Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Dynasty

After winter, the empress dowager rarely asked concubines to pay her respects.Kangxi also decreed that the former sites of Renshou Palace and Xiaoluan Palace were rebuilt into Ningshou Palace in preparation for the Empress Dowager to move to live in the palace.Since the Empress Dowager died of illness, Kangxi often accompanied the Empress Dowager to eat fast. As the days of getting along gradually increased, the mother-child relationship, which was still a little strange, gradually became closer.

"The emperor doesn't have to come here when it's cold." The empress dowager wore a pair of reading glasses on her nose. This was a gadget presented by the Westerners in the palace. After wearing it, things became much clearer. "I have a road here." The mother is with me, and the eldest princess and the others often come to talk with me, and the emperor can just handle the political affairs of the previous dynasty."

"It's my duty to come here to greet Er Niang." Kangxi saw the empress dowager mentioning the eldest princess, and said after taking a sip of tea, "The eldest princess is already seventeen this year, and I have already settled the Horqin Terrace with my ancestors before." Gibandi is her husband-in-law, but the old ancestor died of illness before the marriage was given, and now is not the right time. Besides, the son-in-law thinks that the eldest princess is docile and will be alone after she and Mongolia, so the housekeeper must be very decisive. All right. And these, I'm afraid the mothers in the palace can't teach them well."

Huairou Mongolia is to stabilize the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes, and the second is to allow the future princes and county kings of the Mongolian tribes to flow with Manchu blood and gradually play a role in naturalization.Not only the daughters of the emperor's family, but also princesses of princes and ministers' families. It's just that many princesses and princesses who married far away to Mongolia died prematurely due to different reasons.After Kangxi inquired many ways, he found out that some dowry nuns would control the internal affairs of the princess mansion and prevent the princess from meeting her son-in-law, which caused the married princess to feel depressed.According to the temperament of several princesses in the palace, such things are likely to continue to happen.Those damned nuns naturally did not end well, but the most important thing now is how to reverse the docile and even weak temperament of the daughters.

The Empress Dowager grew up on the grasslands when she was young, so she naturally understood that Mongolian men do not like women who are too delicate, but now it is impossible to find a master for the princesses to practice riding and shooting.Especially the eldest princess raised by her side has a gentle and introverted personality. Mongolian Fujins are not introverted and dull people.

"This is a problem." The Empress Dowager said, "Does Your Majesty have any solutions?"

"I plan to let the eldest princess follow the noble concubine to learn the management of the six palaces." Kangxi rubbed the jade wrench on his thumb, "Tong Guifei is not healthy enough to work hard, so let her learn from the noble concubine Niu Hulu. All affairs in the harem are shared Just let the fourth concubine take care of it."

"That's okay, the girl from Niu Hulu's family is not bad, and asking her to study will probably be helpful." The Empress Dowager nodded in agreement with Kangxi's words, and asked Mother Lu next to me to tell the girl Niu Hulu One said. "

"There's Mrs. Lao Er."

"What does the empress dowager want me to teach the eldest princess about housekeeping?" An He was a little speechless, "But how can I be so important to the emperor and empress dowager?" They are much richer than themselves, why did this job fall on her head?

"The imperial concubine doesn't need to be humble. Both the emperor and the empress dowager think that the empress has this talent." Madam Lu smiled, "Tong Guifei is not in good health and cannot bear this responsibility. The emperor has something to trust your empress, that's why Let the empress take advantage of the management of the affairs of the sixth palace to explain the key points to the eldest princess Haosheng."

"Since the empress dowager and the emperor think highly of me, then I will do my best to teach the eldest princess well." An He agreed with a faint smile.She changed her face only after she was sent off, the smile on her face was gone, and she leaned on the big pillow behind her and fell into deep thought.The Eldest Princess is seventeen this year. Although it is not suitable to give a marriage right now, she will be married in a year at most. Is it appropriate to learn about housekeeping now?If she fails to teach well, the fault will be entirely on her.

"Is the master worried that he won't be able to teach the eldest princess well?" Wan Yan asked, who had been by An He's side for many years and could tell what An He was thinking at a glance.

"Namma knows me best." An He pulled the thin quilt to cover her legs, "Everyone in the palace knows how the eldest princess is, and she is the most gentle." With an attitude of forbearance, "It would be fine if I started training a few years ago, but the eldest princess is seventeen now."

"Master, you don't have to worry too much. It's up to people to make things happen. Since the master has done his best, whether he succeeds or not depends on whether the eldest princess is enlightened." Wanyan Mama poured a cup of hot tea, "Besides, maybe the eldest princess The princess is very easy to open up, the master will take a look when the princess comes tomorrow."

"That's the only way to go. Let Xiaoluzi go and find out what the eldest princess likes. She must stay and have dinner with her tomorrow, and she can't cook something she doesn't like."

"Yes." Madam Wanyan replied, "Concubine Tong's old illness has flared up, master, do you want to take some time to visit Chengqian Palace?"

"Did all the four concubines go to see it?" An He asked.

"Except for Concubine Hui, the rest of the concubines just let the maids around them go and see them, and it's fine to send medicinal materials to express their feelings." Wanyan said, "I heard that Concubine Wang Shu and Concubine Tong Shu have been together for a while. Concubine Tong was sick and sick before her sick bed, and she was quite haggard, but the emperor only went to have a look, and did not always accompany Concubine Tong as before."

"Jungar Khan is an ambitious man. Although he has temporarily withdrawn his troops, he must have a plan. How can the emperor dare to relax?" Kangxi rarely stepped into the harem except to accompany the empress dowager at the Palace of Compassion and Peace. got used to.An He took a sip of tea, "Pick up a batch of medicinal materials and send them to Chengqian Palace. I guess at this time, Concubine Tong Gui probably won't want to see me anymore."

The news that Kangxi stayed in Qixiang Palace for a while was known to the entire harem, not to mention the subsequent rewards.The jealous eyes of those concubines would have seen through An He, and Concubine Tong would feel sour if she didn't say anything.

"The servant girl will do it now." Wanyan Mama bowed and walked out, first asked Xiao Luzi to go to the princess's place to inquire carefully, and after packing up the medicinal materials, she asked Jinxiu to send it to Chengqian Palace.

It was snowing heavily outside the next day, but the eldest princess came ahead of time.She was wearing a sapphire blue calamus-pattern cloak, a water-blue petticoat and silk trousers inside, a greenish yellow soft silk waistcoat with blue trim, and a pair of three-inch-high flowerpot shoes, her hair There are a few hairpins inlaid with gold, beads and emerald green on the hairpin, which look like green onions.

"Greetings to the imperial concubine." The eldest princess smiled and said.

"Get up, sit down." An He asked her to take off her pink cloud brocade cloak, looked at her empty hands, and frowned, "It's snowing outside, why don't you bring out a hand stove? It's too late to burn it Hot charcoal fire, you should always have an armband, don’t the people around you understand?”

"It's because I came out early, they didn't have time to prepare." The princess replied with a smile.

An He noticed that Nanny Luo behind her had a look of "it should be" after the eldest princess finished explaining, and remembered that Xiao Luzi said in his report last night that the princess was served by the nanny sent by the empress dowager. Later, when the two nuns got older, they were sent back to take care of themselves. Now the nuns next to the eldest princess are sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they seem to be another group of "slaves bullying the master".The emperor only took care of a group of people a few years ago, and now someone has come to make the rafters.

"Feiqing, go and get a hand stove." An He glanced at Nanny Luo, "Since the emperor wants me to teach you, then I will tell you first. You are the eldest princess in the palace. The empress dowager was brought up by the empress dowager, and her status is more noble than many people. Since those servants don’t know how to serve them, they should all be sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so as to save time and neglect you. The emperor is your khan Ma, of course I feel sorry for you, the matter of the three princesses is in front of you, why should you feel sorry for those who can't remember the lesson."

The Eldest Princess is not a dull girl, she naturally understands when she hears the words of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger. It's not that she has no temper, it's just that she has been used to forbearance for so many years.Rubbing the patterns on the hand stove that Feiqing handed over, the eldest princess smiled and said, "Thank you, Imperial Concubine, I remember."

That Nanny Luo was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat, she no longer dared to show any expression of displeasure.An He simply asked Nanny Wanyan to take her down, and only then did the day's teaching session begin.After the princesses get married, they have their own princess mansion, while the son-in-law lives in another mansion. Only when the princess summons him will he go to the princess mansion.Some dowry nuns use the rules not to allow the princess to summon the consort too much, otherwise they will say that the princess has no shame.The relationship between husband and wife is a normal thing. If they want not to be held hostage by these dowry nuns, the princesses must be self-reliant.

An He was relieved to see that the eldest princess was not as mild-tempered as the rumors said.She smiled and said: "The gift list is different every year and festival, so you have to pay attention to what to give. If there is a newborn in the family, you should send some gifts full of blessings; if you celebrate a birthday, you should send some meanings A congratulatory gift for a long life. Besides, everyone has different preferences, if that person doesn’t like the peony pattern but you give it, it’s a grudge.”

"It's so particular about just giving gifts. The nuns never told me about it before." The eldest princess sighed.

"Those nuns naturally want you to rely on them more, so that they can have a full wallet." An He said, "If you can't remember everything, you can write down everyone's preferences in that notebook, so that even if you forget it for a while, there will be traces It can be checked. I see that the nanny next to you is really careless, so I have time to tell the empress dowager and ask her to call two caring and sensible people to your side."

This is the vulgar saying "I have someone above me".

"I remember."

"You are a royal princess. If you meet a slave who bullies the master, just punish him. No one will say that you are violent." An He took a sip of tea, "The way to be a royal is to be tolerant with one hand and strict with the other. Give them another sweet date, you can't make them too proud."

"I will keep the words of the imperial concubine in my heart." The eldest princess said with a light smile, "I suddenly opened up after what I said today. I think I understand what to do."

"Just understand." An He smiled slightly, "It's getting late, come have dinner with me."

"it is good."

The author has something to say: Concubine Rong should be the second princess, I made a mistake before