Qi Concubine's Cultivation Notes in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 60

Sure enough, in the afternoon, Li Rulan heard that besides Dong E's who valued her a lot, Li Yunting answered the most.

Li Rulan felt a little sour in her heart. At first, she felt that this honor should belong to her, and at the same time, she had a strange feeling in her heart. Could it be that Kangxi had taken a fancy to Li Yunting?
Then he felt that Li Yunting was indeed beautiful, even he felt so when he was used to seeing her, let alone the first time he met her.Thinking that if he married the fourth elder brother, Li Yunting married Kangxi?Li Rulan couldn't help but twitched the corner of her mouth.

Thinking that there must be a lot of people going to see Li Yunting in the afternoon, Li Rulan didn't join in the fun, instead, she chatted with Mrs. Dong E and brought the topic to the third elder brother. Li Rulan held Dong E's family in her arms, and the two were laughing and making noise.

At night, Li Yunting practiced the invisibility formula and visited the Hall of Mental Cultivation at night.Because the choice was in the middle of the night, it was a coincidence that the emperor stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and did not turn over the sign. When Li Yunting arrived, Kangxi had just fallen asleep. In a comatose state, fingertips touched Kangxi's temple lightly, knowing that Kangxi had made up his mind to marry him to the fourth elder brother.

Li Yunting turned around and walked out, causing the flames to jump slightly.

Knowing Kangxi's idea, Li Yunting relaxed a lot, the biggest matter was resolved and other matters were trivial.

In the daytime of the next day, when I was reading a book in the room, a nanny came over and announced, "Which one is Miss Li from the Han Army Banner?"

"I am." Li Yunting stood up.

Finally, in the hall, there are two Miss Li, one is Li Yunting and the other is Li Rulan.

The father-in-law was taken aback when he saw two people, and the nanny said: "There are indeed two Miss Li of the Han Army Banner. They said they came from the same family, and they are sisters."

Now that he said that, the round-faced father-in-law didn't know who the masters were going to meet, so he said: "The two girls will go with the Sa family."

Li Yunting and Li Rulan naturally held blessings and said in response.

Li Rulan and Li Yunting followed behind the father-in-law, feeling uneasy, they just asked the yelling mother that Concubine De, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Hui were the masters in Yonghe Palace and wanted to see them both.Because Concubine Yi met Li Yunting in the Royal Garden, and the Holy Majesty also treated Li Yunting favorably, so she talked about this matter with several sisters in the morning.

When Li Yunting and Li Rulan came in, the masters were taken aback for a moment, they all looked at Concubine Yi, their eyes meant, isn't there one person, why are there two?

Concubine De's eyes moved slightly, she sized up Li Yunting for a moment, pinched Jinpa's right hand to gently cover the corner of her lips, and said gently, "Get up."

The two raised their heads according to their words, and the one sitting in the middle was Concubine De, with some makeup on her head to make her appearance more beautiful. She was wearing a light blue palace dress with embroidered borders. The skirt was full of blooms, and there were jade pendants and all kinds of beads hanging on the waist. The whole attire was extremely elegant, because she had given birth to a child, it did not detract from her beauty, but added a different kind of charm, like the fragrance of chrysanthemums.Sitting next to her was Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui, among whom it can be said that Concubine Hui had the most dull appearance.

The two Li's postures were graceful, and after finding out their names, Concubine Yi said to Li Rulan, whether listening to her or looking at her appearance, she felt that she was a hearty person, "I didn't see her in the Royal Garden last time, and it's also true." What a lovely person."

Li Rulan said with a smile: "Thank you for your compliment, but the slaves are still petty after all, they are not as luxurious as your mother."

Concubine Yi saw Li Yunting with a slight smile on her face, just stood there, while Li Rulan was eager to try, she pinched the handkerchief to cover her lips, "It's pleasant to talk."

"Your servant is sincere." Li Rulan smiled sincerely, every expression was practiced beforehand in front of the dim bronze mirror, so that no one would think it was flattery.

Concubine De saw that Li Yunting's appearance was even better, so she brought the topic to Li Yunting, "I heard from Concubine Yi, you still play good chess?"

"This is the only thing a servant can do. After all, it's not as good as my sister." Li Yunting said, bringing the topic back to Li Rulan.

Li Rulan didn't see Kangxi last time, and although the relationship between Concubine De and Yinzhen was cold in history, after all, Concubine Yin was raised by Empress Tong when she was a child, and Concubine De later had a fourteenth elder brother who was born by her side. The relationship with Yinzhen is even worse, but in matters of marriage, apart from Kangxi, the other person who can make decisions about Yinzhen is Concubine De.

Li Rulan saw that Li Yunting threw the topic on herself, but it was not appropriate to boast, so she could only smile and say: "I don't have anything to do on weekdays, I just like reading."

Li Rulan tried her best to express herself, but for no reason made a few masters laugh at her.Seeing these two sisters deepened their impression of a truth, "It is better to be still than to move."

At first, I thought Li Rulan was smart, but Li Yunting was too dull. Seeing Li Rulan's mouth opening and closing, the nobles felt a headache. Doesn't this girl know that if she speaks too much, she will lose her words?Then she was a little tired, "Today I just chatted with you to see if the life in the palace is comfortable." Concubine De said.

Concubine Yi also added: "And I said that among this group of beautiful girls, the girl from the Li family is quite beautiful, and there is a surprise today. The one I didn't see last time is also a beauty."

When Li Rulan and Li Yunting withdrew from the Yonghe Palace, the enthusiasm just now faded a lot. When Li Rulan returned to her room, she thought of her own performance just now. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. It seemed that she was too enthusiastic a little bit.It was actually a habit of flattering Mrs. Sheng, and I hope that the nobles will not think that I am talking.

Sun Xiaorou and Li Yunting inquired about what the masters asked, and Li Yunting told them one by one, and Sun Xiaorou calculated them in her heart.

The last meeting in the Royal Garden was not considered a formal meeting, and there was the last round.This time, in addition to the emperor and the beautiful concubines, there is also an old lady who looks benevolent and kind-hearted, the empress dowager.The eunuch read the names one by one loudly, and if the appearance was too bad, he put down the sign directly.In this way, nine people were screened out, and the title of the female red was given by the Queen Mother, embroidering a lotus on the silk.

This is not too difficult, they are basically completed, and the two that have not been completed are also screened out. If you get a good-looking pattern, the concubines will pass it on to see.

After this round is over, let the show girls pack up their things, they can go back, and then wait for the news.

The draft was over, and the eunuchs let the beautiful women out of the palace one by one. Li Yunting and Li Rulan walked a little longer, and then they saw the Li family's carriage. Zhao Yue lifted the curtain and waved to the two.

The two got into the carriage, Zhao Yue didn't ask any more questions, but said: "Go home and have a good rest, food has been prepared."

Li Yunting and Li Rulan only stayed in Beijing for one more day, and then returned to Jizhou. Fahrenheit was already waiting at the gate. Seeing Li Yunting, they put their arms around Li Yunting and said, "Xian'er has lost weight."

"Elder Sister, Second Sister." Li Yuxi also greeted the two with a smile.

"Brother Xi, did you study hard?" Li Rulan said with a smile.

"That's natural." Li Yuxi said with a slight smile.

After entering the mansion, it was for the old lady to see, but the old lady made up for the indifference from Huashi and Li Yuxi just now, and the old lady made up for it with enthusiasm. Holding Li Rulan in her arms was quite numb, "Take care of yourself."

The Li family got two happy events.The first imperial decree was for Li Rulan. Although the text on the imperial decree was extremely difficult to pronounce, Li Rulan could tell that she was going to enter the palace to serve Kangxi!Immediately froze in place.

The eunuch frowned when he saw Li Rulan's performance, Li Wenye raised his voice and led the people in the house to kowtow to the ground, thanking the Lord for his kindness, Li Rulan also kowtowed in silence.

The second imperial decree was for Li Yunting, who pointed out to the fourth elder brother to be a side Fujin.Li Yunting thanked her with a smile. She was more satisfied with Hua's marriage than she imagined. After all, the fourth elder brother was also raised in front of Queen Tong. The crown prince was in the limelight. The situation changed suddenly.

Respectfully sending off the father-in-law who announced the decree, Li Rulan was thinking about why such a mistake happened, seeing the same smiles on Li Yunting's and Hua's faces, she couldn't help but fainted.

After waking up, she was numb. After living in this era for so many years, the thought of imperial power was also eroding her.She pulled up the quilt covering her body, and the imperial decree has been released, what can she do?
Bai Wei looked happy, while Bai Zhi looked at Li Rulan's expression, which was obviously not a happy expression. Thinking of Li Rulan's constant talk about becoming rich and becoming the emperor's woman, isn't she the most powerful and richest?
The whole family is waiting by Li Rulan's side, after all, they are going to enter the palace, if something goes wrong at this time, I'm afraid there won't be enough heads to cut off.

Seeing that Li Rulan woke up, Hua said: "Is Miss Lan not feeling well? I have already called a doctor, and someone will come later. Take care of yourself during this time."

Li Rulan nodded in confusion, looking at Li Yunting, her heart ached, "Mother, I want to sleep alone."

Fahrenheit naturally agreed, and because Li Yunting also got the imperial decree, Fahrenheit wanted to talk to his daughter, so he let Li Rulan rest at ease.

"Good boy, this time you've made up your mind. Although mother is reluctant to give up, she is finally at ease." Hua said softly, stroking Li Yunting's hair, "After all, it was all speculation before, only when there is a will, it will be implemented. , I just let go of this heart."

"Mother, please worry about it." Li Yunting said.

"I also know a little bit that the fourth elder brother is standing with the prince." Fahrenheit said in a low voice, "Plus, he was adopted by Empress Tong, and his status is even better than I imagined. Especially my son used to be the master My son, you are his first side Fujin, and now you live in the palace. Only when you open the mansion in about two years will you have a side Fujin. This is not bad." Fahrenheit blushed a little, and said: "You are going to get married too, In this boudoir, I'll give you the brochure in a few days. You can take a look. In addition, if you can have children before Fujin enters the mansion, you can occupy a head. If you don't have any, it doesn't matter. Don't worry, the children's affairs are the most important thing. Can't wait, you know?"

"I know." Li Yunting said with a slight smile, her face was not cultivated, like a mortal's boudoir, Li Yunting could only think that he was the real dragon emperor after all, and could absorb Yang Yuan.

Fahrenheit didn't talk to Li Yunting for long, because the doctor had already come to the door. Although Li Yunting's marriage was good, she was only the emperor's woman, and Li Rulan's family had to be careful in serving her.

(End of this chapter)