Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Except for the sound of the hot pot on the stove gurgling and boiling the soup, the room was as quiet as no one. Xuan Ye was smothered by those words, and he never even heard Lan Qi's subsequent "concubine's slip of the tongue". , she had been on the ground for quite a while, he stretched out his hand to lift Lan Qi up, rubbed her knees and said, "Why do you kneel all the time, you know I don't like this."

Lan Qi lowered her head, she had a lot of things she wanted to say, but she couldn't say those things, such as her kneeling, it was because Xuan Ye was the emperor, because he was the emperor, so those words were destined not to be said in this life.

"Don't you say it? I still want to hear it." Xuan Ye said as expected.

"The concubine shouldn't have said those words. It's really out of proportion. The emperor wants to hear it now, but if he gets annoyed in the future, in retrospect, the concubine will be usurping the concubine. That will make you hate the concubine even more." Lan Qi lowered her eyes and dared not look at it. Xuan Ye said seriously, "Your Majesty, you know the seriousness of this, and my concubine will be more careful in the future. Please don't make things difficult for me, Your Majesty."

Xuan Ye was extremely disappointed, but he did know the seriousness of it, so apart from saying it out loud today, he has always been alone in his heart about any conflicts with the prince.

"Only the emperor's grandmother, I can say anything to her, not even you." Xuan Ye smiled bitterly, "The emperor's grandmother always told me that since ancient times, emperors have said that they are lonely, and no one who sits on the dragon chair is not lonely. I didn't think so before, I thought I had the emperor's grandmother, you, and brothers and children. But now I realize that no matter how many people are around, my heart is still empty. Even you can't treat each other wholeheartedly. This is not you The fault, the fault is the fault, I am the emperor."

"This is not the emperor's fault. Even if you are not an emperor, you can't do whatever you want." Lan Qi said calmly, "Anyone in this world who has the slightest consideration for others will be restrained and There is nothing to do. The kite in the sky wants to fly higher, but it is firmly restrained by the string. The kite must feel that the string hinders it from flying high, but once the string is cut, what is waiting for it is landing, even if it can be free Flying freely for a while will not change the result of the fall. Containment is not a bad thing, the concubine has been by the empress dowager's side for more than ten years, and what she has learned is how to get along with the emperor, not seeking temporary pleasure, but relying on each other for a lifetime."

"You are so good. When did you become so smart? In my eyes..." Xuan Ye was so emotional that he stared blankly at Lan Qi, as if talking to himself, "When I taught you to read and write, I didn't I look forward to today, but you always surprise me."

Her mood settled down, and after hearing these words, she smiled coquettishly: "Is the concubine very likable?"

Xuan Ye took her hand and kissed the back of it twice, touching the wound from yesterday between his lips, and kissed tenderly again: "I lost my temper at you, and even hurt you, a majestic king, who can only Bully your own woman."

Lan Qi smiled leisurely and said: "Don't worry, the emperor, I won't tell others."

Xuan Ye was taken aback for a moment, then immediately smiled, and patted her forehead to reproach her: "Push your nose on your face."

But Lan Qi said seriously: "As for the prince's matter, if the emperor is calm and calm, there will be a solution."

Xuan Ye's face darkened a little, but he seemed to have a little appetite. He pointed out a few dishes for Lan Qi to bring. First he ate a few mouthfuls, Xuan Ye didn't blame her anymore, the two sat down and ate a few mouthfuls of food quietly, the emperor suddenly said: "To the prince, I will think about it carefully, but you promise me, you don't have to. Say anything, but can you listen to what I have to say, I don't ask you to discuss it, I just talk to you about what is in my heart."

Lan Qi nodded in agreement, smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Your Majesty, remember to bring a few more rare and good things when you speak from your heart. The concubine must be more attentive and take advantage of others. You have heard it."

Xuan Ye scolded with a smile: "Don't think about what good things I gave you in the past two years, you will be greedy."

Lan Qi didn't take it seriously at all, and filled another bowl of soup for Xuan Ye, and after he drank it warmly, she said seriously: "The concubine also has something to discuss with the emperor, and I didn't have time to talk about it last night."

The eyes of the two were ambiguous, but not presumptuous, Xuan Ye nodded to let her talk, and then Lan Qi slowly told the emperor what happened in the palace before, and when talking about the doll found in Yuan Xu's room, she said solemnly : "Ms. Ping used to be fond of causing trouble, but she has finally settled down these days. She, Wang Changzai, and Yuan promised not to interfere with the well water. , the imperial physician has never come to report to the concubine seriously, so the concubine arbitrarily judged that it was their own fault. But the above matter, it is not that the concubine can satisfy them. Since you have accepted him, the emperor, you plan to take care of it Get close, but don't like it for a while and then leave it alone, do you let the concubine and Sister Rong take care of it?"

The emperor nodded indifferently: "Are you still asking me to clean up?"

Lan Qi was displeased: "The concubine is speaking serious words."

"I'm also serious." After Xuan Ye finished speaking, he smiled at her. The smile made Lan Qi avoid her eyes in disgust, but he followed her eyes. She was annoyed and pushed him away, but was caught by Xuan Ye. He said with his hands, "You saw them fresh now, so you said these things to me. In fact, those people who have been in the palace for a long time, aren't you taking care of them now?"

Lan Qi turned her face away: "The concubine is not happy to hear this, and the concubine is also abandoned by you? I only hear the sadness of the newcomer's smile, the emperor is so embarrassed to say it."

"You understand it in your heart, do you want me to say more?" Xuan Ye said.

"Can you understand for a lifetime?" Lan Qi looked at him, pursed her lips and said, "Do you know that when doing these things, my concubines are conflicted in their hearts every day, often suddenly confused or suddenly sober, not knowing what they are doing?" What, the only thing that can convince me to deal with them every day is status and power, make myself indifferent and ruthless, otherwise nothing can be done."

Xuan Ye's eyes were very gentle, showing a bit of helplessness as well, he smiled slightly and said: "Every day I face civil and military officials, I also convince myself like this, you see, we have the same thing again."

"It will coax people."

"It was you who coaxed them, don't be hypocritical, you just say a few words and complain now, don't you help me manage them?" Xuan Ye confidently touched Lan Qi's face lightly. "Smile quickly, I'm in a good mood, why do you have a drooping face?"

After that, the two ate a few more bites of food, and the rest were barely moved. They called Eunuch Liang and asked him to send people to various courtyards to deliver some. Lan Qi stood with him under the eaves for a while to get some air. Many things are waiting for the emperor to deal with, Qingxi Bookstore is not as spacious as Qianqing Palace, she can't stay for long.

When going out, Eunuch Liang sent Concubine De to the warm sedan chair all the way. His face was very different from Lan Qi's when he came. He was full of smiles and in a good mood at the moment. Lan Qi told him: "I will let Wang Chang She lives in Noxin's courtyard, you have to persuade the emperor to go and have a look, but if you leave her like this suddenly, the palace people should bully her."

Eunuch Liang claimed it was true, but Lan Qi felt a little sad in her heart. Since when was she born so generous, she really deserved the word "virtue" in front of people.

After returning to Ruijingxuan in the warm sedan chair, he raised the curtain to look at the scenery along the way, recalling what he had said to Xuan Ye during this lunch, his mind went blank and he couldn't remember anything.She hoped that Xuan Ye could do the same, and she must not change the prince because of her, otherwise there would be another group of people targeting her and the children, and the Hesheli clan had always been cruel.

Back at Ruijingxuan, Concubine Rong and the nobleman Juechan were gone, probably because she felt that she would not be able to come back after going to Qingxi Bookstore for a while, and she was at ease without explaining anything. Call and ask them to choose another courtyard and move Wang Changzai there.Someone died in Ruizhu Courtyard, at least it's not appropriate to put her there during this period of time, presumably the emperor's refusal to go there is also because of it.

"Up to now, I have to worry about getting close to this and that for him." After finishing the chores and finally stealing half a day off, Lan Qi complained to Huan Chun, "Huan Chun, you bystanders, do you find it awkward?"

Huan Chun said with a smile: "You have to live if you are awkward, isn't your empress doing well?"

Lan Qi smiled wryly, sighed that Huanchun could see clearly, so she just babbled a few words, thinking about everything for him in her heart and actions.Suddenly remembered something, pulled Huanchun and said softly: "You heard that the prince abused eunuchs and maids, do you have any specific explanations?"

When Huanchun saw the master asking this question, she guessed that she had heard something in front of the emperor, so she told the master everything she knew, saying that the prince was suspected of abusing court ladies and eunuchs in Yuqing Palace, and they often let them hold Kneeling with a basin of tea in his hands during the day, he seemed to be devoting himself to reading and writing, but his back and forth was obviously just to tease the servants for fun.When they arrived at Changchun Garden, things got worse, and there were even suspicions of contemptuous court ladies. Those who could not bear the humiliation were dealt with silently. Now, suddenly, one hanged and the other committed suicide by taking poison. , the rest is still unknown.

"But having said that, there are those who don't want to give in, and there are also those who are willing to curry favor with the prince. After Jian Fujin enters the palace, these court ladies will be able to find ways to take over the position in the future. Even if they are concubines with the prince, they will always have a good time. There are a few palace maids who are restless, and those who don’t want to submit will be pushed out and bullied by them.” Huan Chun said in a very old-fashioned way, “I feel that these two palace maids are not necessarily forced to death by the prince. Well, bullying among maids and eunuchs can kill people."

Lan Qi heard it clearly, and sighed: "Neither the emperor nor I seem to have thought of this. From the emperor's point of view, it is probably the fault of the prince. Of course he is wrong, but he is not necessarily willing to do so."