Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The purpose of the emperor's visit to Jiaxing was not only known by the queen mother, but also by the queen. When the emperor and the queen mother were at odds, the emperor's life experience was revealed because she asked Hong Zhou to expose Mrs. Wen Shu's letter of "killing the mother and seizing the son". Letter, so after arriving in Jiaxing, she said she was sick.The imperial doctor had seen the queen and said that she was so worried that her liver qi was uncomfortable.The emperor went to see her, and she said that she had been thinking about Zhaoyang since the southern tour, so the emperor comforted her a lot, telling her to rest well, and she didn't have to go to greet the emperor's mother during this time.

The empress knew that the emperor was considerate of herself, and because of that matter, the empress and the empress dowager had quarreled with the empress dowager, so that the empress dowager would not embarrass her during this time, she was very happy, and said to the emperor: "Your majesty, please go to Qian's house to have a look, it is rare to come here."The emperor only said: The old lady and Qian Zhengyuan are gone, and Er Niang has never lived in that house, so there is nothing to see.But the empress knew that the emperor must have gone to Qian's house during those few days when he stayed behind closed doors.After Yuzhou left Jiaxing, she told Yuan Chunwang about it.Yuan Chunwang said: "It seems that the emperor still doesn't know anything.

Nala sighed, and said: At that time, when I was going to deal with the Queen Mother, I thought I could stir up their mother-child quarrel, but now that I think about it, I did it a bit too much, after all, he is the emperor's own uncle.Yuan Chunwang said: Don't you find it strange that the queen mother didn't tell the emperor?Nala said: "If you want to tell me, I told you a long time ago. I told you before going to Yuanmingyuan four years ago."Mrs. Qian's matter has always been a thorn in the side between their mother and son, and the queen mother doesn't want to get angry.Now she dare not tell the emperor.Yuan Chunwang nodded, and said: "Madam, Concubine Rong has no children. Now this concubine has become a newcomer who the queen mother stands up to deal with you. What should you do?"

Nala said: "Her child may not be a son."Yuan Chunwang said: If so?Nala looked at him and said: "You must not act rashly, it is related to the emperor's heir, you have not forgotten what happened in the Hall of Mental Cultivation last year, right?"Yuan Chunwang said: What the slave means is that she is getting close to Concubine Rong now because she feels that Concubine Rong is still in favor of her. Madam, according to the slave, she must get rid of Concubine Rong first, so that she has no backing.

Nala said with a smile: You have another way?Yuan Chunwang said: "I can't think of it for a while, but I must think about it for your empress."Nala said: Originally, I thought I should leave her alone, without her, the emperor would still favor others, but since she is with the concubine Ling, then I can't ignore her.But you know, Fu Hengwei Yingluo and Concubine Rong are on the same side, so it's not easy to handle...

After coming out, Yuan Chunwang twitched a sneer, and thought: She doesn't want to do anything herself, but she wants to use me to get rid of Concubine Rong, Wei Yingluo and Lingfei, but Rongfei Lingfei has nothing to do with me, my life is comparable to those two Women are much more precious...

That night after the emperor came back from Qian's house, Li Yu remembered the emperor's life experience and understood why the emperor was so sad in the afternoon.So when Concubine Rong was gone to take a bath, he knelt down in front of the emperor, weeping and said: Long live Lord, you must take care of yourself!Mrs. Qian knows underground, seeing you like this makes her heart ache to death.The emperor pulled him up, heaved a long sigh, and said: I really have committed too many sins, so I don't even know who my biological mother is.Li Yudao: Madam Qian gave birth to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, what a blessing that is, she also died in the underground.The emperor said: "It's a pity that she suffered so much every day of her life, but I, as a son, don't know it."As he spoke, he turned sad.

Li Yu had nothing to comfort her. After a while, she said: "The Empress Dowager..." The emperor said: "Emperor Niang also has nothing to say to me. Without her, I would not be where I am today."The biological mother is no longer here, so I should honor the queen's mother well.Li Yudao: No wonder since leaving Hangzhou, the servant felt that the Empress Dowager had something on her mind, and Concubine Qing has been with the Empress Dowager all along.The emperor nodded, but did not go to see the queen mother.Later, when he went to live in Qian's house for three days, he did not bring Li Yu with him.Li Yu understood that the emperor didn't want the queen mother to know anything, so as not to make her sad by repeating the old things.The queen mother would ask Li Yu, but if Li Yu didn't know anything, she wouldn't be able to tell.

After returning from Qian's house, the Queen Mother naturally asked Concubine Rong, and Concubine Rong told about the bamboo toys.Said that the emperor even brought back that box.In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Qian family, he asked Fu Heng's entourage Ah Zheng to find a similar box the next day, and replaced the box when he left.The Queen Mother nodded.Concubine Rong saw the empress dowager was depressed, and knew that it was the reason why the emperor didn't come to see her, so she gave the empress dowager a slap on the back, and said: "Emperor mother, the emperor told me that he was afraid of seeing you and making each other sad."

The queen mother sighed, and said: "Son, you don't understand, there is still a difference if this child has not lived in your stomach once."I understand the emperor's temper.Concubine Rong didn't tell the emperor this.

Yu Zhou headed back towards Jiangning.On this day, the emperor went to Wei Mei's cabin.He was teaching her to play "Moonlight Night on the Spring River" recently, saying it was appropriate for the occasion.The two stroked for a while, Wei Mei still naturally leaned into his arms and called him "Master", with an indescribable sweetness in her heart.After sitting on the side of the couch, Wei Mei looked at him and said: Your Majesty, I heard that you were not feeling well in Jiaxing, how are you feeling now?The emperor nodded and looked at her too.She is now two months pregnant, and she can't see anything on the outside, and she has almost no symptoms of nausea, so the imperial doctors told the emperor that she is in good health, so he can rest assured.But Concubine Rong heard from the Queen Mother that it seemed that she was probably a daughter again, and Concubine Rong didn't tell the emperor about it.

The two were chatting casually when Li Yu hurried in from outside and whispered something in the emperor's ear.The emperor immediately stood up and said: I still have something to do, I will come to see you next time.Wei Mei hurriedly stood up, sent him to the door, and said as she walked: Your majesty, the queen mother is not feeling well when she got up in Jiaxing.The emperor said: "It's common for older people to feel unwell. I heard that the imperial doctor has returned, and there is nothing serious."Said all the way to go.Wei Mei stood in the door in a daze, not understanding why the emperor was in such a hurry all of a sudden.

The emperor took Li Yu back to his cabin, where Yingluo was already waiting.Seeing him come in, she hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects, and said, "Yingluo has seen Fourth Master!"The emperor sat on the couch and said, "Get up."After Yingluo got up, Li Yu greeted her, and she also smiled and said a few words to Li Yu.Li Yu was about to leave the door, the emperor stopped him and said: "Today at noon, I, Shen Bi and Mrs. Nalan will have dinner together.Li Yu hurriedly said: Yes, the slave will go and order now.As she spoke, she smiled at Yingluo, and Yingluo also smiled at him.

After Li Yu left, the emperor asked her to sit on the other side of the couch, looked at her and said softly: "Next time I see you, if it's only Li Yu, don't kneel down."Yingluo smiled: Yes, Yingluo complies.The emperor said: "Why did you come here suddenly?"Is something wrong?Yingluo got up and went to the table over there, and took a bundle.The emperor looked at her in surprise.Yingluo smiled at him, put the bundle on the low table, and opened it.The emperor was even more surprised when he saw that there were white insoles and a big purse inside.Yingluo said: Don't you remember?On the day at Zhengjue Temple last year, Yingluo said that she would make things for you at home.

Only then did the emperor remember that Yingluo had indeed said so when she gave him the hat that day, and he became agitated and looked carefully at those things.There are four pairs of insoles, and three purses, one bright red, one dark blue, and one black.The big red purse is embroidered with the three characters of "Fu Lu Shou" with dark gold thread, drawn with thin dark yellow thread and two scarlet beads, and the end of the thread is made into a loose pattern; Embroidered with orchid leaves, there is a kind of elegant spring; the black purse is embroidered with camellia, red flowers and green leaves, extremely gorgeous.The stitches are fine, the stitches are complicated, and lifelike. Yingluo was once the most outstanding embroidery girl in the embroidery workshop. Naturally, it was all done by her, and she put a lot of thought into it.The more I watched it, the more I liked it, and the more I watched it, the more excited I was. She never did this for him when she was by his side... Suddenly remembering the day when I listened to "Yulin Ring" in Hangzhou, my eyes immediately became moist.After a while, he said: Thank you!

Yingluo smiled and said: Which one do you want to wear today, Yingluo will bring it to you, okay?The emperor hesitated for a while, picked up the dark blue purse, Yingluo took it, he stood up, Yingluo hung it on the court belt for him, and replaced the old purse, he said again: Thank you.The two sat back again, when he suddenly remembered something and asked: How do you know the size of my shoes?Yingluo pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "I asked about the Queen Mother, an old lady.The emperor said nothing.Yingluo continued: "When you went outside the customs last year, I wanted to give you insoles, so I asked the queen mother, and she sent me detailed drawings. Your majesty, you can try it when the time comes to see if the ones I made fit your feet." .

The emperor nodded, looked at her, and said: You are so kind to me!Yingluo knew that his words had puns, and she was still thanking Jiaxing for that incident, so she smiled and said: You are also kind to me.But you know, last year, I was inconvenient, so I didn't have so much energy to do needlework. It took me so long to do this, and I felt shabby, so I couldn't give it to you.I still felt embarrassed to bring it on the Southern Tour. Later, you told Concubine Rong about the past, and I don’t think she would mind. Later, I was not good, so I didn’t take it out until today, but you still don’t want it. Tell her so she won't worry about it.

The emperor only felt a sense of embarrassment, and there were tears in his eyes, and said: I won't tell anyone, but I thought you were just perfunctory.Seeing his expression, Yingluo felt sore in her heart, and said: Yingluo said that she will never forget you.The emperor nodded, turned his face away, put away his tears, then turned his head and said with a smile: You are not good, so don't do these things, bothering your eyes.Yingluo understood what he meant, and said: I don't make Fu Heng's, they are all made of pearls, and he usually wears court clothes and doesn't carry a purse.The emperor was very surprised.Yingluo looked at him and smiled, and said: Isn't Mrs. Nalan supposed to serve the emperor exclusively?I am not specialized in sewing.

The emperor laughed, shook his head, and said: You and Fu Heng are just here to make me happy!Yingluo smiled and said: You are our brother-in-law!The emperor nodded.Yingluo said sincerely: "In Jiaxing, I also told my sister's memorial tablet about you. Fourth master, don't be so sad. Mrs. Qian must be very proud to have a son like you. My sister also entrusted me with a dream. I advise you, take care of yourself and let us rest assured that your illness at the beginning of the year scared everyone, and my sister is not at ease in the underground.The emperor nodded.The two talked for a long time.

Concubine Rong was called over at noon, and the three of them ate together, Concubine Rong said to send Yingluo to her.The two walked away from the door, and Yingluo said, "The emperor will go to see the queen mother soon."Concubine Rong said: Thank you, Ma'am!Yingluo said, "The emperor is our brother-in-law, so you'll be offended if you say that."Seeing that she could already see the waist, Concubine Rong was a little strange, and said that she had the impression that she was only three months old.Yingluo smiled and touched her lower abdomen with her hand, it was slightly swollen, and said, "Doctor Ye also said that the second child will be pregnant very early, but there is no movement inside."

Concubine Rong found it very novel and asked, "Does Madam think this time is a son or a daughter?"Yingluo smiled and said: Fu Heng and I both think it's a daughter.He really likes his daughter, and her daughter looks like Ama, and Qi Gege looks like the emperor, he is very envious.Seeing Yingluo's slender hands moving gently on her abdomen, Concubine Rong suddenly remembered the afternoon she bumped into Qian Zhai, she blushed, and hurriedly said: Mrs. Nalan, you are really a lucky person, and Master Fu Heng is also blessed. , Shen Bi is happy for you!Yingluo didn't know why she blushed, but said with emotion: This is still too much for the emperor.Concubine Rong didn't speak, and when Yingluo saw that she had mentioned the emperor, she had a happy expression, so she smiled and said: "The emperor loves the empress very much, right?"Concubine Rong nodded.

Seeing that she was always like a naive little girl, Yingluo sighed in her heart, saying: The emperor looks serious and strict outside, but in fact he is very kind to the person he likes.Concubine Rong nodded again, and said: He is very good to Shen Bi.It was the first time that Yingluo heard Concubine Rong say that the emperor treated her, so she smiled and said: "The emperor must love the empress very much!"Yingluo is also happy for you and the emperor!Concubine Rong smiled and said: Thank you Ma'am!Then she told Yingluo that the concubine was fine, and like last time, the queen mother felt that she was her daughter again.

Yingluo was also very surprised when she heard this, and suddenly felt unwilling. After thinking about it, she said, "I'll write to ask Dr. Ye, if I'm still a daughter this time, maybe he will have any secret recipe for conceiving a boy."Concubine Rong laughed and said: The emperor has enough sons.Yingluo also knew what she meant, and said, "I'm thinking about making my concubine, I still want a son in the palace, and she wants a son even more."Concubine Rong nodded and said: "I hope it's my son."So the two said a few more words about Fukang'an. Seeing Concubine Rong's unconcealed joy and doting, Yingluo knew that the emperor must also dote on Fukang'an very much, and she couldn't express her relief.

The emperor finally went to see the queen mother and knelt down in front of her. The mother and son looked at each other and wept.The queen mother got up and pulled the emperor up.After the emperor sat down, he said: "My son's unfilial piety made the queen's mother sad. That day you asked Shen Bi to comfort your son. My son understands how much you have for him."The queen mother said: "Son, I'm sorry for you. I haven't told you. I... well, I'm afraid that if you find out, our mother and son will be divided. Who knows, it's still... In short, I am sorry for the emperor."

Hearing this, the emperor immediately knelt down again and said, "Emperor Mother, your son will feel even more ashamed if you say that."In Jiaxing, my son is unhappy, so I don't want you to watch and worry, Shen Bi also told you, there is absolutely no other idea.The queen mother looked at the emperor and said: "Son, get up quickly."Although I am not your biological mother, I understand that I raised you.Unfortunately, back then, I couldn't do anything to save Madam Qian's life.After hearing this, the emperor burst into tears, got up reluctantly, and sat back in his chair.The queen mother said again: "Emperor, don't believe what the other people say. If you have something to say, you can just ask me. I'm already a person who is about to enter the earth, but I just leave early and late!"As he spoke, he helped Nanny Liu into the room.The emperor stared blankly at the empress dowager, feeling very sad, sat for a while, and was about to leave when he saw Nanny Liu standing beside him.

He then asked, "What does Mammy want to say?"Nanny Liu said: Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has fallen asleep, don't worry.The emperor nodded.Mother Liu said again: "Slave, I have two words, I don't know if I should say it or not."The emperor said: Tell me, the nanny also watched me grow up.Mother Liu said: "Only the Empress Dowager understands what happened back then. Over the years, she has shed many tears for Madam Qian.Your Majesty, really don't blame her.The emperor said: Well, that's not the fault of Huang Erniang, Huang Kao is too cruel, although I also understand Huang Kao.Nanny Liu nodded and stepped back.