Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

But suddenly one day, Concubine Xin felt no fetal movement, and within a few days, her condition took a turn for the worse. The Tai Hospital tried its best, but the blood clot in her abdomen could not be discharged. and send.The entire harem was shocked and sad, Wei Mei was in tears all day long, Concubine Rong was also very sad, she was the one who chose Concubine Xin to enter the palace, and while accompanying and comforting the emperor, she prayed and fasted for several days, begging for the mercy of Allah.

Nasutu's wife didn't even see the last side of her daughter, and she couldn't get sick at home.Just because the daughter was pregnant with the emperor's heir, the Dai family's old house in the middle of the capital, which was full of brocade guests, suddenly became desolate.The servants and maidservants in the Dai family's old house were discussing in private that this spring, hundreds of apricot blossoms bloomed in the front yard, but they all died suddenly on a clear moonlit night, which was a prophecy.

The emperor quit the court for five days, posthumously named her Concubine Xin, she was able to be buried according to the specifications of a concubine, and announced that she would not go to the Old Summer Palace this year.On the day of the first sacrifice, according to the usual practice, Xuanguang, the Minister of Rites appointed by the emperor, presided over it, but the emperor still came to offer sacrifices and drink wine for him.It is also issued an edict that the words "noble concubine" should be added to the silk album and silk treasure.At the same time, the Ministry of Rites announced to the world that during the national mourning period when the imperial concubine passed away, all families were not allowed to have fun, marry or marry, and officials were suspended for a hundred days, and soldiers and civilians were suspended for one month.Within 49 days, blue pen is used for the ticket book, and blue seal is used for official documents. Slaughtering is prohibited for [-] days.Her elder brother, General Qi Buchen of Ningxia, attended the "Zou Yixin Concubine Going Home to Thank You Zhe".Concubine Ying was only thankful that she had never met Xi and would not take medicine anymore. Although Toya didn't know it, seeing that she was thinking about it, she was happy for her.

After Yingluo found out, she was astonished and felt that this matter was not simple.Fu Hengdao: Concubine Xin's medical records have been checked, and the Tai Hospital concluded that she has fetal poisoning, so it was not good from the beginning.I was also worried about the recurrence of concubine Wan's poisoning last year. The Ministry of Internal Affairs investigated her daily life after pregnancy in detail, and found no doubts.The queen should not target her, it is better to target concubine Ling than her.The Empress Dowager is strictly aiming there, the heir is the top priority, the palace is now under strict control, and it is even more difficult for other people to get involved.Yingluo nodded, and said, "Young master, I can rest assured that you will handle things."At first, I thought Concubine Xin would give birth to a boy... I really didn't expect... Then she wrote a letter of sympathy to the emperor.

Concubine Xin's sudden disappearance shocked the wives and concubines of the two elder brothers. The young Mingxiu and Yiboer were fine, but Qianqian and Yueru were extremely frightened because they were already seventeen years old. , The avoidant medicine has been stopped.Hu Jiajia is still a few months away.He Zhu is also seventeen years old. Since her illness, Concubine Qing has been visiting her to enlighten her. She is in a much better mood. Because her health has improved, she also stopped taking her baby avoidance medicine last month, so Nanny Tao is very worried.Yong Qi has gotten closer to her. Although she still doesn't sleep in her house, as the older brother Fujin, she will sooner or later fulfill her responsibilities.He Zhu knew her worries, and often comforted her, saying how could she have a child, and the nuns were too worried.

Tao Nanny said: For a woman to have a child is a trip to the gate of hell. The servant said something that shouldn't be said. The concubine Xin was in good health before, but the child died in the end. Joy gave birth to sorrow.Fujin would rather be alone like this, even if he has no heirs, it will not affect your Fujin position.He Zhu nodded and said: That's what I said, but I am the daughter of the Xilin family. If I have the emperor's grandson, the Xilin family will be considered to have repaid the favor of the royal family and made contributions to the royal family. When I entered the palace before, Er Niang That's what it says.But if Elder Brother doesn't come, I have no reason to force him, so there's no need for Mammy to worry.Nanny Tao could only remain silent.

Misfortunes never come singly, at this time, Wu Gege's situation is getting worse.The imperial physician has been unable to tell what disease Gege has, but after the first month, she often has colds and fevers, and cannot eat when she is ill.The people serving Ge Ge have been extra careful, but she hasn't improved much.Nala knew it in her heart, but seeing how pitiful her daughter was, she naturally angered the servants.The people who served Wu Gege changed several times, the queen mother and the emperor didn't say anything, everyone in Chengqian Palace was in danger, Yigui lived in the back hall of Chengqian Palace, and accompanied the queen almost every day.

As soon as Concubine Xin's funeral was over, the imperial hospital returned to the emperor, saying that this time, Wu Gege had been suffering from a cold for nearly a month, with repeated fever and cough, and the imperial hospital was powerless.The emperor was so sad that he said he knew it, and told them not to tell the queen mother and queen. At that time, Ye Tianshi had moved from Jiaxing, so he taught him to come to see a doctor. When she was pregnant, Weichen said it.When Li Yu told Concubine Rong about this, Concubine Rong was also very sad. She wondered whether the emperor could withstand the successive blows, but she pretended not to know. The emperor was amused.

But the day finally came.One afternoon in mid-June, the Hall of Mental Cultivation received an urgent report from the Qian Palace, saying that the emperor should go see Wu Gege for the last time.

The emperor took Li Yu to Chengqian Palace in a hurry, and the eunuch and maid in the courtyard knelt down again. After he entered, he saw Wugege lying on Nala's bed, skinny, covered with a small quilt, which was closed eyes.Sitting on the stool in front of the bed, Nala's tears had already dried up, and she leaned on the standing Yigui, unaware that even the emperor came in.Zhen'er knelt down, tears streaming down her face, when she saw the emperor coming in, she got up immediately, walked to the bed, put the child's hand in the emperor's hand, and said with a sob: Gege, your emperor Ama came to see you, open your eyes look.

Zhaoyang was less than two years old, and because of his poor health, he didn't speak much, but suddenly he opened his eyes and called: "Huang Ama."Tears welled up in the emperor's eyes, he held her hand tightly, and said: Zhaoyang, Huang Ama is here.Zhaoyang seemed to smile, closed his eyes again, and passed away.The emperor cried out in pain: Zhaoyang!Everyone sobbed.Nala closed her eyes and passed out, Yigui hugged her tightly, tears streaming down her face.

After Li Yu helped the emperor back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, it was the afternoon Youguang scene.The emperor said he would not go back to the west hall, and sat behind the desk in a daze.He immediately went to call Concubine Rong again, but the emperor stopped him, saying that he wanted to be alone.Li Yu didn't dare to speak out, so he withdrew from the hall and asked Desheng to look at the emperor.He still went to the apse to look for Concubine Rong.But Concubine Rong wasn't there, so Li Yu realized that Concubine Rong must have gone to the mosque for a faint ceremony.

He was so anxious that he immediately went to the Empress Dowager of Shoukang Palace.It happened that Wei Mei was there, and the two of them smiled for some reason.Li Yu didn't care too much, so he told the matter back in tears, saying that since the imperial concubine is here, please ask the imperial concubine to visit the emperor.The queen mother let out a long sigh, and immediately told Wei Mei to go.Wei Mei also burst into tears, telling the Queen Mother to rest assured.So he took Xijun and Li Yu out of the door in a hurry.

When Wei Mei arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she told Xi Jun to wait outside. After entering, she saw the emperor was really criticizing the papers, so she looked at Li Yu who was accompanying her. Li Yu shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, just go up, the Emperor is very sad." .Wei Mei hurriedly wiped away her tears and walked towards the emperor, but the emperor didn't see her until she got close to him, he suddenly noticed, was surprised, and put down his pen.

Wei Mei hurriedly knelt down and said: The concubine frightened the emperor, the concubine is guilty.The emperor sighed and said, "Get up."Wei Mei then got up, then walked to the side of the emperor's chair, stretched out her hand, and hugged the emperor in her arms.Li Yu looked at her and quietly gave her a thumbs up, which meant that she did a good job.Wei Mei nodded to him.

The emperor was held by Wei Mei, but he didn't move, and he didn't reach out to hug her. Instead, he closed his eyes and shed tears.Seeing this, Li Yu felt sore in his heart and shed tears again.Wei Mei said in a gentle voice: Your Majesty, can you hug your concubine?The emperor stretched out his hand and hugged her waist. His head was already attached to her lower abdomen, and he continued to cry with his eyes closed.Wei Mei gently stroked his head, and said: Your Majesty, do you know why the concubine asked you to hold the concubine?The emperor didn't speak, but kept crying.I only heard Wei Mei say: You are holding another daughter of yours.

The emperor and Li Yu were both shocked when they heard this, the emperor immediately opened his eyes and separated the two, Li Yu's eyes also widened.Wei Mei still had tears on her face, but she smiled and said: The concubine is pregnant again, but now only the Queen Mother knows.The emperor looked at her in disbelief, his eyes full of questioning.

Wei Mei said: "Your Majesty, since I moved back to the palace, my concubine has not taken any medicine, because at that time I heard that Wu Ge is not good, so I was afraid that you would be sad, so... Later, my concubine told the Queen Mother about this matter." , she also supports concubines.But in April... this month, there should be concubines.The concubine's menstruation has passed for seven days and has not come, but because Wu Gege is seriously ill, the concubine did not let the imperial doctor come to see it. Just now, when Director Li went to Shoukang Palace, the concubine told the queen mother, and she also said to slow down. Slowly call the imperial doctor again...

Only then did Li Yu recall that when he went to Shoukang Palace just now, the Empress Dowager and Wei Mei looked very happy... Kneeling down quickly, he said happily: Congratulations to the Long Live Lord, and congratulations to the Concubine Ling!Only then did the emperor completely believe it, and laughed through his tears. He stood up, took Wei Mei's hand, looked her up and down, and finally looked at her waist, and said: "How do you know it's a daughter?"

Wei Mei smiled and said: The last two times, Wei Mei thought it was right, but this time, Wei Mei thought it was her daughter, so she shouldn't be wrong.The emperor hugged her into his arms and closed his eyes.Wei Mei put her chin on the emperor's head, closed her eyes, smiled, but shed tears again.Li Yu also watched from below with tears streaming down his face, grinning again, thinking: This is the best consolation, the imperial concubine is really kind to the emperor!

Later, when Concubine Rong came back, Li Yu told her the two things that happened in the afternoon.Concubine Rong shed tears and smiled mysteriously.Li Yu looked at her, and suddenly realized that Ling Fei had stopped taking the medicine, she also knew about it early in the morning, so she looked at her.Concubine Rong said in a low voice: Actually, I told Concubine Ling a long time ago. At that time, Concubine Xin was very embarrassed. The imperial doctor said that most of her children would not be saved. Although the emperor didn't say anything, he was very sad, so I told her to do it again. The emperor gave birth to one.She was worried that Concubine Xin was so uncomfortable, she already had elder brother and Princess, and she was pregnant again, what would others think of her, so she refused.After returning to the palace, she herself told me that because of Wugege's matter, she really wanted to conceive another child for the emperor immediately, so I told her to stop taking the medicine, but to ask the queen mother for advice, because the medicine was given by the queen mother. Meaning, it’s not good to disobey her old man, and the imperial hospital only listens to the queen mother and the emperor... I didn’t expect Concubine Xin to be... finally in time!

Only then did Li Yu understand, after the night of moving back to Concubine Gong Ling and the Emperor, he and Concubine Rong mentioned that matter, why Concubine Rong smiled so mysteriously.So he said with a smile: Your empress is still smart, in this harem, only you and your concubine Ling are sincerely treating the emperor well!Concubine Rong laughed and said: Don't talk nonsense!Suddenly someone coughed, and the two saw the emperor coming in. Li Yu hurriedly pursed his lips and left the room.Concubine Rong immediately went up to hold the emperor by her arms, and said: Your majesty, Li Yu said that you took Desheng to see the empress again, how is she doing now?The emperor said: "Sleep, tomorrow morning, I will go again, and I will stop for three days."Concubine Rong nodded, looking sad.

The two sat on the couch, and the emperor kept looking at Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong asked: Your Majesty?The emperor said: You really asked Wei Mei to do that?Concubine Rong laughed and said: Your Majesty!The emperor said: Come, come to me.Concubine Rong then walked over, hesitated a little, and then sat on the emperor's lap, then put her arms around the emperor's neck, and said: "Wugege...it's not good."The emperor sighed and said: I know, I just want to hug you.Concubine Rong immediately hugged the emperor, put her head on his chest, and said: "Is this better?"The emperor hugged her tightly and said: Well, Shen Bi, thank you!

Concubine Rong shook her head in his arms, and said: Your Majesty, don't be sad, my concubine prays for Wugege before Allah every day, Allah will hear.The emperor asked: What do you pray for?Concubine Rong said: I pray that she will suffer less, since she was born, she has been uncomfortable.The emperor hummed and shed tears.Concubine Rong patted the emperor lightly, and said: I know that you are very sad, because she has been sick, and the queen mother and the imperial hospital will not let you approach her.But you are her Amma.The emperor said: Today, when she was leaving, she called me Huang Ama.As he spoke, he began to cry bitterly.

Concubine Rong herself burst into tears, but when she stood up and hugged the emperor in her arms, and patted him gently, she felt comforted in her heart. She still remembered that when Brother Thirteen left, the emperor never cried bitterly. At that time, she I have persuaded him... His pain this time is also because of Concubine Xin who passed away suddenly before.That's right.After a long time, the emperor stopped crying.Concubine Rong separated the two, looked at the emperor, and saw that his eyes were red and full of sadness. While wiping his tears, she shed tears again, and said: "Emperor Niang has never let me get close to five." Ge Ge, she was afraid...so the concubine failed to do her best for the emperor.Let me tell you about Wei Mei's affairs after a while.The emperor nodded.

Concubine Rong said again: You go to bed early tonight, and my concubine will send you there.The emperor said: I want you to stay with me. If you feel bad, you can sleep on the couch outside.Concubine Rong smiled warmly, and said: You should let Wei Mei come to accompany you, but the concubine should go, she needs a good rest now, it's not good to be sad when she comes.The emperor was extremely moved, and said: Why are you so kind to me?Concubine Rong smiled and said: Why are you here again? !The emperor also forced a smile and said: "Let's go!"As he spoke, he took Concubine Rong's hand and walked out.

When he went out the door, he saw Li Yuhou standing beside him with tears streaming down his face. He should have heard the conversation between the two inside just now, so he pretended to be angry and said: Li Yu, you are always crying, which makes me feel even more sad.Li Yu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's not good to be a slave!"As he spoke, he wiped away tears.The emperor grieved in his heart, and tears rushed into his eyes again.

Because the emperor canceled the evening meeting, Yujingyuan also immediately knew about Wugege. When Pearl came in and out, Fu Hengzheng was holding his daughter Jiang Jiang.Pearl was taken aback, and felt sad, Yingluo rushed up to call Pearl, then looked at Fu Heng, sighed, and said: Is this really karma?But why should retribution be on the child?Fu Heng didn't speak.Yingluo said: I know, you are sad for the emperor.At this moment, Jiang Jiang giggled, and Fu Heng immediately kissed her on the cheek, and said, "Jiang Jiang, do you love Ama?"Jiang Jiang laughed again, Fu Heng said: "Ama knows, you love Ama very much, right?"Jiang Jiang smiled again.

Just as she was talking, Pearl came in with Fu Longan, and Yingluo immediately hugged her son.Fulong'an called out childishly: Er Niang!Mommy!Yingluo laughed and said, "Hey, Long'er is so good.Said kissing him on the face.A month ago, Fulong'an finally knew how to call Er Niang, Yingluo was overjoyed and asked him to call her all the time.So the child screamed when he saw her.

Fu Heng laughed and said to Fu Long'an: What about me?Fu Longan said: Ama, Jiang Jiang.Fu Heng patted his head and said: Long'er is so good!Yingluo said: Are you really going to the prison tomorrow?Wouldn't it be fine to let His Holiness go by himself?Fu Hengdao: Maybe he knows something about the second brother.Yingluo nodded and said: Second sister-in-law... Fu Heng said sadly: "I'll see when the time comes, do you want to tell her?"

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[Historical prototype] [Concubine Xin]'s family background has been explained in the novel, and her father, Nasutu, was an important minister in the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties.On July 18th, the 1753th year of Qianlong (19), Dai Jia was granted the title of concubine and lived in Zhongcui Palace.In the 1754th year of Qianlong (20), in the leap month of April, Xingxin concubine canonization ceremony.On July 1755, the 22th year of Qianlong (1757), the emperor gave birth to the sixth daughter (died at the age of four).In the first month of the 24nd year of Qianlong (1759), Concubine Xin accompanied her on a tour to the south.On the seventh day of December of the same year, the eighth daughter of the emperor was born (died early at the age of ten).On August 26, the 28th year of Qianlong (1763), the emperor's sixth daughter died young.On August 28, the 29th year of Qianlong (28), she was conferred the concubine together with Concubine Yu, called Concubine Xin.Relevant departments plan to hold the canonization ceremony for Concubine Yu and Concubine Xin on the fourth day of July in the 1763th year of Qianlong.On December 25th, the [-]th year of Qianlong ([-]), he was happy, and his share in living benefits was increased.She was pregnant many times, and Qianlong seemed to like her very much.

At the beginning of February in the 29th year of Qianlong (1764), two grandmas who guarded the moon were sent to watch. Unexpectedly, concubine Dai Jia died suddenly on April 28.On the day of Dai Jia's first sacrifice, according to the usual practice, officials designated by the emperor presided over the participation.However, Emperor Qianlong still came to sacrifice in person, made a drink for him, and stopped court for five days.Concubine Xin died on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, so Emperor Qianlong specially wrote a poem to mourn the unfortunate concubine on the Dragon Boat Festival that year. "The first of "Three Poems of Manti": It is better to miss Chenghuan in the afternoon, but to forget the new relatives in the West Palace. Apply it to the moxibustion bag."

According to the Qing palace archives, when concubine Xin was pregnant with the eighth daughter of the emperor, she was a grandma-doctor sent on the fourth day of October in the 22nd year of Qianlong, and was born on the seventh day of December; Grandma and doctor, born on the eighth day of October, shows that the Qing imperial concubines usually send grandma and doctor when they are seven or eight months pregnant.According to records in the 25th year of Qianlong in the Qing palace archives, in February, concubine Xin was given charcoal and her grandma and doctor were sent, and concubine Xin died of illness two months later.Therefore, it is speculated that Concubine Xin's death was due to childbirth illness.As for whether it was a miscarriage, the child was stillborn, or whether Concubine Xin got sick and caused the death of both mother and child, it is currently unknown.

Dai Jia was conferred the title of imperial concubine during her lifetime, but the crown she left behind was the crown she had when she was still a concubine.According to the archives, Concubine Xin has a crown of smoked mink fur, accompanied by eleven Dongzhu, which weighs two cents and eight cents, and one cent and one piece.The top bead is a piece of zizi, which is only the standard for the position of concubine, while the standard for the position of concubine should be cat's eye stone.Although she didn't even have time to perform the canonization ceremony of Concubine Xin, when she died in April of the 29th year of Qianlong, she did not have the crown that fit the concubine's position.Dai Jia's gold album and gold treasures, which were enshrined as Concubine Xin by Jin Dynasty, have been made respectfully, but they have not yet been accepted. They should be displayed in front of the golden coffin until the day of the funeral ceremony.Silk books and silk treasures were also incinerated on the same day as Chu ingots.In addition, the gold books and gold treasures have already been engraved with characters, so there is no need to change them, and the characters of noble concubine should be added to the silk books and silk treasures.This case became a precedent for the funeral ceremony of concubines in similar situations in later generations.Because her real funeral was in accordance with the imperial concubine etiquette, she was later called Concubine Xin.

After Concubine Xin passed away, General Ningxia wrote a memorial in Manchu, "Zu Yi Concubine Xin Going Home to Thank You", the date of Concubine Xin's "going back" was the same day as Concubine Xin Dai Jia's death in the Jade Document.It can be deduced from this that "going home" means "death" in a vague way.

[The plot about Concubine Xin in the novel refers to the above content]

[Ji'an Office] is located on Jingshan East Street, Dongcheng District.In November of the ninth year of Qianlong, the construction of Ji'an Office began. There are archway gates, palace gates, five front halls, three Baoxia halls, five back halls, five Zhao halls, six east-west shunshan halls, one vertical flower gate, As well as side halls, enclosures, halls, tea and dining rooms, well pavilions, clean room verandahs, value rooms, etc.There are 48 buildings and more than 170 rooms.Some materials from the building complex in the north of Wulong Pavilion in Beihai were demolished and used for the construction of Ji'an Institute.In the Qing Dynasty, the family member of the palace passed away, wrapped in a quilt from the palace, and buried in Ji'an.The funeral ceremony for concubines and concubines shall be carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the mourning for nobles and below shall be carried out by Ji'an.Some concubines died in the palace before they could be transferred due to their urgent illnesses, but the remains had to be sent to Ji'an to be parked first, where they were buried and put into the coffin.It will take a few days before it can be transferred to the formal funeral palace.If the concubine is still alive, she will be transferred to Ji'an Institute for continued treatment.If he dies due to ineffective treatment, he will be directly buried in Ji'an for a small and large funeral.