Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi smiled slightly: "In recent years, I have only realized how my sisters looked at me back then."

Concubine Rong shook her head: "But we were young back then. It's different. Now we're really old. I didn't like makeup in the past, but now I like to put on makeup. Young people think that we are overconfident and want to compete with them. In fact , It’s just that we want to cover up the traces of aging and comfort ourselves.”

"Sister is about the same age as the emperor, isn't it a blessing to be able to live longer with the emperor?" Lan Qi stretched out her hand to hold her and said, "Let's be emotional, we should straighten our spines, and not disappoint the honor the emperor gave us."

Concubine Rong agreed with a smile, and the two sisters walked back together, she sighed again: "Have you seen Wang Changzai, there is only a thin layer of rouge on a tender face, it's good to be young."

Lan Qi accompanied her to express a few words, and when she was about to leave, Concubine Rong suddenly said: "I just remembered that Concubine Xi and the Changchun Palace walked very courteously, if this Wang family follows Concubine Xi, he will also be a frequent visitor to the Palace of Changchun in the future gone."

Lan Qi said: "It's human nature, she and Concubine Xi always have to deal with these human relationships."

Concubine Rong had no objection either, she just mentioned this, and then said casually: "I heard from Yinzhi that the eighth elder brother told him in the study that the eldest elder brother had a big fight with his mother in the Changchun Palace on the day he returned to Beijing. This kid has a temper. I thought to myself, I won’t care about Yinzhi’s affairs in the future, and if I don’t manage well, I’ll be angry, and we mothers still owe them something?”

"Mother and son quarreling?" Lan Qi remembered it in her heart.

After parting with Concubine Rong, Lan Qi sent Huanchun to elder brother's place, and sure enough there was news waiting for her from the nanny. Yun couldn't get close to the main hall. She didn't hear what the mother and son said, but only heard it from the mouths of other court ladies and eunuchs, saying that it was for this expedition.

Lan Qi was puzzled after all: "The battle is over and the people have come back, so why are they arguing?"

Huan Chun said: "Why is your empress so interested in Changchun Palace?"

She Fang showed a chill in her eyes, and said coldly: "If you don't care about them first, they should focus on me. Don't look at the current situation of Changchun Palace. Concubine Hui loves the rebirth of the Jedi. She can bear it better than anyone else. What she wants is the final glory."

Huan Chun laughed: "There is one person watching all the time, the empress can save her worry."

It was only then that Lan Qi remembered that the nobleman Jue Chan in Yanxi Palace had agreed to hand over Concubine Hui to her, so she couldn't help laughing: "Recently, there are no troubles to entangle her, and it's rare for her to be quiet for a while. Thinking about her past The life I have lived now can be regarded as living up to my past efforts.”

As Huanchun said, the nobleman Jue Chan is indeed staring at Changchun Palace all the time. She seems to be indifferent to fame and wealth and lives in Yanxi Palace, but in fact she smiles at everything in this palace. However, two days later, she came to the Yonghe Palace to remind Lan Qi of what she thought of these days.

In the afternoon, the two sat in the sunshine under the bright window. The weather was getting colder, and the charcoal had not been used in the house. The sun, which is unavoidable in summer, has now become a reliance on heating. The alternation of seasons, people's demand for sunshine and rain It's completely different, but everything is for better survival, and this is the case with nature, let alone people's hearts.

The two held a pair of needles and threads in each hand, and the sun was bright and bright. Lan Qi became lazy after watching for a long time. When she raised her eyes and saw Jue Chan's flying needles, she couldn't help laughing: "The kung fu in your hands can be called a famous craftsman of the previous generation, but it's a pity. A concubine in the deep palace cannot be famous in the world."

"It's just an effort to entertain myself, and the empress praised it." Jue Chan said, put down the needle and thread in his hand, and asked Lan Qi, "Did the empress think through what the concubine said?"

Lan Qi shook her head and said nothing, Jue Chan continued: "Even if the concubine is too worried, please keep it in mind, if that's the case, you will have some troubles here, these few Fujin often enter the palace Come, my concubine sees that they just want to come to the harem to mediate for their husbands."

"If I were you, I would do the same thing. They are doing it for their own man and for the palace. There is nothing wrong with that." Lan Qi sighed lightly, and still asked incredulously, "The emperor will really let the elder brother testify against Prince Yu?"

It turns out that the Jue Chan family has been watching the movement of the Changchun Palace in the past few days, carefully analyzing the affairs of the court, and reckoning that the big brother, mother and son may have a big quarrel, and I am afraid that there will be such a big conflict, and it will not be able to escape the delay of Prince Yu The matter of military aircraft.Now the battle situation has been decided, although Galdan is not dead, but his spirit is badly wounded, and he will not be able to invade the Qing Dynasty again for three to five years, and Prince Yu will return sooner or later, so the emperor should settle the account of letting Galdan go.

Just imagine, if the emperor wants to convict Prince Yu, he must have strong circumstantial evidence, so the one who has followed Prince Yu from the beginning to the end is the eldest brother who is the deputy general. No one's words are more powerful than the eldest brother.

Jue Chan said calmly: "Mingzhu has a clear understanding of the government, and my concubines think that the emperor is afraid of him, mostly because Mingzhu can always guess the emperor's mind. How can Concubine Hui know the interests of the front when she lives deep in the harem? Everything is instructed by Mingzhu. The concubine conjectured that Mingzhu must have known Concubine Hui and asked Concubine Hui to persuade Eldest Brother to testify against Prince Yu's arbitrary power and disregard of holy will when necessary. The present is not what it used to be, and if he is asked to do such a heartless thing immediately, with the elder brother's mind, Concubine Hui may not be able to convince him."

Lan Qi's heart was slightly cold, and she said to herself: "If the emperor wants to punish Prince Yu, is he trying to make an example of others? In the imperial court, there are still people who are ready to move and have evil intentions, and they have always been hidden dangers in the emperor's heart."

Unknowingly, she chatted with Jue Chan about government affairs, and those who had a tough attitude earlier had no choice but to step in now.Lan Qi realized that her attitude had changed a few days ago, and Jue Chan's understanding and tacit understanding did not make her feel the slightest embarrassment. It involves government affairs, so naturally everything is on the sidelines and strictly abides by propriety.

"The concubine thinks that killing chickens is not enough to frighten the monkeys. Prince Yu can be regarded as the monkey king. After shocking Prince Yu, those young people will know that the emperor doesn't even look at them. No matter how noisy they are, they can't shake them." Imperial power." Jue Chan smiled lightly, her eyes flickering with her disdain to show wisdom in front of others, and said softly, "Your Majesty must not get involved in this matter, even if everyone feels that the emperor is too cruel, so are the concubines."

Lan Qi's mind trembled, she laughed and said: "I have some concerns, those little boys must not understand their father, my fourth elder brother is one of them, but we should take good care of him, don't make a fuss What a joke." Mentioning Eighth Brother in words, he tentatively said, "Eighth Brother is also a big boy, you..."

Jue Chan smiled gently, "How long will it take for your mother's kindness to fade away?"

Lan Qi just laughed: "Who told me to be a mother." After a few jokes, she no longer insisted, but entrusted Jue Chan with another matter, "I want Xing'er to take care of this child in her womb, to be honest Yes, if you give birth to an elder brother, it will not be easy, but if you are a little princess, it should not be too difficult, but I can't think of the most appropriate way, and I always feel that no matter what I do, it will attract people's attention."

The nobleman Juechan understood and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will think about it for you when I go back, this matter is indeed difficult to handle."

The autumn wind passed by, the weather became colder and colder, and it was winter in a blink of an eye. In November, Prince Yu Fuquan finally returned to the court, but the emperor ordered Prince Yu's team to stop outside Chaoyang Gate, accusing Fuquan of disobeying the emperor's order and doing things on his own As expected, Yinti, the eldest son of the emperor, was sent to testify, enumerating the crimes of Prince Yu, which shocked the government, the opposition and the harem, and the elder brothers were also dumbfounded.

However, Prince Yu did not make any arguments for himself. When the words passed into the palace, Prince Yu only said with tears: "What can I say!" To go to the title of Prince Yu, to pay a three-year salary, to remove the three assistants, and to abolish the political power.

The punishment of title and salary is nothing to be feared. Abolition of the power is nothing more than the emperor's first move to expel his brother from the imperial power. No one knows what will happen in the future. The rumors in the court and the public are that the emperor has begun to fear his brother's prime of life The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and they are unwilling to let their existence shake the foundation of imperial power.

Come to think of it, in the early years Prince Gong Changning was often scolded by the emperor, but no matter how embarrassing the scene was at that time, he would not be sentenced to such a severe punishment. Now that Prince Yu's power of discussion has been revoked, it will probably be Prince Gong's turn next .It used to be said that the three royal brothers are brothers and sisters respecting each other, but it is just the scenery of the past. The empress dowager has only been gone for a few years, and the friendship between the brothers has collapsed.The most ruthless emperor's family, as it should be.

Lan Qi knows the government well, but she never talks about right and wrong. The rumors in the womb are very lively these days. She treats everything in Yonghe Palace indifferently. What she cares about is only her son who is full of justice and ethics, and Yu The prince loves his nephews very much. Yinzhen and his uncle have been riding horses and archery with their uncle since they were young. They have been in love for many years. What's more, they won the battle this time. They may not understand why Prince Yu would accept the crime be punished.

But the fourth elder brother came to say hello these days, talking about homework or gossip, without mentioning the fact that her uncle was convicted by Huang Ama. Lan Qi was curious and worried, but she didn't dare to bring it up, so that her son might misunderstand something. I endured it every day, until that day when it was heard in the palace that Prince Yu Fu Jin went to the palace to cry to the Queen Mother, that she hadn't gone to Ningshou Palace to deal with the matter. In the evening, the child came back from Yuqing Palace and asked his mother: "Er Niang, has Auntie entered the palace today?" ?”

Lan Qi asked curiously: "Why do you care about this?"