Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"How did the news come?" Lan Qi suddenly realized that it might not be too late to stop the spread of the matter in the Changchun Garden, so she was in a hurry to get off the heating bed and was going to discuss it with Concubine Rong.

Huan Chun then said: "Your Majesty, it's too late. A few maids in Wuyi Zhai were scared and ran out, shouting for death everywhere. Although they have already been captured, it has already spread throughout the garden."

"How did this happen?" Lan Qi sat down heavily, "Yesterday Yinzhen came to tell me that the rules of Wuyi Zhai are comparable to those of Yuqing Palace, how could such things happen one after another?"

Huan Chun leaned over and said softly: "I heard some words, I didn't dare to say them because I was afraid that you would be angry."

Lan Qi frowned and looked at her, Huan Chun said softly: "It was rumored by the servants in private, saying that the prince has a tyrannical personality and occasionally abuses the court ladies and eunuchs, but the affairs in Yuqing Palace are not allowed to be disclosed to the outside world, so it has never been reported. , the servants have heard it, and they dare not mention it."

"How could this happen?" Lan Qi said, clutching the door of her heart, "It may not be true that it can be spread like this. Now that there are accidents happening one after another in Wuyi Zhai, it may all be exposed."

At this time, it was rumored outside the door that the nobleman Jue Chan had arrived, and Jue Chan brought this incident freshly, and sat down and said: "The concubine originally thought that Concubine Hui was obstructing it, but now things have turned out like this, if she is too radical It really isn't worth it to offend the emperor, she really wouldn't be so foolish and impulsive."

Lan Qi sighed: "The emperor must have started to investigate. If Concubine Hui has messed up, she will dig her own grave. I also believe that she will not be so stupid."

It can be seen that this incident must have something to do with the prince. He lost to the fourth elder brother in the last exam last year. He guessed that the emperor did not give him a good face. Every time he thinks about it, Lan Qi is worried that his son will be stared at by them. superior.

Jue Chan also reminded Lan Qi: "Although the uncle's house will still support the fourth elder brother, after all, Empress Xiaoyi is gone, and the empress has to plan for the long-term. The most important thing right now is not to let them provoke the relationship between the fourth elder brother and the prince. , for them, clearing away an obstacle makes the road smooth."

Lan Qi is grateful for Jue Chan's kindness, but these words cannot be said easily, or Jue Chan is definitely not the one to discuss these matters, just like her relationship with Xuan Ye, this is a problem that must be faced independently. But she didn't resolutely express her dislike, and just perfunctory said one sentence after another. She felt that Chan was a very smart person, and when she understood Concubine De's attitude, she knew her own propriety.

Not long after Concubine Rong arrived, Jue Chan felt that it was inconvenient to listen to their discussion, so she followed Huanchun to prepare lunch, and when the table was cleared, someone from Qingxi Bookstore suddenly came, saying that the emperor asked Concubine De to come over .

Lan Qi let sister Rong and nobleman Jue Chan take care of themselves, changed clothes and came in a hurry in a sedan chair, because ministers often came in and out of Qingxi Bookstore, and although Changchun Garden had no division between the front court and the rear palace, the concubines hardly went there Come here, when she gets off the sedan chair in front of Qingxi Bookstore, she is very unfamiliar with everything here.

Eunuch Liang was waiting in front of the door. When Lan Qi met, she asked, "Where is the prince?"

Eunuch Liang hurriedly said softly: "The prince has gone back to Wuyi Zhai."

Lan Qi frowned slightly, Eunuch Liang had learned to be very alert, and before the concubine De concubine could ask questions, he had already reported: "The emperor came to the prince to talk about the affairs of the side Fujin in April, and asked a few questions about the maid, what is the prince doing?" It’s okay to believe the emperor, the father and son didn’t have any trouble.”

Hearing these words, Lan Qi adjusted her mind and walked into the study. When she entered the door, Xuan Ye was standing in front of the bookshelf flipping through books, with a pair of diorama glasses on the bridge of her nose. Didn't you have lunch?"

"Just put it, you send someone to look for it." Lan Qi stood far away and asked casually, "Why does the emperor use glasses?"

"It's going to be sent to the Queen's Lady. I wore it and played with it, and I really felt dizzy." Xuan Ye said, handing the glasses to Lan Qi, "When are you going to the Ningchun Hall, and give it to the Queen's Lady for me? . " After saying that, he summoned someone from the outside world to pass on the meal.

"Is the emperor looking for his concubine to eat?" Lan Qi asked.

"Looking at you last night, I had an appetite. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat today, but I don't have the energy to deal with these messy things. I want to ask you to have a meal together." The emperor said in his mouth, seemingly positive. Lan Qi didn't ask any more questions, and sat down with him in the dining room. There was a huge imperial meal in front of her eyes. She was most afraid of serving this kind of imperial meal with dozens of dishes. I lost my appetite.

The eunuchs brought two hot pots and placed them at the end of the table. If the emperor wanted to use them, the eunuchs had to cook the meat before sending them over. Think about last night in Ruijingxuan, there was a small table with a copper stove, several dishes and two bowls Chopsticks, everything you need to eat is in front of your eyes, so you can feel at ease when you are intimate, but at this moment the emperor is sitting at the table stupidly, in fact, he can't even see the original appearance of the things that are delivered to his mouth.

Xuan Ye waved at Eunuch Liang, and Eunuch Liang immediately understood, calling all the maids and eunuchs to go down, and Lan Qi was left to accompany him in the room. Seeing this posture, he got up, took the bowls and chopsticks, and went to the table to pick up the dishes , I took a bite first, and then put it in a bowl and brought it in front of Xuan Ye. The emperor raised his eyes and asked her: "Why did you eat it yourself first?"

Lan Qi was frightened by his momentum, and said timidly: "The eunuch who tested the poison also went down."

"Test poison?"

"Yes."

"I ate at Ruijingxuan last night. Have you ever tried poison? What are you doing so pretentiously?" The emperor was obviously making trouble out of no reason. There are so many people who are called out to vent their anger just because they are on the tip of his heart. Although no one wants to be vented, if they are not considerate of him, who else will be considerate of him?

The two were deadlocked, the hot pot at the end of the table was gurgling, but the other dishes were about to cool down. Lan Qi still had the salty taste of the sauced meat just now, and she wanted to drink a sip of hot tea to dilute it.

"I always bully you like this." Xuan Ye picked up the chopsticks and stuffed all the vegetables in the bowl into his mouth. After chewing for a long time, it was obviously difficult to swallow. Lan Qi hurried to the side and brought a spittoon for him to spit out, After serving tea to rinse his mouth, he turned his back and secretly drank half a bowl of tea to rinse his mouth.

Just put down the tea bowl to take a breath, and heard Xuanye say: "When the emperor's grandmother is here, when I encounter these things, I can still have someone to rely on. It's okay to say things that are embarrassing to anyone. I will be the emperor, but I will be the emperor." I still can't learn how to be a father, how can I prevent them from being bad, why do I spend so much effort to teach, and this kind of thing still happens. It's like this for one or two, and those little futures, don't they have to wait in line Angry at me one by one?"

"Chenqie, can I say a few words?" Lan Qi finally spoke.

Xuan Ye glanced at him, and said impatiently: "When did I ask you to shut up?"

Lan Qi didn't care that his words didn't sound good, she walked to the dining table, served him a bowl of soup, and said slowly: "The emperor always looks at me and misses the children, that's not fair. The concubine follows the emperor When the Empress Dowager was around, Prince Yu Gong and Prince Fujin went to the palace to gossip, listening to them scolding the prince and doing disgusting things again, it was the sky blue glazed vase you gave to the concubine yesterday, the first time the concubine heard about it, it was also Prince Yu Fujin who said The prince lost his temper at home and dropped the good bottle. It was the accompanying driver of Fujin's natal family. He was afraid that Fujin would be unhappy, so he pretended to be a blue glaze after the rain. Fujin knew it at a glance, but he didn't expose it. It's just a complaint in front of the empress dowager."

When the soup was delivered to him, Lan Qi still took a sip first, Xuan Ye was impatient, but she drank it anyway, saying, "Why are you talking about these things?"

"The concubine hasn't finished talking yet." Lan Qi relaxed a little, not as scared as before, and poured soup for herself, and continued, "Every time the Fujins come to complain, the empress dowager will happily talk about the prince What happened when you were young, it turns out that apart from you, the emperor, the princes are not worrying. The empress dowager seems to support the emperor to grow up, but in fact she is also a father and mother to your brothers and sisters. I'm so angry that I don't know what to do, it's exactly the same as you are now."

Lan Qi sat next to Xuan Ye, watched him drink a whole bowl of soup, she simply handed him her own, and comforted him: "If the emperor is angry, it's fine, my brothers, they are disobedient, or beat or scold, teach me a lesson. That is, you are angry with yourself, how can it be over?"

"Where is the prince?" Xuan Ye said coldly, holding Lan Qi's bowl of soup without moving, his face seemed to turn dark suddenly, "Can the prince beat or scold, and teach him a lesson casually? If Chang Ningfuquan is a brother, can the prince Shouldn't it be me?"

Lan Qi lowered her face, her heart was pounding, and said softly: "Could it be that the emperor has not been reprimanded by the empress dowager?"

Xuan Ye stared at her and said: "I won't do such absurd things, do you know what he has done? I let him study quietly in Changchun Garden, do you know what he has done? ?”

Lan Qi couldn't speak anymore, as expected, Xuan Ye still couldn't help telling her about the prince, but she had to put herself in the right place now, and she absolutely couldn't get involved in the prince's affairs, otherwise how could the Hesheli family let her go , Mingzhu Mansion must applaud and prepare to watch a good show.Like today, when everyone is waiting for the emperor to be furious, it is eye-catching enough for the emperor to find her.

"Being so obedient and obedient in front of me, but being tyrannical and cruel after passing on others, my heart is so cold, how can I teach this?" Xuan Ye was really angry, Lan Qi saw that his expression was also not good, she stood up and stood beside her. Rubbing gently on the back, he said, "The emperor calms down, how can he be healthy if he is angry, the prince is still young..."

"Still young? He's 16 years old!"

"You can't, you can't get angry at yourself, why don't you get angry at the prince?" Lan Qi was also impulsive, and said bluntly, "Brother made a small mistake, you just beat and scolded him and never cared about him." Face, who doesn't know that the elder brother was brought up by you, but what about the prince? Doesn't the prince have never made any mistakes? Doesn't the emperor think that it is you who treat the children differently? What's wrong with the prince, the prince is not you child?"

After saying these words, Lan Qi knelt down on the ground, Xuan Ye was anxious and she was also anxious, she really regretted in her heart, why did she say these words, she bowed her head and apologized: "The concubine made a mistake."