Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

These words are naturally aimed at Concubine De, imperial concubine, no, once the queen falls, the fourth elder brother will return to her knees, but she is obviously only in the concubine position, how should the fourth elder brother's status be counted?

Everyone is thinking about this question, but Concubine Hui is shrewd and won't speak rashly, Concubine Rong doesn't care at all, other people dare not talk nonsense at this moment, only Concubine Yi can't get rid of her temper, she said so in person Out.

Lan Qi glanced at her, glanced at her indifferently, left everyone behind and went straight to the inner hall. The other women were dressed in grand court clothes, and they were more aware of their duties as concubines than usual, and they all kept their senses honestly , let's see how the empresses act and then follow suit.

Concubine Hui said: "The empress is under the care of Concubine De, so we don't need to keep it anymore, there are so many people, the emperor will come soon, so there is no need to see us now."

Concubine Rong had no objection, and when the two were about to leave, Concubine Yi swaggered past them and sneered all the way: "It's really unlucky for anyone to be served by her, Queen Niu Hulu, Empress Dowager, now it's our new queen's turn, she Sending away one after another, I really don't know if it's her luck or the bad luck of others."

Everyone was shocked when they heard such unrestrained words. The worst thing was that the emperor appeared at this moment.He didn't know when he came, but he promised to make way for Concubine Yi on both sides of the separation, and suddenly saw the emperor appearing in front of the door. It's not certain that the emperor really heard what Concubine Yi said.

Everyone's face was pale, and Concubine Yi almost couldn't lift her breath, she froze in place, but seeing the holy car slowly entering, Concubine Rong pulled her aside, the emperor walked away from the crowd expressionlessly. Walking by, it seemed that he didn't hear what Concubine Yi said just now, but this unusual anger that could be felt even without getting close, obviously the emperor heard it.

Sheng Jia hid in the inner hall, everyone outside breathed a sigh of relief, Concubine Yi was so weak that she was about to fall, but Concubine Rong stopped her and whispered in her ear: "There is nothing wrong now, just go out , If there is any further commotion, you don’t want to lose your head?”

Concubine Yi was frightened out of her wits, Tao Hong came up with the maids to help her, the master and servant walked out of Chengqian Palace tremblingly, when the crowd was about to leave, Concubine Hui sighed: "She will suffer one day, she just doesn't know how to make trouble come out of her mouth reason."

Concubine Rong didn't speak, but Concubine Hui suddenly grabbed her hand, her eyes were slightly red and she seemed very sincere: "Sister, please be good, there are not many sisters left in the past, and those who come later like Huangguifei are all want……"

Concubine Rong said calmly, "It's the empress."

Concubine Hui smiled wryly, her sadness dissipated in an instant, she let go of Concubine Rong's hand and said, "After all, there is another queen, but what will happen next? Could it be her?"

The eyes of the two met, Concubine Rong clearly understood the meaning of Concubine Hui's words, but she pretended to be confused and said to herself: "There are still many things to prepare, so please stay with me."

The two separated in front of the Chengqian Palace, and each walked in the direction of their respective palaces. The sisters who used to be close and depended on each other did not know which fork in the road to go. Concubine Hui was on a road of no return. Then he carefully walked the unknown road step by step.

But in recent years, Concubine Rong has seen her future more and more clearly. She understands that if she hadn't appeared in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and hadn't been transferred to the Palace of Qianqing by the Empress Dowager, she might have been a court lady for the rest of her life, but Lan Qi was different. Fate, it seems that no matter where you are, you are destined to come here one day.

In the inner hall of Chengqian Palace, Lan Qi was sitting on the edge of the bed, gently rubbing her hands and smoothing the face of the unconscious queen. The queen was still breathing, as if she was just sleeping peacefully, without any pain or hardship, but she didn't know when she would wake up What's more, it's a pity that she didn't know anything about the happy event that she had entered the middle palace.

"Your Majesty's skin is still very good." Lan Qi put down the queen's hand and looked at her peaceful face. It's a pity that a healthy person who sleeps like this will inevitably have a nice blush on his face, but the queen is still as pale as paper , and the gray darkness.

Qing Lian was holding a water basin by the side, and she smiled lightly when she heard what the Concubine De concubine said: "The master has always cared about his skin, and the imperial doctor is often called in to help him study skin care methods, and the servants have received many prescriptions that the master has used, Let's give it to Empress Defei later."

Lan Qi touched her cheek and joked, "Do I look rough?"

Qinglian panicked, and hurriedly said: "This is not the meaning of the servant, the servant is..."

But Lan Qi held her arm, and said gently: "It's too presumptuous and self-righteous for me to say such a thing, but the empress can't speak now, I'm afraid I can't say anything to you if I want to say it. Qinglian, these years Taking care of the empress and the fourth elder brother is all thanks to you, I would like to say thank you on behalf of the empress, and the fourth elder brother will be entrusted to you in the future, okay?"

Qinglian was still laughing just now, but her eyes were red in an instant, and tears fell into the basin she was holding. She shook her head and said, "If the master can't leave, the servant will not listen to this even for the rest of his life." Words are fine."

Xuanye turned from the door to leave, seeing all the scene just now, and hated Yifei's words even more because of this.Lan Qi used to act coquettishly and lose her temper, saying why people always arrange her to mock her. The emperor has never heard such words with his own ears. After speaking in front of so many people, he realized the importance of the calamity of rumors. Fortunately, Lan Qi could smile at Fengyun so generously, and he couldn't bear it with just one sentence.

But someone came in in front of the door, and Concubine Tong, who was also saluting in the hall just now, had already changed into her heavy court dress, and the maid followed behind her, holding the qin and carrying the qin stand, Xuan Ye was puzzled, Concubine Tong stepped forward to salute and said: " The Empress wants to listen to the zither, but the qin has been put on hold for a long time, the qin master has tuned it up in the past two days, and the concubine has also practiced in Chuxiu Palace a few times, and she just wants to play the qin for the empress to listen to."

Xuan Ye's expression was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "She's unconscious and can't hear."

Concubine Tong smiled resolutely: "Your Majesty wants to hear it, even in her dreams."

It's a pity that her strength couldn't hold back for long, and after saying this, the tip of her nose turned red and her eyes filled with tears. Xuan Ye felt sorry for her, and he held her hands and said, "Your sister is gone, I won't let others bully you."

Concubine Tong sniffed and said, "Concubines will not be bullied by others, and concubines will not embarrass my sister." After saying this, she blessed the emperor and led the maids in.

After a little movement inside, the maids all backed out, Xuan Ye sat aside, but heard the sound of the zither ding ding dong dong coming out of the inner hall, the liveliness in the sound of the zither changed the gloomy atmosphere of Chengqian Palace for a long time, even the maids outside the room The eunuchs stopped what they were doing and listened.

Xuan Ye felt that the sound of the piano seemed familiar, but he had never heard Tong Bin play the piano, and only watched Lan Qi sitting in the middle of the lake playing the piano from a distance in that year.

The fourth elder brother came with the sound of the piano, and saw his father sitting on one side, coming forward to salute, Xuan Ye saw that he was holding a book in his hand, and asked if he had gone to the study room, Yinzhen bowed his head and answered: "Er Niang kept saying, My son has read so many books, but I have never told her any stories, Er Niang likes Sun Monkey's play, and always said that she wants to listen to the full version of "Journey to the West", but it is a book that my son cannot read." He said While talking, he subconsciously hid the book behind his back, he didn't go to the study room, it was Xiao Hezi who got the book for him.

The emperor's face was serious, he didn't seem to care what he was holding, but said: "You should change your name and call your mother the queen."

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips and nodded and said: "I have written it down, Huang Ama, can I go and read stories to Huang Erniang now?"

Xuan Ye shook his head and said: "Listening to the story can make her happy, it's better to memorize the scriptures to make her happy. You are a child's filial piety. Huang Ama is very pleased, but you don't understand the heart of parents."

The fourth elder brother didn't understand, but saw his father stretch out his hand and took away the few books that he had obtained so hard from behind him. His father rolled up the book and knocked on his head, saying: "Go and memorize what it means to cultivate one's morality, govern the family, govern the country and the world, explain Listen to your mother-in-law."

Yinzhen froze and didn't move, but saw his father getting angry a little, got up and pushed him out of the door, and said seriously: "You can go to the study to find any one, recite it and figure it out before you come back."

At this moment, Qinglian hurried out from the inner hall, seeing that the emperor was still here, she said joyfully, "Long Live Lord, Your Majesty is awake."

Xuan Ye was about to go in when he heard the sound, and saw that the fourth elder brother was also following, so he stopped and reprimanded: "You didn't listen to what I said?"

The fourth elder brother was stunned, and his red lips moved slightly, wanting to say that he wanted to see his mother, but his father was as majestic as a mountain and he did not dare to disobey, the two sides were in a stalemate for no more than a moment, Xiao Hezi, who was listening to the commotion outside, rushed in desperately and pulled the fourth elder brother out up.

Qinglian didn't know what was going on between the father and son, but as soon as the fourth elder brother left, the emperor came into the room and saw Lan Qi and Tong Concubine respectfully bowing to the empress in front of the bed, the empress looked at them calmly, with a faint smile in her eyes. Very smiling.

Xuan Ye restrained his thoughts, strode in, pointed to Tong Bin and said, "It's your sister who has a way, a few songs will wake you up, how long are you going to sleep, I am very worried."

The empress didn't know if she recovered enough energy after a deep sleep, or if it was the legendary reflection, her eyes were shining brightly, and she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, is this concubine the empress?"

Concubine Tong has gone to bring the golden book and treasure seal over there. Although the queen is seriously ill and cannot participate in any ceremonies, the etiquette that should be given to the queen has not been missed. Xuan Ye held her hand and touched the queen's treasure. With such a happy and excited smile, he said repeatedly between his lips: "The concubine is finally the queen."

Not long after Xuanye asked Tongpin to put away the golden book and seal, Lan Qi gently pulled Tongpin, indicating that they should leave, Xuanye didn't care, and the queen's eyes were full of only her cousin, only to see Xuanye will Putting a few books in front of her, she scolded: "Hurry up and take care of your son. I got this idle book and said that I want to tell you a story. Is it true to tell you a story or I can't learn it well? Forgive him, next time he will be dragged out to play the board, if you don't want to, teach him when you are well."

The queen coquettishly said: "Cousin still treats me like a younger sister? I can't get better." She reached out and grabbed Xuan Ye's palm. Holding his thick palm, she said, "Don't be too harsh on my son. She was born as a Concubine De and I raised her with painstaking efforts. It's not easy to grow up. Even if you don't like him in the future, don't bully him."

Xuan Ye said with a smile: "I promise you."

The queen was satisfied, with tears in her eyes, and suddenly she asked with a smile: "In your heart, does the emperor like me more, or Wuya Lanqi more?"

In the outer hall, Lan Qi and Tong Concubine sat quietly on both sides. The emperor stayed inside for a whole day, and they sat outside for a whole day. Father said in front of him: "Huang Ama, I have finished memorizing."

Xuan Ye said: "Your mother-in-law is asleep, go and stay with her, don't disturb her."

The fourth elder brother looked pale, and hurried into the room, but seeing that the queen was still breathing, she was really asleep instead of gone, so she was relieved, sitting on the edge of the bed and grabbing her hand, never letting go.

Sheng Jia wanted to go back to Qianqing Palace, Lan Qi and Tong Bin sent each other outside the door, Xuan Ye told them: "Don't leave tonight."

The two understood each other without saying a word. When the emperor was about to leave, Concubine Tong cried suddenly: "The emperor has dealt with the affairs of the court, come back earlier, my sister is waiting for you."

Sheng Jia left, Tong Concubine broke down suddenly, burst into tears and fell to the ground, all the maids and eunuchs around were crying.

This night, the Chengqian Palace was brightly lit, but the queen slept peacefully all night. The first ray of sunlight shone into the Chengqian Palace the next morning. The people on the sickbed slowly opened their eyes and saw Yinzhen falling asleep beside him. , reached out to touch his head, the child was very vigilant, opened his eyes immediately, and said, "Mother Huang, are you awake?"

The empress was very pleased to hear the sound of "Emperor's Mother", and when she nodded and was about to speak, there was a piano sound from the outer hall, faintly hearing the same sound as in yesterday's dream, she smiled reassuringly, looked at Yinzhen again and said: "Haven't slept all night, are you tired?"

The son shook his head, and said unconvinced: "Mother Huang, Ama Huang wants me to explain to you, what is self-cultivation, family governance, state governance and world peace, I have already understood it, so I will recite it to you."

The queen laughed, "Who wants to listen to those things? I've been listening to your recitation every day. In fact, my head hurts." She pointed to the "idle book" left by the emperor yesterday beside her pillow and said, "Read it to me."

Yinzhen responded, stretched out his hand to grab the book, and when he leaned over to his mother's face, he suddenly heard her ask: "Son, do you want to be the emperor?"

The fourth elder brother was taken aback, and straightened up blankly while clutching the book. The queen said to herself again: "It's a pity that the emperor's mother can't help you, son, you have to live up to yourself."

"Emperor Niang..." Fourth Prince called her.

"Let's study, I like to hear stories about Sun Monkey." The queen suddenly changed the topic, looking at Yinzhen with a leisurely smile.

The fourth elder brother nodded, flipped through a few pages, and read aloud: "The Monkey King is innocent and happy, how long will it last for three to five hundred years. One day, during a wedding banquet with a group of monkeys, he suddenly became sad and shed tears. All the monkeys hurriedly bowed and said, "Why is your majesty bothered?" The monkey king said, "Although I am happy, I am a little short-sighted, so I am troubled..."

In front of the gate of the inner hall, Concubine Tong stood quietly, behind her was the concubine De concubine stroking the strings, and in the room was the fourth elder brother reading aloud, her eyes stayed on her sister, in the sound of the piano and books, she saw her smiling happily, slowly Closing her eyes, Tong Bin's body slid down against the door frame, covering her mouth and crying: "Sister..."

Outside the gate of Qianqing, the emperor was in front of the court to listen to the government. Eunuch Liang rushed over and cried bitterly on the ground: "Long live, the empress is dead."