Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

"New love and old love are all in the heart, how can you not be as good as them, not to mention their status, what status are you?" Lan Qi gave Concubine Yi enough face, since she came to show her favor today, she asked her to go back happily. yes.

Concubine Yi is really easy to coax, what's more, she has always felt that Concubine De can't talk to her, and she wants to curry favor with her to please the emperor, but at the same time, she is worried that her hot face will be put on her cold ass. She is so friendly today, she feels relieved, and the chatterbox is opened. Can't stop.It’s still the same temper as before. After talking for a long time, Lan Qi’s waist was somehow involved, and she sighed: “Last night, the Lord Long Live told me that this matter has a result. He said that the person who closed the guard was careless and let it in.” There were more than one wolf, and the guards searched everywhere after that day, and even killed one in the west, it was really scary."

But then he said mysteriously to Lan Qi: "Long Live God said that it is better not to publicize this matter, it seems that the emperor's guards are not strict, so tell me not to tell others, Sister Defei, you have heard about it today. That's it."

Lan Qi smiled and said nothing, like a mirror in her heart, Xuan Ye made up the words to tell Concubine Yi, hoping that she would spread the word everywhere, anyway, next time Concubine Yi said it to others, she would also say "I heard it I've done it", those who turned around would not forget to bring this sentence with them when they went to tell others. Everyone felt as if they had brought this sentence, so it was not considered as saying it by themselves.

No wonder the Empress Dowager told her early in the morning that there had never been any secrets in the Forbidden City. Now it seems that this is true not only in Changchun Garden in the Forbidden City, but also in the whole world. In this world, only the heavens know the earth, and what you know is the real secret.

Not long after that, as Lan Qi expected, the matter of her being attacked by a wolf came to a conclusion. It had nothing to do with the prince, let alone the elder brother. Anyway, it was the wild wolf that ran in somehow, which made her unlucky to run into it. .Xuan Ye came to explain to Lan Qi in person afterwards, what they said behind closed doors that outsiders would not know, and Lan Qi would not be as ignorant as Concubine Yi.

The days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was already April. When the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, the prince Fang Fujin officially entered the palace. Before the tenth day of April, the emperor served the queen mother and went back to the Forbidden City. It also marked the prince's adulthood, the emperor was not too hasty, and all the ceremonies were held in the palace, and the concubines drove back to the palace to watch the ceremony, and the princes and princesses naturally went to congratulate the prince.

Only Lan Qi was unable to travel too far in a carriage due to her back injury, and was asked by Xuan Ye to stay in Changchun Garden to recuperate, and they returned to Changchun Garden in late April, and this time more people came with them The concubine and the crown prince also lived in Wuyi Zhai with him.

The crown prince, Fang Fujin, Li Jiashi, is one year younger than the prince, and was selected by the empress dowager among the many candidates in the past. Although Lan Qi was with her at that time, her memory has long been vague. Today, Fang Fujin came here specially Greeting her, she saw a very strange face.

But in the past two years, the family must have taught them carefully, and the behavior of the side Fujin is calm and generous, with the noble air of a daughter in his words and smiles, Lan Qi sees the arrogance in her eyes, and must also care about the position of the princess in her heart.And even though she is only a side Fujin, she is much better than many people who can't even enter the gate of Wuyizhai Yuqing Palace, and she is only one step away from the crown princess. If she works hard, she may not be able to become the future queen.

Lan Qi had only been talking to Fang Fujin for a while, when there was a lot of excitement outside, Concubine Yi brought many concubines over, saying that she hadn't been able to talk to Fang Fujin properly in the palace, and that the rules in the garden were not as strict as those in the palace, so let her Relax, and said that the scenery in Changchun Garden is beautiful, she must not be familiar with it when she first arrived, so she wants to go for a walk in the garden together, Lan Qi has been able to walk around these days, seeing the side Fujin is also new to the scenery in the garden, as an elder, it is better to be easy-going , and agreed.

A crowd of Yingying and Yanyan came here, and the women were ostentatious, not inferior to the scenery in this garden. They wandered around everywhere, and when they arrived at the gate of Chengluxuan, Ci Fujin smiled and said: "This courtyard has a good name, I don't know who it is from." The empress lives, I should go to pay her respects."

"How many empresses are there in the palace?" Someone in the crowd laughed, and said, "Wang Chang is living here. She is of low status, so Fujin doesn't need to salute to her."

While speaking, the door of Cheng Luxuan opened, and a maid came out from inside, and soon after, Wang Changzai came in gracefully in a peach red spring shirt, and greeted all the empresses, saying that they didn't know that everyone was far away to welcome them in front of the door.

Side Fujin stepped forward to say hello, always humble and humble, after all, she is also the emperor's concubine, she and the prince's elders, she must pay attention to etiquette, but she didn't know that she and Wang Chang were standing in such a place, and called the mothers behind her. The concubines are sour in their hearts.

The women already knew that Wang Changzai was young, and now they saw her standing with Xi Fujin, although they were a few years behind, but they seemed to be of average age, and many of them were in their thirties or even in their forties. How can I be at peace.

"Ci Fujin seems to like Cheng Luxuan very much. We haven't visited the garden yet. Why don't Wang Changzai invite us in for a cup of tea?" Someone mentioned this, and many people echoed it, and actually surrounded him. So he broke in, and Wang Changzai couldn't stop him, but seeing Concubine De and Concubine Yi standing still, they came forward to invite them.

A group of people entered the door and looked around regardless, Wang Changzai did not dare to make a sound, and respectfully welcomed Lan Qi and Concubine Yi and sat down in the main room. This tea is also served, hurry up and get the incense slices that the emperor rewarded the day before yesterday."

Concubine Yi pretended to be generous, and said nonchalantly: "Just sit and go, just take a sip, just drink this tea, I'm thirsty. I haven't seen the end of spring yet, and summer is here. My throat is burning after walking down."

The palace lady hurriedly poured tea for the two empresses and brought it before her eyes. Both Lan Qi and Concubine Yi smelled a burnt aroma. Concubine Yi was surprised and said, "You just stir-fry barley tea and drink it right now? It's not hot yet."

Wang Changzai bowed his head and said: "The concubine is not used to drinking white water, and dare not drink too much tea for fear of falling asleep at night. Once in the palace, she ate too much and her stomach resisted. Sister Yuan gave this concubine barley tea to drink. I came here to digest food, and I fell in love with it, and now I drink tea like this every day.”

Concubine Yi took two sips, but she was not used to it after all, Lan Qi took a sip politely, feeling something was wrong, took another sip, looked up and saw that Wang Changzai's expression was normal, Concubine Yi was fine, so she put it down calmly up.

The women walked around outside, but they didn't see anything unusual about Cheng Luxuan. It was just that the emperor rested here every now and then, so he would be curious about the difference in the concubine's room. Naturally, they were bullying Wang Changzai's weakness, so they didn't dare to run Ruijingxuan or Yonghe Palace are so presumptuous.

After making a fuss for a while, they left, and they wandered elsewhere, and then they dispersed because Ningchun Hall sent a message to ask Fang Fujin to have dinner.

When Lan Qi returned to Ruijingxuan, she was so tired that her waist was sore and her back ached. She lay on her stomach and let Huan Chun rub her for a while, then she said wearily: "I really want them to come and make trouble with me from time to time. I'm lazy and don't want to Walking so much, if you really don't walk, your legs and feet will be useless." He told Huanchun, "Drag me out for a walk tomorrow."

Huan Chun said with a smile: "Maid will not let you go out someday. You just said that there are too many people in the garden now, and you don't want to meet anyone."

The two were chatting one after another, and mentioned that the emperor brought back more concubines this time, and they all knew that Concubine Rong was not in charge. Anyway, on the fifteenth day of next month, they will return to the palace to hold Princess Chunxi's wedding At that time, it will be enough to drive them back, and Huanchun mentioned it: "They are all brought back from Jiangnan. The Lord Long Live is very different from Wang Changzai and Yuan Xu. First, Yuan Xu didn't come after confinement. I still haven't followed."

Lan Qi somehow remembered the tea she drank at Chengluxuan today, so she called Yukui and asked her if Ruijingxuan had fried barley tea, Yukui said who would drink this before it was hot, but seeing that the master wanted it, she said to look for it look.After going out for a while before coming back, Lan Qi asked her to make a pot to drink, and it sure had the same burnt aroma as the one she drank in Cheng Luxuan, but there was a subtle difference in the entrance, although it had been more than ten years since the memory, But when Lan Qi was a girl at home, everyone in the family drank barley tea to cool off the summer heat. Even after becoming a concubine, she was still very familiar with the taste of barley tea.

Yukui didn't know what the master was going to do. After drinking the barley tea, she asked her if she had any cassia seeds. She went to the imperial physician's office to find them for the master. .”

But when the tea was brewed, Yukui and Huanchun finally understood the master's intentions. Unexpectedly, the tea brewed from the cassia seeds was not only the same color as barley tea, but also had almost the same aroma and taste. If you don't distinguish carefully, it is easy to confuse them .

Lan Qi said with a serious expression: "In the past, the Empress Dowager's food accumulation, the imperial doctor sent cassia seed tea for catharsis. I didn't know if it was barley tea, so I knew the difference. The imperial doctor also told me not to take it casually. Cassia seed is cold and hurts the most. Palace."

Huan Chun asked: "But why does your empress remember now?"

"Drinking tea at Chengluxuan today, I feel that the taste is not right. Wang Chang said that she drinks tea like this every day. Now that I think about it, she should not be drinking barley tea, but tea made from cassia seeds." Lan Qi shook her head. Sighing, "No wonder she is so favored. The Ministry of Internal Affairs often keeps records, but there has been no movement on the heirs so far."

Huanchun and Yukui were astonished, and Yukui asked, "Doesn't Wang Changzai not understand?"

Lan Qi said: "She said that it was the barley tea that Yuan promised to drink for her first, and then Yuan promised to bring it to her often. I don't understand whether it is true or not, but she has never had any good news. fact."

Huan Chun said softly: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do? Do you want to tell Wang Changzai?"

Lan Qi frowned, obviously unable to make up her mind for a while, she shook her head and said, "Tell her, the sisters will definitely turn against each other, but it won't be good if it goes on like this."

Yukui muttered, "Wang Chang is fine even if he doesn't give birth."