Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The emperor laughed and asked: How did you do it?Duo Luo said: The servant first told the people in Zhengbai Banner that you already knew Long Live, and soon all the people in Eight Banners would know, and then the rumors disappeared.The slaves are the people around you, and they are born in Zhengbaiqi, and the slaves will never talk nonsense and make mysteries, they all understand.The emperor smiled and said: Fu Heng and I said, just tell you to do it, I didn't expect that it didn't take much effort.Duo Luo said: "The slaves are just relying on the emperor. What they are afraid of is that the emperor will investigate, and it has nothing to do with the slaves."

The emperor asked again: What about Fu Heng and Shen Bi?Doro said: "You already knew that. If you didn't say anything, the servant didn't say anything."The emperor said, "Is that still talking?"Doro said: You mean... the emperor smiled and said: Let them talk.Dorothy: Yes.The emperor still bowed his head to critique the papers, and asked, "You really don't want to know why I let them talk about it?"Doro said: "The emperor has his own calculations."The emperor laughed, looked up at him, and said, "Go down."Dorothy: Yes.Turn around and leave the hall, standing outside the hall.

Li Yu laughed softly at the side and said: Your Majesty, Lord Doro... The Emperor had already looked back at the excerpt, and after a while, said: Interesting.Li Yu knew that he liked Doro, so he said, "Who do you like more?"The emperor said: What do you think?Li Yu pursed his lips and smiled, and said: You like Lord Sauron, and you have been by your side for so many years, you have no scruples about talking to him, but you also like Lord Doro, he keeps his mouth shut.The emperor looked outside the hall and said: He should be a smart man.

Concubine Rong was in Miyun, and she accompanied the Empress Dowager to worship Buddha, take warm baths, and take care of the cat every day.At first, the Queen Mother thought it was strange to see that she also worshiped the Bodhisattva as she did, and asked her, "Son, don't you believe in Allah?"And so devout to Allah.Concubine Rong said: "My mother, there are many Tibetans back in Xinjiang, and my mother is a Tibetan. Although we believe in Islam, when I was young, when my mother was still there, I followed her to worship Bodhisattvas."The queen mother nodded and said: You are indeed my daughter, it's God's will.So at that time you knew the skeleton...?Concubine Rong nodded.Seeing her despondent, the Queen Mother said, "Son, I know that when you went to Rehe that year, you didn't dare to enter that room."

Concubine Rong said: Shen Bi is afraid of being sad.If Shen Bi is sad, the emperor will be sad when he sees it.The queen mother let out a long sigh, and said, "Huo... treats you very well, right?"Concubine Rong nodded.The Empress Dowager said: "Then let me comfort you, when you didn't return to the Queen's mother, you lived well."Concubine Rong said: "Emperor Niang, let's not talk about the past, Wei Mei serves you, are you satisfied?"The queen mother smiled and said: I can't talk to her, and the emperor is the same, but she is also a good child, with a peaceful heart.Concubine Rong nodded, and said: "Emperor Niang, Shen Bi knew that she shouldn't ask, but Shen Bi still didn't understand Madam Qian's matter very well.Seeing her mentioning this matter suddenly, the Empress Dowager felt a little surprised, and asked, "What don't you understand?"Concubine Rong said: The emperor said that she was bestowed to death by the first emperor, so why didn't you tell the emperor early in the morning so that he could misunderstand you?I also went to the Old Summer Palace for three years.

The queen mother said: I am also afraid that the emperor will be sad if he finds out, so let him misunderstand me. After all, I just raised him, and the first emperor was his relative, Ama.His Ama and Erniang ended up so disastrously in the end, and he was so competitive, so he was naturally sad.Concubine Rong nodded and said: You really love the emperor.The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Emperor, he will believe whatever others say."My son, let me just say, this Fukang'an, he has never been in your stomach, you have to think about it in the future.

After hearing this, Concubine Rong said hurriedly: "Emperor Niang, Your Majesty regrets that he misunderstood you at that time... The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said: I understand."Concubine Rong then nodded, and said: Thank you, Empress Huang Erniang, for caring about Shen Bi, Shen Bi noted it down.The queen mother smiled again: "Son, I understand you. You don't want to fight for anything, so you don't treat Fukan'an like I did to the emperor back then, and Fukan'an is not an elder brother after all."After hearing what the queen mother said, Concubine Rong felt that there was something in the words, so she asked: "Emperor mother, at that time, you... The queen mother waved her hand again and did not speak."Concubine Rong hurriedly said: Yes, Shen Bi will stop asking.

The queen mother turned and said softly: Son, the emperor told me that because he likes you, he won't make you a noble concubine, so that you won't be in trouble, you won't blame him, will you?Concubine Rong shook her head and said: "Emperor's mother, the emperor is Shen Bi's husband, even if he is no longer the emperor, he is still Shen Bi's husband, the emperor treats Shen Bi so well, why would Shen Bi care about that."The queen mother nodded and said: "My child, the empress dowager understands that what we women want is a man's heart."Empress Empress thinks that the emperor's heart already belongs to you, right?Concubine Rong blushed and said: You should ask the emperor.The queen mother smiled, closed her eyes and picked the beads.

Nanny Liu heard everything from the side. After Concubine Rong left, she said to the Queen Mother: Why didn't you tell Concubine Rong what happened back then? It was untied.The queen mother shook her head and said: It's been so long, why are you still talking about it.Mother Liu said: "Then you are not afraid of the Queen..." The Queen Mother said: "It is not good for her if I die. She knows the emperor's life experience, so it is not good for her. She is not Shen Bi, so in Jiaxing, she is the only Say sick.If the emperor's life was to be brought up, she would be in trouble.

Nanny Liu said: Actually, the servant has never understood the queen, she has already been the lord of the six palaces, and she also took revenge on you for her father's death, what more does she want.The queen mother laughed and said: She has never had the emperor's heart.Mother Liu said: "That can't be your fault, can it?"The Empress Dowager said: "She feels that if it wasn't for me, there would be no Shen Bi, no Wei Mei, who would fight with her for the emperor, and she would not pay attention to those other people."She will never let others know about the emperor's life experience. If the emperor can't sit still, she will disappear as a queen. I don't worry.

Grandma Liu shook her head.The queen mother said: "People, always have to look forward to Shu."That's all for Wei Mei, I think Shen Bi is good, she is a blessed one, this child is still devout to the Bodhisattva and has no distracting thoughts, and it is rare for the emperor to treat her like this.People can't have everything, almost enough, Nalashi always doesn't understand, is it because of me that she and the emperor?She looks virtuous and virtuous, neither contending nor jealous, she thinks the emperor doesn't know her thoughts, even I know, why doesn't the emperor know.But I see, the emperor doesn't care about her that much.He said with a smile, and continued to close his eyes and move the beads.Liu Nanny also pursed her lips and smiled: "It's rare for you to treat Concubine Rong like this. I understand that you don't want Concubine Rong to know that it's for her own good."

That day, Fu Heng took two tubes home.Yingluo read the emperor's new poem together with him, Fu Heng only sighed, tears welled up in Yingluo's eyes, and said: "Ten days will be my sister's memorial day, so fast, my sister has been gone for ten years, and the emperor finally understands completely." Old things.Fu Heng said again what Li Yu said about the absence of Concubine Rong and the emperor's love for Fu Kang'an. Yingluo nodded and said: "An'er, we have returned him to the emperor well."Seeing her sad, Fu Heng told the emperor's will about the name and plaque of the pharmacy, without mentioning that the emperor went to the Changchun Immortal Hall to pay his respects.Yingluo said: Changchun Le Yi.I like these four words. We should all remember the happy times and forget the unhappy things.

In the other tube is a scroll of long paintings, and there is a note inside, which is addressed to Fu Heng.The two unfolded it to look at it, feeling sad again.Fu Hengdao: The emperor said that he would return the painting after seeing it. He never forgets his sister, and her life is not in vain.Yingluo said: Show it to my sister on the day of the festival. On that day, Master Lu will come to play the piano like last year, the same song that Mingyu played back then.

Fu Heng nodded, then turned to discuss with Yingluo about moving Uzhina, and asked Yingluo where she thought it would be more appropriate to move her.Yingluo thought for a while, and said, "Let's move to Nanyuan Haizi. The emperor often goes hunting and military parades there. The security is good, and there are few idlers coming in and out. There are many descendants of the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty living there. Uzhina will not attract attention." .Fu Heng's eyes lit up, he pinched her cheek and said: We, Yingluo, are smarter!Yingluo smiled and said: I always have a lot of ghost ideas!

Fu Heng then told Li Yu that he was worried about the emperor. Yingluo was quite surprised when she heard the two incidents in the palace. , Fu Heng also laughed: Did you really hate me that much at that time?The two laughed and quarreled for a while, then sat on the couch, Fu Heng held her in his arms, and Ying Luo said seriously: It seems that the fourth elder brother will be more affected in the emperor's heart, which is beneficial to Yong Qi.In the past few years, no one has had children except the queen and Wei Mei. I thought the emperor would not allow other concubines to have heirs. If Concubine Xin gave birth to a boy, it would affect Wei Mei. Mae is much stronger.

Fu Hengdao: Don't worry about Concubine Ling, anyway, she already has a son and a daughter of the emperor, and they are closely related to the overall situation of the court.Concubine Xin is a Manchurian, but she is only a teenager. You don't have to worry even if you give birth to an elder brother.

Yingluo said: Do you think the emperor really doesn't know the power of the empress in the court?Fu Heng pondered and said: It is impossible for him to be ignorant, but he never told me about it. It is not appropriate to discuss this matter with me, because my sister was the queen before, and it was between him and the Nala couple. , I think he will consider and handle this matter by himself, let alone involving Hong Zhou.Xiao Quanzi went to the south of the Yangtze River, I think it is a suspicion of the emperor, although there is no definite clue yet, we still wait and see.

Yingluo nodded, remembering what the emperor said when he met the emperor at Zhengjue Temple, he obviously suspected that Nala had something behind the rumors, and said: Shen Bi should come back earlier, she and the emperor are separated It's been a while, this Wu Chang is not easy, changing clothes, she reminds me of that year in Changchun Palace... But Fu Heng laughed and said: She will never pass us Yingluo.Yingluo understood that he was teasing herself and the emperor, so she patted him and said, "I am thinking of Shen Bi, but Shen Bi is better than me, so we don't have to worry about it."Then he turned around and asked, "How's the investigation on the incident in Yangzhou?"

Fu Hengdao: The emperor sent Qiu Rixiu for that matter. He was not in the military plane before, he had little involvement in the court, and he was from the south. So far, there has been no progress. Xiao Quanzi continued to investigate this matter in the south.Yingluo asked: Any clues?Fu Hengdao: After the bandit leader of the White Tiger Gang was captured, he took poison and committed suicide immediately, so there must be an inside story. The leader who attacked me and Concubine Rong that day died during the suppression of bandits in Na Mountain. Yes, but it seems that they don't know it, and they are still locked in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Yingluo said: Who does the young master think did it?You said it wasn't Hong Zhou.Fu Heng shook his head and said: "It's not him. Assassinating the emperor is not good for him. Second, he doesn't have the guts yet."If something really happened to the emperor, elder brother ascended the throne, even if it is the fourth elder brother who lives in the house, although he is the prince, but I am still there, he cannot control the court situation, not to mention that many courtiers are at odds with him, he is pretending to be absurd, it is the emperor Protecting him, the clan has always been dissatisfied with him, the fourth elder brother is too young, and he must be worried about the queen.Also, the emperor's youngest brother, Hongzhan, is now an adult, but he was adopted by the original Seventeenth Prince Yunli and inherited the position of Prince Guo. At the same time, although he is young, he is also a real emperor's uncle, and the clan is relatively close to him.In short, if the emperor has something to do, it will not be beneficial to Hong Zhou.

Yingluo said: But didn't Hongzhou collude with the Yellow Sect in Tibet?Fu Heng nodded and said: But the Tibetan Yellow Sect and him don't trust each other, they just use each other, he doesn't necessarily know what the Tibetan Yellow Sect is planning.Yingluo asked: Is that the Yellow Sect of Tibet?Fu Hengdao: My Majesty and I have suspicions, but so far there are no clues. It is also possible that the White Lotus Sect colluded with the bandits for revenge.

The two drank tea and sat on both sides of the coffee table on the couch. Yingluo said again: "Old Wang is really dying?"Fu Heng turned dejected, and said: After the southern tour to Hangzhou last year, the emperor Zhun Jintang returned home on a public holiday, and returned to his hometown with honor. Since Mr. Wang came to the court when he was born, he has never been allowed to ask for leave. The long-cherished wish of homesickness for decades has been fulfilled To be realized.However, in the case of Cheng Hao years ago, he put a lot of thought into reassuring Han Chen, and he also took care of a lot of worries. The imperial pharmacy gave the ginseng medicine, and asked for what to give.The emperor was burdened with military and state affairs, so he still sent people to inquire about illnesses three or four times a day, and gave him digestible food once or twice a day.Before going to Miyun, I visited his residence, and his condition was not good.Li Yu said today that the emperor also visited his mansion in person afterward, and sent the House of Internal Affairs to give Tuoluo a bed; at the same time, he passed the decree to his eldest son, to use it for his happiness. When it doesn't work, use it for encoffining.The hospital feels that it has only been a few days.The Wang family was overjoyed only last year, and they don't want the situation to take a turn for the worse after the next year. It's really unpredictable...

Yingluo's heart was cold. Wang Youdun was in good health. He had never heard of any serious illness before, but he was already powerless. He was inexplicably worried about Fu Henglai, so he walked over, hugged him tightly, and said, "Master, you Don't blame yourself, I know about Cheng Hao, you feel sorry for Mr. Wang.Fu Heng patted her and said: Well, Mr. Jin is over 60 years old, don't think about it.Yingluo sighed and nodded.Fu Hengdao: Let's go, let's go and see Long'er and Jiang Jiang.Saying that, she got up, took Yingluo's hand, and walked out of the room.

In the early morning of the second day, news was sent to the Hall of Qinzheng, saying that the Junggar rebel Amursana had died of pox and the Russian state dedicated his body to the Qing Dynasty, and it was sent to Beijing in a few days.The emperor and everyone in the military plane were overjoyed.Amur Sana was the posthumous son of Galdan Danzhong, the eldest son of Lazang Khan of Heshuo Tebu. After being defeated by the Qing army, he fled to Tsarist Russia through Kazakhs and fled.This matter is harmonious, it is to completely cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, so as to avoid future troubles forever.

The emperor immediately gave a banquet to everyone in the military plane at noon to celebrate, and sent someone to deliver the good news to Wang's mansion. During the banquet, he lamented that Wang Youdun couldn't get sick, and he was also one of Pingzhun's heroes.Li Yu was very relieved to see that the emperor's mood had improved.After dinner, Fu Heng changed his clothes and was about to have dinner with the emperor when Shao Fan from Wang's residence came to report that Wang Youdun was dying and wanted to see Lord Fu Heng again.Both Fu Heng and Yingluo were inexplicably shocked. Fu Heng hurriedly sent someone into the palace to tell the emperor, and immediately went to Wang's mansion with Shao Fan.

Wang Youdun was paralyzed, dying, lying on the bed. His wife, three sons and a daughter, and the whole family were kneeling in front of the bed.Shao Fan hurriedly led Fu Heng in. Fu Heng sat on the edge of the bed and held his hand. Wang Youdun was unable to hold back his hand, but when he saw Fu Heng, he was ecstatic immediately, and said repeatedly on the mattress: Please tell the emperor. , I have heard the news of Amursana, and I have no hatred.Fu Heng burst into tears, and Wang Youdun tried his best to say, "Master Fu Heng, Hanchen is weak in the court, and I hope you will take care of everything in front of the emperor before returning home."The old man has written a book detailing it.Then he looked at Shao Fan.

Shao Fan had already burst into tears, choked up and said: Yes, the villain will give it to Master Fu Heng.Fu Heng held his hand tightly, and said: Don't worry, my lord.Wang Youdun smiled, and then ordered his eldest son Chenghang to help him put in his clothes and shoes. He thought about thanking the emperor for his kindness, but he couldn't get up.

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[Historical prototype] [Hongluo], the youngest son of Yongzheng.Born in Haishi on March 11th in the 1733th year of Yongzheng ([-]), her birth mother, Concubine Liu, was a nobleman. Not only was Liu conferred the title of Concubine Qian the following year, more than [-] members of her family were even approved by Sejong to set up an assistant leader. Inherited by the tribe.Because he often lived in Yuanmingyuan when he was young, he was also known as "Old Summer Palace".He appeared in the first half of the original Yanxi drama as a child.

Emperor Yongzheng passed away when Hongluo was three years old, and Hongli assumed the responsibility of educating Hongluo.Those who serve Hongluo will be severely punished if they dereliction of duty.The attendant eunuch Wang Zili did not have a good life to guide Hongluo to know the ceremony of greetings. The Empress Dowager Niu Hulu of Chongqing complained to Gaozong that when the elder brother of Yuanmingyuan greeted her, he even heard him call Gaozong elder brother Khan.Emperor Qianlong was afraid that he would rely on the Empress Dowager Chongqing to take care of him, and his temperament would be naturally arrogant, so he ordered the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other heavy-duty eunuchs to set up [-] boards for himself as a punishment, and ordered Hongluo to live in the palace next year. Xie Cheng took care of him and lived in the fasting palace with Gaozong's two sons, Yonghuang and Yonglian.Emperor Gaozong was afraid that the two sons would make Hongluo meet each other with respect because they were the sons of the current emperor, and reminded them that they must follow the etiquette of elder and younger.

On the second day of February in the third year of Qianlong (1738), Hongluo's uncle, Prince Guo Yunli, died of illness. Inherited the title of Prince Guo.On December 11th, the 1746th year of Qianlong (14), the 15-year-old Prince Hongluo went out of the palace to build a mansion. Referring to the example of Prince Heshuocheng and Prince Heshuohe who left the mansion, please send a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Lead the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send them off.In the 19th year of Qianlong, Emperor Gaozong ordered Hongluo to manage the Wuying Hall, the Eight Banners Guarding Barracks in the Old Summer Palace, the Imperial Book Office and the pharmacy.In November of the 1754th year of Qianlong (18), he managed the affairs of the manufacturing office.In the 24th year of Qianlong, he served as the capital of Mongolia in Zhengbai Banner.In the 1759th year of Qianlong (26), he temporarily took charge of the printing affairs of the Mongolian capital of the Xiangbai Banner, and in the 1761th year of Qianlong ([-]), he acted as the capital of the Han army of the Xianglan Banner.

On May 28th in the 1763th year of Qianlong (30), Hongluo entrusted Gao Heng to sell ginseng because of his debts to Jiang Qiprase, a salt merchant, and the fact that he seized private property when opening a coal mine was revealed. Emperor Qianlong offended Hongluo , from lenient to the title of Baylor, dismissed Hongluo's position, and suspended his salary forever to make him reflect on himself; the deeper reason is to prevent the prince from following Hongluo's illegal behavior and prevent the situation of Kang Yong seizing the heir apparent from happening again.On February 1765th, the 28th year of Qianlong (33), he was granted the title of county king due to a serious illness, and sent a letter to Hongluo Jiayi to recuperate the sick body, hoping that Hongluo could recover as soon as possible; on February [-]th of the same year, he sent another letter Wang Hongluo of Guojun asked if his condition had improved. On the eighth day of March of the same year, Shen Shihongluo died of illness at the age of [-], and his posthumous title was Gong.Emperor Qianlong ordered all funeral matters to be handled according to the rules of the prince, and he was afraid that there would be no competent people in the county prince's mansion. Handle the housework with Yinglian.

The crimes announced by Hongluo are as follows: first, opening coal mines and robbing people's property.Second, when Emperor Gaozong ordered Hongluo to go to Shengjing to deliver the jade document, Hongluo did not personally escort the jade document north to Shengjing, but went to Xingwei first to wait.Third, Hongluo secretly entrusted Gao Heng to sell ginseng, and ordered Guanchai and other compradors to weave embroidered satin and utensils, but did not give the full amount of silver taels.Fourth, Hongluo once privately asked Ali Gun, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, with the intention of letting Ali Gun install his subordinates when the court selected officials.Fifth, when Hongluo's birth mother was [-] years old, the empress dowager ordered Hongluo to prepare gifts for her birthday.Hongluo refused to comply with the edict, and claimed that he did not dare to extravagant himself on the grounds that Emperor Qianlong had not given additional praise and blessings.Sixth, when there was a fire in the Old Summer Palace, all the kings immediately went to see Emperor Qianlong and asked whether Emperor Gaozong was safe. However, Hongluo’s residence in the Old Summer Palace was the closest to the emperor, but he came after the kings arrived, and laughed as usual , don't care about Gaozong's safety.Seventh, when Hongluo came to pay respects to the Empress Dowager in Chongqing, he actually knelt down next to the Empress Dowager's throne, occupying the place where Emperor Qianlong originally knelt to greet her.

[The story about Hongluo in the novel refers to the above content. 】