Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

Until the end of the year, Noble Nala's green card was still not put back, and she also knew that she was too talkative, An Pin probably reprimanded her several times in secret, during this time she also said she was sick and hid in Chuxiu "Calm and recuperate" in the palace.The queen saw that although she seemed to be sincerely convinced, she just smiled faintly, and shook the head of a duck with green dots and green phoenix, but didn't say anything.

"Sister, the medicine boiled for you from the Imperial Hospital is here, drink it while it's hot." An He took the Bu Yao from the Queen's hand and put it on her hairpin, "Today is a family banquet, so don't be late."

After more than a month of getting along, An He and the Queen finally got a lot closer, and the strangeness when they first met seemed to slowly disappear.Thinking about it, the two sisters were separated when they were young, and the queen is much older than Anhe, so it is impossible for sisters who are close relatives by blood to become intimate as soon as they meet.Fortunately, although the queen seemed indifferent, she took good care of An He; An He naturally reciprocated and served her sister wholeheartedly.

The queen coughed a few times in a low voice, drank the soup and medicine before saying: "How does my face look?"

After entering December, the queen's health did not improve but became worse, even the repeated diagnosis and treatment at the Tai Hospital did not improve much.The Empress once had a miscarriage when she was a concubine, and at that time the root cause of the disease fell. At the end of the year, she had to take care of many things in the palace. Even if Tong Guifei helped her, it was just a drop in the bucket, and it was not conducive to her recuperation. .An He took a closer look, brought peach-colored rouge to add some color to her face, and said, "It looks much better this way."

The queen was wearing a purple and golden Guangling Fengyue peony flag dress, and a six-pack waistcoat of lotus-colored lotus flowers with fur trimmed on the outside. Madam Zhou put a brocade and feather satin cloak with emerald patterns on her, and stuffed another one. The hand stove with cloisonné enamel flower and bird pattern wrapped her tightly before sending her to the soft sedan chair.

An He is wearing a rose-red swastika cloud make-up flower flag dress, lined with a royal blue dark purple moiré moire-embellished fur vest, and a pink navy blue cloak on the outside. His hands are folded in the armholes, holding a twig The white copper hand stove with lotus pattern got on the sedan chair and set off behind the queen.She looked at the soft sedan in front of her silently, thinking that the queen had been busy for several days for tonight's family banquet, and her mood was complicated.She entered the palace to give the empress a firm favor and consolidate the status of Niu Hulu's family. After watching it for more than a month, she realized how difficult it is to have a place in the palace. Family background, appearance, and means are all indispensable. Although her elder sister is a queen, there are actually many unsatisfactory things. Concubine Tong Guifei came out to compete with her for power and favor, and there were wave after wave of favored concubines in the palace. Everyone would be physically and mentally exhausted.

In my memory, Kangxi's second empress also died when she was young, and An He's fingernails stained with balsambuna juice were pinched into the palm of her hand, and she didn't know how to change this fact.

The family banquet was not too grand, after all, there were tens of thousands of soldiers fighting on the front line, so these concubines naturally had to follow the holy will and act frugally.But even if you want to save money, you can't just serve some porridge and cabbage. That's why the empress put all her effort into hosting such a banquet, which must make Kangxi, the empress dowager and empress dowager all satisfied.The banquet for the concubines was assisted by Concubine Tong, and it also looked good, but it didn't taste very good.However, all the women in the harem have such experience. Naturally, they only attend such a banquet after padding their stomachs in their own palace.

"Come on, sit down quickly, is it cold outside?" Concubine Hesheli said with a smile when she saw An He walking over.

"Fortunately, the room is much warmer." An He put the stove on the table, "Why did my sister come here so early today?"

"It's just drawing patterns and doing needlework in the palace. It's really boring. It's better to come and talk to all the sisters earlier." She is gentle and pleasing to the ear, but for some reason Kangxi always treats her indifferently, even Anhe with the Queen's sister on her head is much more favored than her.

"I was also embroidering in the house during this time, and it's really cold outside. It seems that the capital has not been so cold for a long time." An He said, "But the servants who serve are used to living a small life, and brought a charcoal basin to bake Chestnuts, eating chestnuts and reading books occasionally, life is comfortable."

"It sounds good to me." Concubine Hesheli said with a slight smile.

There was a bustling sound outside, it was the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager

Let's go into the hall together.An He and Concubine Hesheli hurriedly got up and stood on the spot to salute.After the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager sat down, the concubines sat down again.An He used to only meet the Empress Dowager when he paid her respects at the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Thinking that this is the famous Empress Xiaozhuang Wen in history, she always had an indescribable feeling.

"The emperor hasn't come at this time, I'm afraid he's too busy in Qianqing Palace again." The Empress Dowager glanced at the vacant seat around her, turned around and said to the empress.

"The battle on the front line is busy, so it's normal for the emperor to come later." As soon as the words fell, the empress only felt her throat itching. Queen's lips.

"You child, why is your condition not getting better?" The empress dowager also came over and asked with concern.

"It's probably because I've been busy these days and the weather is cold, so my illness has been repeated, and it's not a big deal. Thank you Queen Mother for your concern." The queen wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, "Fortunately, Concubine Tong Gui is also a person who can help. I'm busy, An and that girl are also serving me wholeheartedly, and my health is already much better."

"Is An He your younger sister?" The Empress Dowager asked, she knew the empress' intention of calling her younger sister into the palace. In the past, Empress Xiaoduanwen hired her to Taizong because she could not bear a son.The queen had a miscarriage before, and her body has always been weak, so it is no wonder that she had the same idea.

"Exactly, that girl is very quiet, but I am also happy to have her talk with me on weekdays." An He has been in the palace for two months, and the number of exchanges with the concubine next to him can be counted on his fingers clear.It doesn't mean that you can be safe and sound if you just stay out of it. If she doesn't like Concubine Tong so much, doesn't it mean that she still has to deal with Concubine Tong with a smile? There are no connections in this palace.The queen knows that An He doesn't like to socialize with others, but she can't stay in the Kunning Palace forever.

"It looks very similar to you." The empress dowager squinted her eyes for a moment before saying.

The same mother, the queen looks gorgeous, and An He's appearance is naturally not bad.But after all, she is a girl from Niu Hulu's family. Although she looks very beautiful, she doesn't behave as frivolously as the other girls.The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction after observing Anhe for a while: "The tutor of Niu Hulu's family is really good."

The queen smiled and was about to start a conversation, but out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the servants at the gate of the hall kneeling on the ground, and stood up to welcome Kangxi's arrival.After a while of greetings, several people sat down again.

An He narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw that Kangxi was carrying a little doll beside him, who looked no more than five years old, and was wearing a bright yellow uniform, so he knew that this was Yinfeng, who was registered as the crown prince at the age of one and a half.But at this time he is not called by this name, his baby name is Baocheng.Seeing that Kangxi and the prince are deeply in love with each other, who would have thought that the two would turn against each other decades later, the prince would be abolished twice, and even be imprisoned for life?It can be seen that in this palace, no matter how deep the feelings are, they cannot match the power and influence.

"What are you looking at? Are you lost in thought?" Concubine Hesheli interrupted her thoughts with a smile when she saw that she was staring at the prince and the emperor without shifting her gaze.

"It's nothing, just seeing the prince for the first time, and I'm a little curious." Speaking of which, the person in front of me is still the prince's aunt.An He smiled slightly, "It really looks like the emperor."

"Isn't it?" Concubine Hesheli said lightly.Although her family told her to get close to the prince if she got the chance, she knew that was impossible after thinking about it.She is a concubine with no status. Although she is the crown prince's aunt in name, even the empress maintains a distant relationship with the crown prince. What kind of aunt is she?

In addition to the prince, the eldest princess, the third daughter of the emperor, the fourth daughter of the emperor, and the fifth daughter of the emperor also attended the family banquet. The prince's daughter was brought into the palace by Kangxi as an adopted daughter when she was just born ten years ago, and was raised by the empress dowager's side.The third daughter of the emperor was the son of Concubine Rong, the mother of the fourth daughter was Concubine Zhang, and the mother of the fifth daughter was Zhaojia nobleman. The three princesses are now living in the princess house.

"Why don't you see Concubine Hui's son?" An He glanced at him and asked in a low voice when he saw that the prince was an elder brother.

"Elder brother was raised in Master Nalan's house outside the palace, and he heard the wind and cold, so he didn't bring him into the palace." Concubine Hesheli said.

It turned out to be raised in Nalan Mingzhu's house, no wonder she got so close to Nalan Mingzhu in the future.An He nodded, picked up the wine glass and touched Concubine Hesheli, and took a small sip of the sweet rose to get drunk.