Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

In Ruijingxuan, after the fourth elder brother left at night, Lan Qi fell asleep after taking the medicine, because her sleep became worse every day when she lay down.At this moment, I was awakened from my sleep, thinking it was time to take the medicine for back pain again, I wanted to avoid laziness and eat less, but I saw Huanchun standing in front of me empty-handed, she was wearing pajamas and only a windbreaker When I came here, I realized that Huanchun went to rest very early tonight when he was not on duty, so he couldn't help wondering: "What's wrong?"

Huanchun seemed to be freezing and nervous, his lips and teeth were trembling and he said: "Madam, the crown prince and fourth elder brother fell into the lake."

"In the lake?" Lan Qi was shocked, and unconsciously wanted to raise her body, which suddenly involved her waist injury. Although it was not as serious as it was a few days ago, it still made her fall limp and paralyzed. A person who has given birth six times cannot stand such a torment.

"Young lady, don't worry, the fourth elder brother is fine, he's just freezing, and there are some scratches on his body, and he took a few mouthfuls of cold water..." Huanchun blamed himself for not speaking clearly, but his voice became weak again as he spoke, Lan Qi looked at her nervously, "Could it be the prince?"

Huan Chun was taken aback, quickly waved his hands and said no, and hurriedly said: "It's the emperor, the emperor punished the prince and the fourth elder brother to kneel in the warm pavilion of Qingxi Bookstore, and said that they would kneel all night. By daybreak, my knees will be smashed."

Lan Qi looked at Huan Chun inexplicably, anxious and distressed, seeing that Huan Chun's words were not expressive, she couldn't help scolding: "You made it clear."

Huanchun was also woken up by servants in his sleep, and he was confused and frightened when he heard it. Sometimes he could not speak clearly, so he could only call in the person who sent the message in, and explained the affairs by the lake in detail through a screen. listened.

It turned out that after Xiaohezi led people to rescue the fourth elder brother and the prince, the emperor was immediately alarmed and went to Taoyuan Bookstore in person. Hearing that the fourth elder brother and the prince wanted to go fishing by the lake at night, they fell into the water, so they directly sent the brothers The two took them back to Qingxi Bookstore and let them kneel in the warm pavilion to think about their mistakes. The poor prince and fourth elder brother were shivering from the cold, so they changed their clothes and drank two bowls of ginger soup, only to be punished by their father to kneel.

"Are they going fishing?" Lan Qi didn't believe it at all, besides, when did the fourth elder brother play with the prince?After entering the garden, the princes and the prince still did not study together, and even the older brothers were studying in their own courtyards. The fourth elder brother was always with the third elder brother, so how could he go fishing with the prince.With such an unconvincing reason, Xuan Ye didn't rush to drag them to the board, which was already polite.

"Your Majesty, I'm not worried about what's going on right now. You know the emperor's temper. It really takes a night of kneeling. The prince and the fourth elder brother can't stand it." Huanchun was extremely anxious, "The prince doesn't know, but the fourth elder brother If he refuses to admit his mistakes and give in, he would rather kneel all night."

"It deserves it." Lan Qi was furious, but she didn't even have the strength to lose her temper now. If it was good, she might have to teach Yinzhen a lesson, but she couldn't even sit up. Even if there was an uproar in Qingxi Bookstore, she Can't go.

"Your Majesty, please calm down, the fourth elder brother and the prince really knelt down, and the Lord Long Live is not at ease." Huan Chun tried hard to persuade the fourth elder brother, so distressed that the fourth elder brother almost ran to Qingxi Bookstore to kneel and beg.

Lan Qi's heart sank, one was her son and the other was the crown prince, so she didn't necessarily have to ask other concubines to come forward, there was only one person who could beg, for fear of offending Xuan Ye.

"Miss?"

"Go to Ningchun Hall." Lan Qi was furious. Now that the two children were fished out of the icy lake, how could they stand the punishment of kneeling? It's one thing for the emperor to be angry. Not coming back, "Go and beg the queen mother to come forward, just say it is my plea, beg the queen mother to go to Qingxi Bookstore to bring the children out, and I will definitely go to kowtow to thank you in the future."

Huan Chun took orders to put on clothes quickly, and ran to Ning Chun Hall with a lantern in hand, and Ning Chun Hall had already been alarmed, the Queen Mother had been waiting for news from Qingxi Bookstore, seeing Huan Chun coming to beg for her master to go for a while. After a trip, I immediately agreed.

At this moment in Qingxi Study House, the emperor is sitting in his study. He always has to review memorials or read books until late every night, and today he won’t sleep for a while. The two boys in the warm pavilion are kneeling, and his heart is in a mess Yes, I don't know how.

Here Yinreng and Yinzhen are kneeling stiffly on the floor tiles. The room is as warm as spring, whether it’s cold or not, but they drank a lot of cold water when they were still in shock. Teenagers are not so strong and already feel very painful. You have to kneel upright, and you can't stand it anymore if you kneel for less than an hour.

There was no third person in the room, and the emperor asked them to reflect on themselves. The two of them didn't speak after entering the door. At this moment, the fourth elder brother couldn't kneel anymore. He secretly looked back to see if there was anyone, and wanted to sit down for a while, so the prince said: "Why bother? Why didn't you tell Huang Ama that I committed suicide by throwing myself into the lake?"

Yinzhen suddenly covered the prince's mouth, and seeing that there was no one in front of the door, he let go of his hand and said softly: "Second brother, you can't say such things, and you must never tell Huang Ama about this. Your body, hair, and skin are affected. Don’t dare to hurt your parents, that’s the beginning of filial piety. If Huang Ama knew the truth, he would be very sad, so he must not tell it.”

The prince glanced at him indifferently, and smiled wryly: "You say we're going fishing, it's no wonder Huang Ama would believe you."

"That can't be said."

"Then why did you save me?" The prince asked suddenly, his eyes were lifeless, "How did you see me?"

"I didn't expect it to be the second elder brother at the time. Later, the more I thought about it, the more familiar I felt. I felt uneasy and wanted to run out to take a look, but I saw..." Without saying anything later, Yin Zhen couldn't move on his knees. He sat down and rubbed Leaning on his knees, he said, "Second brother, you can't do this anymore."

The prince snorted softly, still kneeling upright. Seeing him like this, Yinzhen gritted his teeth and knelt up again. The two were silent for a while, and the prince said again: "There are so many words in the garden these days, you don't want to say a word. Didn't you hear? Didn't they say, I raised a wolf and let it bite your mother, and your mother was injured like that, so you still want to save me?"

"Those are just rumors. Huang Ama will find out what's going on, and Er Niang didn't say these things to me." The fourth elder brother replied solemnly, turned to look at his elder brother and asked, "Second brother, why are you talking about this?" matter? But Huang Ama didn't say anything."

The prince smiled wryly, shook his head and ignored it.

Yinzhen asked again: "How did you escape from Wuyizhai? Didn't the people in Wuyizhai find out?"

"They watch over me like a prisoner every day. As time goes by, I've already figured out the way. Whether I want to come out is not up to them. It's just my own business." The prince said coldly, "If it wasn't for you There was a commotion, they probably thought I was still sleeping."

Yinzhen sighed: "Xiao Hezi is miserable, I'm afraid the people around you are also miserable, second brother."

"Why did you save me?" the prince asked again.

"Because you are my second elder brother." The fourth elder brother replied without thinking, looking at him sincerely, "But I still don't understand why I would do such a thing."

"Of course you don't understand." The prince's smile was so bitter that Yinzhen felt as if he had eaten a mouthful of Coptis chinensis if he took a second look. The prince sighed and said, "Emperor Niang died just to save me." , if she is still there, it must be different."

"You mean Empress Xiaozhao?" The fourth prince had no impression of Empress Xiaozhao. At that time, he was still in his mother's womb, but the prince was only a child of three or four years old. After more than ten years, it seems that he shouldn't Remember those things.

The prince really can't remember, not to mention the past, even the appearance of Empress Xiaozhao can only be remembered in the portrait, all the "memories" are almost told by people around him, telling him how much Empress Xiaozhao loved the prince, so he felt , I am also a child who has been cared for by my mother, and I gradually can't tell the truth from the fake, so I take these words as memories, and I believe that I have also been cared for and loved.

Yinfeng didn't answer his younger brother's words, but continued to ask him: "Yinzuo died for me, don't you hate it?"

Yinzhen was taken aback, then shook his head: "It's not your fault."

"If I die early, nothing will happen."

"Second brother?"

Before the two brothers could finish their conversation, the door behind them was suddenly opened, and the cold wind came in. A little eunuch knelt on the ground and said: "Prince, fourth elder brother, the empress dowager has arrived and is talking to Long live Lord in the study. Long live Lord invites the prince and fourth elder brother to come over. "

"Probably you don't need to kneel." The prince smiled coldly, and stood up with difficulty. Seeing Yinzhen staggering, he stretched out his hand to support him, and said softly, "I promise you, I won't tell anyone what happened tonight."

Yin Zhen nodded sullenly, "I won't say either."

The two brothers came to their father's side, the queen mother sat on one side, and Xuan Ye stood beside her. Seeing the two children entering the door, the queen mother smiled and blamed: "You two little guys, you don't want to pick up the time, and you are in the middle of the night. Hurry up and go back to Ningchun Hall with me." Without waiting for the crown prince and the fourth elder brother to salute the emperor, he said to Xuanye, "The emperor has been busy with court affairs day and night these days, and I have been worried Leave your body and children's affairs to me. Your Majesty will rest early. I will ask them why tomorrow. I will not be biased if I should be beaten or scolded. There are so many younger brothers and sisters. You should be a role model. You can't be greedy. played."

Xuan Ye bowed his head and agreed, without saying anything. Both sons lowered their heads and dared not look at him. He said something to do it for himself, and asked the queen mother to take away the pair of grandchildren.

The Empress Dowager never took care of things, Xuan Ye knew that she must not have thought of her coming in the middle of the night, and sure enough, Eunuch Liang sent the Empress Dowager back and told the Emperor that it was the Empress Dowager who sent someone to beg the Empress Dowager, for fear that the Emperor would misunderstand the Empress Dowager and help He explained: "My servant thinks, the empress must be afraid that the prince and the fourth elder brother will have a good or bad relationship, and you will feel sorry for the emperor when you turn back."

Xuan Ye glared at him and sneered: "They are going fishing? Do you believe it?"

Eunuch Liang fell on the ground and said, "I have something to report." Seeing that the emperor was silent, he said tremblingly, "I went there and saw a few stones on the bank. The turf under the stones is fresh. , seems to have moved here from elsewhere, and the eunuch who changed the prince's clothes told the slave that the prince has bruises from being strangled on his waist."

Xuanye's back felt chilly, and his knuckles creaked because he clenched his fist too tightly, so he asked coldly, "What is he going to do?"