Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

As soon as Hesheli was sent away, Li Dequan ran in in panic, almost forgetting the etiquette, and said sharply: "Empress, the crown prince is in bloom!"

Both the queen and An He were taken aback.Smallpox is a serious disease that kills people in this era. When An He crossed over, it was because of the original body that the smallpox was born.The queen quickly asked: "How is the prince doing now? What do the imperial doctors say?"

"It's because the people serving the prince are not thoughtful. I thought it was just a cold and fever, so I found out very late that the prince is blooming!" Li Dequan said anxiously, "The emperor has ordered all the people serving the prince to be isolated. A special palace was set up for the prince to move in. The emperor said that in the next few days, when the court is over, all the ministries and offices will send all the memorials to the cabinet. He will accompany the prince until the prince is fully recovered. But now that the front line is tight, the emperor does this ..."

"The emperor has made up his mind, so we can't persuade him anymore. After all, the prince is the emperor's lifeblood." Empress Renxiao died young, and brother Chenghu died young. The prince is the only blood that Queen Renxiao left for the emperor, and the queen can't At this time, the head bird advised the emperor to "focus on the overall situation".She gritted her teeth, "Have the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager got news?"

"The letter has been sent." Li Dequan replied.

"Since this is the case, the Empress Dowager didn't say anything, so she just fulfilled the emperor's wishes." The queen said, "All the good medicinal materials in the palace will be provided to the prince first, and the competent imperial doctors in the imperial hospital will be stationed by the prince. If they If the prince can’t be cured, just wait for the emperor to deal with it. Here in the harem, the palace will watch, and once the epidemic is found to spread, the patient will be removed from the palace. You go back and tell the emperor, please don’t worry about the harem. "

"Hey." Li Dequan took the order and hurried back.

"How can there be smallpox in a good place?" An He frowned, "Sister, I'm afraid someone in the palace has already contracted the disease, why don't we ask some eunuchs and maids who have had flowers before to search carefully."

"That's fine." The queen ordered Nanny Zhou to pass on the message, and then said worriedly, "The emperor regards the prince as a treasure. If the prince is this time...how sad the emperor will be."

An He patted the back of her hand.

Fortunately, the crown prince is strong, and the flowers bloomed very smoothly this time.After he recovered, Kangxi also sacrificed and swept Fangze, Taimiao, Sheji, etc., and announced the good news to the subjects of the world.Immediately afterwards, news came out from Yikun Palace that Guo Changzai was three months pregnant, which finally swept away half of the previous gloomy atmosphere in the palace.

But at the end of December, another news came from Anpin's place that elder brother Wan Fu was in danger.This time everyone is much calmer than before. After all, it is normal for a child to have dizziness and head fever in winter. The queen told the imperial doctor Chen who had been taking care of Elder Wanmei to take good care of him, and also told Concubine An to take good care of her. Wan Wei, then turned to manage the end of the year.

But just after the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the first lunar month, Elder Wan Fu died because of a persistent high fever. He was only five years old.An Pin was crying to death, Noble Nala was the biological mother of elder brother Wan Yu, she was crying day and night with a big belly, no one could persuade her.Later, I don't know who rumored that it was Anpin who neglected to take care of him, and that's why Elder Wan's condition got worse and the medicine stone was useless.

Regardless of whether this is the case or not, the death of elder brother Wan Fu added a touch of sadness to the festive atmosphere in the palace.Because elder brother Wanfu also died young, everything about the funeral was kept simple. After Kangxi ordered someone to deal with it, he locked himself in the Qianqing Palace for half a month. Except for taking the prince's kindness to the Palace of Compassion on time, he didn't take a single step. Come into the harem.

"Master, the imperial doctor came to say that nobleman Nala's pregnancy may not last to full term." Nanny Zhou whispered in the queen's ear, "It is said that it is because of the matter of elder brother Wanmi. Internal stagnation, signs of premature birth."

"Tell the imperial doctor to take a good look at it. The midwife and wet nurse in the palace are all ready." The queen glanced at An He who was embroidering with her head bowed, waved to let Zhou go out, and said, "It's a pity your It's your birthday, and I wanted to celebrate it for you."

An He's birthday is on January 23, but with such a depressing atmosphere in the palace, she can't ignore the mood of Kangxi and others to celebrate her birthday.She didn't care, and said: "What's the matter, the emperor is still sad about the matter of Brother Wan Fu, it's better for us to keep a low profile. Besides, it's enough to have my sister's heart."

"I've wronged you anyway." The queen sighed, "At this time last year, you were busy taking care of me, so you forgot my birthday. This year, I have encountered such a thing again. I always feel that you have been wronged."

"It's great if my sister has this kind of heart." An He smiled slightly, "If my sister loves me, why don't you ask the people in your small kitchen to cook me West Lake vinegar fish. I've been craving this dish recently. It will be more convenient It’s vegetarian stewed three delicacies balls, barbecued pork preserved deer and red rice porridge, that’s enough.”

"Have you decided to eat at my place again?" The queen nodded An He's nose, "Understood." After speaking, she ordered the maid Cuixi beside her to pass the message to the small kitchen.

An He wrinkled his nose in a funny way, and his character was much more relaxed than when he entered the palace.Probably because she has gotten used to the life in the harem, and the life in the palace is much stricter than she imagined, so the uneasiness in her heart about strange places has gradually receded, and it is actually quite relaxed to embroider and chat like this every day of.

On February [-]th, nobleman Nala moved.Because of the sadness before, the delivery of this baby was not smooth, and it took two days to finally give birth to an elder brother on February [-]. He looks very similar to the elder brother Wan Fu who died young, as if he was a child in the dark. He was reincarnated and returned.The imperial doctor said that the little elder brother was weak in the womb and had to be recuperated, and Nala nobleman had signs of bleeding after giving birth, so he also needed to rest, otherwise his life would be endangered.

Kangxi thought for a long time, but finally made the decision to hand over the child to Tong Guifei to raise him.It’s not that it’s to make up for the previous reneging of the promise, but that the matter of Wan Fu was not caused by Concubine An’s negligence, but it was just a knot in Kangxi’s heart, and thinking that Concubine Tong Gui has always been careful, it may not be a bad thing to entrust this child to her upbringing .Then I found an opportunity to mention it to the Empress Dowager and the Empress. The Empress Dowager did not object this time. Although the Empress was worried, seeing that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor agreed, she had no choice but to agree.

When the little elder brother was full moon, Tong Guifei received this order and happily carried the little elder brother back to Chengqian Palace.

"I know you don't want Concubine Tong to adopt an elder brother," the Empress Dowager said to the queen who was waiting on the side with her eyes closed, "but you have to remember that Noble Nala has a temper that is easy to provoke. Concubine Tong can block it." If you can hold back the arrows in the back, I'm afraid you won't be able to stop Noble Nala's fiery temperament."

Noble Nala is a full-fledged army flag. Although his family background is not high, he was named a nobleman as soon as he entered the palace. He has been favored these years.Many people in the former dynasty were upset that the emperor favored the Tong family. If it was reported in the harem that Concubine Tong was adopting the son of Noble Nala but did not want their mother and son to meet each other, the former court might be too busy.The queen poured a cup of tea for the empress dowager, and said softly: "The grandson's daughter-in-law understands."

"The front and back palaces are closely related. It depends on whether those people can see through." The Empress Dowager opened her eyes, took a sip of tea, and said lightly.The Tong family has been highly valued in the past few years, but the empress dowager is afraid that the Tong family will cover the sky with their hands in the previous court and harem.Nobleman Nala is a manchu army banner, while Tong Guifei is a Han army bannerman. Although they are both bannermen, the conflict between the bannermen has never subsided.