Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

The four-month-old stomach can already see a slightly swollen arc. An He is wearing a pink flag dress with bright pine and green Tuanfu patterns, a pink petticoat and moon-white silk trousers inside, and white jade inlaid lotus patterns on her long hair. The flat square hair is combed into a shelf hair, with a pair of golden phoenix out of the cloud dot gold rolling jade bows awarded by the empress dowager on the hairpin, and a tourmaline stone bead flower is pinned to the end of the swallowtail, which looks extraordinarily unique.She wears a topaz jadeite bracelet on her wrist, and a pair of red gold inlaid ruby ​​and pomegranate flower earrings on her ears, which sway slightly with her movements.

"Come on, sit down!" The empress dowager said with a sharp-eyed smile when she saw An He.

After An He greeted the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, she slowly sat down with her waist supported.Concubine Dai Jiashu was also diagnosed as pregnant a few years ago, and now she is having an abortion in Yonghe Palace, so An He is the only one receiving the baptism of sour eyes from the concubines.It's not that she didn't see the envious and jealous expressions of other concubines, but so what, even if she keeps a low profile to avoid others, she still feels sour.

The empress dowager didn't notice the envious looks casted by the concubines on An He, but asked with concern: "How do you feel recently? Are you eating well? Did you sleep soundly?"

"Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern. Everything is fine with your slaves." An He said with a smile, "I haven't seen Empress Dowager for a while. Why is Empress Dowager losing weight?"

"It's okay, I don't like to eat much in winter. It's you. A while ago, I heard that you don't want to eat or drink every day. I was terrified when I heard it. Fortunately, now I see that you are a little fatter than before, otherwise I must be called Mother Lu. I personally came to your place to urge you to eat." The empress dowager told Anhe with the repeated topic of appetite some time ago, "The people in my small kitchen made yam and lean meat porridge, and I will bring you a copy later."

"Thank you Empress Dowager for the reward." An He knew that the Empress Dowager cared about her body, so she kept nagging like this, and said with a smile, "I heard from the Empress Dowager that the food in the Empress Dowager's small kitchen tastes very good. Found the treasure."

"If you like, I'll ask someone to make delicious food for you every day, and then give me a white and fat grandson." The empress dowager thought of Yinzhen who was raised by her side, "Yinzhen will be one year old in a blink of an eye There are too many, and Yintang is about to turn one year old. Empress, how are Yintang's preparations for Zhou Catch Ceremony going?"

The queen has become accustomed to the empress dowager's habit of changing topics, and is ready to meet the empress dowager's questions anytime and anywhere.She smiled and said: "The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are already making preparations, but I just want to ask the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, where will the banquet be held?" The foster mother Tong Guifei lives in the Chengqian Palace, so the venue is a problem.

"Just put it in Chengqian Palace." The Empress Dowager said, "Yinyu is still sick now, don't make him tired from running around."

"Yes, the granddaughter-in-law will tell you to go on." From the corner of the queen's eyes, she saw the change of Noble Nala's eyes from hope to disappointment, but she didn't see Concubine Tong's happy expression. I also understand that Tong Guifei has no reason to be happy right now.

An He took a look at Concubine Tong Gui, thinking of Yinti's repeated illness, it was not surprising that she looked haggard.It would be false to say that Concubine Tong Gui didn't have sincerity towards Yinti, even noble Nala herself had to admit that Concubine Tong Guifei, the adoptive mother, was sincerely kind to Yinti.During Yinti's illness, Concubine Tong Guifei took care of her without eating, drinking or sleeping, but Yinti's body just didn't improve, but Concubine Tong Guifei was so anxious that she couldn't eat.

Children are debts, whether they are biological or adopted, there are always endless worries.An He rubbed her stomach. During this period of time, she had to take good care of the baby, eat and rest well. After all, mother and child are one. If she raises her baby well, the baby will naturally be fine after birth.

Yinti couldn't make it through, and died of illness not long after his first birthday.When An He heard the news, he was sitting by the couch discussing with Madam Wanyan what kind of apron to embroider for his unborn child.Wanyan Mama hurriedly waved away the person who came to report, and said: "Master, don't think too much, everyone in the palace knows that Elder Brother is not in good health."

"I know, Mammy, don't worry." She just felt that life is too fragile. Children in this era are not protected by modern incubators and incubators. A minor illness may kill them, so she should take good care of them. with his own child.An He said, "Grandma Nala and Concubine Tong may be sad, please ask someone to inquire, and I will go there when I have time."

"Master is pregnant now, it's better not to go out, be careful of being bumped into." Wanyan Nanny persuaded, "The elder brother and the princess who died young both found a treasure and buried it in the ground. It's useless for the master to go."

"It's good to go to comfort, after all, we are all acquaintances."

Just as An He wanted someone to change her clothes, Fei Qing came in and said, "Noble Nala fainted from grief, news came from Chengqian Palace that the Emperor is comforting Concubine Tong Gui."

The implication is that those who come to send words of comfort don't have to go there.An He nodded, and said, "Let's forget it." Rubbing his sour eyes, "I'll take a nap first, and the nanny will wake me up later."

This sleep was when she was about to sleep late, when An He just opened her eyes and saw someone sitting by the bed, she sat up quickly and found that it was Kangxi.I saw his haggard look, and the back of him sitting there revealed helplessness, sadness and exhaustion.She stretched out her hand to touch it slightly, and said softly: "Why is the emperor here?"

"I went to see Concubine Tong at her place, so I wanted to see you." Kangxi's voice was a little hoarse, "I saw you fell asleep later, so I went to Yonghe Palace to visit Dai Jia."

"The emperor is sad about Elder Brother Yinti." Kangxi kicked out all the servants in the room, and Kangxi stopped An He from getting up to pour him a cup of hot tea.She said softly, "Your Majesty, don't be sad."

"I'm not sad." Kangxi smiled bitterly.It would be a lie to say that it is not sad, Yinyu was raised by Concubine Tong, and Kangxi would often see him when he went to Chengqian Palace, so he naturally felt more pity for this frail and sick son.Now that Yinqi died of illness, how could he get out of the pain of bereavement so quickly.

"Is the emperor fooling the slaves?" An He said softly, "Looking at the expression on the emperor's face, you can tell that the emperor must be very sad. I'm afraid he didn't even make good use of the meals." After finishing speaking, he called the people waiting outside to come in. , "Order the people in the small kitchen to make some vegetarian dishes and porridge, and tell the emperor to use it later."

"You are very good at 'making your own way'." Kangxi pushed a strand of her long hair behind her ear.

An He hesitated for a while, but still took Kangxi's hand, and said: "The emperor is the lord of the world, no matter how sad or sad, he must always think about this country. The servant thinks, even elder brother Yinyu doesn't want to sweat himself Ma is depressed like this. Besides, the emperor is still young, and there will always be heirs."

"I know." He patted An He's hand, "You and Dai Jia are both pregnant in the palace right now, so you have to be careful about your body."

"Slaves save it."

An He got up and put on her clothes, and watched him leave after spending time with Kangxi later.