The favored imperial concubine

Chapter 164

Kangxi was walking slowly towards the Yujing Pavilion with Nian Xilan, when he suddenly saw a young concubine dressed in a light pink flag kneeling respectfully in front of him and paying respects.

"The maid concubine Niu Hulu Lingxu sees the emperor and concubine Xi, I wish the emperor and concubine Xi good luck and a long life."

The concubine Niu Hulu has been living in seclusion to recuperate from her illness since Xiao Gege died four years ago. In addition, her status is low, so she is gradually forgotten by everyone.Tong Jia, the noble concubine who was in charge of Fengyin at that time, saw that Niu Hulu was not favored by Kangxi, so she didn't bother to pay attention to her.However, Nian Xilan had only been in the palace for a short time, so she had never seen this concubine Niu Hulu Lingxu.

Kangxi was slightly taken aback, squinting his eyes and looking at Niu Hulu for a moment, before he vaguely remembered that there was such a concubine in his harem.

Kangxi vaguely remembered that this Niu Hulu family was extremely introverted and timid, and he would stumble even when answering in front of him. In addition, Niu Hulu's appearance was only considered handsome, and his complexion was not fair enough, so Kangxi only turned over She left her behind with one sign.

Unexpectedly, Niu Hulu became pregnant just this time, but the little Gege born was congenitally deficient due to premature birth, and died before the full moon.Niu Hulu's body was injured during childbirth, and the imperial doctor diagnosed that it might be difficult for her to get pregnant again in the future.Therefore, Niu Hulu couldn't afford to be ill after Xiao Gege passed away.

At the beginning of Kangxi, he also gave some medicinal materials and supplements to Niu Hulu, but Niu Hulu was immersed in the pain of bereavement. Not only did he cry every day, he even wore plain clothes at the palace banquet on the first day of the new year. Attend.Kangxi was furious and felt that Niu Hulu was very unlucky. Although he thought that because of the pain of losing his daughter, he was in a trance and his words and deeds were chaotic, so he did not severely punish Niu Hulu according to the palace rules, but he made him live in seclusion to recuperate and healed. Didn't have to go out before.

At this point, the Niu Hulu family gradually faded out of everyone's sight.Except for the concubine Wuya's Yu Ning, who is the head of the Yonghe Palace, and the palace maid Yan'er who served the Niu Hulu family, no one in the harem remembers this concubine Niu who gave birth to the emperor's [-]th daughter for Kangxi. Hulu silk.

When Nian Xilan saw a concubine greeting Kangxi, although she didn't feel sad or heartbroken, she felt a little inexplicably depressed.Nian Xilan pursed her lips, and gently withdrew the catkin held in Kangxi's hand.

Kangxi was taken aback for a moment, and glanced at Nian Xilan suspiciously, just in time to see Nian Xilan bit her lip and deliberately turned her head to the other side, not only slightly raised the corners of her lips, but overflowed with a pleasant smile, not only did she not feel that Nian Xilan was kind Jealousy is unethical, but Nian Xilan who is so jealous of herself is very cute.

Kangxi, who was in a happy mood, didn't care what the surrounding palace people would think about this matter, and held Nian Xilan's little hand again according to his own will, held it tightly, and squeezed it twice gently.Nian Xilan blushed because of Kangxi's ambiguous behavior that was almost flirtatious, but she couldn't control the sweetness in her heart, and let Kangxi hold her hand submissively, and did not break free again.

Seeing Nian Xilan obediently letting him hold hands, Kangxi turned his head to look at the concubine Niu Hulu who was still kneeling in front of him, and asked, "I haven't seen you walking around in the palace for a long time, are you feeling better? "

Although Kangxi didn't call out immediately, Niu Hulu still had a generous and decent smile on his face, without any slight grievance, "Report to the emperor, my concubine has recovered a lot three months ago. However, my servant My concubine is guilty and hard to let go of her disrespect at the palace banquet three years ago, so she has no face and has been copying scriptures in the side hall of Yonghe Palace to reflect on herself and meditate on her past."

Kangxi narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked in a detached tone: "If that's the case, why did you appear in the imperial garden at this time today?"

Niu Hulu replied respectfully: "Ever since I heard that Concubine Xi had resolutely decided to use the assassin to coerce me into cutting my wrists with the assassin's dagger in order not to subject the emperor to the assassin a month ago, I have admired Concubine Xi very much in my heart. In contrast, the concubines feel that their virtues are at fault, and they are full of regrets. The concubine heard that the palace people mentioned that the wound on Concubine Xi's wrist was very serious, and I was afraid that it would leave scars on Concubine Xi's jade body Coincidentally, there is a good recipe handed down from the ancestors here, which has an excellent effect on removing scars. Just now, the maidservant heard that the close maidservant Yaner mentioned that the emperor and the concubine Xi would come for a walk in the imperial garden, so she specially brought Waiting here with the prescription, just to present the prescription to Concubine Xi, to express admiration for Concubine Xi."

When Nian Xilan heard that Mrs. Niu Hulu mentioned the side hall of Xianfu Palace, she felt a little displeased, and felt that Mrs. Niu Hulu's words and deeds were weird, not as innocent and harmless as they appeared on the surface. I'm afraid that the reason for the so-called offering the prescription for removing scars is not because of admiration for himself, but because of other plans.

When Kangxi saw that Niu Hulu, who had always been timid and fearful, could now calmly talk in front of him, he couldn't help feeling a little doubt in his heart.Therefore, although Kangxi heard the hints in Niu Hulu's words, he did not intend to immediately fulfill Niu Hulu's wish and get rid of Yan'er for her.

With a distant smile on Kangxi's face, Li Dequan noncommittally ordered Li Dequan to go forward to take the prescription from Niu Hulu, and said slowly: "It is a felony to spy on the emperor. The maidservant made such a big mistake. I should have severely punished both of you, master and servant, according to the palace rules, but now that I see you offering a prescription for Concubine Xi, I will temporarily forgive you and give you a lighter sentence. I will punish you, master and servant The two copied the palace rules a hundred times, punishing minor punishments and admonishing major ones."

(End of this chapter)