Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Yong Qi then said in a low voice: The guards are just outside this restaurant, they are just wearing casual clothes, you don't have to worry.But he still followed the words and went up to the second floor with the two princesses, lest he should be involved.There is a private room on the second floor where the singing is loud and can be heard clearly even with the door closed.Mu Shouze was going to take a drink, but Yong Qi shook his head at him.After entering the room, Mu Shouze respectfully introduced the dishes, Zhang Luo ordered the dishes, and sat with him for a while. Before the dishes came, he said that he had to do errands, and left.So the three of them ate.

When he came out after eating, he saw Desheng in disguise in the corridor, and saw him dressed as a servant of a rich family.Desheng was also surprised when he saw him.Yong Qi called him aside, and he told Yong Qi in a low voice that Concubine Rong and the emperor are here.Li Yu sat with the emperor in one private seat, and he accompanied Concubine Rong in the other.

Yong Qi was very surprised, since Huang Ama was here, why didn't she call the building to clear the venue, just about to go to greet the emperor, Desheng quickly waved his hand and said: Fifth elder brother, you and the two princesses should go back first.No one will be disturbed by the emperor.Yongqi thought for a while, then said that he wanted to see Concubine Rong, but Desheng couldn't stop him, so he took the two princesses to Concubine Rong's room.I saw Concubine Rong wearing the clothes of a civilian woman and wearing a bamboo hat on her head, covering her face, drinking tea.Concubine Rong was also very surprised when she saw the three of them appearing in micro-clothes, so Yong Qi told her that she had come to enjoy the scenery and eat, and the two princesses greeted Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong asked Desheng to take the two Gege to ask for an elegant seat.

After the three of them left, Yong Qi asked: Why did Huang Ama come here?Are the soldiers outside?Concubine Rong nodded, and Yong Qi felt relieved, only to hear a mournful singing from outside, and the words were:

The cicada was sad, and it was late to Changting, and the shower was off. Dumen accounted for nothing, Lan Zhou urged. Doubted see tears in their eyes, even Yuning choke. When I read it, thousands of miles of smoke waves, the evening mist was deep and wide.

Passionateness has hurt parting since ancient times, and it is even more so cold and cold!Where to wake up tonight?Willow bank, dawn and waning moon.After the past years, it should be a good day for nothing.Even though there are thousands of styles, who can I tell you more?

Yong Qi knew that this was Liu Yong's most famous poem "Yulin Bell" in the Song Dynasty, so she asked Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong told him that the emperor was indeed listening to the song in that room, and the singer was the singing girl Miaomiao who was enjoying the moon and singing on the West Lake boat that night, but Yong Qi was asked to keep this secret.

Yong Qi understood everything in an instant, nodded, and said: Don't worry, Concubine Rong.I thought to myself: No wonder when I first came up, I heard this voice in the corridor, and I felt a little familiar. Fortunately, Mu Shouze left early in the morning.That day, he and the two Ge Ge sat on the bow of their own boat and both enjoyed the song, because Miao Miao was the first to sing, and they left a deep impression on them.After listening for a while, Yong Qi was not surprised when she saw that the song was being sung all the time. Looking at Concubine Rong, she was even more surprised when she saw tears in Concubine Rong's eyes. If you want to stay here with Huang Ama, why not stay with Huang Ama, after thinking about it, you leave and go back with the two princesses.

After Yongqi left, Desheng came in and sat beside Concubine Rong, the two were silent.After a while, Li Yu knocked on the door and came in, and said to Concubine Rong: "Your Majesty, you'd better go and have a look, Lord Long Live drank too much, that girl is a bit out of shape."Concubine Rong sighed, stood up, and went over there, followed by Li Yu and Desheng.Concubine Rong entered the room and saw that the emperor was already lying on the table, and the singing girl was leaning on him, her yellow coat was unbuttoned, and inside was only a thin light green bellyband, her neck was very white and tender, she kept calling out: : Fourth master, fourth master, don't sleep!She spoke the Hangzhou dialect, and that voice sounded very sweet, which made people blush.So she stood on the far side, away from the two of them, and away from the door.

Seeing someone come in, Miao Miao stood up in a panic, buttoning back her clothes, blushing.Li Yudao: This is our mother.That day Miaomiao only remembered the emperor's appearance, she only recognized the emperor after she came today as promised, she was flattered and naturally elated.On that day, many concubines of the emperor were sitting there, she only had a quick glance and didn't know who was who. At this time, Concubine Rong covered her face and stood far away, so she couldn't smell the fragrance of her body, so Li Yu said.

Concubine Rong said: "Thank you for today, go down to receive the reward, don't mention today's matter to anyone, otherwise your life will be lost."Miaomiao was taken aback, she didn't expect the empress from the palace to come so soon, she was so pleasant and thanked herself, she couldn't help being surprised, but Concubine Rong's rustling voice somehow made her startled, she hurriedly knelt down and said: Yes, thank you for forgiving the life of the servant, the servant will never tell anyone.He took the zither with trembling hands, and Li Yu led him out.

Concubine Rong took off the bamboo hat on her head and told Desheng to go outside to watch, then sat beside the emperor and hugged him.The emperor was already drunk, and after a while, he hugged Concubine Rong and pressed him down on the couch behind the case. Concubine Rong didn't struggle, but he didn't move. Concubine Rong opened her eyes to look at him, and saw that he was lying on her back Body, tears streaming down my face.Concubine Rong sighed, sat up, held him in her arms again, patted him lightly, but did not speak.She knew that the emperor was still awake.

After a while, Li Yu came back, and the emperor had fallen asleep.Concubine Rong was still holding him, and motioned for Li Yu to sit on the stool.Li Yu replied: Don't worry, ma'am, she has rewarded her well, that girl dare not talk nonsense, and she just sang a few songs for the Long Live Lord, she doesn't know anything.Concubine Rong nodded.Li Yu said again: Your Majesty, you had a better idea and told Long Live Lord last night, and let him vent his anger today.In this way, everyone can rest assured.

It turned out that the emperor had already decided to call the singing girl Miaomiao to sing a song the day before leaving Hangzhou, and asked Concubine Rong to accompany her. Concubine Rong discussed with Li Yu and told the emperor about Mrs. Nalan's second pregnancy the night before, saying that it was a southern tour. I knew it from the beginning.The emperor didn't say anything when he heard it, and everything was as usual.When I came to this private seat today, Concubine Rong didn't come in as soon as she came, but asked for a room by herself. The emperor knew that she didn't want to be with singing girls, so he didn't force her.

This girl Miaomiao, who sings well and looks dignified, is a high-end fan, she is self-serving and pretty, she usually makes friends with high-ranking officials and nobles, she is extremely obscene towards men, let alone the emperor.In the daylight, she really saw the emperor clearly. Regardless of his extremely noble status, Weifu is so handsome and courageous, so it is true that there is love before the melody is formed.The first one to play and sing was Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing", which was very long.After singing, she asked the emperor what to sing again, and the emperor said and sang "Yulin Bell".When singing "Pipa Xing", she kept winking at the emperor and twisted her body slightly. The emperor also accepted it with great interest and looked at her with a smile.

But after she started singing "Yulin Bell", the emperor stopped looking at her, and instead drank cup after cup, telling her to keep singing this song. Finally got drunk, and later seeing that Li Yu disappeared, and there was no one in the house, he knew and was overjoyed, thinking that this was the emperor's intention, so he leaned on the emperor brazenly without even unlocking the door.As soon as the clothes were undone, Concubine Rong came in with Li Yu, but she had no choice but to leave.

Concubine Rong smiled unconsciously after hearing what Li Yu said about the emperor's situation just now.Li Yu also laughed and said: "How many women want to get close to the Long Live Lord on this journey, the emperor specially brought the empress today, just to show the empress."It turned out that Li Yucheng, together with the emperor, had told Concubine Rong all the things that women outside wanted to stick to the emperor since the southern tour.Concubine Rong looked at the sleeping emperor and said with a smile: He dares!Li Yu also laughed and said: "Your Majesty can think about it!"If the master finds out, he will have a falling out with Lord Long Live!But what kind of temperament is Long Live Lord, the more he guards, the more he can't keep it!

Concubine Rong recalled the scene of seeing the singing girl hanging on the emperor just now, the green thin bellyband, and the slight trembling underneath, she had never seen such a woman before, and suddenly understood, why along the way, The emperor had a deep affection for himself, and he blushed unconsciously because he had seen many such people in the past.

On this last day, Fu Heng was still processing and arranging various official affairs, and had dinner at the governor's office in Zhejiang.Due to the unfinished business, this dinner was arranged impromptu.It was just him, Zhejiang governor Yang Tingzhang, and his master. The master was Fu Heng who asked him to sit down and eat together.Halfway through the meal, several dancers came in.

Fu Heng immediately looked at Yang Tingzhang, and Yang Tingzhang hurriedly said, "Master Fu Heng, you are leaving Hangzhou tomorrow. The officials know that you are a dignified gentleman and don't like ostentation. The emperor also has a strict order to ask officials at all levels to cultivate themselves. These few are just Come and dance loosely, let the officials show their hearts, don't worry about it, my lord.Fu Heng then nodded.This kind of arrangement is not uncommon along the way, as long as it doesn't go out of line, he usually doesn't say anything, so as not to embarrass the people below.

Yingluo got the letter, saying that Fu Heng would not come back for dinner tonight, but she didn't care.But after the meal, she suddenly felt palpitations.Pearl quickly helped her to sit, her heart was pounding, and after a while, she said: "Zhu Zhu, I think Fu Heng is in trouble, you call some of them, and we go to the Governor's Yamen to have a look."Pearl was taken aback.When she, Xiao Quanzi, Zatiwei and Ah Zheng embraced Yingluo and arrived at the Governor's Yamen, the people at the door stopped them from entering, Xiao Quanzi said: This is Mrs. Zhongyong, we are here to find Mr. Fu Heng.

One of the yamen servants saw that Yingluo was dressed plainly, without any makeup or hairpin, and said disdainfully, "You must be a fake!"Where did this woman come from, she was so bold that she dared to break into the governor's office!How dare you pretend to be Mrs. Zhongyong!Without saying a word, Zatiwei went up and twisted his hand behind his back. The rest of the servants were startled. Seeing Zatiwei's skill, they immediately moved away. Zatiwei let go of the servant and went in with Yingluo.Yingluo supported Zhenzhu, her palms were sweaty, and Zhenzhu was very frightened.Xiao Quanzi went first.

The people in the yamen suddenly saw a group of strangers, male and female, rushing in, and they all came up to stop them. Zhatiwei and Ah Zheng knocked down a bunch of people, and forced one of them to tell where Mr. Fu Heng was.When they got to the back hall, they saw Fu Heng and the governor sitting and having tea.Seeing Yingluo approaching, Fu Heng was startled, quickly stood up to meet her, supported her, and said in a low voice: What's the matter?What happened?Only then did Yingluo's beating heart calm down a bit, but she felt a pain in her stomach and she fainted in his arms.

Fu Heng was shocked, and immediately said to Yang Tingzhang: "Master Yang, hurry up and call the doctor to see your wife!"Everyone behind him also exclaimed.Yang Tingzhang was taken aback. He just saw Yingluo dressed casually, and Fu Heng was very nervous and made out with each other again. He was a different person from the courtroom. He thought it was Fu Heng who found a good friend in Hangzhou, and he was surprised. Only then did he understand this. The woman dressed as a peasant woman is Mrs. Nalan, but I don't know why she suddenly appeared in the governor's mansion, why no one came to inform me in advance, so I hurriedly called someone to find a doctor.

After the doctor had seen it, he said to Fu Heng: Mrs. Zun has signs of tire slippage, sir, be careful.Fu Heng was even more taken aback, and said, "My wife hasn't had much embarrassment since she became pregnant. How could this be?"So the doctor asked about Yingluo's situation in detail, and then said: Ma'am is weak, and she conceived again within half a year of giving birth, so it is not surprising that the pregnancy is unstable. If there is no harm, it may be that the pregnancy is unstable.The old man prescribes a few doses of tocolytic to see if it works, but it is best for the wife to rest in bed.

Fu Heng was so worried that he nodded.After coming out with the doctor, everyone asked about the situation, he just asked Ah Zheng and the doctor to get the pulse and prescription, and said that Yingluo would recover after resting.Then she asked Pearl to go in to guard Yingluo, and Zha Tiwei to stay outside. He still had some matters to settle with the governor before he could leave, so he asked Xiao Quanzi to go with him.

About half an hour later, Fu Heng came back with Xiao Quanzi, carefully picked up Yingluo who was still unconscious, and Yang Tingzhang went straight to the car outside the Yamen before returning.Because Fu Heng didn't tell him that Yingluo was pregnant, he was full of suspicion and didn't know what was going on. When he came back, he asked Mrs. Nalan about the situation when she came. The people involved took it, and said to see if Fu Heng would come back tonight and tomorrow.After waiting all night, when Yu Zhou left the port in the afternoon of the second day, he was relieved and let everyone go home.

After Fu Heng took Yingluo back to the palace, Yingluo woke up. She immediately asked about the child. Fu Heng hurriedly comforted her and asked her how she was feeling now, but he didn't mention what the doctor said. He only said that the doctor asked her to rest. The medicinal soup is for colds and will not affect children.After drinking the medicinal soup, he went to bed, held her in his arms, and asked her why she suddenly went to the governor's yamen to find him.Ying Luo then said that she felt that something happened to him, so she must go and have a look.Fu Heng smiled and said: How could something happen to me?Ying Luo felt embarrassed and blushed.Only then did Fu Heng understand her thoughts, and said: You didn't think of this until today?So he told about how many officials made various secret offerings in front of him along the way.There are so many beauties in the south of the Yangtze River, knowing that they are waiting for him to see who he likes...

Yingluo felt even more embarrassed.Dao: It's not that I don't believe in the young master, but... Yingluo can't be with the young master now...so... Fu Heng kissed her and said: Don't think about it, trust me, huh?Yingluo nodded, and said, "Actually, I'm not... I just suddenly feel my heart beating hard, and I want to see the young master."Fu Heng nodded, knowing that it was because Yingluo's fetus was unstable, but he couldn't tell Yingluo to stay in bed. He knew Yingluo's temperament best. Fortunately, the next stop on the return journey was Jiaxing, and he could see Ye Tianshi immediately.

On the way back from Yuzhou, Concubine Rong began to see Fu Heng often, because the emperor often had unfinished business with him, so she summoned her to meet Fu Heng at noon and evening. After two days, she finally understood what the emperor meant. So after entering in that evening, he said leisurely: I heard Mrs. Nalan say that she is happy again. Congratulations to my lord and my wife. I haven't seen my wife for a long time. Is she okay?Fu Heng said: "Okay, thank you for your concern."The emperor listened, but did not speak.After Fu Heng left, Concubine Rong saw that the emperor was still in a daze, so she went outside to pass the meal by herself, and met Fu Heng who turned back on the way.

Fu Heng said that he forgot to go back to the emperor for one more thing, so Concubine Rong stood down and thanked Fu Heng for giving Fu Kang'an to herself, and finally said, "Master Fu Heng, is there something wrong with Madam?"Shen Bi saw that there seemed to be a slight sadness on the face of the lord, and the emperor could see it too.Seeing what she said, Fu Heng told her what the doctor in Hangzhou said, but said that he still kept it from Yingluo, and he didn't want her to tell the emperor.In the past few days, Yingluo has started to get seasick again, probably due to the unstable fetus and weak body, so she can just stay in bed, and said that she will see Dr. Ye when she arrives in Jiaxing in two days, and Concubine Rong is relieved.

Concubine Rong nodded, looked at him, and said softly: Don't worry, my lord, Madam is auspicious, she and the child will be fine, tell her to tell the emperor herself.Fu Heng saw that her hazy eyes were full of harmony, and after hearing these few words, he felt relieved suddenly, and said, "Thank you, ma'am!"Concubine Rong smiled at him and left.

The author has something to say:

In the 22nd year of Qianlong, the governor of Zhejiang Province was [Yang Tingzhang].Bi Tie Shi, which means secretary, was one of the exclusive official positions of the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty. This official position was assigned to the imperial court or local auxiliary departments, and its rank was from the sixth rank to the ninth rank.This official position is mainly engaged in the work of translating Chinese and Manchu Zou and copying documents. In the early Qing Dynasty, he was also responsible for proofreading and annotating Zouzhang and Manchu Chinese.Many officials and dignitaries are from the post-writing style.

【Jinhua】In the previous chapters of the novel, it was mentioned that there were many Han women in Kangxi's harem, who were obscured because they violated the ancestral precept of not accepting Han women in the palace and damaged the image of the emperor as a lord, but at that time The memoirs of foreigners mentioned witnessing it with their own eyes.During Kangxi's southern tour in 46 years, he ordered his close minister Wang Hongxu to investigate the fraudulent purchase of Suzhou women. It can be known that Fan Pu, a supervisor in Wu County, had purchased women in the Suzhou area with a secret decree and imperial arrows, which was called "Jinhua" at that time.Kangxi Zhu Bili mentioned that only the guard Ma Wu knew about this. Ma Wu was Fu Heng's uncle, who was the guard of Qianqingmen who accompanied him on the southern tour.The Fucha family is a generational confidant of the royal family.Later, Fan Pu bought and sold young men and women privately under the guise of imperial arrows. Similar situations were also seen in accompanying officials and guards.

During the Kangxi Dynasty, the ethos of the ruling class accepting beautiful women from the south of the Yangtze River was to start with the emperor, and Kangxi's investigation into the fraudulent purchase of Suzhou women should be mainly to grasp the actions of the people in the struggle for succession.Concubine Mi Wang's biography for Suzhou Weaving Li Xun bought for Kangxi's Suzhou opera.Some Han concubines of Emperor Qianlong were also accepted during his southern tour, such as the concubine Chen, who was originally a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty and a native of Yangzhou.Not very favored, it seems to be fresh.The Ming nobleman in the novel has been adjusted and set to be selected by the Han army earlier.

[The route of Qianlong's southern tour] is Suzhou, Jiangning, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou in order.In order to arrange the plot, the novel arranges Jiaxing and Jiangning on the return trip.