Quick Wear: I was a Favored Concubine in the Qing Dynasty

When he arrived at Kunning Palace, Yu Suisui paid his respects as usual and then found a quiet corner to sit.

The queen said to Dong, "I was ill earlier and missed the Second Princess's one-year-old birthday ceremony. This is a small token of my appreciation." Biyun was holding a tray, on which were a Hetian white jade longevity locket with a longevity pattern and a jade plaque with an emerald bat pattern.

Dong stood up to express her gratitude, "Thank you, Queen, for your grace." She had always been taciturn, and after giving birth to the Second Princess, she devoted all her attention to her. The Queen had been ill before, and she couldn't let the Queen handle the Second Princess's one-year-old ceremony while she was ill just for a concubine's daughter.

She just set up a few tables in a side hall in Zhongcui Palace. The emperor gave her a lot of gifts, but in the end he didn't come in person.

The Queen said again, "You have taken good care of the Second Princess. This palace and the Emperor are relieved." Thinking of what the Grand Empress Dowager and the Emperor said, she reminded Mrs. Dong, "The Emperor is planning to bring Prince Gong's eldest daughter into the palace to raise her."

The Grand Empress Dowager said that she was lucky and would be beneficial to the Emperor's offspring. The Empress herself had no daughter, so the one she brought into the palace would be raised in her care, so she couldn't refute it.

Dong was stunned and didn't say anything. What she said didn't count, but it made Dong feel uncomfortable.

Ma Jia looked at her old rival Nara and saw that she was sitting aside in a dignified manner and did not say a word. Everyone had a son, and she was still favored, so what was there to be afraid of? She, Saiyin Chahun, was now the emperor's eldest son.

She curled her lips and looked at Yu Suisui in the corner. She was a beautiful girl, but she had not seen any news from her since she entered the palace for more than a year. She looked away again, thinking that since she couldn't have children, there was nothing to be afraid of in this harem.

After the people who came to pay their respects had left, the Queen kept Yu Suisui and called Bichun over to apologize to her. "I was so busy those days that I lost my mind. Bichun got so anxious and angry. I hope you won't mind it."

The Queen also knew that Bichun had lost her sense of propriety. If she had not found the small white porcelain gourd bottle in the corner when she was tidying up the box the other day, she would not have known about it. She had already punished Bichun with twenty strokes of the cane and was ready to marry Bichun out of the palace. She told Yu Suisui because she thought that she had indeed been wronged.

"It's all in the past. I have long forgotten it." Yu Suisui said. She has never been a broad-minded person. She originally wanted to save Chenghu, but failed to do so due to some strange combination of circumstances. Bichun is just one side of the ordinary people in the harem.

It is too common here to flatter the powerful and bully the weak.

The queen sighed inwardly. She couldn't force Yu Suisui to forgive her, so she just said, "If you have any problems in the future, come to Biyun. I will definitely not let Biyun embarrass you."

She meant well. She asked the imperial physician to look at the pill, and he said it was a good thing. As for whether it could save lives, that was another matter. She would never dare to ask Bichun to do anything in the future, as it was too presumptuous. But she had been with her for five or six years, and she had some affection for her, so she had no choice but to marry her off.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Yu Suisui had no intention of making pleasantries. It would be better for her to just focus on her own mission in the future.

Seeing her like this, the Queen had no choice but to ask Biyun to send her out. Alas, Bichun had offended Hesheli this time.

The emperor liked her since she entered the palace. Although she was not as popular as Ma Jia, he never stopped coming to the harem. On average, the emperor came to the harem two or three times a month.

Xi Lan calculated the time and asked the small kitchen to prepare breakfast, including stewed deer tendons in a casserole, jade fern, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, cold spinach, and finally a bowl of almond tofu, golden shredded steamed buns, and jade bean cake.

“Master, this bamboo shoot fern is specially made for you by Ma Baozhu.” This dish looks simple, but fresh spring bamboo shoots and fern are difficult to make. The fish and shrimp need to be cut into pieces and soaked in hot water first, then the bamboo shoots and fern are added and steamed over high heat, and finally seasoning is added.

Yu Suisui, "Get a purse for Ma Baozhu." This looks good, but I don't know how it tastes.

"Yes." Xi Lan felt that since they had a small kitchen, they would no longer eat cold dishes. It was okay in the summer, but in the winter, sometimes the dishes would be covered with a layer of white lard.

After breakfast, Yu Suisui planned to take a walk in the Imperial Garden. She felt a little tired recently and didn’t feel like practicing calligraphy.

"Hello, Hesheli Gege." Nara took the concubine Wang and planned to find a pavilion to sit for a while, and then go to cut a branch of crabapple to take back.

Their room is too plain, and the crabapple blossoms are in full bloom. The leaves are big and the branches are lush, so cutting a flower won't affect anything.

Yu Suisui nodded, "Hello, you too." She really didn't know who these two people were. She seemed to have never seen them before and had no impression of them at all.

Zi Pu tugged at her master's sleeve and reminded in a low voice, "Master, these are Concubine Nara and Concubine Wang, both of whom live in Jianfu Palace." She knew Concubine Wang because they entered the palace together. After she was assigned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a period of time, she was assigned to Changchun Palace.

Concubine Wang was originally a sweeper in the imperial garden, but later, somehow, she became the emperor's concubine.

Yu Suisui smiled friendly, then she went into the pavilion and sat down to rest.

The high heels worn by ancient people are not easy to wear. In the past, she could basically wear whatever she wanted, but she never expected that here there are more rules than meals.

Nara also smiled in a friendly manner, "Then let's not disturb your sister's temper. Sister Wang and I will go back first."

It seems that I can't cut the flowers today. Concubine Wang looked at Yu Suisui carefully for a few times and said nothing. She used to think that the one in Changchun Palace was chosen based on that surname.

Now that she has seen it, she doesn't think so anymore. This face is indeed beautiful, so beautiful that she doesn't even take her and Sister Nara seriously.

Nara pulled Wang back and said, "Don't look back again, or you might make her angry."

Wang: "Just because she is pretty, can she turn her nose up at us?" Seeing how arrogant she is, can she pretend to be blind just because she is pretty?

"Oh, sister, please don't be angry. You know that the emperor likes her." They haven't seen the emperor for more than a year. It is said that Princess Hesheli is very favored by the emperor and now lives in the back palace.

Wang was still angry and pouted, "The emperor will also like my sister in the future." She was not pretty when she grew up, but sister Nala was pretty, so she would rely on sister Nala in the future.

When Nara heard this, her ears turned red. Then she thought, what's the point of liking or not liking him? It's hard for someone like her to even see the emperor, let alone other people.

After visiting the Imperial Garden, Yu Suisui finally found some inspiration. She could learn to paint again. She remembered that there were foreign painters in the Kangxi period.

Next time I see Kangxi, I’ll see if I can find a painter to teach her.

With the help of Zi Pu's hand, Yu Sui pulled herself up. She really wanted to take off her shoes and walk back. These shoes with flower pot soles were really not suitable for her to wear.

The next year, in February, the second princess born to Dong caught a cold and died when she was less than two years old. Dong cried heartbreakingly, and Yu Suisui felt sorry for her whenever he saw her.

He returned to his Changchun Palace, closed the palace door, and planned to place a few flower pots in the corner behind the back hall.

Plant some flowers yourself and see.

Ma Jia was now pregnant with the royal heir, and the empress sent gifts to Yu Suisui twice more.

"How are the flowers you planted now? I've heard you talk about it for several months, but I haven't seen any signs of the flowers." When Kangxi came in, he asked all the palace people to leave. Yu Suisui was lying in a rocking chair, holding a book in his right hand and a peach in his left hand, enjoying the breeze.

When Yu Suisui saw him, he greeted him but remained lying down. "Your Majesty, would you like to lie down for a while?"

The rocking chair was big enough for two of them to lie down. Yu Suisui moved to the side to make room.

Kangxi imitated Yu Suisui and also lay in the rocking chair. He put his arm around her shoulders and said, "You haven't told me yet, how are the flowers you planted?"

Yu Suisui rolled his eyes at him. This man had clearly gone to see it yesterday before going to court, but today he was pretending to do so again. "They are all dead. Not a single one survived."

"Fortunately, you entered the palace and I am here to support you. Otherwise, if you had gone to farm, you would have starved to death long ago." Kangxi had not expected that Yu Suisui was the kind of person who could kill bamboo. He went to check yesterday and found that only two weeds were alive in those flower pots.

Yu Suisui snorted twice and said, "Your Majesty, you are so powerful. Go and grow some bamboo for me!" The pot calling the kettle black, since neither of them was a farmer.

Maybe the farming blood in her has not been awakened thoroughly enough.

"I can't grow any crops." Kangxi said as he took the book from Yu Suisui's hand and took a look at it. It was another book about geographical travels.

"If you hadn't entered the palace, you might have gone to that place to have sex."

Yu Suisui took the book back, folded a corner, and put it on the high table beside him. "If I hadn't entered the palace, maybe I would have dressed in men's clothes and visited famous mountains and rivers, seen the magnificent mountains and rivers, felt the changing of the four seasons, watched the flowers bloom and fall, and listened to the wind, frost, rain and snow."

She thinks it would be a happy thing if she could really travel to the Qing Dynasty, see the mountains and rivers, and feel the changes of time and the magnificence of geography.

Listening to Yu Suisui's speech, Kangxi felt a little envious. Carrying a sword and traveling around the world, what a happy thing it is. "I will take you out for a walk when I have the chance in the future."

Next time I can take her to Nanyuan. It’s also spacious, with mountains and lakes, and it looks quaint and natural.

"Are you happy with your life now?" Kangxi asked this question for some unknown reason. It might be because the atmosphere just now was too comfortable, or maybe he just wanted to ask subconsciously.

Yu Suisui: "I'm quite happy. I have no worries about food and clothing. Everything is good except that I can't leave the palace. No one can be perfect, there will always be some regrets." She is really living a good life now. The queen is fair and strict. She is Kangxi's right-hand man and manages the harem in an orderly manner. At least everyone can eat well according to the rules on time.

She had watched the struggles in the harem for the past two years, and she had never seen anything more than verbal fights. She had never seen anyone really do something like poisoning someone in the palace.

Kangxi did not reply, Yu Suisui continued, "My dream is to roam the world, traveling north, south, east and west." After saying this, he smiled and turned his head to look at Kangxi's profile, and said:

"Whether I can go out and play in the future depends on the emperor."

I hope I can take her with me on future southern tours, eastern tours, and autumn hunts, and don’t leave her behind when we go to Changchun Garden.

Kangxi turned his head and looked at Yu Suisui's face, seeing the sparkle in her eyes, "I understand. I will take you out more often in the future when I have the chance."

After hugging Yu Suisui and enjoying the breeze for a while, Kangxi sat up and said, "It's time for dinner. What are you going to eat today?"

Kangxi did not always eat with Yu Suisui. Sometimes when Yu Suisui was eating offal, or spicy dishes, Kangxi would call for a later meal and would not eat with him.

"Roasted lamb, crispy chicken, stewed three delicacies, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, cold cucumber salad, as well as golden cakes and bean flour buns." Yu Suisui thought for a moment, "Maybe there's also red bean porridge."

Kangxi didn't hear that he didn't like the dish, so he said, "Then I'll eat later with you today."

"Then I'll ask the kitchen to add two more dishes." In order to avoid waste, Yu Suisui's dishes are small portions that may not be enough for two people.

"Okay." Kangxi pulled Yu Suisui and walked to the back hall. They sat in the study for a while. It was almost time for dinner.

Kangxi was worried now. The Queen did not look very well and she was pregnant. If he went there, it would cause trouble for the Queen and she would have to take the trouble to take care of him. But if he did not go, he would be worried about her, so he could only ask a young eunuch to go and look after her.

After the queen gave birth, he asked Imperial Physician Yao to take good care of her body.

He didn't want to go to Ma Jia's place recently. Changhua died at birth, and Saiyin Chahun also died before him. The successive death of two sons made Kangxi feel bad. Every time he went to see Ma Jia, he was in tears.

He felt heartbroken when he looked at Ma Jia, but no matter how painful it was, he had to stand up. When Chenghu passed away, he didn't even see her for the last time.

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On the third day of May, before the empress was full-term, she gave birth to Kangxi's second legitimate son. Kangxi was overjoyed and immediately named him Baocheng.

Before Kangxi could be happy for long, news came from the delivery room that the queen had suffered a hemorrhage. Kangxi entered the delivery room despite being stopped.

Yu Suisui sat with a group of concubines in a side hall of the Kunning Palace, as quiet as a chicken.

"Your Majesty, I have to go first. When I get to the underworld, I will go find the Empress Dowager and Chenghu. You should take care of our son in the underworld and make sure he grows up safely. I don't ask for him to be successful, but I just want him to be healthy." The queen's hair was wet and stuck to her face. Her hands were pale and bloodless. She held Kangxi's hand weakly.

As she spoke, she raised her hand to wipe Kangxi's tears. She had no strength left. Kangxi squatted down and put his face in the queen's hands. "Fangyi, you have to live. I can't live without you."

It has been nine years, and he has long been used to it. Fangyi is younger than him, so how could she abandon him?

The queen turned her head with great effort and looked at Kangxi, her eyes full of reluctance, "Don't be sad, I won't leave, I will accompany you, always with you."

After a while, the queen fell asleep peacefully in Kangxi's arms and never woke up again.

On the third day of the fifth month in the thirteenth year of the Kangxi reign, at the time of Shen, the empress died.

Kangxi suspended court for five days, and all officials in the harem mourned for the empress and observed mourning for twenty-seven days.

Yu Suisui didn’t know the extent of the relationship between Kangxi and the Queen, but the sadness in Kangxi’s eyes was real.

He stayed in the Queen's mourning hall for five consecutive days. Sometimes she could see the silent madness in Kangxi's eyes, like a wild goose that had lost its mate.

On May 27, Kangxi personally escorted the queen's coffin to the Gonghuacheng Funeral Palace, where he stayed all night.

A few days later, Kangxi turned over her card. Yu Suisui was a little worried because Kangxi's condition did not seem very stable.

"Come and talk to me." Kangxi's voice was hoarse. He had not had a good sleep since the queen passed away.

He always thought that he and Fangyi still had a lot of time left, and always thought that they could take it slow in the future.

Yu Suisui walked over and sat aside. She didn't know how to comfort Kangxi. The relationship between her and him was now just an ordinary one.

Kangxi did not love her, and she did not love Kangxi either. She had actually thought about whether she should compete for Kangxi's favor. Later, she discovered that the way Kangxi looked at her was different from the way he looked at her when he mentioned the queen.

She can feel whether someone loves her or not, so she feels that this mission is really hopeless.

Kangxi called someone over, but didn't know what to say. He looked at Yu Suisui and thought of the Queen. At that time, the Queen was very lively. She married into the palace at a young age and was not nervous at all. In the evening, she even secretly ate the wedding fruit that was not cleaned away from the wedding bed with him.

There were two peanuts, and they each ate one.

"Your Majesty, how about we have a drink?" Get drunk, indulge yourself, and make yourself feel better.

Yu Suisui said so, and then he called his consultant over and asked him to get the strongest liquor so that they could get drunk together.

The consultant did not dare to take the strongest wine, so he brought a can of Lihuabai. Yu Suisui did not take a wine glass, but directly poured the tea in the tea bowl, and then poured two glasses of wine, "Your Majesty, let's drink this cup!"

Her idea now was to get Kangxi drunk. She didn't know if she was influenced by the original owner, but she always felt depressed.