Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

Because it was the first child, Da Fujin finally gave birth to a daughter for the elder brother after a day and a night of pain.Although the fact that he is not a son makes the eldest brother and Concubine Hui slightly disappointed, but after all, it is the first child of the eldest brother. Although they have regrets, they are still very happy.Concubine Hui also took out her private house for many years and sent it to Da Fujin, but she didn't notice that the things sent by other concubines in the harem were only passable, and she didn't notice that Kangxi and the empress dowager still haven't expressed anything.

"According to the emperor's wishes, there is no need for a big banquet for Little Gege's three baptisms. What do you think of the plan I just drew up, sister?" Concubine Tong coughed twice before saying.Her body was getting worse day by day, no matter how thick the makeup on her face was, it couldn't hide her sallow complexion, and the lotus jacquard cloak looked empty on her body.

"Sister thinks about every detail, and the emperor and empress dowager will be satisfied." An He said with a smile.

Originally, the birth of Xiao Gege was considered a happy event, but the timing of the pregnancy was inappropriate. As soon as the good news of Dafujin’s pregnancy came out, the Junggar rebellion started, and the palace was full of people discussing whether it was Xiao Gege. ominous.Although An He and Tong Guifei both came forward to punish the tongue-twisters, Kangxi never showed his love for this granddaughter, and those words quickly revived.

"Concubine Hui has come to ask several times, so let's do it according to this." Concubine Tong asked the red sleeve beside her to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and said, "I checked the emperor's daily life note yesterday, and found that the emperor has been in the past few months. Didn't step into the harem, does my sister know what's going on?"

"Sister, have you forgotten? The emperor said that he would keep his filial piety for the empress dowager for a year, so he hasn't stayed in the harem for the past few months." An He replied after taking a sip of tea.According to the law, Kangxi had to keep filial piety for Empress Xiaozhuang Wen for one year, and he actually did this.Vegetarianism, chanting, offering sacrifices, abstaining from female sex, everything is done according to the rules.

"Maybe I've been so busy that I almost forgot about it." Concubine Tong coughed a few more times, took a sip of tea to suppress the itchiness in her throat, "I made my sister laugh."

"I saw that my sister's complexion was very bad, but did you invite the imperial doctor to come and treat her?" Seeing Concubine Tong's face was abnormally red, An He hesitated for a moment before asking, "I heard that when you were sick It's not advisable to drink too much tea, my sister should ask for a cup of hot water instead."

"My sister has a heart." Tong Guifei smiled lightly, "It's okay."

Seeing that she didn't listen to the advice, An He twitched the corners of her mouth and stopped talking.Seeing Concubine Tong Guifei's current appearance looks a bit broken, she doesn't care about her body, what can outsiders say.An He walked out of Chengqian Palace, looked at the still bright October sun, boarded the sedan chair and went back to Qixiang Palace.

"Your maidservant is watching, Tong Guifei's body seems to be worse than when the little princess died, and she doesn't seem to listen to the master's persuasion today." Fei Qing said while pressing An He's shoulders, "This way It's only me who will lose money, why can't Concubine Tong treat me well?"

"We are outsiders, so I'm afraid Concubine Tong Gui won't be able to listen to us no matter how much we talk." An He closed his eyes and said, "The imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are all watching, and with Concubine Tong Shu by her side, probably nothing serious will happen. "I'm afraid Concubine Tong will give up on herself.An He didn't say this, but for some reason she always felt this way.

Hope this is an illusion.An He sighed softly, and only shook his head lightly in the face of Feiqing's caring inquiry.

The Junggar war also came to an end shortly after Da Gege was born.Galdan led the cavalry to temporarily return to the Junggar tribe, but both Kangxi himself and the court ministers knew that this was just the calm on the eve of another war.Although Kangxi recalled the left and right Second Route Army, the Mongolian tribes still gathered troops to stay where they were in order to prevent Junggar and Tsarist Russia in the north from raiding.On October [-], Kangxi issued a transfer order to transfer the third uncle Shi Wenbing to Fujian to serve as Fuzhou general, and Yan Zhu went to Fujian to serve as Fuzhou general.

"This is the last time the servant girl came to greet the empress. Next month, the servant girl will go south with Yan Zhu. From now on, the third and fourth younger siblings will often come to the palace to greet the empress." Tong said to An He with a smile .This time, Yan Zhu was assigned the official position of a third-rank general. For Yan Zhu, who was only in her early twenties, this position was not low, and it was no wonder that Mrs. Tong had been so happy these days.

"I'm also happy to let Yan Zhu out. Master Shi Wenbing is also a talent praised by the emperor. Yan Zhu will definitely learn a lot of ways to be an official by his side." An He said with a smile, "It's just that my brother is still so young. , do you take it with you too?"

"I don't know when I will be able to return to the capital, and the maidservant is reluctant to put him in the capital, so I might as well take him away together." Tong Shi replied, "This time I went south by boat, and there was less traveling on land. The slaves have already selected the servants who will go south together, they are all capable stewards and nuns in the mansion, please rest assured, empress."

"It's good if you have an idea." An He asked Feilan to bring some medicine bottles, "Here is the peppermint oil that is being specially extracted by the doctor of the imperial hospital. You will probably use it on the ship. There are also a few pills for treating wind and cold Put away all the medicines. I heard that the weather in Fujian is hotter than that in Beijing, you and Yan Zhu have to take good care of yourselves, and if it doesn’t work, find a doctor to go with you.”

"Your Majesty's instructions, the maidservant will remember." Tong Shi said, "The maidservant has something to tell the Empress today. The mother's condition has improved, and the maidservant and the third and fourth younger siblings have come to see her. After a period of recuperation, she will recover Healed up. I heard that it was A Ling'a who brought back two high-quality ginseng plants from outside, that's why he got better so quickly."

"Understood." It seems that A Ling'a still let Bayara use the ginseng she gave.An He stretched out his finger to shake the green smoke from the incense burner, "After you and Yan Zhu go south, only Fu Bao and Yin De are left at home. You all know what's going on in the court during this time, so don't do it." If you make a mistake, or Da Luo Immortal will not be able to save you."

"Your maidservant knows that it's not that Master Mingzhu didn't send a post to invite the second master and the others to come to the house, but the second master declined." Tong knew that An He was talking about the copying and interrogation of the Dong family's family. Send a letter back, instructing us not to have too close contacts with officials from either faction of Lord Mingzhu or Lord Suo'etu."

"That's good." An He asked Feiqing to bring a few things, and ordered Tong Shi to take them back one by one, and then let Tong Shi go out of the palace.The time for a married woman to enter the palace to pay her respects is limited, even if she is a noble concubine, she cannot be favoritism.

After seeing off Mrs. Tong, An He sat alone for a long time, until Mammy hugged Brother Thirteen who had just woken up.Although the thirteenth elder brother has turned one year old, Kangxi has not yet given him a name. Concubine Zhang Jiashu also secretly asked An He what was going on, but was sent back by An He saying that "the emperor is busy with political affairs".In fact, she didn't know if I asked her, after all, who could guess the emperor's mind?

"It's heavy again." An He weighed the weight with Elder Brother Thirteen in his arms, "Let someone pass the meal on."

"Who's getting heavier again?" A male voice suddenly came in, and An He turned his head to see that it was Kangxi.

"Greetings to the emperor." An He got up quickly, handed over the thirteenth elder brother to the nurse and then saluted, "The emperor almost scared the slaves, why didn't they let others know?"

"I originally went to the empress dowager's place to accompany her for dinner, so I came to see you when it was still early." Kangxi seemed to be in a good mood, and he stretched out his hand to let An He put his hand up before he said, "Your complexion has improved a lot, Did you take your medicine on time during this period? It looks like you've lost some weight."

"Physician Wang's prescriptions are taken on time, and the body is almost recuperated." An He asked someone to bring hot tea, "Your Majesty, let's have a sip of tea first."

Kangxi took a sip of the [-]% hot Junshan Yinzhen, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the thirteenth elder brother in his arms.He put down the teacup, asked the nanny to hold the child closer, looked at it for a moment and said: "It looks like Zhang Jiashi, did you just say that he is heavy?"

"Exactly, the children look different every day, and the thirteenth elder brother looks more beautiful than before." An He said with a smile, "The same is true for the little princess born by Concubine Zhang Jiashu, but the little princess is still beautiful now. She is sleeping, so she can't be taken out to show the emperor."

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. He learns to speak and learns quickly." Manchus pay attention to holding grandchildren but not children, so Kangxi didn't reach out to hug the thirteenth elder brother, but just teased him and shouted "Khan Ama" ", seeing that Elder Brother Thirteen had a correct accent, he smiled and took off the suet white jade pendant on his belt for Elder Thirteen to play with.

"It's all because of the good teaching by the nuns." An He looked at Kangxi for a while before saying, "Seeing that the emperor's health has decreased, but what's wrong with you recently? Did you invite the imperial doctor to come over for a diagnosis on time?"

"I'm fine, don't worry." Kangxi saw the concern in An He's eyes, and patted the back of An He's hand with a smile, "I've been a vegetarian recently, and I'm also busy with government affairs, probably because of this, I lost weight. No problem."

"The emperor is the son of heaven, so you must take good care of yourself." An He said, "It's not too late, why don't you tell the small kitchen to make a bowl of vegetarian dumplings for the emperor to pad your stomach first."

"Alright."

It's hard to see green fruits and vegetables during autumn and winter, and I don't know which capable person from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has tossed out a greenhouse to plant them. In late autumn, they even sent a basket of green cucumbers and green vegetables.The people in the small kitchen cut cucumbers and green vegetables into cubes, mixed them with corn kernels to make stuffing, rolled out dumpling wrappers and made vegetarian dumplings.The noodle soup is the soup for cooking dumplings, sprinkled with a little salt and served with green onion and pickled radish, it tastes very delicious.

Kangxi ate a whole bowl before putting down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief handed over by An He, and then said with a smile, "It's still your food that matches my appetite."

"The emperor likes to come to eat often." There is still a set of Kangxi's regular clothes in the Anhe bedroom, "The emperor should go and change clothes first." Otherwise, it is not appropriate to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning with the clothes smelling like dumplings.

After changing clothes and chatting with An He for a while, Kangxi took his people to the Compassionate Ning Palace.

That night, An He received another large reward from Kangxi.