Biography of Concubine De of Emperor Kangxi

When he asked this, Yinzhen remembered that Erniang had told him that the prince's displeasure at the celebration banquet that night was due to their brothers ignoring the prince, but he didn't know if this matter had anything to do with Elder Brother's death, at least What happened that night had nothing to do with Brother Eleven.

"I just go to relax alone." Asked by his younger brother, the prince was slightly embarrassed, and said without turning his head, "It's too boring in Yuqing Palace. In fact, it's boring everywhere. I sometimes want to be alone. Then I drank again at night, so I just wandered around there alone, trying to get some fresh air."

"Have you been there?" Yinzhen asked.

"No, I walked there aimlessly. I leaned on the railing to take a breath, and suddenly I saw a person floating in the water." Thinking about it now, the prince can still turn pale with fright, eyes full of horror. Looking at Yinzhen, he said, "I was taken aback at the time, and all I wanted was to run away, so I ran back to Yuqing Palace. When I was about to fall asleep, I heard that Elder Brother Eleven was picked up. , As a result, the child died early the next morning."

But now that the funeral has been completed, Yinzhen doesn't know whether the emperor has asked for an autopsy and what the result is, and neither does the prince.As for the death of the sixth elder brother Yinzuo, now it seems that his father is also nothing, but all that happened before the eyes of Yinzhen and the prince, they all understand how the sixth elder brother died, and for whom he died.

Even if I didn't understand it when I was young, now I understand who was behind the scenes.The brotherhood between them has long since ceased to have the brotherly love they had in childhood, but they all tried their best to maintain the superficial harmony.Even if Yinzhen came to "help" the prince now, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Yinzhen, if Huang Ama finds out about me, if he doesn't believe me, can you say a few words for me?" The prince's request was simple and direct, and he pulled his younger brother's arm and said, "Help me like you did back then. Okay? Yinzhen, you believe me, I really didn't kill the eleventh brother, why should I kill him?"

Yinzhen hesitated, he always felt that if he nodded, he would become an ally of the prince. If Huang Ama really questioned him, if he didn't stand up, he would be betraying the prince. If he stood up, how would his father treat him?In the final analysis, he was involved in this matter, but stood in an even more embarrassing position than the prince, obviously all of this had nothing to do with him.

"Yinzhen, if you don't help me..."

"Second brother, I will help you." Yinzhen finally made a decision and said to the prince solemnly, "I can't testify for second brother, after all, I didn't see anything that happened that night, but if Huang Ama doesn't believe you Brother, I am willing to speak for you, we have been brothers for so many years, I can trust my second brother."

The prince's face was relieved a lot, as if his complexion had recovered, he let out a long sigh of relief, patted Yinzhen on the shoulder and said, "I knew that the fourth brother is reliable, among the brothers, you are the most trustworthy."

Yinzhen responded with a smile a few times, and said that since he came to see the calligraphy and painting, he should take a serious look to avoid outsiders' gossip. The prince repeatedly said yes, and really enjoyed the calligraphy and painting with him. He chose one and prepared to send it to the Yonghe Palace. He came to the palace to pay his respects to Er Niang.

In the Yonghe Palace, when Lan Qi unfolded the famous painting sent by her son, after looking at it carefully, she said: "Have you asked the prince? He got it by himself, or it was rewarded by the emperor. Don't put the things rewarded by the emperor in the palace." Here we come."

Yinzhen said: "I asked, but it's not a gift from the emperor."

Seeing her son frowning well while speaking, Lan Qi guessed that he must have said something unpleasant to him in Yuqing Palace, put down her calligraphy and painting and said, "Is there anything you want to tell me? If not, walk out of Yonghe Palace in a while and put You smoothen your brows before going out, don't let people look at the fourth elder brother worrying, as if there is something important."

Yinzhen smiled wryly, and sat directly next to Lan Qi. The mother and son hadn't relied on each other for a long time.Although Lan Qi knew that her son was not yet 20 years old, and still had a bit of childishness in his youth, after all, he was independent, had children, wives, and concubines, and had also been on the battlefield to experience wind and rain. When he saw his son in a crowd of people on weekdays, he felt genuine He felt that he was about to grow into a towering tree, but suddenly, he felt that his son was still young, and he needed her, a mother, to protect him.

"What's the matter?" Lan Qi asked softly, and said with a smile on her face, "What's the trouble with this matter? At home?"

"The family is fine." Yinzhen smiled, "Don't worry, Yuxi's body is not bad. Although the mother-in-law said that the doctor said that Yuxi's body could not withstand pregnancy, there is nothing wrong with looking at her now. She didn't know about it a few months ago. I didn't feel uncomfortable all the time, so it can be seen that I have recuperated my body in the past two years."

"That's good, you have to love her more, women's pregnancy is very hard." Lan Qi said with a smile, "Er Niang and Yuxi gave birth to you at the same age, Er Niang will have more children, and you will be the same in the future. "

Yinzhen nodded, but the joy on his face gradually dissipated, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Emiang, I don't know how to do something, but I feel ashamed to ask you, lest you think I didn't Use it, but I never expected to be complained by Huang Ama later."

"Er Niang hates you, you are Ama's person, tell me, do you dislike Tong?" Lan Qi smiled gently, "Er Niang is willing to listen to anything as long as you are willing."

"It's about Brother Eleven." Yinzhen finally decided to say it out. He is fledgling now, and there are no manpower inside and outside the palace that he can deploy and use, nor has he developed a huge network of contacts. He is still inexperienced in the world, but after so many years in the palace and in the study, he has seen and understood many things, he is not worried that he does not have these in his hands now, in time, everything will be there.But now that a problem has arisen, it is also a reality that I am unable to solve it.

After listening to her son's words, Lan Qi realized that so many things happened that night. Although the prince kept saying that he had nothing to do with him, Lan Qi had seen the prince who strangled Wang to death in her heart. I still don't know that I have killed someone, but he will kill when he is crazy. It's not that he has a bias in his heart and doesn't believe in the prince. It's because no one is involved in that night, only the prince. How can he prove and believe that he is innocent? ?

Yinzhen said with a straight face again: "Emiang, I think the real purpose of the prince looking for me is not to expect me to say a few words for him in front of Huang Ama. Speak for him in front of Ama, but he is not good at begging you, he can only throw the burden on me, he knows that I can't bear it, so he waits for me to tell you."

Lan Qi smiled, "My son is very thoughtful."

Yinzhen had no intention of joking, and continued to say seriously: "After all, I am his younger brother, and there are some things that cannot be avoided, but it does not mean that he can use my hand to use you, Er Niang, and you must be careful of them when you are in the palace from now on. "

Lan Qi smiled, and said calmly: "With your Huang Ama around, no one will bully Erniang, but since you have been involved in this matter, Erniang can't just sit idly by. Not for the prince, Just for you, if Huang Ama asks and the crown prince insists on dragging you to talk together, at least Erniang can't let Huang Ama blame you together, right?"

A stone fell down in Yinzhen's heart, with a somewhat shy and helpless smile: "I am already Ama's person, and I still need you to take care of me."

But Lan Qi said: "This is the blessing of being a mother."

Although the mother and son reached a tacit understanding, Lan Qi's mind was blank. There were many doubts about this matter, and there were many unsolvable mysteries. Bigger conspiracy.

After her son left, Lan Qi thought for a long time by herself. There was no doubt that if she took the initiative to investigate this matter, Xuan Ye would be alarmed. She hesitated whether to tell Xuan Ye first and then investigate, or wait for Xuan Ye to ask. The emperor is now perfunctory His attitude at least shows that he does not want this matter to "come to light" in a certain sense.

And Huanchun sent the fourth elder brother out of the palace, and was ordered to go to the Qianqing Palace to inquire about the situation. After returning, he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty guessed right. Today, the Empress Yifei went to pester the emperor again. She waited for a long time in front of the Qianqing Palace. Now she has been taken by the emperor." If you connect it in, the servant will not know what's going on inside, but if you want to inquire, the servant will go to find Eunuch Liang."

Lan Qi waved her hand: "You don't need to pass by Eunuch Liang, after I tell the emperor myself, you should ask Eunuch Liang, when will the emperor be able to find time to come to my place, or I will go there when Concubine Yi is away, I have something to say Speak to the emperor."

"Slave will make arrangements."

"Wait a little longer." Lan Qi thought of something again, and raised her hand to signal Huanchun not to leave, but she hung in the air for a long time without letting go, as if something flashed in her mind but couldn't catch it, and she tried her best to recall that A few days later, she finally remembered that when she walked outside Brother Nine's house in Yikun Palace that day, she heard Brother Nine ask him if he was with Eleven. At that time, she vaguely heard Brother Nine say: " I don't know where he hid."

Lan Qi put down her hand and told Huanchun: "Go and find out if the emperor has summoned Brother Nine or Brother Ten these few days to talk."

As soon as the words fell, Ziyu opened the curtain and came in and said: "Madam, Minchang brought the princess to the door, and asked if you are free."

Lan Qi signaled Huanchun to go to work, and asked Ziyu to invite their mother and daughter to come in. Princess Dunke ran in after shouting at De Fei, and the delicate little girl threw herself into Lan Qi's arms. smile.Minchang sat aside after coming in to salute, the princess was looking up and asking if her sisters were there, while Lan Qi asked someone to go to Ningshou Palace to bring the princess over to play with her sister.

She was going to take Dunke to eat snacks, but Min Changzai called the princess' wet nurse to let her take him down. Seeing her serious expression, Lan Qi guessed that she had something to say, so she took the initiative to ask her: "Is there something going on in Yanxi Palace? "

Min Chang nodded, frowning and asked Lan Qi: "Madam, did Elder Brother die of illness?"

Lan Qi knew that there were still many people in the palace who were contradicting between the two statements, Xing'er probably did, she didn't give an answer for a while, she just asked: "How to say?"

Min Chang said nervously: "Elder Brother Eleven came to Yanxi Palace that night. The brothers seemed to be playing hide-and-seek. The concubine remembered that it was the nobleman Juechan who took him out, but the nobleman Juechan came back soon. , did not follow far away. The concubine just thought, why did the child who was so alive that night disappear."