" meant.

"Emiang, you all need to be well." Yinzhen whimpered, struggled a little and raised his head, saw his mother in tears, and reached out to wipe her tears away, but he called "Emiang", which made Lan Qi stop Unable to stop crying, Yinzhen looked at her uneasily, and finally said, "If you cry again, I will leave."

Lan Qi was stunned, looked down at her son with a pitiful look of grievance, and immediately softened Yinzhen's heart, and quickly coaxed her, saying: "We don't want to cry, Er Niang, great-grandmother doesn't want us to cry all the time, she It will hurt."

Huanchun and the others stood outside the door, vaguely heard a few conversations, and gradually the inside became quieter and quieter, she was about to lean forward to take a look at the scene, when the fourth elder brother suddenly appeared and said to them: "Bring hot water for your mother. Wash your face."

The little maid outside the door heard this, quickly fetched hot water, Huanchun and Yukui came in together, and waited on the empress to wash her face with the fourth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother also washed her face, this day when the northwest wind was still blowing , cry a lot and go out to blow the air, the skin on the face will be chapped immediately.

Both mother and son cleaned up, Lan Qi was dying, and leaned tiredly on the big pillow, while Yinzhen stood by the couch and took her hand and said, "Er Niang, I can go, I can't stay for too long, I will leave tomorrow. I will come to see you again, please be well."

Lan Qi's eyes were wet again, but she was afraid that her son would be angry, so she couldn't hold back her tears, she nodded and watched her son leave, Huan Chun sent the fourth elder brother back, and she saw the master crying again, and blamed: "Master is disobedient, You promised Si elder brother not to cry."

"I think... If Yinzuo is still here, is he comforting me, or am I coaxing him." When sad, all sad things will come up in one brain. For Lan Qi, although the past ten years The glory is envied by everyone, but the pain she has experienced has never been less or less. At this moment, she has lost her greatest support. She has spent most of her ten years in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and she suddenly has no idea about the future of her life. , How should she deal with the long day after day.

Huan Chun didn't dare to make her master sad, so she accompanied her quietly for a long time, Lan Qi finally calmed down, took a long sigh of relief, drank the anti-pregnancy medicine, and after resting for a long time, she said to Huan Chun: "The fourth elder brother is here. Tell the people below not to talk about it outside, especially the imperial concubine. If she mentions it, let's nod and deal with it. If you don't mention it, you can't talk about it. The child cares about the feelings of the imperial concubine and me. Huan Chun, guess what Yinzhen said to me?"

Seeing his master's calm expression, Huan Chun heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a soft smile, "What are you talking about? This servant can't guess."

Lan Qi showed a slight smile on her face, and said happily and happily: "Yinzhen said that he didn't think it was strange that he had an adoptive mother and a biological mother. On the contrary, compared with his brothers, he had two mothers who hurt, and his heart also hurt two. What a mother. But he said, I have the empress dowager, the emperor, and so many children under my knees, but the imperial concubine does not have so many people, so he wants to love my adoptive mother more. He knows that I have always been loved by others. Taking care of him, he is very relieved."

Huanchun's eyes were red when he heard this, and he choked up and said, "But now the fourth elder brother knows that you have lost the empress dowager, and you have one less person to hurt."

Lan Qi nodded with tears in her eyes, but this time, she really didn't want to cry anymore, and said firmly: "After all, he is still a child, and the imperial concubine and I are lingering on the sick bed, scaring him. I can't do this anymore, too. The Empress Dowager has left me, and I can't leave the children behind, even if I go with the Empress Dowager, she will be upset when she sees me."

Huan Chun scolded and said: "The servant's mouth is worn out. If you don't lift your eyelids, Si elder brother can do it with a few words. Why doesn't the servant's heart count?"

Lan Qi pulled her pitifully, and said coquettishly: "Don't vomit on me, can't I be fine? You should also be fine, following me, it's hard work."

Huanchun sighed: "This servant is a big court lady, and she doesn't stick to rough and heavy work. I follow you in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and the affairs in front of the Empress Dowager are also taken care of by you. Others who have their own Palace of Compassion and Ning take care of it. The servant is there every day. Just looking at it, it's really not hard at all, it's you who worked hard."

Lan Qi thought of the old scene of the Compassionate Ning Palace again, she was sad for a moment, and kept silent.

Huanchun said again: "Does your mother know? On the day the empress dowager passed away, the imperial physician once told Aunt Su Mala that your health is terrible. I don't know where you got the spirit to accompany the empress dowager every day, but If you don't take a good rest, the lives of the fetus and the mother will be in danger. On that day, the Empress Dowager left. You said, old man, do you know? No one loves you more than the Empress Dowager. How could she be willing to have you? There are three pros and two cons, for the sake of the empress dowager, you have to be good."

With tears in her eyes, Lan Qi couldn't speak, she just nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, take care of your spirits. The Empress Dowager's Zigong will be moved out of the palace. The servant girl thought, before the emperor goes out, can you go and see the emperor?" Huanchun said worriedly, "Eunuch Liang said that the emperor has been waiting for a few days. No eating or drinking, the whole person is in a daze, compared to the time when Queen Hesheli passed away, it was nothing."

Lan Qi's heart tightened, and she suddenly remembered Xuan Ye's sad figure in the rain. If that was nothing, how sad and decadent should Xuan Ye be now?

But her body does not allow her to leave the bed, even Huanchun feels that if the master can visit the emperor in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, even if it is not in accordance with the rules, it will always be a comfort to the emperor, but the pregnant woman is too weak, even after a few days The mood is stable, and I can't stand the imperial physician telling me over and over again: "Your Majesty must not get out of bed, you must lie still."

Everyone is waiting for the moment when the little life will come out by itself. Before that, the weak mother can't do anything. Seeing that the day when the Empress Dowager Zigong will be transferred is just around the corner, Lan Qi knows that when Xuan Ye comes back Before, I couldn't see him.

It doesn't matter if you can't see each other, don't see each other's decadence and haggardness, after this time passes, there will be some days to be with him, calm down and don't worry about it at all, she understands that only by giving birth to the child in her womb safely can she plan for the future.

Before the empress dowager’s palace was moved, the emperor issued a decree. As the empress dowager wished, the mausoleum of the empress dowager was not buried with Emperor Taizong, but was temporarily placed in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty in the east of Beijing. The emperor even made the empress dowager live. The five rooms of the East King Hall of the Compassionate Palace were demolished and built under Changrui Mountain.

The five halls of the Compassionate Palace were dismantled and rebuilt under Changrui Mountain. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there had never been such a grand ceremony. The emperor did not want his grandmother to be lonely at the foot of Changrui Mountain. Moved there, and asked Eunuch Li to count all the eunuchs and maids who had served the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning and sent them to the Temporary Anfeng Palace to guard the mausoleum.

The eunuchs and maids who were forced to go to guard the mausoleum cursed day and night because they did not want to accrue grievances to their grandmother. This visit was all voluntary, and Eunuch Li was the first one to ask for orders to guard the mausoleum of the Empress Dowager. There are so many people here that the Empress Dowager takes care of them, most of them are willing to go.

Only Aunt Su Mala was not allowed to spend the rest of her life in the Temporary Anfeng Hall. The emperor promised his grandmother that he would take care of this old lady who was so kind to the Qing imperial family, and temporarily placed her in the Ningshou Palace to serve as a tribute to the Queen Mother. Companion, make it clear again and again that concubines and princes must respect the nanny.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner. The night before the Empress Dowager Zigong was moved out of the palace, Lan Qi wanted to cheer up and go to the Palace of Compassion, but she couldn't stand it when she sat up. For the long-term plan, she still give up.

From this night to the middle of the night, the wind and snow blew up, as if God cried for the last time for this great woman who had gone through three dynasties and supported two generations of young masters. , and a thick layer of snow.

Because all the palaces are open at night these days, when Huanchun heard the sound of snow trampling, she realized that someone was coming in from the door. Since the little eunuch outside the door did not rush to report, she guessed in her heart. One, but this scene shouldn't come, she ran out nervously to see, and sure enough, she saw the emperor climbing up the stairs under the eaves, and she hurriedly knelt down: "Long live, why are you here?"

Under the dim light, the emperor's face could not be seen clearly, but in the faint figure, the emperor's figure was obviously thinner, Huan Chun didn't dare to say anything more, got up and raised the thick curtain, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty Asleep, do you want the servant to wake up the empress?"