Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The emperor was also very moved. When Concubine Rong got up, she saw tears in his eyes, looked at him and smiled, then pulled him up, pressed him into his arms, hugged his waist, raised her head, and bowed her head. He said in a loud voice: You don't doubt Shen Bi anymore, do you?The emperor saw her graceful appearance, her beauty was boneless, her plumpness was more than enough, and the stunning eyes were poured on him without a moment. He felt slightly embarrassed, stretched out his hand, hugged her and said, "I don't doubt you, I am." Worry.Concubine Rong said: What are you worried about?Shen Bi is willing to follow you and guard you all the time, to make you bored.Talk and laugh.The emperor felt embarrassed, Li Yu and Caiyun also laughed.

Later when Li Yu and Desheng talked about it, Desheng said in surprise: "Why did Concubine Rong swear like a little girl?"Li Yu smiled without saying a word.Seeing him happy, Desheng said, "Are you happy that the Lord is back?"Before, you saw that the emperor was always lucky that the young master was worried.Li Yu hit him on the head with his fly whisk, and said, "Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo, what little master?" !The emperor is always there because of Cheng Hao, but also because of the matter of Cheng Hao, he also means to be angry with Concubine Rong. It is not because she used the fragrance of the empress. I understand now that the emperor just wants the empress to care about him.Desheng said "Oh", and nodded with a vague understanding.

Li Yu sighed again: Our Long Live Lord's heart is all on Concubine Rong.Hearing this, Desheng got excited, and said triumphantly: I have already said that the Hall of Mental Cultivation has changed hands, so of course it is the same as Le An!Li Yu knew that he was simple-minded, but he was really happy in his heart, so he beat him with a fly whisk and scolded with a smile: You can do it!

Concubine Rong lived in Le'an for another five days, and Fukang'an came over for dinner every day, happily and happily, laughing and laughing, and the emperor let her go back to Tiandi Family Spring.On the day she went back, the House of Internal Affairs rewarded her with a pine, green, spring silk and red-lined curtain in the Fuchun Building according to the emperor's will. The curtain was seven feet five inches high and six feet three inches wide.Caiyun thought of the Chinese New Year, and smiled: Is this making bed curtains or clothes for the empress?Concubine Rong patted the cat's milk lightly, and said with a smile: Keep it away and don't need it.The pine green spring silk and the red are obviously a response to the red coral inlaid turquoise stone cover she wore on the day she swore, but they are all upside down. She naturally understands the emperor's delicate thoughts, and he also knows that she understands, meaning he also understands. Thinking like her is like taking an oath to Allah, that is, to stay with her forever and never leave.

Fuchun Building is the last two-story building on the central axis of Qinzhengqinqian. It was originally named Woyunxia, ​​so this reward is very interesting. Wo Yunxia fits perfectly with the artistic conception in the song of Everlasting Regret, implying that Concubine Rong is his favorite concubine and also a fairy in the clouds.Pine green means evergreen pines and cypresses.These twists and turns of the emperor's thoughts are between the two of them, only each other can understand.

Concubine Rong then wrote a reply letter to Yingluo, thanking Yingluo for sending her letter to Miyun and caring for herself, and teaching Yingluo to feel at ease.

Louyue Kaiyun soon found out about the matter of the House of Internal Affairs' rewarding the tents, and because Bai Lu was the maid of the satin room, she told Yuan Chunwang about it.But neither he nor Nalashi understood that this was just one of the innumerable rewards given to Concubine Rong by the emperor, and they didn't think there was anything special about it, and the kimono tent was not something expensive or rare.Nala also laughed and said: After serving the emperor for so many days, you just rewarded him with a piece of silk?It seems that the emperor is really out of his mind about the previous matters, Wu Chang's presence is also the same thing, and Concubine Xin never went to see it.The emperor's heart for women is still limited. Although Wang Youdun is a Hanchen, he has been by his side for a long time, and he is always a person who cherishes love and nostalgia.

Yuan Chunwang said: Huizi is always Huizi. Our things are good things in their eyes. The emperor often gives clothes to Concubine Rong, which really saves trouble.The ones that are given to our master and empress are good things, even those given to Concubine Ling are better than those given to her.Zhen'er thought of Concubine Xin's tragic situation, felt very sad in her heart, and remained silent.Nala seemed to understand her thoughts, looked at her and said: Raising children is hard work, after a while, I believe Concubine Xin will get better, and when she gives birth to an elder brother or a princess to the emperor, she will be promoted to the throne .Zhen'er nodded, and said: "The servant just thinks it's boring to have children for a man who has never met a few times. The emperor doesn't even look at it."

Nala said: You can't blame the emperor, the patient's place is not clean, according to the rules he can't go, the queen mother and the imperial hospital also won't let him go.He didn't meet Zhaoyang face to face, he just asked... Concubine Ling sat there every day and did it herself, and the emperor valued it already.Seeing the mention of Wugege, Zhen'er hurriedly said: This concubine Ling is really a good person, unlike Wei Yingluo before.Nala laughed and said: Wei Yingluo used to dominate the emperor in order to run on Su Jinghao and avenge Rongyin.Now this imperial concubine wants to win favor and position in the hearts of the emperor and the empress dowager, for the sake of her own child.

Zhen'er nodded, and said: I heard that after the queen mother came back, she sent people to ask Concubine Xin every day. With the emperor's heir, she is much better than other people in the palace. No one thought of her before, Concubine Rong She also sends people to ask every day, but she is a virtuous person.Nala said: I think she is thinking about Fu Kang'an now. Last year because of Concubine Wan's incident, this concubine Rong will definitely not be promoted to imperial concubine, and her heart has also weakened.Zhen'er said: "Didn't you say that her clothes are out of control?"Nalashi smiled and sighed, and said: The emperor's wish, let him alone.Yuan Chunwang said: Yes, then what's the matter, in short, our master and empress should sit firmly in the back seat.Nala looked at him and smiled again.

The reward Yuan Chunwang mentioned was an annual gift from the emperor to the empress: a book of sapphire wins Ji Huan. "Lang Huan Ji" is a classical ghost novel, which records many absurd or mythical stories, similar to "Mountain and Sea Jing, the first chapter records the legend of Langhuan blessed land, so it is named after Langhuan Ji.A round fan with carved silk flower and bird teeth, red and blue, in the shape of a banana leaf.A gilded copper pine shed fruit cover, used for fruit display, is especially exquisite. The base is a wooden hexagon with red lacquer and gilded edges, and the top is a gilded copper base.Hollow carved bronze pillars with gold-plated pattern of two dragons playing with pearls, six pillars share twelve dragons to support the top.Green silk thread is twisted into pine branches to cover the top surface. The top surface is made of pavilion-style copper-plated copper roof in ancient buildings. The heads of six golden dragons protrude from the corners of the top.And a bottle of Citigroup headache ointment.

The three yearly gifts given by the emperor to his concubine are a ruler with a silver lacquer flower pattern, made of silver, hammered and chiseled and decorated with enamel colored chrysanthemum patterns. pleasing to the eye.The yellow Kesi phoenix rests on a phoenix tree fan with a handle, and the palace fan is made of tung leaves. A phoenix tree is woven on the yellow ground. A phoenix is ​​independent of the trunk, and peonies are blooming beside the lake and rocks.The fan is equipped with a square red sandalwood handle, the whole body is engraved with the word "Shou" and painted gold, both ends are inlaid with ivory, tied with yellow silk tassels, and the color matching is also natural and soft.

The most unique one is the color-picking Baizipan.The plate is rectangular, and the paint is five layers of grass green, purple, yellow, green and red from bottom to top.On the plate is a picture of baby carving and playing, with more than a dozen children, the scene is very lively and their shapes are perfect.The color lacquer is elegant and rich, bright and clean, with rich changes.The bottom of the plate is painted with black lacquer, engraved with the regular script inscriptions of "Qianlong Years of the Great Qing Dynasty" and "Baizi Supan". It happened to be the fourteenth elder brother's first birthday.No one in the palace can get this last reward.

Also rewarded the same game animal cards as Wuge and Qige, a small spinning wheel, and gadgets pretending to be "family wine".

As the supervisor, Yuan Chunwang is naturally aware of the annual gifts of each palace. He said so, but he disdain Nala and Lingfei in his heart. In one place, Concubine Rong was using all the good things with him, if he wanted to give them to Concubine Rong, he didn't need to reward them, he just asked Li Yu to take them to Concubine Rong next door, those were the best things in the palace.

After the beginning of spring, the important thing in the palace is to wait to eat lychees.Lychees usually mature in late March, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs routinely began preparations for the entry of lychees into the palace in early March.Because lychees are perishable during long-distance transportation, they are transported to Beijing every year.This year the emperor decreed to teach Fujian to transport ten more plants, because he wanted to receive distinguished guests from Tibet.The imperial court often receives distinguished guests from Tibet, but this year's guests are especially special, so the streets and alleys are talking about it.

It is also being discussed with the Prince's Mansion.That night, when Hong Zhou and Wu Deya had dinner, Tong Haian ate together at the table while serving as usual, and excitedly said to the two: "My lord, Fujin, my concubine heard that all the saints of the Baijiao are beautiful women. I don't know this time." Can I have a chance to see it?Hong Zhou smiled and said: "Okay, I will ask them to come to the house to perform dances later."Hai'an hurriedly said: Thank you, my lord!Hearing this, Wu Deya was also very happy, and said: "My lord still has face. In this capital, if we want to call someone, who would dare not come?"Hong Zhou smiled and said nothing.

After dinner, someone invited Prince He, and Hong Zhou went to the study.So the two wives and concubines were gossiping under the lamp, and Haian whispered: Fujin, you recently read the letter from the prince and... what was written in it?Wu Deya sealed her mouth with her right index finger, and said: Shhh, don't let the prince know!Hai'an nodded, and Wu Deya said: I didn't write anything, I just talked about the fourth elder brother, and said that I would use Doro to see who the next military aircraft would choose.Hai'an said: Brother Si, go back and do some errands.Wu Deya said: Well, I said that the queen is for the fourth elder brother. I will not read those letters in the future. There is nothing to read. If the prince finds out, he will be furious and the whole family will be restless to avoid trouble.

Hai'an nodded and said, "Wang Ye and...don't write those in the letter?"Wu Deya shook his head, and said: The prince is just wishful thinking, how can he see it!Her husband is the lord of the world, and she is the queen. If it were me, I wouldn't do it either!Hai'an laughed and said: So Fujin is right...Wu Deya patted her and said: Don't talk nonsense, you will lose your head.It was rumored before that Fu Heng's family was with him, so that matter went down.Hai'an smiled again: Do you believe that?Wu Deya said: I don't believe it.Hai'an was surprised and said: Why?What I heard from those who said it really has a nose and an eye, it really looks like that!

Wu Deya said: The emperor is not that kind of person, and he doesn't have any kind of woman, so he won't be with a married woman, and there was a man before him!What's the matter!Hai'an said: But the son of Fucha's family is obviously not full-term!Wu Deya said: "You have a relationship before you get married. What's so strange, you can talk to Fu Heng, which woman is not happy to death, and doesn't follow immediately?"And Nalan’s family, didn’t you also see it during the southern tour, and you looked extremely shrewd, how could you let Fu Heng go, she is not a young girl, a widow, if you don’t get the uncooked rice first After making a mature meal and having a child, would the Fucha family really want her to talk about it?

Hai'an said: But didn't you say that Mr. Fu Heng is a gentleman?Before getting married...isn't it right?And how did they meet?Wu Deya smiled and said: You are stupid, these two people are not married for the first time, so why worry about it!With Fu Heng's powerful position, it is not easy to have a tryst with a woman!This woman is charming and shrewd, and the two families are well matched, it hits it off!Hai'an suddenly said: You are right, but what kind of woman does Mr. Fu Heng want? Why do you want to marry someone who is older?

Wu Deya smiled and said: You are married now, don't you understand?Hai'an blushed, and muttered: Fujin!Wu Deya said: "Fu Heng can find any kind of woman, but he also has to worry about the emperor. The Fucha Mansion can no longer find any top-level prominent family. The Nalan family took advantage of this loophole, so naturally they desperately tried to match this matter up." I have never heard of Concubine Shu having a younger sister before, and she was adopted from a relative far away. This is the only one who is suitable, and it doesn't matter if she has been married. Fu Heng must have met her long ago, and let the two of them see her first. Make eye contact.Hai'an said: Let me tell you, no wonder they don't care about their daughter marrying their son.

Wu Deya said: I wish for it!If the Nalan family were not the in-laws of the Fucha family, who would think of them?Fu Heng is a gentleman, so after the pregnancy of the Nalan family, he would naturally not give up from beginning to end, so he asked the emperor, if the matter of the thirteenth elder brother is over, what should I do, the belly will be big, it is too ugly , can't be deceived anymore, and the child still needs to have a title. At that time, if you want to marry, you have to hurry, and the emperor gave a special order.Now it's like this, it's premature.

Hai'an nodded and said: What you said really makes sense!But according to what you said, other families wished to give their daughters to Mr. Fu Heng. Why did the Fucha family choose the Nalan family?Since you don't want a prominent family, you have more choices.Wu Deya said: The Nalan family is as rich as a country.I heard that when the Laojiu family seized the heir, Nalan Kui sponsored 20 taels of silver.Hai'an was dumbfounded.Wu Deya continued: "That's why Kui Xu is dead. The late emperor took away his official title and posthumous title. He also said that he was "unfaithful, unfilial, feminine and insidious." Fourteenth, he also gave Longkodo 30 taels to cling to him.Now this old lady Nalan, Yongshou's daughter-in-law and Kui Xu's daughter-in-law, even worshiped Lao Jiu as her goddaughter.Fortunately, Yongshou was very loyal to the late emperor, otherwise the Nalan family would have ended long ago.But the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, so it is definitely rich. The emperor also chose the daughter of the Nalan family, Concubine Shu.

Hai'an nodded, and said: It seems that the Fucha family got a big benefit secretly!But there are still rumors about Mr. Fu Heng and Concubine Rong, and the emperor doesn't care about it?Wu Deya said: I don't understand that matter, but the emperor doesn't care, so it's not true.Hai'an said: "This Concubine Rong doesn't know herself, does she?"Wu Deya said: Of course I don't know, she lives in the palace, who would dare to tell her?The emperor wouldn't tell her, wouldn't he be suspicious of her?An nodded and said: If she finds out, she will be very angry!Wu Deya said: It's hard to say that she doesn't care about Fu Heng, look at how she likes Fu Kang'an!Didn't you also see it during the southern tour.

Hai'an was very surprised, and said: Fujin, I am really confused by you!Isn't it because Concubine Rong treats Fukang'an because she can't have children?Wu Deya said: You are a stick, yes, but the emperor is good, but the emperor is old after all, Concubine Rong is 20 years younger than him, understand?Hai'an nodded and said: "The palace is really chaotic, the concubine Wan had an affair with the guards before.Wu Deya laughed and said: The palace will only be more chaotic than the outside.Hai'an said: Then according to what you said, the emperor doesn't trust Concubine Rong anymore?Wu Deya said: Don't worry, she is still young!I didn't tell you before.

The author has something to say:

[Fuchunlou pine and green spring silk and red lining tent] is a reward given to Concubine Rong by Qianlong in history.

[颷] 1, jié The collar that folded over the chest in ancient times. 2, qiā〔碷露〕collarless coat; the double-breasted robes of Chinese Uyghurs and Tajiks and other ethnic groups.

[Kuixu] Mingzhu's second son, the encounter in the Yongzheng Dynasty is as described in the article. The failure of the political struggle is the cause of the decline of the Nalan family.The background of the Nalan family will continue to be involved later in the novel.