Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

The imperial concubine's illness came back and forth, and Chengqian Palace was filled with the smell of decoction all day long. Lan Qi occasionally saw Xuan Ye, and if she smelled the decoction on his body, she knew it was from the imperial concubine. If she mentioned it, Xuan Ye General sigh: "It's still not good."

At this moment, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong rushed over and saw Qinglian squatting outside the bedroom door crying, she covered her mouth and dared not make a sound, but she cried pitifully.Seeing the two empresses coming, she got up in a panic. Concubine Rong frowned and said, "Why are you crying? What about the others in Chengqian Palace?"

With panic and sadness on Qinglian's face, she choked and said, "This servant thinks that my mother will never wake up after the moment just passed."

As soon as she finished speaking, there were hurried footsteps in front of the door, and everyone followed the prestige, but saw the fourth elder brother running in the door, he was still wearing the single clothes in the study, and he just ran back in the cold weather.

The child passed by the door like a gust of wind, Lan Qi saw that his face was flushed, he didn't seem to see herself and Concubine Rong, and didn't ask how Qinglian was doing, she rushed all the way through the door, making everyone around look stupid, Xiao Hezi Panting, he ran in after him, with a big cloak in his hand that he didn't have time to wear for his master.

"Please, ladies, it's cold outside." A calm court lady raised the curtain to invite Lan Qi and Concubine Rong to enter, and Concubine Rong came back to her senses and pulled Lan Qi to go together.

The smell of medicine came from the inner hall, and it was the same every time they came back. The two of them were used to it. Although the house was burning with earth dragons to feed the patients, it was clean and tidy. All of this must be due to Qinglian.Think about the time when the Empress Dowager sent Qinglian to Chengqian Palace to "monitor", but now the master and servant have a deep friendship, and their relationship with those two in Changchun Palace is really different.

Walking into the inner hall, I heard the imperial concubine asking: "Where is Xiao Hezi?"

A court lady came out in a hurry to look for him, Xiao Hezi came in sweaty from running, knelt down in front of the door and obeyed, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong stood aside, the imperial concubine didn't even bother to say hello to them, seeing Xiao Hezi Hezi scolded first: "You bastard, no one has tightened your skin these days, so you don't know how to serve the master, do you?"

As he was talking, he wanted someone to drag Xiaohezi out to fight, but it was because Xiaohezi told the fourth elder brother to know about it, and the fourth elder brother ran back from class in a hurry. It is said that he didn't even say hello to the master, and it was a cold day It's one thing to be rude in the study if you wear such thin clothes, but another thing if you get sick from the cold.

If it was normal, the fourth elder brother would definitely protect Xiaohezi, but today the child just held the hand of the imperial concubine and did not speak. According to the temper of the imperial concubine, the people in the palace would not disobey her, and Xiaohezi would not be able to escape this beating, but Fortunately, Concubine Rong and Lan Qi were there, Concubine Rong smiled and persuaded her, and then asked someone to send Xiaohezi away first.

The two approached the bed, and the imperial concubine said to them impatiently: "I just left my seat and got up in a hurry, I was a little dizzy, and everyone was making a fuss, why did I startle you?" Then she said, "Go out and don't go anywhere. Propaganda, and then spread it outside to let the emperor know, disturbing the emperor's interest in the southern tour, can you bear it?"

The imperial concubine is still like this, with a mouth like a knife, but her heart is not necessarily so bad. Lan Qi and Concubine Rong have long been used to it, but they can hear her say these things, so they feel at ease. At least the spirit is not bad, and the body is not so bad.

"Go back to the study, it's getting more and more unruly, you're not in the palace, you're going to mess around?" The imperial concubine frowned and scolded her son, but the hand that was tightly held by Yinzhen didn't want to struggle away, and she talked for a long time Still losing to his son, he had no choice but to coax him, "Emiang is fine, you can feel at ease when you see it? Go back to the study obediently, otherwise, Emiang is not at ease, how can you recover from her illness?"

Yinzhen lowered his head and said, "I can't sit still when I go back, I just want to be by my mother's side."

The imperial concubine was a little anxious, Lan Qi took half a step forward and blessed Fu's body and said: "You let the fourth elder brother stay. With the fourth elder brother here, the concubines will feel at ease."

The imperial concubine stared at her silently, but Lan Qi turned around and said to Concubine Rong, "Sister Rong, let's go back."

Concubine Rong didn't have any idea at all, seeing what Lan Qi said, she was happy to come out, and the two of them didn't care what the mother and son would do, so they left on their own. Empress Concubine, you are causing trouble to Concubine De.

Lan Qi reassured her with a few words, telling her to go to Yonghe Palace to find her if she had something to do. After leaving Chengqian Palace, Concubine Rong leaned beside her and said softly: "It's really not good to look at. Did you see that the eyes of the empress are a little distracted? Seeing people is not as sharp as it used to be."

Lan Qi looked calm and breezy just now, but at this moment her face became tense, unable to utter a word.

After parting with Concubine Rong, and returning to her bedroom, her legs felt weak when she entered the door. Huanchun and the others supported their master to the couch, and the good man suddenly covered his face and sobbed for a long time. It took him a long time to calm down, which scared them They didn't dare to speak, but Lan Qi ordered: "Let people from Tai Hospital come to see me."

After talking with the people from the imperial hospital for a while, Huanchun and Luzhu were all sent outside the door, Ziyu asked Huanchun softly: "Sister, is the imperial concubine not ready?"

Huan Chunbi hissed: "That's a shame."

It took a long time for the people from the Tai Hospital to leave, and everyone went in to serve them again, but seeing the master leaning on the kang behind the screen, staring blankly out of the window, Huan Chun asked if he wanted some tea, Lan Qi waved her hand and let them all go out.

After staying like this, even the people from the House of Internal Affairs were dismissed. Only when Princess Wen Chen cried for her mother, did everyone dare to disturb Lan Qi with the little princess in her arms. Terrified, she stretched out her hand to touch Euniang's cheek, and cried along with her.

In the end, everyone had to separate the mother and daughter again, Huan Chun handed the handkerchief beside him, and asked in a good way: "What's wrong with you?"

Lan Qi finally calmed down again, and said in a deep voice: "I feel sorry for the fourth elder brother, and I also feel sorry for the imperial concubine. The past is long gone. All these years, I only see her being wholeheartedly good to the fourth elder brother. She is a good mother."

"If the fourth elder brother is an ignorant baby, it's all right. When he was the most sensible, he was still just a child. How can he bear it?"

Huanchun was very calm, and comforted, "If there is a day, my lady, you have to cheer up and comfort the fourth elder brother. At least the fourth elder brother still has a mother."

Thinking of Yinzhen holding the imperial concubine's hand, she, a person who might not cry even when being bullied maliciously, couldn't handle such a thing in her heart, and said heartbrokenly: "But I can't replace the imperial concubine...the imperial doctor Said, already struggling."

Huan Chun was shocked when he heard it, and said softly: "Isn't your empress still very energetic? Why?"

Lan Qi's heart sank into the abyss, she folded her hands together and prayed silently on her chest, and said softly: "I hope she can wait until the emperor returns to Beijing."

After all, the imperial concubine is the same deputy queen. Lan Qi and Concubine Rong can't really hide this matter. Two days later, they discussed with the queen mother in Ningshou Palace. I'm not interested, I sent someone back to pay my respects these few days, and asked them what the emperor was busy with, and said that he personally inspected the river workers, walked in the water and walked in the fields, he was really busy."

The empress dowager's intention was not to disturb the emperor. Lan Qi knew that she hadn't seen the appearance of the imperial concubine with her own eyes, so she must still feel that nothing would happen, and her relationship was not very deep. She had a reason for such a decision, but the two withdrew Ningshou Palace felt that something was wrong after all, and Concubine Rong was a careful person, and she very much agreed with Lan Qi's decision, and finally sent the news behind the Queen Mother's back.

After the emperor sent someone to reply urgently, two days later, Xuan Ye personally wrote a letter to Lan Qi, urging her to take care of the imperial concubine, and told Lan Qi very clearly that this southern tour was of great importance, and it might be over in two years. To start a war against the Junggar tribe, the emperor had to tighten his finances. The purpose of the southern tour was to estimate how long and how long the court's current financial resources could support the war.

"Although the imperial concubine is heavy, she is not as good as the world, and the emperor can't do anything about it." When Concubine Rong heard Lan Qi tell her these things, she couldn't help but feel negatively hurt, "If I am like this in the future, the emperor probably won't even worry about it. Love is heavy, but it’s only mediocre to me.”

Lan Qi said sternly: "Why did my sister say these things? Instead of being sad about this nothing, it's better for us sisters to live healthy and live with him and spend the rest of our lives with him."

Concubine Rong's expression lifted when she heard the words, and she nodded heavily.

But Lan Qi is still sad about this, it is one thing to be considerate of Xuan Ye, but another thing to feel sorry for the imperial concubine, and more importantly, she is not sure if the child Yinzhen can figure it out. The imperial concubine can't wait for the emperor to return, whether this child will resent his father in his heart, this is the last thing she wants to see.

Fortunately, the heavens are merciful, or the imperial concubine is reluctant to bear too many things in the world. After the fainting, the condition did not deteriorate further. As the first month passed, when the weather in February was getting warmer, the spirit recovered together with everything, and Lan Qi went to visit again A few times, I also saw that the look in the eyes of the imperial concubine was a little loose, but it became sharp and clear again, and the fourth elder brother also had a smile on his face.

But Lan Qi was still not at ease in her heart. The imperial concubine's illness has been going up and down repeatedly, just like Qinglian hiding outside the door crying that day, maybe the next time she faints, she really won't be able to wake up again.

In a blink of an eye, the emperor has been away from the palace for more than a month. According to the original itinerary, if he returns to Beijing at the end of February, he should be on his way back soon. However, there is news from Jiangnan that this trip will be postponed, and along with this news, it came to the palace. , Another event that caused an uproar in the Six Palaces broke the quiet days in the palace when the emperor was not at home.

Sure enough, there were no concubines accompanying him, the emperor could not resist the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, the outstanding people in Suzhou City, the concubines who accompanied the southern tour that day saw it in their eyes, and the girls there were all like water and flowers. He called local officials to order them to be "careful", but no one followed this time. Don't those officials want to be more "careful"?