The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 15
Out of the Kunning Palace, Wanyu followed Concubine Yi for a while, until she entered the palace corridor where few people came, Concubine Yi stopped, and said that she wanted to walk around, and ordered the maid to go back first. palace.

Seeing the maid walking away, Wanna hurriedly stepped forward, and suddenly knelt down in front of Concubine Yi with a 'plop', her lips trembling, and she was about to cry: "Wanna greet elder sister, best wishes to elder sister."

Concubine Yi couldn't hide her excitement, her eyes turned red for a moment, she leaned over to help Wanyu up: "Let Elder Sister take a good look at it."

She put her hands on Wanyu's arms, slowly twisting Wanyu's body from side to side, and nodded incessantly: "The taller you are, the more beautiful you are." Then she asked eagerly: "Ama, how is everything going?" I heard that last year, Ama passed the Bayara family as his first wife, so my mother might be sad again."

Seeing Concubine Yi's joy, Wanyu couldn't stop crying, and reached out to caress her tears: "Everything is fine, and my brother is also fine."

She detailed what happened in the mansion in recent years to Concubine Yi in detail.

Arm in arm, the two stepped into a corner and sat down in the gazebo, overflowing with joy at their reunion after a long absence.

It's just that this place is because of the remoteness, the flowers and plants are long gone, and there are no court ladies and eunuchs to trim them. In summer, flies and insects are noisy, and this place is more common than other places.

After Wanna finished explaining the trivial matters in the mansion, she saw that Concubine Yi still had endless questions to ask her, so she turned the conversation on Concubine Yi and asked, "Elder Sister, don't just worry about the mansion, you can also give me some questions." Tell me, how is your current situation in the palace, the emperor still treats you lukewarm?"

Concubine Yi smiled slightly, showing a little disappointment, she shook her head and replied: "The emperor treats me as a respectful guest. If you talk about love, he will come to Yikun Palace to chat with me once or twice every three or two months."

After saying that, she stretched out her hand to touch Wanyu's cheek, with a loving expression on her face: "When I learned that you are going to enter the palace, I have told Ama many times, don't delay your life, but in the end it still didn't work out."

"Ama is stubborn, how can Eldest Sister be able to persuade you?" Wanyu took the hand that Concubine Yi was caressing on her cheek, and held it in her palm: "Furthermore, it was decided by the late Emperor that the women of the Eight Banners enter the palace for draft. If I fail the election, I am afraid that I will be pointed out to the other courtiers and lords, so I might as well serve in the palace, and spend a lot of time by the elder sister's side, so I won't be lonely."

"How can it be as simple as you think?"

Concubine Yi sighed, and briefly described the situation in the palace to Wanyu.

In the eyes of Concubine Yi, although the queen is gentle and virtuous, she puts the emperor first in everything. She is afraid that she will be favored and make Oboi in the court domineering. isolate her.

Among the old people in the palace, apart from the empress and concubine Yi, Concubine Hui has the highest status and is also beautiful. She was also chosen by the Empress Dowager's mother's family, and she has a close relationship with the Empress Dowager.Concubine Hui's status is valuable, but she is easy to get along with. The empress is afraid of her relationship with the empress dowager, so she dare not do anything with her.

Compared with Concubine Hui, Ma Jiachang is a scheming person, who has won the favor and conceived the emperor's descendants, and gradually escaped from the queen's control. Nala promised to look at the person who is still the queen, but secretly has a close personal relationship with Ma Jiachang, It's like cattail grass on the wall.

Only Li Ying was born in the Han Army Banner, and his family background was not outstanding, so the queen didn't want to talk to her.But now that she is pregnant with a dragonborn, it is unknown whether the queen will get close to her because of this.

Except for the personal maid Arjun brought from the mansion, most of the maids around Concubine Yi were directed by the queen to serve her. On the surface, it is said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has selected some diligent and experienced ones for her, but in fact they are not. It's just the eyeliner beside her.

Although she knew it in her heart, it was not easy to get angry. If she sent those maids, she would inevitably be reprimanded by the Empress Dowager, saying that she was not responsible.

After Xiang Wanyu said this, Concubine Yi took a short breath and said with a sneer, "Now that these newcomers have been added, the queen still doesn't know how busy she will be."

"I don't know about others, but the newly promoted concubine Xian is very close to me. Later tomorrow, I will take her to greet the elder sister. In the future, we will take care of each other in the palace." Wan Yu and Yi Concubine While talking, she saw that the blood-red thumb on her right thumb was very attractive, so she held Concubine Yi's hand and looked at it carefully and asked, "Elder Sister, this finger-wrench is so delicate."

Concubine Yi smiled, and bent her index finger around it: "When I first entered the palace, the emperor gave it to me. The empress gave it a warm jade bracelet. It is said that it was left by the empress dowager Cihe. Later, Ma Jia was pregnant, and the emperor also gave it to her. The emperor rarely bestows jewelry on his concubines, and even the empress wears it every day to show his favor."

At this point, Concubine Yi lowered her brows and eyes, as if she was in mourning: "But those who are loved or not are just bluffing others. In the past three years, the days when the emperor visited the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Peace were worse than entering the harem." Work a lot. The empress is used to being a man, and the empress dowager she serves is very happy. If she gives birth to a son in the future, she will probably be named the prince."

Wan Lai comforted softly: "Eldest Sister is thinking about what these sad spirits are doing for no reason, and blames him for being favored by the Emperor. I only hope that you and I will be together day and night. In this deep palace, I don't feel that the years are long and difficult."

Concubine Yi put her arms around Wanyu's shoulders, and pulled her into her arms: "In the past, the eldest sister did not fight or grab, because she was unwilling to please the emperor in every possible way like them, which seemed pitiful. Now that you have entered the palace, the eldest sister has lost her life." I have to go to keep you safe. It’s fine if others don’t think about you, but if anyone makes a wrong thought, Eldest Sister will not let her go.”

Wan Lai was in Concubine Yi's arms, but she saw more and more flies and insects, and she was disturbed by the noise.

Seeing another blowfly land on the elder sister's sleeve and rubbing its paws, I felt sick, and got up after chasing the fly away.

"Flies here are annoying. If Eldest Sister is free, come and take a walk with me in the Imperial Garden. Sister has just entered the palace, and she hasn't seen enough new things yet."

Concubine Yi said that Wannai's mischievousness could not change the girl's heart, but she pampered her and scratched her nose, and got up with her to go to the imperial garden.

When the two of them came out of the gazebo, Wan Lai looked at a corner next to the gazebo from a distance, where a large cloud of flies had gathered. She frowned, and pulled Concubine Yi curiously to walk forward a few steps, but before reaching the corner, a A rancid smell came to the nostrils.

Concubine Yi covered her nose with her sleeves, shook her head and said: "This place has been deserted all year round, I am afraid that some livestock will starve to death here, and the sun will rot quickly, attracting flies and insects. When I return to the palace next time, people will come here to clean it up. That's it, so that the livestock don't rot and get sick in the palace." Seeing that Wanyu was still going forward, she hurriedly pulled him back: "Look at what those are doing during the day, and pay attention to the nightmare at night."

Wan Lai usually likes to look at strange things, and at this moment she doesn't care about Concubine Yi's dissuasion, she throws Concubine Yi's hand away and jumps forward, but when she turns the corner, she screams and exclamates, scaring her back.

Concubine Yi saw that her face was pale, she shook her head and sneered twice and walked towards Wanyu, she did not forget to joke: "I told you not to look at it, how can a dead thing be so kind?"

Seeing Concubine Yi coming, Wanyu stopped her, gasped heavily, closed her eyes and bit her lips, and said, "Elder Sister, don't go, there are dead people."

As soon as she said this, she didn't stop Concubine Yi.Concubine Yi frowned, pushed away Wanyan's hand that was holding her back, stepped forward quickly, and glanced at the dead body lying on the ground.

The corpse was dressed in a court lady's uniform, half of the body was buried in the soil, and half of the body was exposed, the face was swollen and white from soaking, and the body was also wet. It must have been rainy recently, and the body was not buried deep enough to withstand the dew from the rain. out.

Concubine Yi covered her mouth and nose, squinted her eyes and looked carefully, but felt that this person had a kind face.

After a while, she backed out of the corner, took Wan Yu's hand and walked out quickly.

Wanyu has never seen this scene before, no matter how bold she is, after all, she is a woman, her soul will be frightened away, she calmed down for a long time before asking Concubine Yi tremblingly: "If the maid is gone, she will be moved out of the palace to be buried. How could the court lady be hastily buried here?"

Concubine Yi's face was serious, she quickened her steps and whispered: "That person is a court lady who always serves Ma Jia, the only plan for now is to have her body dug out first, and then report to the queen, and let her deal with it."

Wannai was dragged by Concubine Yi all the way out of the deserted gazebo in the corner, and the pale face of the dead palace maid was imprinted in her mind and flashed in front of her eyes from time to time, the scorching heat made her sweat even more Come.

(End of this chapter)