The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 75

The snow in the palace has long since melted in early March, and the spring rain that fell for half a day yesterday created a smell of mud that permeates the air, which is intoxicating.

The tree branches inside the red wall have newly bloomed buds and buds, and they are shy and unwilling to show their heads, reflecting the whole Forbidden City is stained with the joy of the revival of all things and the first spring.

Concubine Hui came to Kunning Palace to greet her very early today, when the Empress was still washing and putting on makeup in the bedroom, she broke in regardless of the maids' obstruction.

The queen took a look at her, turned back and left only Qingyue to serve her.

Sitting upright in front of the dressing table, she took a deep red lip paper and pressed it lightly between her lips, and said calmly, "You're so reckless in the early morning, so what's wrong?"

Concubine Hui took a deep breath and told the Queen what Yunshan had said to her. After hearing this, the Queen slapped the lip paper on the table again in anger, raised her sharp eyebrows, and said in displeasure: "I was thinking about the Emperor. With the empress dowager restraining her, she can always restrain herself, so how can she become more mischievous? Bengong looks at Concubine Xian and Wanxuan for the sake of holy favor, so she doesn't care about any shame!"

About half an hour later, the concubines entered the Kunning Palace one after another to pay their respects to the queen. The queen looked calm, and after giving the seat, her eyes swept back and forth on Wanyu and Rongyue: "Spring comes and everything recovers, and the imperial garden is also a beautiful scene. The newly sprouted shoots are green, if you have nothing to do, sisters, I will accompany Ben Gong to the garden later."

Before everyone responded, the queen said again: "Concubine Xian and Wan agreed to stay, and they will be punished to copy "Youth Learning Qionglin" in Kunning Palace."

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. An and Mrs. Rong couldn't help laughing out loud, while Concubine Hui pretended to be surprised and asked: "Empress Empress, I don't know what mistakes the two younger sisters have committed? And the "Children's Learning Qionglin" is childish." The reading materials for babbling are good, why copy them?"

The queen is slightly serious: "I remember a sentence recorded in "Youth Learning Qionglin", which reads, "The mother of the Zhou family, the Taiwang has Zhou Jiang, Wang Ji has a concubine, and Wen Wang has a concubine; three generations of subjugation, Xia Jie with concubine, Shang Zhou With Daji, Zhou You praises Si.” It is about praising Ji Zhou’s mother’s demeanor, and reprimanding the concubine who caused the subjugation of the country for three generations to be licentious. Lost the world." The empress looked at Rong Yue with a serious look, and sighed: "These young children know the truth, but the two of them don't know it. As the empress, I have to remind myself, so that no one will get the wrong idea. "

Seeing that the queen compared herself and Rong Yue to the demon concubine of the Three Dynasties, Wanyu stirred the juanzi in her hand angrily, and said angrily: "The queen empress compares the concubine and the sister concubine Xian to the demon concubine who will harm the country, and the concubine dare not admit it. Please tell me, what did Concubine Xian and I do to make you speak so seriously?"

The queen sneered and said sarcastically: "You two know where the emperor is staying these few days, so why don't you ask me to tell you about such a lewd thing in front of everyone?"

"What the empress said about the ministers and concubines is in the dark, how can the emperor love you in the eyes of the empress, and it can be regarded as adultery?" Concubine Yi rubbed her fingertips and did not look at the empress: "If these words reach the emperor's ears, For a moment, I misunderstood that the empress was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, but wouldn't that hurt our relationship?"

The queen was hit by Concubine Yi's words and her chest was tight for a while. She got up angrily and stood up at the desk. She trembled slightly and stared at Concubine Yi: "Concubine Yi! You are becoming more and more arrogant now, my palace, my palace." The queen panted heavily. Her body went limp and she fell backwards, but fortunately Qingyue had quick eyes and hands to help her so she didn't fall down, but the queen rolled her eyes and fainted in Qingyue's arms.

Qingyue was so frightened that she lost her mind. She called the queen several times but she was not awake. She rushed to the chaotic concubines and shouted: "Come on, the empress has fainted! Hurry up and pass on the imperial doctor!"

When the queen woke up, she was already lying on the warm couch in the Kunning Palace bedroom, surrounded by the concubines of the sixth palace, looking at the queen with smiles on all faces.

The curtains in front of the couch were replaced at some point with a pattern of double happiness and red lotus blossoms, and the doors and windows were tightly covered, preventing even a breath of wind from entering.

She only felt chills in her lower abdomen, and her whole body seemed to be lying lightly on a cloud, dizzy and eyesight.

She glanced at Qingyue, "Qingyue, let's send the young masters of the palaces out, I'm fine, don't hang around here, I'm so bored that I can't breathe."

The concubines moved a little bit out of the way after hearing the queen's words, and Qingyue, also known as the palace maid, opened the window to let in the wind.

The queen turned to look at the path that the concubines had moved out, only to see Fu Zhuo, the magistrate of the imperial hospital, packing up the medicine box for her consultation.

The queen called him from a distance, and then said: "Physician Fu, I just haven't been able to sleep on my pillow in the past few days, and I fell asleep for a while because of exhaustion. Why are these servants bothering you?"

The concubines at the side looked at each other and smiled, then knelt down together and said in unison: "The concubines and concubines congratulate the empress and empress on her great joy."

The queen's expression froze, and she sat up slowly with Qingyue's support. Qingyue took another velvet cushion and put it on the queen's hall, and when she was leaning against the bed post, she said, "What are you talking about?"

Qingyue smiled with uncontrollable joy, and leaned into the empress's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, you are happy."

There was a 'hum' in the Queen's mind, she was surprised, quickly grabbed Qingyue's hand, and said excitedly: "Is it true?" Then she stroked her flat belly and murmured in a trance: "You are happy? Is there a child in this Palace?"

Concubine Hui was by the queen's side, waved to Fu Zhuo and then smiled and said: "Princess Fu, you see that the empress is overjoyed, you still don't believe me, please tell the empress carefully."

Fu Zhuo hurried forward on his knees and said: "The Empress has a happy pulse, but the womb is only one month old, and there are no signs of pregnancy, the Empress has not noticed that's all. The Empress is pregnant for the first time, and it has caught up with this spring again. March is a good time, the first three months of pregnancy are the most important, and spring comes with a bright and clear sky, which is very suitable for raising a baby, the empress is really happy!"

The queen's thoughts went blank for a moment, as if floating in the sky above the mighty Forbidden City.

The son she had been looking forward to day and night, the son who had exhausted all the good medicines, had suddenly descended into her womb.

This made her overjoyed for a moment, and she was always hesitant to believe it.

Amidst the noisy congratulations from the crowd, the emperor rushed over in a hurry, all the concubines bowed to salute the emperor, the emperor walked straight to the empress without looking at him, held her hand, trembling and said excitedly: " When I heard the news, I rushed here, Shuyu, you and I finally have our son!"

The word "dizi" in the emperor's mouth was particularly harsh, piercing the hearts of Rong Guiren and An Guiren like icicles hanging from the eaves in winter.

The two of them were also pregnant, and Ronggui even gave birth to a prince, but whether it was when they were pregnant or when the emperor's heir was born, the emperor was never so nervous and happy.

The two of them glanced at each other, smiled bitterly, and shook their heads sadly.

(End of this chapter)