Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The emperor went out and blew a gust of wind on the side of the ship before returning.Li Yu followed him all the time, feeling very worried, and later seeing him go to Concubine Rong's room, he was relieved and guarded outside the cabin.Concubine Rong was practicing a tune, and when she saw the emperor coming, she smiled, played the pipa, saluted him, and then let the emperor sit on the couch, and the emperor said about going to see the queen mother.Concubine Rong said happily: "The queen mother is happy now!"But when he saw that the emperor was depressed, he felt sad, so he went to watch the music in silence.After a while, the emperor said: Shen Bi, come to me.Concubine Rong then walked to his side and looked at him.

The emperor hugged her again.Concubine Rong stroked his head again, and said: Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, tell Shen Bi, you can say anything, but don't hold it in your heart.The emperor was silent and just hugged her.Concubine Rong let out a long sigh, and said: Madam Qian, I think she is in great pain. In fact, she is living in great torment, and she lives only for the sake of the emperor.

When the emperor heard this, he felt pained to the bone, and wept again.Concubine Rong continued: "So, Your Majesty, please be well. Mrs. Qian drank poisonous wine. I think she must be doing it for the Emperor. She has already lost her virginity for the late Emperor. She doesn't want the Emperor's life experience to be humiliated again. It will affect the Emperor for the rest of his life." Even if you don't become the emperor, it will affect your whole life. The son and husband are the two men in her life. Naturally, she wants to do it for you two, so she went silently. It's better that you don't know anything.Shen Bi now has Fifth Elder Brother and An'er, Shen Bi understands her feelings.She had suffered too much, but Shen Bi thought she was amazing.

The emperor wept bitterly, Concubine Rong kept touching his head and said: Your Majesty, please cry, cry hard.It took a long time for the emperor to stop his tears. Concubine Rong looked at him with tears in her eyes, and wiped his tears with her sleeves, her legs felt numb. With a sound of "Ouch", the emperor hurriedly pulled her to sit on his lap, and helped her Knead your legs together for a while.Finally, Li Yu brought people in to wait on the emperor to clean his face and change his clothes.The emperor cried a lot, and the matter finally calmed down in his heart.

In a few days, Jiangning, where the six dynasties are full of gold powder, is full of traffic, and the emperor and others are staying in the Jiangning Palace on Liji Lane Street.Fu Heng and his wife sent Xiao Quanzi to Jiangning Weaving Mansion to take up the post.Jiangning Xinggong was originally a reconstruction of the old weaving office, and today's weaving office is in the northeast of Huaiqing Bridge.

Jiangning weaving is the fifth grade, although the grade is not high, Jiangnan three weaving has always been the emperor's confidant, and it has been a case since the Kangxi Dynasty.Tuo Yongben was promoted from Hangzhou Weaving to Anhui Chief Envoy. After Gao Jin was dismissed, the emperor asked him to take charge of Jiangning Weaving.Tuo Yong has signed the history of Anhui government affairs from the second grade since the fifth year of Qianlong, and later served as the history of government affairs in Guangdong and the governor of Guangxi, so his family has already left Beijing and lived in the south for many years.Last year, after he got a new job in Jiangning Weaving, he came to Beijing to see the emperor's arrangements for the southern tour. Because he was a distant member of Fucha's family, and he was upright, he didn't want to cling to Zhanguang, so he directly stayed in Xianliang Temple.Later, before he returned to Jiangnan, Fu Heng and his eldest brother Guangcheng entertained him at the Zuiyuelou Lounge on Chang'an Avenue, and during the dinner he greeted Mrs. Fucha.

Tuo Yong and his wife hosted a banquet in honor of Fu Heng and his party in Zhizao Mansion. Congratulations to Fu Heng for giving birth to another son.Seeing Tuo Yong's elegant conversation and eloquence, which is not inferior to the demeanor of the famous Han people in the south of the Yangtze River, Yingluo felt good, and understood why the emperor made him an official in the south of the Yangtze River. During the dinner, she heard that he had quite contacts with Yuan Mei and other famous people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the treasurer is a small official of the seventh grade, it is for the purpose of assisting the chief official, and there is only one person in charge of the cashier in the weaving mansion.Xiao Quanzi is a servant of the Zhongyong Duke's Mansion, and he has no official history before. He only vaguely said that he had worked in the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has nothing to do with himself, so he is relieved.Pearl later went to see Xiao Quanzi's residence, and while she was in Jiangning, she bought and tidied up everything properly.Yingluo taught her to take the holidays, and she had Tweety to serve her, so that the young couple could spend the days when they were about to part.

After the emperor arrived in Jiangning, in addition to meeting officials routinely, he also paid a special visit to the Ming Tomb.All local officials and officials from the Southern Tour accompanied them, and it was very lively and mighty.The Empress Dowager's spirit also gradually improved, which made my concubine very happy. Every day, she and Concubine Shu celebrated concubine morning and evening, and never slack off. Finally went to a mind.

Yingluo finally told Fu Heng all about giving the emperor a hat, insole, and purse.Fu Heng didn't speak for a long time.Yingluo knew what he was thinking, went to hold him in her arms, and said: Are you unhappy?Fu Heng shook his head and said: I know you are for me.Yingluo smiled and said, "I'm doing it for my sister. He is her brother-in-law. If my sister is still here, she will teach me how to make these for him. I used to be the best embroiderer in the palace and my sister's maid. It's a pity not to need it."I did it for him on behalf of my sister.Fu Hengdao: I don't want you to do it. You are pregnant with a child and it is uncomfortable.

Yingluo said: "Why are you doing the same as what the emperor said, but you are not rushing to work, so don't worry about it."Fu Heng said: Yingluo, thank you!You are really the best daughter-in-law of our Fucha family, Erniang, she doesn't understand many things, and it's hard to tell her.Yingluo said: See what you said, Er Niang is good enough to me, but the emperor treats me, how can I tell her, isn't that teaching her to worry about you.Fu Heng buried his head in her arms and said: Don't worry now, we don't have to worry.Yingluo said: "Master, don't worry about family affairs, but the front... Fu Heng said: "The front is business, we don't want to separate public and private.

Yingluo then said that after being out for such a long time, she missed her son very much, and when she returned to Beijing, he would be almost one year old.The couple talked for a while before dinner.Not long after the meal, people from Yuzhou came up and said that the emperor had asked Fu Heng to go.But soon, Fu Heng came back and said to Yingluo happily: "The emperor said that after leaving Jiangning, Jiao Hongzhou and the Queen Mother will still travel by water, and we will travel by land with him. He is going to pay a visit to the Confucius Temple."In this way, your acclimatization will be better!

Yingluo was very surprised when she heard this, and knew that the emperor was doing it for her own sake. Her eyes were full of tears, and she thought to herself that she only wanted one man in her life, and that was Fu Heng, but she didn't want to get two men. Well, the emperor was so kind to him, how could he forget him?He must have thought the same way, so as not to let himself forget about him... On that day, Xiao Quanzi came back and said that he knew that he knew that Xiao Quanzi was working for him but he never revealed it, because he just wanted to care about her and didn't care about her. No other intention, in fact, she also understood early on...

Just as he was thinking, Fu Heng hugged her into his arms and said: With him here, you will be fine all the time, and I can rest assured.Yingluo knew he was talking about Hong Zhou, so she didn't say anything.After a while, he asked: Is Concubine Rong going with us?Fu Hengdao: Well, there is An'er.Yingluo was very excited, and the couple talked about the emperor's military parade for two more days before going to sleep.

The day before the military parade, Hong Zhou had a tea party with senior officials from the Eight Banners at Liangjiang Governor's Yamen. Some of them were Beijing officials who accompanied the emperor on his southern tour, and some were local senior officials in Jiangning.These people were respectful to Hong Zhou, and Hong Zhou was almost lying on the bench, playing with a western enamel green space consecrated snuff bottle for mother and baby, and did not look at these people.A local said: This south of the Yangtze River is dominated by the Han people. The emperor's southern tour is to imitate the holy ancestor, and he also said that he serves the queen mother to relax, but how can we use these southern barbarians in our full country? Now Mongolia, Tianshan surrenders to me Daqing, what else is the emperor worried about?Another local laughed and said: You don't understand that, the emperor brought the concubines out to spend money to have fun, and to find a high-sounding reason for himself.

Everyone laughed.Hong Zhou said leisurely: You still know how to eat, drink and have fun!After entering the customs for so many years, the soldiers of the Eight Banners have also slacked off, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as before. Along the way, the emperor has been paying attention to the situation of the garrison troops in various places. , Guard against relaxation of arms.In Gusu before, I saw some military officers go out in sedan chairs, and the emperor ordered that officers were not allowed to sit in sedan chairs when they went out, but could only ride horses, otherwise they would be punished.What do you think?In my Qing Dynasty, the world was conquered on horseback. This south is rich and romantic, where literati gather. The martial arts is not strong, and the emperor's brother is borrowing the southern tour to rectify military affairs.There will be a military parade tomorrow, thank you for being able to say such things.

The two who had just spoken immediately fell to their knees and pleaded guilty to Hong Zhou.Hong Zhou still didn't look at the two of them, he just said: Get up, it's fine if the king hears this, if it reaches the emperor's ears, you have to be careful with your heads.The two stood up and sat down obediently.A Beijing official said: "My lord is right. In Hangzhou, the emperor inspected the naval drills. He was very upset when he saw the Han green battalion soldiers playing musical instruments. He said that the soldiers should focus on riding and shooting. Such bad habits.The officials in Jiangning immediately talked about it, and they were not even allowed to play music?Everyone was surprised, sweating for their extravagant and uninhibited life.

Then a local said: "My lord, I heard that the emperor is very fascinated by Concubine Rong's singing and dancing."Hong Zhou smiled and said: After official business?Those concubines in the harem rarely see the emperor's brother. If they don't have any skills, how can they be favored?One person said: You mean, Concubine Rong won't last long?Hong Zhou smiled slightly, but did not speak.Then someone said: "Looking at the harem depends on the heirs."What the emperor values ​​most now is the fourth elder brother. He was raised by the empress, and the empress also has the twelfth elder brother.What is a favorite concubine? It's just for fun. It's been a few years of hard work. Didn't understand those things before?Everyone said yes.

However, Yin Jishan, the governor of Liangjiang, did not participate. At this time, he and Fu Heng went to the school grounds under Fuzhou Mountain inside the Taiping Gate, and finally arranged for tomorrow's military parade.

Yin Jishan, Zhang Jiashi, character long, nicknamed Wangshan, Manchurian inlaid yellow banner, son of Yin Tai, a veteran of the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties.Jinshi in the first year of Yongzheng, calendar official editor, governor of Yunnan, Sichuan and Shaanxi, Guangdong and Guangxi, Liangjiang, a bachelor of Wenhuadian University and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, assistant manager of river affairs, and counselor of military affairs.In his early years, he was the minister of military aircraft, and met Fu Heng at the military aircraft office.He has always been a great official in frontiers and an important minister of the emperor. He has served as the governor of Liangjiang many times, and he regards Jiangnan as his hometown.Following goodness as an official, he has his own opinions when encountering major issues, and dares to speak up, handle things fairly, do not kill people arbitrarily, do not invade officials, do not pretense, do not hold grievances, do not communicate with others, and pay attention to the suffering of the people.The common people "every time they hear that the Lord is coming, the old and the young rush to congratulate each other".

Although he is a Manchu, he is the son of Yin Tai, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, but he was born as a Jinshi in the imperial examination.He was a close friend of the great poet Yuan Mei, and his shogunate recruited talents, who gained a great reputation and won the hearts of scholars.This is also the reason why the emperor always wanted him to be in the southeast, and he was not transferred as often as other governors, as Wang Youdun once mentioned.Yin Jishan has 13 sons, many of whom hold important positions in the court.

Generally speaking, those who have been in official career for a long time, especially those who are prominent, are more savvy in the world and skillful in seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Yin Jishan can be said to have both.Therefore, there is a sentence in Yuan Meihe's poem "the body is like raindrops coming to the village, and the heart is like a ling sphere." Shi Yi, a scholar, heard it straight and said with a smile: "draw a Yin Yuanchang." The young people sealed off the frontiers, took the officials as their home, and were honest and self-loving." However, he was quick-witted and mature, especially able to spy on the will of the Lord, and took the opportunity to show his loyalty and talent.He was very pleased with the emperor's southern tour, and reported all the places of interest in the south of the Yangtze River. He also invited a grand ceremony for the southern tour last year, which contributed to this year's emperor's southern tour.

During the Battle of Jinchuan, Yin Jishan served as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, responsible for mobilizing the army's food and grass, and had an old friend with Fu Heng.Knowing Yin Jishan's official habits, the emperor once said to Fu Heng that Yin Jishan sold his name to invite fame and favor, and accused him of "making big things into small things, and making small things into insignificance" in his handling of affairs. ".After the death of Empress Fucha, Yin Jishan, like many other frontier officials, was demoted to a second rank because he did not invite him to Beijing to mourn or write a letter of condolence.

Fu Heng knew that this had something to do with the emperor's suspicion and jealousy of the so-called "famous ministers". Yin Jishan had heard about him every time he said something nice for him, but Fu Heng was already a military minister, and he was a great official in the frontier. Both of them wanted to avoid suspicion and just kept silent I am grateful.Yin Jishan is now in his early sixties, about the same age as Wang Youdun, and Fu Heng has always called him "Wangshangong".During the turmoil of the White Lotus Sect at the beginning of last year, he was on standby at the emperor's orders. Because the magnificent Huguang Army quickly took control of the situation, he did not meet Hong Zhou face to face. So he was not familiar with Hong Zhou.

At the beginning of the morning of the second day, the military parade began. The emperor, dressed in bright yellow armor, sat on a high platform, surrounded by princes, ministers and guards, and inspected the [-] officers and soldiers in Liangjiang.The parade troops are divided into two camps, the left wing and the right wing, and they line up in order according to the flags.The people and horses are flamboyant, the banners are flying, the mighty and grand, the prosperity and majesty.The content of the military parade includes formation changes, soldiers performing superb martial arts, cavalry archery, firearm battalion shooting, etc.At that time, the sound of gongs and drums, the loud slogans, the smoke of gunpowder, crowds of people outside the parade ground, and many people gathered in the streets and shops. Although they could not see it, hearing the sound was exciting.

Three days after the military parade, the emperor led the princes and ministers to the outskirts of Niushou Mountain for an outing. The empress dowager and concubines and wives of the third rank or above accompanied them, but men and women were separated.

Niu Shou Mountain is located in the southwest of Jiangning. It is named for the two peaks on the top of the mountain that look like horns. "Jinling Pangu" said: "Looking at the two peaks competing for height in the distance, it looks like a bull's horn", also known as Tianque Mountain.Since the Southern Dynasties, Niu Shou Mountain has been the birthplace of Buddhist Niutou Zen. It is a famous Buddhist mountain. There are Hongjue Temple and the Hongjue Temple Pagoda built in the Tang Dynasty.In the fourth year of Emperor Gaozong Jianyan of Song Dynasty, Yue Fei defeated Jin Wushu in Niushou Mountain and Hanfu Mountain, and the old defense against Jin still exists today.There is also the tomb of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty at the southern foot.The scenery of Niu Shou Mountain is pleasant, and Jinling people travel all over the city every spring, so it is called "Spring Niu Shou".The emperor listed "Niu Shou Yan Lan" in the 48 sceneries of Jinling.

The mountains are full of pines and cypresses, the grass is like a rug, and peaches and plums are blooming. A group of people paid homage to Hongjue Temple and Hongjue Temple Pagoda.This is the first time that Yingluo has attended the event of the wife of fate since her southern tour. Although she has been passed by the emperor before, she has been uncomfortable.This is also the first time she has attended the life-wives event after marrying into Fucha's family. The noble ladies of the princes and ministers' families have only seen the Zhongyong's heir.Jin Jian's wife, Mrs. Han, also came to greet her specially.It was the first time she saw Yingluo, and seeing that she was like a clever little girl, she secretly admired her.

The author has something to say:

[Yin Jishan and Fu Heng] Yin Jishan's name was mentioned in the original play.The intersection with Fu Heng in history is shown in the text.Without Fu Heng, he would have been the leader of the military at that time.As the same minister, Fu Heng has been the chief assistant, and Yin Jishan can only step back as the second.But it feels like a waste of talent to make Yin Jishan a not-so-important "secondary assistant". It is better to let Yin Jishan be the chief official of the border.He once went to Fu Heng's house as a guest.Fu Heng's house is described as "the system of all kings' residences". "Its large area and magnificent architecture were the crown of Beijing's mansions." "Pengdaojing" is also written with a poem of "Every face is noisy and the window scenery is unique, and occasionally those who rely on charm send Qingyu. Where are the 12 gold hairpins, and the new make-up in the house is only a picture".Some people think that the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in "A Dream of Red Mansions" was born out of Fu Heng's family play and the sentence Yin Jishan.

[Tuoyong and Yuan Mei] In "Suiyuan Shihua", Yuan Mei mentioned his relationship with Tuoyong and sang poems, praising Tuoyong for his elegant speech.

[Officials of the Weaving Department] a member of the weaving supervisor (no constant product, served as an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and also in charge of supervising the new customs affairs of Longjiang Xixin), a treasurer (the seventh grade), a second member of the pen post style (the seventh grade), There are two members of the Kushi (the eighth rank), and one member of the Wulin University (not yet admitted).Jiangning Weaving provides more than [-] taels of silver from the Ministry of Households every year.