Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

Lan Qi did not comment on what Yuan promised, but instead rewarded the eunuch who was beaten, and even told other people around Mammy not to let the concubines who did not get the order enter Elder Brother's house no matter what, Elder Princess Their safety is the first, and now that the nanny is old, she doesn't want anyone to disturb the emperor's most respected person.

The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone gathered in the Ningshou Palace. The emperor was not present, but the female relatives were at ease.Now there are many children and grandchildren, the queen mother has also become a great-grandmother, the princesses in the elder brother's mansion have all grown up, and the grandson of Yuqing Palace can run and dance, and can chat a few words, the queen mother Keeping him in his arms and not letting others touch him shows the dignity of the eldest grandson of the emperor.

During the banquet, Concubine Rong said in Lan Qi's ear: "In the past, the scene of the empress dowager holding the eldest elder brother and the prince is still in front of me, and it has been passed down to another generation in a flash. If you say this day, can we be blessed with good fortune?" World together?"

Lan Qi smiled and said: "My sister is full and upright, she must have a long life, I don't force the four generations to live together, as long as I can accompany the emperor for a lifetime, I will be satisfied."

Concubine Rong pushed her lightly: "Don't be shy, you are not young, if young people hear this, they will laugh at us behind their backs."

Lan Qi was in a good mood, and she didn't mind joking a few words, but Concubine Rong pouted at her, pointing to the nobles over there who often greet Concubine Yi, but Concubine Yi put on a mean face, Concubine Rong said softly Said: "The more she twitches like this, can those young people say nice things next to the emperor's pillow? Why bother if you have to make trouble with them? Think about her too. She once tried her best to keep Min Chang by her side. Now she has a lot of young people to choose from, but she refuses. If it is said that it is not enough to change the sex, how can I think clearly."

"Something happened in Shengjing at the beginning of the year, my sister doesn't remember? We were talking about whether Concubine Yi would be involved. It seems that although the matter is not serious, there must be a letter from the family." Lan Qi glanced at Concubine Yi, seeing the concubines scattered, she hurriedly looked away, and said to Elder Sister Rong, "There is the matter of Brother Fifth's wedding, and just hearing that Elder Sister said she was crying all the time, I feel so pitiful." Yes, anyway, if she doesn't cause us any trouble, we'll treat each other with courtesy, it's good that everyone's wife is peaceful."

Concubine Rong sighed: "She is also in her 30s, she should think about it, the life in the palace is not easy, why bother. At this age, no matter how much the emperor likes it, he still wants to be young." You can only serve her, if she wants to fight for it now, isn’t she looking for trouble?” She said and pushed Lan Qi, “It’s not your fault, but the emperor at the same age can’t let you go, and she runs to the Yonghe Palace every three days. Of course I can't swallow this breath, I'm afraid she will be at peace when you calm down too."

"Then she can only wait." Lan Qi said bluntly, "I don't think I'm old, why can't I compare myself with those young people?"

The two sisters laughed together, which was very festive. A few girl dolls came to act like a baby, and the ladies hugged each other to feed the vegetables and listened to the chirping of the children.Not long after, someone from Jingyang Palace came to send a message, and Ji Xin whispered a few words to her master. Concubine Rong sank her face and thought for a while, before telling Lan Qi: "Xianfu Palace is urgently recruiting an imperial physician, I want to go and have a look, you go don't go."

Lan Qi frowned, shook her head and said: "It won't look good if we all go to the banquet, sister go first, and when Lan Ying enters the palace in a few days, I will go there with her again."

Concubine Rong sighed: "Will the imperial concubine not be able to survive the winter?" After saying that, she asked the queen mother to resign. Today's dinner was lively, and Concubine Rong's departure did not attract attention. Besides, Concubine Wen has long been forgotten. When it came to Brother Ten, the people in the palace almost forgot that there was still the most noble woman in the harem living in Xianfu Palace.

This night, we left Ningshou Palace, the fourth elder brother and Yuxi sent Eniang and younger siblings back together, Yinzhen and Lan Qi said a few words, Yuxi went to take care of the younger siblings to wash, when they came back, Huanchun said: " It's getting late, brother Si and Fujin should come back earlier, it's been a hard day with the Queen Mother today."

Lan Qi then told her son: "Go outside to see if the sedan chair is ready, don't tell them to shake Yuxi." While leaving behind her daughter-in-law, she whispered a few words to her. Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, neither Fujin nor she was able to come.

It doesn't matter that Song Gege is expecting to give birth, but it is Lan Qi's intention that Fang Fujin is not invited.Although she did not interfere with Yinzhen's family life, she made an agreement before entering the side room, and only this matter must be obeyed by her son and daughter-in-law.That is, no matter where the fourth elder brother goes and leaves, if he wants to accompany his family, only Yuxi can accompany him. If Yuxi is unwell and cannot go, Yinzhen will go alone, and no concubine is allowed to accompany him, taking Yuxi's place.

Even though Lan Qi was only the emperor's concubine, she should have been more considerate of those concubines, but she didn't know why, but she only wanted to protect her daughter-in-law's status as the main wife.This is probably the same as the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that has lasted for thousands of years. After 20 years, the daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law, but she has become an evil mother-in-law in the eyes of the next generation.

At this moment, holding his daughter-in-law's hand, they walked out the door together, asked her if she was in good health, and then talked about Song Gege who was about to give birth, Yuxi said that the Song family was pretty well-behaved, and she was a threat in the house without relying on her stomach blessing.The most important thing is that the fourth elder brother is indifferent to this matter, and has never been very excited about being a father. He will visit the Song family once every ten days. He made a fuss.

"You are well-governed, and Erniang knows it." Lan Qi said softly, "You can let go of the family affairs, and Erniang will be there for everything. As long as others don't bully you, Erniang won't worry about anything. "

Yuxi was so happy to make her mother-in-law happy, she smiled sweetly: "Now Yinzhen listens to my ministers at home, and is more considerate than before, don't worry, Er Niang. But we also agreed, we have to listen to everything when we leave home His, he can understand it, and he is not willing to suffer."

The young couple was sweet, and Lan Qi liked it in her heart when she heard it, and told her to be careful, so she was asked to leave the palace earlier.Yuxi had already taken care of the child, Lan Qi wanted to take a rest, but when she walked into the inner hall, she suddenly remembered what happened in Xianfu Palace, because she didn't see any news from Concubine Rong, she couldn't guess what was going on there, she wanted to wait for her son and daughter-in-law Going far away, so as to send someone to Xianfu Palace to ask, but Eunuch Liang came from Qianqing Palace.

I thought the emperor would come over at night, but Eunuch Liang said that the emperor and several ministers of the Ministry of Industry discussed the matter of the Yellow River breaking the embankment. It was just reported to the palace this morning. It was not announced because it might disturb the Queen Mother's mood for the festival, but I am afraid tonight If you want to discuss matters all night, you will naturally not come to Yonghe Palace.

"Go back and serve the emperor well. The emperor is forty years old, and he can't stay up late. If you can persuade him, persuade him to go to bed early." Lan Qi's words were meaningless, and she knew that Xuan Ye would never listen.

But Eunuch Liang took the order, but he had no intention of leaving. Instead, he winked at Huanchun to signal her to go down, and when only Defei and Empress Concubine De were in the room, he prostrated himself and said, "I have one more thing to tell the emperor's intentions." After hearing this, the empress gave the slave an accurate word, and the slave is going to report back to the emperor immediately."

Lan Qi couldn't help worrying, "What's the matter?"

Eunuch Liang said: "The imperial hospital reported that the imperial concubine might not be able to survive the winter. Naturally, the imperial concubine should worry about the affairs behind the imperial concubine, but there is another matter. The emperor has made up his mind a long time ago. He wanted to hide it from the empress, but if Let me tell you later, but I have misunderstood, so now let the slaves come to report to the empress."

Lan Qi frowned and said nothing, her heart sank unconsciously, and she only listened to Eunuch Liang's words: "Dongyun has served Empress Xiaozhao and the imperial concubine successively. He has worked hard in the palace for decades. The emperor wants to reward Dongyun's family members. Choose one Competent children are given an official position at the local level."

Lan Qi nodded: "This is a good thing."

"But Dongyun..." Eunuch Liang paused, took a breath and said, "Dongyun knows too many things, it is really not suitable to stay in the palace, let alone let it out, the emperor intends to let Dongyun die, so let him The slave will tell the empress."

The word "sacrifice for burial" came into her ears, and Lan Qi was suffocated when she heard it. She reconfirmed to Eunuch Liang heavily: "Is it the emperor's intention that she should be buried?"

"Of course I won't tell Dong Yunming that after the imperial concubine dies, the servant will send someone to do this." Eunuch Liang has learned most of his master's skills in the past few years, and when he said these words, his face was very calm, Tell Concubine De concubine clearly, "What the emperor means is that since it is man-made, there is no guarantee that someone will reveal something. It doesn't matter what others say, so I don't expect to have a misunderstanding with the empress."

But Lan Qi's heart was cold, but she asked: "Then what does the emperor want me to say?"

Eunuch Liang said: "If your empress thinks it's inappropriate and wants to save Dongyun's life, the emperor will think about it carefully."

Just thinking about it?

Lan Qi closed her eyes helplessly. Every time Xuan Ye said to her: "As long as you don't want to, I won't do it." Xuanye came to ask her sincerely if she was willing, and she would choose to obey the emperor.

But this time, what is wrong with Dongyun?She worked conscientiously and loyally for Niu Hulu's family for decades, but ended up being forced to be buried. What's the point of taking care of the clansmen? Can these benefits fall on her?Master and servant have been imprisoned in Xianfu Palace for so many years, and the emperor didn't think it was wrong. How could a person die without being able to survive?What's more, Lan Ying told her early in the morning that she would give Dong Yun a good life for a few days in the future.

Her heart sank, and she said to Eunuch Liang: "Go and report to the emperor. After discussing with Ying Fujin some other day, if I can find a suitable place to house Dong Yun, I also ask the emperor to save her life. As for the favor of the people, Don't worry about the emperor, Niu Hulu's family has been taking care of them, and their life is not bad."

Eunuch Liang was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that his trip was for nothing, and that the Concubine De would agree casually, but he did not expect to bring such a series of words back. When the emperor asked about it during the half-break at night, Eunuch Liang replied all the time, Xuan Ye also looked at him in surprise: "She said that?"

Eunuch Liang quickly responded, "I dare not make false reports."

Xuan Ye felt that it was very fresh, it was the first time in ten years, and he seemed to be used to Lan Qi's thoughtfulness, but now he was worried that she would be angry about it, and felt that he was vicious.Thinking that the ministers were also tired, and that He Gong's work was not in a hurry overnight, he simply asked Eunuch Liang to send them away, and even though it was past midnight, he still took a sedan chair to the Yonghe Palace.