Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

In the evening of that day, Duo Luo sent the emperor back to the Old Summer Palace, and when he returned home, he told Rongrong about going to Hongzhou Mansion today to deliver things from Fujin.Rongrong changed his clothes in person, only nodded with a smile, and told Doro to take a bath.After Doro finished bathing, Rongrong had already gone to bed, so Doro turned on the lamp and lay down too.Rongrong approached him, Doro put his arms around her, and asked: Is it interesting to fight Shihu?Rongrong said: It's okay, Mama likes it.

Doro closed her eyes, and Rongrong said softly: Are you tired today?go to bed early.Then he turned around and fell asleep.Early the next morning, Doro was going to be on duty in the palace. Rongrong got up again to change his clothes and sent him to the gate of the mansion before returning to Mrs. Shu's room. Say hello, and then help the old man to have breakfast together to start his day.

In just one month, Concubine Xin lost her original plumpness to only a handful of bones, because she couldn't eat at all, she vomited when she ate, and vomited when she didn't eat, and she was so dizzy that her feet couldn't touch the ground.She was lying on the bed every day, her eyes were glazed over, and she looked very frightened.Wei Mei came to stay by her side every day after breakfast, and didn't go back until dinner. Although she couldn't do much, she comforted her with kind words and always encouraged her, saying that after the child was born, she would feel very happy. Seeing Qi Gege and Fourteenth Prince is like this.Concubine Xin always thanked her in tears because she didn't have the energy to speak.

Seeing that her condition was stable and not getting worse, Wei Mei knew that she was mainly depressed, so she reported it to the palaces every night, and then discussed with Concubine Rong whether to let her mother-in-law come to the palace to see her. Heir is beneficial.Concubine Rong agreed very much and told her to go directly to the emperor for instructions.The emperor immediately issued a special decree, so her mother, Nasutu's widowed wife, came to the palace to visit. Seeing her daughter in such a state, she was very sad, and the mother and daughter cried.The maids standing by were all weeping silently.The mother and daughter talked a lot.

In the evening of that day, Concubine Xin stopped crying and her mood improved a lot. After more than ten days, the dizziness started to improve, and everyone was relieved.According to the emperor's order, the Ministry of Internal Affairs provided charcoal for Concubine Xin in advance, and sent two concubine-shoulders to take care of her. According to the rules, the concubine's palace and concubine would be appointed when they were seven or eight months pregnant.

The queen mother and the emperor praised Wei Mei again and gave him a reward.Wei Mei asked the emperor to exchange the reward for money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and distributed it to the eunuchs and maids in Xinpin's palace, as well as her own grand maid, Xijun, because it was very hard for her to go to Xinpin's palace to serve every day.When the queen mother knew about this, she was even more admirable, and said that Wei Mei was good in front of the emperor, saying that her character was comparable to that of Rongyin in the past.The emperor told Concubine Rong and Wei Mei what the queen mother said.

Concubine Rong wrote to Yingluo, and Yingluo was very happy. She told Fu Heng that she had seen the right person. She didn't expect Wei Mei, who was chosen by the emperor to enter the palace at that time, to be a role model for the harem, bringing a new style to the harem. Reassured again in the ground.

On March [-], the saint finally arrived in the capital.The brigade stayed overnight outside the city. On the second day at Haishi, the gate of Fucheng was opened, and the palace guard of honor led the way with drums and gongs.This male white elephant is about six feet tall, with bright eyes and very big ears. Because of its outstanding "beauty", the locals call it the "Elephant King".The common people who lined the road to welcome saw the white elephant boiled and applauded enthusiastically.Colorful flakes are flying all over the sky like snowflakes.The back of the white elephant is draped with a multicolored wool blanket, and above the blanket is a resplendent and luxurious seat, and the elephant trainer leads the way.

The Dharma King of the White Sect, whose full name is "Zhiguang Xinkai Jihu" Dharma King, is wearing a white robe, sitting in a high seat and looking down at all living beings. Looking from a distance, he can only see his precious appearance, majestic without anger.Compared with the yellow lamas who often wear yellow hats crookedly and sloppy red shirts on the streets of the capital, they are completely different styles. Many ordinary people prostrate on the ground, bowing devoutly, and chanting: "Live Bodhisattva!"Living Bodhisattva!They all said: This is the real living Bodhisattva!

Walking behind the elephant is the Virgin and the Virgin. The Virgin is tall and plump, with a well-proportioned skeleton. She is wearing a light green solid-color Tsing Yi Tibetan robe and a bamboo hat of the same color. It is impossible to see her appearance clearly. The Virgin is divided into two rows. They are basically the same fat and thin, wearing white Tibetan robes, all of them have snow-skinned skin, beautiful appearance, and happy smiles, and the common people are stunned.After the saint, there are 36 lamas in white robes, also divided into two rows, followed by Sam, musicians, entourage, and a team of more than a hundred servants.

The group walked for a while, turned north, and lived in Hongren Temple on the west side of Xiyuan Taiye.Wu Ling'an, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Gui Xuanguang, Minister of the Han Dynasty, greeted them at the gate of the temple. The King of Dharma dismounted from the white elephant and made a salute to the two.Wu Ling'an read out the emperor's welcome decree, and the French king knelt down to accept the decree to thank him.The two led the crowd to settle in the temple, and the white elephant was taken care of by someone specially assigned for it.

This Hongren Temple is a royal temple, garrisoned by the Xianghuang Banner guards, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter.It is only open when the empress dowager and the emperor and queen worship Buddha or hold Buddhist ceremonies, or when Tibetan lamas have an audience.The palace in the temple is majestic, second only to the Lama Temple, the late emperor's Qiandi, which was converted into a Lama Temple.There is a huge nan (nan2) sandalwood Buddha statue in the temple, and there are Buddha bones in it.A thousand Buddhas are placed in a cha (cha4), and the circle of the cha is more than ten zhang.Behind the main hall is a ten-zhang Pizhi pagoda, with iron poles on the pagoda, iron cables on each side, and dozens of wind bells of different sizes, which are made by the wind, and the clear and turbid chords sound like beautiful music.In the outer fish pond, there are fishes of different colors, red or white, blue-yellow, purple-green, and spots on the fish, which are very beautiful and add to the tranquil atmosphere.

After setting up the Baijiao people, the two ministers went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to restore the order.For this grand occasion, the emperor, the harem and all the yamen moved back to the Forbidden City five days ago, saying that they would return to the Old Summer Palace in the summer.This move has been decided since the beginning of the year, and the palace has been making preparations.Fu Heng moved back to Yujing Garden, and Hong Zhou moved back to Iron Lion Alley. The two elder brothers who got married still lived in the palace temporarily, because the elder brother's mansion has not been designated yet.Concubine Ling lived in the originally vacant Chuxiu Palace, and Concubine Rong still lived in Baoyue Tower, but in fact she lived in the Longxi Pavilion in the east side of the Hall of Mental Cultivation as before, and went to the mosque for a formal evening ceremony every few days .

It was the first time for Wei Mei and Xijun to enter the Forbidden City, and they both found it very fresh. The high palace walls, the spacious palace, the deep palace, the carved beams and painted buildings, were exquisite and complicated to the extreme, which made them dizzy.Wei Mei finally felt that the sentence "once entering the palace gate is as deep as the sea" was very appropriate.These halls are mysterious and engulfing everything. Hundreds of years of time have been deposited in them, making people daydream and trembling.Yilu and Li's family are still in the Old Summer Palace, but the Wu family is in the capital. Although she can't socialize with them in public, she always feels that her natal family is nearby, and she feels at ease.

Now she is really close to the emperor, she thinks it is because of the harmony of the bed.She was the first sign that the emperor turned over after returning to Beijing, so she was very happy.In the magnificent Chuxiu Palace, in the spacious bathing pool, she finally understood the sentence "The servant is helpless when he lifts up the delicate and weak, and it is the time of the new Cheng Enze".

That night, she whispered something in the emperor's ear, and the emperor looked at her in surprise, her face flushed with embarrassment. You are embarrassed, so you ask Li Yu to go, just don't let other people know.Her face turned even redder. She didn't expect the emperor to agree without saying a word. What Li Shi said to her was right.So she reluctantly accepted the order.

Early the next morning, when the emperor left Chuxiu Palace, Li Yu looked at him and smiled, so he knew that Li Yu also heard what he said last night, and smiled too.Li Yu said: "Your Majesty, I really can't see that the concubine and empress would be like this. She looks very well-behaved, and now the decoration of Chuxiu Palace is much plainer."The emperor shook his head, and said: She was quite timid at first, and she was cautious when entering the palace for fear of making a mistake, and now she is A Ge Gege's mother-in-law.Hearing this, Li Yu remembered that she had voluntarily entered the Old Summer Palace. Seeing the emperor's blissful face, she knew that she was serving the emperor with satisfaction, so he looked back at Chuxiu Palace. None of the concubines who lived here before died well. Concubine Gao, Concubine Jia, concubine Jia, was startled suddenly, and hurriedly followed the emperor in front of her.

But Wei Mei didn't look for Li Yu later, but Li Yu quietly told Concubine Rong about it.Concubine Rong was a little surprised after hearing this, but smiled.Seeing her caressing the cat, Li Yu had a mysterious look on her face, she was very puzzled, and said: Madam, you and the emperor have never seen those things!Concubine Rong looked at him and said: Are you worried about me?Li Yu shook his head and said: In the heart of the emperor, who can surpass the empress, the servant is only worried about the body of the dragon, if the queen mother knows, she has to share her thoughts with the servant.The emperor didn't look at those things long ago, he thought the concubine Ling was really good.If the empress finds out, the concubine Ling will also be in trouble.

Concubine Rong nodded and said: "Concubine Ling, please be careful. She is drinking medicine to avoid children, and it is rare for her to be with the emperor for so many days. Don't tell the empress."If you don't tell the emperor, how can the queen know?Go and remind her to take care of the people in Chuxiu Palace.Li Yu nodded, although the emperor went to Wei Mei's place more than others, but in fact it did not exceed three times a month.After the emperor moved back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he often took Concubine Rong to the Sanxi Hall to read and write at night. Li Yu told Concubine Rong that the name of the Sanxi Hall was the same name that the emperor gave after Gao Guifei sent "Quick Snow and Sunshine Post". It was given to this small study, which means that rare treasures are kept.

On the first night after the saintess of the Baijiao came, the Virgin was secretly admitted into the palace, still wearing a blue robe, a green gauze hat, and a black cloak outside.When she was sent to the residence of Concubine Rong in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Concubine Rong instructed Caiyun to take everyone down and closed the door.Then she took off the bamboo hat and showed her face.

I saw a small face in the shape of a duck egg, but as cool as marble, with big and deep eyes, long and thin eyelashes, a high nose bridge, and angular lips like a moon. Comb and weave into countless thin braids, which hang below the shoulders and are then braided with black thread around the waist. This is called "broken marbles" in Tibetans. The long hair at the back is divided into three strands and braided into three big braids. Shield, there is no silver shield on the middle braid.She has the same skin and body as Concubine Rong, but her appearance is not similar.

Concubine Rong had tears in her eyes, and immediately went up to hug her, and whispered: Aisha!We meet again!It turns out that the Holy Mother is Aisha, but she has long ceased to be called by her original name. She sent the last letter to Concubine Rong after she left home and became a saint in Baijiao. After she became a saint, she used her legal name. No one knows her former name anymore.But Concubine Rong naturally wanted the emperor to inquire, knowing that she was already the Holy Mother of the Baijiao.Aisha hugged Concubine Rong excitedly, and said: Fatima!I can't even recognize you now!Even more beautiful than before!Concubine Rong left her and said with a smile: You don't have to compliment me, after all these years, how can I be more beautiful than before!You are so beautifully dressed!

The two sat and said goodbye to each other, and after drinking a cup of tea, they heard the eunuch's voice outside saying: The emperor is here!Then the door opened, the emperor walked in with Li Yu, and Concubine Rong stood up immediately.Aisha saw a middle-aged man in a yellow dragon robe walking into the hall. Before she could take a closer look, she put her hands together, bowed her head, and said in Tibetan: Pumudawa, the Holy Mother of the Kagyu Sect, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty .The emperor also said in Tibetan: You are welcome to come from afar, the journey has been hard.

After Aisha raised her head, the emperor only felt his eyes light up, and saw that although her robe was plain, the satin material was smooth, and it was top-grade at first glance.She has a plump body, a noble temperament, and looks like a solemn Bodhisattva. After all, she is the daughter of the chieftain of Jinchuan, and she comes from a famous family.Li Yu also looked at her curiously.

Aisha was also quietly looking at the emperor, and then smiled at Concubine Rong: Your husband is very handsome.Concubine Rong blushed, the emperor smiled and went to sit on the couch, Concubine Rong also sat on the other side, Li Yu hurriedly brought a stool for the Holy Mother, Caiyun served tea for the emperor.The emperor then asked them how they were doing on the road.

The three gossiped for a while, and the emperor bid farewell to Aisha and left. Concubine Rong and Aisha sent him to the door. The emperor looked at Concubine Rong, and Concubine Rong stepped forward and whispered something in his ear. The emperor smiled and went out Temple gate.Li Yu also went with a smile.Concubine Rong asked Caiyun to go out and close the door, and the two walked back to the couch, Aisha smiled and said: He really likes you!He's waiting for you, it's late, I'm going back.

Concubine Rong smiled and said: Don't worry about him, he will go back to review the papers, it will be very late, it is rare for you and me to meet, let's talk for a while.Aisha looked at her and said: Your former... Concubine Rong's face darkened for a moment, but then she returned to normal, and said softly: I promised him the next life.Aisha has never met Huo Jizhan, but Huo Jizhan and Concubine Rong are well known as husband and wife, she nodded and said: He likes you very much too!Concubine Rong also nodded, and said: He sent me to the emperor, and asked the emperor to take care of me.

Elsa was a little taken aback, then let out a long sigh.Concubine Rong said softly: He thought the person I liked was returning to Xinjiang, but he didn't expect to send me to that person.A blush flashed across Aisha's face, and she said, "Is that man okay?"Concubine Rong nodded, looked at her, and said: You will see him.Aisha said: So what if you see it?He doesn't know me at all.Have you seen his wife and children?

Concubine Rong then briefly talked about Fu Heng's affairs, and said that her Fu Kang'an was the son of Fu Heng's ex-wife, but naturally she did not say that Yingluo was the emperor's favorite concubine in the past.Aisha was very surprised after hearing this, then smiled and said: Do you want his son to take care of him?Concubine Rong also nodded with a smile, and said: But the person I love now is the emperor, and Fu Heng didn't know that I treated him before... Aisha was surprised again, looking at Concubine Rong, Concubine Rong also looked at her, tenderly smile.Aisha nodded with emotion, and said: Well, I should have understood just now seeing you two like that.Concubine Rong said softly: I will never be as good as you.

Aisha shook her head and said: Don't be like me.Concubine Rong said: Do you regret it?Aisha said: No, it's because of other things, I'll tell you next time.Concubine Rong was surprised when she saw her serious tone.Aisha said: It's getting late, I'm leaving, see you next time.As he spoke, he brought back the hat and put on the cloak.Concubine Rong sent her to the door and gave her some instructions before breaking up.Seeing the eunuch leading her black shadow to disappear into the night, I felt a little uneasy, not knowing what else Aisha said about it, but it was obviously not a good thing.

At night, she couldn't sleep all the time, and she didn't dare to turn over, for fear of waking up the emperor.Early the next morning, when the emperor got up, she also got up, saying that she would go to the mosque to pray and thank Allah for allowing her to meet Aisha again. The emperor asked the guards to take her there, and she told the emperor that she wanted to pick up Aisha. Let’s go together, Aisha has never seen a mosque, so let’s show her around by the way.The emperor then wrote a handwriting, stamped the imperial seal, and told her to take it to Hongren Temple to take Aisha out.When she arrived at Hongren Temple, the little lama of the Baijiao saw the emperor's handwriting and knew that she was the emperor's concubine. She was also wearing a bamboo hat and could speak Tibetan. She was not surprised. : The Holy Mother and His Holiness will come out, the empress will wait for a while.Concubine Rong was taken aback, the Holy Mother and the King?Could it be that the two of them...

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[Origin of the name of Sanxitang] According to what Rong Yin said in the original drama of Yanxi Palace.

[Chuxiu Palace and Changchun Palace] Historical concubines lived in Chuxiu Palace.Chuxiu Palace has been one of the West Six Palaces with a very high status since the Qianlong Dynasty. Before the canonization ceremony of Empress Xiaoxian and her move to Changchun Palace, she lived there for two years, and then lived in the imperial concubine Gao of Huixian (Gao Guifei, such as Shown in the play), followed by Lingfei (Empress Xiaoyi Wei Jiashi), and then there were two empresses of Emperor Jiajing, Empress Dowager Cixi (before she became empress dowager).It seems that the overall status of the West Sixth Palace in all dynasties is higher than that of the East Sixth Palace, probably because the West Sixth Palace is behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation and is closer to the emperor.

Changchun Palace is also one of the West Six Palaces. It is very close to Chuxiu Palace. Empress Xiaoxian lived in Changchun Palace for a long time, and she was the first concubine of the Qing Dynasty to live in Changchun Palace. She stayed in Changchun Palace because Qianlong was given the title of Changchun Layman by Yongzheng. , in the Old Summer Palace, she lived in the Changchun Immortal House.After her death, Emperor Qianlong stipulated that the Changchun Palace would keep the furnishings of Empress Xiaoxian during her lifetime, and would no longer be inhabited, and a statue of Empress Xiaoxian would be hung every year.Future generations dare not disobey.Until the Xinyou Coup (1861), the Empress Dowager Ci'an Cixi of the Two Palaces began to listen to the government behind the curtain, and the two lived in Changchun Palace together.After that, Cixi lived there until the tenth year of Guangxu (1884), she was completely alone behind the curtain to listen to the government.Therefore, the Changchun Palace is a very special West Sixth Palace, and it has always maintained a respectful and exclusive position throughout the history of the Qianlong Dynasty and the entire Qing Dynasty.It is estimated that Cixi chose this palace to live in because of this, which is a symbol of status.Without her stay, it can be said that Changchun Palace is actually Xiaoxian's palace alone.

In history, successively lived in the Yikun Palace in the Sixth Palace of the West.The location of this palace is parallel to Changchun Palace, directly in front of Chuxiu Palace.In the original drama of Yanxi Palace, it is set that the successor lives in the Chengqian Palace in the East Sixth Palace.

[Hongren Temple] The history and interior of Hongren Temple are as described in the article.

[Pizhi Pagoda] The main feature is that it has double eaves and is a pavilion style with dense eaves.Its shape is peculiar, and the tower body is different from top to bottom.The first to third floors are double eaves, and the fourth to ninth floors are single eaves.As a dense eaves pavilion-style building structure, Pizhi Pagoda is the only one in China, and may be the first example of a dense eaves pavilion style tower.

Judging from the name of the pagoda, it was built to worship Pacchi Buddha.Pizhi Pagoda "Pizhi" comes from Buddhism, transliterated as "Pizhijia Buddha", abbreviated as "Pizhi Buddha", and Pizhi Pagoda means Pizhi Buddha Pagoda.Pizhifo is a transliteration of Sanskrit, and it is translated as "Yuanjue" and "Solitary Jue".It is one of the three vehicles (Shenghe Cheng, Pacceka Buddha Vehicle, Mahayana), and refers to a saint who can realize himself without a teacher.Pacceka Buddha came out of a world without Buddhas. Although the Buddhadharma was extinct at that time, he was able to practice alone to prove the fruit.Pacceek Buddha is very quiet in nature, happy to practice tautuo, unable to spread the Buddhadharma that he has realized, and has no disciples of shravakas, so Buddhism believes that Pacceek Buddha cannot become a human and heavenly teacher like Buddha. "The Third Parable of the Lotus Sutra": "If there are living beings who hear the Dharma from the Buddha, the World-Honored One, and believe in it, diligently seek natural wisdom, enjoy solitude and peace, and deeply understand the cause and condition of all dharmas, this is called the Pacceek Buddha Vehicle."

In ancient times, some eminent monks were honored as Pacceek Buddhas, for example, Master Miaokong Zhina during the Song and Jin Dynasties.It is recorded in "Biography of Supplementary Eminent Monks": "When I was in Lingyan, Hu, the surname of Pingjiang, set up a big fast, and all the elders would meet. The night before, the dreamer told me: "In the Chao Dynasty, there was a man riding a red horse and wearing a yellow-brown coat. The most famous Pizhi Pagoda is located in the northwest of Mount Tai, Wande Town, Changqing District, Jinan. Lingyan Temple was built in the 12th year of Tang Tianbao (753 AD), rebuilt in the 994th year of Chunhua (1057) of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and completed in the [-]nd year of Jiayou ([-]) of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty.

[Buddha bones]: After the Buddha passed away, the remains and ashes left by cremation are called Buddha bones.Also known as Buddha relics, or simply called relics, or Buddha's parietal bones, finger bones, and Buddha teeth based on the parts of the Buddha's body.These Buddha bones are highly respected in later generations.The Buddha Tongji 53 said: "Tang Gaozong ordered to welcome the phalanx of Sakyamuni Buddha in the Famen Temple of Qizhou to the Da Nei of Luoyang for offerings. The reverence in the ban was spread to all the temples for the worship; Dezong ordered to welcome the Buddha bone of Famen Temple into the ban to pay homage, and sent it to ten temples in the capital.Once the 30-year history is passed down, the years will be prosperous and the people will be safe.Han Yu went up to express his admonition and demoted Chaozhou.Emperor Yizong ordered to welcome the Buddha's bones, and there were endless carriages and horses for three hundred miles. The public and private music, rituals and guards were more prosperous than the southern suburbs.Go up and down the stairs to worship. In Yanxi Palace, there is a plot in which Concubine Shu steals Buddhist relics to blame Wei Yingluo on the emperor's birthday.

[Fengduo] The small bell/duo hanging under the eaves of ancient temples and pagodas is pronounced when the wind blows the tongue of the bell and hits the body of the bell.