Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

The empress dowager fell ill, and the empress dowager's body was not as good as before. It was only natural for the concubines to wait for the sickness. The empress dowager is filial to the front, and she can also spend this time with the empress dowager.

"Imperial Concubine, the medicine is ready." Nanny Chen brought the medicine bowl, and the medicine inside had been dried to a suitable temperature.An He helped the Empress Dowager up, and asked the Eldest Princess to bring a cushion and put it behind her to make her sit up. Then she picked up the bowl from the tray, and put a spoonful of it to the Empress Dowager's mouth.

"This is the third recipe. Seeing that the Empress Dowager's complexion finally looks better." The eldest princess on the side handed pickled plums to the Empress Dowager to suppress the bitterness in her mouth.An He took a handkerchief and asked the Empress Dowager to wipe off the remaining medicinal soup from the corner of her mouth before laughing, "The eldest princess also cares about the Empress Dowager, and she has come to serve the Empress Dowager on time these few days. Touched. The empress dowager looks so much better now, and the princess is also a credit."

The eldest princess is not Kangxi's biological daughter.At that time, all the elder brothers and princesses in the Kangxi harem died young. In order to bring some blessings to their emperor's heirs, they asked someone to tell their fortunes and adopted the daughters of Prince Gong Changning Shufu Jin into the palace and raised them next to the Empress Dowager. , This is the big princess.

"The imperial concubine's mother was joking, it's only thanks to the imperial physicians that Wuku's mother recovered." The eldest princess said softly.

The Empress Dowager looked at the eldest princess lovingly. Her three daughters were married early, and the arrival of the eldest princess can be said to make up for her years of loneliness.Seeing that the eldest princess became more and more graceful, the empress dowager has always been very concerned about her marriage. Fortunately, this tour to Mongolia finally allowed her to find a suitable candidate.She asked the eldest princess to sit on the side of the bed, and said with a smile: "She was less than one year old when she was brought to my side, and she will be sixteen now, if she is older, she won't be able to keep her."

"What did Wuku's mother say, I don't want to leave Wuku's mother." The eldest princess blushed slightly, twisting her handkerchief and said.

An He knew that Kangxi and the Empress Dowager had set Taijibandi, the Mongolian Horqin Department, for the eldest princess.Mafa of Bandi is the nephew of the Empress Dowager and Empress Xiaoduanwen. Mama is Princess Gulun Jingduan, the daughter of Empress Xiaoduanwen. She still has the blood of Aixinjueluo on her body. Marrying him is not a big deal. The princess was wronged.Now the empress dowager is worried about, apart from the marriages of the princesses, there is probably the prince's wedding.It's just that she is sick now, and she can no longer call the little girls from outside to the palace.

The Empress Dowager coughed twice, An He quickly got up and swept her back, and said: "This medicine will be absorbed easily after drinking it. Why not take a nap for the Empress Dowager. There are slaves, princesses, and Nanny Chen here. Just wait, if you need anything, just ask."

"You've been with me for so long, you might as well go back and rest." The Empress Dowager said in a hoarse voice, "You put aside all the palace affairs, and the emperor might blame you when he finds out."

"The palace affairs can be handled at any time, the empress dowager's health is important." Even for the empress dowager's overt and covert maintenance over the years, An He couldn't just let go of her illness and go back to rest.

"Okay, Concubine Wen and Concubine Yi are coming over later, you go back first." The Empress Dowager deliberately put on a straight face, "Could it be that you don't listen to me now that I'm sick?"

"Slaves don't dare." Seeing that the Empress Dowager had made up her mind, An He could only reply helplessly.

"It's good if you have this kind of filial piety, come back tomorrow." The Empress Dowager patted the back of An He's hand, "You still have three elder brothers to take care of, and you have to take care of the six palaces. I'll see You've lost weight, so be careful not to tire yourself out. I'm mostly served by others, and I know your intentions."

The Empress Dowager has already said this, and An He can't go against her intentions.After ordering Mother Chen to take good care of the Empress Dowager, and telling the Eldest Princess to send someone to Qixiang Palace to report immediately if something happened, An He came out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning without turning around.

"Master is back." Wanyan Mama hurriedly stepped forward to welcome An He, "Master, I'm afraid I haven't had lunch yet, so I'll order someone to do it. It just so happens that Brother Nine and Brother Ten have finished practicing calligraphy and can accompany them The master will eat together."

"Brother Jiu is here?" An He sat in front of the vanity mirror and took off the silver hairpin with magnolia flowers on his head, "When did you come here?"

"I came here early this morning, and it was sent by Chuntao, who is next to Empress Yifei." Wanyan took off the earrings from her ear beads, "It is said that the ninth elder brother wants to copy the Buddhist scriptures with the tenth elder brother for Mrs. The empress dowager sent it, so someone sent it over. The master also knows that Brother Jiu's temperament is difficult to discipline even the concubine Yi, so he failed to notify the master in time."

"It's okay, they're close in age, so it's no wonder they can play together." Brother Jiu Yinzhen is good-looking and has a sweet mouth, coaxing Concubine Yi so much that she doesn't want to discipline her severely. Elder brother didn't even see the expression of fear.A while ago, when we were touring Mongolia, Brother Jiu and Yin'e ate and lived together, and our relationship was very good. After returning to the palace, we often went to play with each other, so we almost didn't live together.

"Er Niang!" Just after eating a piece of snacks to cushion his stomach, Yin'e rushed in like a small cannonball, "Greetings to Er Niang."

Followed by Yinzhen, who was wearing a blue prince's uniform, began to swing around with a fan at a young age, and the words "I am number one in the world" were written all over her fleshy face, but she didn't know that she seemed to look down on the common people. From An He's point of view, his appearance was not so cute.

He threw the fan in his hand to the little eunuch behind him, and then bowed his hands to An He and said, "Yinzhen greets the imperial concubine."

"Let's all sit down." An He touched Yin'e's little head, and pushed the snacks in front of Yinzhen and Yin'e, "Let's have some pastries first, and I've asked someone to make lunch."

"The tenth younger brother just ate two plates of sweet-scented osmanthus steamed new chestnut powder cake and two plates of butter puff pastry. These desserts should be eaten by the imperial concubine." Yinzhen said with a smile, "Mother Wuku is not in good health, I Seeing that the imperial concubine's mother is haggard a lot, it is better for the imperial concubine's mother to eat more, otherwise Yinzhen will feel distressed if she loses weight."

"You little ghost." An He smiled and nodded Yinzhen's nose, "It's exactly as Sister Yifei said, your mouth is as sweet as eating honey. I heard that you two gave the empress dowager a gift today. You have copied the Buddhist scriptures, are you done copying them all?"

"I have already finished copying one volume." Yinzhen replied, "Later, my tenth brother and I will send it to Wuku's mother in person."

"Brother Prince said that the Buddhist scriptures must be handwritten to be sincere, and the Buddha will keep Wuku's mother safe and healthy." Yin'e flicked the jade pendant on his belt, "Emiang, will Wuku's mother be okay?"

"With your filial piety, the Empress Dowager will definitely recover." An He stroked Yin'e's head reassuringly, but sighed softly in her heart.Qiuhu ravages the capital, but the disease is not destroying the life of the Empress Dowager?An He served the Empress Dowager before her sick bed for so long, seeing that the Empress Dowager fell asleep gradually longer, which was almost exactly the same as before Empress Xiaozhao died of illness.

December 26 is coming soon.

In November, the Empress Dowager's health gradually improved. She thought that this time, she would eventually get better just like the last serious illness, but she didn't expect that the Empress Dowager would not be able to recover from her illness just after entering December. Also helpless.Kangxi stayed around the Empress Dowager day and night, personally served the decoction, and led the princes and ministers to the Temple of Heaven on foot, praying to God, asking for the loss of his own life to prolong the life of the Empress Dowager.

A group of young elder brothers also went to the Empress Dowager every day to recite Buddhist scriptures, and the Empress Dowager and Concubine Borzigit even told the stories of Horqin's past in the Empress Dowager's ears all the time.An He put down all the affairs in his hands and concentrated on taking care of them, but none of this could save the life of the Empress Dowager.

On December 25, shortly after the empress dowager met Kangxi alone, the empress dowager died of illness at the age of 75 at Yuci Ninggong, completing her life journey.

Although it was close to the end of the year, because the palace was bothered by the Empress Dowager's illness, neither An He nor Tong Guifei started to prepare for a big celebration.All the red lanterns tied up by the common people's homes outside the palace were also taken off, and this new year was extremely depressing.

An He wore a plain cloak, petticoat and silk trousers, with only a pair of plain silver hairpins on his head, and led a group of concubines to guard the empress dowager in the mourning hall.The empress dowager also fell ill due to the death of the empress dowager. The imperial physicians were treating her, and An He would go over to serve the empress dowager later.Kangxi led the crown prince and several elder brothers to kneel in front of the coffin. Although the sound of crying was suppressed, it could be heard clearly in the silent mourning hall.

The late emperor doted on Empress Xiaoduan, except for the fourth son of Empress Xiaoduan and Prince Shuorong, the other elder brothers were not favored by the late Emperor at all.Kangxi was brought up by the empress dowager alone. He proclaimed himself emperor when he was young, and it was the empress dowager who taught him to be a qualified emperor with her own wisdom.An He looked at Kangxi's back from a distance, saw his shoulders trembling slightly, and suddenly felt that even if Kangxi held the power in the world, what he longed for in his heart might be only one elder who could sincerely care for him, and this elder, now he no longer gone.

"Your Majesty!" Li Dequan suddenly exclaimed.

An He took a closer look, but Kangxi's figure swayed, and the prince immediately supported him from behind.

"Khan Ama, you have a fever!" The prince quickly ordered, "Hurry up and tell the imperial physician!"

Kangxi also fell ill, adding a more desolate atmosphere in the harem.The empress dowager's coffin is temporarily placed near the Xiaoling Mausoleum, where the late emperor was buried. We can only make further plans after Kangxi recovers from his illness.

"Order the people in the imperial dining room to cook a bowl of hot ginger soup for each of the elder brothers." An He hammered his knee, "Is it all right for the empress dowager? What did the imperial doctor say?"

"The imperial doctor said that the empress dowager is suffering from a heart disease, and she has to figure it out to be cured! Zhu Xuanzhenzhou pointed out that Tu Chonghuai, his father, and his wife, Kang Na, is too lazy to forgive her!

"No hurry, I'll go to the Empress Dowager's place to have a look later, let's have a drink when I come back." An He picked up the hand stove in hand, "Is the rest all right?"

"I heard that there are censors participating in the performance and Ming Shang's embezzlement. Prince An Fujin wants to ask the empress dowager to intercede these days. It's just that the harem is so busy now. The empress dowager just died of illness, and the empress dowager is sick again. So I rejected them all." Wanyan Mama said, "Prince An Fujin also came to beg to see the empress, but the empress didn't have time to pay attention at that time."

Isn't Ming Shang the Ama of the Guoluoluo clan of the Eight Fortune Jins in history?An He shook his head slightly: "I have nothing to do with the affairs of the court, prepare the sedan chair and go to the Palace of Compassion."

"Yes."

The author has something to say: When writing the first few chapters, the name of Ama Guo Luoluo was spelled wrongly. The correct name should be Mingshang.