Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 17 The Rain Between Flowers (3)

The spring of the 14th year of Shunzhi was an eventful spring. On the second day of Qingru's bedtime, that is, March 14th, [-], Chengqian Palace heard the good news that the imperial concubine was pregnant. Except for Fulin and Dong Exianglan While waiting for the birth of this new life with joy, everyone else has their own thoughts.

On March 28, the imperial concubine's father, E Shuo, died of illness. Upon hearing the sad news, the imperial concubine was overwhelmed with grief and almost had a miscarriage.

On the ninth day of April, Sony's eldest son, Kabula, was assassinated on his way back to his residence from the next court, and unfortunately died. So far, Sony has only his second son, Suo'etu, left.

On the night when she heard the news, Qingru knelt in front of the Buddha statue and prayed all night. This is the only thing she can do for her brother now!

Soon it will be the fifth day of May, which is the Duanyang Festival. Every household in the folks will drink realgar wine and eat rice dumplings on this day, even in the palace.The Imperial Dining Room has prepared all kinds of rice dumplings early on. They use high-quality glutinous rice, stuffed with bean paste or egg yolk, and then wrapped with dried bamboo leaves. They are steamed on the day of They were sent to various places in the palace.

One of the eunuchs in charge of delivering food was a newcomer. He couldn't help feeling a little strange when he saw that the person in front of him passed Chengqian Palace but didn't enter, so he quietly asked the older eunuch next to him. The imperial dining room is no longer in charge of the meals for the imperial concubine, but a few experienced chefs are specially assigned to settle in the Chengqian Palace, and they are responsible for the diet of the imperial concubine.After the little lady listened to it, she was speechless, the emperor's love for this imperial concubine is really extraordinary!
At this time, Dong Exianglan had already had a body of four months, and her belly under the clothes was already a little protruding, but she could move easily, but she was very lethargic in recent days, and she often slept until midnight.

She was washing and washing that day, when someone came to report that it was the concubine chastity who was asking to see her outside, she was overjoyed, and after hastily groomed and washed, she hurried out of the bedroom. If you want to say that in this palace, she is the only concubine chastity besides Fulin Relatives, naturally attach great importance to her.

When I arrived in the hall, I saw the concubine Zhen drinking tea, and behind her were two personal maids, Jian'er and Chen'er. Porcelain jars.

Seeing Dong E Xianglan coming out, Concubine Zhen hurriedly put down the teacup in her hand and stood up to salute: "Concubine Zhen has seen the imperial concubine!"

Dong E Xianglan frowned displeasedly: "How many times have I told you that you and my sisters should not be so polite, you always don't listen, could it be that you don't regard me as your sister?"

"No way, no way, it's common sense for a younger sister to salute to her elder sister, it doesn't mean that I salute you only after you become an imperial concubine." She didn't want the two of them to be strangers because of her identity, so she hurriedly explained.

Dong E Xianglan had a smile on her face. This sister, since she entered the palace at the age of 14, the two sisters have not seen each other for three years. Since they got together in the palace, she always has to finish the ceremony every time. Later, she was willing to talk to her, and she would not listen to any persuasion.

"Xiang Xun? Xiang Xun?"

The concubine Zhen didn't know what she was thinking, but she didn't hear Dong E Xianglan's cry. She realized it after several times, and asked a little bit blankly, "Sister, are you calling me?"

Dong E Xianglan opened her eyes in surprise and said: "Sister, what are you thinking, maybe you have forgotten your own name?"

"Who says it's not? Ever since the emperor gave me the word Zhen, no one has ever called me by my real name. After a long time, even I almost forgot that I have such a name." The concubine Zhen showed a look of reminiscence.

"Xiang Xun!" Dong E Xianglan called with some distress.

"Sister, you should call me younger sister, it sounds more affectionate!" Concubine Zhen said a little hastily, as if she didn't want to hear this name again.Although Dong E Xianglan didn't understand, but she was used to letting her sister let her go, she still nodded in agreement.

The concubine Zhen walked up to Dong E Xianglan and squatted down, gently stroking her small belly with armored hands, and remained silent for a while. Dong E Xianglan was about to speak, when she suddenly heard her say something softly , very soft, can't hear clearly, it seems to say something like a child.She didn't look into it carefully, and quietly stroked the bright red tassels hanging from the head of the concubine's flag, as naturally as she was when she was a child.

After a while, the concubine finally raised her head and said with a smile: "Sister, you are really blessed. Not only does the emperor love you, but soon you will have a little elder brother or a little princess to accompany you, unlike me..." Speaking of this , the smile dimmed.

"Silly sister, what is there to be envious of? You are still so young, and you will have your own child as soon as possible. After I am pregnant, I can no longer serve the holy driver. You should give more refreshments to the emperor, and be summoned more fortunately." Once again, maybe it will happen soon, and you may even be named a noble concubine or concubine or something." Dong E Xianglan said without any hypocrisy.

There are only two kinds of such women, one is that she has no feelings for that man at all, and the other is that she absolutely believes in that man's feelings for her, and Dong E Xianglan Wuying is the latter.She knew that Fulin's status destined him to have only one woman, but she believed that Fulin loved only her, so she was so relieved.

"By the way, sister, in the past two months, has the emperor called you such a noble person again?" For no reason, she thought of the woman with the fiery gaze again.

"Sister, are you the one from Chonghua Palace?" Concubine Zhen was puzzled as to why she cared so much about an unfavored nobleman.

"Exactly!"

"As far as I know, the emperor has never called her again, and the nobleman also lives in seclusion and rarely shows up." Hearing this news, Dong E Xianglan felt relieved a lot. Maybe she was really too sensitive. won't like her.

A palace lady came in to ask if she wanted to pass on the meal. When the concubine saw the maid, she gasped and looked strange. It turned out that this maid was Xiangyuan, the aunt in charge of Zhongcui Palace. How could she appear in Chengqian Palace?
Dong E Xianglan explained: "The emperor was afraid that the original servants would not have enough experience to serve him well, so he transferred a few people from Zhongcui Palace who would do things. In addition to Xiangyuan, there are also Li Gonggong and the others." After that, she asked Concubine Zhen: "Sister, have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, you can eat at my sister's place. We sisters rarely have a chance to eat together."

"Thank you sister for your kindness. I have already used it before I came here." She seemed to have thought of something, took the small basket she had been holding in her hand all this time, and lifted the lid on it. Inside were small baskets no bigger than thumbs Zongzi, which looks like a child's toy, is really cute.

She handed over the basket and said with a shy smile: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I specially brought some small rice dumplings for my sister, I know my sister has everything here, but I made these by myself, I hope you can accept it, sister."

Dong E Xianglan was very moved when she heard this, and said with her own hands with a smile: "My sister's kindness is more precious than anything else to my sister!"

Concubine Zhen took the porcelain jar from Chen'er's hand and handed it to Xiangyuan and said, "I heard that sister, you have been having a bad appetite recently, so I brought some green plums to appetize you."

"It's rare that you care so much about me, sister, thank you in advance!"

"The younger sister will leave first. Elder sister, please take care of your health. I will come to see you in a few days." The concubine Zhen bid farewell to Dong E Xianglan and went back to her own palace. All this was noticed by others.

In addition, I would like to apologize to everyone. In order to let everyone read more, I have been writing articles whenever I have time, and updating code words as soon as I surf the Internet. I am really tired. Please allow me to rest for a few days and adjust it. I don’t want to turn writing into a pain, I will update next Tuesday at the latest, please include more

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